this was about lewis. so this was squarely that he was taken aback by the story, and this was something that he really wanted to do for lewis. >> nine-year-old lewis suffers from severe epileptic seizures with weakness in his muscles and low oxygen levels. two years ago he was implanted with a generator transplanting a magnet that eases the seizures. the hope is this dog button will be trained to assist in emergency. >> the dog would be later trained to wear the magnet on his collar and if lewis had a seizure the dog would lay his head on his chest and stop the seizure. with the help of jones and complete straintering they raised $20,000. needless to say, they're overwhelmed with gratitude and lewis will start training with button in june. >> well done. 4:44. >> still ahead, the bay area's new citizen crime fighters who won't be tipping off police. >> the cozy relationship between government and google. a congressional investigation. >> plus the vallejo city council considers a plan to dig out of bankruptc

the two were childhood friends and lewis was a community leader in east palo alto. >>> 5:34.et's get another look at traffic and weather. we'll start with lawrence karnow with your forecast. lawrence, good morning. >> yeah, guys. coming into work today very chilly around the bay area. and nothing is changed. it is cold out there maybe colder in spots. below freezing in fairfield, 33 in concord, 33 in livermore. be careful traveling inland today. we are seeing patchy dense fog this morning and looking at a dense fog advisory in toward the central valley. it's a cold start to the day and we have that patchy fog but by the afternoon, we are going to bring you some sunshine and that should allow temperatures to warm up maybe as high as 59 degrees in san jose. of course those places that see that fog this morning even when it does clear, it will still stay cool. but the next couple days should be high and dry. going to warm some of the temperatures up into the lower 60s. looking good as we head in toward the weekend. let's check on traffic now with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrenc

elarm is being held without bail and they still don't have a motive for lewis's murder.ity, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> a wild sdmecene in east oakd as six people were shot, including an innocent bystander. officers received reports of gunfire just after 9:30 last night. ethey found wubullet casings al over the ground and one victim was in his living room when a stray bullet hit him in the back. one walked up to officers with a wounded leg. witnesses saw two shooters in a car. >>> police dogs are trained to help officers take down criminals but in this case it was a family pet that was attacked and killed in brentwood. san leandro police dog and his handler are under investigation after the dog attacked and killed a 6-year-old finish spitz the day after christmas. the police dog was walking with a handler's wife and other family members. the owner of the small dog that was killed said it could have been avoided. >> she just started yelling, i can't control him, i can't control him. the next thing i know, the dog is pretty much right on top of chloe. >> the owne

, the late andrea lewis and others that have a tremendous tradition and for people to say -- urge us not to support something like this that supports progressive unity and strengthening the station really pains me and i would just urge those that are asking us to not vote for this to think about how many of us are allies that want to strengthen the station as well? i applaud supervisor avalos' efforts to change language to make it more of a broad call for unity to defend the station but i'm going to be supportive in a week when we vote on this. thank you. >> supervisor avalos? >> i forgot to mention, colleagues, i'll be supporting the continuance, of course but i do have an amendment, very slight apartment i put on your desks and emailed it to bos legislation as well and just some cleanup language and took out mediation and work together and didn't want to there to be an illusion i'm calling on a, body to deal with the labor dispute. but working together is what this is calling for and think it's pretty innocuous and can support it january 4. thanks. >> supervisor alioto-pier, if i c

. >> reporter: congressman john lewis says that the movement's leaders realized to bring change, theyded to reach white americans. how did you do that? >> as a movement, we literally put our bodies on the line. >> influence on the civil rights coverage. . >> reporter: dominika cibulkova cowrote the "race beat" a book about the media and movement. >> it's just that no one knew about it. >> reporter: bee nine 57, major northern newspapers discovered the drawm and the story. >> reporter: how do you feel about integrated passengers? >> reporter: the television networks followed. even major southern media paid attention to the open hatred. >> you've got to keep the whites and the blacks spraet sprait! >> reporter: and the violence response to peaceful protests. >> if you're going to beat us, beat us in the light of day. beat us while the camera's on. >> reporter: this was selma, alabama, 1965. among the bloodied, john lewis. >> american people could not stand it, to see young children and old women being knocked down by firehoses and chased by police dogs. >> we will dramatize this whole s

david lewis shot to death in san mateo. police arrested lewis's long-time friend two days after he contacted deblgts. prosecutors accused him of following louis to the mall. he could face the dij penalty if convicted and opening statements began today in the murder trial of a professional poker player accused of killing his parents. the killings happened in their home at castlewood country club in 2008. a prosecutor told jurors that he killed his parents because he needed money to pay off debts. and he apparently believed woe inherit money if his mother and father died. >> black ice on a road caused two accidents within a mile of each other this morning. one car went down a 25 foot enbankment, crashing into the side of a home. a pregnant woman was in her bedroom, showered with broken glass. neither the driver nor the woman was hurt. >> this is my house has steel beams okay. i'm happy me and my baby is okay and my husband wasn't home. everything is okay. >> another crash sent an suv down an enbankment. >> and there is 450 bl

ian lewis. >> thank you. ian lewis, hotel workers union. we appealed this pmd for the density of its use. we have withdrawn this. the city is under the city hospitality industry. the greatest problem is the push to pull tourist hotel unites out of circulation. given that this project, if approved, would be one of four hotel projects we are aware of. and the only one i'm aware of of going under construction. we have withdrawn the appeal. we are confident our issues were addressed. and to look forward to the enxt calendar -- next calendar item. it is worth approving this project, given guarantees that have been given, the jobs will be good-quality jobs rather than detracting from the hospitality industry. >> is there additional public comment? it is closed. commissioner sugaya: i vote to uphold. commissioner antonini: i am pleased with this. the wind can be fickle, blowing at hurricane force or hardly as ever. this is well done. >> olague? vice president olague: you did a great job today. thank you. >> the motion on the floor is for upholding

john lewis. [applause] >> thanks. i like to thank the house and senate for their leadership of the slave task force in making this a possible. i also would like to thank -- take the opportunity to recognize the other members of the sleeper -- a slave labor task force who are here today such as j.c. watts. together, we introduced a legislation creating the slave labor task force i would. i would like to take a moment to ask the members of the task force to please stand. all of the members that are here. [applause] s chairman, i would like to thank each and every member for their hard work and dedication. you never gave up. you never gave in. we could not be where we are today without the leadership of upper friend, my partner, and the -- of my friend, my partner, and the leadership of the vice chair. thank you. [applause] i must also acknowledge the clerk of the house and both of their staffs for their dedication in this day becoming a reality. i must recognize a young man on my own staff. jeffrie, where are you? pleas

yes, it was back in june that david lewis of east palo alto was shot to death as he was getting out oft the hillsdale shopping center in san mateo. now, for more than six months police didn't have any leads on a suspect. that was until december 18th, when they received a phone call from 58-year-old gregory elarms, an acquaintance. yesterday he was here in a courtroom where he pleaded not guilty to a murder haurj that carries a special circumstance allegation that he lay in wait, which essentially means that he was waiting for lewis to arrive at the mall that day in june. the charge carries the possibility of the death penalty if convicted. now, 54-year-old david lewis was a drug abuse counselor, described by his peers as a model citizen who had once served time and only wanted to help others in his situation. in the meantime, elarms is being held without bail and police still don't have a motive for lewis's murder. reporting live in redwood city this morning, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> tragic ending to a search for an injured motorcyclist who called 911 for help. the chp say

my name is tanya lewis. i am a native san franciscan. i have a 10-year-old son. i also have 17 years of experience in the carpentry field. i truly believe that i represent the women in the work force. i am probably employed by cahill, a third-generation san francisco construction company. they have been very good to me, and i appreciate this opportunity. we need more work for the future. we need to help the homeless. we need these clinics for their help. we need places for them to rest their heads so that they can have some dignity. thank you. [applause] >> it is now my honor to introduce the house democratic leader nancy pelosi. [applause] >> thank you very much for the invitation to be here today, from your leadership over the years. from the tenderloin neighborhood development corp., for this tremendous leadership. i am honored to be here with mayorl lee, phil ting, and i alo want to recognize our former mayor gavin newsom, who played a big role in making the pitch for this initiative, demonstrating unity in the community. mayor lee knows about it from what he

. >> john lewis. >> lewis of georgia. >> reporter: and unusual rebuke for a party leader, and a sign,ast, some of them are not happy that pelosi has decided to stick around after november's shellacking. the end result, though, never in doubt. >> therefore, the honorable john a. boehner of the state of ohio, having received the majority of the votes cast, is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 112th congress. >> reporter: outgoing speaker nancy pelosi was gracious to the victors, drawing a few more tears from boehner. >> now, the house will be led by a proud son of ohio. a man of conviction, a public servant of resolve and a legislative leader of skill. he is a man of faith, faith in god, faith in our country and faith in his family. >> reporter: but even before handing over that gavel, some more fighting words from pell sewly, touting her record -- >> we have made the largest ever commitment to making college more affordable, enacted wall street reform with the greatest consumer protections in history and passed a strong patient's bill of rights. >> reporter

we must continue to tell it, as congressman lewis said. like the history of our nation, should be complete. so, we are grateful to the slave labor task force for their work, they're helping us remember and memorialize this is important part of our history, and they're hoping to make sure future generations continue to tell the whole story, the whole story, of this place and of our nation. thank you. [applause] >> liz and gentlemen, majority leader of the united states senate, the hon. harry reid. [applause] >> as we have heard, and as we have heard -- [laughter] the same year presently consigned the emancipation proclamation,-- here is the untold story. we already know his last name was reed. [laughter] [laughter continues] there are a lot of ways to spell "reed." >> [inaudible] >> the title of the feature belongs to its own history. each of us speaking today recognizes what a privilege is to call this place our workplace. but countless local slaves labored here long before we or any senators before us could enjoy that honor. their tasks w

. >> reporter: congressman john lewis says that the movement's leaders realized to bring change, theyded to reach white america. how did you do that? >> as a movement, we literally put our bodies on the line. >> reporter: finally, by 1957, major northern newspapers discovered the drama, and the story. >> how do you feel about integrated passengers? >> reporter: the television networks followed. even major southern media paid attention to the open hatred. >> you've got to keep the whites and the blacks separate. >> reporter: and the violent response to peaceful protests. >> if you're going to beat us, beat us in the light of day. beat us while the camera's on. >> reporter: this was selma, alabama, 1965. among the bloodied, john lewis. >> american people could not stand it, to see young children, and old women, being knocked down and chased by police dogs. >> we will dramatize this whole situation by marching by the thousands. >> reporter: television also found martin luther king. >> the reverend martin luther king jr. will face the nation. >> reporter: americans heard a leader who shat

george lewis reports. >> reporter: he campaigned as the action hero sweeping up sacramento.mer star of the terminator movies morphed into the governator. seven years later schwarzenegger who came into office with sky-high popularity leaves with his approval rating under 30%. there have been repeated demonstrations over threatened cuts in education and other public services as the state's budget deficit balloons to $28 billion. >> the issues are very complicated. >> reporter: schwarzenegger blamed it on the economy. >> we're in a disastrous situation here. you're absolutely correct. we have a national economic slowdown, the biggest one in 80 years. >> reporter: in coping with that, schwarzenegger has managed to alienate not only the democrats who run the legislature, but also his fellow republicans. >> it turned out that there were weights even arnold schwarzenegger couldn't lift. >> he once referred to members of the legislature as girly men but toned his his approach. >> i realize after looking back, why did you say that? that was stupid. >> reporter: despite speculation ab

for lewis he will begin the training with buttons in june. >> to have the day that we have had today about incredible. >>reporter: in san jose, abc 7 news. >> orange county surfer in critical condition tonight after nearly drowning at mavericks on saturday. 35-year-old jacob trent was surfing in 15 to 18 foot wave with 15 others when a huge sneaker wave hit. photographer eric nelson had the camera on as the wave crashed on to the surfers. trent was forced under water. he was found short time later face down an not breathing. >> you just get caught inside and you are in front of the wall of water and so you try to get under it or through it and it takes you over and just item a really bad wipe out. >>reporter: man on wave runner pulled trent out of the what the. flown to sanford -- stanford medical center where in drug induced coma tonight. >> rand mcnationaly announce lake tahoe the no. 1 can ski destination in the united states. they say people are backing more trips to tahoe than any other u.s. or canadian ski destination because of the lake off slope activity. after tahoe 5 colora

george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday.verage from the red carpet is coming up next here, followed by the 68th annual golden globe wards at 8:00 p.m. team. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. from all of us here at nbc news, new york. from all of us here at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >> congressman john lewis says that the movement leader realized to bring change they needed to reach white americans. >> how did you do that? >> we literally put our bodies on the line. >> reporter: hank co-wrote "the race beat," a book about the media and the movement. >> race was a big story in the south beginning in the 40s and 50s. it is just that no one knew about it. >> reporter: finally by 1957 major northern newspapers discovered the dram act and the story. >> how do you feel about integrated passengers. >> reporter: the television networks followed even major southern media paid attention to the open hatred. >> you've got to keep the white and blacks separate. >> reporter: and the violent response to peaceful protests. >> if you're going to beat us, beat us in the light of day, beat us while the camera is on. >> reporter: this was alabama. john lewis among the bloodied. >> they could not stand it to see young children and old women being knocked down and chased by police dogs. >> we will dramatize this by marching by the thousands. >> reporter: the reverend martin luther kin

nbc's george lewis now with the amazing story. >> good morning. >> reporter: it was a good morning.sen's voice was raspy, the fact that she had a voice at all was remarkable. >> i want to go home. it's simply amazing. i'm still in shock that this ever happened to me. >> reporter: because of complications following her hospitalization in 1998 for kidney failure, her larynx, or voice box, was irreparably damaged. irrepably damaged. she had to speak using an electronic device that gave her had voice a >> reporter: she had to speak using an electronic device that gave her voice a robotic sound. but not now. >> when i wake up in the morning, i reach down and i'm trying to find the machine and then i realize i don't need it anymore. >> reporter: in a difficult and delicate 18-hour procedure, doctors at the university of california davis transplanted the larynx of a dead woman into brenda's neck, connecting minute nerve strands that would make her voice work. >> oh, i just can't thank them enough. i mean, they did a miracle job. >> reporter: the fact that jensen previously had a kidney and

lewis? of california? boehner. lewis of georgia? pelosi. lipinski? kaptur. is that what you heard? [low and indistinct chatter] lobiondo? boehner. loebsack? pelosi. lofgren? pelosi. long? boehner. lowey? pelosi. lucas? boehner. luetkemeyer? boehner. lujan? pelosi. lummis? boehner. daniel e. lungren? boehner. lynch? pelosi. mccarthy of california? boehner. mccarthy of new york? pelosi. mccall of texas? boehner. mcclintock? boehner. mcdermott? pelosi. mcgovern? pelosi. mchenry? boehner. mcintyre? schuler. mckeon? boehner. mckinley? boehner. mcmorris rodgers? boehner. mcnerney? pelosi. mack? boehner. maloney? pelosi. manzullo? boehner. marchent? boehner. marino? boehner. markey? boehner. -- pelosi. matheson? schuler. matsui? pelosi. meehan? boehner. meeks? pelosi. mica? boehner. michaud? schuler. gary g. miller? boehner. geroge miller -- george miller? pelosi. miller of florida? boehner. miller of michigan? boehner. miller of north carolina? pelosi. moore? pelosi. moran? pelosi. mulvaney? boehner. murphy? pelosi. murphy? boehner. myrick? boehner. nadler? pelosi. napolitano? pelosi. ne

what is interesting about it is the image of lewis and clark here is in black and white, something thatuture, painted as though it was in the past. what is interesting about it is the very obvious conclusion of slavery. the number of students were expressing unease around some of the themes. the additional mural would be placed in the school, one with more positive representation of the student body. in 1974, they completed three panels that were placed in the library -- in the lobby. they depict native, latino, asian american, and african- american heritage and culture. >> that artist was talking about the history coming alive. that is what we want for the students here. i also think they might share that with past alumni and the community, so they could no the treasure that we have here in the schools. many people have the same experience i did when i first walked into this building three years ago, being the new principal. the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're

>> i would love to work with daniel day-lewis. >> hinojosa: oh, daniel day-lewis, okay. >> yes, i mean i don't know if he watches this show... >> hinojosa: okay, we're going to try to get that to him. >> please, i would love that. >> hinojosa: all right, and besides daniel day-lewis? >> i... you know, i want to... for me, i want to work with directors that i respect, like quentin tarantino. he's crazy and i love that about him. he's just... >> hinojosa: so if you get any of these jobs you'll let us know. >> i will let you know, but i'm... here's the thing-- it never ends. i'm always excited about everything that comes my way and things that are different, things that are unusual, anything outside the box. anything that breaks stereotypes, anything that makes people talk. >> hinojosa: so it will be until the next time when haaz... >> well, i'll just drink more of my bourbon here. >> hinojosa: ( laughing ) haaz sleiman, thank you for coming. >> thank you so much. >> hinojosa: it was really a pleasure, good luck. >> pleasure, thank you so much. >> hinojosa: we'll see you on the small scre

prosecutors say he followed lewis to the mall. he can face the death penalty if convicted. >> oakland mayor jean kwan is not wasting time tackling the deficit, meeting with police and taking aim at the police department pension fund. and she wants police to contribute 9% of the pay. the union says would it be open if staffing levels were returned to prelayoff levels. >> we've been willing to talk about pensions and stuff like that. but idea is that we have to have fairness here. >> i didn't just decimate the parks and rec. as long as oakland is the only city where police officers don't pay anything into pensions it's going to be hard to keep numbers on police that we need. >> the mayor says she'll introduce a measure to reopen the negotiation autos political gainsmanship continues in san francisco. gavin newsom delayed taking the oath of office to allow a new board of supervisors to name a replacement as mayor. and this is beginning to feel like groundhog day, the fourth or fifth time that this item was on the agenda. and suddenly

. >> reporter: jessie lewis and his colleagues at csu are using these motion-activated cameras to countd track the bobcat population in parts of boulder county. >> they're a difficult species to document on the landscape because they're very secretive. >> reporter: seen running in pairs and even enjoying a meal. >> rabbits seem to be a fairly important prey component. >> reporter: these cameras provide insight into wild animal behavior. they ultimately help researchers understand how diseases spread among bobcats and other species. even those that live in your house. like this domestic cat and coyote that share the same trail. >> there is always the potential that there are passage in the landscape that domestic animals could contract. understanding what potentially might be out there in the landscape could potentially benefit people. >> reporter: lewis is also trapping and putting gps collars on 20 bobcats to monitor their movement in the wild and their neighborhoods. it's gone beyond bobcats. in four months the cameras have snapped pics of elk, skunk, bears, and another critter that s

. >> reporter: randy lewis is a professor at the university of wyoming and a man with a very unusual lewis is splicing spider genes into goat's. >> we take a spider silk gene and put it in and attach that piece that regulates when and where it makes the spider silk. >> reporter: so no eight legged goats with lots of eyes. >> no eight legged goats with multieyes, no anything like that. it's very, very tightly regulated. >> reporter: these high tech goats give milk the old fashioned way. so this is skim and this is 2%. >> both of them are silk. (laughing). >> reporter: here we go. sorry, honey. here we go. 20 minutes of back breaking work. three tablespoons. clearly it's not spider silk yet. first randy's team removes the pat from the milk and runs it through an alcohol bath and they're left with this. >> this is man made spider silk. >> reporter: now it doesn't look to me like something that could stop an aircraft on an aircraft carrier. >> right because it's so fine. so the idea would be that you would braid this together to make something that's an inch or an inch-and-a-half or two

lewis was killed in the parking lot of san mateo's mall last june. he muttered the name greg when he lay dying. officers made the connection when gregory elams came before police offering information. >>> prosecutors say sheers was deep in death. tomorrow his attorneys will outline sheers defense. >>> and the board of supervisors is meeting to choose an interim may mayor. right now the board is in recess. the board has been going back and forth between these two men. ed lee is the city administrator, mike hennessey is the county sheriff. both are considered moderates. amber lee has been sitting in on the board's deliberations, she has more now. >> reporter: behind me inside city hall, the board of supervisors have been meeting for five hours. there's plenty of fireworks as some supervisors shifted their alliances during two rounds of voting. >> thank you. [ indescernible ] >> reporter: supervisor chris daley who's one of the four supervisors leaving officer became visibly angry when it appeared that ed lee had the necessary votes to be selected as in

lewis was killed in the parking lot of san mateo's mall last june. he muttered the name greg when he lay dying. officers made the connection when gregory elams came before police offering information. >>> prosecutors say sheers was deep in death. tomorrow his attorneys will outline sheers defense. >>> and the board of supervisors is meeting to choose an interim may mayor. right now the board is in recess. the board has been going back and forth between these two men. ed lee is the city administrator, mike hennessey is the county sheriff. both are considered moderates. amber lee has been sitting in on the board's deliberations, she has more now. >> reporter: behind me inside city hall, the board of supervisors have been meeting for five hours. there's plenty of fireworks as some supervisors shifted their alliances during two rounds of voting. >> thank you. [ indescernible ] >> reporter: supervisor chris daley who's one of the four supervisors leaving officer became visibly angry when it appeared that ed lee had the necessary votes to be selected as in

people like oscar lewis and so forth. i feel very strongly that he is not only qualified, but fulfills the criteria mentioned in the charter. >> welcome to our two new members of the board. i'm ellen schumer, i'm chair of the city hall preservation advisory commission. richard and i have known each other a very long time. when i was sitting at my desk, i started to go through a copy of the dictionary. it said, scholar. with richard johns, we have a scholar with an incredible passion for san francisco. it is very hard to work in the city of san francisco and look at what truly needs to be preserved in an ongoing manner. he has had years of experience, and adjust the amount of time he has spent would truly make you a scholar of san francisco history. >> it is great to see you. i have known richard for 15 years. i have worked with him with the first husband of the brown administration. richard was everywhere and i think he had the true reached to a lot of different communities. it will make him a very accessible member of th

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>> my name is ben lewis. i am one of the neighbors that live in the neighborhood. i have owned property there for 10 years now. if you look at the neighborhood, it is very diverse. there is a diverse made up of people and properties. there is a huge scale project. there are two-story buildings over a garage. there are four story buildings. across the street from the, there is a four story 10-unit building which has been there for 70 years, 80 years. around the corner from me is a two-unit building, two stories over a garage, which was built in the early 1900's. it actually had a renovation done probably 18 months ago. it actually added a penthouse which is set back, very similar to the project they are proposing here. it is not inconsistent with the neighborhood that we live in that these kind of projects are being built that are actually making our neighborhood nicer and continuing to allow families to move into our neighborhood. neighborhoods for a number of years and when i think of development below me, i always wonder how high the billy will be. i was heartene

we would like to thank lewis and his staff for making sure that this happened. i have worked with this staff to ensure that the impact to our tenants part dealt with and that they are earning important institutions in the city. we would like to thank you and hope that you would proceed with this item. supervisor mirkarimi: any other public comment? seeing no one, public comment is closed. taken without objection. item number 7. >> award a three-year contract to knn public finance, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, for financial advisory services, with two additional one-year extension options, and authorize for the executive director to negotiate contract terms and bid conditions. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any discussion, colleagues? any public comments? take your time. the other microphone, please. >> good morning. i am just curious, you know, why we are hiring what appears to be an outside contractor when we have people within the department that could do this just as well. probably get a cheaper rate. i do not quite understand why we ar