next is rennie, a former city staffer and elementary school educator. webb, among several candidates fighting for a safer city and to restore integrity to public office. the special election that is scheduled for april was set in motion after the former mayor was recalled by voters last november. xiang tao was then indicted last month on corruption charges, accused of bribery, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud. tao has denied all wrongdoing. back now live two tonight's forum with the candidates. it is the first of its kind and will focus on the housing and the environment. it's being held at the block community hub on broadway in oakland. candidates for oakland city council district two are also part of a forum earlier. six candidates are running for that seat formerly held by nikki fortunato bass. now, as i mentioned, that special election for mayor is set for april 15th. we are monitoring tonight's forum where as you can see now, lauren taylor is addressing the crowd. we will have more coming up tonight on the 10:00 news. meantime, oakland officials are

as well as former city attorneys luis rennie and dennis herrera. >> we welcome board of super from the board of supervisors, the newly elected president rafael mandolin along with supervisors chan chen dorsey and gado mahmood melgar. sadr, cheryl and walton. kind of sounds like a law firm doesn't from the board of education and city college of san francisco we welcome our school board members. gupta huning delay lam kim and ray city college trustees. >> chisti makati wong and zamora. >> and we give thanks to the many members of our city department heads who are here and commissioner who's in the audience too many to acknowledge by name and if for some chance we missed anyone you can please take it up with the city attorney. i have one last task and then you're done with me. oops. you've got to give it forget. >> i would now like to andrews someone who fights for justice for working people every day. president of the california labor federation lorraine gonzalez. it's all your being here. >> well, thank you. it is an honor to be in a place that is just so historic and beautiful. and i'm

in spite of the eye—watering sum, reverend rennie is feeling positive, buoyed by the thought of all those vested interest in dunfermline coming forward to participate in shaping the abbey's future. tony mcguire gb news, dunfermline. >> well. >> well. >> there we go. thank you very much, tony. >> we've got a real problem actually, with crumbling churches up and down the country and not enough money to fix them up. >> yes, indeed. well, often i find that those churches are now no longer churches are. they are, which is a bit of a problem. so there we go. well, we have got loads more coming your way. i just want to reiterate so many great talking points on the show. today's european armies getting you all going. you know, there's been another terror attack by an asylum seeker in europe as well. so in austria this time we'll be talking about all of that mass. >> general. >> general. >> the attorney general. >> the attorney general. >> representing all of these wrong'uns. is that a problem for you, gerry adams? >> i mean, the mastermind of 9/11 mastermind. >> it doesn't. >> it doesn't. >> it d