city and country as transforming each other. and it's part of this kind of an argument that mark is offering which is, when you put seemingly human thing, eve an city in a larger natural frame, you understand things about that city you never would have noticed if you didn't put them in that larger context. that's what that book tries to dos. although it does it for chicago, there's another sense in which the arguments of that book apply to every city on the planet throughout human history. so if you read it in my view you'll look at any human community differently, because you'll be asked to look beyond the boundaries of that community towards the sunt side in which that community exists. >> i would say one of the things bill's book captures a breaking down this idea of separations nap there's the city and there's the country. i think it's influenced a lot of people in how they think about all kinds of things, questioning the categories that we create, and don't quite, we don't question those, and here was a model for the rest of us to tripe to begin thinking about those boundaries that we've received from the past but don't know wipe they

>> the moment we've been waiting for is a culmination of over six months of an incredible nightmare. >> on the eve of a cityheriff ross mirkarimi talks about the aggressive stand in a case that could make or break his career. good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. the suspended sheriff preparing for one of the biggest days of his life, tomorrow, he will testify before the ethics commission in a desperate attempt to keep his job after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge. >> dan noyes spoke wh

a culmination of six months of an incredible nightmare. >> on the eve of a city ethics hearing, suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. >> i'm dan ashley. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is preparing for one of the biggest days of his life tomorrow. scheduled to testify before the ethics commission. he is trying to keep his job after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge. here is the report with exclusive details on the case. >> reporter: ross mirkarimi says he is ready for h his testimony before the ethics committee tomorrow. he faces charges of official misconduct after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor domestic violence count. he admitted grabbing his wifes a arm, causing a bruise. >> in some ways i have been living this for months so i'm very much looking forward to this because i haven't had an opportunity in this kind of forum and this kind of medium and taking the stage where i'm able to explain from the beginning and to where they want me to go. >> reporter: and now his defense team is stepping up criticism of next door neighbor ivory madison who reported the inc

an argument new year's eve. this is at the center of an official misconduct probe before the city's ethics commission that could cost mirkarimi his job. lopez says the decision to release that video is just tearing her family apart. lopez is back in her native venezuela with her young son theo to escape the media glare surrounding the case. as for her husband, he tells us, "the release of the video is the latest heavy-handed tactic to ruin me with absolutely no regard for my family's well-being." >>> well, it is closing time for two controversial oakland businesses. a judge has ordered the economy in and the national lodge to shut down by july 31st. the city has been fighting to close the motels for months calling them havens for prostitution and child prostitution. the owners have also been ordered to pay $45,000 each in fines. >>> marla, leaders from several bay area cities gathered this morning to discuss the impact of california's high-speed rail project. the peninsula city's consortium consists of five cities that have joined together to monitor construction of the project that's between san francisco and

francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is fighting the city's decision to release that video showing the bruise her husband gave her during an argument on new year's eve. and the abc 7 news i team learned lopez file aid misconduct complaint against mayor ed lee. and that comes on the day a judge signed off on a sp ordering mirkarimi's defense team to turn over cell phone records. >> and december 31 is the date of the domestic violence incident and january 13th san jose the day the sheriff mirkarimi was charged and arrested. >> there was no disswaying. the sheriff never tried to dissway anyone. >> and phone records include text mess skbrajz e mails as well as his campaign manager and three of his neighbors. this after the toon the city also denied the request to have san francisco taxpayers fund the legal costs in the ongoing proceedings against him. >> abc 7 news i team learned a story behind last week's public release of embarrassing cell phone video showing mirkarimi's wife. >> this happened yesterday... >> and she is describing the bruise on her arm came from mirkarimi briefly grabbing her, both filed legal motions to keep it private. the city atto

mirkarimi is fighting to keep his job as sheriff as the city attorney tries to prove that an incident from new year's eve day is official misconduct. the focus is on the sheriff's department's written code of conduct that says a felony or misdemeanor conviction reflects negatively on the department. mirkarimi was reluctant to say specifically yes, i've been convicted of a crime. >> convicted of a misdemeanor. >> i pled to a misdemeanor. a 1036 of the penal sod. >> that's not what i asked. were you convicted of a misdemeanor? >> objection. asked and answered. >> he hasn't answered the question. >> all right. yes. >> reporter: mirkarimi's attorneys are going to try and paint a much different picture of him when they question him later this morning. his wife ileana lopez is on record saying she supports her husband. her attorney said she is willing to testify if the city pays for her to come back from her native venezuela. the ethics commission did admit a video of her showing a bruise into evidence. mirkarimi, his testimony continues followed by that of mayor ed lee. reporting live, christie smith, "today

eve incident with his wife. i-team reporter dan noyes traveled to venezuela for an interview with lopez. the chronicle reports that lopez's attorney says if cityofficials want her to testify it is only fair they pay to bring her here. a roundtrip ticket could cost $1500 or more. >>> you heard terry, right, mike with the most accurate forecast well, we all know that. that goes without saying so i'm not saying it. >> thank you very much. silence is golden. check it out, clear sky on live doppler no rain to worry about, no coastal drizzle as most of us are clear. storm track to the north, small area of low pressure towards eureka and crescent city no bearing on our forecast it shows djh] strong that high pressure is becoming as it is deflecting everything to the north. 7:00 this morning, a few clouds along the coast, temperatures in the upper 40s around santa rosa, napa, the rest of us low to mid 50s. noon you may notice when you step out, warmer than yesterday with 59, half moon bay, 62 san francisco, mid 60s to mid 70sú,v bay shore. mid 70s to 80 inland. 4:00, temperatures in the 70s except for 80s in inland valleys and 60s along the coast in

an argument on new year's eve. the clip was released by the city ethic commission which is considering removing mirkarimi from office. now the commission says it's required to make hearings public and the video's release is inevitable. but lopez firing right back saying the decision to release the video is tearing her family apart. lopez is in her native venezuela with her young son theo to escape the media glare around this case. as for her husband, he tells us, " the release of the video is the latest heavy-handed tactic to ruin me with absolutely no regard for my family's well-being." >>> well, he never saw it coming, that's how witnesses described bryan stow in the moments before he was brutally attacked outside dodgers stadium. today marks day three of the preliminary hearing for suspects sanchez and norwood. three women who say they saw the attack testified in a southern california courtroom thursday. the witnesses say they were heading to their cars after the game when the atmosphere in the parking lot turned violent. >> the gentleman in the blue shorts with the white shirt punched brian. i heard bryan hit th

real privilege to speak to you on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall and particularly wonderful to be here in kansas city, which is such an appropriate setting, because it was just a couple of blocks from this building at kemper arena, many remember, ronald reagan gave a speech 30 years ago that in many ways helped catapult him to the white house. reigh. just conceded defeat republican ford at the general convention and maybe people in the room today remember that ford, then, summoned reagan down from the skybox to address the delegates on the floor. reagan initially said he didn't want to come down. he said it was someone else's night, but eventually the ovation brought him down to the floor and he spoke for six minutes entirely impromptu without notes and what he said captivated the room and much of the nation that night. he conjured and imagined future at one point and talked about what it would be like to open a time capsule in 100 years. i find it remarkable. reagan said we live in a era that nuclear weapons can destroy virtually the civil liesed world we live in and wondered if the people opening that time capsule w

eve incident with his wife eliana lopez. dan noyes traveled to venezuela for an interview with lopez in her hometown of caracas. lopez's attorney says if cityficials want her to testify, it is only fair they pay to bring her here a round trip ticket from venezuela could cost $1500 or more. >>> wildfires scorching parts of the west has turned deadly. joining the hundreds of homes evacuated, key training for future military leaders being threatened. katie marzullo is live in the breaking news center with the latest. >> reporter: trying to keep track of numbers. evacuation orders issued in bulk, as fires rage out of control namely waldo fire has moved into the colorado springs city limits this is video of one colorado springs neighborhood overnight flames left nothing standing really. there are 29 large fires burning right now we understand around 32,000 people have left their homes. 9,000 in the colorado springs area. that includes the air force academy where 700 cadets and personnel were told to lee. there is no estimate as to how many homes have burned. >> we have multiple structures that are impacted in the mountain shadows community. i ca

an hour, both mirkarimi and mayor ed lee answered questions and weighed questions carefully. the deputy city attorney continued pounding mirkarimi with questions about responses to reporters following a new year's eve argument with his wife which left her with a bruise on her arm, mirkarimi replied it was a private family matter. >> i believe i did say. >> should the sheriff be referring to a violent incident that is under investigation between a man and his wife as a private family matter? >> no. >> the mayor accused mirkarimi of trying to disswayed witnesses in this case. one charge in the official hearing. and under cross examination his lawyer tried to put that charge to rest. >> at any time did you disswayed anyone from law enforcement investigations? >> never. >> at any time did you ever ask anyone to destroy snefdz. >> never. >> thank you. >> the mayor took the stand in the afternoon but it was brief. the commission president announced the hearing was adjourned until further notice with no explanation. >> i've been instruct wed need to adjourn proceedings for now. and this mayor was rushed out of the room and the crowd wondered y turned out to be a false bomb scare. the mayor got back on the

city attorney peter keith. mirkarimi admitted during that questioning he bruised the arm of his wife after get into an argument with her on new years evemarch he pled guilty to a misdemeanor false imprisonment count because of that incident. during that questioning he defend himself and the ability to leave the sheriff department inspite of what happened. >> i think the sheriff is the leader of the department and should lead by example. scene if that also means that the sheriff can demonstrate redeeming behavior, then the sheriff i think or some of their employees may have that possibility too. >> reporter: commissioners in the meantime have decided that a 45 second video where lopez describes the bruising incident can be shown during the hearing. lopez may also be called to testify at the hearing. although she is still in her native venezuela and it's not clear if she will fly back to san francisco to testify or give that testimony via skype. one person they will hear from is mayor ed lee. he is the person that suspended mirkarimi back in march. mayor e lee is scheduled to testify later this afternoon. live in san francisco allie rasm

ward, a great church in the most difficult city in america to build a ev evangelical church in new orleans and then when katrina came to flood it out, he became annt pastor going to birmingham and memphis, and ministering to the flock that had been spread like the four winds, and like a phoenix are the the ashes, he has rebuilt that great church since katrina. it is one of the most incredible examples of pastoral leadership and shepherding a flock than i have ever seen in my entire life. >> he does have an incredible story. let me ask you about the church, because the church approved a alternative name the great alternative, and how do you think this will help? >> well, it will help in some areas, and i went to college in princeton, and there are some people when they hear the name southern baptist or southern baptist, they have connotations that make it more difficult to reach them with the gospel, and the apostle paul told us to be seeking to be all things to all men and by that we might win some to the cause of christ. if the name is an impediment to the witness, then we need to change it. i think that what we did as a convention was said, if

city attorneys claim mirkarimi tried to get her to dissuade his neighbor to go to police after he had an argument with his wife and bruised her arm new year's eveshot this video of the arm and called police. >>> could be hard to fan a cab in san francisco -- to find a cab in san francisco around lunchtime today. cab drivers will caravan to an undisclosed location to protest proposed rule s to be voted on tomorrow by the mta. they want to cap credit card fees at 3 1/2%. for the past couple of years cab companies have been passing on the full 5% fee to drivers. drivers say it cuts into profits. >>> this morning 2200 cyclist are beginning day two of the as life cycle. they pedals into the park last night to spend the night. the annual ride kicked off in san francisco yesterday morning. it ends in los angeles on sunday. the event has drawn riders from all over the country. this year's ride is expected to bring in more than 11 million dollars for hiv and aids. >>> major hotel chain arms house keeps with new device to make sure rooms are extra clean. >>> important snapshot at -- and health recommendation for moms and babies. >>> also, suntan lotion w

city tern at the start of the hearing around 8. he' mited during the questioning that he bruised the arm of his wife after getting into an argument with her on new year's evein march he pled guilty to a misdemeanor false imprisonment charge because of that incident. >> december 31st, 2011 the first time you ever used physical force on your wife. >> yes. >> was december 31st 2011 the first time you used physical force on any woman. >> yes. >> first time you bruised a woman? >> yes. >> reporter: during the questioning mirkarimi defended himself saying even though he was wrong to react the way he did during argument with his wife, he should be able to keep his job as sheriff and as he put it have a chance to redeem himself. commissioners also decided that a 45 second video where lopez describes the bruising incident can be shown during the hearing. we don't know at what point that will come up. but lopez could testify during the hearing although she is in vention veila and it's not clear whether she will be flown back to san francisco for the hearing or giving give the testimony via skype. we know commissioners will hear from mayor ed lee today the man trying