mrs. jay, a san francisco urban forestry council, granted the tree landmark status which essentially would make it untouchable for future generations. the neighbors say yes, they knew about the tree when they moved in, that their intentions now have nothing to do with improving their views in future years. >> i don't have a view affected by this tree at all. >> reporter: today finally unanimous vote in favor of landmark status. opponents say this is not muir woods, this will never be muir woods. >> if, you know, a multi-million dollar house gets taken out, or god forbid someone gets hurt and you've got city politicians with their name protecting this thing, i wouldn't want to be in that situation. >> reporter: final approval would come from san francisco's board of supervisors. mrs. jay was thrilled and are to-giving of her critical neighbors. >> they were >> reporter: only h representative. on lombard street in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> explosive e-mails shedding more lig

mrs. jay, a san francisco urban forestry council, granted the tree landmark status which essentially would make it untouchable for future generations. the neighbors say yes, they knew about the tree when they moved in, that their intentions now have nothing to do with improving their views in future years. >> i don't have a view affected by this tree at all. >> reporter: today finally a unanimous vote in favor of landmark status. opponents say this is not muir woods, this will never be muir woods. >> if, you know, a multi-million dollar house gets taken out, or god forbid someone gets hurt and you've got city politicians with their name protecting this thing, i wouldn't want to be in that situation. >> reporter: final approval would come from san francisco's board of supervisors. mrs. jay was thrilled and are to-giving of her critical neighbors. >> they were newcomers, they probably are from out of state, and they don't know the redwood forests. >> reporter: only the one branch representative.

mrs. jay is thrilled and forgiving. >> they were newcomers.obably are from out of state and they don't know the redwood forest. >> reporter: but only the one representative. along lombard street in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> video game retailer game stop announced it's closing 150 stores. this comes after the company rartd a nearly 14% drop in global sales last quarter. game stop hasn't announced which one of its stores worldwide will close. >>> a redding woman was almost scammed out of $4,000. an unlikely hero came to the rescue, a best buy employee. somebody called claiming to be the woman's granddaughter and said she needed money to get out of a jam. when the woman said she wanted to buy four $1,000 gift cards to get her granddaughter out of jail, that raised a red flag. >> i stood right here and convinced her. i said please don't buy it. she was convinced her granddaughter was involved in some sort of scheme or scam. >> she was able to prevent the woman from spending the money, advising her to file a police report. she

mrs. marie jay yesterday.lombard street resident that planted a tree in 1962 that has groan one hundred feet tall. >> it has branches that weigh hundred dollars of pounds and we fear that they could someday fall on our childrn or worse, the whole tree. >> those concerns became an issue last september when mrs. jay a san francisco urban foster council would make it untouchable for future dangerous. you don't have a view affected by this tree tall. >> today finally a unanimous vote in favor of the landmark status, opponents say this is not muir woods, this will never be muir woods. >> a multimillion dollars house gets taken out, et cetera, or god forbid someone gets hurt, and you have politicians protecting this thing, i might want to be in that situation. final approval will be at the board of supervisors. >> they were new.comers, probably from out of state and they don't know the redwood forest. >> only the one branch representative. on lombard street in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> let's get one last check o

that's it. >> now, neighbors are leaning on mrs. jay, since she applied for the city to grant this tree landmark status. >> everyone is concerned about public safety. >> this tree poses public safety risk? >> should it fall? >> i got done telling you it lives to be 1,000 to 2,000 years of age. >> neighbors tell us they worry about branches building on their children when they play below. . if not for the controversy, they say this is just like any other redwood. >> i do not feel that this tree is adding to the beauty of the neighborhood. >> this is really about wealthy san franciscoans high up on the hill with multimillion dollar views. >> in my case it isn't. because i'm her downhill neighbor, my view is not impacted in anyway. >> the arguments drift left and right. >> all these new residents, all saw the tree before they bought their house. >> and zig and zag just beyond tourists on the crookedest street in the world. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> we are back on storm watch right now. looks a bit cloudy on this view. in just hours,

that's it. >> now, neighbors are leaning on mrs. jay, since she applied for the city to granthis tree landmark status. >> everyone is concerned about public safety. >> this tree poses public safety risk? >> should it fall? >> i got done telling you it lives to be 1,000 to 2,000 years of age. >> neighbors tell us they worry about branches building on their children when they play below. . if not for the controversy, they say this is just like any other redwood. >> i do not feel that this tree is adding to the beauty of the neighborhood. >> this is really about wealthy san franciscoans high up on the hill with multimillion dollar views. >> in my case it isn't. because i'm her downhill neighbor, my view is not impacted in anyway. >> the arguments drift left and right. >> all these new residents, all saw the tree before they bought their house. >> and zig and zag just beyond tourists on the crookedest street in the world. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> we are back on storm watch right now. looks a bit cloudy on this view. in just hours, we

now neighbors are leaning on mrs. jay since she applied for the tree of landmark status. >> i just got telling you it lives to be a thousand and 2,000 years of age. >> neighbors told us today they worried about branches falling on their children. granting the tree landmark status would prevent them from for going the tree. >> i do not feel that this tree is adding to the beauty of the neighborhood. >> this is really about wealthy san francisco people higher on the views and multi million dollar view. >> my view is not impacted in any way. >> all these new residents -- >> on the crooked tree in the world. >> san francisco, wayne freedman. abc 7 news. >> up next, how you can soon lose some of your online privacy and after the pipeline explosion of pg&e. >> helicopter calls in after a car drove 200 feet down the embankment. and our . >>> part of that sentence includes an advertising mandate that begins today. you will see it, abc 7 news reporter kate larson. penal pg&e is apologizing. >> pg&e convicted of six charges. >> als

and i want to thank your president and ceo, jay timmons, for being here with us today. great job. mr. timmons: thank you. president trump: great job, jay. my administration is working every day to make it easier for manufacturers to build, hire, and grow in america. we're removing job-killing regulations and lifting the burdens on american industry like i would say have never been lifted before. we've done a lot of work over the last 60, 70 days, and i think you're seeing some real production. i think we can say this, mike -- like never before. earlier this week, i signed an executive order to end the war on coal. we had coal miners up at the office. it was an amazing scene. you had very tough, very strong, very powerful men that were crying, actually, and they were crying with happiness. and produce more american energy and more american jobs, which is how i got elected in the first place. we've created the task force in every agency to eliminate wasteful regulations. and today at 3:30 p.m., with the department of commerce, wilbur ross, who will be up, and we're signing two very pow

mrs. marie jay in 1962 in honor of her husband and children who died of a plane crash. >>

mr. lewandowski: he is a jai led fighter. he's -- you can't build in new york, his father would tell him. we are good in brooklyn. manhattan is different for us. don't do that. to moveuch a tenacity people when he puts his mind to it, it is hard to apologize. he is strong in what his beliefs are that he wants everyone to believe the way that he does. you mentioned at one point he was in a bit of a bad mood. [laughter] there are different characteristics when someone is in a government. bill clinton had a terrible temper apparently. other candidates have. you spend all this time with someone in a small campaign jet and tempers flare. tell me what it is like when someone gets upset. mr. lewandowski: when you spend as much time as i have with him, we flew 1400 hrs on the point. straightbout 16 days on the airplane. >> it is a nice plane, though. [laughter] mr. lewandowski: we had the best plan, and the worst food. mcdonald's, burger king. when you get to know someone you have to understand, when, trump is angry about something,

mr. raskin: thank you very much, congresswoman jay pal, for your -- jayapal, for your fantastic leadership for the people of washington in the city of washington and your zealous advocacy for the american people. let me try to recap some of the themes we have brought up this evening and talk about what's really at stake here. i want to start with some good news because there was some great news out of russia on sunday, where more than 75,000 people across the country braved the tyranny and despotism of their government to go out into the streets, express their commitment to democracy, human rights, and against corruption. and they were focused very specifically on some of the oligarches who surround vladimir putin, one of them, prime minister medvedev, it has just been learned, has amassed more than $1 billion as a public servant in mansions , in vineyards, in italy, in fancy cars, in jewelry. $1 billion. and the people of russia are up in arms. about the corruption, the clepping to becy, the stealing from the russian people which is increasingly impoverished by the imperial designs and th

mr. friedman called supporters of the american jewish organization jay street, quote, far worse than kapos. unquote. now, for those who share the history, i grew up -- i was born in 1951. i grew up with the holocaust and the stories of the holocaust pounded into my head. and i know what kapos are. it's the term that refers to jews who collaborated with the nazis with the gaz ta gaz strape with the guards at the concentration camps during the holocaust. when asked to repudiate his statement on j street, mr. friedman refused and in fact doubled down, stating, they're not jewish and they're not pro-israel. now, for those who don't know, j street is a pro-israel organization dedicated to a two-state solution, a goal that is shared by successive u.s. administrations, both democratic and republican. a two-state solution is the only way to keep israel, a jewish state and a democracy. mr. friedman's smearing of our fellow jews, my fellow jews, many of whom are members of j street -- this is a calam. why. this should be a disqualifier for someone seeking to represent the united states and the state

mr. goldberg: do they follow with the jewish organizations do? does anyone speak for the jewish community? >> let me ask jayeet u. do you notice what the jewish establishment does and the actions they take? [cheers] mr. goldberg: yeah, they do. >> there they are. they do. [applause] >> we notice that leadership and we notice the lack of it, and for me, i remember i was marching on washington in the women's march, and i was marching with the president of j street u and i was surrounded by an incredible amount of power for an energetic and exciting women, but that was where i wanted to be. i wanted to be with my community what i deeply feel. j street u and young people are going to be out there. they are going to be marching, in the streets, and we are going to be thinking about power and about how we can use that power that we have to get closer to a two state solution. [applause] if the american jewish establishment wants to join us, that would be great. [cheers] ms. davies: and that is it. jj, you never want to follow a j street u leader, but i will say, every time i meet with a j street u leadership, it i

jay allen -- ms. jayapal: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jayapal: thank you, mr. speaker. today i stand here for this special order on behalf of our congressional progressive caucus. we have decided that we'd like to use this special order hour to address our reactions to the president's address to the union last night. my part of hat, those remarks, mr. speaker, i would like to yield to my friend and colleague, mr. askin of maryland. mr. raskin: thank you very much, congresswoman jayapal. you've been such a sensational leader within the democratic caucus and within the progressive caucus. especially on the issues of immigration and the rights of refugees. and it is such an honor to be able to serve with you. i appreciate being able to spend some moments just reflecting on what took pla

we will hear testimony on the nomination of jay clayton the chairman of the united states securities and exchange commission. mr. clayton has extensive experience in our financial markets is a highly regarded securities lawyer. for decades he has helped companies access our capital markets. increase their ability to invest in the united states and growth and create jobs. one area in which he has already indicated he will focus is capital formation. capital markets drive innovation and job creation and axis is the lifeblood of our economy. the jobs act helped revitalize the primary markets in both congress and should allow companies to the public and allow investors to share in their success. recently this committee marked several bipartisan securities bills and encourage you mr. clayton, if conference to help us identify other securities areas which could help, can use legislative improvement. the sec has certain missions. each part is equally important and should not come at the expense of the other. i raise this because the sec's mission is critical to every us citizen and retiree. investors should be able to

jay cansler, the attorney for the owners of the ferguson market, joins us now. thank you very much for joining us, mrr. the filmmaker says what was going on in the store was not a robber, but a bartering, he said, that's what this market is known for. that you can go in and barter for things. this was a barter of cigarillos and marijuana and some type of exchange. do you accept that notion? >> no, it's a lie. it's a falsehood on both fronts. there was no barter here. and that's not something they engage in. >> so when he says, this is a shady store, we asked a lot of people in the community, this is what goes on there, you say no? >> no, it's absolutely not. people in this community love this store. it's been around for a long time. this is a deceptive documentary based on a false premise, put out there by a documentary with the intention of doing nothing more than garnering publicity for an otherwise unknown documentary filmmaker. >> so what happened in the store? >> michael brown walked into that store that night with a bag of marijuana, what looks like marijuana, he tried to buy merchandise with t

this morning we will hear testimony on the nomination of jay clayton to be chairman of the united states securities & exchange commission. mr. clayton has extensive experience in our financial markets as a highly regarded securities lawyer. for decades he has helped companies access our capital markets, increased their ability to invest in the united states, and grow and create jobs. one area on which mr. clayton has already indicated he would focus is capital formation. capital markets drive innovation and job creation and access it the life blood of our economy. the jobs act helped revitalize the primary markets in both congress and the sec should continue to find ways to help companies go public and allow their investors to share in their success. recently, this committee marked up several bipartisan securities bills and we encourage you, mr. clayton, if confirmed to help us identify other securities areas which could help, could, use legislative improvement. the sec has an important three-part mission, protect investors, maintain fair orderly and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. each part of the miss

mr. timmons, we're going to leave it there. appreciate you're joining us. thank you. >> thanks for the time. >> you're welcome. jay timmons.nt to share some news we're just getting here of course involving the world's largest hedge fund, bridgewater, run by that man right there ray dalio, who's been its founder, it's co-ceo. in april he reports that he will transition out of management as of april 15th in a memo, he writes any organization run by a 60 plus-year-old that says it isn't in transition is either naive or dissin jeingenuous. bridgewater started equity management transition with the goal of having others replace me, as explained at the time we allowed for this transition to take up to ten years because we knew getting things right would take some time. trial and error, he says we have done what we have said we would do, kept you informed and the purpose of this note is to continue doing that. and he reports that he will step down as of april 15th as the co-ceo. he did remind people that ten months ago he temporarily stepped back into management as interim co-ceo for one year. he says he's excited about this chang

mr. heck: did you see any other attempts, it's a highly decentralized system and as a consequence, then secretary of homeland security jay johnson indicated that election systems should be -- should become part of our system for security. >> their efforts were aimed at voter registration systems in different states, sometimes there's a private vendor, sometimes it's state but that's where it was focused, not on the vote itself, vote machines, vote tabulation, vote transmission, that we've seen. mr. heck: thank you. i yield back to the ranking member. mr. shitch: time has expired. let me go to mr. turner. mr. turner: there have been a lot of statements made up here as opposed to questions. we don't certainly feel the need to clarify all of them but there is one aspect that does need to be clarified, because it's also involved both of your testimonies. there's been discussion up here concerning the statement -- statements by james clapper and rather than do the conjecture as has been made, i'm going to read it. chuck todd said, let me ask you this, does intelligence exist that can definitively answer the following question

mr. president? reporter: are you looking forward to your visit with the chinese president? president trump: yes, i am. >> it sounds good. i am jay timmons, ceo of the national association of manufacturers. we had a great meeting with the president and vice president, and we were able to deliver news to the president. every quarter the national association of manufacturers surveys our 14,000 members, and the surveys about their outlook thehe economy and on success of the business. for the first time in many, many tick inwe had an up optimism among many factors, 93.3 percent positive one year ago the number was 56% positive. to also put it in perspective, it is the highest number for optimism we have seen in our survey in the entire 20 years we have been connecting the survey. another data point that we found it to be very interesting that we were able to share with the president is the right-track, wrong-track number, from the perspective of manufacturers. a month before he came to office, the right-track number was a very low 26%. the last survey showed that the right-track number was 60%. so we were very happy to share that new