ron tom, director, department of building inspection. today we have an update on the tall building review process. last time i made this presentation it was in january's commission hearing. so we want to thank you for the opportunity again to present to you and to give you this update and we do appreciate the building commission's work and oversight. we look forward to continuing to collaborate with you and other city agencies, the chosen experts and others. the technical task force has completed its review of ab082, that's the guidelines and the procedures for structural design review. and we're awaiting the board of director's action on task force recommendations in late march or early april 2018. the technical task force has begun its review of ab083 and that's the requirements and guidelines for the seismic design of new tall buildings using the nonprescriptive seismic design procedures. now the information sheet, interim guidelines for geotechnical and seismic hazard engineering design review for new tall buildings was reissued on d

tom? >> a truly sad story. ron, thank you. >>> next, to the latest aviation casualties involving u.s. military here at home. now totaling seven this week. the u.s. army confirming today two soldiers were killed when their apache helicopter crashed in a training area in ft. campbe campbell, kentucky. an air force thunderbird pilot killed wednesday when his f-16 crashed. and four crew members lost when their marine helicopter went down in a routine training mission earlier this week in california. >>> next, to the scare in the aisles of a sam's club, when two explosives went off inside the store. abc's marci gonzalez with what happened next. >> reporter: tonight, police in southern california say they're trying to figure out why this man allegedly set off two homemade bombs inside this sam's club. the explosions thursday lighting up the aisles, sending shoppers running and smoke billowing through the store. >> it wasn't like shaking, earth shaking big explosion, but it was a low sound, like boom. >> reporter: officers chasing and later arresting 49-year-old hugo gonzalez. police saying

presidential kind of ron paul who's the chairman of the institute of peace and prosperity. tom when a crime is committed in this country to stations when they're not sure they're careful they say this is allegedly but they never do this under these circumstances and they have zero bits of information it's only and over again they had to the person is guilty and that is that person is you know the russians and the syrians are guilty of a crime and it goes over and over again you know did that this script and then they finally had to give up here know that nothing came panned out so they had to go on to a new one so as one runs out of steam they create another fake news program. i think the least likely because saad this whole idea saw it's over and over again i probably heard ten times today assad is gassing his own people and i've said it every time i haven't a son and you know month or two later they prove that was absolutely wrong so i cannot see any reason why assad would do this there's no reason for a russian have done this there's somebody who wants to serve trouble and t

spoken about the situation with former us presidential candidate ron paul he's now chair of the institute for peace and prosperity. tom when a crime is committed in this country the stations when they're not sure they're careful they say this is allegedly but they never do this under these circumstances they have zero bits of information it's over and over again they had to the person is guilty and that is the person that is you know the russians and the syrians are guilty of a crime and it goes over and over again you know did cripples and then they finally had to give up here know that nothing came panned out so they had to go on to a new one so as one runs out of steam they create another fake news program. i think the least likely would be sod this whole idea saw it's over and over again ten times a day assad is gassing his own people and i've said it every time i haven't a son in a month or two later they prove that was absolutely wrong so i cannot see any reason why assad would do this there's no reason for russian have done this there's somebody who wants to serve up trouble and the people who want to stay ther

ron rosenstein keep his job? standby. back to the panel. tom bevan, mollie hemingway, mike allen. >> my colleague mike allen cheerfully said mueller is unafraid. it is worth remembering he was unafraid when he botched the anthrax investigation by targeting the wrong person. i think there's definitely a burden of proof that the fbi, department of justice, and special counsel have to meet. president trump talked about some of the conflicts of interest. rosenstein has a few of them, not just when he was cited for the letter recommending the fire of comey. he was probably the guy who signed off on andrew mccabe's ridiculous investigation as to whether sessions was a russian spy. he is overseeing this ag investigating fisa abuses of which rosenstein was involved. plenty of conflicts. it would be good for the media to be thinking about them. the special counsel, so many democrats, all the problems we've seen. it's worth remembering congress has been requesting to find out how did the investigation into russia start. the department of justice and fbi

. >>> ron, what's going on in the news department? >> good morning to you, tom, paula, adrienne. sam, good morning to you. no ribbing about miami because tom is here. >> yeah. >> i know. >> it's a great place. >> great place. >> we're all outnumbered. >> i know. >> good morning, everyone. we're going to begin with a nationwide health alert. the cdc warning consumers to throw away any romaine lettuce that they may have because it might be tainted with e. coli that's been linked to that vegetable. this warning, this new warning comes after more than 50 people in 16 states have been sickened after eating romaine lettuce. the contaminated lettuce has been traced to yuma, arizona, where it was grown. >>> in northern florida, vigils, prayers and a police procession for two sheriff's deputies who were gunned down while eating lunch at a restaurant on thursday. investigators say they still don't know why the shooter entered the restaurant in gilchrist county, florida, and opened fire on the two officers. the suspect, 59-year-old john highnote, was found dead inside of his car from a self

. >>> let's send things over to ron claiborne for a look at the other stories we're covering this morning. >> good morning to you, paula, tomrienne. everyone. we begin in georgia. police are trying to figure out how a convicted killer disappeared from an atlanta courtroom just before his verdict was handed down. a manhunt is on for verlaine laguerre, who seemingly walked away from the courthouse during a lunch break at his trial on friday. he was out on bond and not in police custody. after he fled, he and a co-defendant were found guilty. of gunning down 19-year-old matthew hardaman in 2011. >>> in cincinnati, new body cam video shows police officers circling a parking lot but never getting out of their vehicle as they respond to a 911 call from a teenager who was trapped and suffocating inside his van. investigators are looking into the officers' response and questioning if more should have been done. 16-year-old kyle plush died, pinned by an overturned seat in the vehicle. >>> in new york state, syracuse university announcing the decision to permanently expel the theta tau fraternity. this after video surfaced of them us

let's get into the details with attorney tom dupree who served as principle deputy sent a attorney general in the george w. bush administration plus republican ronantis who joins us from florida tonight and steven, a former federal prosecutor. gentlemen, it's great to see all of you. steven, let's start with you here. jim comey as former fbi director, perhaps thought that, look, i'm the fbi director. i can declare what's classified and declare what's not classified and so if i shoot these memos over to pal of mine at columbia law school, no big deal. he will give them to the press and it will cause a big stir and maybe my reputation bolstered maybe even start a special counsel. but, doesn't this mean that you know, comey could be in hot water now with this new investigation? >> i'm not sure that's really the case, laura. it's important to remember exactly what we know here. we won't know for sure until the inspector general has concluded its investigation about what all the facts are for sure. but the "wall street journal" has reported that there are only two memos that comey gave to his friend that had any classified information. one of them he

. >> tom, richard nixon was born in the outback of california. it was a californiaian and that a major ron why ike pick him, looking towards the west and set of southwest. but heyed a a blow hard of a four who was emotionally abusive to his sons and a very reserved, cold mother, who as nixon once hall of fame -- famously said, my under never said she loved me. he had a brother two died and the oldest brother, the sort of the favorite son of the family, died of -- both of forms of tuberculosis, ruining the family finances and making nixon a bit are -- all this left him as a bitter and insecure man,en security which fed that tragic flaw. he was like iogo to his to his ohno the low. you're not handsome like jack kennedy, the press hates you, the press hates you, over and over again. then picked within six years of coming have as a houston commander from the -- lieutenant commander from the south pacific. going from a complete nobody to vice president of the united states and he is a very happy guy, and he -- all he wants to be is admired and be a working man of ike's team, and you really can'

ron, we'll wait for that report as you do. >> thanks. >> shannon: another big-name television anchor accused of sexual misconduct, this time nbc's tom brokaw by a former colleague and she is not the only one. an update on baby alfie, the infant fighting for his life as his parents fight the british health care system. that's coming up. ♪ long lasting. they've found themselves in a chevy truck. and now, you can too. see for yourself why chevrolet is the most awarded and fastest growing brand the last four years overall. switch into a new chevy now. current competitive owners can gethree thousand dollars total cash allowance on most colorado pickups. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. 3 toddlers won't stop him.. and neither will lower back pain. because at a dr. scholl's kiosk he got a recommendation for our custom fit orthotic to relieve his foot, knee, or lower back pain, from being on his feet. dr. scholl's. born to move. to bring together a group of remarkable people. to help save the universe... from paying too much on their car insurance. hey, there's cake in the breakroom... what are you doing? um...nothing? marvel studios' av

tom: bloomberg has been told the president has been informed that he is not the target of any of robert mueller's russian investigation. ronlso not involved in the inquiry into his longtime lawyer. the president says it is not time to remove either rosenstein or mueller. >> there has been no collusion, they won't find any collusion, it doesn't exist. as far as the two gentlemen, they have been saying i am going to get rid of them for the last s, theyonths, five month are still here. ampceo greg miller is stepping down. the fund manager apologizes unreservedly for what it calls misconduct and failure. they admit to misleading and lined to australia's security regulator, overcharging customers for services they didn't receive. analysts say the board will have to step down and amp may face class lawsuits from investors and advisors. bank of england governor mark carney says the u.k. should prepare for rate rises over the next few years. he has hinted that expected hike next month is not a done deal. the pound fell as he said policymakers will make the decision knowing there are more chances to act later in the year. he also k

ron vitiello, thank for joining us and for the update this morning. >> bill: busy morning here. news from the white house john roberts confirming moments ago tomrt will resign as homeland security advisor to the president. here is the statement. the president is grateful for tom's commitment to our country. tom led the white house and strengthen our cyber defenses and respond to natural disasters. president trump thanks him for his service and wishes him well. that statement from sarah sanders just a moment ago from the west wing. in a moment here it is one of the biggest questions around the world today. will president trump take military action against assad in syria? >> assad is a bad guy. he did it, no doubt in my mind. i don't think the syrians, you know, bombed themselves. i don't think they poured gas on their own kids. this regime has a history of doing it. >> bill: now the president weighing a strong response after the gas attack that killed dozens of civilians near damascus. adam joins us next with his reaction. dash cam video of road rage you seldom see like that. police calling on the public to help find that driver. that's coming

tom homan. he says their officers are in more danger when they look for fugitives in communities or hopes. it is contrary to their officer's safety and not good for the communities either. brian: ronhey were apprehended by local officials. i was staggered to see this map. how many isis, excuse me, ms-13 members have been released back into society after they came back into this country. 2/3 are from california. 89 in all. 53 to the rest of the country. how do we change that? >> this isn't good. no jurisdiction should be protecting people in the country illegally especially in the jail setting. when they're in the jail setting, all they have to do is get ahold of i.c.e. and i.c.e. will be happy to pick those people up and deport them. brian: that would be great. there is a lot of controversy in politics played on the border wall. where do you stand, ron? >> i stand on meeting the president's requirement and meeting the public's demand for border security. we put plans in place to deploy the border wall in places where we most need it. to fix dill lap i date -- dilapidated fencing to change it into the border wall. we'll is do that to extent we have funding. closing roop holes and e