scooter libby, who pleaded guilty to perjury and obstruction, this is what he said about mr. libby. for years i have heard that he's been treated unfairly. others that he pardoned, he was treated unfairly by our government. another, he wanted to take a couple of pictures an they put him in jail. i think these were all people that pleaded guilty, admitted to committing crimes. he has such a soft spot. what do you think he's doing with the pardons and is his appetite for pardoning potential witnesses or other people convicted of crimes associated to the mueller probe, does that pique anyone's interest? i know there was some reporting earlier in the year that john dowd dangling pardons in front of mike flynn and manafort had come up in some of mueller's questioning. >> i don't think the president has a soft spot for people like scooter libby who he's pardoned. i think instead he's engaged in a campaign strategically designed to communicate to some of his former friends like paul manafort, like cohen, and in essence dangle pardons on twitter. it's been a really just i think in many ways

i want to take an opportunity to bring in my guests, libby clegg.t been able to compete due to your guide being injured but you are the captain and you have stuck it out and you have joined us here in berlin, how frustrating is it watching from the sidelines? obviously i am gutted i am not competing but it has given me am not competing but it has given me a different perspective being able to watch and observe what everybody is doing. i have enjoyed it and it is doing. i have enjoyed it and it is great to support my team—mates. we just heard from maria lyle, talking about her struggles with mental health recently and that is not coming months the athlete body? not at all. i had mental health issues lost it and the majority of the reason why i didn't compete in the reason why i didn't compete in the world championship is. it is more common than you think and it doesn't help the pressure we are on every year to perform. it is important athlete and confident to talk about it because then other athletes will realise they are not alone? the more people i

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california >> new at 6:30, oakland mayor, libby shaft, filed her paperwork today to run for re- election. the mayor and several supporters were at the clerk's office this more thanking to celebrate. she says her priorities are housing, homelessness and cleaning up city streets. >> i think the biggest issues facing oakland are afford built. that starts with housing, homelessness but it's also about jobs, how we are supporting our most vulnerable in this city. >> mayor shaft is not running unopposed. she faces several including cat brooks. >> another first for apple. the company became the first publicly traded company with a market value of $1 trillion. more on the milestone from our reporter. >> reporter: apple was the first publicly traded company in the world to reach the $1 trillion mark when shared reached $207. >> so big a number that i can't imagine. are it was business as usual at the headquarters. >> to see apple hit this trillion dollars point in evaluation is a big deal. it's a validation of steve's vision and validation of tim cook's leadership. >> you have the apple 2. are fr

after the fact scooter libby so he's already setting the grounds for use of pardons liberally contests barker thanks so much for that from the aspen institute this morning. now for a look at some of the other stories making the news this hour facebook and twitter have removed hundreds of accounts they say were part of a distant from ation campaign targeting users social media giants claiming the accounts are part of coordinated propaganda programs that originated in both russia and iran. thousands of anti corruption protesters of broward in front of argentina's national congress they call them lawmakers to strip former president cristina fernandez to care of her congressional munity amidst the bribery scandal she's accused of leading a corruption scheme involving officials and business leaders during her time in office. a powerful earthquake shook venezuela's northern coast and parts of the caribbean tuesday seven point three magnitude quake was the largest to hit the country in more than a century but occurred so deep below the earth's surface that it caused only minor . laws italy an

britain's double paralympic champion libby clegg has withdrawn from this week's para athletics europeanathletes with visual impairments, but has had to pull out due to an injury to her guide runner, tom sommers. she will, however, carry on her team captaincy duties alongside wheelchair racer, richard chiassaro. the championships get under way tomorrow in berlin. and finally... some things are worth waiting for. golfer paul waring has won his first european tour title at the nordea masters...at his 200th attempt. he held a two—shot lead with four holes to play before playing partner thomas aiken birdied the last hole to force a play—off. a par was good enough for waring in the end, though, as aiken drove into the water. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. coming up next is the film review.

. >> as the mayor libby shaft just filed paperwork to run for re-election and she says she thinks the biggest issue facing oakland going forward is affordability. she walked into the clerk's office this morning and was greeted by a room full of supporters who also say they planned to help her get re-elected. we did ask her about safety on t was just filed on behalf of the family of nia wilson who was just stabbed to death on a b.a.r.t. platform. she says while the mayor dpuz not have direct authority over b.a.r.t., she does offer her partnership. >> every public agency that goes through a trauma, and i certainly know this from experience, is really responsible for learning from that trauma and making improvements, doing better, doing everything within your power to prevent this type of tragedy from ever happening again. >> reporter: shaft not only has the support of the people who gathered in this room, she says her family is behind her too even though it often involves long hours and criticism. she is facing a crowded field, 16 people are running for the job of mayor of oakland. live

her daughter libby was good friends with mollie when the two were classmates in piedmont. this morning she texted her daughter the news. >> her response was oh, no, not mollie, no. >> reporter: authorities in iowa say they discovered mollie's body this morning after 24 year old cristhian rivera led them to her remains. the undocumented immigrant followed her the night mollie went out for a run in the town of brooklyn, iowa. mollie pulled out her cell phone and threatened to call police. that made him angry. he does not remember what happened after that. later, he realized he put her in the trunk and he dragged her body to a cornfield. police credit surveillance video from a nearby home for helping find the casr. >> we are saddened for the family. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by many, thousands of miles away. >> i want laura and rod and their family to know that we're all here praying them. >> reporter: and i spoke to the father with corpus christi church and he said there will likely be a prayer service for mollie, possibly as early as tomorrow. melissa colorado, nbc ba

athletics championships in berlin, where there's been disappointment for double paralympic champion libby100 and 200 metres for athletes with visual impairments on the eve of the championships due to an injury to her guide runner, tom somers. england rugby union international danny cipriani has been fined an additional £2000 by his club side gloucester. it's after he pleaded guilty to assault and resisting arrest on their pre—season tour to jersey last week. he'll also undertake ten hours of community service coaching local children. england and sale winger chris ashton could miss the start of the season — he's facing a ban after being sent off for punching castres' rory kockott in a pre—season friendly for new club sale sharks on friday. the liverpool goalkeeper loris karius looks to be on his way out of the club, with a loan move to besiktas in the offing. kenny miller has left his player—manager role at livingston after just seven weeks. he only took the position earlier in the summer after succeeding david hopkin, who led them back to the premiership. would you paint your living room

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libby is not available at this time either so he had a statement he submitted as well. please offer the following statement on my behalf. i would like the building inspection commission to know that i am honored to be nominated and if selected look forward to rolling up my sleeves and becoming an active member of the departments of building inspections code advisory committee. as a vice president of a major general contracting firm located in san francisco and licensed civil engineer, i believe i can bring a unique perspective to the committee. as a long-time resident of san francisco, i care deeply about our city and i'm interested in helping to solve some of the challenges we face. thank you for considering me and i hope i'm approved for vacancy on the committee. >> item seven. discuss possible action for a member to the subcommittee. we have commissioner lee and warshell, but we need an additional merry christmas. >> commissioner walker, go ahead. you have a recommendation. >> i was going to nominate sam maas, but he is not here. >> second. >> it makes it easy. [laug

convicted has mirrored exactly the language he used before and after he pardoned joe arpaio, scooter libby and one more i'm forgetting. sousa. >> praising their decency. >> criticizing unfairness. >> treated unfairly, et cetera. verify bbatim what he's said ab paul manafort. the difference, no one in the white house is pushing for a manafort pardon, no one in his ear saying this would be good, help you, really rile up your base. paul manafort doesn't have those kinds of allies in the white house pushing for like, for example, stephen miller was pushing for a pardon for arpaio or in other instances a lot of trump's allies pushing for the scooter libby pardon such as joe digenova and almost joined his legal team, of course. one consideration. another, that the stakes are higher if the president were to pardon manafort for himself. legally. manafort, of course, is directly implicated in the investigation into trump's own campaign. he has exposure there. of course, the final thing is that pardoning manafort may be useless, because he may still be vulnerable to being prosecuted on a state level

. >> happening today, oakland mayor libby schaaf will officially file for re-election. it's happening this morning at 9:30 at city hall. at least six oertsz have announced they're running for mayor. >>> if you haven't heard, for the 2020 census, the trump administration wants to ask people about their citizenship status. today, san francisco mayor london breed will hold a press conference urging people to speak out against that idea. many california leaders oppose the question which was dropped from the survey back in 1950. the fear is people will not participate in the census, which could lead to massive undercount in california, and that could lead to less representation in congress. >> 6:05 on your thursday morning. more tweets overnight from the president. less than a day after his most direct call yet to end the russia investigation. now, the big question, was that a direct order or was he just blowing off steam? today in the bay's tracie potts live in washington with the reaction. good morning, tracie. >> scott, good morning. could make a big difference in that in

. >> linda saffer had to tell her college aged daughter libby that her childhood friend mollie was presumed dead. she just found a picture ovf th girls from first communiocommun. >> it's every parent's nightmare and just so sad. it's so wrong. she had so much to give. >> mollie tibbetts started kindergarten in oakland and met life life friends at car pus christy catholic church. ann woods has been in frequent contact with mollie's mom since her disappearance. this morning, she couldn't believe the news. >> having it sink in is just so unbelievable and crazily surreal. ann said the last time she spoke with mollie's mom laura, she was still optimistic even though mollie had been missing since july 18. >> she was positive and upbeat and fact-based, we are bringing her home. >> both mortars say they'll support her any way they can. >> what laura is going through is what every family or parent can sympathize and empathize with because it's so terrifying. >> all we can do is hold up her memory. >> reporter: they were both saying it's hard to know what to say, what to do. ann is thinking about get

. >> reporter: oakland mayor, libby schaaf puts the priorities in perspective.hey say it's time for big companies and smaller cities to join the effort to build our way out of it. >> using transportation dollars as incentives. as well as fees for those cities that expanding the job base without expanding housing would go a long way. >> tying job growth to housing growth and holding the companies accountable. trep scooters and hate them. >> causing accidents. running into pedestrians. they're a little annoying in terms of that. but from people that need to use them to get from "a" to "b" it's a good idea. >> the rides are curbed in san francisco. but buzzing around sj an jose a oakland. >> there's no reason why, with the help of technology, we can't ensure that these devices can be operated only in bike lanes or searching for solutions. >> sheist. the student accused ofusers. >>> and a ban on smart fophones schools in france. >>> the smoke has moved off to the east. and an important change to my weekend forecast in six minutes. at at&t, we believe in access. the

. >>> supporters are rallying behind oakland mayor libby shaft was officially running for reelection. mayor shaft and a few of her supporters went to the city clerk's office where the mayor filed her paperwork to run again. mayor shaffe says her priorities continue to be housing dealing with the homeless, and cleaning up city streets. she is due to pay -- face several other candidates including cass brooks. a professional wrestler will be the next mayor of knox county tennessee. republican glenn jacobs beat the opposing democratic nominee into haiti in the heavily republican area. most fans know jacobs by his wrestling name, kane. he's a former heavyweight champion. one of the longest tenured performers in wwe history. he is 51 years old and also runs an insurance and real estate company in tennessee. jacobs will take over as mayor of knox county september 1 for previously he said he will not rule out a special appearance in the wrestling ring. . >>> a man is seen taking up skirt photos of women and girls . up next, watch what happens as the victims father helps get him into custody.

she joined oakland mayor libby shaft and san jose mayor sam accardo at next door headquarters in san francisco. they talked about regulating electric scooters, banning plastic straws, and dealing with the housing crisis. >> the reality is we cannot house everybody in three cities . we need suburban towns that are willing to step up and not just accept 2,000,000 ft.2 of corporate campuses expect everything that we value and love about this incredible region is literally at stake because this runaway affordability crisis. if we are going to move forward with, and be serious about housing production, we have to open up the doors and be opened to having housing in our neighborhoods where we weren't open to having housing there before. >> the mayor's will continue to try new ideaslook to each other's cities to see what >>> an update on an effort to allow undocumented immigrants to vote in november's school board elections in san francisco. according to the numbers just one noncitizen has registered to vote. 2016's voter approved proposition in allows noncitizens living in san francisco wi

mayor libby shaft and housing authority are expecting to announce the number of private rental units ail income renters to provide 17,000 new affordable housing units by 2024. >>> a five-year-old girl from santa rosa who has a rare form of epilepsy is right at the center of a legal battle. rob roth says the issue is whether she can legally go to school with the medical cannabis that she needs to control her seizures. >> reporter: school is done for the day in -- and kindergartner brooke adams is headed home. this five-year-old is attending school under a temporary court order. brooke has a rare form of epilepsy called renie. she needs thc to treat her strong seizures. under law cannabis is banned from school campuses. >> it is lifesaving. many kids that have your pay can have long seizures. and go into a coma because they can't stop them. that's how dramatic it's can get. >> reporter: this is video of brooke having a seizure this summer on a san diego beach. her mother puts a few drops of the thc oil in brooks mouth and the seizure stops and minutes. >> it's like your body is running

london breed joined libby schaff in san francisco this afternoon. they talked about banning plastic bags to the bay area housing crisis. >> the reality is we can't house everybody in three cities. we need suburban areas that will step up and not just accept campuses. >> everything we love is literally at stake because of this run away affordability ar be serious about housing production we have to open up the doors and be open to having housing in our neighborhoods where we weren't open to having housing there before. >> reporter: the mayors say they will continue come up with ideas and look to each other's cities to see what's working. >>> ktvu's anne ruben tells us why parents are now scrambling to find other options for their children and it all has to do with location. >> are you so excited about promise academy. >> reporter: the kids were registered the parents were ready but promise academy won't be opening its doors this month. >> it's disappointment. it's frustration, it's all of it. there are so many of us families that really had our hopes

. >>> libby shaft just announced details of a new program to combat illegal dumping.akland res debts will have three opportunities to legally dispose of large, unwanted items at no charge. the bulky block parties will be held in the coming weeks, two weeks apart. it's part of an effort to educate residents about the existing bulky waste pickup service that allows people to schedule a free curbside pick up. stay with us because right after this break we are honoring two queens and a king. >>> welcome back. a reminder we are on app and abcnews.com. and today we posted information on the late great aretha franklin, including her biggest songs, a look at her life as well as a facebook badge. if you're logging on from your phon bews alerts. we lost the queen of soul today and 41 years ago today as well we lost the king of rock-n-roll. a candlelight vigil continued into this morning in graceland in memphis, tennessee, elvis press presley's home. from i king back to the queen, congratulations are in order, congratulations to the pop madonna. she turns 60 today. she posted th

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the forum will fear mayor london breed, mayor libby schaaf and mayor ricardo. be from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. the mayors will discuss how their cities are addressing key urban challenges, inknow vagts to solve problems and strengthening neighborhoods. the event live streamed on next door's twitter account. >>> to the showdown over 3d plastic guns. a judge put a temporary stop to the release of downloadable blueprints showing how to build an untraceable plastic firearm a judge in seattle issued the restraining order. a texas group called defense distributed is behind the blue printsz. the firm reached a settlement with the trump administration to legally publi t onas early as today. eight states and the district of columbia pushed a judge to block the blueprints and the judge agreed. >>> walking away from a plane wreck that's exactly what some passengers in mexico did after their aeromexico jetliner smashed down into a field and skidded to a stop. the crash happened yesterday afternoon in durango during a blustery storm. 103 people were on board a surv. 49 people were

. >> brooks will face a crowded field of challengers hoping to unseat current mayor libby schaaf.ven other candidates announced plans to run. >>> a high school in oakland is combining classroom work with on the job work experience. students are employed one day a week and it helps pay for half of their education. ktvu's paul chambers emceed today as students learned of their new job on draft day. >> reporter: it was a pep rally atmosphere at one of oakland's newest high schools. parents, teachers and staff welcomed the inaugural incoming class of the east bay high school, the students wearing new suit jackets and ties in for a special treat because this day isn't like any other. >> are you guys ready to kick off this draft? [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: that's how the inaugural draft day began. as students were matched with their corporate partners, each freshman will work at an entry level position to help pay half of their $18,000 a year catholic education. >> we get on the job experience early on and start learning the principles about how to present himself. >> i am v

four teens who came to spain from ivory coast to find work he ended up in this slum near the town of libby and lucio along with up to a thousand others fires occur frequently due to the flammable building materials gas canisters and forty degree celsius heat. because no one knew the blast. you know. how many of whom. were you know or betraying looking for. but believe the. dream of a better life in europe has become a nightmare. he has no residence permit and now he has no home. he can only work illegally on one of the many fruit and vegetable plantations you don't have no right to what. you know you don't have no money to see that living out to see that everyone wants you need to be in one thousand one you know you don't have a lot. we can go a long way his friend motor of it as in the same position except he's a newcomer in spain having recently arrived from senegal. he lives in this hut he says the routes taken by refugees to europe are always changing currently entering europe via the western mediterranean seems to be the safest. the route from libya to italy has lots of problems that

but as our correspondent norman reports from the town of libby a refugee is life in spain is often precarious nothing is left of up to sit it is hot it cold fudging the night. living in this. in twenty fourteen city became to spain from ivory coast to find work he ended up in this slum near the town of libya on the loose along with up to one thousand dollars fine as occur frequently due to the flammable building materials gas canisters and forty degree celsius heat. you know. many. were no or good looking for. dream of a better life in europe has become annoying to me he has no residence permit and now he has no home. he can only work illegally on one of the many fruit and vegetable plantations. you know you don't have to see that house to see that every morning. you know. his friend tomorrow our people sis is in the same position except he's a new comer in spain having recently arrived from senegal. he lives in this heart. he says the roots taken by refugees to europe are always changing currently entering europe via the western mediterranean seems to be the safest. route from libya to italy

name that may put me on back for a dog and just keep going on when i bumped off i've looked man of libby a hundred dollar bill. because they no matter how smart. and if you count people live around. here. religion has long been a powerful force in these mountain communities. the pentecostal church called house of lords jesus still practices a form of worship that is officially banned by your outside west virginia. at every sunday service pass to chris wolfe it risks his life. over the years the ritual has claimed the lives of preaches and worship is. that we've got a team around him we've got a couple copper here and then we got to eastern i'm a back. east chapter man and if i give her the trip on schoolkids and so in a challenge it's just a come i am there's this creature she is perfect. they all feel. we handled the math but the counting numbers are right that's why i feel my duty but it's an honor to me that god can work if god would want me to lay my lap they know that away i would consider him armed he gave us not for us. to say if you drink you need daily that he shall not hurt you

double paralympic champion libby clegg won't be taking part though. a massive blow for her.100 and 200 metres for athletes with visual impairments because of an injury to her guide runner, tom somers. there is another athlete who will be getting under way in long jump, came forth at the world championships. long jumper zac skinner is in action later — he's the sun of england and lions rugby legend mick skinner. in my individual events i am excited. in the long jump, it will bea excited. in the long jump, it will be a very, very good competition. about five of us all and similar marks, you could easily come in hopefully and win it but you could also, if you have a bad day, you could come in fifth. but i back my chances. i am a good competitor and i think chances. i am a good competitor and ithinki chances. i am a good competitor and i think i can bring it when i need to. you can follow the european para athletics from berlin on the bbc sport website. a lot more on there. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's go back to the story of a british woman who was rescued aft

huge number of civilians one having you would be to one not accelerate military escalation in give libby more time for these their discussion to allow. a credible credible humanitarian corridor to allow three billion population to temporarily greet two or three for area is a holder's life for us in beirut but first let's cross over to our correspondent in moscow challenge rory sergey lavrov spoke a short time ago and despite backing up his syrian counterpart for an assault on he was also making an appeal to the international community about what comes afterwards. yeah i mean the russians know that this is a costly war they know that it has ruins much of syria's infrastructure and they know that as the preeminent military force inside syria at the moment some of the responsibility for rebuilding syria falls on them on russia but they of course don't want to shoulder all of the bill and so they're encouraging as many foreign powers as they can to chip in essentially and get the country back on its feet but before that happens of course there is the small matter of the ongoing civil war and

. >> we are live in oakland where libby is announcing a plan to curb illegal dumping. >>> sherri shepherd returns to her roots and joins us live in her studio. >>> aretha franklin, we lost another icon. someone who meant a lot to me and a lot of people love music cannot imagine. it is not new that this day was, not coming. it is not easier. good morning with mike. i know you guys have thoughts and perhaps a song you like. >> her music was inspired. whatever mood you were in, she can lift you up. if you already up, she would take you through the roof. >> i keep thinking she signed that major record label in the 1960s and here we are, nearly 60 years later. that music is still relevant. think of how many different generations of music? >> there is rhythm and blues and pop. >> that eight '80s? she had it all. here, the memory is heard around the world. >> i wish the people who die were around to see what everyone was saying. everyone says that. >> i think she knows. i hope she felt it and feels it. >> we will show you a picture of her childhood home in memphis where people will gather today.

one of the most famous prisons is libby prison in richmond, virginia. and we have the actual , handwritten bill that describes the minstrel shows that the officers put on to entertain each other in the prison. who is going to play zip coon and who is going to play jim crow? so, they are immensely popular for a long time. we will talk about this later. stephen foster is a white songwriter who writes the most popular song at this time. he wrote "oh, susanna," and the -- and "the camptown races," songs like that. james bland is an african-american songwriter who also writes songs for minstrel shows. these minstrel shows become so popular that they are able to hire the absolute best songwriters for the period. they are popular all over the country. are there questions about that? we will pick up on these minstrel shows next week. let me know if you have any questions about the paper that is due monday and i will see you guys later. have a great weekend. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning

>> back when he pardoned sheriff arpaio and scooter libby, he was sending a message that he stands by his friends. and making positive noises about pardons in order to make sure that paul manafort stays on his side. essentially what i read the strategy to be, is go through the trial and see if you can get off. and if you can't, i will take care of you later. this is a president from the firing of james comey through the constant denunciation of attorney general. >> you heard daniel goldman saying this jury seems to be diligent and they wouldn't break their rules by listening to something the president said today. i think it was awfully strange though. what a terrible case this is and how sad, during jury deliberations. >> important to understand how extreme and abhorrent. where indeed the jury pool that is the united states of america. spending all of his time trying to destruct. he doesn't work on infrastructure, on health care. not working on any public policy. he is just focused on this investigation. he is certainly not acting like an innocent man. >> let me ask you about what hap

scooter libby negotiate to sit down with them in the oval office for a limited amount of time.happen here? i think that's what rudy is pursuing but at the end of the day i don't see it. >> how extraordinary is this? we have been watching an investigation into the fbi's leadership and department of justice's leadership during the 2016 election. we learned we have zero official evidence to launch an investigation into trump and potential collusion with russia and based on nothing so far. there is no evidence whatsoever and yet the investigation of robert mueller continues circling the wagons of president trump while he's a sitting president based on no evidence whatsoever. is this extraordinary or what? >> it's all extraordinary. based on everything you just said that would argue for donald trump to sit and do the interview and i think that's one of the things making him say i will sit down and do this. my problem is he talks in such loopy ways he's constantly contradicting himself. two weeks ago he said no collusion, no phone calls. what's he mean to phone calls? you had a phone

a group representing small merchants filed a lawsuit today against mayor libby schaaf. according to court documents, the ban was not backed by studies or brought to the public for a vote. it also says the term flavored tobacco is vague the ordinance prevents tobacco companies from advising their products. san francisco, berkeley, los gatos, palo alto and santa clara county have similar ordinances. >>> let's take a look at our forecast now. a lot of haze, fog in the air. poor air quality right now. >> spare the air alerts issued for the rest of today and tomorrow. ties into wildfire smoke in hawaii. the latest about hurricane lane right now. it's come down in strength to a category 3 hurricane. winds of 125 miles per hour. the official forecast still keeps this storm just away from the hawaiian islands. paralleling the coastline there, hooking away from oahu by saturday morning and saturday night. the issue is very slow-moving storm, dumping hours of heavy rain. some of the mountains on the big island near hilo could be looking at 20 to 30 inches of rain. flash flooding

(vicki) mayor libby schaaf issued a statement on the decision saying quote ""once again, the courts havetervened to stop president trump's overreach. oakland, and all sanctuary cities, have a constitutional right to exist free from punishment by the federal government. sanctuary cities are safer cities." (grant) celebrating a bay area icon. today was a day to remember and reflect on people packed grace catherdral in san francisco today. the 49ers receiver... best known for "the catch" died after a long battle with a-l-s back in june. kron4's maureen kelly as he was remembered by the team's former owner and his teammates. the laughter, tears the cries of sheer happiness that ball the catch of all catches, never to be surpassed by any play to this day nothing will ever come closeformer niner tight end brent jones reads a fan's letter to the crowd at grace cathdral remembering the iconic moment that cemented dwight clark's place in sports history.....and his status as a beloved hero in the hearts of the 49er faithful.the catch....a touchdown play in 1982 during the nfc championship. a touch

they like to think of that as an election ref election referendum on bush, scooter libby. them out. and i know there is a lot of concern that that could happen again to the republicans. >> you gave me a bag of different crimes there. scooter was perjury. and the other guy was grabbing the money i guess. is that all corruption? >> i mean, it shows, it is the swamp and this president was supposed to come in and drain the swamp. >> since you cover the white house, anita, his family is not above this. checking in all of the, show a smile to the president. they are not against that. >> they are not against keeping the businesses and keeping the money coming in. >> jared made 80 million last year working at the white house. >> he are continuing to bring in the money and they can do that. >> why are they free of problems with the working class people that voted for them. >> i was watching the rally and it was remarkable. t the chants that they had was drain the swamp and lock her up. are they living in a cocoon where they don't read this stuff. or do they say we don't care. they

oakland mayor libby shaft and housing authority are expected to announce a number of private rental unitsilable to low income renters are part of the mayor's plan for section 8 is to provide 17 is to provide 17,000 new affordable housing units by the year 2024. >>> southwest airlines is toughening its policies on emotional support animals. beginning next month only one dog or one cat will be allowed per passenger to get on board a plane as an emotional support animal on southwest flights. those passengers still have to show a current letter from a medical doctor or a licensed mental health professional on the day there taking off. earlier this year american airlines, delta, and united all tightened their requirements for bringing emotional support animals on a plane. >>> southwest is not the only airline putting restrictions on service animals. the cruise line that is no longer allowing emotional support animals on board. >>> close to $100 million to help victims from last year's northbay wildfires we will tell you the areas that will benefit from a federal grant that was just awarded. >>

(ken) mayor libby schaaf issued a statement on the decision saying quote ""once again, the courts have intervened to stop president trump's overreach. oakland, and all sanctuary cities, have a constitutional right to exist free from punishment by the federal government. sanctuary cities are safer cities." coming up at eight.. a warning for people in the east bay tonight after a credit card skimmer is found on an a-t-m... in alameda. plus. a man accused of killing a woman he met on a dating app.... says why he did it. and next. visa cards will no longer be accepted at some bay area grocery stores. why a supermarket chain is axing the credit card company. just when you thought you were done painting... ...you discover paint bleed under your tape... not with frogtape! frogtape is the only painter's tape treated with patented paintblock technology. paintblock reacts with the water in latex paint to form a micro-barrier against paint bleed, giving you the sharpest lines possible. get professional results with frogtape... no messy lines, no paint bleed. for sharp lines every time, frog it! n

. >>> supporters are rallying behind oakland mayor libby shaft who is officially running for reelectiond a few supporters went to the city's clerk office yesterday where shaft filed her paperwork to run again. mayor shaffe says her priorities continue to be housing, addressing homelessness, and cleaning up the city streets. she will face several other candidates including progressive activist pat brooks. >>> a professional wrestler will be the next mayor of knox county tennessee. republican glenn jacobs beat opposing democratic nominee linda haley most fans of the wwe no jacobs by his wrestling name, kane. he is a former heavyweight champion, one of the longest tenured performers in wwe history . the 51-year-old also runs an insurance and real estate company in tennessee and he will take over as mayor of knox county on september 1. >>> the maker of the madden nfl video game is apologizing after editing out colin kaepernick's name from a rap song using the game. redwood city-based electronic arts says it did not intended to emit kaepernick's name from the song . the song features the lyr

arrest and fired off a letter to the alameda county district attorney's office, and oakland mayor libby schaaf requesting all charges be dropped. >> he essentially was thrown in jail over an entire weekend and hit with a $5000 bond, for playing a sound system too loud. >> reporter: smith's attorney walter riley has always contended that the charges need to be thrown out and wiped from his client dequeue record. >> it's much better to be thrown out. >> reporter: until the alameda county district attorney's office has told me they have dropped the charges against smith. smith and his attorney told me they were not aware of this move by the d.a.'s office. smith has an august 31st court date and only at this point, he plans to be there until the official word comes about the official end of this case. >> i'm wondering, have police said why this escalated so quickly and why they handcuffed him and arrested him so quickly? >> they said he was not provided proper -- he said he would not provide proper identification which is the reason they took him in, handcuffed him and arrested him on that

there was one in the white house where i worked where scooter libby was ultimately charged with obstructionice and perjury. that's often what tripped up aides. it is possible somebody involved repeated that lie when they went in to meet with rob mueller. it is possible one of the people who was called in and questioned about that is already in legal jeopardy. >> no. and frank is right. if you're a defense attorney, the first thing you say is dome talk to anybody who might be a witness in this case. if you need on pass something to another person, another witness, do it through me, your lawyer. we can talk lawyer to lawyer without obstructing justice or tampering with witnesses. you cannot talk witness to witness. at the very least it looks bad. more than that, it could be actual witness tampering. imagine the president saying, hey, what is your collection on what happened on air force one? how did you describe to it bob mueller? what else did he ask you? to the extent that mr. trump and his team are concerned that this is taking too long, my advice would be to stop creating more evidence. >

reminds me of scooter libby, saying he could into the investigation because scooter didn't tell him theruth. >> sean: a conscious omission. they knew better. all right, thank you, all. we appreciate it. on this breaking news night, kristin fisher has a live report. sara carter, gregg jarrett, congressman ron desantis, kellyanne conway. busy news night. stay with us. ♪ my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get two months free. on the go and want to rent a movie? showtime. or buy the hottest shows. even here? we've got you covered. now they are all yours. to take on the go. on any screen. bingo

san francisco's london breed, oakland's libby schff and san jose's sam lecardo attending today's summit. >>> a congressional candidate for new york is getting a rock star reception. the . the 28-year-old who many are calling the new face of the democratic party. the democratic socialist captured the national spotlight after defeating long-time incumbent in the primary with a grassroots campaign. she says she could change the democratic party. >> we need to be the party of working class people. we need to be the party of people of color. >> bay area politicians say she is energizing voters here in the bay area, as well. the aggressive alliance says it actually had to scramble to find a larger venue when tickets sold out. voters say they are eager to support a woman fighting for free health care and education. >>> people in concord and clayton will have a new tool to help in an emergency called smart 911. you log in to smart911.com and create a profile with information that would be helpful for first responders when an emergency happens to you. people can share as much or as little inform

. >>> oakland mayor libby shafts as the city is not responsible for the deadly ghost ship fire. the fire killed 36 people in december, 2016. on fire, a judge throughout a plea deal for the two defendants, setting the stage for a possible trial, and his kpix reports, it goes to trial, there could be evidence brought forward against the city. >> reporter: the victims families believe a full trial will not only hold derek almena and max harris accountable, it will also show the city of oakland it is just as culpable for the death of 36 people. >> we would start getting the answers, and we would be able to take those answers and hold our city accountable for very specific things. right now, we only have big generalizations that we can hold them accountable for. >> reporter: some of the familiesw from as far away as south korea. they say a trial would force landlord to speak for the 1st time about what she knew. it would also include just came footage from officers who had visited the warehouse multiple times, and knew about the illegal conversion. >> will report this to the city. i

you have the abramoff and scooter libby and the house pages and explicit messages sent. and this just all came crushing down on the republican party. and i think that you're looking at a situation that is, if not as serious, even more serious than that. >> all right, well then, that's not a bhwhiff, that's a stink. president trump just tweeted again. i feel very badly for paul manafort and his wonderful family. justice took a 12-year-old tax case among other things applied tremendous pressure on him. he refused to break make up stories in order to get a deal. such respect for a brave man. what do you think? >> look, the president hired as his chief campaign adviser, a man who would have been susceptible to russian blackm l blackmail, had he not been exposed by "the new york times" in july or august of 2016. that's what people ought to understand about the danger that manafort posed. not that he was just in office for with the campaign a few months or that these charges go way back. it means had he remained influential in the trump campaign you would have had a man possib

he commuted sentences for nine people, some of those most famous ones joe arpaio, scooter libby. he's also kind of using the language of pardoning when he talks about manafort. he essentially frames him as being railroaded by the justice system in the same way he framed pardons for these folks. >> and looking at it from his perspective, there really doesn't seem to be a case against it. if there were evidence that, for instance, republicans in his own party would really put up a fight about this and say this dle clearly shows obstruction of justice, which is what a lot of democrats are arguing, then maybe there would be a risk. he seems to use these pardons as almost political tools, to shore up support on his side of his base. i think a manafort pardon would do that. i don't really think he would suffer from a lot of political consequences. if he's going to be impeached by a democratic congress, it's not going to matter if he pardons manafort or not. but pardoning manafort would seem to give him some short-term political benefit. >> and there are a few republicans who are talkin

. >> of course you heard from our honorable mayor libby schaaf, her lies about the city having no knowledge of the ghost ship and her continued lies about government agencies having entered the warehouse. >> al memena tells us he doesn' know what is next for him, but he feels the judge's decision means he won't get a fair trial. >> it's impossible to get a fair trial. they misquoted me. this is orchestrated to the highest degree. >> the ghost ship boss says he was set up and has already been tried in the court of public opinion. >> so i'm guilty internationally because i've admitted no contest, no guilt. how am i going to find a jury that hasn't heard me say okay, i'm guilty. i'm guilty for allowing this to happen? i'm guilty. >> the alameda county district attorney's office says it is not commenting on almena's interview because the case remains, quote, an active matter. the district attorney's office released this statement to it. almena and harris now face life in prison in a jury trial. they could also negotiate new separate plea deals. the case will be back in court on friday and abc 7