as former chief floral designer of the white house, laura dowling says it should be part of the job. 1985 when she moved to d.c. from washington state, she worked on the hill in public administration but on a trip to paris with her husband in 2000 she fell in love with the french language of flowers, that is. she went back for classes, then translat h flair for floral design into a little shop in her kitchen. in 2009, she heard about the job at the obama white house. >> it's not like it's posted on 1800 jobs or something. what happened was that i just ended up sending a letter of inquiry and a resume to the white house. i was so surprised when i did get an e-mail saying that i was a semifinalist. >> reporter: this design won the face-off. laura dowling's first big challenge the obamas first state dinner for the prime minister of india. >> we felt like it was such a beautiful decor, the apple green linens with the purple flowers. >> reporter: but it seems that all people remembered when it was over were the gate crashers and generally no one visits the white house who doesn't remember

the police suv was in pursuit when it hit a car at 8th avenue and dowling street. the police have not said if any officers were among the injured. the suspect who was being chased was arrest add short time later. >>> a two-car crash in san jose last night left one driver dead and the other critically injured. the collision happened near the 85 highway off-ramp around 9:30, and one person died and the other in critical condition, and neither driver had any passengers in their car. >>> activist in san francisco are vowing to take action over the d.a.'s decision not to charge two police officers in a deadly 2015 shooting. critics say the investigation was focused on khraerg the officers and not determining what really happened. here is abc7 news reporter, leslie brinkley. >> reporter: struck in the back by six shots, and officers said he was facting them, brandishing a knife when they opened fire in self defense. >> he would have been able to turn 90 to 180 degrees. >> san francisco's d.a. determined the vast majority of witness accounts and evidence not contradict th

dowling -- dialing in now. the numbers are on the screen. we want to show you a trump family member generating headlines yesterday at the w 20 summit, ivanka truck -- evoke a trump spoke -- ivanka trump'spoke about her fathers effort to support women. >> think about paid leave, sadly, the united states is one of the only countries in the world, the only developed country that does not have a paid leave policy for the -- for the benefit of families. that is something i am proud of my father's advocacy long before he came into the presidency of our during the campaign. he has been a tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive in the new reality -- >> you hear the reaction from the audience. mored to address them one point. your father is publicly mightyed in former times leave one questioning whether he is such an empower for women. what is your comment? ivanka drop: i heard in the dust ianka trump -- ivanka trump: heard the criticism from the media. the thousands of women who have worked with and for my father for d

another police car responding to the call to assist hit a car on 88th street and dowling, not involved in the pursuit. that car had three people inside and one of those was complaining of pain and was taken tod hospital. >>> our time is 432 -- taken to the hospital. our time is 4:32. night is the family of a man who was forcibly removed from united airlines last sunday will talk publicly about what happened. at 8 this morning, the daughter of dr. david dow will hold a news conference in chicago. the police officers dragged the 69-year-old doctor off of an overcrowded united express jet bound for louisville, kentucky. while he recovers in the hospital, his lawyers filed emergency papers asking a court of illinois to order united to preserve surveillance video, cockpit recordings and any other evidence in that passenger removal case. in the meantime, unite side offering refunds to every passenger on that flight. the ceo of the company told "good morning america" the airline is trying to make amends. >> we're not going to put a long portion to take them off, to remove a booked, paid seati

and ellie dowling has won two more medals at the european gymnastics championships in romania.n the uneven bars. a quick update on the uneven bars. a quick update on the premier league matches. bournemouth league middlesbrough, swa nsea bournemouth league middlesbrough, swansea have bournemouth league middlesbrough, swa nsea have ta ken bournemouth league middlesbrough, swansea have taken the lead against stoke and don't forget the first of the fa cup semifinals at 5pm. spurs against chelsea. i will have an update in the next hour. clashes have broken out in the german city of cologne as tens of thousands of demonstrators picket a hall where the anti—immigration afd party is holding a conference. a huge police operation is being mounted, with up to 50 , 000 protesters expected in cologne. two officers have already been entered. our correspondent reports. what you can see behind me as cologne's response to germany's most controversial political party. police are expecting up to 50,000 people to demonstrate at various parts of the city over the course of the day. this is one of t

investigators say an officer who was called in to assist hit a car at 88th street and dowling. the chase began at 78th avenue and hillsdale and lasted a few blocks before ending at bancroft. police took the suspect into custody. three people were in the car that was hit by the patrol vehicle. one of them was taken to the hospital. >>> it's the end of-era here still ahead why the well-known toy store closing after almost 90 years in business. >> tracking a few lingering showers out there. and then the holiday weekend and the chance of more showers. i will see you back here. >>> home buyers are moving fast according to a report from red fin. real estate company says nearly 1 in 5 homes sold in the u.s. last month were in contract within two weeks. and in oakland home spent 13 days on the market. the san jose was 14 days and san jose was the most competitive market in the country. nearly 70% of the homes sold for more than the asking price. >>> after nearly 90 years in business a peninsula toy store is preparing to shut its doors. >> ktvu maureen naylor spoke with the customers an

kevin dowling, one of our directors, asked us to think more like animals. >> seth: uh-huh.hat he wanted -- >> he suggested jungle cats. [ light laughter ] >> seth: okay, gotcha. >> which is probably better than anteaters or something. >> seth: sure. [ laughter ] well the worst is, you're a jungle cat, you're an anteater. >> yeah, exactly. so, mire and i laugh about that kind of stuff. and then we had, another director who said to mire, "okay, climb on top of uncle pete." which made us a little uncomfortable. >> seth: yeah, that's not great. [ laughter ] >> not something i wanted to hear. >> seth: that's a -- everything for me, would have been a step forward sexually, and that was a big step back. >> yeah. [ laughter ] and -- and then regina king directed an episode. >> seth: who's a fantastic actress. >> she's awesome, and great director as well. i just saw her the other night, we were at a rangers game together. >> seth: there you go. >> but her thing that she said -- to us, she said, "all right, now give me some more of that, 'i want to [ bleep ] the [ bleep ] out of you'