chow attended leung's funeral boldly dressing in white. to some would say he dressed in white to stand out in the crowd and to say, see, i'm a big shot here. >> what they know about our culture and tradition? >> reporter: police sources tell me that even though chow admitted he was trying to go legit, this is the operation the crime syndicate where he operated from here at spofford ally in chinatown. live in chinatown, san francisco, linda yee, kpix 5. >>> leland yee's political career spans more than 25 years. it started in san francisco but as kpix 5's phil matier tells us, so do some questions about his past. phil. >> reporter: that's right. leland yee has long been sort of an enigma in local politics that people talk about but not publicly. here's the story. since he was first elected to the san francisco school board in 1988, state senator leland yee's public persona has been that of a friendly moderate democrat, liked by many, but not part of the establishment. >> leeland has been pretty much a lone wolf in political circles, always

leung's funeral was one of the biggest in chinatown history.e head of two tongs and chow boldly stood out wearing white. there are some who say he dressed in white to stand out in the crowd and to say see, i'm a big shot here. >> what they know about our culture and tradition? >> reporter: he admitted collecting protection money from illegal mah jong charges. he and his associates were convicted of many charges. he revels in his notoriety. soon after leung was buried chow was named the new dragon head of the chee kung tong. facebook pages show numerous photos of him sitting in emperor-like poses. sources say this is where he continued to operate his crime syndicate using new gang members he recruited but chow inches requested political leaders he was changing, especially by speaking to kids. in the past several years, assemblyman tom ammiano, fiona ma and san francisco mayor ed lee honored him with proclamations for his service to the community. and just last friday night, chow was honored at his tong's annual dinner. he was again at the place

do you know who killed alan leung? >> no. >> did you order it? >> no. >> reporter: chow had just finished serving a 20-year federal prison term for gun running. he and his gang members were accused of racketeering, heroin smuggling and murder-for-hire. chow says when he was 17, he admitted he had extorted $30,000 a week protection money that he demanded from illegal mah jong parlors. and if they didn't pay, what would you do? >> i got to do whatever i got to do. >> reporter: like what? >> i check them you know. >> reporter: you beat up the owners? >> yeah. >> reporter: during this interview, chow said he was through with crime and going straight. within wings of this interview chow then took over -- within weeks of this interview you took over as the head of the gang which was allen leung's position before he was killed. police say they suspected chow recruited new gang members to continue their crimes. >> thank you, linda yee. >>> a recap once again what happened over the course of the last couple of hours, several fbi raids took place in the ba

many believe chow is responsible for leung's death. but officially, the death is still unsolved. >>> happening today, the deadline for signing obamacare. janine de la vega has more. >> reporter: i've been logging onto covered california every half-hour. i've been playing around with it and have been able to create an account and i haven't run into any problems just yet. but there's bound to be a rush of people. i will continue to monitor it to make sure that it keeps on working because people are gonna try to get on it today to enroll. earlier this morning, people in states such as louisiana and virginia were getting a message telling them that -- it says they have a lot of visitors on the healthcare.com website. it's asking them to wait. but in the last couple of hours, the department of health and human services was able to bring the system back online, here in california, people without insurance need to go to covered california's website before midnight create an account, fill out the required information on the apply for benefits

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san francisco police believe "shrimp boy" was behind the still unsolved murder of businessman allen leung the former tong leader whom "shrimp boy" replaced as leader of the tong. chow is still in jail this morning not allowed bail because the feds consider him a flight risk. live in the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> the third major player under arrest this man keith jackson is yee's political consultant and a former san francisco school board president. he is accused of being the middleman who brought all the players to the table. parts of the criminal complaint read like a spy novel. you can read the whole thing at our website, kpix.com. >>> a $92 million substation has been sitting empty for four years. kpix 5 reporter kiet do on what san jose police finally plan to do with it and why it sat unused for so long. kiet. >> reporter: good morning. back in 2008, they had the people, just not the money. no, sir now that's flipped upside-down, they have the money, not the officers. this brand-new police substation has room for 300 new officers. the $92 million building has a grand lobby,

san francisco police believe "shrimp boy" was behind the still unsolved murder of businessman allen leungthe former tong leader who "shrimp boy" replaced as leader of the tong. leland yee kpix 5. >> "shrimp boy" is still in jail. he is not allowed bail. he is considered a flight risk. >>> another high-profile suspect is keith jackson a political consultant and former san francisco school board president. he is accused of being the middleman who brought all the players to the table. parts of the criminal complaint read like a spy novel. you can read the entire thing on our website, kpix.com. >>> let's switch gears now and talk a little weather. i guess the bulk of the rain has gone out. we get a break. >> we did see less than an inch of rain yesterday but it was a soaker. >> it was. >> we were wet to the bone out there in mobile weather yesterday. cold feet and all. today we still have a lingering shower. in fact we're firing up our live hi-def doppler radar. and as you can see, we still have a cell in the eastern portion. bay area near lafayette and moderate to heavy rainfall just exiting

san francisco police believe "shrimp boy" was behind the still unsolved murder of businessman allen leungthe former tong leader who "shrimp boy" replaced as leader of the tong. he is still in jail this morning. he is not allowed bail. he is considered a flight risk. michelle? >> anne, what other crimes are on "shrimp boy"'s rap sheet? >> reporter: among his previous convictions, racketeering, drug trafficking,er attempted murder, arson, robbery, gambling and extortion. it's a long one. >> yes and very serious crimes, too. anne makovec live in the newsroom, thank you. >>> the third major player under arrest is keith jackson, he is yee's political consultant and a former san francisco school board president. he is accused of being the middleman who brought all the players to the table. parts of the criminal complaint read like a spy novel. you can read the entire thing on our website, kpix.com. >>> new this morning, a man who apparently tried to put out an apartment fire in livermore flown to a burn center had respiratory problems, burns on his face and hands too. he is one of 13 people dis

democrats only ran nominal candidates against leung since he was so powerful. -- bill young since he was so powerful. he was a country club, moderate republican in today's context. he fits the county well. it made it a waste of money for democrats to really contest the seat. however, now you have an open seat, you have loads of interest in the race nationally and you're seeing that result. in the mid-2000 $12.5 million could win you a down ballot statewide race. now we're talking about a congressional district where you have four hundred 60,000 voters as opposed to the rest of florida, where you have about 12 million registered voters, which is rather astounding. host: talking with marc caputo a writer for the miami herald. marc caputo, as we get done to the final arrows of the election, one of the issues that have had the biggest impact on the race? guest: the 10th of may times which is a hometown paper that has done the best job covering this, they are both electronic and in the paper, and you see that obamacare played an outside messaging role. some folks in the national media wha