he has worked in action sports and played roles for paul frank. he met his wife while working for the gap. they have had various roles at banana republic. after years of chasing gigs between san francisco and orange county they would take their expertise in retail stores, product development and open the business in san francisco. they have a second store on fillmore street. please help me welcome ron. [applause.] >> we were backstage and ron and his wife trisha have the baby that is now the shop baby. it is important to have a shop baby. that is with retail seeing how families operate. my background in family business is appreciated by a lot of customers that enjoy the store. a couple questions then we will open up to questions and answers and dialogue. question one owning a small business is hard. what keeps you inspired day in and out? maybe we will start down the line with robin. >> sure, you guys keep me inspired. it is a pleasure to sit in one of my stores and just listen and hear the joy and that is what keeps me going every day. i receive

paul? >> reporter: frank, the mayor spoke a little more than an hour. this is her second stop in a series of town halls she plans to hold. she said it gives her an opportunity to take the issues to the people where they live. it was a packed house at san francisco's tenderloin community school where mayor london breed held her second neighborhood town hall for the residents of her city. >> we have to do better for you. that is why we are here tonight to talk about what doing better means. >> reporter: the mayor took questions from the audience of roughly 150 people. the topics included homeless', cleaning up human waste from the street and reducing drug activity. >> we need homeless, mental illness, everything, 24/7. we can't allow the rapid drug sales to continue in the way that they have. i mean, even when i was growing up, you could go down to the tenderloin to sell drugs. that should not be normal. >> reporter: back in july of last year, the mayor along with police officers toured the tenderloin to get a firsthand look at the problems the people her

with it. >> heidi, for her part, nancy pelosi is watching donald trump do all the things that frank and paulcked through, continuing to incriminate in himself, obstruct investigations into his administration and himself. her account amounts basically to bless your heart. watch her praying for the president. >> i pray for the united states. again i pray for the president of the united states. i wishnt that the family or administration or staff would have anst intervention. >> reporter: are you concerned about his well being? >> i am. >> maggie haberman tweeted this, pelosi's language has grown pointed in talking about trump the way people talk about someone with an illness. or a toddler. >> intervention. >> let's be real. talked about the oranges of the investigation. you travel with him, there are plenty of flashes of whatever the opposite of brilliance is. this is not someone whose public appearancesic depict stability. >> without getting into hypothesizing into what his mental state might be. clearly when she came out, i know we talked about this before my impression was she was shaken we

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frank somerville. >> i am heather holmes. it happened at about 6 pm just before the 238 interchange. we got the developing news from paul chambers. is live at chp hayward with what he has learned about this incident. paul? >> reporter: chp says they have very little to go on because the victims in this case not give them a description of the suspect or the vehicle the suspect was driving. chp is helping people that were on the freeway at the time can help out. here is a look at the vehicle being dropped off in evidence. investigators say just after 6 pm in the height of rush-hour traffic, someone driving along 880 were found near hesperian boulevard opened fire on the white sheet. chp shutdown the lanes to search for evidence. they say the shooter sprayed the passenger side of the white jeep in a sweeping motion from the back to the front. the two people inside were not injured. they drove the jeep off the exit ramp. chp officers were working in a related case. that is when the victims pulled up behind the officers and >> the come disabled. as the vehicle became losing pressure in the tires, they were losing air and the

paul: just to stick with your soap opera analogy, you can see protectionism around the world but maybe we will get good news later in the year. is the era of globalization not quite over yet? frankyou can see this new global trend of slower trend growth. especially in the developed economies. countries are trying to hold onto the growth they have. it is easier to hide problems. whenan mask over things growth is good. you have a lot more tax revenue. when growth is slowing, you want to hold onto that. you're seeing this argument of trump trying to onshore jobs that have left. you are seeing a lot of these movements around the world that are reversing or at least owing this globalization trend you have seen for decades. that is something you have to be very concerned about going forward. it does affect growth and markets. it adds uncertainty and clearly, as we have seen, markets don't like uncertainty. shery: they do so much for your time, frank. he is the chief strategist for avon asset management. we are hearing from the ever culture secretary. he has conducted productive conversations in his trip to japan and south korea. he said he expects a japan trade deal sooner rather than

paul williams has the latest track. >>> and new this half hour, a consumer alert. >> check your fridge before you grill your next hot dog. what was found inside the beef franksmutant with animal-keen senses, super-physical abilities, who has an incredible healing factor, wolverine. the role's been played by hugh jackman but now there's a jackman but now there's a petition with 20,000 signatures demanding a new actor. and believe me it is not who you'd expect. details ahead in "the skinny" on this thursday, may 23rd. >>> hey, guys, good morning. thank you for joining us. unbelievable that so many people want you to play wolverine. >> it's not me. but i would be a lot better than the person they want to play wolverine. >> to be fair, he may be right. >> we will give you a hint, it's always sunny in philadelphia. >> or another hint, how old is matilda? >> another one, penquin. >> all of that, all of that coming up. >>> but we do begin on a serious note. today's scheduled release of the man who became known as the american taliban. >> his name, john walker lindh, he's set to be freed from a federal prison. he was captured after the 9/11 attacks on a battlefield