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but let's talk about lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis, who urged you to quote, explore every legal option to remove trump from the ballot. were you not persuaded or was it just the reasoning that you you mentioned that, uh, you know, you made that decision? >> well, the lieutenant governor had won, had not asked her what had we done? i mean, it would have been helpful if she had really, uh, sent a letter to me or called. and she does when she wants to, uh, and asked, what's going on, what's happening? if she had, she would have seen that not only my office and the 18 attorneys in my office, but several attorneys and the attorney general's office, uh, have been working on this particular issue for since it came out. and we have from the very beginning, i was saying, do we have the authority to do this ? what would be the process? how do we get it done? and we've been really going through all of these things. and as i said, we've had people to file suits and each each case has come forward, has been dismissed by the courts as either not having standing or not fillled in the right cou

atkins will be competing against a strong field of democrats, including lieutenant governor eleni kounalakisw at ten, a lawyer hired to help run the georgia election interference criminal case against donald trump paid for airline tickets for the district attorney over seeing the prosecution. >> that's according to back records attached to a legal filing, potentially bolstering claims the two had an inappropriate relationship. ship records show special prosecutor nathan ward paid for flights for fulton county, da fani willis to miami in 2022, and san francisco in 2023. a court hearing has been set for next month in south carolina. >> senator tim scott is expected to endorse former president donald trump at a rally in new hampshire. this is a major blow to scott's fellow south carolinian, nikki haley, a person familiar with the senator's plans confirmed to the associated press today that scott would travel from florida with trump to new hampshire before the state's primary. scott ended his own bid for the white house two months ago. >> mayors from dozens of cities across the country are in wa

president later attended a biden campaign fundraiser hosted by california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakislowing some breaking news here out of placer county, where the sheriff's department is assisting the california state parks department with an officer involved shooting near the olympic village at palisades tahoe. now, officials say at this point, there is no current danger to the public, but people are still being told to avoid the area while the investigation is still underway. we'll continue to follow this story again. an officer involved shooting reported near the olympic village at palisades tahoe in important updates here as we get them. of course, during this newscast and immediately online for you. >> up next, addressing rising sea levels in san francisco, the milestone announcement today in san francisco's waterfront waterfront flood study plus fighting crime in san francisco's tenderloin city leaders say it's down, but residents and business owners say that's just not enough. the concerns they raised during a town hall ast night (vo) at wells fargo, direct deposits come up to

atkins will be competing against a strong field of democrats, including lieutenant governor eleni kounalakisdozens of cities around the country are in washington, dc to meet with president biden and other cabinet members for the u.s. conference of mayors winter meeting. here's a picture of some of the california mayors at that meeting. oakland mayor shang tao was there. you can see her in this picture. as long as as well as san jose mayor matt mahan as fox's connor hanson tells us, president biden is hearing about how major issues like immigration, crime and the fentanyl crisis are impacting cities on a local level. >> mayors get the job done. >> immigration is top of mind for mayors visiting the nation's capital this week. denver's mayor says they're in crisis mode, saying they've had 36,000 migrants arrive there, straining the city's resources. >> all they want is the chance to work and support themselves and their families. mayor mike johnston says he laid out what he'd like to see happen work authorization for folks that arrive in our city so they can support themselves, federal money to

lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis was reportedly the target of a swatting call over the weekend. >tting is when someone calls a 9-1-1 to report a fake crime, according to the chronicle, she and her husband were not at home at the time, but their two college age sons age sons were there when officers responded to this call. this incident comes just days after kounalakis urged california secretary of state shirley weber to remove donald trump from the state's primary ballot. a spokesperson for the lieutenant governor said she believes the swatting was related to her push to try and do that. >> a new bill is being introduced to allow amsterdam style cannabis cafes in california. last year, governor newsom vetoed that measure. it would have let local governments license cannabis shops to offer food and drinks, and to sell tickets to live performances. san francisco assembly member matt haney is behind that legislation. he says it would help both struggling cannabis businesses and empty downtown districts. >> a new housing report finds landlords in marin and two other counties are discr

. >> it was hosted by california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis, an alabama death row inmate becamefirst known person to be executed by nitrogen gas. >> the gas was administered by face mask, and it caused inmate kevin kenneth smith to die by oxygen deprivation. media witnesses say he appeared to shake uncontrollably before he was pronounced dead. this is the first time a new execution method was used in the us since 1982. that's when lethal injection was first introduced. the state of alabama tried to execute smith in 2022 by lethal injection, but authorities couldn't find a serviceable vein to inject him and the department of corrections and the attorney general's office have assured us that all the protocols are in place and it will be safe. >> kenneth smith made some bad decisions 35 years ago, and his debt was paid. >> smith was on death row after he was convicted of getting $1,000 payment for killing a woman in 1988, in a murder for hire scheme. death penalty opponents say nitrogen gas executions are inhumane and a form of torture. >> our time is 517. pga is being ordered by r

. >> with the iowa caucuses now just ten days away, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis wasary of state to remove former president donald trump's name from the state's primary ballot, according to the chronicle. >> someone placed a 911 call over the weekend to falsely report an emergency at kounalakis home in san francisco. a spokesman tells the chronicle that the lieutenant governor and her husband were not home at the time. maine's secretary of state was also the victim of a swatting call after she removed trump from her state's primary ballot. >> well, supporters of artificial intelligence say the technology can help combat climate change. ai groups say it can be used to detect pollution and map out areas at high risk of wildfires. researchers say. ai can also monitor methane emissions, which, along with carbon dioxide, are the leading causes of global warming. but watchdog groups worry ai is running on supercomputers, which use up large amounts of energy, creating large carbon footprints . what is now considered a small size ai system can release the same amount of co2 e