byrne's father was the chairman of geico insurance.amily friend and mentor. in 2019, byrne resigned as overstock's c.e.o. after revealing that he had dated a russian spy, an episode he tells me was part of an elaborate fbi conspiracy. byrne says he's a libertarian, and that he didn't vote for trump. he supports what he calls a "pro-freedom" agenda. as part of that, he produced and starred in a film about the 2020 election. >> this election was not free, fairand transparent. i see this really as the, you know, the, the... the possibility of the lights going out, you know, not just for us, but for the world. >> thompson: it features interviews with phil waldron, a trio of anonymous hackers talking about inspecting antrim county voting machines, the lawyer who sued antrim county, and michael flynn. ♪ ♪ so we've been looking at the series of meetings on lin wood's plantation in late 2020. sidney powell was involved. uh, general michael flynn was involved. >> it's kind of funny, people are asking me. yeah, i think i can probably tell the wh

tonight, join jimmy and his guests - renee zellweger, david byrne, a performance from david byrne's "erican utopia." and featuring the legendary roots crew >> questlove: 1609 >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. thank you very much! please enjoy yourselves. welcome, everybody welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show. you're here. [ cheers and applause you're watching. thank you very much. well, guys, as the war in ukraine continues, everyone has a theory about how to resolve the conflict well, this weekend former president trump had an interesting idea he said that the u.s. should paint chinese flags on its planes and then bomb russia. [ laughter ] so, if you're wondering what trump has been up to lately, the answer is huffing glue i don't know [ laughter ] these are the types of ideas you come up with after you stare at the sun too long. do you know what i'm talking about? this - [ light laughter ] then trump said that he would stop russian tanks by painting a tunnel on the side of a mountain so t

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and jim byrne and the work that he's done in san francisco has been extraordinary.ew up in visitacion valley, the son of irish immigrants who came to the u.s. and raised their kids and created a great life for themselves and created a great son who became an attorney, working to support immigrants in even -- not just in his legal capacity but in his personal professional capacity because of what he believed in, wanting to help people, and that's what his life has been about: helping people, supporting people, not just immigrants from ireland but from other countries, as well. so he served currently as a member, a very thoughtful member of the police commission in san francisco, and yes, he does have big heels to fill, because he was the grand marshal, and proudly so, in 2019. and commissioner, i went to all of my responsibilities, and i was very proud to do so. i have no doubt you're going to continue the legacy of grand marshal of the parade this year, and so it is my honor to declare today jim byrne day in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] zrn [indi

commissioner byrne? >> commissioner byrne: thank you. i -- one thing i'd like to agendize, i mentioned before, the police department issue on when the officers stand idly by when crimes are being committed. there's more than one incident that's been reported in the press, and i think this commission hear about what if anything is -- and i hope that is not a trend, but i note it is an interest in the community on that issue. the other thing i wanted to report is i'm going to try to do an evening patrol with the officers in the tenderloin by the end of this month. i've done the daytime patrol, and i'm just curious to see what it's like at night time down there and to see what's going on because i think it's important to highlight that area. thank you. thank you. >> vice president elias: thank you. i think that we also asked to agendize on a prior occasion some of the complaints which you just wanted to agendize on standing idly by, so when we make that presentation, we can also address your concerns so we can have it on all at once. >> com

i see no other names in the -- oh, commissioner byrne? >> commissioner byrne: captain, the 17 cases that you are already referring to, are those hits that were in the codis database? >> so sir, so there's a distinction. [indiscernible]. >> commissioner byrne: a noncriminal one. a noncriminal one. >> correct. >> commissioner byrne: codis is the criminal base? >> yes. it's something that was code i say -- codis eligible, yes. >> commissioner byrne: and you're saying there was a hit, so some of them hit in the codis database? >> well, everything that was run through the lab, in some instances, sometimes there's a hit in the codis database because the person happens to have a qualified criminal record or they were already uploaded into codis. >> the way that it's been explained to me, and the way i think about it is the quality assurance database is more like a filter, and it must run through the quality assurance database and that there are no [indiscernible] into the codis database. [indiscernible]. >> commissioner byrne: so that's what hap

i see no other names in the -- oh, commissioner byrne?mmissioner byrne: captain, the 17 cases that you are already referring to, are those hits that were in the codis database? >> so sir, so there's a distinction. [indiscernible]. >> commissioner byrne: a noncriminal one. a noncriminal one. >> correct. >> commissioner byrne: codis is the criminal base? >> yes. it's something that was code i say -- codis eligible, yes. >> commissioner byrne: and you're saying there was a hit, so some of them hit in the codis database? >> well, everything that was run through the lab, in some instances, sometimes there's a hit in the codis database because the person happens to have a qualified criminal record or they were already uploaded into codis. >> the way that it's been explained to me, and the way i think about it is the quality assurance database is more like a filter, and it must run through the quality assurance database and that there are no [indiscernible] into the codis database. [indiscernible]. >> commissioner byrne: so that's what happened

and jim byrne and the work that he's done in san francisco has been extraordinary.ew up in visitacion valley, the son of irish immigrants who came to the u.s. and raised their kids and created a great life for themselves and created a great son who became an attorney, working to support immigrants in even -- not just in his legal capacity but in his personal professional capacity because of what he believed in, wanting to help people, and that's what his life has been about: helping people, supporting people, not just immigrants from ireland but from other countries, as well. so he served currently as a member, a very thoughtful member of the police commission in san francisco, and yes, he does have big heels to fill, because he was the grand marshal, and proudly so, in 2019. and commissioner, i went to all of my responsibilities, and i was very proud to do so. i have no doubt you're going to continue the legacy of grand marshal of the parade this year, and so it is my honor to declare today jim byrne day in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] zrn [indi

it included patrick byrne, former ceo of overstock.com. lynwood and sidney powell, the attorneys.small company out of texas called allied security operations group. many of these people are former military, many of these people have a background in business. and people like byrne funded this operation to sort of develop a narrative that could sway the courts and could sway the public. juan: you talk about a gathering that occurred at a plantation in south carolina. could you say more about that? what was this plantation? who owned it? who attended? >> so a lot of this activity comes out of a plantation in rural south carolina owned by a conservative paternity lynn would who was one of the attorneys involved in some of the lawsuits filed to overturn the election. there was a group of cyber experts, other litter girders -- litigators who converged on the plantation in the last weeks of november and the early december. basically, they network with folks all across the country to sort of gather information, collated come and go out and execute a rategy. their strategy was we're going

and jim byrne and the work that he's done in san francisco has been extraordinary. irish immigrants who came to the u.s. and raised their kids and created a great life for themselves and created a great son who became an attorney, working to support immigrants in even -- not just in his legal capacity but in his personal professional capacity because of what he believed in, wanting to help people, and that's what his life has been about: helping people, supporting people, not just immigrants from ireland but from other countries, as well. so he served currently as a member, a very thoughtful member of the police commission in san francisco, and yes, he does have big heels to fill, because he was the grand marshal, and proudly so, in 2019. and commissioner, i went to all of my responsibilities, and i was very proud to do so. i have no doubt you're going to continue the legacy of grand marshal of the parade this year, and so it is my honor to declare today jim byrne day in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] zrn [indiscernible] [applause] . >> the hon. lo

clyde byrne or anybody. >> thank you very much. i will respond this way. was born and raised -- and my church was a fundamentalist christian church. we were right across the street from the st. jude's. i learned from a catholic priest. i will never forget him. what do you taught me saved me a lot of pain growing up. so, there is always going to be differences of religious opinion when it comes to things like this. and so, i dare not say that you will not get that kind of a reaction from some people. i do say, however, that the universality of this song cuts across race, gender, and religious grounds. and though the song will not be imposed on anyone, it's just when you want to recognize the unity that flows from the song that you may put it on your programs to be some. what we would love to establish -- including my longtime friend, leon russell, this is not about having a national him, as opposed to what could be very well be divisive as a -- we have one national anthem and we are saying, let's have one national hymn as a gesture of bringing us together.

this is davy byrne's pub, it's like one of the set pieces in ulysses. goes in there and ends up getting a gorgonzola cheese sandwich, which even now, is hip to the groove. and a glass of burgundy, like, you know? you're not dealing with muck here. jack's an actor who has been running these tours for five years. "men, men, men perched on high stools by the bar, "hearts shoved back, calling for more bread, swirling, "half—masticated gristle, no teeth to chew, chomp, "chomp from the grill, bolting to get it over, sad boozers..." it is a famously hard to read book, but do you think as an actor, you are helping it to come alive? well, i hope so. it's like waves washing over you. the beauty ofjoyce's language, the way he relates to the common man and woman is incredible. many of you might note that these are examples of stream of consciousness, which is a techniquejoyce used and it is basically how you think yourself. i'll start off on the top of my head and then i know where i am going with it, so he will have to finish sentences. so you have to keep up. wit

and jim byrne and the work that he's done in san francisco has been extraordinary.ew up in visitacion valley, the son of irish immigrants who came to the u.s. and raised their kids and created a great life for themselves and created a great son who became an attorney, working to support immigrants in even -- not just in his legal capacity but in his personal professional capacity because of what he believed in, wanting to help people, and that's what his life has been about: helping people, supporting people, not just immigrants from ireland but from other countries, as well. so he served currently as a member, a very thoughtful member of the police commission in san francisco, and yes, he does have big heels to fill, because he was the grand marshal, and proudly so, in 2019. and commissioner, i went to all of my responsibilities, and i was very proud to do so. i have no doubt you're going to continue the legacy of grand marshal of the parade this year, and so it is my honor to declare today jim byrne day in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] zrn [indi

evidence to the case because of new technology in forensic see say dna evidence confirmed that richard byrne are that's responsible for shells murder. the sheriff's office will have a press conference later this morning. to discuss the case. it will be at the alameda free library main branch at 11. the southbound caltrain tracks reopen after a pedestrian was hit by a train last night. caltrain says that person was trespassing on the tracks when they were hit. this happened between san antonio station and rinsed off avenue. that's in mountain view. well, san antonio station and rinsed off avenue caltrain did not say the condition of that person to they said about 60 people on board when that accident happened. none of them were injured. coming up on the kron morning news, former google employees are suing the company for being biased against black employees. >> they tell us the dealt with while they were working there. plus, it's day 2 of judge ketanji brown jackson's confirmation hearing. we're going to tell you what to expect when senators begin questioning her. and tornadoes ripped through

and partially because our current director william byrnes when he worked as ambassador to russia in 2008 warned in wikileaks. nyet, means nyet, he explains russia objection to bush's plan and condoleezza rice's plans, and antony blinken is said to be very well schooled in russia affairs, i thought they would advise biden on a path to negotiate a peaceful resolution. before the war at least, the demands that putin was making were essentially reasonable. that america seek to have the kyiv government imminent the minsk to piece people of 2015, we would rejoin the inf treaty. and kept mid range nukes out of europe for 30 years, and donald trump tore up two years ago. that we would essentially adopt a policy of neutrality, and ukraine would adopt a policy of neutrality, instead of running off with the west and joining into american so-called security umbrell. in the cold war austria was considered neutral, now we're 4 countries east of there talking about handing out war guarantees to country on russia bored e. with mo -- border, the thing about it, you cannot deny that america provoked this.

. >> commissioner byrne, commissioner yee.commissioner carter-oberstone. >> i'll give a brief report. in part because one of the commenters in general public comment asked about the status of attracting low-level staff enforcement. so the caller is correct. last meeting i agenda eyes and april 6 meeting discussionand possible action . i'll have dto address traffic stops and other forms of racially biased traffic stops. the plan for that meeting is to have a draft dpo for the public to begin to comment on. i've been inclose contact with the department about this. chief and i met . on february 14 when we were going to discuss this and i've also been in contact thereafter with staff and my understanding and application is that the department will be providing me with some draft language that would like we would like tosee in the dpo and i very much look forward to that . i'm hopeful and expecting the department will really meaningfully engaged in this process because i think the final outcome and final dpa will be just a better p

. >> i am benjamin hall in byrne ukraine. in the last fred lucas , one of the things i was hearing today is the number of foreign fighters now joining this fight, ukrainian officials say that 40,000 people have com from around the world, anywhere from the u.s. to the uk, canada and further afield, and i wonde what you're seeing over in the west, surely they have to pasto you all, is that a big story over there? have you met or seen any? to get it is a big story, i wen to the train station just the other day and saw a group of former british royal marines. one by the name of ben and i ha an enjoyable conversation, they're very motivated to be here, all smiles and fully kitted out, in fact i thought they were active duty forces because they had everything, they didn't look like they had to run into the super soup list or anything like that they were ready to go, they were former marines, so they were motivated. we also went to a training camp a few days ago where i met a former american paratrooper the 101st airborne division n

. >> well it's a continue that investment, and deliver -- >> let's join sky casey byrne filled who is in the newsroom. tell us more about this. >> well this policy about extending the school day, or at least making sure that all schools comply with a certain number of school hours is one of the key policies that is going to be announced in the white paper tomorrow. and the department of education say this is to stop children missing out on education. now, most schools do already run these hours. it relates to a school day, for instance, of 8:15 -- 8:45 sorry, till 3:15 in the afternoon. but this is targeted at the school that don't currently open for that long. we know at the moment 80% of the schools in england to run at least 32 hours a week. that is already most schools. and we heard that the education secretary was talking to sophie ridge about the right paver. and talking about -- . but there's not gonna be any extra funding from the government to facilitate any schools to open longer that don't currently run for this amount of time. i think it's fair to say this policy has been

we will see it byrne off by the afternoon.get through the chilly, you know, cold 30s and 40s to start. if you look at the icons for the temperature trend, we will be at about 64 degrees by 12:00 topping out today in the upper 60s. so not a ton of 70s. yesterday we managed to hit several 70s across the interior. walnut creek is at 41. by 11:00, 12:00, we will be in the mid 60s. we have a chance of seeing rain and the vernal equinox we were talking about coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you very much. >>> we start with a somber discovery in the central valley that could be a possible break in the case of a missing girl from the east bay. the body of a child has been found. we first reported about this earlier this week. 8-year-old sophia mason, she has been missing for several months. hayward police say a child fitting her description was found dead in a home in merced. her mother is in santa rita jail in dublin on unrelated charges. "today in the bay's" cheryl heard has the rest of the story. >> just complete and total shoc

. >> let the words of pope john paul byrne heavy today, never ever give up hope. never doubt, never tire, never become discourage. be not afraid! [applause] a dictator rebuilding empire will never erase people's love for liberty. it will never grind out -- ukraine will never be a victory for a russia, for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness in darkness. >> i mean, michael, so much to unpack there. let's start with the significance of recalling the words of john paul the second in this moment. >> even in his own life, i'm sure you know, alicia, joe biden has a relationship with poked on paul the second. he and mrs. biden went to the vatican in 1980, and were photographed and saw him later on. this is a very deeply believing catholic. at the same time, i think what joe biden has showed today, and what we've seen over the last month, is new evidence that leaders who really believe in democracy are inclined to make not always, but are inclined to make better decisions than tyrants like vladimir putin. you know, you can just imagine how putin got into

bill byrne speaking right there. meanwhile, critics are slamming the biden administration for its, quote, cynical and easily disprovable claim that inflation is soaring because of vladimir putin. now, in case you missed it, the labor department is out with new stats and they say prices are a big time, almost eight percent since last year. and for a third month in a row topping 40 year highs. so bad are things that even a former obama era adviser, steven rattner, he's an economic adviser. he called out the white house today on twitter writing this well, no, these are february numbers and only include small russia effect. this is biden inflation and he needs to own it. meantime on capitol hill, as you can well imagine, strong reaction to that ranging from disgust to amusement to bottom administration has tried to get some laugh out loud, laugh out loud revisionist history. they're trying to rebrand the entire increase in gas prices on their watch. listen to this as an effect of putin's recent invasion of ukraine. well,

senator byrne. >> thank you, madam chair.o doubt about it, coming from the world of running a business just four years ago, childcare is something that i think employers are trying to remember the right solution. i remembered in arizona then they found it was too complicated and then they let the rest of the providers that are locally taken over which would have been even to this date less of an issue than i think it is nationally. that would be a fortune for many that wouldn't share that and for that a variety of faith-based entrepreneurs, i guess the one thing that gives me pause is that we are talking about in amount of money if it were in the original construction it would have been half of what we spent in zero eight and zero nine and of the idea that we want to commandeer something else again at the federal level. i know from over the three years that i've been here, the natural default is parents, employers, just taking care of our kids in general. it generally ends up creating a lot of investment that sometimes doesn'

. >> commissioner byrne, commissioner yee.in part because one of the commenters in general public comment asked about the status of attracting low-level staff enforcement. so the caller is correct. last meeting i agenda eyes and april 6 meeting discussionand possible action . i'll have dto address traffic stops and other forms of racially biased traffic stops. the plan for that meeting is to have a draft dpo for the public to begin to comment on. i've been inclose contact with the department about this. chief and i met . on february 14 when we were going to discuss this and i've also been in contact thereafter with staff and my understanding and application is that the department will be providing me with some draft language that would like we would like tosee in the dpo and i very much look forward to that . i'm hopeful and expecting the department will really meaningfully engaged in this process because i think the final outcome and final dpa will be just a better policy document with departments inputs and work. >> great. t