and looks at fallon and looks at newsom and waves off the fight. walks away before even confirming the fight is over. these are professional athletes. they get paid to get hit and take a beating. just because they're female, you can't take one little clip and say, okay, you know, the fight is over. if you ask erica, she'll tell you, i mean, were you in any time damaged? did you get hurt? did you get knocked out? >> no. >> no. so they should have let the fight go. she should have thrown at least one to two more shots to confirm it. on that particular basis, that's one of the things we'll appeal with as well as not having it disclosed. >> we'll be looking for that to see what the decision is and also if there is a rematch that would be of course very interesting. erica newsom, matthew hamilton, loretta hunt, thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >>> another close encounter relatively speaking. an asteroid skimming by earth this morning. we'll tell you just how close just ahead. >>> for the more than 400,000 children living in foster care

we will look at the issue as then mayor gavin newsom issued marriage licenses. we get an update from washington, d.c. for the preparations for the up coming hearings. >> they will be mindful of the limited role as judges to interpret existing law. >> plus, legal analysis on how the issues might be viewed on the highest court in the land. stay tuned for the special coverage of gay marriage before the u.s. supreme court. captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >>> good evening. i'm scott shafer. welcome to this week in northern california. next tuesday, more than four years after california voters approved proposition 8, the state's ban on same-sex marriage, it gets a hearing from the u.s. supreme court. it will hear arguments for the defense of marriage act known as doma. we discuss the issues before the u.s. supreme court. it's the final stop on a long and winding legal road. let's begin with a look at how it all started. the week of valentine's day, 2004, newly elected san francisco mayor gavin newsom, boldly, some said recklessly orders to grant ma

gavin newsom, our lieutenant governor. thank you, gavin.y kimmel live concert series is brought to you by sony. >>> st. patrick's day is only three days away. to celebrate, we sent my favorite irishman guillermo to learn to pour the perfect pint. >> hi. i'm guillermo. i'm going on learn how to make beer. guinness beer. over there. where they make guinness beer. there are six steps. one, catch your glass. two, but the finger like that. okay. beautiful. and then at an angle, 45 degrees. we put the beer in nice and smooth. the third step. >> good throw. >> i need a new glass. hold on. >> when the beer comes to the top of the hop, we put it like that. and then the beer come alive. >> it is moving. >> we take it there and the fifth step, would you like the top yours off? >> push it away nice and slow. >> if i mess up, it's your fault. careful now. delicate. >> hello, you look beautiful. >> in ireland we always drink our beer with our eyes first. >> i want it in my mouth first. >> the perfect pint. >> all right. let's go. >> happy st. patrick's d

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ex-mayor newsome failed miserably with his triple play. most of us had to endure supervisor elsbernd and now in district 4 it's happened twice. so, we barely survived the first one. we'll see how the second one goes. >> mr. yip, if i could ask you to direct your comments to all the supervisors instead of single out supervisors, that would be appreciated. >>> all right, that's fine. >> thank you. >>> anyway, i would like to say i would like to see this pattern stop. in my opinion, it seems like it's nothing but political cronyism, and i think that the west side in general has lost a lot of influence, especially to the progressive supervisors. so, i think that in order for everyone to be fair about it, we should elect our supervisors rather than go through this pattern which seems to be repeating itself over and over. now, with regards to other matters in this city, i would also like to say that, in my opinion, the city has obviously gone downhill and that we have to do thing differently. so, maybe the best thing to do is try acting as hones

please welcome our lieutenant governor, gavin newsom. >> my role was to get tom to speak. i'm just going to jump in because i want to keep you all on time. you've got an agenda packet and i'm going to be held accountable if you don't meet it. roslyn, let's pick up on tom's passion. he told me a couple points that are important, that is the consciousness awareness, this growing consciousness around bullying. and it's a question i guess that requires, has bullying gotten worse or have we gotten better to begin to recognize it? >> hard to know. tom and the president refer to as far too often as a rite of passage. we certainly are seeing evidence in ways that i don't recall, the levels of violence, the vitriolic violence, it's not just coming from the back of the school, it's coming at home, social media, you are inundated with it, the effects of it. we also certainly there's been an evolution of what we should tolerate. for me, for example, very early on in the administration i had the privilege of meeting with carl hoover walker's mother. he would have been 11 years old on t

. >> scott: i spoke with lieutenant governor gavin newsom recently about what compelled him to take a leading role in the gay marriage debate nine years ago. >> thanks for having me. >> scott: take us back to 2004. the marriage licenses began to be issued in san francisco. you had just gotten into office. what got into you? >> i went to the state of the union. nancy pelosi made a terrible mistake by giving me her husband's ticket to watch the state of the union. i was listening to the issues of the day. abstinence and drug testing. he would fulfill his private commitments now made public to ban same-sex marriage. it occurred to me at that moment that we had to respond as mayor of san francisco, it was an obligation. >> scott: you just decided, i think it was a thursday or friday and people started lining up. it seems to have come on suddenly. what conversation did you have with the city attorney and attorney general? >> this was done in a deliberate way. they went through a thoughtful process. every memo was done in a legal case. we had folks from nclr. we had private attorneys. i'll

. >> pam: former san francisco mayor gavin newsom is considered a pioneering politician on the issuesame sex marriage. he famously allowed same sex marriages in the city - until shot down by the courts. newsom has been talking about whether he thinks his support has brought the issue to where it is now. "support marriage equality" protesters and supporters of proposition eight are still in heated discussion over marriage rights at the supreme court. the final ruling is expected in june. we are currently airing the full audio recording from today's supreme court hearing on kron4's 24-7 bay area news channel. it will be on a continuous loop through 4-am. you can catch it on comcast channel 193 -- and also streaming online at kron-4- dot com. >> jacqueline: the rain returned to the forecast. we have the chance for rain tomorrow but temperatures not cooling off that much. staying in the 60s. the satellite and radar showing some increased clouds. that will keep us warm overnight this disturbance to the north with mostly cloudy skies. some areas seeing that light rain. the coverage will in

you are the system gavin newsome, fix the system.cause you know he what it takes to fix the system and you are [bleep] coward. guys like huffington post, you guys [bleep] line up behind me these people. you have blood on your hands because the problem could be fixed. >> bill: joining us from l.a. is adam carolla. you weren't surprised that the left-wing media would brand you a racist. that's what they do to everyone who is critical of the minority community or the gay community or anybody perceived to be vulnerable if you criticize them. then they attack you personally. you know that. >> sure. >> as a matter of fact, if the huffington post was around, they would have called the doctor who discovered sickle cell a racist. that's just what they do. and my point is there is a problem, i would like to look at the problem, honestly and attempt to solve it, but we can't solve it if you are calling everyone who is attempting to solve the problem a racist. >> bill: absolutely true. i couldn't have said it better myself. when you say gavin ne

california's lieutenant governor gavin newsom. and music from ziggy marley. with cleto and the cletones. and now, i'm happy to inform you, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi there. thank you very much. thank you for watching. thank you all for coming. i appreciate your interest and your enthusiasm. i'm going to promise you one thing. tonight's show is going to be the best show you've ever seen on television. [ cheers and applause ] if at the end of the night anyone goes away disappointed, if even one person says that was not the best hour of television i've ever seen, i will -- let me think. what will i do? [ laughter ] oh, i will apologize. that's right. i will say i'm sorry. [ applause ] in fact, let me get that out of the way right now. i'm sorry this show isn't going to be the best one ever. [ laughter ] i was hoping it would be and i got carried away. i shouldn't have done it. we've got some fun stuff from our viewers today. last night, i shared a story of oakland raiders defensive tackle desmond bryant who got arrested on charges

back in 2004, then mayor of san francisco, gavin newsom ordered them to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. six months later, they invalidated same-sex unions. four years later, the same state supreme court overturned california's ban on same-sex marriage. that ruling was short lived as voters passed proposition 8. tomorrow, supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage

newsome kick started the marriage equality debate nine years ago. then mayor of san francisco, he issued marriage licenses to same sex couples. >> there was not a democrat out there that was supportive of same second marriage. it is remarkable how far both parties have come. now you have 80 republican that's just signed off on a similar brief yesterday. >> reporter: a new field poll said 61% of californians now approve of marriage equality. a shift from 2008 when voters approved prop 8 by 52%. the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments from supporters and opponents of prop 8 in march. >> we'll be there at the supreme court. i'll be there at the supreme court. >> reporter: the san francisco city attorney dennis herrera has argued for marriage equality for the last nine years before more than 50 judges. now he along with a team of attorneys are preparing to make the case for equal protection under the law before the nation's highest court. >> be prepared to make your case to all nine justices, that thing are unpredictable and you'll to have argue the

. >> catherine: former san francisco mayor gavin newsom is considered a pioneering politician on thef same sex marriage. he famously allowed same sex marriages in the city - until shot down by the courts. newsom has been talking about his role.and whether he thinks his support has brought the issue to where it is now. >> not a chance. i would love to say that i did. i thought in my lifetime maybe. but the idea well within a decade we'd see the kind of progress we've seen. we've seen the courage of people currently in elected office. it's always easy when are you out of office, to stand on principle and say you support marriage equality. >> catherine: in 2004 - california's supreme court ruled that newsom did not have the authorize city clerks to issue same sex marriage licenses. and of course the battle continues. with some supporters gathering where it all started -- the supreme court building in san francisco >> pam: vicki? >> reporter: call this symbolic the we're on the steps of the california supreme court. small but passion that group supporting same-sex marriage. billy bradfor

was gavin -- newsom was an early supporter. coming up at 6:15 gavin newsom gives his take on how he thinks the supreme court will rule on proposition 8. >>> bay area transit leaders will hold a special meeting to discuss the latest construction problem on the new bay bridge. claudine wong joins us now from treasure island to tell us the problem involves dozens of giant bolts. it sounds kind of scary. >> reporter: well, let me explain to you what the bolts do. 9-17 feet long if they are really huge. they are called e-2 share key rods. what they do is you have the cable and then you have the roadway and then you have the pier that goes down into the water. the bolts are responsible for connecting all that together. it's good it's dark. the lights help us show you where this is happening. take a look at the tower you see the it will cable that stretches from that tower down to the deck. if you follow that all the way down as it comes down toward the eastern side of the span toward oakland, right where the lights hit the deck that

was gavin -- newsom was an early supporter. coming up at 6:15 gavin newsom gives his take on how he thinks the supreme court will rule on proposition 8. >>> bay area transit leaders will hold a special meeting to discuss the latest construction problem on the new bay bridge. claudine wong joins us now from treasure island to tell us the problem involves dozens of giant bolts. it sounds kind of scary. >> reporter: well, let me explain to you what the bolts do. 9-17 feet long if they are really huge. they are called e-2 share key rods. what they do is you have the cable and then you have the roadway and then you have the pier that goes down into the water. the bolts are responsible for connecting all that together. it's good it's dark. the lights help us show you where this is happening. take a look at the tower you see the it will cable that stretches from that tower down to the deck. if you follow that all the way down as it comes down toward the eastern side of the span toward oakland, right where the lights hit the deck that

i'd like to introduce our special guest, lieutenant government gavin newsome. it (applause) at the thank you. >> also represent state mark malone's office tom ammiano. (applause) * >> all will return momentarily, i'm sure. paul henderson, representing mayor ed lee's office. [laughter] >> and to my right, i have the open house, our state association vice president and i'm sure other names, past president san francisco chapter. we have lots of our membership here including a couple of board members, kerry greenberg from fresno. [speaker not understood] is here. we have two representatives from san mateo county, barbara arieta and mike miller. i know people. at this time i'd like to say a few words about the california grand jurors association. it's an all volunteer group, 501(c) (3) dedicated to promoting the participation in the grand jury system, qualifies applicants to be grand jurors, bidthv awareness so we have consumers of the grand jury's product, report. at this point i'd like to turn it over for some lengthy introductions. >> thank you. thank you, keith.

we will look at the issue as then mayor gavin newsom issued marriage licenses. we get an update from washington, d.c. for the preparations for the up coming hearings. >> they will be mindful of the limited role as judges to interpret existing law. >> plus, legal analysis on how the issues might be viewed on the highest court in the land. stay tuned for the special coverage of gay marriage before the u.s. supreme court. captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >>> good evening. i'm scott shafer. welcome to this week in northern california. next tuesday, more than four years after california voters approved proposition 8, the state's ban on same-sex marriage, it gets a hearing from the u.s. supreme court. it will hear arguments for the defense of marriage act known as doma. we discuss the issues before the u.s. supreme court. it's the final stop on a long and winding legal road. let's begin with a look at how it all started. the week of valentine's day, 2004, newly elected san francisco mayor gavin newsom, boldly, some said recklessly orders to grant ma

it's easier to say let's blame gavin newsome. are things we did wrong and things he did wrong. when you don't have the infrastructu infrastructure, it kills the deal. club seats are the first thing that go on sale. wow, it's a seat license. i'm scared. it's what people have to pay. i's not the case. you can't let the media or reports driven to get a headline and a sensation really deter you from the facts. that's why we have taken a really, really careful effort and approach to meet with every single ticketholder face-to-face and let them know what their options are. >> a candle stick, then off to santa clara. we will find out in may if they will host the super bowl in 2016. up next, are you ready for fried chicken? we go behind the scenes with tyler florence. does he live up to the hype? >>> welcome back. we mentioned earlier in the show a bottle of wine and a bet. not just any bottle and not just any bet. leon panetta shared an interesting story with us involving osama bin laden and a very expensive bottle of red. can you tell

we will look at the issue as then mayor gavin newsom issued marriage licenses. we get an update from washington, d.c. for the preparations for the up coming hearings. >> they will be mindful of the limited role as judges to interpret existing law. >> plus, legal analysis on how the issues might be viewed on the highest court in the land. stay tuned for the special coverage of gay marriage before the u.s. supreme court. captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >>> good evening. i'm scott shafer. welcome to this week in northern california. next tuesday, more than four years after california voters approved proposition 8, the state's ban on same-sex marriage, it gets a hearing from the u.s. supreme court. it will hear arguments for the defense of marriage act known as doma. we discuss the issues before the u.s. supreme court. it's the final stop on a long and winding legal road. let's begin with a look at how it all started. the week of valentine's day, 2004, newly elected san francisco mayor gavin newsom, boldly, some said recklessly orders to grant ma

movey from zigy and lieutenant governor newsom is here plus from the big bang theory jimmy parsons. >> it's jim. jim par sons. >> it's jim. jim par sons. >> i guess somebody if. >> pope francis returned to the sistine chapel for the first mass of his papacy today. pope delivered off the cuff homily challenge to cardinal ta to help build up the church. sign of the pope humble nature on display today in rome. instead of taking a sedan set aside for the pope he rode the shuttle bus with other cardinal and pick up his own luggage from the hotel and even paid his own bill. his wardrobe is already simpler than past pope. he kept his cross from his time as bishop. >> woman claiming to have been pope francis childhood girlfriend says she helped him become a priest by rejecting his marriage proposal. in buenos aires today the woman said she lived 4 houses down from young man. she says when she was 13 he told her quote if we don't get married i'll become a priest. is he she is she has high hope for his role as pope. >> air traffic controller was awarded the medal of safety for saving the life o

newsome never answered the question about the root causes that he brought up.hat do you think they are? >> the soft bigotry of low expectations and if i'm sweaty it's because i have i have this piece ofts are kleenex. these guys need to be coaches, not cheerleaders. they are just cheering on their constituency right into the ground and they need to be coached up. you know, politicians need to be part parent, part coach, part boss, part school teacher and if somebody is not doing well and specific topic or subject, they need to be coached up. >> doesn't want to coach them up because going to lose vote. >> it is true disproportionately, african-americans, hispanic americans are on welfare and don't have the structure, the financial structure that asians you reported that out that white americans have. what are the reasons for that in your opinion? >> well, i don't know when asians got it, but at a certain point they stopped looking outside the family. they started looking inside the family. they started realizing that assimilation and education were important and

lieutenant governor gavin newsom giving us a hint of what may be next in his career. he was live in washington for the prop 8 hearings and we asked him what he has planned. >> governor brown has raised over $7 million. he has made a few phone calls to make a big push before june 30th. he has every intention to run again for governor. i'm doing the same, though more modestly, for re-election for lieutenant governor. >> newsom went on to say if governor brown decides not to run, well, then that's a different story. >> only time will tell. >>> meteorologist christina loren, it's a nice day. but the umbrella, we have to keep it close, as we've been saying. >> you want to keep it close with this unsettled pattern going. that's if you choose to carry an umbrel umbrella. i don't even mess with one around here. showers we're expecting are going to be so light that you'll be able to get to and fro if you move at a quick pace without getting soaked. we'll continue to update you on the timing of those. series of storms on the way to the bay area. and i want to tell you about a b

key players from the bay area in, washington today for this hearing including lieutenant governor newsomis when he was mayor and aloud same-sex marriage in city hall. carolyn is also tweeting updates. >> so more is still to come alt 5:00 and 6:00. police in florida releasing audio recordings of a sting operation that nabbed a woman accused of black mailing owners of a popular chain. the suspect is camille brown, a 32-year-old daughter of the schaeffer's household made whom the couple fired in september. police say she wanted mb in exchange for a stack of leters written by schaeffer, leters included embarrassing family secrets. >> $3 million? >> no. no. >> brown's lawyer says the letters were given to her legally. she faces up to 15 years if convicted. >> well, new at 4:00 abc 7 news learned a follower of charles manson will be in court next month charged with trying to smuggle a cell phone inside of the california prison where the convicted mass murderer is housed. state department of corrections says craig hammond was arrested on sunday for investigation of conspiracy. he posted bail. m