to my second right is ben ginsberg the distinguished fellow at the hoover institution and nationally known political advocate representing participants in the political process. my goal ginsberg on the republican party of virginia and the executive committee he was very involved in the nomination process that had some consequences and finally elaine is the senior fellow with the studies program as well as the director of the centers for public management at the brookings institution. the author of primary politics everything you need to know about the presidential candidates. actively involved in the campaigns and ten nominating conventions. i want to start with john updike and what do you have in mind? in the third party movement that was an incredibly woeful learning experience. one of the things i've learned, which anybody that gets involved in the party movement learns the extent that the democratic and republican parties have instituted themselves not just as mcdonald's and burger king were the biggest organizational politics. they literally controlled the process itself. everyt

. >> former rnc national council and election law attorney benjamin ginsberg joined a a discussion on the influence of political parties over elections and the pros and cons of reforming the primary system. part of a discussion on effectiveness of the system. hosted by the american enterprise institute. this is about an hour. >> welcome back. to our event this point document enterprise institute on the future of american primary elections. i howard husock and i'm joined by a whole new group and our format for the second panel is going to move more in closely to our core situation group will have a strong advocate for specific forms of change and then we will have reactions for people were in the arena as it is said with the democratic republican parties. in response to his proposals, so on my right is our firebrand for this particular panel, i'm sure you all be firebrands, but john opdycke is joining us from open primaries, which is a name of his group, based in new york. he's an activist and strategist with 25 years of experience, and did a bit bit alternative and reform politics. he

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ginsberg faces charges of attempted murder and shooting and occupied building. ama: dr. fauci, the nations top disease expert gave his last briefly -- briefing. >> may be the final message i give you from this podium is that, please, for your own safety for that of your family, get your updated covid-19 shot as soon as you are eligible. ama: dr. fauci says boosters will likely be a yearly occurrence because of new covid variance. vouch is retiring at the end of the year -- of dr. fauci is retiring, after nearly decades of government service. a new study is giving people experiencing long-term covid symptoms hope. doctors are using the antiviral drug paxlovid to see if it will work for them. luz pena is live in the newsroom. luz: yes, paxlovid is an antiviral drug that has been used to treat covid. this is the first time it has been used as part of a study to treat long covid. stanford researchers are looking to answer two questions, can it improve along covid symptoms and for how long? one of the first patients is a mt. view resident. for the past year and a half, bill h

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. >> today's special guest michelle ginsberg. >> i'm chris and you are watching san francisco riegz the show that focused on reguilding and reimagining our city our guest is the general manager of the san francisco rec and parks, with us to talk about new parks, music and other developments. mr. ginsberg, welcome. >> thank you a pleasure to be here >> nice to see you again. >> last time was during the pandemic and virtual. so it is good to be back here. >> indeed. before we get in specifics, let's start with a broad question, how can will park's system play a part in the economic recovery? >> well, our parks system playing an important role throughout the pandemic. parks were here when people in san francisco needed them the most. a place where people could gather and could care for mentality health and fizz cat health and have a sense of community and a sense of place during a really weird time. and now that things are reopening and figure out how to recover, parks are going to continue to play a significant role >> people are out and having a good time. there are special events happen

i was jokingly asked benjamin ginsberg who's an eye to see if interesting you did see again a kind of spreading and variety of primaries, and it was both something pushed by some reformers outside parties but also pushed by reformers within parties. it was a reaction simply put against the convention system which had taken over essentially in america as a we would pick candidates. not only at the presidential level, again national convention, but at the state and at the county level. and again these reactions about the sort of insider game in the corruption and other things in the party and the sense that the people needed to be involved was key in moving these things forward. i also want to just put on the table how unique america is in terms of primaries. there certainly are primaries and primary like elections around the world, but they are more the exception and will. hours per meter whole system course there are some nonpartisan elections and some more systems that kevin has discovered that maybe move away from the direct primary in a certain way. but if you think about at every

police identified the suspect as zachary michael ginsberg. he was a former employee.he palo alto police say ginsberg had been sending threatening text messages to his former supervisor i was working monday at the time of the shooting. no one was hurt. >>> a santa clara county judge said former ufc champion, ca velasquez caete a wrestlreve his ankle monitor u police supervision. he is still facing charges in an attempted murder case. the decision comes less than one month after he was released on bail. >>> san francisco police are beefing up patrols at the palace of fine arts after a wedding photographer was robbed at gunpoint. the district 2 supervisors says she worked with police to secure patrols and funding for community ambassadors as well. >>> in san jose, they ditched the skates with blades to some with wheels. we look at the new holiday roller rink. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: is this your first time? >> yes. >> reporter: it is her first time. are you good? ♪ [ music ] >> fe keperewiing acyou on anyone , will acyou how to do it. >> double tap, other side. this is

helped to build this park and now we have the responsibility to work with rec and park and phil ginsberg is here. we're going is to keep it green and we're going to make sure the community loves on this park like nothing else. thank you for being here today. [applause] >> thank you mayor. o now it's my privilege to introduce my friend ask former boss. >> thank you, matt. any delay here was the fault of the city attorney's office. since i'm not there any more, go after them. to echo what the mayor ask matt talked about, the vibrancy of mission bay, i'm your neighbor, i lived in dogpatch since 1993 when dogpatch wasn't even called dogpatch. i used to take my walk and i could come down this route down third street and back in the old days, i used to keep my keys in between my fingers in case i had to defend myself. i know i'm not going to have toe did that any more now that we have this beautiful park here servicing this neighborhood. i have gust's at one end and newfield if he other. i'm excited to be here now to share in this sell braitionz because we're prude to be part of the open space

police now say 32-year-old zachary ginsberg was the shooter. investigators say he is a former employee of the steakhouse and had been sending threatening messages to his former supervisor over a personal dispute. >>> a judge is letting former ufc champion caen velasquez leave the state despite facing attempted murder charges. velasquez is competing in a wrestling event in arizona next month. he will be allowed to temporarily remove his ankle monitor when he is traveling. but, he has to pay for an arizona law-enforcement officer to supervise him, the entire time. velasquez pleaded not guilty yesterday to the charges related to a shooting, targeting the man accused of molesting one of velasco's family members. >>> the move is a major loss for trump, who has sought to shield the release of his returns for years because democrats now have a short amount of time to receive and reviewose rerns, before republicans can take control of the chamber next year. >>> people worried about restarting their student loan payments just got some relief. president

an art for poetry saying is all over social media in iran, alabama tor ginsberg and you're at the listening post where we dig into the coverage and analyze how news gets reported. it has been less than a month now since the site known as social media is public square. twitter became one man's domain and it has not gone well for a long mosque. the billionaire has flip flopped on policy so many times that his employees don't know if they're coming or going, whether they still have a job or not, twitters users sometimes don't know what they're looking at anymore. those blue ticks that used to indicate an account was verified real, can now be bought for $8.00 a month. the upshot of putting user authentication up for sale has had advertisers pulling their money from the platform. not something twitter can afford. like so many other policies that mosque has come up with that one's been put on hold, but only after the damage to twitters reputation had been done with advertisers, flea, and a recession looming. our starting point this week is this question. can twitter survive the lot and really pai

palo alto police say zachary michael ginsberg had been sending threatening text messages to his former supervisor who was working last night at the time of the shooting. fortunately, no one was hurt. >>> a santa clara county judge says former ufc champ velasquez can compete in a wrestling tournament in arizona next month and remove his ankle monitor. under police su peisrvion, but -- he has pleaded not guilty. >>> police are beefing up police patrols at the palace of fine arts after a wedding photographer was robbed at gunpoint. catherine stephani says she worked with police to secure extra patrols and funding for community ambassadors as well. >>> it is a delicacy many bay area families enjoy on thanksgiving but for the fourth year in a row, local dungeness crab will be off the menu. >>> inflation has hit bay area retirees especially hard. the extra help they are getting this thanksgiving holiday. >>> we are just trying to make ends meet. and this truly helps. >>> here at kpix 5, we are on a mission to help fill people's pantries and stomachs this holiday season. our annual food for b

marshall saying the sg job is the best when you reshape american law and this is -- and justice ginsberg, transformative on discrimination law, particularly with respect for women when she was a judge and justice. as a justice now, do you look back on clerking for and getting to know justice marshall and the -- marshall. our the things you learned from him in the way you do your job now? talk about that a little bit. justice kagan: what i learned from justice marshall is not peculiarly relevant to my job now as compared with the rest of my life. i learned an enormous amount from him. but he was one of the very few supreme court justices where his actually -- importance actually had a great deal more to do with what he did in a non-judge capacity than in a judge capacity. he was a good justice, by the time he got to the court, he was in a lot of important cases and dissent rather than the governing majority. even in dissent, he was junior to justice brennan, which in the supreme court, can mean something. justice ginsburg, for the last years of her life, was sort of the senior justice oft

investigators say ginsberg, former employee there at fleming's recently sent threatening text messages to his former supervisor due to her personal conflict. police obtained a warrant for his arrest. they also searched at san jose home, where they recovered a handgun that they believe was used in the shooting. oakland's mayor elected to take office in january. taus says her struggles and experience at city hall have prepared her to lead the city in a new direction. ktvu is amberleigh live now in the newsroom after one on one interview with the new mayor, amber julie xiang tao tells me she's optimistic about oakland's future. he says she will work hard to address oakland ear's concerns, including providing better service. we were really struggling. we struggled for many, many years and oakland's mayor election, tao tells me her struggles as a homeless single mom of a young son 15 years ago . prepare her in a unique way to lead a city that is grappling with homelessness and crime. what about xiang tao can get this accomplished when some others before you couldn't i am very pragmatic. i y

hello are mature ginsberg and your of the listening post where we don't cover the news we cover the way the news is covered. we're 8 months into the war in ukraine and navigating through the news output is not getting any easier. just a few weeks ago. western news consumers were seeing reports of ukrainian counter offensives, pushing russian forces to the brink of defeat. what has followed has been the heaviest russian air campaign since the war began. waves of missile strikes that have crippled power plants, water facilities, and hit hospitals. if that initial coverage was misleading, other reporting on the missiles that hit poland has been downright dangerous news outlets. parroting allegations that those missiles were russian led to some politicians, calling for nato to get involved. it turns out the missiles were ukrainian and there are more and more hints coming out of washington that it's time to bring the diplomats in to try to end this war. but for some u. s. news outlets like their russian counterparts, diplomacy has somehow become a dirty word. our starting point this week is

lawyer who has represented palestinian cases before the israeli supreme court in new york. jody ginsberg, president of the committee to protect journalists and in oslo. i chung lying editor of the democratic voice of burma. he was given the committee to protect journalists award for asia, a warm welcome to you all. thank you very much for joining us. south on, in high for let me saw with you. if i can, to re nab lockley's death was the most high profile in a long list of palestinian journalists killed by the israeli military. before i ask you about her specific case, can you tell us 1st whether her killing and the international attention that is drawn has in any way changed the way palestinian journalist saw treated? oh, well, good evening to you and everyone. well, i think that the case of shipping a barclay and with all the sort of course is not the only case of a journalist that have been killed and assassinated athenian journalist by the israeli army. we have been viewing a lot of these cases, unfortunately, of a hundreds of journalists and journalists being wounded and from 2006 unt

. >> today's special guest michelle ginsberg. >> i'm chris and you are watching san francisco riegz the show that focused on reguilding and reimagining our city our guest is the general manager of the san francisco rec and parks, with us to talk about new parks, music and other developments. mr. ginsberg, welcome. >> thank you a pleasure to be here >> nice to see you again. >> last time was during the pandemic and virtual. so it is good to be back here. >> indeed. before we get in specifics, let's start with a broad question, how can will park's system play a part in the economic recovery? >> well, our parks system playing an important role throughout the pandemic. parks were here when people in san francisco needed them the most. a place where people could gather and could care for mentality health and fizz cat health and have a sense of community and a sense of place during a really weird time. and now that things are reopening and figure out how to recover, parks are going to continue to play a significant role >> people are out and having a good time. there are special events happen

ginsburg later credited murray and her fellow attorneys who had helped her when presenting herself ginsberg another gender discrimination case in front of the supreme court in 1971. we're standing on their shoulders. she explained we're saying the same things they said, but now it lasts society is ready to listen. now as you can see here murray was later the first black woman ordained a priest by the episcopal church in 1976. she gave communion at the same church in north carolina where her grandmother the then enslaved cornelia had been baptized in 1954. i'm sorry 1854. pardon me all the strands of my life had come together. she recalled descendant of slave and a slave owner now. i was empowered to minister the sacrament of one in whom there is no north or south no black or white no male or female in 2010 25 years after her death pauli murray officially became an episcopal saint. now while polly was in college in the 1930s horrific spectacle lynching occurred in marion, indiana the murder of thomas ship and abram smith a school teacher in the bronx named abe mirupal. saw the widely circula

you see the same thing, he did the full ginsberg, dr.ho i thought was retired dated "meet the press" and chuck todd said where did this come from? you should probably nature, but may be escape from a lab, and he said all right, well, we have to go to break? what no preparation, no follow-up, the pandemic is over, we knew it was over when joe biden got covid, the last person in the country to ever get covid and he got it twice. he liked it so much he rebounded with it and i might have gotten it at one point last winter i believe i was in florida and jesse jr. i think dirtied his diaper and i could not smell it. for two days. i felt great, but i cannot smell the dirty diaper and this weekend i had a jacket on since last december, and i have to tell you i started rubbing something together and i thought it was cash and i was psyched, and it was a mask. and i pulled it out like it was an artifact. no one is going to wear these things again, this thing is over and the debate is over about covid. >> harold: did the jacket for? >> jesse: it's a

investigators say ginsberg used to work at flemings and recently sent threatening text to his former supervisor. a warrant was issued for his arrest. police searched his home in san jose and recovered a gun that they believe was used in that shooting. well today is definitely one of the busiest travel days of the year, triple a, predicts 4.5 million americans will fly this thanksgiving holiday air travel is up nearly 8% from last year here in the bay area, foo says five million travelers will pass through security checkpoints between thanksgiving and new year's day. a combined 170,000 passengers will pass through oakland between today and sunday , and that's a 10% increase from last thanksgiving. it's wonderful. it's wonderful. you know you're not homebound anymore. and we can get back to our normal life grandchildren and enjoy a good meal and just being together. mineta san jose international expects it to be its busiest in years more than 438,000. people are estimated to use the airport between last friday to next tuesday, and more than seven million californians are expected to tr

police say the suspect 32 year-old zachary ginsberg from san jose recently sent some threatening texts to his former supervisor at fleming's. he's accused of shooting at the restaurant located at the stanford shopping center on monday. a bullet shattered the glass at the entrance and that restaurant fleming's was open at the time with customers inside. thankfully no one was injured. >> more police now community ambassadors are going to be heading to san francisco's marina neighborhood in the aftermath of an armed robbery happening to a wedding photographer. so san francisco supervisor catherine stefani made the announcement monday citing an attack that took place at the palace of fine arts back on november. 9th. she says 2 men pistol-whipped a photographer from texas while he was taking pictures of a bride and groom stefani stated in a press release that new patrol units are going to be at the palace of fine arts and the chestnut street merchant corridor. 7 days a week. and san francisco police chief bill scott also said the public can expect an increased police presence in the film o

police say ginsberg is a former employee of fleming's who had been recently sending threatening test text messages to his former supervisor due to an internal conflict. police recovered a handgun at ginsburg's home. san francisco city leaders are reimagining the future of the downtown area. their goal here is to make union square and inviting place for visitors. mayor london breed and the union square alliance today unveiled the neighborhood strategic plan for recovery. ktvu is christian captain has more on the plan to make the entire area a welcome destination during the holiday season and beyond. san francisco's union square is bustling with pre holiday activity. now city leaders are implementing a post pandemic multi step program to help the area recover, focusing on first impressions clean and safe. you do not pass go without clean and safe, that commitment to a clean and safe experience for visitors extends from union square to the powell street bart station, the station has just wrapped up a major renovation plaza is also undergoing a holiday makeover, which will feature shoppi

state by state and county by county, and at the beginning of primary season, in pennsylvania 1842, ginsberg in the audience a democratic primary and may be watching from the other side. it was a variety of primaries, with reformers outside parties and reformers, it was a reaction put against the convention system, the way we pick candidates. the presidential level, a national convention, these reactions of the insider game and corruption and other things, the sense that the people needed to be involved was key in moving these things forward. i want to put on the table how america is in terms of primary. >> there are primaries, and more the exception than the rule. some nonpartisan elections and the systems that move away from direct primary in a certain way but you think from federal, state, local and in many cases local, we have primaries every where in the 1850s, the strong 2-party system with primaries that are everywhere, and you see some places wanting this. there are places where people decide more, all sorts of hybrids between a closed convention of strong party members, official par

i was jokingly asked benjamin ginsberg who's an eye to see if interesting you did see again a kind of spreading and variety of primaries, and it was both something pushed by some reformers outside parties but also pushed by reformers within parties. it was a reaction simply put against the convention system which had taken over essentially in america as a we would pick candidates. not only at the presidential level, again national convention, but at the state and at the county level. and again these reactions about the sort of insider game in the corruption and other things in the party and the sense that the people needed to be involved was key in moving these things forward. i also want to just put on the table how unique america is in terms of primaries. there certainly are primaries and primary like elections around the world, but they are more the exception and will. hours per meter whole system course there are some nonpartisan elections and some more systems that kevin has discovered that maybe move away from the direct primary in a certain way. but if you think about at every

they say 32 year-old zachary ginsberg of san jose as a former employee there and says he'd been sending threatening messages, text messages to his former supervisor, a result of a personal conflict. today detectives got a warrant for his arrest on charges of attempted murder and shooting at an occupied building. the restaurant was open with the customers inside when that shooting happened monday. no one was injured. >> after extending their lead as the oakland mayoral race last night, progressive city council member shank out has declared victory. she won the race for oakland. mayor actually pulled ahead by only 650 votes. she got 50.3% of the ranked choice vote in a statement she said i've never felt more hopeful about oakland's future more determined to lead the fight. i'm excited to get to work. building a safer, more affordable. more just oakland, we know is possible in the months and years ahead. lauren taylor has 49.7% of the vote. more people, right. taylor as their first choice. >> for mayor than anyone else. but due to the right choice voting system, he did not have the 50% maj

clear clear >> today's special guest michelle ginsberg. >> i'm chris and you are watching san francisco riegz the show that focused on reguilding and reimagining our city our guest is the general manager of the san francisco rec and parks, with us to talk about new parks, music and other developments. mr. ginsberg, welcome. >> thank you a pleasure to be here >> nice to see you again. >> last time was during the pandemic and virtual. so it is good to be back here. >> indeed. before we get in specifics, let's start with a broad question, how can will park's system play a part in the economic recovery? >> well, our parks system playing an important role throughout the pandemic. parks were here when people in san francisco needed them the most. a place where people could gather and could care for mentality health and fizz cat health and have a sense of community and a sense of place during a really weird time. and now that things are reopening and figure out how to recover, parks are going to continue to play a significant role >> people are out and having a good time. there are special eve

helped to build this park and now we have the responsibility to work with rec and park and phil ginsbergre. we're going is to keep it green and we're going to make sure the community loves on this park like nothing else. thank you for being here today. [applause] >> thank you mayor. o now it's my privilege to introduce my friend ask former boss. >> thank you, matt. any delay here was the fault of the city attorney's office. since i'm not there any more, go after them. to echo what the mayor ask matt talked about, the vibrancy of mission bay, i'm your neighbor, i lived in dogpatch since 1993 when dogpatch wasn't even called dogpatch. i used to take my walk and i could come down this route down third street and back in the old days, i used to keep my keys in between my fingers in case i had to defend myself. i know i'm not going to have toe did that any more now that we have this beautiful park here servicing this neighborhood. i have gust's at one end and newfield if he other. i'm excited to be here now to share in this sell braitionz because we're prude to be part of the open space at th

ben ginsberg is joining us right now. once again, thanks very much for sticking around.ties will have observers in the performance place. it is performance art between the democratic justice department and the republican desantis administration. not a shrinking violet in terms of looking for statements to make. look, these are the three heaviest democratic vote counties in the state of florida. natural for doj to want to go in. again, there's no reason that doj monitoring shouldn't be in polling places. they traditionally are except for 2020. when those monitors go in, they are traditionally seen and not heard. but they do make note of things, and so, again, their presence there helps to validate the way the vote is being conducted. >> explain why three heavy counties, broward county, fort lauderdale, palm beach county, heavily democratic, the three most heavily democratic counties in the state of florida, why the u.s. justice department wants to go in there and monitor the election results? >> well, because they are the heaviest voting counties. it's where there could b

helped to build this park and now we have the responsibility to work with rec and park and phil ginsberg we're going is to keep it green and we're going to make sure the community loves on this park like nothing else. thank you for being here today. [applause] >> thank you mayor. o now it's my privilege to introduce my friend ask former boss. >> thank you, matt. any delay here was the fault of the city attorney's office. since i'm not there any more, go after them. to echo what the mayor ask matt talked about, the vibrancy of mission bay, i'm your neighbor, i lived in dogpatch since 1993 when dogpatch wasn't even called dogpatch. i used to take my walk and i could come down this route down third street and back in the old days, i used to keep my keys in between my fingers in case i had to defend myself. i know i'm not going to have toe did that any more now that we have this beautiful park here servicing this neighborhood. i have gust's at one end and newfield if he other. i'm excited to be here now to share in this sell braitionz because we're prude to be part of the open space at the h

he says he's retired because he doesn't like what his party does anymore but ben ginsberg was here earlierdate on the outside. if the signature is right and address is right and date right on the inside it's a legal ballot. if there's no date on the inside you get inside and the address or signature seems wrong you set it aside and the democrat and the republican and the independent person in the room sort it out over time. many can be cured is the ballot term for fixed. you come down and verify. that's me, i'm sorry, i forgot to fill out the date and it's done. >> we'll do this all night nearingi the first big round of poll closings. what voters are thinking in a make or break battle of ground in pennsylvania. a new round of exit polls, that's next. stay with us. and state-of-the- art technology to a fully-electric suv. the all-new, all-electric eqb from mercedes-benz. this is how tosin lost 33 lbs on noom weight. i'm tosin. noom gave her a psychological approach to weight loss. noom has taught me how you think about food has such a huge impact on your relationship with it. (chuckle) sign

. >> today's special guest michelle ginsberg. >> i'm chris and you are watching san francisco riegz the show that focused on reguilding and reimagining our city our guest is the general manager of the san francisco rec and parks, with us to talk about new parks, music and other developments. mr. ginsberg, welcome. >> thank you a pleasure to be here >> nice to see you again. >> last time was during the pandemic and virtual. so it is good to be back here. >> indeed. before we get in specifics, let's start with a broad question, how can will park's system play a part in the economic recovery? >> well, our parks system playing an important role throughout the pandemic. parks were here when people in san francisco needed them the most. a place where people could gather and could care for mentality health and fizz cat health and have a sense of community and a sense of place during a really weird time. and now that things are reopening and figure out how to recover, parks are going to continue to play a significant role >> people are out and having a good time. there are special events happen