. >> this all started when former state senator and judge quinton kopp decided he wanted to know how protect donald trump, jr. on his trip to india. when the secret service refused to give him that information, kopp lawyered up. >> it's almost as if he's acting in the true form of a crook. >> harsh words from former superior court judge quentin kopp. he alleges donald trump, jr. is taking the american people for a ride waving taxpayer money by traveling to india on -- wasting taxpayer money by traveling to india on business bringing secret service with him. >> they're tricksters in my book doing it under the guise of meeting on an issue of the state. >> it dominated the news cycle when donald trump, jr. traveled to india to meet with dignitaries and promote the trump hotel brand. that's when kopp filed a freedom of information request hoping to learn how much money was spent to protect donald trump, jr. >> he seems he has a good argument on getting the information. >> kpix5 political reporter melissa caen who is a lawyer says kopp is li

kopp argues donald trump, jr. is using this as a loophole that's proving lucrative for the trump brand. >> even though children of a president are entitled to secret service protection, junior is not a child. >> judge kopp said this is likely the first of many lawsuits. next he plans to ask the trump family to pay taxpayers back for public money used on this and other international trips. >> thanks, susie. >>> new at 6:00 a bay area man gets a surprise phone call from the director of the dmv. she tells him his new license is on its way. kpix5's maria medina so the intervention from the top to expedite one man's real id driver's license. maria? >> reporter: well, roy mize has been driving without a driver's license for months and had no idea the dmv had made a mistake. so he e-mailed the agency and got a call right away from the director. >> i was really surprised. >> reporter: roy mize hoped for a response but never expected it would come from the head of dmv. >> two hours later i had a phone call from the directo

quentin kopp has been a fixture in bay area politics since 1971, serving as san francisco supervisor, state senator and as a judge. he said the president's eldest son, donald trump jr. needs to reimburse u.s. taxpayers. kopp says using the secret service for a february business trip to india was an ethics violation and he says the secret service is stonewalling him and refusing to complhy his request for the expenses under the freedom of information act. >> it's private business at the expense of taxpayers. i'm a taxpayer. i resent it. sai once he receives and examines the lawsuit on attorneys will file taxpayers to be reimbursed by the trump organization. the secret service has refused to comment on what is now an active lawsuit. >> okay. we have breaking news. did you feel it? we just had an earthquake. a 2.6 earthquake centered out of concord. take a look at our seismograph. it is an up and down mark on the screen. it was 2.6 and it happened at 4:52 p.m. and no reports of any damage. >> president trump is facing new problems courtesy of one of his former employees. we're talking ab

kopp is starting with a lawsuit involving president trump's oldest son....but suggests there will be that when donald trump junior went to india earlier this year...it was to promote trump- branded luxury properties. kopp wants to know how much was spent on secret service protection..he's filed a freedom of information act request...but says he's being ignored. he says the trump organization should pay for those costs... kopp told reporters today that a president who boasts about his personal wealthshould not have taxpayers covering the cost of private trips for his adult children. ken and pam? (ken)happening tomorrow... both sides will present their closing arguments in the trial against former trump campaign chairman paul manafort.the defense rested its case today without calling any witnesses. manafort spoke for the first time in court during the trial... but he only said he would not testify.he pleaded not guilty to all 18 tax and guilty to all 18 tax and banking charges.manafort is not required to testify because of his fifth amendment rights against self- incrimination. the cas

aleta fisher, kevin bogis, ally kopp. >> first, i'm a member of the african american parent advisory committee, so i'm going to read some comments on behalf of the aapac. we are excited to see the work being done at m.l.k. was highlighted in the data tonight. however, when you look beyond the number, m.l.k. has built a culture in partnership with staff to address the racism and barriers that prevent our students from achieving. to highlight m.l.k., we must also address the unspoken issues that many of our students and families feel unsafe as they first enter the schools. the district's own data show that 25% of our students don't feel safe in their schools. in addressing the data around suspension, we would like to know what data has been collected around students being sent out of the classroom, voluntary home suspension when the parents are being asked to keep a student home, how many times have police been called to sites for students? how can we capture the entire picture of what's going on at our schools with less than complete data? lastly, we would like to highlight the need f

this witness just testified that he knew his boss, ceo steven kopp was interested in politics.entually he participates in a meeting with paul manafort. expresses he would be interested in help serve the trump campaign. the witnesses said the day after he expressed that manafort. the bank that he ran approved a 16-million-dollar loan for paul manafort. the witness says he has never seen a lone get loan get d that fast. manafort emailed this witness dennis raco asking for his boss' resume that is notable. rick gates testified that paul manafort once emailed him during the trump transition to try to get this ceo considered as a nominee knee for secretary of the army. that never happened. but he did previously serve on economic advisory council to the trump campaign. t.s. ellis did not do what the mueller team wanted to today was tell the jury maybe he was too hard on the government's lawyers yesterday when he chastised them for talking about loans paul manafort didn't get instead of loans did he get. the government filed a motion. the court's suggestion, however, that the governme