[applause] my partner in crime to my left is willis lee, retired army lieutenant colonel. llis is the president of the national republican -- republican assembly. he is the cochairman of the second amendment coalition, former state chairman and current rnc member, founder of the rnc conservative caucus. ranger, retired army combat veteran, west point graduate with degrees. willis: went to fast. niger: engineering, public administration. . had to cut his bio a lot more than this. of all his a compass meant i think willis is most proud of his wife and -- his accomplishments i think willis is most proud of his wife and the lutheran church. welcome, willis lee. [applause] right, graham, let's get started with you. did ak emma and dick wonderful job. they said the heller decision, or dick said what they won or emma said what they won was the right to keep, but as we all know, the second amendment says keep and bear arms. important distinction. talk about that. graham: thank you for having us and having this panel. that is an important distinction. the decision had two landmark c

welcome, willis lee. [applause] >> graham, let's get started with you. wonderful job, but i thought it was interesting they said that the heller decision, what they one auto -- won was the right to keep. the second amendment says keep and bear arms. an important distinction. tell us about that? thisank you for having panel. that is an important distinction. the heller case had to landmark cases to it -- landmark decisions to it. it established protections in the constitutions. the facts of the case, that dick and emily discussed is that can you own your own gun in the home for self-defense? the answer is yes. that leaves open a huge range of practical activities that we all associate with the second amendment. they make enjoying the second amendment and exercising that freedom practical. those were left undecided i hell or. in the time since then, what we have seen is that state legislatures have filled out that meeting. in conservative states like texas, where i am from, those activities are very robust. you enjoy great second amendment freedoms. but in

that this language now is going to be everybody in free for ron conway and for willie brown, who had a wonderful party for ed lee on the night he was elected at the palace hotel with lobster and an open bar that cost thousands and thousands of dollars. i believe they had mc hammer providing entertainment, none of which was reported, all of which was gratis to everybody what walked in the door. but all of that is free now, and there's not going to be any problem, because neither of them had a financial interest problem with the city. same thing with sean parker, and the money that he's been giving. there are a number of people who give a lot of money, and who do goodwill with it, but it's not a behested payment, because it's not a check that's requested by an elected official. that's the connection that we're talking about. if you look at the behested payments are going to, it's not going to the type of groups that debbie is talking about. what we're hearing now is if you send a valentine to someone, you're in trouble. i would go one step further and say limiting this to financial interests does not represent how

lee this past summer, 2017. he was doing -- he was involved with the grand opening of the willie b. kennedy center. i believe the fact that i'm legally blind, there was like 1,000 people there at the opening of the center. he said hello to me. i felt special at that moment. i think he died four or five months later. i had a brief chuckle. maybe he recognized me in the election commercials back in 2015. i think from other councilmembers, he was working on affordable housing the last four years ago. he inspired me to look for 1-bedroom in the city that's all i want to say on that part. >> thank you. thank you very much. all right. who else may we have from -- who would like to have a word? >> that's it. >> going once. twice. okay. we're done. well, as i said, we'll miss mayor lee and we'll be moving forward and always remember his legacy in this city. all right. so we don't have quite as many agenda items today -- >> we do have the -- you were going to the next one? we have one for public comment. i don't know if she's still here. >> oh, yeah, yeah. that's the next agenda item. public comment. so we

willie brown. of course, it's a little bitter sweet this year because we don't have the late mayor ed lee here nor rose pak who was a major figurehead in chinatown. so it is a new guard entering -- ushering in a new year. live in san francisco's chinatown, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> the suspect in the stabbing death of a tracy teen appeared before a judge separately yesterday. 19-year-old daniel gross and 25- year-old melissa leonardo are accused of killing lizette cuesta and leaving her on the side of the road in livermore. police say she was able to identify the suspects before she died. they are due back in court next month. they have not entered a plea yet. >>> people are moving out of the bay area into pint-sized homes. this morning, we'll show how is deciding to downsize. >> a hollywood actor under fire amid sexual harassment allegations. what amazon is saying about the transparent star. >> the weather is looking lovely as we start this lunar new year all because of high pressure here in place but things are about to change. i'll track when our winds are going to pick up and temperatures will

willie brown. of course, it's a little bitter sweet this year because we don't have the late mayor ed lee here nor rose pak who was a major figurehead in chinatown. so it is a new guard entering --ushering in a new year. live in san francisco's live in san francisco's chinatown, anne makovec, kpix 5. there's a big parade that you're probably all aware of, a big hullabaloo is going on next saturday around union square. so we are expecting thousands of people in town for that. live in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> i love anne with the hullabaloo. that's awesome. >>> new video this morning of a dramatic high-speed chase in los angeles. take a look. police say they tried to pull over this black suv lack night but the driver just didn't stop. she led authority into a pursuit, hit a vehicle. officers caught her and this morning she is facing several charges including dui. >> messy situation there. >>> we have our own messy situation in the south bay on 101 this morning. this is what's in store for you. this is 101 at poplar avenue. look at the backup with a traffic, on 101 in burlingame. traf