Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. A federal grand jury has indicted state senator leland yee and 28 other defendants on a wide range of charges, including money laundering, firearms trafficking and public corruption. If convicted, yee could face 125 years in prison and more than 1 million in fines. Other suspects, including reputed gang leader Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow and former San Francisco School Board President Keith Jackson were charged with murderforhire, Drug Trafficking and other crimes. Meanwhile, concerns are being raised among Asian Americans about Public Perceptions of their community. Joining me now to discuss the latest developments are linda yee, kpix reporter, and josh richman, Bay Area News Group political reporter. Josh, i know you read the indictment. Whats new in it . Well, theres one new charge for state senator leland yee. They added a conspiracy charge to go with the six bribery charges that were already filed against him in the criminal compl
Im frank mallicoat. And im michelle griego. Time now is 6 00. Developing right now, at 6 00, more than half of all americans are feeling a blast of bitter cold air this morning. The polar vortex of arctic air is spreading to the east. And the deep south. Cbs reporter marlie hall has an update on the freeze. Reporter its so cold in embarrass, minnesota frost is forming on peoples faces. This is the natural way of life for you. So you just live with it and you just put on another bundle of clothes and come on out. Reporter what may be a natural way of life in embarrass is unnatural for the rest of us. Its very cold. Very cold. Unbearably cold actually. Reporter a polar vortex is bringing cold air and biting winds from the north pole. Forecasters say about 187 million americans are in a deep freeze. The big story about all this has been the breadth of the cold. Seeing unusually cold air and windchill warnings and advisories, not often you see that map with that much coverage. Reporter its
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. A federal grand jury has indicted state senator leland yee and 28 other defendants on a wide range of charges, including money laundering, firearms trafficking and public corruption. If convicted, yee could face 125 years in prison and more than 1 million in fines. Other suspects, including reputed gang leader Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow and former San Francisco School Board President Keith Jackson were charged with murderforhire, Drug Trafficking and other crimes. Meanwhile, concerns are being raised among Asian Americans about Public Perceptions of their community. Joining me now to discuss the latest developments are linda yee, kpix reporter, and josh richman, Bay Area News Group political reporter. Josh, i know you read the indictment. Whats new in it . Well, theres one new charge for state senator leland yee. They added a conspiracy charge to go with the six bribery charges that were already filed against him in the criminal compl
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. A federal grand jury has indicted state senator leland yee and 28 other defendants on a wide range of charges, including money laundering, firearms trafficking and public corruption. If convicted, yee could face 125 years in prison and more than 1 million in fines. Other suspects, including reputed gang leader Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow and former San Francisco School Board President Keith Jackson were charged with murderforhire, Drug Trafficking and other crimes. Meanwhile, concerns are being raised among Asian Americans about Public Perceptions of their community. Joining me now to discuss the latest developments are linda yee, kpix reporter, and josh richman, Bay Area News Group political reporter. Josh, i know you read the indictment. Whats new in it . Well, theres one new charge for state senator leland yee. They added a conspiracy charge to go with the six bribery charges that were already filed against him in the criminal compl
Lee left the courthouse on federal charges prickeand in return for connecting an undercover fbi agent with an arms dealer conspiracy trafficking in illegal firearms without a license. Accused of six counts of defrauding citizens of Honest Services sprit he was of 20 people are trained and cited offices of the complaint. Reporter dubois welch out is being held behind bars he is sitting released yee is being released. Reporter g release reporter yesss attorney had little to say. Reporter yee has given up his pasport and confined. Catherine continuing our Team Coverage. Kron4s Justine Waldman has been going through the lengthy criminal complaint. Continuing our Team Coverage. Kron4s Justine Waldman has been going through the lengthy criminal complaint. Reporter this is according to the complaint to making a call and writing a letter to the manager of Public Health and support of a contract under consideration with the fbi agent take client he allegedly had to get himself of 70,000 of debt