we talked to oakland interim mayor kevin jenkins on the town's tough choices ahead. as oakland is facing more than 200 million dollar deficit. >> it's a dire situation, but we have to be fiscally solvent, but also prioritizing public safety and getting back to basics. time after time. i hear when i got the town halls, what i go and meet with neighbors. they just want the city of open to doing that job at the basic core services potholes, public safety parks. police response time. well, 6. >> interim mayor jenkins says on april 15th, there is an option to raise the sales tax by half a cent. he says that tax would help to alleviate the pressure on the deficit. jenkins says that while working with the city council there overall top priority is public safety. >> today, mayors of major cities testified on capitol hill about their so-called sanctuary city policies and our maddie beer-temple has more. >> mayors have faced more than 4 hours of questioning about their sanctuary cities policies. there were some tense moments today with one lawmaker saying she's referring the m

. >> austin jenkins voted for lower taxes and less regulation.th unsettling. >> i thought there's supposed to be checks and balances somewhere. >> ryleigh cooper was just let go by the u.s. forest service. >> do you now regret the way you voted for trump? >> i do feel regret. >> come on. who could have predicted that is known for the catchphrase "you're fired" would fire you? it's not just trump who are giving people's buyer's remorse. because with the purchase of trump came one free elon. so now some people are ashamed of their president and their car. >> some tesla owners driven to regret their purchase because of elon musk. >> local tesla owners are reporting increasing minor acts of vandalism to both cars and chargers and are targets of cursing and gestures on the road. this gold cybertruck has been turning heads, but lately, the attention has taken a threatening turn. according to doctor kumait jaroje, drivers cut him off and they hurl offensive gestures. the doctor says that he tried to get rid of his truck, but he has not been able to find

but he also relies on that inner circle of advisers that i mentioned, including people like walter jenkins and bill moyers, who guide him both on strategy, on politics and on speeches so he doesn't, though, have a vice president during this period. what about the role of lady bird johnson? she's really interesting. i mean, she has some public role in the one that she's most famous for is beautification, which some focus on her interest in getting rid of billboards, aids and cleaning up the roads. but she was even very interested in washington, for example, and in these kinds of issues. and it wasn't simply the environment or visual beauty, but she did connect that to issues that afflicted a city like the district of columbia, where these kinds of measures to make things cleaner, more safe and healthier would be good for the overall city and actually important issues like poverty. she was very important to him. i mean, if you listen to the tapes, some of the most remark of all the conversations are between president johnson and lady bird, where she almost is a stand in for an adviser and th

interim mayor kevin jenkins joins us live now to talk about some of the recent headlines coming out of oakland. good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon. this presidency. >> good to see you, too. interim mayor now walk us through the situation here about the fire stations that we know that a number of them were at risk of closing. now, it seems like they aren't. >> yeah. so as a part of rebalancing the budget for this fiscal there 4 fire stations schedule calls in addition to the 2 that have already follows. and so we've been doing really well with our cue to report that has come out. council has also allocated money from some insurance liability. fine to stop the closure. these fire stations i this counsel and me as interim mayor, our number one priority is public safety. and we want to ensure that our public feel safe here in oakland. >> when it comes to the fire stations, there are no, of course, you are addressing that big budget issue. it sounds like this is something that is ongoing. is there any potential for potential impacts to other areas of public safety say more fire statio

i am griff jenkins. team coverage with stephanie bennet in the uk and lucas tomlinson in florida with the president and that's where we begin with lucas. >> good afternoon. after the noisy meeting unlike any caught on camera, trump director of national intelligence tulsi gabbard said sunday this is where the relationship stands with ukr ukraine. >> it's created a huge rift in the relationship, there's going to have to be a rebuilding of any kind of interest in good faith negotiations before president trump is going to be willing to reengage on this. >> many democrat senators say they regret supporting marco rubio to be trump secretary of state. >> it was a mistake. i think a lot of us thought marco rubio would stand up to donald trump on an issue like this. >> here's what mike wells said about what happened in the oval office friday. >> it wasn't clear to us that president zelenskyy was ready to negotiate in good faith toward this work. coming to the oval office with body language and shaking his head, t

well, 6. >> jenkins says an april 15th. there is an option to raise the sales tax by half a cent. tax would help to alleviate pressure on the deficit. he also says while working with the city council, their overall top priority is public safety. all right. let's talk with the forecast now taking a live look from our sutro tower cam. looks like a little bit of moisture hanging around here in the city and that means. >> rain, lawrence, what's happening? cold showers out there doesn't seem right. but yeah, we've got some more raindrops falling around the bay area. probably a few more as we head in toward tomorrow, though. >> kind of in the day around the bay area. not going to see a rainout. you see some of these beautiful cumulus clouds rolling on by and a chance. some scattered showers, some sunshine in maybe if you're lucky. couple rainbows go along with it of the right now of the bay bridge. looking good. you've got some cloudy skies around the bay area right now that wind still kind of whipping around those. see the flag kind of blown in the wind out there tonight. same with the

i'm griff jenkins. we'll have more on those stories coming up. we begin with a fox news alert.krainian president is meeting in the u.k. with prime minister keir starmer after the dispute with president trump in the oval office. this leaves the future of russia and ukraine in doubt this weekend. lucas tomlinson is in palm beach, florida where we start things. hey, lucas. >> good afternoon, griff. president trump is at his winter white house in mar-a-lago, sticking a tee in the ground today, one day after that unprecedented, as you mentioned, meeting in the oval office. nobody has seen something that contentious in the white house ever. the meeting went off the rails 40 minutes in, as a reporter asked president trump if he's aligning himself too much with vladimir putin. president trump responded he's trying to keep in the middle between ukraine and russia. and vice-president j.d. vance jumped in and wants to see diplomacy rule the dale and then president zelenskyy offered somewhat of a history lesson, calling him j.d., did the cease-fire violations about 25 to date and that's wh

well, 6. >> jenkins also told us on april 15th during the special election voters can choose to raise the sales tax by a half-cent. he says that money would help to alleviate the pressure on the deficit. now this afternoon, san mateo county sheriff christina corpus has admitted defeat in a special election that could see her be removed from office. yesterday voters went to the polls to weigh in on measure a which would allow the board of supervisors the authority to remove a sheriff today. the votes are still being counted, but the yes vote on are overwhelming. still, though, corpus refuses to resign. she released a statement today saying she's honored a 2 and willing to serve the residents of san mateo county. part of her statement here. i look forward to working with the new board of supervisors to discuss a collaborative strategy moving forward with the passage of i now have the opportunity to appropriately challenge disprove the allegations against me and my administration by legal team. and i look forward to this opportunity and are confident that i will be vindicated through a l

we talked to oakland interim mayor kevin jenkins on the town's tough choices ahead. as oakland is facing more than a 200 million dollar deficit. >> situation. but we have to be fiscally solvent. also, prioritizing public safety and getting back to basics. time after time. i hear when i got the town halls, what i go and meet with neighbors. they just want the city of oakland to doing that job at the basic core services idols, public safety parks. police response time. well, 6. >> well, interim mayor jenkins says on april 15th, there's an option to raise the sales tax by half a cent. he says the tax would actually help to alleviate the pressure on the deficit. all goes well, all 25 of oakland's fire stations already up and running by july. 1st. there's a new bill in the state legislature is trying to keep in place statewide safeguards protecting certain waterways like our streams are wetlands from pollutants and other contaminants. marks could be rolled back as a result of the 2023 supreme court decision and sackett versus the pa. but if the bill becomes law, the safeg

well, 6. >> jenkins also told us in april 15th during the special election voters can choose to raise the sales tax by half a cent. he says that money will help alleviate the pressure on the deficit. police are investigating a deadly shooting near an elementary school in oakland. this happened just after 9.30, last night on 61st street near united elementary school. officers say one man was shot and he was taken to the hospital where he died. details are limited right now. so anyone with information should contact police? owners of a photography store in berkeley dealing with some heavy damage after an overnight break-in in a social media post photo lab. berkeley says a car rammed right through the store's front entrance. this happened at the location on 5th street. no one was hurt. nothing was stolen. the lab remains open. but for now, customers want to use a temporary entrance. the business does hope to return to normal by monday. young victims of abuse are suing the san bruno park school district. they're claiming that school officials failed to take action to keep them safe. accor

. >> today on kron, 4 news at noon, we talked to oakland interim mayor kevin jenkins about the tough choices ahead with oakland facing more than 200 million dollar deficit. >> it's a dire situation, but we have to be fiscally solvent. also, prioritizing public safety and getting back to basics. time after time. i hear when i got to town halls, what i go and meet with neighbors. they just want the city of oakland to doing that job at the basic core services idols, public safety parks. police response time. well, 6. jenkins also told us on april 15th during the special election. >> voters can choose to raise the sales tax by half cent. he says that tax money would help to alleviate the pressure on the budget. >> so ahead on kron, 4 news at 4, a dramatic crash in oakland leads a driver hospitalized and that's raising questions about the city's police chase policy. plus, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. they're sounding alarms over president trump's recent tariffs, especially their potential damage to the country's farmworkers. and after news big speech last night, president trump

brooke jenkins has participated in the program and believes it is an effective training tool. >> sojourn has a transformative experience for me. as a black american, just being able to dive even deeper into the history of the civil rights movement and meet people who were leaders in the civil rights movement, but also to be able to take my staff from the d.a.'s office on the trip so that they could understand the impacts that law enforcement had on the black community, in particular, during the jim crow era so that we can figure out how we can best serve diverse communities better given sometimes the distrust that they have in the system. >> reporter: it's the kind of programming they both hope the city will allocate funds towards. until then jeff and his small nonprofit are pushing forward with their next trip in april, which will once again include local law enforcement. >> there's no hierarchy in oppression. so what jewish people have gone through is not more important than what african american have gone through. it's not more important than what latino americans, middle eastern or a

the phone number attached to the listing calls interim oakland mayor kevin jenkins office. >> and there you have it. the iconic king to come roller coaster at 6 flags. great adventure in jackson, new jersey has been officially retired. there goes the bride was imploded this morning after bringing joy to countless writers for nearly 2 decades. remember when they built this was once the tallest fastest roller coaster in the world. but it's out with the old in with the noon as the saying goes 6 flags says it will be launching the country's first super boomerang coaster in 20. 26, what is the king to cot? no, absolutely not. i think by buddy send you like straight up right yeah, i can see that. and if you had like a cell phone or something in your pocket and it wasn't hook that, yeah, yeah. yeah. see you later on down like there either by. >> all right. still ahead in sports, major league baseball spring training in full swing sports director scott reese sports director scott reese says more coming. i guess what i'm looking for from you is, i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there

the phone number attached to the listing calls interim oakland mayor kevin jenkins office. developing news tonight on the death of legendary actor gene hackman and his wife. authorities now believe that hackman was dead for more than a week before he was discovered. chip yost reports. >> hello there. we're outside the santa fe county sheriff's department where a little earlier the sheriff came out and gave an update into the investigation of the deaths of a gene hackman and his wife, betsy arakawa. and there were really 2 big headlines that came out of that news conference. one of the headlines could provide a clue as to when the couple died. that clue courtesy of gene hackman. ys pacemaker. here's some video of the home hackman and our lived in here in santa fe. their bodies were found on wednesday afternoon along with a dog that was also dead. 65 year-old arakawa was found on a bathroom floor with some prescription pills on a counter above her scattered about a german shepherd was found dead in a closet inside a kennel in that bathroom. 95 year-old happens. body. >> was f

we talked to oakland interim mayor kevin jenkins about the tough choices ahead. >> with oakland facing a more than 200 million dollar deficit. >> it's a dire situation, but we have to be fiscally solvent. also, prioritizing public safety and getting back to basics. time after time. i hear when i got the town halls, what i go and meet with neighbors. they just want the city of oakland to doing that job at the basic core services. idaho's public safety parks. police response time. well, 6. >> chickens also telling us that on april 15th during the special election, voters can choose to raise the sales tax by half a cent. he says that tax money would help to alleviate the pressure on the deficit. >> in the south bay, a serial dine-in dasher has been busted after eating out at a restaurant in san jose. the ceo of the restaurant sushi confidential says this guy here has almost $1000 worth of food his locations in san jose. and campbell employees at the campbell spot were on the lookout for the serial dine-in dasher sunday. and he did his usual routine came in, tried to sneak out, started to

uh, ahead of the are meeting with the drum, but now a 2 plus 2 is not for animal because as jenkins on one side, if you have no place to escape, then you will start as acting. so it's, it's really basic. uh, you know, method of understanding the, the understanding of the answer right now because trump was right in just one topic in saying ukraine has no cards. now european union has no cards and that's why a turkey stands turkey sector in p. i that they have been trying to try to in turkey, in terms of energy because they can not, you know, they're to lose 30 by just directed targeting it, turkey and russia. we together used to say some serious measures in the black sea because otherwise, they will probably try to just several sides relationship between turkey and russia . by hoping that it might have some perjure around the conditions when it comes to relations with the united states. because we know the united states is isolating, it's still just it did in the past in 19 century. but now the circumstances are entitled different and windows for new calibration and understanding betwee

but now a 2 plus 2 is not for animals, because as jenkins on one side, if you have no place to escape, then we will start as acting. so it's, it's really basic uh, you know, method of understanding the, the understanding of the answer right now. because trump was right in just one topic in saying ukraine has no cards. now, european union has no cards, and that's why a turkey stands, turkey sector, a g i that they have been trying to threaten turkey in terms of energy because they can not, you know, they're to lose 30 by just directed targeting it, turkey and russia. we together used to say some serious measures in the black sea because otherwise, they will probably try to just summarize your relationship between turkey and russia. by hoping that it might have some furniture around notifications when it comes to relations with the united states. and now to washington, where 24 hours on the dust has still not settled on the dramatic events of the oval office. what it was supposed to be. a constructive meeting between donald trump and ukraine's flag and his the lensky, descended into one

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welcome to "fox news live" i am griff jenkins. ukrainian president zelenskyy's meeting with eu leaders in london to discuss war efforts against russia as dust still startles from the fiery oval office exchange. lucas tomlinson is live in west palm beach and kicks things off for us now. hi lucas. >> good afternoon. president trump director of national intelligence toll see gabbard said president trump was and this war perhaps with a compromise ukraine's president wants this. >> and president zelenskyy has different aims in mind. he said he wants to end this war will only accept and apparently that leads to what he views as ukraine's victory even if it comes at an incredibly high cost of potentially world war iii or even a nuclear war. looks fox news ascendant democratic senator chris van hollen said he has misgivings about supporting marco rubio. >> i did vote for senator rubio to be secretary of state. i regret that vote be moat becaa member of the senate, secretary rubio who was someone who stood up for american values, american

compagno and harris faulkner and also joining us lisa boothe, fox news political analyst and griff jenkinsnews national correspondent appeared to the democrats, their reaction to president trump's address last night is being called embarrassing, disgraceful, one of the ugliest displays of partisan politics in american history. the night began with several democrats turning their backs on the president and then walking out. >> i cannot stand one more second, one more second. >> kayleigh: not to be outdone, congressman al green made such a scene he had to be thrown out. >> that is your warning. remove this gentleman from the chamber! [people shouting] >> kayleigh: now, this was barely 5 minutes into trump's speech. talk about the quorum, that is what they were supposed to have. it got worse. at the democrats not clap for marc fogel a free american hostage standing beside his 95-year-old mother. >> last summer, i promised the 95-year-old mother that we would bring her boy safely home. after 22 days in office, i did just that and they are here tonight. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> kayle

welcome to" fox news live," i'm griff jenkins. let's go right to to west palm beach, florida, lucas tomlinson has the very latest on where things stand at in this hour. lucas, we've now seen zelenskyy at 10 downing street what's happening down there near if mar-a-lago? >> reporter: good afternoon a, griff. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in london, president trump has returned to the winter white house here in palm beach. he's sticking a tee in the ground, playing some golf. he was asked before leaving the white house just last night -- last night, just what it'll take to make up with the ukrainian president. >> reporter: how long do you think it will take -- [inaudible] >> well, he says he wants it now, he wants to come back right now, but i can't do that. >> reporter: zelenskyy hastily left the white house after that contentious meeting in the oval office on trump's orders. the mineral rights deal, not signed. later on "special report" with bret baier, some in the trump administration were expecting an apology, zelens

. >> commissioner elam, as usual commissioner jenkins stole my thunder jazz all a question that i was going to ask. but on the other hand, you know, i've noticed that we pretty much you know, using a football analogy we keep anticipating the other side's going to run. >> we know i mean what if they start passing? in other words, what if the budget actually gets completely cut? as you know as they be indicating at the federal level should we not base our budget on the on on on a more realistic forecast? so in other words, i personally i'm not and believe me i'm often wrong i personally would would want to set up a budget based on not having the federal income and then when we do get it we can always increase it. it's much harder to cut the other way around. commissioner, i'm going to respectfully disagree with you. yeah, that's is an ongoing concern and it is built on assumptions of federal revenue that are in law and and i, i it's not the case that they couldn't be changed. it would take a legislative process to change them which is a slow process and frankly a you know, a process whe

the phone number attached to that listing does include the number of interim oakland mayor kevin jenkinsresting situation there. since december 2023, 30 people have died in avalanches in the u.s. according to the national avalanche center over in truckee, avalanche dogs are going to rigorous training, working to keep visitors safe as they venture down steep terrain. now this is refuse a one and a half year old avalanche dog, part of north stars, elite team of rescue dogs. we caught up with britain, his handler as they run triples. >> the dogs are super important when the person buried in the avalanche doesn't have a b, ken allen to begin or basically any way to find them. we utilize the dog scent. and with that, they're trained to use it to find the lowest, strongest cent of that very victim and tell us exactly where that is. so it's kind of a last resort if there's no other safety, you know, avalanche beacons or anything like that. so a lot of different qualities, something on a dog. >> the breed, it feel like a working breed. a lot of the dogs that work at the ski resorts or in search

. >> quit badgering me, jenkins.. >> all right. good morning. we've got the golden gate transit sausalito ferry running about ten minutes behind this morning due to mechanical issues. backup started at about 545 this morning at the bay bridge. an hour commute through the corridor and on into san francisco. drew. >> hey, sue, we do have some light rain falling out there in the south bay. live doppler seven. if we flip it on over to the weather graphics, you will notice there is some light rain falling in the area. you saw that live picture there. here's live doppler seven this morning showing you those showers focused around san jose. over the next 2 to 3 hours. we're at a level one, but not everyone is seeing the rain. it's not all day. in fact, this afternoon you will get sunshine breaking out, but it will be cool. temperatures only in the 50s. reggie. >> thank you for joining us on the abc seven bay area a. abc seven at seven continues next. everyone else is on gma. >> we are 100% committed, focused and determined

we have assessor recorder i'm sorry district attorney brook jenkins assessor recorder joaquin torres for the supervisors president rafael mandolin supervisor dennis souder. matt dorsey is here. sherman walton, thank you so much for coming. brand new supervisor sharon chen thank you very much for coming. assistant s.f. pd chief david lazarus thank you david. >> the newly appointed mta s.f. mta director julie cushman is here and thank you very much. >> w director sarah dennis phillips and director of business development of entities. thank you very much all for coming. these people do a wonderful job. it is hard work and i appreciate all of their efforts going forward. okay so i want to point out one initiative inside the chamber of commerce that is called leadership san francisco leadership, san francisco or l.a. has been around for 40 years and they continue to turn out different cohorts every single year. it's really sort of a behind the scenes opportunity to see how san francisco works on the front of the house and the back of the house. so if i could ask all of the nsf current cla

with i know the mayor's office doing a final event after last night's event that was held by brooke jenkins, artist attorney or state comptroller malia cohen and our district ten supervisor sherman walton with mayor lurie present as well. and just wanted to wish everyone a glorious time that we've had celebrating our communities in their full diversity here in san francisco and look forward to our meeting today. thank you, president item five is the general public comments before we begin i'd like to note this portion of the agenda is not intended for debate or discussion with the commissioner or staff. please simply state your business for the matter you wish the commission or staff to be aware of. it is not appropriate for commissioners to engage in a debate or respondent issue is not properly set in a publicly notice meeting agenda. if you have questions or would like to bring a matter to the commission's attention please send your communication via email to us f h a public comment at s.f. dawg. >> with that being said i'll start with the written speaker cards and we have maxine jones fi

california state controller malia cohen and district attorney brooke jenkins. >> this year's theme focused on honoring african-american labor contributions. on february 27th i attended the opening of a de new exhibition paul mccartney photographs 1963 to 64 eyes of the storm or 2025 annual convening took place on thursday, february 20th in the herbst theater. we were honored to welcome over 200 arts community members to our first in-person convening since 2019. i was joined by mayor daniel lurie, commission president chuck collins and sfa deputy directors and program directors to present an overview of the agency's work over the past few years and shared a preview of what's in store for them for the year. what's in store for the year ahead? >> excuse me. the evening featured a reading and spoken word performance by author london pink me and we honored our recent artistic legacy grant awardees were dessa jones, la portia nostra, guillermo gomez penya for 2023 and theater of union yuriko doi 2022 and recognize past awardees and blumenthal abdi skywatchers 2021 and joanna haygood from zach ko

we have assessor recorder i'm sorry district attorney brook jenkins assessor recorder joaquin torresfor the supervisors president rafael mandolin supervisor dennis souder. matt dorsey is here. sherman walton, thank you so much for coming. brand new supervisor sharon chen thank you very much for coming. assistant s.f. pd chief david lazarus thank you david. >> the newly appointed mta s.f. mta director julie cushman is here and thank you very much. >> w director sarah dennis phillips and director of business development of entities. thank you very much all for coming. these people do a wonderful job. it is hard work and i appreciate all of their efforts going forward. okay so i want to point out one initiative inside the chamber of commerce that is called leadership san francisco leadership, san francisco or l.a. has been around for 40 years and they continue to turn out different cohorts every single year. it's really sort of a behind the scenes opportunity to see how san francisco works on the front of the house and the back of the house. so if i could ask all of the nsf current clas