. >> i'm patrick shannon. i live in north beach and this is my neighbour, lizy staub. she's a wonderful artist and is always work on some project or another and we've gotten along and never been a cross word between us. in the previous years, there was never a problem with the landlord. the landlord sent us a little note every month and said with an envelope to pay the rent and we paid the rent, never a problem. no one had a problem. we have a lot of history together. now recently what's happened, though, with the verutose take-over, things have changed and now we have different managers. we have had three different managers so far. the first thing that happened to us -- >> after you finish your two minutes, she can begin. >> i'm not going to speak. >> she's a little shy about that. we wanted to say that we thought reasonable rents, we all got along fine. we wish we could have that kind of relationship again. the rent, my rent, i showed my papers and they said your rent increase was 19% and that doesn't include in the two years, that doesn't include the attorney i had

>> reporter: and patrick shannon>> longtime san francisco residents were facing double- digit rent increasesere feel for of losing their homes they were they have lived in for decades. san francisco passed a law last year to band this type of mortgage pass-through. we found out the law is and retroactive. some landlords including veritas are still passing on this kind of debt to their tenants. until now. now veritas is volunteering to stop doing that. >>> we wanted to do our part in creating more economic stability for our residents.>> reporter: veritas is's chief strategy officer.>>> is that veritas admitting it made a mistake and should not have pasties on in the first place? >>> we have always followed the law as the city required us to do. we are more than willing to play our part. this was a step about showing we are committed to san francisco. we are committed to our residents.>> reporter: can veritas do so tenants are not marching to the street by the hundreds saying we feel like this company is trying to force us out of our homes? spamming i can understand the frustration. we buildin

>> reporter: and patrick shannon. >> they are pushing it.they cost us so much money. >> reporter: long time san francisco residents were facing double digit rent increases and fearful of losing their homes that they have lived in for decades. the city of san francisco passed a law last year to ban this type of mortgage pass- through, but we found out the law isn't retroactive so some landlords, including veritas were still passing on this kind of debt to their tenants, until now. now veritas is volunteering to stop doing that. >> we wanted to do our part and really creating more economic stability for our residents. >> reporter: justin santo is veritas' chief strategy and portfolio officer. dropping the o and m pass- throughs that veritas admitting that it made a mistake and it shouldn't have passed these on in the first place? >> no. we have always followed the law as the city has required us to do and we are more than willing to play our part. this was a step of us showing that we are committed to san francisco, we are committed to our res

patrick. i know. (vo) go national. go like a pro. >> shannonnew developments tonight in the trial of planned parenthood versus the center of medical progress, they took undercover videos of the planned parenthood executive allegedly selling body parts of aborted fetuses. according to the liberty council, the planned parenthood abortionist which said i want a lamborghini on one of the recordings admitted in court this week that the los angeles clinic never complied with guidelines meant to ensure that fetal tissue payments were reimbursements and not illegal profits. planned parenthood has filed a $60 million lawsuit against merritt for her part in obtaining those undercover recordings. a new reaction to bill barr's searing indictment of progressive politics at notre dame last friday. a devout catholic laying out a case that america is a moral nation based on christian values and that public institutions are becoming, in his view, dangerously secular allies taking personal responsibility and consequences out of the equation. >> religion helps te

patrick. i know. (vo) go national. go like a pro. >> shannont trump's right-hand man issuing a clarification tonight after sparring with reporters and a briefing room over the ukraine controversy ended up raising eyebrows. katherine harris has more. >> get over it, you could stop asking the questions because there's no overlap. of >> at the cup he was a dull apologetic about it. if the suspension of military aid to grenada. >> he also mentioned the corruption lead to the dnc server, absolutely, no question end. >> he responded in near real time telling reporters they were "utterly confused and angry" over the suggestion that aiden was telling it to your cranes cooperation with u.s. attorney john durham's probe and to the origins of the 2016 fbi russia collusion case. adam schiff piled on. >> shannon: >> things have goneo very, very worse a phenomenal breach of the president's duty to defend our national security. >> as he spoke, the european union gave the closed-door disposition on capitol hill. repairing the testimony he said that the preside

patrick. i know. (vo) go national. go like a pro. >> shannon lawmakers looking to impeach trump get a closed door surprise. the obama administration was warned years ago about a potential problem involving hunter biden's work in the ukraine but did nothing about it. heres herridge with what's been uncovered. >> during a closed door meeting, state department official george kent said he was so concerned about hunter biden's board position with the ukrainian company that he went to his father's office but the issue went nowhere. as the obama administration urged ukraine to avoid conflicts of interest, he believed hunter biden's position sent the wrong message saying ukrainian officials probably concluded that working through hunter biden would gain favor with them vice president joe biden, his influential father. president trump called the testimony harsh. president trump: he excoriated the obama administration and joe biden and joe biden's son saying, he has tremendous problems, tremendous problems with joe biden's son and the ukraine. >> fox ne