the turner cares whether or not the official committed official misconduct. the charging authority is the mayor. the way to test the allegations that -- is with this hearing. it is with thitheir witnesses ad the charter does not care if the mayor's best friends are bitter enemies with the person charged and it does not matter whether or not deterred the official was dishonest -- charging official was dishonest in some way because of the test of the truth is that -- the test of the truth is this hearing. the reason that mariposa testimony was relevant is because it should -- showed his to rotation and of what official misconduct met under the charter. whether he did it truthfully or falsely, that is up for you to determine at this hearing. not bring in experts. i would be doing my kids to service and i did not tell you straight out i believe if we had this hearing, it would be quite apparent that the mayor did test, -- testified truthfully. we only have a war of media articles and the only people saying they mayor trusted on tressler are the people had no know

official misconduct? >> no, i do not. >> it has been argued that the mayor's decision to attempt to remove an elected official for official misconduct is purely discretionary. you agree with that? >> i believe that it is a duty through the charter. san francisco charter. >> you have the discretion to decide whether you are going to attempt to move someone or not? >> yes. >> is it your position that every public official who is convicted of a criminal offense is guilty of official misconduct? >> i think it is a case by case basis. >> merely being convicted of a crime does not constitute official misconduct? >> i believe in this case, it does. >> that is not my question. my question is, does the fact that an elected official is convicted of a crime, does that constitute official misconduct? >> i believe i have answered that. it is a case by case basis. >> there are some credit card -- criminal convictions he would not seem to be official misconduct? >> possibly. >> like what? >> i do not know because i have

duties of the official. do you understand why i would think that? >> yes. there may be an access but it is not based on the official duties. >> if you could put option to out. -- two up. the other way of reading this, if one and two modify that first part -- modified and that first part of the paragraph that ends with including. under that reading, conduct that falls below standard of good faith and right action would have to relate to the duties of the office. the red is wha t i put n. that is something that would help me, briefing on which one of these is the right way to read this provision. >> i want to thank you for bringing that forward as clearly as it did. i have this struggling with the same question since i read the charter provision. i think that is free critical and would appreciate briefing on this one as well. >> to the praise follow -- and did the parties followed? >> if you are going to see you briefed it, you did not. not this. i went back and checked. i need to know why -- i assume that you

it just speaks in general terms about official misconduct for an elected official, right? >> objection, argumentative. >> requires a legal conclusion. >> legal conclusion is sustained. >> do believe there is a separate standard? >> objection, irrelevant. >> overruled. >> should be the same standard. >> ok. one of the things that is expected of elected officials is for them to be honest and forthright when dealing with their constituents, and with other elected officials. >> i am very sorry to interrupt you. that question will be pending. i instructed that we need to adjourn proceedings for now. we will resume when it is permissible. the meeting is adjourned. we will notify the parties and the press when we can resume. >> objection, foundation. >> overruled. >> there were declarations from the police department that indicated there was less than full compliance with the orders of the court. >> you did not make noted that in your original written charges, right? >> objection, foundation. consumes -- assumes that the mayor wrote those charges. >> sustained. >> you originally

it is still an official at arrest. >> are you aware that a former sheriff of san francisco spent five days in jail on a criminal contempt conviction and was not removed? >> objection, relevance. >> sustained. >> was it your belief after you've reviewed these court records and there -- strike that, i am sorry. after use all that sheriff mirkarimi pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor, false imprisonment, did you do any additional investigation before you brought sheriff mirkarimi in to talk to you? >> yes. >> what did you do? >> i reviewed all of the court records that were available at the time from the court proceedings. >> did you speak -- seek to speak to any witnesses to that case? >> objection. deliberative process of privilege. in terms of to the mayor spoke with in regards to the case. >> you did ask that question earlier. you are asking -- >> did you seek to speak to any witnesses? i can narrow it. >> ok, i think, did you talk to any witnesses is ok. overruled. you may answer, mr. mayor. >> yes. >> which witnesses? >> ivory madison. >> objection. >> did you talk to lopez. >> same

official misconduct? >> i believe in this case, it does. >> that is not my question. my question is, does the fact that an elected official is convicted of a crime, does that constitute official misconduct? >> i believe i have answered that. it is a case by case basis. >> there are some credit card -- criminal convictions he would not seem to be official misconduct? >> possibly. >> like what? >> i do not know because i have never been confronted with this before. >> well, what a conviction for driving under the influence be official misconduct? >> that requires speculation. >> overruled. >> potentially. >> you are aware that there are many members of the san francisco at sheriff's department that have suffered criminal convictions? >> objection. foundation. >> i do not know. >> would that affect your opinion about whether or not criminal convictions mean that is official misconduct? >> objection. misstates prior testimony. >> misstates prior testimony objection is overruled. >> maybe. >> ok, are you aware

officials order the director to cut some scenes from the film. afterwards, members of the audience peppered the director with questions, they seemed moved by the story of villagers speaking out against injustice. this movie really gives people hope. >> i felt that the government decision was final. i was surprised that civic action can bring change. and film organizers gave the film almost no publicity. as a result turntohe turnout wa slow. but the director feels being able to show the film at the festival was a significant achievement. >> translator: showing the film at the festival means that it had the government's approval. i hope to show the film to choon ease people at other occasions. the basing solution to all of life's problems is for and the government has high hopes for the shanghai festival. and trying to promote the image of a modern, open culture. authorities face a dilemma. a platform of film can become a stage for social activism. something that authorities could not avoid. >>> we have been reporting there are two tropical storms

an appointed official? >> in some counties, who do not have the ability to remove somebody other than a recall process. but the standard, the ethical conduct, the integrity, being the same person on duty and off duty, the trust we talk about is exactly the same. your the head law enforcement person. -- you what are the head law enforcement person. commissioner renne: thank you. chairperson hur: any other questions for chief lansdowne? >> i want to go back to your testimony about what you believe the sheriff affirmatively needed to do, with respect to the press and media attention that ms. madison was receiving. i want to give you a hypothetical, since you are an expert. >> yes, sir. >> if the sheriff did not tell the press to harass ms. madison, is it your opinion that we should find official misconduct because he did not take affirmative steps to protect her from such harassment? >> i do not think this case is complex. >> i just want an answer to my question. >> that alone, the answer is no. >> if the sher

short of committing official misconduct, the sheriff answers only to the voters. are you aware of the provision that provides for the voters to recall the sheriff as well as every other elected official in the city? >> yes, i am. >> there is another way othe sheriff could be removed. that is the democratic way to do it. >> objection, argumentative. >> can i have the question read back? i was thinking about the objection. >> that is the democratic way to do it? >> overruled. >> i do not know if we got your answer. >> could you repeat the question? >> the other way to remove the sheriff would be the democratic process? >> yes. >> one of the other things that you stated in your declaration, you found a lot of fault with sheriff mirkarimi. safe to say that? >> correct. >> yoon noted that sheriff mirkarimi did not take any corrective action and did nothing to disavow improper conduct like witness dissuasion, right? >> yes, sir. >> did you see the text message for his wife asked him to contact the ex-sheriff to do something. and he responded that he could not do that. i

officials order the director to cut some scenes from the film. afterwards, members of the audience peppered shi with questions. moved by the story of villages speaking out against injustice. >> this movie really gives people hope. >> i thought that the government's decision was final. i was surprised that civic action can bring change. >> film organizers gave the film almost no publicity. as a result, the turn-out was low. but shi feels that just being allowed to show the film at the festival was a significant achievement. >> translator: showing the film at the festival means it had the government's approval. i hope to shot film to chinese people at other occasions. the basic solution to all of life's problems is for people to take action for themselves. >> the government has high hopes for the film festival. it is trying to promote the image after modern and open culture. a platform for film can also become a stage for social activism. something authorities could not avoid. nhk world, shanghai. >> we're looking at asia's rising economies this we

. >> a bomb blast in damascus leaves the syrian defense minister and three top officials dead. >> be aware of more neo-nazi crimes -- a warning from germany's domestic intelligence agency. >> germany's highest court finds that asylum seekers are entitled to more cash, but where will the money come from? >> it was an attack on the inner circle of syria's president. four top military and security leaders are dead after a bomb explosion in the heart of damascus. >> among the dead, the country's defense minister and a brother- in-law to assad, who was viewed as the architect of the government's crackdown on the opposition. >> it has the international community reevaluating the chances of a peaceful end to the conflict in syria. a u.n. security council vote on more sanctions has been delayed until thursday. >> our coverage begins with this report. >> this footage from syria's nw shows people celebrating the attack. there were even impromptu celebrations in the capital, damascus, but there was also continued fighting. syrian state tv says these images show government forces are rounding ou

officials say the autopsy should be released later this week. a man that used to work of several maryland hospitals is accused of affecting -- infecting at least 30 people in a new hampshire hospital with hepatitis c. he is accused of stealing powerful and aesthetics, injecting himself, and then refilling the syringes with saline. they relate to use on patients. he worked at the baltimore veterans medical center, john hopkins hospital, and maryland general from 2008 until 2010. those hospitals will notify patients who might have been exposed, with instructions for follow-up. new rules go into effect today for abortion clinics in maryland. clinics will have to allow -- apply for licenses and will have to abide by stricter guidelines. the good news for anyone using public transit in baltimore city and county, transportation secretary ray lahood will be in baltimore later today to make a big announcement regarding funding to improve transit service in the city and county. center ben cardin and elijah cummings will join the secretary at the appearan

matter before the official during the preceding 12 months. san francisco's contractor contribution ban should be expanded in san francisco to include recipients of development permits and other major economic benefits if approved by elected officials. i would encourage each of you to watch the video, the rule 7 of the june 7 rules committee. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners, charles marseller for the record. i did want to tell you i did also attend that hearing at the rules committee and i found it to be very thorough, so i would recommend you look at the tape. there is a need, i think, to get a city attorney opinion on what it clearly requires you to do when amending voter past initiatives. you not only need the supermajority as you know, everybody knows that, but you also need to know that the bill or the amendment before you furthers the purposes of the act. that's expressively -- explicitly stated in the law and it was our intention when we drafted that, mr. stern and myself, when we came up with that language to require those

officials have come out with their interpretation of the agreement. they say assad will not be among syria's next group of leaders. >> we are confident if this and when this transitional governing body is formed up along the lines of this document that he's not going to be part of it. >> even if assad refused to leave, he would essentially be stripped of power. she said the transitional governing body will be responsible for running the country. >>> the head of nato says the international community has a duty to put an end to the conflict and do it now. but the secretary-general said the alliance has no plans to step in. >> nato has no intention to intervene in syria and as i will stress today i think the right way forward is to find a political solution. >> rasmussen called on the u.n. security council to speak with one voice to pressure syria. >>> delegates from six world powers have been frustrated again and again. by a lack of progress on iran's nuclear program. they will get another chance when they meet their counter parts from teheran in istanb

for years, he and his father have been pictured next two uniformed officials -- next to uniformed officials. also, this man was promoted. he is not wde of north korea, but his promotion and that of his leader points to changes at the heart of north korea's power structure. a bid perhaps by kim jong-un to stamp his authority on the new regime. the question then is, what he will do with it. recent pictures of a young woman have fuelled speculation that he is a modernizer. it could simply be, like his father, he has already learned control in north korea is about controlling the army. >> in french architect who was being held in cambodia with alleged links to a major chinese political scandal has been flown to shanghai. patrick devillers reportedly had close dealings with disgraced official bo xilai and his wife, who was accused in the murder of a businessman. the boy scouts of america has reaffirmed its position of banning gay scouts and scout leaders following a two-year review. the review was sparked when the youth organization caught criticism of its anti-gay policy. a female skill leader

a official says support for gay marriage is set to be included in the official party platform. they voted to include language backing same-sex marriage over the weekend. delegates will approve it during the convention in september. >>> former president bill clinton still packs star power, the role he is expected to have in the democratic national convention. >>> james holmes, the man accused in the colorado movie theater shooting has been charged. he was in court this morning. the charges include 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of explosives. the cameras were not allowed in court today. but a week ago he appeared days and confused. two victims watched in court today and said he appears sane. >> he was very aware of what is going on. i do not believe he is insane but i am not a psychiatrist. he responded very appropriately. >> the shooting left 12 dead and 58 others wounded during a midnight showing of the new batman movie. >>> a rally outside the white house for the victims of the shooting. they will be protesting every week ti

officials confirmed the u.s. israel about a possible move to destroy those weapons. meantime, the white house is lashing out at china and russia. we reported the two countries have again vetoed a united nations resolution aimed at stopping the slaughter in syria. not that it would have, but now it certainly won't. white house press secretary jay carney said the countri quote, on the wrong side of the syrian people, the wrong side of hope and peace and stability in the region. james rosen with the news, he's live at the state department. james, how does the united states know where these chemical weapons are? >> shep, good evening. this has been a long standing area of focus for both the american and the israeli intelligence communities. the regime is believed to have close it 50 chemical and biological weapons facility, as well as tons of chemical weapons materials stored throughout the country. but current and former obama administration officials told fox news, wej8o=j7ímr' pretty good fix on where most of them

wife of official has been charged with killing the man.fficials have indicted the woman and a family aid for killing haywood. her husband was communist party chief. he was suspected from all party posts in april on suspicion in, involvement on party relations. >> the overall human rights situation in china continues to deteriorate. >> he was the rep sensitive during two days of talks. he cited democracy activist lu shao bo. posner says officials have called on the chinese to release those in detention or allow access to lawyers. >> chen jwan chang escaped house arrest in china and went to new york in may. he spoke with us about his fears and hopes. alec hurst reports. >> translator: for six or seven years, he was under surveillance by the authorities. i was not even allowed to call my family. >> two months have passed since chen arrived in the united states as a visiting scholar at new york university. he lives there on campus with his family. he told us that human rights in china are detee you're rariorai china. >> translator: things are

no official memorial services were held to mark the day. the trains were left at a nearby station for a year. >> the train lines were suspended throughout china after the accident. a chinese report said the accident was a result of a number of human ever rorrors. the chinese suggests the government wants people to forget about it to prevent another way of criticism. but criticism of the government has appeared on chinese internet bulletin boards. this could mean the chinese government is trying to build trust. nhk world. china. >> american military personnel are getting ready to run checks on a chinese aircraft that is stirring up debate. a fleet of osprey mv-22 stationed in yamaguchi prefecture. people nearby are worried about the safety record. a cargo ship arrived monday. military personnel spent much of the day unloading the tilt rotor aircraft. they're going to carry out maintenance before conducting trial flights. american authorities plan to start flying the aircraft in october in okinawa, where two-thirds of u.s. bases in japan are

as hazmat officials had to srnlg the plane. kai jackson has more. >> reporter: it was a very unexpected scare in the sky. >> reporter: sky chopper 13 is high above bwi marshall airport after southwest airlines flight 709 made i scheduled landing yet with an emergency on board. the flight originated in norfolk virginia. at some point in the air, a flight attendant became sick. one the plane landed, it was determined a second flight attendant was also ill. >> reporter: after flight 709 landed her, the two sick flight attendants were taken to the hospital. and a hazmat team inspected the plane. >> they did air samples to try to get an idea of what could have been the cause, and they determined it was a cleaning eight probably used on the aircraft. >> reporter: it's not clear what cleaning eight or material made the flight attendants sick. none of the passengers became ill, and of the five crew members on board, only the two were sick. >> the passengers were unaffected by this. this is a hub airport, so people scattered as quickly

officials flagged the main as a potential for failure after crews discovered a rift. the project should take about two weeks, and some residents in baltimore city, anne arundel, and howard county may notice a slight decrease in water pressure. officials are urging residents to conserve water as much as possible during those repairs. >> it will be hot for those men and women working on that water main today. the heat back on. hd doppler is showing high clouds through harford county, northern baltimore county, down to montgomery county and bc we are talking about as hot temperatures. i am afraid to use the triple digits, but by wednesday, we could see those. 89 at the airport. humidity is not too bad right now. it will build over the next couple of days. it will end, i promise. i will talk about it in the insta-weather-plus forecast. >> a man is shot and killed in home invasion in baltimore city, and two others are heard. it happened on a lothian road in baltimore. we will keep you updated on the tv 11 and wbaltv.com. now to the latest on the search for the accused gunm