>> yes, president brandon. we have one caller on the line. >> president brandon: thank you. please open the first one. >> thank you. opening that line. >> good afternoon. this is pete sitnick managing partner at water bar and epic steak on the embarcadero. i just want to first off acknowledge the help and support we've gotten from the port in working our way back into some level of new normalcy for the restaurants but i would also like to just point out in the same spirit and vein that the public must still comply with the protocols and precautions in order to get to the other side of covid-19, the restaurant businesses on the port are in the same boat. while if you walk past water barn epic on a sunny day, you're thinking this place is doing phenomenal, it's back to normal, it's great and i am very grateful for all the business that we do have, but we are still operating at tremendous profitability losses. we're about 50% of where we were prepandemic due to their phenomenal location upon everyone else that the

candice: brandon is a handyman.se, for the last year and a half-- brandon: yeah, tomorrow's probably gonna be the drywall and the texture. candice: --he was repairing something else, he says, something he admits to damaging the last ten years of his family's life. brandon: i was living in my truck across the street from my mom's house for, like, a year. i stayed in the back of my suburban. substance abuse really is the bottom line. that's where it all came down to. like, it ruined me and my kids' mother's relationship. my worst day was probably sittin' in jail, and i hadn't seen my kids for months, and i didn't know where they were, and that was just too much for me. candice: so you wanted to get out of that life? brandon: absolutely, yeah, yeah, but it just took ten years of makin' that decision to realize, like, it--this is not gonna work. like, you're never gonna be able to be a father and raise these kids and get loaded at the same time. candice: brandon left benicia and his life of drugs and came to vacaville,

brandon made it a point always to stay in touch. meet up for coffee at conferences and over the years we have shared our work. he comes up with fabulous ideas for a workshop, sends incredible sources, and we dream of collaboration's. in closing, i'm reminded of one spirited text exchange a little bit time back about a popular book that will remain nameless. i remember telling brandon that what was missing from this work was a recognition of respect for the creative ways that black people worked around black supremacy. and all of the forces that told them no. you cannot and will not succeed. i wrote a text that you needed to love black people, if you are going to talk about how they dreamed, about possibility and freedom. i can say unequivocally that brandon's love black people is so wide, so long, so high and so deep. i can tell you we are not ready for what he has in store for us, and how he would transform and push forward the field of black business history in the new millennium. and so, since we have a little bit of time i want

president brandon joined us. we had an excellent conversation about our study and our partnership to date, and it was followed by a tour of the san francisco waterfront. >> thank you. thank you for your report. we will now open the phone lines to take public comment on the executive director's report for members of the public joining us on the phone, jennifer will be our operator and will provide instructions now for anyone on the phone who would like to provide public comment. >> thank you, president brandon. at this time, we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comment on the executive director's report. please dial star, three if you wish to make public comment. the system will let you know when your line is open. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limited to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. please dial star, three if you wish to make public comment. (. >> thank you, jennica. do we have any public commenters on the phone? >>

that is brandon williams, not above the law. that is brandon williams. a — not above the law.of guilty in the case of derek chauvin. it was a three week long trial, he was on charges of murder and manslaughter. we heard from 45 witnesses and watched hours of video that was filmed much of that by bystanders and police cameras themselves. our north america correspondent, lebo diseko looks back at the key moments in the trial. it was a death that shook the world. i cannot breathe! ripping open america's unhealed wounds on racism and police brutality. but much of the evidence of this crime was not gathered by police. instead, it was the local community who documented it. filming, begging... he's not responsive right now! ..and remonstrating with officers as derek chauvin knelt on george floyd's neck for nearly nine—and—a—half minutes. among them, the teenager without whom there may never have been a trial. it was a video filmed on her mobile phone that was seen around the world. a minor at the time, her face was not shown in court. when i look at george floyd, i look at... i look

i appreciate it. >> president brandon: commission er woo ho? woo ho: i have no further questions. >> president brandon: commission er gilman? >> commissioner gilman: i have no further questions. i support the item. >> vice president adams: i have no questions. i support the item. >> president brandon: thank you so much. great report. thank you very much. we have a motion and a second. can i have a roll call vote. [roll call vote]. >> president brandon: motion passes unanimously. resolution 21-22 is adopted. call the next item please. >> clerk: request approval for the extension of the terminal management agreement between the port of san francisco and pacific cruise trip terminal l.l.c. for one month. this is resolution 21-23. >> good afternoon president brandon, vice president adams, commissioners my name is andre coleman, dent director of maritime. is at the port meeting on april 13th, staff provided the port commission with the state of the cruise. staff lightly touched on the impact the pause in cruises had on the port's cruise terminal ope

brandon, i'm very, very envious of you. brandon graduated high school from scotlandville. he works to give back to his community through volunteer efforts. and brandon has received a go grant every year. and he credits that scholarship with the ability to stay in school and complete his degree. so, brandon, i have an idea of how hard you've had to study in order to earn this degree. and by increasing funding for go grants, we can help many more students like brandon to achieve their goals. let's give brandon a round of applause tonight. [ applause ] i want every student who walks on any campus in this state to have the opportunity to thrive. i also want them to go on to succeed in the workplace. and, simply put, we can't accomplish this if we aren't investing in higher education. we also can't accomplish this if students aren't safe on their own campuses. my administration's worked closely with members of the louisiana women's legislative caucus to propose house bill 409, which would ensure faculty and staff are properly reporting title ix violations per their university a

so thank you ben and brandon and we will go to the video now. >> thank you bill. it's been a great leisure to

let's give brandon a round of applause. [applause] i want every student who walks on any campus in the state to have the opportunity to thrive. i also want them to go on to succeed in the workplace and simply put, we can't accomplish this if we aren't investing in higher education. we also can't accomplish this if students aren't safe on their own campuses. my administrations worked closely with members of the louisiana led -- to propose house bill 4:09, which would ensure faculty and staff will probably reporting violations per the university and system policies. [applause] i know there are other bills that can be beneficial and are committed to working with legislators on this issue. the key is that we have to get this right and we have to do it now. this isn't the only way we are striving to make louisiana a more just and inclusive place to live. we're also introducing legislation to ensure that pregnant or postmortem workers have reasonable accommodations to promote the health of both mom and baby. i've seen build busin

so thank you ben and brandon, and we will go to the videos now. >> thank you, bill. it's been our great pleasure to jointly sponsor this work with our friends at the sunflower foundation. work you are going to hear about today. for those not familiar with well-being trust, we are national foundation focused on

story about my son brandon. that the power of addiction and how dangerous it is. and maybe. save somebody's life. i think i got a chance to shake almost everybody saying when you came in i was trying to figure out what sport you are it's hard to guess every sport from your you know your size but thank you guys for coming so let me introduce you to my co speakers and this is brandon. and ran is not here today and i'll tell you why later this is me when i was at o. u. and i had this young son and also when i had more hair. i was a cute little kid brand his plan was to go to college and play football which he did. and he ended up playing on a national championship football team never got in any kind of trouble and the dread that brought him down was an opioid and it did not come from the streets it came from a pharmacy i just told him stop using those pills and i found out it's not that easy i found out it's like telling a diabetic to use more willpower and stop needing insulin you can't do that that's crazy i never told him about addiction i never warned him. and so now i i ha

a relative said hole simply did >> brandon waslp he needed. >> brandon was isolated. in 2004 due to suicide. >> reporter: tonight, in a statement to cbs news, brandon hole's family says they tried to get him the help he needed, and their apologies go out to the victims' families. adriana. >> diaz: just heartbreaking. nikki battiste, thank you. demonstrators are still taking to the streets to protest police-involved shootings, including in brooklyn center, minnesota. >> justice now! >> reporter: nearly 500 people gathered for a sixth night in the wake of the fatal police shooting of daunte wright. police say about 100 people were arrested. and in chicago, hundreds turned out to demand justice for the shooting death of 13-year-old adam toledo last month. protests were mostly peaceful, but there were some clashes with police. the world's covid-19 death toll reached a staggering new milestone today. more than three million lives now taken by the virus. for context, that's more than the population of houston. for the latest, tom hanson joins us now in new york. tom, good e

brandon tatum is here on how the left is undermining policing. bob woodson on how these bad actors don't face any repercussions. that's ahead. [inaudible] >> i'll tase you! taser, taser, taser! i just shot him. >> laura: shocking body cam footage from the minnesota police officer who shot and killed daunte wright. the euro of criminal apprehension identify the officer in question as kim potter, a longtime veteran of the brooklyn center police force. officers have pulled wright over for a traffic violation but discovered he had an outstanding warrant and you sell it happen. resisted arrest, potter appears to shoot him purportedly by accident. she seemed truly shocked. the chief of police says that the officer meant to pull out her taser, not her sidearm. accident or not, blm radicals are using this horrific tragedy as an excuse to rampage in the city of brooklyn center for which we are monitoring and will bring you the latest. it's not surprising. it's one thing blm learned from last summer's riot it's that they can loot, burn, destroy with impuni

brandon, i want to start with you. sara talking about how your family has been there every single day. we all heard that incredibly emotional testimony from your uncle's girlfriend, courtney. and she was very honest and direct about their struggles with addiction. but she also talked about his faith, how much he loved his daughters. do you think the jury got a good and real picture of who your uncle was? >> i would believe so. i actually had an interview, so i didn't catch all of courtney's testimony. but if she know him the way we know him and painted the picture of him, that's the only picture they can paint, despite everything they're saying to tear his character down. he was a great man, he was loved, he loved his family. i'm pretty sure that the jury got that as clear as day. >> that he was loving and he was loved. i mean, it's something so basic and yet so crucial and so human in this. ben, what is your reaction to the testimony from the final witness who took the stand tonight that seemed so powerful to me. that

so let me introduce you to my co speaker tonight this is brandon. and moran is not here today and i'll tell you why later this is me when i was at o. u. and i had this young son and also when i had more hair. was a cute little kid brand his plan was to go to college and play football which he did. and he ended up playing on a national championship football team never got in any kind of trouble and the drug that brought him down was an opioid and it did not come from the streets it came from a pharmacy i just told him stop using those pills and i found out it's not that easy i found out it's like telling a diabetic to use more willpower and stop needing insulin you can't do that that's crazy i never told him about addiction i never warned him and so now i i have survivor guilt now but i'm living with it so i started a foundation called fighting addiction through education because i think education is the key to this problem and when i tell this story is schools it gets so quiet you could hear a pin drop and they're not really interested in me they're

tonight. >> well, god bless brandon. >> pete: [laughs] brandon, thank you for your work, we love youeciate it. thank you. china is targeting frequent ingram angle guest jamie netzel for having the audacity to call it the sham w.h.o. covid origin investigations. he joins us and just moments. plus, youtube removed a video featuring renowned covid expert, he's here to respond next. ♪ ♪ >> pete: welcome back. it's no secret that the w.h.o.'s so-called investigation into the origins of covid-19 is a total sham. clearly their goal is to appease communist china, not follow the science buried dozens of scientists from across the globe are demanding a new and truly independent covid investigation and they are being led by my next guest, and w.h.o. advisor, who writes this in part. "the final process utilized by the joint study team for assessing the likelihood of the pathway, essentially a show of hands by the joint study team members based on an extremely superficial review failed to reach some most basic standards of credible analysis and assessment." w.h.o. advisor and atlantic council sr.

here is brandon williams. brandon: thank you, thank you to all you guys, advocating, protesting in the middle of a pandemic, your safety on the line, we appreciate that. especially to our legal team, and, tony, justin, chris, just in here. finally thank you to keith ellison and his team. [applause] they did an amazing job, from start to finish. all the evidence, the witnesses, everything prove exactly what we saw in that video. but yet, we still questioned the decision of the jury. and i wonder why? oftentimes, the system fails us as black and and women in america. all the evidence, everything into a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict. or in some cases, i have my good friend walker back here, we don't even get charges. >> right. brandon: so today is a pivotal moment for america. it is something this country has lead it for a long time now. and hopefully, today is a start. we need change in this broken system. it was built to imprison us. it was built against us. oftentimes, we see pe

brandon lewis condemned those behind the attacks.ally unacceptable. attacks on police officers are utterly reprehensible. those engaged in this destruction and disorder do not represent the people of northern ireland. the reasons, he said, were complex, but had been fuelled over a lack of prosecutions of those who attended a funeral for a former ira member and tensions over checks on goods entering northern ireland from great britain, agreed as part of that uk—eu brexit deal. but the answer to all these issues and any others lie in dialogue, engagement, and the democratic process, not through violence or disorder. it is incumbent on all of us engaged in political discourse to support northern ireland in leaving its divisive past behind and continuing instead to look ahead to all of the opportunities of the future. for labour, the violence was unjustified and unjustifiable. the prime minister made promises to the people of northern ireland that there would be no border with great britain, knowing full well his brexit deal would introd

. >> laura: joining me now brandon tatum former police officer.n last time i checked the police weren't the ones who were rioting, looting and burning down cities, harassing people in restaurants as they're doing tonight in new york city. your reaction to this? >> well, first and foremost, we wouldn't need police if people weren't cutting up acting a fool 24 hours a day seven days a week. this is a political agenda and it's sad because they're ruinings our country and they don't have to. police in this country and we know police do their job on a day-to-day basis, you get one officer like chauvin who i think did something he should have been done. i don't think he should have been convicted but did something he shouldn't have done but we can't paint everybody with a broad brush. i don't think you should paint every black person with a broad brush. so why are they still pushing this rhetoric that all police officers in this country are somehow evil, they want revenge. it's absolutely as nine to me. >> laura: and when you think about all these citie

so joining me now is brandon mitchell.the derek chauvin trial, and the first to speak out. and we're so happy to have you here. thank you so much, brandon. i appreciate you joining us. >> yes. thanks for having me. thanks for having me, don. >> can you please take us inside what it was like to be a juror in this case, to watch that video, hear all that evidence, know that this huge decision would be up to you with the whole country watching. how was that? >> i mean it was stressful being in there every day. the fact knowing the whole country was watching, that wasn't too much pressure. i think that part was fine. but just being in there every day was stressful, draining mentally and emotionally. >> you told cnn that there were times that you felt like you couldn't keep serving as a juror. i found that fascinating, but you got through it by telling yourself, quote, if i'm not here, who will be here for us, meaning us, the black man, right? what responsibility -- >> absolutely. >> -- do you feel being a juror on this case? d

>> harris: big question is who are we missing, brandon? approximately 6,000 people that are crossing the borders illegally in a 24 hour period of time. we apprehend 5,000. 1,000 are evading apprehension. we do not know who those people are. we don't know where they are coming from. all we know they were able to evade apprehension. they could be from countries of special interest just like the two individuals that were apprehended from yemen in california. that's a very dangerous situation and if we don't get this under control, we do not know what harm will be done to the united states. >> harris: brandon judd. so grateful for your time today. thank you. >> thank you. >> harris: a reality tv star eyeing a run for california governor as gavin newsom faces a likely recall election. the steps caitlyn jenner is taking. and we'll tell you what cbs news is now saying about the roundly criticized "60 minutes" report on florida governor ron desantis as the governor himself is now going on offense. >> nobody trusts corporate media. they are a disas

brandon: so today is a pivotal moment for america. it is something this country has for a long time now. and hopefully, today is a start. we need change in this broken system. it was built to imprison us. it was built against us. oftentimes, we see people who are supposed to protect and serve, supposed to protect and serve. they do the total opposite. on the first day of trial, we had a press conference and we kneeled for eight minutes at 46 seconds. and when i got up and it was my turn to speak, i said that every time i come here, it is hard. because this is the exact place where they took somebody from me that i loved. i absolutely dislike coming here. but i also said, this time, it was easy. we came for one thing and one thing only and that was justice for george lloyd. -- george floyd. and today, that is what we got. [applause] so this time, it wasn't hard at all, it wasn't hard at all. i am big on faith and prayer. i had a lot of faith. but i was also optimistic. we need police reform badly. these guys are able to wear a badge an

brandon: so today is a pivotal moment for america. it is something this country has for a long time now. and hopefully, today is a start. we need change in this broken system. it was built to imprison us. it was built against us. oftentimes, we see people who are supposed to protect and serve, supposed to protect and serve. they do the total opposite. on the first day of trial, we had a press conference and we kneeled for eight minutes at 46 seconds. and when i got up and it was my turn to speak, i said that every time i come here, it is hard. because this is the exact place where they took somebody from me that i loved. i absolutely dislike coming here. but i also said, this time, it was easy. we came for one thing and one thing only and that was justice for george lloyd. -- george floyd. and today, that is what we got. [applause] so this time, it wasn't hard at all, it wasn't hard at all. i am big on faith and prayer. i had a lot of faith. but i was also optimistic. we need police reform badly. these guys are able to wear a badge an

loss of life caused as a result of brandon's actions. through the love of his family we tried to get him the help he needed. investigators have searched the home of 19-year-old brandon hole, a former fedex employee. he was already known to law enforcement. the fbi said hole's mother previously warned that he might be -- he might want to kill -- be killed by a police officer. the shooting victims of the indianapolis shooting range from 19 to 74. eight people died and others injured. >> the fact that he's even still alive is -- it says a lot. >> and in washington, congressional democrats say there are steps they could have taken which would have immediately impacted the number of shootings in the u.s., but are hitting a roadblock in the senate. >>> queen elizabeth said good-bye to her husband of 73 years. the pared down funeral, pared down because of the coronavirus, allowed for only the queen and family members to attend. those proceedings were broadcast live around the world. nbc's anne thompson reports from windsor castle. >> reporter:

brandon fue condenado por asesnar a su madre anteriormente.petua. mÁs estudiantes vuelven a clases presenciales, pero hay preocupaciÓn por la salud mental. >>> decenas de negocios en santa clara recibieron multas por violaciones a la sanidad. miÉrcoles de primavera, temperaturas cÁlidas pero vienen cambios, si tiene planes para el fin de semana el pronÓstico al regresar. (comerciales) ha pasado mÁs de un aÑo de la pandemia y que obligÓ a todos a distanciarnos, especialmente a los niÑos, ahora con el regreso a las clases profesionales de la salud temen que los niÑos sean impactados mentalmente. cetmÁs estudiantes regresan a las escuelas, y ahora tienen un nuevo enemigo silencio: la depresiÓn. >>> esto produjo problemas de depresiÓn y ansiedad, vimos un aumento de drogas. >>> comportamiento que es evitable, porque la violencia domÉstica aumentÓ mucho. >>> si los niÑos ven violencia domÉstica entre padres los afecta a ellos. >>> hay niÑos que estÁn mal, no pueden salir a jugar ni abrasarse. >>> un problema que algunos padres de familia identifica

provided support for this work for which we would not have been able to do without so thank you ben and brandon and we will turn it now. >> thank you, bill.

elizabeth: sure, up next the national taxpayers union president brandon arnold.emocrat senator joe manchin, looks like he blew up the democrat battle plan. we'll explain that. also democrats getting brutally mocked on twitter for their new mind bending rhetoric trying to convince america that infrastructure includes things like paid family leave. you won't believe what they're saying on twitter. pretty funny stuff. stay right all right that's a fifth-floor problem... ok. not in my house! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dikembe mutumbo blocking a shot. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. feeling sluggish or weighed down? it could be a sign that your digestive system isn't working at it's best taking metamucil everyday can help. metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. it also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. so

elizabeth: sure, up next the national taxpayers union president brandon arnold.or joe manchin, looks like he blew up the democrat battle plan. we'll explain that. also democrats getting brutally mocked on twitter for their new mind bending rhetoric trying to convince america that infrastructure includes things like paid family leave. you won't believe what they're saying on twitter. pretty funny stuff. stay right there. (vo) ideas exist inside you, electrify you. they grow from our imagination, but they can't be held back. they want to be set free. to make the world more responsible, and even more incredible. ideas start the future, just like that. ♪. elizabeth: let's welcome to the show national taxpayers union executive vice president brandon arnold. hey, brandon, what do you think, do you think senator joe manchin, democrat, he just, looks like he just blew up the democrats' battle plan for biden's entire tax-and-spend agenda, saying no we'll not get rid of the filibuster, no, we'll not just pass bills with democrat party line votes without republicans? did he

the suspect is former fedex employee 19-year-old brandon hole.ot saying whether he even knew the victims. one man shared his grief about losing his 66-year-old mother. >> we lost the most important person in our family. and i want to say, she was the most lovable in our whole family. >> 74-year-old john weisert's wife shared a photo of him just before learning that he had died. they had been married 50 years. >> he does his job starting at 5:30. so that was it, i just said good-bye, have a good evening. and he was gone. >> today hole's family issued a statement saying sincerest and most heartfelt apologies to the victims and saying we are devastated at the loss of life caused as a result of brandon's actions. through the love of his family we tried to get him the help that he needed. >>> britain's prince philip laid to rest in front of his closest friends and family today. only 30 people were permitted to attend the service inside st. george's chapel beforehand. his son charles and grandsons prince charles and harry were among them. his wife spot

ed: thank you, brandon judd. i appreciate it.her warms before it's dangerously hot, we're going to see another influx. thank you, brandon, appreciate it. so i'm edward lawrence in for elizabeth macdonald. you're watching "the evening edit" that does it for us. for taking the hour and having the interesting debate with me. we're going to be following all of these stories and more. tomorrow on "mornings with maria," more coverage about what the the president could say to the joint group of congress. back to you. ♪ ♪ larry: hello, everyone. to "kudlow." i'm larry kudlow are. great to be with ya. two big stories in today's "wall street journal." what wall street is telling us about the u.s. economic outlook, that's one. and the west looks past covid-19 and sees economic resurgence with, that's another. now, i thought the first story, i mean, they're both important stories, don't get me wrong. i thought the first story was a little soft. yes, it credited government stimulus and vaccines for the booming economy. i don't know, the stimu

and brandon called brandon crawford delivered the biggest hit in the seventh bases loaded double thattwo runs. the giants won 3 to 1. on you're watching ktvu plus at 6 30 san francisco schools are getting ready to welcome back students next monday. for now, it's only the youngest students returning to class, but it's ktvu christien kafton explains. they expect all students will return to class in mid august. bryant elementary school in san francisco's mission district is just about ready to welcome back students. the classrooms may look a little different with more room between desks and clear partitions, but the district says it's ready to welcome back there. first group of students, bryant is one of 22 elementary schools here in the san francisco unified school district that will re open their doors to students for in person learning on monday, and we could not be more excited. district says it's working to bring back more elementary students throughout april and hopes to have 107 schools with more than 22,000 students in class by the end of the month. the principal says, the differ