my name is michelle lee and a resident of district 4 and at local high school and chair of the youth commission. thank you for having us today and at this time. we definitely support the bill of rights and a laudable goal to connect youth with nature and we see it definitely as a need especially in the urban city of san francisco, but as you see there are many concerns over this bill of rights and the youth commission does ask that when considering this rpd can draft a supplemental that is more able to practically describe what the points of the bill of rights actually mean, and also we hope that when drafting the future budget for rpd that they do take into consideration all of the concerns that we heard today. thank you very much for your time and we hope to work with you in the future. >> thank you. next speaker. if there is anyone else that would like to speak please come forward before we close public comment. >> i am david yang. i go to high school and i want to talk about my experiences with parks, and how i feel about them, so i understand that parks are important and it's a

legislator michelle brown lee and harold james are also accused of taking bribes. seth williams picked up the case when attorney general kathleen kane dropped the investigation. >> i really don't want to say much about the attorney general. i think she is her own worst enemy. >> reporter: kane said the case was racially motivated. according to the da the informant met with over 50 elected officials, white, blacks, republicans and democrats. >> some of them like curtis thomas, when he came in said whoa, you got to get the hell out of my office you're going to start stalking about stuff, money for votes. >> reporter: seth williams says tony payton and congressman brendan boyle turned down the bribes. as for the three indicted the attorney for bishop now claims the da broke the secrecy rules by revealing that bishop would not answer the grand jury's questions. >> we're bound by the ethics, rules of the court, order of the court and the law, which is exactly what kathleen kane's in trouble for right now. >> reporter: charles says he plans to file a petition with the co

state representative michelle brown lee and former state representative harlz james, all of them who surrendered to state police in harrisburg this morning are accused of accepting anywhere from 750 to $2,000 from the same lobbyist informant in exchange for political favors. >> criminals do ignorant foolish, idiotic, inhumane things every day. >> seth williams took on the case after attorney general kathleen kahne said it was rife with politicism. >> was she wrong in dropping the investigation? >> i'll say this, the six who have been indicted owe their indictment to kathleen kane. >> reporter: arecording to the district attorney, in the latest roundup, both james and brown lee admitted their involvement but the bishop did not. >> she could have told the truth and accepted responsibility for her actions, but this time she declined to answer questions about the lobbyists or the payments. >> you cannot disclose that my client pled the fifth amendment before this grand jury. you cannot disclose she refused to answer questions. that is contemptuous and i plan to file a petition for contem

lee bishop michelle brownley and harold james turned themselves in yesterday accused of taking bribes from a lobbyist who was working undercover for prosecutors. the others charged in the case representatives ron waters and vanessa lowery brown both from philadelphia. and thomas tines already pled guilty and is serving two years in prison. >>> jurors in the retrial of a philadelphia priest who is accused of molesting an altar boy will continue to deliberate today even though they have reached an impasse. reverend andrew mccormick was tried last year was the jury couldn't reach a verdict after four days of deliberation. mccormick assaulted the boy at a parish rectory in 1997. the boy was 11. the archdiocese of philadelphia says mccormick is on administrative leave after a different allegation of abuse was made against him. >>> a chester county high school teacher and coach charged with having sex with a female student faces a preliminary court hearing today. investigators say mark butler took a 17-year-old girl to his house several times and allegedly gave her alcohol and had sex with

so the standing is the michelle howard vice chief of naval operations. joseph dunford, and deborah lee james and mark welsh. again thank you all for being here. without objection, your full written statements will be made part of the record. and the only other comment i would make is when we get to questions with this many members and witnesses, i'm going to have to be careful about the clock. so if you want to spend three minutes asking you question you are going to get a very abbreviated answer. and ie appreciate our witnesses as well as our members respecting the gavel as we try to give as many as possible the chance to ask questions. again thank you for being here. secretary mchugh? >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. ms. sanchez, good to be withual ualual all of you. pass our best wishes to mr. smith and his speedky recovery. and to all of you the distinguished members of the committee i would say how much we appreciate the opportunity to be here today and to talk very frankly about the danger that lies ahead should this budget not approximate enacted and sequestration allowed t

michelle avery was diagnosed with breast cancer in september 2013. doctors said her cancer was aggressive and spreading quickly. >> i had cancer through my spine and my hipbones. i had too many liver leeo be able to count. >> reporter: her doctors elected for a treatment found to be successful in women with incurable breast cancer. that includes one-fifth of breast cancer patients. avery was overwhelmed. >> and then to learn, okay for the rest of your life you're going to every three weeks have to do these infusions. i thought, oh my god. who could do that? but it's okay. >> reporter: instead of using just chemotherapy doctors added two more drugs. when this method was tested in clinical trials, it expanded the patient's average life expectancy by more than a year. >> this is the kind of discovery that's unprecedented. we just don't see anything like this. >> reporter: uncommon because most breakthroughs have only added a few months to life expectancy. the study also found patients given the cocktail of drugs lived nearly five years compared to the usual life span of two to three years. >> there are women who will be treated with this therapy who will never relapse. their disease will

department of commerce, michelle kay lee of california to be undersecretary. farm credit administration, jeffery s. hall of kentucky to be a member of the farm credit administration board. dallas p. tonsager of south dakota to be a member of the farm credit administration board. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask unanimous consent that the time until 5:30 be equally divided in the usual form with all other provisions of the previous order remaining in effect. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: and mr. president i understand for the senate, that means the vote will still be at 5:30. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. leahy: and with that, mr. president, i would suggest the absence of a quorum and ask that time be equally divided. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: i ask unanimous consent to end the quorum call