commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr. president. chief gonzales, can you go back to the very last slide that you just showed, the cliff side warnings. thank you. so, we have had to do quite a few cliff rescues lately. and your reports have been replete with them. can you talk a little bit about anything else that can be done to keep people off the cliffs? >> other than more signage and more barriers that are up against where they don't want you to go, i still think even when they did the aquatic park, there's an actual wall there that they just went over. so, you know, it's -- an often times as you know, sometimes it is the dog that gets out there on the cliff. whether they don't read the signs and they don't care about barriers and ultimately the owners follow the dogs. but more signage will always help just letting people know. especially about the surf. because it's tragic when someone doesn't know that there's a rip tide out there and little kids and anybody can go out there. it is not for the faint of heart. if you c

commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: thank you, firefighter choi. could you go to the microphone, please? thank you for your presentation. i'm glad to hear more about the asian firefighters association. now, you don't have to be a firefighter in order to join, that is correct? -- is that correct? >> correct. we have members that are not in san francisco fire department. you might be a member of oakland firefighters or other -- >> commissioner covington: okay. that's how you get to 415. >> well, you can also have retired members. >> commissioner covington: well, that's a nice retired number, to see the success of the outreach in your community and all of these people joining. is the cancer prevention warriors game, is that an annual event? >> well, it all started, i'll say three years ago -- one, two -- maybe two seasons ago. at station one, we last our captain, dan armenta. dan had retired -- that was five years ago, and he died from cancer a year right after retiring. so we reached out, the warriors reached out, we made a little mini basketball tou

commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: thank you mr president. >> commissioner veronese: . commissioner veronese, when he gives his word that he is willing to help, means if you are in the trenches, he will be there with you. these are not just words that he speaks. i will be right there with him in the trenches. i want to congratulate you all, captain tillman on having this new position and taking the bull by the horns and getting in there to do the work that still needs to be done. and to bill smith go -- hill, smith, and davis, thank you for stepping up. even though the chief describe you as youngsters, it is really good to see that you are so engaged. i was sharing this with commissioner veronese about how i've been hearing over the years of my tenure here on the commission, about the openness of the black firefighters association and your willingness to help prepare anyone who is interested in being in the field , to help them prepare for exams cocked to help them with agility tests and all of that. just getting them in shape and just as imp

commissioner covington your name is there. seeing none we will move on to the next item. >> item 10 agenda for next and future fire commission meetings. >> any public comment on this item? public comment is closed. before the commissioners would you read off the items planned for the next several commission meetings. >> next month it is going to be the process for search for a chief. >> that is our priority. that is the commission's priority. >> adf presentation, ambulance deployment facility presentation. child settlement in closed session. amendments to discipline rules all scheduled for the next meeting. for the december meeting cancer prevention foundation i chief's appraisal. drone policy i training facility search, then outstanding items we have the retrite action items, coastline resolution, 2019 meeting calendar. that is 1212. strategic plan update. a b31-15 update. mou with guardians of the city and that is all i have. >> thank you very much, madam secretary. commissioner hardeman. >> yes, just so we can get this on t

the firm hired covington and burling to do a legal review. we don't know.e called the firm -- we did not get the answer of their review, but it is one of those questions of where the boundaries are, specifically on using -- getting foreign help or getting help from outside -- people outside the united states to help your campaign. we do know that the company was considering hiring americans, american citizens to actually carry out the work as one way to possibly be in compliance with american law. >> and i do think it is worth pointing out to an audience that isn't familiar with washington law firms and the business of law, if you hire covington and burling, that's a very respectable outfit. i mean if a company says, well, we're going to test what we're doing, the legality of it and we're going to hire covington and burling, that's a pretty good sign of good faith. many people know eric holder, used to work at covington and burling before he was attorney general, now works there again. this is not a fly-by-night operation. i think in fairness to the trump c

commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: so moved. >>president cleaveland: do i have a second? >> second. >>president cleaveland: moved by commissioner covington, seconded by commissioner hardeman. this meeting is adjourned. >> good morning, everybody. thank you so much for everyone being out here today. of course, the jug shop for welcoming us to this extraordinary celebration that really speaks to a community partnerships and the success of our invested neighborhoods programs and neighborhood economic development here in san francisco. we're very happy to have everyone here with us today. and to kick us off with this commemoration of our polk c.b.d. is our mayor. >> the hon. london breed: thank you. i'm so excited to be here today. this is the 16th community business district in san francisco. this is what happens when communities come together. businesses, neighbors, and all of you are an example of how we make sure that we keep our city clean, we keep it safe, and we do it all together. i want to thank you and i want to thank suza

commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr president, i wanted to thank you for all of your assistance and organizing of the retreat and helping me organize the retreat. and thank our commission secretary for her assistance as well. i have heard from a few people regarding the retreat and they have been extremely complementary. i thought it was important. i thought it gave us an opportunity to talk about things that we don't ordinarily get a chance to talk about at length. we heard some new voices which i thought was a very important. it was a good give and take and i want to thank everyone who attended there were, of course, command staffers there peerk but then there were also some other members who contributed to what i think was a very rich exchange and thank you all very much and we will be following up. >> president cleaveland: we look forward to the report that will come out of that. >> commissioner hardeman: i will try to be brief again. i took the streetcar down because i did not want to get stuck without a parking place. i arrived quite early and lit up

thank you both very much. >> thank you commissioner covington. commissioner hardeman had one final. >> i hit to get into a contrary opinion. this has come up many, many times about other didn'ts using our facilities. i didn't see a big deal of it. i do know with the chief now and she is doing the next big class in january, the 54. the scheduling always seems to be in flux. my preference would be to not have anything to interfere with the ability of the department to do scheduling as needed. i worry if we get into a situation where we are allowing other facilities -- other departments to use our facilities, i don't think that would be in our best interest. i thought i would bring that up. it has come up so many times. to me that is minor on the whether or not we fill the facility. i hate to say that like it looks like i am disagreeing with you, but that is how i feel on you that subject. i want that new training facility to be ours and not have concern about any other departments ability to use it so we don't have restrictions if we get into a pro

commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr president.or being here and thank you assistant fire marshall pruitt. this is so heartwarming to see all of you here. i am glad that you could make it this evening. i prompted the extension of the invitation for you to come. it is so important to have programs like this that our young people can go to on a saturday. and learn all of the things that help you throughout your life. financial literacy is given short shift in a lot of areas. and you cannot live a good life without financial literacy. because even though you make a lot of money, that money may disappear because you don't know how to manage it. so even though this is the youth fire academy and you are learning other life skills, that is so very important. not just to you but to your family members and it is very important to the society at large. so i appreciate your stick to it attitude and i appreciate you coming out this evening and sharing your thoughts with us. i wish you the absolute best. i just have one question for you , assis

commissioner covington. >> thank you for your report and congratulation os your retirement. all i can say is common in, the water is fine. you know, the lord bless the person who thought up retirement. you work long enough and you finally get there. you get a few years of being on your own time. congratulations on that. i agree that it is going to make for, you know, a smoother transition, particularly as regards the new training facility. we really need to lock that down. i also wantedtor as everyone else has done really commend everyone who fought the fire on washington street as well as, you know, those people who helped with coordination and everything else. it is really, really important. we are talking about training. in your report you mentioned training new officers. the training of a good firefighting force is so important, and we have very good trainers, we have people who joined the department who have worked previously elsewhere but they still go through the way san francisco requires that you fight fires, and i am not surprised at all, and i appreciate your desc

that was the statute of lucy covington. whenever she wanted to lobby in washington she would sell a cow and go to d.c. i think the narrative of excellence is one of the most important. >> i was pointer sure what i was part of. i was fortunate enough to work with the ute indian tribe in utah. i talked about working in foster care and children better in abuse and neglect at situations. utah and the tribe had a conflicted relationship from the very beginning that utah was established as a state. 1847. i said mormons actually. the ute indianr, tribe, they took over child welfare services. so, the state case managed it. at the height there were 200 children in foster care's from the ute indian tribe but when we took it over, had the cultural sovereignty is also that mark talked about alaska and how they took over -- running the itsgram, how that f culturally and of course, intuitive, right, as we get more proximate to culture, the better success you're going to happen to reduce the amount of kids in foster care by more than half

i think the greatest leader of the 20th century was lucy covington. in washington state, she almost single-handedly stopped germination. she did it, you think of folks, she called them up and said i want you to come and work with me for free. you have to pay all your own expenses, but this is important. he picked up and did just that. a whole bunch of people, not just fine, but that was the stature of lucy covington. whenever she wanted to lobby in washington, she fell a cow. i think the narrative of excellence is one of the most important. >> i was going to share one that i was part of. i was fortunate to work with the ute indian tribe in utah. i talked a little bit about work in foster care and children that are in abusive and negligent situations. utah has had a conflicted relationship from the very beginning that utah was established as a state. we took over, the ute indian tribe, took over child welfare services. the state managed it. at the height, there was 200 children in foster care from the ute indian tribe. when we took it over, cultural so

a case brought by covington and burling, jonathan gimlet, david -- on financing of terrorism. and on the elimination of racial discrimination in crimea. we are provisional measures moving to preliminary objection argument. we are also moving to an arbitration before the law of -- assets below the oceans as well as multiple bid arbitrations. and finally, and this is chapter 5 of my book. america's wars. a lot of people misunderstand that obama worked hard to narrow u.s. conflict. he rejected the idea of a global war on terror. a lot of the fuss was about drones. where his position was, drones can be a lawful and effective way to dismantle terrorist networks if he was consistent with international law. indeed, that was the subject of a speech against the american society of international law as legal advisor in 2010. the point was that drones are not a strategy, they are a tool. part of a much broader tool of engage, translate and leverage. the broader approach set forth in 2016 framework report is integrated target and detention, more transparency, lawfully authorized detention

[laughter] you brought me back to 26 years ago when i had just started as an associate at covington and burlington under the mentorship of the manly hudson troup often i was asked whether i wanted to go teach a class here at gw law school on international business transactions, which met at that time at 5:50 on wednesday night. after my first time standing out on pennsylvania avenue trying to get a taxi here, i went and pleaded with ed, did an associate dean for where to get a parking space and he gave me one. i had also just started to date very christie fisher who is teaching the clinic here and it turned out she was living in some living in someplace not near the subway show she would stay for me to give her a ride to her apartment and along the way she would bring out toxins of books and other things she wanted to bring home. and finally around week 10 she agreed she would go to dinner and the rest is history. last month i taught here for three years and it was a great experience and has really made me feel like this school is the second home. i also was lucky enough to teach at the

here in the senate almost 14 years i worked here in the house and now at covington for their wisdom, support and friendship over many years. several were here today to lend their support and i'm grateful and appreciate their presence. finally i must thank my family for their love and support. my mom who is back in new york watching on c-span. and her father who senator hatch mentioned in his kind introduction, senator hatch noted, passed away last year just before his 92nd birthday. and my brother and his family who lived as judge immergut's do overseas in london. i would like to recognize my partner and wife of 25 years, tracy webb who is here with me. i would not have been able to spend most of my career in public service and would not be seeking to return to public service today without tracy's support. i know her far more than i can ever get back to her and i'm grateful for her presence. with that i'm happy to tie my response to the committee's questions. >> thank you, mister hertling. i will start with you, judge immergut. the same question i will ask of you so you can get ready

i have worked 14 years in the senate, and now at covington and , several of my friends are here to lend their support and i'm grateful and appreciate their presence. finally i must thank my family for their love and support. my mother who lives back in new york, watching on c-span. my late father, who senator hatch mentioned in his kind introduction and who we noted passed away before his 92nd birthday. and my brother and his family overseas, in london. i need to recognize my partner and wife of 25 years, tracy webb , who is here with me. i would not have been able to spend my career in public service and would not seek to return to public service without her support. i/o her more than i can ever give back and i'm grateful for her morence -- i owe than i can get back and i'm grateful for her presence. judge,ll start with you the same question will probably be asked to both of you. so you can get ready. and that's the question i asked earlier. what is the appropriate role of a judge yucca -- judge? was thought the question answered well, i know it's compared to calling the balls and stri

that would have been one of the things that covington would have looked at about the legality.tainly it seems in that area of question, which is, as we know, kind of at the heart of what robert mueller, the special counsel, is looking at, which is what did the trump campaign know about what russia was doing in a very similar effort? stepping back a second, it's interesting to see what this israeli firm is proposing was similar to what the russians ended up doing for the campaign. >> but as far as we know there's no connection with this proposal to russia? >> not that we know of. >> obviously gates is cooperating with mueller, so robert mueller has all this information and more? >> we reported that mueller has the proposals that we wrote about in the story, and has not only we presume questioned gates about them, but also his investigators in the fbi have gone to israel and interviewed numerous employ weiss with a firm called cy-group. the firm no longer exists. >> another hint of where the mueller investigation may go. mark, thanks so much. >> thanks, anderson. >>> up, we have

$150,000 a year from the justice department or the sec to $1 million a year with law firms like covington and burling, et cetera. and so they're in a conflict of interest in terms of their future lucrative careers. it just goes on in one area after another. now, to illustrate statistically the lawlessness, johns hopkins university school of medicine put out a report over two years ago saying that the rock bottom estimate that they have come up with is that 5,000 people a week die from preventable problems in hospitals. not clinics or doctor offices. just in hospitals. let that sink. 5,000 human beings. that's hospital induced infections, hospital malpractice, understaffing, all kinds of various negligence. but how many lawsuits, probably not 1% or 2% of next of kin file lawsuits. there are a lot of obstructions to filing these lawsuits. let's switch to -- and that's not the only study. harvard school of public health has put studies on medical malpractice years ago, about 2,000 a week. dying from that. level of competence. all you need is 5% to 10% of the physicians who are incompetent or

have you key issues that trump is going to 2444 covington pikeaddress.not made t less safer for americansd to in iraq and afghanistan. look at defeating isis but not extending our presence in syria, for example. diffusing the situation with north korea by not escalating to this is a president keeping us on even-keel foreign policy wise. brian: we will talk about it more on radio. >> thank you, brian. brian: pick up any of his books. kellyanne here talk about how she communicates that message we just discussed. more college students are afraid to discuss with professors. is free speech gone on campus? ♪ put me on the cover of a roll stone growing up. down home american kid ♪ growing up in little pink houses ♪ making out on living room couches ♪ steve: according to a new poll 52% of professors share their political beliefs in class and most of their students, 53% a majority rather are too afraid to disagree. ainsley: our next guest is warning that the free exchange of ideas is in danger of american campuses. "wall street journal" editorial page editor james freidman, thank you for being her

harold covington has said that russia is the last great white empire.and finally the infamous david duke says that russia is the key to white survival. so why orthodoxy in the all right? that's kind of a complicated question. what of it has to do with politics. and the connection between putin, russia and russian orthodoxy. since 2011 putin has more consistently appropriated the russian orthodox church for russian politics, for a new geopolitical agenda, and especially as a defender of traditional values, antiwesternism and anti-liberalism. it's important to note that within contemporary orthodoxy orthodoxy has had a a bit of sf identification vis-À-vis approximate other and part of that is an antiwesternism and part of that is related to that of course is an anti-secularism, however that is defined and, of course, related to that is an anti-liberalism. this got that western is him first busy began some as a theological kind of move and now it is moved into the political sphere so there's a new wes that is emerged within the orthodox here which has some