and the phoenix police department. the investigation will determine whether the phoenix police department engages any pattern or practice that violates the constitution or federal law. this is the third pattern or practice investigation i've announced as attorney general. each time i've noted that these investigations aim to increase transparency and accountability. this increases public trust and public safety. we know law enforcement's heirs -- law-enforcement shares these goals. we talked with the mayor and police chief jerry williams about the investigation and we are pleased about their pledge of support. they too recognize that we share common aims. our investigation in phoenix will be led by the justice department civil rights division. it is based on an extensive review of publicly available information and will consider several issues. first whether the phoenix police department uses excessive force in violation of the fourth amendment. second whether the phoenix police department engages in discriminatory pol

i went from a 2800 person department to a 68 person department that was widely disrespected and totally ineffective. i'm really one of the best decisions i made in my life because it gave me so much intimacy with getting into a small organizations and really testing my abilities to turn that organization around. and my role model, the outsider coming in rated and learned so much and assisted greatly and by the time also with the washington police department and he was at the time, consulting and i think was actually chief of operations for lee brown. in houston texas and nestlÉ was taking on the good old boys at the houston pd. and actually went down there to meet with bob and work with him and develop a plan of action including redesigning police cars. and my first major plan of action was to develop it into into the transit organization. in the fact that it covers so much territory versus the city municipality. and i think five different counties. and i was an literally 78 cities and towns. and those challenges were immense and that subways and follies and basically. i had a lot of fu

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. >>> we have to go to the department of justice.s is attorney general merrick garland. >> engages in a pattern or practice or violations of the constitution or federal law. this is the third pattern or practice investigation i have announced as attorney general. each time i have noted that these investigations aim to promote transparency and accountability. this increases public trust, which in turn increases public safety. we know that law enforcement shares these goals. the justice department has briefed phoenix mayor gallego and chief williams about the investigation. we are pleased by their pledge of support. they, too, recognize that we share common aims. our investigation in phoenix will be led by the justice department civil rights division. it is based on the division's extensive review of publicly available information and it will consider several issues. first, whether the phoenix police department uses excessive force in violation of the fourth amendment. second, whether the phoenix police department engages in discrimina

it is the catalyst that turns the department around and it is a total transformation of a department.efore baltimore, consent decrees talked about a few things that needed to be reformed. here, it is a total transformation. it is a 100% makeover. it is the blueprint for that and the outcome is a better police department that engages with the humidity, that still enforces the law, but does it in a constitutional way. treats the community with dignity and respect and builds relationships where information can flow where we can build cases, hold people accountable, because the community is a part of all of our policy creation. the community is a part of our training and a part of everything we do. it was about turning this department around to make it the department people pay for, deserve, and respect. >> these consent decrees stopped during the trump administration. the biden administration is signaling they want to start looking at them again. they announced one for phoenix the other day. are they a good idea? you have experience with them. do they work? commissioner harrison: it has

the request for assistance from the state department specifically requested the department of defense provide culturally appropriate food, water, bedding, religious services, recreational services and other services such as transportation from the port of entry to the location of accommodations, and some medical services. my team of military civilians and contract personnel are working closely the numerous agencies, both government and nongovernment to ensure for the requirements and additional capabilities are available for promo row afghans. in addition, -- vulnerable afghans. screening and security bedding for all siv applicants in the fastest way possible, consistent with that dual goals of protecting national security and providing security for vulnerable afghans are supported the united states. the process includes biographic and biometric screenings. we are working around the clock to vet all afghans being evacuated before allowing them into the united states. during recent visits to fort lee come up for less, i saw the operation firsthand. i probably watch our u.s. personnel o

in this case, the justice department. but he is the only one who also has to contend with the fact that as he goes to his office every day, his office is a crime scene, right? i mean, only merrick garland, the -- the attorney general has to contend with the fact that in the post-trump era, like every day, at least every week, brings some, new revelation about how former officials at the justice department did it. how they were complicit. they went along. they acquiesced. they did their part, in the corrupting of the justice department that happened under the last president. right? it's -- it's one thing to break the law. that's -- that's its own set of challenges, right? it's another thing, to have created a generation of bent law-enforcement officials. right? what does merrick garland do with this continually accreting evidence of justice-department officials having gone along with these schemes? you can't just be like, whew, glad they are all out of here. let's make sure we behave differently now. i mean, you have got t

department.rafted this letter. that was to be sent to the governor of georgia, the head of the state assembly there in the head of the state senate. dear governor and mister speaker quote, the department of justice is investigating various irregularities of the 2020 election. the department will update you as we were able and investigatory progress. but at this time we have identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election, in multiple states. including the state of georgia. the next paragraph of the letter, he's then linking to the rudy giuliani fake hearing in georgia in december, that was so bonkers, it ultimately contributed to giuliani having his lace suspended in multiple jurisdictions. but that's what jeff clark sites as the evidence for this terrible revelations in georgia. jeff clark's letter continues quote, in light of these developments, the department, meaning the u.s. department of justice, recommends that the georgia general is simply should convene

after thinking about it i took the risk going from a 2010 or department to a 60 person department that was widely disrespect it and totally ineffective. probably one of the best decisions i made my life a cassette gave me so much to see with getting into a small organization testing myality to turn that organization around and emulate my rule model and i learned so much. bob wasserman was at that time consulting and i think was chief of operations for lee brown of houston texas. lee was taken on the good old boys of houston pd and i went down to houston to meet with bob and work with bob on a plan of action including redesigning the police car the image of the urbanization. my first major plan of action was developed the mta. the metro transfer -- metro transit authority is a city municipality. i was in five different counties and literally 78 cities in town. those challenges were meant and we had subways and commuter rail and we had trolleys. i had a lot of fun. i brought a couple of people on board like al sweeney the lifelong friend. and blending the police department as you know is

running the very scandal in the system, particularly its police department, 68 present department, 79 cities and towns in the systems. after thinking about it, i took the risk going running a 28 present department to a 68 present department, there was widely disrespected and thought to be totally ineffective, probably one of the best decisions made in my life because it gave me so much intimacy getting into small organization and testing my ability to turn the organization around and the outside coming in learn so much, i was assisted greatly by bob who also left the police department at that time, he was consulting, i think was actually chief of operations for lee brown in houston, texas as lee was taking on the good old boys of houston pd and i went down to austin to meet with him and develop a plan of action including redesigning the image of the organization and my first major plan of action was to develop it. the difference with this organization is the fact that it covers so much territory versus a city municipality. in this case, i was in i think five counties, i was in 78 citi

and hundreds more submitted to the department. department lawyers have been with ride-alongs and had interviews with full command staff and conducted interviews with staff interviews is and roll call briefings. we will take the same approach in phoenix. our career attorneys have decades of experience working on investigations like the one that we open here today. one thing that we have learned over the decades is that we must and will work collaborately with the phoenix community and with the phoenix police department. if we conclude that there are no systemic violations of constitutional or federal statutory rights by the city or phoenix police department, we will make it known. if, on the other hand, we conclude that there is reasonable cause to believe that such violations are occurring, we will issue a report to describe our findings and then aim to work cooperatively with the city to reach agreement on the best remedies. if an appropriate remedy cannot be reached through agreement, the attorney general is authorized to bring

the fire department is a family. we live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. when i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. i didn't want to talk to any of my civilian friends. they couldn't understand what i was going through. the firefighters knew, they understood. they had been there. it is a different relationship. we have to rely on one another. in terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. that hasn't been there for a while. part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. i worked there. people know me and because i know what we need. i know w

of our department in the future. so i wanted to congratulate the united fire service women in particular for the operation genesis program. thank you. >> and thank you, mr. commissioner. and just to be clear, i put it in my report because it was so great. i didn't do that. that is the united fire service women. it is great and laudable, and it is kind of fun. >> i agree. >> i thank you, commissioner cleveland, because you choose to speak on behalf of the commission, and i know that -- i'll just say, shoot, it looks really hard. [laughter] >> so to all those women, men out there doing that, but -- yeah, everybody looks young to me. but those younger participants, holy cow! i mean, it is -- it was really something worth seeing. and thank you for the effort -- well, to the united fire service women. so thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. i think, madam secretary -- >> we'll move on to item 5, commission report, report on commission activities. since the last meeting on july 28th, 2021. >> chairwoman: okay. any public comm

reed: the department of defense enters into this in support of the state department and the state department has, for many years, as you know, executed the siv program. the addition of u.s. military support to that program was new and generated by guidance to try to accelerate and help the process due to the time delays inherent with getting them through. we were asked by the state department to provide support to their operation. that is not a suggestion that is when siv's became a priority for the government, that has been many years. it's just the contribution the defense department could make it, using our installations in the united states where we could do this in a very orderly setting, free of distractions, without them coming individually or scattering to multiple locations. we could centralize the resources and contribute our resources, our logistics and military personnel. fort lee, virginia is the center of excellence for military logistics. it was an example of how we could use our resources to support a program we all wanted to see continue and accelerate and help as many folks

item 4, chief of the department's report from chief of department to on current issues, activities and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on july 14th, 2021 including budget, academies, special efforts, communications and outreach to other government agencies of the public, and reports from administration deputy chief jose vello on the administrative division, fleet and facility, status and updates, finance support services and training within the department. >> president feinstein: chief nickolson, we'll start with you first. >> thank you. thank you, madam president. commissioners, commissioner nakajo, president feinstein and staff and jeannine nickolson, chief of the department. here is my report. for the last two weeks. as you are aware, the delta variant of covid-19 is starting to see a spike in infections in san francisco. we are still appealing to those of our members who haven't been vaccinated to get vaccinated. our very -- we're doing all that we can to get people vaccinated. however, the department of human resources issued a vaccination policy for

i would say from the justice department's long experience implement in section five, the department haslways worked cooperatively with jurisdictions. it reviewed changes swiftly. at the most, it took 60 days to review and come up with a determination. there have been states that play their view that participating in the section five clearance process was one they were able to carry out with ease. we don't deem this a federal takeover. deem this the way of complementing congress is judgment that we need the voting rights act for discrimination and unconstitutional practice that may otherwise infect the electoral process in our country. >> my time is over, i yield to the ranking member from louisiana. [no audio] >> on july 28, did you help draft the july 28 guidance? >> yes. i participated along with other colleagues inside the department. >> since the department no longer presumes that the state election administration procedures that were in place before the pandemic are lawful, will the doj review has states adopted this temporary emergency election procedures during covid-19 and wheth

[inaudible] the state originally awarded the grant to the department in 2019, and the department is now seeking retroactive approval of the grant. we are recommending approval of the proposed resolution, and i am available for any questions. >> chairman: great. thank you. all right. let's now go to public comment. >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. d.t. is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. for those already on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. mr. baltazar, can you please let us know if there are any callers who wish to comment on item 6. >> there are zero callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. >> chairman: public comment is now closed. with that, i want to make a motion to move item 6 to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on that motion: [roll call taken] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chairman: great. thank you. thank you so much, ms. moran. can we return now to item 4? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. would you like me to call item 4 again. >> chairman: yes. >>

the department of state and the department of defense working overtime to vet as many people as possible. a certain group called special visa applicants. they were vetted several months ago when the president announced the troop draw down. saturday, a plane with afghan refugees landed at dulles outside washington d.c. those of those on the plane will take shelter at the expose center. they agreed to house afghans as a layover stop until they find something a little bit more permanent. defense secretary lloyd austin act investigated the civil reserve air fleet to help transport people once they left afghanistan. these are private airlines. they're not landing at kabul airport. the airlines participating, american, delta, atlas, omni, hawaiian and united. vetting is taking place before anyone comes to the united states. many afghans are being housed at several different military installations. just added today, the defense department announced joint base mcguire dix is taking part there. you have to remember and i'll finish with this, the 30 part countries helping out while the vetting tak

he has been a great resource for us given his experience about the department and the department needs. if you have questions on operations, he will chime in and he's been a great partner for easter bond project. onto the next project. the pistol range police project. it's located in east merced. it was renovated to include an open air firing range. there's currently a maintenance program in place focused on retearing the severely corroded and mitigation of noise. immediately adjacent to the open air firing range. a classroom building. the goal is to replace the open air range as required by code. the benefit to the neighborhood and the community will be mostly the mitigation of niez and enabling the police department to use the facility twenty four seven. >> it won't be moved. we're replacing onsite with a quieter facilities. >> exactly. we intend to stay in the same foot print. >> i think what is really excite sg the theme of enclosure. the community loves seeing us. they are not a big fan pf our or noise. we have to do training at night. by enclosing it's eliminating this all togeth

a big announcement from the justice department about an investigation into phoenix's police department. we'll have the details on that next. >>> we're get ag clear time line of when the bipartisan infrastructure bill could actually pass. this as one moderate democrat fends off criticism from within her own party. >>> and some sad news to pass along as we mentioned earlier, labor rikts leader richard trumka died today. trumka, a third generation coal miner served as as president of the afl-cio for a decade. trumka paerd in a 2020 campaign for biden. in a statement, the afl-cio will commit to honoring legacy with action. richard trumka was 27 years old. ka . called tardive dyskinesia - td. and it can seem like that's all people see. some meds for mental health can cause abnormal dopamine signaling in the brain. while how it works is not fully understood, ingrezza is thought to reduce that signaling. ingrezza is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with td movements in the face and body. people taking ingrezza can stay on their current dose of most mental health meds. don't take i

the department of veterans affairs and department of defense to ensure that veterans receive the benefits they deserve, and those who have been deported might be able to come home again. .. >> the staffing for any intraagency agreements and what the time line is for reviewing cases of deported veterans and their family members? >> senator padilla, thank you for your kind words at the outset and also to your dedication to this issue which is so important not only to the department of homeland security, but to our countries that our veterans are appropriately respected for their extraordinary service to us. since we spoke about this first, we have, indeed, embarked upon a number of initiatives. number one, to remove barriers to naturalization for those veterans who are eligible for that benefit, and, two, to embark upon a concerted effort across the department to see that veterans who have been unjustly removed, unjustly reported from our country can be returned. and just over the last few days i selected a leader of initiative within the department of homeland security who has dedicated he

will the commander -- the senior state department and department of homeland security officials be empowered to make decisions on the spot? this is not something that can be micro managed from washington. finally, will we really leave at the end of the month if there's tens of thousands of afghans trying to get in to the airport when that date arrives? i think those are the real areas of focus. there will be lots i'm sure about what was advised, what was the intelligence and analysis provided. i don't think that's as important right now as meeting the obligation to those that are in harm's way, that they can't get on an aircraft and get to safety. >> martha: obviously all of your points are really important in terms of what will and should be asked in there. the august 31 deadline i think is something if you're holed up in your residence or the safe place that you're trying to stay in afghanistan right now and you're an american or someone that stood by us and fought for the cause alongside us, you're wondering if i don't make it out by august 31, what happens to me? we don't have a definiti

i refer you to state department colleagues. reporter: why don't you call it a combat deployment, because it is insulting for the americans watching this? mr. kirby: this is not a combat deployment and i don't share that sentiment at all. reporter: this isn't combat? mr. kirby: they will have the ability to defend themselves. they will be armed. of course. they are going for security mission, a narrowly defined mission to secure and safeguard movement of civilian personnel as well as movement of special immigrants, men and women applying under that process. reporter: not a combat mission? reporter: i am responding to emails from people enough to understand. this is a narrowly defined mission for our diplomatic personnel and those in the siv program. it is not for any other individuals who are not afghans. -- afghans who may have worked for u.s. agencies and other government's. the follow-up question -- other governments. the follow-up question, could the u.s. work with nato allies to evacuate? mr. kirby: i think i have character

it's a collaboration among city departments including the apartment of the environment and the department ofpublic health andoffice of economic and workforce development . next slide please . first let's talk about lead, what it is and why it's a problem.lead is a heavy metal denser thanmost common materials . its increased durability and can maintain a fresh appearance and resist moisture that causes corrosion but led is a neurotoxin and ingestion can lead to lead poisoning. it's dangerousto children between eight months and six years old . it makes lead paintchips and dustwhich can more readily be ingested by children . next slide . lead ingestion can lead to the following issues . damage to the brain and nervous system. learning andbehavioral problems. slowed growth and development inspeech and hearing problems lead-based paints were banned for residential use in 1978 . next slide . here's a map of the city showing the notice ofviolation for lead . blue dots indicate the number of lead and always or notices of violation. larger dots indicate more violations and cheating indicates the p

the committee issuing a sweeping request for records from the justice department to the fbi to the department of defense, all the way to the united states park service touching on practically every aspect of january

the department of defense has the continued responsibility to support the state department and the ongoing movement of evacuees through our intermediate staging bases and safe havens all the way to the united states in the coming days and weeks. on that topic, here's a quick update on the military installations in error safe havens and staging bases that are helping transition all of these flights. centcom locations receive process and transfer passengers to follow on locations in europe and the united states. today, they will receive about 19 flights and approximately 5000 passengers in germany, italy and spain, including the naval station. in turn, six flights will transport about 3300 people from europe to the united states. i cannot say enough how important the contribution of our allies and our partners has been in this massive global operation. additionally, more evacuees continue to arrive stateside and are moving to designated installations throughout northcom. general van will provide a more focused briefing on this extensive briefing later today. in conclusion, i will reiterate w

the department of defense and u.s.outhern command continue to be in full support of usaid as the lead federal agency. the bureau for humanitarian assistance has been on the ground since the beginning, and b have been supporting them since then. as have a lot of our allies and partners, working with international communities to identify points of need. this life-saving aid and assistance mission is where dod's unique capability, specifically in airlift and logistics are engaged each day to get the lifesaving aid where it needs to be, rapidly. as of late last evening, we conducted over 364 full-spectrum missions, with both assets, which have assisted or saved 436 lives. and delivered over 163 pounds of vital aid as of late yesterday. thank you. mr. kirby: just one more note and we will get to questions. i think you may have seen, we have released the secretary's memo with regard to mandatory vaccinations. after consultation, and with the support of the president, mandatory vaccination against the coronavirus is necessary

the request for assistance from the state department requested that the department of defense provide culturally appropriate food, water, bed, recreational activities and other services like transportation from the port of entry to the location of accommodations and some medical services as well. a team of military civilian and contract personnel are working closely with numerous agencies, government and nongovernment to ensure further requirements and additional capabilities are available for vulnerable afghans. in addition, the department of homeland security is working to conduct the screens and security vetting for all special immigrant visa applicants in the fastest way possible consistent with providing protection for vulnerable afghans that supported the united states. that process involves biometric and bio graphic screenings by law enforcement and counter terrorism professionals. we're working around the clock to vet all afghans before allowing them in the united states. during visits to fort lee, fort mccoy and fort bliss, i saw the operation and i proudly watched our u.s. p

departments integrate with. so that planning process has to happen first, and then, there's a procurement process, and then, there's an implementation process. so all of those things kind of have to happen sequentially rather than all at once, and so that particular -- those series of recommendations just will take a little bit more time. and then in order to really overall our performance evaluation process, we need to engage you all. we need to engage our officers, we need to engage a lot of -- a lot of folks to really get their input on what needs to be captured, and also aligning it with our strategic thinking and our strategic vision, so that's kind of a process, and that takes a little bit of time, and so we would need to -- so that -- that's the first step there, and i think some of the groundwork, and some of the initial meetings have happened on that, and so -- and we also envision another -- a system that will help us implement that process, as well. >> president cohen: so question -- really, it's abou

department of justice. it says in part "the department of justice is investigating various igreg lirties in the 2020 election for president of the united states. at this time we've identified significant concerns and they've impacted the outcome of the election in multiple states including the state of georgia. while the department of justice believes the governor of georgia should immediately call special session to consider this important and urgent matter, if he declines to do so we share with you our view that the georgia general assembly has implied authority under the constitution of the united states for the matter of purpose of issues pertaining to the appointment of presidential electors." basically clark and trump teaming up spell out what they want. they want the acting attorney general and his deputy to say the georgia general assembly needed to use the power entrusted to it by the u.s. constitution to simply come together and send their own electors to washington. now, this would be a violation

and the justice department officials who have spoken so far and the justice department in general can really understand what was going on with trump's efforts to overturn the election and whether or not there was criminality, criminal behavior, they need to speak to people who are working at the white house, who had the full picture. >> "new york times" justice department reporter katie benner, thank you for your clarity on this as always, i really appreciate it. we've got more ahead tonight, stay with us. they are the heroes in my family. who are the heroes in yours? as someone who resembles someone else... they are the heroes in my family. i appreciate that liberty mutual knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ nautical horn blows ] i mean just because you look like someone else doesn't mean you eat off the floor, or yell at the vacuum, or need flea medication. oh, yeah. that's the spot. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ ♪ ♪ even if you had to miss your quince. there's always your qu

>> i mean, certainly within my department. is a huge step in the right direction. he's always been one to care about his officers' well-being. that's one of the reasons why he's so respected as our chief. but, you know, there is still a long way to go. it doesn't help when people that do speak out and talk about the struggles that they've had, whether it's with regards to january an olympian, you know, struggling with mental health issues, as well and people, you know, disparage them, insult them because of their courage to come forward and talk about these struggles openly. to me, that's, you know, that's the most courageous thing that an individual can do. >> yeah. i totally agree with you. michael fanone, thank you so much for all that you are doing. we are greatful to you for your service here in washington d.c. and we will, of ybviously, want stay in touch. >> like wise. >> anything we can do to help, let us know. >> appreciate it. >> to our viewers, help is always available to anyone contemc contemplating suicide. 800-27