so was sheriff mike hennessey. so was the chair of the public utilities commission.te senator mark lino. current senator leland yee. >> there were reports in the newspaper about various board members being nominated. we were concerned about how the conflict of interest laws would apply to them. very specifically for foreign issues. perhaps there would be six board members who would be not able to bridge as a paid in a successor mayor selection and appointment process. we would lose quorum. we have to contemplate how we would then bring back quorum. i went to bed every night with it on my mind. i woke up with every morning. >> time was running out. there were no more meetings scheduled in november due to the holidays, and the board did not meet again until december 7. san francisco citizens again waited on the mayoral selection. >> we want someone who has the greater good of the people of san francisco in mind, not just business owners. >> i am here today basically to urge you to select an interim mayor who will prioritize our nonprofit sector coming here in san franc

. >> mike seidel, thank you. >>> curran hennessey was sitting on a plane waiting for it to take off when the tornado hit. he joins us from the st. louis air airport, good morning. >> good morning, amy. >> we're glad you're safe and sound. i want to talk about your experience. you were sitting in the back of the plane. tell me what you saw, what you heard? >> well, we just boarded the airplane. we were ready to depart from o'hare. all of a sudden, the rain is starting to pick up. there's severe wind gusting and sheets of rain everywhere and there was evidence, the swirling of the rain and all of a sudden the airplane began to sway significantly. this is unsettling with 100757s swaying back and forth in the wind. and what happened was when the tornado came through, there was all of this debris that was inundating the side of the airplane completely pelting us. what happened was you could feel a change in pressure in your ears. it was -- it was almost you would equate it if it's something you were feeling ascending to 0 to 32,000 feet really quickly. not something you're accustomed to feeli