Filed a motion today that claims the fbi has evidence of top city leaders accepting illegal money but they claim federal prosecutors refused to good after them. Carolyn tyler has the story. Is the fbi corrupt or are politicians corrupt but i garren tie one or the other. Reporter curtis bringing recommendation raymond chow and 7 others go on trial this fall on charges of racketeering, Money Laundering and trafficking drugs and weapons. The charges came after a lengthy federal investigation. Now chow attorneys say it was selective prosecution that fbi documents show San Francisco mayor ed lee should also have been indicted. Concerning to the fbi he sat down with federal agents undercover. He took money from them. His staff took money from them supposedly knowledgeable about what the money was for and he attempted to, to i guess pay up on the bribe. Reporter late this afternoon mayor lee fired back saying the accusation are old and untrue. Everybody makes whatever alleys they want to make
Asking the question cannot bash can american democracy survive . Megan we have always had these attacks from the establishment him and in the wake of charlottesville and the racial language used we are seeing explicit attacks and people saying, how parts this damage going to go in what is the experience of other countries. What we are taking a look at is, things may seem bad in the sense and him and of traditional establishment edifices are being ripped out. But if you look in the experience of other countries, the philippines, similar establishments, have thrived. Carol we see cycles in terms of leaders coming in and pushing back on the establishment. Megan people always reach for parallels with trump. When of the things i talk about is how the u. S. Is late on this populist wave in terms of getting an authoritarian style populace. Weve had others in the philippines and hungary, many of those are similar. Looking at how they map this and where the trajectory and how the citizenship re
New site of the oakland arks stadium. The as have made the selection. Its not a done deal. All sorts of decisions. One way to go. Yeah, the fact that theyre reaching out and that site is just west of lake merit right off of 880 near the bart station is their number one pick. If they do that is the mic on . Say something. If they do that, they have to expand the bart station. Its small. Its the smallest one. Theres like two parking spots. They would have to the figure out a way to get more people up and down. Yes. Because they only have it was not designed the coliseum was designed for a lot of people. It was not for a big event like that. Cannot get tens of thousands of people. You have to get a new on and off ramp. I am willing to see if they get the money from infrastructure. I know that i like it. Its come between the Howard Terminal and complex. You have a you new leadership. They want a new spot and ball park. There are concerns about china town. I have the concerns too and what t
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At temperatures in the 50s this morning. 60s by noontime for most. Mid70s for the warmest inland locations, 5 to 8 degrees warmer than yesterday. Well talk about the rest of the workweek which includes warm earn cooler weather all coming up. Lisa, thank you. Developing news this morning. Police are looking for two suspects and an uber vehicle after the driver was abducted at gunpoint in San Francisco. He was off duty in the city when a man and a woman jumped into his car and depended that he drive them around. He says the man had a gun and the woman had a knife. He drove to richmond and at some point for at an atm to take money out. Thats when he said he made his escape and went straight to richmond police. Police are looking for a 2015 toyota kamry with license plate 7hqw692. A die visive president ial contest notice france involving a right wing pop uist candidate as well as a hacking scandalfation voters. This is a live look at the courtyard outside the Louvre Museum where candidate