monica madden, abc seven news. >> all right, monica, thanks very much. a new lawsuit accuses a san bruno school district of failing to prevent a teacher from sexually abusing four of his students. abc seven news reporter tim johns is in burlingame with the story. >> a new lawsuit is accusing the san bruno park school district of failing to protect several of their students from this man. 34 year old jeremy yee is a former elementary school teacher in the district. last week, he was found guilty on 17 separate felony counts of child molestation. during a news conference to announce the new lawsuit wednesday, one of yee's young victims shared her story. >> i wish that things could have happened sooner and i could have gotten justice sooner rather than waiting for so long. >> yee sexually abused at least four of his students, the lawsuit laying out some of his behavior. >> he had a game called tickle time where he would come and tickle the girls. he gave students extra credit points for behavior in the classroom, and as a reward for that, they got to stay b

in san mateo county, monica madden, abc seven news. >> and this story continues in three minutes. coming up next, the abc seven news i-team asks, is a key witness out to get the san mateo county sheriff? our dan noyes joins us live with a look at that story. >> and seven on your side, stephanie sierra is standing by with our panel of tax experts, as you see here, ready to answer your questions? enter into our tax chat by going to abc seven news.com/7 on your s board of supervisors, as we've talked about here, the power to remove. sheriff christina corpus from office. >> she's been under fire since a scathing. audit report released in november. and now her legal team is calling into question the credibility of a key witness cited dozens of times in that report. >> and abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes has exclusive information about the witness, called civilian employee number three. dan. well, dan. >> both sides are preparing for the legal battles ahead. one public official has already agreed to testify under oath at the proper time about threats he allegedly heard from civ

. >> abc seven news political reporter monica madden spoke to people on both sides of the aisle here ay area about what they're expecting tonight. monica. >> well, the white house says that it is going to be themed as the renewal of the american dream, which does have a different meaning depending on who you talk to. on one hand, california republican leaders are singing trump's praises and have been pleased with the rapid fire executive orders and overhaul that we're seeing to the federal government. republicans say they are expecting trump to also boast about the us-mexico border crossings plummeting, while pushing congress to pass more funding for deportations and building his signature border wall. democrats, however, say they have low expectations for the night. many of them feel like the country is in disarray and say that trump's actions so far have caused more harm than good. >> i'm all for efficiency, but when you get rid of the people who watch bird flu and the egg prices are going up, that's not efficient. when you get rid of fbi agents and we're more vulnerable to terroris

speaking this afternoon about their next steps in this process, and abc seven news political reporter monica maddenill have that update on abc seven news at five. the white house says there will be a one month exemption for some u.s. automakers from the tariffs on canada and mexico. it comes as president trump blames canadian prime minister justin trudeau for fentanyl and undocumented immigrants in the u.s. trump says trudeau largely caused the problems with what he calls weak border policies. abc news reporter perry russom has more. >> on day two of the u.s. tariff war against canada and mexico. the white house says changes are already coming. >> we spoke with the big three auto dealers. we are going to give a one month exemption on any autos coming through usmca. reciprocal tariffs will still go into effect on april 2nd. but at the request of the companies associated with usmca, the president is giving them an exemption for one month. >> before that announcement. in an interview, the canadian finance minister says canada is not interested in some reduced tariff, adding canada wants the tariffs re

abc seven news political reporter monica madden is here with the latest on the vote. monica. >> dan, this all stems back to allegations that sheriff corpos engaged in an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff, victor i, and calls for her removal followed in november report examining accusations that she abused her powers and racist and homophobic messages, and created a toxic work environment, all allegations she forcefully denies. >> i haven't faltered in my job. like i've said, crime is down. the communities are safe. >> on the eve of an election that threatens her career, san mateo county sheriff cristina corpus remains defiant. >> i am being crucified in the public eye for allegations. >> in an interview with abc seven news monday, the sheriff defends her work, saying she has received unfair treatment. >> i've been met with resistance from day one. holding people accountable has been called retaliation. disappointed is putting it lightly. >> it's uneasiness that has bled into county meetings and divided community activists. >> there's just too much turm

you'll hear from him, and then you'll hear what the sheriff said to abc seven's monica madden yesterday. >> i think we should wait until we get all the results before we make a final decision. and then once we see them, we'll be able to decide the next course of action. >> i was not caught in a brothel in las vegas. i did not send a group of my detectives and lieutenant, you know, to indiana, to strong arm a preacher for a batmobile. i didn't do any of those things. what i'm being accused of is, you know, internal strife. >> and back out here live tonight. election workers inside this building are still busy at work. they just closed that gate just before we opened up tonight. you just heard the lawyer talk about the next course of action. he says depending on how this goes, there could be challenges made to the constitutionality of measure a. so. but at this point, they are waiting to see how this turns out going forward. mail in ballots postmarked today's date will still be counted, and they'll be counting those for the next week or so. reporting live in san mateo county j.r stone, ab

you'll hear from him, and then you'll hear what the sheriff said to abc seven's monica madden yesterday. >> i think we should wait until we get all the results before we make a final decision. and then once we see them, we'll be able to decide the next course of action. >> i was not caught in a brothel in las vegas. i did not send a group of my detectives and lieutenant, you know, to indiana, to strong arm a preacher for a batmobile. i didn't do any of those things. what i'm being accused of is, you know, internal strife. >> and back out here live tonight. election workers inside this building are still busy at work. they just closed that gate just before we opened up tonight. you just heard the lawyer talk about the next course of action. he says depending on how this goes, there could be challenges made to the constitutionality of measure a. so. but at this point, they are waiting to see how this turns out going forward. mail in ballots postmarked today's date will still be counted, and they'll be counting those for the next week or so. reporting live in san mateo county j.r stone, ab

. >> abc seven news political reporter monica madden is here with the latest on the vote. monica. >> dan, this all stems back to allegations that sheriff corpus engaged in an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff, victor i, and j calls for her removal, followed a november report examining accusations that she abused her power, sent racist and homophobic messages, and created a toxic work environment. all allegations she forcefully denies. >> i haven't faltered in my job. like i've said, crime is down. the communities are safe. >> on the eve of an election that threatens her career, san mateo county sheriff cristina corpus remains defiant. >> i am being crucified in the public eye for allegations. >> in an interview with abc seven news monday, the sheriff defends her work, saying she has received unfair treatment. >> i've been met with resistance from day one. holding people accountable has been called retaliation. disappointed is putting it lightly. >> it's uneasiness that has bled into county meetings and divided community activists. >> there's just too much t

. >> abc seven news political reporter monica madden spoke to people on both sides of the aisle here in the bay area about what they're expecting. monica. >> kristen, if you ask the white house, they say that tonight is about the renewal of the american dream, which has a different meaning depending on who you talk to. on one hand, california republican leaders are singing trump's praises and have been pleased with the rapid fire executive orders and overhaul that we're seeing to the federal government. republicans expect trump will boast about us-mexico border crossings plummeting, while pushing congress to pass more funding for deportations and building his signature border wall. democrats, however, have low expectations for the night. many of them feel that the country is in disarray and say that trump's actions so far have caused more harm than good. >> i'm all for efficiency, but when you get rid of the people who watch bird flu and the egg prices are going up, that's not efficient. when you get rid of fbi agents and we're more vulnerable to terrorism than ever. that's not effici