>> today i have an in memorium for jonathan simmons. jonathan was an artist whose personal story can inspire all san franciscans to become their best when making the most of their individual talents. jonathan was told he would not make enough money to support himself. he traveled to new york and learned the skills of photography, painting, and eventually engineering. this man became a technical illustrator who worked to design the lunar module, designed in ejection seats from fighter planes and solved numerous problems.

>> jonathan said something that i absolutely agree with. that is the media reflects what the public wants. in my view, the media, in general, feed a voracious appetite for vengeance by an informed public. often influenced by fear, prejudice, and ignorance. i think one of the reasons criminal defense lawyers argued so poorly is people do not understand the source of crime. they want simple, quick responses to a complicated long- term solutions. you cannot fight crime by doing what the governor is doing, cutting social services and building new prisons. [applause] you do not have to be a rocket scientist to understand. all of us who have been involved in the criminal-justice system know where people who commit crimes come from. they are poor people, people of color, victims of abuse, the mentally ill, people with substance abuse problems. there are the people that fall through the cracks of society. but that is the public read what the public wants and the public is understandably afraid because this is a real problem. then there are these pe

>>jonathan: not in terms of concrete steps getting north korea not to attack if the exercise take place but the experts believe the governor richardson's trip is valuable because it may help officials back here in the u.s. read the tea leaves, get a real insight into what the north korean leadership is thinking right now, and what they are hoping to try to achieve through this. listen to this. >> we know nothing about what is going on in north korea. that that is a danger. and we do not know what their understanding is. we want everyone to be on the same page with respect to the facts. we do not want anyone to make a mistake or misjudge our intentions. just as we do not want to misjudge theirs. >>jonathan: he says it is unlikely the governor will get a meeting with kip kill but -- meeting with kim chong-il but it

. >> today i have an in memorium for jonathan simmons. jonathan was an artist whose personal story can inspire all san franciscans to become their best when making the most of their individual talents. jonathan was told he would not make enough money to support himself. he traveled to new york and learned the skills of photography, painting, and eventually engineering. this man became a technical illustrator who worked to design the lunar module, designed in ejection seats from fighter planes and solved numerous problems. all the while his sensational -- insatiable quest made him a collector of rare items from stamps and coins to pocket knives. jonathan moved to san francisco asking the children to search for the perfect place. he is the sort of san franciscan who not only loves the city but also understood and appreciated its unique beauty and wonderment. it is with heavy heart that his wife and two remaining sons and their family bid farewell to this husband and father. i want to say my family's thoughts and prayers are with the family.

fih+-- jonathan spoke to it as. we have to make the á discussioa broader discussion, so that people understand how it affects their daily lives, how it affects the way government works. is there going to be money, our state parks going to be open, money for education? what does this say about the state of california, where i believe the largest union is not the teachers' association, but the correctional officers association? what does that say about a society? when people find out about that, they are stunned. but that is the reality. that is what is playing on people's minds, fear, prejudice, ignorance. >> this also points to the fact of what we have to do in each individual case. that is what you're up against. and when you are in trial, the priority is your client, which is different from broadcast journalism, television drum up. -- drama. >> but you cannot turn a blind eye to it. >> that question is deeply troubling when you look at certain cases. there are certain cases where it is a no-win situation. the rob

kron 4's jonathan bloom because there tonight. his friends say he devoted his life to stopping violence. >> i am sorry. i am sorry. breaks my heart. >> reporter: choking back tears, friends gave their condolences. guy was helping friends shoot a music video just before he was shot. his mother travel -- travels from new orleans. >> this has been be made right. i need you to fight with me. i need you. i don't want violence. i just want justice. >> reporter: police showed up to detail him after they heard he was brandishing a gun. but he ran and an officer fallowed him. police say the officer fired and struck him in the chest. >> for him to point a gun at an officer, that's not in his character. >> reporter: friends say they didn't even know he had a gun. >> i saw, i saw the police officer that shot him. >> you saw them shoot my baby? >> seconds actually. they wouldn't let him move. they kicked him. >> they what? let them say what they did to my baby. >> come on. >> reporter: friends had to revive her and help her back to the car. >>

but jonathan blum is live on the scene and he joins us live with the latest. jonathan. >> as you can see behind me there's still a crime scene set up here and way off in the distance for you can see there are still stores while police. the call had called several units to when there's a shooting to investigate what led up to the shooting but also what happened during shooting. as we show you video from what was letter out today you can see just how many people are milling around the scene trying to figure exactly what happened. here's what we do know. it will please furnish a call to the scene because of a stabbing. a victim called on to say he had been stabbed and ask for police to come and help them out. when police got there lieutenant dangerfield of is what happened after that. >> sorry were having trouble with that figure came, when lieutenant told us is that officers arrived at the scene and there is not only a victim lying there bleeding but there's also a suspect. someone who what appeared to have was a knife in hand west the suspect but the knife down

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and jonathan blum is your reaction. jonathan? >> pamela, you can imagine the gay-rights are pretty disappointed. if they thought they had a shot at getting this repealed. this is 17 years old that was up are richly a compromise for gis/lesbians to serve but not openly. and a lot has changed and even people who wrote this policy are saying that it is time to reveal that and repeal it. portion >> why did this film? an old-fashioned politics, and some say that this failed-- what did a good heahurt the military. >> and harsh words. >> senators like john mccain, and others who are opposed to this would not understand where they are coming up from. it is clearly fear based, their rhetoric is from a different time, a decade. and some of their rhetoric, if you replace the word gay/lesbian with a negro? it would go right back to 1848. they are out of touch with their own troops, constituents. they are out of touch with their leadership and america. and i think because they are out of touch, they're basically ignorant and that is where we

commissioner dufty: jonathan goldberg. i would like to move his nomination. i think there is a value of having young people in the process. i would like to move his name forward. commissioner campos: we have a motion from commissioner dufty. second? i will second. colleagues? can we take that without objection? thank you. we will be recommending the appointment of dia selby and jonathan goldberg. again, we want to thank all the applicants for their interest and look forward to hearing more from the committee. madam clerk, please call item nine. >> item 9. update on the status of childcare facilities at the transbay transit center. this is an information item. commissioner campos: we have emilo cruz. commissioner dufty? commissioner dufty: i requested this because of my concern about the importance of planning for child care as part of the transbay transit center. the imperative that we plan in advance. the worst examples that uc of child care and job development programs as when they are shoehorned into an existing facility. commissioners know -- i know some

. >>> kron 4's jonathan jonathan bloom has the details. >> i wanted to start out by thanking everyone who prayed for my daughter. >> reporter: he was so happy he had trouble finding words after he found out his daughter demarquo starks -- brittany mae smith was coming home. >> i thought the day my daughter was born was the happiest day of my life. tonight has taken the number one spot. >> reporter: brittany mae smith went missing after her mother's murder last week and then turned up at this san francisco supermarket. in a press conference her father thanked thawoman who spotted her with the man accused of abducting her. >> my hero. it's not anything that i could say to describe you the way my heart feels about you. simple thank you and god bless you. >> reporter: he declined to talk about jeffrey scott easley, the man who is jailed in connection with brittany mae smith disappearance. he wants to focus on what is ahead. >> first of all a lot of prayers, we still need prayer. that's the first thing we need and then a lot of counseling. >> reporter: jonathan bloom, kron 4 news. >> new,

jonathan hunt, how do you feel about this? >>jonathan: very excited the fires time my name has ever actually be in lights. truly a thrilling moment. >>shepard: we are proud. than we will chat about that. i cannot say how grateful i am. >>shepard: happy monday to you and yours. we are keeping an eye on the united states senate because we are gluttons for punishment. look at them sitting in there. wait. wait. there is no one in there. this is not unusual. fee not. we are waiting for word on the procedural vote for the big tax cut. a closer look at what is going on behind the scenes as this controversy compromise and what could happen next with no one in the room and a bomber blows himself up on a street in sweden. and now investigators are trying to figure out if more attacks are on the way. >>shepard: president obama's tax cut compromise is facing the first major test. the u.s. senate vote underway is mostly a procedural vote, and a closure vote to begin debate. it sets up the $858 billion for final passage by tomorrow or wedne

kron 4's jonathan bloom has details on the top story. >> reporter: a spokesman says this gloomy day went from bad to worth. security found a boy lying in a fountain in the main lobby. he wasn't movie and breathing. as firefighter performed cpr police began trying to figure out how he got separated from his family and wound up in the fountain. the fountain is almost 5 feet tall. water cascades over thages into a low trough surrounded by a wall. that wall is 3 feet high on the side facing the front desk but on the backside steps. the water close enough for the

>>jonathan: absolutely. this is interesting. the russian foreign ministry summoned not just the south korean ambassador in moscow today, but the u.s. ambassador, as well, saying that everybody needs to get south korea, in their view, to back off the live fire exercises. they say quite simply that the situation on the korean peninsula is too precarious and south korea is playing with fire by threatening to conduct the exercises. some experts agree and they say why do the live fire exercises, they do not need to be live fire, this is the wrong time to carry them out. >>shepard: now precarious, and how precarious is the situation, and what do the experts think? tan than very precarious. if the live fire exercises go ahead and north korea responds, it does not mean we are headed to all out war but we may very well be. and when you hear the north korean rhetoric calling the south korean leadership "a puppet warmonger of the united states," clearly, tensions are being ramped up and everybody needs to calm down. that is what bill richa

to my immediate left is jonathan shapiro, an attorney and former u.s. assistant attorney, who has spent the last several years and 10 season working on television dramas such as "the practice" and "boston legal." next to him we have jamie floyd. broadcast anger for network news. many of you know her from her daily live broadcast "the best defense. next is a local attorney who has handled a number of high-profile cases including a nationally publicized acquittals of actor robert blake and civil rights lawyer stephen bingham. to his left is a career public defender from washington state. she is a blunder and has her own -- blogger and has her own

kron 4's jonathan bloom joins us from san francisco. >> reporter: rits -- it's one of those cases where it ends in happiness for brittany mae smith, who was found here by a witness outside of this store just a couple blocks from the beach. she and her captor were pan handling outside the store, standing here when a woman recognized them from a tv show where they had been the subject of a story about this abduction that happened in virginia after brittany mae smith's mom was killed. brittany mae smith was taken into protective custody. police say it's a case of good samaritan who did the right thing and it ended in success. but this captor is now in custody. >> we have someone off the streets that was wanted and we have a child recovered. >> reporter: it happened because of the quick thinking of a woman who saw the two. she recognized brittany mae smith and her abductor jeffrey scott easley. >> the person who contacted police had observed a television show on cnn saying they were from the show that aired today and that's how they thperson called 911 saying they were on the show. >>> the

we have team coverage beginning with kron 4's jonathan bloom. >> reporter: of the 25 flights left here at terminal 2 only one says it's taking off on time. the skys are clearing, bad weather all over the country thrown a wrench into people's travel plans. at least some have a sense of humor about it. >> four hours we waited. >> great, now it looks like it's 20 minutes delayed so it could get more delayed. >> irritates me. >> you expect this. >> i expected this. they have a good restaurant here. >> reporter: how will you pass the time? >> get a drink. >> reporter: share any? >> she has a water -- yeah. >> reporter: work on her hair style? >> yeah. she is fashionable. >> reporter: how about yourself? >> i need work. >> reporter: your flight isn't delayed? >> no. >> reporter: how do you earn that? >> i don't know. >> reporter: you have always had it? >> apparently so. we have never been delayed. >> good luck. >> reporter: you think your hat is good luck? >> i don't know. i found $20. >> reporter: the flight delays arranged from mild to maddening. with some flights delayed 20 minutes, but