. >> president cleaveland: commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr. president. congratulations, and just as my fellow commissioner said, for digesting this and giving it to us in a way that is easy to understand. >> thank you. >> commissioner covington: mr. corso, i'm wondering about the capital budget committee. are we involved in that committee? is there a representative from the department that sits on that committee? >> unfortunately, no. i believe it's in the administrative code. we've inquired about it on the past. we've requested to have a seat at the table just given the breadth of facilities, the number of facilities that we have, but unfortunately, we do not have a seat. >> commissioner covington: and who did you make that request to? >> i believe we talked to the mayor's office and probably capital planning. >> commissioner covington: and how long ago was the last request? >> a few years ago? >> commissioner hayes-white: a couple years ago. >> commissioner covington: okay. i think it's time we make a new request on that. we have a new admin

not the way that covington teenh stood his. i think a lot of them get t a reverse thrill when they drive their political opponents are restaurants when they show up a their homes or in some cases even physically attack them. just for what, the clothing, th red clothing and the messaging that the left-wing activist of oike? these people, i'm going to quit calling them activists, they're not activists and their they're not rabble-rousers. they're more like domestic terrorists. that's how i characterize them because they are used to operating with total impunity because they usually get covere from a complicit media. sometimes, even from local officials who do nothing as trump supporters are literally taking a beating as they did during that 2016 june 2016 campaign event in san jose for trump. the trolls in capable and i'm interested in winning the war of our ideas are at war with the first amendment and the free expression of others. by the way, to cause this caustic environment. where leftists hacks engage in thesegu guerrilla t

>> commissioner covington? >> thank you mr president. i agree with everyone of you who pointed out the new captions, at all of the other things that really help us understand the depth of work that has been going on. i have a question for -- i guess it would be chief lee regarding the bike medic totals for the airport. i just wanted to know some of the breakdowns. i see there were 384, and i am wondering what that means, and aided case. >> good morning, commissioners, and chief. commissioner covington, you said you had a question regarding an aided case. >> yes, the definition. >> that would be anything from an agent at the airport of one of the airlines calling to say we have a passenger that is not feeling well, to someone else witnessing someone fall on the escalator, or any of the moving sidewalks. whenever there is a request for aid. >> icy. okay. thank you. -- i see. okay, thank you, and a service call, what is that? >> a could be anything from water leaking, and a service call could be a lot of things. usually it is something on t

" the insinuation being that covington is anti-gay.udent wasn't stopped for speaking because of his sexuality. it was because he submitted his speech too late. more importantly, he didn't go to covington high school. "the new york times" reporter who this week wrote about covington students tradition of supporting their sports teams by painting their faces and bodies black. heating of the possibility of racism. had the reporter checked her own papers archives, she would've found a 2008 story explaining the so-called black out games and they are popular and have zero to do with racism. we are also learning more about native american elder nathan phillips. he was in the marine corps reserve from 1972 to 1976 but contrary to numerous reports, he was not a vietnam veteran. and on saturday, when this controversy was added its peak, nathan phillips went to the d.c. basilica demanding the covington boys be reprimanded. it's worth pointing out again that before mr. phillips walked up to the students, they had been called a series of vulgar, ra

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not the way that covington stood his. i think that a lot of them get a perverse thrill when they drive their political targets out of restaurants or when they show up at their homes. or in some cases, even physically attack them. just for -- what? the clothing? the messaging that the left-wing activist don't like. but those people, i'm going to stop calling them activist. they are not activist. they are not simply professional rabble-rousers. they are more like -- they are more like domestic terrorist. it that's how i characterize them because they are used to operating with total impunity because they usually get cover from a complicit media. and sometimes even from local officials who do nothing, as trump supporters are literally taking a beating as they did during that june 2016 campaign event in san jose for trump. these trolls, incapable and uninterested in actually winning the war of ideas, or instead at war with the first amendment end of the free expression of others. and by the way it, who caused this caustic env

and this week she drew fire comparing the covington kids to the clan.te hood without white boys without able to empathize humanity can continue to destroy itself. in response communications director for turning point usa. you are younger than i am but i love samantha on who's the boss. i may have even had a crush on her i don't even remember but her trajectory over the last five years she has :-colon - - has gone so hard-core left. what happened quick. >> first and foremost, i am too young. i only know the hard left insane person you can laugh at it but it is effective talk about cultural appropriation imagine being a white woman with no experience of the kkk or history of it in her family. those stories growing up in my household are very real. two shoot bullets inside of my grandfather's home. but to go into the echo chamber to get feedback to get power which is what the left is all about they use minority experiences to garner power and attention for themselves. i called her out and she blocked me instantly. jesse: what did you say to her? was she em

commissioner covington? >> thank you, mr president. i would like to echo the thanks to chief cochrane, and to the commissioners. it is good to have this document before us. i was just looking over my notes because i also attended the drones and the fire service symposium in 2017, held in the park, and the commissioner was asking about airspace and aircraft. there were guidelines that were codified by congress regarding this specifically. there is not very much that we have to think about or do anything about, because congress has already decided what we may or may not be able to do in the future, sort of like the chartered thing. so this is a very good policy, and i know a lot of people have been working on it for quite some time, and it is good to see it to this point, also reviewing my notes, i see that you answered a lot of the questions that people attended the symposium were told, to make sure you have this in order before you go to the feds, because otherwise they will tell you, know, this is another box that you need to check. i

vice president covington. >> thank you, mr. president. i look forward to getting those figures so that things lineup in a logical manner and that we have the information we need to really push for those dollars to come from other departments to assist us in this. this is a very, very heavy load that we have been required to carry year after year. the homeless crisis is not going to go away next year or during this budget cycle. we have to come up with the way to happenedel this. mr. corso, i heard you say that conversations are on going regarding how to share this heavy weight. i would like to know from chief hayes-white, what is the plan? >> if you can be more specific, i'd be happy to answer your questions. >> ok. from your point of view, we have this 106 -- excuse me -- >> the uncollected e.m.s. revenue? >> yes, the $106 million per year in uncollected revenue. what is our plan going forward in terms of getting dollars from elsewhere to cover this amount so that we don't have to go hat in hand for enhancements every year. >> i would sa

i do want to move on to the issue of covington. school shut down citing safety concerns after this confrontation between what happened in washington. i want to get the president's latest take on this issue. nick sandmann and the students of covington have become symbols of fake news and how evil it can be. they have captivated the attention of the world and i know they will use it for good and even bring people together. it started off unpleasant, but it can end in a dream. at the white house, reached out to any of the students and aware that has happened but i wonder if that will. where does this go next, morgan? >> morgan: i think the president's message was spot on. sometimes he was criticized for taking these opportunities and seemingly divide people more. but i think this is a moment the present put out a positive message. i think originally only saw the videos, we were horrified with the edited video but along with the story, the media needs to have an honest discussion about how they cover these internet videos once they com

covington catholic is a terrible sequel to the brett kavanaugh case. covington catholic is in his district in kentucky and you talked with the young man at the center of this and his family today. how are they feeling today? >> they are doing as well as you could expect. they all received death threats. his mother, his father, nick himself. they are in good spirits. they want a peaceful ending to this. his mom said when they signed his form to go to dc she never expected to come back with this. they have been traumatized and are looking for closure. shannon: even after they saw the additional video the rest of the explanation about what happened, nearly 2 hours of it is out there. they said they are getting a pass. you said you had the initial impression it is different from where you end up. and activist who supports black lives matter, he says the new take is the covington kids are the victims of a frenzied press. this country is unreal. it will bend over backwards to exclude whiteness of any responsible your accountability. your response. >> nick wi

but maybe not the light -covington catholic -would have hoped for their students. ken brown reports. this is where the now viral video picks up... an intense staring match between a covington catholic high school student and vietnam veteran and omaha tribe elder nathan phillips.fox19 has received several varying accounts of what led to this, but what we have been able to confirm is this transpired after the march for life on friday evening in washington d.c. ... the kids are in-fact covington catholic students who were there to participate in the march for life.tonight the diocese of covington has issued an apology that reads in-part: we extend our deepest apologies to mr. phillips. this behavior is opposed to the church's teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person.the statement goes on... saying the incident is being investigated and expulsion is on the table as a punishment.jheri neri / greater cincinnati native american coalition: "we're disappointed because it's our area and we spend so much time trying to educate people and i really thought we we

in fact, the covington diocese received a suspicious package just tonight.share tweet after tweet with you from celebrities, liberal commentators calling for attacks and even the death of these teenagers.it tonight some hope that this hate speech will not go unpunished.d. joining me now exclusively foro his first national television interview is rob sanders, he's a prosecutor for kenton county kentucky where covington catholic high is located. rob, it's good to see you. what kind of charges could realistically be filed and against whom? >> we have a number of different charges in kentucky that might apply. the one that jumps out the fastest isy. terroristic threatening. there's three different degreesc of terroristic threatening in kentucky. two of them are felonies. the most common one i think that might apply to the situation is terroristic threatening second degree, that's anytime someone threatens death or violence against an educational institution in kentucky or any student in an educational institution in connection with a school function. now, that i

commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: thank you very much, mr. president. i would like to hear just a little more about the revenue stream that the doctor made reference to? >> yes. so if you have the agreement in front of you, on page seven, it notes the reimbursement that the department will receive per hour of community instruction, and -- student instruction, and currently, that's set at 2.75 for the academy and $2 for the basic instruction. at the end of each billing period, the department will provide -- reconcile with documentation and send an invoice to city college for reimbursement to that effect, that the city college is receiving from the state, and that the intent for that reimbursement is to reinvest that back into the department's training division for equipment, for various initiatives that they want to undergo. >> commissioner covington: and at the completion of their studies, what is it that students receive? what kind of certificate, degree? >> i don't believe they receive a certificate. i believe they receive credit, but i'll allow -- >>

covington was forced to close its doors amid a wave of death threats. that was earlier today. a bomb threat today. the student at the center of this attack talked to nbc's savannah guthrie to reflect on all the hate. take a look. >> they started shouting a bunch of homophobic, racist, derogatory comments. >> what did you hear them say? >> i heard them call us incest kids, bigots. racists. they called us [bleep], based off one expression, which i wasn't, but people assumed that's what i am. they've gone from there to titling me and labeling me as a racist person, someone that's disrespectful to adults, which they've had to assume so many things to get there. >> sean: there's nothing i have seen that sandman has anything to apologize for. they walked up to him. he stood there calmly, peacefully, said he was trying to smile as a 64-year-old man approached the teen playing the drum, as you can see in the video. but to the media, he became an instant villain. and we all know why. here's a message to the left and their partners in the fake news media. the face of bullying, hate, sme

by now everybody heard the story of the covington boys. we'll have a sit-down with a member of the community who started the whole thing, the black israelites. phillips first told "the washington post" and other outlets that he was surround and harass bid the covington boys. he said the boys were quote attacking these four black individuals. he continued, quote, these young men were beatly and these old black individuals was their prey. phillips called it racism and the hatred in their cases resembled whrin muching that were done in america. he said the students were charnting "build the wall." once the complete video was released, everything phillips said was a lie. it was phillips who approached the boys and banged the drum in his face. nobody chanted "build the wall." it looks like phillips and his crew were the aggressors with the students. jesse: after the confrontation with the boys he attempted to disresult mass at washington, d.c.'s national shrine. phillips and 20 demonstrators tried to force themselves into evening mass, bang the

. >> reporter: later identified as covington catholic students from kentucky.ws continued to hurl insults at both groups. >> bunch of incest babies. this is what make america great looks like. >> reporter: the atmosphere intensifies when a young man rips off his shirt and leads his group in a battle cry often meant to intimidate. meanwhile, nathan phillips, an indigenous activist overhears the commotion and decides to take action. >> came to a point where somebody had to do something. came to me that elder, we got to do something. >> reporter: the omaha elder steps between the students and the black hebrews, beating his drum and singing a traditional song. >> it's a song of unity, a song of strength and courage. >> reporter: then nate phillips locks eyes with nick sandmann, a junior at covington, leading to that epic staredown. sandmann now speaking to nbc. >> do you see your own fault in any way? >> as far as standing there, i had every right to do so. i don't, my position is that i was not disrespectful to mr. phillips. i respect him. >> reporter: but phillip

we saw it again with the covington students. i've never seen people so happy to destroy a kid's life. when that becomes the norm in the media, in america simply because they are associated with this president, that is disgraceful. that should never happen. let's hope that this is a lesson to all of the media, to everyone, let's focus on getting things right, not getting them first. >> sean: okay, sarah, thank you for being with us. coming up next, mark levin live, and later lawrence jones is live in kentucky asking residents what the media rush to judgment in the covington story.sk you will not see this anywhere else. and breaking deep state news tonight, "the hill"'s, john solomon, an explosive report. the clintons feeding russia phony narrative, believe it or not to the n fbi. we have the evidence. everything we have been telling you about for years is proving to be true. biggest abuse ofof power, corruption scandal in the history of the country. that and more coming up straight ahead. ♪ that and more coming up strat ahead. ah

in this covington case, initially. >> lurking.arent they were not the aggressors, conservatives piled on. mara: everybody needs to deescalate which isn't going to happen. buck: there is a sense that no apologies, no changes. i think in terms of media practice going forward, there has been a rejection of holding back, waiting until you have the facts. especially if they are objective reporters. howie: many journalists and columnists feel -- buck require's more than what the journalists think. they are trying to feed the beast giving their audience what they want as quickly as they can. for many of these outlets what they want is a narrative, in this case the bigoted catholic white kids being racist. now they are saying maybe we are liergt our credibility on fire day after day. howie: we all probably rushed to judgment. but twitter makes it so we are on deadline every day every second. mara: it's hard to see how you put that genie in the bottle. buck sexton and mara liasson, good to see you. dana perino on the virtual elimination of

covington catholic is a terrible sequel to the brett kavanaugh case. covington catholic is in his district and kentucky, you have talked with nick salmon, the young man who is at the center of this and his family. how are they feeling? >> they are doing as well as you can expect. they all received death threats. his mother, his father, nick himself. they are in good spirits though, they want a peaceful ending to all of this. his mom said when she signed his form to go to d.c. come as release form, she never expected this to come back. they've been traumatized and they're looking for closure. >> shannon: there are a lot of folks out there who said after they saw the video and the rest of the explanation, nearly two hours if anybody wants to watch it, they say these kids are getting a pass. you said you had your initial impression of it is different from where you ended up. she is an activist, she supports black lives matter, she said i guess the new take is at the covington kids are the victims of a frenzied process. this country is unreal. it opened ov

father edward tweeting my feelings about the covington boys are unchanged since the first reporting. boys should not have been permitted to wear maga hats if they were representing the school. what? okay. you can't have any political feelings if you are a student. buzzfeed reporter revealed herself when she tweeted this picture of the covington high students next to brett kavanaugh. shocker. one theme of the conversations over the past 24 hours, how deeply familiar this look is. it's a look of white patriarchy of course but that familiarity, the banality is part of what trumps the visceral reaction. this isn't spectacular. it's life in america. long-winded tweet. actually it's life through the eyes of a true hater, some on truly intolerant. this is how white men look. look. look at the faces. what are they supposed to look like? i thought everyone was supposed to look however they want. isn't that how liberalism is? their own truth, whatever they want to look like a supposed be okay. not if you are a white guy who happens to be a catholic and wearing a maga hats. for a moment, assume

and covington catholic high school issued a statement saying in part we condemn the o actionthe covingtonholic high school students. the matter is being investigated, and we will take appropriate action up to and including expulsion. asked nathan phillips what he thinks should happen with the students who participated in this behavior. he said it's not up to him to say. 's up to their parents and their school administration. at the bat sill can a, darcy spencer, "news 4 today." >> reaction to the video continues to pour in including from one native american tlawmaker. fit in our nbc washington app, ant we've also posted the viol video for you see. just search the viral video. >> a march on washington and throughout country. thousands ral while rushing for a mvee progressi agenda. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> show me what democracy looks like. >> women took over the street here ind.c. on saturday. coming up in a few minutes, we'llha explain other new issues organizers and activists are fighting for. t alsohey will hear more about a divide we're seeing in this year's rally. >>>

live in front of covington catholic high school back to you.nowledging his personal involvement in a application to surveil then trump campaign aid carter page confirming other unusual steps taking in the fbi's russia probe. steve: according to unreleased transcripts released by fox news james baker the man right there in the center of the screen relied heavily on unverified anti-trump dossier. brian: what does it mean. looking at the impact fox news judicial an list host of liberty file on fox nation judge andrew napolitano. why is this significant to you? >> this is not something normally done by the general counsel of the fbi. if he were doing his job, he would say to them stay away from fisa. donald trump has argued the president has argued that fisa, which has a low standard to get a search warrant, has been abused by the fbi it's easy to get a search warrant from the fisa warrant as opposed to a regular sitting judge where the standard is one of the constitution. under the constitution. get a search warrant to look at phone calls to follo

the covington case, everybody is an instant expert.at one video, one tweet, everybody's got to weigh in. that's how you get clicks and attention. but i think it's a really embarrassing moment, particularly for journalists whose job it is to check the facts, that's why you're seeing so many of these apologies. >> harris: i don't want to over blow, some of it can be locked. some of it's because you and i are gently over the age of 29. but you and i didn't click on that. there are a lot of good journalists out there who didn't click on that. and i don't seem to think that that is generational, by the way. it's perspective and also experience. as you say, when things get ginned up over video that you cannot independently verify, we know to back away from that. what is the great equalizer going forward? i know you touched on it, but i want to add that again. how do we write this ship? because people are losing trust in the media fast. every day. >> i did feel like i knew enough about it to weigh in on twitter. sometimes the hardest thing to

. >> the president with his take on the complete 180 tweeting looking like covington catholic students with early judgments proving out to be false smeared by media. not good but making big comeback, new footage shows the meaty was wrong about the teens encounter with the native american. donald trump referencing this latest in a longer video showing native american elder nathan phillips was the one to approach the teens and showing the before phillips arrived, a group of black hebrew israelites reeling obscenities at the students. two students are speaking out. >> there have been many threats against our lives, against our parents. >> the hate surrounding this event comes from people on social media jumping to conclusions before the story was released, nobody did their research and now showing. >> speaking of which, here are a few of the gems to conclusion. howard dean, famous for the alert around the world in 2004 tweeting covington catholic high school teams like a heat factory to me. why not just close it? sellers, he is deplorable, some people can be punched in the face. these are

>> in a jointstatement, the roman catholic die receives covington and covington catholic high school apologized to phillips. officials released a statent reading in part, quote, we condemn the actions of the covington catholic high school students. the matter is being investigated, and we will take appropriate action up to and including expulsion. >>> reaction toeo that vid continues to pour in,fr includi one native americanak lawm. find that in our nbc washington app as well as the video. just search viral video. >>> wve got an update on a brutal attack on a 69-year-old dog walker that happened in broad daylight. the alleged attackers are both teenagers and she was not the only victim. 16-year-old kaveyon andrews and 17-year-old that theus hartridge were trying to steal the victim's car on euclid street. one of them hit the womanth ove e head with a pipe and the two also robbed two other people in the same neighborhood. they are both being charged as adults. he> yesterday is with a third annual women's march. thousands rallied while pushing for a more progressive agenda, but there w

the roman catholicf diocese covington and covington catholic high school, apolozed to phillips. it reads in part, we condemn the actions of the covington catholic high school students. the matter is being investigated and we will take appropriateo action up t and including expulsion. >>> someone placed 80 ku klux klan flyers on the kodoors of businesses and homes. the w flyerse likely distributed at random. news 4 spoke with a resident who moved quickly to remove the flyers. >> shocked immediately. i knew i t had find every one i could on the street around here and find them and throw themaw . >> it's really sad that it keepn hag. and i just -- i just am thankful to rid t guy was here the streets of it. >> the naacp inn pg a unity march for later today. the organization sayswi i march for recreconciliation. >>> today is the holiday honoring martin luther king jr. today will mark 56 years since dr. king stood on the national mall and delivered his "i have a dream" speech. >> our children will one day live in a nation that will not be judged by the cor of his skin but the con stet

nat sound:no protests today but a vigil held at the covington diocese.attending, trump supporters ande americans along with other progressive groups.there was even a moment of unity.nat sound:"we are in big trouble. i agree. the people need to take back this country. amen, and we'll work together to do it."nathan phillips, the omaha tribal elder, says when the incident happened he was trying to defuse tensions between the students and a group of hebrew israelites ... ... who taunted both students and native americans for over an hour before the controversial standoff made international headlines.he's now offered to travel to kentucky to meet with the students to discuss cultural diversity.nathan phillips: "when i started taking those steps and using the drum , it was just spur of the moment, it was just what do you do now? here's a moment where something that's really ugly in our society, in america something that's just kind of come to a boiling point."the diocese of covington administering the all-boys statement ...graphic:"a third-party investigation is planned to begin this week.

they were brought there by the covington catholic church.y were all donning their little maga swag hats. the truth is, they were roaming around for a long time. i don't know how many minutes, but the new video surfaced of the black israelites doing what they did an offending everybody they possibly could. but other video also surfaced showing the maga swag kids othersy accosting women, appropriate in the haka dance, and so forth. if there was drone footage possibly of -- you could be able to see the maga swag kids, the covington kids, invade the space of where nathan and the black israelites are standing. so they come closer to the israelites and are there being .isruptive, being very loud it is a very tense situation. when they get closer, i move away. from they moved away close proximity because i was concerned for my own safety, and at that time i did not know where my daughter was. a pr firm, have people trying to spin as each and every way, even in mainstream media. and people are looking past the there was a racially charged environmen

i know what kind of kids covington is and it's not disrespect. >> sandra: covington student on "fox &riends" earlier as new light is shed on a viral video that appeared to show students with a native american protestor. students are returning to class this morning for the first time since that confrontation. sean spicer is senior adviseor and spokesperson for american first pac and former white house press secretary. i know you're a dad and you look at these boys. several days later after the country really has had a chance to digest and learn more about this story and you feel for them. >> absolutely. look, i think now that everything has come to light and we've seen the entirety or at least much more of this video here is what we do know. these kids were marching for life. they waited -- they were waiting for their bus to pick them up and approached by a group of individuals yelling epitaphs at them. the native american gentleman tried to diffuse the situation. he approached them. they just stood there quietly, peacefully kind of jumping in but let's keep in context the entire thing

commissioner vice president covington? >> thank you, mr. president. yes, i did share with the commission secretary some minor adjustments. nothing of great importance. i. >> this is for the special meeting. >> the special meeting? >> clerk: yes on january 4th. >> we're doing them one by one. >> sorry. >> ok no problem. i'd like mont move the item. >> do we have a second? >> call for the question, all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> any opposed. none. thank you. >> clerk: an approval of the min es from a special meetig on january 8th, 2019. >> at this time is there any public comment on this special meeting on january 8th, 2019? any questions, discussions from the commissioners at this time? >> i'd like to move the item. >> thank you, vice president covington. i need a second please. >> >> second. >> call for the question all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? none. motion passes. >> clerk: minutes from the regular meeting on january 9th, 2019. >> the regular meeting january 9th, is there any public comment at this time? >> commissioner vice presid