derek kerr, a whistle blower. in response to public comments made before this very body several years ago, c.s.a.'s whistle blower program agreed to track and report the out comes of the whistle blower retaliation claims that were investigated by the ethics commission. so far, all of these reports show zero sustained retaliation claims. in fact, the ethics commission has never sustained a whistle blower retaliation claim since it began looking at them in june of 1995. zero in 23 years is far below the international benchmark that is published by navex global, which i believe was about 10% a year or two ago. even osha's discredited whistle blower program sustains 3% of retaliation claims. but here in san francisco, we are to believe that whistle blower retaliation doesn't occur. the c.s.a. should consider an audit of the ethics commission and how it handles whistle blower retaliation claims and why it just can't sustain any, which is why whistle blowers have to sue the city and go to court and that's where they get

derek kerr again, a whistle blower. the whistle blower program labors under a moral hazard. it's part of the city family and therefore not independent. great care is taken not to ruffle departmental feathers. complaints are shared with the city attorney, who defends accused city officials against whistle blower claims that land in court, an obvious conflict of interest. too often, goboc liaisons to the program are cheerleaders who do not represent the public and conduct little critical review. they absorb passive information without looking behind it. they have not looked into the rate of complainant interviews by program investigators or why that rate of interview is not disclosed. none have examined whether referring complaints back to the kpuzed departments enables cover ups oregon jeopardizes whistle blowers. they haven't investigated why some complaints take over six months to investigate. we don't know why political interference, stone walling or r is why it happens. all we're told is complexity is why long delays occur. my december 2016 complaint about the human servi

and you'll hear later more about our whistle blower program, which is on my slide. continue with our follow up process. the value in an audit is not the findings, but it's actually the implementation of the recommendations, and so we really work hard to ensure that we have a robust follow up process. we follow up at every -- at six month intervals to ensure that departments are implementing our recommendations. and i'm proud to say that our recommendation rate is 98% of our recommendations over a two-year period. and we will continue with assisting with disaster recovery, and most of our work, when we're having a disaster or the city is assisting with other disasters, we're ensuring that our records are intact and we're able to receive back the -- recover our costs as it relates to the services that our city has provided. and we're also doing audit work to support the department of police accountability, the ethics commission, and at the police department. >> so that's a lightning quick run through of our work plan. the narrative, which is published on the website,

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

. >> but you are being a little bit of the whistle blower about this -- >> i am not being e evasive, but there is 368 pages that i talked about my interesting journey for 15 years with the journey of donald trump, and you can ask me about that, "unhinged" but you are not asking me about the book. >> and you say that you want to expose donald trump and the corruption that he has perpetrated. >> yes. and you know that there is a process for that. >> and what does that dovetail. >> and it is not sitting here with you. >> it is not? >> no, there is a process for that, and a legal process and that is not going to be happening here for the next three years that we have left. feel free to ask me anything about "unhinged." >> you talk about conversations with jared and ivanka in the book. are they concerned about that moo mueller investigation? >> i am not sure if they are. >> the president called you a dog this morning. what does that say to you? >> if he says that public ly, what would he say privately. he has no respect of women and african-american women, and having the chief of staff to

stone saying a whistle blower told his lawyer there was a fisa application to surveil him. walls seem to be closing in on stone in the mueller investigation. at least five stone associates have been subpoenaed by the special counsel. stone himself of course at this point as far as we know, we'll see if this changes in the next few seconds, but has not. roger stone, political adviser to the president, roger, good to have you with me. i appreciate your time tonight. i was reading your article that you wrote and you said that you got this whistle blower who has informed your lawyers that your name is in the carter page fisa application and that it was clear in there that there was a fisa application to surveil you. have you actually seen that fisa warrant? are you sure that it exists? >> well, first of all, "the new york times," the newspaper of record as you know, erin, report t -- report ted this on page onen a story that said that carter page, roger stone and paul manafort were all subject to fisa warrants. a whistle blower has told my attorneys that this was referred to in

a tesla whistle-blower is releasing photos of the electric car company's alleged flawed manufacturing processes that he says could put drivers at risk. former tesla employee martin tripp tweeted before and after photos of what he says are damaged batteries that have been reworked. he also accuses tesla of dumping waste and scraps in open parking lots and trucks at its big factory in sparks, nevada, instead of storing them in temperature controlled warehouses. tripp has been in a legal battle with tesla. the company accuses him of hacking internal systems to give false information to the press. a tesla spokesman says the latest claims are false and says there are no battery issues in any model 3. tesla's ceo musk is subpoenaed by the securities and exchange commission to take his company private. it would be the largest buy- out in history. >>> the insurance institute for highway safety is out with a new round of crash tests. hena doba reports this time the group looked at minivans. >>> reporter: researchers tested three minivans, the odyssey, pacifica and siena to see how they perform

they filed a whistle-blower tip with the s.e.c.ad of security led a team of former cia case officers at uber. at tesla, they allegedly spied on employees' cellphone conversations and hushed up a drug trafficking investigation. >>> the albuquerque general reports new mexico medical investigators confirm the remains of a child found at a makeshift compound are from the missing boy from georgia. the body was found of abdul-gh- was found in a nearby tunnel. the father and four other adults were arrested at the compound on suspicion of child abuse. authorities found 11 children living there in filth. >>> "time" has a far-reaching interview with serena williams where she opens up about a lot of topics including struggling for time to spend with her daughter as well as her career. she didn't think she would be so attached to her daughter olympia and said at times it was difficult to leave her. she also said she breast fed for 18 months even though it was harder to get back in shape. whelp it com doesn't end here. >>> and "the new york tim

generators and blowers have been checked out regularly on a weekly basis. this was their final test. the fuel was dropped off -- topped off. we were true devcon 2. time was 21:10 hours. fire chief reports priority missions accomplished. fire storage casualties dispatched to hospitals. fire crews on son by for returning aircraft on emergency landing. fire casualties received two hospital. command post request dosage report on personnel involved. command post, this is ochsner tower. we have an emergency. fire warning lights. signaling approach. >> roger. >> time 21:27 hours. inside a closed vehicle, radiation cut by half. inside the hospital less than one victim per hour. at maintenance control less than one victim per from our. in the command post there was a does -- dosage start -- status. the crew with an average dosage of 90 rad are prioritized. base commanders order washdown. radiation peaked at 21: 51 hours. 22: 22 hours. division says get with it. recover and report time to launch. advise duration air battle capability. this morning base capability und

stuff and that takes a lot of guts i work a lot of whistle blowers over the years so again thank you for that and it seems like one of the big issues that these are as you mentioned southwest key but these are for profit a lot of these are for profit institutions or some nonprofit organizations involved too but a report came out in the atlantic that indicated that these types of groups have spent more than three million dollars last year alone just lobbying in your opinion should there be a more critical eye on the for profit even though not for profit organizations that are involved in these dissention centers or what amount to really private prison camps. well unfortunately what's aroused of on this from this kind of dark a lot of private and public interest is basically you have a very highly charged rhetoric which basically kind of the anti immigration read or in the case of southwest even of a rhetoric in south of social change however that rhetoric only very very thinly masked a very high profit venture which is essentially does stealing the liberty of people and detainment ver

the whistle blower and accountability act was really remarkable, helping folks to ferret out abuses or fraud and be protected in the meantime and more accountability in the v.a. also, this president through the gi education bill, he said that you use your benefits at any time. there was real uncertainty in that. the list goes on and on. and the opioid space which i work on here the v.a. has been a tremendous partner in helping our veterans understand that pain management may not always mean pain medication. we don't need a parade to celebrate all this president has done for those brave men and women in uniform and all the people are so anti-american, america was never great, abolish ice, spitting on men and women in uniform. disrespecting the flag when they have the opportunity. i'm very proud to work for a man who loves this country and the men and women in uniform parade or no parade. steve: of course, the news today it sounds like. >> man mowing the lawn. steve: of course he is mowing on tv and there he goes. ed: a little parade going on behind you. >> here is our parade. ed: what d

generators and blowers had been checked out regularly, on a weekly basis.his was their final test. the fuel was topped off. we were through def con 2. time, 21:10 hours. radiation, 40 roentgens per hour. fire chief reports missions accomplished. fire crash crews on stands by for returning aircraft on emergency landing. medical control center confirms fire casualties referred to hospital. command post requests dosage report on personnel involved. >> command post, this is oxnard tower. >> this is the command post. go ahead, tower. >> we have an emergency eight miles out. has fire warning light. making single engine approach. >> roger. >> time, 21:27 hours. radiation, 370 roentgens per hour. inside a closed vehicle, cut by half. inside the hospital, less than one roentgen per hour. at maintenance control, less than one roentgen per hour. at security and com, less than one rent kin per hour. the returning crash crew are rotated to bottom priority for future duty. duty comes at 2200 hours when base commander orders ramp washdown. radiation peaked at 21:50 hours.

take a different path and to help survivors well you know since then patrick was become a whistle blower an expert called on to testify in over two thousand cases of priests accused of sexual abuse. according to him the catholic church has developed a system to exfiltrate pedophile priests. that's the same pattern we've seen in australia it's the same pattern we've seen in the united states it's the same pattern we've seen in canada it's the same pattern in ireland in england in italy it's honestly it's in the d.n.a. of the roman catholic system and i like to call this the geographic solution so what the bishop needs to do that he finds out that the priest is is a perpetrator and then at that point he simply moves him to a different spot where the previous scandal is not known and it is not enough to move him outside the country that's. the geographic solution you can move in from continent to continent as long as he can speak the language that is needed it looks legitimate as well he's going to be accepted without question that's where the danger comes. an anonymous source will provide

and welcome to germany as berlin the black forest and the alps baskin blowers sunshine new figures come germany has one of the world's top travel destinations. this is business as well germany is introducing tough regulation to protect key industries from foreign takeovers and the target is clear china for several years beijing has been on a shopping spree buying companies that fit its strategy to develop into an economic world leader in industry sectors that strategy involves takeovers of foreign companies mostly market leaders in sectors like robotics or pharmaceuticals countries such as germany or the u.s. now see their industrial advantages at risk they are starting to fight china's massive pile strategy with ever stricter regulation it's a move china won't like germany's government wants broader veto powers when investors from outside europe buy into local companies starting at fifteen percent stakes instead of the current twenty five. the new regulations come after berlin effectively blocked a chinese company from buying a twenty percent share in electricity grid operator fifty. c

the various members are in receipt of various whistle blower letters that show that sfusd are targeting teachers over the age of 40. given the data, the numbers are too high to ignore. although the data set isn't enough to make a definitive conclusion, it does appear that labor relations completely omitted reporting at least one ethnic racial group. racism and ageism aren't identical twins, but we know that they are certainly siblings from the same family of oppression and abuse of power. given the data and analysis that we have seen, and the fact that the evaluation committee has not met in five years, the suspicious reporting of the data and the various ways that sfusd p.a.r. is operating in violation of our own contract, the california -- the completion of the age discrimination and employment act or adea, the stufd p.a.r. program certainly warrants an immediate moratorium and investigation and further review from an outside agency. i remain saddened that someone on the other side of the water, on the other side of the bay had to send the first public whistle blower letter about this

blowers, i histle think the whistle blower protection act and all the in the s we have government are out there. i think we probably need to do a of putting that information in my organization intel community those numbers and information receiver where. i'm not sure how hah works in but i can sector tell you we push this issue frequently because our argument upset and you're angry and you think something is ot right, waste, fraud, abuse, otherwise, please, i encourage people to use the whistle blower process. giving it to than russia, china, or iran. i don't think people understand when they do es wikileaks or hacktivists. that benefits nobody. makes that employee feel good for five second's. whistle ery viable blower programs in the government. in the construct private sector. in the last couple of years the overnment has pushed it way hard but we have to encourage more folks to go that issue and hose who violate that and there's retaliation have to be punished swiftly. great question. yes, sir? last question. >> you referenced that you felt that the chief risk officer point person

officials from california lottery are under investigation after a whistle blower turns over video of them recorded at a piano bar. ♪ ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? ♪ still flat. here. try this. and... ♪ ooh, heaven -- nailed it. >>> we've got a nice friday on tap. temperatures will be in the mid 90s inland to the 60s along the shoreline and the weekend is not looking bad either. we'll have details. weather looks good. traffic does not. >> especially for drivers on south 880. this is due to an accident near west a street. do expect delays if you are heading into hayward out of san lorenzo, if you are making your way to the bay bridge toll plaza, e shore freeway, still at the limit. >> thanks. >>> california lottery managers accused of "unprofessional shenanigans" by an anonymous lottery worker. here is more on what allegedly happened. >> the governor's office confirms it is looking into racy photos sent an anonymous lottery employee who accuses higher ups of bad behavior on taxpayer funded business trips. the whistle blower claims this image shows a senior employee with his

he's not needing protection under the whistle-blower protection act. he is a legal operative trying to get his word out to an anonymous piece, to accuse the president of lying. at >> i'm very interested in seeing how lanny davis, now moving forward and some these interviews, what lens that to work for people. >> i also think it's important to remember that rudy giuliani has also made a lot of discrepancies to the media to. he's had to walk back some comments as well. >> there's a difference between rudy giuliani walking up back in the media not correcting it. many davis has walked it back but there are certain people and reporters who refuse to correct the record and they said if they maintain any kind of credibility that they wrote. >> we are about to get a read on you high-stakes midterms. the big races we are watching and a potential impact for both parties. and for president trump's agenda. plus the white house touting the president's trade agreement with mexico. will canada also jump on board? what it all means for workers and businesses here at h

she's a brown university graduate and i want to commend her for being a whistle-blower.. no longer doing business or projects in iran due to u.s. sanctions. despite a lot of criticism that this president took on from withdrawing from the jcpoa. >> bret: we got around the horn, thank you very much. when we come back, the only way to end the work week, "notable quotables" ." to take care of any messy situations. and put irritation in its place. and if i can get comfortable keeping this tookus safe and protected... you can get comfortable doing the same with yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. well, esurance makes finding the right coverage easy. in fact, drivers who switched from geico to esurance saved an average of $412. that's auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call. a hotel can make or break a trip. and at expedia, we don't think you should be rushed into booking one. that's why we created expedia's add-on advantage. now after booking your flight, you unlock discounts on select hotels right until the day you

it is very important and i think it is porpt thimportant that wh blowers and subpoenas and investigations, their ability to speak is not stifled and that's not what this is all about. it protected the interest of those individuals while at the same time the interest and the rights of those individuals with regard to those issues but at the same time -- >> it was more about protecting the president and the administration from negative publicity. >> no, as it relates to whistle blowers and investigations and subpoenas and over sight requests, certainly protected the signers like wise. >> let me ask you -- we ask several people who serve in higher roles, republicans and democrats all said they don't know anyone specifically national security level is asked to sign an mda. why is sarah sanders say it is so common. >> i don't know why sarah said what she says. i think it is common relating to vendors that deals with the white house. >> what do you mean vendors? >> people who provide services to the white house. i believe that would be something that would be a regular practice but as it relate

what does the special counsel, a long deceased senator and the whistle-blower probroug whistle-blower who brought bown richard nixon have in common? president trump lashing out at robert mueller saying he made jokes with mccarthy the senator known for hunting communists in the 50s looked like a baby. the president going off as "the new york times" drapd -- dropped a bombshell saying they don't know what he told during the 30 hours he sat for. at the issue is the investigation of whether president trump obstructed justice. the president earlier tweeting the failing "new york times" wrote a fake piece today implying that because white house counsel done mcgahn was giving hours of testimony to the special counsel he must be a john dean type rat. but i allowed him and all others to testify. i didn't have to. i have nothing to hide. that's your second historical reference. the former white house counsel who cooperated with prosecutors during the waterga scandal. today dean is speaking out giving trump a history lesson himself. let's bring in ryan noble who's has been in new jersey travelin

which is reheard from so many people, just disheartened that even after the whistle-blower bill was passedature, that that message clearly hasn't reached all the department heads. >> while the lottery could not comment on personnel issue, their statement reads in part allegations of inappropriate behavior by employees are taken very seriously. appropriate action will betan.re ery tel managers with all nine district offices were told not to comment to the media. our requests for comment from governor brown and lieutenant governor newsom's offices were not returned. in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> we'll stay on that story. >>> moving on, it is a historic weekend, the opening of san francisco's new salesforce transit center. starting on sunday, five transit agencies will use the new transbay terminal at mission and fremont streets for bus service, easy transit, west cat links, amtrak and greyhound. muni buses have been using the ground floor since june, in fact. today a who's who of san francisco dignitaries took part in the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the center. mayor lo

he would argue he is a whistle-blower and not a partisan but that is where we are.n that sense as a campaign tactic, this may have been a smart strategy short-term for the president to find a new foe that his face can rally around and attacking and that is john brennan. >> the president leaning into those attacks. you had omarosa on last week and sorted of started this national blitz she has been. the president since her interviewed called owner a crazed low life dog and a series of insults for someone who was his close adviser a long time. reports that omarosa has like 200 more secretlily recorded tapes. how worried is the white house about this drip from her? >> you know, obviously worried enough they announced john brennan security clearance when they did. you cannot disconnect those two stories literally. a white house under siege. three straight days of omarosa releasing multiple recordings of the trump family and recording of the president and chief of staff. yes, this is a white house that was wondering what is the next shoe to drop and wondering what does ch

the hospital maintains it alerted federal authorities weeks before the whistle-blowers filed suit andand beyond to fix the problems of the past. alex ferrer is with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> thanks for coming on. how did dr. alex jones eventually get to the bottom of what was happening at the hospital? >> he started to see patients coming in. he thought, maybe a difference in judgment. a doctor missed this. how could he make this mistake. then there was another, then there was another. then it became so many he realized it wasn't a coincidence. he checked with his partner and she said absolutely not. i had the same issue with my patients from the same hospital and the same cardiologists and they didn't need it. >> is there any reason why this area was targeted? >> this area here in kentucky are considered coronary valley because of the diet. there's a high incidence of obesity and cardiology problem, so cardiology is a booming business and a very profitable business for hospitals and physicians. these are people who are very often rural a

hanson filed a whistle blower complain. a tesla spokesperson said some of the claims are out right false and others could not be corroborated. >> the "new york times" published an interview with elon musk. he worked up to 120 hours a week recently and that the past year has been the most difficult and painful of his career. musk has no plans to relinquish roles as chairman, but he did say if you have anyone who can do a better job, please let me know. they can have the job. is there someone who can do the job better, they can have the reigns right now.chipotle emplot more foot safety training. it happened at this restaurant in powell, ohio. they left food at unsafe temperatures. the latest issue follows an e coal a outbreak. one woman in the south bay said it won't stop her from eating there. >> i'm not afraid of it. i still go to chi botly now and the then. >> hercules police working to return stolen backpacks. officers found eight backpacks near faucet and santa fe. investigators say they were stole friend cars in oakland

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administration is in power secondly of course we have to think about what actually happens to whistle blowers in the u.s. because they've had a really rough time those coming out of the intelligence agencies over the last decade and the americans say they have this procedure where whistleblowers can can braise their concerns and they will be properly addressed and yet we see time and time again that they're not so i think we need also to consider what might be the best path for whistleblowers to have confidence that if they have concerns about crime or about corruption they will be heard they deem the investigation will occur .