but never sought the public spotlight, someone that was uncool in some ways, but had friends like willie mayse coolest people on earth. his was a legacy of humility. that's a word we don't hear a lot in public life, humility. you know, i was thinking when senator feinstein was talking about that raiesume, i was thinking about purchasing and human rights and department of public works and city administrator. i wonder how much of that he chose versus all those positions choosing him. it's like the mayor's office. that office was presented along the way of his path. in some ways, he never sought it, it chose him. a man of remarkable character, a decent and honorable person, someone whose legacy is hard to follow. we live in a time of growing narcissism, a time of rank polarization, undermoralization. and then there was ed lee, decent, honorable, humble human being, who always wanted to do the right thing. who never wanted to take other folks down. i think if there's any legacy, it's a reminder that life is short and our wisdom is way too limited to win fleeting victories at other people's expens

someone that was uncool in some ways, but had friends like willie mays and joe montana, about the coolest people on earth. his was a legacy of humility. that's a word we don't hear a lot in public life. you know, i was thinking when senator feinstein was talking about the resume, and i was thinking about public rights, and public works and county administrator. and i thought i wonder how many of that he chose, versus all of those positions choosing him. it's like the mayor's office. that office was presented along the way of his path. in some ways, he never sought it, it chose him. a man of remarkable character, a decent and honorable person, someone whose legacy is hard to follow. we live in a time of growing narcissism, of rank polarization, under moralization. and then, there was ed lee. decent, honorable, humble human being who always wanted to do the right thing. who never wanted to take other folks down. i think if there's any legacy to ed, it's a reminder that life is short, and our wisdom is way too limited to win victories at other people's expenses. ed's legacy was about triumph

we understand that former mayor willie brown may be at the hospital. we're looking to see if we can possibly find him. and looking to find other city hall staffers and also supervisors who may be coming by at some point in time this morning to pay their respects. >> we know we will see all of them and we will talk to as many as we can right here on mornings on 2. thank you. >>> joining us on the phone right now is my colleague, amber lee. can you hear me? >> i can. good morning. >> what are you feeling? what was your reaction? >> reporter: boy, i was just stunned and saddened. i heard about it as i was driving home from work. i started thinking about the many interviews i've done with him over the years and one stuck out to me and that was the one i did in february where we sat down one-on-one with a pro fire -- profile as we were preparing for the annual chinese new year parade. and i remember we met at a restaurant in chinatown. he had a great sense of humor. he shook my hand and handed me a stuffed rooster. we laughed about it. being a native san fr

supervisor peskin: i will be exceptionally brief and i wanted to just -- this is specific to willie woo woo but may apply to the projects and willie woo woo is not a $2 million project so that's just a portion from the 2012 bond? >> correct, correct. is willie woo -- it looks like, that's odd to me because i think that the portion from the 2012 parks fund is more -- it's what has been issued so far. i think that willie woo woo,. >> supervisor kim: that was confusing because turk mini hyde park looked like it was getting five dollars. >> it may not have been the best chart. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, mr. ginsburg and because we have members of the public waiting since 10:00 amy want to call those cards. and to save comments and questions for later. i have jane wheel, casey asberry and chad houston and phyllis dees, and leslie strong, and patrick roddy, and drew becker, and ellen, and mark elliott. and you can line up on the other side of the podium, even if i do not call your name, please feel free to line up on this item and i see miss wheel has walked up to the front so let's get starte

in the past 15 minutes, i got a chance to speak to former san francisco mayor, willie brown and mayor lee may have passed away from a heart attack. that was not disclosed in the conference. they didn't say that. that is information we are getting from former mayor of san francisco, willie brown. as far as mayor lee, the family members that he is surprised by, his wife anita and his bought daughters, brianna and tania. he was appointed in 2011, re-elected twice. the first asian-american mayor having an impact in san francisco and across the country on a number of issues. we are working to get nor information on this. a developing story, a sad story in san francisco. >> thank you very much, pete. very sad news this morning. >> you know, mayor ed lee, always a busy person. from the tweets he posted just yesterday, excuse me, he was busy up to the end. one of the tweets announced the launch of a pilot program making it easy for residents and businesses to recycle. he took a photograph with state senator and small business owner who tweeted about a recent visit where he attended a climate summit.

reporter: other dignitaries included the police chief who gave a slow salute to his boss and former may or willy brown. mourners signed condolence pages. the messages were sweeping. about what a great mayor, city employee, he and man he was. >> he really did it all the. from his community work to his boring as the mayor. >> we lost a great leader to somebody they could trust, and who was very dependable. >> today is the public viewing. sunday, a memorial service. that's open to the public, too. at city hall at 3:00. in san francisco, amy holly field. abc7 news. >> another look here inside city hall. you can see people streaming in. paying tribute to ed lee. it is open to the public. if you cannot make it, we'll have live coverage here on abc7 news. >> you can see the air and it has brown haze to it. that's not a good thing. unfortunately, it is not going away. >> this is video from our, well, right now the exploratorium camera, checking out the bay. you can see the haze there and the trans america building may make for a good building. the air quality, not so good. the bay bridge, the traffic lo

mayor, lieutenant-governor newsom, diane feinstein, nancy pelosi, willie brown, and ed lee's daughters. memorial celebration of the may you're life will be sunday at 3:00 p.m. at city hall. open to the public. we said. live coverage on abc 7 news and news app as well. community celebrated for one of the men at the center of the bay area immigration debate. he walked into the san rafael school gym amid applause. an undocumented father of three was released from federal detention last month after arrested by ice in may. the community worked with six months to set him free. >> we are human beings. we, we have mistakes. but i think it is not a mistake i am here to look for a better future for my kids and family. to follow a dream. >> supporters know he does not have legal status. they're helping him to try to gain amnesty. >> more to come here. an east bay mother wants to turn a negative into a positive. >> there its definitely going to be more cars going in and out. >> as part of an i-team investigation a mother tells us how she is using the son's death to save others. >> last minute push to save christmas for thousand o

mayor, lieutenant-governor newsom, diane feinstein, nancy pelosi, willie brown, and ed lee's daughters. memorial celebration of the may you're life will be sunday at 3:00 p.m. at city hall. open to the public. we said. live coverage on abc 7 news and news app as well. community celebrated for one of the men at the center of the bay area immigration debate. he walked into the san rafael school gym amid applause. an undocumented father of three was released from federal detention last month after arrested by ice in may. the community worked with six months to set him free. >> we are human beings. we, we have mistakes. but i think it is not a mistake i am here to look for a better future for my kids and family. to follow a dream. >> supporters know he does not have legal status. they're helping him to try to gain amnesty. >> more to come here. an east bay mother wants to turn a negative into a positive. >> there its definitely going to be more cars going in and out. >> as part of an i-team investigation a mother tells us how she is using the son's death to save others. >> last minute push to save christmas for thousand o

former mayor willie brown will be one of the speakers, who may share a funny story about how mayor lee always wanted to be a point guard for the nba. >> he didn't make it so he brought a team over here that would tolerate a short guy playing this women. >> reporter: brown may joke but he will honor the man he says the city was lucky to have as its leader. >> it is appropriate and fitting for a man who really earned everybody's respect. >> reporter: a man, a mayor, gone too soon. in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> the memorial celebration of the mayor's life will be held on sunday at 3:00 p.m. at city hall. it is open to the public. if you can make it we will have live coverage here on abc7 noose. >>> two men will go on trial for the ghost ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people in oakland. an alameda county judge ruled there is enough evidence to try both ship founder derick almena and his top aide max harris. each man faces 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for last year's tragedy. that's how many people died in that fire. prosecutors claim they knowingly created a

former mayor willie brown will be one of the speakers, who may share a funny story about how mayor lee always wanted to be a point guard for the nba. >> he didn't make it so he brought a team over here that would tolerate a short guy playing this women. >> reporter: brown may joke but he will honor the man he says the city was lucky to have as its leader. >> it is appropriate and fitting for a man who really earned everybody's respect. >> reporter: a man, a mayor, gone too soon. in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> the memorial celebration of the mayor's life will be held on sunday at 3:00 p.m. at city hall. it is open to the public. if you can make it we will have live coverage here on abc7 noose. >>> two men will go on trial for the ghost ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people in oakland. an alameda county judge ruled there is enough evidence to try both ship founder derick almena and his top aide max harris. each man faces 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for last year's tragedy. that's how many people died in that fire. prosecutors claim they knowingly created a

, a reference to willie whitelaw. and theresa mayy task. i don‘t think we will expect another one too soon. he was the architect of his own down fall, he lied. one too soon. he was the architect of his own down fall, he liedm one too soon. he was the architect of his own down fall, he lied. it is as simple as that. it began with the allegations from kate maltby and the investigation couldn‘t decide, but said it was plausible. he spoke out and had a backlash from the press and had a backlash from the press and that is partly why we haven‘t heard from him since this broke. if you‘re going to be a minister, you have to be honest and tell the truth and he broke that. there is a sense of sadness across the conservative party as people fear that generally he has acted well and it is said in the investigation aside from this incident... apart from the lying. apart from the lying he had opinion a good minister and a good deputy prime minister. there was no option. he did have to go. 0nce prime minister. there was no option. he did have to go

willie. the flu korch throw versy may be used to undermine the russia probe. now many are in the hands of prosecutors. this morning special counsel robert mueller under fire from the trump transition team. an attorney for the transition confirmed to nbc news that he sent a letter to congress complaining about, quote, unauthorized private and privileged transition e-mails. in the letter, which has been published by politico, the trump transition team is accusing mueller of unlawfully obtaining tens of thousands of pages of e-mails claiming it raises potential violations of attorney-client privilege and the fourth amendment which protects against unlawful search and seizure. mueller's team, normally reluctant to comment, did release a statement overnight saying they've done nothing wrong. when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we've secured the account owner's account or appropriate criminal process. all of this playing out as the president cheer leads about tax cuts. >> we are back. we're really going to start to rock

he's been critical of theresa may and, indeed, germany's angela merkel as well. david willisking to me earlier and mentioning special counsel robert mueller, who is investigating alleged links between donald trump's election campaign and the russian government. well a spokesman for mr mueller has been defending the investigation, saying the appropriate criminal process is being followed in all of the probe‘s dealings. lawyers representing the trump presidential transition team accused mr mueller of unauthorised access to tens of thousands of emails. turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan has announced that he wants to open an embassy for palestinians in eastjerusalem. the turkish leader has been one of the most vocal opponents of donald trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel and last week led calls for it to be recognised as the capital of a palestinian state. here's president erdogan at a rally earlier. translation: since jerusalem is currently under occupation, we can't go there and open our embassy. but oui’ go there and open our embassy. but our

reported based off our information from former san francisco mayor, another one, willie brown, who said the cause of death may have been a heart attack for mayor ed lee. the hospital we heard from here at zuckerberg san francisco general, they did not disclose the cause of death, only telling us that mayor ed lee was brought to their hospital roughly around 10:00 p.m. in critical condition. they did their best but they said he passed away at 1:11 a.m. as it stands, london breed, who you heard talk there, she will be the acting mayor. she's going to have to go through a process which is optional as far as the appointment from the board of supervisors. i want to mention, mayor ed lee is survived by his wife and his two children, but here the mood they're saying they are shocked and saddened, guys. >> yeah, pete, a lot of people are saddened by this, even congresswoman nancy pelosi who represents san francisco just put out this statement a few moments ago. she writes in part, it was with great sad nets that my family and i received the heartbreaking news of the passing of a dear friend and extraordinary leader,

is he was comfortable in his own shoes....he didn't try and be willie..he didnt seek the limelight like newsome..... east bay residents maynot appreciate it...but he is the reason the warriors will base in san francisco in a couuple of seasons. as the media scurrys to find out the actual cause of death at age 65....we have a suggstion why not just let a good man rest in piece.....and of course to his wife and childeren......be proiud of a good...good man....who represented his family and city in a first class manor. back next hour.c (grant) new at nine... a good reminder of a deadly threat.(vicki) and even with signs posted everywhere and flashing lights... people just don't seem to listen... so stanley roberts has a few tips to follow... oh so often drivers get a moment to reflect on decisions in life, wondering if they made the right decision or maybe they should waited nats: ambiance the only problem is they are on active train tracks . but before we delve deep in to the bad choices made ..lets go over a pressing matter there are two important rules when around active railroad tracksnats: ambiance rule number one, neve

and when ships appear again between the icebergs in mid may that means the long winter is finally over. for sarah willis playing is a passion. to. join her on a journey of musical discovery. it's christmas time here in berlin and in the real oakland starts today linda in syria enjoys a christmas classic pencil and greater by engelbert humperdinck. in fifteen minutes teetotal. they sought refuge and found a prison tens of thousands of refugees are languishing on the greek island of misfit without water electricity or health care. they wait for months for their asylum applications to be processed. the locals can barely count it's a breeding ground for violence. in thirty minutes on the double. every journey begins with the first step and every language of the first word political nico is in germany to bunch of. business just why not move. in simple online on your own while answering. to suffer. d.w. zealand in course because free german made easy. this is.

that 20, or maybe as many as a0 other members of congress may soon find themselves embroiled in some sort of sexual assault allegations. david willis. four days ahead of alabama's senate election, mr trump has endorsed republican roy moore at a rally in the neighbouring state florida. mr moore had been pressed to drop out of the race for the senate. he's been accused of sexual misconduct by nine different women, including two who say he assaulted them when they were teenagers. mr moore denies those claims. we wa nt we want people that are going to protect your gun rights. great trade deals instead of the horrible deals. and we wantjobs, jobs, jobs... so get out and vote for rory more. do it. do it. -- get out and vote for rory more. do it. do it. —— roy moore. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the great walls of china — and the street artist adding colour to shanghai. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil. and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of du

on the blog, that we are not telling people to rip out kaspersky willy—nilly because that makes no sense. this is about entities that maymall number and for example if you have a business negotiation that the russian government may be interested in. two former police officers who leaked allegations that pornographic images had been found on the tory minister damian green's computer were in "flagrant breach" of their own code of conduct, according to the former attorney general dominic grieve. mr green, now first secretary of state, repeated his insistence that he didn't view pornographic material on the computer. the former attorney general said he found the behaviour of the ex—officers behaviour troubling. white house officials have indicated that president trump is likely to announce next week that the united states will recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. the status ofjerusalem is highly contentious, with both israelis and palestinians claiming all or part of the city as their capital. critics have warned that the decision by donald trump could jeopardise peace negotiations. it's feared there could be hundr

we don't just want willy-nilly the president looking at all different information because some of the information maybe bad, and we need the president to be looking at good decisions based on good and strong and accurate information. >> that's john kelly to a t. and it is important because the president has to deal with a number of crises, a number of problems. he has a national security processes that involves both deputies meetings and principle meetings in order to move forward on recommendations to the president. he ought to follow that. he ought to do the same thing when it comes to economic policy and to domestic policy is to create an orderly processes where information is provided, options are viewed, and then they are then presented to the president. when i was chief of staff to bill clinton before any briefing went to the president, it had to come to me in the chief of staff's office at the white house. i think that's the right way to do business. >> the north korea situation has become incredibly dangerous in the last few months. what's your take on this latest provocation where you have n

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on the blog, that we are not telling people to rip out kaspersky willy—nilly because that makes no sense. this is about entities that mayvery small number, and for example if you have a business negotiation that the russian government may be interested in. two former police officers who leaked allegations that pornographic images had been found on the tory minister damian green's computer were in "flagrant breach" of their own code of conduct, according to the former attorney general dominic grieve. mr green, now first secretary of state, repeated his insistence that he didn't view pornographic material on the computer. the former attorney general said he found the behaviour of the ex—officers behaviour troubling. they choose to put material that an ordinary citizen would he prohibited from acquiring under data protection laws, into the public domain, and their own judgement. there's a way of dealing with that. if you think is relevant you do it by proper official means. you do not go freelancing as this two officers have done and it has the smack of the police state about it. pope francis is spending his final day in b

on the blog, that we are not telling people to rip out kaspersky willy—nilly because that makes no sense. this is about entities that maynational security systems in government, of which there are very small number, and for example if you have a business negotiation that the russian government may be interested in. two former police officers who leaked allegations that pornographic images had been found on the tory minister, damian green's computer, were in "flagrant breach" of their own code of conduct, according to the former attorney general, dominic grieve. mr green, now the first secretary of state, has repeated his insistence that he didn't view pornographic material on the computer. the former attorney general said he found the behaviour of the ex—officers troubling. they choose to put material that an ordinary citizen would be prohibited from acquiring under data protection rules into the public domain on their own judgment... now, there is a way of dealing with that. if you think something is relevant, you do it by proper, official means. you do not go freelancing, as these two officers have done, and it has th

the most basic principle of a free society is the government can't willy-nilly force us to do things that violate our beliefs. some may argue in these wedding cases there is a conflict between the freedom of speech or religion and gay rights. and marriage equality is more important. but that's a false choice as president obama would say. there is no clash of individual rights in any circumstance other than when the government itself declines to consistently recognize and protect everyone's rights. so county clerks act on the state's behalf and so much issue marriage licenses regardless of their beliefs, but bakers are not government agents and so should maintain the freedom of conscience. ultimately again this is primarily a case about compelled speech. as justice jackson observed in barnett, freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. that would be a mere shadow of freedom. the test of its substance is the right for difference to touch the heart of the existing order. equally fundamental that the government has no authority to force individuals to engage in expressive acts even for a benign pu

but it still may take some time until you start to feel it. of the fox business network gerri willis with all the details. >> passed both houses of congress last week delivering a major victory to president trump and g.o.p. leaders. for seven weeks after house budget committee members issued a draft bill, republican legislators gave final approval to the bill delivering $1.5 trillion in tax relief. the president signed the bill into law friday after congress passed a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. when that means that the taxpayers will begin seeing more money in their paycheck as soon as february as withholding tables are changed to accommodate lower tax rates. but the biggest tax cut is delivered to corporations which is 14% cut, other benefits to corporate america include the media and full expense capital of quitman for five years. at 20 deduction on small businesses and a repeal of the corporate alternative minimum tax. on the other side, tax reform retained a seven crack tax brackets but withdrew rates. the standard deduction is effectively doubled to $24,

there's word that gop leaders may back down as republicans blasted part of their tax plan, cutting deductions for state and local taxes. gerri willis will be here with a look at that in just a minute. it's christmas season and down in the d.c. at the children's medical center in washington, they're getting ready for santa's arrival and the first lady who will read to them. let's listen. ♪ ♪ ♪ that one daddy! it's beautiful. i'm the world's greatest douglas fir. i'm the perfect shape. i'm the perfect color. my scent- like making love to a lumberjack. but halfway home, my twine gets loose. and your cut-rate insurance might not pay for this. so get allstate. where you can save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. mayhem is everywhere. so get an allstate agent. are you in good hands? ♪ this holiday, the real gift isn't what's inside the box. it's what's inside the person who opens it. ♪ give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions- and open up a world of possibilities. ♪ save 30% for the holidays at ancestrydna.com >> shepard: as lawmakers in the house and senate work on a fin

celebrations may be put off for another day though, because a technicality with the wording of the bill means the lower house of congress must vote again tomorrow. our correspondent david willisashington for us. how you see the bill depends on your politics. descriptions from republicans and democrats could come from different universe is? you are absolutely right. they voted in favour in the house of representatives but because of a procedural glitch, they will have to vote or over again in the morning. we are still waiting on a senate vote but it is unlikely this will change the outcome and every indication that president trump will sign this controversial measure into law in the next few days and possibly as early as tomorrow. this bill includes a permanent tax cut for corporations and temporary tax cuts for individual american citizens. nonetheless, around 80% is expected to sit some sort of tax cut starting from next year. democrats, of course, are unanimously opposed to this bill. they said it is only the wealthy that stand to benefit from it long—term and this is what the house minority leader now the policy had to say. this is the worst bill to overcome to the floor o

. >> we have a well beaten path, willie, for those people that intend to take the bullet for the president. that's right out the door. here's what may happen in the case of john dowd, he will potentially become a witness in this investigation, there's going to be questions about who actually composed that tweet. it doesn't look like a tweet that even a rookie lawyer would have composed. and now we're seeing also on the talk shows that there aren't many people, even ty cobb another lawyer within the president's team defending this strategy. the only person seems to be john dowd and alan dershowitz and it makes sense now that a lot of people within the white house are concerned about the president's legal strategy when you've got the two highest profile lawyers seemingly disagreeing on what the basis of the defense is. >> it is, harold, breath taking to be a lawyer in washington, d.c. and to actually go out and make the argument that the president of the united states is above the law t. president of the united states can't obstruct justice in an investigation that pertains to his campaign first to his administration second and to him

may serve time. they're now saying why aren't disbanding this investigation -- how stupid do they think we are? how stupid are they and how stupid, williehey think we are? >> well, it's probably because they know what's coming so they have to undermine the source of the information. that's what president trump has done for the last 11 months, consider the source, don't believe them, don't believe the press, don't believe the women, now don't believe the fbi, don't believe bob mueller. what is important to point out the person peter strzok the fbi act was removed from the investigation last -- >> hold on, are you telling me that the inspector general found these texts? by the way, i'd love to see these text messages during their hearings. you goes want to play that game? show your tech messages during benghazi, show your text -- why don't you reveal your tech messages and what you were texting each other while you were conduct an impartial investigation of benghazi for like eight years? but, anyway, i digress. >> he was removed from the investigation by bob mueller. >> right. >> last summer. >> during the summer when this was revealed ba

celebrations may be put off for another day, though, because a technicality with the wording of the bill means the lower house of congress must vote again later on wednesday. the bbc‘s david willisashington. they're still waiting on a senate vote on this bill tonight, but it's unlikely all of this will change the outcome and every indication that president trump will sign this controversial measure into law in the next few days, possibly as early as tomorrow. this bill includes permanent tax cuts for corporations and temporary tax cuts for individual american citizens. nonetheless, around 80% of the american population is expected to see some sort of tax—cut starting from next year. democrats, of course, are unanimously opposed to do this bill, they say it's only the wealthy who really stand to benefit from it long—term. and this is what the house minority leader nancy pelosi had to say. this is the worst bill to ever come to the floor of the house, with stiff competition from some of the things they've tried to do, the worst bill in history, because of the number of people it affects, the amount of money it sucks up to the higher income and the impact on our future deficits. re

willie brown to help as mediator, but that idea was rejected. tomorrow there will be a strike here in oakland. live from city hall, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >>> you may have felt or heard the strong winds that battered much of the bay area today. abc7 news was in emeryville where people just braced themselves against the steady gusts. fairly powerful at powell street plaza, believed to be responsible for knocking eucalyptus tree onto power lines. warm springs road in glen ellen closing the road a couple of hours and knocking out power to handful of residents. drew tuma with more. >> the winds active today and continuing tonight. tam cam is moving in the wind. branches swaying, camera is shaking. peak gusts, oakland at 39 miles per hour, san francisco 31, 36 in napa and concord, 28 in palo alto. it's breezy to windy across the region. 36-mile-per-hour gusts in fairfield. even along the coast, half moon bay, winds gusting to 32 miles per hour. will remain active the next 12 hours. for that fact we have wind advisory lasting until tomorrow morning, 10:00 in the morning. especially in north and east bay hills. big threat tonight is more trees coming down

>> he may have been speaking figuratively, but clapper is very careful. i don't think he would just sort of willyly use words like that, and i think from any perspective, it's clear that putin is playing trump, he's playing up to trump's desire to be liked and trump's desire to be viewed as different than president obama. but what i liked most about jim clapper's statement is to remind us that this is actually not about donald trump. we, today, a national security stl strategy was announced. we have a homeland to protect. we have elections this year, and we have done absolutely nothing to defend our self. so, while trump may view this about himself, it really is about our democracy, and it's sort of worth all of us remembering that each time we think about the indictments or, you know, whether mueller should have had those e-mails. i mean, it's all irrelevant to the fact that the story is that russia took advantage of our democracy and will do so again in the year to come. >> juliette, john, thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >>> when we come back, why the trump administration has repor