first i want to ask you about the counseling because the counseling josh got in that treatment center, that's the only counseling he received. what about your daughters? >> no. josh actually went and had complete professional -- >> the real licensed therapist counseling? >> all of our children received professional counseling including josh. after this all of our children received professional counseling including josh who paid for his own counseling himself. >> it was an accredited professional counselor. >> when you feel that josh had been through all of this he had gone to the christian-based treatment program, he had gone to counseling he had gone to the police and he emerged back into the home. did you feel that he was a threat still, or did you feel that he could be trusted at that point? >> not at all. >> did you ever worry that the treatment didn't work? especially with so many young children in the house? >> no. no. josh was a changed person. >> we still had those safeguards in place. i mean there were a lot of things that changed in our understanding as parents with this fir

chaffetz earlier -- not special counsel -- chief counsel. do you think chief counsel is part of the team? >> there were hundreds of attorneys that were part of the team. it was a production team. it was a way to amass documents and mass produce them. >> okay. all right. and you were asked by the chairman earlier about did -- do you have any interaction with the white house before you release information. i'm quoting from what your response. to the extent i've been involved in responses to congress or to foia we have never shared information with the white house. accurate? >> yes. >> you go on to say in a that same answer to the chairman, i can't speak for the entire irs, that would be a question for the chief counsel of the commissioner. i can simply speak for the disclosure office we do not interact with the white house. do you know if the special project team that was put together gathering all this information most likely had the chief counsel on it. do you know if they were check ing with the white house before they gave information to c

zdez, your chief counsel. is she your chief counsel, mr. dez, your chief counsel. is she your chief counsel, mr. george? >> yes, she is. hello. gladis. thanks for the letter. mr. chairman, i ask for consent to enter this letter into the record. >> without objection, it's so ordered. >> i was reading the letter, mr. george, from attorney hernandez, that says 6,400. there's no caveat. there's nothing in there that says, oh, this could be fewer. could be fewer than 6,400. there's nothing in there. it doesn't say, there could be duplicates in here. stand by for the next number. could be coming next week. we didn't hear that from you either. now, this is not new to you, mr. george. you were a republican staffer for this committee. you understand that headlines are generated out of this committee. you understand how irresponsible it can be to throw out numbers with little or no basis because you know they'll work their way into headlines. folks who like to make insinuations, like the previous questioner, will throw that into headlines intentionally. there was also a ques

but the counseling josh got in that treatment center was that the only counseling he ever received? what about your daughters? >> no josh actually went and had complete -- >> professional yeah: >> all of our children seek professional counseling. after this all of our children received professional counseling including josh to pay for his own counseling. >> did you feel when josh had been through all of this he had gone to the christian-based treatment program. he had gone through counseling he had gone to the police and he emerged back into the home. did you feel that he was a threat still? or did you feel -- >> not at all. >> or that he could be trusted a at that point. >> did you ever worry that the treatment didn't work especially with so many young treatment in the house? >> no, no. josh was a changed person. >> and we still had those safeguards in place. there were a lot of things that changed in our understanding of parents. like you know the first child, the first time to come to this place in his life and there's things that -- even since then i think that why we don't let

, the office of chief counsel. we may have redacted some of those documents -- well you don't get the foia redactions. >> what signatures do you need to see on there before you send it back to us. >> i'm not certain because i'm not the one doing the sending. >> but you're the direct of this and you've heard of lois lerner i would hope by now. >> i know lois lerner. >> who do you have to check off with before we get the documents? >> again sir with all due respect that was not a process that i was personally involved in. >> you had to guess that e with would ask about lois lerner. >> which is why the commissioner thought that perhaps he might be the best to answer your questions. >> you're the director. it's your job and role and responsibility. >> no, sir. my job is the foia program. >> your title, correct director, privacy, governmental liaison and disclosure. >> right. >> that is your title. >> that is my title. what you are telling me you are not responsible for the governmental liaison and disclosure part of th

health insurance consulting and advocacy program the purpose to provide community education and counseling to medicare beneficiaries those of us over 657 under 65 on disability and persons that are imminent of medicare eligibility i've worked with high cap and realize how vital this service is medicare is a context system especially, when english or insurance jargon is not our primary language san francisco high cap meets the benchmarks with the number of clients served and those recruited and trained and registered since high cap is introduce a volunteer model it must run a volunteer friendly program to maintain a basis that includes persons with bilingual and boy cultural skills off as a side i want to draw your attention in the scope of services you may have noticed that there was on a mission of actual quantifyable numbers; right? for each the deliverables and a reason in particular, the california department of angling has recommended to dos that we actually not list the benchmark amazes but they change on a yearly basis so our services was three years and sometimes 4 we are showing w

chaffetz earlier -- not special counsel -- chief counsel. you think chief counsel were part of the team? ms. howard: i think there were hundreds of attorneys part of the team and i think it was a production team. it was a way to amass documents and mass produce them. mr. jordan: ok. you were asked by the chairman earlier about did -- do you have any interaction with the white house before you release information? and i'm quoting what you said. in response we've never shared information with the white house, accurate? ms. howard: yes. mr. jordan: you go on to same in that same answer to the chairman, i can't speak for the entire i.r.s. that would be a question for the chief counsel or the commissioner. i can simply speak for the disclosure office and foia we do not interact with the white house. do you know that special project team that was put together gathering all this information most likely had the chief counsel on it, do you know they were checking with the white house before they gave information to congress and/or other foia requests

, the office of chief counsel. we may have redacted some of those documents -- well you don't get the foia redactions. >> what signatures do you need to see on there before you send it back to us. >> i'm not certain because i'm not the one doing the sending. >> but you're the direct of this and you've heard of lois lerner i would hope by now. >> i know lois lerner. >> who do you have to check off with before we get the documents? >> again sir with all due respect that was not a process that i was personally involved in. >> yo had to guess that e with would ask about lois lerner. >> which is why the commissioner thought that perhaps he might be the best to answer your questions. >> you're the director. it's your job and role and responsibility. >> no, sir. my job is the foia program. >> your title, correct director privacy governmental liaison and disclosure. >> right. >> that is your title. >> that is my title. >> you're telling my ear not responsible for the governmental liaison and disclosure part of that? >> not

counsel karen lerner in protecting whistle blowers. whistle blowers who came to the office of special counsel have increased since 2007. not just by 100%, not by 200%, not by 300%, not by 500 percent%, but by 600%. congress has additional work to do to make sure individuals can feel free to speak out without retaliation. we passed the most recent law three years ago. in 2012 i was happy to pass that legislation to the special counsel to encourage whistle blowers to muster the courage and when they do make sure they're not retaliated against. before we go further though, i would be remiss if i did not note, and the chairman already has, that whistle blowers today have retaliation claims that have not been fully substantiated and cases that are still pending. i'm glad we have the opportunity to hear from all of you. we welcome you here today, but there are possibly some cases involving ongoing litigation and investigation. they can do this through the office of special counsel. the merit system protection board, the officer of inspector

that would be my pastoral counsel.is law issue, sean it's easy to say, yeah, a 14-year-old ought to be turned over to the police law enforcement should be called. it's easy to say that if you are talking about someone else's child. if we are talking about our child, think most viewers would understand that try to bring about healing -- and the good news -- how we don't know that they didn't talk to this family and work it out with them. we don't know all of the details. whatever they did has worked with josh. >> mark? >> we don't know that. >> it wasn't just a family. i would say this there were so many instances that he becomes a danger. there's a problem there. who knows whether it is restricted. he told his parents everyone he ever touched in i think at some point it becomes such a problem. what is going nonhis head and the symptoms is he is reaching out and touching people. people should have been called sooner. >> fascinating debate. important questions here. coming up next tonight on "hannity." >> so much grief i

>> you know, what you do in counseling.talk about what happened, you talk about the actions that have been taken. we really wanted to make sure that everything in our hearts was dealt with. >> was it cathartic for you? did you solve some things in there? >> it was really good and i'm really grateful that my parents encouraged us to go through that, to get that licensed counseling and all what. it was really helpful for us to just close that chapter and move past it. it really was. >> for you looking back, with the exclusion of the disclosure of it today, in the recent weeks, what was the most difficult part of it for you? >> you said with the exclusion of today? >> yeah. >> i don't think we can exclude today. definitely it was difficult whenever all this came up, the shock of this happened and then talking about it with the family and counseling, i mean, every step was kind of like difficult to walk through, but i'd definitely say that these past two weeks have been a thousand times worse for us. >> do you care about the tl

. >> reporter: i had a conversation with the irish counsel general this morning, and he told me that he was going to come out and look at this. you can see for yourself. it's quite a sight to see. it's going to come out and look at the scene and visit here. we visited the office today in san francisco. they didn't want to speak to bus but that they would be offering assistance to students in the way of greek counseling and for those displaced. phillip grant told me he's planning to deliver a wreath to this location this afternoon. he also plans to meet with the students. earlier today, irish foreign minister charlie flanagan sent out a statement via twitter saying his heart goes out to the families and loved ones of those deceased and injured in this appalling accident. he asked all the irish students here in the bay area and there are a lot, to call home and well the their families know they're okay. one told bus the program that brings so many young people here to the bay area. >> and -- you can go through an agency in order to get it and you have to -- and you have to keep the act

that would be my pastoral counsel.n this law issue, sean it's easy to say, yeah a 14-year-old ought to be turned over to the police. law enforcement should be called. it's easy to say that if you're talking about somebody else's child. but if we're talking about our child, i understand. i think most of our viewers understand -- >> but sean -- >> to try to bring about healing. >> but it was on his own family members. >> we don't know that they didn't talk to this family and work it out with them. we don't know all of the details. >> mark? >> listen i would say this. there were so many instances, that he becomes a danger. there's a problem there. who knows whether it's just restricted. he told his parents everyone he ever touched? i think at some point it becomes such a problem. the cancer metaphorically what's going on in his head and the symptoms are that he's reaching out and touching people. i think people should have been called sooner. >> thank you all for a fascinating debate. really important questions here. >>>

>> you know what you do in counseling.you talk about what happened you talk about the actions that have been taken. we really wanted to make sure that everything in our hearts was dealt with. >> was it cathartic for you? did you solve some things in there? >> it was really good and i'm really grateful that my parents encouraged us to go through that to get that licensed counseling and all what. it was really helpful for us to just close that chapter and move past it. it really was. >> for you looking back with the exclusion of the disclosure of it today, in the recent weeks, what was the most difficult part of it for you? >> you said with the exclusion of today? >> yeah. >> i don't think we can exclude today. definitely it was difficult whenever all this came up the shock of this happened and then talking about it with the family and counseling i mean every step was kind of like difficult to walk through, but i'd definitely say that these past two weeks have been a thousand times worse for us. >> do you care about the tlc

what do you do in counseling you talk about what happened.u talk about the actions that have been taken. we really wanted to make sure that everything in our heart was dealt with. >> did you solve some things in there? >> i am really grateful that my parents encouraged us to go through that to get that counseling and all of that. it was helpful for us to close that chapter and move past it. >> for you looking back what was the most difficult part of it for you>> with the exclusion of today? >> i don't think we can exclude today. definitely it was difficult when it came up the shock of oh this happened and then talking about it with the family and counseling. every step was difficult to walk through, but i would say these past two weeks have been a thousand times worse for us. >> do you wear about the tlc show? do you want it to continue? >> we have always thought of the show as a window of opportunity to allow our family to be on television and share with other people our lives. >> what about the fact that it may disappear not just for josh o

from unlawful evictions how do we try to achieve those loft i didn't goals the major fund t is counseling we have one of the highest visited websites in the city and our office is an informational repository the counsels serve thousands of people on the phone and over the counter we're arbitrate disputes we have 12 attorneys that conduct the legislative hearings everyday in our office we strive to be fair and in the enforcement of the ordinance and committed to evenhanded treatment if you're a land i want you to feel i got a fair shake the next slide talks about the statistics this is no surprise our work loads as increased last year a 14 percent change in petition filing and last year an addresses 15 percent we're processing 32 percent more petitions then two years ago at this time as a result last year at this time i came before you and were gracious to give me an additional law position and counselor this year i'm asking for an administrative in fact, position because as you can see in the next slide the perspective changes we can't keep up with providing accurate and timely informatio

he has allocated $14 million to save the park on the condition the city counsel match that money dollar for dollar. the city counsel is expected to discuss the proposal tonight. >>> an agreement to protect the floorests at the san francisco flow -- florists at the san francisco flower mart. what will happen when a new technology office complex is built at the current site. both sides seemed optimistic about the deal. >> tenants will be voting on whether -- [ indiscernible ] >> it locks in affordable rents and a -- [ indiscernible ] >> developers say they will start the permitting process and hope to open the doors on a new building in 2019. >>> free water during the drought and helping homeowners keep their lawns green. >> we may be at the tipping point of recycled water mania. a coast guard helicopter makes a hard landing at sfo. for over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the difference between success and failure. the day i start, i'm already behind. i never know what i'm gonna need. new school new classes, new kids. it's hard starting over.

do you support the notion of a chief foia officer's counsel? >> i'm not prepared to answer any specific questions able a specific legislative proposal but what i can tell you is that chief foia officers who are designated high level officials, designated by law with foia as it currently kpilsexists really hold the key to helping improve foia across the government and we do a lot to work with chief foia officers because the idea there is the that you want a high level official in every agency who has authority and responsibility to make as you were that the foia operations have sufficient staffing, have sufficient attention, have the resources that they need to operate and gearing off that important role that a chief foia officer plays starting in 2009 with the attorney general holder's foia guidelines we have the chief foia report and every year we ask, we at oip at the department of justice, we ask chief foia officers to report on the steps they have taken to improve compliance and address a range of issues use of technology proactive disclosu

counsel. we're told a confession came after he had been mirandized. he was read his rights i'm told, but still gave his confession. again, at this point despite some rumblings earlier today, they had retained an attorney. i can tell you that folks say the 21-year-old still does not have a lawyer. we heard from his uncle, who has essentially said he hopes that his nephew quote, gets what's coming to him. as you indicated, he'll be in court this afternoon. we're told he's going to appear via closed circuit television facing those nine counts of murder, those nine charges of murder and also a weapons charge as well. >> and just quickly, craig, obviously we cannot ignore those people behind you who are there. many have come from all parts of the state, even other parts of this country to pay respect to those who lost their lives there. tell us a little bit about the growing memorial. >> >> reporter: i'm going to step out of the way and hopefully you can get a better vantage point here as traffic p

to the housing rights economy that is very, very experienced and capable of providing one by one counseling to the folks we've referred to earlier that need if right for tenants right issues and tenants evictions and so forth this is part of the grant this element has been with that particular contract for many years and there's a great partnership with an the housing rights committee and senior and disability action they go hounding so sfauchs there's the advocacy for systematic issues and changes the sro's and so forth there's an opportunity for individuals seniors and persons with disabilities to receive much needed counseling and advise. >> thank you. >> okay commissioner sims. >> of the proposal that seems to be one of the most sensitive we're in a very dictate and controversial time around housing in the city we're aware of the mission moratorium discussion before the board of supervisors yesterday and some of the services to be provided on page 2 in particular seemed broad i'll looking for wisdom around what an approval from this body suggests in terms of breath of license and maybe

he doesn't have to answer this question today i always give you a header you know that counsel. it is immensely confusing to me as a comparatively new person on the city government scene in terms of health plans and coverage and sources of funds, and so forth. my broad understanding is that when moneys come into the trust no matter their source they're under the jurisdiction of the trust unless they're specifically designated to a purpose. and it's not like i put a penny in as a member therefore i ought to get a penny out. i don't think it works that way. you can tell me differently. some things may come to the trust that have very designated purposes we can by policy reserve and act on those purposes regardless of where the money came from i blaef but you can tell me if i'm wrong if that isn't correct at a future meeting i would like to have you expound on that point about sources of funds and policy parameters if you will that we as a board would have regarding this. i think the intent is we have tried to look at rates and sub acid seas at least during my tenure to support tho

. >> after two more incidents they realized he needed outside help and sent him to counseling. jim bob said josh was a child preying on a child but denied he is a pedophile. >> this was not rape or anything like that. this was like touching somebody over their clothes. there were a couple incident where he touched them over their clothes. he came to us crying, told us

had they removed him from the home had they called police and given him counseling at that point, they would have protected, which is required by law, the other children in the family. we may not be talking about five victims, we may be talking about one. we need to talk about how you appropriately handle child sex abuse allegations and child sex crimes. because to be sure these were crimes committed. >> and i want you to pay particular attention to this. >> reporter: you are goong the record as being two of josh's victims. does it feel strange to use that word? >> you know i don't think we didn't choose to come out and

today the counsel sim voted to delay the program. news 4's mark segraves broke the news on twitter last night. he joins us outside the wilson building where reaction is still coming in. mark? >> reporter: that's right, doreen. the police have had a pilot program with these body cameras for several months with a small group of officers testing them out. as you said the mayor and the chief wanted every police officer in the district to be equipped with niece body cameras. but the mayor also wanted to restrict who could see the videos. and that caused the split with the d.c. council. today, the council put the brakes on that program. they say the mayor has to come

john roberts, fox news. >>> the san jose city counsel is meeting at this hour talking about whether uber and lyft should be able to pick up fairs at san jose mineta international airport. right now services can only drop off passengers at the airport. some taxi drivers are critical of a program that is under discussion saying it would hurt their income. [ indiscernible ] >> going very slow now. used to have every day, like, 3, 4 pick up. now like every day we have 2 or one. that is it. >> taxi drivers face stricter regulations and pay higher fees because they run a dispatch center. under the proposal it was discussed today they would need to pay fees as well as go through fienter fronting, background checks and in-- finger printing, background checks and inspections. >>> set to choose their next city counsel member. they were the two two vote getters but neither received 50% of the vote to win. the winner of the election will fill the seat left vacant. he was elected last november. >>> okay. just take a guess at who is on the cover of sports illustrated? steph curry. the magazine came ou

counsel.. jan frye, va senior procurement executive and deputy assistant secretary for the office of acquisitions and logistics. mr. randall williamson, a director of gao's health care team and mr. christopher labonte, united states army veteran. i ask the witnesses to please stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear under penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to provide is the truth the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? [ all reply ] thank you. you may be seated. mr. murray, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> good afternoon, chairman coffman, ranking member kuster, and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss the department of veterans affairs' care of veterans by contracting with community providers. mr. chairman, the subject of this hearing involves some complex territory related to procurement process, legal interpretations, and the processing of hundreds of thousands of purchase care transactions per year. i know we will

and posts secondary success that is is in the next reiteration a change of title and that's where counseling the staff on cook street that board will be managed pie mary richard when they comics both my department and the executive director. >> any other questions. >> i wanted to thank the team for recapping the questions that came up i thought i had to write down them but you've captured one additional question you can respond to separately i was looking per the school looks at obligations and hoping for a bump at the school sites at rosa parks there's having a two percent bump and local two ftes i want to understand what two ftes is that bans student projections or what two fte are planning to be reduced and we will convene again next tuesday as a committee as a whole and interims that are additional questions send them ahead to superintendent in advance of that meeting so staff we have an opportunity to respond. >> thank you, again, for your presentation. >> okay item r board members proposal the only item withdrawn and item s the board members to the other reports first, we want to share

as for the general counsel, a congresswoman said she quote, grew tired of the political game. she is now in africa on a safari. when is the last time a presidential campaign contender's campaign manager left in the middle of the campaign because they suddenly needed to go on a safari. you think you have covered everything in politics. one of dr. carson's last remaining staffers, though, his business manager does have a public explanation for all of this. for the general counsel going on safari and the deputy campaign manager going back to his far and the overall campaign manager quitting, the national finance manager quitting all at once. the official answer that remains for the team is this, i quote. things happen, man. that is the way life works. things do happen. ben carson right now, he doesn't get top tier media coverage but he is a top tier republican presidential contender. a poll puts him at number four, nationally, there are a lot of guys and even one gal behind him as the republican contenders. one post, keeping track of the national polls and who is likely to be eve

we also learned a lot more as a result of that session about in-house counsel's challenges when they are faced with very unfamiliar area, a cyber security breach or what to do to prevent a cyber security breach. as a direct result of that session, we arranged to make a presentation to a group of in-house counsel from a particular sector of the economy. we also learned from that session which defensive measures cyber security experts actually are most effective and actually work. and we are assessing whether we can have a role in assisting companies in the implementation of some of those measures. we also recently held a roundtable with leading private sector data breach response experts, many of whom were outside counsel representing various companies. and it was mobbed. we actually had to turn people away because there is such a hunger for this issue, such a hunger to understand. we see a lot of -- in the case of data breaches, we see a lot of in-house counsel who were bewildered and don't know what to do. so there's a real demand for that. we had a very robust discussion at that ro

phillipa andersen, assistant general counsel for governing contracts have va office of general counsel. mr. jan frye, senior executive and deputy assistant secretary at the office of acquisition and logistics. there's the randa williamson, director of gao's health care team and mr. christopher labonte, united states army veteran. i asked the witnesses to stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear under penalty of perjury that the testimony you're about to provide is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. these be seated. mr. murray you are not recognized for five minutes. >> good afternoon chairman coffman, ranking member kuster for the opportunity for the veterans contacting community providers. mr. chairman, subject involves complex territory related to procurement process, legal interpretation and the processing of hundreds of thousands of purchase care transactions per year. i know we will be discussing areas in detail at the committee's oversight is important. they will always depend on a mix of in-house community care with care in the communi

to be honest with you i was also , struck by the good work done by the office of special counsel, whose responsibilities include looking out for the whistle-blowers, making sure they get a fair shake as well as the taxpayers. this committee as a whole also has a strong history of working with individual whistle-blowers to root out waste, fraud, and abuse. for example, in our last congress, testimony from whistle-blowers was critical to a hearing and investigation led by former senator tom coburn former senator carl levin, into an administrative law judge office in west virginia which is responsible for reviewing thousands of applications for social security disability programs. that hearing was powerful and proved critical to improving accountability and oversight into the disability program. these whistle-blowers performed an important role in both the investigation and in the hearing. i number of women very brave , courageous women, really to put everything on the line their jobs, livelihood, their lives, in order to be able to tell us the truth. and without them, there would have bee

had they removed him from the home had they called police and given him counseling at that point, they would have protected, which is required by law, the other children in the family. we may not be talking about five victims, we may be talking about one. we need to talk about how you appropriately handle child sex abuse allegations and child sex crimes. because to be sure these were crimes committed. >> and i want you to pay particular attention to this. >> reporter: you are goong the record as being two of josh's victims. does it feel strange to use that word? >> you know i don't think we didn't choose to come out and tell our story. this wouldn't have been our first choice but now that this story has been brought about we really feel like as we've been seeing the head lines and things people are saying about our family we feel like as the victims, we have to come out and speak, this is something like we ochose to do nobody asked us to do this. jes and i were like most of this is lies it's not true. so we want to come out for truth sake. >> it's a whole different story of whether or

joining me robert knake, the counsel on foreign relations at the national security counsel at the whitese. robert, can you tell me, first of all, how big a deal this is and how would you know how big a deal it is forensically? >> i don't think this is actually that much a bigger deal than the breaches at other commercial providers that lost similar information. this information is no different than the kind of credit identity information that's been stolen by criminal groups over the last year. what is going on now in terms is a process the that is taking indicators pulled from the breach investigation and figuring out who may have been behind it. figuring out the severity of the breach is something obm can't do. they said it's possible up to 4 million people may have had this information taken, but they don't in fact, know yet whether that the has happened. >> so, there is sort of different end goals one can imagine with hackers breaking into information. what you said at the top there sounds like if this is personal information, what would be the end goal here? would be the reason to

i want to ask you to talk a little bit about the -- the entity counsel that -- the special counsel that actually got involved in this case in dover. i'm sure they're not -- it's not the only instance where they did the large work and made sure that justice was done, but talk about the work that they do throughout the government. in this case it was in a military installation. talk about the work they do, and how can we help them do a better job? >> i think the office of special counsel is probably the best agency in the federal government for whistleblowers to seek justice. it's a low bar, but they're doing their best there. and it's particularly impressive because just four years ago, they were coming out of chaos where they were subject to fbi raids and the previous special counsel was kwuctconvicted of -- convicted of criminal misconduct. they've come a long way. the area we're most impressed is the alternative dispute resolution, probably the most effective unit at getting a speedy resolution with just results for whistleblowers. they've been aggressive in using their new authority

you are not going to counselled them.the sex us vote wince, if you are lessening the political power of the hispanics. those are the people who will not be counted when it comes to setting up congressional and state districts. >> there's 40 plus million americans under the age of 18. would they be included in the idea. because we have counted voters, kids don't counselled. they wouldn't be counted. some say legislators might say look, i represent everyone in the district. those people that vote for me those that don't. and people who argue against it, they say it's a democracy, you have to represent everywhere. those that don't vote, do you represent them. do you relevant them if it's guided this way. >> if a member of the texas senate has to garner twice as many votes to win in one district as opposed to another, they are saying what in that smaller voter pool the vote is worth more. >> exactly. the vote is more powerful. they are saying the vote is 1.5 times more powerful than their vote and contend that that violates w

she has been engaged in counseling since the outset of this case.we are hopeful that after she satisfies the requirements for counseling, she can put this matter behind her and move on with her life. >> reporter: a felony charge was dropped but she admitted to sending partially naked pictures of herself to the teen and a corruption charge. >> very upsetting. very sad to hear. >> reporter: local parents say the plea deal surprises them. >> that's horrible. five years probation? oh, my god. no. she's supposed to go down for something like that. come on. a kid? no. this is horrible. >> reporter: now, gibney told the judge she made a horrible decision and has been in counseling since the week after her arrest. the judge says that she has to stay in counseling until a doctor releases her. she also has to serve five years probation and pay court costs and fines. i'm deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> now to your first alert weather. it's starting to feel a little more like summer again but this is just the beginning. >> chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane"

they want the city counsel to raise the pow and mia flag to recognize the military. better they say would be to fly it every day of the year below the american flag. >>> up next here, spending the summer at coding boot camp. >> students learning the art of computer coding, how a new school in the east bay is helping women and minorities enter the world of high tech. >> a wildfire burning in the sierra, south of lake tahoe. an update on the fire fight. >> and tracking the heat. it will get up there and that will cause fire concerns in the next 48 hours. all those details coming up. >>> a bill that seeks to crack down on the illegal ivory trade in california passed the committee today. law bans the ivory trade after 1977. all product said imported to the state prior to that date are exempt. the new law would eliminate that exemption making it illegal to buy, sell or possess ivory with the intent to sell it and it would allow the state to buy ivory for educational and scientific purposes. critics are concerned it could end up harming california citizens. >> what it will

first, iteratively approve a remedial approving counsel. -- it could approve a remedial approving counsel. second was an act of parliament providing an excessive plan to deal with compatibility. and third, do nothing and risk the loss of the council of europe. so far, all the 19 surviving declarations of incompatibility have been acted upon by the u.k. parliament. most of the time it worked. one exception is that they have not yet amended the so-called blanket ban on the sentenced prisoners voting in elections. when they do that, can they please tack on that those who cannot vote and are in the house of laws can vote? might i sugar the pill? not only that, what parliament has granted parliament can take away. they promised to "scrap" the human rights act and introduce a british bill of rights. this would break the formal league -- formal link between the u.k. and european council and make britain the arbiter of rights into the european kingdom. in the queens speech, the new parliament last week, the new government promised only to bring forth proposals for a british bill of rights. so we'

a bit of a relationship with the atlantic counsel. principally to the center for strategic and defense studies. i went thinking it's a saudi institution and there are usual ways of dealing with them and all that. i had my expectations firmly under control. we went, several day conference, very well organized. more than just older guys. people speak fluent from the shore counsel. very outspoken. very articulate. not just saudi officials. people from the world of business. private sector. and a really rich interchange respectful, but not inhibited in the way that i expected to find. a lot of interesting ideas and banter and so forth of you know, i had been looking before, but it was just fresher and better. i thought, okay, this is a positive impression. i had been in touch with prince dor thi. he wasn't available. so i met with his son, who is a one of the leaders of something called the king fizel center for research and studies. he pointed out that research was added to the title. it used to be the center for islamic studies and they