Contagious. I dont know how you call it. Reporter tsomuka eboed mayor lee is lying in state in the rotunda where he was sworn in seven years ago. A great person. He did so much for the city and for everyone, not just, you know, a special group, everybody. Even on other parts of the world. Reporter thousands left messages in a guest book. San franciscans say they will remember mayor lee, who grew up in public housing, as a tireless advocate for everyone. He come from the bottom of the barrel. And he loved his people. The have nots. He was loving the people. And you look around you see every nationality and every color here. Reporter ashley says lee inspired her to do more Public Service and do it with heart. Over and over this week i have heard everybody say what a good person he was and if you have left the earth and thats what everybody says that youre kind, thats something that i really want to emulate. Reporter the historic significance of today is not lost on San Francisco. This is
Through the week ahead, resulting in continued dry conditions. Daytime highs will be warmer than normal and nights will be seasonably cool. marty landing a day of rememberance a day of landing Marty Marty Marty landing a day of rememberance and sorrow thousands of mourners visited San Francisco city hall to pay final respects to former mayor ed lee. The mayors casket was carried into the city hall rotunda yesterday mayor ed lee died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack on tuesday. Kron4s Terisa Estacio has more. estacio the line started early this monring and throughout the day it has only gotten longer as people from here in San Francisco as well as around the bay area are stopping by to say goodbye to mayor ed lee. estacio reporting the line moved slowly but no one seemed to mind it wasnt the place to bicker aout getting somewhere quickly, for many it was a special time, to pause and reflect on former San Francisco mayor ed lee. Sot. He was so kindsot he was so special. The li
Be followed if you really want a solution. Reporter it was a total reversal from the june 2016 tweet saying thank you to the lgbt community. I will fight for you. Caitlyn jenner who endorsed mr. Trump in the general election tweeted there are 15,000 patriot yachtic Transgender Americans many the u. S. Military fighting for all of us. What happened to your promise to fight for them . Youre not worried about what someone Sexual Orientation or identity is. Youre worried about if thaifr got your back. Reporter the pentagon today not issuing a comment or a statement on this but a navy captain said they are willing to work closely with the president on this matter. One of the president s tweets this morning talked about the medical costs of allowing transgender people to serve in the military. Do we have any numbers on that . Reporter thats right. He is very concerned about the increasing costs of medical care in the military. The president estimates it would go up by between 2. 4 million an
President should follow. Theres a process in place for the department of defense, for congress, for public comment. And thats the process that should be followed if you really want a solution. This policy is far from settled. To learn the latest changes, download the abc7 news app. Youll receive push alerts like the one we sent out this morning. Happening right now, it is nail biting time as 55,000 fans converge of levi stadium for the game between team usa and jamaica. It starts in about 25 minutes, which puts it at the height of the evening commute. David louie is live outside levi stadium. How is the traffic situation right now . Reporter well, the traffic is doing pretty well. Weve been monitoring the traffic cams, and people did a good job of staggering their arrivals so they wouldnt create log jams. You can see people are streaming in for the 6 30 game, and a lot of people are hoping for a team usa victory. Usa usa usa reporter pride in team usa is breaking out in the parking lot
That the president s transgender wont be allowed to serve in the military. Here are the president s exact words that he tweeted, after consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u. S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgenders in the military would entail. Thank you. You can see the rest of the tweet right there. Were waiting on reporter lillian kim, and shell have a live report coming up from the castro on a protest that is just about to get under way. And reaction to the president s tweets came swiftly from across the country. Not surprising, it was mixed. Many, though not all, republicans showed support. The party has always had an internal disagreement. This is a small policy change in comparison to say the Health Care Re