also arrested today, raymond chow, also known as "shrimp boy." fbi agents spent hours at his office at the [ non-english language ] in chinatown. a house on high street was also searched by feds. >> it was a allow thumped that woke me up and i looked out and there was a guy leaned up against the apartment door with a [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: fbi and irs agents are on the scene in the 600 block of 42nd avenue in san mateo. senator yee is scheduled to face a federal judge this afternoon. we expect charges will be detailed. in fact this operation continues as we speak. it was in the predawn hours executing these search warrants. they are thing right now. we know of at least five locations where federal agents, michelle, have fanned out across the bay area and sacramento trying to get to the bottom of this and executing what are clearly warrants they have been working on for some time. >> well, joe, as you were saying, talking about multiple locations across the bay area. what are your sources telling you about possible connections? >> reporter

raymond is a martial arts expert. and from that kind of get go he remained a very notorious figure, growing higher and higher and more powerful. until in the early 90s when he was arrested he was essentially running a large percentage ofation organiof asian organized crime in the united states. >> what's most amazing about the senator and these 25 other defendants, 22 of whom were arrested this week, three of whom outstanding, it reads out of hollywood. you mentioned "house of cards." somebody asked me today what happens to these offices whooik while the senators are out. i joked haven't you watched "house of cards." but it's true. there is gun running, coke deals, conversations in dark karaoke bars and whispers and secrets. and the facts that a state senator got caught up in this is just interesting. it really speaks to a lot of what people think might happen in these sort of shady organizations, but what nobody knows. >> can i tell you what blows my mind here? they ran four years of wiretaps and surveillance on shri

raymond shrimp boy chow, and jackson. a political consultant. joe vasquez has more. >> reporter: liz, it has been a absolutely surreal day, especially in the courtroom earlier today as we sat there and saw state senator leland yee, shackles around his ankle, as he learned about a litany of charges against him and the possibility that he could get a sentence of up to 125 years in prison. senator leland yee left the courthouse with no comment. one of the bay area's highest ranking politicians faces public construction charges as well as charges related to selling weapons. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. >> you say he is innocent? >> he will enter not guilty pleas and then the case takes on a life of its own with discovery being provided, motions being made. sometimes a case in trial. >> reporter: early this morning, the fbi conducted a series of raids across northern california arrested up to two dozen people for crimes, drugs, weapons, murder for hire. melissa griffin says the charges against yee stem from his failed running as mayor

number one, raymond chow -- raymond "shrimp boy" chow the actual target of the investigation, was earningpop for talking to schoolchildren about the dangers of alcohol and drugs. and the other thing is the tongs organized criminal organization has an annual banquet much like a rotary club or toast masters. [ laughter ] >> and finally keith jackson who was also indicted for murder-for-hire for example is one of the charges he is facing refers to senator yee as uncle leland and now every time i see him, that's what i think to myself, uncle leland getting arrested. >> it's just so shocking. we're going to be talking about this for a very long time. >> we are. it's going to be a while before this gets to trial. we'll have plenty of time to hash this out. >> thank you. >>> it's 6:52. state senator leland yee in the hot seat with the shocking details of his arrest. >> "shrimp boy" the man whose own criminal investigation may have been responsible for helping bring down leland yee. we'll look at his story up next. ,,,,,,,, bulldog: oh boy! every mattress at mattress discounters is so comfy! how

we new law enforcement remained interesting in raymond. he would say as much. but we had no inkling this was about to come down. >> reporter: but the claims are just beginning against chow and some two dozen others, so an attorney for one of chow's alleged associates cautions against jumping to conclusions. >> i wouldn't be surprised that as is typical in a lot of these kinds of cases that when you get to the facts, it's not exactly as portrayed as it's been so far. >> raymond chow and keith jackson still do not have attorneys. that will not be sorted out until sometime next week, but coming up tonight at 6:00 we'll talk about what we can expect as this case begins to wind its way through federal court. live for now in san francisco, chase cain, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, chase. you heard him mention chow's facebook page. he has lots of pictures of himself with some familiar faces including this one lieutenant governor gavin newsom. we asked the governor about his relationship with chow when he was mayor of san francisco. >> as mayor, i took tens of thous

raymond "shrimp boy" chow led the free masons at one time. investigators collected paper work about his business dealings from the building. more details now, raymond chow is a former member of the china town street gang. he was convicted on federal charges of attempted murder, robbery, gun trafficking and racketeering. he was released from prison in 2003 after cutting a deal with the government to testify against a associate. and as we mentioned he is the head of the free masons. >> here are the three main players in the fbi's case. california state senator leland yee represents san francisco. he started on the san francisco school board, served as a supervisor and in the state assembly. raymond "shrimp boy" chow was also among those arrested today and the fbi raided the office of his free masons organization. and college of -- keith jackson. >>> tonight 2 investigates the 3 figures and the case against them. ktvu's eric rasmussen has been going through the indictments and she here now. >> the 137 page indictment accuses california state sen

state senator leland yee, raymond "shrimp boy" chow, notorious former chinatown gang leader and yee's consultant jackson. yee is out on bail this morning but could be facing a lifetime behind bars if convicted of all the federal charges against him. >>> reporter: senator leland yee left the courthouse with no comment. one of the bay area's highest ranking politicians now finds himself facing public corruption charges as well as charges related to selling weapons. his attorney says his client will plead not guilty. he says that he is innocent? >> we'll always as in every case enter not guilty pleas and then the case takes on a life of its own with discovery being provided, motions being made, sometimes a case ending up in trial. >> reporter: the fbi conducted a series of raids across northern california eventually arresting more than two dozen people with crimes ranging from selling drugs and weapons to murder-for-hire. >> basically, he is being accused of trading political favors in exchange for money. >> reporter: kpix 5 legal analyst melissa griffin said he needed money for his curr

another notable name -- former chinatown gangster -- raymond "shrimp boy" chow. this -- after more than a dozen raids in san francisco, sacramento, and san mateo. >> catherine: grant lodes is here now with more about senator yee. grant? >> reporter:california senate president pro tem - and democratic >> reporter: reelected in the year 2000 and in 2002 elected as an and assembly man >> catherine: leader darrell steinberg commented on the corruption charges against yee. >> this indictment is sickening. on behalf of my colleagues today called on center street to reside. please. senator yee to shaw resign. top hat >> catherine: our political analyst michael yaki has joined us. >> reporter: >> everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. i was quite shocked. that he did legislation for money etc. what everyone is continuing to talk about is begun chargers. gun charges >> allegedly was trying to help someone brokered eight army deal. to smuggle guns into the united states. beyond the one of the meal which is quite different >> catherine: i have heard people compa

meanwhile, notorious chinatown criminal raymond chow is expected back in court next week. many call shrimp boy served time in prison in 1990s. he convinced everyone, almost everyone, that he was a changed man. tonight we're hearing from people who say he really did some good work with youths at risk. live in san francisco with that part of the story. >> reporter: raymond chow grew up in a gang here in san francisco and served time in prison, when he was released and came back to san francisco, he spent time at the youth center telling kids, there's a different path, a better way. some kids say he changed their lives. >> i feel like he still, you know, possibly didn't do what he did, you know what i mean? if he did, then i will be really, really hurt. >> reporter: rudy doesn't want to believe raymond chow, or shrimp boy, is once again tangled up in a life of crime. he says chow inspired at-risk youth at united players like no one else. that's chow outside the clubhouse in 2012. >> actually, he let them know that no matter how bad you did, you can transition into something g

raymond chow has a long criminal past.es murder-for-hire, drug trafficking, arson and racketeering. he has been on the fbi's radar now for a long, long time. but chow has said in recent years he has left crime behind. he is leader of a social club in the san francisco chinatown and has been known to hang out with political leaders like lieutenant governor gavin newsom. he has been rapids with proclamations from -- recognized with proclamations from tom ammiano and ed lee. but fbi agents say chow was laundering money, selling stolen arms and contraband cigarettes. >>> state senator leland yee has been an advocate for gun chrome. more from anne makovec who joins us live from the newsroom. >> reporter: yee was a vocal gun control advocate especially in recent years. but at the same time, according to the feds, he was building connections with international arms dealers. >> to have allowed the bad guys to be able to have a weapon that will continually shootout bullets. >>> reporter: that was leland yee talking in 2012 after he

the prominent democrat elected along side raymond chow and keith jackson. this is a shocking and complex indictment and the legal saga is just beginning. team coverage on the developing story. peggy bunker is in the studio with details about chow and jackson. let's start with christie smith live outside yee's home. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. as state senator yee does step out there are a row of reporters out here waiting for him. and of course he has a mountain of legal troubles ahead. he is accused of accepting cash but also accused of talking about undercover fbi agents about ties he had to drug runners all across the world. last night returning home yee appeared somewhat tired after a jaw dropping day, arrested, then a federal court appearance. 137-page affidavit, raids of more than a half dozen locations around the bay area and beyond, from a politician who championed trying to outlaw violent video games and introducedant gun violence legislation. his attorney says this is going to be a long and complicated case. >> we will a

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one of them is raymond chow boy." >> i run this city. who can tell me something i can i do?obody. >> catherine: chow was the former leader of a chinese criminal organization with ties to hong kong. keith jackson was also named in the affidavit. he's a well known bay area political consultant. we'll have more details on both men. tonight at 8:30. new at 8-- >> catherine: >> catherine: a bay area school district is making changes. after a teacher is suspected of dozens of sex crimes against children. >> catherine: since ron guinto's arrest, there's been an outcry of concern from parents. tonight. the west contra costa unified school district is meeting to revise its hiring policies. kron 4's jeff bush is live in the east bay with the latest. jeff? >> reporter: concerned parents and that is one it came to light that there were no sound background checks for teachers. and that change tonight. >> did not visually cover all of the background checks. we actually tonight are cut up we are doing it now. we change our policy and now we would do it at the board level to make sure that

. >> raymond "shrimp boy" chow is no stranger to bay area law enforcement. kpix 5's linda yee talked to him just a few years ago about his colorful past and how he claimed to have changed. she joins us now. linda? >> reporter: well, liz, raymond chow is one of chinatown's most notorious gangsters. he became the leader of the chee kung tong which is right here behind me in spofford ally in chinatown. this is where the fbi caught up with him earlier today and arrested him. now, when that exclusive interview we had with him 8 years ago, he said he was going straight. this was after a life of crime. well, merchants here in chinatown did not believe it. so as a result, today nobody wanted to talk on the record or even publicly because they told me of his long reach. yet there were still others who looked up to chow as a leader. >>> reporter: just last friday, raymond chow was honored at this anniversary dinner of the chee kung tong social club he heads. a police source says hundreds of menke of the tong were cheering him on calling him big brother. he is the same

senator yee and raymond "shrimp boy" chow.ith chow telling kids not to get into the criminal underworld. it's all on our website. kron-4-dot-com. pin join us now is our financial expert--political analysts michael yaki. >>: the fbi has a mall wiretaps everything the same things and that's will do nothing more than feed the cynicism and distrust and increase in the loss of faith that people have a government that this is how government actually works. and it's not but >>: when i was in public office if i made sure there were very bright line between what to do as a legislator and what to do and fund-raising. what to sell in the criminal complaint and the idea that you did stuff as part of boy to do as a legislator pepo help people all through government and put a price tag on it. put in a menu of services that to choose from like order #eight order #b for 10002000. a proclamation for $6,800. that is not what we do but this is apparently what allegedly leland yee. did. " accretes this mistrust and the government and the time tha

this is raymond chow known as shrimp boy on the street. a convicted criminal as of late living a double life, bragging about being a rehabilitated former gang member even giving speeches to children about giving up a life of crime, and all the while living one behind closed doors. his rap sheet goes back to 1978 including federal racketeering charges, attempted murder, murder for hire, gun trafficking and more. in his shiny suits and silk pocket squares he was intent on creating a celebrity image trying to sell his story to hollywood. he faces charges of money laundering and trafficking of stolen property and contraband. the fbi believes until chow's arrest he played a role in a sizable san francisco street gang the hop sing gang. his association with senator yee is one that caught mayor ed lee by surprise. >> i'm still in shock. when fbi do their raids and warrant enforcements they don't warn anybody about what it is. >> also arrested in the raid was well known well connected political consultant keith jackson, a former member of the san

raymond linda yee reports. >> reporter: raymond "shrimp boy" ciao is a notorious chinatown gangster whod his community back in 1970. he said in an exclusive interview to us eight years ago that he was giving up his life of crime and going straight. but that is something the cops never believed. raymond chow claimed he was going legit. but san francisco police and the fbi had him under surveillance. they suspected chow was behind the still unsolved 2006 murder of chinatown businessman allen leung. chow told kpix 5 then he was innocent. do you know who killed allen leung? >> no. >> reporter: did you order it? >> no. >> reporter: the year before he was gunned down, leung told the fbi he feared for his life after his tong a social club that helps merchants and immigrants turned down raymond's demand for $120,000. leung's funeral was one of the biggest in chinatown history. he was the head of two tongs and chow boldly stood out wearing white. there are some who say he dressed in white to stand out in the crowd and to say see, i'm a big shot here. >> what they know about our culture and tradi

. >> it's address to whom arrest raymond from tree management experts. >> addressed to whom. >> raymond. >> so it's an internal item. who's the author >> put it on the overhead so everyone can see it. >> oh. looks like it's an extinct or before us >> can i see the letterhead. >> the gentleman is with the park merced he was in front of me. >> oh, i see. as i say we want to review this and see because the last 93 trees are going to be a huge thing >> i don't understand the context of the report. do you? >> i think it's justification for taking the trees clear kci terminal the entire hillside because of this report that's what it is but we never saw the report we only saw the violation of the eir with no information to back up. this appears to be the informatio information. >> is the eir the 91 pages. where's the eir with your with you you're referring to >> the may 2010 park merced. >> where is it. >> at planning. >> was it any submission. >> our attorney last month made reference to it. >> oh. >> it was in the hearing and he showed a map as well. >> oh, got it. thank you >> thank you. >>

, but raymond will be the first person to tell me, i was a bad person. i was a vicious man and he's very open about it. >> reporter: one interesting thing nathan shared with me is that raymond chow actually provided him with a letter, basically a letter of protection when he traveled over seas to china. chow signed this letter so in case nathan got in trouble with gangs in china, he could show them this letter. he said that was one of the more interesting exchanges that the two of them had. by the way, that documentary they are working on is supposed to be out on pbs's front line sometime in may or june. we're live in san francisco, chase cane. >> chase, thank you. for more coverage on the story, our website features the court documents, plus pictures and exclusive video of the fbi arrest at nbc bay area.com. >>> another storm brewing offshore. you can see storm clouds moving in over san raphael. when will we see some rainfall? >> right now we're seeing an interesting mix of conditions. still warm around san jose near 70 at this hour. you saw san ra rafa

. >> and the chinese frees masons were looking for evidence looking to the arrest of raymond chow known as shrimp boy. chow serves as a chairman of the free masons. he is charged with money laundering and dealing with stolen property the big fish was state senator leland yee >> i can confirm state senator leland yee is a part of the investigation taking place at this time. >> yee arrested in his home in the sunset district this morning driven to the federal building where he was booked on public corruption charges including bribery and weapons trafficking the fbi and sacramento sek cured the office in the capitol. he is also a candidate for secretary of state. the raids involved fbi eshgs other federal agencies and local police. >> this morning fbi executed multiple arrests and search warrants. >> hundreds hit homes and buildings in san francisco and this building in the bay view. federal agents carted off boxes of evidence one target was this home on 42 nd avenue. agents seized marijuana plants and other evidence from the house which one source says was a site of a pot grow. those arre

raymond chow is just five foot five -- and was called "shrimp boy" when he was growing up in hong kong. the name stuck when he moved here as a teenager. callous second-in-comman another man arrested in the corruption case -- political consultant keith jackson. jackson worked closely with senator yee, and is accused of illegally soliciting thousands of dollars for yee's campaign. as kron 4's alecia reid reports - other charges against him include international weapons trafficking. keith jackson is accused of soliciting funds for leland yee's secretary of state campaign, in exchange for connections to a weapons dealer. court papers say an undercover agent asked jackson to help him acquire up to 2 million dollars worth of missiles and automatic weapons. documents show jackson assured the agent the deal would go through. the agent had to provide a shopping list. jackson was to turn it over to the arms dealer, who would then give the list to his nephew in the philippines. both senator yee and jackson would have been paid 100-thousand dollars. there's also reference to cocaine transaction. j

one is chinatown gangster raymond "shrimp boy" chow. and the other is political consultant keith jackson. lined these two are still in federal custody. obviously, he was the key arrests but there are others including 24 other suspects. i will show you a picture of bremen. for the past 10 years, he has been crafting this image that he was a changed man, he was a federal prison for eight years on gun trafficking charges. gun related charges. he was released in 2003 and they stated that he convinced many respected lawmakers including the mayor as well as the u.s. ministe sinister feinstein thate was changed. there arrested him on multiple charges trying to launder money to undercover agents between march 2011 and december 2013. if you're talking about three months ago when it ended. most of the suspects are linked to the chinatown brothers association. they stated that chow runs this. >> keith jackson, he was the top education man in san francisco, the president of the border education. he was arrested, accused of conspiracy to guns and tr

raymonds, which is the oldest church in the county. he fell off and he died. >> reporter: over centuries how has dublin changed? >> we have a lot of new growth and development, forward thinking. at the same time we have to honor and cherish the past. >> reporter: how do you celebrate st. patrick's day. >> lion's club hosts a parade at 9:30 saturday and the whole community comes. the city has a festival from 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m. saturday and sunday at the civic center and the shamrock run is sunday morning at 8:30. there is a lot of festivities here. >> reporter: is everybody irish on st. patrick's day? >> yes. i am 100% italian but i am 100% irish on st. patrick's day. >> reporter: i hope you enjoyed this week's edition of where's roberta. hope to see you at the parade tomorrow in dublin. don't go away. we'll be right back after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,, covered california is howet californians can take advantage of the affordable care act. we can help you get quality health insurance right now. to sign up, call 800-890-7561 or go to covered

. >>> today a quick but much anticipated court appearance from raymond chow and leland yee. good afternoon everyone i'm michelle griego. >> good afternoon everyone. mark, you were in the courtroom this morning, tell us what happened. >> reporter: i was, frank raymond, shrimp boy chow made the first appearance. he's still in custody. we learned today he doesn't have council. so he'll have another court appearance come this wednesday. as for leland yee, he's out on bond, 500,000-dollar bond. today his preliminary hearing was set for april 8th. a stone faced leland yee left federal court monday morning making no comment to the press and still not entering a plea. but yee's attorney did not miss an opportunity to defend his high-profile client and poke holes in the prosecution's case. first, why did the case against yee take several years for the government to build. three years in fact. >> the government did not think that they had a case they could make until towards the end they started pushing -- the agents started pushing this idea of the arms dealing. >> reporter: he would

according to the indictment, raymond chow is the leader of that organization. today, our cameras captured firefighters carrying pry bars, even chainsaws into the building. a source says they were trying to use the tools to open an antique safe. we also saw agents leave the building with garbage bags and boxes of evidence, but they wouldn't comment specifically on what they confiscated. >>> democratic leaders are already calling on leeland yee to resign. he represents district 8, covering a large part of san francisco and san mateo counties. as ktvu's ken pritchett reports, yee's arrest is just the latest in a series of scandals to rock the democratic party. >> reporter: these are agents of the fbi, halling out evidence from the office of leeland yee. >> very unusual, very distressing. actually shocking. >> reporter: he has known senator ye e and his family for years, but says he learned of the story with the rest of us, as the day went on. >> i understand he's in custody. that is a very, very heavy thing to react to. and try to sort it out. >> reporter: as the

also, profile of the state senator and raymond shrimp boy chow.nti-crime video with chow telling kids not to get into the criminal underworld. this is all on our website kron4.com >> and new this morning. a man is rush to the hospital by helicopter with serious burns. this is an livermore, the fire happened around 1:00 a.m. this morning. a man was airlifted to the burn center. firefighters said that he tried to put out the fire himself. flames destroyed at least two units of this apartment building. >> the west contra costa district is changing their hiring policies after a teacher was accused of molesting students. the school board decided unanimously that background checks will not be required of any teacher who applies. the change stems from the arrest that was made. as it turns out, there was no such policy in place at the time. >> this policy will go into effect immediately. >> coming up on the kron4 new is new video from venezuela, where hotbeds for protest are looking more and more like war zones. >> how would you like your boss to pay for

ah, you must be raymond. yeah. hi. hi. wife last night about coming by to demonstrate our system. oh, right. yeah, oh, the vacuum. i thought she said that we didn't need a new vacuumum cleaner. yeah, she did. i remember because it was right before she told me that i have to go pick up something from somewhere. oh, you didn't happen to catch any of th, did you? sorry. yeah, so, when we spoke last night,, things did seem pretty hectic, so, since i happen to be in the neighborhood, i wondered if maybe now might be a good time to come show you how wonderful the humm vac is, and to offer you this complimentary lint brush. yeah. i don't know. my wife says i'm really not supposed to -- come on, ray. it's complimentary. may i, robert? this won't hurt a bit.

according to the indictment, raymond chow is the leader of that organization. today, our cameras captured firefighters carrying pry bars, even chainsaws into the building. a source says they were trying to use the tools to open an antique safe. we also saw agents leave the building with garbage bags and boxes of evidence, but they wouldn't comment specifically on what they confiscated. >>> democratic leaders are already calling on leeland yee to resign. he represents district 8, covering a large part of san francisco and san mateo counties. as ktvu's ken pritchett reports, yee's arrest is just the latest in a series of scandals to rock the democratic party. >> reporter: these are agents of the fbi, halling out evidence from the office of leeland yee. >> very unusual, very distressing. actually shocking. >> reporter: he has known senator ye e and his family for years, but says he learned of the story with the rest of us, as the day went on. >> i understand he's in custody. that is a very, very heavy thing to react to. and try to sort it out. >> reporter: as the

the other major players in the scandal raymond "shrimp boy" chow a gangster and a political consultant. cornell bernard has more. >> arms deals, bribery and corruption. this criminal complaint reads like a spy novel and one of the bay area's highest ranking politicians was a key player. >> the charges are pretty serious. what do you have to say? >> he walked out of federal court with nothing to say to reporters. he jumped in a waiting car and sped away. yee was arrested early today at his home and taken to federal court where he was charged with weapons trafficking and public corruption and soliciting money for political favors. the criminal complaint charges 26 people including infamous chinatown gangster who was charged with money laundering and dealing in stolen property. they raided the senate office before dawn. >> this morning the fbi is executing multiple arrest and search warrants. >> agents raided this building in san francisco's bay view district where they carted off boxes of evidence. one of the targets was this home on 42nd home in san mateo where they seized marijuana pla

. >> now due in court tomorrow, raymond shrimp boy chow. more details. the federal investigation that led to the corruption charges against leland yee started back in 2006 with the killing of san francisco businessman allen lee young. at the time he was the head of the chinese freemasons and replaced by raymond shrimp boy chow. many believe chow is responsible for leung's death. but officially, the death is still unsolved. >>> happening today, the deadline for signing obamacare. janine de la vega has more. >> reporter: i've been logging onto covered california every half-hour. i've been playing around with it and have been able to create an account and i haven't run into any problems just yet. but there's bound to be a rush of people. i will continue to monitor it to make sure that it keeps on working because people are gonna try to get on it today to enroll. earlier this morning, people in states such as louisiana and virginia were getting a message telling them that -- it says they have a lot of visitors on the healthcare.com website. it's asking them

. >> more details now on raymond "shrimp boy" chow he is a former member of the san francisco china town street gang, over the past years hes has been -- hes habeen convicted -- he has been convicted on several charges. he was released from prison in 2003 after cutting a deal with the government to testify against an associate. he is currently head of a association in san francisco, and our coverage of the story continues throughout the newscast. at 5:30 p.m. one of the raids hit a snag today, why the fbi had to call in firefighters to get a certain piece of evidence out of the building. >>> to our storm watch coverage. a live picture of what is happening at the bay bridge. clouds in the sky. not pouring right now but think back 12 hours ago a different story. it was pouring for much of the morning. ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin told us to expect that yesterday and how much rain did we get? >> what difference between this morning ask this afternoon -- and this afternoon. there are still showers and severe weather north of here. the rainfall this morning, the front. rainfall accu

otras 24 personas fueron implicadas, incluyendo raymond chow, a quien el fbi describe como un mafiosoposicin de autoridad dentro del triad, una organizacin criminal internacional. segn una declaracin federal, yee le dijo a agentes encubiertos que l tena contactos para obtener armas automticas, y que su posicin en la venta de armas era 'agnstica.' tambin, segn la declaracin, yee acept un cheque de 5 mil dlares a cambio de presentar un contacto, es decir por trfico de influencias... cesar ---uno de los cargos que enfrenta el senador "yee" es trafico de armas, y este especialmente dejo a muchos boquiabiertos... take vo ---debido a que el senador impulso una ley para el control de armas de fuego luego de la masacre en la escuela primaria sandy hook, en la que murieron 20 niÑos en 2012... ---yee fue nombrado como un paladin de la lucha en contra de la violencia con armas de fuego. nat-sound blanca ---tambien se conocieron mas detalles sobre "raymond chow" alias el "shrimp boy", capturado por el mismo caso del senador yee. ---hace algunos aÑos, fue parte de un documental de "national geogra

abc7 news. >> now, along with senator yee, raymond chow, aka, shrimp boy was arrested today. chow was theen -- the enforcer of the street gang in the 1980s. now he admits he ran prostitution rings and extorted thousands of dollars from business owners. during an interview chow told abc7 news reporter that he put his criminal past behind him. >> i want to do something for the kid. i want to do something for the community. i just don't want to sit at home and be useless. i know i can do something in my life. >> at the time of the interview chow was being followed by rt thats who were not convinced he had changed his ways. the indictment against yee is very long and very specific. if you would like to read it we have posted it on our website, abc7news.com. look for it under see it on tv. >> tonight wild weather in northern california. powerful video showing a rare tornado touching down in the middle of a neighborhood. it captured these tense moments when a twister blew through his subdivision. alan wang is in that neighborhood to show us the damage. alan? >> carolyn, the tornado

. >> and five-time emmy winner doris roberts is with us, so funny from "everybody loves raymond." do you know what today is? today is a very, very special day. today is the day one year ago exactly on this day i found the cutest dog. >> was it a year ago? >> today. i didn't know but -- >> oh! >> one year ago. do we have the video? let's see it. because i want to see the selection process. >> i'm so excited. >> i really was. hi. i hear you. i hear you, kevin. oh, my god! >> it was such a great day. >> and they lived happily ever after. >> he's so adorable. >> there he is. he won't go potty on your terrace. >> two problems. so we have news about prince harry. first of all, if you were watching nbc last night, there was a really great special about how harry trekked across antarctica for this thing called south pole heroes and he went with a bunch of people. >> veterans, right? >> yeah. war veterans. look, if you ever wondered if he had any ounce of entitlement in him, you would have learned that there's not one bit after watching this thing. they attempted to race 130 miles over ten

raymond chow has already served two stints in state prison. court documents show he's leader of a san francisco street gang. nbc bay area's chase cane reports from chinatown. >> san francisco police stood watch as fbi agents went in and out of the chinese freemason's building early this morning in chinatown. raymond chow, known as shrimp boy, is a big part of the reason y.pictures from his facebook page show he's led a vibrant social life in the past few years since his release from prison for the second time. but a lengthy criminal complaint claimed that he has been up to much more recently, including allegations of money laundering and trafficking in stolen property and contraband. youtube video shows people talking to him in the streets of chinatown where he's earned a sort of celebrity status as a former criminal and gang member who cleaned up his act and even mayor ed lee knew chow. >> he's been in prison before coming out at night and obviously i always have the greatest hope that people can rehabilitate. >> but the charges from the fbi

in this interview six years ago, chow said he was a reformed man. >> raymond, myself, i upfront facect my life. >> but the big fish was state senator leland yee arrested and driven to the federal building and booked on weapons trafficking and soliciting money for political favors. meantime, the fbi in sacramento secured his office in the

the original target was raymond "shrimp boy" chow who has a hit of racketeer asking drug crimes.r the agent gained the confidence of raymond "shrimp boy" chow and chow introduced him to jackson would brought in leland yee. we posted an entire criminal complain against senator yee at our website at abc7 news.com >>> pg&e is waiting to be hit with criminal charges in the pipeline gas explosion three years ago saying in a document filed yesterday with the securities and exchange commission that it expected the united states attorney to file the charges against it soon. eight people were killed and 38 homes were destroyed when the pipeline exploded. year, pg&e spokesman released an apology video. >> regardless of what is next we want all the families to know we have learned the tragic lesson, that safety must always come first. >> wish they would site the executives especially the one that left with the $30 million severance package. >> pg&e says a criminal case with tough sanctions could dam the finances and the ability to improve their 100-year-old point line. >> a teacher accuses

in this interview six years ago, chow said he was a reformed man. >> raymond, myself, i upfront face up to the past i have done. and to try to correct my life. >> but the big fish was state senator leland yee arrested and driven to the federal building and booked on weapons trafficking and soliciting money for political favors. meantime, the fbi in sacramento secured his office in the capitol. a chp officer stood guard he is a candidate for secretary of state. one of california's highest offices. the predawn raids involved fbi, other agsz and local police. >> this morning fbi executed multiple arrests and search warrants. >> hundreds of agents and police hit homes and businesses in san francisco. the raids including this building where federal agents and police carted off boxes of evidence. one of the tarring writs was this home on 42 avenue in san mateo. federal agents seized marijuana plants and other evidence from the house which one source says was the site of a pot grow. those arrested appeared in court to be arraigned one is keith jackson, a well-known political consultant and

court to discuss getting attorneys assigned and setting bail the public defender refused to defend raymond shrimp boy chow given his history of crime. he has been contacted by several high profile lawyers. keith jackson being represented by the attorney that defended john walker lindh. both men will be back in court next week. >> one lawyer is lawyer stew handlynn. abc7 news learned jew gave information about the fund raising to federal authorities. >> yee was at raise money, a red envelope, putting pressure to give you money. >> coming up tonight, only on abc7 news at 5:00 what ed jew's lawyer says the feds did with the information. >> and we have breaking news in san francisco. sky 7 is over the scene of a crash between a muni light rail vehicle and a car. it looks worse than it is. emergency crews tell us no one was injured it happened about 30 minutes ago at intersection of 19th avenue and winston street. no word yet on how the car ended up on the tracks. >> in richmond a teacher accused of molesting students was back in court this afternoon. he faces two dozen charges of kidnapping an

raymond, he is 54 years old. he is a chinatown gangster.een out of prison tried to reform, rehabilitate himself. he told everybody that he was changed, they were not binding. they are rested him along with 25 other people. he is accused of many things including money laundering. he has been imprisoned 22 years out of the 54 he's been on our. let's talk about the jackson, he is a common denominator between the two of them. here is a consultant and a campaign financial adviser. he is accused, 48 years old, trafficking guns and murder for hire plots, apparently fbi investigators stated that he did not say no to one. he is well known at one point been the most influential educator in san francisco. also, he did not make bail, these two are in court friday but they did have an attorney, when that are ride, they will be asked if they have an attorney, if they do, they will set dates for their future dates. what will happen down the road, if not, they would enter a plea. >> coming up 7:00 a.m. we will talk about the senator, are laid down all the

it's very hard, says raymond. he was my little buddy. he wanted to make sure that no matter what, we continued to enjoy life, and we're trying to do that. michael's tragic loss was the first combat death for the 101st airborne division based in fort campbell, kentucky, for that deployment to afghanistan. he joined the army in august of 2007 and arrived at fort campbell in december of 2010. he served as a fire support specialist. in his family, michael was known as a prankster. his last big prank was pulled on his younger sister, dallas. michael promised dallas he would buy her a car. he had his older sister wendy tell dallas that michael was determined to make good on his word but that he had bought her a really old and ugly car. wendy told dallas that she would have to act excited so as to not hurt michael's feelings. far from a beat-up clunker, michael gave his sister ace own -- his own jeep cherokee just before he deployed to afghanistan. michael loved sports of all kinds. he played golf to relax and won a golf tournament at fort camp

he's the manager of mayfield fan who have the fight on hbo's again one of the other defendants raymond chow put a picture of this page with mayfield >> : see him in jackson the son of keith jackson. whose political consultant of state senator lynn d. sullivan and brandon jackson are accused of taking part in a murder for hire scheme. according to the criminal complaint august and 13 south the fbi agent meets with fbi >> : rhonda's senior with his court appearances and >> : on offered services if you want to be gone >> : in and ask how much kron charge for killing someone on said $10,000. the agent then described the suspicious perpent person anyone skilled man from reno brennan said " according to the complaint he could do it or i could" >> : the agent brings the potential victim to our restaurant and solvent than the accused of coming to check out the target by sitting at the bar in trying to gain a physical description. so then allegedly tells the nation about the murder for hire " it is easy work out my eyes on the guy and have my boy knocked and down i saw my ties the street. " >>

the original target was shrimp -- was raymond "shrimp boy" chow who was a criminal history. then they expanded into guns and drugs and chow introduced agents to jackson a former school board president who brought in leland yee. we continue on twitter with more reporting. we posted the entire criminal complaint against senator yee. >>> the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 is taking a new direction shifting 700 miles northeast from where they have searched for days based on a new analysis suggests it flew faster than thought and used more fuel cutting the distance it could travel before going down in the ocean. the new search area is closer to australia where the southwest better so crews can get there faster and spend more time in the skies looking if -- for debris. >> members of the red cross are headed to washington state to help cope with the tragedy. efforts to recover are continuing in oso where 26 people are then to have been killed in the mud shout. no-- in the mudslide. the list of those unaccounted for stands at nine. >> president obama is on the way to saudi