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 that we would have to either get their declarations or listen to them live? >> if we did agree, the parties do disagree about what happened. >> it sounded like that was a possibility. >> beyond that, we would disagree. >> i don't see how these two inspectors are relevant. i would need to hear more as to how ms. lopez's demeano

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:

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marty becker.great having you here. >> thank you. >> it's relevant did good. -- really good. >> thank you. >> mar ty has a new book out. it's a follow up to your dog owners manual. he's going to be doing a signing at the pet co from 1 :30 to 3:00. you know -- you'll talk birds, dogs. >> i'll answer anybody's questions and meet their pets. >> let's talk cats. we've got -- kind of discussed where we want to go. let's talk about -- you said giving pills is difficult. a lot of times you will prescribe a pill and it never gets out of the closet. >> if you want to torture somebody save give you cat this medication twice a week and come back and see me. it's almost impossible for people to do that. some cats are are easy, but -- are easy but most aren't . you see them pick up the cat and it goes limp when the mother picks it up. this works on a account through out its adult life. just clip it on your skin. it does not hurt. you can give them medication, groom them. the number one complaint is excessive sh

. >> you made an agreement with inspector becker and danielli that your attorney would contact them and turn the weapons over to them the next day? >> yes, my attorney stepped in to facilitate the conversation from there on. >> that was the agreement made in that conversation? >> i believe so. >> you were present when that agreement was made? yes. >> at any point in that conversation at county jail with inspector becker and danielli, was it ever discussed that you would be turning the weapons over to the san francisco sheriff's department instead? >> i left that to my attorney because when i was being processed, my attorney was continuing whatever conversation was being held with the inspectors. >> during the time when you were present for the discussion about what was going to be done with the weapons, was it ever discussed that these weapons would be turned over to the sheriff's department instead of the police department? >> i believe so. but again, i was allowing my attorney to facilitate that exchange. >> sheriff, the question is about the conversation that occurred while you are p

brian becker from answer coalition live with us on the line from washington thanks for that thank you. the attention of wiki leaks supporters has now shifted to an american military court where u.s. army private bradley manning a suspected website contributor faces his latest hearing he's suspected of the biggest leak of government documents in u.s. history a charge his lawyers hope to see dismissed however as artie's medina cost of explains there are some leaks that will always go unpunished. from a former cia officer who questioned waterboarding to suspected we can take small bradley manning the obama administration has waged an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under a spanish laws than old previous administrations combined but it seems one man snitch is another man's spin doctor the problem with the current situation with the current white house is they have leaked classified information several times when it suits them to do so one of those with what was with the book obama's wars done by bob woodward or they played out two chapters of information about

turkish jet all real live let's get the latest on this now with the situation in syria from brian becker director of the u.s. based anti-war and serco militia so there is still uncertainty over whether the turkish police turkish plane was taken down by syria or whether it crashed from some other perhaps technical malfunction what's your take on the situation well i think we have to put it every incident in there will be many incidents like this and they'll grow increasingly in number put it into the broader picture i think what we see is syria a small country a government that has been independent sense independence mean while it sometimes collaborates with the west that has not been considered to be a proxy or a client has been targeted by the western powers and by the turkish government which of course is part of nato and by their regional proxies saudi arabia qatar for overthrow and the overthrow is designed not to bring in more humanitarian or more democratic government to syria but to create a client regime in that important strategically important arab country so this incident is h

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he is now 70 years old, and john murres becker is accused of -- john merzbecher is accused of assaultingour people. >> back then, you think you are alone, and you find out this was going on in every classroom, 3, four, five kids. was horrendous, malicious. he needs to stay put. he really does. >> his appeal will be heard in federal court next month. we of learn the top police officer and his family are getting tax breaks in two different states. marcus brown lists his residence in baltimore, but his family lives in a home in pennsylvania. each house receives a homestead tax credit. that allows them to take a $3,700 break on their city tax bill. >> since his legal residence is in maryland, he pays taxes in maryland, he votes in maryland. as long as he keeps driving down violent crime and homicides, he can go to canada on weekends for all i care. >> a state police spokesperson says brown was not aware he had tax credits on his baltimore house, but the application was filed in 2010. >> we certainly have had a string of nice days. beautiful blue skies. clouds from time-to-time in the afterno

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

. >> off the fans we talked to said they did like becker "i'll have another" -- that "i'll have another" made an appearance. >> for those who have dealt the pimlico to watch the belmont were treated to spectacular weather. >> it was a beautiful, beautiful day today. a little warmer than yesterday. it was tolerable. a quick look at the radar. i have to set it on the wide view to look for rain. a few showers in new york state. a few scattered thunderstorms in the northern plains. not much going on but nothing near us. how does this hold together for the rest of the weekend? what about next week, what about those temperatures? we will talk about that in a minute. >> keep the rain away. thank you. switching gears. a teenager is dead after a brazen attack. city police say a car pulled up and gunmen jumped out and shot the teenager several times. all this went down before midnight last night. the 19-year-old was taken to the hospital where he died. this comes two days after somebody else was shot a couple blocks away. baltimore city police ask that if you have any information on the latest sh

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. >> we will call this meeting to order. this is our second disaster council of 2012. i will turn this over to the mayor to make a few remarks. >> thank you, everyone, for participating on this meeting. as you know, it is obviously not a high priority. we're using every opportunity to practice. we are engaging our businesses, making sure that everyone has the supplies. i do strongly feel that what we're doing is going to allow us to recover so well after any major incidents. i just came back from celebrating the final signing and recognition of the america's cup. the reality is 500,000 people, maybe a weekly basis. we have posted

. >> reporter: veterinarian, marty becker" wrote a whole book about the healing power of pets.cientists say they may be on to something. they say des foend in the home of dogs, kids will be less likely to develop asthma. so much for an apple a day. australian researchers discovered people with dogs visit the doctor less. >> lassie? >> reporter: one study found that watching this old girl calmed nerves. animals have a link to chemical levels that are linked to stress. have heart disease? you might want to consider getting a cat. researchers in minnesota found that nose cho never owned one are more than 40% more likely to have heart attack. >> close, physical contact. that connection we share, that's where you get the healing power. >> reporter: fido may be our antidepressant, our cholesterol killer, our lifesaver. >>> coming up later on "good morning america," a princely payday on his 30th birthday. prince william set to inherit millions of bucks tomorrow. we have all the details from london live on "gma." >> so tough living that life, isn't it? your heart just goes out. >> how

i would like to point out that our becker -- our deputies director we did our deputy director, nicholas king,

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. >> kids with special needs have access to a venture on may 5. over 25 businesses and nonprofit organizations build the music concourse with free refreshments, games, and bluegrass. access to a venture is part of sf rec and park's year-round activities in partnership with activities in partnership with families.

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. >>> is a matter of fact no becker to be pretested prior to each competition so it would be such a thingd this right into that. balkanization. as the runner she underwent gender testing and after receiving undisclosed medical treatments to looks notably more feminine and has been allowed to compete again. in san as a kid does cbs five. ms. foster's returns eckhardt but this time there is one stunt double the fill-out. when simms attack. the freak incident inside an enclosed area a california suit. >>> terms of getting rid of the junk e-mail isn',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bay area homes juliet average back to the cree community in dublin's nice to see how people there feel about their return. >>> people were just kind of freaked out. last december mr. foster's tried to see just how fast a cannonball would travel. renta dublin home. ms. foster's misfired from thelameda county sheriff's department training center in dublin the sheriff's department creates a special access to show you where this can and went off. ms. foster's was directly behind in missed the target by about this month the cannon went

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. >> thank you. good morning, everyone. thank you very much. as many of you know, i'm a person that doesn't like a whole lot of drama. but i do want to make sure that we take this opportunity to enjoy. this budget is one that's important to all of us, it certainly is one to me and one that reflects a lot of great work. first of all, let me thank everybody for coming this morning. certainly board president david chiu for helping me co-host this and carmen chu and her work with us already started and will help guide us, along with board president david chiu on all of the hearings that the rest of the board will have. i want to thank

we are pleased we have some money in the budget to finally close the gap at becker. -- at bodecker. there have been renovations at balboa park and we're very excited about all the opportunities. we are also very excited to finally address longstanding problem that larsen park where there has not been any adequate playground for many years. we have some funding to continue our work with irrigation. this is important for water savings and it is a staff of efficiency measure. our irrigation systems, many of which are 70 years old or older. two-thirds of our system is operated on manual irrigation. when they break, it costs money and time. frankly, we want to move from manual watering to automated irrigation so we no longer have to have our precious few gardeners holding a host they attach manually from quick coupler to quick coupler. we're happy about that and we have some need to do court resurfacing. you asked for information on two specific issues one is job creation. we are particularly proud about this. we talked a lot about our apprenticeship program. we hire kids during the summ

. >> reporter: veterinarian marty becker wrote a whole book about the healing power of pets.ow, scientists in san francisco think they, too, may be on to something. they say dust found in the home of dogs, kids will be less likely to develop asthma. the benefits of having alex, george, raven, lightning, and shelton the labradoodle might not end there. so much for an apple a day. australian researchers discovered people with dogs visit the doctor less. >> lassie? >> reporter: one study found that watching this old girl calmed nerves. that connection with animals, thought to have a drink to a drop in chemical levels linked to stress. have heart disease? you might want to consider getting a cat. researchers in minnesota found that those who never owned one were more than 40% more likely to die from a heart attack. that calming purr may actually soothe anxiety. >> close, physical contact. that connection we share, that's where you get the healing power. >> reporter: fido may be our antidepressant, our cholesterol killer, our lifesaver. now, if only man's best friend could help so

to cross-talk serious serious situation i'm joined by brian becker in washington is the national coordinator of the answer coalition in norman we have joshua landis he's director of the center of middle east studies and associate professor of middle eastern studies at the university of oklahoma and in istanbul we cross the do how much he general manager of the news agency all right crosstalk rules in effect gentlemen that means you can jump in anytime you want brian back in washington it's called the civil war now now this war will end with winners and losers who will be well let's start peter by making clear that the united states government the western powers england france the former colonizers of the middle east have actually promoted civil war they promoted civil war because their go in the case of syria as it was in libya as it was in iraq is to overthrow the existing independent government now is syria unlike libya and unlike iraq has a different set of political and social contours clearly the syrian government has a mass popular base the opposition also has a base of mass proportion

meanwhile leon panetta is wrapping up his asian charm offensive with a lot stop in india brian becker from the antiwar answer coalition says america's military focus on the region could have dangerous implications. it's because the united states wants to exercise had gemini in the asia pacific when it says it's pivoting towards asia which president obama announced in australia in january that should be considered a dangerous thing for asia the united states invaded the philippines in one thousand nine hundred in one thousand eight hundred it invaded the asian part of russia to stop the russian revolution during world war two it's what most of the war in asia then it went to korea vietnam the united states is for many many battles in asia so a pivot towards asia should be considered something of great alarm for the people of the continent china is seeking to defend itself but does not have a global ambitions with its military unlike the united states which has a thousand military bases located in one hundred thirty countries china is basically concerned with its own economic developmen

as america challenges its growing military muscle and economic expansion reaction now from brian becker from the antiwar answer coalition joining us live on the line from r.t. washington brian the u.s. wants to see india as a partner in trying to contain china's influence in the asia pacific are there any risks for india if this irc spacing which it seems to be doing. well of course india and china have had three tragic wars over the past numerous decades i think india has tried to maintain a position of non-alignment during the soviet era it was a diplomatic ally of the u.s.s.r. even though it wasn't a socialist country itself i think what's happening is that the united states is not worried about china but trying to secure in the boat as a market for u.s. arms which are being sold to india in record numbers the the indian government plans this one hundred billion dollars in weapons in the next decade that of course will be a drain on the indian national treasury when what india really needs is economic development but the u.s. wants to use india as a strategic partner not just for the

. >> reporter: marty becker wrote a hole book about the healing power of pets and now scientists in sanhink they, too, may be on to something. they say dust found in homes with dogs may actually make kids less likely to develop asthma. the benefits of having alex, george, raven, lightning and sheldon the labradoodle don't end there. so much for an apple a day. australian researchers say people with dogs visit the doctor less. >> lassie! >> reporter: one instead shows just watching this old girl may calm nerves, and chemical levels linked to stress. have heart disease? you might want to consider getting a cat. researches in minnesota found those who never owned one are 40% more likely to die from a heart attack. >> it's that close physical contact, that affection, connection that we share. that's where you get the healing power. >> reporter: fido may be the anti-depressant or lifesaver, if only they can help solve world peace. who knows, maybe they can. cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >> and everybody reduces stress. thanks so much for watching. for all of us here at abcnews.com and