court next week, cleared on a $500000 bond. >> catherine: kron4's justine waldman is standing by now. she's been going through the court documents. >> reporter:the complaint is 135 pages. i've been reading through it.and am not done yet. it details how and fbi agent got in with the chee kung tong. one of the juicy stories >> reporter:the court records show jackson's son, brandon jackson, sold guns and ballistic vests to an undercover fbi agent who pretended to be a member of an italian organized-crime group. >> reporter:the agent said he needed the weapons to protect his marijuana grow house in northern california. and when the agent asked they "conspired to commit a purported murder-for-hire scheme." >> reporter:i'm going to do more reading. and be back with another live report at 6. including what yee said launchers." >> reporter:the fbi was all over this morning.28 search warrants were served. including in sacramento.where state senator's yee's office was searched. a chp officer stood guard outside yee's office. the feds showed up around 7-am.there were there until about noon. at least nine packages.pieces of possible evidence were taken out of his capitol office. >> reporter:here in the bay area. there was even more action. senator yee's home in the sunset district of san francisco was raided. >> reporter:the fbi kept brining out pieces of potential evidence. about a dozen computer hard drives were hauled out. >>there was also a box labeled cell phones and other boxes and envelopes sealed with red evidence tape. >> reporter:about eight agents spent most of the day in yee's home.the left at three this afternoon. the career politicician has strong ties to the chinese community.kron four's teresa estacio reports from yet another raid today.in chinatown. >> reporter: she >> we hope that the public will understand and fbi agents el local officers are executing our rest and searches. >> reporter: agents were attempting to remove a safe from the building. no word on what was inside the safe. around noon agents came out with multiple back of evidence. in chinatown terisa estancia el kron4 news. >> reporter: meanwhile.another raind in san francsico.this on jules avenue near city college. evidence of a marijuana grow house was found inside. >> reporter:in the bayview.yet another raid. this one.a business.bay steel incorporated.on davidson avenue just off third street. we spoke to a man who said he's a co-owner.but said he doesn't know leland yee or raymond chow. it's unclear why bay steel was searched. >> reporter:and in san mateo.a home was raided near laurel-wood park. this was on 42nd avenue. the feds walked away with marijuana plants.grow light. and other evidence. a very active morning.and we're still learning the extent of this federal investigation. >> catherine: one of the targets of today's raid has a long rap sheet in san francisco.but a short stature. raymond chow is just five foot five -- and was called "shrimp boy" when he was growing up in hong kong. the name stuck when he moved here as a teenager. return >>bang bang bang >> catherine: the golden dragon massacre of 1977, the worst mass murder in san francisco history: five killed, 11 wounded when chinese gang members opened fire in a chinatown restaurant. >> catherine: teenaged raymond chow was there but was neither hurt nor arrested. chow's first brush with the law came the next year, when he was arrested for strongarm robbery. at age 18, he went to prison for the first time. clang >> catherine: he got out in 1985, only to be arrested again on firearms charges the next year. 1989: back on the streets. >>"pimping selling drugs extortion." >> catherine: chow was second in command of the wo hop to triad. and ready to boast about it on the history channel. >>"i run this city. who can tell me what to do? no one" >> catherine: federal agents thought otherwise. in 1991 he was indicted for a third time. and number three brought hard time: 25 years. >> catherine: chow then began cooperating with authorities, testifying against his former boss, peter chong. >> catherine: a fourth indictment in 1996 didn't stick and chow began presenting himself as reformed. >> catherine: in 2006, kron four's haaziq madyun caught up with him at a youth group meeting. >>"you were at one time the leader of the chinese triad or mafia? >>"yes!" >>"but that is my past. i am done with that!" >> catherine: and keep it here. >> catherine: lot's more ahead on this developing story -- the arrest of state senator leland yee. >> catherine: coming up at 5:30.we'll tell you about a past crime he was accused of. and another incident where he was a victim. also -- our political analyst will be here to share his perspective on all this. >> catherine: we have some breaking >> catherine: new video showing a child of being pulled from the debris. >> jacqueline: we have seen severe weather in the region and i will we have seen severe weather woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? 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a new study suggests that it could make children more aggressive. it suggests that parents who spank a child within the first year are more likely to cause agressive behavior in the child.which leads to more spankings. >> catherine: experts argue that spanking may seem to work in the short-term.but it doesn't give children the ability to regulate themselves over time. use discipline that doesn't get physical. >> jacqueline: right now, heavier still in to see the rainfall and a quarter of an inch of rain per hour there. we are also seeking the sale approaching the tunnel. this still does push through alameda of side of san leandro. central valley, severe sales at this hour. cells. but to call rotation a funnel cloud has been spotted. very persistent as well. rotation but thiscell and heavy held going on with this one as well. few lingering showers. as we move into the overnight hours we will continue with the spot she showers. so here is a look at futurecast. as we move into the overnight hours concentrating on more of the north bay. more shourd aft but activity along with the seven until coast line in san francisco thrift you can see they're not very wide spread is removed and to de after no more right up to the north. nothing to organized. as for the 10 pitchers out the door tomorrow morning up 40 for the most part was cloudy skies and temperatures on the mild side. >> >> jacqueline: temperatures are back to low mid-60's practically bay area wide. extended forecast, we are not done by the rain it by any means. as we move into saturday's another bit when come in before more rain returns for monday and tuesday. >> catherine: in washington state.the search for the victims of the huge landslide continues. the official death toll still stands at 16 -- but 8 more bodies have been spotted that crews haven't been able to reach yet. >> catherine: now -- some are asking if the county was properly prepared. martha shade has the story. >> reporter: scores of people are still missing four days after the massive mudslide in snohomish county, washington. >> reporter:many grasp for any glimmer of hope there might still be survivors who are trapped. >>it's horrible because i know she's down there because under the mud and the dark. my family has been down there digging for her. >> reporter:authorities say it's still a rescue mission, but no one has been found alive since saturday. >> reporter:workers from federal-- state-- and local agencies are on the scene helping with the search efforts and president obama signed an emergency declaration. meanwhile-- some wonder if the people of this small town were given enough warning about a possible landslide. >>people knew that this was a landslide prone area. sometimes big events just happen. this event happened and i want to find out why. we did everything we could have done in the community to feel safe. >> reporter:officals say they plan to take a hard look at how events like these can be predicted but also say-- snohomish county was as prepared as they possibly could have been. i'm martha shade reporting. >> catherine: a little boy was rescued on saturday -- and there's some newly released video. four-year-old jacob spillers was pulled from the wreckage of his home. he had been in an upstairs room when the mudslide crashed into his house. his mother was at work at the time. >> catherine: but jacob's father and three half- siblings did not make it out of the house. >> catherine: more national news. some secret service agents are in trouble. they're accused of getting drunk in the netherlands this past weekend.between shifts. >> catherine: three agents have been put on administrative leave and sent back to the u-s. one of them was reportedly found passed out in a hotel hallway. >> catherine: they were in the netherlands - awaiting president obama's monday arrival at a summit. >> catherine: it's not the first time secret service agents have been in news- making trouble. >> catherine: in 20-12 in colombia - some agents were caught drinking heavily - and bringing prostitutes back to their hotel rooms. that scandal led to new rules - including a ban on drinking - 10 hours before an assignment. next. >> catherine: >> catherine: coming up at 5:30 -- the state senator. including information on his past. the crime he was once accused of -- and the time he was a victim of a crime. but first. new details on the missing malaysian airliner. why searchers are having such a hard time. such a hard time. 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[doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of ncaa march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. get a $200 best buy gift card through sunday at sleep train's big gift event with purchase of selected mattress sets. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. sleep train's big gift event ends sunday. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> reporter: developing news now in the search for the missing malaysian flight 370. malaysian officials say these newest satellite images show around 122 possible pieces of debris in the "southern indian ocean." >> reporter:it's not certain if the objects are part of the missing airliner. but authorities say it's a big part of moving forward in the search, which intensified today. atika shubert shows us the extreme weather conditions search crews are facing in the search for m-h 370. >> reporter:this is what search teams looking for flight 370 are up against. >> reporter:strong winds and massive swells. as high as 5 meters. even china's ice- breaker, the snow dragon, struggles against these waves. >>"it's one of the most hostile regions in the world. this is what we call the roaring 40s there are always strong winds, big waves because there is no land to interfere with wind that generates waves." >>"these are ocean gliders." >> reporter:chari pattiaratchi, a professor of coastal oceanography, teaches in perth, now the hub of search operations. he uses these satellite- controlled gliders to study the currents of the indian ocean. using that data, he's created a model to plot a potential debris field. half >>"the main current here is the antarctic circumpolar current. it's the largest in the world in terms of volume of water." >> reporter:with debris, you can use aircraft to pinpoint and the ships to collect it. to actually find the wreck of the plane at 3.5 kilo down, you use sonar to map the seabed and find out where the sea bed under where the debris may be scattered. and after that you have to send a vehicle that will goover the wreck from the seabed. >>atika: so, we're not talking days here. >>pattiaratchi: "no, no. air france took 2 years. and here we are talking about very small windows when you can go out when the weather is very good. unless you are very lucky in terms of being there at the right time, right place in terms of being able to recover, it'll take a long time." >> reporter:even nasa satellites have joined the search, but most sightings are isolated and sporadic. professor pattiracha has a theory. >>"that sort of tells me the way the plane crashed there wasn't that much debris. most of it is probably intact at the bottom of the ocean. 07:50:47 >>atika: is it possible that we will never find debris? pattiaratchi: "no, we'll find it. the techniques are such that we will find it. we found the titanic. the techniques are such that we will find it. but the timescale can be short or long. but that's a chance that we have to take." >> reporter:somewhere, he says, the fuselage of flight 370 may simply be sitting on the ocean floor, still intact. waiting to be found. atika shubert, cnn perth, australia >> catherine: in world news. russian authorities say they >> catherine: had warned the u-s about one of the boston bombers.two years before the attack at the boston marathon.. woah, this kitchen is beautiful! >>in 20-11 -- russian give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all. we lowhat's next?hen! great! do you have measurements? yeah, i paced it off. it's about twenty by twelve of these. so, we can measure, plan and install it for you. yea, let's do that! ikea. professional kitchen services at a low price. >> catherine: our big story tonight. the arrest of state senator leland yee. >> catherine: yee is accused of wire fraud -- and conspiracy to deal firearms. he's one of 26 people named by the fbi in an affidavit. another notable name -- former chinatown gangster -- raymond "shrimp boy" chow. all this -- after more than a dozen raids in san francisco, sacramento, and san mateo. >> catherine: grant lodes is here now with more about senator yee. grant? >> reporter:california senate president pro tem - and democratic >> reporter: reelected in the year 2000 and in 2002 elected as an and assembly man >> catherine: leader darrell steinberg commented on the corruption charges against yee. >> this indictment is sickening. on behalf of my colleagues today called on center street to reside. please. senator yee to shaw resign. top hat >> catherine: our political analyst michael yaki has joined us. >> reporter: >> everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. i was quite shocked. that he did legislation for money etc. what everyone is continuing to talk about is begun chargers. gun charges >> allegedly was trying to help someone brokered eight army deal. to smuggle guns into the united states. beyond the one of the meal which is quite different >> catherine: i have heard people compare this to a spy thriller. it is a dramatic affidavit. >> taking it from the graeme of normal corruption suit and put it in a realm of its own. how to introduce someone to an arms dealer? to how to connect with one people will be talking about this for longtime pri is very tragic if true. >> catherine: some talk about him responding on the sure how true this is spirit what would you tell him what to tell him not to say anything? >> he has to focus on his defaming himself against these allegations he does have a family. he has to get out of the secretary of state rates as quickly as possible. race. is are serious fog negations. andserious allegations and substantial allegations >> jacqueline: take a look right now at storm tracker are we have a few win during sales over the bay area. you can see the yellow on the screen with just a quarter of an inch of rain right now. looking at the east that that one also bringing moderate rain with it. we still have a lot of sales for the central valley as well. produce the rotation for quite some time. tornado warnings are in a fact i can tell you what to expect for tomorrow and take a look at the weekend forecast coming up! >> catherine: we're learning more about the marine who was killed in a traffic accident in fremont early tuesday morning. lance corporal andrew silva was on his motorcycle when he was hit today - fremont police really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? 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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> reporter: allegations that he put himself above the law not only did the allegations suggest that he traded favors in terms of cash but he did connect with undercover armed agents with the legal weapons. illegal >> reporter: in return for introducing an undercover fbi agent to a fire arms trafficker. and illegally import fire arms. he's also accused of six of the defrauded citizens. which charges ranging from money laundering and trafficking, narcotics and murder for hire. he is charged with money laundering and conspiracy to trafficking and contraband cigarette. >> reporter: lee led league will be released on a $500,000 bond. leland yee reporter >> reporter: live in san francisco dense carmen >> catherine: and there is a lot to go through. >> reporter: an undercover agent created a relationship all to make money off the illegal scheme. jal and others are accused of laundering money of the undercover fbi agent money gave them he says that he got the money from crimes like drug dealing, illegal gambling, bookmaking and marijuana growing. the complaint states leland yee accepted illegal campaign donations. >> reporter: including agreeing to provide an official state senate proclamation honoring chow's group in exchange for a $6,800 donation to his secretary of state campaign. as for keith jackson, a former san francisco school board member he is accused of acting as a consultant to chiles crime organization and an allegedly conspired to commit a murder for hire scheme at the request of the undercover agent. >> reporter: as catherine mentioned the complaint is heavy it is a big one. in a meeting, yee and the agent reportedly discussed the availability of rocket launchers. >> reporter: guns, drugs and murder for hire. it is shocking. >> reporter: the fbi was all over this morning 28 search warrants were served. including in sacramento where state senator he office was raided. ac h-p officers stood guard outsideyee's fice during the search. the fed's show up from 7:00 a.m. where there until about noon at least nine packages pieces of possible evidence were to keep out of his capitol office. >> reporter: there was even more action in the bay area as the nurture yee's homes in the sunset district of sentences goal was raided. >> reporter: 18 of fbi agent carried one computer hard drive out after another from leland yee home nearly a dozen in all of them loaded them into a waiting minivan. they also brought out a box labeled cell phones and other boxes and envelopes sealed with rhett evidence tape. a woman who lives next door to yield three story home on 24th avenue south the federal aid is coming and going she expressed shock as the news of his arrest. >> i am shocked that he is charged with that type of crown crime. >> i cannot judge whether he is guilty or not i'm sure he can defend himself i am just shocked. >> reporter: meanwhile in chinatown the chee kung tong masonic org. was raised raymond chow schrempp boise hit a bad group headquartered at once offered alley. shrimp boy >> reporter: firefighters had to be called in to crack a safe they had a bit circular sought to break into the safe at the organization known as the chinese free masons. the fed left with several pieces of potential evidence. >> reporter: another raid in san francisco this on joseph avenue near city college evidence on marijuana grower house was found inside. >> reporter: in the bay deal yet another raid. this one a business they still inc. on davidson avenue just off third street we spoke to a man who says he is a co- owner that he does not know lee land he or raymond chow is unclear why they still will search. >> reporter: and in san mateo a home was rated near laurel what park this one was on 42nd avenue the fed's walked away with marijuana plants to grow like and other evidence is very active morning and we are still learning the extent of this federal investigation. >> catherine: center to he is one of three californian democratic senators facing criminal charges. >> catherine: and memorial iswi grong tonight for a marine killed in a tragic traffic accident in fremont. police released a photo of the suspect alexander yohn he is accused of driving a truck when he slammed into a motorcyclist he said to appear in court tomorrow >> reporter: >> catherine: he was a marine also but that but beyond that he was a good man. >> reporter: those high words of praise are for linh nguyen's brother in law andrew silva. the 23 year old u.s. marine was on his motorcycle when he was killed early tuesday morning by is suspected drunk driver here at the intersection of the call road and fremont boulevard in fremont. >> andrew was a great person. >> reporter:nguyen says his brother-in-law was a family man. >> reporter: family members say syllabub was on his way to the home of his in-laws and the tragic incident occurred. silva >> his he was on his way to our house... 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from many countries are helping in the search. the u.s. has also sent high-tech equipment to try to find the planes locator beacon the weather forecast for the area does not look good for thursday so progress remains low. >> catherine: happening now. the west contra costa unified school district as it will go to revise its hiring policies this after a richmond teacher ron glenn toll is accused of committing sex crimes against children. ron guinto >> catherine: investigator say that before his arrest bryant was planning to take a small group of children on a camping trip in yosemite sam he make up the permission slips to hand out to parents. >> catherine: >> jacqueline: by the cloud pattern storm trecker raider here showing a few showers near the north bay especially over the east bay and san ramon is seen heavier rain with a quarter inch of rain per hour. severe weather up near sacramento there is a tornado weather in effect. a funnel cloud is a tornado that does not touch the ground so it is possible that the rotation is in the cell and briefly hitting the ground until 7:00 tonight it is in affect. this one has the short rotations for some time. the thing is, a contest the ground and then let back up, and touch the ground again. it will keep an eye on this one. a couple of these tornado warnings that this is the whole area as the storm pushed through the east bridge here is a look at the radar picture with a lot of activity now pushing wahl to the east the shower will die down to look offshore spotty cloud pattern indicative of more showers moving in tomorrow. still seem hit or miss showers but nothing really organized are widespread. tomorrow, more activity over the north bay. as for the sierra snow is going on right now at lake tahoe you see a couple of hours ago the roles are not so bad but now has been going and continuing overnight. and winter weather advisory remains in effect for tahoe. anywhere from 2 to 8 in. of additional smell. we are now done with the 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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> reporter: allegations suspect that he placed himself above below. above the law. yee will will be arraigned on bond of $500,000 >> reporter: raymond chow are arrested along with senate seat is ahead of the organization. several hours trying to move the safe in a building creek the pieces of evidence was removed later in the day. >> reporter: to our coverage it was not until once late afternoon and nearly a dozen of computer hard drives were seized carried out one at a time and loaded up into a weighted many bay in. waiting. people who live in the area expressed shock at the oak news of the arrest of their prominent neighbor. >> catherine: >> we recognize undergo all that anyone accused of the crime is to be proving innocent until proven guilty. i want to on behalf of my colleagues today: 70 to resign, police. call on seantor yee to resign. please. senator >> catherine: our political analyst michael yaki joins us. >> this is something where he needs to focus on this, he has a family and children. his very freedom is at stake in his focus should be on that and obviously he should be withdrawing from secretary of state and i would not be surprised if you reside. resigned >> catherine: of the drama are around this is this what is shocking. it is a dramatic scenario. >> posey as organized-crime figures from new york and new jersey in is as if american household came to chinatown. american hustle the size and scope of this. >> the fact is this is something that is done and said for cisco and has caught ripples. it is very bad for the democrat state wide this is the third person to be indicted. >> catherine: again, what would anything which expect out of that? 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>> no comment. >> reporter: what about his job as state center when he is the seat criminal charges? >> no comment >> as you know i am representing him on the criminal charges my job as an advocate is to help him with that. i will not comment on other aspects. >> >> reporter: does he know the other 19 defendants? >> no comment. >> reporter: lot of this came from a stink?sting? >> we have not had a chance to really read it from front to back. with the far on any comment until we have had a chance to sit and go through that. >> reporter: is the next step in the proceeding? >> day we will return for bail conditions type in due time it will be assigned to a district court judge. for all purposes. needless to say, when you have 19 defendants and 19 lawyers involved you have seen as the paperwork that this goes back to 2011 fell expect the amount of discovery to be aluminous. >> >> reporter: did you join his team this morning? >>, and i am here to represent him on these charges. >> reporter: client is a comic figure is the one you have to comment on that because he is a public figure? >> into time. today was meant to release on his release and that is it for today. >> reporter: what is his connection to raymond chow? >> no comment on that. >> i am his attorney on this case here in federal court. >> reporter: you say that he is innocent? >> we will always enter not in a not guilty plea and been the case will take on an experiment of its own. it is too early to say what will happen in this case. >> no comment. >> reporter: they banged on his door pretty early today was he surprised? >> is typical for federal officers to make their arrest early in the morning. it is no comment as to what his reaction was to cut current >> catherine: that was senator leland's attorney. as stated most wheat no comment to most of the questions. his focus was getting his client out of jail and he did succeed on doing that. his attorney says it will he feel it was fair today feels that it could be adjusted later with his klay getting out on $500,000 bail. for those of you who may be joining us senator state senator leland yee was arrested today the center one of the two dozen named after a series of raids. across california. with charges of corruption he is being accused of selling out his job. taking bribes essentially and donations for political favors. we will continue to follow this that is its a kron 4 news at 6 we will have the latest at 8:00 state connected it was the that. 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