wong's. it also alleges they covered up funding for campaign mailers from david and andy wong, whose family operates recycling and housing businesses that contract with the city. in return, tao allegedly pushed for renewal of contracts and exerted influence as mayor to help the wong's businesses. >> her agreement to purchase housing units from a company owned by the duong family, her agreement to ensure the extension of a contract for recycling services that the city of oakland had with one of david and andy wong's companies. >> jones was seen leaving home friday morning for court, as all four defendants appeared an hour later at a hearing that was held at oakland's federal building. all of them entered not guilty pleas. tao's attorney, jeff tsai, spoke immediately afterwards. >> the case is built on allegations from an unknown coconspirator that we believe, when the evidence is revealed, will show that my client has committed no crimes. >> mayor tao was very quiet in court, calm, giving brief answers with no sign of emotion. as she left the building. her attorney said she had no comment. david and

and the lawyers for david wong had this response, saying mr. wong denies wrongdoing and will vigorously defend these allegations in court. he looks forward to prevailing in this case and continuing his decades of service, philanthropy and devotion to our community and the bay area. now, the indictment details alleged bribes were spent on a negative mailer that helped xiang tao just before the 2022 oakland mayoral election. it raises an intriguing question could we actually have had a different mayor, had that money not exchanged hands, as authorities allege? abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes spoke to the man who tao edged out, and any comment about what's happening in his white suit and white tennis shoes. >> andy huang would not answer questions as he entered federal court to face bribery, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud charges in connection with former oakland mayor xiang tao. but the indictment says in exchange for future favors, contracts and political appointments to wong and his father, david wong, who owned california waste soluti

and the lawyers for david wong had this response, saying mr. wong denies wrongdoing and will vigorously defend these allegations in court. he looks forward to prevailing in this case and continuing his decades of service, philanthropy and devotion to our community and the bay area. the indictment details. alleged bribes were spent on a negative mailer that helped xiang tao just before the 2022 oakland mayor's election. it raises an intriguing question could we actually have had a different mayor, had that money not exchanged hands, as authorities allege? abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes spoke to the man who tao edged out, and any comment about what's happening in his white suit and white tennis shoes. >> andy wong would not answer questions as he entered federal court to face bribery, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud charges in connection with former oakland mayor xiang tao. but the indictment says in exchange for future favors, contracts and political appointments, dr. wong and his father, david wong, who own california waste solutions,

and the lawyers for david wong had this response, saying mr. wong denies wrongdoing and will vigorously defend these allegations in court. he looks forward to prevailing in this case and continuing his decades of service, philanthropy and devotion to our community and the bay area. all right. the indictment details alleged bribes were spent on a negative mailer that helped xiang tao just before the 2022 oakland mayor's election, and it raises an intriguing question could we actually have had a different mayor, had that money not exchanged hands, as authorities allege? abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes spoke to the man who tao edged out, and any comment about what's happening in his white suit and white tennis shoes. >> andy huang would not answer questions as he entered federal court to face bribery, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud charges in connection with former oakland mayor xiang tao. but the indictment says in exchange for future favors, contracts and political appointments, dr. wong and his father, david wong, who own california wa

and david wong's lawyer sent a statement saying in part, quote, mr. duong denies wrongdoing and will vigorously defend these allegations in court. he looks forward to prevailing in this case of continuing his decades of service, philanthropy and devotion to our community and the bay area, quote, that family owned several businesses in oakland. we first learned about them and their connections with city leaders following the fbi search of their homes. >> last summer, the drawing family owns oakland's recycling service, california waste solutions. it claims cws is the largest recycling company in northern california with 300 employees. the drawings also appeared politicians at every level and it social media full of pictures of him with multiple politicians, including tao her former opponent lauren taylor and former congresswoman barbara lee and governor gavin newsom. the enemies business association, which david wrong chairs also organized a trip to vietnam in 2023. how it ended that trip as the mayor oakland. well, if you'd like to read the 22 page in

former oakland mayor xiang tao and her partner andre jones, along with two oakland businessmen, david wong and his son andy wong, of bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud. the 22 page indictment alleges the scheme started in 2022, just before tao was elected mayor of oakland in november. >> weeks before that election, tao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that would benefit the. wong's. >> questions have lingered as tao's home was raided by the fbi prior to her 2024 recall. the indictment repeatedly refers to an unnamed coconspirator who worked with the wongs. the indictment alleges tao and jones tried to cover up cash payments for a 95,000 no show job salary to jones from the wongs. it also alleges they covered up funding for campaign mailers from david and andy wong, whose family operates recycling and housing businesses that contract with the city. in return, tao allegedly pushed for renewal of contracts and exerted influence as mayor to help the wong's businesses. >> her agreement to purchase housing units from a company owned by the duong family. her agreemen

says in exchange for future favors, contracts and political appointments to wong and his father, david wong, who owned california waste solutions, funded a negative mailer campaign costing approximately $75,000 in support of tao's mayoral campaign. >> look, i am, i am angry. this is ridiculous that uh- democracy has been trampled on here in oakland. >> former council member lauren taylor was ahead at one point during the ranked choice voting tally by 3587 votes, but wound up losing the mayor's race by just 677 out of about 125,000 votes cast. the difference, according to taylor and his chief of staff, this mailer slamming taylor sent just days before the election. >> they obviously had darkened his his face and darkened his skin and had outrageous allegations. it just seemed incredibly unfair and disappointing in public. >> real estate agent and political activist mario suarez always said that he paid for the fliers, and this anti-law and taylor website. but last summer, mayor sheng tao's former chief of staff told me she watched suarez approach tao and andy duong at this campaign event in

wong's. it also alleges they covered up funding for campaign mailers from david and andy wong, whose family operates recycling and housing businesses that contract with the city. in return, tao allegedly pushed for renewal of contracts and exerted influence as mayor to help the duong's businesses. >> her agreement to purchase housing units from a company owned by the duong family, her agreement to ensure the extension of a contract for recycling services that the city of oakland had with one of david and andy duong's companies. >> jones was seen leaving home friday morning for court, as all four defendants appeared an hour later at a hearing that was held at oakland's federal building. all of them entered not guilty pleas. tao's attorney, jeff tsai, spoke immediately afterwards. >> the case is built on allegations from an unknown coconspirator that we believe, when the evidence is revealed, will show that my client has committed no crimes. >> mayor tao was very quiet in court. calm, giving basically brief answers, no signs of emotion. as she left the building, her attorney said. no comment. david an

por su parte, los abogados de andy y david wong dijeron a través de comunicados que sus clientes sonentras que andrew jones, novio de la exalcaldesa tao, pidió representación de un defensor público federal. nosotros, por supuesto, vamos a estar pendientes al desarrollo de esta noticia. así es. e el scal general de california, rob bonta, ofreció hoy una conferencia de prensa para reafirmar su compromiso con la comunidad inmigrante en el estado, actualizando las pautas de la ley. sb 54. esta legislación prohíbe que las agencias locales cooperen con autoridades federales en temas de inmigración protegiendo así los derechos de los inmigrantes. bonta destacó la importancia de respetar estas normativas frente a las posibles políticas de deportación bajo la nueva administración del presidente electo, donald tru. california. immigrant community as my support bonta también instó a la comunidad inmigrante a confiar en las fuerzas del orden para reportar incidentes o buscar ayuda, asegurando su protección dentro de los límites de la ley. la oficina del médico forense del condado de santa clara

wong's. it also alleges they covered up funding for campaign mailers from david and andy wong, whose family operatesng and housing businesses that contract with the city. in return, tao allegedly pushed for renewal of contracts and exerted influence as mayor to help the wong's businesses. >> her agreement to purchase housing units from a company owned by the duong family, her agreement to ensure the extension of a contract for recycling services that the city of oakland had with one of david and andy wong's companies. >> jones was seen leaving home friday morning for court, as all four defendants appeared an hour later at a hearing that was held at oakland's federal building. all of them entered not guilty pleas. tao's attorney, jeff tsai, spoke immediately afterwards. >> the case is built on allegations from an unknown coconspirator that we believe, when the evidence is revealed, will show that my client has committed no crimes. >> mayor tao was very quiet in court, calm, giving brief answers with no sign of emotion. as she left the building. her attorney said she had no comment. david and andy won

por su parte, los abogados de andy y david wong dijeron a través de comunicados que sus clientes sontao, pidió representación de un defensor público federal. veamos ahora estas imágenes son en vivo a esta hora de la noche. las 11,7. así luce el panorama en diversos puntos del área de la bahía. por eso vamos a darle un primer vistazo rápidamente con nuestro meteorólogo néstor flecha. adelante, néstor. amigos de la bahía. les saluda el meteorólogo néstor flecha. hablemos sobre las condiciones del tiempo para nuestra región. tengan en cuenta que esta niebla que tuvimos temprano va a regresar muy seguramente hacia nuestra zona. eso. vamos a hablar en detalle más adelante de momento. mire, estas son las temperaturas que estoy anticipando en la mañana de mañana sábado. estamos hablando de temperaturas en ese rango de más o menos los 42 hacia los 35, especialmente tierra adentro hacia el área de discovery bay. pero en términos generales, parte del corredor de lo que es la interestatal 80 tendrán temperaturas muy típicas para la época del año, al igual que partes de la interestatal 5. ahora

indictment charging former oakland mayor sheng thao, her partner, andre jones and businessman david and indeed wong. >> with bribery offenses, the u.s. attorney's office says the 4 were engaged in a scheme to benefit that businesses and to promote house political career. how herself is facing 6 counts of conspiracy, bribery, mail, fraud and wire fraud. >> the indictment charges the scheme that the defendants entered into knowing that bribes would be offered and accepted by town jones. exchange for allowing longs to exercise illegally influence over the levers. the city government. >> the indictment alleges that the conspiracy began in october of 2022 just weeks before the november 2022 election and which town became mayor. she's accused of agreeing to purchase housing units from that wong's extend their recycling contract in oakland and hire a high-level city official to benefit them in exchange for their financing. a negative may lurk campaign against house political rivals and $95,000 in payments to jones disguised as a no show job with the promise of additional payments. the u.s. attorney's offi

tao, her romantic partner, and both andy and david wong are accused of trading political favors for cashe fbi raided their homes. all four have entered not guilty pleas. all right, let's check on the weather. good morning lisa. good morning stephanie. >> we have mostly cloudy skies. there's some fog in our inland valleys. you can see here from our roof camera. not a whole lot of sun. temperatures in the 40s. for most of us. san jose is at 50, and we have cool conditions at the coast right now with 39 and fog by the delta. upper 50s and sunny near 60 today. otherwise. >> so thank you and thank you all for joining us. gma is next. to the next. did they even send my lab work...? wait, was i supposed to bring that? then there's the forms. the bills. the 'not a bills.' the.... ”press 4 to repeat these options.” [chaotic music] [inspirational music] healthcare can get a whole lot easier when your medical records, care and coverage are in one place. at kaiser permanente, all of us work together for all that is you. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> gio: and we are back on "gma" with that

partner and two local businessmen, david trung duong and his son andy hung duong, who was also david wong's business associate. the indictment, returned by the grand jury, describes the corrupt scheme in which the defendants used bribes, mail fraud, wire fraud, and other illegal practices to manipulate and corruptly influence the levers of local government. before i describe the details of the indictment, i want to emphasize one thing. what i'm about to describe are just allegations. every defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence, is presumed innocent unless and until his or her guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. the indictment charges a scheme that the defendants entered into knowing that bribes would be offered and accepted by tao and jones in exchange for allowing the wongs to exercise illegal influence over the levers of city government. the indictment alleges that the illegal conspiracy began around october 22nd, before the november 2022 oakland mayoral election, weeks before that election, tao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that w

allegedly using her influence as mayor in a bribery scheme with father and son city contractors david and andy wong. leaders of oakland's main recycling service, california waste solutions. this public trust is broken when elected officials agree to a pay to play system to benefit themselves. prosecutors noted text messages exchanged between andy wong and a coconspirator weeks ahead of the november mayoral election, promising tao would buy 100 modular housing units from a company run by the wong's, guaranteed. andy wong text back. prosecutors allege that wong funded a negative mailers campaign attacking tao's political rivals. they went out one week before the 2022 election. former city council member lauren taylor, who narrowly lost to tao in 2022, addressed the indictment friday. when we talk about a 677 vote margin, those fliers that were funded through this scheme clearly had a direct impact on the outcome of our election. the multi-year investigation was a coordinated effort with the irs, u.s. postal inspection service, the u.s. attorney's office, and the fbi. our cameras were there last june

allegedly using her influence as mayor in a bribery scheme with father and son city contractors david and andy wong. leaders of oakland's main recycling service, california waste solutions. this public trust is broken when elected officials agree to a pay to play system to benefit themselves. prosecutors noted text messages exchanged between andy wong and a coconspirator weeks ahead of the november mayoral election, promising tao would buy 100 modular housing units from a company run by the wong's, guaranteed. andy wong text back. prosecutors allege that wong funded a negative mailers campaign attacking tao's political rivals. they went out one week before the 2022 election. former city council member lauren taylor, who narrowly lost to tao in 2022, addressed the indictment friday. when we talk about a 677 vote margin, those fliers that were funded through this scheme clearly had a direct impact on the outcome of our election. the multi-year investigation was a coordinated effort with the irs, u.s. postal inspection service, the u.s. attorney's office, and the fbi. our cameras were there last june

allegedly using her influence as mayor in a bribery scheme with father and son city contractors david and andy wong, leaders of oakland's main recycling service, california waste solutions. this public trust is broken when elected officials agree to a pay to play system to benefit themselves.rosecutors noted text messages exchanged between andy wong and a coconspirator weeks ahead of the november mayoral election, promising tao would buy 100 modular housing units from a company run by the wong's guaranteed. andy wong text back. prosecutors allege that wong funded a negative mailers campaign attacking tao's political rivals. they went out one week before the 2022 election. former city council member lauren taylor, who narrowly lost to tao in 2022, addressed the indictment friday. when we talk about a 677 vote margin, those fliers that were funded through this scheme clearly had a direct impact on the outcome of our election. the multi-year investigation was a coordinated effort with the irs, u.s. postal inspection service, the u.s. attorney's office, and the fbi. our cameras were there last june whe

indictment charging former oakland mayor sheng thao, her partner, andre jones and businessman david and indeed wong. >> with bribery offenses, the u.s. attorney's office says the 4 were engaged in a scheme to benefit the businesses and promote house political career. how herself is facing 6 counts of conspiracy, bribery, mail, fraud and wire fraud. >> the indictment charges the scheme that the defendants entered into knowing that bribes would be offered and accepted by town jones. exchange for allowing longs to exercise illegally influence over the levers. the city government. >> the indictment alleges that the conspiracy began in october of 2022 just weeks before the november 2022 election and which town became mayor. she's accused of agreeing to purchase housing units from that wong's extend their recycling contract in oakland and hire a high-level city official to benefit them in exchange for their financing. a negative mueller campaign against house political rivals and $95,000 in payments to jones disguised as a no show job with the promise of additional payments. the u.s. attorney's office sa

indictment charging former oakland mayor sheng thao, her partner, andre jones and businessman david and indeed wong with bribery offenses. the u.s. attorney's office says the 4 were engaged in a scheme to benefit that businesses and to promote house political career. how herself is facing 6 counts of conspiracy, bribery, mail, fraud and wire fraud. >> the indictment charges the scheme that the defendants entered into knowing that bribes would be offered and accepted by town jones. in exchange for allowing longs to exercise illegally influence over the levers. the city government. >> the indictment alleges that the conspiracy began in october of 2022 just weeks before the november 2022 election and which town became mayor. she's accused of agreeing to purchase housing units from that wong's extend their recycling contract in oakland and hire a high-level city official to benefit them in exchange for their financing. a negative may lurk campaign against house political rivals and $95,000 in payments to jones disguised as a no show job with the promise of additional payments. the u.s. attorney's offic

indictment charging former oakland mayor sheng thao, her partner, andre jones and businessman david and indeed wong with bribery offenses. the u.s. attorney's office says the 4 were engaged in a scheme to benefit the businesses and promote house political career. how herself is facing 6 counts of conspiracy, bribery, mail, fraud and wire fraud. >> the indictment charges the scheme that the defendants entered into knowing that bribes would be offered and accepted by town jones. exchange for allowing longs to exercise illegally influence over the levers of city government. >> the indictment alleges that the conspiracy began in october of 2022 just weeks before the november 2022 election and which town became mayor. she's accused of agreeing to purchase housing units from that wong's extend their recycling contract in oakland and hire a high-level city official to benefit them in exchange for their financing. a negative may lurk campaign against house political rivals and $95,000 in payments to jones disguised as a no show job with the promise of additional payments. the u.s. attorney's office says th

david and andy duong. there, a father and son of a high profile family in oakland, which has contracts with the city for its recycling program. >> the wong'save been known entities in oakland politics for more than a decade, and the concerns about them have been well known. >> the east bay times identified the alleged individual to be larry gallegos, who is listed as a project manager for the economic and workforce development department. in a statement to abc seven news on tuesday, the city of oakland confirmed that gallegos resigned on friday. there are now concerns about the recycling contract with the duong's company, california waste solutions. >> any city council member who wants to raise concerns about who the city of oakland does business with, now would be the time to speak up. >> the agreement that dates back to july of 2015 is a 20 year service contract with an option for two five year extensions, which adds up to the ten years the duong's wanted tao to get them, as indicated in the indictment. >> not only was oakland for sale, it was on sale for cheap $95,000 and a few other things. it's just boggles the mind how cheap they wer

david: how can you not be stunned. love it. thank you for that. back to the markets, nasdaq down, ray wong joins us. big day in davos. what are the billionaires wanting to hear from him and what do you think he will tell him? >> they will make a clear direction ais one of the hot topics because we are open for business and cut regulatory, america wants to win and happy to take anyone who wants to grow the country with us and that's the big shift going on. we want people to come who will build things and win and a lot of people will create new innovations, change the world. brian: that started with commitment to invest in the us in the last two days. trump announced billions and private sector investment to build ai data centers in the us. seems to me a clear play to try to keep the us in a leadership position. can it do that? >> it is a really important piece. you get data centers that need energy and those things will be important, getting all access to different types of energy will give us the capability to get what you need for ai and we need mathematicians, engineers, scientists who are focused on continuing the

david, it could be the disinformation. remember prav du? i find this attack on nvidia has become standard. i go to jenson wonghe is the ceo. he says that 45 factories and getting them out as fast as they can, if anyone is complaining, give me a break. i think next to david ricks' launch, eli lilly for glp-1s, i think this is as successful. i get tired of the attacks on nvidia. they bore me. >> well, they will continue. i understand. you've taken your shots before, no doubt. >> shots? on the right side of nvidia history. >> without a doubt. no one is arguing that. >> when it was $2, i named my dog nvidia. that was still good. >> it was the greatest call you ever made. >> we are not a political discussion. >> no, we are not. >> you want a political discussion, okay, i'll go to joe rogan and i will do five hours on joe rogan. one of the most jarring things about the rogan interview was he said he had to take a bathroom break. >> someone put it into the rachlt i. engine to see, he spent 38% of the time talking. these things are so long. not that i don't like long conversations but he spoke 38% and zuckerberg was

was to be approved by david and andy duong there, a father and son of a high profile family in oakland, which has contracts with the city for its recycling program. >> the wong'se been known entities in oakland politics for more than a decade, and the concerns about them have been well known. >> the east bay times identified the alleged individual to be larry gallegos, who is listed as a project manager for the economic and workforce development department. in a statement to abc seven news on tuesday, the city of oakland confirmed that gallegos resigned on friday. there are now concerns about the recycling contract with the duong's company, california waste solutions. >> any city council member who wants to raise concerns about who the city of oakland does business with, now would be the time to speak up. >> the agreement that dates back to july of 2015 is a 20 year service contract with an option for two five year extensions, which adds up to the ten years the duong wanted tao to get them, as indicated in the indictment. >> not only was oakland for sale, it was on sale for cheap $95,000 and a few other things. it's just boggles the mind how cheap they were wi

thanks, tony wong, let's get back to sarah and davos, talking to some of the world's top business leaders all week long. hey sarah. >> hey good morning carl and davidhis year. the war on dei diversity equity and inclusion which is front and center for the white house right now, is also top of mind for a lot of the ceos here in davos. it is the subject of a lot of the conversations, both on the record, on our air and also privately. and that is renaming dei. look, in the first 48 hours of his presidency, president trump actually issued an executive order on this subject to show that they were serious on this. now it only relates to the federal government, but there is indication that more is coming for corporate america. the eo, i just want to read this terminates illegal dei mandates, policies, programs, preferences and activities in the us government. this is a big change guys, because dei and before that esg policies have been very popular. discussion points and initiatives here in the davos crowd don't hear much about esg anymore. and now there's discussion about how to change dei for the current environment. and here's what i've learned from mo