we are very lucky to have you, darlene. [applause] we have a really exciting program for you this morning, including a lot more discussion about global cities. you know, we are in city hall. it's important to reflect on the fact that our first program, china s.f., what you are mostly familiar with, was from rounded by then mayor answered to be governor gavin newsom. it was expanded to include latin s.f. and s.f. asia under mayor lee and we are starting a new chapter, a new organization with mayor mark farrell and mayor elect london breach. to start us off, is a real privilege to introduce a true son of san francisco who stepped in at a time of tragedy for the city to become the 44th mayor of san francisco. mark farrell as mayor and previously supervisor, has worked tirelessly to improve our city and maintain a vibrant internationally connected economy, keeping san francisco a true global city. mayor farrell? [applause] >> mayor farrell: thanks for having me here today. i want to congratulate everyone on the launch of global

. >> very quickly, darlene sand brian, you've been listening to this. does brian's strategy have a shot here. >> i recently spoke to world renown strategist brian fallon on a street corner and he was making the same case. you make the point, hallie, that democrats are concerned how this does it for them for the election. i know that heidi heitkamp is going to say she voted for gorsuch. >> i'll come back after the break. brian, thanks for coming on. >>> coming up after the break, lots more to come including michael cohen doing a 180. suggesting he might be able to flip on the guy he would take a bullet for. disbeliever and stormy daniels' eastern michael avenatti joining me after the break to weigh in on all of this for the first time. >>> and coming to america. the white house is thinking about holding its second summit with kim jong-un. between while intelligence says pyongyang has pulled back on his promise to denuke. ...yielded to no one. when i found you in my dna, i learned where my strength comes from. my name is courtney mckinney, and this is my

his 5-year-old daughter, darlene, and mother were separated in may, just to give you a little backgroundthey are from guatemala. lopez has been in the u.s. for four years. her husband says he fears for her life and her country and took the chance to come here to america once they crossed the border into americaco in may, they were caught and separated. the 5-year-old sent to arizona, her mother to texas. first time yesterday. now that the government is ordering reunification for families, this family is together again. tor: t there's no way or words to describe how excited he is to be able to reunite with them tonight. it's been 55 days, and yesterday receiving that call has been amazing and he's excited to get to see them again and to know that they're together. i feel way better now that we're together. she's so big and beautiful. >> reporter: this family has been through a lot of legal wrangling. clara has to wear an ankle monitor while heo i through the immigration process to be able to stay here. reporting live at sfo, im zuck appearing to defend holocaust deniers. >> i'm jewish, an

blake: white house reporter for associated press and she joins us this saturday evening, hi, darlene. >> hi, blake. brake blake what do you make of this? she has ties to roger stone and lots of questions surrounding roger stone? >> right, and kristin davis and roger stone have a relationship that goes back a decade or so, perhaps the special counsel robert mueller thinks that she knows something or can tell him something or the investigators something about roger stone that would be pertinent to the investigation that he's doing into russian collusion, possible russian collusion with the trump campaign ahead of 2016 election, that's -- that's what i take away from it. blake: so kristin davis now in headlines and so once again is michael cohen, the president's former i think it's safe to say attorney, long-time fixer as well. news story coming out today in "the new york times" involving michael cohen, you're big take away with that? first off, michael cohen, at one point he said of the president, quote, my wife -- he said basically he would take a bullet for the president. he has chang

thinking you know i've got to change this that's how allen introduced himself to his future wife darlene who was sitting in the audience one day that conference was the first time i heard him speak and it actually believe you know it sounds corny but it was a life changing event for me i was in the process of. considering making a final decision about whether and happy marriage. i thought yeah right life is too short i have to make decisions for myself. i mean anybody that sees her for the first time missed that smile and just absolutely and i melt. i have friends who tell me that i smiled more the day of my wedding than they've ever seen me smile in my entire life and it was permanently glued there for days. it was the beginning of the joy that ended in the ring going on the finger and it's still there today. you can't even describe it it's like all these years of anxious and frustration just melted away in five minutes. you still. write. here life is letter she's passed her best before date so she's got no choice you've got to stick with me about it there's no option you know me get it

please join the city and my fellow board members darlene, and her team, in supporting global s.f. to support -- to start today by raising a glass. [laughter] >> we have champagne in the back. >> here, you can have mine. global s.f. talk too much success in the omission, you become a much studied example with your local and global impact. me you truly make sense -- make san francisco the best place -- place for business and life. may you do us all proud to. off you go, global s. off -- global s.f. [applause] >> everyone deserves a bank account. in san francisco, anyone can have a bank account, things to an innovative program, bank on s.f. >> everyone is welcome, even if you are not a citizen or have bad credit to qualify for a bank account is simple. just live or work in san francisco and have a form of id. >> we started bank on s.f. six years ago to reach out to folks in the city who do not have a bank account. we wanted to make sure they know they have options which should be more low-cost, more successful to them and using chat catchers. >> check cashing stores can be found all

darlene choi, legislative aide to norman yee's office, reading letter on behalf of supervisor lee. "i'm writing to reiterate the support for the stop as part of the project. it addresses pedestrian safety and maintains access for seniors and people with disabilities. since 2016, i have worked closely with neighbors, merchants, safeway and sfmta staff about the proposed removal of the 17th avenue staff. i felt strongly enough to submit a letter to support keeping the 17th avenue inbound stop to accommodate seniors and their ability to carry heavy groceries from safeway. after further discussion with sfmta, we were able to develop a new proposal that addresses parking, pedestrian safety and access for people's disabilities and seniors. it would keep the stop that would construct a wheelchair-accessible ramp, a full boarding platform between 17th and 16th and also reconfigure the surrounding stops for transit efficiency. i urge the sfmta board to approve this proposal. i'm committed to pedestrian safety, main continuing accessibility and supporting small business owners. sincerely, su

please join the city and my fellow board members darlene, and her team, in supporting global s.f. to support -- to start today by raising a glass. [laughter] >> we have champagne in the back. >> here, you can have mine. global s.f. talk too much success in the omission, you become a much studied example with your local and global impact. me you truly make sense -- make san francisco the best place -- place for business and life. may you do us all proud to. off you go, global s. off -- global s.f. [applause] pplause] >> third thursdays at the commons is a monthly event series to really activate krisk centkrisk -- civic center, fulton mall, and other locations through social operation. >> in 2016, an initiative called the civic center progress initiative was launched, it was launched by a bunch of city agencies and community partners, so they really had to figure out how to program these places on a more frequent basis. i'm with the civic center community benefit district, and i'm program manager for the civic center commons. also, third thursdays will have music. that was really im

please join the city and my fellow board members darlene, and her team, in supporting global s.f. to support -- to start today by raising a glass. [laughter] >> we have champagne in the back. >> here, you can have mine. global s.f. talk too much success in the omission, you become a much studied example with your local and global impact. me you truly make sense -- make san francisco the best place -- place for business and life. may you do us all proud to. off you go, global s. off -- global s.f. [applause] >> self-planning works to preserve and enhance the city what kind hispanic the environment in a variety of ways overhead plans to fwied other departments to open space and land use an urban design and a variety of other matters related to the physical urban environment planning projects include implementing code change or designing plaza or parks projects can be broad as proipd on overhead neighborhood planning effort typically include public involvement depending on the subject a new lot or effect or be active in the final process lots of people are troubled by they're moving