i'm here at the suggestion of mr. brown. she and i have been to the healing cycle together my child were murder in san francisco november 17, 2007. at that time, there were two investigators ton on the case that retired i've made numerous calls to call the homicide division for an update i've called recently a couple of weeks ago the people that retire were replaced by allocate person those two folks i don't have their names told me i would get an update and seven years i have not gotten it. it is unacceptable i think the least that is investigators can do is call a grieving mother to give an update. i have worked for the city for a long time they've eemgd will with a lot of cases but a phone call one a year will reinsure me some place is working on the case it's been moved to a cold case department >> it's not lot it ask you're going entitled of a call and the chief investigator about give you his card you're in our thoughts general public comment is closed. listen item two. >> line items and chiefs report and review of rec

that if what i was looking for, what i thought was an upper was in fact an upper, i would exclude mr. brownso the innocence project petitioned the court for permission to test the victim's red t-shirt found at the crime scene, thinking it might contain saliva. >> it's not impossible to find dna after a 15-year case, but it makes it a little bit more difficult. >> analyst tim goebel examined the shirt with an alternate light source. saliva and some other biological materials will fluoresce when hit with this light. >> there were a number of florescent stains on the t-shirt, and some of them were made by the markings of the previous examining. >> not surprisingly, the stains were near the bite holes, an indication they were left by the person who bit the victim, presumably her killer. goebel removed the fabric, and performed str dna testing which is a more advanced form of pcr testing. the result, the dna profile from the saliva on the t-shirt did not match roy brown. but whose was it? barry bench's daughter, katharine exstat, offered to help out. >> his daughter was a very courageous young w

. >> mrs. brown from the supervisor's office and mrs. tran speaker: why don't we have those presentations too about we go into public comment. >> my name is hillary and i'm an aid for supervisor campos. it's good to see you. talking about our security health care ordinance and supervisor campos would love to be here, but the health commission is scheduled on the same day. hopefully we'll be able to pull him out of that meeting and speak before you. supervisor campos really appreciates the fact that the department of public health agrees with the intent behind the ordinances and understands thighs are complicated issues. we give discretion to the department of health in designing the health care program. we can take into account the multiple concerns that there are and issues in determining subsidy issues and taking into account the fiscal concerns that we have as a city and as a department. we have been trying to work with the department for over a month to actually look at the ordinance before us and create line item amendments to the o

guest: i would like mr. brownto know that my partner and i have been living together for 28 years, and we have been paying taxes. marriage equality is important for the younger people, not so much for us. it is an important issue, and you should consider the younger people. full federal benefits are going to be required for these people. again, not so much for us, but for these younger people. thank you. host: those that support same sex marriage by age according to polling this past year, 18-29-year-olds are the highest age group that support same sex marriage by age. guest: we have a lot of work to do. we have a lot of work to do in a cadameia. this has been 30 years of groups being involved in schools, teaching the ideas that those of us that believe in marriage between the union of a man and a woman are somewhat bigoted. we have a ton of support online, a ton of ewe important from other people and young people who have heard the argsments and are starting to hear our arguments again. great book, what is marria

mr. brown: thank you. i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you. there's good news for america's veterans this afternoon where senator mccain and senator sanders, the chairman of the veterans' committee, have come apparently to a tentative agreement on what we should do to deal with some of the serious problems in the veterans administration. we know a couple of things. we first of all know, mr. president, that health care in the veterans hospitals, in the v.a. system, in the community-based clinics in places like akron and canton and youngstown and springs field and mansfield, that the care in the big hospitals like wade park in dayton, the care is superb and overwhelming support among veterans for the care they have earned and they deserve and they're getting. the problem, mr. president, as you know, is getting access to that care. in a number of cases too many veterans have waited too long, been forced to wait too long to get

said mr brown lost the lady to get the child to give to a child in the future and that's something that individuals are wanting and also discussing the after effects of some of these surgeries. now australia is pushing to speed up the south stream pipeline project aimed at securing russian gas deliveries to europe bypassing ukraine it was earlier frozen by brussels citing possible violations of the blocks regulations but austria is to make exceptions for gazprom and the contract may be sealed this week as artie's paul scott reports now from vienna. well russia hoping that later on tuesday the agreement can be set in stone the signing of the contract to be overseen by russian president vladimir putin it will mean that the work on the south stream on austrian territory comes again in earnest how the south stream is set to transport gas from russia to europe but bypassing ukraine is seen as a more reliable and stable source on a more stable route with tensions between russia and ukraine continuing to increase austria is keen for the work to be completed despite divisions within the europea

mr. brown: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: thank you, madam president. thank you to senator enzi, who's one of the most cooperative members of the senate on so many levels. he and i cochair the air force caucus together and he has been good to work with when i've sat on the health, education, labor and pension committee, he was known then, as he still is, as a member you could reach out to and would get things done. special thanks, too, to senator isakson, who's on the floor, and to senators harkin and murray, who did so much to work with our office on our sectors act, on a whole litany of work force investment issues. so i'm indebted to them. passing this legislation would reauthorize and improve the work force investment act which first was established some 15-plus years ago. it includes critical work force development programs that have helped thousands of americans get on their feet. it provides streamlined one-stop services that empower adults and students and gives them the tools and the skills and the resources th

that mr brown having a human rights fully respected not being treated like a human feeling bush feeling taken advantage. of. a sadness around lost the way to get the child to give to a child in the future that's something that individuals are wanting and also discussing the after effects of some of these surgeries. the californian prison system has long been the target of criticism thousands of inmates are being jailed for decades and what u.s. officials prefer to call security housing units they are kept in concrete windowless cramped cells for nearly twenty three hours a day and their food is slipped through a door slot one hour recreation is often limited to pacing and handcuffs and shackles in another solitary area and telephone calls and contact visits are generally prohibited where more than three thousand inmates enjoy this sort of treatment and according to a report one hundred six have spent fifteen years in the cells while twenty three have been locked up for a quarter of a century. you can find out more about the inhumane treatment of u.s. prisoners and reports by artie's cor

that mr brown having a human rights respected not being treated like a human feeling feeling taken advantage of doing to. a sadness around. you to get to give place to a child in the future that's something that individuals are wanting and also discussing the after effects of some of these surgeries. and in the beginning was the word but calling god has got malaysia scored in the spin as muslims they are furious that other religions dared to use their name explain what so vexing about the vocabulary on our website. also online details of the abbey on his latest success in curbing sex trafficking in america which saved nearly one hundred seventy children from prostitution and landed nearly three hundred pimps in jail. around the world was more of this hour's headlines now a suicide bombing in the lebanese capital beirut has reportedly killed a security officer and injured nineteen people they attack was carried out near a checkpoint and a busy cappie were people have gathered to watch world cup games last friday another suicide attack near the syrian border left one person dad and injured alm

simpson, charging him with the murders of nicole brown simpson and ronald goldman. mr.pson, in agreement with his attorney, was scheduled to surrender this morning to the los angeles police department. initially, that was 11:00. it then became 11:45. mr. simpson has not appeared. the los angeles police department right now is actively searching for mr. simpson. >> what were you thinking right there? all of those gasps! >> it was pretty interesting. i have heard a lot about that moment from a lot of people over the years. and no one seems to forget that moment. when they sucked the air out of the room with gasps. >> a media crush inside and a gathering crowd outside. the first inkling of what would explode into a national obsession. at 3:00 p.m., los angeles district attorney gil garcetti delivered a stern message. >> i want to say something to the entire community. if you, in any way, are assisting mr. simpson in avoiding justice, mr. simpson is a fugitive of justice right now. and if you assist him in any way you are committing a felony. >> o.j. simpson is a fugitive.

brown simpson. the presence of a second body, an individual who has now been identified as mr.onald goldman, 25 years of age. >> the bodies were found on the sidewalk outside nicole simpson's condominium, a few miles from where o.j. simpson lives. >> terrible questions are hanging in the air around o.j. simpson today as investigators in l.a. probe the violent deaths of his ex-wife and another man. >> we'll piece this together until we bring the responsible party to justice. >> the question was is o.j. simpson -- >> obviously we're not going to rule anyone out. >> orenthal james simpson, better known as o.j., or "the juice," had been in the spotlight for years. as a heisman trophy winner and nfl hall of famer. >> i'm do whatever we have to do to stay together. >> and more recently as an actor and pitchman. ♪ hertz the superstar >> you know it. >> everybody stand back. >> but it wouldn't be those accolades or celebrity that he'd be most remembered for. instead, it would be his connection to a grisly double murder. >> he deserves to be in jail for murder. for slaughtering two peop

guest: i would like mr. brown to know that my partner and i have been living together for 28 years, and we have been paying taxes. marriage equality is important for the younger people, not so much for us. it is an important issue, and you should consider the younger people. full federal benefits are going to be required for these people. again, not so much for us, but for these younger people. thank you. host: those that support same sex marriage by age according to polling this past year, 18-29-year-olds are the highest age group that support same sex marriage by age. guest: we have a lot of work to do. we have a lot of work to do in a cadameia. this has been 30 years of groups being involved in schools, teaching the ideas that those of us that believe in marriage between the union of a man and a woman are somewhat bigoted. we have a ton of support online, a ton of ewe important from other people and young people who have heard the argsments and are starting to hear our arguments again. great book, what is marri

. >> this was a cold-blooded killing by mr. brown. hought out. >> reporter: prosecutors told the jury the 37-year-old shot and killed his boss, david locey, at his office near kalamazoo, michigan, last year. he hired brown even though he was convicted of embezzlement back in 2005 and lost his cpa license. he started doing it again, and when confronted by his mentor, the allegations of the same old crime, brown silenced his boss forever. >> there is nobody else that would come to mind that would want to do this. >> employees of the accounting office testified the two men had a heated argument the day before the murder. brown has pleaded not guilty, and defense attorneys point out the client had no reason to hurt the victim, a man that was so generous to him. >> there is no motive. and the evidence will point to somebody else. >> the motive he was accused and apparently had been caught embezzling from one of the clients. and he caught him and confronted him. >> reporter: the victim's family packed in courtroom, looking for the justice fo

mr. jim brown. [ applause ] take it away, harry. >> thank you very much. it's a real learn to be here with two men that i have known for about the last 45 or 50 years and if you hear a touch of respect and admiration and affection in my voice during the course of this conversation you have me correctly. i want to begin by stating that there have been four athletes over the last half of the 20th century who have been utterly transfor transformative. the first, of course, is the immortal jackie robinson. the second -- [ applause ] -- the second is the indomnitable mr. bill russell. [ applause ]. and the third is the incomparable mr. jim brown. [ applause ] and the fourth is the absolutely unconquerable ms. billie jean king. [ applause ] i want to focus on the struggle at the interface of race, sport and society and in preparing for this conversation i went back and read jim brown and bill russell's first two books, jim brown's off my chest, and out of bounds. and bill russell's glory for glory and second wind. i think that those are four books that should be

. >> mr. brown, you've heard all the testimony today about what people think should happen to you.ppen? >> i understand i resists law enforcement. and me being back in that will room for two weeks, that really got to me. i know i tested like positive for marijuana but that's something i did like back in july. and i thought i was going to be clean by the time i came to court. >> i know some people might say using a little bit of marijuana isn't like shooting somebody but at the same time, do you understand the significance of that one use of marijuana what it had on your family and your life and frankly, on the underlying charges that you already had pending against you? >> well, i take full responsibilities for my actions and i just feel like i let them down, you know? like miss sarah and bob and my mom. i just want to like go home and take care of my responsibilities. >> roderick, do you rememberer judge bonaventure ra asking you about taking a drug test. >> yes, ma'am. >> do you say you probably should be clean, something like that. >> i probably should. >> so you were trying to

last month mr. brownund himself in the republican party's actual televised debate at the insistence of incumbent republican governor butch auder who thought it would be a great way to show party unity. for state republicans, it was kind of a hot mess, that debate. it was also a clue that the republican party in idaho is maybe coming apart a little bit. in idaho, the republican party is really the only party. i don't mean to offend democrats. but republicans hold every statewide office, they hold commanding majorities in the statehouse and in the state senate. mitt romney won idaho by 32 points. yes, you can find blue dots in idaho, but that's really what they are, blue dots. idaho is republican-land. and so after the sometimes embarrassing and contentious primary that they had last month, the idaho republican party looked around, realized they ran the place, decided they better issue a call for unity. they issued a call for unity at the state convention. they said, now is the time for freedom and unity. d

mr. hatch: i ask unanimous consent the distinguished senator brown be permitted to speak immediately following my remarks for at least ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. hatch: thank you, mr. president. i rise today out of serious concern about the release of the five senior taliban commanders detained at guantanamo and the way in which the obama administration accomplished it. these individuals of the taliban successfully demanded the release in exchange for sergeant bowe bergdahl were some of the most dangerous in our custody. some who had close operational ties to al qaeda. others perpetrated horrifying war crimes. all were senior leaders in the taliban, a group we remain at war with. these former detainees the taliban five are only subject to a one-year international travel ban. it seems shockingly unrealistic to expect that they will not seek to undo everything our brave men and women in uniform have fought and died for in afghanistan. mr. president, however foolish, the prospect that we might release the most dangerous guantanamo detainees has been a m

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brown: mr. chairman, i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. brown: i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman requests the yeas and nays. ms. brown: yes, sir. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes y electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 198. the nays are 220. the motion is not adopted. without objection, the the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. without objection, the chair appoints the following conferees n h.r. 3230. the clerk: senate amendment and modifications committed to conference. messrs. miller of florida, lamborn, roe of tennessee, benishek, coffman, mr. michaud, ms. brown of florida, mr. takano, ms

. >> mr. brown, you're recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, thank you for having this hearing. colleagues, i want to make sure that we are firing at the right target tonight. we're all in this committee because we care about the veterans and you can be sure that the only reason i on this committee is because i care about the veterans and i have been on this committee for 22 years. i have a couple of questions. dr. draper, you mention -- i want to thank you for your service. the case that you gave about outsourcing a particular case and it was not the right kind of coordination, can you expound a little more? a lot of people want to see a partner -- us partner. if the veterans can i get the service right away. >> is important because there is a lot of talk about sending more veterans out to the community for care. while that is a way to expand capacity, there are some pitfalls. v.a. does need to do a better job of monitoring wait times, and making sure that the veteran receives the care that they are going out for. that is why we illu

. >> mr. brown lee. miss titus. mr. jolly? >> sure. >> mr. chairman, just have a very quick follow-up. dr. lynch, i want to go back to the fy 149 appropriations question i asked you for a point of clarity. i understand you mentioned the va is in the process process of working with outside providers. is that just a general statement or are you suggesting that the demonstration project kong depressionally directed in the fy '149 budget is currently being implemented? >> it is being implemented, congressman. can i get you information on the sites where that is being provided at this time? >> yeah, you certainly could. there are about six or seven of us that wrote a letter to the secretary on may 7th asking for an update on the implementation. i know you've got a lot of letters coming your way right now. but it is a matter of concern because it was done with such specificity. even the criteria were put in the congressional report as to how the centers were to be evaluated. so i just want to make sure we're talking apples and apples here that this

. >> mr. brown, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, thank you for having this

mr. brown's -- ms. brown you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much an first of all i don't mind being the minority on this committee and i think my voice is the minority on this committee. for example dod is seamless transfer is not happening so that's part of the problem. it's just the news. we have how many investigations and criminal investigations going on. because we have a reservoir to doesn't mean the bank is going to check out. is that correct? >> that is correct. i think they said we were investigating allegations. >> absolutely and allegations does not mean criminal. >> that is picked to be determined and that is why we are doing the investigation. >> fine. i don't want my veterans to feel like they are not getting the proper care and i really have not heard that they care is not quality. it's the timeliness of getting the service. can you correct me on that? >> i think there are private-sector surveys that show veterans are satisfied more so than some private-sector faciliti

. >> mr. brown lee. miss titus. mr. jolly? >> sure. >> mr.chairman, just have a very quick follow-up. dr. lynch, i want to go back to the fy 149 appropriations question i asked you for a point of clarity. i understand you mentioned the va is in the process process of working with outside providers. is that just a general statement or are you suggesting that the demonstration project kong depressionally directed in the fy '149 budget is currently being implemented? >> it is being implemented, congressman. can i get you information on the sites where that is being provided at this time? >> yeah, you certainly could. there are about six or seven of us that wrote a letter to the secretary on may 7th asking for an update on the implementation. i know you've got a lot of letters coming your way right now. but it is a matter of concern because it was done with such specificity. even the criteria were put in the congressional report as to how the centers were to be evaluated. so i just want to make sure we're talking apples and apples here that this

. >> mr. brown, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, thank you for having this hearing and colleagues, i want to make sure that we are firing at the right target here tonight. we are all on this committee because we care about the veterans and you can be sure the only reason i'm on this committee is i care about the veterans and i have been on this committee for 22 years. and so i have a couple of questions. dr. draper, you mentioned and i want to thank you for your service. be you the case that you gave about outsourcing that particular case and it wasn't the right kind of coordination, can you expound on that a little bit more? because a lot of people want to see us partner with vetted rans if they can't get the service right away? >> i think it's an important point because, you know, there is a lot of talk of sending more veterans out to the community for care. and while that is a way to expand capacity, as i mentioned, there are some pitfalls because va does need to do a better job of monitoring wait times, managing the co

. >> mr. brown, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mi mr. chairman, thank you for having this hearing and colleagues, i want to make sure that we are firing at the right target here tonight. right we are all on this committee because we care about the we veterans and you can be sure th only reason i'm on this sure committee is i care about the veterans and i have been on thi committee for 22 years. and so i have a couple of questions.estion dr. draper, you mentioned and ii want to thank you for your service.se but the case that you gave about outsourcing that particular case and it wasn't the right kind of coordination, can you expound on that a little bit more? because a lot of people want to erans, partner with veterans if they can't get the service right away? >> i think it's an important an' point because, you know, there n is a lot of talk of sending moro veterans out to the community for care.alhile t while that is a way to expand capacity, as i mentioned, as there are some pitfalls because va does need to do a better job of monitoring

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. i rise to commemorate an event that happened 25 years ago today not just in beijing, not just in chin -- not just in beijing but in other places in china when millions of people across that country, tiananmen square and other places, rallied in support of democracy, human rights and an end to corruption. like many americans i was inspired at the time. i wasn't a member of congress. living in ohio, i was inspired and moved by the courage and pursuit of individual and fundamental freedoms, freedoms that we hold dear in this country and freedoms not always granted -- not always, sometimes taken for granted here and not always granted in other countries in the world. i recall the optimism of that moment, how it was crushed when the tanks rolled in. today we assess -- and i would like to for a moment assess what the last 25 years have meant for the chinese, but, frankly, more importantly to us, to our u.s.-china relations and what our policy towards china should be. china's made tremendous

. >> mr. brown, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, thank you for having this hearing, and colleagues, i want to make sure that we're firing at the right target here tonight. we all on this committee because we care about the veterans and you can be sure that the only reason i'm on this committee is i care about the veterans and i've within on this committee for 22 years, and so i have a couple of questions. dr. draper, you mentioned, and i want to thank you for your service, but the case that you gave about outsourcing that particular case and it wasn't the right kind of coordination, can you expound on that a little bit more? because a lot of people want to see us partner with veterans, if they can't get their service right away. >> yeah, i think it's an important point because there is a lot of talk of sending more veterans out to the community for care, and while that is a way to expand capacity, as i mentioned there are some pitfalls because v.a. does need to do a better job of monitoring wait times, managing the coordin

brown act. commissioner keane, commissioner, did any of you receive records from mr. syncountry prior to today's meeting if you did you have to make them available to the public you have to make them available prior to the meeting. >> the next. good evening david former chair of the sunshine task force i don't want to confuse me with the other people because 33 the other people don't want to be associated with me i want to say with regard to the draft minutes i've provided staff with some suggested edits that help to not change the substance of what happened last month and the agenda items i'll suggest that the amendments to the lobbyist amendments be reviewed at the next meeting or the one after that and i indicated last month depending on how the next referral from the task force regarding the records of the planning department it maybe time to review the procedures for handling the matter i've had discussions with the staff my hope they've been productive and feinstein in the event that the grand jury has another report we should probably set aside times for that e

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mr. sin country to file this case in superior court he did that without our explicit permission. >> i want to read i something from the brown act section 54946.9. but i want to mention after the last meeting i put in a records request inform mr. sincroy that was provided to the commissioners before the placing last meeting i got copies of everything that's listed but one