abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live with the latest. >> reporter: well, kristen, the san francisco man, 65-year-old brian egg, has been missing for at least two months. now, neighbors say he was a fixture in the community. he was a nice man, they said, who would often take in transients, some of whom he might meet at st. anthony's church where he ate lunch regularly. >> he was somebody that i'd see on almost a daily basis. >> reporter: scott free has been friends with brian egg for almost three decades. in june he thought something was wrong. 65-year-old egg had disappeared. he feared the worst. >> unfortunately he had a few not so nice friends from the streets that would come in and, i guess, stay with him. >> reporter: in late july/early august, free called police for a welfare check at the home and egg's sister filed a missing persons report. >> on both occasions officers responded to the residence, but received no response to the door and saw no suspicious circumstances. >> reporter: the voice mail on egg's home phone said -- >> though brian's away, he'll be back on the 12th of aug

. >> vic lee is live near a community meeting. >> reporter: well, larry, the community meeting obviously is to update residents of lake county on the progress firefighters are making. already today most of the residents of kelseyville where i am and the nearby town of hopland are being allowed back into their homes. there will be a measure of good news here tonight. the mendocino complex fires are still burning uncontrolled. a fire that's consumed some 31,000 acres in lake county alone. but last night firefighters made progress. the southern flank called conta. evacuation orders were lifted, and most of kelseyville. jeremy and simone dotton where on their way home. >> what did you miss most? >> our bed. >> reporter: still this warning from cal fire. >> just because you do come back to your home doesn't mean the fire is out. >> reporter: a sign of normalcy returning, the town post office reopened today. a sigh of relief for many, like doug wallen. he had important and timely mail to send. >> it's the beginning of the month, if you don't get it to the credit card companies, they still fine

. >> vic lee is live off highway 29 in lakeport tonight with the latest there. vic? >> reporter: well, dan, we are at this red stop at the edge of lakeport. residents here, by the way, are still under evacuation orders. and behind me you can see that thick inversion layer. somewhere in there is the fire and the firefighters. last night flames from the western flank of the mendocino complex fire could be seen spreading. today, another story. a thick inversion layer blanketed the hills on the western edge of clear lake above the water's edge. the thick umbrella hid the flames of the mendocino complex fire that already burned 75,000 acres. some residents of a rural community called potter valley had been evacuated. they were allowed in today, but not miguel, who was forced to leave his home saturday. you could see the thick plume of smoke shooting over the mountain near his home. >> it's kind of over the mountain, more on the left side of it. >> reporter: the left side of the mountain is where the fire is heading. a fire that's hard to contain. the firefighters' natural

. >> abc 7 news reporter vic lee joining us in east palo alto with the story. vic? >> reporter: larry, that is indeed a sad and shocking statistic. but you have to remember that east palo alto has always been a working class community. in fact, most of the residents here hold down two jobs. so basically the socioeconomic condition in this community never caught up with the rising home prices. >> you have million dollar homes here in east palo alto, unbelievable. >> reporter: reggie page was born and raised in east palo alto. epa has natives call it, once murder capital of the united states. tiny east palo alto, 2 1/2 square miles, back then poverty and crime. 42 murders in 1992 alone. this in a town with only 25,000 people. >> it was a war zone. it was a war zone. >> reporter: it also reaped the benefits of booming silicon valley, close to google and facebook. amazon opened a branch here. ikea and other big retailers set up shop. jim rogers is in real estate. >> east palo alto is well located on theion, location, location. >> reporter: now, the median price of a hom

abc7 news reporter vic lee has more on what we are learning about a person of interest in this case. >> reporter: lance silva, person of interest in the case of missing brian egg, alameda county prosecutors say he violated his probation on a grand theft conviction seven years ago. this, after san francisco police arrested him two weeks ago for financial crimes, i.d. theft, and homicide. these charges related to the disappearance of the 65-year-old man who lived in this south of market home. police found a body without a head or hands in a fish tank. but san francisco prosecutors declined to file formal charges, saying the investigation continues. abc7 news obtained this court document, which gives an insight into silva's case. egg's neighbors say he disappeared sometime in june and that they would see strangers coming and going from his house. silva and another man were arrested in mid august after police responded to neighbors' calls that a crime scene cleaning crew was in front of the home. after the search of silva's belongings, police found egg's credit card and cash they believe

abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live to explain why. vic? >> reporter: well, this protest rally just ended a little while ago here at the alameda county admin building. which is where the board of supervisors has its officers. the family and the protesters say that jessica was a vulnerable young woman who never should have been released late at night. >> why did they send her on her way? >> reporter: those at the rally say her early release was a death sentence. jessica is with a young women's freedom center. >> we are demanding that this practice of releasing people in the middle of the night with no support, with no resources, with no transportation, is a harmful practice. >> reporter: 1:25 early saturday morning, july 28th, the 28-year-old woman walked out the doors of santa rita jail. she'd spent almost two weeks here for grand theft and several minor crimes. st. louis walked more than a mile down this road to the dublin pleasanton bard station. her body was found around 5:30 a.m., dead from a drug overdose. her family issued a statement

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> first look at the new transbay transit center in san francisco.s pretty impressive. abc 7 news got to go inside today days ahead of the big grand opening. the ground the floor is the grand hall. the big board features ads and bus times. train service is at least ten years away. buses will have a dedicated route. buses will officially start rolling in and out on sunday. here is more on what that commute will look like. >> ac transit driver's are already making practice runs into the transit center today, getting ready to whisk transbay riders not just into a new terminal, but a new commuting experience. >> this is an amazing accomplishment. ac transit is excited to be moving in. >> reporter: spokesman robert liles says the first thing commuters will notice are the digital pylons. >> it has touch screen information. so riders can walk up, choose their bus line, look at a map and gather up to daet information. >> riders will glide from the bay bridge over city streets on a cable bus ramp leading the to and from the terminal, cutting as much as five m

lance silva's picture. >> it was a picture of the guy that purchased the car from me. >> reporter: vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> in the north bay, the effort to restore a neglected piece of military history could get a federal boost. napa congressman mike thompson has introduced a bill to repair the old island cemetery in vallejo. he says it's the final resting place for our heros. the graves of enlisted men, officers and their families buried from 1856 to the 1980s. for years, volunteers who tried to maintain the cemetery have asked for federal help. >>> google is not planning to send its ceo to a hearing next week in washington and now senators are responding by threatening to put an empty chair at the witness table. top executives from facebook and twitter are going but as far as google they plan to send a lower-level executive. lawmakers not happy with the mountainview company's offer and would prefer to hear from larry paige, the ceo of alphabet. the senate committee is investigating russia's interference in the 2016 election and wants to know what the companies are doing for the midterms

. >> reporter vic lee is live at the courthouse in dublin with the latest. >> reporter: well, dan, first of all, the body found in the house without the head or hands still has not been identified by the medical examiner. now, the m.e. needs dna. the person of interest lance silva appeared in court here in dublin, not in san francisco. lance silva, person of interest in the case of missing brian egg. alameda county prosecutors say he violated his pro base on a grand theft conviction seven years ago. this, after san francisco police arrested him two weeks ago for financial crimes, id theft, and homicide. these charges related to the disappearance of the 65-year-old man who lived in the south of market home. but san francisco prosecutors declined to file formal charges saying the investigation continues. abc 7 news obtained this court document, which gives an insight into silva's case. egg's neighbors say he disappeared sometime in june, and that they would see strangers coming and going from his house. silva and another man were arrested in mid-august after police responded to neighbors'

abc 7 news reporter vic lee begins our team coverage from lakeport. vic? >> well, ama, we're at a rest stop at the edge of lakeport. and behind me, you can see that massive, thick inversion layer. hiding behind that is the massive southern flank of the mendocino complex fire. >> sometimes it doesn't matter what type of resource you throw at it. sometimes mother nature just doesn't let you get ahead of it. >> last night flames from the western flank of the mendocino complex fire could be seen spreading. today another story. a thick inversion layer blanketed the hills on the western edge of clearlake above the water's edge. the thick umbrella hid the flames of the mendocino complex fire that already burned 75,000 acres. some residents of a rural community called potter valley had been evacuated. they were allowed in today, but not miguel, who was forced to leave his home saturday. you could see the thick plume of smoke shooting over the mountain near his home. >> it's kind of over. >> the mountain? >> yeah, over the mountain. i'm more on the left side of it.

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> thank you, vic. that's the last thing firefighters want is more wind. >>> to the fire in and around redding, state officials say all 60 reported missing in the fire zone have been located. people there are also starting to return home even though the fire is 35% contained. >>> it's now scorched 115,000 acres. that is the size of the city of san jose. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is there live for the latest. eric? >> reporter: and we are in the mary lake neighborhood where up until now there's been a steady stream of cars coming in since the evacuation order was lifted. we're on the southeast side of what was the carr evacuation area. as you see, things are slow now. but cal fire is allowing people to repopulate areas on this side of the carr fire where the blaze is largely contained. police check point was posted at the entrances to make sure that no one except residents and utility workers were allowed in. pg&e crews were on hand to check for gas leaks. for residents, the first order of business w

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> take a look at this live picture.y one lane westbound at gilman street is open on i-80. the highway patrol just confirmed to abc 7 news that a contra costa sheriff's chase ended in a crash there. we don't know right now if anyone was hurt. this is information just coming in. bt definitely a traffic impact if you're heading westbound. with only one lane open on 80. download our abc 7 news app for breaking updates. >>> next, the heat wave we're seeing in an unusual place, the pacific ocean. >>> also ahead -- >> reporter: a woman had to cancel her vacation because she needs surgery. but her trip insurance won't cover it. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or in

vic lee is live with a look at that idea and what it means. vic? >> well, dan, mutual aid, as you know, is often used by police agencies during emergencies for a short period of time. now the bay area council, which is ans that helped create bart, wants the system to use mutual aid for a longer period of time. the request by the bay area council comes after three recent deaths at bart stations. the most publicized, the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old nia wilson by a transient at macarthur station. bart has now ordered its officers to work longer day, all of this while bart is faced with a serious staffing short. they want mutual aid from the communities the train systems serves. >> local cities that are served by bart, that benefit from bart service could provide local police resources to help help supplement bart's force. >> but bart easy? a written statement the collective bargaining agreements make clear that only bart police may provide security at bart. but that doesn't mean another agency can't respond to an ongoing incident if we need their as

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> all right, vic, thank you. this is an absolutely just frightening case, macabre case. we have put together a timeline of the clues and how the investigation unfold on abc7news.com. >>> now along the peninsula, palo alto police are still searching for a woman who went missing almost two week association. 66-year-old lamatha miller disappeared friday, august 17th. she was last seen driving her silver 2002 mercedes-benz away from the country time market on university avenue in east palo alto. the investigation has so far not revealed signs of foul play, but police are asking the public for some help. >>> the oakland raiders may be moving to las vegas, but they stepped up to help save sports in the oakland unified school district. district officials had planned to drop several sports because of budget issues. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas spoke with the raiders owner marc davis about this very kind and timely donation, eric. >> let's not forget that marc davis is a product of the oakland unified school district. as

. >> right now let's go live to abc 7 news reporter vic lee with a look at what life is like for the evacuees and the firefighters, vic, who have to be just exhausted. >> they are indeed, larry. first of all, another wildfire flared up last night north of us in mendocino county. but it burned about a thousand acres before firefighters were able to stop its advance. there have been a lot of developments in the 2 hours here in lake county. a lot to talk about here at this community meeting. there will be law enforcement groups. there will be cal fire and pg&e, and there is a congressman here as well. the mendocino complex fires are still burning uncontrolled. a fire that's consumed some 31,000 acres in lake county alone. but last night firefighters made progress. the southern flank called the river fire is now 38% contained. evacuation orders were lifted in most of kelseyville. jeremy and simone dotson were on their way home. what do you miss most about not being in your own home? >> our bed. >> a sign of normalcy returning. the town post office reopened today. a sigh of relief for many

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> so, vic, how is the school district coping with this? are there programs to help the kids? >> reporter: well, ama, it's a real challenge for the ravenswood school district. but the district does have numerous programs to help students in need. for instance, they do donate the school uni forms for those who can't afford them. they have a meals program where they have breakfast, lunch and, in fact, an early supper for students who stay late. there's a lot of programs, all of which are donated, and also they do have a district foundation that helps out. back to you. >> all right, vic, thank you so much. >>> and with the growing numbere bay area worst the price? we want to know what you think. >> yeah, weigh in at abc7news.com/vote. see the results in realtime. we'll keep this up throughout our 6:00 newscast and 7:00. when you look at cost of living, and traffic, people may be at the tipping point wondering if it's really worth it. santa clara county supervisors have approved a plan to build low-income housing for seniors. $$13.5 billion to

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> thanks. >>> more news about the internet. new at 6:00, a bill authored by local politicians to restore net neutrality protections in california is moving to a final committee vote. the legislation paszed the assembly communications committee this afternoon and it has been amended a number of times. the measure prohibits internet service providers from throttling traffic from certain websites or charging access fees and restores the rules in place before the fcc deregulated the industry last year. >> make sure that internet service providers can't block websites and have fast and slow lanes depending on who is paying more money and making sure we have a level playing field where you could go wherever you want on the internet. >> lawmakers say they're confident the bill will make it to the governor's desk next week. >>> a vigil for mollie tibbetts just wrapped up in iowa. hundreds of people gathered at the university of iowa where she was a student. she would have begun her sophomore year this week. the university is letting st

vic lee with the story. >> he would water the plants here on the street and clean up, badly needed in>> reporter: scott has been friends with brian for almost three decades. in june thought was gone. 65-year-old had disappeared. he feared the worst. >> unfortunately had a few not so nice friends from the streets that would come in, and i guess sthi >> reporter: late july, early august, called police for a welfare check at home, sister filed a report. >> received no response to the door, saw no suspicious circumstances. >> reporter: voicemail said -- >> brian is away, will be back 12th of august. came and went, still no sign. >> suspicious because he never had answering machine and voice was not his. also neighbors saw strengthers -- strangers in the home. >> white crime scene cleanup crew arrived. >> reporter: called police again. >> cleaning products and suspicious odors inside the residence. >> reporter: got a search warrant, body in large fish tank without a head or hands. believes the stranger hid evidence as well. >> doing cleaning on his own. >> reporter: points to notice from w

abc 7 news reporter vic lee joins us live in alameda with more on north face's decision. vic? >> well, the north face's parent company, vf corporation announced that it's separating into two independent publicly traded companies. the north face is one of them, and that's one moving to denver. all of this came as a surprise to the city of alameda. vf corporation's the north face company is headquartered at bay farm. the announcement caught the mayor of alameda by surprise. >> so i didn't hear from our city staff first. i heard from an employee there. >> at the campus here, the north face, which was founded in san francisco half a century ago. vf's global innovation center, and jansport, which makes bags and back packs. they'll move to denver by 2020. it could mean the loss of 650 jobs here. some alameda residents were not surprised. >> well, it can get cheaper labor somewhere else, no question about that. >> from a business perspective, it makes sense. >> especially since colorado reportedly offered the company $27 million in incentives. there was no way alameda could compete.

as abc 7 news reporter vic lee explains, her family is now blaming the jail. >> see her on her way. it was too early. >> those here at the rally say jessica st. louis' early morning release from santa rita jail was a death sentence. jessica is with the women's freedom. >> with no support, with no resources, with no transportation is a harmful practice. >> 1:25 early saturday morning, july 28th. the 28-year-old woman walked out the doors of santa rita jail. she'd spent almost two weeks here for grand theft and several minor crimes. st. louis walked more than a mile down this road to the dublin pleasanton bart station. her body was found around 5:30 a.m. at the pickup area by bart. dead from what appears to be a drug overdose. st. louis' foster mother was at the rally. she said her daughter had no cell phone. >> well, i'm sorry jessica did not have a cell phone because had she had a cell phone at 1:30 a.m. in the morningsing, she would have called her parents. >> the sheriff's office says st. louis' death was an isolated case, and that stopping releases for part of the day would be ag

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> not surprising there, vic. thank you. >>> we know the bay area's bad roads can cost us. now we know exactly how much. tripnet.org has calculated the amount of money we lose each year because our roads are in such bad shape, potholes, cracks, the resulting car damage from hitting those things really can add up. here are the numbers for san francisco, oakland and san jose. take a look, drivers spend on average nearly $3,000 a year just from bad roads. statewide it's a whopping $61 billion. that is with a "b," dollars a year. >>> wine lovers rejoice. is spencer rejoicing over there? >> yeah, he's doing a dance. >> it's that time of year again, time to crush the grapes to make wine. all the northern california fires having an effect on the harvest. >>> i'm larry beil. we are live at the oakland coliseum talking a's baseball, a's and m's went to extra innings this afternoon. we're speaking to the president about this young and exciting team knocking on the door of first place and the challenge of getting fans out he

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> a road in yosemite will reopen on friday, it is the main access point.ecause of the ferlg son fire. that fire burned around the park and is now fully contained. firefighters have been removing hazardous trees and mopping up hot spots this week. officials expect the road to reopen within two weeks. >>> as you may know, we've had lingering low clouds all day, but spirits will be bright and sunny as the red hot as take on the rangers. it will be about 62 degrees, so cool but the as are hot, so that balances it out. here is a look at the overnight lows under drizzly conditions under the coast. low clouds just about everywhere else. mid to upper 23i6r950s. tomorrow similar to today, upper 70s to low 80s inland, upper 60s to low 70s on around the bay. notice there will be very little change in this cooler than average pattern through friday. we'll see a little bit of a warm-up over the weekend, not a dramatic one, but warmer nonetheless. and then it will cool down again early next week. >> those as drew less in an 10,000 last night. i know it is a monday night

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> the husband of a terminally ill east bay woman who moved to oregon to end her life after a brain cancer diagnosis will be in san francisco tonight. brittney menard passed away in 2014 and fought to expand death with dignity laws nationwide. her husband dan diaz continues to be a passionate advocate for the expansion of medical aid in dying programs with the brittney fund. he will be speaking at the commonwealth club in san francisco tonight at 6:30. diaz will share a powerful story of dying with dignity and the movement towards legalization. >>> you want to head to the airport early if you plan to fly out of town this labor day weekend. >> the airlines for america trad group estimates 16.5 million people have booked tickets on u.s. carriers and it expects more people are traveling by plane this year compared to last year. many people are planning on an early start to the holiday weekend with an estimated 2.6 million passengers flying tomorrow. friday is expected to be the busiest travel day with more than 2.7 million passengers and on monday more than 2.5 milli

. >>> reporter vic lee is looking into the case of brian egg, a suspect in egg's disappearance is accuseds credit card. >>> a headless torso was found in egg's home earlier this month, but it's not been identified. >>> the major wildfires hitting california in the past year are having a ripple effect on homeowners. oakland residents have been told their insurance won't be renewed due to fire danger. more coming up at 5:00. >>> the wildfires in shasta and mendocino counties this summer are also having an effect on wine country. and in the way you might not have imagined. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live to explain. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, kristen, there are no hard numbers yet. we'll g getting those at the end of the month. yes, we're expecting to see tourist numbers drop in sonoma county because of the wildfires, we spoke with people from out of state today who said before they came here they thought all of california was on fire. the picture in the setting just don't fit in, yet here they are together. the sonoma wine country in mecca and the tasting rooms are not e

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> new york state investigators today subpoena michael cohen, president trump'stigation into the trump subpoena came after cohen's attorneys said their client had information that would be of interest to prosecutors. meanwhile, president trump is reacting to cohen pleading guilty to campaign finance-related crimes. abc ease tara palmeri has more on that. >> reporter: president trump implicated in campaign finance crimes of michael cohen. the president now speaking out, telling fox news the campaign finance violations, cohen pled guilty to, are not crimes. >> my first question when i heard about it was was did they come out of the campaign? because that could be a little dicey? they didn't come out of the campaign. >>> white house spokesperson sarah sanders saying the president did nothing wrong. >> just because michael cohen made a plea deal doesn't mean that that implicate it is president on anything? >> reporter: the president lashing out on twitter, accusing cohen of making up stories in order to strike a deal with prosecutors. even mocking the man who worked

abc 7 news reporter vic lee begins our team coverage from lakeport. vic?at a rest stop at the edge of lakeport. and behind me, you can see that massive, thick inversion layer. hiding behind that is the massive southern flank of the mendocino complex fire. >> sometimes it doesn't matter what type of resource you throw at it. sometimes mother nature just doesn't let you get ahead of it. >> last night flames from the western flank of the mendocino complex fire could be seen spreading. today another story. a thick inversion layer blanketed the hills on the western edge of clearlake above the water's edge. the thick umbrella hid the flames of the mendocino complex fi

. >> abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at san francisco police headquarters with the story. vic?sing for at least two months. his neighbors say he is a nice man who often took in transients he would meet, sometimes at st. anthony's church where he ate lunch regularly. >> he would water the plants here on the street, and he would clean up, which is very badly needed in this area. >> scott freeh has been friends with brian egg for almost three decades. in june he thought something was wrong. 65-year-old egg had disappeared. he feared the worst. >> unfortunately he had a few not so nice friends from the streets that would come in and i guess stay with him. >> in late july, early august, freeh called police for a welfare check at the home. and egg's sister filed a missing person's report. >> on both occasions, officers responded to the residence, but received no response to

. >> it is called data throttling and vic lee is live at a fire station in los altos hills with the storyorter: well, dna, this is the blistering court brief that the chief of the santa clara county central fire department wrote in support of the county federal lawsuit against the fcc, the federal communications commission. the county is one of many agencies, in fact states, suing the fcc to overturn the repeal of the so-called net neutrality rules, this to ensure the equal treatment of internet traffic. verizon data throttling happened shortly after the mendocino complex fire erupted early last month. throttle, the practice of internet service providers deliberately restricting data transfers. santa clara county central firefighters saw their internet data flow slow dn

. >> vic lee is live near a community meeting. >> reporter: well, larry, the community meeting obviouslyesidents of lake county on the progress firefighters are making. already today most of the residents of kelseyville where i am and the nearby town of hopland are being allowed back into their homes. there will be a measure of good news here tonight. the mendocino complex fires are still burning uncontrolled. a fire that's consumed some 31,000 acres in lake county alone. but last night firefighters made progress. the southern flank called conta. evacuation orders were lifted, and most of kelseyville. jeremy and simone

. >> right now let's go live to abc 7 news reporter vic lee with a look at what life is like for the e firefighters, vic, who have to be just exhausted. >> they are indeed, larry. first of all, another wildfire flared up last night north of us in mendocino county. but it burned about a thousand acres before firefighters were able to stop its advance. there have been a lot of developments in the 2 hours here in lake county. lo

vic lee, abc 7 news. v >> vic, thank you. >>> new at 6:00, it's happened again, a grab and run robbery at a apple store, this time in walnut creek. saturday afternoon they began ripping iphones and laptops from security tethers before rung out moments later. the suspects fled in a black mercedes suv with the license plate number 5 xrs 835. police say they got away with $30,000 in merchandise. anyone with information should call the walnut creek police department. >>> the president's war against blasting silicon valley's google for providing search results that downplay conservative news and give preference to liberal media. google denies it. however, google does foointsd vulnerable to the president's two tweets because of the way it operates. david louie has been talking with experts about whether either side can say they're right in this case. he is live in our san jose bureau. >> dan, it's a pretty complicated situation. president trump took on google after he did a web search on google looking for trump

. >>> reporter vic lee tweeted police made a breakthrough on the case of missing san francisco residentp at 5:00 vic has the new details about this horrific discovery officers made at his home. >>> senator lindsey graham made a tearful tribute to his friend john mccain. graham said the joy you received from being with him will sustain you a lifetime. >>> the flag at the white house, remains at half staff in his honor today. tomorrow, mccain will be just the 30th person ever to lie in state at the u.s. capitol. abc news reporter marci gonzalez has more about the plans to honor john mccain. >>> final preparations under way to celebrate john mccain's life. every detail here at the arizona capitol building where the six-term senator war hero will lie in state wednesday checked and confirmed with the mccain family. >> our mission has really been to just follow their lead and the senator's wishes. >> reporter: family not inviting president trump to any of this week's services after the white house flag was raised monday, then lowered backn, tnt t final made his first public comments, reacting