we get more and more attention paid to civil service reform and ultimately to a different role for the federal government in addressing economic downturns that will be course a big hallmark of fdr presidency. but fdr i think along with some, these other presidents delivers an inaugural address at a very dark time. but it is optimistic and that is one of the great achievements. i think fdr accomplishments accomplishes, which is to try and reshape americans spirit and thinking about the future. and so he wants to introduce this idea of optimism of a government that can solve problems, not just be the problem and. and of course, that's the presidency he then undertakes we then have to fast forward a number years before as reagan says, government the problem and i as far as donald trump is concerned it's some of government is the problem the insinuates the california government is failing there are other failures to the government has had a and while trump rather vague about how american decline will actually be stopped and the new golden will begin, he's not unclear about trump about who

have skilled workers in the federal civil service.tting their social security checks. >> well, you got to wonder, carlos, would it take something as drastic as social security checks not arriving to give president trump an elon musk a chance to rethink this approach to a complex issue? i think what you heard from that one employee, you know, sort of speaks to that poll that says americans think this is all just moving too fast. >> that's right. >> chris. when you hear those employees speaking, you really can understand why independent voters in particular are uncomfortable with the way in which this is being done. again, i think you can find a lot of support in the country across the board for making government more efficient, for getting rid of waste, fraud and abuse. but when it appears that federal employees are being bullied, that they're being badgered, that they're being mistreated, that there isn't really a method here to this reorganization of the government, that people are being indiscriminately let go. and then if there are

. >> save the civil service. >> reporter: protesters at a detroit veterans medical center. >> i was very sad and confused. >> reporter: among them, oliver, a navy veteran who was a recreation therapy assistant and a probationary va worker at the hospital. tuesday, she was terminated. >> i've helped people learn to walk again. >> reporter: 2,400 probationary va employees were abruptly dismissed this month, the va saying they were nonmission critical positions, saying the cuts would save more than $181 million a year. >> my thoughts went to the veterans, i'm the only person who provides these services in the facility. >> reporter: meanwhile, more than 600 employees were let go at noaa. the government's climate monitoring agency. >> these are folks that monitor extreme weather. >> reporter: a trump administration official says no mission critical functions were impacted. the white house says it's keeping the president's campaign promise to cut spending. the president vowing to protect veterans. who make up roughly 28% of the civilian federal work force. >> we take good care of our veterans

good was a america civil service activity with naacp and protested for the discriminations against blackslic transportation and public housing and the reporter as most people come into the building today don't know who he was was district attorney know that not only was a physician, a activity but also an incredible cardplayer. in his spare time. >> and the won a number i published and the also ended edited another newspaper wells fargo willie brown and dr. good had a close relationship in the early 90s several groups got together to his own dr. good and put together petitions and worked very, very hard to have the official address changed. >> dr. king's day of the celebration is in january, i got to call from mayor brown which i've known for in many, many years to ask me to change the street sign this is remarkable. okay. >> in january of 1999 right after the building reopened, mayor brown and i went outside at that moment it was still cold street we shut down the word on the sign that read polk. >> put up the sign that said number one, dr. carlson carlton b goodlett white. >> i think th

they want to gut the nonpartisan civil service and convert a significant portion of the remaining civil service and political appointees on the depriving the government of employees' expertise and experience will harm the services the government provides to all americans. the administration is attempting to cause a mass exodus from our federal workforce. will it increase or decrease waste, fraud, and abuse? mr. hedtler gaudette: if you undermine the efficiency of the government you will make it worse and it will be harder to fix things that go wrong in the interim. firing inspector general's does not add up. if you care about government more efficient creating chaos is the opposite of that. reppo norton --rep.norton: do federal employees operate without oversight from rules and regulations? mr. hedtler gaudette: absolutely not. they are governed by plenty of rules and regulations. when there are independent inspector general's at the agency they are supposed to be at they also have a cop on the beach sure they do so. rep. norton: i want to highlight some stories highlighting the kinds o

could be a bigger challenge her as a proactive trump administration litigation and get some of the civil serviceng the president's hands. union contracts in the public sector might violate executive control over the executive branch. shannon: it went to get to number 2 an hour it was because tom, this is something you flagged. he did not get a lot of attention but the idea of the justice department now under attorney general bonnie has said a number of local fire and police departments that were being sued because they were using standardized tests, there's an art when they're having discriminatory results. they were facing legal trouble over that. now come onto the buy demonstration assistant ag kristen clark at the time said discriminatory barriers that did not deny qualified black and female applicants the opportunity to police officers violate civil rights. and undermines public safety efforts these are standardized tests. we are not going to see you over that when the results don't go according to a certain plan. >> looked at some of the clearest possible signals there is a new sheriff in t

trauma and it doesn't appear there is enough effort going and trying to make sure people understand civil service is an honor. we spent a lifetime making sure people understood they were delivering something people needed. >> that appears to really, the traumatization appears to be not a bug but feature of this operation. that that was really a goal to make it unpleasant. >> they want chaos and they want that flooding the zone, so much going on so fast and some form of emotional chaos, terror almost . and again there's two different ways of doing things and that wouldn't be the one that i seem to be most effective. it's better to work within that bureaucracy and get everybodyon the same page and say money matters. i was raised by a single mom who grew up in the depression, she never bought a dress, washed tinfoil and take it to the refrigerator door, that frugality is what , the absence of that frugality is what is missing people off in terms of their relationship with government. they think it's being wasted and that drives anybody nuts and rightfully so. >> when you look across what the longer-

. >> purging the civil service deputizing billionaire oligarchs using the doj to settle scores. appears to be eyeing the american presidency at a very rapid pace. joining me now, senator richard blumenthal, democratic connecticut, part of a bipartisan group of senators who met with the ukrainian president earlier today before donald trump kicked him out. i want to ask you about that meeting. but first, just on that story i was talking about, which has not kind of blown up into a scandal in the way the eric adams scandal was, but has very similar contours insofar as the kind of huge red flag of the line attorneys, the professionals being like, i can't do this, but to me is even worse insofar as it represents the justice department being used as not a shield, not protecting someone, but as a sword. >> both are terrifying and especially to one like myself. a former prosecutor, u.s. attorney and attorney general for the state of connecticut for 20 years and investigation a prosecution charges and indictment can ruin lives and the weaponization of justice smacks of stalinist russia.

civil defense. the weather service. what is the location of the tornado? 13 miles southwest of greater cincinnati airport, moving towards the northeast, 50 miles per hour. okay, i'm going sound the sirens. because that's a test. what's the matter with the sirens? are they stuck? what do we have to do to get these -- sirens turned off? this is not a test. a w secure the local emergency broadcast station national weather service says it has sat a tornado near the greater cincinnati airport. here is the national weather service. the latest report, it is a funnel cloud and it looks to be about 200 feet off. no, no. it is touching the ground. what is it doing now? heading toward how quickly the emergency operating is manned by civil defense and members of the hamilton county disaster council. it was emergency c. go ahead. the tornado tornado bring down. it's really been a huge. funnel rips across the ohio river passes just west of cincinnati, roars on through hamilton county. so. about 808 five feet increase. a reported 463 can play hail is a shambles. nine six

project pull program which is focused on youth opportunities and the sort of next opportunity for civil service staff which is actually on the commission on the agenda later if it comes up . and then we focus really those impacts on the agency's capital plan, right? we focus on our capital projects and and our capital work and we have achieved some outcomes that i will show you briefly. but i think the other thing about our work within the agency and on our capital plan and on these programs is that while we are going to tell a good story, i think there is always opportunity to do more and to do a little bit better and always to be called in by the folks that we are impacting with our services to have those outcomes. >> the final thing that we do with our work is that we liaise with other city departments that are really the ones responsible for performing compliance of their various laws on our projects. so the office of economic workforce development has a local hiring requirement. the contract mine division has the local business enterprise r o b requirements and we it is with their help and

as i said before a nonpartisan civil service employees play a vital role in protecting national security, caring for veterans and ensuring safety of our transportation system. your record of use include support for legislation that would make all federal employees at will gives me serious pause about how you will manage the federal workforce. we finally have questions about your record of disregard for independent oversight including retaliatory actions by revealing the name of a whistleblower. i appreciate you being here today both of you to answer these questions and how you intend to manage the operations in the budget of federal government if you are confirmed to the role. chr. paul: mr. edgar is being introduced by senator johnson. senator johnson you are for your introduction. sen. johnson: it is my pleasure to introduce mr. troy edgar, mr. president trump nominee for -- is from loss alameda's california, and serve as a mayor and county official for years. is also a u.s. navy veteran with executive experience providing leadership and advisory services to companies across a range of

good was a america civil service activity with naacp and protested for the discriminations against blacksic transportation and public housing and the reporter as most people come into the building today don't know who he was was district attorney know that not only was a physician, a activity but also an incredible cardplayer. in his spare time. >> and the won a number i published and the also ended edited another newspaper wells fargo willie brown and dr. good had a close relationship in the early 90s several groups got together to his own dr. good and put together petitions and worked very, very hard to have the official address changed. >> dr. king's day of the celebration is in january, i got to call from mayor brown which i've known for in many, many years to ask me to change the street sign this is remarkable. okay. >> in january of 1999 right after the building reopened, mayor brown and i went outside at that moment it was still cold street we shut down the word on the sign that read polk. >> put up the sign that said number one, dr. carlson carlton b goodlett white. >> i think tha

he performed valuable service to the city serving on three commissions including civil service, our port commission and the sfp. u.s. across 15 years. commissioner crowley served as our port commissioner from 2010 to 2012. many of us had the privilege of working with him specifically on the maritime preservation policy which continues to protect critical waterfront assets and jobs. today i respectfully request that we adjourn today's port commission in his honor and as we move forward commissioners, i'm inspired and dedicated by the dedication of our team, the vision of our commissioner and the resilience of our waterfront community. thank you for your leadership. it remains an honor to serve alongside you during this pivotal time for the port and san francisco. that concludes my report. thank you. thank you. great report. we will now open it up for public comment. is there any public comment in the room on the executive directors report seeing them? do we have anyone on the phone ? >> at this time there are no callers for public comment. thank you. >> commissioner lee nothing really to

his dedication to public service included serving on the civil service support and public utilities commissions for more than 15 years for our city. always leading with fairness and integrity. ethics knew how to enjoy the life he left far too soon. his mornings at rocks cafe and dog walks at stern grove bike rides through golden gate park with nancy vacations in tahoe. he had a way of bringing people together whether over a long lunch or a lively phone call. always on speakerphone, of course effects was full of compassion. always willing to lend a hand to find a friend or stand up for what was right. his integrity generosity and unwavering support for those he loved. these are the things we'll miss most. you are missed. thanks for your legacy of leadership friendship and service will endure in all of those whose lives you touched. >> rest in power. ethics. crowley and the rest i submit. thank you. supervisor dorsey supervisor and engardio. submit. thank you. and supervisor fielder. >> thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, as you all know, we are facing a growing crisis in san francisco. the closu

following the full of president. charlotte side of the 14 years of civil war with the interim government is designed to reflect service, ethnic, and religious diversity is due to govern for a transitional period of 3 to 5 years until the elections are held and power. those are the government, they'll be 2 key bodies. the constitutional committee will define a legal framework. the lessons of committee will be serious, top legal, body and will provide advice on those and policies. both committees will be appointed by the president and will hold significant power with no external oversight. one of the biggest challenges ahead is there is economy was being blighted by years of war and international sanctions to hold an omen as a senior advisor of the atlanta council. he says the us have temporarily relieved most functions to help sir it and it's reconstruction efforts. syria is in the mid place of a huge. ready and among geostrategic issues, russia, israel, turkey, east, and west iran terrorism. it is a mess rebuilding it tried to bring back to people so that they are one after the r, as on the side is going to be usually

the plaintifin the case alleged the ohio department of youth services denied her a promotion in favor of a gay pers in violation of the civil rights act of 1964, this oral argument is nearly an hour. >> we're hear argument in case no. 231039, ames vs. ohio department of youth services. mr. wang. >> may it please the court. wang worked for the ohio depament of youth services for over two decades and in 2018, her year end described her as being competent in herand a pleasure on the te willing to assist others. in 2019, she experienced two adverse employmentctions. first, suggest a promotion to bureau chief for which she was qualified and applied and for h she interviewed. neither she or the other heterosexual employees that applied and interview the job. instead the job was held open eight months before going to a gay employee who neith applied nor interviewethe position. second, ms. ames lost the job she was in and lost and replaced bay separate gay employee that also did not apply or interview for the position. based on these facts, the sixth circuit held ms. ames he usual requirement and the case of discrimination und tle

your your personal choice was to be a civil servant and to work on behalf of the american people and providing them the servicesat you did or even even in the short time you were there. the proposed the probationary period, folks, is really to sort of do a little quasi evaluation, right? so unless you're a real screw up. >> yeah. >> you're not going to get fired. and it's certainly because you wouldn't have been hired in the first place if you were that individual. so these are competent people. we want to be clear about that because people here probationary and they think, well, they were kind of hinky anyway. it wasn't they probably weren't that good for the job, but that's not the case. how do you now reconcile this? it's part of your career choices. given that this administration doesn't give a damn about the choices that you made to serve the american people? >> right now, i just have to. i can't wallow in it. right? so i have to. i'm just sending out my resume. i had to update my resume and just apply for new jobs. i wanted to i'm speaking out as much as i can because i want everybody to know what's happe

civil servants who seek to protect our fragile democracy. >> we believe that cynthia dias dedication to nonpartisanship and public service is exactly the kind of leadership we need now more than ever. please appoint her to the sunshine ordinance task force and taken off my league hat for just 30s. >> i have served on the ballot simplification committee for the city of san francisco and know that volunteering on committees is hard. you need to set aside your personal points of view and act as a body and you need to also make sure that no one person or one group is happy. >> ultimately it's about fairness. it's about justice and it's about equity not making one person or one group happy. >> and i believe from what i've seen of cynthia tai that she can very well thank you. >> hi, my name is letizia miranda. i'm a district nine resident and research consultant for nonprofits and businesses. >> i've worked with local organizations such as levi strauss and company and nextgen, a nonprofit and also at the national level as a public policy advocate for the latino community. >> i strongly support cynthia dye's candidacy for the sunshine ordinance ta

civil rights advocates. they rally to oppose among other things, recent actions by president trump musk in the republican controlled congress to cut government services and possibly begin the mass deportation of immigrants that came out on friday to show their support for those who might be harmed by the government's recent actions. by being here today on the palo alto's, busiest intersection. >> at least people can see. >> that there are people in their community that are opposing this with everything the him and i'm one of them. >> our communities are in our communities are devastated. they're not that we know motion of the well. and so this is opportunity for all of us to kind of get together and say we're not going to take it anymore. we're going to stand up. fight back following the rally along page mill road, the group marched to the tesla headquarters in the palo alto hills. they're also calling on californians to cut ties with and boycott the electric car maker. >> order to send a message to the company ceo elon musk palo alto charles clifford kron. 4 news. >> developing news we are following in the east bay, a fatal accident involving a moto

service of choice. i just think it's time for us to have those serious conversation and to sit down and position as a civil right. but what does that look like? i think, you know, i do suggest in the book the people who actually are the ones interrogating, making those decisions look like nobody in this room. mm hmm. they don't we need the pastors. we need government at the local. we need the teachers. we need aunties and the ones opened up their doors to serve food as well as meat. i met a barbershop owner. one chair into barbershop in baltimore. they got more than one chair. this guy had one chair. and essentially had a wi fi connection. so in this small rural town, he could cut a kid's hair and they could do their homework. mm hmm. we would never on what would work best for him to do that actually create other situations where barbershops and beauty shops could do the same. and so to your point, i think, you know, i tried to in the book really wrestle with myself over that, but at the same time educate so that we can start with a conversation shift that goes beyond our typical paradigms of what we think

service is deep and strong. my grandfather served in the african theater of the second world war, and then worked for four decades as a postman. my parents were both civil servants, who met each other as employees in the social security administration. closer to my age, i have three cousins serving in the army and navy. i know it is a privilege and an honor to work on behalf of the american people. i began my studies of economics at boston university and then continued them across the river at harvard. i completed my doctorate under the supervision of marty feldstein, who was himself serving under round reagan. he invented the field of public economics. every time i went to him with a research idea, he would say now pretend i'm a senator and explain it to me again and tell me why i should care. that disciplinedded me into thinking ideas should only matter to economists if they matter to you. which is another way of saying ideas should only matter if they matter to your constituents. it was, frankly, one of the most useful things ever said to me. although marty passed a few years ago, i hope i don't disappoint him or your constituents now. after graduate

civil rights leader and accomplished lawyer and i have learned also that you do a lot of knitting. you are an example of what is great about america. you have an impressive and dedicated career of service to our country. you attended the college of texas a&m university on an rotc scholarship that served our country as a marine including tour in afghanistan. upon your return, attending law school to the university of texas where you excelled after time in private practice you decided to serve your country again. clerking now for the chief justice texas supreme court and he ran for a seat in the texas house of representatives and campaigned on what you believed in. you continued gaining legal experience during this time in private practice. you eventually joined the office of the attorney general of texas as deputy attorney general for legal strategy. in that role some of the offices most litigation during the fight ended in a strange and weird you fought to secure the border to hold big tech accountable. to protect integrity at the ballot box and concern in social values. today, you continue to serve texas and your country is a member of senator cruz's staff. you are currently his chief

that was a civil service appointment. that wasn't keir starmer.ords to you very quickly. on just to you very quickly. 0n just start starmer. we should be paying more attention to the uk than what's going on 100%. >> everyone, everyone i speak to in the real world and not online is pulling their hair out at the state of this country, ben. and if you ask them whether they would want ukraine prioritised or this country prioritised, it would be this country every single time. so this media spin that ukraine is everyone�*s be all and end all is wrong also. >> butjust all and end all is wrong also. >> but just to all and end all is wrong also. >> butjust to add it's spin >> butjust to add it�*s spin from the prime minister as well. when he had zelenskyy in downing street yesterday, he was saying all of britain, everybody across britain has your support. and i was just thinking, who are you speaking for? you've got 30 odd percent of the vote less than corbyn. and you're saying that everybody in britain, more than, more than any other party, though, more

paedophiles being spared prison, the decimation of our military, our bloated civil service.m seekers being allowed to stay here because their offspring don't like foreign chicken nuggets. i wish the ukrainians well. i've been the ukrainians well. i�*ve been there before. i�*ve spent time there before. i've spent time with their people. they are generous. they're polite, they're hardworking. and as we've seen over the past three years, they are courageous. but i find it hard to get impassioned about a war that's nearly 2000 miles away, involving a country that's not even part of nato. and i understand some people are going to be watching this now, at this very moment, and calling me ignorant or uninformed. i've heard the arguments. ukraine is the last bastion against the russians invading mainland europe. poland will be next, they say. then putin is on our shores. but i also remember when we were spun into an illegal invasion of iraq using the lie of weapons of mass destruction. so forgive me if i distrust hypotheticals. it was only a few years ago the guardian of all people

. >> the labour party and government and the civil service because these are very different. >> let'sried now because. >> the labour. >> the labour. >> party as racism. >> party as racism. >> the labour party actually adopted it and still adopt it, despite the fact that lord khan said it�*s in contradiction of said it's in contradiction of the equality act. >> they don't. >> they don't. >> know the. >> know the. >> difference between racism and religion. >> dominic grieve oh odious man, i�*ll be getting in trouble. >> hi. >> hi. can >> hi. can i >> hi. can i ask >> hi. can i ask you >> hi. can i ask you this question? our good friend mark written in. mark says why should islam have an elevated right to protection above all other religions? and if it's not about protecting islam and it's about protecting islam and it's about protecting muslimness, then why call it islamophobia? you know, we don't really go about saying christophobia, despite the fact that there are an awful lot of oppressed christians. >> jew phobia. >> jew phobia. >> just because there's not a word for discrimination