sea obviously, scott weiner has been and the politics game for a long time . i remember when he was a board of supervisors. has he ever been worried that all of this hate spewed toward him could actually escalate into something physically dangerous? >> he is confident nicole local law enforcement but we all have parents who worry a little bit more than we might worry ourselves. his parents who were born in the area see this kind of hate directed at their son. his mom even called him last month and asked him to wear a bulletproof vest. scott has seen national attention for his legislation and pushback tecate and told me he continues to make his voice heard. >>> kanye west is back with the hebrew greeting shalom . his account was locked us with dr. he posted a number of anti-semitic remarks. elon musk the ceo reagan stated multiple suspended accounts. must reportedly said that he is done with layoffs at twitter and is ready to hire again. he had an all hands meeting and is recruiting engineers but that is happening on the same day as reports of a new wave of cut

scott weiner of san francisco and marjorie taylor greene of georgia. their fight is over much more than just words. good evening. dan: congresswoman greene name-calling senator wiener while advocating the passage of an anti-transgender law that she's introducing to congress. ama: days after the mass shooting an lbd to q light -- nightclub in colorado. dan: tim johns is here in the newsroom. reporter: this isn't the first time they have clashed with each other on twitter. this time seems to be especially bad. despite the homophobic hate, he doesn't plan to stop fighting for what he believes in. marjorie taylor greene calling out california state senator scott wiener in a tweet sent out tuesday. green called weiner a communist groomer. weiner responding to abc7news iphone. >> i get death threats. it's pretty bad. she's an atrocious human being. reporter: the word groomer has homophobic and trans phobic undertones. in recent times, it has regained popularity among proponents of far right conspiracy theories like qanon. >> it used to have a specific meanin

scott weiner of san francisco and marjorie taylor greene of georgia. much more than just words. good evening. dan: congresswoman greene name-calling senator wiener while advocating the passage of an anti-transgender law that she's introducing to congress. ama: days after the mass shooting an lbd to q light -- nightclub in colorado. dan: tim johns is here in the newsroom. reporter: this isn't the first time they have clashed with each other on twitter. this time seems to be especially bad. despite the homophobic hate, he doesn't plan to stop fighting for what he believes in. marjorie taylor greene calling out california state senator scott wiener in a tweet sent out tuesday. green called weiner a communist groomer. weiner responding to abc7news iphone. >> i get death threats. it's pretty bad. she's an atrocious human being. reporter: the word groomer has homophobic and trans phobic undertones. in recent times, it has regained popularity among proponents of far right conspiracy theories like qanon. >> it used to have a specific meaning but it no longer h

senator scott weiner sentences go says she is playing a essential role in saving our democracy, and that she is one of the great leaders in american history. of course, as skyler mentioned, pelusi was keep her seat in the house and focus on serving her district right here in the bay area. >> it was a neat moment, after about a 15 minute speech where everyone stood up and gave a long standing ovation. you could really feel the love and respect of those individuals . >> he is a polarizing figure, depending on what side of the aisle you are on, but you have to respect what she has done in her life. >> very few republicans , but it was emotional to see. >> thanks. >>> one of pelusi's closest friends is bay area ofshe estei the sess ion when the house speaker made her announcement. >> nancy pelosi , always always reminded the members in some of the toughest and darkest times in the life of our country, that it was the american people that sent us here, to do the job. to produce for them. >>> coming up tonight at 5:30, we will have much more on our conversation with the congresswoman including

more moderate on the bell including the mayor, supervisor, former supervisor scott weiner, state senator. they would say make it easier to build ulcers of housing. progressives would say that it was easier to build affordable housing. i think the question is if there will be more money for developers to do that. >> before releasing resist going go to the congressional races i want to get to that quickly. i'd love to hear an update on how papa lucy is doing what is happening in that investigation. >> i have been up there since day one. i was there monday when david, who allegedly attacked paul pelosi appeared in court. pelosi has been released from the hospital. he is at home with his doctor. house speaker pelosi released a statement thanking the general hospital for all of the good work. this morning, this comes from a reporter laura clemens, david the path, had two new court date set. those will be november and december. will we see the body camera footage? that is something we are wondering if we can see what happened. >> a lot of the things on there in this particular case but i was d

. >> marjorie taylor greene calling out scott weiner in between she called him a communist groomer.ed to abc7news with the following. >> usually when she reaches out to me, i get more death threats. it's pretty bad and she's an atrocious human being. ask groomer has transphobia and homophobic overtones. in recent times it has regained popularity among proponents of far right popularity -- far right conspiracies. >> it used to have a specific meaning but it no longer does. it is being used now primarily to attack lgbtq people in basic say that we are pedophiles. passing o act, t felonyto perfe on. >>hat we clearly know hat this type of rhetoric fmik rllyg impact on the mental health of lgbtq people and trans kids in particular. >> samuel garrett works with equality california saying that rhetoric like this can have real-life devastating consequences for trans youth, a group that suffers from disprort violence and suicide. >> what we saw over the weekend were those kinds of statements from her inter-colleague in colorado. combined with lax gun laws, it can lead to violent attacks agai

still, the lgbtq community, including senator scott weiner and a supervisor in the area came together to comfort one another and call for action. >> i am mad. this is enough already. enough! we can put as much sorrow in words to the people, but what does that do? >> reporter: some speakers urged people to vote to see change. when sister, learned of the news sunday morning, she made a choice. >> what can i do? i knew i had plans to serve thanksgiving meals to people on the streets today. i said i'm going to get up and get in my fabulous drag and be the biggest, gayest annoyance to these people. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. >>> local politicians and community leaders are blaming hateful speech for the violence. >> that political rhetoric, attacking our community, has consequences. it fuels hate and violence. >>> we live in a violent country right now. leaders are propagating that violence. >> last night, mayor london breed said everybody should have the ability to thrive. saturday nights attack is a horrific reminder that our lgbtq community is not safe. she also recognized transgende

scott weiner was targeted with false grooming attacks literally hundreds of messages pouring on social media. these times are hard. they're stressful people are taking their unfortunate bad feelings out on other people do yourself feel under threaded all this you've done almost every time i leave my house. it's it's weird and it's unfortunate but it is what's happening in today's society. tara campbell abc 7 news right now on the abc 7 bay area streaming app we have our abc 7 originals documentary murder at city hall now on demand for you to watch any time. it tells the entire story of what led up to the 1978 murders of supervisor harvey milk and mayor george moscone the wild trial and the infamous twinkie defense the abc 7 originals documentary murder at city hall is up now on the abc 7 bay area app just download it now for your roku amazon fire apple tv android tv or wherever you stream abc 7 news. happening now the tail end of that return trip home after thanksgiving holiday weekend you're looking live right now from our emeryville camera along i-80 through berkeley smooth now, but

the lgbtq community, including senator scott weiner and a local supervisor came together to comfort onether and call for action. >>> i am mad. we can put as much sorrow inwards to the people, what does that do? >> reporter: some people urged others to vote to seek change. this person made a choice. >> what can i do? i knew i had plans to serve thanksgiving meals on the reetday. i said, going to get up and get in my gorgeous, fabulous drag and be the biggest, gayest annoyance . to any person who wants to pick up a gun or raise a fist or pass legislation against me, this is for you >> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. >>> politicians are reacting this morning, blaming hateful speech for the violence. >>> that political rhetoric, attacking our community, has consequences. it fuels hate and violence but >>> we live in a violent country right now. leaders are propagating that violence. >> mayor london breed released a statement saying that every community should be able to thrive. this is a horrific reminder that our lgbtq community is not shave safe. she talked about it happening on the eve of tr

kumasi: speakers including state senator scott weiner, he says it is important for the city to expressve and acceptance. reggie: it looked really cute. it was cold last night so it felt like we were in the east coast for a second. kumasi: the holiday spirit is continuing through other parts of san francisco. reggie: cranes lifted massive projectors for let's glow sf. these projectors weigh around 150 pounds each. they are hoisted up for the country's largest holiday projection arts festival. >> we have pieces from local artists as well as content studios from around the globe. it is winter themed and ready for everybody to be happy and welcome in downtown san francisco. reggie: the holiday projection mapping celebration kicks off on market street at 6:30 p.m. it will last through december 11. kumasi: this is something you should go see. reggie: i completely missed this last year. i know you enjoyed it. kumasi: i did. you could stroll around and hit a corner. it repeats. you can get comfortable and just watch it. it is beautiful. reggie: i want to see it on the equinox building. kumasi:

scott weiner and other health leaders are holding an enrollment event at san francisco's to celebrate a decade of the program. >> employers may have to cover pay for military service when they get called to duty. according to the examiner, this legislation was announced yesterday by a supervisor. the legislation requires companies with more than 100 employees to cover the loss in pay for up to 30 days. anyone working in san francisco would be eligible to be compensated. it's not clear how many reserves would benefit from the legislation given the threshold for employer size. more mishaps. one man calling for months, only getting something he never expected. a lesson to be learned. let's look at the big board of the new york stock exchange. we are down 110 points. another update on the markets, next. plus, a legacy of activism now on display. a new figure to be featured at the oakland museum. don't forget, you can watch us for next hour on abc seven at seven, every day from 7:00 until 8:00. you can watch it now with your phone, tablet, roku or amazon fire or android tv. drew: were not

scott weiner and other health leaders are holding an enrollment event at san francisco's to celebratemay have to cover pay for military service when they get called to duty. according to the examiner, this legislation was announced yesterday by a supervisor. the legislation requires companies with more than 100 employees to cover the loss in pay for up to 30 days. anyone working in san francisco would be eligible to be compensated. it's not clear how many reserves would benefit from the legislation given the threshold for employer size. reggie: the sierra is entered a winter storm warning until tonight and you can clearly see why. a caltrans camera show snowy rose around don ehrlich -- around donner lake. chains are required on 80 in parts of placer and nevada county and on highway 50 in el dorado county. >> lowering energy costs. the new -- what vice president kamala harris is expected to announce today. reggie: a new way to play as steph curry. a look at the action figure of the basketball superstar. >> we are still looking at the rainfall from yesterday. a lot of us picked up a qua

state senator scott weiner called the mass layoffs at twitter deeply concerning releasing a statement saying quote while companies periodically engage in layoffs to acknowledge economic realities firing a full half of employees goes well beyond that i see trouble ahead for twitter its users and our democracy. now there is a push for advertisers to pull their ads from twitter and today representatives from seven organizations, including glad and the anti-defamation league started the stop toxic twitter campaign saying musk's layoffs put brand safe guards and content moderation standards in jeopardy. given the actions in the past few days and especially the math playoffs today. it's become clear that he will not that he's not going to continue to moderate content. or at least not to the effect necessary. so we are calling for a global pause. well today musk tweeted twitter has had a massive drop in revenue due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation. was not just twitter zendesk has warned san francisco city officials that it wi

replacements go they were talking before she even said goodbye and they include state senator scott weiner and possibly her own daughter christine pelosi. we shall see. thank you phil very much. we use the abc 7 news bay area app to send out this push alert with pelosi's news just moments after she announced it. so download the app now so you will get the alerts when news breaks you can customize notifications for the topics and the places that you're most interested in. now to election news anna shoe who was appointed to the san francisco school board following a recall vote earlier this year conceded this morning in a video posted to youtube. she was defeated by alita fisher shoe came under fire over the summer over comments. she made on the candidate questionnaire that were deemed to racist. she apologized but refused to step down after multiple groups called for her to resign. in one of the closest racists in santa races in santa clara county anthony becker conceded yesterday to incumbent mayor lisa gilmore in the race for santa clara mayor gilmore won the election with 51% of the vote

senator scott wiener of san francisco, applauded the dramatic drop in cases crediting the community's response to the monkeypox outbreak as a shining example of effective public health. senator weiner served on the senate select committee on monkeypox, which helped spearhead the resources for testing vaccines and education. the cdc is expecting this to be the worst flu season in years. the federal health agency says it began six weeks earlier than usual this year and the number of confirmed flu cases in october is now at a 13 year. or high. the flu has already hit the south and southeast especially hard and the number of new cases is growing rapidly in california. generally influenza moves from the east to the west. so we're seeing increases here in california, and we do expect continued increases in the next few weeks. infectious disease experts say mass that were used to protect people from covid also help prevent the spread of the flu over the last two years, and the cdc says it's especially important for everyone to get their flu shot as soon as possible. this year, hundreds of animals seized from a southern california rescue facility. the new information we're learning from an

senator scott wiener is pushing back against georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who he says used a homophobic slur and referring to him on twitter. the congresswoman referred to weiner as a quote communist groomer just days after twitter reinstated her account. she was previously suspended on twitter in january after spreading covid-19 misinformation and for more on this clash on twitter. we are joined now on the phone by state senator scott wiener. senator thanks for being with us tonight. thank you for having me . congresswoman said her tweet in which she calls you. a communist groomer was in response to you, raising an alarm about an increase in anti lgbtq rhetoric in the wake of that club shooting. what's your reaction to that? so what? what i was saying, which is totally accurate is that when we look what's happening around the country, whether it's from political leaders like rodney santa's, or alarms over it, or greg a bed or donald trump or online, there's been a huge upsurge in homophobic and transphobic. often violent, extremist rhetoric online and in the political arena, demonizing drag queens demonizing gay men, demonizing trans people, and that leads to

scott wiener of san francisco, applauded the dramatic drop in the number of cases and praises the community response to the monkey pox crisis as a great example of effective public health. senator weiner was on the senate to let committee on monkeypox, which i believe the way for getting resources for testing vaccines and for education. but, he says, even though the number of cases or lower everyone should stay vigilant and continue the work today, health and human services secretary javier becerra will be in los angeles to formally announced the beginning of the new enrollment period for the affordable care act. this year marks the 10th year of the health plan, often known as obamacare enrollment period runs from now until january. 15th the federal government says the plan will be slightly more expensive this year after four years straight of lower premiums. time is 4 16. thousands of people celebrated halloween last night and san francisco's castro district, the neighborhoods, huge halloween night street party was back. for the first time since the pandemic began, and the people who filled the streets to enjoy all the festivities say they were happy to attend the party for the first