as of this morning it's ed lee campaign run by the mayor of san francisco. >> reporter: what ed lee told us ability the turning point that prompted him to enter the race at 6:00. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> not everyone is happy with ed lee's decision to run for a full term. >> ed lee didn't keep his promise. he told the entire city for months he would not run and he made a different decision today. >> san francisco's super visor danny d.c -- david chiu is also running for mare. coming up, how things will get very interesting very fast in the race for mayor. >>> a traffic call turned into a homicide investigation. officers responded to a lit and run accident last night -- hit- and-run accident last night. officers found a man dead into a car. the suv rolled over the median. cameras at businesses could help police determine what happened. an autopsy is scheduled for this week. >>> spokeswoman says 9-year-old phillies fan who was injured in a hit and run is making small improvements. ratruck hit ryan white thursday after the giants game. he was visiting from p

ed lee is currently in china. i would like to see if i can have a conversation with him before we make any kind of determination. >> the current board had run its term. they return for one last meeting to begin -- finish what they began on tuesday, nominating ed lee. >> i will support mr. lee. >> it is for those reasons i will be supporting mr. lee's nomination. the reason why i wholeheartedly support ed lee is because he is a qualified person and he is the right person to lead san francisco. >> we have engaged in an orderly transition of leadership. this is what separates us, as a democratic society, from other less democratic societies. and i am so proud of us for what we are about to do today. so with that, colleagues, thank you for being part of this historic moment. >> the supervisor campos? there are 10 ayes, one no. [applause] >> the motion for edwin lee passes. [applause] >> you are talking to one of the happiest people in san francisco. this was an extraordinary an historic vote. but it was symbolic. reme

>> not with ed lee. if he gets in the race ed lee has never been personal with anybody. >> are they going to get personal on him? >> they will all try, except all of those who want to be his second and his third. ed lee is going to run so far ahead on the first side, everybody's going to be looking to be his date at the prom. >> if he enters at 35 and something like that and then from then on all downhill. >> he will definitely enter at his highest rate and go downhill from there. whether he would go so far down he would lose the election is different. >> that's not true. >> i think he's as popular now as he is going to be. once he gets in he will be a politician. i still think he is a front runner but will go down a little. >> if ed lee gets in the race and i really hope he does, he will never be a politician. the difficulty of trying to convince him that he should run and how much the city needs him literally causes him at all times. he is in the race to be the most candid, most direct and most unsolic

the spirited response to ed lee's decision to run for mayor. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm dana king. after another nose-dive on wall street today, markets across asia are taking a big hit in tuesday trading. >> steep declines prompted trading to stop briefly in south korea, and the benchmark lost nearly 5%. hong kong saw a 6% drop. japan's is down 2.3% overnight,. >> the dow sank more than 600 points falling 5.5%. for the first time since november, it is below 11,000. sharon chin shows us what investors can do now after seeing their portfolios plummet. >> reporter: many investors tell us their worries soared as the stock markets sank. >> i don't know if it's a collection or a deep bare market. >> ultimately, it will come back. we just have to have patience and faith. >> my sister told me long-term investments, just wait. >> are you a little anxious, a little worried? >> very worried, but be optimistic. >> reporter: the stock market took its worst one-day dive since september 2008 and the selloff is a classic example of what investo

the spirited response to ed lee's decision to run for mayor. >>> good evening, i'm dana king. >> and i'm ken bastida. we are following some breaking news at this hour. computer problems at bart's operations headquarters have brought the entire system to a standstill. we're standing by live in freemont with word that operations may soon be restored. what's the status now? >> just within the past five minutes, the computers have been brought back up online. service half moon bay restored, albeit with major delays. people are able to buy tickets, go through the gate and wait up on the platform, with no schedule and with major delays. people are trying to get on the train as best as they can now. no word on when the trains will leave. we have seen one train pull at about 9:30 and every train pulling out every 15 minutes thereafter. people here very tired, annoyed, confused. the train shut down at about 7:30 tonight because of a problem with the monitoring computers and they froze all the trains in place. those that were on the tracks at the time were radioed and brought in individually.

htmled at encouraging ed lee to run. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in the mean time, ye announced today another solid fund raising period. he raised $100,000 in the past month. bringing funds to $900,000. his office said the campaign spent $350,000 so far. >> back to breaking news coverage of a five alarm fire burning. burning near interstate 680 and 80 where the freeways meet. let's bring in chief meteorologist bill martin. >> john fowler was just in here and we were talking about it, winds out there right now, not as high as they would be normally. winds at 15 miles per hour out of the west and some southwest winds. that's half of what we usually see in this area this time of night. the winds are light. the temperature right now, 83 degrees. humidity, this is high, 35%, coming up on 40%. the winds are there. ken mentioned this, winds is always an issue for firefighters. but, you know, definitely helping. to the left you see highway 80. scandia, behind it. this area is very -- not remote, the

ed lee. a big announcement this morning. talk about that when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ [ male announcer ] who's your car's best friend? gasoline that cleans. chevron with techron. care for your car. francisco mayor's race comes about two hours from now. ssan is in san >>> back at 6:55. a big announcement about the san francisco mayor's race comes in about two hours from now. anser hudson is in san francisco where ed lee is expected to jump into the big race. he joins us with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank. yes, months of speculation are supposed to end this morning, when interim mayor ed lee will officially announce his bid to run for his first elected term as player of san francisco. lee was appointed interim mayor when gavin newsom left the position to become the first lieutenant governor. lee promised not to run for mayor. but he insisted he changed his mind after reflecting on all that he has been able to do since january. some of which includes successfully passing pension reform. and b

ktvu's david stevenson talked to ed lee tonight about what changed his mind. >> reporter: ed lee and nine others are set to hit the stage here. this forum comes after the mayor promised not to run. he told us today about the person who pushed him to campaign. >> my second, my first campaign was senior class in high school and i won that one. [ laughter ] >> reporter: trailed by reporters, ed lee shook hands and looked looked for votes this afternoon. >> give me 5. there you go. >> reporter: he promised not to run back in january when the supervisors installed him as interim mayor. >> every week i meet with individual supervisors and we get the job done. that has changed and i changed my mind on this. >> this is a cop out. it depends on how it plays out. your average voter isn't concerned about a politician changing him mind. >> there are interesting discussions going on. >> reporter: with you and who? >> i would leave it at that. >> ed lee said the turning point was a july conversation that white house with dianne feinstein. >> walked into the white house was it was and what it meant

the fact that ed lee says he changed his mind. his critics and competitors say he went back on his word. and now people on both sides of this issue will be weighing in election day.c1:cc1: >> are you going to step down because you lied to the board of supervisors and -- >> we need to file. >> reporter: before ed lee even filled out any of the paperwork the fighting began. >> this is bologna, folks. you can't throw me out for no reason. who do you think you are? >> it may have been a lone protester who showed up at the san francisco registrar's office lee's to object to mayor cc1: decision to officially ernt the race. others expressed the same emotions especially those who threw their hats in the ring months ago. >> i think today there are many san francisans who are disappointed that ed lee did not keep his promise. >> mr. lee is a dishonest man. my question is, is he his own man? >> reporter: the board of supervisors approved 59-year-old lee as acting mayor back in january when gavin newsom left to become lieutenant governor. fou

both of them are big backers of ed lee. they say, look, we want you to back off on your promise when you said you we're going to run for full term. these are people who had city contracts in the past, people tied to some of the chinatown non-profit housing there. those are the people who are t puttipu puttipu putting money behind this campaign. whether they funded it to get people on the streets, whether that's going to make any difference -- >> the mayor when he was first appointed was talking about the future and his future. we have a clip of him talking to "bay citizen," an online news organization, in february. let's listen to what he had to say then. >> promise something, keep something we should be doing and you support it, you carry it out. there are a lot of promises made in the past that weren't kept. you either have a trust in government or you have a mistrust in government. >> rachel, that question of integrity and trust. is he going to throw it away by breaking his promise? >> first, he has not said whether he's

it's still ed lee, it's still me doing the work and i want to continue doing that work. >> reporter: lee spent the day trailed by a campaign camera crew in his capacity as mayor he told workers at this san francisco starbucks he expects to bring more tech companies. >> i have to change government and keep changes government to make sure we're business friendly, we're doing the smart things. >> reporter: lee the candidate later hit the streets in san francisco sunset district. shaking hands with business owners. he has no campaign office. >> while i appreciate people involved, whatever they did to encourage me to run that's gone. that's done. as of this morning it's ed lee campaign run by the mayor of san francisco. >> reporter: lee says he hopes to keep a cordual relationship with the city managers, although two of them will be running for mayor. >>> nine other candidates appeared at a voters forum. that story in just six minutes. >>> we have an update now on a 15-year-old girl reported missing last night. fremont police told us just about an hour ago that she has now been found. mil

ktvu's allie rasmus was there and has why ed lee changed his mine. >> reporter: his mind. >> reporter: good afternoon. ed lee walked into the elections' office, filled out the paper work to make himself a official candidate for mayor. he has been the mayor since january. board of super visors voted to give him the post when gavin nusesome list. today he explains why he changed his mind. >> i have been a man of my word and i hope that people will see and understand why i made this change of mind. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> reporter: while lee was filling out his paper work a man shouted criticisms at lee for going back on his pledge not to run. san francisco police removed the man. we talked with david chew, he says his vote would have been different if he knew ed lee was going to change his mind. >> ed lee told lof us when we considered him to be mayor that he only wanted to serve as an interim mayor and he wasn't going to run for office and he has broken that commitment to san francisco. >> i think it remains to be seen how him breaking his pledge will impact his relation

it should be noted interim mayor ed lee has not been raising this money himself. this has been rafd by a political action committee set up by his supporters. the committee had to file a campaign report. it does show there is financial support for him to run but the support is coming in the form of large checks from just a few people suggesting that at least right now there is not a tremendous amount of grassroots support from ordinary voters but again that could change if he actually nouns an intent to run. here are the numbers as compiled by bay citizen. progress for all, that's the political action committee raised 49,000 between months of may and june of this year. a huge chunk of that money $41,000 came from just seven individuals, the rest came in the form of small checks from almost 180 citizens. the big checks came mostly from business people and most, if not all of them, with ties to a woman named rose pac. she's a lobbyist for the chinese chamber of commerce in the city and the bay citizen reports she's considered a kingmaker because of her long-standing

now ed lee entered the race for mayor. live in san francisco. >> a few moments ago you heard president obama talk about the deaths of the u.s. troops in afghanistan. today, troops in afghanistan are working to recover last pieces of the chinook helicopter that crashed over the weekend killing all 30 u.s. troops on board. a rocket propelled grenades hit the helicopters. 22 of the 30 troops on board were navy seals. benson was born and raised in angwin and was one of only 19 of 209 candidates the finish his seal training class. the angwin newspaper editor says everyone is taking his death personality. >> my reaction is one of deep sadness. this young man enjoyed a wonderful reputation in angwin. his loss is felt by many people who knew him well. >> the remains of the service members will be returned to the united states. >>> pleasanton police say they made an arrest in the city's most high profile cold case. 14-year-old tina was stabbed to death in 1984. the pleasanton police and f.b.i. announced that the suspect was a 16-ye

will ed lee run for mayor? there has been a lot of speculation surrounding his bid over the past couple of months. in an interview with the chronicle, he announced he will officially make that announcement later this morning. ed lee was appointed interim mayor back in january when nume nume was elected lieutenant governor, the first asian american mayor of the city. and he says he is able to accomplish a lot over the past seven months as interim mayor and balanced almost a $7 billion budget, hired a new police chief, there is pension reform, and he has kept twit ner the city, and even brought the america's cup race to san francisco. lee says it has been stressful but worth it. and he told cbs 5 phil matier on friday that he has received a lot of praise and support for the community which helped him make his decision. >> especially right now, that's what resonates with people everywhere i go. they want to see city government doing the work that we've done. i've demonstrated that for seven months. i feel good abo

it's still ed lee, it's still me doing the work and i want to continue doing that work. >> reporter: lee spent the day trailed by a campaign camera crew in his capacity as mayor he told workers at this san francisco starbucks he expects to bring more tech companies. >> i have to change government and keep changes government to make sure we're business friendly, we're doing the smart things. >> reporter: lee the candidate later hit the streets in san francisco sunset district. shaking hands with business owners. he has no campaign office. >> while i appreciate people involved, whatever they did to encourage me to run that's gone. that's done. as of this morning it's ed lee campaign run by the mayor of san francisco. >> reporter: lee says he hopes to keep a cordual relationship with the city managers, although two of them will be running for mayor. >>> nine other candidates appeared at a voters forum. that story in just six minutes. >>> we have an update now on a 15-year-old girl reported missing last night. fremont police told us just about an hour ago that she has now been found. mil

san francisco mayor ed lee will run for mayor after all. he told the chronicle, quote, i changed my mind when referring to a promise not to run in the upcoming san franciscoal election. it ends months of speculation about whether lee will throw his hat in the ring. monte francis is live at city hall with late details for us. monte? >> reporter: diane, good evening. ed lee is expected to make it official here at city hall at 9:00 tomorrow morning and file papers at the election's office. and he told the chronicle tonight, quote, i've changed my mind. i know it might be hard for people to understand that innge, but my change of mindcc: seeking this office has everything to do with wanting what is best for this city. on the eve of ed lee's big announcement, it seemed oddly fitting that san francisco's interim mayor attended the city's annual tribute to jerry garcia, and quoted the iconic guitarist. >> you want to be the best of the best. but his real point was you wanted to be the only one to do what you liked to do and could do. >> reporter:

it now ed lee has changed his mind. why some say that's a sign he sold out. >>> they served their country, they worked for the city and now they owe their employers some money. the south bay city that said reservists were paid too much. >>> and parents, now it's time to get kids vaccined for the upcoming school year. why it's better to shop around before heading to the doctor. ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, mayor ed lee declared he's in the race for a full term. and he immediately ran into the rou >>> the honeymoon is over. today san francisco's interim mayor ed lee declared he is in the race for a full term. and he immediately ran into the rough and tumble reality of san francisco politics. phil matiers is in san francisco to explain. >> reporter: in san francisco, getting into city hall in the mayor's office is never a cake walk. even for somebody as popular as ed lee. san francisco's interim mayer ed lee got his first taste of politics today when after reversing himself, he went down to the registrar and took out papers to run for

we'll talk live to ed lee about his decision to seek a four- year term. >>> ed lee is seeing a four- year term and he received a frosty welcome. >> ladies and gentlemen, mayor ed lee. >> boo! >> ten candidates including ed lee were in front of a packed house last night. some of those candidates came out swinging. ed lee joins me live this morning from san francisco. good morning, mayor. thank you for joining us. >> >> good morning. >> you said in january when you first took this job, replacing mayor gavin newsom who, of course, became lieutenant- governor was only going to be for the one year. so what made you change your mind? >> what made me change my mind, we've been doing really good at city hall. we've been making a lot of good decisions. we have been getting jobs. and we are create -- cre tating a creating jobs. and i want to keep doing that. they urged me and i reconsidered. i want to keep creating jobs. if you look at everything else that's going on, i think it's worth it. >> "the examiner" says you are the pinata, you are the one that beat with the other candidates. did you

made the process feel more clumsy than it should have been. >> this is ed lee's day. i have said a lot about my perspective of this man who comes from the community, who is rooted in our community, who has a tremendous breath and death of city experience. colleagues, at this time, i hope and ask that we unanimously vote for ed lee to be our next mayor. >> supervisor campos? president to? supervisor chu? supervisor colon? supervisor elsbernd? there are 11 ayes. the motion is approved a [applause] . >> colleagues, i am going to move that we recessed the meeting and we conduct the swearing in ceremony of the new mayor in the rotunda of city hall. [applause] >> so ended one of the greatest challenges the board of supervisors has ever faced, resulting in the first interim mayor in san francisco in 32 years. >> we had a real sense of belief when the full board made the final appointment to successor mayor. we thought there were some and gaps in our knowledge about how to appoint a successor mayor. by the time it was actually done, it seemed almost easy, but it was not, to b

san francisco interim mayor ed lee changing his mind in just a few hours. he will announce his intentions to be the next mayor. bob is live in san francisco with a look at his chances and the reasons behind his decision. good morn, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. he plans to explain his reasons perhaps sometime today, programs in the future. but rye now yes, mayor ed lee interim mayor of san francisco, did pledge not to run for a full term when he was appointed interim, just back in january. but in a couple hours inside elections in city hall he's going to announce that he is filing papers and will be running for a full term. ending weeks of speculation of will he or won't he. in an interview with the chronicle lee acknowledged that his back pedalling on the initial promise might be hard for people to understand but that he believes he is doing what is best for the city. at least one city supervisor is not happy with this change of heart. noting that's why she voted to appoint lee as interim mayor because he promised not to run. a vote that she

now it is my pleasure to introduce our special guest, mayor ed lee. a few months ago, if you mentioned his name, they responded with the question -- "who the hell is ed lee?" unless you're connected to san francisco politics, you would not know he served four mayor's and he had very powerful friends like former mayor willie brown san francisco's often fractured board of supervisors could not agree on at the mayor, then they agreed on the compromise -- ed lee. the board approved him ten to one, and they do not approve of anything ten to one. who is he? his mother was a seamstress. his father died when he was 10. he was so poor, he and his siblings would scrounged around in the basement for something to give each other for christmas. in one box, there would be an old shoe. in another one, a shoelace. he won a scholarship to bottling college in bowdoin college in maine. he returned to the bay area to attend ucla berkeley law school, before working for the city government, first as an investigator in the whistle- blowers department, and a few decades afte

ed lee made a public appearance today. we'll show you what he had to say just a few days before he'll have to announce whether he'll run for mayor for the city of san francisco. he did tip his hand just a bit. war1: of words. bruce bochy accuses a sportscaster of racism and it all has to do with this fight on friday. the news at 5:00 starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. nbc bay area news has learned that one of the navy s.e.a.l.s who was killed in that helicopter crash in afghanistan this weekend has family here in the bay area. that as u.s. and nato leaders are now investigating whether the taliban was behind that attack. 30 u.s. service members died afghanys in thecc1: deadliest single incident for the united states since the war began there ten years ago. taliban leaders are claiming responsibility and early reports say it may have been a rocket-propelled grenade that caused the helicopter to go down. among the dead, 20 members of the elite navy s.e.a.l.s and one of those s.e.a.l.s has strong family ties

his supporters launched a campaign, "draft ed lee." he said he was still thinking about whether or not he was going to run for mayor. but you can see some of his sporters -- some his supporters still encourage him and after eight nounsment today, mayor lee is scheduled to have a rub -- a ribbon-cutting event and then an announcement about technology. so it appears he will get going after that announcement. back to you. >> thank you. >>> overnight, a house fire sent two women to the hospital. it happened on jackson. firefighters say a woman and her caregiver were trapped inside. they were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. they think cigarettes may have started the flame. tara moriarty will have an update in about 30 minutes. >>> earlier this morning, oakland police called off a search for a suspect who they say led them to a street down 0. it all started about 8 -- down 880. it all start at 6 ox columbia. when the suspect -- it all started at 6:00. when the suspect crashed, he ran. the police dogs were brought in. but they hav

now ed lee entered the race for mayor. live in san francisco. >> a few moments ago you heard president obama talk about the deaths of the u.s. troops in afghanistan. today, troops in afghanistan are working to recover last pieces of the chinook helicopter that crashed over the weekend killing all 30 u.s. troops on board. a rocket propelled grenades hit the helicopters. 22 of the 30 troops on board were navy seals. benson was born and raised in angwin and was one of only 19 of 209 candidates the finish his seal training class. the angwin newspaper editor says everyone is taking his death personality. >> my reaction is one of deep sadness. this young man enjoyed a wonderful reputation in angwin. his loss is felt by many people who knew him well. >> the remains of the service members will be returned to the united states. >>> pleasanton police say they made an arrest in the city's most high profile cold case. 14-year-old tina was stabbed to death in 1984. the pleasanton police and f.b.i. announced that the suspect was a 16-ye

ed lee will face off in the mayor's race. it is san francisco theater and a long list of candidates includes, former sympathizers. >>> they are determining the mental status of a man accused of stealing at a poll area. he was accused of staking the -- taking the poll list. he was arrested the next day and the pal lots were found in a la began to. when being sentenced he was ordered to undergo a psychiatric investigation. >>> craig is here to tell us who is the farragut of the active violence there, craig? >> reporter: we are at napa state hospital across the street from the napa valley entrance as well. we tried to get a statement and officials have not been successful so far. the attack happened in unit t- and that's where the criminally violent patients are. a patient according to one of the facebook websites they use here, that website says the patient nearly choked the psychiatric patient to death. he was at the napa hospital where allan has introduced a bill at the state legislature requiring involuntary medication of da

meantime, we caught up with san francisco mayor ed lee this morning. today, san francisco mayor ed lee lashed out against the dozens of people involved in a fight that erupted during and after during the saturday night niners/raiders exhibition day. he was at the game with the oakland mayor. >> i think it is just -- i mean these fights, as you review them, i saw them with horror, they were constant wailing at each other. >> reporter: two men were shot. another man severely beaten and knocked unconscious in an upper level men's rest room. two of the victims who suffered the most vit cal injuries were upgrade -- critical injuries were upgraded from serious to fair condition today. lee says he is working alongside with the police to make sure those responsible are behind bars. >> i will help look at the tapes again and make sure we can identify season ticket holders who may have inappropriately left their seats. the people who are acting unlawfully. we should have them and hold them accountable. >> reporter: our cameras caught at least three fistfights th

last night especially trained crews realized the amount of crews -- >>> ed lee jumping into the mayor race could pave for a new way to get elected. >> reporter: ed lee's strong support is causing opponents to share strategies. >> to see where one candidate has a high marks and he gives a sense, we're a little bit below that. is there a way that you can craft a method that people have in common that can work for everyone. >> reporter: but mayoral candidates last month united to call for an investigation into the run ed run campaign that helped push lee into the race. other candidates call it a dangerous approach. >> certainly there's been some focus that there are a group of candidates that are sort of talking or coordinating to a certain extent to see if it can be in anybody but ed lee approach. but i think that's dangerous in some sense. >> it's clearly been an all out collaboration that whether they can continue to do that, i think is the ultimate question. because again ultimately they are competing with each other too. >> reporter: competing under rank choice voting. last year ren

it was the last thing ed lee was thinging about at least initially. for weeks, months really he said, no, i'm not going to do this. but there has been this rather ongoing, dramatic call for him to come because he's not a politician. i think you can say that about ed lee, he is not a politician. >> and there have been grassroots campaigns. we're talking about run, ed, run. is that enough pressure to make someone who's not a politician want to become a politician? >> well, it may be. it takes an extraordinary set of circumstances both in terms of the events that surround this person, but also people looking at all the others running, which is not to cast any aspersions on anybody else, but the sense is, the sense is from a lot of folks that maybe this is the guy we need right now in san francisco because everything else is just such a mess. i have no idea whether that will carry, but there certainly seems to be a tremendous amount of support for this kind of thing. he has some things to worry about if he runs. it's one thing to be this administrator tur