He worked to keep kids from going into gangs. Raymond took every opportunity he could of doing the right thing. And he passed it on. Rudy corpsus works in gang intervention. He made impacts. They said what chow has been saying. In this interview with abc7 news, chow says he became a new man after serving two decades for gangrelated activities. He became the head of the chinese free masons after his predecessor was shot and killed the murder is still unsolved. Big mistake. I wasnt going to school. Chow worked with atrisk kids there are skeptic thats question how much the former gangster had changed. Especially the cops who chased him for years. Once you get involved in gangs its difficult to retract yourself from that system. Prosecutors agree. Theyve charged him with running an organized crime ring and dealing in stolen property, laundering 2 million. He in Court Tomorrow hes expected to enter a plea. Vic lee, abc7 news. Former San Francisco supervisor ed jew is back in jail tonight. J
How could he be conviktded of a crime that was never committed . Shrimp boy is a reformed man. That is how his lawyer and supporters are portraying him tonight. And leland yee, the convicted felon seen here is along with yee, facing corruption charges part of a political corruption case. Abc7 news is in the newsroom tonight. Vic, the friends claim hes on the straight and narrow. A dozen supporters held a News Conference to talk about how hes turned his life around. Attorneys say the fbi investigation came out of hollywood. That there are fake charges designed to ensnare chow. He has been a target for a decade. No no the friends read quotes they claimed chow resisted doing anything illegal. When that agent suggest dealing heroin, raymond chow said no. Supporters spoke of his transformation from bad to good. He worked to keep kids from going into gangs. Raymond took every opportunity he could of doing the right thing. And he passed it on. Rudy corpsus works in gang intervention. He made
People, and not in all cases. Im not going to be politically correct, fellows. But in many cases we want to rebuild their lives. They want to rebuild their lives. They want to help us and rebuild our country. And please, everybody, please, sit down. A little bit late with that one, wasnt i . [laughter] thank you. That feels better, doesnt it . But to the 29 graduates who are returning to your family is coming you have paid your debt to society and shown a commitment to change. You have overcome many challenges, broken free of addiction. Learned new skills to replace old habits with fresh resolve. And john told us outside a little while ago that it is an incredible class of talent, that word talent is very important. Now you a chance to begin a new chapter that you are proud to call your own, and i have little doubt that youre going to be very, very successful. Your future does not have to be defined by the mistakes of the past. Today we declare that you are made by god for a great and
Were at a moment when our economy is growing. In a lot of ways things are looking up. We spent the past five and a half years fighting back. Our economy is growing. New numbers out today tell a very different story. Americas gdp has suffered a dramatic drop of nearly 3 in the first quarter. The greatest plunge for our economy in five years since the recession ended. So, is all that talk about a recovery from our president just that talk. Greg since youre not paying attention and terrorizing me. No. This is adorable. What was the question. Hes creeping along like the economy, feeling a little sluggish, perhaps needing some vitamins and fiber in his diet. What do you make of this . If the American Economy were a car, obama took a corvette and turned it into a gremlin. This has always been his plan. A smaller in his america does less damage. It was never about a carbon footprint. It was about an american footprint and hes lopping it off toe by toe. To Obama America is a fat man who needs
Made a statement about the tragedy reiterating his determination to press for tighter gun laws and that is not sitting well with this Rural Community where, for the most part guns are just a part of life. I dont think he should be here, to be honest with you. His announcement he made about gun control and the way that coming off the first thing he said, instead of saying i am sorry for the families, i think it was just wrong. I think he needs to stay in washington. He is coming into an area here where i would guess that 99 of us are have guns and hunt. So its hes coming into kind of a lions den. Take it live to roseburg now to my colleague ryan young. Ryan, tell me first of all what is on the president s agenda once he is there and how large with these protests expected to be . Reporter you know, thats the thing that were all waiting to see. Brooke, you have often said this show is about having a conversation. I think this community is having an open conversation and were all watching