thanks, donnie, thanks, everybody. [gavel] >> next item. >> briefing from mayor's deputy legislative director on city lobbyist process and protocol. speaker is kelly pretzer, deputy director for state and federal legislative affairs. informational report and discussion item. >> thank you, monica. just quick background. it was back in april when our policy committee was asked to consider a resolution in support of an assembly bill dealing with producer responsibility for marine plastic pollution. when we had the hearing on this matter, we discovered that our city lobbyist was already on it and already working to support this bill, which what news, but we weren't exactly sure how that happened. we found out it was our staff that requested the support. some of us thought it would be great to have a quick little briefing and also to meet kelly and quick briefing on the process by which item are determined appropriate for the lobbyists to carry them and then also maybe a word about how we as a commission can become involved

donnie, the war on obamacare just goes on and on.et's listen to what reince priebus had to say. >> so mr. president, if you want to shut the government down because you want to continue to fund this monstrosity that you admitted is half broken, then go ahead. the fact that it is on the republican party i think it's been from the democratic party it might not be adopting, i don't know why you're adopting that spin. >> michael: is anybody going to believe if this government shuts down that it's not the fault of the republicans. >> the president is begging the republicans to go down this run. this is a no-win position for the republican party but for the rabid base that they do the politicking from. the president is saying, please do this. shut down the government. take heal care away from kids, seniors and take all the good things away from obamacare and shut the government down while you're doing t go ahead. >> michael: it's one of those situations where i can't see it being anything but a problem for the republicans. but again, they

it's not donny's phone records -- >> but if you're okay with donny's phone records, people would be okay with that. it's still the same thing. >> i think the question is still, okay, people trust the government generally to use this information in a way that is benign and protects our security. the question some people might have with it, what happens if the government is no longer benign and they still have access to all of our information. >> where is this -- where's darth vader. let's play this out. the argument goes back, what happens to an evil government and they're coming to take us away. how is that happening in our checks and balance government, we don't have clues this this country. give me a scenario where dr. evil or darth vader is in the white house? >> are you serious, a lot of liberals thought dick cheney was darth vader. and now that the shoe's on the other foot. >> guy -- >> -- think that obama is evil. >> and he has imaged the surveillance state that exceeds anything dick cheney could have dreamed up in his wildest, most exciting fantasies. >> he understands what the wo

>> i just want to -- >> donny -- >> i have to say this -- >> donny, you got to take those glasses offnd put on a big old suit of love. >> oh, no. >> oh, my god. >> can we get some tom jones going. >> get him a horse. >> come on. i don't know what that's about. >> if i missed the last few years where basically the republicans need to pay attention to the suburbs of philadelphia and understand -- >> he's learning. >> these people are not electable in a chris christie is the answer. forget what they do with each other. who's going to win a general election. no chance rand paul wins a general election in this country. >> why not? >> he's angry and people don't want angry. >> you're talking more style. >> hey -- >> you have a guy in chris christie who is -- the most left leaning state in massachusetts there is who basically will get 70% of the vote the next time around. he is a candidate just right of center with the right attitude that wins national elections. >> michael steele, understanding that we are 18 years away from this election. >> thank you. >> i do have to say, though, maybe ra

donnie has put in a lot of work on this. and before we go to public comment, maybe a quick thought from our director. >> i also just wanted to chime in and thank donnie who has done a fantastic job leading up our outreach team, our guest, donnie, and clark and sraddha for the fantastic presentations. as you saw, the message is clear, it's practical, it's actionable and that's what we want to get out into the community how they can participate. but also i think it was underscored in public comment, we really stress on being culturally competent and putting as many of our materials into -- as the new languages as possible so we can reach the broadest constituency. just wanted to thank you all for the great presentations and more to come at the future commission meetings. >> thank you. any em members of the public like to comment on this item? yes. ~ >>> lou harris. i have a question, i'd like to have it answered now. i live next door to an open space. this is about mouse and rats have decided my house is a good place to go and

chairman of deutsch incorporated, donny deutsch, and in washington, pulitzer-prize winning columnist and associate editor of the "washington post" and analyst eugene robinson. >> you look at the front page of the "new york times," michael bloomberg not a happy man. we're going to be talking about that. also, mike barnicle here to talk about whitey bulger and the conviction in boston. wow, that's really something too. willie geist, you know, there are times, there are moments, there are cracks in time in history where something terrible happens, historically, and there's really no great explanation and, of course, you and i always talk about this. >> yeah. >> gettysburg. >> what -- >> i just know you're up to something. >> the best part of the show, i have no idea where we're going now. i'm just waiting. >> no no, no. willie and i talk, gettysburg, he gets the word in and he says to one of his generals, use your division. he goes, sir, i have no division. >> god. >> and lee figures out, all is lost because of pickett's charge and he says, it is my fault. it's all my fault. that's all

speaker: donnie ol var a outreach program manager. >> if you want to set this up, this is an innovation. this is another first. >> i don't know about that, but i think all credit goes to the department and donnie oliveira who is just an absolute rock star. and as of -- and as a way to be able to enhance the fact that we were going to be on television, watching a meeting can be sometimes boring unless you're listening to that wonderful fellow that sings down at the supervisors meeting. [laughter] >> but i thought -- yeah, i don't know. i tried to get him here. you know. but i thought since, you know, we're going to be on television and we were going to start advertising an outreach, that we would take the time to do a little info taming. with that being said, i thought maybe at the beginning of the meeting it might be an opportunity for us to talk about some of the wonderful things that this department is doing, that is very user friendly and that people should know about because it benefits their lives. and it tells them how we're trying to reach our goals. with that, i will turn it ove

. >> david: joining me now is political strategist and chair of dogpatch strategies donnie fowler.onnie, thanks for being back in "the war room." >> glad to be here. >> david: there were a lot of questions about george bush politicizing terror warnings, should we be asking those questions now? >> we don't have in the last four and a half years a lot of evidence of barack obama doing the same thing as bush and cheney. so we don't need to be spectacle of these warnings on those facts alone. >> david: most congressmen have spoken out in favor of this, but they don't know much necessarily about what the nsa is doing. there was a big story in the guardian, saying members are being rejected in trying to find out what is going on. so are lawmakers sort of saying stuff that they don't know what they are saying. >> lawmakers, as you know, david like to follow the pack and take the safest position, and the safest position is say let's trust these are bad guys, sure they want to get us. >> stephanie: let's turn to some of the fighting among the parties right now. last week rand paul and chris

>> donnie andrews should know. a convicted murderer, donnie used to rob drug dealers for a living. he and his nephew dante - who's a former dealer - said some of the neighborhoods baltimore's kids are growing up in, feel like conflict zones. >> this is our war land. we duck, dodge, run. hide behind trees, all this s---. shoot outs. >> that's what it feels like? that it's just constant war? >> yeah. >> dante got into dealing drugs after an injury ended his hopes of becoming a basketball player. >> you know so i started dodging the street at 18, you know what i mean, running with the wrong crew, locked up, shot. >> you got shot. >> yeah, i got shot in my back, in my leg over this argument about a basketball game. he was on one knee, and he was just pointing, bow bow bow! and the whole time i didn't know i was hit. >> so there's always been a recession in this community. >> right. there's always been a recession in this community. i mean for any black community there's always a recession. but we ain't going to allow ourselves go into a recession, that why we go, we gonna go to the fir

and donny was questioning whether his presence would be really diminished, because when you're a big person, whether it is that you're tall or big and fat, your presence comes in the room before you do. and i mean that, i mean that in a powerful way. i mean that in a powerful way. a man like governor christie, his poer is in his mouth and his jersey fry, but it is also right here. it will be interesting to see what the governor looks like when he's thinner. good luck. thank you. so, we all know that the basketball star, jason collins, came out last week. i know you think i'm noisezy and everything, but after you come out to say you're gay, i don't need to hear it from you. but when i hear about it, i hear from your exfiance. and the former nba star, carolyn moose, i'm going to tell you why. it's falling asleep. carolyn mouse wants to cash in on his announcement. well, it's been phrased that way. i consider it, why wouldn't she deserve some money after spending some very important years with the man in the closet. it is not jason's fault because jason was grappling with so many people

. >> tell me it was donnie and ron swanson. >> it's almost that sexy. almost. >> all right.come dallas to the show! what's up! the beautiful and sexy kelly raspberry. w oprah shut down. this started an international incident. >> this is probably going to blow your mind. britney spears is going into the meatball business. >> makes sense to me. >> have you heard about the new east coast-west coast rivalry? the kardashians versus the obamas. cris j kris jenner is firing back. >> shaq, lindsay lohan. is that a recipe for disaster? >> they would be the best celebrity couple name. >> shohan. kim kardashian and kanye west. >> this is sweet 16. one of the biggest birthday parties you have. and they didn't even show up. >> let's see what's going on in dallas. >> k-fed got hitched. kevin federline went to the hard rock hotel and he eloped with his baby mama victoria prince. >> she's actually a very, very pretty girl. >> yeah. he proposed on monday and got married on tuesday. >> did he do the elvis thing? >> obviously. >> what's weird is britney is starting her biggest show. since she

but family members tell me no matter the outcome they are devastated by the donny simmons' death >>youn't do this.i could see if he's been drinking but you don't do this looklive tag the san francisco bicyclist killed in a deadly collision with a semi-truck has been identified. the victim was 24 year old amelie le moullac. she died when she was struck by the truck making a turn at the intersection at sixth and folsom streets. the truck driver did stop and cooperate with police. the accident remains under investigation. still ahead. valuable football teams in the n-f-l. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] switch and add a wireless

jenny mccarthy and donnie wahlberg. how about that one? >> rumors circulating that they were dating. saturday night, confirmed their love stepping out in public for the first time as a couple. >> can i just say probably because these people are young forever in my mind. i had no idea she was 40 and he was 44. >> they look great. >> amazing. i remember donnie wahlberg in his 20s. >> absolutely. forgive me, i should know this. jenny mccarthy will be on "the view." is that correct? >> yeah. >> thank you very much. is that correct? >> yeah. >> thank you very much. ch. ♪ suddenly i see ♪ suddenly i see ♪ this is what i want to be ♪ suddenly i see >> all right. welcome back. our next story, a feel-good story. and our "favorite story of the day." about a puppy named danny who is timid and afraid because he could hardly see. >> yeah, with the help of his adopted family and simple surgery he is starting life all over again. our reporter from our station in austin, texas, has our story. >> there you go. >> reporter: the difference new eyes and a new

strasberg -- strasburg was w smooth sailing and he was one o out from a second complete game and donnyurphy unloads on his pitch deep to left for a home run to tie the game. this will one goes to 13. pinch hitter tracy gets the job done.done a chopper to first and the nats beat the cubs 5-4 in the 13th inning. here is johnson. >> strasburg pitched a heck of f ball game. he hate to see him get beat by a curveball he leaves over the plate in a hot hitter in murphy. but still a low pitch count. still throwing the ball very good. >> at least it was another win, right? >> if they run the table they t still have a shot.t. tucker is saying run the table t and it will be all good as long as the braves go down and they keep coming. >> the cards have to be aligneda just right. getting time in the great outdoors could be a good way to destress but roughing it doesn't appeal to everyone.o >> doesn't appeal to a lot of people. how this little craze can helplp you beat that fix you have for sweeping under the stars withous the bugs, dirt and equipment. i believe they call that staying at home. >> or

. >>> after donny glover fired at the crowd in oakland just about 90 minutes ago, the bart unions have already made concessions in the past and should not have to make any more in these contract talks. >> with another strike looming, more and more people are wondering how they'll get around who rely on the trains. >> i leave for london with a 6-year-old on tuesday and if bart's not running it will be very hard. >> if there is a strike, bart says, it will offer limited chart service during peak commute locations like it did during last month. >> ac transit and the san francisco bay ferry said they would provide extra service, as well. >> bay areas is businesses are facing strikes. >>> and the city of richmond plans to go to court to file a lawsuit against the chevron corporation. >> richmond's mayor issued a statement saying the fire one year ago did great harm to the community. >> she said chevron needs to be held accountable. >> richmond had been trying to reach a settlement out of court but will pursue a lawsuit. >> term, we'll have more details. >> a lawsuit would be a waste of the

gospel singer donnie mcclurkin took to twitter. he says he was removed from a state-sponsored concert at the mlk memorial because in his words, he says he was delivered from homosexuality. >> it is discrimination. it is depriving. >> according to a statement issued by mayor gray, the decision was mutual and kinanizers did not want mclur to be a distraction. well some activists agree, some local ministers disagree and want to keep mcclurkin on the program. >> this is appalling to me. you know his testimony. they had not done their due diligence. >> i respect the artistry, but at the same time he has developed a record of spewing words of hate. >> the mayor stood by the original statement, not issuing a follow-up in response to the faith community. president obama does not plan any official public appearances while and he is vacationing. we got to see the president playing golf with friends. receivee house will daily briefings while and he vacations with his family. it is a good time to be here in washington. let's check in with mete

donny craddock. he's a convicted meth dealer. he's been fighting her on alimony and child support. cops. tell danielle it's not payday yet. i get once-a-month visitation. that's when i write my check. once-a-month visitation. hey, good for you for staying in your son's life. he's my little man. we hear those payments are quite a burden. hey, i don't pay, i'm violating my parole. hey, it's getting cold out here. how about we go inside for some coffee? (barek) you know, it must be galling busting your butt while danielle's just living with her parents, buying nice clothes. (logan) driving a new car. life would be a lot easier for you if you didn't have those payments. what's that supposed to mean? come on. you knew she was using your little man to shake down married men. like joe sabo, who gave her the car. what are you saying? sabo tried to kill her. we think he had help. someone who knew danielle's comings and goings. you think i-- hey, that's nuts. danielle, she drives around with a gun. she knows how to use it. i don't mess with her. i'm going inside. what's in here, your meth la

. >>> donnie brooke in isle six, the battle between j.c. penney, the ceo and shareholders in public. is this war fair ever good for shareholders. >>> bringing jobs home. more companies are moving overseas operations back to the u.s. but not just workers benefit. who else is reaping the rewards as we wrap up the series made in america. all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for friday, august 9th. >>> and good evening everyone and welcome. i'm tyler mathisen along with sue herrera. susie gharib has the night off. in a far-reaching press conference today, the first in three months, to took questions and gave answers on top picks critically important to american business. he tackled healthcare reform and the possibility of a government shut down to immigration, privacy and whom he might choose as the next chairman of the federal reserve. >> good evening, tyler, the president addressed a series of issues, as you say, in his press conference today and said he doesn't think the leaker from the nsa, edward snowden, is a patriot and

. >> donny jean simmons junior, police say the 12-year-old daughter called 911 saying her parents were fighting. >> investigators say when they arrived at the scene, simmons was holding a knife and lunged at an officer when police opened fire. >> the officers are all on paid administrative leave while the investigation continues. >>> police in belmont are hoping some surveillance video will lead investigators to three men wanted for an in home burglary. >> three men are scene parking this suv here on belmont canyon road, then on the far left side loading up. >> burglars got away with sports collectibles and world war ii memo peelia. >>> under a plea deal, he received three years probation and 1,000 years of community service, when he ran down a cyclist month. >>> a judge in contracost a cost a county, one man was sentenced to 29 years behind bars, the other 33 years. >> 20-year-old peter was the first to walk in. >> he was a juvenile when he participate the in the beating and gang rape of jane doe at richmond high school. >> the second defendant, montano was 18, now 22. >> he spoke to

. >> reporter: family members identify the man killed as 24- year-old donnie gene simmons, junior. he lived in the apartment with his wife and two daughters. >> i just don't understand why would they come in and shoot somebody when there's nothing there. you don't do something like that to a kid. you don't do that. >> reporter: police say it was his 12-year-old daughter who called 911 for help last night because her parents were fighting. >> while they were responding the child advised the father armed himself with a knife threatening to kill her mother. officers arrived. they came in and were met the male with a knife. >> reporter: and that's when police say officers feared for their lives and opened fire. neighbors say they heard the shots. >> boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: but family members are challenging the account of what happened and say simmons wife and daughters were standing next to him when he was shot. >> my brother had no weapons. >> reporter: no knife? >> nothing. >> they were in the room, the children, right there. >> reporter: what will be able to provide answers

donny murphy unloads on the strasburg pitch sending it hi and left.r saw it leave the park. strasburg was one out shy of his complete game. chad tracy would get the job done. the nationals beat the cubs 5-4 in 13 innings. afterwards davy johnson. >> stras pitched a heck of ballgame. you hate to see him beat by a curved ball. murphy. he pitched a great game. he was throwing the ball very good. >> today golfers had to endure several weather delays in new jersey. tiger woods tops the fedex standings with five victories this year. woods carted a bogey free four under 67. right now she three shots off the pace. kevin stade her is your leader. the capitals have agreed to deal with michael groff bosque -- >> that's a wrap on sports. >> i'd be sitting there with my friends who had their verizon phones and i'd be sitting there like "mine's still loading!" i couldn't get email. i couldn't stream movies. i couldn't upload any of our music. i couldn't count on it, that's when i decided to switch. now that i'm on verizon, everything moves fast. with verizon, i hav

donnie and mike are here raring to go. will soon be turning to quite a popular place for some potential presidential conditioned dates. new polling from that state shows republicans could have a tough fight on their hands. a certain former first lady blows away the rest of the field on the democratic side. >>> the latest claim of sexual harassment against san diego's mayor are really becoming hard to hear. they already were. but this is unbelievable. female troops who say they were raped in the military claim the mayor came on to them during support groups. >> oh, no! >> details on that story are just ahead. yes. i said that. >>> plus, president obama snubs russian president vladimir putin with the white house planned sitdown between the two leaders. the "morning joe" crew weighs in. >> obama, you know, when he critiqued him on that it was scathing. now it seems all right. still ahead, what an embattled celebrity could use a little bump on "dancing with the stars"? [ engine revving ] ♪ [ male announcer ] it's a golden oppo

donnie simmons, jr. was shot to death by officers august 14th. officers say he lunged at them with a knife, but his family argued he was unarmed. today, ktvu obtained the heart- breaking 911 tapes and listened to them. simmons' 11-year-old daughter was the one who called 911. she clearly states that her father had a knife and was threatening her mother. in fact, at one point, the little girl tells the 911 operator, quote, he's grabbing a knife. he's going to stab my mom! you can then hear police enter the apartment and open fire. we have decided not to air that tape because of the disturbing nature of the events. >>> a father charged in an accident that killed his daughters. >> if you drive when you're extremely sleepy, it's almost like driving under the influence of alcohol. >> coming up, what his wife told us about his nightmare. >> then, you'll never guess the luxury car that's outselling porsche in california. the ride that's growing in popularity and how the bay area could benefit. >> and the weekend is just hours away, and so are weather ch

we have mike barnicle, donny deutsch, dr. jeffrey sachs and in washington, jeremy peters.it on today, director lee daniels as well on their powerful new film "the butler." what oprah reveals that lee daniels didn't want anyone to hear. it's a fun interview. plus, did you see this on the front page of "the new york times"? about ambien basically. i'll admit it, i did, i stopped. no? >> i'm afraid. >> i read it is stothe story, i you driving to work. >> yeah, i did it. the faa is being pushed to look at when you take these sleep aids like ambien and others, and there are lots on the market, they want to look at how safely it puts people to sleep but also how safely they wake up and whether or not they should be behind the wheel of a car. i'll tell you from personal experience -- am i really the only person at the table who has taken an ambien? >> i'm afraid. >> you are the amelia earhart of ambien. >> you know what that means? i'm the woman at the table who did all the bad shifts. you all said, no, not going to do it. >> where you the next day -- >> a couple actually. i have