mr. charles johnson. has shown that his heart is on the side of oppression -- >> this is charlie johnson's words. joe, if she is a racist, i will not support her. >> giants president larry baer r said they cannot control who their owners support politically just as we cannot and should not control any of our employee's support politically. >> the fire is contained, but the death toll continues to climb in the ftermath of the camp fire in butte county. kye map 7 shows you streets of y the flames. the fire is now blamed for 88 deaths. that's the new number tonight. 203 people are considered missing. interior secretary ryan zink today toured damaged in paradise and said costs associated with the fire will likely be in the billions. abc 7 news was also in paradise where some fire victims have more immediate concerns, such as where they will live now. >> we literally have spent every time we have just trying to make it. >> we've had no assistance at all from fema. >> fema has about 80 travel trailers for those

. >> reporter: the head came down hard on the principal owner of the giants, charles johnson. >> mr. that his heart is on the side of oppression, terror, lynching and racist. >> reporter: johnson and his wife donated the maximum $2700 to cindy hyde smith who has been criticized for comments on public hanging in mississippi. >> there was no ill will, no intent whatsoever. >> reporter: johnson, one of 30 giants owners was in florida today. his attorney told reporters how his client ended up donating to her campaign. >> he's never met her. he doesn't know her. he was asked to write a check as a republican. he wrote ten to 12, probably 25 checks. that's what he does. >> reporter: the giants' organization released a statement. larry baer said neither i nor anyone else at the giants can control who any of our support politically. >> it may be true that they can't control the managers. on the other hand, it's also true that we don't have to support the management either. >> reporter: the coach says johnson has always condemned racism. >> this is charlie johnson's words. joe, if she is a rac

mr. charles johnson, one of the major owners of the giants, sent me a letter indicating that he made a misstep. the ball was fumbled. but we're going to retrieve that ball and make a touchdown for justice in this town. with the giants. >> audience: yes. >> reverend brown: i hope i can say that's good news with the city in this regard, regarding how black employees have been treated, so grossly unfair, but this is not the first time, friends. if you study history, in the 1858, this town was such an unjust, bigoted town until over 800 blacks got on the commodore ship that was owned by brother negley. he said, if they won't let you have housing in san francisco, if they won't let you serve on juries, if they won't let you have a job, get aboard my ship. all of you can go up to canada, and there you will find freedom and dignity and opportunity. and, friends, i hope that this night we can have the commitment to make some good news for san francisco in these times that we live. for it's long overdue. we don't need any more analysis. we don't need any of these false narratives comparing the populati

mr. charles johnson has shown that his heart is on the side of oppression, terror, and racist practices. the giants president responded with a statement saying the giants organization is in no way condoning racist behavior. the giants have more than 30 owners and they come from different backgrounds and have their own political views. many give to democratic causes and many to republican causes and some of rain from politics altogether. neither i nor anyone else can control any of our owners support politically. doctor brown said if charles johnson and his support for highsmith they will back off. in the newsroom, sara zenehnam. >>> major league baseball is asking senator highsmith to return the donation that she may -- this came from the office of the commissioner after her comment. according to an mlb smokes person this donation was made in regard to an event that they were asked to attend. she is holding onto her lead. she will get a boost from president trump today when he joins her at two different rallies in the state. the senate runoff election is set for tomorrow in mississippi.

mr. charles johnson has shown that his heart is on the side of oppression. >> this is charlie johnson's words. joe, if she is a racist, i will not support her. >> the giants' president said neither i nor anyone else in the giants can control who any of our owners support politically just as we cannot and should not control who any of our employees support politically. >>> president trmp spent last night in mississippi stumping for hyde-smith. she would be the first woman elected to congress from mississippi. her opponent, mike espy, would be the state's first african-american candidate. >>> we expect today's storm to be one on the impact scale. chp reminding drivers to be extra careful on the wet roads because the first rain of the season fell over the thanksgiving holiday. the chp says officers responded to 29 crashes in marin. that's more than triple the same number of crashes last year. ahead of the storm many drivers are stopping at goodman building supply in mill valley to buy tarp and rain simprakts boots. we spoke with an employee who wants people to slow down. >> we were in the slow l

mr. charles johnson has shown that his heart is on the side of oppression. >> this is charlie johnson's words. joe, if she is a racist, i will not support her. >> giants' president larry baer said neither i nor anyone else at the giants can support who they support politically just as we cannot and should not control whom any of our employees support politically. >>> president trump spent last night in mississippi stumping for hyde-smith. she would be the first woman elected to congress mississippi. >>> in today's "gma" first look, the woman at the center of the brett kavanaugh battle makes her brett kavanaugh battle makes her first and lived in palo alto for years. >>> in this morning's "gma" first look, with the high-stakes testimony behind her -- >> i'm here today not because i i'm terrified. >> dr. christine blasey ford is going public again, this time to thank supporters who set up a go fund me page on her behalf, writing because of your support, i feel hopeful our lives will return to normal. she says the money raised allowed her family to cope with the immeasurable stress, particularly

mr. charles johnson has shown that his heart is on the side of oppression, terror, lynchings, and racist practices. >> bay area civil rights leaders calling for a boycott now of the san francisco giants. good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. he says that his political contributions aligned him with a republican candidate accused of making racist statements but johnson's attorney says his client was making a donation at the request of his political party. ktvu's christien kaftion has more now on the donation controversy and how the team is responding. s francisco, including reverend amos brown, who grew up in mississippi, called for a boycott of the san francisco giants, saying team co-owner charles johnson' as donations to mississippi candidate cindy hyde-smith are unacceptable. >> for me, it takes me back to the horror and the that i experienced in my native state of mississippi. >> reporter: hyde-smith faced a firestorm of controversy after saying she would attend a public hanging in a state with a history of grim lynchings. she also said she would supp

back"> charles johnson's legal representative joe cochett says his client and long time friend was unaware of any racially charged comments when donated a pair of checks on behalf of hisself and mrsrles johnson's attorney: "i will tell you this from my knowledge of charlie, if he had known that she made that comment with the implications that you and i know, public hanging, there could be no mistake, i doubt, i mean, i know that he would not have written her a check">giants president and ceo larry baer released a statement reading in part " the giants have more than 30 owners. just like our fans, they come from different backgrounds and have their own political views. many give to democratic causes, many to republican causes and some refrain from politics altogether. neither i nor anyone else at the giants can control who any of our owners support politically, just as we cannot and should not control whom any of our employees support politically." the supporters of the boycott say if the money is returned or if the giants part ways with johnson as part owner of the team the boycott will come to an end. johnson's attorney however says his client has no intention of relinquishing o

mr. johnson says that, the national naacp will back off. but until then, we stand by opposition. >> the attorney for charles johnson said this afternoon that series of checks at the request of the republican party, including the one to cindy hyde-smith. johnson told his attorney he isn't familiar with her or the controversy around her, and hasn't yet decided to ask for that money back. >>> tonight, president trump is holding a pair of rallies in mississippi in support of cindy hyde-smith. she's in a runoff against democrat mike sp. since neither candidate receives 50% of the vote on election night. the president held a rally before traveling to biloxi, for a second rally that starts at 9 p.m. eastern. the runoff election is tomorrow. ktvu's christien kaftion is following the contrsy over the candidate right bay area and will have much more coming up at 5:00. >>> at the site of the camp fire, search and recovery crews are continuing to sift through the ashes, trying to find the remains of the fire victims. at least 85 people were killed in the fire in butte county. the sheriff's department says 249 people are still missing. officials are us