officer erickson has ties to the bay area. he came upon a ford-f150 when the driver of the pickup allegedly assaulted him with the truck and then took off. the truck was found by officers abandoned, where the suspects stole another truck. chp caught up with the 28-year- old austin scott from reno nevada and arrested him.>> michael erickson was a victim of a deliberate attempt to murder a police officer. officer erickson's was a victim of an assault. >> investigators say scott was booked into jail suspicion of murder in evading arrest, possession of one or more stolen vehicles, vehicle theft and driving under the influence and drugs, the chp and friends said they were moved by all the good samaritans who came to erickson's aid. erickson's family also is very relieved, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone in light of this horrible tech. the amount of support has been overwhelming and is very much appreciated. thank you all for the compassion . we know he will make a full recovery.>>> governor. brown will be

we take it up with conservative commentator erick erickson heree next.s car chase is about to turn from law enforcement to life saving rerescue. all caught on dash cam. the story, the video whe ♪ i built my busess with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash carfrom capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash backk from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? . lou: as you're looking at live piures of donald trump with his basic campaign stump speech right now. we'll be going to him live when he moves to a policy issue or starts to break into anykind of news, a lot of good news for donald trump with wisconsin now in his rearview mirror. a new monmouth university poll out of new york has tru at 52%. he is leading john kasich who's in second place in new york with25 points. that's a 27-point lead. cruz trailing, he has only 17% in new york. of crse, he i

erickson, become a big fall. shares dropping more than 14% from yesterday.iggest drop in four years. the company reports a fallen demand light russia, brazil. hans vestberg said he will ramp up cost-cutting efforts in additional layoffs aren't off the table. he spoke to "bloomberg surveillance." flat in sales compared to first quarter. went up compared to 2.1% last year. we have had weakness. marketshe emerging really getting an impact on the investment level. countryside brazil, portugal, the middle east are more stable. om: 11% of employees leaving as a right size and truly restructure. do you need to do the same? your employment account is like intel. the program is ongoing. we had a major headcount reduction last year. we are rightsizing in the markets where we have lower activity. we are in a moment where we are adjusting our capacity in service delivery. tom: ibm needs new technology. the are reinventing international business machines again. what is the pressure on you and your team to find new architecture, new technology y at ericsson. hans: we are

my guests, former reagan white house political diirector ed rollins, prominent conservative erick erickson, and senior trump adviser stephen m miller and the head of the trump campaign in arizona, jeff dewit, and we'll be covering ththe light side of politics wih andy levy and joanne nosuchinsky. >>> our top story the war of the left versus the left. sosocialists versus progressive. last night the underdog socialists came out on top. sanders scoring another win, a 13 point victory over clinton in wisconn, but clinton still has a significant lead in the delegate count. 1749 to sanders 1061, if you include the super delegates, and we did there, but we won't later. fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry with our report. >> reporter: while hillary clinton has b been trying to jup ahead to the general election, and focus on ripping republican donald trump, today she was forced to turn her attention back yet again to bernie sanders. questioning the socialist loyalties to the democratic party. >> he's a relatively new democrat. and, in fact, i'm not even sure he is one. >> reprter: and

and good samaritans on i-80 for saving erickson's life.he is in critical but stable condition tonight. >>> did the sfpd use excessive force? this video is raising more questions about the deadly encounter that took place between police and a homeless man. sfpd maintains its officers were in danger. nbc bay area has an update on their investigation. >> reporter: a makeshift memorial sits near a homeless encampment on 18th and shotwell. homeless man who lives there was shot and killed yesterday by two san francisco police officers. new surveillance video obtained by the san francisco chronicle shows officers approaching 45-year-old. we can't see if gongora lunges at the officers. shortly after police show up, we hear gun shots and the man dies at the hospital a short time later. >> conflicting accounts of the situation circulating on broadcast news stations and social media. >> today, sfpd showed a picture of the knife they say the man was holding. they gave us four accounts from eyewitnesses, three of them saying the homeless man lunged at

officer michael erickson stopped to see if something was wrong. that's when investigators say the driver intentionally backed up and man over the officer and then took off. the motorcycle is left lying on the interstate. the first paramedic on the scene said drivers rushed over to help. >> vehicles were stopping and what struck me as odd is people were turning in multiple directions to run to the center where the incident occurred. i pulled my vehicle to the side in been my way to the incident. at that time recognized it was a chp officer down. >> reporter: officer erickson suffered major injuries and had to have surgery. as for the suspect, huge ditch the truck and stole another pickup then led officers on a chase. he was caught in fairfield and was arrested. his name has not been released. >>> a program in san jose to let homeless people camp overnight at churches in their cars seems to be paying off. according to the mercury news, homeless people say the safe park program has given them a place to stay without worrying they will have to relocat

. >> yesterday michael erickson was the victim of a deliberate attempt to murder a police officer. this was not an accident. rather, officer erickson was victim of assault by a motor vehicle. >> crediting the immediate help of fellow officers and good samaritans for saving his life. he is in critical but stable condition. >>> newly released surveillance video captured the moments before a deadly police encounter in san francisco. footage obtained the san francisco chronicle doesn't do much to answer questions about whether officers used excessive force. the shooting itself is not caught on video. you hear the barrage of gunshots on shotwell street in the mission. police maintain a homeless man roo refused to drop this knife and eventually lunged at officers before he was shot. sfpd says three witnesses also saw him holding the weapon. friends of the suspect say he spoke only spanish and may not have understood the officers' orders to drop the knife. >>> we're watching a view of some of the rain earlier and those postgame giants fireworks and radar with fireworks of its own. looking

we have erick erickson, a ted cruz supporter and fox news contributor.at to see you. >> how are you? david: good, good. this is not your scenario of a good thing, assume trump pulls out a win tonight, does that make it over for ted cruz? >> pretty much. i think if trump can win wisconsin, then i mean trump has momentum going all the way, particularly given the organized opposition to him in wisconsin. you've got governor's opposition, about 100 prominent political leaders in the republican party there called for people to support cruz. if trump pulls out surprise win it would be very bad for cruz moving forward. david: from your perspective a good thing, if ted cruz wins tonight, that still doesn't mean he is going to get to the 1237 going to convention, right? that means best he can hope for is contested contention he wins in a second, third, fourth round, whatever? >> the cruz campaign says they may be able to beat trump to 1237. i think reality no one gets to 123if cruz wins tonight. on second ballot cruz can win. 1237 equal as majority of delegates t

nejra: erickson shares have plunged after reporting first quarter sales amidst analyst estimates. networks equipment and software maker says sales fell billion as phone operators continue to pull back on spending to expand and upgrade network. novartis is reporting first-quarter earnings that narrowly beat estimates. profits fell to $1.17 a share. that is above analyst estimates of $1.15. that comes after the company lost paint protection. bid.in and has raised its receive 100 $.45 -- 145 pence per share. the move comes as the company tries to seal off a rival bid from steinhoff international. they are trading sharply higher on the news. a group of investors in stock bank group have called on the board to investigate a possible desperate and possibly dismiss the company's second in command. whether there is a conflict of interest did his role -- due to his role. that is your bloomberg business flash. francine. francine: thank you so much. there is no such thing as a founder -- under -- as an undervalued asset. that is according to hugh hendry. the only thing the market is misprici

erickson said there's a reason for that. >> buyers still want to get a bargain. when they're looking at prices, they're not jumping on a house right away. >> reporter: how much bay area homes going for these days? the median price last month, $643,000. in berkeley, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >>> steph curry had an mri today on his injured right ankle. nothing of concern was found. although getting an mri on a minor ankle injury could be a cause of concern in and of itself. because if it was healing quickly, you wouldn't need the mri, would you. he lasted only five minutes out there before deciding he couldn't play. he's officially listed as questionable for game three in houston. steph told the mercury news he plans to play in game three. they may decide to rest shim to make sure he's totally healed. >>> a surfer is pulled from the water where two teenagers likely drowned. >>> the removal of a cliffside home as its backyard flies into the sea. >>> meteorologist sandhya is here. >> you'll be switching out your shades for the umbrellas. i'll let you know when c

motorcycle officer michael erickson was hit thursday afternoon on interstate 80 in sacramento. investors say he comes upon a truck and a driver deliberately hit ericsson and then drove away from the st.. officers found a truck abandoned at nearby. the driver had left the track and still another track officers located the driver and he arrested him. suspect is identified as austin stocks. >>: oscar by officer michael erickson was a victim of a deliberate attack to kill police officer. he was a victim of assault. >> anny: the officer was taken to uc-davis medical center. he previously worked in san francisco napa and one can. >> mark: senator 10 cruises gain momentum after walking with all pledged delegates at the state republican party to mention in colorado. the cruise victory has stalled tromp on the attack not focusing the tent on his opponents also recalls a corrupt system. >>: so much for he wins and keeps a 20 tennessee. he has a chance. why does it have a chance? because the system is corrupt. it's worse on the republican side. i'm up millions of votes on a cruise. domain

the chp says the driver intention rally ran officer erickson over. an officer's motorcycle lying in the road and stopped to help. a dozen others stopped as well. >> there was no lines or boundaries drawn with regards to i don't have gloves and i'm touching blood. >> police arrested austin scott in another stolen pickup truck after a short chase that ened in fairfield. he is expected in court tomorrow on charges of attempted murder. >>> someone defaced a sign along a stretch of highway 101 memorializing milbrae police officer david jakubry which was shot and killed in the line of duty 18 years ago this month. this photowas taken of someone they thought was decorating the sign. they were actually cleaning off graph eaty. he said it sends the message back to those who defaced it that this memorial honor as hero. >>> berkeley police are asking for your help tonight in identifying this man. officers say somebody found him yesterday sitting on a bench near the north berkeley library seemingly confused and needing assistance. he was not carrying id and is u

we have breaking numbers from erickson.: the telecom equipment maker given the best quarter numbers connect sales coming in at $52.2 billion. that is a little bit below the estimate of $54.4 billion. net sales number alone that below the margin, excluding restructuring. 33.9 percent, just below the estimate, 66%. and the net sales number, just flashing red on the bloomberg terminal, 52.2 percent below the estimate, talking a lot about the restructuring costs. they have an pulling a number of the phone operators, pulling back their spending on growing or upgrading the network. 4g spending has been done in various parts of the world. plus the competitive environment has been intensifying against nokia. so this is a business that has been expanding beyond the network year. that is the most recent story that the ceo is saying, leading to more clout the software and the like. much of the so-called fourth-generation networks have been done in the likes of u.s. and china. lots to talk about with the ceo of the company. he will be

officer erickson stopped to see if something was wrong. that's when investigators say the driver intentionally backed up over the officer and then took off. the first paramedic on the scene said drivers rushed over to help. >> vehicles were stopping. people were turning in multiple directions and running to where the incident occurred. i pulled my vehicle off to the side and made my way to the incident. at that time ever recognized it was a chp officer. >> officer erickson suffered major injuries and had surgery. as for the suspect, he abandoned his truck, stole another and led officers on a chase. he was caught in fairfield and was arrested. we do not know his name at this point. >>> a san jose program that lets the homeless camp overnight in church parking lots in their cars seems to be paying off. the mercury news reports the homeless say the safe park program has given them a place to sleep in their car without worrying someone will wake them up and tell them to move. about 16 churches are taking part in the program. it was set up for

-- at erickson? hans: very high. we see that happening all around.ng a lot of time and technology. we think we are on the forefront. that is a totally different technology than any other mobile technology. is coming toation telecom. we are going into media. everything from all of the softwares needed to reduce content around the world. innovation is on the forefront for us to continue to we were a leader. francine: hans vestberg, i'm looking at your share price, it is down 10%. i know that you had positives, but the market is focusing on the negatives. one analyst told us the shortfall makes them worried about your ability to run a tight company and improve profitability. what is your message to the markets right now? do you have to accelerate your transformation? definitely. we are accelerating our transformation. we also announced a new structure of the company that will be enforced two months from now. units will be a tighter end to end. we definitely are catering to different types of businesses. customers are changing, we have changed a lot. we

fox's erika erickson has the story. >> knocked down you got to get back up. that's what we do.what i do every day. >> reporter: keeping his go to positive attitude wean 45-year-old jeff gross pontiac can't get around because he says his brand new wheelchair accessible van was stolen. >> without it i'm stuck. >> reporter: after car accident nearly 17 years ago gross says he became paralyzed but work for years to walk making it to 300 steps. but gross said back again a year and a half ago. >> the hospital where they cross the legs and made a mistake and left them crossed ending up cutting the circulation off, and so they had to amputate the leg. >> reporter: for the last 15 months, gross has been working hard to learn to walk for the second time. >> it's a challenge every day work as hard as we can to get up and, um, and get back to doing it. >> reporter: waiting 10 months and holding fundraisers in november gross finally receiving this, a $100,000 ben 14 ford custom made van lowered 4-inches and raced six with a ramp. gross even able to drive himself to physical therapy in south

interstate 80 near madison avenue police say the driver of the pickup hit ericsson with the trump ericksonitical but stable condition at uc-davis medical center is a 17 year veteran the chp at a u.s. marine veteran. >>anny hong: criminal investigation into the deadly fire at a temple in southern india police detained five people for questioning and are seeking and least 10 more in connection with the incident authorities say of firework ignited the stockpile and the fire doors police say he was killed after exchanging words with the driver or and his car shot smith was shot several times his wife also should get hit twice in the leg and taken to hospital this spent the entire nine year nfl career include and help them win the super bowl in 2010 tisch. >>reporter: it was a time to let loose from arts and entertainment and letting the in the musicians shine there something special about sunny afternoon stroll that shoring different neighborhoods if you missed out the next time to enjoy sunday streets and the mission will be august 21st. >>anny hong: they're heading home runs and every game a

attacking john mccain early on, talking about i remember erick erickson saying he can count out the evangelical vote. he is winning that evangelical vote. >> the republican primary voters are different than general election voters. that's an important point. there was underestimation by the republican establishment how angry people were with them. at the same time, donald trump got a pass early on from conservative media and others for a lot of other -- >> what do you want to hear senator sanders in terms of tone toward secretary clinton? >> i think he always had a very positive campaign. maybe hasn't been portrayed that way, talked about his record versus her record. >> talking about speeches. >> i think he does. i think that the democratic voters, and progressives care overwhelmingly about transparency in politics, they care about campaign finance reform. the dark money that follows hillary clinton's campaign, i mean, you roll your eyes, but it is true. four super pacs, corrupt record, funneling money -- >> you want him to keep focusing on it. >> i think it is important an important for hilla

and if we take even erick erickson talking about a battle after the first ballot of the convention, telld after that. are you satisfied that they're going to be -- the delegates are going to be sufficiently committed to trump at the convention to hold with him through the nominating process? >> i don't think we could get past a first ballot, i really don't know. he might not get 1237 delegates to secure the nomination. let's suppose he gets 1210 delegates or 100 delegates and he's short 37, that's a floor, it's a ceiling. there are 350 unbound delegates already. all that trump has to do is secure themying number, 37 delegates of that. on the first ballot. it won't get past that. >> you'll have them secured before the convention? >> we're working hard to do it. i think that we will. >> are you guys going to have a ground operation? i mean, it's like fighting with one arm behind your back. is the man going to build a ground operation in these remaining states? >> lou, we have one. it keeps getting reported we don't. but we have a great ground operation. i think we're just quieter about it.

." >> this is gwenn erickson, who along with marie sherwood, designed our technology. as you can see, gwenn is an extraordinary young woman. she's a genius and beloved member of our corporate family and she's currently missing. she left our offices friday night and has not been seen or heard from since. >> has anyone been to her apartment? >> i have. she hasn't been there in days. >> have you talked to her friends, family? >> everyone. no one has heard from her, no calls, texts, e-mails. we tried to locate her cell phone, laptop. >> can you contact the police? >> if it was any other project we would have. but this is through site. >> through site was designed to help low case disaster victims behind walls, floors, rubbles and debris. >> it sees through walls? >> dry walls, concrete. >> we can monitor your heart beat from 30 miles away. >> and it can target and detect troops, arment. >> so it's a weapon? >> it was not designed to be can you -- >> potentially. >> we're still a few weeks away from production, but the only person that has a complete copy of the manufacturi

officer michael erickson stopped to see if something was wrong. that's when investigators say the driver intentionally backed up over the officer and took off. the first paramedic on the scene said drivers ran over to help. >> vehicles were stopping and people were turning in multiple directions and bailing out of their cars to run to where the incident occurred. i pulled my vehicle to the side and made my way to the incident. at that time of recognized it was a chp officer down. >> the officer has major injuries. he did have surgery. as for the suspect, he abandoned the truck, stole another and led police on a chase. he was captured in fairfield and arrested. >>> police in the east bay city of dublin are getting help to catch criminals after a spike in burglaries. almost 200 packed a meeting to hear the police give them a detailed report on the status of crime in their community. for march, home burglaries increased by 400% compared to the same time last year. the city's chief is calling in reinforcements from the alameda sheriffs department. som

erickson has reported first-quarter sales that missed analyst's estimates. $6.4 billion.% to operators continue to pull back on spending to expand and upgrade networks. the bid has been raised to 779 million pounds. investors would receive 145 pence per share. the move comes as the company tries to see off a rival bid from steinhoff international. softbank have called on the board to investigate and possibly dismiss the company's second-in-command. the group is questioning whether there is a conflict of interest with his senior role. softbank says arora has done nothing wrong. that is your bloomberg business flash. let's talk about china now. the billionaire says china's debt feel economy resembles 2008..' in 2007 and speaking at asia society event, soros said it should be viewed as a warning sign. hans: the founder of warned about a potential crash in china six years ago. but now he is much more bullish. francineto friend lacqua, he no longer has the concerns. hendry: china does not concern me. i think china has the power to without any catastrophic consequences in terms of having to

now on the other side, anti-trump conservatives such as erick erickson hinting supporting a third party candidate, with this as backdrop we bring in cruz campaign national spokesperson ron nehring. glad you're here. your job is to stay focused, help senator cruz to stay focused. for the next 10 days what markers of success do you want to see in the campaign? >> we're moving through the campaign all the way through the june 7th primaries. we had a terrific day-long series of events in california. sold out crowds in irvine and san diego county. then on to new york and to pennsylvania. we're at bottom of the fifth inning in this game. it has four inns to go roughly. we have new york and northeastern primary on 26th of april. month of may, one election a month in month of may. one week there is two. we go on to the grand finale in the state of california where we've been organizing since last august. it was terrific to see our california events sell out within just a few hours of invitations going out online, showing depth of support we have in the biggest state of the country which will ha

errigo.look at p they have named erickson as the apa is retiring. valeant is up on that news.at they have a ceo but they missed on their outlook for earnings, big-time. off by more than one dollar a share. they also missed on first-quarter earnings and on first-quarter sales. so this $17 billion baby goods company is in a little bit of trouble today. and the merger that we talked about earlier -- gannett made an unsolicited bid for the tribune publishing. 815s a deal valued at million dollars, $12.25 a share. the friday over closing prices, they are trading near that but it is a hostile bid. we will bring you more on that throughout "bloomberg ." let's go to vonnie quinn. oops willore u.s. tr head to syria to help fight the islamic state. obama made the announcement after visiting germany. >> a small number of american special operation forces are already on the ground in syria and their expertise has been critical as global forces have driven them out of key areas. given the success, i have approved the deployment of 250 u.s. personnel in syria in special forces to keep u

the sacramento bee reports that michael erickson is upgraded from critical to serious. he was hit along i-80 in sacramento when the driver of a stolen pick young backed into his during a traffic stop. the 47-year-old is being treated at the uc davis medical center. the suspect, austin scott, was later arrested and is scheduled to be back in court may 10. >> comcast is in talks to buy dream works animation for $3 billion. they make the kung fu panda s mri can to be a rival to disney in family entertainment and is scheduled to report the results today which could have an impact on possible sales. say the latest abc7 job journal event takes place today in sunnyvale. recruiters are trying to fill 700 opening from noon to 4:00. >> apple fans could be interested, a new program for the cupertino tech giant will let you upgrade the iphone when a new one comes out. >> today in tech bytes apple is paying it easier to upgrit the iphone each year. for the first time customers can now enroll in the iphone upgrade program on-line it allows users to make a monthly fee for the device a

nasty note someone left at her house, the language it use toss describe her three year old awe tis erickson. >> come on, let's be cool, everyone. right? >> people are just nasty at times. good day everybody, it is wednesday, april 13, 2016. chris murphy is back. >> oh, back in the house. april 13th, 2016. right in the middle of april almost. where did time go? >> guess what i did yesterday, sue and chris? >> how many guests do we get? >> one, because we don't have time. >> what? >> i went and got my taxes done. >> yeah. >> just in the nick of time. >> you're in time, that's right. >> yahoo. >> that's right. well, when she get her refund, we're all going out. i just decided, yeah, baby. all right, let's take a look at radar, okay, we don't have to spends a lot of time on radar, because starting new weather pattern today that will be precipitation free. so, let's talk about temperature. freeze warning in effect to the north of us, frost advisory in lancaster county, for temperatures pretty cold. now in the city it is 43, but feels like 37. just enough of a breeze, to give us little windchill,

are new york mayor taken on the yankees for three games series that come and offer to the break erickson for tonight's game to take another yankees pitcher and the first pitch in said 4:04 p.m. terrell the the no. arise will show a more this incredible that iraq after the break. >>robin winston: 580 is solace of 24 from was about 80 to ensure free way out of hercules and promote the five minutes into downtown san francisco cut about 20 minutes from the sky way of problems on the bridge is packed with shall deliver early this morning to get into san and cisco. >>darya: that only on part of the big screen franchise is called the world of the hundred games auction. >>darya: it was a lot more vibrant about two minutes to go begging has summarizes one attempt to was are warming up this afternoon more on that coming up in just a minute. wrely on the us postal service? because when they ship with us, their business becomes our business. that's why we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. here, there, everywhere. united states postal service priority: you >>ma

. >> dana loesch, the website, the resurgent, which is the eric erickson website has a piece saying thisexpected by trump today doesn't matter. they believe that march will be, and i quote, a death march for donald trump because the map -- i'm sorry, may will be a death march because they believe the map looks much better for the nontrump people. is that wishful thinking or do you think that's realistic? >> do i think it's realistic, megyn. i mean, we have to keep in mind these five states that are having their primaries tonight, these are the states -- this is the northeastern part of the united states. some of these states are states that republicans don't normally carry in a general election anyway. so, obviously, you are not going to have constitutionalists or grass roots conservative candidates in a republican primary do exceptionally well in these states. i'll be interested to see how many delegates are allocate to do either trump or cruz in pennsylvania. but, looking forward to may, these are state where cruz has been doing incredibly well. nebraska cruz has been doing incredibly

this ad sponsored by owingle bye or mccann-erickson. not very helpful to the american people. this has resulted in a major loophole in which special interest and wealthy donors can anonymously spend limitedless amounts of money to influence the outcomes of our elections. that is not what congress intended. despite having the authority to do so, the f.c.c. has refused to take action to close this loophole, my amendment by restating the original constitutional intent, would have sent a message to the f.c.c. that it is time to october. we all know how much secret money has flooded or politics. weakened accountability in government. and made it harder for voters to develop a true opinion of the individuals they will send to congress to represent them. my amendment would have helped to change that and hopefully begin to restore a minimum level of honesty in our electoral system of the the amendment was germane, within the rules of this body, and the solution it provided was well within the authority of the f.c.c. most importantly an overwhelming majority of americans, republicans,

bring in two guys, differing parts of invoice, brad guest worth who is bullish on tesla and brad erickson from pacific crest who has a hold position on the stock. but sees some concerns for the company overall. what did you think? are you bowled over by this announcement or what did you think of the model 3? >> brad guest worth -- >> wasn't sure who you were talking to. the model 3 itself, it is a quite sigts announcement, $35,000 price point, we knew that was very good. 200,000 preorders, very significant. if you compare this to the model x, there were only 500 preorders when that was introduced and one year later, 20,000 preorders. we have 200,000 in less than 24 hours. this is significant. we'll be approaching a few percentage points in the overall u.s. market and it's hard to bet against an open ended growth opportunity. the only argument is valuation but the one thing you have to look at, you cannot buy or sell stock on valuation alone. >> there's also the question of whether the company is going to make money on the cars or else the more it makes and sells the more it will lose, are

this ad sponsored by owingle bye or mccann-erickson. not very helpful to the american people. this has resulted in a major loophole in which special interest and wealthy donors can anonymously spend limitedless amounts of money to influence the outcomes of our elections. that is not what congress intended. despite having the authority to do so, the f.c.c. has refused to take action to close this loophole, my amendment by restating the original constitutional intent, would have sent a message to the f.c.c. that it is time to october. we all know how much secret money has flooded or politics. weakened accountability in government. and made it harder for voters to develop a true opinion of the individuals they will send to congress to represent them. my amendment would have helped to change that and hopefully begin to restore a minimum level of honesty in our electoral system of the the amendment was germane, within the rules of this body, and the solution it provided was well within the authority of the f.c.c. most importantly an overwhelming majority of americans, republicans,

marion erickson. >> supervisor mauer, supervisor tang.cohen and president ever the board, i'm sebastian wong, i am a member of the board of directors of self-help for elderly. i'm here with my executive director annie chong. i want to voice my support for the reappointment of commissioner nikagio. i've known him for 20 years. he's been a person of integrity and certifys have to the city. i'm proud to count him as a friend. i hope as you move his resolution forward to reappoint him to the board, that the board also take note of his distinguished commitment to the asian pacific islander community and his numerous contributions and will vote him in as a member of full board. i deeply appreciate president breed's concern and interest in the workings of the fire department and thank you to the board for caring so much to make our fire department better. >> thank you, next speaker please. >> thank youer in opportunity. i was very surprised o to hear of what i thought was a challenge. but i'm glad to hear it's not a challenge on mr. mikagio's ab