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That fight, and if necessary, and if folks will have me, i am prepared to help lead that fight. >> you have put your past experience in law enforcement as the attorney general in california and as a prosecutor, as the d.a. in san francisco, the elected d.a. i remember that election. i remember being amazed to see you from come outside, come outside from the two establishment candidates and beat them both. >> right. >> it was a political marvel to see you win that race. i remember watching it from up close. but i also know that you have faced -- you've been buffeted by tough controversies in bo...

That lab tech was messing with evidence and anything she touched essentially was screwing up cases. how did that happen under your leadership without you knowing about it? >> so the crime lab was run by the san francisco police department, not by my office. it was run by the police department. there was a technician, to your point, who worked in that crime lab, who was basically sniffing what she should have been measuring. and it turned out that hundreds of cases she had handled and because of the -- because of her misconduct -- i was going to say her taint. because of what we knew she did, w...

Serious problems at the crime lab, that that lab tech was messing with evidence and anything she touched essentially was screwing up cases. how did that happen under your leadership without you knowing about it? >> so the crime lab was run by the san francisco police department, not by my office. it was run by the police department. there was a technician, to your point, who worked in that crime lab, who was basically sniffing what she should have been measuring. and it turned out that hundreds of cases she had handled and because of the -- because of her misconduct, because of what we knew sh...

We still have a whole lot of problems around issues of equality and freedom and fairness, right? but people are prepared to fight, and i am prepared to join that fight, and if necessary, and if folks will have me, i am prepared to help lead that fight. >> you have put your past experience in law enforcement as the attorney general in california and as a prosecutor, as the d.a. in san francisco, the elected d.a. i remember that election. i remember being amazed to see you from come outside, come outside from the two establishment candidates and beat them both. >> right. >> it was a political ma...

Year. >> we are seeing pattern we missed. the pattern is an insufficient culture of safety. >> reporter: at that time, he was on the hot seat for handling anthrax and avian flu. >> these are unacceptable events and never should have happened. >> reporter: in line with the procedures, the lab was closed pending review and decontaminated. the material was destroyed, investigate launched. it was reported to health and human services secretary and others up and down the chain of command. as for the possibility of anyone else coming into contact with the material, cdc says a handful of others who e...