[whistles sharply] [workers fall silent] which of you fellas can show us to lee mitchell's office? somewhere? would you like him to? oh, no way. lee's my main man. great guy. makes my job easy. yeah, which is what exactly? i run the floor. a load comes in, i weigh it, stack it and onto the next one. lee ever bust your balls over any compliance stuff? nah, we work great together. never had an issue. besides... [chuckles] ..they're unbreakable. i'll be sure to put that in the report. okay, so here's my pitch - mitchell's got a thing for exotic australian animals that go for big money on the black market, right? so he and his mates knock off natureland, but it all goes pear-shaped when he gets bitten by the taipan he's stealing, forcing his mates to dump his body in the bush, hoping it looks like death by snakebite, but they didn't realize that the snake wasn't from the area. how am i doing? well, it was just a pitch. when i was 16, i worked a summer at redman's granary just outside of muscatine. sounds like the start of a country song. good people. the only one i didn't click with was

lee mitchell would have a thing or two to say about that. really?im in a crawl space with a snake? couldn't look him in the eye either, could you? nah, i had no problem killing him. i just hate snakes, is all. [woman] frank? what you waiting for? -load it up! -it's gonna be tricky. hey, frank. us again. get back! it's over, frank! we got the place surrounded! hands on your head! face down on the floor now! [rapid gunfire] hate to point out the obvious, but it looks like you guys are outgunned here, mate. come on. give me the gun. give me the damn gun. it doesn't seem fair, does it? [gasps] [hisses] -oh! -don't even think about it! put it down! now! down! [gun clatters] -[exhales] -[deshawn] you good? -yeah. -all right. [footsteps approach] [jd] still at it? yeah, i, uh...i need to call sergeant mitchell's mom. i'm just waiting for the timezone to kick in more favorably on her end. never a good time to be getting the news you're about to give her, huh? that's the gig. are you moving in? oh, no. just, um, housey stuff. um, excuse the wrapping. come jo

chief lee mitchell talking to us about their plan to revamp the city's cease-fire strategy after the meeting at saint john's episcopal church. take a listen. >> what it is is this partnership basic the including all kind of wrap around services individuals that are involved in criminal activity giving opportunity to find their way out of lifestyle and hopefully prevent them from being a victim of homicide or aggravated assault. i think it's important from the standpoint, we're trying to get these individuals an opportunity to get out. but if they're not going to get out of the game and his support for them to understand that we're gonna hold them accountable. >> during that meeting, they are saying tao said they would bring 290 cameras coming oakland that there any place in hot spots throughout the city leader set to hold another meeting today at fremont high school in tomorrow allen temple baptist church. time now 6.35. in a community is rallying behind a decades old family owned business in san francisco after a fire tore through the building completely damaged. it. one person had

chief lee mitchell talked to them about the plan to revamp a se cease-fire strategy after the meetingt john's episcopal church. >> is partnership basically including all kind of wrap around services individuals that are involved in criminal activity, giving opportunity to find their way out of lifestyle and hopefully prevent them from being a victim of homicide or aggravated assault. i think it's important from the standpoint, we're trying to get these individuals an opportunity to get out. but if they're not going to get out of the game and his support for them to understand that we're gonna hold them accountable. >> during the meeting, mayor sheng thao said they would be bringing in 290 cameras come that will be placed in hot spots throughout the city. we just have to hold another meeting today at fremont high school tomorrow allen temple baptist church. now agency is finding mcdonald's in downtown oakland earlier this year. the fast food restaurant right near lake merritt fined by health officials because of a rat infestation. humphries lezla gooden has that story. video captured a

oakland police chief lee mitchell and fire chief damon covington and the city administrator justin johnson will be a part of that meeting. tonight's town hall is going to allen temple baptist church starts at 5.30, tomorrow. the series will wrap up with a meeting at the oakland asian cultural center. south bay family without a home this morning after a grass fire south san jose damage their house who say the brush fire was threatening buildings on fontanelle drive east to 101, crews contain the fire at 3 acres. she shares were also damaged and thankfully nobody was hurt. the crews are trying to get a hold of wildfire burning near petaluma. it's already destroyed at least one home. what's being called the gulch fire started shortly before 5 yesterday. this is in lakeville in sonoma county. a last check. it's burned 20 acres. it's 40% contained. the cause is still being looked into at this time. >> make full thank left. solo might fall. all the community. just >> there you hear the words of gratitude as people in petaluma came together to help out the owners of a donut shop repair their home

. >> today marks 100 days on the job for oakland police chief floyd mitchell as ktvu crime reporter henry lee shows us. chief mitchell says crime is down in the city, but at the same time acknowledges that many residents and business owners feel uneasy. >> i believe we're on the right path, but we have a lot of work still to be done. >> that's floyd mitchell's assessment. after just 100 days on the job as oakland's top cop. although property crimes a challenge, he says violent crime and overall crime is down. >> what we're doing right now is, is showing benefits, and that's evident in the reduction of the crime that we're seeing. >> the chief agreed that the perception of crime is another issue altogether, and that he realizes stats and data are of little comfort to crime victims who have been attacked or violated. >> i want to make sure we're doing the best that we can to ease the blow that you've experienced as being a victim. >> he said he also understands citizens are upset with response times by officers. >> i don't like where we are now, but from a staffing issue we have to stay within

. >> as ktvu crime reporter henry lee explains, chief floyd mitchell says he wants to be sympatheticelieve we're on the right path, but we have a lot of work still to be done. >> that's floyd mitchell's assessment. after just 100 days on the job as oakland's top cop. although property crimes a challenge, he says violent crime and overall crime is down. >> what we're doing right now is, is showing benefits, and that's evident in the reduction of the crime that we're seeing. >> the chief agreed that the perception of crime is another issue altogether, and that he realizes stats and data are of little comfort to crime victims who have been attacked or violated. >> i want to make sure we're doing the best that we can to ease the blow that you've experienced as being a victim. >> he said he also understands citizens are upset with response times by officers. >> i don't like where we are now, but from a staffing issue, we have to stay within the prioritization of this and we're going to get to you. it just may take a little longer. >> he says his officers are working hard to catch criminal

mitchell. as ktvu crime reporter henry lee shows us. hell says crime is down in the city, but acknowledges that many residents and business owners feel uneasy. >> i believe we're on the right path, but we have a lot of work still to be done. >> that's floyd mitchell's assessment. after just 100 days on the job as oakland's top cop. although property crimes a challenge, he says violent crime and overall crime is down. >> what we're doing right now is, is showing benefits, and that's evident in the reduction of the crime that we're seeing. >> the chief agreed that the perception of crime is another issue altogether, and that he realizes stats and data are of little comfort to crime victims who've been attacked or violated. >> i want to make sure we're doing the best that we can to ease the blow that you've experienced as being a victim. >> he said he also understands citizens are upset with response times by officers. >> i don't like where we are now, but from a staffing issue, we have to stay within the prioritization of this and we're go

mitchell. good evening everyone. i'm heather holmes. i'm greg lee. >> tonight's town hall meeting organized by residents living in the oakland hills who say they are growing more fearful following high profile crimes in the area. new at ten ktvu. amber lee joins us live in oakland. amber. another round of calls for change in this city. >> absolutely, greg. residents tell me the crimes in their neighborhood range from vandalism to violence. so they got together and organized this community meeting to get answers and action from city leaders. >> what actions are going to be taken here? chief mitchell, we'll start with you. >> police chief floyd mitchell and mayor shengtao were invited to speak and answer questions during a town hall meeting hosted by people who lived near skyline high school in the oakland hills. they say crime in the area is causing fear and frustration. this has been a very quiet neighborhood for the last many years, so this is the call for action. homeowner moon fam tells me her cars were among many in the neighborhood that have be

chief floyd mitchell started as oakland's top cop back in march, and since that time, he says crime rates are improving. ktvu henry lee shows us what the police department is doing to change the perception that crime is running rampant. >> i believe we're on the right path, but we have a lot of work still to be done. >> that's floyd mitchell's assessment. after just 100 days on the job as oakland's top cop. although property crimes a challenge, he says violent crime and overall crime is down. >> what we're doing right now is, is showing benefits, and that's evident in the reduction of the crime that we're seeing. >> the chief agreed that the perception of crime is another issue altogether, and that he realizes stats and data are of little comfort to crime victims who have been attacked or violated. >> i want to make sure we're doing the best that we can to ease the blow that you've experienced as being a victim. >> he said he also understands citizens are upset with response times by officers. >> i don't like where we are now, but from a staffing issue we have to stay within the prioritization of this and we're going

mitchell indicated to me that mr. liddy's proposal was out of the question. i then joined magruder and liddy, and as we left the office, i told liddy to destroy the charts. mr. lee said that he would revise the plan and submit a new proposal. at that point, i thought the plan was dead because i doubted if mitchell would reconsider the matter. i wrote back to the to my office that liddy and magruder. but there was no further discussion of the plan. the next time i became aware of any discussion of such a plan occurred, i believe, on february fourth, 1972, excuse me. magruder had scheduled another meeting in mr. mitchell's office. on a revised intelligence plan. i arrived at the meeting very late, and when i came in that he was presenting a scaled down version of an earlier plan. i listened for a few minutes and decided i had to inject myself into the discussions. mr. mitchell, i felt, was being put on the spot. the only polite way i thought i could end the discussion was to inject that these discussions could not go on in the office of the attorney general of the united states and the meeting should terminate immediately. at this point, the meeting ended. i do no

. >> ktvu is amber lee spoke one on one with the city's new police chief as the community is calling for action and change. >> what actions are going to be taken here, chief mitchell, we'll start with you. >> oakland police chief floyd mitchell and mayor xiang tao were invited to speak and answer questions during a town hall meeting hosted by people who live near skyline high school in the oakland hills. they say crime in the area is causing fear and frustration. >> this has been a very quiet neighborhood for the last many years, so this is the call for action. >> homeowner moon fam tells me her cars were among many in the neighborhood that have been vandalized, but that this meeting was triggered by the skyline high shooting on graduation night in may that injured two people. >> i live right next door to skyline high school and we had policemen running down the hill into our yard on many people's minds. >> will oakland change its police pursuit policy after governor gavin newsom's recent letter urging oakland to in his words, reconsider whether opd should be permitted to pursue suspects in more circumstances to improve public safety. i spoke with the police chief

lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> new at 11 a suspect has been arrested in connection to the death of a vallejo woman. last month, 48 year old charmelle mitchell was killed in a crash as she fled from gunfire on july 16th. well, today, authorities arrested 46 year old jacoby eder on suspicion of murder. he was arrested in rancho cordova, where police say he lives. eder is now in custody at the solano county jail. still to come, senior citizens living in a sacramento apartment complex struggling without air conditioning for the last few days in tonight's west coast rap community members increasingly frustrated after multiple complaints. >> then a south bay community addressing a rise in domestic violence cases by creating a special response team. the recruitment ef rts now underway z's baking the house special. arisa's styling a new look. and steve's filling his biggest order ever. with the first ever comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee, these business owners get five years of value on gig speed internet and advanced security, all from the company with 99.9% network reliability. so now they can focus on doing what they do best for the

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mitchell, sam nunn, paul sarbanes, how heflin and david boren were the democrats? warren rudman. jim mcclure, orrin hatch, bill cohen and paul trible were the republicans from the senate in the house. lee hamilton was the chair democrat. dante purcell the future speaker. tom foley. peter rodino. jack brooks. future secretary of defense. les aspin. ed boland. ed jenkins. louis stokes of ohio. on the republican side in the house. -- cheney. future vice president. william broomfield of michigan. henry hyde of illinois. jim quarter of new jersey. bill mccollum of florida and mike dewine. future governor of ohio, were on the committee. the difference i wanted to note was that this seems like a lot of senior leadership were serving on the iran-contra joint committee. that's that's certainly the case really on both sides, but particularly on the democratic side, you had very prominent members who went on to be even more prominent. george mitchell, of course, became the senate majority leader. sam nunn became chair of the armed services committee. i could go on and on about all of their roles, but danny, when you weigh really, really unusual and exceptional american, he is somebody who won tha

. >> lee carsley looks a bit like one of the mitchell brothers, doesn't he? >> he does a bit.ht. he says he's going to, you know, set his own style for the england england team. >> see the thing is with lee carsley, he's he's coming just as interim because now and southgate do that though. well actually you're right because the thing is he's an fa guy. you see it's just like southgate was. so maybe the fa would think this would work perfectly. but people want a big name . no, the people want a big name. no, the pubuc people want a big name. no, the public are not going to be satisfied with respect to lee carsley to be the england manager, even if he does well in two friendlies. it doesn't really mean anything. so i think he'll be, he'll be around, but maybe at the back of his mind he's thinking maybe i could get this, but it's the england manager. they're going to want a big name for this , so i don't big name for this, so i don't think he'll be there permanently. so however well he does! permanently. so however well he does i don't think it's going to make any difference. >>

lee explains, the top cop says he wants to be sympathetic to victims of crime. >> i believe we're on the right path, but we have a lot of work still to be done. >> that's floyd mitchell'sthe job as oakland's top cop. although property crimes a challenge, he says violent crime and overall crime is down. >> what we're doing right now is, is showing benefits, and that's evident in the reduction of the crime that we're seeing. >> the chief agreed that the perception of crime is another issue altogether, and that he realizes stats and data are of little comfort to crime victims who have been attacked or violated. >> i want to make sure we're doing the best that we can to ease the blow that you've experienced as being a victim. >> he said he also understands citizens are upset with response times by officers. >> i don't like where we are now, but from a staffing issue we have to stay within the prioritization of this and we're going to get to you. it just may take a little longer. >> he says his officers are working hard to catch criminals, but he alluded to some frustrations with alameda county da pamela price over some charging decisions that may further harm victims. >> c