a cabinet member has never been denied that. a cabinet member will be confirmed after awhile, after you have questions. in that case, it was one day. now, in my case 20 years ago when president bush nominated for the education secretary and there was a democratic senate, i was announced in december, nominated in january, and it was march before some of the democratic senators saw fit to give me a vote. and i was confirmed by unanimous consent. during that time, i tried to get ready for our education program. it gave me some time to work. when president reagan nominated ed middle east to b mease to be, it took a year before the democratic -- before the senate confirmed ed mease, but it confirmed him. there have been some cabinet members who've withdrawn their names because they've become embarrassed or for some other reason. but if the question is, has a failed cloture vote ever been used to deny a cabinet member his or her seat? the answer is no. in the case of secretary hagel, i would think that one day is not quite long enough

item 23 is the motion denying the appeal for apartment number 2. items 24 and 25 st motion approving the appeal and the motion directing the preparation of findings for apartment number 2 and items 27 is the motion denying the appeal for apartment number 5 and items 28 and 29 is the motion approving the appeal for apartment 5. >> colleagues, as we have stated with the last several appeals in this matter, our standard again is we can only reduce adjuster waived the fees if we find there's any relationship or nexus between the develop sxment the fees charged and the appellants need to find substantial evidence to support the appeal. each of the appellants shall have up to 10 minutes to present their case, city departments will have up to 20 minutes to present their analysis, members of the public supporting the application shall have two minutes and the appellants should have 3 minutes of rebuttal, unless there are any initial comments why don't we hear from the appellants. so, the parties to this appeal, if you are here, please step up and, s, you h

and when there will be tree removal work and they were denied that. we believe that is denial of due process. and one of the keys issue and points of this particular rehearing request is a misleading statement made by mr. qwang and he claimed that there, and there were permits issued for a block on 417 gonzalez drive and i am going to put the map up here so that you can take a look at that. >> okay commissioners this is where the permits were supposedly issued for. and but the work was done on brotherhood way which was about 200 yards away. so, mr. qwang and mr. ruber cannot explain why they were issued for 417 gonzales drive which were over here and there were no signs posted and nobody recalls seeing the signs torn down. yet, the work was done about 150 yards away on brotherhood way and a number of trees were lost and we lost a number of significant trees during a two-week period until we had to go and i am going to go to this e-mail here. and we had to go through norman yee's office. who is or district 7 supervisor and we had, and i don't know if y

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the vote is 5-0, this rehearing request is denied. and a notice of decision and order shall be released. >> okay. thank you. >> item 4 b is next, this is another rehearing request.subject property at 100 garces drive and 417-435 gonzalez drive. letter from julian lagos, appellant, requesting rehearing of appeal nos. 13-107/120, lagos vs. dpw bsm, decided october 23, 2013. at that time, the board voted 3-1-1 (commissioner hurtado dissented, president hwang absent) to uphold both temporary occupancy permits on the basis they are code compliant, and with a recommendation that dpw reinstate the execution period for the permits. permit holder: arborwell inc. project, 1st permit: crane, truck and tree chipper on south side of garces drive between grijalva drive and gonzales drive; permit no. 13toc-2034. project, 2nd permit: closure of right lane and sidewalk on north side of brotherhood lane; will have tree trucks, chipper and equipment occupying this lane; from 9/10/13 to 9/20/13; permit no. 13toc-2237 >> we will have 6 minutes for mr. lag

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and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition.now at coveredca.com or call 1-800-752-6631. >>> people across south africa are remembering the late nelson mandela today. mourners have been gathered all day. krur taking a look there. they've built a wall of flowers and messa messages these are live pictures from outside of the home. >> south after yak's president announced a series of events to honor mandela. sunday will be a national day of prayer and reflection. tuesday a memorial service in a stadium. the body of the leader will lie in state up until sunday, december 15th the president and first lady will travel next week to pay respects >> we'll always love him for teaching us it is possible to ov overcome hatred and anger in order to build a new nation and a new society. >> desmond tutu says the best way to honor mandela is follow values he embodied. >> in 1985 college campus as cross the u.s. moeshlized to end apartheid in south africa. studen students embraced the cause. >> abc7 news reporter spoke to some at berkeley at that

the va erroneously denied my claim seven times. for nearly 12 years, my claims that title at va because va did not respond to the notice of disagreement. the court of appeals for veterans claims returned my claim to the va three times based on errors, errors conceded by the va. i know va is waiting for me to die. without immediate attention my claim is destined to sit, idle for several more years as a way, hope and pray for resolution. my late husband, ronnie, was born in memphis, tennessee. on december 31, 1947. as a 19-year-old college student, he was drafted into the u.s. army. ronnie was deployed to the vietnam war in 1968 and 69. on september the 22nd, 1987, at the early age of 39, he died from an aggressive form of cancer, we could be a widow with a young son. his death came quickly from a cancer that dated any parts of his body very rapidly. ronnie died within five months. i brought a picture today of my ronnie because this hearing today is honestly about my ronnie. he died because of the vietnam war and his service to his c

to those who've been denied ewelcome to covered california. you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. >> we are starting this half-hour with a quick look at the weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> just a quick look because it's so cold. you already know that. this is how cold we are now. in the 20s in the north bay and novato. look at livermore. 30. freezing in fremont and san francisco has dipped into the upper 30s. 31 los gatos. we are looking at the chilly numbers. the freeze warning until 9:00. we will see clear conditions but with lighter winds. itit is a spare-the-air day tod. mostly sunny conditions. will the sunshine warm us up? not really. tomorrow despite the freeze work we will be warming. i will let you know the rest of accuweather forecast in a few minutes. kitty. >> thank you. as cold as necessary the bay area, it is much worse in other parts of the country. roads are treacherous. snow in downtown dallas, texas. powerlines down and flights could be candles wi

and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com. >> good morning. thanks for being with us on there saturday. a quick first look at the weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. several hours ago dense fog in san francisco but a light offshore flow is pushing the fog off the coast. that will aid in our warmup today. we are looking at temperatures pretty chilly with low 30s in the next hour inland with upper 30s around the day. coastline is cold, but near 40. and by the afternoon a slightly warmer day today. it will be hazy, spare the air day. low 50s to mid-50s by noontime and by the afternoon we should see about 60 around the bay. another chilly evening tonight, but not as cold as it's been. we will see warmer afternoon highs but without rain. i will have the extended outlook coming up. >> thank you, lisa. developing news, five people, including a two-year-old child are being treated for injuries following a high-speed chase in pittsburgh. a car was speeding through a construction zone

. >> a manager at the school denied pilots were rushed to graduate and were given commercial licensesbefore they were ready. the instructor said the pilots he trained would go back home and within a year be flying as a co-pilot of big jets, 737s, 777s and 747s. >> i have students tell me all the time. >> with 380 people behind them? >> absolutely. >> don't believe him? >> we need to get them more train popping. >> then listen to this man. >> they're unprepared for the task that they're being paid. >> david baker was a flight instructor at cafe pacific before retiring to fly corporate jets all around the world. >> there seems to be, i think, an almost indecent hurry to get young pilots into the cockpit. >> all the pilots tell us they train to full faa standards and that they don't cut corners, but they admitted they have no control what happens after these pilots go back home. >> does it worry you not enough pilots have those skills anymore? >> yes, it does. yes, it does worry me. and it should worry many responsible pilot that co-pilots are getting into cockpits these days and quite s

and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com. >>> the seahawks have not won in san francisco each of the last five tries. that's the good news. the bad news if seattle wins tomorrow against the 49ers they will take the nfc west crown. there is a lot at stake here for jim harbaugh's team. >> two good football teams, should be a very exciting game. our guys are ready. they have had a really good week of practice. i think that's where it starts. they are excited to play this game. >> i don't know. i don't have a magic answer for why it is intense. it is a physical game every time we play. there is just bad blood there. >> it is imperative that we won the game. this is seattle. they are 11-1 i believe. they have been playing good football. everyone is talking about them saying this, that, they are so good. so it's imperative that we beat this team and come out with the victory. we can't accept anything less. >> warriors in memphis tonight. golden state up three. leading the fast break going behind the bac

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the va erroneously denied my claim seven times. for nearly 12 years, my claims that title at va because va did not respond to the notice of disagreement. the court of appeals for veterans claims returned my claim to the va three times based on errors, errors conceded by the va. i know va is waiting for me to die. without immediate attention my claim is destined to sit, idle for several more years as a way, hope and pray for resolution. my late husband, ronnie, was born in memphis, tennessee. on december 31, 1947. as a 19-year-old college student, he was drafted into the u.s. army. ronnie was deployed to the vietnam war in 1968 and 69. on september the 22nd, 1987, at the early age of 39, he died from an aggressive form of cancer, we could be a widow with a young son. his death came quickly from a cancer that dated any parts of his body very rapidly. ronnie died within five months. i brought a picture today of my ronnie because this hearing today is honestly about my ronnie. he died because of the vietnam war and his service to his c

which the cia had denied for years. so, you know, is that hush money, is it compensation for wrongdoing, you know, very hard to know. >> it is out there now. we'll have to see what happens. please come back and continue to educate us on it. good to see you, as always. >> good to see you. >> it is a day of continued pain, heartache and solemn remembrance. today marks one year since that horrible mass shooting at the elementary school in new town, connecticut. bells rang in the town 26 times, one for each victim this morning. in all, 20 children and six teachers were killed there. the mass shooting so stunning this nation just before christmas. also sparked a new outcry for tougher gun control laws. rick levinthal now with more. >> reporter: in the aftermath of the horrific shootings at seand hook elementary school in newtown, there were loud calls for greater gun control, starting at the white house. >> we can't tolerate this any more. these tragedies must end. and to end them, we must change. >> reporter: the president

they deny the charges against them. vestiges,time of the prince william and kate middleton, then girlfriend and boyfriend, had just graduated from university. he was an officer cadet in training. leaving affectionate messages on her mobile phone. in one he referred to her as "my little babykins." it's later appeared in the news of the world. land -- into some other ambush and almost got shot. not by live france but by blank rounds, which would be embarrassing. seven years after the evidence, this was the first public confirmation that the news of had hacked phone messages left by the future king and the voicemails of a girlfriend he would marry. and after the jury were told that, they were told that his brother had also had his mobile phone hacked. the jury was shown the transcript of a message left on his voicemail, thought to be from his brother william. the color joke, i think you are the best looking ginger i have ever seen. will see you soon. when the story was written by the paper, it claimed that prince harry had

please welcome denis mcdonough. [applause] >> angood morning and let me sa, let me say thanks to georgetown university and arent fox from this form on the affordable care act. let me say thanks to the great sin of the northern flank, senator dorgan answered daschle. senator daschle has been a very important mentor to me for the opportunity to be here. senator bennet, good to see you again as well. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the affordable care act, what it's done and what it will do. and i want to update you this point on the progress we've made on fixing the website, affordable carhealthcare.gov. before talk about the law and its benefits, let me just take about to visit i made to the emergency room on a friday night recently. with one of my boys after he broke his left arm. they care was excellent, as so much of our emergency trauma and specialized carriers. that's a fact. but what was remarkable to me was not they care that my son got, ma as grateful as i am for that care, but rather the crying of

and we believe that we were denied due process to contest the work that we had already started. we had started work for two weeks, that we did not get a chance to contest these permits until september 9th, i believe. and so, also, i want to bring to your attention, the fact that there is late information given to me by the director of this board and saying that the issue of a mta special closure permit for brotherhood way for this work could have been conceived by this board. and it was not and we would respectfully request that if there is any grounds for a rehearing it would be the fact that there is new information, and that, that special lane closure, permit, from mta, we believe is important because it involves safety for the public. and we believe that mta may have higher standards for when the simple permits which should have been considered that night in october when we originally brought this appeal to this body. so i want to thank you. and i hope that you consider rehearing, of this request. and i will leave it at that. thank you. >> mr. lagos. at the previous hearing,

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the va then denies the claim. to resolve that claim could take five it -- five to eight years, and the va needs to take the time at the start -- this is just a simple error. i could get into complicated ones, and we'd be here much too late, but that's a simple error that can be fixed if the va takes the time at the start to tell the doctor what evidence to accept as true. that is not for the doctor to determine. it's for the adjudicator, the va adjudicator to make that, you know, finding. your second question was if they got more involved -- i'm not sure what you mean by "more involved." with remands? >> if they paid closer attention to the process. >> well, they should. they need to analyze the type of remands that come back from the boards and take action to train on that. we certainly look at thousands of cases a year, and we keep a list of the common errors that the va makes that we can win at the court for, and in my testimony, we listed some of those that you can see, but i'm hoping that the va does that. i'

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>> i move to deny the hearing request. >> we have a motion from commissioner hurtado to deny these rehearing requests. on that motion, commissioner fung? >> aye. >> president hwang? >> aye. >> lazarus? >> aye. >> commissioner honda. >> aye. >> thank you, the vote is 5-0. and all three rehearing requests are denied and notices of decision in order shall be released. we continued item 5 to january 29th. we will hear appeal number 1 3-140, david polatnick, verses the department of planning inspection, with planning department approval, on 1532 coal street protesting the issuance on october 22, 2013 of alteration permit of addition of new office space in rear yard below associated patio and the natural grade and demo exterior rear wall and this is on for hearing tonight. and we can start with the appellant who has seven minutes. >> okay. >> my name is david and thank you for hearing this issue. we have lived at 1526 coal street for over 22 years. and we have a good neighborly relationship with peter and andrea for the last 15 years, an example of this relationship that has been you know, over al

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so, i mean, i am inclined to deny the appeal. >> deny the appeal. >> yeah. >> and so, hopefully at this point, their communication will be swifter because there are people's safety involved here and to not have a plan after how many weeks when people are literally hanging in the air is unacceptable to me. >> and i am not sure that we have too many options here. >> yeah. >> i would concur. do we have a motion? >> so, i will make a motion to deny the appeal, but could we, i mean, any thoughts on, from the commissioners of how we maybe can condition it so that they have some conversation? >> is there a way? >> i don't think so. >> i was think about the same thing. >> or maybe we can... you can continue. >> you can continue and have them... >> or a very. >> suspended in the air. >> i mean that is the problem, with a continuance, right? >> yeah. >> and i am not sure that is going to get it. >> that is my concern, they had a lot of time. >> okay. >> so i will, i will make a motion to deny the appeal, on the merits that the permits were issued by the city departments >> we have a suggestion mr

. >> i don't deny who i was. i've never denied it. >> high profile activist teresa sparks talks openly about changing her gender but not who she is and randy zuckerberg steps out from her brother's shadow and shows she's a silicon valley force. >> i'm so grateful for the experience i had at facebook and so grateful to my brother for including me in that journey but it was also important to me to make a name for myself, too. >> here's nbc bay area's raj mathai. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. we have trail blazers with us tonight. some household names like zuckerberg and fiorina. others you might be seeing and hearing for the first time. all of our stories tonight give us a rare behind the scenes look at these newsmakers. we begin with the colorful and controversial john mcafee. he recently turned down an informal offer to help fix the troubled obama care website. he said simply, no thanks. now instead of washington, d.c., he's back in the silicon valley. he has a new company and a new wife. >> those beach

the republican filibuster denies them a fair vote. it denies the president his team. consequences and they are terrible. it is bad for president obama and bad for this body. it is bad for national security and bad for economic security. to get why it is time the senate working again. not for a democratic majority or a future republican majority but for the good of the united states of america. the senateto change before this institution becomes obsolete. at the beginning of this congress, the republican leader alleged that this congress should be more bipartisan than the last congress. told in scripture. take the old testament. pledges, one must not break his word. promised to work with the majority to process nominations and a timely manner by unanimous consent except in extraordinary circumstances. later, three weeks republicans mounted a first in history filibuster of a highly qualified nominee for secretary of defense. despite being a former republican senator, being a decorated war hero, chuck hagel's nomination was pending in the senate for a record 34 days. or

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country genuinely who are in a genuine need for these services for housing are simply going to be denied even though they're in the country completely legally while mark half of the u.k. has immigration minister has said that this bill would stop migrants from abusing public services and it would make it easier to remove the people from the country that aren't supposed to be here but the government's really got to be seen to be tackling the issue of immigration it really is in terms of public opinion the number one concern a lot of people are very wary of uncontrolled immigration about the perceived strain that it's causing on public services schools hospitals housing and of course the conservatives are leading up to an election year and they've got to be seen to be tackling the issue but according to the un's refugee agency they were perhaps a little bit overzealous in the way that they drafted this law and in fact it's not the first time that the u.k.'s policies social policies have come under fire for the united nation. it was earlier this year the u.n. special investigator on housing