views on the commissioners on inspectors becker and danielle? commissioner renne: i shared your observations and wonder why we need either one of them. it is up to the city. chairperson hur: you're not convinced that we need -- the commissioner renne: either of the inspectors. chairperson hur: any other comments on the inspectors? would you like to address? >> you will probably get tired of hearing me say that witness is irrelevant. those two witnesses will certainly be relevant. -- irrelevant. commissioner hayon: if that happens, do we need either of these two inspectors? if everyone stipulates or greece to the events that occurred, do we need to hear from the inspectors? doesn't that eliminate a whole series of witnesses

jason becker, certainly not dead yet.uch alive. >> eric: a long struggle with a life-threatening disease has led to a powerful friendship for two young women being treated at stanford. thanks to lucille packard's children's hospital, they are looking forward to bright futures. >> reporter: they have more in common than most friends, they are both straight "a" students and both are heading off to college and both were born with the same life-threatening disease. >> it's about every day activities. >> they both suffered from cystic fibrosis, a disease that was so severe that was robbing them of the ability to breathe. doctors at children's hospital at stanford told the young women they would each need a double lung transplant. >> had they not gotten a transplant, i don't either one of them would have survived more than a year. >> reporter: anna's case was complicated because she needed a liver transplant. so he would have to wait on two lists at the same time. >> the waiting was excruciating. to help them handle the pressur

i want to thank our partners, a mariaarity and bob beckers. -- maria aridty and bob beckers. all of the agencies have been an integral part of this. from staff, i would like to run down the names. josh has been a primary author and has done an extraordinary job on this. as a graph of a range of issues that i think are beyond most of us, certainly beyond me. sarah jones, who was the primary staff person managing who was a very complicated technical document. i think it is important for me to acknowledge josh and sarah on this. also, greg risen, randall dean, kevin guy. i want to say a word of thanks to mike criso who luckily is still around with us working on this project. julie and gillette from the mayor's office that have been working on this most recently in the city attorney that has been a very wise counsel on this. we really appreciate that very much. we do respectfully request you consider adoption of the plan today and allow us to move forward. thank you. >president' fong: any public comment on this item? i do have one speaker card. tamkia moss. >> good afternoon, com

and that was the war coalition activist our brian becker talking to us a bit earlier from washington d.c. say. vladimir putin has unexpectedly pulled out from the g eight summit in the u.s. state of maryland that starts next week instead he's sending prime minister dmitry medvedev with all the details on this rather sudden move is he's pretty hot. being a very busy week for vladimir putin on monday he was sworn in as president on tuesday how to deal with the election of a new prime minister in the pala meant until wednesday he was poss of the annual victory day parade here in moscow so the president called for bomber and explaining that he couldn't get attend the g. eight next week he had to remain in moscow to finalize key cabinet appointments while the two leaders will instead meet next month in mexico the g twenty meeting to each image get of the prime minister who will be attending the g. eight representing russia instead though the white house issued a statement saying that they understood the position of president putin and welcoming prime minister made yet have to camp david s

i would like to point out that our becker -- our deputies director we did our deputy director, nicholas king, has outstanding taste in clothing, particularly shirts. [laughter] having said that, we will move on to item seven. new business, request for future agenda items. seeing none, this will be my pleasure to conclude the tuesday, may 22 meeting of the entertainment commission for the city and county of san francisco. thank you all in the audience for coming.

i would like to point out that our becker -- our deputies director we did our deputy director, nicholas king, has outstanding taste in clothing, particularly shirts. [laughter] having said that, we will move on to item seven. new business, request for future agenda items. seeing none, this will be my pleasure to conclude the tuesday, may 22 meeting of the entertainment commission for the city and county of san francisco. thank you all in the audience for coming. >> let me thank the marine corps division band and the color guard for joining us and making this such a very special occasion. let me welcome each and every one of you on behalf of the war memorial opera house board, last that i come for dissipate, and they extend an invitation to each one of you to for this update because this retired member of the united states marine corps, a veteran and his wonderful wife, george n. charles schulz -- george and charlotte shultz. this afternoon, we are doing something that, frankly, should have been done a long time ago. in this city, when the concept of a memorial for veterans what spurs do

the exclude witnesses are either inspector becker or inspector danielle. quit expect a stipulation from parties. capt. kathy gorewood. christina flores i think we deferred. michelle genne and inspector tom kean. we will review and make declarations at that time. expert witnesses. who will address the experts for the mayor? >> this is a lot of experts for this issue. i know you submitted this prayer to some of the briefing. does anybody become unnecessary in light of sloot recent briefing and your investigation or do you intend to call these experts? >> we would still intend to call these experts and i can do a brief explanation of why. chairperson hur: yes, please. >> there have been many others who have been disciplined but not terminated on the basis of criminal conduct. mr. chinako is a consulting experts. he could speak to that issue. he could speak to how is this -- it is the sheriff should be treated under his own disciplinary section. chiel landstone is being offered as a law enforcement officer who teaches an ethics course at the professional assoc

i would like to point out that our becker -- our deputies director we did our deputy director, nicholas king, has outstanding taste in clothing, particularly shirts. [laughter] having said that, we will move on to item seven. new business, request for future agenda items. seeing none, this will be my pleasure to conclude the tuesday, may 22 meeting of the entertainment commission for the city and county of san francisco. thank you all in the audience for coming. >> there are kids and families ever were. it is really an extraordinary playground. it has got a little something for everyone. it is aesthetically billion. it is completely accessible. you can see how excited people are for this playground. it is very special. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than $1.5 million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist helen diller. toget

becker see it a life sentence for the -- received a life sentence for the shootout with police.years later, they discovered what they believe to be dna on a letter claiming responsibility. hence the current trial. her lawyer says she will not take the stand again. >> not to change days -- the city of manchester has another elite title to brag about. they won the english first division for the first time since 1968. there were riots in the streets as the team paraded the trophy. here and in germany, berlin has ne last chance to cling on to their first division status. >> last thursday, berlin lost 2- 1 at home. that leaves the mountains to climb. there is little hope for optimism. >> peering over the abyss. even the more -- even the most die-hard supporters doubt that they will be in the top flight next season. fans are increasingly nervous as the big game approaches. >> it will be tough in duesseldorf. there's a chance. we have not lost yet. >> there is a chance, but we have to make the best of it. >> they must win in duesseldorf and scored two by doing so. >> first division mea

i would like to point out that our becker -- our deputies director we did our deputy director, nicholas king, has outstanding taste in clothing, particularly shirts. [laughter] having said that, we will move on to item seven. new business, request for future agenda items. seeing none, this will be my pleasure to conclude the tuesday, may 22 meeting of the entertainment commission for the city and county of san francisco. thank you all in the audience for coming. supervisor avalos: good morning. welcome to the may 17, 2012, public safety committee. my name is john avalos, chair of the committee. before we go on to announcements, we need to have it more quiet in the chamber, please, so we can concentrate on what we have before us today. think you very much. madam clerk, please share announcements. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off electronic devices. if you wish to submit materials, please submit an extra copy for the bottle. if you wish to submit a speaker card, please put it in the container at the speaker real to your left. item submitted will be considere

i would like to point out that our becker -- our deputies director we did our deputy director, nicholas king, has outstanding taste in clothing, particularly shirts. [laughter] having said that, we will move on to item seven. new business, request for future agenda items. seeing none, this will be my pleasure to conclude the tuesday, may 22 meeting of the entertainment commission for the city and county of san francisco. thank you all in the audience for coming. >> let's call the meeting to order. >> [roll call] item to -- approval of minutes for the april 4, 2012 meeting. >> so moved. it all in favor. >> item 3, public comment on executive session. no one here. item number four, executive session. so moved. >> conference with legal counsel and real property negotiator. >> i move that we disclose the commission unanimously approved the settlement of the existing litigation matter described in four4a on the terms described ie settlement agreement filed secretary the commission. >> second. >> all in favor? reconvene in open session. >> please be advised the use of cellphone, pagers, and a

i would like to point out that our becker -- our deputies director we did our deputy director, nicholas king, has outstanding taste in clothing, particularly shirts. [laughter]

envoy to syria warned his peace plan is the last chance to avoid a civil war brian becker from antiwar coalition says until rebels stop receiving weapons from abroad while. will continue. you have to look at the bombing and see who is the material beneficiary from the continued escalation of violence and i would have to say it's not the syrian government but those who are for mental and civil war in syria that would be parts of the armed opposition and that armed opposition is getting arms from turkey from other arab regimes in particular saudi arabia and the gulf states and of course the backing of the nato powers they're not seeking reconciliation they're now seeking a brokered peace every effort by the syrian government to enforce a cease fire or to make concessions is met with armed opposition groups who are having weapons funneled to them from the outside we know this not only from the syrian ambassador but even from kofi annan the u.n. delegation which is acknowledging the flow of arms from outside into syria who would do that and why well the only ones who would do it would be t

recently been an influx of arms from abroad to fight the regime in syria anti-war activist brian becker says the u.s. and nato still want assad out. saudi arabia qatar they have their own interests in terms of reorganizing the middle east principally of weakening syria weakening iran changing the relationship of forces in lebanon but behind qatar and saudi arabia and even turkey which has its own regional ambitions is the united states is the nato countries the former colonizers of syria and the region who are committed to overthrowing the assad government and who i believe have crossed the rubicon now in terms of preparing for the all out intervention including military intervention by nato forces and remember turkey will be the gateway for nato as a nato power for the efforts by the west as they did in libya to use ultimately military power to overthrow a government and independent government that they want to replace with a proxy regime in this important region assad government was hoping against hope that some sort of. mission such as the observer mission with kofi annan might be en

bernie becker of "the hill," what's the purpose of laying the schedule out in detail so far in advance? >> well, you know, it's -- they are trying to push continuing taxes where they are right now, easing regulations, opening up lands for more ail and gas, that sort of thing, so they are just trying to get out there what they are going to be wanting to do over the next -- >> you know, i don't know. it is sort of a curious choice the friday of a holiday weekend. i think perhaps they are trying to build a little momentum for when they do come back next week when the senate will be out, but i don't know exactly why they chose this day. >> the coming week alone will see a significant amount of work what. will top the house agenda next week? >> they do have a lot going on, so have a lot going on, so in the senate this week they passed an fda bill. there's also a defense bill going, and they're also going to start appropriations bills, spending bills for the upcoming year. they're only in, you know tuesday night, i believe they come back, but they're doing it up pretty quickly. >> the majori

going to come on let's talk more on this i'm joined live by ron becker he's from the anti war coalition and he's also joining me live from the states probably we were just talking about afghanistan there with gonna nato has confirmed it's going to stop combat operations there by twenty fourteen with forces remaining in training and advisory after that. first when they really step aside by then and secondly how will that actually impact security in the country if they do go by then. well i think the nato forces and principally the united states which is really the anchor of the nato occupation of afghanistan are in the process of rebranding what they anticipate will be a very long term occupation going way beyond two thousand and fourteen they can call the troops trainers they can call them military bases afghan military bases instead of nato military bases whatever they do however they brand it nonetheless the nato forces and principally the united states intends to stay as we know from the seat of the strategic agreement street strategic partnership agreements signed with president kar

. >> we are team becker from bethesda. on june 2 we will be running in the susan g. komen race for the cure. >> good morning, washington. >> wednesday morning, 5:39. adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. have the umbrella handy today would you will not needed as much as intraday evening. just a few sprinkles here and there this morning. and again this afternoon, one or two showers. here's a look at the cloud cover early this morning over the nation's capital. sunrise is seven minutes from now. fairly gray skies. 52 in leesburg -- 62. the humidity will drop gradually. 68 degrees in bowie, 65 in manassas. high around 82. we will break into sunshine around lunchtime. keep the umbrella next to you this afternoon as one or two showers could pop up late in the day mixed with sunshine. a perfect thursday, sunny, low humidity, near 80. now to lisa. >> a fender bender on 270 southbound minor problem on the inner loop of the beltway between the g.w. parkway and the american legion bridge. a smattering of traffic is what we are watching grow as far as 66 and 95.

marty becker has. keep the feline friends in purr-fect -- can i get a ding? the stage with a series of back to business concerts over memorial day weekend. we're invie vting you, our view, to a chance at a vip experience. including two tickets to the concert. >> beginning today, at 12:01 p.m. eastern time. logon to goodmorningamerica.com at yahoo!. look for the beyhive costume party. if you're one of the first 200 people to register, you'll be invited here on friday in your best black and yellow beehive costume. and the costume designers and stylists will pick the favorite four. >> thank you, josh. tweet us a photo of yourself in your beyhive costume. you might see us here on "gma." a fourth show has not been added to her atlantic city concert. tickets on sale today at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >> get ready, buzz, buzz, sam. >> already ready. >> like a bee? buzz buzz. come on, robin. >>> a brand new season of the dthd dthd kicks off. this time, emily maynard will be handing out the roses. she's ready to find love again. cam caught up with her. good morning to

look admission for the falcon 9 >> we are team becker come from bethesda, maryland.e will be running for the race for the cure. >> good morning, washington. >> 5:37 adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. some areas of light rain this morning, not a big deal. there will be more of an issue later this afternoon as opposed to the light rain this morning. here's a look at live super doppler 7. not all that much has happened. around the beltway, a few areas of light rain. even around the district, northwest, northeast d.c., and arlington. especially in montgomery county, near 95 in princeton discounting, light rain. st. mary's county, moderate showers, southern st. mary's county approaching leonardtown, that's moving east. a few peaks of sun today. it will be fairly gray skies with little blue skies. near 80 degrees, humid. thundershowers and brainstorms likely this afternoon and evening. same story tomorrow. -- thundershowers and rainshowers. we have issues on the roads as a result. >> the first isunder the status column right here, some of the issues now s

"new york times" had a huge story this morning from joe becker and scott shane about president obama'sd what he is doing with civil liberties in general. here is a quote from the article: so that is not good news. that is not the change that we were hoping for. he has found a way to keep all of those bush-er are programs. now when it comes to the kill list that we have created for our drone strikes, the news is only worse. here is one piece of the article: do you understand that? if you are a muslim person in one of these countries you are presumed guilty. and you can only be proven innocent after we have already killed you. that's why they pretend we have almost no civilian casualties. we assumed all of the males were terrorists and combatants and since no one proved us otherwise, we killed the civilians. it's a horrible story. >> reporter: u.s. official say remote controlled drones are highly accurate. >> for the past year there hasn't been a single collateral death. >> what a crock. it's not even close to true, and he had to back pedal from that. the left over from the bush administ

today it is skip becker's turn. he's from hershey, pennsylvania.a semiretired small businessman wondering what the future will bring for his grandchildren. >> governor romney, i would like to ask a question about trust. i don't trust the government. i don't trust our legal system. i don't trust wall street. i don't trust the media. or the internet. i don't trust banks and i'm afraid the middle class is beginning to lose trust in each other. except for government, which of the remaining items do you think we should trust first and how would you and your administration help restore that trust? >> we went to both campaigns with your question and guess what? they had the same answer. both camps said we would love to help but the question did not relate directly to the campaign. it was just too broad. skip, i didn't think it was too broad. i decided to try to find the answer for you. here's what governor romney said in new hampshire back in january. >> we have got to have that respect for one another in this country. if we see it among our leaders in wa

. >> you're giving us this after we had block lynn becker talk to us about snot bubbles. >> i didn't go into detail like this. >> won't go into detail coming up in just a few minutes on that. and then in "today's style," of course all about color and bold, fresh looks. we're going to show you how to kick up your look for the season with the right outfit for every occasion from the office politics to the sexy suit. >> first let's head over to the news desk. natalie is standing by. >> good morning once again. good morning, everyone. new details this morning about that thwarted plot to bomb a passenger jet bound for the u.s. officials say the man al qaeda members thought was one of them was actually a double agent, an informant who was working with the cia and saudi intelligence. he infiltrated the al qaeda affiliate in yemen, instead of sneaking an underwear bomb onto a plane the informant instead delivered the device to the u.s. government. the fbi is now analyzing the bomb. >>> the longest serving republican member of the senate lost his bid for another term on tuesday. indiana's ric

we have paid a becker's commune. embassy cooler conditions by monday.nday. you will be going around the 7 day around the bay forecast. when a combat rigs ysabel: the u.s. as i was leaving this area today. >> the u.s. as iowa was one of the most powerful warships in the world and was brought here in about 1990 and has been resting for decades in irian and now they began to get the idea back in shape. it was great to see them put the american flag on top of tray number two-tiered actually she looks like she's almost ready to go back into service. she was decommissioned for years until ronald reagan put them back into service in the eighties through this that that was installed just for the president irian his statement has been fully restored. and out of their missile equipment is still a place. the bridge is a time capsule. however can't is in charge of the restoration. he first took note of the eye when when he was doing ship checks print it is sad to see the ship deteriorate. was starting to run away. we knew we did not do something quick hit the would

at the risk of sounding and grateful, i thought becker does not the front page -- i thought it was not the front page i would have wanted nor the timing. rebekah was trying to get a hold of gordon brown. i am sure should shrink to get ahold of you as well. >> i cannot remember if we had a conversation that night. i think i had a conversation with dominick after dinner after riots in the television. i cannot recall if i had a conversation in rebekah witrebeh that night. >> did you take any delight in knowing that the front page itself was after the services ta? the timing was rather delicious. proceed good timing, wasn't it? >> it has an impact. my interests were more selfish. i was more interested in the impact of the conservative party. i remember still searching for the headline in this edition. i think it was in the subtext somewhere. i'm not trying to suggest that i was disappointed. i was not. i would prefer them to have done it in a different way. and a different time. i would have liked for them to have done it. >> we know there was a certain amount of pain there in the labor pa