reporter: well i can tell you that the mayor put out a statement trying to quell this growing national uproar saying all the agencies really need to take a look at this and maybe re-examine their policies. he says san francisco s sanctuary policy is not meant to protect violent and repeat felons. the steinle family have had an opportunity to weigh in on this, and they have declined at this point. their focus is really on preserving kate s memory just talking about the kind of person she was. all right, dan simon. live in san francisco. our thanks to you. hello again. thanks for staying with us. i m ana cabrera. since jumping into the 2016 race hillary clinton has been sharply criticized for not talking to the press. but today clinton could have a chance to respond to her critics when she sits down for her first
and creating something positive. kate when you met her, she left a lasting impression on you, and she saw things in such a positive way. she laughed, she lived life, lived moment by moment and we want to try to create something positive out of her legacy. cnn s dan simon has more. did you shoot kate steinle, the lady who was down on pier 14? yes. reporter: this is francisco sanchez confessing to firing the gun that killed 32-year-old kate steinle walking along this popular san francisco pier with her father. she was killed last week after a bullet pierced her chest. you could feel she was fighting gasping for every breath. reporter: kate s father says no words were exchanged between sanchez and his daughter. authorities called it a random act of violence. i have a little solace that i was with her, but i also have the overwhelming grief of a father at the moment she was shot.
the man accused in the shooting death of a 32-year-old woman at a san francisco pier has now been charged with murder. juan francisco lopez-sanchez is set to be arraigned eded today. he said he did shoot katy steinle accidentally after a gun he found went off when he picked it up. his status as an undocumented immigrant who had a felony record, he was then deported to mexico five times, has now ramped up the debate over immigration and the victim agencies family has been largely quiet after all this happened. they want to focus on healing and they re attempting to find something positive in this tragedy. here is what her best friend told cnn s don lemon. her family is struggling. they are devastated by the tragedy, but her dad has talked a lot about the kate effect and, you know, trying to take this horrific horrific tragedy
i firmly believe it makes us safer. for a law enforcement perspective, we want to build trust with that population and our suction tuary city and other attendant laws have allowed us to do that. reporter: tell that to republican presidential candidate donald trump who seized on the case saying the tragic shooting is quote, yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately. sanchez says the lure of a paycheck kept him coming back to the u.s. i m looking for a job in the restaurant or roofing, landscaping or construction. reporter: and he says he killed kate steinle by accident after finding the gun wrapped in a t-shirt underneath a bench. and he didn t mean to fire it. though he reportedly told police he was aiming at sea lions. i want to bring in dan simon joining me live from san francisco. dan, where do we go from here?