the last time i appeared in your presence was to get the stop sign on linkle way and dan wright was in charge. i'm hoping we can come to an easier solution for irving street. i am the mother of three, the grandmother of three. i have a small day home for handicap children. i no longer walk them on that side of the street. it's filthy. >> thank you for the comments. >> good evening, my name is lonnie, as a native san franciscoen and choose to go settle in the sunset, i echo the comments made by fellow neighbors and merchants in opposing the opening of the barbary coast. i, too, walk on irving street every day and fear the impacts on our safety, increased crime and health, and the detriment to the lifestyle of our family neighborhood that we have all come to love. we need you, the board of supervisors to respect our concerns and that these concerns do not fall on deaf ears. thank you for your time, happy holidays. >> supervisor breed: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. [speaking foreign language] >> translator: supervisor, i have lived in this area for 30 years. before yo

dan? >> david wright in west palm beach. thank you. >>> we turn overseas to iran.a third day of unauthorized protests, and president trump is weighing in. demonstrators in several cities, protesting the economy and government corruption. some even blasting the country's supreme religious leader. president trump tweeting in support of the protesters twice today saying, opressive regimes cannot endure forever, and, the world is watching. >>> now to a case in texas. a woman was stabbed to death. the case unsolved for more than a year. the police employed a tactic called familial testing. here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: after more than a year and a half of painstakingly trying to figure out who brutally murdered natliya shal on mother's day, 2016, tonight, a suspect is finally behind controversial type of dna testing. >> this is pretty rare. >> reporter: police say the killer's dna was found at shal's home in baytown texas where she was stabbed to death but there was no match in the database. so, investigators tried "familial" testing, which searches for dna

adrienne and dan. >> david wright at the white house, thank you. so much to discuss here so let's bring in abc's supreme court contributor kate show, a former lawyer for the obama white house. >> good morning. >> what we heard from senator lindsey graham, he points out correctly none of the charges are guilty pleas so far in robert mueller's investigation have to do with the core question that mueller was assigned to look at which is did the trump campaign collude with the russians to meddle in the election so as you look at the investigation thus far is there any there? >> it's hard to know at this point. in term of michael flynn's plea, yes, it was for lying to the fbi but what was it lying about, contacts with russia, right so it's not far afield from kind of the core question that mueller was sent to investigate. and i think it opens up a couple of other questions so, one, what were the sort of full extent of the contacts between the campaign and russia and, two, why did michael flynn feel the need to lie about it? under this plea agreement fly

dan? >> david wright, thank you. >>> we bring in george stephanopoulos. who will be hosting "this week" later this morning. let's start with the e-mail story. how consequential is this? >> well, you have to break out down in a couple of ways. number one, i don't think there is evidence that the special counsel did anything wrong here. wh you go into the transition you sign an agreement saying you know your e-mails and other communications will be monitored. you have no expectation of privacy. the special counsel has told other outlets they did er proper procedure. that's number one. number two these are tens of thousands of e-mails. according to the letter sent, the transition only discovered this on december 12th or 13th of this year. in other words, this week. that means that most of the interviews with transition officials, and there's a lot at play if transition communications about russia and other things, that most of the interviews would have taken place without the knowledge that the special counsel had these e-mails, which may suggest why the tru

david wright, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan and paula.he president is clearly enjoying the holiday break but also gearing up for the battles ahead in the new year, not only are there some big issues he's hoping to tackle but the midterm electionses in 2018 and he needs to be at the top of his political game. this weekend brought a rare glimpse of the president teeing off. trump has made more than 60 visits to golf courses he owns since he took the oath of office but the white house usually refuses to say if he actually picks up his clubs. on friday, no such >> 17th hole and i think all of you were watching my shot, right? did you see it? >> reporter: as his first year in office wines to a close trump is already gearing up for 2018 including a reshuffle of his political team at the west wing. >> we need a republican in the house. we need a republican in the senate. >> reporter: the white house is eager to avoid a midterm repeat of recent political debacles. in alabama the president's first candidate -- >> luther strange is our man. >> repo

wright joins us now from florida. part of the significance of the story in "the what exactly ke this russia investigatio it's true. >> reporter: exactly so, dan. assuming this story checks out, n july of 20n, nota result ed former britishpyndocrats ted foreign >>k yo d ofuthorized is weighing in. demonstrators in several cities, protesting the economy and government corruption. some even blasting the country's supreme religious leader. president trump tweeting in support of the protesters twice today saying opressive regimes cannot endure forever, and, the world is watching. >>>ow to casetaed a woman was to death. the case unsolved for more than a year. ce employed a tactic called familg. here's abc's m >> reporter: after more than a year and a half of painstakingly trying to figure out who brutally murdered natliya shal on 2016, a suspect is bars. tracked down police sa controversial ty >> this is pretty rare. r: police say the killer's dna was found at shal's in baytown texas where was no match in the st "familial" testifenders.hem to an inmate whose ame the prime suspect. ectives were able n of29-year-old byins of baytown. then using dna f

wright right there at the white house. david, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan and paula. the holiday rush looks a little different here in washington as republican lawmakers scramble to pass a tax break before they break for vacation themselves and the pieces do seem to be falling into place. the president even pushing back his departure for palm beach hoping to sign that first big piece of legislation. republican lawmakers believe they have the votes needed to pass the biggest tax overhaul in a generation. the house and senate compromise bill more than a thousand pages long. >> i know everyone's lives will be better o >> reporter: republicans can afford to lose two votes in the senate and still have the measure pass. with vice president pence breaking the tie. tennessee's bob corker was the only republican to vote no on the initial senate bill. insisting he couldn't support anything that adds to the deficit. >> never, never ever, ever. >> reporter: now he's come around. so has florida's marco rubio and maine's susan collins making it likely this measure will pass. the fi

wright is in west palm beach for us. significant reporting? >> reporter: good morning, paula and dan."times" story is potentially significant. it suggests what launched the fbi probe into russian meddling was credible intelligence from a trusted foreign ally. it was at this london wine bar, according to "the times," that a former trump campaign adviser first told a top australian diplomat that russia had political dirt on hillary clinton. it was may of 2016, two months before hacked dnc e-mails started to emerge online former trump adviser george papadopoulos reportedly made the startling revelation to australia's ambassador to great britain during a night of heavy drinking. the australians supposedly passed that tip along to u.s. authorities. that piece of intelligence is reportedly what prompted the fbi to launch its investigation. papadopoulos, who recently pled guilty to lying to the fbi, was part of the trump campaign's national security and foreign policy team. seen here meeting with candidate trump. the president posted a picture of that meeting at the time, but later disavowed

wright, right there at the white house. where the president is back on twitter this morning. david, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan and cecilia. this is a huge weekend here at the white house. several big stories dropping at once. as much as the president had hoped to celebrate the weekend the senate's passage of tax reform. the unavoidable topic has been russia. try as he might to savor his first big legislative victory. >> are you concerned about what michael flynn might tell the special counsel? >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: president trump keeps getting bogged down in the russia probe. >> what has been shown is no collusion. no collusion. there's been absolutely -- there's been absolutely no collusion. >> reporter: today, "the new york times" obtained e-mail exchanges. showing michael flynn was no renegade acting alone. katie mcfarland worried about the political impact. of obama's saxs on russia. quote, if there's a tit for tat escalation, trump will have difficulty improving relations with russia, which has just thrown usa election to him. the white house tells "the times" mcfar land was referring to how the