Ed lee was a real person. He was a person that communicated integrity. A love of life. In china, San Franciscos first chineseamerican mayor, he was like a superstar. An icon. But to everyone we met and everywhere we went, mayor lee was like beyonce with the mustache. He had the qualities of a person of whom if you did an interview of all the ones i just spoke about, he would be the only one rated appropriately by the head hunters as to who ought to be mayor. All the rest of us would be considered okay. I think if theres any legacy for ed, life is short. And our wisdom is way too limited to win fleeting victories at other peoples expenses. Eds life was about triumphing together. He knew that a measure of his success, or any public figures success, was not the honors received, but the difference that he made in the lives of regular people in our community. Nothing was too small or too big for him, from stuffing envelopes, to speaking on stage. My dad was happy to do it all. Often until l
Still green for drivers. A 10 minute ride into San Francisco. Back over to you. Well today, house represcribes are expected to pass their plan to overhaul the nations tax code. Then the senate will vote and likely send the bill to the president for his signature. Heres whats included. The Corporate Tax rate will decrease to 21 . The standard deduction will increase to 12,000 for individuals, and 24,000 for couples. But the personal exception is eliminated, which will offset a large chunk of those savings for many people. Homeowners with new mortgages can duct interest on the first 750,000, which is down from the current 1 million. The Child Tax Credit will double to 2,000, and the individual Health Care Mandate is eliminated. Thats projected to increase premiums by 10 and result in 1 million more people without insurance over the next decade. And a new nonpartisan announcement is predicting that the bill will raise taxes for 5 of taxpayers next year. Over half of americans would pay mo
Coast to the north right now. Well zoom in a little bit closer into the northern half of viewing area this storm in typical winter fashion arrive from north to south. In sierra expecting light snow what were seeing on live done doppler 7. The front is going to pick up winds on wednesday. Storm has light intensity ranking one on the impact scale, most spots may end with tenth of an inch of rain but rain will crank with gusts over 30 miles an hour. Will show you that coming up. Sounds good drew thanks. Keening track of weather where you live with abc 7 news accu weather app. Get updates from the weather team and monitor on the go as you wish. Senators are working late tonight debating the senate tax bill, its expected to pass rksz but a Technical Glitch will have them voting again. And the truth will be in the paychecks of the American People that they will see in a few months. The Senate Debating late into the night. Its a terrible day for millions of hardworking people but it is a grea
Even colder than this where we hit 32 in napa, also in palo alto, to 45 in San Francisco. Now, let me tell you whats going to happen tonight, if you live along the coast or San Francisco, youre safe from the freeding cold temperatures. The areas in purple here, which is just about everywhere else, from 1 00 in the morning to 7 00 in the morning, you got to be really careful with the pets, the plants and the pipes because this could be a killing freeze. That means temperatures will drop down into the 20s in some neighborhoods for several hours. In fact, ill have your neighborhood temperatures coming up. Natasha . Mike, thank you. An investigation is under way in oakland after a deadly crash brought this morning toes commute to a stand still. Southbound iwas closed down aftr a semitruck flipped on its amy hollyfield. Reporter the crash happened before 3 00 this morning, fedex big rig and sedan collided. One of the two drivers involved was killed. Upon arrival, our officers found paramedi
With popadopouls process during a prefg. Sfl they could face prison time Money Laundering coy bring up to 20 years in prison. Blaine zarnder nbc news. Thanks blaine. A bay area congressman says its not manaforts indictment thats the story its the guilty plea from trumps Foreign Policy adviser. I think the most interesting news is around george popadopulus. That stipulation shows he was a senior Foreign Policy adviser, the someone the president called an excellent guy, working with the russians, traveling abroad during the campaign and taking meetings with russians about dirt they had on hillary clinton. He not only pleaded guilty to lying to the fiv. He has been cooperate wg the special counsel. Ton at 6 we speak with a bay area lawyer that says thats likely the case the white house fierce the most pch coverage continuing on nbc nightly news request lester holt. Nbc news has uncovered the russian ads on facebook during the election reached 126 million americans. That story coming up in