Candidate for the november Mayoral Election in 2019, but now there will be a special election for interim mayor in june. He faces election much sooner. I was planning on another two years of campaigning, now it will be a mere six month. Reporter leno has already been raising money and building coalitions since he declared last may. But he may be facing board of supervisors president london breed who is now acting mayor. If she runs, you might call her sort of an incumbent. Should president breed decide to run, it will be an uphill battle for anyone thats going to be looking to challenge her. Reporter other potential candidates, state assemblyman and former supervisors president david chu who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2011. Former supervisor and assemblyman tom amiano says chu will have to roll the dice. His challenge will be the race for assembly is this year as well, so if he ran in june, he would have to give up his assembly race. Reporter also resumed, supervisor jane kim who
Future and right now the president of the board of supervisors london breed is the acting mayor. A special election will take place june 5th of next year. The winner chosen by voters will dpnch out lees term. Between now and june, the board of supervisors can meet at any time to vote on someone other than london breed to serve as acting mayor until the special election. Abc7 news vic lee is live with a look at who might be interested at taking the job. Strik . Reporter well, dan, a lot depends i guess the conventional wisdom is that a lot depends on whether london breed, the acting mayor will declare her candidacy for interim mayor in that special june election. A lot of people here at city hall with whom i spoke, mostly off record, believe she will. Now in respect to mayor lee, once hes laid to rest, the gloves should come off. There is no one like him. But because he wasnt a politician, he did things very differently. Reporter the sudden death of mayor ed lee, an earthquake thats sha
Thousands of employees of Walter Reed Medical Center certainly relieved at this hour. But they had to shelterinplace for hours while the police were searching the grounds. Rebecca cooper continues our Live Team Coverage from bethesda. What was one of the days where it was a waste of time for them and scary at the same time. Rebecca that is right. People were calm throughout this ordeal inside. When were outside show you where we are. At the gate of the entrance of walter reed and we are able to see the Police Coming and going and feel the calm. For the people inside they only knew that there was a search ongoing for an active shooter. Then they waited for several hours. We spoke to two of the people inside. They were patient. One was a woman whose husband is in the military and works at walter reed. The other after his tours of duty in iraq is now retired from the army. She took solace in the help of a stranger. He took solace in following military protocol. The subway manager, i dont
News, l. A. Abc News Reporter leann mendes is leave francisco. Leann i know this has got to be a tough time. Reporter it is, its like a onetwo punch for mexico, carolin, nearly two weeks ago that c wryntas devastated by eahqua 9. 1 madrigal constitute earthquake. Today this one was much closer to mexico city with a Larger Population and close tiesar t theo e vidtheo is terrifying, a building collapses as onlookers yell for the people inside to get out. I showed the video to several people waiting outside the consulate in mexico of mexico city. Weve been trying to contact friends and family in mexico city, as well as the state of guerrero through facebook. So far we have not heard news yet. Well see. Reporter the quake was felt in mexico city which is only 75 miles from the epi center in the state of morel loes. Neighboring cities near the capital helped to remove rubble and free engine trapped. This man who lives in mexico says everyone he knows is safe but is very frightened. People i
The 7. 1 earthquake was. Inside, ceiling lights swings uncomfortably in a restaurant and in an Office Building where people run for cover. Outside buildings rocking so hard glass fall to the ground. Buildings are reduced to rubble. Rescue workers racing inside the build rushing a woman to safety. Another woman carried in dust is going through the crowd on a stretcher. The massive earthquake hit just after 2 00 eastern, less than 100 miles of mexico city. From the air a clear picture of the denver station. More than two dozen buildings collapsed. Many residence without electricity as the country now begins to assess the earthquakes toll. This earthquake comes on the anniversary of a 8. Oquake that hit mexico city in 2005. Earlier in the day, earth quake drills were held in mexico city to mark the anniversary. Dania baa which you say, abc news, l. A. Abc News Reporter leann mendes is leave in San Francisco. Leann i know this has got to be a tough time. Reporter it is, its like a onetwo p