during the reporting, that led him to trump's lawyer michael cohen leading cohen to make that erroneous statement about rape. cohen also threatened to sue the daily beast, threatened to sue the reporter and ruin his life. >> and cohen has since issued a lengthy statement. >> he has. i'll read the whole thing for you. i believe we have it. cohen says "i want to clarify a statement i made to the daily beast. as an attorney husband, and father there are many injustices that offend me but nothing more than charges of rape or racism. they hit me at my core. rarely am i surprised by the press, but the gall of this particular reporter to make such a reprehensible and false allegation against mr. trump truly stunned me. in my moment of shock and anger i made an inarticulate comment which i do not believe and which i apologize for entirely." so cohen apologizing for that erroneous remark able rape but not apologizing for threatening and coursing his reporter. >> his first wife ivana trump issued a statement. she says i'll quote it "i have recently read comments attributed to me from nearly 30 ye

on behamp of supervisor cohen for mr. [inaudible] and at the suggestion of supervisor kim and supervisor yee on behalf 2406 entire board of supervisors for the 9 lives slain in the shooting at emanual [inaudible] in char stn south care rolina. [inaudible] depain middleten doctors. [inaudible] church pastor and state senator. [inaudible] daniel simens. sure raunda culmin singleton and [inaudible] >> this bringstuse the end of our agenda. madam clerk is there any further business before us? >> that conclude our business for today madam president >> we are adjourned , thank you everyone. @ppx can we all rise for the pledge of allegiance >> flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all thank you madam president i'd like to take roll please you commissioner president loftus commissioner turman is excused commissioner marshall commissioner dejesus is

, perry cohen's mother. are you holding up? >> we're holding up as best as anybody can expect really. we're 100% committed to finding and rescuing those boys as is the coast guard and we will not stop until we get them back home with us. >> absolutely understandable. the coast guard, of course said the boys could survive, they think four or five days in that warm water. we're entering as martin laid out the fifth day, the fifth night of searching. what is keeping you hopeful and optimistic optimistic? >> we know our boys. we know the determination and courage they have. we know the skills they have. we know how athletically fit and able they are. both of our boys learned how to swim before they learned how to walk. so we just feel very very confident that they will be able to stick through this. they know that we're coming for them and we will get them. >> we keep putting those sweet faces, those pictures up in order in hopes that someone sees them. you're hoping other boaters keep an eye out for them. what

so i just want to clarify with supervisor cohen what piece of that we're moving forward with now? both back to planning commission, and to the full board tomorrow? so on the short-term -- it's a lot. on the short-term rental prohibition, what i had asked the city attorney to draft is that we limit the amendment to just districts 3 and 8, and move that forward to the full board tomorrow. and that we also on the duplicative file move forward a prohibition on short-term rentals to the planning commission, impacting the entire seismic program. so we can get feedback from the planning commission on that piece. and that would move through the process. so i guess my clarifying question to supervisor cohen, will the monitoring piece move forward with the prohibition piece to the planning commission for them to consider before it comes back to land use? >> certainly you are free to make the motion to do so. i want to recognize jon givner to opine. >> sure. deputy city attorney jon givner. supervisor cohen's amendment would take one version of the legislation that has the ellis act prohibit

it's not just michael cohen. all of his political, i deal mostly with his political operative thousands. all of them sound a lot like him. they adopt this sort of off brand trumpism, where they try to immitate him. and it works to a certain extent. but like the thing that you have to remember, trump is, trump is. >> cracking up the thought of austin powers style minime, campaign office meetings. where everyone is like. >> that's what's so fast night i you think what it would be look to have a campaign run by mini-donald trumps. chaos, right. in a lot of ways it is. the story i wrote at buzz feed talks about how they're constant, all advisers are constantly at war with each other. and trying to bludgeon each other off to death to prove supremacy. that's huh they think donald trump will respect them and think they're good operatives. >> there is also, strikes me aside from just the factually inaccurate story of marital rape. ivana trump said this is not true. >> of it's insane. insane. >> just like, it's -- going a

cohen, no. farrell, no. kim, aye. mar, aye. tang, no. 5i, 6 no wean rb breed, christensen cohen, farrell and tang voting no >> the motion to send item to committee fails. madam clerk can you call the roll on the item as amended >> item 23, wean, aye. yee, no. avalos no. breed, aye. campos, no. christensen, aye. cohen no. >> madam clerk i can't hear. >> supervisor kim [inaudible] >> recess while we clear the room. we left off at the vote and we were at supervise r christensen. >> christensen said aye. cohen, aye. farrell, aye. kim, no. mar tang aye. there are 6 aye and 5 no with supervisor yee, avalos, campos, kim and mar in the descent. >> okay. the resolution is adopted as amended. madam clerk can you please call the next item >> item 24 is ordinance to amen it admin sthraitive code to establish the cannabis legalization task force to [inaudible] regarding the local impact of possibly legislation of cannabis and setting forlth the membership and deutaeds of the task force >> colleagues today before us is legislation to create

supervisor cohen >> good afternoon everyone. recently i introduced legislation that would increase the transparency and the reporting requirements for police and sheriffs who stauf and detain residence and you may recall there was a time when [inaudible] considering implementing stop and frisk. one thing we have in common with this body and also in the chamber is we are all in agreement stop and frisk wasn't the correct way and policy to be implemented in san francisco. and i use this as a example of how we have come together and been able to address our policing issues. i want to remind you todays resolution is not about addressing all of the root causes of violence. i agree education, access to quality health care and jobs and police brutally all have a roll to play but todays resolution is not about just addressing the root causes of violence but it is also about recognizing our approach in determining police staffing levels and recognizing that it is outdated and it doesn't meet our needs. i think we need to begin to change

on behamp of supervisor cohen for mr. [inaudible] and at the suggestion of supervisor kim and supervisor yee on behalf 2406 entire board of supervisors for the 9 lives slain in the shooting at emanual [inaudible] in char stn south care rolina. [inaudible] depain middleten doctors. [inaudible] church pastor and state senator. [inaudible] daniel simens. sure raunda culmin singleton and [inaudible] >> this bringstuse the end of our agenda. madam clerk is there any further business before us? >> that conclude our business for today madam president >> we are adjourned , thank you everyone. (clapping.) the airport it where i know to mind visions of traffic romance and excitement and gourmet can you limousine we're at san francisco inspirational airport to discover the award-winning concession that conspiracies us around the world. sfo serves are more 40 million travelers a year and a lot of the them are hungry there's many restaurant and nearly all are restaurant and cafe that's right even the airport is a diane designation. so

after the anger that was sparked by michael cohen's comments cohen released this statement.ly am i surprised by the press but the gall of this particular reporter to make such a reprehensible and false allegation against mr. trump stunned me. in my moment of shock and anger, i made an inarticulate comment which i do not believe and which i apologize for entirely. so you can see there cohen is apologizing far erroneous remark able rape. but he's still sticking it to the daily beast reporter tim mack. this is a reporter he threatened to so-to-sue, to sue him, the daily beast and ruin his life. here is what tim mack wrote about his heated exchange with cohen. he said cohen told him "i will make sure that you and i meet one day while we're in the courthouse. and i will take you for every penny you still don't have. and i will come after your daily beast and everybody else that you possibly know." so i'm warning you, tread very [ bleep ]ing lightly because what i'm going to do to you is going to be [ bleep ]ing disgusting. do you understand me? so very heated exchange he had with

it was entirely michael cohen. the story changed today. at first people thought michael cohen did a terrible job. he made things worse for his guy. i'd submit he saved his guy. michael cohen made all of the coverage today about a lawyer apologizing, a lawyer yelling and being wrong and none of the coverage, none of it was about what was that story in that deposition where donald trump's wife used the word "rape"? what was that story. that is buried thanks to michael cohen. >> you have to ask yourself what are these people that donald trump surrounds himself with? is that the type of person we brings to the white house with him. perhaps chris christie were not involved in bridge gate but maybe his advisers were. >> what michael cohen did worked. got them through the day and changed the subject. >> i they is too clever. people are talking about this. it is not a great day if you are running for president and talking about the definition of rape again. it is never ever a good day. >> all right. the latest monmouth university poll new hampshir

so there is the statement from michael cohen.d of a nonapology apology again, of course, attacking the reporter. i want to also read a statement put out by ivana trump as all of this came about. she said i have recently read some comments attributed to me from nearly 30 years ago at a time of very high tension during my divorce from donald. the story is totally without merit. donald and i are the best of friends and together have raised three children we love and are very proud of. i have nothing but fondness for donald and wish him the best of luck on his campaign. incidentally, i think he would make an incredible president. so a lot of statements going back and forth here, but i can tell you this is not the story that's going to end quickly. democrats are already trying to make hay out of this. democratic national committee spokesman calling on republicans to stand up and call this despicable and trying to link these comments to other controversial comments that have been made by candidates, republican candidates, in the past.

on behamp of supervisor cohen for mr. [inaudible] and at the suggestion of supervisor kim and supervisor yee on behalf 2406 entire board of supervisors for the 9 lives slain in the shooting at emanual [inaudible] in char stn south care rolina. [inaudible] depain middleten doctors. [inaudible] church pastor and state senator. [inaudible] daniel simens. sure raunda culmin singleton and [inaudible] >> this bringstuse the end of our agenda. madam clerk is there any further business before us? >> that conclude our business for today madam president >> we are adjourned , thank you everyone. >> good morning, everyone. my name is ken mcneiley and president of at & t california. i want to welcome you today and thank you all for being here and spending some of your morning with us. we are happy to be celebrating the most incredible work by san francisco's finest non-profit organizations and we are happy to have our mayor ed lee to join us in this announcement. [ applause ] >>mayor edwin m. lee: all right. thank you, ken for being h

on behamp of supervisor cohen for mr. [inaudible] and at the suggestion of supervisor kim and supervisor yee on behalf 2406 entire board of supervisors for the 9 lives slain in the shooting at emanual [inaudible] in char stn south care rolina. [inaudible] depain middleten doctors. [inaudible] church pastor and state senator. [inaudible] daniel simens. sure raunda culmin singleton and [inaudible] >> this bringstuse the end of our agenda. madam clerk is there any further business before us? >> that conclude our business for today madam president >> we are adjourned , thank you everyone. today, we're honored to have mayor ed lee here to present the city's budget for the next 2 hundred and 50 millin dollar years mayor ed lee welcome floor is yours. >> thank you good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> thank you supervisor president london breed and budget and supervisor mar farrell and members of the board our elected the officials and commissioners and department heads and labor our wonderful community leaders thank you v

my name is john avalos joined byicatey tang and to my left by mu lia cohen. the clerk is [inaudible] todays rules committee is graud cast by sfgtv staff. thank you for your service. madam clerk can you share your announcements >> please silence cell phone squz electroning devices. complete speaker cards [inaudible] will be on sept

supervisor cohen >> i would like to second the motion if that was the motion. >> okay. thank you for your second and colleagues we take that without objection? the sponsor of the ordinance is not here, supervisor-prez president breed but we have pr visor wiener christensen and myself back the measure. this measure wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the ibw meser mr. sterns talked about that we talked about here in committee today. we would rather not have to go forward with it but we feel in order to protect the clean power sf program and be clear about the type of energy provided and what people who provide energy in san francisco should provide so there is consistency this measure is going forward with your support colleagues. like to motion that we move this motion to >> july 27 >> july 27, special rules committee meeting. >> it is amended to the monday meeting. >> okay. >> just to clarify on supervisor avalos amendment, i believe you circulated paper copies to the other members on the committee but to clarify the for the public, the amendment also strikes the words, an

the trump campaign is distanceing themselves from cohen saying cohen does not speak for them.d with the reporter who wrote this article, he threatened the reporter said he would take him to court, sue him for every penny he has, come after the daily beast, come after everyone the reporter knows. i want to play a little more for you about that reporter talking about that heated exchange. >> i think it was important to look into especially since donald trump launched his presidential campaign making insults about mexican immigrants saying that they were quote, rapists. so it was a little bit relevant to look into his past and see exactly what might have been said about him on that topic in his personal life. >> how did mr. donald trump's lawyer respond when you asked these questions? >> i think is it started out a little bit reasonably. they were trying to say the allegation was not made in a criminal sense like you mentioned, but then it descended into insults and threats, threats of lawsuits telling me to tread lightly and to say that whatever lawsuits that they might file aga

supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much. i would like-did you take a motion on this? >> no, we need a motion to accept the amendment >> i would like to make a motion to accept the amendment >> i second that. >> thanks very much supervisor tang >> we take that without objection. so, the underlying legislation- >> the legislation just amended i appreciate if we move to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> second. >> we'll take that without objection. thank you very much and look forward to discussion with the full bode board about this. any other items? >> that concludes the agenda today >> okay then we are adjourned. thank you. [ gavel ] >> good afternoon everyone. i would like to call to session the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. today's date is tuesday, july 14th 0 , 2015. roll call, please. the mic isn't on? is it on now? did everybody hear what i said? >> president caen? >> here. >> vice president vietor. >> here. >> commissioner courtney. >> here. >> commissioner moran. >> here. >> commissioner kwon. >> here. >> we h

cohen is a practicing attorney in the state of new york. and he didn't know there was no marital exception. that was outlawed in 1984. by 1993, all 50 states and the district of columbia, for a practicing attorney not to know. that it is troubling. >> i keep coming back to whether or not, is he presidential? and you bring up ronald reagan a lot. because some of the criticisms made again donald trump are made against reagan. some of the pooh-poohing of his record. his back ground. but reagan for whatever his critics said about him, obviously most people in the country, enough people in the country saw him as presidential material. as he could be president of the united states. he could communicate the gravitas of that office. do you think donald trump can do that? needs to change to do that? it seems like a lot of his appeal is that he is not a politician. his supporters say he is telling it like it is. whether or not that is the case. >> you know, i think that this is something you evolve into as a candidate. i would say this. historically

you still stand by michael cohen? >> no. you have to understand, michael was extremely angry because he knew it never took place and he was angry and maybe he didn't understand the question but, no i don't disagreed with him. when i read it i disagreed. who knows what he said because, frankly, i'm not sure they reported accurately but assuming he said it no i disagree with that. >> you're not going to fire him or get rid of him? no i'm not. he was very angry because they issued a false story to get publicity for themselves to make themselves relevant. and others are failing in that world. a lot of them are failing but this one is a particularly bad one. a lot of money was spent on it and it's been a disaster and he knew that and he said to them, you know you're doing the wrong thing. you do this you're doing the wrong thing. so what happened is he probably got angry. no i disagree with him. when i first saw it i said wow, you know, it's something i disagree with but that's the way it is. you know he is speaking for hi

i'm supervisor cohen and to the right is supervisor wiener and jane kim. clerk is androa ash burry and want to recognize sfgtv. these gentlemen will be broadcasting this committee. >> please silent electronic devices and complete speaker cards and documents to be included to the file should be [inaudible] unless otherwise stated >> thank you very much. could you call item 1 >> a motion ordering submitting to the voters a ordinance [inaudible] surplus city property >> supervisor kim is the primary author of this item and i'm sure she has opening remarks for us today >> thank you chair cohen. as members of the committee know i introduced this item as a ballot measure to expand orcities surplus ordinance passed in 2002 and amended irn 2005 chblt it directs the city to prioritize affordable housing on public lands that don't serve a city function. we continue to do more and the production of affordable and middle income housing and achieving the goal of 33 percent affordable housing and 50 percent for middle clatss housing. this battle measures adds a tool to

cohen, aye. farrell, aye. mar, aye. tang, aye. wiener, aye. there are 10 aye >> the motion is approved. >> item 21 is a motion to reappoint supervisor eric mar to the association of bay area government executive board >> is there a motion to excuse supervisor mar? without objection supervisor mar is excused. >> item 21, yee, aye. avalos, aye. breed, aye. campos, aye. christensen, aye. cohen, aye. farrell, aye. kim, aye. tang, aye. wiener, aye. there are 10 aye >> this motion suproved unanimously. madam clerk can you call item 22 >> iletm 22 is a motion to approve the mayors reappointment of audrey joseph >> roll call vote >> item 22, yee aye. >> before we move forward on the voting i missed supervisors wieners name on the roster >> thank you i just wanted to speak in support of audrey josephs reappointment. i do a lot of work around late night and entertainment policy and work with various events. for decades audrey joseph is a amazing leader on these issues and thoo she is torfic and has my strong support >> supervisor campos >> thank you pre

cohen issuing this threat. you write a story with mr. trump's name in it with the word rape and i'm going to mess your life up. today ivana defended her ex. i have read comments attributed to me during my divorce from donald. the story is totally without merit. trump pointed to that story today. >> there's no rape there. believe me you don't issue a statement like that and she just issued it. which i must tell you i felt was terrific. >> reporter: but trump distancing himself from cohen's comments. >> mike cohen is apologizing himself for these comments. >> that's right. he said i made an inarticulate comment which i do not believe and which i apologize for entirely. >> tom, thanks. >>> turning now to a terror arrest right here at home a 23-year-old florida man. harlem swar ez accused of wapting to hide a boom in a backpack planning to detonate at a public beach. caught in an fbi sting after a friend alerted police that he was expressing support for isis on facebook. >>> we turn now to an abc news exclusive tonight, a former navy seal an

supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor farrell

supervisor cohen, cohen present. supervisor farrell, present. supervisor kim, present. supervisor mar present. supervisor tang, present. supervisor wiener, present. supervisor yee present. supervisor campos, present. madam president all members are present >> thank you ladies and gentlemen can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. madam clerk are there any communications >> i have no communications >> colleagues are there change tooz the may 19th or june second board meeting minutes some seeing none motion to approve the minutes? motion by supervisor farrell and second by supervisor mar. can we take that without objection? without objection the meeting minutes will pass after-public comment. madam clerk can you please read the consent agenda >> iletms 1-5 thesis items are considered routine. if a member object as item may row removaled and considered separately >> anyone want

supervisor cohen, present. supervisor farrell, present. supervisor kim, present. supervisor mar not present. supervisor tang, present. supervisor wiener, present. supervisor yee, present. madam president you vaquorum. ladies and gentlemen can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. madism clerk are there communication >> we rin receipt of a communication from dave #ud campos stating the supervisor will not be in attendance of the meetding today and requests to be excused from the meeting. >> a motion to excuse? >> motion by supervisor [inaudible] can we excuse supervisor campos without objection? without objection supervisor campos is excused for todays meeting. are there change tooz the june 16 or june 17 and 19 special meeting of budget and finance committee? seeing none is there a motion to approve those minutes? >> motion by supervisor tang and second by supervisor chr