In recent years the relationship between the city of santa clara and the 49ers could be described as adversarial at the best. Can sometimes it was just downright ugly. Now, these three newcomers to the city council say they are not in the 49ers back pocket, but they do say that they believe the voters want them to change the tone of the relationship between the city and the team. There was a perception of people are trying to buy a city council or by an election. Guy think that the people who know me and the people who have been following my career know that im not someone whos going to be bought by a team. Kevin park is found to bring independence to the santa clara city council, even while acknowledging that unseating incumbent Teresa Oneill represent a Seismic Shift in the balance of power. The point im trying to get across is i didnt do this for the 49ers. I did this for santa clara. They have led a campaign for greater oversight and accountability for the 49ers and the my stadium
Overnight, protests across the country including one in washington outside the white house were largely peaceful on a day when george floyd was honored at a Memorial Service in North Carolina where he was born. We will have more in a live report and we will talk to the mayor of st. Paul, minnesota, who is the son of a Police Officer, about the practical changes that may come of this moment. Later in our spotlight, harry smith looks at the history of protests in america, turning energy in the streets into change for the country. Then, the extraordinary graduation story of one high school student, from a secret of homelessness to a diploma with honors. Later, we revisit a favorite sunday sitdown with Kerry Washington. A conversation about race and policing around her recent netflix film american son which is getting renews attention in light of the death of george floyd. People who are white or other races who dont feel this kind actually imagine what itsitdown washington. Plus another l
Reporter there have been rumblings at city hall for weeks about mayor breeds ties to mohammed nuru. He is embroiled in that federal corruption scandal. I just came from inside city hall where the supervisor thinks mayor breed should resign immediately after the mayor disclose ad 5,600 gift from nuru. The mayor just admitted to violating the law by accepting a close to 6,000 gift from her employee. Her subordinate. And i talked to the city attorney. Pass clear violation of the law. And because of. Serious violation, and the serious culture of corruption that pervades this city, that i believe she should voluntarily resign. I cant help but believe that the Mayors Office is in Crisis Communications mode. They obviously have known about this, or she has known about this for a long time. The fact they are dumping on it a friday before a threeday weekend isnt arbitrary. That was obviously by design. The real question is, what else dont we know . Reporter nuru resigned from his public works o
Rob roth joins us from city hall. The mayor calls Mohammed Nuru a close personal friend. Reporter thats right. With rumors swirling around city hall, the mayor did acknowledge that she once had a romantic relationship with Mohammed Nuru. She said the romance ended many years ago, the controversy surrounding it has not. San francisco mayor, says she wants to set the record straight in a News Conference and on an online post to reveal that she and disgraced former public works director, Mohammed Nuru, dated about 20 years ago. May not have even been a year. After we were no longer dating, we were still very close. Reporter that relationship was an open secret around city hall. The mayor wanted to put to rest any rumors that the relationship was more recent. I decided to go forward with this because there were a number of rumors. Also, i wanted to make sure that people heard about our relationship. Reporter they may be facing a problem more serious than who she dated. She acknowledged a 5
Uncertain time. It was really hard times. Abdula alamudis family is back in his familys arms. His wife and daughters went to wuhan to visit family. Thank god they picked them up and they said they cannot be saved they said they need to spend time to watch them and make sure they are okay. They were on the first flight of evacuees from wuhan that landed february 5th. After a 14day quarantine, theyre finally allowed to leave. Jasmine woo and her daughter are three were medically cleared by the cdc. It was not bad. She says her uncle was scared when he was in wuhan. You were pretty panicked, yeah. So he and his family really appreciate the u. S. Government that did the arrangements. The cdc says, quote, it is important to know these people being released from quarantine pose no health risk to the surrounding community or to the communities theyll be returning to. Theyre finally going home. Something theyve been waiting weeks to say. When they come here, its okay. Two other state departmen