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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 ....
Reporter sand the mayor said she did nothing wrong. Supervisor ronin clearly disagrees and had discussions with the City Attorney to see if the mayor should face any possible penalties. That is the latest in San Francisco, im melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Busy at times, volatile at times for Pete Buttigieg today in the bay area. Lets take you live to sacramento. There is a town hall underway. He is not on stage yet. These are the people getting everyone ready for him. The candidate will try to meet as many california voters as possible ahead of the march 3rd primary. He is set to be on stage soon. Hes squeezing in events in palo alto and also right now at a town hall in sacramento. Nbc bay areas robert handa joins us live from palo alto to tell us how the morning breakfast went. Reporter well that is righ ....
Superior at city hall. The mayor has under the chart of the power to hire and fire the director of public works. And if that is not her subordinate, i dont know what is. Xo tonight, the mayor denies any wrongdoing. This has never impacted my job as mayor. Not in one instance. Reporter while there are calls for her resignation inside city hall. It is time that we expect more from the top leaders of the city, and that is why i am calling on the mayor, asking her to the right thing and step down. Reporter supervisor ronan is not the only one calling for a resignation or a stepping back on the mayors duties tonight. At least three supervisors have made such a request. We have not heard from the City Attorney directly, obviously there is some complicated legalese here may be involving whether or not this gift was legal. So we reached into Santa Clara University and spoke wi ....
Escalate the use of force. They say the elite teams happen to be among the agents ready and available to deploy. I. C. E. s acting director says i. C. E. Is utilizing cpb to supplement enforcement activity in response to the resource challenges stemming from sanctuary city policies. Were removing illegal Border Crossers at a tremendous pace and making it clear that if you break our laws, you will be sent back home. Reporter the move comes as President Trump continues to crack down on sanctuary cities and illegal immigration. Immigrant advocates from the bay area say theyre ready for the beefed up actions urging people not to panic. We want, first of all, the community to remain calm. This is very typical of the president. When they are in their homes, they have the most protections, and they have a right not to open the door. We appreciate you. We love you. Its valentines d ....
People heard about our relationship from me. Reporter she may be facing a problem more troublesome than who she dated. She acknowledged what amounts to a a 5600 gift from Mohammed Nuru in the form of a car repair bill and carrental bill. She said she was going to reimburse him but has not yet. The supervisor hillary ronan, says accepting a gift is troubling. I think she should resign. What i am sick of in the city, there is a culture of corruption. Accepting a gift of close to 6000 from your subordinate is illegal. She is calling one of our staff to pick up her car and get her a rental car . Was he doing that instead of running the department of public works . Reporter should she resign . I have not come to that conclusion. Reporter Mohammed Nuru was arrested on public corruption charges and lying to investigators. The mayor says she has done nothing wrong. I am not concerned b ....