Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. On on the fence tonight is San Franciscos mayor and other city leaders accused of taking bribes. Accusations coming from attorneys in a high profile corruption case. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. The lawyers say mayor ed leigh and a happenedful of happenedful of handful of officials are making accusations. He says he ran a Clean Campaign and accusations are warrantless. Attorneys for the former chinatown ringleader say prosecutors should drop all charges against their client. They say he is a victim of selective prosecution indicted for corruption while city leaders like San Francisco mayor ed lee walked away unscathed. Curtis briggs is one of his attorneys. He sat down with federal agents undercover. He took money from them. His staff took money from them. He was supposedly knowledge knowledgeable about what the money was for. They were one of the staffers who told an undercover agent you pay to play here. We got it, we know this.
But anyone can help a foster child. Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. On on the fence tonight is San Franciscos mayor and other city leaders accused of taking bribes. Accusations coming from attorneys in a high profile corruption case. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. The lawyers say mayor ed leigh and a happenedful of happenedful of handful of officials are making accusations. He says he ran a Clean Campaign and accusations are warrantless. Attorneys for the former chinatown ringleader say prosecutors should drop all charges against their client. They say he is a victim of selective prosecution indicted for corruption while city leaders like San Francisco mayor ed lee walked away unscathed. Curtis briggs is one of his attorneys. He sat down with federal agents undercover. He took money from them. His staff took money from them. He was supposedly knowledge knowledgeable about what the money was for. They were one of the staffers who told an undercover agent you pay to
Unscathed. Curtis briggs is one of his attorneys. He sat down with federal agents undercover. He took money from them. His staff took money from them. He was supposedly knowledge knowledgeable about what the money was for. They were one of the staffers who told an undercover agent you pay to play here. We got it, we know this. We are the best at this game. Better than new york. We do it a little more sophisticated than new yorkers and we do it without the mofia. The mayor himself denies wrongdoing. He was trying to get off on trial, mr. Raymond chow and he is doing everything he can. He will take it with a grain of salt that he will do what he can. The court filing also accuses the reverend to pay to play. Now david chu is mentioned, but not for corruption. He is said to have helped the fbi by wearing a body wire while attempting to provoke chow to threatening him. We just spoke to the assemblyman. The fbi asked him to take part in the investigation. After he made repeated threats. Cho
Lori stokes. We have a brandnew air mass in place. 74. 74 to start out right now. Drops down maybe another degree or to but 60 at hopatcong, blairstown, up to poe and kingston. 80 by noontime. Beautiful weather. Heather, i have great news in the weather department. I have okay news in the traffic department. My maps arent working at this time. That is bad news in the traffic department. Not good news for me. Lets go to a webcam. We will show you how things are looking traveling on the Staten Island expressway. You can see the construction is set up. That is right around richmond avenue. Now, this advertise the eastbound side of the Staten Island expressway. They did cancel a lot of that construction during the overnight. Thats because of what was going on with the truck accident yesterday on the new jersey turnpike which has completely been cleared away. Now, we are looking at the b. Q. E. Up the northbound side. This is your delay coming up to the Brooklyn Bridge. We do have our stree
We have the laundry, the drier. We have suppliers all out. Reporter Bergen County executive says crews continue to work on the 24inch transmission line, they are concerned with the stability of the roadway and the primary electric and gas lines below. 200 people are without water throughout the area and hundreds in surrounding communities have low water pressure. The people in this area will be affected for the longest period of time. Reporter and city officials will bring in their own crane expert because they are worried about the weight of this crane causing additional damage on anderson avenue. This main corridor will be without water for some time. There is a boil advisory and we are expecting another update from city officials in a couple of hours. Live in Cliffside Park, a. J. Ross, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Another water main issue. This one is in brooklyn. Workers opened a valve that caused water to shoot on to the street near 5th avenue and 52nd street in sunset p