doing this for my babies. and i'm their mom. >> reporter: 46-year-old mimi lee is locked in a legal battle for what she calls her only shot at motherhood. the five frozen embryos she created with her now ex-husband, embryos he wants destroyed. >> i have biological children ready to come to life. >> reporter: these embryos are at the center of a two-year-long, high-profile california court case. an unhappy ending to a romance that spanned two decades. >> we met as students at harvard college. >> you plan your wedding, he proposes, you get the worst news possible. >> ten days before the wedding i got the diagnosis that i had breast cancer. >> how important was it to you at that moment to preserve your ability to procreate? >> it was critically important. >> reporter: lee, a julliard-trained pianist and anesthesiologist, said she decided to risk making her cancer worse for a chance at the children she says she and her now ex-husband, steven findlay, wanted more than anything. >> we realized the risks. i would be injecting myself with the very hormone my tumor feeds on. >> reporter: lee

mimi lee is determined to become a million. she speaks exclusively to abc discussing a bitter legal battle with her ex-husband, stephen findley. at the time the couple went through the process lee was diagnosed with breast cancer. >> how important was it to you at that moment to preserve your ability to pro create? >> critical. >> at the center are medical concept forms boat parts signed at ucfs calling for the embryos to be destroyed if they got a divorce. in closing arguments on tuesday, his attorney said the situation is black and white. >> it is still an agreement. the agreement is in the document at least 27 times. >> but lee's attorney argues it is future a binding contract and his klein has a right to change her mind. lee waits for a judge to make a life-changing decision come november. >> i stay focused on my babies. i would do anything for them. >> lee said she doesn't expect her ex-husband to be in her and her children if life at all despite claims from the former husband that she would manipulate the situation and try to get money from him. this certainly be a ground-brea

hall with his owner and the officer that shot and wounded him, testifying. vic lee has the story. >> reporter: his name is felony jack, on trial for his life. july 27th, the three and a half year old pit bull charged at the officer at fulton. >> it had a browning and a small pouch. >> reporter: the officer says it happened when he wanted to talk with the dog's owner, who he said had drug paraphernalia. felony jack charges at the cop. he fires three shots and the dog turns and dashes off towards his owner. now, you see him grabbing felony jack's leash, trying to control him. a shot hit the dog in the ear. he was treated and taken to animal control today here at this vicious dog hearing was felony jack's day in court. well, he wasn't here physically, but his owner was. jonathan reid. >> i don't remember him growling. if he did snarl it's the first time he's ever done that in any situation. >> reporter: also testifying another dog owner who says reid was mean to felony jack. >> i have seen him hit him before. >> reporter: another witness disputed that. >> he's not a violent person.

kristen sze. >> i am shirt generation. the man is 41-year-old vester lee flanagan who tried to kill himself after a police chase. he was a former co-worker of the photographer and reporter. audit station where he previously work described him as "difficult to work with." wdbj said involve involve watched the news before he approached the former cheeks armed with a gun. he turned the gun on himself and moments ago was confirmed dead. we want to warn you that some of the video you are about to see is very disturbing. >> the morning crew covered a story on tourism in virginia this morning and out of nowhere a gunman walked up and opened fire. you can hear several gunshots during the interview. allison parker, a reporter and adam ward, a photographer, for wdbj were shot and killed. the general manager went on air to speak about the devastate tragedy. we are in shock. all there is in our building is hugging and crying and consoling. many members of our star are very close to alley son and adam and everyone knew them. they were loved. they were positive people. >> 59 time of shooting they

over race issues in the work police co-workers called vester lee flanagan disgruntled employees and accused the victims of racism an accusation the boss denies. vester lee flanagan said he was a gay man the victim of homophobia and said he admired mass murderer like columbine shooters. we have more on his history from vallejo. >> to his friends and family in the bay area, vester lee flanagan was an outgoing constitute named to the 1991 homecoming court at sky line high school in oakland. now, he is accused of shooting and killing a reporter can cameraman on live tv and turning the gun on himself. >> in high school we never saw anything like that. he was a happy and positive person. everyone loved him. >> 19 significant was a tv reporter going by the name of brace williams working with the victims at wdbj tv in roanoke, virginia, until fired in 2013. hit boss called him an angry man who had to be escorted out of the station. in a suicide note, vester lee flanagan wrote i've been a human powder keg waiting to go boom. >> this is out of nowhere. i don't believe it. what do you want me

time from a san francisco woman making national news over her quest to become a summer. mimi lee is fighting for the rights to her frozen embryos. our reporter, janet o, is in the newsroom where more. janet? >> dr. mimi lee is fighting for her last chance to have biological children in a two year legal battle with her ex-husband. she sat down with "good morning america" in an exclusive interview. at issue are five embryos that she and her husband froze in 2010. a form signed by the two called for them to be destroy dead they got a divorce. which they are. in close arguments on tuesday dr. lee's attorney said the form is not a binding contract. ex-husband and his attorney disagree and the defense argued that lee is doing this to manipulate the situation and extract money for other purposes something the 46-year-old denies. the judge now is said to pick a decision in november. lee was diagnosed with breast cancer when she had the agrees first frozen described the emotional journal any in the interview. >> it was the hard of the thing i have ever done. i stayed focused on my and knowin

braking case for dr. lee with wants if you control of her chance to have by logical children. the closing arguments were heard on tuesday. the 46-year-old is now waiting for the life changing decision to come own in november. in 2010 after a cancer diagnosis and aware of herage, dr. lee and her ex-husband created five frozen embryos and her attorney argued that the concept form she signed was not a binding contract. it called for are embryos to be discarded in the event of divorce. her ex-husband's lawyer said that the agreement should be upheld. her torn said it is not that his client doesn't want kids but he doesn't want them with mimi. dr. lee speak out for the first time in the emotional interview. >> those are hard words to hear from anybody. and...you know, again, i cannot speak for steve...but it is -- it hurts in a way. it's...so personal a friend i trusted for so long, it is really...disappointing. >> ultimately a judge will decide if the medical condition sent form that has been signed can be revoked or changed. you can see more of the exclusive interview with mimi lee o

using disguises. officers got a sent warrant for the car the suspect vester lee flanagan jr. was driving and inside they found extra license plates, a wig, sunglasses and a hat. he was traveling with a glock with multiple magazines and ammunition he group up with a family in vallejo and he was described as a gentle giant and told abc7 his behavior yesterday was surprising. >> people are mourning the loss of allison parker and adam ward. here is more on that story. >> please join us now in a moment of silence. >> a moment of silence on the morning news at the exact time the virginia news time lost two of their best live on air yesterday. >> allison and adam this is for you. >> allison parker and the photographer, adam ward were doing a tourism story and shots came flying killing the two and injuring the person being interviewed, vicki gardner. >> what happened is inbound for our community and i cannot remember anything like that happening. >> nightmare for a community stunned as we learn more of the shooter identified as vester lee flanagan a firm reporter who went by bryce willia

duty in a routine traffic stop. lunger's girlfriend, antioch police dispatcher, jennifer lee, was proud to see scott honored by so many. >> it was amazing. so many people, friends, family, from all over the bay area, and it's honorable to see everybody out there. >> want to thank everybody that supported us, and just made us feel like part of a larger community. >> reporter: a son, father, hero, and baseball fan, who will never be forgotten. ♪ >> reporter: in oakland, abc7 news. >> a new fire prompted evacuations in lower lake in lake county. the jerusalem fire broke out this afternoon and has burned 100 acres. evacuations have been ordered. this not near the rocky fire. we'll continue to follow the story on air and online. get breaking news alerts at abc7 news bay area. >>> the rocky fire has burned nearly 70,000 acres and is now 70% contained. the fire has destroyed 43 homes and 53 outbuildings, all evacuations were lifted on saturday. >>> a second firefighter has died fighting wildfires in california. it happened yesterday at the sierra fire between lake tahoe and the el dora

expressway and southside drive. >> i saw the guy's back holding the pistol in his hands. >> lee ducked inside and locked the door. >> i heard, bang, bang. two times. then five seconds later, another bang. [ inaudible ] my leg was pleading so bad last night. >> san jose police say two officers fired, killing the man who police are simply calling a suspect in an investigation. lee called 9-1-1 for help. >> tell the police not to shoot into my store because there are four people indent people inside the store. >> lee was at the police station for questioning after being treated because he was wearing shorts. >> investigators have not identified the man shot and killed last night. both san jose police department and the district attorney are investigating the two officers involved, they are on paid leave. my colleague will be at the press yen -- conference at 12:30 with the update. >> the california highway patrol believes the driver was drunk and speeding when he love control of the car and crashed and a citicy the three passengers. the fiery wreck happened around 10:00 last night. the c.

lee of soliciting bribes in the same investigation that got their client arrested. the judge said there was no evidence ed lee had committed a crime. >>> the lawyer for the dog sitter accused of animal cruelty pled not guilty. the case came to the d.a.'s office after this disturbing video was captured of her grabbing a dog by the neck and appearing to throw it to the ground. >> the owner was watching television and saw the video and recognized her dog being on the video. at that point she got in touch with the humane society and brought frisco in for an examination. >> prosecutors say that is why she wasn't charged with a felony. she is out on bail. officials say she does not have a business license and is not permitted to board pets where she lives. >>> a dead whale found lodged under a dock has been removed. this video shows the army corps of engineers towing the carcass by boat to deeper waters. sky 7 hd followed. the national oceanic and atmospheric association says the whale is being taken to a suitable place. we learned the whale was dragged in on monday by a ship. it's not

video went viral. vic lee is live tonight at city hall. vic? >> reporter: well, there is more to this video that meets the eye. the so called back story. someone who knows the person that shot the video told us there have been past contacts between police and a member of this person's family. we don't know, however, if that had anything to do with this particular incident. we do know this video has gone viral. most of the questions on the postings was the officer justified in drawing his gun? >> we're going to look at our protocols and determine whether or not they were followed and take a look to make sure we're ensuring the safety of the community and officers. >> reporter: city manager darren jenkins says police will investigate the incident, which happened july 27th. the officer drives up to the home as he's loading up his boat. the police cruiser stopped. mccombis agains recording. the officer begins shooting from his phone. the officer gets out of his car and this takes place. >> take your hand out of your pocket. >> i have done nothing. put your gun down, really? >> reporter: t

. vic lee live at the mcaliceter street courthouse. >> the tenants in the apartment building owner were in the settlement conferences here at the courthouse all day last minute deal to see if they could reach some kind of agreement on their differences before this thing goes to a jury trial. it says that landlords can evict tenants but only if they take their property off the rental market. the new land lady says she will but the tenants don't believe her. >> i would use the word greed as far as what is her total reasoning for actually getting rid of us. >> reporter: he is 68 years old and blind in one eye. he has been a tenant at the north beach apartment building for almost two decades. he says he fits the profile of the kind of seniors the new apartment owner studies. dr. hill's specialty is the research of the elderly and diseases that lead to their deaths. lawyer steve colier represents the tenants. >> the irony of researcher on aging evicting seniors from long term homes. >> reporter: she inherited the apartment building three years ago when her ailing aunt virginia died in her 90

of his life growing up here in the bay area. vester lee flanagan took his own life after being confronted by police. he grew up in oakland and many of his relatives live in vallejo. he worked with the victims as a tv reporter under the name bryce williams. some former co-workers describe hip as being disgruntled which surprised a graduate of oakland skyline high. >> he was doing great work in virginia and to see that, it is sad. our hearts go out to the victims and his family because their lives are changed now. >> he graduated from san francisco state with a degree in broadcasting in 1995. his career in tv began as an intern in san francisco and then went to work in other stations across the country. >> as the story continues to develop, stay with abc for complete coverage on air and online, follow us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. or on abc7news.com. >> the search continues for a driver who police say caused an explosion at a strip mall that destroyed five businesses. two people suffered minor injuries, one a firefighter. officials are looking for a woman who left the scene in a

the target of the attack by bay area native vester lee flanagan. she said that vester lee flanagan shot the photographer and then shot her knocking her to the ground with a bullet to the become as she tried to run. vester lee flanagan stood over her and firing self more shots execution help style. the gun misfired. messages of support have been pouring into the station wdbj. >> i have 819 e-mails and all my voice mailbox is full and it is all with people reaching out. >> fired from the station in 2013 according to the general manager, vester lee flanagan arounded the news director a crucifix upon the firing saying "you will need this." he killed himself when the officers closed in. >> president george w. bush and former purse need laura bush will be in new orleans marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina the 10 years ago the evacuations were under way and 10 years ago tomorrow caughts catastrophic damage and killing 1,800 people. we have a look at what is be we have a look at what is be done to honor the come back. refused to give up proving even a hurricane cannot destroy

morning america." >> good morning, i'm frank gifford with kathie lee johnson. >> reporter: it was there he would meet his future wife. >> good morning. >> good morning, got the second string in. >> got the subs. >> reporter: later on "gma" talking about their romance with joan lunden. >> it really did start here as a friendship and we are happy and i'm very proud to be with her. >> reporter: tonight kathie lee remembering her husband, their children remembering their father. he had five children in all, five grandchildren, too. as we remember, a long-time voice of abc. >> kathie lee gifford tweeting that she is deeply grateful to all for your outpouring of grace. we're thinking of our colleague down the street. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. breaking news involving a famous actress and her international custody fight, battling with her husband over where their children should live. she kept her two young children in america. tonight a court is weighing in. we'll have details coming up. >>> a tragedy to report tonight in an american desert, t

francisco. vic lee joins us with the story. vic? >> reporter: the judge allowed cameras to shoot francisco sanchez lopez in court. just luke his july court appearances, he looked thinner than when he was arraigned on murder charges. three san francisco police sergeants testified today. one interviewed kate soon teinl father. he heard a pop and his daughter went down yelling dad, help me, help me. i thought her phone blew up in her hand. steinle did not see who fired the shot. an out-of-town tourist thought she saw the killer. marina was staying at a hotel. she heard a gunshot and a man dressed in black walk awei, suspicious because everyone else was rushing toward the shooting. she took a photo of him which prosecutors showed in court. she later identified sanchez when police arrested him at embarcadero later that evening. the most important witness may have been the person who in the words of another investigator said he heard a loud bang and turned around and saw an object land off the pier into the water with a big plunk. she led police to that area and the next day police di

handle the rain runoff. vic lee joins us with the story. >> reporter: the worst flooding here was perhaps in the early 2000s. serious storms passed through here and created a havoc. the property owners sued the city and won a $5 million pay day and it happened again last december and the sand bags are still here just in case it happens again. this is what it looked like last december when the streets of this mission terrace neighborhood flooded. >> my car was floating across this street. >> reporter: raw sewerage mixed with storm water rushed into homes, basements, garages and contents were soaked. walls and floors were damaged. today eight months later the sand bags are an integral part of the landscape for many blocks. she still gets emotional when she talked about her grandmother who has alzheimer's disease. the water in her home's basement garage destroyed the furnace. >> she has been using a portable heater because we can't afford to replace the unit that was flooded. >> reporter: lawyer represents 50 property owners. many have had claims denied even though he says mayor ed lee promi

. >> according to her, the suspected shooter, vester lee flanagan, tried to keep shooting her but the gun did not work so he took off. he killed himself as officers closed in. he was fired from wdbj in 2013. according to the general manager, vester lee flanagan handed the news director a crucifix upon the hiring saying and i quote, "you are going to need this." >> a hero's homecoming for one of the three americans who helped take down the terrorist on a french train last week, talked exclusively to "good morning america" today. >> i immediately recognized what was happening and i in the, there is no way, no way this is happening right new. i am just...really, that is the only thought i that, i could not believe it was happening and we acted, and i did not have another thought for those two minutes. >> alek skarlatos with the national guard thanksen for their outpour of gratitude and the airport cheer the as he arrived in new york. he and his friends, spencer zone and sacramento state student anthony sadler received the highest medal from the french president and congratulations from p

poor driving. san francisco's mayor lee issued a statement saying he wants to drivers to be more aware around schools. you will see electronic signs around the city reminding people that school is back in session and they need to slow down. you are going to see this in san lorenzo community in the east bay. the campaigns have been launched to let people know that school has started. you need to watch out for children and families. you will see police cars at san francisco schools all week. this is the first beak -- week of school. >> thank you, amy. east bay mud is dealing with a big headache after the 4.0 magnitude earthquake with seven water main breaks by oakland, the epicenter, triple the normal number of breaks. people cross the bay area felt the tremors including this baby jolted awake. it felt strong because it was a shallow earthquake 3.5 miles below the surface along the hayward fault. there is a percent chance of a larger earthquake on the same fault the next few days. progress on to abc7news.com and click on "men nor california," for an earthquake survival kit. >> all evacua

who you are trusting behind the wheel. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is in the news room with more on the story. >> basically this is an amended version of the civil complaint that d.a. gascon and counter part filed against uber. that complaint said uber was misleading passengers about drivers' back grounds. this document actually lists the criminal back grounds of dozens of its drivers most from los angeles but some from san francisco. murder, lewd acts with children, kidnapping, assault with a firearm, robbery, i.d. theft. the amended complaint cites 22 drivers with serious felonies who passed uber's background checks. district attorney says many former sex offenders won't show up on its system at all. >> approximately 30 registered sex offenders do not appear on the public registry available to identify sex offenders. >> reporter: uber's system he says has big gaping holes. >> the background process cannot tell if someone was convicted of a serious crime more than seven years ago. >> taxi drivers in san francisco and most other cities undergo checks using their finger prints, a pro

was arrested. lunger's girlfriend, police dispatcher jennifer lee, was proud to see scott honored by so many. >> was amazing, so many people, friends, family, from all over the bay area, come to support us and it's awesome to see everybody out there. >> a son, father, hero, and baseball fan. who will never be forgotten. ♪ >> in oakland, abc7 news. >> after a massive search in the south bay a missing police dog is found. niko had been missing 14 hours. the puppy escaped from its owner's yard by digging under a fence. >> he responded to me -- made a perimeter. his handler responded as well. the dog is now back with the handler. >> niko went to the vet to get checked out. he has been with the department a couple of weeks. >> a fallen tree killed a firefighter battling a wildfire near lake tau home. it happened yesterday in a remote area between lake tahoe and the el dorado national forest. a second firefighter was injured. >>> did you feel it? a 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit near san francisco today, around 1:30 this afternoon. centered nine miles west of san francisco. viewers in daly

the officer drove up and pulled a gun on him. vic lee has the story. >> reporter: the officer drives up to don's home as he's loading up his boat. he pulls out his phone and begins recording. the officer then begins shooting from his phone. the officer gets out of his car and this exchange takes place. >> keep your hand out of your pocket. >> no sir, i've done nothing. >> put your gone down. >> the officer tells him to get his hand out of his pocket. he puts items from his pocket on his car. >> no. >> you don't touch me. he keeps asking the cop why he's at his home. >> are you spguspecting me of a crime? >> then he blurts out the police are corrupt and then this. >> you guys have done enough to my family. >> are you some kind of a constitutionalist? >> no. >> finally the cop leaves saying have a nice day. put it on youtube. the city manager says they'll be conducting an investigation. >> we're going to look at our protocol and ensure the safety of our community and officers. vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> toernths more than 3,000 firefighters are fitding that massive blaze. 65,000 acres ar

second day of a preliminary hearing. abc 7 news reporter vic lee joins us from the hall of justice with more. >> day and the preliminary hearing of francisco lopez sanchez. we learned the gun he is accused of firing was pointed not at kate steinle but at the ground when it went off. the charge is still murder but perhaps it was not premeditated. today police criminalest andy smith displayed the gun used in the shooting, a .40 caliber pistol similar to this one. it had been recovered by divers off the bay. smith said one round had been fired from the seven cartridge magazine clip. under cross examination public defender matt gonzalez repeatedly asked if it was possible the gun could accidently discharge without sanchez pulling the trigger. the criminalest said no matter how the trigger was pulled that is the only way the gun could have been fired. yesterday the prosecution established through testimonies that francisco sanchez was at pier 14 when kate steinle was shot to death. cell phone images taken by tourists and displayed in court showed a man appeared to be sanchez sitting on the b

attend. this morning, san francisco mayor lee and former state assemblywoman will host a fundraiser. tickets are sole out. clinton heads to los angeles later for another fundraiser. >> ahead of the republican presidential debate, donald trump is facing new questions of his ties to democrats and whether he is too cozy with the clintons. the g.o.p. debate is held in cleveland with donald trump and nine candidates including job bush, scott walker and ben carson starting at 6:00 people our time. a crowd of 5,000 will be there to see it the largest crowd in debate history. >> federal prosecutors say lawyers for raymond "shrimp boy" chow violated a court order in releasing documents tied to their community's racketeering case including experts from wiretapped conversations and information about people would have not been charged with a crime. his lawyers contend the documents include evidence that f.b.i. agents suspected san francisco mayor lee had taken bribes but was never damaged. also, evidence showing their clint is being select every prosecuted so chaps could be dropped. federal pro

story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> i'm doing this for high bamy babies. >> reporter: mimi lee againstler former husband, a couple whose romance spanned over two decades, eventually marrying in 2010. >> we met at students at harvard. he proposes and right before your marriage is set to take place, you get the worst news possible. >> ten days before the wedding, i got the diagnosis that i had breast cancer. sfwr h sf >> how important was to preserve your ability to procreate? >> it was very important. we realized the risks. and even with all the risks, we knew this was the last best c s chance. >> the then 41-year-old deciding along with her husband to create and pre-receiver five embryos. but by 2013, their marriage up raffled, finley filing for divorce. tell me about the concept fosen that says in the case of divorce the embryos would be unfrozen and discarded? >> that's right. >> that signed concept form a leading silent witness at the trial now determining what should happen to the embryos. finley asking the court to enforce it. >> it's still an agreement. the agreement is i

. >> happening today, san francisco mayor lee could appear's the board of supervisors. lawyers for allege the chinatown gang step raymond "shrimp boy" chow filed documents ailing lee bribed in exchange for political favors and proved the united states attorney selectively targeted raymond "shrimp boy" chow despite taps into lee himself. according to the "san francisco chronicle" there are other supervisors mentioned in the document. >> the san jose city council will approve a one year pilot to allow the police department to use an unmanned drone. the department would use the drone in two key roles, to help the bomb squad and to assist officers in a high danger situation much the public has been allow to weigh in focusing on concerns of surveillance and privacy and still needs the approve the f.a.a. before the drone can launch in 2017. >> the technical world is reeking from the big announcement by google renaming itself as alphabet an umbrella company with google as the largest subsidiary. the co-founders will be president and c.e.o. and long time google executive will become the google c.e.o.

? they're from hawaii. yes, the hawaii -- right, find out. >> lee. >> lee? >> yeah. >> like f. lee bailey? >> like bruce lee. >> jimmy: like caitlyn lee. you don't know. right? all right. here's another. >> tell us your name. >> johnny lamb. >> where are you from? >> conover, north carolina. >> what do you do? >> i'm in the furniture business. >> is this your daughter? >> yes, sure is. >> what is your name? >> jimmy: they're from north carolina. i don't know if that means anything. gender specific or gender neutral? >> jayden. >> why jayden? >> well, we wanted to pick a unisection name that was original. then we found out will smith named his son jaden. >> jimmy: will submit owes them an apology. here's another. >> what's your name? >> ethan moorehart. >> where are you from? >> ac con, ohio. >> what's your name? >> jimmy: ethan's son? let's find out. >> cage. >> cage? >> yeah, named after nicolas cage. >> do you think you're ever going to remove your face and go trade it with john travolta? >> no. >> jimmy: i don't now. cage could be gender neutral. it could be like a prison cage.

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charges dropped. the lawyers accuse mayor lee of soliciting bribes in the same investigation that got their client arrested. the judge said there is no evidence lee committed a crime. >>> the 49ers are trying to figure out how to deal with ahmad brooks, the linebacker charged yesterday with misdemeanor sexual battery. brooks is still on the team but has been excused from team activities. he will not play in saturday's game against denver. brooks is expected to turn himself in to authorities. he is accused of groping a woman last year. mcdonald is accused of felony sexual assault involving the same woman on the same day. >>> seven fires in almeida are considered suspicious. the biggest broke out this morning at a storage area for cardboard recycling. it spread to an adjacent building. that's the space for furniture makers, printers and metal workers. four other fires were reported at about the same time. additional smaller fires were reported hours later. >>> someone is tagging colorful murals like this one with inflammatory messages. the words white power have been scribbled over

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. 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. chow's attorneys are hoping it leads to a d

disease. >> san francisco mayor lee is denying stunning accusations coming from a high profile corruption case. defense lawyers in the case say the mayor himself and other top city officials are guilty of wrongdoing including taking bribes. legal beyond kim has the details. >> tones for raymond "shrimp boy" chow say the prosecutors should drop all charges, the victim of selective prosecution indicted while city hers like san francisco mayor lee walked away despite having taken $20,000 in bribes. bribgs is anthony. >> high sat down with federal agents undercover and took money from them and the staff took money from them and he was supposedly knowledgeable of what the money was for. >> curing to a motion filed in court, one of staffers falled the bribe and told the agent that 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 without the mafia. the mayor himself denies wrongdoing. >> you he is trying to get off at rile and doing everything he can, raymond "shrimp boy" chow so i take it with

profession involves study of elderly and diseases. vic lee joins us with the story. >> reporter: the tenants and their new landlord have been closeted in private settlement conferences here at the courthouse all day. we have just learned that if they don't reach some kind of agreement by wednesday they will go to a jury trial. the act says landlords can evict tenants but only if they take their property off the rental market. new landlord says she will. the tenants don't agree. the court case has garnered the support of housing and senior citizen activists. >> i would use the word greed as far as what is her total reasoning for getting rid of us. >> reporter: he is 68 years old and blind in one eye. he has been a tenant at the apartment building for almost two decades. he says he fits the profile of the kind of seniors the new apartment owner studies. dr. hill's specialty is the research of the elderly and diseases that lead to their deaths. lawyer steve colier represents the tenants. >> the irony of researcher on aging evicting seniors from their long term homes. >> reporter: hill i

president jimmy carter announced he has cancer that has spread throughout his body. mayor ed lee tweet this had picture of president carter in san francisco two weeks ago today at a book signing here. carter says the recent surgery to remove a small mass on his liver reveals the cancer. he will undergo treatment at a hospital in atlanta. carter is 90 years old and served as president after being elected to a single term in 1976. "world news" will have much more on this story at 5:30 right after this newscast. >>> at least 13 people died today in china during a massive chemical explosion and fire. that blast jolted the warehouse for logistics company in the port area of the city near beijing. you see the smoldering aftermath. one witness captured the explosion on camera. at least 250 people were hurt, a series of small explosions occurred prior to that massive fireball. the flames burned for hours. the explosion caused extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure. abc 7 news talked with a professor from santa clara university who has been monitoring the situation. >> if this explosi

, that's what people most remember about him. >> reporter: aaron lee is a vegas detective who says cannon should feel right at home in sin city. >> this was a classic con man. he did everything right to make people feel comfortable when he came in the store. >> reporter: cannon is shown here visiting the store a first time. weeks later, he's back with a wave, a smile, and nerves of steel. >> he was very well-dressed, very well-mannered and he came across like average joe citizen. >> reporter: six diamonds come out of the safe and arrive at the counter. cannon repeatedly wipes his hand on his sweater to keep it free of moisture. in this line of work, sticky fingers are needed, not sweaty fingers. and in an instant, half a million dollars in diamonds and jack cannon vanish out the door. it's detective lee's job to find him. >> at times as a detective, you have to put yourself in their shoes. and the greatest question that i found myself asking was if i were them and if i just made $500,000 in less than five seconds, why would i stop? >> reporter: lee gets a tip. >> i believe it was a

destroyed. however, lee wants the embryos implanted into a sure got. the issue was a form they signed before the procedure requiring them to be destroyed if they diverse. the judge's decision is due by the end of november. >> officials say a 21-year-old lafayette man used two homemade guns in a murder-suicide. a stanford university engineering student shot and killed his former girlfriend many-year-old last month and used the second again to 8:00 himself. he. both guns with parts ordered online which is legal in california. the guns do not have serial numbers and in become ground check is noded. investigators have not said what the motive was. >> the kansas city royals will honor the bat bay would died over the weekend at a future game honoring him. the community helped to support the family and last night at the game special baseball cards were created and sold if a small donation in an effort to help the family. fans wore blue ribbons with shirts with the boy's initials. he was accidentally hit by a bat during a game in wichita heart saturday. he was wearing a helmet. someone was on

, vester lee flanagan took his own life after being confronted by police. he grew up in oakland, many of the relatives live in vallejo and worked with the victims as a tv rot are under the name bryce williams. he was described as being disgruntled which surprised a fellow graduate of skyline while. he was doing great work in virginia and it is sad. owe hearts go out to the victims and his family because their liveses are changed. >> he graduated from san francisco state university with a degree in broadcasting in 1995. the career in tv began as an intend in san francisco. he went to work at other stations across america. >> we are getting our first look at the cover of the roanoke times, the local newspaper in virginia, you can see the headline "state of shock," showing people hanging their heads in somber tribute to the victims. >> journalists across the united states and around the world are posting tributes to parker and ward with #westandwithwdbj. reporters and photographers and news teams have been sharing photo with hashtag created immediately after shooting by a reporter in texas

. >> . >> reporter: lee says he locked himself inside. >> i called 911 and tell them don't tell police because there are four people, innocent people, inside of the store. >> reporter: no one else was shot or killed but officers will confront when with a gun. >>> we know the name of a man a sunnyvale police officer shot and killed. he is allen matthew baker we're live with the latest on this. melanie? >> reporter: this is the suspect that is still at large. he's from fresno and has an outstanding warrant in connection with a homicide. tonight an 18 year veteran with the department of public safety is on paid administrative leave. it's standard procedure following an officer-involved shooting. >> i think officers were faced with a deadly force situation and responded to it. >> reporter: around 4:00 p.m. saturday, people responded to suspicious behavior in this motel 6. they say two of the three men took off, running. according to captain hunter, one dropped a high-capacity magazine, then pointed a gun at the officer. >> the officer and the suspect were facing each other at the ti

were fatally shot on the air wednesday morning. shooter bay area native vester lee flanagan later killed himself. vester lee flanagan was fired from station in 2013. according to the general manager, flanagan handed the news director a crucifix upon his firing saying you are going to need this. the messages of sympathy and support have been pouring into the station. >> i have 819 e-mails, i have all of my voice mailboxes are full, and it is all with people reaching out. >> officers found a handgun, extra ammunition, several license plates and a wig if his car. the original survivor of the shooting has awakened from medically induced coma and has been upgraded to "good," condition. >> a suspected process state now is paralyzed from the income down after allegedly being shot by an aspiring santa rosa junior college football player according to the press democrat. they met at me tell 6 in rohnert park last month and officials say he shot jackson in the neck and leg after he tried to problem her. a surveillance video shows him near the crime scene and what is what led to his arrest. j

, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 5:13 will happening today san francisco mayor lee could appear before the board of supervisors and this would be the first appearance before the bar since last week's legal bombshell. lawyers for alleged chinatown gangster raymond "shrimp boy" chow filed document allegedly braves for political favors and prove the united states attorney selectively targeted raymond "shrimp boy" chow despite f.b.i. tapping into lee. the board was also mentioned in the documents. >> bicyclist in san francisco are planning another protest at a popular thoroughfare in the lower height district and expected to ride single file and stop at every stop sign a move that could bring traffic to a standstill. the go protest the crackdown on bicyclives would do not come to a full stop at the stop signs. this starts at 5:00 p.m. for those that may want to avoid the area. >> the technical world is reeling from the big announcement, renaming google as alphabet, the new company with google as the largest subsidiary. >> google is a subsidiary of alphabet a holding company like ber

tech companies to hire more black workers. barbara lee met with representatives of google and apple and intel to talk about minority hiring. it's shameful so few tech workers are african-american. >> they want to disclose their diversity data and commit to plans that will ensure full african-american inclusion by 2020. >> they also want more minorities on the board of directors. a survey of the top 20 found only 3 of the 189 directors are african-american. >>> twitter's slumping stock may make it a takeover company. the interim ceo warned it will be a while before they stop's slowdown in user growth. some believe it could be part of a strategy to drive stock prices down to make the company easier to acquire. dozens of people met some potential employers today at a hire event in silicon valley today. we were at the biltmore hotel for the free job fair. it allows people to meet with employers who are looking to hire. sales manager, police dispatcher and front desk supervisor were among the 600 open positions. the next hire event is set for september 1st in san francisco. >>> time to c

pursuing a criminal case against that woman. vic lee joins us live with more on the story. >> reporter: larry, we are learning tonight that the peninsula humane society will likely give the case to the district attorney monday. abc 7 news learning the woman who we are not naming because the humane society has not identified her was running her dog sitting and boarding business out of her home illegally without proper city permits. now to this video. just a warning it is graphic and it is hard to look at. the woman grabs the little dog by the neck and throws it to the ground. and then she appears to be punching the animal before taking the dog inside her home. >> the video is sickening. there is absolutely no reason why anyone should treat an animal like that. >> reporter: animal care investigators are looking for that dog which appears to be a long haired chihuahua mix like this one waiting to be adopted at the peninsula humane society. they say the woman refuses to tell them where the dog is. no one answered when we knocked on the door of her home where she has reportedly been running

if the jail staff knew he was suicidal. vic lee is live with the new details. >> reporter: there are questions tonight, as you will hear, but few answers. his family tell me he was battle battling alcoholism and that he was suicidal and needed to be watched. nina petrolino cannot believe he would take his life. >> too many questions and no answers now. i just -- don't believe. i'm still in shock. >> reporter: he was arrested on saturday after his family told the chp he was threatening suicide. the chp says petrolino was drunk, and after interviewing him, determined he was not a threat to himself. they took him to jail after discovering he had arrest warrants. the chp says they did share information about the initial suicide call but he was jailed with the general population. three days later on tuesday, the 50-year-old man hanged himself in a jail shower stall. >> we know it's an apparent suicide. the facts of the case are under investigation. >> we're deeply concerned that there was no observation being done. >> reporter: the deputy public defender says this should have been a 7

americans. ed lee condemns bush and trump for ignorant, offensive comments. he says they will never become president by attacking asian and other immigrant communities. 15-year-old jason fung from l.a. started a #tag, my asian american story to help people express their thoughts. i was born in l.a. to a dad from new york and a mom who emigrated from korea. that hashtag is really taking off. lynch used it to post this photo and says that's me with my parents who came to the u.s. as graduate students. >>> the has of a book club is refusing to accept an apology from the napa valley wine train. they apologized after the women in the book club were kicked off over the weekend. it sparked a hashtag that is laughing while black. most of the women are african-american. it says the napa valley wine train was 100% wrong in its handling of this issue. we accept full responsibility for our failures and for the chain of events that led to this regrettable treatment of our guests. lisa johnson is rejecting the apology as well as the company's invitation to come back. johnson's group of 11 was tak

unexpectedly asked the judge for more time. abc7 news reporter vic lee was in court. >> reporter: today, public defender matt gonzales called his only witness, jim norris, former head of the san francisco police crime lab. gonzales believes the gun fran sis being yes lopez sanchez is accused of firing accidentally discharged in his hand. norris's testimony supported gonzales's position. he said the weapon, a 40 caliber has no safety switch, and the weapon has a trigger that requires little force to pull. thus, supporting the defense position it could have accidentally gone off. a police investigator has testified that the bullet hit the ground, and ricochetted, fatally striking her in the back. outside of the courtroom, norris told reporters he disbelieve sanchez unintentionally shot kate steinle. >> this is not the way you'd try to shoot someone. you can't ricochet and try to hit someone. you aim a gun at the person, and shoot them. >> reporter: but the prosecution believes sanchez was aiming at steinle when he it went off. >> we believe the decision is proper and defendant has been ch

of eggs has been soaring, and abc 7 news reporter vic lee was out today trying to find out why. >> reporter: the coffee shop is everything it's cracked up to be, a great breakfast place serving lots of eggs all day. it has been around since 1935. that's when the price of eggs per carton, believe it or not, was only 37 cents. egg prices have risen over the years but not like this. sheila chapman's brother does the shopping for the restaurant. >> white as a ghost. he finally got it out and said, oh, my god, the price of eggs is double. >> reporter: so they had to raise their prices because of the sticker shock, and shock it was at safeway where a dozen eggs were going for $6.49. at real food company grocery store the cheapest at $3.19. some more than $9. >> the price of feed has gone up or sometimes large die off of chickens because of disease. >> reporter: the avian flu outbreak resulted in the killing of 48 million chickens plus higher prices for chicken feed mostly shipped from the midwest and possibly the rollout of prop 2 requiring all eggs sold in the state to come from cag

is putting them and others at risk. abc 7 news reporter vic lee joins us live with the story you will see only on abc 7 news. >> reporter: well, this is what we are talking about. the veterans academy and to my left the new on and off ramps. no traffic controls only the sign that says this is a cross walk. for them it is dangerous. robert web is an army veteran who is sight impaired and lives at the veterans academy along with about 100 others, many of them senior citizens and disabled just like him. right across the street, gerard road and a new cross walk. web avoids it at all costs. >> it took a while for me to cross because people weren't generous in letting me across. >> reporter: when cal trans expanded doyle drive it created a new on and off ramp just off gerard road. the street went from a sleepy two lane road to four lanes and with that came lots of traffic, fast traffic. there is no stop sign or signal, not even a speed limit sign. navy veteran is also sight impaired. >> it is like a dodge ball. they think this is extension of the freeway. >> reporter: so to catch his b

chronicle" the mayor lee said the homeless have to go. they can not stay here. that goes for market and the embarcadero. this is been reports the city will be supportive and help them find alternatives but they are not allowed to stay because it is dangerous and illegal. super bowl city is set up in the plaza and will extend down market street. a million people are expected to pass through here. some residents say they request understand the mayor's predicament. >> i think the world will be watching and i do believe he is a gay who takes good care of the hopeless and they have to go somewhere. they can go down to 33rd and mission when they did the world series. they have to have a place to go. >> hopeless coalition temperatures the chronicle it is not realistic to think all the momentless will find shelter in the next few months and points out the super bowl evens are open to the public. the super bowl will be played in santa clara on february 7 but the fan village is located here in the city eight days prior to the game. >> super bowl 50 organizeers needs your help to make sure tha

shot in the bay view district made a plea for help today to capture her killer. vic lee joining us with that story. >> reporter: her murder was tragic and outrageous. maria sosa was tacking to a neighbor outside her home while her children were playing nearby. who could imagine the next moment she'd be dead. her family members gathered here at police headquarters today where they asked the public to help them find some justice. [ gunshots ] barrage of gunshots that seemed to last forever. when it ended, 14-year-old brianna sosa's mother lay dying. >> i really loved her as a mother. she loved everyone. >> reporter: the afternoon of january 27th, near engal street and rivera avenue, maria sosa, a 36-year-old mother, a bystander killed in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting,ed as her children played. they are asking for anyone to help come forward and help police find her killer. >> translator: she was running to her children to protect her children when this happened. >> reporter: police believe the volley of shots came from this dodge ram pickup and the shooter was firing at an suv