any other public comment on agenda item number seven? okay. agenda -- commissioner kopp? >> yeah, to mr. ford, please get me a copy of the governor's message and vetoing ab-2689. >> sure, no problem. >> agenda item number eight -- excuse me. agenda item number eight, discussion of monthly staff enforcement report, including an update on the various activities since the last monthly meeting. >> i have a comment. >> commissioner? >> in the first paragraph, the second sentence states, the division now has 101 matters in preliminary review, 85 matters under investigation. i'd request that henceforth, that customary statement also include how many matters in preliminary review the prior month and the how many matters under investigation the prior month plus how many in preliminary review and under investigation respectively in the prior year, same month. >> prior year, same month. okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> public comment on agenda item number 8? moving on, then, to agenda item number nine, discussion of the executive director's report, update and highlights of staff an

the materials that go with the agenda come to me as the agenda is set. >> they can come to you after the friday? >> usually not. i usually get everything on the friday. >> is it possible to post the materials on our website with the agenda? >> i do. supporting documents. those agenda minutes and supporting documents. >> i will take a look at that to refer back to the chief's report. i enjoyed it. you i couldn't find it. it is not part of the packet i receive digitally. >> it goes to the other four commissioner os friday hand delivered. you opted and the ops report is separate. >> is there a reason that can't be a public document? >> it is public. it is separate from the packet. >> i would like to receive that digitally to refer back to it. >> i can scan that? >> i enjoy that so much. >> any further input? i don't believe i called for public comment. any public items for future items? seeing none it is closed. last item. check. >> clerk: adjournment. >> i would like to adjourn in honor of michael kirk who passed on tuesday morning. he was hired in 2002. thank you for attending tonight

next agenda item. [agenda item read] >> -- prior to being able to apply for their e.h.p.d planning commission motion number 20330. the planning commission approved penthouse clubs extended hours of operation from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. daily and plan to review this allowance one year from now. per the planning commission motion, evidence was provided to -- evidence was provided to planning that the building is adequately soundproof and a sufficient emergency plan is in place. the applicant conducted sentencesive community outreach over the last year, including inviting planning commission to the hearing. in your file, you will see significant sheets from patrons who attended the -- signature sheets from patrons who attended the hearings. here to tell you more is a representative from penthouse, jeremy paul, along with the owner, joseph carouba. >> good evening, commissioners. jeremy paul on behalf of the penthouse club. i'd like to briefly introduce what the penthouse club is and what it's doing. this location was formerly the home of the stone. that's when i first got to

first talking about the congressional agenda then talking about the white house agenda then talking about the investigative landscape, and if you -- the wi-fi, if you're looking for the wi-fi network, it's just umd, not the umd dash something else. then wi-fi instructions are on the tables. as you are coming and going out of the room, you can come up front or you can also go around the back. just beware of c-span's equipment in the back. we want to thank c-span for airing this. it's going to be on c-span2 all morning i believe. we're very thankful they're going to. be here. i also want to thank the university of maryland for making this space available for us. we'll have one umd grad as one of our panelists today and also for the paul millers, we'll have a handful of paul millers throughout the day and our first panel is going to be introduced by catalina camia. i want to point out one of our paul millers over there, seung min kim and we'll have a couple more paul millers throughout the day. i'm going to turn it over to sandy johnson, president of npf, who will tell you about the organiza

agenda in power.e are going to see the bread crumbs of what democrats would do if they regained the white house and senate in 2020. i think we will see a lot of ideological fights in the party. it will be interesting to see where they end up. energy is one issue i am looking at in particular. we have seen that alexia a --sey cortez -- lex alexandria ocasio-cortez pushing this climate change. she is getting pushback from ideas --one, not over ideological issues, but turf and jurisdiction. he is saying, we do not need another committee. callina: you cover what i the unofficial fourth branch of government, which is the lobbying community and their influence, notg only at the executive branch, but also in congress. what do you see coming up in the next congress? >> ben, you set this up nicely because you were talking about looking at the house democratic agenda as a template for what democrats who are running for the white house in 2020 might view as their policy portfolio. top policy priorities that i am

i am happy that we have this on the agenda.me of the day was not the most opportune time and so many people expressed to me they couldn't be here today, but of the few people who did speak to us spoke eloquently and very specifically. i very much appreciate your comments, and i took notes. thank you. >> commissioner hecommission. >> commissioner veronese: this is an opportunity to choose somebody to take this department to the next level. i am a little disappointed. maybe this is not the right way to do this we didn't hear from more members. i know the fire department like members of the police department are never short of an opinion, and those opinions are really important to this commission. we as a economics before we decide need to figure out a way to really gauge the temperature and the needs of the members of the department because this clearly didn't work. there weren't enough opinions here. i thank the people that did take the time to show up. i don't think it is a very good cross section of the members of the departme

so we will continue to talk about his successes and his agenda for the american people. all-americans and hope he puts a team around himself inside the white house with his administration to allow him to succeed in two years time for his reelection. >> you brought up paul ryan and congress you both wrote in your book broadly speaking the enemies of president trump fall into two categories. in the first we have activist who will never have a nice word to say about a booming economy these congressmen and senators are constantly quoted in the news and the constant presence of the never trump network the second category we have the quiet band including both democrats and a handful of squishy republicans behind the scenes sabotaging the agenda in the congressional shadows both of these are doing all they can to resist trumps policies for all the wrong reasons. how much does the fact the president trump had a republican senate and house but could not get full support behind a lot of the things he wanted to do that he should have been able to with party affiliation? how critica

the affected agenda through october and the agenda during last two debates and affected the agenda iwould argue but not through the content but through the illusion of having content in the last 11 days if they influence that decision. let's first look at the convention. first effect, the material that suggests there was a scale of the dnc against sanders, content is released and debbie wasserman schultz resigns. that's a disruption and as hillary is trying to consolidate the base, content from democratic operatives. >> .. information being used to try to discredit the clinton foundation so there's a second track of information that begins to come out at this time. the debate, sorry, the news agenda for the second debate. october 7 is an important day. in 2016. i'm sure one of the things you will remember although you may not member as october 7 is some vulgar statements by candidate trump. some language that it never got into news before it got into news including grab them by -- and i will not repeat the rest of the sentence. the "access hollywood" tape rakes on that date but that'

. >> i am asking to agenda eyes or a status on the sb 1421. it is the new law that has been passed that will take effect in january. we need to know what the statuses with respect to the records that will be released and what can be released. i think it will be very important for us, especially as we are working with the chief and the department on a serious incident review board and trying to be more transparent as an agency. we need to be advised as to what we can release and what can be posted or made available to the public under the new law and we don't have any guidance thus far i think it will be very important for the work we would be doing. >> i was in touch with the city attorney his office today asking them again for their memo on that. i was promised it would be coming soon. until they are ready to discuss that with us, i don't know what discussion we can have. but they promised me that there is a memo written which has gone up for review and come back down and come to us. i have been asking for that for close to six months now. >>

maria: move on to your agenda. i know you've got a criminal justice bill that's important you'll be working on and then the border wall funding where does it stand? >> first off first step back is in the senate i'm calling on the majority leader right now mitch mcconnell to put this on the floor this is a bill good for americans and across-the-board. maria: lindsay graham wants it on the floor too. >> and the president spoke about this, the rest of the folks at the white house have seen the fact that this is what i say a great argument because we're spending money to put people in jail. 95% of which will get out. maria: they will get out. >> the question is how do you deal with them? are you going to give them the opportunity on their choosing so we are hoping to get that done. maria: are you getting the border wall funding? >> i'm ready to see it funded. the issue for us is leader mccarthy said a moment ago the senate is the issue. they have to come to terms and if schumer wants another shut down, if he wants to p

the fact is the hacking affected the debate agenda, affected the news agenda, minimized the likelihood that sanders supporters would be consolidated behind clinton and disrupted the campaign, and the question is to what extent. was the extent great enough to shift 78,000 votes. i would be happy to take your comments and your questions. or not. yes, ma'am. >> we are recording for c-span so if you could speak into the mic microphone. thank you. >> what do you think really motivated comey to come out with that information at the last minute? >> we know that from the public record from director comey that there were two factors at play for him in making the unprecedented decision to make the july announcement about closing the clinton investigation without charging. ordinarily you would expect that they simply would indicate they're not charging. one was the meeting between bill clinton and loretta lynch on the tarmac. the second was information that he's not free to disclose in public which is classified information, which press coverage would suggest is information in russian hands that

at the cost of the president's agenda.people like guerra and rob, and some others, they had their own agenda as well. they weren't elected to be the president of the united states and look, we saw this too many times. the president asked for a specific policy or specific action to get done, the separate cop and disregard it. it would use that version, selling techniques, goldman is going to forget. that's not what happens but they use their position as influence with the president to say we can't get it done this way. he wants to get things done. he's a businessman who brought that business mentality to washington and his staff by and large at the beginning, did a very serious disservice to him. and i to the american people. >> mentioned spicer, spokesman for a time. you wrote in the book that he really initially didn't want to be part of the campaign. he came aboard and said, reluctantly, after president trump won, have significant was that? >> right after donald trump became the republican nominee job saving senate seats

but in any event, that is something that is already on the agenda for the 116th congress. it is something that, you know, it could affect all kinds of policy areas. it is a way for house democrats, in addition to their oversight agenda, to sort of keep the pressure on the white house, and you know, get corruption and ethics matters sort of top of mind. also in that hr one is likely to measures that deal with voting, restoration of parts of the voting rights act, that the apreme court sort of got it few years ago in a big supreme court decision, so it is a real , but very much a messaging bill, something that house democrats say they need to do for us, so that they can turn their attention to things like climate change or other, you know, policy areas. gun control, what have you. they say this is a way to show the voting public that they are, you know, cleaning up money in politics, cleaning up corruption, and then they can tackle the big policy areas into the next congress, so that is something i am going to be watching. it obviously has a sort of process, implications for

so they slow walk the president agenda. the agenda that he ran on, and that was a huge detriment to the president and we still don't have a transportation, infrastructure spending bill done. so looking forward we have a president who is a dealmaker pick is going to reach across the partisan divide, work with nancy pelosi if she is the speaker of the house and say look, let's rebuild our roads, rebuild our bridges and airports and train stations and seaports because with the biggest economy in the world, and our people deserve to drive on roads that are safe and secure and not a bridges fall down on them. that should have gotten that in the first two years, and the republicans in washington, d.c. stopped his agenda because they didn't fully, they could work well enough together. so now let's see if we can get something done in the next two years moving forward for the american people. >> a deep state, always a huge topic. i called it something else working in d.c. after twentysomething years under different administrations a

to this traditional values of the agenda. specific arguments that duggan has i don't think are necessarily taken up by putin. they are taken up by the alt-right. >> melody is next. then david. let's wait for the microphone. >> i have a question for dr. kim. this is really to help me. i come from a perspective of studying religion in europe. and what i see here is not an american but very much a global western emergence. i don't see a lot of differences in whether this is exceptional. but my bigger question is how religion and race gets collapsed. but it's not just color. a white jew or a caucasian muslim also can't be. part of these groups. and it really makes me think of the sort of right growing in germany nay they speak in these terms of blood purity and how religion and race are in a way inseparable. i'm wondering if they are separable and how it distinguished between the two and the ways they define themselves and define whoever these others are. >> i think the interesting thing is i think there's been a will the of disc

that is our for the people agenda. lower health care costs, bigger paychecks, integrity in government. for a while now, congressman john sarbanes of maryland has been working on that initiative. h.r. 1, that was signed by so many, the first order of business when we come here. h.r. 1, that was signed by so many, the first order of the impact of that will be transformative, amplify the voice of every american so they know that their voices matter. i'm very pleased to see the energy and entrepreneurial spirit that our new members are bringing, and want to acknowledge that we are joined by representative-elect dean phillips of minnesota. mary scanlon from pennsylvania, already sworn in. she has seniority. [laughter] rep. pelosi: andy craig from minnesota. tom malinowski of new jersey. chris pappas of new jersey. guest of new hampshire. chris pappas of new hampshire. susan wild of pennsylvania. susan is already sworn in. hundreds of guests cheered you on. [laughter] rep. pelosi: not only do they have seniority, they had th

we were to your agenda that needs to move very quickly.ght in the house and i think the reality is the president, his own team and his own agenda. lou: reality is if i can put it this way, that the president is facing accidental threat. whether they be russia, whether they be the people's republic of china, whether it be a body politic in this country part of which is committed to the destruction of donald trump and his agenda. >> even more so, the new democrat leadership in the house. i think as the world is changing rapidly around the president, he has to be out there to deal with that and not be distracted by petty stuff back at home.lou: okay so, on december 21, we got the spending bill that funds the government through 21 december. the issue really is there. does the president get the sum he has asked for from the time he came in, $5 billion is the first installment on a $25 billion wall. signature, basic fundamental promise that he made. >> he has to get it. and the speaker elect, nancy pelosi has a ready said today he will not get i

defense, that was already on the agenda.ith the fact that the suspect seems to have crossed european borders, security and defense high on people's minds. >> climate change is on the agenda today because it is the final day of the top 24 climate conference in a polish city. countries brokered a global deal to and climate change. as negotiations begin, old divisions are stronger than other. one who has been following that is valerie from the environment team. countries are running out of time. they need to agree on a final text by the day. >> the u.n. is preparing for negotiations to continue through saturday. things are in flux here as we approach the end of negotiations. a draft of the tax -- draft of the text was released thursday. most ministers returned to their hotels and were called back into the conference center to extend discussions. asry hour matters here negotiators try to stick to their deadlines. two issues remain unresolved. the first is the guidelines that will make the agreement operational. they are concerne

of course, emmanuel macron became president of france with a similar agenda. they are now facing riots and burning down the town. cliff fallon is an associate editor at city journal. he joins us. wouldn't it be quicker for michael bloomberg to throw $100 million out of the window and watch it float into the atlantic? >> $100 million for michael bloomberg, that's what he leaves under the plate. he spent $100 million on his third mayoral campaign. he spent $100 million in the recent mid-term elections when he wasn't running. when wilson says he is willing to spend more than $100 million, i think we can assume he is willing to spend comfortably more, in the billions, to achieve this. >> is he not just, though, one of these politicians who is too disconnected from ordinary life? he was all about the trans fans to regulate the salt out of your cheeseburger. when it snowed, he couldn't regulate any salt on to 7th avenue. that was beyond me. >> and sodas and salt and trans fat, those were all things that he focused on. at the same time, bloomberg was a nonpartisan, t

items. >> are there any future agenda items,? >> this is restating what we've already stated in the meeting. i just wanted to be clear that i wanted it as a future agenda item and i will defer to the chair on scheduling which meeting it goes to. but just to make sure that they are adding, as an agenda item a special study that will builds on the report that will model the sydney plan. we can think of a better name for this agenda item at a later time, but essentially, that is what i am looking for and that it also be included in our budget discussion when we look at the next fiscal budget. thank you. >> thank you very much. is there any business, other business for us today? >> that concludes our business -- public comment. >> public comments. i'm so sorry. >> hello again. one little comment on this. this is something i've said before but we need to make sure we are hammering at home. biomass is not a good way to do renewables. the sydney plan has a lot of biomass and biogas in it. it is very important. that plan was written befo

and it's an agenda that we saw in syria you know it's an agenda that will lead to war it's an agenda that risks nuclear conflict with the two great nuclear powers it's an agenda that needs to be stopped. after the alabama case came to light facebook suspended five accounts link to where it says this was for engaging in a coordinated in authentic behavior now one of those who is a coward was reportedly suspended earlier denied any involvement in any campaign to influence the public during the alabama election. from russia's economy and education to possible nuclear war and world domination president vladimir putin fielded a wide array of questions from journalists on thursday during his fourteenth annual q. and a with the media we rounded up some of the keep. the us is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty going to happen it's hard to imagine what if the rockets are located in europe what should we do of course we will have to insure our security with concrete steps but let's not say later that we are trying to get some advantage we're not trying to get some advantage but merely to seek your

staff is requesting agenda item hh is removed from the agenda. >> president serina: happy to accommodate. may i have approval of the agenda? may i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> second. >> president serina: thank you. any discussion or comments from the public? all in favor? [ayes] >> president serina: any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. may i have a motion to approve the november 14, 2018, minutes? >> so moved. >> second. >> president serina: thank you. any discussion? any comments from the public? all in favor. [ayes] >> president serina: thank you. the motion carries. deputy director cindy kauffman, you're own. >> deputy director kauffman: thank you. this will be a short report since we met a couple of weeks ago and director mcspadden give you updates. director mcspadden is in washington, d.c. for a board meeting. n 4a is the national association of area agencies on aging. we refer to those as aaa. we are aaa here and we have most of our contracts. they are working through their policy priorities this week that they will work on at a national level. this is also an

of course has been addressed in the tradition and agenda of to return our dispute to war and conflict neglecting what today's agenda is much more important today for security what are the scar shooty what we can call the new office and i believe the agenda that had been approved by the whole international community in two thousand and fifteen shoulder way what are the real root causes of the approach . has been awarding share the other has many factors one of the reason why destructive cation and lack of food security. it is made gratian as you say because that is the root cause is that people are a star be some friend from chad describe their pull over to their hunger so the new transitional phase that the un is taking shape now the new way to address the term national agenda today should conduct us to put food security and these seventeen goals all of the is d. at the top priority of international relationship so to discuss today here in doha how we should address this issue is ect absolutely essential so just to go to the subject and understanding your question about me gratian. wh

and it's an agenda that we saw in syria you know it's an agenda that will lead to war it's an agenda that risks nuclear conflict with the two great nuclear powers it's an agenda that needs to be stopped. the trumpet ministration has taken another hit defense secretary james mattis has announced he's leaving his post pointing to differences of opinion with his commander in chief. because you have a right to have a secretary of defense whose views are best or aligned with us on these and other subjects i believe it's right for me to step down from my position james mattis has served in the military for over forty years now and has been defense secretary from the start of trump's term he supported the president's calls to strengthen the military but was known to disagree with from many points including this week's surprise decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. well the announcement seems to have been the last straw for this it also appears to have driven a wedge between the us and uk large as well with many media analysts stablish own figures criticizing the move while the americ

soledad: does that sound like too much of an agenda? mike: there is no democratic agenda.s opposition to president trump. the democrats did not offer a real positive agenda on a number of specific issues. we have a narrow window before 2020 presidential campaigns consume everything. and i think if there is any legislating to be done, it's probably in the areas of infrastructure or immigration. but the oversight is really going to be -- the investigations are really going to be the primary focus of the democratic majority in the house. i think that's where the attention is. that's where the clicks are. that's where the money is. that's where the media is. and that's going to be the overwhelming obsession of this new democratic majority. soledad: and couldn't you argue -- and voters who installed those democrats and many of them felt like, well, there's not a lot of oversight from republicans for the president at this moment. ok there should be oversight. , what is going on with russia? what is happening with jamal khashoggi? how is this debate happening in front of tv camer

which will be covered later on today's agenda. it's our understanding additional information was being assembled at the time of our c.a.c. meeting and will be presented in the item today. with that, the c.a.c. looks forward to hearing more on the latest update, next steps, and timelines. thank you for the opportunity to provide this update and happy to answer any questions. >> questions from board members? thank you for your report. >> clerk: all right. go ahead and call your next item? >> yes, please. [agenda item read] >> clerk: directors, we've not received that a member of the public wishes to address you on this item. we can go ahead and move on your consent calendar. >> yes, you may. [agenda item read] >> clerk: and directors, i've not received any indication that a member of the public or any member of the board wishes to have a matter severed. >> motion. >> second. >> clerk: with that, go ahead and call the roll call vote? >> yes. >> clerk: okay. with that -- [roll call] >> clerk: this's seven ayes, and the consent calenda