ed lee leads with votes followed by john avalos then dennis herr era. it does not appear lee will have the 50% margin he needs to avoid triggering the ranked choice system. we have team coverage tonight from around the city. we begin with ktvu's david stevenson. he's live at ed lee's election coverage. >> reporter: i'm actually standing outside the restaurant in a moment. more on that in a moment. about a half hour ago, mayor ed lee essentially declared victory on this with more results to be coming in. but essentially he said that the city wants more of what his administration has had to officer. here is a look at more video we shot from inside. you can see supporters, ed lee family's joining him on stage as people celebrated the early results coming in as you mentioned. the mayor's appearance came after those early results indicated he had obtained about 30% of the mail in ballots. but again not quite enough to avoid triggering the other process that's going to take place in this with ranked choice voting. joining us right now out in the parking lot a

ed lee leads with votes followed by john avalos then dennis herr era.does not appear lee will have the 50% margin he needs to avoid triggering the ranked choice system. we have team coverage tonight from around the city. we begin with ktvu's david stevenson. he's live at ed lee's election coverage. >> reporter: i'm actually standing outside the restaurant in a moment. more on that in a moment. about a half hour ago, mayor ed lee essentially declared victory on this with more results to be coming in. but essentially he said that the city wants more of what his administration has had to officer. here is a look at more video we shot from inside. you can see supporters, ed lee family's joining him on stage as people celebrated the early results coming in as you mentioned. the mayor's appearance came after those early results indicated he had obtained about 30% of the mail in ballots. but again not quite enough to avoid triggering the other process that's going to take place in this with ranked choice voting. joining us right now out in the parking lot at th

. >> reporter: leland yee, dennis herr era and joanna ruiz standing in solidarity. they are calling for an investigation. lee's spokesman called the attack a quote desperate dog pile. >> we've been the first to denounce any questionable activities by anyone in the campaign. >> winniker said ed lee's campaign is 100% in compliance with the law. >>> the man who has sued for half ownership of facebook has been ordered to return to the united states. paul saglia claims he has a contract with mark zuckerberg giving him a 50% stake in facebook. the company is now worth an estimated $50 billion. seglia has been living in ireland. yesterday a judge ordered him to return to new york to search for a missing flash drive. attorneys believe that flash drive contains important information that saglia's claim is false. >>> many are advertising their services on tweets. old navy recently hired khloe kardashian. for $8,000 she september a tweet that said old navy jeans make your butt look scary good. >>> this seat shows 100 million plus, people were arrested last night. i will tell