>> i was a big supporter of chief gaston. i think he will do a great job in the district attorney's office. part of me was sad to see him go from the police department. he had come in and started modernizing the department. it's technology -- a lot of different changes that needed to happen but were not happening until he came in and start of the department on the right path. it is critical that whoever the next chief of police is continue that modernization of the department. it will have benefits citywide. in my district, we have public safety challenges. the district is often viewed as a "safe district." we do have violence. we had a bunch of violence around delores park last year. there have been robberies in glen park and parts of the valley. there have been shootings in diamond heights. one of the challenges is making sure that the police department understands that even though we may not have the same crime levels as some neighborhoods, we still need attention from the police department. >> let's talk about the city's

what we did is create a policy where they did, and i think it may have been cheap gas than -- chief gaston at the time were they created personnel files where they could go to the court system to learn whether this type of material existed, whether or not information that we should know about individuals who are testifying for us in that trial should be given to the police department. we also have our own internal policy because -- which means if there are allegations of misconduct, we create materials and have an internal policy about how the material is disseminated within our offices so that we can comply with all our obligations in terms of discovery. our office has had a lot of discussions about the implementation of that policy and a lot about when we should implement policy and when during the course of litigation that information should be provided. we chose to be very expensive on that. we chose to give it prior to preliminary hearings if time allows. i think that is above and beyond what the law requires. those are the decisions that were made. we do have a set policy, a set poli

commission needs to take responsibility for the fact that much of this occurred under the term of chief gaston, which was their selection for the office. [chime] they will not take responsibility. it will take credit, but not responsibility. supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor dufty. >> thank you. i would like to say that i am here to endorse and heartily recommend julius turman. he has worked on the human rights commission. he has had a distinguished service on this panel. @ think it is relevant to him being acquainted -- i think it is relevant to him being acquainted with people's concerns. he is known. he is someone that different communities and individuals will be comfortable going to, with his legal experience and his maturity. i believe he is going to be an outstanding member of the police commission, and i heartily endorse him to your. and i would also like to thank supervisor winner -- supervisor wiener. the sacrifice is important for us to remember. supervisor kim: thank you. >> supervisors, my name is terry. it has been almost exactly 20 years since i was chair of this committee,

. >> do you feel that -- the district attorney that we have, gason, -- gaston, fits into this category? >> i will have to see what happens. >> i will go to john thompson. we were talking about how often, you have public opinion polls on the death penalty but the last -- the wrong question is asked, do you support the death penalty or something like that. can you elaborate on this? >> this is a tricky question that we have been tricked into believing, so that people say, do you support the death penalty. this is a trick question. you will not put yourself in that position of being placed under arrest based on these reports. we ask you if you support this and eliminates you automatically. if you ask that same question in a different way, meaning the use of what the state killing you, that is the question. you have no control over the death penalty. he is the only one to make this decision. he is the only one -- he does not want to make the decision. this is a tricky question from the beginning. do we support the death penalty? we never placed ourselves in this position. do you give the s

and russia will resume imports of gaston bones as soon as a few guarantees are provided this is one of the outcomes of high level talks for nato as missile defense plans and moscow's possible w t o membership. now as the un security council mole's a british french resolution over syria's crackdown on anti-government protesters peter the bell and his gas discussed five and address there and then yemen and compares both with the situation in libya cross-talk starts next here in our city. you can. start. following welcome to cross talk computer lavelle is it all about libya now when understanding the ongoing changes often violent in the arab middle east what makes yemen in syria different from what's going on in tripoli and is the arab spring with all its hope for change only worthy for some in this volatile region. can't seem. to cross talk protests in the arab world i'm joined by nineteen to heidi in london he's an associate fellow middle east and north africa program at chapman house also in london we go to in boston or mohammed who bought he's an opposition activist and a former advis

next peter the bell and his gaston cross talk to abate the ongoing crisis. just. can't. stand. alone when welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle is the chaos being played out in yemen turning the country into a failed state should the international community be reacting to events there and will the endgame for the regime in yemen result in still another terrorist base that threatens the region and world. came. across not protests in yemen i'm joined by daniel pipes in philadelphia he's an author and director of the middle east forum and in washington we have edmund hull he's a former u.s. ambassador to yemen and he's also author of the book high value target countering al qaeda in yemen all right gentlemen this is crosstalk i mean you can jump in anytime you want mr ambassador if i go to you first here i mean as we go to air here there's a lot of speculation some people say evidence that the leader in yemen is opening the door to al qaeda to make sure he can stay in power in what looks like what most people are saying now is a civil war how would you assess that statement. wel

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