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where we as a country and where we as journalists have never been before in which a huge part of the citizenry of our country and the leadership of the country in congress privately and in public openly questioned the fitness and stability of the president of the united states. so it raises a great question. how do we report on this reality? meanwhile, abroad, leaders are questioning the fitness of the president of the united states and whether or not the country is in good hands. this is a reporting challenge unlike any other. and it really is a story partly
where we as a country and where we as journalists have never been before in which a huge part of the citizenry of our country and the leadership of the country in congress privately and in public openly questioned the fitness and stability of the president of the united states. so it raises a great question. how do we report on this reality? meanwhile, abroad, leaders are questioning the fitness of the president of the united states and whether or not the country is in good hands. this is a...
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cryptocurrency well because and the reason is the reason is maxwells because they want to get the the citizenry used to using a digital currency and they want to completely get rid of all of paper currencies and like i said this is going to this is coming out of it so i you know i think it is coming into gaza on the accomplishes of that and then they ban all private crypt of currencies for one public block chain that they completely control by the way when they do that they can track every single transaction so the underground economy goes away tax evaders go away and they'll do it under the guise of worrying about you know a m l n k y c and terrorists funding and they have all these subliminal reasons why this is going to be successful and well that well while the public is worrying about what the broad size of kim carr dashin they're going to be have to have no control left over their money they'll be no protection from inflation the purchasing power of their money can be destroyed at the will of the governments i think you're giving too much credit to governments and if they wanted to co-op
cryptocurrency well because and the reason is the reason is maxwells because they want to get the the citizenry used to using a digital currency and they want to completely get rid of all of paper currencies and like i said this is going to this is coming out of it so i you know i think it is coming into gaza on the accomplishes of that and then they ban all private crypt of currencies for one public block chain that they completely control by the way when they do that they can track every...
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but the process is a lot of the decision, a lot of the impetus is put on the citizenry to come forward on these smaller issues, and these smaller issues are what we hear about consistently. i want to be clear this charter amendment is not designed to relive or reinstitute many of the old conflicts that happened in the city with regard to pedestrians, bicycles, and cars. it's designed to infuse into the process a better decision making as it relates to some of the smaller issues that are very important in this city. so myself and supervisor peskin got together to move this conversation forward if haand a robust debate. and i can tell you, save some of the parties like the bicycle coalition and the transit riders coalition, every day citizenry, since i've been in office, i have not received more positive feedback on an issue, and i think supervisor peskin will allagree, as well,o i'm going to allow him to make some comments on this issue. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair safai. we've been to enough meeting that we have the same rap pretty much. if you will. i associate myself, as i
but the process is a lot of the decision, a lot of the impetus is put on the citizenry to come forward on these smaller issues, and these smaller issues are what we hear about consistently. i want to be clear this charter amendment is not designed to relive or reinstitute many of the old conflicts that happened in the city with regard to pedestrians, bicycles, and cars. it's designed to infuse into the process a better decision making as it relates to some of the smaller issues that are very...
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one is the party of multi-racial america, and one is the party of an aging, white, citizenry that is very uncomfortable with the changing pace of our society, the diversification of our society. so i don't think it's really a question of whether mr. trump is a racist. the broader question is where is his party that likes to say they're the party of lincoln? well, they're precisely where they have been for the last 40 years, trying to gain electoral advantage by courting this element of our electorate. and that's very, very disturbing on martin luther king day and any other day. >> to our audience, our apologies. in earlier conversation got away from us on time. we've asked both these gentlemen to come back and continue the conversation we have started tonight. and that of course means professor alvin tillry jr. will come back. we'll have you on again very soon as we will jonathan lemire. gentlemen, thank you both. "the 11th hour" is back right after this. to protect themselve. i have afib. even for a nurse, it's complicated... and it puts me at higher risk of stroke. that would be de
one is the party of multi-racial america, and one is the party of an aging, white, citizenry that is very uncomfortable with the changing pace of our society, the diversification of our society. so i don't think it's really a question of whether mr. trump is a racist. the broader question is where is his party that likes to say they're the party of lincoln? well, they're precisely where they have been for the last 40 years, trying to gain electoral advantage by courting this element of our...
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national organizations from all over the country would respond to the first lady's efforts to involve citizenry attack on crime. with the guidelines along mrs. johnson's first doers luncheon. received johnson credentials from five newly appointed ambassadors. receiving credentials was more symbol than substance but -- substance.is there were many signs during the past year that spoke well for a more stable community and president johnson welcomed any chance. -- the nations of latin america were moving toward economic integration. many asian nations were working to strengthen their economies. africa was seeing the beginnings of regional cooperation. but trouble on many fronts persisted. the latest and most potentially dangerous, north korea. months, we have seen a stepped-up campaign of violence against south korea and american groups. groups were sent into south korea. on this very day, january 19, a 31 man team of north koreans invaded seoul. their mission was to murder the president of the republic of korea. the president first received word slightly after 2:00 in the morning, january 23. wit
national organizations from all over the country would respond to the first lady's efforts to involve citizenry attack on crime. with the guidelines along mrs. johnson's first doers luncheon. received johnson credentials from five newly appointed ambassadors. receiving credentials was more symbol than substance but -- substance.is there were many signs during the past year that spoke well for a more stable community and president johnson welcomed any chance. -- the nations of latin america were...
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the diversion of significant resources to fund threatening missile systems at the expense of its citizenry. >> right. david: he thinks and i think, frankly, that we have a lot in common with the protesters here. >> we obviously do. i mean, obviously, these protesters in iran, you know, want to see democracy, they want to see freedom, they want to be empowered and that's what they're fighting to do and it does seem to me, from my understanding and i don't climb to be a middle east expert, i've focused more of my academic works on the former soviet republic, but it's my understanding a huge impetus behind the protest in iran is because of very high unemployment, high inflation and high prices. the lack of economic opportunity that is brought these folks to the street and no question about it, the mismanagement and handling of funds and including any of the assets that were available to them post iran deal, and i'm not weighing in on whether or not the iran deal is good or bad, but it's clear that the government in iran is not directing any of that towards the people of iran to help them. dav
the diversion of significant resources to fund threatening missile systems at the expense of its citizenry. >> right. david: he thinks and i think, frankly, that we have a lot in common with the protesters here. >> we obviously do. i mean, obviously, these protesters in iran, you know, want to see democracy, they want to see freedom, they want to be empowered and that's what they're fighting to do and it does seem to me, from my understanding and i don't climb to be a middle east...
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so certainly there was this hunger among the citizenry to get as much information as they possibly could and "the herald" was definitely working to supply that. you will see that things are very similar from edition to edition. in the far-left column of pretty much each paper, you see -- the column starts with the word important and it's followed by a series of text that is very much the same air maybe changes slightly over the course of the editions and then new information gets loaded in, so to speak, you know column by column, bit by bit with little things they feel they can sacrifice or they've gotten new updated information about are scrapped and new text is loaded in. it's a very physical process. we think of this now, yeah, the characters, you had to put them in one by one, we all type that way, but that's not what's happening here. you can see spots that a column that starts with a big for this era headline. you never see a banner headline, which i think is fascinating. you don't see anything running across five columns that says "lincoln is dead," which, of course, you know, 100
so certainly there was this hunger among the citizenry to get as much information as they possibly could and "the herald" was definitely working to supply that. you will see that things are very similar from edition to edition. in the far-left column of pretty much each paper, you see -- the column starts with the word important and it's followed by a series of text that is very much the same air maybe changes slightly over the course of the editions and then new information gets...
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being than heating city schools and baltimore seems that congress is also ignoring the will of the citizenry they represent relegating us to a pretty low spot on the totem pole of congressional priorities which is why which is why it is time to break out the wood carver and start watching. the. real thing. as it gets to the bottom. like you said i got. this. week so. rugland watching the hard science of tight rope and don't have it all if so yeah goodness gracious little bit of a divide between what congress makes a priority and what we what we what yeah i'm not allowed to just get to it seems like this administration over and over again sort of says we'll get to it next week willow later it's a little and all of us get or we got to it i was out of my taxes i don't consider that my light bill medical bills they don't take that. i'm just about where it is pretty amazing our congress can just keep going to kicking the can down the down the hill or what you had one job one job and your one job one really important job which is to make sure that the money one goes the right place which is a whol
being than heating city schools and baltimore seems that congress is also ignoring the will of the citizenry they represent relegating us to a pretty low spot on the totem pole of congressional priorities which is why which is why it is time to break out the wood carver and start watching. the. real thing. as it gets to the bottom. like you said i got. this. week so. rugland watching the hard science of tight rope and don't have it all if so yeah goodness gracious little bit of a divide between...
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step forward what do we do with approximately eight hundred thousand young people that the american citizenry has already educated they've gone to our public schools their skilled workers why send them back to a country that they know nothing about to establish foreign countries economies and their educational systems as points out many undocumented immigrants are ready to come out of the shadows and earn a livable wage but it will cost employers who have been increasing their profit margins through cheap labor and the rest of america it seems is waking up to how there's eleven million people who have been picking my produce so that i can have corn for three for a dollar well it has come at a price a price that employers haven't wanted to pay another twist in the fight for immigration reform being brought to the table is a new report released by the department of justice and homeland security report indicated seventy three percent of individuals convicted of terrorism related charges from two thousand and one to twenty sixteen were foreign born i was reading there and i think it's kind of unf
step forward what do we do with approximately eight hundred thousand young people that the american citizenry has already educated they've gone to our public schools their skilled workers why send them back to a country that they know nothing about to establish foreign countries economies and their educational systems as points out many undocumented immigrants are ready to come out of the shadows and earn a livable wage but it will cost employers who have been increasing their profit margins...
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being than heating city schools and baltimore seems that congress is also ignoring the will of the citizenry they represent relegating us to a pretty low spot on the totem pole of congressional priorities which is why which is why it is time to break out the wood carver and start watching harks. you get the. real thing. as you get to the bottom. just. like you that i got. this. week so. rather than watching the hard sciences i really went to the on top of the wall and. yeah goodness gracious little bit of a divide between what congress makes a priority and what we what we what yeah i'm not allowed to just get to it seems like this administration over and over again sort of says we'll get to it next week where a little later it's a little that all of us get are we got to it i do that in my taxes i don't consider that my light bill medical bills they don't take that. i'm just barely about where it is pretty amazing our congress can just keep going to kicking the can down the road for what you had one job one job and your one job one really important job which is to make sure that the money one
being than heating city schools and baltimore seems that congress is also ignoring the will of the citizenry they represent relegating us to a pretty low spot on the totem pole of congressional priorities which is why which is why it is time to break out the wood carver and start watching harks. you get the. real thing. as you get to the bottom. just. like you that i got. this. week so. rather than watching the hard sciences i really went to the on top of the wall and. yeah goodness gracious...
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sanctions or do you think there is a potential for something bigger here a building that capacity that citizenry compasses you've been referring to. is of the truth russian me. economically. he can afford it political is a different question because the moment you have small businesses you have small medium plus the movie a medium club you have a lot of political freedom which is going to bake a little bit problem for him to control the system so as long as you have big companies you have control well but i'm sure it's going to be a very interesting not only for him but also for for the rest of the society and i think it's pretty clear that the petroleum economy or the hydrocarbon economy that we have been enjoying for the last several decades has reached its limit it's no longer producing enough resources to sustain russia both domestically and internationally if the west is really interested in making russia more democratic wouldn't it make sense to take putin on his word and how russia to develop this small and medium business capacity as a matter of not only diversifying its economy but also
sanctions or do you think there is a potential for something bigger here a building that capacity that citizenry compasses you've been referring to. is of the truth russian me. economically. he can afford it political is a different question because the moment you have small businesses you have small medium plus the movie a medium club you have a lot of political freedom which is going to bake a little bit problem for him to control the system so as long as you have big companies you have...
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i think the safety of our citizenry is under attack, and i want to be one of the people who is locking arms and insisting that we go back and push for a just america. we go back and push for the kind of prosperity in the 21st century that is possible and within our reach and which i believe this administration is blowing. >> last question. there is a book out today, "fire and fury." have you read it? >> i've read the excerpts. i have not gotten a copy of the book yet, but i'm looking forward to reading it. >> and are you going to give it to anybody? >> well, judging on the excerpts, we went out and bought 535 copies, and we're going to get citizen volunteers to deliver them to the office of every congressperson and senator because we believe when we started this impeachment petition on october 20th, we felt every subsequent day would bring information that would bolster our argument this was a dangerous, unfit president who needed to be removed from office. and from what i can tell, this book makes that case in very bold letters. >> all right. tom steyer, we'll look forward to the offi
i think the safety of our citizenry is under attack, and i want to be one of the people who is locking arms and insisting that we go back and push for a just america. we go back and push for the kind of prosperity in the 21st century that is possible and within our reach and which i believe this administration is blowing. >> last question. there is a book out today, "fire and fury." have you read it? >> i've read the excerpts. i have not gotten a copy of the book yet, but...
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it's a rather influential way to affect the citizenry of the state of texas and the legislation that occurs. so it was an interesting time, absolutely. did i want george bush to become president of the united states? you bet. not necessarily because i wanted to move up, not that that broke my heart either. of timeot a period where i spent a lot of time fretting. steve: you ran for president twice. what did you learn about yourself in the process? secretary perry: that i'm not superman. what i mean by that is that physically, i was not prepared to run for president in 2011. in hindsight, i would not have had major back surgery six weeks i announced the presidency. i thought i would be able to heal up and perform at a level that would be appropriate and i couldn't. and i struggled a lot. a lot. physically, mentally, just to stay on the page of the hymn book that day. and sometimes humbling expenses like that are really character builders. and that's how i look at it. that wasn't god's plan. i'm in a really interesting place now. i happen to think it's for god where he meets for me to b
it's a rather influential way to affect the citizenry of the state of texas and the legislation that occurs. so it was an interesting time, absolutely. did i want george bush to become president of the united states? you bet. not necessarily because i wanted to move up, not that that broke my heart either. of timeot a period where i spent a lot of time fretting. steve: you ran for president twice. what did you learn about yourself in the process? secretary perry: that i'm not superman. what i...
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sanctions or do you think there is a potential for something bigger here a building that capacity that citizenry compasses you've been referring to. this with the russian me is economically. he can afford it politically is a different question because the moment you have small businesses you have small medium plus the movie a medium club you have a lot of political freedom which is going to bake a little bit problem for him to control the system so as long as you have big companies you have control well but i'm sure it's going to be a very interesting not only for him but also for for the rest of the society and i think it's pretty clear that the petroleum economy or the hydrocarbon economy that we have been enjoying for the last several decades has reached its limit it's no longer producing enough resources to sustain russia both domestically and internationally if the west is really interested in making russia more democratic wouldn't it make sense to take putin on his word and how russia to develop this small and medium business capacity as a matter of not only diversifying its economy but al
sanctions or do you think there is a potential for something bigger here a building that capacity that citizenry compasses you've been referring to. this with the russian me is economically. he can afford it politically is a different question because the moment you have small businesses you have small medium plus the movie a medium club you have a lot of political freedom which is going to bake a little bit problem for him to control the system so as long as you have big companies you have...
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sanctions or do you think there is a potential for something bigger here a building that capacity that citizenry compasses you've been referring to. is. the truth russia needs economically. he can afford it politically is a different question because the moment you have small businesses you have small medium plus the movie a medium club you have a lot of political freedom which is going to bake a little bit problem for him to control the system so as long as you have big companies you have control well but i'm sure it's going to be a very interesting not only for him but also for for the rest of the society and i think it's pretty clear that the petroleum economy or the hydrocarbon economy that we have been enjoying for the last several decades has reached its limit it's no longer producing enough resources to sustain russia both domestically and internationally if the west is really interested in making russia more democratic wouldn't it make sense to take putin on his word and how russia to develop this small and medium business capacity as a matter of not only diversifying its economy but als
sanctions or do you think there is a potential for something bigger here a building that capacity that citizenry compasses you've been referring to. is. the truth russia needs economically. he can afford it politically is a different question because the moment you have small businesses you have small medium plus the movie a medium club you have a lot of political freedom which is going to bake a little bit problem for him to control the system so as long as you have big companies you have...
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cryptocurrency well because and the reason it is the reason is maxwells because they want to get the the citizenry used to using a digital currency and they want to completely get rid of all of paper currencies and like i said this is going to this is coming out of it so i you know i think it is coming into gaza on the accomplishes that and then they ban all private yet the currencies for one public block chain that they completely control by the way when they do that they can track every single transaction so the underground economy goes away tax evaders go away and they'll do it under the guise of worrying about you know a m l n k y c n terrorists funding and they have all these subliminal reasons why this is going to be successful and well that while the public is worrying about what the broad size of kim carr dashin they're going to be have to have no control left over their money they'll be no protection from inflation the purchasing power of their money can be destroyed at the will of the governments i think you're giving too much credit to governments and if they wanted to co-opt because th
cryptocurrency well because and the reason it is the reason is maxwells because they want to get the the citizenry used to using a digital currency and they want to completely get rid of all of paper currencies and like i said this is going to this is coming out of it so i you know i think it is coming into gaza on the accomplishes that and then they ban all private yet the currencies for one public block chain that they completely control by the way when they do that they can track every...
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happy new year, and thank you for all the great work all of you are providing for our citizenry. thank you. >> president turman: thank you. further public comment? >> good evening, commissioners. first, to the chief, commissioners, and director henderson, i want to tell you how fantastic it's been working with you for the last four years. i'm no longer the president of rfj, but i want to say how much we appreciate your commitment to police reform, your commitment to social justice. it has been reflective these last years, and i want to say the last quarter of 2017 has been the most exciting times for officers of color and also i think for our communities because we really truly feel that you have embraced wholeheartedly the whole idea of police reform and what the doj has been speaking about. and now it is my pleasure to turnover the leadership of the officers for justice to monday g -- montgomery singleton and trent williams. i will be as supportive of everyone as i possibly can, and i am sure you will continue to move in the right directions and be successful. and thank you chi
happy new year, and thank you for all the great work all of you are providing for our citizenry. thank you. >> president turman: thank you. further public comment? >> good evening, commissioners. first, to the chief, commissioners, and director henderson, i want to tell you how fantastic it's been working with you for the last four years. i'm no longer the president of rfj, but i want to say how much we appreciate your commitment to police reform, your commitment to social justice....
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we need a robust, credible media to hold power accountable and in form the citizenry.on't have that right now because the media does not see itself as guardians of free speech, guardians of common americans holding power accountable, they see themselves as protectors of the status quo. >> the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour and helping our heroes, donald trump making america great again for nation's veterans, our next guest here to break down his accomplishments and why congress needs to step up and follow suit. plus escaping an inferno as a desperate family hurls their child out of a third story window as their apartment goes up in flames, meet the hero firefighter who caught that child straight ahead. ♪ >> a terrified family having to toss their children to firefighters three stories down as their apartment building goes up in flames. [screaming] heather: the video is unbelievable, development helmet can be revealing the moment catherine catches one of those children and you can see him rushing her to safety. that he rejoins is now this morning. good mor
we need a robust, credible media to hold power accountable and in form the citizenry.on't have that right now because the media does not see itself as guardians of free speech, guardians of common americans holding power accountable, they see themselves as protectors of the status quo. >> the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour and helping our heroes, donald trump making america great again for nation's veterans, our next guest here to break down his accomplishments and why...
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there's pressure from citizenry as a whole to do something about the jacob zuma situation as i understandrom speaking to someone inside, the anc is currently trying to work a deal for president jacob zuma they want it to be justified and a pleasant walk away rather than a forced walk off. what is happening right now, is that presidentjacob zuma wants terms of that deal to accommodate him. what we understand is that he would like his ex-wife, who would have been president had she won the elections in december, to be interim president. and he also wants to be involved in the state investigation something the ramaphosa camp is not happy at all with. that's the situation there is jostling for what happens when jacob zuma steps down as president and who takes over then, and then there will be a gap left in the deputy president position which is currently occupied by cyril ramaphosa. >> i wanted to ask one more question on this in terms of leverage, there is a significant pro zuma element inside the anc does mr. zuma still have the leverage to cut the kind of deal he wants to cut? >> mr. zuma d
there's pressure from citizenry as a whole to do something about the jacob zuma situation as i understandrom speaking to someone inside, the anc is currently trying to work a deal for president jacob zuma they want it to be justified and a pleasant walk away rather than a forced walk off. what is happening right now, is that presidentjacob zuma wants terms of that deal to accommodate him. what we understand is that he would like his ex-wife, who would have been president had she won the...
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. >> and george, going big picture, what is your advice to the citizenry, and i guess to the press, asll disclosure, our own news organizations have erroneously shared this stuff, we have to correct, that's part of verification. what do you think about how the president still operating on twister? >> there's a way to deal with this, which is first, any time you have something like that on twitter, it's an attempt to keep a real story that he doesn't want in the news out there, so get that real story and put that story out first, then notice that he's trying to deflect attention from that story with a little twitter, say very quickly in ten sentences what it is, get it out of the way right away, and then go back to the real story. that is what the media needs to do, but it's not what it's doing. >> it is a fascinating story and george and nick, i think the rapper drake predicted this when he talked about fake people having fake love. >>> up ahead, we go inside the fight in the house, the gop's memo and some brand-new information tonight about whether devin nunez worked with trump. ne is
. >> and george, going big picture, what is your advice to the citizenry, and i guess to the press, asll disclosure, our own news organizations have erroneously shared this stuff, we have to correct, that's part of verification. what do you think about how the president still operating on twister? >> there's a way to deal with this, which is first, any time you have something like that on twitter, it's an attempt to keep a real story that he doesn't want in the news out there, so...
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drill," what are the military preps that as a veteran military man you look at on behalf of the citizenrynd the safety of the people of hawaii and elsewhere? >> well, brian, we have to remind ourselves, the north koreans have tested an icbm with a range adequate to hit all the continental united states. already they have tested a thermonuclear device that worked. it could have been in excess of 200 kilotons. within two to five years, they'll have a dozen icbms that can target new york city, d.c. and l.a. i suspect where we will be in a very short period of time is looking at the capability of launching a u.s. nuclear strike on north korea when we have warning that their attack might be imminent. no president is going to risk having 5 million americans killed or 5 million japanese or south korean, for that matter. so we're edging into some extremely dangerous territory where the only likely out come is our deterrent policy, telling north koreans we're going to preempt on you and i think we would do it. >> that gets your attention, certainly. professor, swinging back to the good news catego
drill," what are the military preps that as a veteran military man you look at on behalf of the citizenrynd the safety of the people of hawaii and elsewhere? >> well, brian, we have to remind ourselves, the north koreans have tested an icbm with a range adequate to hit all the continental united states. already they have tested a thermonuclear device that worked. it could have been in excess of 200 kilotons. within two to five years, they'll have a dozen icbms that can target new...
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in a free society like hong kong, with a wide range of different opinions, we have among our citizenryd judicial fundamentalists, who believe in sticking to every letter of the basic law. many pan—democrats in hong kong feel that the government and perhaps beijing are targeting them and carrying out somewhat of a political persecution. what do you say to that? we have no political offences in hong kong. if people are charged for disrupting public order, incitement or disturbance, that is all based on common law and common law principles and the statutory laws that we inherited from britain. i think these accusations are totally ungrounded. hong kong's autonomy was enshrined in the basic law, but the criminalisation of the umbrella protesters and others who challenge beijing does raise questions about the rule of law in the territory. it also raises questions about britain's commitment to the people and the system it once pledged to protect. danny vincent there. we did try to speak to the chinese government and the the british government about this story, but nobody was available from e
in a free society like hong kong, with a wide range of different opinions, we have among our citizenryd judicial fundamentalists, who believe in sticking to every letter of the basic law. many pan—democrats in hong kong feel that the government and perhaps beijing are targeting them and carrying out somewhat of a political persecution. what do you say to that? we have no political offences in hong kong. if people are charged for disrupting public order, incitement or disturbance, that is all...
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citizenry, since i've been in office, i have not received more positive feedback on an issue, and i think supervisor peskin will allagree, as well,o i'm going to allow him to make some comments on this issue. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair safai. we've been to enough meeting that we have the same rap pretty much. if you will. i associate myself, as i say with your comments. >> supervisor safai: i'll do that before you get up -- i just want you to say a little bit about the late 90's and 0 2008, because i think that's important for the public. >> supervisor peskin: sure. so just by way of history, the function that's now municipally used to be a part of the public utilities commission, the same puc that does water and power and sewer. and that ultimately was, in 1999, as the result of a charter amendment, proposition e, became its own independent, what we call the sfmta. and certain powers and authorities that the board of supervisors had relative to budgetary authority -- when i first became a member of the board in 2001, the board of supervisors would literally approve each and e
citizenry, since i've been in office, i have not received more positive feedback on an issue, and i think supervisor peskin will allagree, as well,o i'm going to allow him to make some comments on this issue. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, chair safai. we've been to enough meeting that we have the same rap pretty much. if you will. i associate myself, as i say with your comments. >> supervisor safai: i'll do that before you get up -- i just want you to say a little bit about the...
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so why is that not terrifying to the prospect of running a democracy that requires an informed citizenryn't understand why that's not scary. >> that's a fair question. let's make one thing very clear. no one is compelling you to use google. >> tucker: i understand that argument. >> it is disturbing. i don't like it when they do that. i have raised this with google executives time and time again. i have made inquiries as the chairman of the anti-trust subcommittee in the senate with regard to google. but as of right now, google, of course, is not a government entity. google is not a public utility. they are a private for profit corporation, one that can make decisions as the corporation seems fit. >> tucker: google controls the overwhelming majority of digital advertising along with facebook. overwhelming majority. every news organization that relies on digital advertising, which are all of them that aren't on television, they are all dependent upon two companies that are wildly political and working against free speech. that's not a concern? that concerns me. >> i'm not saying that's not
so why is that not terrifying to the prospect of running a democracy that requires an informed citizenryn't understand why that's not scary. >> that's a fair question. let's make one thing very clear. no one is compelling you to use google. >> tucker: i understand that argument. >> it is disturbing. i don't like it when they do that. i have raised this with google executives time and time again. i have made inquiries as the chairman of the anti-trust subcommittee in the senate...