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
Now moving east of the area. Behind the front, we are looking at much colder air as we see a chance for snow flurries into wednesday morning as well. This means no worries on the roads for the wednesday morning rush. Itll be seasonally cold, with lows in the upper 20s. Our other top story tonight. Classes resume tomorrow for district. That after a shooting left four students injured yesterday. Nine on your side has Team Coverage at 11 on all tonights developments. Including a look at one injured student who is being called a hero. We begin with ashley zilka. And what the district is doing tomorrow to ease the difficult return to school. Ashley it was an emotional reunion for students and their teachers when they walked back inside madison high school. While it was painful for many, families say this was a way to move forward. One by onecars full of families made their way back to madison high school. 51 19 when i first walked in, i was really emotional. I was kind of scared. 22students
She hasnt put Bernie Sanders away yet. She has to keep one eye on Bernie Sanders and one eye on the republicans and donald trump. I think shes turning shes turning full well were moving toward a fascinating clash of the titans in this course of this. If donald trump continues to roll and Hillary Clinton continues to roll, you have the ultimate outsider, no political experience against the last political dynasty with a resume, a political resume, anybody would be the envy of anybody. Its incredible. Nate silver, the head of fivethirtyeight. You have been going through statistics. You called the 2012 election on the nose. Explain how all the experts, with the possible exception of matthew dowd, completely missed donald trump. I think theres nothing like donald trump in many decades of every 40 years or so, a Party Realignment where the coalition of the two parties doesnt resonate with the voters anymore. I think thats the magnitude were seeing with donald trump. I dont know if you call h