and on the lotus rule.ome of the complaints oppose this, there are 30 states that sued the federal government. there is no process, it was a huge federal overreach. i appreciate your drawing it back. you have the vast majority of the states and citizens. another one that's important, glad you highlighted it in your opening testimony. you mention lead with regard to water infrastructure, water and sewer and i think that's important. i think you can get bipartisan support on that. i want to remind you that after the flint, michigan scandal occurred a lot of people talked about how we need to address aging infrastructure. my view is that we need to address communities who have no infrastructure first. over 30 in alaska that don't have clean water that still use honey buckets which don't smell good, american citizens removing their own human raced from their house because they don't have sewer systems. it's a disgrace. we passed a bipartisan bill last year that advances funding for communities that don't have w

. >> reporter: many were at a home on lotus street that appeared to be the hub of the operation. katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> uc berkley is asking its campus to take part in a survey about violence and sexual abuse. the study will question students, faculty and staff on violence and harassment. cal will use that data to help tayl tailor policies and programs. >>> a sentencing phase began today in larry nasser's trial. women described how he sexually abused them >> you used my body for six years for your own sexual gratification. that is unforgivable. >> you broke and shattered a lot of girls. >> 125 women and girls have filed civil lawsuits against nasser. his accusers include simone biles and mckayla maroney. she reached a settlement over her claims and faces a $100,000 fine if she talks. chrissy teigen is offering to help her tell her story. she called nasser a monster and said she would be absolutely honored to pay a pine fine so me can talk. >>> brian box pleaded not guilty charges that he stole jewelry and other items from seniors. prosecutors say he worked as a caretaker

they impact on eradicating hopefully global poverty if that to be spread across departments and the lotus office and also suggested that this the need to be much more in-depth and. alice says of how the money is actually being spent for in departments with death ed i wonder what your view was in all of this and how it's impacting on if it's not all going through desperate it's not a challenge channeling through that house and passing on the work that you can do and in part of this shows just how observed and scrutinised and regulated aig money is some of the most scrutinized money that the government spends because of the need to prove to the taxpayers and to others that that it's value for money so you know transparency like this and questions like this is all also always a good thing it's also west saying that the vast majority of british it doesn't mean anything things you know there are eleven million children around the world that have an education thanks to british aid it's helping in yemen it's helping in bangladesh as i said it's helping in in uganda. but i do think that it's impo

cara and greg knostman have run lotus mountain screen printing for close to 20 years.d it to have more family time, because he was working at a -- you started a business to hamore family time? i know, ironic, isn't it? so who's the one who made it big? that would be, i mean, i guess probably me. -and it would be us. -yeah. us, yeah. it takes a woman to make it bigger. -yeah, it does. -[ laughs ] lemonis: lotus mountain prints custom-designed t-shirts, hats, and decals for humboldt businesses. they don't grow pot, but they sure do profit from it. a third of their revenue comes from cannabis-related companies. and how has that grown over the last four, five years? in the last year, it's probably at least doubled from what it was before that, and another two years before that, it was probably maybe -- and in dollars? we did about $850,000 in sales last year. nice job. with competition between marijuana businesses on the rise, establishing a brand identity is critical. and what's more american than announcing yourself to the world with a bunch of t-shirts and hats? and hav

. >> reporter: many were at a home on lotus street that appeared to be the hub of the operation. katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> uc berkley is asking its campus to take part in a survey about violence and sexual abuse. the study will question students, faculty and staff on violence and harassment. cal will use that data to tayl tailor policies and programs. >>> a sentencing phase began today in larry nasser's trial. women described how he sexually abused them >> you used my body for six years for your own sexual gratification. that is unforgivable. >> you broke and shattered a lot of girls. >> 125 women and girls have filed civil lawsuits against nasser. his accusers include simone biles and mckayla maroney. she reached a settlement over her claims and faces a $100,000 fine if she talks. chrissy teigen is offering to help her tell her story. she called nasser a monster and said she would be absolutely honored to pay a pine fine so me can talk. >>> brian box pleaded not guilty charges that he stole jewelry and other items from seniors. prosecutors say he worked as a caretaker and

local women spend two to three hours a day in the water collecting seeds from the lotus stalks.hen they sort them, shell and dry them, and over a period of several weeks, turn them into couscous. mariya: after the dam was built, until last year we couldn't harvest anything. but now nature has started to recover. the lotuses have returned, and we can collect their seeds again. reporter: they harvested some 60kikilos st y year -- enonougho feed their families for months, and sell the excess. another successful venture made possible by the park. local craft traditions have also made a comeback. these women make jewelry they're planning to sell. the raw materials come from the national park. samantha: these are tiny beads that they make from tree resin. and we help them extract the resin without destroying the trees. reporter: back in the delta, biologist zeine el abidine is out on the water almost every daday taking a look at the nestg sites. zeinine: i love ththese birds, they're my favorite animals. they're beauautiful, and t thee alalso proof thahat the envirot is in good shahap

was time now for business news to lotus is. joins me hit hard as a lot of. that stuff by looking at this a man this is scandalous okay ways it for the dairy company locked us in the head of that companies in someone by the french foreign ministry spokesman that's right on the evening that happened earlier today the french government is. scrambling to send the damage done to the failure of hamas recall of baby milk products thirty five children have fallen ill in france from salmonella contamination. and french health authorities say one child in spain and steak and ale one another case is being investigated in greece. finance minister bellona matt has announced the recall would now be widened to cover all of that kind of speedy melt manufactured at its taxi in north west fronts. son harding reports. summoned to the french finance ministry french finance minister bruno in them at two officials from the front step every group like the lease in the wake of food poisoning scandal. the verdicts with sylvia all products which will produce in a contaminated factory

the biggest bust was made here on the 600 block of lotus street, a shooting associated with one of the suspects took place in the street and 7 people were arrested at one home. >> it's really scary to live in this area. and i think we are -- even we are planning to move from this area, san jose particular this downtown area not safe to live here. >> reporter: another major crime happened at mckee and white road. a carjacking with an ar-15. betty yu, kpix 5. >>> a tesla employee faces dui charges this morning after police say he crashed his model 3 in morgan hill. then told them a wild story about what happened. now, this is the car upside- down in a creek. police say that the driver told them that he swerved to avoid a deer and that the crash had nothing do with the strong odor of alcohol coming from him according to the police. 38-year-old colin flynn was booked on dui charges and, um, they are conducting an investigation. police say it took hours to pull the tesla from the creek and there is no sign of the deer. >>> it's 4:57. the department of justice doesn't like the decision the s

the biggest bust was made here on the 600 block of lotus street. a shooting associated with one of the suspects took place in the street, and 7 people were arrested at one home. >> it's really scary to live in this area, and um, i think even we are planning to move from this area. san jose in particular, this downtown area is not safe to live here. >> reporter: another major crime happened at mckee and white roads. a car jacking with an ar-15. of the 12 people arrested, 8 of them were on probation. of those, 7 were on juvenile probation. live in san jose, betty yu, kpix 5. model 3 in morgan hill.. a >>> a tesla employee is facing dui charges tonight after police say he crashed his model 3 in morgan hill. upside down and ay the driver he told police a wild story about what happened. that's the car upside down in a creek. ng police say the driver told them he served to avoid a deer, and that the crash had nothing at all to do with the really strong odor of alcohol. coming from him. 38-year-old collin flynn was booked on dui charges and delaying on in

team members raided a home last wednesday on lotus and east san jose. that's where seven suspects were arrested. police have recovered guns, cash, a stolen car and other property. >>> now to an nbc exclusive. more trublts for facebook. three silicon valley insiders are telling nbc news why they think facebook is dangerous for its users. one of the men is a former facebook employee, another a former adviser to mark zuckerberg and the third an early investor in facebook. here is part of what they're saying. >> people are fundamentally put into these groups on facebook. what we would call filter bubbles. where it appears that everyone agrees with you because all the content is stuff that you like, right, it's what they think you like, but what it really is stuff that serves their business model and their profits. >> you can watch the full interview coming up on the "today" show which starts at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." >>> 4:37. coming up next on "today in the bay," one company unveiling a new limited edition cellphone that is eye catching, but

brass spikes evoke similar doors in india, the lotus flower, the historically egyptian symbol is meantns a reminder that this was once a central hub of the slave trade. ♪ ♪ >>> what zanzibar is today is definitely overwhelmingly muslim. 99% of the population. and you see its strong influence everywhere you look. the children coming from the madrassa, the streets are neat and private homes even of the very poor are maintained with great pride. the call to prayer. five times a day. zanzibar, part of tanzania, sits 30 miles off the coast of the mainland. >> the minute you cross the ocean from the mainland, the minute you enter stone town, you feel like you're in a different country and different culture, different vibe. >> he is a native zanzibari and former tour guide, and he knows his way around these parts. so what are our options here? >> this is mandazi. >> a classic swahili treat. a fried fritter, spiced with cumin, tumeric and coriander. >> do you want a cup of coffee? >> yeah, let's do it. if you live here, if you're from here, chances are you start your day with some bitter spice

>> right, exactly, when the targeting was happening to us, nobody believed it was happening until lotusr admitted it and we began to get facts about what was happening. we need to see the memo, we paid for it. we deserve to see it so we can judge for ourselves exactly what happened. that requires transparency and then we need to hold the people accountable of what we think the memo actually becomes to be accurate and true. heather: house intel committee put this together, democrats want to release their own memo if, in fact, this is release, what do you think about democrats doing that? >> go ahead and release your own memo and we still, again, the american taxpayers need to see what has happened exactly what are the facts in this case, it appears from what we are hearing that what we are going to see from the memo is that the clinton campaign paid for opposition research which then paid for a former british intelligence officer christopher steel who then paid russian operatives to give him information and use that information to get a fisa warrant to spy on the trump campaign. it was p

on the 600 block of lotus where seven of the group were arrested.police recovered are guns, cash and other stolen property. a gang that works different than others. >> they don't claim a particular neighborhood. they're not necessarily feuding with another gang but they're clearly a gang of criminals acting in concert with the purpose of the gang. >> people are relieved to hear the group is behind bars. >> they are? that's good news. >>> it was a big bright night in the big apple for nbc bay area. our investigative reporter and his team accepted the albert dupont columbia award last night in new york. >>> these people behind me. these resome of the best in tv news. >> now, it is a broadcaster's most press to my knowledge awards. we are one of five in the country taking this home. it was for the use of police officers on campuses and found that students of color are being disproportionately targeted at schools. >>> coming up, more trouble for facebook. three silicon valley insiders are saying why they think facebook is dangerous for users. had in the

i'm lotu 1ed hi-fong. came here in 1982. put both of my kids in spring valley school, which is the oldest school west of the mississippi. kids were bussed from the mission and whisked in addition to spring valley, other schools without any teachers or even paraprofessionals in place. cambodian were bussed out to bayview point, etcetera, etcetera. i can vouch for marlene tran's qualifications as a kindergarten teacher at cec. i think we are ten years behind the curve. if i'm not mistaken, new york and los angeles did this a decade ago, so if you look at the nature of the population in sfusd, trace it back to the history of chinese children being excluded from the public schools and the case of mamie tape versus hurley. trace it back before that to the 1 882 exclusion act. there are many reasons that immigrants have been discriminated against. i thank aaron for mentioning the central american wars in the 80's. these kids and their parents deserve full empowerment, so we have three meetings a month in chinese, spanish, and engl

many of whom police say used a house in the 600-block of lotus street as a base of operation. and investigators say dating back to summer of 2017, this group is responsible for 30 crimes all over the city. acts ranging from robbery to carjacking and assaults to drug and firearm procession. >> it's not shocking. we're arresting juveniles for extremely serious and violent crimes in particular armed robbery and carjacking. so this is really consistent with what we seen all year. >> one instance a flanagan drive -- a man who thought he was meeting a woman online was attacked by three gang members, and beaten with a brick. the victim suffered a fractured skull and the threat of crime is affecting area residents such as maria who was walking her dog outside her complex. >> i walk early. i never go after 10:00 because i'm scared. >> in another instance, police say some gang members used an ar50 assault rifle similar to this to commit a car jacking at mckee and north white roads. >> the area has changed. i have been here from six years but from the people i talked to, it has changed b

i'm lotu 1ed hi-fong. came here in 1982.h of my kids in spring valley school, which is the oldest school west of the mississippi. kids were bussed from the mission and whisked in addition to spring valley, other

in the short time i'm part of the lotus street, i've seen the tremendous response and capacity that both organizations and a lot of partners have been able to provide in this moment. and i know that this issue might have been overlooked in the conversations that we're having today, but just wanted to stress the importance of the investment of every single supervisor in this board to continue to invest in the services that really meet the needs of the community, not only in this moment, but to remind us that the immigration community is not just brown, but it's a black community. we need everybody to show up and really think through what it means to have a sanctuary city. this is one way. there are so many ways this conversation comes up, but today i'm reminding you to support the immigration services and the public defender office. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> may name is ellen, i'm a family social worker, i'm here to provide interpretation. good afternoon, i'm a doctor. i am here today, imin the united states for nine years. [speaking foreign language] >> tra

many were at a home on lotus street. it appears to be the hub of the operation. >>> now, breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >> still following some very big international breaking news. south korea saying that the two rival koreas agreed to form their first joint olympic team and will march together in the opening ceremony next month. as you may, the winter olympics being held in south korean the agreement happened just a short while ago during talks between the two nations. athletes from the two koreas will march together under a unification flag and the koreas will reportedly field a women's hockey team. not quite a done deal. the deal needs to be approved by the international olympic committee. that's expected this weekend. >> thank you. >>> uc berkeley campus students asking to take part in a survey. it's privately funded. the study will ask students, faculty and staff about their beliefs surrounding violence and harassment. they'll use them to tailor services, programs and policies. >>> berkeley is considering

many at a home on lotus street. it appears to be the hub of the operation. >>> a double blow to survivors who lost their homes and lost trust in their insurance companies. now, lawmakers are proposing a package of eight bills to help victims get back on their feet. it includes a proposal extending the time to rebuild and collect full replacement costs from 24 months to 36 months. another lets homeowners avoid the requirement, some say, forces them to relive the tragedy by having to itemize every single item lost in the fire. >>> we'll start by talking about temperatures. look how nice it is on the north bay. low to mid-50s in most neighborhoods. cooler in vallejo. 48 and 47 for you. let's take a look at the rest of the neighborhood. 48 lafayette. fairfield, cool spot. san ramon 47. we've got newark at 51. redwood city, 55. san francisco and san carlos, 54. daly city, 53. i was going to show you some of the surf from santa cruz. but the fog is too thick. so we've got that and the high surf warning developing during t

going to do lotus going to kill us we are so it's true we had were processed into excel we're just like we're just excel saturday extra because they were just blown his offer of. bill gates is bitter but we tains his foresight the monks renowned graphics interface represents the future of personal computer without a qualm he makes his move you know i didn't trust bill gates you know while we were working on the macintosh i was one of the first people apple to catch on to the fact that microsoft was cloning the macintosh they were making their own version of the macintosh operating system. i was always on the phone with a fellow who was in charge of microsoft's application software he was asking me questions about how the macintosh system software work that he didn't need to know to do what he was doing so i kind of caught on to the idea hey there being the mac. i told steve he wasn't worried about it at all job's is in reach twenty learns that microsoft is launching a new operating system windows there was a pretty strong disagreement with windows game you know then that was probably of

kristi funk, the co-founder of pink lotus. [ applause ] she just wants to hop in. don't have that heads-up that little hot flash or night sweat i'm coming. it's boom, bam, overnight, i'm sweaty, hot and angry and i forget why. and there are other issues of it, kate walsh mentioned you're possibly thrust into infertility before your family even started and none of your peers are going through it so it can be isolating and depressing. >> it seems not to have affected you. >> the hot flashes are by the far the worst and the most severe and it happened all the time. the night sweat, irritability. trouble sleeping. and i've noticed a huge change in my skin. a huge change in my skin. >> many women have experienced even before menopause that there's some symptoms. >> there's change before the change. it's called perimenopause, so menopause 51. 12 straight months without a period. but before then late 40s periods get wacky, spaced close together, far apart. spotty, pms off the chart, breast tenderness and weight gain, and then not a lot of estrogen, full-blown menopause. >