thurman new doctor king's father. >> mrs. thurmond new martin luther king's mother because they were daughters of ministers and they met through baptists circles. the families knew each other. when doctor thurman was at boston university, king was there finishing his doctorate. >> i hewent thurmato watce ries. they kw >> at that point when he was there talking to doctor thurman francisco to be pastor of the fellowship church. >> isn't that something. my question is what if he had come to sanford let's go in that of going? that is when she learned that he had just decided to go to montgomery. what if he had come. would there have been a civil rights movement without kings leadership>> that is a very interesting question. >> on the surface, mrs. king, san francisco looked like a better place to be. caretta was an opera singer and he may have taught in that. he was offered positions. >> i want to come back to, people were trying to read thurman. i want to recommend some of the books to get the whole of him. with talk about his r

for us at tony thurman's watch party.l parents here, so we're watching intently what happens with the future of our public schools. what do we have right now? >> reporter: the teachers have to be in class tomorrow morning, and they better get a good night's rest. the party started at 8:00, and the crowd has been healthy all night. tony thurman has been behind since the first numbers were released, but they are not ready to give up. tony thurman just termed out as an assemblyman. by trade, he's a social worker and social service administrator. he favors more funding for k-12. and his opponent ran district schools and charter schools in california. that's been a key sticking point, calling tuck a billionaire outsider, to focus on charter schools. and accused thurman of backing failed policies that won't move public education forward. a late poll in this race had tuck in front by nine points. thurman arrived to greet the crowd about two hours ago. >> it's too early to say how this is going to go. i've seen the numbers going

now, we are talking about tony thurman versus marshall tuck. we are here at the thurman camp. they said they expected to start down and gain through the night. and as urban and bay area centers have come in, tony has gained. tuck is doing well with the northernen caliia pncts that are cong in.ng>>s early, too early y how this is going to go. we're happy with the trend of seeing the numbers going u see t continues to go. we should be prepared for a long night. >> now, this is turning into a referendum of public versus charter schools in the state of california. marshall tuck ran charter schools in southern california. tony thurman is a two-time assemblyman here from the east bay, has been on school boards. and neither candidate at this point is willing to concede the race. they are going to wait all night long. we will likely not know who the superintendent of public instruction is for the state of california until sometime tomorrow. live in oakland, andria borba, kpix 5. >> all right. let's talk a little bit about san francisco's prop c, the city's tech titans have been at war

. >> this is a big one, superintendent of public instruction, tony thurman against marshal tuck, who is a supporter of charter schools. nearly 20% of the precincts reporting. marshal tuck with a slight lead at 52%. california results will be scrolling on the bottom of your screen. >> 30 minute >> our next update. for now, back to lester holt in new york. >>> let's take a quick look where we are tonight. democrats have succeeded in

tony thurman just edged out marshall tuck for superintendent of public instruction, trailing by about 150,000 votes. tuck called thurman earlier today to concede. >>> tonight the democrat who waged a hard fought campaign to become governor of florida has ended his bid. andrew gillum posted a video congratulating republican ron desantis. gillum made the initial concession on election night, and then took it back when the margin narrowed. >>> president trump capped off a day of touring wildfire damage around the state by meeting with victims of another tragedy, the shooting in thousand oaks. people gathered outside the borderline bar and grill to honor those who died in the shooting last week. president trump reflected before jetting off on air force one. >> we just hugged them and kissed them and everybody and it was very warm. i was with the parents of a young, very young supporter, a young supporter wearing a trump shirt, and just a terrific young man. so it's a tough thing to do. this has been a tough day. >> there was also a memorial service for justin meek, one of the 12 killed in

. >> state superintendent thurman says he plans to launch a literacy campaign when he takings officey. he declared victory three days ago after defeating tuck in a close and costly race n.an interview at the studios today, thurman says he plans to focus on early childhood education with an emphasis on literacy. >> i think this win mean that is people care about public education. >> he says he hopes to increase funding for education by proposing to modify prop 13. his hope is to make commercial property owners pay more. >> the santa clara county sheriff's department has two new recruits with a unique sets of skills. the k-9s have a keen ability to sniff out explosives. >> reporter: meet nala. this one and a half-year-old lab door is trained to sniff out bombs. she and yoshi are ready to work. >> they come from islands. they are not aggressive. >> reporter: they are the two newest k-9s at the santa clara county sheriff's department. >> reporter: deputy marcus barbour is a father of two. >> i'd say the sense of smell is great. we can take a small amount of our training aids placed on sm

thurman wants to slow the growth, claiming they drag resources from public education. as a child of poverty, he credits helping him succeed. >> public education saved my life. that's all i ever wanted to do is help young people to create the same types of opportunities that have been provided for me. >> an estimated 43 million was spent on the race, more than any other state race. his opponent, marshal tuck, outspent him by 2-1. >>> up next, a heartless monster. emotional statements in a court as a colorado man is sentenced for killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters. man for pregnant wife and two young >>> today a man was sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of his pregnant wifend two young daughters. he pled guilty murring his wife shan ob, 4-year-old daughter bela and 3-year-old celeste before dumping at an oi. as part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty, something shannon's fam afa, he listened to emotional testimony from his wife's parents. first they condemned him, then they forgave him. >> i trusted you to take care

after 7.2 million combined votes, thurman is up by just 3500. >>> in the east bay it appearsal immediate da will have a new water. city councilwoman marilyn has increased her slight lead over incumbent trish spencer. >>> we're getting a better idea of voter turnout in san francisco. it's stunning. it dramatically increased from four years ago. some of the 2014 midterm, about 200,000 votes were counted. this year, 323,000 votes have been counted and there are still 56,000 mail-in ballots remaining. that means once everything is counted, the turnout this year would increase by 168,000. do a little math. that's about a 70% increase from 2014. >> wow. >>> watch out for a mountain lion on the peninsula. >> san mateo county officials say a mountain lion was spotted in san mateo about 9:00 yesterday morning. the animal wandered through a neighborhood on parrot drive in bel air. they say it was not aggressive and left the area. >>> 50 million electric vehicles, that's the promise from volkswagen ceo. there's no reference to an actual timeline of when vw expects to complete its goal but the first

to tony thurman.t is up by just 3,500 votes. >>> developing news in new york where the trial of the alleged mexican drug lord has been delayed. a juror had to be excused. a underway from a pool of jurors who have been previously considered but didn't make the final cut. no word how long this election process could take. guzman could face life in prison if convicted of drug trafficking charges. >>> cnn suing several aids after the press pass was suspended. >> are you worried? >> that's enough. that's enough. >> pardon me. >> that's enough. >> it stemmed from this of course. the lawsuit alleged the first and fifth amendment rights are being vie littled. seeking a preliminary injunction so from revoking it again. bhous press secretary says the administration will defend itself against this lawsuit. >>> michelle obama's new book is a record breaker, what she is revealing about this inspiration. >>> and a revealing new interview, what anows him the most about jeopardy contestants. >> you can see the muck a

tuck has 51% and thurman 49%. even though 100% of those precincts are reporting, the candidates had have to wait for the counts of provisional ballots and those dropped off in the mail on tuesday. nbcbayarea.com has also -- it's really a great resource for the election results there. right here in the bay area and across the state and country for that matter. our team is still updating those results. >>> coming up, we'll take another look at the forecast. >> and our red flag warning continues for elevations above 1,000 feet. bay area hills will be very dry along with some gusty winds. we're going to watch out for that wildfire threat other at home. as we get a live look outside in palo alto. it's overall a very nice day heading into the low 70s. a look at our my crow climate, and we'll talk more about that fire danger coming up next. [ snow crunching ] [ load crunching ] [ whispers ] this is the loudest snow ever. sacramento man who says the "fine art" he bought on vacation turned out to be worthless >>> nbc bay a

. >> tony thurman urged out martial tuck. one of the costliest in california. the two men raised about $43 million between them. >>> new at noon, a judge has sentenced a colorado man who confessed to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters in a case that has attracted national attention. christopher watts is going to spend the rest of his life in prison with no possibility of parole. he pleaded guilty to murdering his pregnant wife shannon and their daughters bella and selest before dumpinsite. family members overcome with emotion had an opportunity to address watts directly in court. >> this is the hardless one, the evil monster who dare you take the lives of my daughter shannon selest and niko, i trusted you to take care of them, not kill them. earlier watts confessed to killing his family in a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. >>> police in is south bay may have gotten a break in the search for a 49ers fan missing for a week a group of fishermen spotted a body on saturday near the boat launch in san jose a few miles from levi stadium. 32-year-o

you know a man should be allowed to wear a dress if he wants to and behave in stereotypical thurman and ways and not be discriminated against and not feel threatened but stepping out of the gender roles and pushing back against gender stereotypes does not make a person literally change sacks we're being forced to adopt a new language and there's new ideology those of us who do speak up who are simply just trying to have a conversation a public debate are sneered were threatened were harassed i think that everyone should be really concerned because this is about free speech and democracy we're talking about policy and legislation that impacts people lives particularly women's lives. the former head of britain's armed forces says the country needs to rediscover the mentality that helped to win the cold war and did affectively with emerging threats like russia and iran well some people on the streets of london what they thought of it. so there are tensions is no question that more takes. on a more short term costs a new cold war any mentality like that and upset that i don't. know if you c

many of them survivors from the marjorie thurman douglas high school massacre earlier this year. they became student activists and captured public attention with their summer long campaign calling for gun reform. genie: also this week the jury selection is getting under way for the trial of joaquin "el chapo" guzman considered one of the most dangerous criminals in modern history. >> we've looked at the mexican papers for this. his trial will take place in the u.s., extradited to the u.s. from mexico after his capture. the alleged narco trafficer faces federal court. his lawyer's strategy according to the mexican daily is to present a man whose danger has been exaggerated by the press using testimony from witnesses they say are more interested in pleasing the pros cukes. they say he was not the leader of the cartel in response to the most serious charge he is facing running a criminal enterprise and, basically, the paper says he defense tried to divide the jury enough not to get a unanimous verdict. genie: to wrap up the striker for liverpool has been honored in his home country

tony thurman has won by about 150,000 votes. >>> it is 6:12. coming up, a cruise ship cut short after a mysterious death on board. >>> we'll be right back with more news, weather and sports. you're watching kpix. what's a gig of data? well, it's a whole day's worth of love songs. or 300 minutes of baby videos. a gig goes a long way. that's why xfinity mobile lets you pay for data one gig at a time. and with millions of wifi hotspots included, you'll pay even less for data. or if you need a lot we have unlimited too. plus, get $200 back when you buy a new smart phone. it's simple, easy, awesome. click, call or visit a store today. >>> good morning. there is nothing like a victory to get a fight going. in the case of the democratic majority we have mark to sonia a joining us to talk about nancy pelosi and the fight for her to become the speaker, a job that she has had off and on. she is the mastermind behind the democrats re-merging and taking the house. now we are hearing that the democrats don't want her as speaker. >> she was in charge and she

tony thurman defeated marshall tuck. it was a narrow victory.to talk about it. it has been a l it has been two weeks since the election. with the victory i can handle the conditions. >> i said this was a close race and contentions -- contentious. a lot of people support charter schools. what do you make of that and what will you do with that support? >> $40 million was spent against my campaign and i wish it had been spent on the kids. so people are not happy with the schools. i think in general, this means that people care about public education. schools are not about competition. we want to make sure everyone gets a good education. i want to represent everyone. >> let's boost academic achievement. the last ranking conducted last year at california pretty close to the bottom. that is what are your priorities to increase academic achievement. >> i'm going to launch a literacy campaign. many struggle with reading. we have to do more with early education. i'm excited to work with our new government. he is committed to early education. that is how

senators kennedy, strom thurman had a very good working relationship. and the hearings were not as they are today. they were not fiercely partisan. the senate was working together to ensure that the federal judiciary would be of the quality that it has been for the most part throughout history. culprit isobvious congress. that is, the polarization that decide onre votes party lines is with no effort to reach across the aisle. and what a difference it was from the working relationship that senators kennedy and strom thurmond had in the late '70sand early 1980's. or compare the early '90s when when justice breyer and i were 1990's appointed. the 1980's, when justice scalia was appointed. the vote for justice scalia was unanimous, as the vote in favor of my confirmation was 96-3. that, despite the many years of my life when i was affiliated with the aclu. not a single question was asked about that affiliation in my hearing. what a difference that time was from what we are witnessing today. judge tatel: do you think the court itself, especially in the past

charter school which is marshall tuck and the advocates for the california teachers which is tony thurman sides have a lot of money? >> both sides have a lot of money. it's too early to call either of those two races. there's a reason why steve boisner took off the republican name even though he beat the democrat ten years ago. the demographics of this state has shifted. so when la and the other counties start coming in don't be surprised if he comes in on the low end of t numbers. >> on that end we better wrap for now. we'll be back a little bit later. >> thank you very much. >> we're going to take a break and as we head that way we want to show you the results from some of the safe marijuana measures. it's a revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart beds are on sale now during sleep number's veterans day sale. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to put your pedal to the metal. and now during our veterans day sale, the queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is only $1299 - save $400. plus, 2

every player i talked to from that era, and the late great thurman would be in the same category. they all think, man, what would i be worth today. he is not even 100, 200, $30 million a year type player. >> he would have been that kind of player. >> no question about that. especially, you know, if he was healthy before all of the knee surgeries and that. yeah, i mean the sky -- he would be right at the top of the salary scale. >> he had a long career, too. >> yeah, about 20 years. >> all right. tributes will keep coming in. >> for sure. >> thanks, larry. >> a lot more with the former giants. >> we will talk about it. on 9:00 on kofi tv channel go, and right here for "abc 7 news" at 11:00. >> crews are gathering reaction on the passing of san francisco giants legend willie mccovey. the legacy the baseball great leaves behind at 9:00 and 11:00. >> that is our report here for now on "abc 7 news" at 6:00. look for breaking news any time you wish on the "abc 7 news" app. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. for the entire "abc 7 news" team, have a great evening. first, it continues to pa

you know, having gone through this with trent lottmany years ago with the whole strom thurman thing,ople from the old south and you can go back and look at pictures from long ago or, in this case, not that long ago and say, you know, traditions have changed and we have zero tolerance for anybody tying anything to the old south. i think that's unhealthy. i think that's not -- it's ahistorical. to criticize someone for doing that, of something that happened years ago -- look, you look at the person, what their policies are, the totality of who the person is and cynthia -- cindy hyde-smith is mainstream republican. she was a democrat until a few years ago. she's not some right-wing lunatic. she's someone who is very much traditional mississippi and i know some here in the northeast don't like that but that's who she is. >> i don't know that she is what republicans want to be representing them. it's not just that photo. she went to a segregationist high school. she sent her daughter to a segregationist high school, she made that decision as an adult to not send her daughter to a high sch

political newcomer marshal tuck's lead over tony thurman is narrowing dramatically. tuck there with 50.2% of the vote is just ahead of thurmond. we are expected to get an update tomorrow. >>> a massive caravan of migrants still making their way through mexico towards the u.s. border. the caravan is continuing to push north any way it can. sometimes jumping into trucks or riding on flatbed trailers. one group arrived at the tijuana border yesterday. 76 people happened to be from the lgbtq community. they say they left the caravan after being discriminated against. mexico has offered refuge, asylum, or work visas. some have accepted, but most are vowing to continue to the united states. despite warning that what they could face at the border. >>> catholic bishops from across the country are meeting in baltimore to initiate reform against misbehaving priests. this comes during a firestorm of sex abuse allegations against catholic clergy members. the church is currently under pressure to investigate thousands of those claims. even here in the bay area, 212 clergy have al

contested in the state, political newcomer, marshal tuck, is in the lead over east bay assemblyman tony thurman. that race is still very tight with 92% of the precincts reporting this morning. >> i think until this election is over, i'm concerned until the end. i tell folks, i'm optimistic and very anxious, because there are a lot of votes left to be counted. but we feel good about the direction. >> it's early to say how this is going to go. but obviously we're happy with the trend, seeing the numbers go up. we want to see how this continues to go. >> the winner will have minimal authority to affect policy. the governor, legislature and state board of education make education policy. the state superintendent implements it. >>> this morning, history being made as those midterm results rolled in. a record-smashing number of women ran for office this year. resulting in historic wins for women in a year that galvanized them. nbc bay area's kira klapper joins us with a look at many firsts. >> some are calling it a pink wave. more than 100 women, a record number, have been elected to congress. in the

they told sinclair scott thurman is he said one of the things he regrets is divicive rhetoric and perhapshe president has a chance to see how effective it was, later tonight. >> let us see if there was a change in the rhetoric after tonight and if we will see the president come before cameras at all. thank you so much. in case you couldn't notice, it is election day. the first polls close in six hours. taking a look at live voting in cleveland. more of our special election coverage straight ahead. when you book at hilton.com, you get the price match guarantee. so if you find your room at a lower rate, hilton is like... we're gonna match that rate and give you an extra 25% off. what would travel sites do if you found a different price? that's not my problem, it's your problem. book at hilton.com and get the hilton price match guarantee. takes more mathan just investment advice. from insurance to savings to retirement, it takes someone with experience and knowledge who can help me build a complete plan. brian, my certified financial planner™ professional, is committed to working in my best

[ laughter ]>> i suppose when you mentioned senator thurman that i could first suggest that both of our parties, the republican party in the democratic party, has the northern and southern representatives. i just noticed a picture the other day of hubert humphrey with his arm around mister mattix in georgia. i suppose that his views on civil rights is different from the views of he would country as senator thurmond is from mine. at the pointed out on meet the press about four weeks ago, he completely disagrees with my ideas on civil rights. i have always supported civil rights legislation and will continue to do so in the future. he also pointed out that his choice for vice president was ronald reagan, and is second choice was not governor agnew. i was the one who made the final choice on the vice presidency. i should also say that i believe in both of our major parties there should be room for individuals who disagree. i am glad that i have been able to bring together nonparty and that we will have disagreement, and i will have to make final decisions. we have governor rockefeller and

birmingham city auditorium, birmingham alabama 1948 in july, when the dixie party was born, and, nominated thurman for president breaking away from the democratic party which had renominated harry truman, raising a strong civil rights platform. so what happened in 1948 was the marriage of the confederate flag which was just then starting to merge as popular culture, with politics, of reaction and white supremacy. look at the faces in the birmingham auditorium you see a lot of young faces, because a good number of the delegations at this convention were college students from the south, where they had been accustomed to waiving this flag as a symbol of football, as well as kelp alta, breaking it here, a symbol of reactionary politics. and, the students you know this was in houston about one month later, it was not the party, but, the young supporters who made it a symbol of the dixiecrat's, but making a political symbol, and it kind of makes sense. the last time that the federal government interfered with the southern way of life could own quote, that was, this was the flag of opposition. the flag t

. >>> in the big battle to had the states school system, marshall talk is preferred over marshall thurmanetween them. that is bigger than most senate races. >>> the berkeley study pulled voters on a pair of hope -- high profile propositions. prop 6 would have billions of funding for roads and bridges. backers say the government should spend the billions it already has but more than half of the voters plan to vote against it. it is exactly what the governor wants.>> killing proposition six is it the right thing to do. it is a bad idea endangers and cooked up by shady politicians who used funds to fool the people.>>> you have probably heard plenty of talk about proposition 10. local jurisdictions writing their own roles -- rules on rent controls. >>> backers of the props he had a rally. the measure would tax san francisco's wealthiest companies to raise money for homeless programs. supporters include the ceo who spent $8 million of his own fund to promote it. some of the money is enabling a barrage of tv ads but not everybody is following their lead. they are at odds with twitters ceo. the

. >> hard to watch, said rachel's closest friend, shannon thurman. >> she called me when she broke up with him and said, "you know -- we're done. i wanna have a family, he's not ready to have a family. and so, you know, we're done." and then literally like two months later, she called me and said, you know, "you need to be here in two days, i'm getting married." and i was like, "oh, great. you guys made -- made up." and she's like, "no, we didn't make up. we -- you know, it's -- it's this other guy, his name is todd, and you need to be here in two days." >> tim didn't go to the wedding, couldn't handle it, went to a bar to escape it. he had no idea the wedding party would swoop into his bar for a round of toasts. >> it was hard, man, watching -- your girl on this big guy with her hot pink dress on and he was carrying her. >> he's the guy that's got it going on and she's a pretty girl. and they look like a great couple. >> i just -- i mean, i can't imagine what -- what that would be like. i just can't. >> yeah. its hard. >> reporter: to be the guy who gets dumped is bad. >> it's bad. i

he's running against tony thurman, being supported by teachers. this is about charter schools.hat happens there? we'll have to see. >> a lot of parents watching this one very closely, including us here on the desk. >>> we continue to track the key races here on air and online. >> we'll be back in 30 minutes with our next local update. >>> for now, back to lester holt in new york. >>> we have an important update on one of the most closely watched races in the country. the race to be governor of georgia. it is too early to call but the nbc decision desk is saying it appears that brian kemp, the republican in the race is headed to over 50%. why does that matter? because if you do not get 50% in this race in georgia, you are headed to a runoff. so too early to call. but our decision desk is telling us that it appears brian kemp is going to be able surpass that 50% threshold and potentially avoid a runoff. >> it's close, a distal 49.9 you get a runoff. we are being careful. we know kemp is leading. has ahead. we think he is going to. >> i think the star power put into that race, opr

senate campaign, edging out tony thurman. 52% to 48%.juliette goodrich is dianne feinstein where the6% of the vote. juliette goodrich is in san francisco where the senator declared victory moments ago. >> reporter: we are at the officers club at the presidio, it is a victory party. everyone behind me, senator dianne feinstein taking the stage and thanking everyone for being here. this will be her fifth term representing california in the senate. she is been there since 1992. she was introduced by her granddaughter, she said she is lucky to retain this seat, she said there's a lot to be done in prop 10 rent control california, she intends to do it. we will hear from her coming up at 11 pm on kpix5. many people still celebrating, the senator has left dialysis c likely go home and decide what needs to be done at work tomorrow. we send it back to you. >>> let's take a look at the u.s. houseprop 8 dialysis charg lee is the projected winner right now and with 86% of prop vote over laura wells. >> proposition 10, rent control, yes at 35coverage... reporting. >> we're back in coverage. >> we