vietnam helicopter pilot association committee chairman. it was bob's vision, dedication, and completion that we are here today. please join me in a round of applause. [applause] mike: bob, stand up. they were still applauding. bob: oh, many thanks. [laughter] mike: there are others to be recognized. i ask that you hold your applause until i recognize everyone. for their lasting support of the monument we dedicate today, i ask the members of the executive council, current and past, to stand and be recognized. hold your applause. please remain standing. i ask the members of the vietnam helicopter pilots' association in attendance today to rise and join the executive council. [applause] mike: i ask those who served in vietnam as helicopter pilots and crew members to rise and join those already on their feet. [applause] mike: if you're a vietnam veteran, and we work for you, please stand and be recognized. [applause] mike: and lastly, i ask all who served their nation in uniform or loved and supported those in the service to stand and be recog

julie kink, the vietnam pilots' association gold star coordinator.he sought out the families many of whom are with us today. speaking now on our behalf, ms. julie kink. [applause] >> thank you, bob. when i was growing up, the sound of a helicopter was the sound of sadness. gazing up at the sky my mother would put her hand on her heart and lower her head. without a word i knew she was grieving to the son she lost over the skies in vietnam. i know now what that sound meant to the men who were fighting the war. it was the sound of hope. it meant someone was coming to push back the bad guys to bring surprise and ammo, to rescue their wounded and eventually to carry them out of hell. those of you who were crazy enough to fly around in those wobbly thin-skinned machines, what can i possibly say but thank you. i'm proud to say -- [applause] thank you. thank you. i'm proud to say my brother was one of you. warrant officer david kink lost his life in the summer of 1969 after one important in vietnam. he was 19 years old. and i was 8. david would be 68 years o

i think it has the association with dr. coleman going strongly and it's a fabulous building with amazing intact elements which are miraculously still there. so i strongly support it. >> clerk: i think we have a motion and a second. >> president wolfram: we do. on that motion, then commissioners to approve the landmark dez -- >> one moment, we have --

the association -- the association of chinese teachers, do we have a representative? >> they sent a message late this afternoon that none of their board members could be here tonight, but they did present 16 scholarships. >> another 16 students there. congratulations to all of the students that received a tech scholarship. commissioner walton. >> again, just want to congratulate all the students and also reiterate the fact that it is a shame that we do not have the media here to highlight when our students achieve and are doing well because they are quick to come when things are happening that are negative, but when our students are being successful, they don't show up. so congratulations to all of our scholarship winners. [ applause ] >> we were expecting the san francisco achievers, but they weren't able to be here. we congratulate all those award winners. our next item is 5, recognizing all valuable employees, our rave aards wa. we're not giving any this evening. item 6 is our advisory committee report and appointments by board members. we don't have any reports to

associate for support of that. i'm wondering to what extent there is a difference in how they are defined to the scope of that and the one that senator corker introduced, or associate forces is a part of senator merkley or represented shifts? i have looked into those as much as i have the senator corker one. >> so the question is about speedy associated forces. >> in the various -- >> and what differences there are between the post-9/11 in regards to the aumfs and the one proposed by senator corker. >> the phrase appears nowhere in the 2001 aumf. it was sort of an extrapolation from a the language about harboring or aiding the perpetrators of 9/11, which you can argue there was some extra authority in there to sweep up new groups. what's happened in the decade and a half since is it's been daisychained out to include groups that are not strictly associated with the original targets of the resolution, including isis, group that was excommunicated by al-qaeda and was actively at war with them. i think the history of

executive director of the california growers association " legal cannabis is not off to a smooth start here in california' hezekiah allen executive director of the california growers association says besides the high taxes hurting growers and dispensaries politics and red tape is keeping thousands of dispensaries from legally opening and being able to contribute tax money to the state. sound from hezekiah allen, the executive director of the california growers association"75% or more of the state still prohibit they have bands at the city level they have to permit the business before they obtain a state license if a business doesn't obtain a state license they can't open and legally pay the state we have a problem cannabis is not legal in most of california "in san francisco gabe slate kron 4 news (ken) oakland is giving the community a new way to file complaints against police. it's part of the city's new oak-apps ---offering people a way to participate in programs and services. the app will let people file and track complaints of police misconduct online, on the

between the city and county of san francisco and san francisco police officers association. proposal 22 is necessary to ensure timely implementation of the u.s. department of justice recommendation for reform of the s.f.p.d. these reforms are universally endorsed by city leaders and enjoy wide spread public support. the only barrier to implementation has been the p.o.a. the fact sergeant tony montoya was sued for police brutality in the travis hall case and disciplined by the police commission after he was accused of covering up beating of a handcuffed suspect tells us everything we need to know. they aren't even trying to look like they care about it. while p.o.a. president martin halloran laments they should have worked things out with contract negotiations, i support you for a more transparent process. police union contracts should not be matters for back room deals behind closed doors. police officers are public employees subject to democratic oversight and accountability. at least they should be. please unanimously support city proposal number 22 to ensure meaningful po

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when i was attorney general, we had national attorney generals association or national association of aspiring governors, as they used to say. we didn't have a democratic or republican separate organization. it was frustrating at times because we felt that oftentimes the staff in washington sort of took over the agenda, and the staff wasn't always looking to the republican view. we had to go recap cluture it. what is the role that you see n.a.g. plays versus the republican attorney generals association. the reason i ask that is we utilize the staff in washington of n.a.g. as a backstop and sometimes as a complement or multiplier of force for us. how do you view those three organizations? do they assist you in coming together at times, and do they assist you in marking out essential differences in your approaches maybe to environmental issues such that it then allows you to define, well, these are areas we can work together so n.a.g. can assist us, these areas where we can't, and we have the other. i'd be interested in how that mechanism works because i think a lot of people who are de

>> i'm the president of the white house correspondents association. want to see if you plan on attending our annual dinner. i've look pretty thin-skinned if i didn't show up so i men. but only if i get two scoops of ice cream big enough to fit in a shovel and i can use jeff bezos as my napkin. >> president trump will attend the white house correspondents dinner. breaking fox news alert, we can confirm chris hayes stole his glasses from a child on a teeter totter. >> can you believe the fake media invited me to the correspondents dinner? >> are you sure you don't want me to go in your place? they love me and my reese witherspoon like southern charm. >> of course i am going, what am i going to do? hold a rally to harden my ego to watch it before i step off stage? >> i would be honored if you wore my clothing. >> shepard smith is going to be there? i can't believe some lucky lady hasn't snatched him up. >> to truly understand the white house correspondents dinner, you have to understand where the journalists and attendants sit. tables. table didn't alway

at the time for association of american editorial cartoonists . currently i am a staff cartoonist for the texas observer and a career long enemy of the people. hustler v falwell arose from an ad parity in larry flynt's notorious magazine in which the latest televangelists reminisces about a drunken incestuous relationship with his mother in an outhouse. the preacher sued the magazine for invasion of privacy. i was going to ask rosalind the legal question, did it happen and he did not want us to look inside that outhouse? libel and most importantly, this was called intentional infliction of emotional distress. the trial judge turned on the privacy claim and the jury turned down the libel claim but ruled in favor in emotional distress. the federal court of appeals affirmed the decision and it went to the supreme court. the issues as you will hear in the final appeal were stark for the american principle of free expression. if the court hailed a public figure could silence criticism because it made them feel bad, the entire foundation of the first am

with it, and how it was associated with it, and how it was associated with it, and how it was associatedrezak and his high spending wife. they will have to face the music. of course there isa us to face the music. of course there is a us department ofjustice investigation going on, and there are investigations in singapore and switzerland, and they have made good progress. the only thing stopping them from coming to the conclusion is that, in the end, the former prime minister was heavily involved. in other business news, us secretary of state mike pompeo says the american private sector will be allowed to invest in north korea if officials agreed to fully dismantle their nuclear weapons programme. he also said americans will help invest in north korean infrastructure and agriculture to help feed its people if the country meets us demands. xerox says it is ending its planned deal with fuji film and has reached a settlement with its investors in a statement on its website. xerox cited material deviations in the audited financial is of an existing joint—venture known as fuji xerox which is

first from the project sponsor, the laurel heights neighborhood improvement association. and then from the organized opposition to the nomination which is the owner of the property. >> thank you. would the project sponsor come forward? and ten minutes, will that be adequate? yes? >> good afternoon. i'm denise bradley, one of the two authors of the nomination, i'm the landscape historian. i dealt with the landscape portions. michael corbett is unable to be here today. i wanted to give a brief summary before the laurel heights improvement association, the sponsor of the nomination provides more comments. a lot of this is repetition that you just heard. the project is located -- the property is located on 2.2 achers in the laurel heights area of the city, consisting of two buildings and landscape features designed to function as a single residency. the property is significant in the area of commerce for its association with the city's insurance industry at the time that the fireman's home office was constructed, it was one of the largest insurance companies in the u.s. and t

let's talk a bit about this now joining me here in the studio fucka tyo from the association of german chambers of industry and commerce good to have you with us so from the german business perspective what is the state of the russian economy right now the mood among german investors has risen recently we have more than five thousand german companies very active in russia after yes three four years of an economic slump the mood is much better and economic growth is back again german investors are investing ok so what is this growth actually coming from what we've heard that the world bank expects russia to grow one point seven percent this year despite those ongoing and now even a new round of sanctions other having any impact at all. first of all we have a relaxation in gas and oil prices and russia is very dependent on commodities so for far the recovery is really as the ground on this recovery of commodities second is russia has improved in the ease of doing business in the index of the world bank by eighty ranks now it ranks by around about thirty fifth rank and that means a really

that's the second subpoena of a stone associate in recent weeks. on wednesday reuters reported mueller had issued a subpoena to jason sullivan stone had hired to work for an independent action committee he set up to support president trump. to talk about what these subpoenas can mean, what else is happening in the mueller probe, attorney lisa greern and former u.s. assistant attorney daniel goldberg. let's start with these subpoenas. the significance of subpoenas of stone's associates while he hasn't been called to talk to mueller. >> is evidence of a methodical approach by mueller and his prosecutors. you want to gather a lot of evidence and move up the chain. i see this as a back to basics move. we've only gotten peephole visions into what mueller's been up to. but for all the people who say the investigation's gone far afield of its original intent this is evidence to the

spreading the word to hold associates is crucial. ecpat partnered with marriott to expand training for their associates. the training is now available through the american hotel and lodging association and used by hotel brands across the industry. marriott branded hotels alone trained over 335,000 associated within 15 months of requiring the training. 335,000 people were trained by marriott within 15 months. imagine if every hotel brand required training. according to a 2017 nationwide survey of hotels, over half of the u.s. hotels are trained to help prevent child trafficking. this is a huge development that we're very proud of. more information about our work with the hotel industry is in our report called "no vacancy for child sex traffickers." while we have come very far, we still have a long way to go. in 2016 ecpat pub accomplilishe on the trafficking of children. the study's 47 recommendations set the stage for the next phase of our work. also sharing copies of that with you, the executive summary and recommendations are outsi

mueller is going to get something on all the associates. he's got 19 indictments, getting manafort, he's got mike cohen over there cutting deals. there's so much stuff, a lot of obstruction of justice. they don't want the country to be a jury. they want to the ask the country, whose side are you on? whose side are you on? giuliani is a pal. i think it's new york, new york city or boston politics. which side are you on. >> are you with the labor unions or the business? are you the democrats, the republicans, left or white, black or white. fight it. >> he's been pegging this as an attack on america. it's bad for america. he sees painting this as anti-patriotic versus patriotic the president trying to do his job. i think you're right. >> that's what they did with nixon. >> i would take it one step further. they have moved the goal post significantly. first it was we didn't talk to the russians. then the campaign might have. then we didn't include with the russians collusion is when you do x, y, and z. >> he said i don't care what mueller think

finally, to amanda. , the associate -- to amanda perry, the associate director who did the hard work of arranging this. i want to pass it over to professor zachary schrag of george mason university. thank you. i am honored to be here today with these distinguished historians of infrastructure and an audience that i hope is willing to be persuaded that knowledge of history can inform present debates. we are gathered in a room illuminated by electric light, arrived by rail and airport, drank coffee that arrived by seaport, through miles of pipes and means. pressing my luck, i will guess that many people here shower this morning, perhaps in water heated by natural gas. professor eisenhower said the unifying forces of our -- dynamic forces of the very name we bear, the united states. prof. schrag: but as professor bednarek has written, so crucial our error infrastructures to our daily existence that we view them as natural and inevitable. we only notice the shortcomings when something does not work. when we are asked to boiler water, the water goes out, or a bridge collapses. we pay atte

so please join me and the san francisco marin medical association, the california medical association and the american medical association in upholding this ban on candy flavored tobacco, vote yes on prop e. >> thank you. i'd like to ask some questions, and i'm going to begin with you, dr. chung. do you believe that this proposition, a ban on flavored tobacco is the best way to fight youth tobacco use. >> yes, i believe this is a very effective way to fight youth tobacco, because we know that four out of five kids who start smoking start with a candy tobacco flavored product, four out of five. so if we ban the sale of these candy flavored tobacco in our stores, we will effectively keep them out of the reach of our kids. it's all about our health. >> and the same to you, star child. >> absolutely not. as i mentioned, the kids already can't buy tobacco in stores. what this will do is drive sales to the streets or on-line where i.d. check is less effective or in the case of on the streets, it won't take place at all. if you buy things on the street from unregulated sources, he don't know

kilauea, like iceland is associated more with runny laver like iceland is associated more with ru nnyke iceland is associated more with runny laverflows. i'm like iceland is associated more with runny laver flows. i'm sure like iceland is associated more with runny laverflows. i'm sure many viewers have seen oceans of laver dripping into the sea. it's a case of the dangers are really to do with the danger to heinz, the lava flow in golfing behinds, but toxic gases. there had been concern that some of the lava was flowing back underground. a volcano guide said watts goes down or have to come up and there is concern the fence could collapse. yes, the 1700 people evacuated have been evacuated for a good reason. the magma is clearly close to the surface and the cracks are accommodating some stress is close to the surface where it's pushing up. clearly it has erupted and sometimes it subsides and things can collapse. the danger not only of the lava itself but also the land collapsing is a real and present threat. what are the us authorities watching for? one of the indications you can get

travel association. u.s. travel is the national non-profit organization representing more than 1,200 member organization across all sectors of the travel industry that generates $2.4 trillion in economic output and supports 15.6 million american jobs. tsa precheck has been a major breakthrough in providing optimum security and improving the travel experience. today, precheck is an established program that is available at more than 200 airports with 52 participating airlines. yet, enrollment is stagnant. approximately 6 million people are enrolled, and another 2 million have precheck as a result of global entry. efforts to continue the program's expansion should be a priority for tsa and its expansion should focus on four areas which we refer to as the four ps -- process, promotion, price, and prioritization. we urge the trump administration and congress to place a renewed focus on refining and enhancing the program to increase participation, particularly making enrollment more convenient without sacrificing s

the white house historical association. they did three or four different things. mrs. kennedy founded the white house historical association and was very important in preservation. if you come to the library, you can see some of those things -- i could go through each of the events and go from there. the white house historical association. they did three or four different things. mrs. kennedy founded the white house historical association and was very important in preservation. if you come to the library, you can see some of those things including the red dress she wore on that cbs special when she gave the tour that 60 million people ended up watching. and she got her own emmy for that. these are the partners just in washington, d.c. alone. we also try to get the message that ken and frank and gil were talking about. john f. kennedy was the him visionary of visionaries. from the kennedy airport to the logan airport. as you leave, you will see some information cards on this to connect that even though he was born in 1917, his vision is as relevant or maybe more so than

this impacts evergreen teachers association, san jose teachers association as well. by the way, they have an end of the year party planned for next week. there's a chance they are going to have to move it or perhaps even postpone it. we'll get more details and see you back at 6:00. in shoes, kris sanchez. >> busy morning out there. thank you, kris. >>> to a developing story in san francisco. there are a lot of questions about how a woman's body ended up in a stairwell at sf general. we broke this story yesterday afternoon. in a few hours we could get an update on what exactly happened. >>> "today in the bay" pete suratos with what we know about the victim so far this morning. so many questions left unanswered here. tell whaus what we do know, pet >> good morning, laura and marcus. we were hoping to get more details later this morning. what we do know is the body of 75-year-old ruby lee anderson was down here behind me in the stairwell of the power plant building across the street from san francisco general. the big poiquestion at this poi is how she ended up there. w

a long time associate of michael cohen in the taxi business. the statement says he'll avoid jail time by assisting state and federal investigations. so tell us how this individual could help investigators, state and federal investigators. >> well, the partner of michael cohen's has been in the taxi business for a long time. he's known as the taxi king. he was a partner of cohen for many years, help managed some of the medallions that cohen owns. what we know is that in the search warrant executed by the fbi last month at the behest of the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan they were looking into questions about the taxi business. that search warrant was authorized to retrieve materials that related to that. now, jane freedman's business with cohen and what pled guilty to don't overlap. he was charged guilty to evading to pay taxes related to different medallions and the ones he was managing with cohen. but freedman does know cohen. he's worked with him a long time. and investigators are looking into the taxi business freedman can provide a lot

guest: the american immigration lawyers association is the national bar association of the united states with 15,000 immigration lawyer and professor members with chapters across the country. we represent businesses and families seeking to have employees or family members come to the united states. we also have members that represent asylum-seekers who are seeking protection in the united states. paid?how are those folks is a pro bono representation? guest: we have many members doing pro bono work, meaning they take no or low fee to represent someone based on if that person can pay. of course, lawyers are practicing lawyers, so many are paid by whatever business or family that is hiring them. mentioned asylum-seekers. president trump has been expressing concern about the caravan moving through mexico towards the united states. we found out they made it to the border. 150-200 of them. dozens are crossing to start the asylum process. why are they being allowed in after the expressions of concern from the president? guest: the president did say he was not going to allow in the people in the

now this proposal is the reason why we actually have two items associated here. the first item on the agenda covers the water and wastewater enterprise in terms of these fee reductions and eliminations and the second item on the agenda reduces the power enterprise equivalent fees. so when i'm speaking about this, it's across all three enterprises. the first area is the new account charge. it's something that's a non-standard fee. we have been charging it as long as i've been at the p.u.c., almost 10 years now. it's a non-standard fee, if you you look across the our peer agencies no one else charges a fee just to sign up to become a customer, so we are proposing to eliminate this fee, it just doesn't make sense. another thing we are suggesting to reduce is the return check charge or bounced check fee, currently $105, that seems excessive. so we looked at the costs that we have associated with this charge and we are reducing the fee down to $50, which is the fee that's charged to us by the treasurer/tax collector office. we are eliminating fees from bounced check,

i'm director of the national history center of the american historical association. i want to bring you to this brief history of infrastructure in the united states, part of an ongoing series that the center sponsors to try to bring historical perspective to current issues. the center is strictly nonpartisan and the purpose of the program is not to advocate any particular set of policies, but rather provide historical context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with the challenging issues we face. so, i want to -- before handing the podium over -- make a few thank you's. first, to the mellon foundation which funds this series. second, to the office of congressman gerry connolly, who kindly arranged the bookings for this room. finally, to amanda perry, the associate director who did the hard work of arranging this. i want to pass it over to professor zachary schrag of george mason university. >> thank you. i am honored to be here today with these distinguished historians of infrastructure and an audience that i hope is willing to be persuaded

, sergeants benevolent association, the fraternal order of police, the national association of police organizations, consortium of forensic science organizations, joyful heart association, the national alliance to end sexual violence, the major cities chiefs, and the national criminal justice association. we in this body should join these organizations in supporting this very important piece of legislation. i want to thank my friend, the gentleman from texas, judge carter, for introducing this legislation, and all of his hard work in supporting it. to paraphrase debbie and rob, getting a hit is nice, but ensuring justice is served is better. please join me in supporting the justice served act of 2018. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask to address the house for such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: let me from the beginning acknowledge the ranking member for being on the floor on these imp

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t the white house correspondents association has failed on both counts. had a conservative said the things that wolf said about a democratic administration, they would be roadkill by now, theyic would never work again. white house correspondents president margaret sought to defuse the wolf controversy ovee the weekend. >> i hope that everyone can remember that comedy is meant to be provocative and it doesn't always hit the mark and c sometimes it hits the mark for some people and not for other people. >> laura: provocative, sure. but not a verbal assault that would never be tolerated if not directed at conservatives. you want to know provocative? don rickles at reagan's second inaugural. >> good evening, mr. president. nice to see you, sir, and your lovely wife, nancy.l. it's a big treat for me to fly all the way to california to be here for this kind of money. billy graham, nice to see you, sir. this hand is bothering me. is this too fast? anyway, he sitting there looking at the program, going, where does it say he makes fun of me? i'm telling a joke, mr