cain, lee ross with fox news. you made several mentions of machine, the democratic machine.re these people? who is involved in this? is it a conspiracy? >> i cannot -- i cannot say that it is a conspiracy. we do not have definitive, factual proof. we can only look at some coincidences to suggest it that maybe someone is deliberately behind this. we have not been able to make any determination to point any fingers or place any blame on anybody at this point. when we step back and look at the fact that there's no facts, no factual evidence to back these up, we can only infer that someone is trying to basically wreck my character and like the other gentlemen alluded to, plant doubt in the minds of a lot of people who are going to go to the polls and vote. >> last night on the "jimmy kimmel show" they said they were raising so much money since the sexual harassment allegations were made public, that if other republican candidates for president were smart, they would hire women to make similar accusations, which is hilarious. but that was late night. joking around time. today it

fox news, lee ross. you have talked about a conspiracy. who is involved? >> i cannot say it is a conspiracy. we don't have definitive fax where we can prove this. we can only look at some coincidences' to suggest that maybe someone is deliberately behind this. we have not been able to make any determinations who point any fingers, or place any blame on anybody in this point. when we step back and look at the fact that there is no factual evidence to back these only infer that someone is basically trying to wreck my character. like the other gentleman alluded to, plant doubt in the minds of a lot of people who will go to the pollster vote. >> nbc news, andrew lafferty. what role do you think sharon bialek's past financial troubles play in her allegations against you? >> she claims that her past financial situation, a number of civil lawsuits portia's been involved in, she claims it does not play a role in her coming forward. i cannot respond any further than that. that is her claim. but from a common point standpoint, what woul -- from a common-sense standp

cain, lee ross with fox news. you made several mention of the democratic machine. who are these people? who is involved in this? is it a conspiracy? >> i cannot say that it is a conspiracy. we do not have definitive factual proof. we can look at coincidences that suggest it that maybe someone is deliberately behind this. we have not been able to make any determination to point any fingers or place any blame on anybody at this point. when we step back and look at the fact that there's no facts, no factual evidence to back these up, we can only infer that someone is trying to basically wreck my character and like the other gentleman eluded to, plant doubt in the minds of a lot of the people that are going to go to the polls and vote. >> mr. cain, nbc news. i'm just curious, what role do you think sharon's past financial troubles play in her allegations against you? >> she claims that her past financial situation, the number of civil lawsuits she's been involved in. she claims it does not play a role in her coming forward. i can't respond any further than that. that's

cain, lee ross with fox news. you made several mention to the machine, the democratic machine. who are these people? who is involved in this? is it a conspiracy? >> i can not say it's a conspiracy we don't have definitive factual proof but can only look at coincidences to suggest it that may be someone is deliberately behind this and see we have not been able to make any termination to point any fingers or pace a blame on anyone at this point. when we step back and look at the fact that there is no facts, no factual evident to back this up, we can onlypifer that someone is trying to basically wreck my character and plant doubt in the minds of a lot of people who are going to go to the polls and vote. >> mr. cain, andrew rapheerty, nbc news. i'm curious what role do you think sharon bialek's past financial troubles play in her allegations against you? >> she claims her past financial situation, the number of civil lawsuits involved in, she claims it doesn't play a role in her coming forward and i can't respond further than that. from a common sense standpoint, one would have to

cain, lee ross with fox news. you made several mentions of the democratic machine. who are these people? who is involved in this? is it a conspiracy? >> i cannot -- i cannot say that it is a conspiracy. we do not have definitive factual proof. we can only look at some coincidences to suggest it that maybe someone is deliberate by behind this. we have not been able to point any deliberation or point any fingers or place any blame on anybody at this point. when we step back and look at the fact that there's no facts, no factual evidence to back this up, we can only infer that someone is trying to basically wreck my character and like the other gentleman alluded to, plant doubt in the minds of a lot of people who are going to go to the polls and vote. >> mr. cain, andrew rafferty, nbc news. i'm just curious, what role do you think sharon bialek's past financial troubles play in her allegations against you? >> she claims that her past financial situation, the number of civil lawsuits she's been involved in, she claims that it does not play a role in her coming forward.

are city administrator at the time ed lee and supervisor ross mirkarimi in connection with the adoptionouple years ago. and we look forward to working with him on many issues to come. please welcome mayor ed lee. >> hello, everybody. you know i don't like to read speeches. i've been doing that in the past, so i want to have a chance to speak from the heart. this is our celebration of black history month. and i am so happy to see all of you come to city hall to recognize this and to recognize the great work that pat williams is doing because about the stories that need to be told. and i, as my life becomes unfolding in front of a lot of other people you're going to hear about me and i want you to know there's a lot of part of the black community that has to do in my peam and gsh famed -- family and so i want to tell you a story. it's a true one. so when i was growing up in the projects in seattle, washington, my neighbors were black. we had businesses in the black community because that's where we could start. that's where my dad was able to cook in restaurants. and there was a gentleman

thought it is a report out on the associated press, our own fox news producer lee ross is inside ther court back here behind me and i'm holing my blackberry in my hand waiting on an email because that's how we communicate with our producers inside. he says they are trying to confirm this with the court. but that associated press report saying the verdict would be read in two hour's time from now. if that is the case we'll find out whether they have in fact reached this unanimous decision. they would convict conrad murray on this one count of involuntary manslaughter. well find out if the defense was able to paint a picture of conrad murray as a man helping others. and that michael jackson himself gave himself that lethal dose of propofol mixed with other drugs while conrad murray stepped out of the room. then you have the prosecution saying it was conrad murray who gave michael jackson that powerful anesthetic that should only be used in a hospital or clinical-typesetting but instead was being used in michael jackson's home to help him sleep as was preparing for the upcoming concert

cain, lee ross with fox news. you made several mengs of machine. the democratic machine.ple? who is involved in this? is it a conspiracy? >> i cannot -- i cannot say that it is a conspiracy. we do not have definitive, factual proof. we can only look at some coincidences to suggest it that may be someone is deliberately behind this, so we have thot been able to make any determination to point any fingers or place any blame on anybody at this point. when we step back and look at the fact that there's no facts, no factual evidence to back these up, we can only infer that someone is trying to basically wreck my character and like the other gentleman, plant doubt into minds of a lot of the people who are going to go to the polls and vote. >> mr. cain, andrew rafrty, nbc news. i'm just curious, what role do you think sharon bialek's past financial troubles play in her allegations against you? >> she claims that her past financial situation, the number of civil lawsuits she's been involved in, she claims that it does not play a role in her coming forward. i can't respond any fur

lee has another big decision to make. who will replace outgoing supervisor ross karee kareem. san francisco board of supervisors district 5 seat is now up for grabs. >>> latest rank choice election results shows that he will become the city next sheriff with 53 percent of the vote. he will replace hennessee who held the job for more than 3 decades but is rae tirling. george declared victory late today in san francisco district attorney race with 63 percent of the vote. about 12,000 ballot still need to be counted but the canada lat ladies are big enough that the ballot shouldn't make a difference. >> police say stabbing in brent wood was the result of road rage. happened just after 3 this afternoon. police say 2 men stopped their cars near clear view drive and bell fore road got into a fight. one man stabbed several times. one victim drove to another neighborhood and called police. police still searching for the man responsible. >> pittsburgh police believe a man financial problem and stress getting laid off drove him to kill 3 family members and shoot him self to death. 38-ye

lee has another big decision to make. who will replace outgoing supervisor ross karee kareem. san francisco board of supervisors district 5 seat is now up for grabs. >>> latest rank choice election results shows that he will become the city next sheriff with 53 percent of the vote. he will replace hennessee who held the job for more than 3 decades but is rae tirling. george declared victory late today in san francisco district attorney race with 63 percent of the vote. about 12,000 ballot still need to be counted but the canada lat ladies are big enough that the ballot shouldn't make a difference. >> police say stabbing in brent wood was the result of road rage. happened just after 3 this afternoon. police say 2 men stopped their cars near clear view drive and bell fore road got into a fight. one man stabbed several times. one victim drove to another neighborhood and called police. police still searching for the man responsible. >> pittsburgh police believe a man financial problem and stress getting laid off drove him to kill 3 family members and shoot him self to death. 38-ye

ross mirokimi leads with 30%. it was a double victory for san francisco mayor ed lee. his pension reform plan received 68% of the vote. proposition c increases employee contributions to their pensions, raises the retired. age for some workers and saves the city an estimated $1.3 billion over the next ten years. a competing measure, prop d, would have saved an estimated $7 billion in pension costs. it went down to defeat. >>> we now have the results of some of the other mayoral races in the bay area. in vallejo aubrey davis will remain in office. he claims victory over joanne shivley. in newark alan nagy won the mayor's race to become the first mayor in more than 30 years. he replaces david smith who is leaving the office after 15 terms. stay with us throughout the morning for election results. you will also find that information on our website ktvu.com. >>> federal agents joined bay area law enforcement for a huge raid in the oakland hills. our ktvu news crew took this video as an army of officers moved in on a home on kathy lane last night. the us marshals office, chp

lee is the next mayor of san francisco. the elections office confirming that. and ross is the next sheriff. prop h would have asked the san francisco school district to change the way they assign them. >>> bay area workers could have another way to get home. the follow-up to a story we brought you yesterday. they are pushing ahead to run between stations when train service shuts down. >>> sigh viral seats are the way to go. about 15% of the train's fleet will have a brand new look. bart will replace the familiar fabric seats with vinyl seat covers. in about 100 trains. they took a poll last summer. the majority of them preferred vinyl seats. they say vinyl is easier to clean than fabric. >> we gt to take you on bart, too. >> fresh makeover. the time is 5:20. coming up, the state supreme court issuing a ruling to determine if prop 8 is up hill. >>> plus, one airport is giving away an ipad this holiday season. we have details up next. wa >>> welcome back, everybody. yeswe'regetting a look downtown san jose. if you look closely you notice in the center, that is the holiday tree about to be lig

ross mercurini won. and we have results it's final. >> if you'd like to follow ed lee's comments, he continues taking questions now, you can do so at abc 7 news.com. >> and g.o.p. presidential candidates gathered in michigan now for a first debate in three weeks. there is a live look. the allegations against herman cane sure to come up, but it's supposed to focus on how candidates would fix the struggling kme. more than a third of the michigan homeowners are underwater on their mortgages and unemployment stands at 11.1%. >> where are the solutions? who has answers? who has a logical approach of bringing our economy back? >> all eight have blasted the bailout of chrysler and gm. >> and a man says he wants to do the right thing plans to surrender for his role in a 1968 shootout. >> he will admit his part in a department store shooting in 1968. he will not admit to having dig to do -- anything to do with a more serious crime. >> he is now 67 years old. his lawyer won't say where he's been hiding for four decades but we know he has a family and has been teaching students in a college. on monday, his lawyer called

. >> with ross manufacturing on that creates a vacancy of course on the board of supervisors. newly elected mayor ed lee will get to name the replacement for the year remaining on his term the. >> i want to make sure that i can have somebody that can win in that direct and somebody that c speak and understand what we have to do as whole city. >>reporter: the district includes haight ash bury solidly left leaning part of the city. lee met with people in 4 different neighborhoods but one of the top challenge rae maynes. growing occupy san francisco encampment. carolyn has the story. san francisco mayor took a victory lap celebrating election in asian neighborhood lick china town, congratulated by many over joyed by his rise to the top. >> a lot of people know him. know his character. so like we all support. we are really, really happy about it. >>reporter: lee says one of the priorities as mayor elect will be programs and policies to help small and medium size businesses lake the ones he visited today. but also at the top of his agenda the pressure of thousand handle the occupy san francisco m.and avoid w

ross perot had 40% of the vote at one point. he wanted 20% come and he was nuts lee.lack helicopters were chasing him. but his agenda, his agenda linked up where the center of the country was and it had a huge effect and that's why the two things we would tell you about a third party if one were to emerge, one is that candidate, he or she, would not win, and the other is, we believe, if he or she had this agenda they would have a bigger impact on the country's future than the person that does. because the only way to break out of this paralysis is why changing the incentives. all these politicians today they are not stupid. they are clearly operating on a different set of incentives and we are. so i would say we are having an economic crisis and the are having an election coming and the two barely overlap. so it's like they are in a parallel universe operating to different incentives as michael says set by special interests, money in politics. the only way to change that is to change the incentives. life is about incentives. move the cheese, move the mouse. don't move

officially declare ed lee the winner of the mayor's race, with 60%est vote, after 12 rounds of rank choice voting. george gascon won the district attorney's race with 62%. and rosse, he will be sworn in as sheriff in january. measure h lost by a slim margin. the measure called on san francisco public schools to change the student assignment system in favor of allowing kids to go to schools close to their homes. when the ballot counting was over, the measure lost by 115 votes. >>> "twilight" fever once again is gripping the bay area. >> got to go! >> this is the different kind of fever. i'm talking about "twilight" fever, the movie. they had a full house at jack london cinemas in oakland last night for the midnight screening of the movie breaking dawn, part one, from the "twilight" movie says. the first showing was completely sold out, so they had two more theaters opened up. the movies producers expect breaking down to bring in somewhere between 110 to $125 million through sunday. >>> lots of people there very enthusiastic and the middle of the night. it is 8:20. big news for salad lovers. the recall involving california lets. also, the holiday season is here, t

lee highway and university due to a crash. not busy in woodbridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> no doubt about it, despite the outcome, it was a thriller yesterday. dave ross talk a little football. >> we talked to allison, and it's like as a redskins fan, i know it's tough. even tony summed it up pretty well. it was an exciting day. probably for the first time since week one. >> i think at this point of this season you're looking for whatever positives you can find. >> absolutely. and there were a lot of positives. obviously, the effort they showed, which i a lot of people were wondering if there was going to be that effort. there are a lot of momentum shifters in this game. in the 1st quarter, not a good start for the burgandy and gold. first drive of the game for the redskins, and run two reverses which go nowhere. 3rd down play. grossman finds davis, and davis trying to reach out and he fumbles, and you go oh no. what happens on the ensuing drive? romo, 3rd down, finds bryant, he's a beast. in, 7-0 like that. they make it 10-0 and i think everybody thought, including tony perkins this was going to be a blowout. but it was not. the redskins had a moment