how is it dangerous for the policies that are in place that permitted someone like juan francisco lopez-sancheze polici policies? >> let me say this, that san francisco, its own policy actually allows for the removal of any dangerous individual that has any violent criminal history. so -- >> like this guy. >> that's already provided in what san francisco provides -- >> why was that guy on the street? >> because in this case, you had a lot of different things that went wrong. first of all, there is the question of why was this person ever even transferred to san francisco? we actually introduced a law that basically says before our law enforcement seeks the transfer of an individual, they need to check with our district attorney and with our other law enforcement agencies to see if we would actually prosecute. but let me explain this to you. the reason why it's dangerous for us to become agents of immigration, the way that i explain it is this. jose, in every neighborhood, in every community in this country, there are undocumented people living in those neighborhoods. those undocumented people c

an administration question in a funny way tracks to homeless and car break in no way that juan francisco lopez schizophrenia should have been brought to the city only not to be prosecuted and released into our streets with no income it was american people all automobile burglary to the firearm in in his possession a lot of administrative questions while we debate how best to have to sheriff communicate with investigations i. >> i had thoughts about the police officers leaving their guns in their cars it didn't happen if at the lock up the guns probably this person would not have gotten the guns to shoot so i other people surprised to see that the immigration officers and sheriff's and federal government work together this problem because we are hosting a lot of asian immigrants illegal from latin countries that is a complicated question and he would like to see more cooperation and more communication between the different agencies. >> (clapping.) >> so it goes without saying that kate steinles murder is a huge tragedy for this city as supervisor christensen said surveillance city policy actual

ordinance critics say led to the shooting death of kate steinle on a crowded san francisco pier by juan francisco lopez sanchez who was in this country illegally. every, a policy ironically that mirkarimi's opponent even largely endorses. >> i do support the city sanctuary policy, but i do think the two policies leave some room for interpretation. >> reporter: would you have sent sanchez back? >> i would have made a notification. >> that's one of those ambivalent answers you get that's basically i'm not commenting on that right now and that's interesting because a lot of this appears to be ross' personality and people are just against him. >> we were looking at that poll and there was a whole slew of issues as to why people weren't voting for him, but would you say the nail in the coffin was really the whole sanctuary city issue? >> that seemed to be putting it over the edge, but from the get go there's an old saying you can only make your first impression one time and ross got off to the bad start from the minute with the domestic violence arrest involving his wife, although some people thought it was

the man, juan lopez sanchez, an immigrant deported from the united states multiple times. san francisco sheriff said his department was following the city's sanctuary policy when it released sanchez from jail without notifying federal immigration officials. now san francisco's board of supervisors is debating whether to change city policies. in july, supervisor mark farrell was on our show discussing his proposal to amend that ordinance. >> our sanctuary city ordinance has been a pillar of our public safety policy in san francisco for decades passed originally in 1989 and served our city well but what is baked in there and in federal law and mandated into federal law that our law enforcement officials have the discretion to communicate with federal and state law enforcement officers when they deem necessary. the sheriff's apartment went above and beyond that, issued a gag order to the own department saying you may not communicate under any circumstance with the authorities and that's where we seek to get it redone. >> what about the internal politics of this? sheriff asked for clarifica

juan lopez sanchez was convicted of seven felonies in the usa including selling our drugs. he was deported five times. he came back six times. he broke into a car in san francisco. he stole a gun. he recklessly fired the gun in a public place. kate died. yet, he's portrayed as a homeless man who just might have committed an accident. it's up believable. unbelievable is too gentle a word. >> republicans might have found the new speaker of the house. republican congressman paul ryan says he'll answer the call to run slopgs a few demands are met first. we have the list of the conditions, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. paul ryan made it clear this is not a job he wanted or sought after, but it is one he's willing to take if and only if he has unanimous support from the entire republican conference. >> i considered to do this with reluctance. my worry is the consequence of not stepping up, having my kids ask, when the stakes were so high, why didn't you do all you could do? why didn't you fight for my future when you had a chance to do so? >> the 45-year-old republican congressman laid out the vision for the house gop from being an opposition party to a pr

juan lopez sanchez was convicted of seven felonies in the u.s.a., including selling hard drugs. he was deported five times. he came back six times. he broke into a car in san francisco stole a gun. he recklessly fired that gun in a public place. and kate steinle died. yet, he is portrayed as a homeless man who just might have committed an accident. it's unbelievable -- unbelievable is too gentle a word. finally, i'm not going to give up. senator charles grassley, a hero on kate's law, is trying to get a stand alone vote. >> thanks to many people, including t v's bill o'reilly, for keeping this issue constantly before the people of this country. this part of the bill then thamed by bill o'reilly commonly referred to as kate's law has become so important to many americans. >> well, we will see if grassley's quest will finally lead to justice in the united states senate. but, if it does not, hear me well, we will confront the villains. no matter which party harbors them. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction, joining us from washington, senator pat toomey who is a co-sponsor of the legislation that was not voted upon today. so where am i going wr