People who lived here is what he had. Supervisor london breed is the acting mayor of San Francisco. Ed was not a politician. He didnt always deliver the best sound bite. Flash never mattered to him. Disagreements never deterred him. Was humbled and determined no matter the job he held. He was fair and collaborative no matter the heat of the moment. He was San Franciscos firstationan mayor. Do solemnly swear. Known as a champion for the homeless and civil rights he was appointed by the thenmayor gavin newsom i stood her seven years ago swearing him in. I was just in his office and they boxed everything up. I mean many of lees colleagues choked back tears they reflected on his life and three decades of service. He was a friend of mine. As an Asian American here elected his mayor ship was important for me. Some criticized him for the cozy relationship with the Tech Industry but he was a voice for those often overlooked. Saying that he was most focused on now was not having people sleeping in the rain and cold this winter. That is what i remember. Not playing the political angles or trying to figure out out anything other than what the right thing to do was. This is a time of reflection. Life is unpredictable and fridge jail remember ed lee the person way more than ed lee the bottle jigs what mattered politician. What mattered most was his work. There was no way you cant like the guy. He was a teddy baefrment it was rare to bear. It was rare to see him without a smile. News of his death came as a shock to all of thus morning. I now recently saw the mayor and you work with many people there closely, i know his death comes especially hard to you as well. Reporter yeah. I was here last week actually when he was signing the marijuana legislation into law set for january 6th. Couple weeks ago i saw him at westlakes joes. He wasnt at the booth. He was so unassuming. He was sitting at the counter. He had his warriors baby hat on. He was so proud he brought them. With him you gave him a hug when you met him. He was a teddy bear. That was the perspective we all had. Gavin newsoms reaction. It sounds like they cleaned out the Mayors Office and it looked like gavin newsom got a little choked up. Can you shed light on what that was about . Yeah. That is skaktdly what he was talking about. He snapped his fingers as if to say life changes just like that. He was here yesterday and now his things are being moved out. He did get choked up. He said out with the old and in with the new, a crass way to put it. He had tears in his eyes and i had nears mine. You get tears in mine. You get to have a relationship when you work with them daily. Aq ladies came from accolades came from outside San Francisco. They had Great Respect for the mayor of San Francisco. Mayor schaaf and licardo were planning to do a lot of things. He was a great friend, confidant and mentor. He was truly a regionalist. Not just in words. He was constantly seeing that we are all intercorrected. The marries were playing joint missions to marries were mayors were working together to projects including a womens empowerment summit. The way he talked about his wife and daughters and the kind of world he wanted them to live in was completely from the heart. Oakland mayor libby schaaf was shaken and heartbreak in. I am sad. This is a rough and tumble profession yet aide lee just stood ed lee just stood out with his true compassion and human illity. I can shall humility. I cant till how much i will miss him. All things g. Not a shred of ego in that man. Hard worker, smart worker and someone who exuded generosity all the time. I lost a good friend. San francisco lost a good champion. Mayor licardo. Mayor lee had a remarkable compassion for people. While leading a large and complex city he also had a wonderful gift for demme straight kindness even demonstrating kindness even in the most difficult times. He understood that the residents didnt care where the city limits twhfrment is one region. We care about how the bay area is doing collectively and we face many of the same challenges. When the public saw the mayor in front of the camera, i wish i could see him behind the camera. Ed lee, he good afternooned San Francisco garget San Francisco and championed the whole area. He was the First Chinese american to become mayor of San Francisco. Many say they have lost their strongest voice in chinatown. Reporter ed lee was so mild o mannered it mild mannered it is hard to remember he was a trail blazer even though he considered himself a politician. He became may have a major city. Someone could follow his foot steps. Those that may attain the position is possible. Ling is a longtime friend of ed lee. He was heart. Didnt matter if it was chinese, africanamerican, hispanics. He was trained to be a social worker. Many overs said lee was concerned that the rising rents in chinatown would hurt. It showed that he cared in everything he did. Lee had another worry. Last week he said to a friend david lee, that there were not enough younger Asian Americans entering San Francisco politics. He was worried that the next generation hasnt stepped up or come forward yes. He felt was really important to yet. He felt it was really important to encourage people to vote and run for office and make sure the chineseamerican community can continue to build on past successes. David chu disagrees i think we have a wonderful diversity of leadership. He says ed lee will go down as an historic leader in politics. He broke a bamboo ceiling. It wasnt long ago that we had little asian representation in city hall. He will be remembered as someone from the community. People we spoke with said that while was proud of his her the yuge really worked hard of his heritage he really worked hard to represent all. Former mayor willie brown us he was in shuck after receiving the call about lees death. I couldnt i couldnt process it. If it had been any other person other than those two who called, i wouldnt have believed them. He s had just introduced me he had just introduced me. London introduced him. He introduced me. Didnt seem to have a care in the world. Brown said he will miss lee personally and said his death is a loss for the city of severe. Our coverage continues on the unexpected death of San Francisco mayor ed lee on ktvu. Com. At 5 30 more on the background of london breed who will take over leading the city. Polls are officially closed in a controversial election in alabama. Will roy moore win Office Amidst Sexual Misconduct accusations. And the latest on the fires. The have now scorched for hundred square miles. Well talk about the air quality. You see the redness. That is smoke from the fires. And we have a spare the air day again tomorrow. Sfx squeak sfx stair creak sfx clink sfx deep breath sfx grunt sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling sfx slice sfx gasp sfx inhale. Exhale. Sfx lights scraping on roof sfx metallic scrape sfx grunt covered california. Its more than just health care. Its life care. A standoff between police and a suspect many oakland ended peacefully this afternoon. It happened at 10 00 this morning near 41st avenue. The swat team set off tear gas inside the home of the suspect tried to escape through a crawl space. Police were waiting for him and caught him. The polls closed 15 minutes ago in the alabama race. Doug jones has an early lead but bear in mind only a few hundred votes have been counted in one precinct. Alabama is a solidly red state which President Trump won by 28 points. This race has been turned upside down by allegations of misconduct by roy moore. Showing you pictures now from moores headquarters. He has denied the accusations of several wham women who were minors at the time of the alleged incidents. Moore was removed from the state Supreme Court for urging clerks clerks to deny marriage linings licenses. He would be the first licenses for gay people. Africanamerican voters and young people were needed for a jones victory, experts said. Reporter well, it is certainly too close to call the. The poles just closed. The race has been dominating the headlines for the last fee weeks. The voters had the chance to today decide between moore and jones. Roy moore, the republican. Im coming to the senate. Well work out the problem theres. He insisted time has passed for the conversations about the accusations. Were done with that. Moore has denied the allegations but they have plagued the race with the former chief justice backed by the president while doug jones is supported by president obama. Weve done a lot. They are up for the Jeff Sessions former senate seat. The race could go either way after months of political ads and National Attention alabama voters are casting ballots. I voted for conservative judges against abortion. Being a teacher i feel jones was the right choice. Were told by each of the campaign thats jones and moore both spent the day with their families after of course, going out to vote. Now they, just like the rest of the nation, are waiting to see how the race turns out. Want to go now to Southern California where the thomas fire in Santa Barbara county has destroyed 800 structures and damaged 200. More than two hundred 30 230,000 acres have burned. 18,000 structures remain threatened. Lets go to bill martin now for the conditions in Southern California. The fire broke out a week ago. You said they might get a break wednesday . Maybe. This model shows. It has been bad fire weather in Santa Barbara area for 7, eight, 8, 9 days now. They are getting a bit of a break. Starting tomorrow afternoon. This is tomorrow morning. I want you to see these areas you can correlate the red to 33 Miles Per Hour as you see here in the banner. But weve had colors, contours representing stronger winds along this stretch of the coast for 7 or 8 days. For tomorrow afternoon it goes away. The winds die down and the direction changes a little bit. It will legitimately be the first opportunity for cal fire get a jump on the fires. That means fixwing aircraft and crews drawing fire lines. I suppose they are working on that now. It looks good for that. They will get a break tomorrow and a little bit beyond that too. Good news in the fire zone in Southern California. The pattern has been consistent. Ridge trough. Jet stream straws it in. It draws it in. Did t does that. That is the fire condition. You get sinking air over us. That is the spare the air day. You get snow, if you watch the game in buffalo. These are the forecast highs for tomorrow. On the east coast 30 degrees in new york. Los angeles is 702. The warmth is here by the rift by the trough here, it is cold. Unsettled in the northeast. Nothing like this. These were the highs observed today by the National Weather service out the monterey and 67 in fair field. I got distracted by the control room. I was looking at the sun set shot. Can you give me that . That illustrates it. The fires and there is spare the air day tomorrow. There is smoke coming up from Southern California were seeing it in the sunsets. I guess we cant ghat shot for you. That is get that shot for you. That is not it. There there it is. I mean, that tells you everything. We were fog this last night. I cant remember the last time in all these years ive seen smoke brought north from hundreds of miles south of here from fire. The sunset is beautiful but it indicates the fires are huge. They will get a handle on them by wednesday start to get a handle by wednesday. Lets hope so. Thank you. Still to come, frightening moments for homeowners in the Oakland Hills. Up next, a fire burns two homes and damaged three others. Why firefighters say it could have been much worse. Get a free pecan or pumpkin pie with every 20 order from dennys. Com. You can eat it wherever you want, even if you are in someone elses house. Santa. Enter promo code, freepie, on your next order at dennys. Com a fire broke out in the Oakland Hills in the montclair nabbed overnight. High winds posed a challenge for firefighters trying to stop the fire from spreading to other homes. It started before 11 30 last night two. Homes under construction went up in flames on snake road. The fire could have been much worse as rob malcolm explains. Reporter as flames raced through snake road. Around 11 20 last night we heard an explosion. We saw the flames shooting out over our hill over this retaining wall area. Reporter neighbors realized they were in danger. The whole room turned orange. I look out and the whole four story new construction home was completely engulfed in flames. Firefighters responded and found two homes under construction burning. The challenge now high winds. It was like a rain of fire coming down. Embers were as high as one 100 feet in the air and winds were up to 18 Miles Per Hour. That created pfrj for disaster. Potential for disasters. Residents quickly got out. I grabbed the keys and got out. The fire was knocked down by sunrise. What remained of the two home is now a pile of rubble. There were scorched christmas decorations. By the time i got my car. I can fetal heat. It was moving quick. I dont know how my house is still there. Hours later another concern you see how this is holding back the rock. According to the civil or Structural Engineer that rock is holding the roadway. There is still a heavy fire danger. For that reason neighbors are still on edge. Firefighters are reminding people to have Defensible Space around their properties. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Anted okay police say they have solved their oldest cold case going back four decades. Police arrested 63yearold mitchell bakum at his home last niechlthd they. They said he was a suspect . The rape and murder of suzanne bombardier. It took this long to link him to her death the man who was convicted of killing and kidnapping sierra lamar is now headed to prison. What her parents saided. Still ahead, will roy for that come out victorious in the senate racing. We will have the latest. Also, remembering the San Francisco mayor ed lee. The 65yearold died early this morning. Our news continues. Hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. Its just my eczema again,t. But its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. Tonight San Francisco is coming to grips with the unexpected death of its mayor ed lee. He died early this morning at San Francisco General Hospital after collapsing at a safe way store near his home late last night. That means supervisor london breed now steps noted role of mayor into the role of mayor at least temporarily. She said she will always remember ed lee for his efforts to improve public housing. His commitment to tune out noise and trying to get the job done. I will always appreciate him for take my priorities seriously. He was a dedicated and committed public servant. Breed can be voted by the supervises to be the mayor. If they cant clerics will be a general election next year. She grew up in San Franciscos housing projects in the citys Western Addition neighborhood. She attended uc davis and received a masters degree from San Francisco state. Shes been a member of the board of supervises since 2015 and it was believed she was going to run for mayor. Here are updated numbers for you. Roy moore has 36 . Doug jones as 63 but it is very, very early. We have a long night ahead of us. Alabama is a solidly red state which President Trump won by 28 points. Voters there have not sent a democrat to the senate in 23 years. The race was turned upside down by allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Several women accused him of trying date them when he was in his 30s. Bruin, would whatdo you look for in the early number. In the early numbers, they are meaningless by look for trends. If you see somebody surging, you look at where in the state it is coming from. That is theindicate author. We will go a ways tonight before we see the trend out. They havent sent a democrat to the senate in alabama for 25 years. What implications are there if either candidate wins . Moore is suffering from the sexual allegations. He is of course, being pin to the president and republican party. The republican partys job is to say this is an anoly based on the actions of the person. The thing about what julie said about how long its been since a democrat won there, its almost an i possible task for a democrat to win there. The fact it is being discussed or close, what does that say . It says since the story broke weeksing that immediately people in alabama wanted to dismiss it, hearsay, not true. As it went on and people started putting names to victims and the stories came out, people in alabama started to see the creepy factor in all of this and saying this isnt right. If it is true, we have a problem with this guy. Further, when there were so many accusers. Its not just one, several. That began to alarm people in alabama. If moore won, what is next for senate republican. They will bring him to washington dc. He will be a senator. The democrats will call for ethics investigation. The governor the alabama if anything happened would have a choice to pick another republican. The republicans will win but they lose. If he wins, he is there in the senate and he will be a huge target nationally and else wise. But the president will have the republican vote at least temporarily if he wins. If he loses. If he loses that brings number up in the senate. About momentum moving into the Midterm Election because the democrats did unexpectedly fell virginia and if they win in alabama which no one would have predicted. We may be seeing a sea change. This is not atypical. When you have a president of one party and both houses with one party people say im not sure i like that balance. Well continue to watch the senate race far into the night. I want to get your thoughts on San Francisco mayor ed lee. Huge shock this morning. Passing so suddenly, how will his death affect city paymentices in San Francisco. He was politics in San Francisco . He was not a politician bureaucrat. He understood how the city operated. He was humble. You dont see that all the anytime politicians. He was humble and nice i loved watching his interact with the crowed crowd at parade. He liked people. He was genuine. He was proud of the city. In other news tonight man conscreeched victimed of convict vade kidnapping and killing sierra lamar was sentenced today. We were inside the courtroom and we spoke with the family after the sentence was handed down. Were live in the hall of justice with the report in san jose. Reporter sierra lamars parnltz asked to silt in the witness box parents asked to sit in the witness box so they could see the man. They said to Antolin Garcia torres i hope your life is a living hell for the rest of it. When Marlene Lamar arrived she had large posters and photos that were displayed in the courtroom today. Her 15yearold daughter went missing in march of 2012. Her killer Antolin Garcia torres was sentenced today to life without parole. The jury fond him guilty and the judge found him guilty and the judge imposed the sentence. You will never have closure. The laureled be safer. One world will be safer. We got some justice. But what we really want is sierra. And well never have that. Reporter the family hugged with supporters outside after and her mother wore a necklace and bracelet with her daughters name on it. Earlier in the day the judge denied a request for a new trial. Sierras clothes were found but her body remains missing. After court the attorney was asked if there was negotiation talk for a lighter sentence in return for finding out where her body is. Antolin garcia torress attorney said he plans to afeet. Will take a week before he moves from here to a maximum security prison. Which one hasnt yet been decided you were inside the courtroom, did he have any emotion or reaction today . Reporter i was actually sitting inside where jurors normally sit. I would see him. He would look down when parents were speaking. He would look up at times. Mostly look down and it was the same when the sentencing was read. Thank you. Coming up, tight security for the commute in new york city inacrossed increased a day after the atrack. The man arrested on charges of using a weapon of mass destruction in the attempted bombing in new york city was charged in federal court today. Akayed ullah told authority that hes did it for the islamic state. He also faces conchs supporting an act of terrorism and making a terroristic threat. We have more from new york. The Early Morning commute in new york city turned to chaos yesterday. A man tied a pipe bomb to himself and detonated it in a subway tunneling. Eyewitnesss describe a frantic scene after the bomb went off. It was so scary. And then everything slowed down and police started to arrive. The suspect 27yearold akayed ullah was born in bangladesh and moved to the United States seven years ago. Police say he has isis sympathies but appears to be selfradicalized. Our people are peaceful. We do not accept any sort of terrorism or violence against another innocent human being. Security ratcheted up in new york city. Most commuters took it in stride acknowledging the danger but trying to stick to the normal routine. I had never been nervous before. Its frightening but at the same time its the times we live in. I is now charged with he is now charged with making terroristic threats and two more charges. Following yesterdays attack in new york, President Trump is make a renewed effort to end a Government Program that allows immigrants to work here if they have families in the United States. The attack yesterday was carried out by a 27yearold immigrant from bangladesh who came to the United States based on a program called chain migration. Its a lottery that allows people to come and live here legally if they have family conditions. The president wants to replace in with a merit based system. The lottery system and chain migration we need end them fast. Congress must get involved immediately. It wont be easy. The program has been authorized by congress and upheld by the Supreme Court. The program is also supported by many lawmakers. Legal experts say the main objection is that most of the vetting takes place in the country of origin, not the United States. The president is pushing back on allegations of Sexual Misconduct. He used twitter to see he was victim of false accusations. Women who previously accused him of Sexual Misconduct held a press conference. In a flurryive tweets the president called the new york senator a total flunky who begged for campaign contricks and whoa would do anything for them. It was a sexist commented wanting to silence my voice. Coming up, gone too soon. A look at the legacy of mayor ed lee after his sudden death after age 65. Sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. For Health Insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Conned only whences continue to pour in for the may have San Francisco. Lee was not only a person friend by played a major home from bringing the warriors back across the bay to San Francisco. Making the chase center now under construction was a major priority. He was a true personal friend of so many people here and a great friend of the warriors. In our history, he will go down as one of the most important people. He is the reason, the political reason that we are going to be open the center in the summer of 2019. The team said his love and passion for sports including the warriors defined him as much as his humor and personality. We will be so grateful for the center. He had no political ambition when he was appointed mayor. He rose from humble gongs go on to lead one of americas largest cities. Born in seattle in 1952, ed lee grew up as a first generation american. He had six sib leas living in public housing. Sib palings who were living in public howsing. We learned modest. Ly. We learned to be humble. He was encouraged to apply to college. In the 1970s he graduated summa laude. He found his home in the bay area. He became a civil rights attorney i wanted to use the law to open doors for a lot of people where laws prevented them from being successful and equal. This drives me a lot personally. He joins the San Francisco asian law caucus in 1978 and advocated for housing rights and civil rights. He later became a city administrator dedicating three decades of his life in public service. In 2011 he officially became the first Asian American mayor of San Francisco. As i hold the office of. As i hold the office of. Mayor for the city and county of San Francisco. Mayor for the city and county of San Francisco. [ applause ] in 2015 voters elected him to stay on in that role. A husband and father two of daughters who never set out for a National Anthem politics but his political legacy will live on. The Chinese New Year parade is a big dealing. Youre hosting it. Itses a town hometown. Its fun to see him interact with people there. He is a rock star. He is the last person you say, thats a rock star. But when he was out in his element with the folks in the city, they loved him and surrounded him. He was so engaging and friendly and bubbly. He was fun to be around. He worked for the city tirelessly. He loved the city. I would see him walking the parade route. Always the big warm smile, friendly nice man. He was really proud of the city and he worked so nard what he did for the city his death is coming as such a shock. Its a big loss for San Francisco on so many levels in so many ways. A lot of us are style still trying figure this out. Everything you say, it struck me, he was a real guy. Politicians tend not be they cant be. Its hard to be a real guy probably and he was very approachable and friendly and easy to connect with, talk to. I cant think of any other politician ive known like that, whether it be brown, jerry brown, they are good guys. Lee, you walk up to him and take a sip of the coffee he had. Like a teddy bear. Were shocked. A lot of our reporters they work with the officials in the city allot. It is hard for a lot of folks. Temperatures today look like these. Temperatures tomorrow will look like these. Very similar. 64 in antioch and 64 in livermore. for the next couple of days were pushing the temperatures forward. The changes come on the 22nd. We will get rain and models are pretty consisted eent. Cold and wet system with snow in the mountains, that would be looked upon with much happiness. Embark stairs lit up tonight. Another spart air day. Have one today and have one tomorrow. Dont burnt wood unless you have a special permit. 30 degrees overnight in santa rosa. That is chilly. Napa was 29 last night and again. By lunchtime looks like this. For all of us. It is these are real high clouds. We will see a little smoke filleteder into the area tomorrow filter into the area. Forecast highs 70 in san jose and how quickly things change. I was watching a sound beefed his on the news and today were talking about him being gone. There is that shock. Life is proration. Have to precious. You have to enjoy every moment. The deadly ghost warehouse fire. People took the stand about the details about the warehouse before the fire killed people. Hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. For mildtomoderate eczema . It can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. The arm of an arm wrestler . The back of a quarterback . The face of a fairy . Prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. It blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. And its steroidfree. Do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. Allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. The most common side effect is application site pain. Ask your doctor about eucrisa. The preliminary hearing in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire is drawing to a close now in oakland. Henry lee tells us several people took the stand today including an oakland fire captain who was worried about the conditions inside the warehouse years before the deadly fire. Reporter oakland fire captain George Freeland testified he was concerned about the warehouse. That is in 2014 when firefighters locoweeds inside. They were there for a small arson fire days earlier outside. He was told no one lived there at that time. He said he took the man at his word. Two years later 36 people died in the warehouse. Derek almena and mark harris have been charged with inskol voluntary manslaughter. He said he didnt have the nonmake the needed repairs. Indeed it was a death prop that night when the people who came to the party. They couldnt get out. There were no alarms, no smoke detectors, no exit signs. Brian okeef said worked the door that night. The warehouse was a magical wonderland one said. The wooded staircase was slightly often. The top step was higher than the others. Many were trapped on the second floor. Russell said i escaped with my life. You keep hoping that the story will change but yet you know that it wont. These people were trapped and couldnt get out from this inferno. When the hearing ends this week the judge will determine whether the men will go to trial. The burden of proof is much lower during a preliminary hearing than it is at a trial. At trial the da has to prove each element of the case beyond a reasonable doubt. In Oakland Henry lee ktvu fox 2 news. Shock and sadness in San Francisco as the city mourns the sudden death of mayor ed lee. Mayor edwin lee passed away this morning at 1 11 00 a. M. At zuckerberg General Hospital. Family, friends and colleagues were by his side. The 43rd mayor of San Francisco, ed was 65 years old. Board of supervisors president and now acting mayor london breed made it somber announcement this morning outside the hospital early this morning. The mayor collapsed last night while Grocery Shopping with his wife. He was rushed to the hospital but doctors were not able to save his life. Sky fox was over interstate 280 this afternoon as a hears e was escorteded to a funeral home. Firefighters honored the trip. Flags were lowered to half staff today after word of the mayors passing. They will remain at half staff for 30 days. And at the mayors home in the citys glenn park neighborhood people have been dropping off flowers and cards
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