. >> the appellant please come forward. >> yeah. let me focus on two things here. >> the one is the i think the mistaken great calculations height calculations if you were to take or from the sponsors take a look at that and see you know where the grade line deviates from the average line i have in my belief we had it here again, it looks even though i'm not the expert it is obvious there is a deviation between to two lines there is about a two foot difference if that can be xuktd into this i think we would be one step color to down is there any further business before this committee that big box that he's i have no idea those square feet changed so much i understand if they change a little bit but here they change in 7 thousand one hundred to now 4 thousand 8 hundred that is enormous and the plans have not changed i mean i've seen the plans after several the meetings i don't know what is happening a big project and everybody here has confirmed that. >> it is a big project right next to my cottage and that i think should be taken in

use of parking garages again to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of parking garages that appellant is asking for clarification it can use the approved 88 parking garages for more than 88 vehicles again, the regulations that were in effect at the time that was approved in 2005 the approval for the planning commission approval of this project required 88 spaces no where did those limit or medication cars that might use the 88 spaces that came about as part of rincon hill zoning scheme but those regulations are not applicable to in project i'll boil it down thus, this really a fairly - there are a couple of simple questions before the board got rincon hill zoning regulations apply the answer is clearly no and the zoning administrator would agree with that do the regulations number 2 that apply to the project limit the number of vehicles that may use 7 parking garages the answer is no does the approval in 2005 limit the number of cars that may use the parking garages the answer is no with all respect the zoning administrator determination is politically rules to this project that don't

. >> and hear from the appellant. >> just to confirm permit holder not appellant also here thank you for hearing us tonight commissioner fung mr. condemning has been civil and met with the representatives on occasion has been concerned this facility might not not conform with the fcc guidelines we filled the applications and then substantially an equipment change that modifications the wattage so additional reports were prepared and mr. congest pointed out technical difference the site will comply that the fcc guidelines and the department of health is concerned and their certificate and we encourage you to move forward and include that i know to the repeat this is testing at the bay window and the fire escape so after installation the gentleman has assurance they'll comply that the fcc guidelines and condition to maintain the process or mechanism foreign further testing should that be necessary a small discrete facility approved by the board of supervisors and through the public utilities commission to provide this excellent high speed services to the community we're thankful to bri

the project sponsors house right here this is the appellants house you can see the appellants house isot line to lot line and the project sponsors house is here this the adjacent to the west they're constructing as we speak a vertical addition with a deck virtually dental to what is before you. >> this is the neighbors top floor under construction this the appellants house which exceeds the height limit by 7 feet with no rear yard the next house to the east has no rear yard exceeds the height limit two smaller houses here had look much the same after the work is completed. >> i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> and the projector architect is here if you have any questions about the plans or the elevations thank you. >> counselor. >> yeah. >> are you aware was the project that is built is that dr'd as well are you aware if it project was dr'd. >> it was not dr'd. >> not dr'd and . >> and cal hallow didn't file any letters. >> any addendums or change to the plans since the planning commission. >> yeah. the deck was made smaller maybe the architect can talk about that.

henry the agent action requested by appellant to modify the order of abatement to allow for time to address the pending application through the building department. >> good morning henry for it. >> i'm sorry the staff has to present for the record the staff has 7 minutes to address their case and the appellants have 3 minutes and public comment. >> rosemary bosque, chief housing inspector. is a role call vote with 19 gift rooms a legal use and two dwelling units in the december of 2014 based on complachlts from occupants the housing inspected the building a conversion without a permit from the 19 residential gifts rooms to thirty guests room a notice of violation was issued in 2014 substantially in january of 2015 the appellants when ahead and filed a building permit to convert the building back to the last leg use as 19 residential guests rooms and two dwelling units that permit was issued and no work outdoor on that through at least two years and then in december this last december a permit was filed to legalize the thirty 0 guest rooms now in looking at the permit history what st

don't have much this is a very important issue and important point that was part of appellants primary argument and i don't know that the building permit has before provided with all the information necessary to make a decision only priority with information from one party not both parties they've been provided with plans to make this decision so urban design group this is very unfortunate it the approach taken had that been done some time ago that was an actual filed even looks like the request was made in mid-november with the department of building inspection had this been done before the previous hearing when the appeal was filed had the department of building inspection and inspector duffy been made aware of the request it could have been facilitated that was poorly handled by the appellant but it is important information to gather we want to make sure we have the accurate facts and defer to the department of building inspection on this matter the question of the impacts on the adjacent property was one of the reasons he had them make changes to the project after the initial his a

there -- there is no requirement for the successful appellant to bring -- to bring an action. rather, the -- what the -- justice kagan: so your complaint is not to the nature of this action and to exactly what you have to prove. you're saying that as soon as the conviction is vacated, the state has to put a check in the mail. stuart banner: well, okay. that may be a little too -- a little too simple. so that the -- in our view the -- the -- a proper procedure would be the procedure that was followed in these cases, where, after -- in shannon nelson's case, after she was acquited, she filed a motion back in the original trial court saying, look, i've been acquited, please give me my money back. justice kagan: no. i guess i'm asking, if your theory is right, why is even that necessary? if your theory is right, it seems -- i mean, you know -- you know, you might file a motion because the state hasn't done what it's supposed to do, but it seems as though the obligation on the state's part is immediately to put a check in the mail. stuart banner: no, that's right. that's right. tha

there is no requirement for the successful appellant to bring an action. rather, what the -- >> so your complaint is not the nature to the act or what you have to prove. you're saying as soon as the conviction is vacated, the state has to put the check in the mail. >> that may be a little too simple. in our view, it would be the procedure followed in these cases where after shannon nelson's case, after she was acquitted, she filed a motion wac in the original trial court saying, look, i've been acquitted. please give me my money back. >> i'm asking, if your theory is right, why is that even necessary? if your theory is right, it seems, you know, you might file a motion because the state hasn't done what it's supposed to do but seems like the obligation on the state's part is to immediately put a check in the mail. >> that's right. so when that hadn't happened, we filed the motion in both cases. >> i was just going to say, i understood in responding to justice alito, the state had to give the money back because they acquired it as a result of the flawed pro

henry the agent action requested by appellant to modify the order of abatement to allow for time to address the pending application through the building department. >> good morning henry for it. >> i'm sorry the staff has to present for the record the staff has 7 minutes to address their case and the appellants have 3 minutes and public comment. >> rosemary bosque, chief housing inspector. is a role call vote with 19 gift rooms a legal use and two dwelling units in the december of 2014 based on complachlts from occupants the housing inspected the building a conversion without a permit from the 19 residential gifts rooms to thirty guests room a notice of violation was issued in 2014 substantially in january of 2015 the appellants when ahead and filed a building permit to convert the building back to the last leg use as 19 residential guests rooms and two dwelling units that permit was issued and no work outdoor on that through at least two years and then in december this last december a permit was filed to legalize the thirty 0 guest rooms now in looking at the permit history what st

he confirm the appellant all the appellants have jointly requested a continuance with the project sponsorther attorney with the project sponsor is here as well. >> thank you. >> supervisor president london breed and members of the board on behalf of the project sponsor indeed that request was made 1:30 this afternoon that's why supervisor peskin is not aware we requested that. >> thank you. >> and so supervisor peskin. >> and if the appellant and the project sponsor agree to the 24 that is fine too i was not aware of the request. >> well, let's stick to the tenth if we need to continue it at this time we'll do that. >> i heard one of the parties say they've married a request i don't know if other members seen it but i know what i heard they wanted the 24 from the pardon and appellant we have one hearing on the tenth. >> would you last week to amend our motion to the 24th street of january. >> so moved. >> and seconded by - any member of the public that want to provider public comments on the continuance seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take that without objection,

he confirm the appellant all the appellants have jointly requested a continuance with the project sponsor another attorney with the project sponsor is here as well. >> thank you. >> supervisor president london breed and members of the board on behalf of the project sponsor indeed that request was made 1:30 this afternoon that's why supervisor peskin is not aware we requested that. >> thank you. >> and so supervisor peskin. >> and if the appellant and the project sponsor agree to the 24 that is fine too i was not aware of the request. >> well, let's stick to the tenth if we need to continue it at this time we'll do that. >> i heard one of the parties say they've married a request i don't know if other members seen it but i know what i heard they wanted the 24 from the pardon and appellant we have one hearing on the tenth. >> would you last week to amend our motion to the 24th street of january. >> so moved. >> and seconded by - any member of the public that want to provider public comments on the continuance seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take that without object

we have well over 100, i think it's 100 and three vacancies at the federal level, at the appellate level, and i think that's going to continue to guide him. reporter: point of personal and which -- personal privilege. [inaudible] sec. spicer: i was just told the president is about to speak. i will get you the executive orders asap. real quick, hold on -- just for guidance purposes, we will be gambling tomorrow on -- be gathering tomorrow on air force one. bye, guys. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> kind of a quick end to sean spicer's briefing at the white house, saying that the president is about to speak. donald trump headed over to the homeland security department for the swearing in of the new homeland security director, former general kelly. we will open up our phone lines to get your thoughts on the trump presidency midweek in his first week as president. (202)748-8920 -- we welcome your comments on twitter. send us a tw

patrick toomey for plaintiff's appellants. this is a program of unprecedented breadth, one that involves searching the full contents of messages in real time. the plaintiffs have challenged it on both statutory and constitutional ground. the only question before the court today though is whether the plaintiff's alleged standing. the government asked the court not to credit the plaintiff's allegation, and the amended complaint, but there is no question that applying the same rules in any other case, the plaintiffs have alleged standing. that is precisely the lesson of the third circuit's recent decision that permitted a challenge to 702 surveillance to go forward. here, we have alleged that the government is searching international communications over to the internet backbone, and we have explained in detail how it is taking place. first, we haveel a ledged facts that the nsa is copying and reviewing at a least some of wikimedia's trillion or more international communications -- >> mr. toomey, do i correctly understand, and thi

. >> how would an appellate court look when the district court has said this is not a part of my decision? >> those are in the record and that is part of the appellate record and this court could discredit that on the basis of -- >> we would have to convert that for a motion of summary judgment wouldn't we? >> watch this case from our library on c-span.org. >> the mayor of washington d.c., secret service update preparations for january 20th. >>> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to historic fort mcnm mcnair, i will tell you that we are honored to be the department of defense lead for ceremonial support of being this team and planning this historic event. this dates back to 1989 when soldiers escorted george washington to the haul in new york city and we are proud to carry on this tradition today we are honored to have with us the mayor of washington d.c. so please welcome mayor merrial bowser. good morning, everybody, we are delighted to be here and i want to thank the general and all of his staff who support us each and every day but who will especially be supporting us in the 58th i

>> those are in the record and that is part of the appellate record and this court could discredit that on the basis of -- >> we would have to convert that for a motion of summary judgment wouldn't we? >> watch this case from our library on c-span.org. >> the mayor of washington d.c., secret service update pr

permit holder will have a separate monitoring system and any fencing or gene no higher than the appellants windowsill and . >> this project is code compliant and add at no cost to adjoining neighbors. >> the monitoring system. >> correct. >> we should add that as a multiple joint motion. >> okay. on that motion then commissioner fung commissioner lazarus and commissioner swig. >> that item passes with a vote of 4 to zero there's no further business. >> thank you, everyone for your patience and >> alright, good morning, everyone, welcome to our plans and programs meeting of the san francisco tran por transportation thortd, today is tuesday january 17, 2017. our clerk is steve stamos and today we are joined by two new commissioners, commissioner jeff sheehy and [inaudible] safai, with that, mr. clerk, let's call the ro*l. >> iem tem 1, roll call, commissioner breed, absent, commissioner farrell, absent, commissioner safai, present, commissioner sheehy. er >> prenlt. sheehy, present. >> commissioner tang? >> present. >> we have a quorum. er >> thank you, item 2, please. er >> item 2, citizens

appellant cents in 2 supplemental appeal letters that are not address in the our appeal respond.ne was the supplemental letters dated december second and the other is dated december 12. there is information in appeal letters that includes a concern that construction generated ground vibration related to excavation an bedrock could negatively impact the inn {teg} activity of the pipeline 109 in proximity to areas where gound disturbance would occur. the planning department agrees this concern mayor receipts further investigation accordingly we rest send cad ex so the planning department would have the opportunity to have additional analysis of reasonable possibility of significant environmental effect due to unusual circumstances. and we are specifically feeling that the area in which we need to {-p} could duct further analysis is related to potential vibratory impact. and i guess i would -- if i may. speaker: supervise or i would just say your admission this letter was dated december 12. today is january 24. so this is not new information. this is information that has been in the

court, and if there are splits in the appellant court throughout the country, now it could get to the supreme court of the united states and that's the process moving forward. >> thank you both for joining us as we have tried to unpack all that has happened in the last few hours. >> thank you. >>> still to come, an iranian oscar nominee may not be able to travel to next month's oscar ceremony. >>> plus, our political panel weighs in on the president's executive order and his claim that the ban is, quote, working nicely. only at&t offers you all your live channels and dvr on your devices, data-free. it's entertainment. your way. it's my decision ito make beauty last. roc® retinol, started visibly reducing my fine lines and wrinkles in one week. and the longer i use it, the better it works. retinol correxion® from roc. methods, not miracles.™ >>> if you are just joining us, we are following breaking news. federal judges. >>> there are district courts as we said, across the country. do you see any evidence that is executive order wasn't executed properly? >> sure. it was not conceived of

cbs news conserve tougher appellate judges are the two -- conservative appellate judges are two top contenders. >> i think you will be very impressed with this person. >> president trump narrowed his choices to conservative federal court judges of colorado and pennsylvania. mr. trump is filling the vacancy on the 9 member court created by the death of antonin scalia. >> people talk about members of their professions as lions of their professions. i often have a difficult time understanding the analogy, not so with justice scalia. >> he earned his doctorate from harvard university. he served in george w. bush's justice department. >> our role as judge sunny skies to interpret the law. >> he graduate -- judges is to interpret the law. >> he put himself school by a taxi. >> at least we'll be getting back to having an actual functioning court where 5-4 decisions can be made. but no it won't make any huge difference. >> some senate democrats have pledged to fight whomever he nominates to the lifelong post. >> that's an incredible level of irresponsibility of senate democrats who should be looking t

. >> reporter: it caused problems at the state's justice complex that houses the supreme court, appellateourt and a number of other offices. it caused problems at two courthouses where water pressure was so slow it was impossible to open. it's affecting 4,000 people who work in the buildings not to mention the others who do business there. >> i was coming u

when you go to law school and read an appellate case you don't know what it is about. about the whole thing. i sort of got really interested in that kind of thing some years ago when it was part of her book later. amity slays wrote a book about this, a big case that struck down as different nra during the depression. you would think this was a huge deal if you are reading the appellate case and three orthodox butchers in new york government says can't allow their customers to pick up -- a different perspective on what is this about? to humanize it. the mcdonald case, which was in the legal sense about whether the second amendment rights should be incorporated in other parts of the bill of rights as it would apply in the federal government but what it was about was otis mcdonald. otis mcdonald was a black chicagoan who at the age of 14, the son of sharecropper from louisiana had migrated north. there was a lot of that in those days, he got a job, didn't have a high school education, got a job as a janitor, went off to the war, fought in the war, came back, bought a dece

if appealed, a trial at the federal appellate court level could stop the enforcement all together.hile getting all the way to the supreme court normally takes years, a yale professor says in rare cases of paramount importance, cases can skill the appellate court and go straight to the nation's highest. >>> california's u.s. senators pledging efforts in response to president trump's executive order. diane feinstein plans to introduce a pair of bills today. one of those would immediately rescind the order. feinstein would need republican support in order for that to pass. the gop holds a majority. at least four republican senators already said the order is extreme. house minority leader nancy pelosi says democrats will introduce their bill to rescind the ban, led by the representative from san jose. >> congresswoman harris is embracing the protests to stop the president's order. she joined protesters outside of the white house yesterday and is demanding anyone detained at a port of entry has access to legal county. >> -- counsel. >> we are going to fight for ourselves. we are going t

midlands and the northern parts of england and the northern parts of england and the peak district and appellantsorth and west in particular. some bricks developing for north west wales and south coast later. perhaps northern ireland but it is closed on this weather front and the wind will be a feature of the weather. these are the temperatures on the thermometer but with the cloud, adding on that wind, it will be quite roll and about. the wind is still a feature. there is a su btle wind is still a feature. there is a subtle direction change, coming from the bay of biscay, marginally less cold, still cold enough for a smattering of snow in eastern areas first thing on friday morning but in heavy showers taking over, for some time and they could materialise across southern and western areas and on strengthening wind, potentially gale force, later in the day. we could get double figures in plymouth. milder air close by and through saturday the showers push across the country, that is a first we have seen for some time. quite a bit of cloud on saturday, sunday is looking largely dry and bright, clea

the appellants have withdrawn their conditional use appeal i pack a motion to adopt item 17 and there is a motion on the table 18 and 19. >> okay supervisor ronen has made a motion seconded by supervisor peskin any public comment on the items seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues without objection without objection the motion passed unanimously all right. madam clerk go to the next 3:00 p.m. special orders >> items 20 and 21 are pursuant to a resolution on december 13, 2016, the board will queen a committee as a whole for a public hearing to consider the the subject property the proposed vacation of certain san francisco public works public easements. >> supervisor yee. >> this is part of the development plan that was passed in 2011 i believe so i ask my colleagues to just for their support of this item. >> thank you supervisor yee. >> all right. this hearing is now open and - let's see one second - >> okay. colleagues we're sitting as a which he as a whole to discuss the public utilities commission public service easement we've open this at this time colleagues, any more

. >> glenn and rebecca are the latest of nearly a dozen appellate attorneys who have tried to help rosario. >> this case has gone all the way to the united states supreme court and he has been denied over and over again. what makes you think that you can do something different than every other attorney? >> what's the babe ruth comment? >> it is hard to beat someone who never gives up. >> and we're in the bronx, by the way. >> glenn and rebecca needed a hook. something new to convince a judge to grant rosario another day in court. i wonder about that slapping incident. something rosario's original jury never heard about. >> i'm really intrigued by that. that to me seems like a little more of a motive than a random bump in the street. it didn't seem like the detectives vigorously investigated that, did they? >> it is my understanding that they did not do very much to follow up on it. >> the attorneys tell me they don't know much about it either but believe they found something even more important. when they began to focus a woman named nicole torres. >> nicole torres was a witness originally

if appealed, a trial at the federal appellate court level could stop the enforcement all together.le getting all the way to the supreme court normally takes years, a yale professor says in rare cases of, quote, paramount importance, cases can skip the appellate court level and go to the nation's highest. >>> u.s. senators are pledging efforts in response to president trump's order. diane feinstein plans to introduce a pair of bills today, one of which would rescind the order. feinstein would need republican support for the bill to pass since the gop holds 52 of the senate's 100 seats. at least four republican senators said the order is extreme. house minority leader nancy pelosi says house democrats will introduce their own bill to rescind the ban, which will be led by representative jo jose. >>> freshman senator harris is embracing the effort and emerging as a protest leader. she joined protesters outside of the white house yesterday demanding anyone detained at a u.s. port of entry has access to legal counsel. >> we are going to fight for ourselves. we are going to fight for our

. >> reporter: it caused problems at the state's justice complex that houses the supreme court, appellate court and a number of other offices. it caused problems at two courthouses where water pressure was so slow it was impossible to open. it's affecting 4,000 people who work in the buildings not to mention the others who do business there. >> i was coming up for an appeal today that was to be argued. >> reporter: haddon heights attorney was one of many who arrived at the hughes justice complex in trenton to argue a case, but they were turned away because of a 16-inch water main that flooded and shut down market street. >> i had no clue what was going on, i want to the buildings, they said it's closed. i see all the water people out. >> due to we've had extreme weather conditions and temperatures low, we've had personnel out here since 5:00 a.m. >> reporter: the water main break turned the area into a skating rink, ice covered the roads and the sidewalk and shut down the courthouse buildings adjacent to the complex. >> we showed up for court today, the door is locked, the sign says no co

2005 with a maximum of one parking space for each dwelling unit for the applicable controls the appellant said this limited the number of parking spaces but not the number of cars that can park in the building and their proposal to add valet parking will not require cu which is required by the county interim controls the board unanimously upheld the letter of determination and the appellant will have to seek a cu if they add more parking facilities. >> if no questions move on to general public comment comment not to exceed 15 minutes. at this time, members of the public may address the commission to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. i have no speaker cards. >> is there any general public comment? any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. general public comment is closed. >> places us under our regular calendar fo

. >> glenn and rebecca are the latest of nearly a dozen appellate attorneys who have volunteered to help rosario overturn the conviction. >> this case has gone all the way to the united states supreme court and he has been denied over and over again. what makes you think that you can do something different than every other attorney? >> what's the babe ruth comment? >> it is hard to beat someone who never gives up. >> and we're in the bronx, by the way. >> glenn and rebecca needed a hook. something new to convince a judge to grant rosario another day in court. i wonder about that slapping incident. something rosario's original jury never heard about. >> i'm really intrigued by that. that to me seems like a little more of a motive than a random bump in the street. it didn't seem like the detectives vigorously investigated that, did they? >> it is my understanding that they did not do very much to follow up on it. >> the attorneys tell me they don't know much about it either but believe they found something even more important. when they began to focus a woman named nicole torres. >> nicole

nancy hollander is manning's appellate attorney. chase strangio of the aclu represents chelsea manning in a lawsuit against the pentagon for denial of medical care related to her gender dysphoria. also with us is the intercept's .o emy scahill, author welcome to democracy now! chase strangio to your response? >> first of all, i want to thank you and everyone who supported chelsea over the years. this was a mass mobilization effort, keeping her story alive, led by chelsea herself and all of the people who made sure that nobody forgot the justice that she fought for in the incredible symbol of democratic principles and advocacy that she really embodies. yesterday was an incredible day for us, those who care about her. as i said time and again, president obama really had her life in his hands and it is such a relief he acted on the side of mercy and justice. amy: have you spoken to chelsea? >> unfortunately, we haven't. that is a bit concerning, but we are remaining hopeful we will be able to use the quiver today and be up to share thi

you would think this was this huge deal if you read in the appellate case, and then you find out it's about three orthodox pushers butchers in new york that says it can allow customers to pick out their chicken. gives you a whole different perspective on what is this really about, to sort of humanizing the mcdonald case which, in a legal sense was about whether the second amendment rights should be incorporated so that it would apply to the states as well as the federal government, but what it was about was otis mcdonald. otis mcdonald was a black chicagoan who at the age of 14, the sun of parents who had migrated north, he got a job and didn't have a high school education. he got a job as a janitor. he went off to war, fought in war and got married, but a decent house, got his ged, eventually became head of the janitorial union of the local schools. his kids were grown and his wife had died and his neighborhood which had been a pretty decent neighborhood when he bought the house in the 1950s became the home of gang bangers and drug dealers. he applied to the city of chicago to keep i

throughout the trial and appellate process, the defendant maintained his innocence.e defendant's public advocate, fabrice epstein crafted a defense based on reasonable doubt. >> this is, for me, an act of courage. to say that i believe this person. i believe that when there's a genocide, there could be innocent people. this one is so i will defend him. >> reporter: the case has particular significance for epstein: he's jewish and the grandson of a holocaust survivor. >> i spoke with the client about my origins, about my family, of course, and he knows that it's really important for me that he doesn't lie because-when we're talking about genocide, it's something really deep. it reminds me what my people went through. >> reporter: the first trial ended in 2014 with simbikangwa's conviction for genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity. the appellate court upheld the conviction. simbikangwa will now serve a 25 year prison sentence. following the simbikangwa trial, two more rwandan fugitives located by the gauthiers were been prosecuted in france. both were conv

i am sure some folks here when you go to law school and read the appellate case you don't know what it is about. i got interested in that kind of thing, amity slays wrote about the shepherd piece, a big case that struck down a different nra. in the depression. you would think this was a huge deal about the appellate case and you find out three orthodox butchers of the new york that can't allow their customers to pick it up and gives you a different perspective on what this is about, to humanize it. the mcdonald's case which was in a legal sense about whether the second amendment rights should be incorporated as other parts would apply to the states as well as the federal government but it was about mcdonald, a black chicagoan at the age of 14. the sun of sharecropper paris migrated north, there was a lot of that, got a job and didn't have a high school education, got a job as a janitor and went to war, or came back, got his ged, head of the janitorial union in public schools locally, his kids were grown, his wife had died, his neighborhood which had been a decent neighborhood when he b

the appellants have withdrawn their conditional use appeal i pack a motion to adopt item 17 and there is a motion on the table 18 and 19. >> okay supervisor ronen has made a motion seconded by supervisor peskin any public comment on the items seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues without objection without objection the motion passed unanimously all right. madam clerk go to the next 3:00 p.m. special orders >> items 20 and 21 are pursuant to a resolution on december 13, 2016, the board will queen a committee as a whole for a public hearing to consider the the subject property the proposed vacation of certain san francisco public works public easements. >> supervisor yee. >> this is part of the development plan that was passed in 2011 i believe so i ask my colleagues to just for their support of this item. >> thank you supervisor yee. >> all right. this hearing is now open and - let's see one second - >> okay. colleagues we're sitting as a which he as a whole to discuss the public utilities commission public service easement we've open this at this time colleagues, any more

know, and i'm sure some of -- if you, some folks here, when you go to law school and you read an appellateu really don't know what the hell it's about. [laughter] you know? >> yeah. >> about the whole thing. and i sort of got really interested in that kind of thing some years ago when she later, it was part of her book later, but amity shlaes has written an article about the scheckter case that struck down the nra back during the depression, and you would think this was this huge deal if you're reading the appellate case. and then you find out it's about three orthodox butchers in new york who the government says can't allow their customers to pick out their chicken. it gives you a whole different perspective about what is this really about, to humanize it. so the mcdonald case, which was in the legal sense about when the second amendment rights should be incorporated as other parts of the bill of rights had so that it would apply to the states as well as the federal government. otis mcdonald was a black chicago wan who, at the age of 14, son of sharecropper parents from louisiana, had mig

if appealed, the trial at the federal appellate level could stop the enforcement all together. while getting to the supreme court normally takes years, a yale professor said in rare cases of, quote, importance, it can go straight to the highest court. >>> democratic senator diane feinstein plans to introduce a pair of bills today, one of which would immediately rescind the order. she'd need republican support for it to pass. the gop holds 52 of the seats. at least four republican senators say the order is extreme. nancy pelosi says house democrats will introduce their own bill to rescind the ban. >>> freshman california senator harris is embracing feinstein's effort and emerging as a protest leader. harris joined hundreds of protesters outside the white house yesterday. anyone tained at a port of entry she demands has right to counsel. >> we are going to fight for our immigrant brothers and sisters because they and we are what makes this country great. >> harris says no matter what the white house calls it, the president's executive order is a muslim ban. >> president trump rel

from there, either side can appeal to an appellate court and all the way up to the united states supreme court. in the news room, andria borba, kpix5. >> thanks. >>> tonight, google is telling some of its employees traveling overseas to come back home. bloomburg is reporting the company ordered 100 companies to come back to the u.s. over concerns they would be banned from reentering the u.s. under mr. trump's executive order. in a letter to employees, apple ceo tim cook announced he doesn't support president trump's order writing apple wouldn't exist would immigration. let alone thrive and innovate the way we do. our employees represent the finallest talent in the world and our team hails from every corner of the globe. carter evans has more on silicon valley's vow to fight the immigration plan. >> reporter: the president's aggressive immigration agenda has silicon valley prepares to take on mr. trump. at issue, h1b visas. companies rely on them to recruit top talent from and the world. jessica levenson is a law professor. >> this visa program is i think very much on the table. my guess

both federal appellate judges. both relatively young. would be on the befrm quite a long time. is there a difference between them that might make one more palettable to the united states senate than the other? >> it's interesting. neil gorsuch, he would be more the establishment pick, right? he is from colorado. a kennedy clerk. he has opinions on religious liberty. the conservatives really like him. he is young, 49 years old. presidents like to put young people up there for a lasting legacy, and he sailsed through his confirmation hearings. then there's thomas hardaman. he has a very interesting personal story that might appeal to trump. he was first in his family to graduate from college. he drove a cab for a while. he is friends with trump's sister. two conservatives, but they're pretty different in the calculation that trump will have to make. >> pam brown, stay with us. pam, as we await this to play out tonight, there's always competing forces on something like this. he said he would pick from this list, but even today even though conservatives are basically happy, now you