smith? are you jeff? >> before long, homeowner jeff smith a ups employee drove up. >> i'm jeff cole. >> you can actually -- if you have any questions. >> i'm with fox 29. >> that's great. >> do you have any questions. >> you can reach out to our district communications department. >> i will do that. i will do that. >> i'll give you a phone number. >> jeff, are you zoned for any kind of commercial activity here. >> i'll let you talk to the diss trek communications officer. >> it's your home. >> here's the phone number. >> do you have occupational permit. >> 267 -- >> township tells me there needs to be an occupational facial permit. do you have that. >> smith lowers the garage door. we called ups for answers and worked the neighborhood while we wait. >> we knock on doors in this neighborhood to see what residents thought about all of this. now, none of them wanted to appear on camera and while one woman said she had noticed another residence said he sure had scene trucks. he call it odd. he said it was wei

smith? are you jeff? >> yes. >> before long, homeowner jeff smith a ups employee drove up. >> i'm jeff cole. >> you can actually -- if you have any questions. >> i'm with fox 29. >> that's great. >> if you have any questions. >> i do. >> you can reach out to our district communications department. i'll give you a phone number. jeff is this, rush zoned for any kind of commercial activity he here. >> i'm going to let you talk to the district communications manager. >> i appreciate it. thank you very much. >> it's your home. so -- here's the phone number. 267. >> do you have occupational permit. >> 26 edge. >> the township tells me there needs to be occupational permit do you have. >> sir, i give you the phone number. >> smith lowers the garage door. we call ups for answers and work the neighborhood while we wait. >> we knocked on doors in this neighborhood to see what residents thought about all of this. now, none of them wanted to appear on camera and while one woman said she hadn't noticed another residen

in a strongly worded written statement, county executive jeff smith told nbc bay area news that the toys did go to less fortunate families and took a stab at the county assessor, saying he jumped to conclusions, failed to educate himself about the facts, and called the press with what he thought was a hot story. his assistant told us county employees got two dozen toys. >> we would have said, these are for local income families, if you know of some, we'll give you some to take to them. >> reporter: the county assessor disputes the story. >> he's flat long when he says we got ahold of the press. he didn't. he didn't educate himself as to how this story started. >> reporter: everyone seems to agree that no county employees did anything wrong. meanwhile, more than 500 of those toys did go to needy families today. the kids who opened them tomorrow will probably never know the controversy surrounding their gifts. tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, tom. >>> it is a sign of the holiday season. so-called porch pirates ripping off packages from front porches. belmont police are searching f

in a written statement jeff smith told nbc bay area news that the toys did go to less fortunate families. and he also took some jabs at the assessor saying he, quote, jumped to conclusions, failed to educate himself about the facts and called the press with what he thought was a hot story. his assistant told us county workers took about two dozen toys and they all went out with a caveat. >> we would have said these are for low income families. if you know of some take them to somebody. >> the assessor doesn't take kindly to the county executive's statements about his motive. >> he is flat [ bleep ] wrong when he says we reached out the press because we didn't. >> and that was tom jensen reporting. crews gave away about 500 of the toys today. >>> it is an unfortunate sign of the season. so-called porch pirates ripping off packages from front porches. this man was seen on marine avenue on tuesday afternoon. the suspect rode up on a black bike and wearing a tan backpack. >>> north bay investigators need your help to identify a bank robbery suspect. this is from the san rafael union bank acr

. >> he told the employees to return the toys no questions asked but the executive jeff smith who was in charge of most county employees told them not to return them, the assistant said workers are told are being trusted to hand them out to needy children. >> they were concerned about the aspects i'm concerned about the right thing to do and the right thing to do is to return the toys so they could get to the people that need them the most. >> no one knows for sure exactly how many workers got a toy a holiday gift wraps up in controversy. >> i think it is a sad thing that all this is going on because this is such a wonderful gesture. >> in san jose, kpix5. >>> pope francis held midnight mass in saint peters facile ka, this is marking the birth of jesus should remind the world of people suffering today especially children. he mentioned hiding under ground to escape bombs or children with boats over loaded withimmigrants worshipers across the globe came to hear his message. >> i think we have a lot to learn with this particular time too in the state that the world is in right now. come

also added a 30 yards. 30 the they get it to jeff smith, but he's not running. he's throwing to the quarterback. 20 yards, 23-7, boston college leads. in the second half, the terps were down by 23, but they responded. senior perry hills the rightht side, it is under thrown, but no doubt about it. he makes thedo catch and takes t 52 yards. the terps cut the deficit to three. with in ins to go, fourth andd ten, they go down.n. maryland loses 36 to 30. turning even anodes co-worker a then players weren't too happy, but they had a nice reunion. one game for the redskins weskin know is getting moved to a later start. it is a must win, but tonight's monday night football game pretty much all decided and it is playing a major role in deciding the skins' destiny. if you like the skins' controlling their own the lions are losing this one, 440 to 21. monday night football tonight, the nine and five lions lose to the cowboys and new year's day all the redskins have to do is win.n. if the head couch asked if the outcome of tonight's game will effect his game planning in any

smith who is in charge of most county employees told them not to return them. steve, who is smith's assistant, says workers were told and are

. >> hi there jeff smith choir director, good to see you. how long have you been director. >> eleventh season. >> so glad to have you here. >> glad to be here. >> no wonder why i can't find white pant in the philadelphia area. >> we have them all. >> where are you going to be tomorrow night. >> tomorrow night we are in wayne at saint catherine of siena, beautiful church there, we will be there with our full group, the boys and men, and instrumental ensemble, and that is almost sold out but on saturday we will be in rittenhouse square, so a little shore local here. >> love it. >> church of the will holy trinity. >> hure. >> 8:00 p.m. is the concert. >> please perform for us. >> thanks for being here. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> â™

. >> jeff smith is here now with the sports. we have eagles news sixers news. sixers and lakers tonight. >> that will be placement first we'll talk about the eagles, seven straight losses on the road. eagles running back darren sproles still feeling the effects of a concussion ruled out for sunday against the ravens. joe flacco has thrown six touchdowns the last two weeks. the ravens super bowl winning quarterback has thrown more balls than any other passer in the nfl this season. >> we just have to, you know, be disruptive fairly early in the game. we got to get him off his spot, hit him, you know, make him do suv that he's -- stuff that niece on the comfortable doing. >> he's a big guy he can make all the throws. he's got a quick release. it gets pressured a decent amount but he doesn't really get hit too much. he doesn't get sacked too much and it's because of his ability to get the ball out quick make quick decisions make good throws. >> carson wentz has thrown more passes and he may be asked to shoulder the load again sunday. what ron jaworski thinks about

a little razzle-dazzle by boston college with the reverse to jeff smith who passes the quarterback patrick powell. on 4th down they are stacked by landry. hanging on to win 31-30. another game between two teams with a 6-6 record coming in. >>> at 12-0 the cal women's basketball team is off to their best start in history. they cracked the top 25 for the first time this season at number 21. >> all right. go bears. >> all right. >> and so two mistakes by the lake with that cavs and warriors game. the warriors will be one to pay that. >> it is suffering to hear them say we made a mistake. >> yeah, we made a mistake and sorry, but see you on january 16 when the cavs come in town. >> all right, thank you, joe. >>> thank you so much for joining us tonight. up next modern family. >> join us tomorrow morning. we are online, twitter, facebook, enjoy this lovely view. good night. at we're here. is there anything more important than clean water in developing countries? or a clean glass in this one? oh. oh, my gosh. it that anne gibbs, the lady from channel 12 news? [ gasps ] oh, my god! it's anne gibb

smith who is in charge of most county employees told them not to return them. steve, who is smith's assistant, says workers were told and are being trusted to hand them out to needy children. >> the county executive was concerned about the legal aspects. i'm concerned about what is the right thing to do and the right thing to do is to return the toys so they can get to the people that need them the most. >> reporter: but no one knows for sure exactly how many county workers got a toy. a holiday gift wrapped up in controversy. >> i think it's sad that all this is going on because this is such a wonderful gesture. >> reporter: in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> tomorrow is the big day for presents but not everyone is ready to get their gifts. >> thousands of people were out and about in san francisco's union square today scrambling to get in a little more shopping before christmas. [chuckling] >> kpix 5 reporter adam ward in union square where she witnessed -- jackie ward is in union square where she witnessed a mad dash for holiday deals. >> reporter: i did.

then boston colleges next possession the reverse to jeff f smith. he's not running. owe, no, he's throwing, to the quarterback.quar patrick toast, a 21 touchdown.co in the second half, the terps were down by 2, but theyt th responded through the air. senior per irhill was up theup right side, lavern jacobs. it works out fine. jacobs makes the catch.ch. the terps scored 17 straight points to cut the deficit to three. that's it, the come back fallsa short. maryland loses 36 to 30 and coaches technology onand adas owe on the side with a about itb of an embrace. one game left for the redskins. we already know it's getting moved to later start, 4. 25 against the giants, fed ex field right here on fox5 and it's a mess win no matter what. the monday night football going on right now, which dallas is win, 35 to 21, towards the end of the third will play a major role in guide the skins' destiny. here's the first scenario on how the redskins can get in the play joust. the second scenario, if the lyons can come back here, then new year's day the redskins tiln have to win and th

public defender jeff adachi seen hooe said michael smith's girlfriend told officers she was pregnant when she was taken to the ground and handcuffed. >> until my boyfriend said i was pregnant, he still had me in my back. so, i was just hurtful, hurtful about, you know, my pregnancy and stuff like that because i lost my baby afterwards. >> a jury acquitted smith on battery charges and deadlocked on three other misdemeanor charges. the public defender is now asking for all charges to be dropped. >> a very patient thief managed to walk away with more than $200,000 in jewelry. this from the sears department store. the sun valley mall in concord. we're learning more about how he managed to pull that off. nbc with more. >> reporter: with his face visible he looks like a holiday shopper. moments before he was caught on camera doing something criminal. >> we see him smashing the jewelry case and taking the merchandise. >> reporter: authorities say the man seen in this surveillance photo is holding a bag filled with 127 stolen rings valued at $218,000. >> that's pretty bad. that means the sec

counts. >> this case was a classic case of racial profiling. >> san francisco public defender jeff addachi says the incident began with an argument on train between smith and another man who called 911 and said smith tried to rob him and was armed with a gun. >> the person that made the false report has gotten off scott-free. that's the real injustice in this case. >> reporter: addachi also says that smith's girlfriend was detained by officers and miscarried while in her first trimester as a result. >> the officer had a knee in her back for 21 seconds. >> reporter: a b.a.r.t. spokeswoman say it's not against b.a.r.t. policy to detain a pregnant woman. at this point, it was not clear if she was pregnant. she was not visibly showing. after she said she was pregnant, the officers treated her with respect, sat her up in a more comfortable position almost immediately, and asked if she needed medical detention, which she declined. this is the first case of body- worn camera video reaching trial in san francisco. >> it helped, because we were able to show the jury the officers were not truthful.

smith was acquitted of four misdemeanor battery charges in the case last week. the jury was hung on four other counts. >> this was a classic case of racial profiling. >> reporter: san francisco public defender jeff adachi says the incident began with an argument on a train between smith and another man who called 911 and said smith tried to rob him and was armed with a gun. >> the person who made the false report has gone free. nothing happened to him. that's the real injustice. >> reporter: adachi says smith's girlfriend 24-year-old andria appleton was detained by officers and miscarried in her first trimester as a result. >> the officer had his knee in her back for 21 seconds. >> reporter: in a statement, bart's spokesman alicia tross says it's not against police policy to detain a pregnant woman. in this case it was clear if it was known she was pregnant. she wasn't showing. after the adult female said she was pregnant body cameras showed the officer treated her with respect, stood her up in a comfortable position almost immediately moved her away from possib

but san francisco public defender jeff adachi is now calling on prosecutors to drop remaining misdemeanor charges against him. >>> artists are appearing to bay area lead -- appealing to bay area leaders in fact wake. oakland fire afraid they will be kicked out from unsafe buildings. we learned san francisco building inspectors did an inspection at this artist warehouse in bernal heights today. a notice was sent to the landlord and tenants nine days ago warning people of the visit. we spoke with the performance artist who says his landlord just evicted him. >> if we lose this, um, i can't imagine finding another place sort of comparable that i can afford in the city. i don't anticipate finding something else. >> sources say that the buildings are not permitted as residences. they are only recognized as commercial and shopping spaces. but as kpix 5's jackie ward explains, now the artists are appealing. >> reporter: julie spoke on behalf of her twin sister amy today, who lives in an art community in san francisco. >> she says it's a shame we are encourage to create as children but when older

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last week, smith was acquitted of four counts of battery. but now, jeff adachi the public defender is urging prosecutors to drop the remaining misdemeanor charges. >> so we released the videos because we think it's important that the public see what happened in this case. we want to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else. >> the public defender is also asking bart police to improve their police conduct in the wake of that incident. allen, back to you. >> thank you. >>> happening right now, the san francisco police commission is voting on the "use of force" policy. several areas outlined include safeguarding human life and dignity, establishing communications, crisis intervention when feasible, and fair and unbiased policing. the main sticking point is whether police are allowed to shoot at moving vehicles. the police union is against the car policy and is using this ad to sway the public. greg suhr's final day on the force involved a sergeant shooting into a vehicle. later that day chief suhr resigned. the man shot and killed at the vall

jeff adachi says someone wrongfully accused his client michael smith of trying to rob them with a gun. body cam footage shows smith kicking cops multiple times and police pointing a gun at him. smith's girlfriend pregnant at the time was detained. she later miscarried. she was one month pregnant. the footage helped the jury acquit smith of four charges and adachi hopes it leads to the rest of the charges being dropped. >> really helped because we were able to show the jury that the officers were not truthful in their statements. for example, one of the officers say he tried to walk away. but he is stands in one place the whole time. >> as for the girlfriend who miscarried the transit agency says she was not visibly showing but bart adds after officers learned she was expecting, they treated her with respect. >>> time now 5:33. julie is here for weather. you know, julie, i was in new york city last couple of days. >> welcome home. >> thank you. good being back. it was bone-chilling 20 something degrees weather. it's good to be back and everything feels warm now but i know we have some

eric smith, alphabet and google. completely agree with what was sent. -- was said. >> ceo of intel. trump.ka >> eric trump. >> jeff bezos. idea tocited about the innovate with the new administration. also with google, the youngest company here. here to talk about jobs. >> mike pence, governor of indiana for a few more days. [laughter] i just want to thank everybody. this is a truly amazing group of people. i won't tell you the hundreds of calls we have had from people asking to come to this meeting. [laughter] no, the company is too small. i want to thank peter. he showed us something early. he has been so terrific and so outstanding. he got just about the biggest applause at the republican national convention. he is ahead of the curve. add that i am here to help you folks do well. you are doing well right now. the bounce.nored by right now everybody has to like me at least a little bit. we are going to have that bounce continue. more importantly we want to keep going with the incredible innovation. there is nobody like you in the world. do to helpg we can this go along, we will be

smith scored a tko when he knocked hopkins through the ropes. hopkins 351 years old, smith, 28. hospital kings said -- hopkins said his bought was his final one. here's jeff skeverski with the sports. >> reporter: dumb mistakes is what jordon matthew has said has been the problem this year. baltimore has not been too kind to rookies. a rookie quarterback has not won a single game down there. wentz and the eagles hope to snap out of the four game losing streak. they have not won a road game in nearly 3 months. they need a million things to go right to make the playoffs. >> the season has not played out the way we envisioned going into the season. we feel like we could end the season on a high no note and build momentum going into next year. the odds are ridiculous, but there's a chance per se. >> baltimore is in in a must-wn situation. it's a way to set us up and build chemistry. >>> how about the flyers you didn't think they would go the rest of the season undefeated. jake borachek admits just that, his attitude we'll start another ten game winning streak on monday. flyers they

. >> brad smith,rd president of microsoft. pleased to be here. >> jeff bezos, super excited about the possibility that this will be the innovation administration. >> alphabet and goiogle, one of the youngest presidents here. >> excited to talk about jobs. >> mike pence, governor of then for a few more days. >> well, i just want to thank everybody. this is truly an amazing group of people. i won't tell you the hundreds of calls we've had asking to come to this meeting. and i will say these are monster companies. but i want to start by thanking peter because he saw something very early, maybe before we saw it, and of course he's known for that in a different way. but he's been so terrific and so outstanding and we have just about the biggest applause at the republican national convention. he's ahead of curve and i want to thank you. you're a very special guy. so i want to add that i'm here to help you folks do well. and you're doing well right now. and i'm very honored by the bounce that -- talking about the bounce, so right now

smith is still in the -- granger smith is in the hospital after he fell from a stage during a performance. this video shows him taking a fall friday night at the star land ballroom. he managed to get back up and continue on with the concert. he was standing on a audio monitor that gave way and fell into a metal barricade. he was taken to the hospital where he was treated for two broken ribs and partially collapsed lung. four concerts next week were canceled. >>> first responders and dispatchers in delaware county used training and compassion to save a man's life. a man called 911 from his cell phone after falling inside his home in chester. he was too disoriented to give his exact location. they used technology to find his general area and they listened to the emergency siren from his cell phone. once in the right neighborhood, police and ems went door to door until they found the victim. >> the gentleman was in distress we were going to get help to him no matter what we had to do. >> i could hear the knock and i couldn't wait to tell them on the radio, that was them knocking. >> the man

>> it's my first time doing movies with will smith. i mean, musically -- >> jimmy: where you guys rap? >> yeah, well, i mean -- [ laughter ] i don't know. when dj jazzy jeff went out of the scene quietly -- >> jimmy: i know. it's -- we've been at it a long time. >> jimmy: oh, yeah? >> it hasn't been released. i don't know when will's gonna say. >> jimmy: probably never, yeah. [ laughter ] gosh. >> but, no. it's the first time. >> jimmy: and the movie's great. the script, the idea is -- >> it's very -- it's actually -- it struck me a lot like not to use an obvious one, but "it's a wonderful life" or -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> or films that i love like "terms of endearment" that do touch on -- it touched on very serious themes about how life is challenging. but it's a very -- it's also and i think, ultimately, it's very wise. i kind of think at the end of the year -- it's not so much a a christmas thing. but at the end of the year, i think, we all, ultimately, look forward to the next year and say, like, "how am i going to put things in bette

jeff adoche wants those charges dropped. the d.a. has no comment, and appleton says she has no plans to sue b.a.r.t. as of now. ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> police are warning about a man posing as a pest control technician who tried to steal laptop computers from a business in san francisco. surveillance video shows a man wearing a hazmat suit going into a business on franklin street near van ness at about 6:20 a.m. on december 12. he showed an official looking card and signed in. a security guard later found the man with one laptop in his hand as he was trying to disconnect another laptop. the guard chased the man out of the building, but wasn't able to catch him. >>> a new proposal to resume executions in california, and the response it got from regulators. >> and we'll take you to a fundraiser for a ghost ship fire victim. friends say it was a venue she knew and loved. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mi

fox business network's jeff flock has the story from chicago. >> reporter: it's a case from arkansas, heather. a guy turned up strangled and drowned in his hot tub. he's charged with murder and police want information from the amazon echo turned over to them. the echo is that cylindrical thing you have in your room and you say, alexa, tell me what the temperature is or who won the world series in 1963, i think it may have been the yankees, but anyway, they record that stuff and keep it on file. amazon says in this case they're not going to turn it over. >> okay. so why will amazon not turn it over? >> reporter: well, good question. they have put out a statement, no interviews yet, but they did put out a statement, i'll read a portion of it. it says amazon will not release customer information without a valid and legal binding demand properly served on us. they say the warrant they've gotten is kind of overbroad and they're not just going to turn it over. alexa does listen to you. you had you have one in your house, it listens to you all the time, but it doesn't transmit that to the in

jeff and steve. >> back to the headline we broke in the past 15 minutes. the u.s. announcing new sanctions against russia. let's bring in white house reporter for politico, also a cnbc contributor. we brought you on to talk about something else about filling the roles in the final cabinet positions, but can't ignore this russia news. 20 something day, maybe longer, until the inauguration. and now this. can we read politics into this move? >> this has politics written all over it. obama has about 20 days left until the inauguration and he's making international headlines. the question is, is how much is this actually related to the hacking that allegedly happened against the dnc, which sways the elections or is this just throwing punches at russia. the interesting thing is this morning on the daily phone call that president-elect trump's spokesperson has with the press, they said listen, if there is evidence, we want to see it. if there's evidence of hacking, show us. so it just seems like the president obama is is really moving it forward saying he's going to fire