do most whistle—blowers want to keep that anonymity?osure by not all remain anonymous, and the next step for reassurance is the confidentiality of the process. whistle—blowers might become involved in the investigation but must be reassured of the comet and charity of that investigation. so they are not exposed. —— reassured they are not exposed. —— reassured the confidentiality. and that the law can keep the confidence on the pa rt law can keep the confidence on the part whistle—blowers, so if they do come forward, that they can do so with impunity. the law has been beefed up especially in financial services, where there has been a requirement since march last year and since september, to appoint a whistle—blowers champion in financial services and that champion is an internal senior manager to make sure the independence and integrity of whistle—blowing processes and that again should be another reassurance passage to whistle—blowers. that they won't fear retaliation and that they shouldn't fear that, and that they shouldn't fear that,

>> the roar of the leaf blower. if that sound drives you nuts you might want to consider moving to maplewood, new jersey. the town council band gas powered leaf blowers the summertime. they give it a try with a one-year ban last year. they like the peace and quiet so much that they put full effect permanent ban. it is may 15 - september 30. no gas leaf blowers. >> we had meetings with the town council about it. they were trying to compromise but there is never any compromise. >> the blowers create a health hazard and annoyance to area residents. the mayor says increased use of a gas blowers in the summer got way out of hand. >> about 14 years ago we passed an ordinance requiring landscapers to use a 65-decibel leaf blower. we tried to enforce it and it became unenforceable. they did not honor the agreement we had. >> but landscapers are fighting back. the new jersey landscape association says they're going to challenge this in court. it only applies to them. the residence can use this all they want under the law. >>

in june the identity of a barclays whistle—blower.received an anonymous letter raising concerns about the recruitment of a senior employee by jes staley about the recruitment of a senior employee byjes staley who have suffered personal problems in 2009 and 2010. jes staley found out about the letter, felt it was a malicious attack, and asked barclays's internal security to find the whistle—blower‘s identity but was told his request was not appropriate. the next month after ba rclays investigated appropriate. the next month after barclays investigated the allegations and said they were without substance, jes staley tried again but failed to obtain the identity. us law enforcement agencies were approached to give support. the ba rclays agencies were approached to give support. the barclays board only became aware of jes support. the barclays board only became aware ofjes staley‘s attempted intervention when it received a second whistle—blower letter earlier this year. it will 110w letter earlier this year. it will now be for the regulat

whistle—blowing is about trust and part of that trust is protecting the identity of the whistle—bloweror the messenger rather than listening to the message, then there's a problem. mr staley has questions to answer. he was very close to the person he hired. did that cloud his judgment? his pay will be cut by how much? the man hired to reset barclays' position on trust knows his bank is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. kamal ahmed, bbc news. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories. a drug called prep which dramatically reduces the chances of being infected by hiv is to be offered as a preventative medicine to nhs patients in scotland. it costs a50 pounds a month and isn't currently offered by the nhs england because of concerns about the cost — but medical trials are being conducted later this year. a londonderry teenager, who was shot dead by the army almost 45 years ago, was ‘totally innocent‘ and did not pose a threat to anyone, a coroner has said. 15—year—old manus deery was with a group of friends when he was shot by a soldier in 1972. the soldier

to that there wasn't really enough space for whistle—blowers to blow the whistle. people kept shrum or were fired. ever since the crisis, the regulators have been determined to try and change that. but if you are employed by barclays now you wouldn't want to bring that whistle—blowing helpline. wouldn't want to bring that whistle-blowing helpline. or you might have more confidence. you would know you are taking a risk. he has been found out. staying with the ft. has been found out. staying with the ft, united, cracking story, this. talking about ceos in trouble, jes staley has nothing on the ceo of united airlines. you have this passenger dragged off a flight. what seems to have happened if they overbooked flights, which happens quite a bit. asked passengers to leave, didn't get volunteers. lead four of the moth and this chap, a doctor, refused to go and was dragged kicking and screaming. bashed about. apparently literally screaming according to this. videoed. the ceo has some serious questions to answer, not least of which, notjust the incident itself... he was pa

regulators love whistle—blowers, it helps them do their job, whistle—blowers, it helps them do theirjobb, so they want to get to the bottom of this. simonjack, the bottom of this. simon jack, thank you the bottom of this. simonjack, thank you for explaining that, the latest at events on ba rclays. let's look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a secret recording that implicates the bank of england in the libor rigging has been uncovered by the bbc‘s panorama programme. libor is the rate at which banks lend money to each other and it sets a benchmark for mortgages and loans for regular customers. the 2008 recording adds to evidence the central bank repeatedly pressured commercial banks during the financial crisis to push their libor rates down. a quick update on a story you may have seen around yesterday. the payday loan firm wonga has suffered a data breach which may have affected up to 245,000 customers in the uk. the firm said it was "urgently investigating illegal and unauthorised access to the personal data of some of its customers". the information stole

>> a leaf blower. >> leaf blower.e those. >> got to watch what you talk about in the makeup room. >> and i have neighbors with beautiful trees and they always shed into my backyard. and it's the plum leaves and cherry leaves. and finally, i thought how about getting a leaf blower. and it was like a toy for me. >> you know what they are also good for? >> my mom has a house. and i go on the roof and blow out the roofs from the gutters. >> that's why it's called a leaf blower. >> but not many people go on the roof. >> that was the extent of my weekend. hi, everybody. good morning, i saw a smattering of flurries, some light dusting of snow in the mount hamilton area. and i called up this mount ham cam. and the sun is officially coming up. no rain or snow around the bay area. we had light rain and now we have a deck of cloudiness. temperatures 40 to 48 degrees. the winds are 10 miles per hour throughout all of our reporting stations. weak disturbance to the north of us brought that little bit of flurries to the mount hamil

jpa in southwest missouri but hasn't seen a patient in a more than year after becoming a whistle blower. kline says he reported alleged secret wait time manipulation and believe veterans might be selling their prescriptions. when he said superiors did nothing he went to the inspector general, the missouri va shutdown kline's clinic. clinic. e asked for responsn camera. the va declined saying it can't comment on ongoing investigations, and offered a statement that says the va does not tolerate any sort of retaliation against those who identify problems. but according to court document, filed by the office of special council, and independent federal investigative agency in washington, the va went further when it tried to fire kline, not based on substandard care or lack of clinical competence, instead for trivial matters through his chain every commands. >> i do not consider secret wait lists and manipulation of wait times to be trivial matter. >> that's when the office every special council made it clear the va could not fire kline for being a whistle blower. he has his job, but sits in

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is ta ken hunting down potential whistle—blowers is taken seriously because they are the eyes and earscan be quite severe and they can even disbar people from working in banking. whistle—blowers are much more protective and there is some argument as to whether this was proper whistle—blowing but the regulators will into it. this was a passenger being taken off a united airlines flight. perhaps not the airline's finest hour. shouting passengers on board report saying the airline had put too many people under the flight and when no one volunteered, this is what happened. the airline has said it's investigating, which is the least they could do, frankly. see you in minute. new zealand have been having a torrid time of it recently, a spell of rain after spell of rain. a lot of rain after spell of rain. a lot of flooding and could be more to come. courtesy of this. this swirling mass of cloud, a tropical cyclone moving across the south west of the pacific. vanuatu and new caledonia had torrential rain and strong winds. potentially of more concern is where this storm is going next. it will w

they are a bugle call for whistle-blowers. they encourage whistle-blowers to step forward, and they do that at considerable risk. in return then these patriotic people ought to deserve a quick and honest response allowing their reports to slide into a deep, dark tomorrow in limbo for two, three, or four years and even more as i've pointed out leaves whistle-blowers exposed, leaves them vulnerable to retaliation, and, of course, distrusting of the system that is designed to protect the whistle-blowers. so in the end this kind of a treatment will discourage others from stepping forward in the future. hotline officials, including mrs. garrison, were questioned about the backlog on december 15, 2016. they attempted to deflect responsibility elsewhere, showed little interest in the problem. after numerous follow-up inquiries, a second meeting was requested. so at a march 30 meeting this year, hotline officials were singing a whole different song. they tried toe dispel the notion that a surge in cases -- closures were triggered by m

whistle—blowing is about trust and part of that trust is protecting the identity of the whistle—blowerg to the message, then there's a problem. mr staley has questions to answer. he was very close to the person he hired. did that cloud his judgment? his pay will be cut by how much? the man hired to reset barclays' position on trust knows his bank is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. kamal ahmed, bbc news. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories. a drug called prep, which dramatically reduces the chances of being infected by hiv, is to be offered as a preventative medicine to nhs patients in scotland. it costs £450 a month and isn't currently offered by the nhs england because of concerns about the cost, but medical trials are being conducted later this year. a londonderry teenager, who was shot dead by the army almost 45 years ago, was totally innocent and did not pose a threat to anyone, a coroner has said. 15—year—old manus deery was with a group of friends when he was shot by a soldier in 1972. the soldier has since died. the fashion chain, jaeger,

ceo jeff staley faces an investigation after allegedly breaking whistle-blower rules.e'll be back in a moment. ♪ >>> hi, everyone. welcome back to, you're still watching "street signs." shares in german drugmaker stade has hit the top 600 after the takeover by firm cinven and bain. stada rejected bids of 3 billion euros. >>> stocks are trading higher after "the new york times" reported that the takeover of the lee. hong kong billionaire has been gradually increasing his shares since the brexit vote. >>> shares in elliott unlocking a plan to unlock shareholder value. the letter details a proposal to modify structure into an australian-headquartered company to deemerge. and the consist value-optimized capital return policy. the firm said it holds a long economic interest in boc. >>> and rio tinto trading higher due to lower earning. the company said that nearly three quarters of the $4 million went to australia. let's get a deeper view of the markets with the head of if you want research at dolphidolphin. if you take a look at last week, they're pretty much flat. europea

whistle-blower. a lot of these problems were brought to the world's attention from david scott., what do you think that the president is trying to do here? >> the president's words are very kind. as the president himself just stated, a number of these veterans died. the question, whistle-blowers and many have, what is the role of the department of justice in this. we can't just turn it over to v.a. to police itself. we have to have an independent body investigate whistle-blower complaints, either the office of the special council or the department of justice which deals with public integrity complaints. if v.a. officials have been truly found to engage in activity that caused veterans to due to delayed access to health care, there should be prosecution of v.a. officials. that's the message we're looking from the administration. >> neil: hard enough just to fire them, right? >> it's a difficult act in many cases because the v.a. leadership, which is still there, doesn't want to fire them. that's one of the things that people don't recognize. there's a group called the senior exec

taking you life to president trump will have remarks and sign an executive order on whistle blower protection. first remarks from vice president pence. >> thank you for your outstanding leadership here at the department of veterans' affairs. the american people and our president and our entire administration are grateful for your dedication to our veterans. i want to thank all of you for being here today, especially the members of the united states senate and the congress who are with us. particularly, the chairman of the senate of veterans' affairs committee and congressman phil row on veterans' affairs. it is accurate to say in the congress of the united states support for our veterans is a truly unifying and bipartisan cause and join me in thanking all of these members for their work for our veterans. [ applause ] >> most of all thank you to the veterans here with us today. to their spouses and all those who are here to honor them. now, this is an important moment. in the life of the va and in the life of this nation we owe a debt of gratitude to those who serve that we could never fully r

investigates some examples of issues to be recorded to the whistle blower program face of misuse of city government money equipment supplies or materials exposure activities by city clez deficiencies the quality and delivery of city government services waste and inefficient government practices when you submit a complaint to the charitable online complaint form you'll receive a unique tracking number that inturgz to detector or determine in investigators need additional information by law the city employee that provide information to the whistle blower program are protected and an employer may not retaliate against an employee that is a whistle blower any employee that retaliates against another that employee is subjected up to including submittal employees that retaliate will personal be liable please visit the sf ethics.org and information on reporting retaliation that when fraud is loudly to continue it jeopardizes the level of service that city government can provide in you hear or see any dishelicopter behavior boy an employee please report it to say whistle blower program more

citizens. >> but -- what was the whistle-blower?t the information from the white house staffers. >> which is routine when you go to classified information. that is where you get it. >> are you calling the white house staff who are hired by the president whistle blowers? >> nunez got information and it's not proven with femurer obama aide said we had to collect the evidence. >> that is false! what you're saying does not make sense. if you're talking about elizabeth. >> i'll tell you what she said. >> devin nunez went to the white house and got information from three staffers and that is what he claimed was his information. i don't know why they couldn't brief the president directly themselves. >> where did we get the information on the russian collusion? >> the fbi is investigating that right now. >> how did it make it to the public atmosphere? >> the house intelligence committee had -- >> no. i think -- >> yes. >> here is the question for you. >> no, you're wrong! >> no! comey is testifying! >> one of the points. again, that is not

and do most whistle—blowers want to keep that anonymity?sclosure, but not all remain anonymous. so the next step for reassurance is the confidentiality of the process. so whistleblowers might become involved in the investigation, but must be reassured of the confidentiality of that investigation, so that they are not exposed. and the law has been beefed up, to keep that level of confidence on the part of whistleblowers, that if they do come forward with malfeasance or something that they see being wrong, that they can do so with impunity? the law has been beefed up, particularly in financial services, where there has been a requirement since march 2016 and since september, to appoint a whistleblower‘s champion in financial services. that champion is an internal senior manager, often at director level, to ensure the independence, the effectiveness and the integrity of whistleblowing processes, and that again should be another reassurance message to whistleblowers. that they won't fear of retaliation, that they shouldn't fear that and they sh

program more information and the whistle blower protections please seek www. today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hea

complaints he found porscha opened 65 whistle blower cases from wells fargo employees.s involved allegations of consumer financial fraud. we spoke with an observera investigator who claims his agency failed to look into several of the dplants back in 2010. we also spoke with a former employee in napa who says she was fired after raising red flags about fake customer accounts. >> accounts opened one day closed two days later. a new set of accounts opened the nextdy. i brought it up to the trainer who had trained me on the ethics i said this is what's happening in sand helena. >> we should note when the federal employee -- when the employee filed a federal lawsuit a judge dismissed her case observera is conducting a review how it handled the whistle blower case as for the occ it says it will develop new ways to vgt raj. >> if you have tip for liz wagner anyone elks in the investigative unit give us a call. you can see the gratification on the screen 888996 tips if you prefer send email directly to the unit at nbc bairn.com. >> an unkept promised. nbc bairn responds to a f

whistle—blowers are much more protected species.ll look into it. thank you very much. after 18 years of trying, sergio garcia has finally broken his duck and claimed his first major golfing title. he won the masters, beating justin rose in a sudden death playoff at augusta national in georgia to become the third spaniard to win a major championship. his luck changed on what would have been his fellow countryman and golfing great seve ballesteros' 60th birthday. our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. this report contains flash photography. finally the wait was over. well done, sergio. you have done it at last. a few years ago sergio garcia claimed he was not good enough to win a major. now he was gladly eating his words. i felt today the calmest i have ever felt on a major sunday. even after making a couple of bogeys, i was still very positive, i still believed that there were a lot of holes that i could get to, and i had some really good shots coming in. i am so happy! it had been one of the great duels in masters golf. a t

. >>> forget using leaf blowers and other landscaping equipment. we'll explain a new law that has those who work outdoors upset. >>> a new look at america's past. next we get a sneak peek inside philadelph philadelphia's museum of the american revolution. >>> a new museum in old city is getting ready to openiba its do and last night hosts gave people their first look. hundreds were on hand for the gala of the museum of the american revolution. many got to explore. >> i am drawn to the objects carried and used by the priva s privates. it speaks to their commitment and courage. >> the museum opens to the public on april 19th. that is the 242nd anniversary of the first shot of that war. >> a town in north jersey will have quieter landscapers thanks to a new leaf blower law. the town council there voted to ban gas powered leaf blowers during the summer and the idea pollution. the law does not apply to homeowners but a trade group says it plans to challenge the ban in court. >>> in philadelphia the hunting park recreation center is spruced up thanks to

investigates some examples of issues to be recorded to the whistle blower program face of misuse of city government money equipment supplies or materials exposure activities by city clez deficiencies the quality and delivery of city government services waste and inefficient government practices when you submit a complaint to the charitable online complaint form you'll receive a unique tracking number that inturgz to detector or determine in investigators need additional information by law the city employee that provide information to the whistle blower program are protected and an employer may not retaliate against an employee that is a whistle blower any employee that retaliates against another that employee is subjected up to including submittal employees that retaliate will personal be liable please visit the sf ethics.org and information on reporting retaliation that when fraud is loudly to continue it jeopardizes the level of service that city government can provide in you hear or see any dishelicopter behavior boy an employee please report it to say whistle blower program more

the head of backers may be stripped of his annual bonus for trying to reveal a whistle—blower.es. —— investigation. in usual story. he is accused of sticking his nose in where he shouldn't stick his nose in. this person, it is acknowledged by ba rclays had person, it is acknowledged by barclays had some personal issues in the past, and someone wrote to the members of the boards of back with whether or not this new person was a suitable higher and said maybe that jes staley was a old friend of his and due diligence had been ignored. jes staley saw this as as knifing someone who has had problems in me half and i was ok but at this did not sit well with him. he wanted to know who sent the letter. he then mistakenly thought he was cleared to restart the hunt and totalling involved us in authorities. he was then told that was not appropriate and whistle—blowing only works if the system is anonymous. that is a regulators get so upset if chief executives hunt down whistle blows, the system does not work. this will cost him dealer and could cost him up cost him dealer and could cost hi

to empower whistle-blowers more than already are, it has been tried before sometimes greater or lesserxtent. is that enough to get rid of the bureaucratic dead weight as the va? >> as you said and as taya affirmed, there are fine professionals in the va, doctors, pas, nurses, met dix, who are as frustrated of those that need the system. i'm one of those 21 million veterans that will be helped by this the system is the problem. they will not necessarily be healed instantly by executive orders. even veterans choice program like taya is saying like so much rest of the va, bureaucrat i can delays, botched paperwork, missed payments. vaig reported shortage of life saving equipment like vascular patches, dialysis tubes at washington here in washington, d.c. of the director, dr. shulkin, canted fire him. reassigned director who should have been fired. these fixes are coming. there needs to be legislation mandating by law changes being directed. david: colonel, sorry to big foot you here, the vice president is about to speak let's lessen in. >> thank you for that gracious introduction. more im

whistle blowers., his story sounds eerily familiar when you meet brian smorts who worked at the denver v.a. last noe when he says things got so bad he had to quit. smors, a veteran himself was working as a pier support specialist when he found 3500 veterans on secret wait lists at v.a. facilities in denver, golden and colorado springs. again the v.a. declined to address the allegations on camera and instead referred us to the office of inspector general who confirmed it identified wait time and other issues in recent public reports and testimony in front of congress regarding colorado v.a. facilities. >> it looked like some kind of game that they were playing with veterans' mental healthcare and i was very upset. >> reporter: after smothers reported to the attorney general they say the v.a. retaliated. >> they gave me no work tasks to perform i was supposed to sit in a room across from the people who are done wrong. do nothing keep door open so they could k50e7 an eye on me. >> pervasiveness of retali

we need whistle-blowers include he will meet with me and hopefully get some whistle-blowers in this dealhe whole trip, the vice president was very distinguish gracious. first in line and his son is marine lieutenant. i'm a marine dad. i got three marines. you don't look old enough to have three marines. you want to see their picture. so i showed them this picture, taken last christmas all three of them home on active duty with me for the first time. it was really neat. for just a few seconds, vice president pence was not the vice president and i was not the phoenix va whistle-blower. we were just marine dads. we shared a really cool moment. i'm grateful to the vice president for being so gracious with me. steve: you raised great kids. congratulations. we glad you got your job back. brandon coleman, whistle-blower for the va. thanks for helping us to figure out the big mess over there. thank you, brandon. i don't think i can hear me there the at end. >>> meanwhile upcoming up, they are the future of the news business. meet the rising stars here at fox news. they haven't even graduated col

investigates some examples of issues to be recorded to the whistle blower program face of misuse ofity government money equipment supplies or materials exposure activities by city clez deficiencies the quality and delivery of city government services waste and inefficient government practices when you submit a complaint to the charitable online complaint form you'll receive a unique tracking number that inturgz to detector or determine in investigators need additional information by law the city employee that provide information to the whistle blower program are protected and an employer may not retaliate against an employee that is a whistle blower any employee that retaliates against another that employee is subjected up to including submittal employees that retaliate will personal be liable please visit the sf ethics.org and information on reporting retaliation that when fraud is loudly to continue it jeopardizes the level of service that city government can provide in you hear or see any dishelicopter behavior boy an employee please report it to say whistle blower program more i

investigates some examples of issues to be recorded to the whistle blower program face of misuse ofity government money equipment supplies or materials exposure activities by city clez deficiencies the quality and delivery of city government services waste and inefficient government practices when you submit a complaint to the charitable online complaint form you'll receive a unique tracking number that inturgz to detector or determine in investigators need additional information by law the city employee that provide information to the whistle blower program are protected and an employer may not retaliate against an employee that is a whistle blower any employee that retaliates against another that employee is subjected up to including submittal employees that retaliate will personal be liable please visit the sf ethics.org and information on reporting retaliation that when fraud is loudly to continue it jeopardizes the level of service that city government can provide in you hear or see any dishelicopter behavior boy an employee please report it to say whistle blower program more i

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regulators are ordering wells fargo to reinstate a whistle blower.man lost his job after reporting suspected behavior. wells fargo was ordered to pay him $5.4 million. a spokesman said the bank will appeal. >>> it's a company that's truly getting under the skin of its employees. swedish start up called epicenter is offering to implant its workers with microchips the size of grains of rice. they function like swipe cards. they open doors and operate printers and more. the injections are pretty popular. workers are holding parties for those willing to get implants. of course there are privacy concerns. >>> a new way to shop amazon.com. without a credit or debit card. amazon cash allow customers to add funds to their online account. it works like this. when you check out at a participating retailer give the clerk extra cash. then scan a special bar code that amount will appear in your amazon store account and then you can shop at that retailer online later. >>> and speaking of amazon you can buy girl scout cookies on there but not everyone thinks this i

congress by requiring reporting to congress about what it finds and real whistle-blower protection so that anybody who complains about a v.a. misdirected or misguided action is assured protection against any kind of retaliation. and a senate-confirmed director, so that that accountability function is again accountable to us. that kind of statutory embodiment is necessary to make sure that the office of accountability and whistle-blower protection has powers and reporting requirements so that it is accountable to us as elected representatives and advocates for our veterans. my hope is that the senate and the house will adopt that provision, one that was contained in the veterans first bill that senator isakson and i championed during the last senate and which i hope we will pursue again in a very bipartisan way. i also hope that the senate will take up and pass s. 12, the increasing the departments of veterans affairs accountability act of 2017. my colleague, senator moran, who is a cosponsor with me, spoke about it earlier today. and it would provide reduction of benefits for senior e

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the uk has a new whistle—blower regime. but it is nothing as generous as in the us.coastguard went to the coastguard. he takes home $1 million. they said he has no career? no, he quit. he saw this going on. took footage with his mobile phone and quit as soon as the ship got into southampton. he made money out of it. peugeot citroen, could we have another deysel—gate? of it. peugeot citroen, could we have another deysel-gate? they supply to everybody. everybody in the car industry. so always defied belief that volkswagen might be the only ones doing something about emissions and tests that go back years and years and it is hard to think that volkswagen are the only ones affected. peugeot and citroen say they have done nothing wrong. they don't use computer cheating software, but they are under investigation by the french authorities. you've left us with six seconds, dominic, what are we going to do? cheers, mate. bye—bye. hello. wherever you started the day, it was marketedly colder than what we have seen of late. that's not to say that it wasn't without its compensat

program more information and the whistle blower protections please seek www. we are celebrating the glorious grand opening of the chinese rec center. ♪ 1951, 60 years ago, our first kids began to play in the chinese wrecks center -- rec center. >> i was 10 years old at the time. i spent just about my whole life here. >> i came here to learn dancing. by we came -- >> we had a good time. made a lot of friends here. crisises part of the 2008 clean neighborhood park fund, and this is so important to our families. for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard. this is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under budget. >> a reason we all agreed to name this memorex center is because it is part of the history of i hear -- to name this rec center, is because it is part of the history of san francisco. >> they took off from logan airport, and the call of duty was to alert american airlines that her plane was hijacked, and she stayed on the phone prior to the crash into the no. 9 world t

investigates some examples of issues to be recorded to the whistle blower program face of misuse ofy government money equipment supplies or materials exposure activities by city clez deficiencies the quality and delivery of city government services waste and inefficient government practices when you submit a complaint to the charitable online complaint form you'll receive a unique tracking number that inturgz to detector or determine in investigators need additional information by law the city employee that provide information to the whistle blower program are protected and an employer may not retaliate against an employee that is a whistle blower any employee that retaliates against another that employee is subjected up to including submittal employees that retaliate will personal be liable please visit the sf ethics.org and information on reporting retaliation that when fraud is loudly to continue it jeopardizes the level of service that city government can provide in you hear or see any dishelicopter behavior boy an employee please report it to say whistle blower program more inf

investigates some examples of issues to be recorded to the whistle blower program face of misuse ofity government money equipment supplies or materials exposure activities by city clez deficiencies the quality and delivery of city government services waste and inefficient government practices when you submit a complaint to the charitable online complaint form you'll receive a unique tracking number that inturgz to detector or determine in investigators need additional information by law the city employee that provide information to the whistle blower program are protected and an employer may not retaliate against an employee that is a whistle blower any employee that retaliates against another that employee is subjected up to including submittal employees that retaliate will personal be liable please visit the sf ethics.org and information on reporting retaliation that when fraud is loudly to continue it jeopardizes the level of service that city government can provide in you hear or see any dishelicopter behavior boy an employee please report it to say whistle blower program more i

. >> to me this looks like nothing like a whistle blower case. think the white house needs to answer this instead a case where they wish to effectively launder information through our committee to avoid the true source of the information. >> reporter: the white house attempting to swat down the criticism. >> what de, what he saw and who he met with was 100% proper. we all found out, you, me, everyone else that's coming down here after he held a press conference with your colleagues to say he was coming down here based on stuff he found that didn't have to do with russia, that a whistle blower source gave him. >> reporter: paul ryan is facing increasing questions about whether he stands by the chairman. a spokeswoman says the speaker doesn't know the source. the chairman has the speaker's full confidence. >> at least one person, one trump official seems to take russia's these meddling very seriously, the u.s. defense secretary james mattis. he met with his british counter part on friday in london and said it was mucking around in the elections. he

that your source was a whistle blower? >> the last comment about nunes actually calling paul ryan last week, the house speak thaer hers source was ace whistle blower. we've learned that -- i asked paul ryan earlier about that contention, does he still believe nunes. he said he does. i talked to another member of the house intelligence committee who talked about how this commute seems to be moving forward because of an agreement over which witnesses to interview. this is what he said. >> going forward, this basic agreement on the witness list. >> so there's an agreement on flynn, carter page, manafort? >> again, you have to ask -- i don't want to be jumping the gun. ask the chairman and the ranking member. you'll see there is general agreement on the witness list. that's what i know. every individual who's been discussed will be called as a witness. >> i also had a chance to catch up with richard burr and i asked him about the interviews happening on the senate side. these are interviews with intelligence committee official

.” investigation over this trying to unmask a whistle-blower.int. i bought five meters of paint, £96 of that's about $140 for five litres! it says tensions are rising between the owner of delux and elliott advisors. changes to a stamp duty loophole in hong kong have sent property shares reeling. sarah toms is in singapore. well, as you said hong kong, the hong kong government slapped a 15% tax on first time homeowners who are purchasing more than one flat at a time. so, what was happening was investors were coming in, snapping up investors were coming in, snapping up multiple units in one go to qualify for lower tax rates. these buyers were using one legal contract and they only had to pay 4% tax duty so now and they only had to pay 4% tax duty so now they are being charged the same 15% as someone buying a second property. there has been a lot of chinese capital snapping up some of the hong kong's best plots of land and at record—breaking prices and it has pushed home ownership out of the reach of many people who live there and the government ho

>> i'm a big supporter of the whistle blower program. i think that whistle blowers ought to be protected against retaliation whether they're a private sector company or government agency. we need to encourage people if they think there is a problem going on, wherever it is to be able to raise their hand, make that problem known without having retaliation against them. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for the extra time. >> senator roberts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the former chairman of the committee, my good friend, max bacchus had a short confirmation vote, one of the essential tasks you had was to rebuild public trust in the irs after the political targeting scandal. i note with interest -- let me just back up. see if i can make sense out of this. this really gives me no pleasure and it is with some degree of sadness i want to ask you this question. the house ways and means committee chairman kevin brady and 14 members of this committee have called for you to step down immediately. i have their letter and i would like to inser

when the news broke that the government bank regulator ignored those 700 whistle-blower accounts fors, after they got caught, it issued a statement saying -- are you ready for this? it's enforcement of wells fargo was untimely and ineffective. you think? i know of a swamp that needs some draining. president trump and senator elizabeth warren, are you both listening? this is just perfect for you. fix this one. thank you for watching. i'll see you back here tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. eastern. if you can't watch live, set your dvr. follow me on twitter @greta or check out my facebook page for behind the scenes videos and so much more. "hardball" with chris matthews starts in just a few seconds. don't miss chris. he's got a good show tonight. good night. get your friends to watch. >>> did we elect a hawk? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. donald trump likes to provoke with his tweets and blunt talk. he shakes things up to keep himself in the news. but when it comes to dealing with the world, that tendency can be dangerous. president trump has iss

investigates some examples of issues to be recorded to the whistle blower program face of misuse of city government money equipment supplies or materials exposure activities by city clez deficiencies the quality and delivery of city government services waste and inefficient government practices when you submit a complaint to the charitable online complaint form you'll receive a unique tracking number that inturgz to detector or determine in investigators need additional information by law the city employee that provide information to the whistle blower program are protected and an employer may not retaliate against an employee that is a whistle blower any employee that retaliates against another that employee is subjected up to including submittal employees that retaliate will personal be liable please visit the sf ethics.org and information on reporting retaliation that when fraud is loudly to continue it jeopardizes the level of service that city government can provide in you hear or see any dishelicopter behavior boy an employee please report it to say whistle blower program more

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on the front page of the times, a landmark intercontinental whistle blower case. a scottish marine engineer who dobbed in his cruise company employer carnival corporation, for pumping oil into the sea, has been awarded $1 million for his efforts. and according to the boss of the universities and colleges admissions service here in the uk, students shouldn't rush to getjobs when they graduate university. laughter the daily telegraph reports that parents should instead encourage children to move home and explore their options before embarking on a career. to move home? wow! and finally, take a look at this shot on the front of the irish times. this is the brand spanking new poolberg incinerator, taking its first ever dump of garbage. i wrote that one for you, aaron. with us now is cornelia meyer, chair and chief economist at lbv asset management. sorry, we are so childish. thank you very much forjoining us. starting with the serious business of brexit, featuring in a lot of papers in the uk. in many ways, this is the risk theresa may took launching a snap election?

regulators love whistle—blowers, they help them do their job, whistle—blowers, they help them do theirjob bottom of this. theirjob, they want to get to the bottom of this. the uk economy is already adjusting to a life outside the european union and could grow even faster this year and next. that's according to a report from an influential economic forecasting group. the ey item club is closely watched and their spring forecast says that our economy will grow at 1.8% this year — that's up from 1.3%, which it previously predicted. it put the upturn down to a couple of things — the weak value of the pound which is making british goods a lot cheaper overseas. and also lots of countries, particularly the rich ones, are seeing their economies improve so they are buying more. let's speak to the chief economic advisor of the ey item club, peter spencer, who joins us from the newsroom. good morning. let's talk about this back—up and recovery because you're pretty optimistic about our fortunes but this year and next. we are optimistic about this year certainly compared to six months ago, due to the

the event of a missile strike. 0n the front page of the times, a landmark intercontinental whistle blowerbbed in his cruise company employer carnival corporation, for pumping oil into the sea, has been awarded $1 million for his efforts. and according to the boss of the universities and colleges admissions service here in the uk, students shouldn't rush to getjobs when they graduate university. laughter the daily telegraph reports that parents should instead encourage

program more information and the whistle blower protections please seek www. the committee and shortly joined by supervisor yee the vice chair supervisor tang and supervisor sheehy are also meeting supervisor kim is excused from this meeting i'd like to entertain a motion to excuse supervisor kim >> so moved. >> thank you very much we'll take that without objection. without objection. >> our clerk is linda wong i'd like to thank jesse larson and phil jackson our friends at sfgovtv assisting us and clerk is john carol as well as who will be vauvent linda wong and mr. clerk, any announcements? >> >> devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. thank you. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> could you you, please call item one. >> item no. 1 - department of public health for fys 2017-2018 and 2018-2019, and requesting the department of public health to report. >> thank you the sponsor of this hearing supervisor cable cars good to see you thank you for being here. would you like to begin the presentation. >> great,