okay public comment is closed. >> commissioner hardeman. >> yes.ant to say to achieve brandon so active in the community before he retired and see him at the meeting with authority is refreshing i want to congratulate you and don't see 798 objecting that is important for any vote i think you're speaking on behalf of the pretty much the fire department been selected as one of the leaders of this plan so i don't - i take zero credit i was there and wanted to listen and learn and see the opinions of the experts you did a good job and really appreciate that as fantastic document i do know that we're expected to have this done that most that's one of the reasons to move forward and mr. corso don't want to take up the inaccuracitricacies - >> its been a long time coming but your department needed a strategy plan and this is a good one and like to congratulate libya for all the time as well and to local 798 and the representatives of the competent that put it together i think we're all ready and the chief concurs that is time to adapt this plan and implem

commissioner hardeman >> thank you mr. pres. great reports from the chief of the department and to administrative chief, thank you very much. something that was not brought up public to save begin as you guys always see chief gonzales would be reporting on this next month but to attend was chief work over there at 3 am and that to alarm getting that out real quick. very good job. that was something else. [inaudible] next month but that was nice to hear was out so quickly. the rain delays on construction, no penalties that could it's good news badwere getting our rain. it's great the apparatuses are all on schedule and the chief francisco is pursuing his grants , training. chief, everybody is moving along. that is terrific, chief. good to hear everything is on schedule. and chief, capt. serrano taking chief with errors placed it congratulations. sounds like you're stepping into a job you have a lot of background in. very good. that was it. so thank you very much and hopefully we can keep these reports going all year long with dea

commissioner hardeman >> thank you mr. pres. great reports from the chief of the department and to administrative chief, thank you very much. something that was not brought up public to save begin as you guys always see chief gonzales would be reporting on this next month but to attend was chief work over there at 3 am and that to alarm getting that out real quick. very good job. that was something else. [inaudible] next month but that was nice to hear was out so quickly. the rain delays on construction, no penalties that could it's good news badwere getting our rain. it's great the apparatuses are all on schedule and the chief francisco is pursuing his grants , training. chief, everybody is moving along. that is terrific, chief. good to hear everything is on schedule. and chief, capt. serrano taking chief with errors placed it congratulations. sounds like you're stepping into a job you have a lot of background in. very good. that was it. so thank you very much and hopefully we can keep these reports going all year long with dea

christensen's commissioner vice president cleaveland commissioner stephen nakajo commissioner michael hardeman chief joanne hayes-white item 2 general public comment at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction with respect to agenda items, speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individuals. commissioners are not to enter into a debate or discussion with the speakers, the lack of a response does not constitute an agreement of support for statements during public comment. thank you, madam secretary. >> is there any members of the audience that wants to address the commission at this point seeing none, public comment is closed. item 3 approval of the minutes discussion and possible action to approve the regular meeting of on october 6, 2016, is there any member of the public that wants to comment on the minutes as submitted okay public comment is closed. i'll go to any fellow commissioners beginning about commissioner vice president cleaveland >> move to appr

commissioner hardeman >> thank you mr. pres. great reports from the chief of the department and to administrative chief, thank you very much. something that was not brought up public to save begin as you guys always see chief gonzales would be reporting on this next month but to attend was chief work over there at 3 am and that to alarm getting that out real quick. very good job. that was something else. [inaudible] next month but that was nice to hear was out so quickly. the rain delays on construction, no penalties that could it's good news badwere getting our rain. it's great the apparatuses are all on schedule and the chief francisco is pursuing his grants , training. chief, everybody is moving along. that is terrific, chief. good to hear everything is on schedule. and chief, capt. serrano taking chief with errors placed it congratulations. sounds like you're stepping into a job you have a lot of background in. very good. that was it. so thank you very much and hopefully we can keep these reports going all year long with dea

. >> the other name to keep an eye on is tom hardeman.ally with fairly conservative track records. know theret do you positions on hot topic items like abortion or gun control? things have done some againstuing legalization. on guns, tom hardeman has been the seconde for amendment. mark: how controversial of a pick woodworm primer be -- william pryor be? he had more controversial sayings that go beyond interpreting the law. on abortion he says that rosie wade is the worst -- he considers it the murder of unborn children. he has talked about the nation being a christian nation founded on christian values. beenther two have conservative on reading the law. events withve the regards to president trump's immigration policy. had he they have upended or change the dynamic of the confirmation process? remain to be seen. at a random, democrats will start talking about fixated power an executive overreach, making sure a new justice will , donaldng to say no trump, you went too far. anything in the background on how they would act on that. it will

many people are arguing that thomas hardeman could get an easier confirmation. when he was confirmed back in 2007, 18 of the democratic senators who voted for him then are still in the senate, six of them are up for reelection in 2017 in states that donald trump won. so there's a chance they believe that hardeman could get the easier ride in confirmation. i think a lot of conservatives are leaning in the other direction. >> that countdown clock is on as you can see. less than six hours left. john, what about this idea that the rollout of the extreme vetting order was not known about by the head of homeland security, who we heard from earlier today? >> reporter: lot of push back on that today, sandra, both at the white house and the department of homeland security with general john kelly. the secretary held a press briefing. he praised the order on extreme vetting saying that it was long overdue. saying that another football analogy. we get so many of those when you're talking about government and national security. saying it's much easier to play defense on the

thomas hardeman as the top contenders al gore and blanchard is live from washington with more on this, with a potential list of nominees may be down to two names if anything this administration has shown a server that can change in the first week of novices that we can't be totally sure who president trump will choose until he announces on thursday. here's who we are watching. neil and thomas hardeman, the seat has been open since justice antonin scalia died nearly yeare would want mitch mcconnell to use the nuclear option and change the rules to allow for a simple majority vote if democrats try to solve his -- saw his pic. >> we need to know who he or she is, what they stand for and believe he's in the maze. but thinking with local thought. the >> just over a week into president trump's administration, only three of cabinet level numbers have been confirmed and sworn in. something the trump administration is blaming the democrats dragging their feet. >> they are urging democrats not be obstructionist and do its best in the interest of the country to confirm that people needed to run

hardeman, here. covington spirit chief of the department hayes-white, here. to general public can't. members of the public may just the commission up to 3 min. on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall adjust the remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners were department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speaker the lack of response by the commissioners were department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with support of statements made during public comments. >> any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >>[closed session] >> item 3 approval of the minutes from the regular meeting on january 11 2017. >> any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, commissioners? >>[inaudible] [off mic] any second? >>[inaudible] [off mic] thank you. all those in favor say, aye. thank you. approved. >> item 5 fire department administrative bulletins discussion and possible action regarding fire department administra

ha hardeman considered less likely william pryor opponent of the roe versus wade ruling. >>> trump's press secretary issued this statement on islands in the south china sea. >> if they are in international water then, yeah, we will make sure we defend international territories from being taken over by one country. >> china has been constructed islands to use as bases. in an interview a senior official insisted that the u.s. shouldn't be involved in these disputes. >> that's not for the united states. that's between china and some other countries in this region. >> you're saying it's none of the united states's business? >> it's not the united states territory or international territory. >> despite chinese opposition trump administration made it disengaging from the region. >>> investors around the globe on edge. new details about that next. all-in-one cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the #1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. tylenol® when you have a cold, pain from chest congestion can make this... feel like this.

tom hardeman. he's from pittsburgh. he has an interesting personal story.om his family to graduate college. so, that might be an interesting pick or something that trump would like. >> and gloria, donald trump had said that he wants to pick someone as close to an antonin scalia as possible. and that given the case, will he be looking particularly as you see this outpouring of protests now over one of his executive orders, will he be trying to narrow in on a b possible justice, or at least nominee, that would support this and at the same time, one who might lean more pro-life and less supportive of a roe v. wade? >> i think that donald trump knows that this country divided and there is a fight. as we see with these protests, for the harlt and soul of america, and the it's going to come to the supreme court. so, it's going to go beyond anything that we see right now. every issue is going to be in play. so, if donald trump as unpredictable as he's been in the past, i would say even though it's a dark horse, pryor is the one that i think the people who have bee

hardeman, here. covington spirit chief of the department hayes-white, here.m to general public can't. members of the public may just the commission up to 3 min. on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall adjust the remarks to the commission as ol

donald trump is getting good information on judge hardeman. she's 49 years old.here. he is a judge in the tenth circuit court of appeals. if you are trying to impress anthony kennedy, you might go there. again, we're never certain with these. you get words from inside these are the favorites. if we think washington is juiced up now, friday morning, thursday night, right? >> yeah. the pressure is going to be on moderate red state democrats, whether they go along because to dana's point, it will be hard for the democratic leaders to say no to their base. it will be hard for the liberals to come out guns blaze, but where do the moderate democrats who are up for re-election in those trump states. five from very red states. ten from trump states like florida and pennsylvania that he won who are up for re-election in 2018. they feel pressure with their base or do they feel pressure to be more moderate and be more pragmatic where. >> one thing the republicans learned when mayor garland was president obama's appointee was voters don't care that much. chuck grassly, the c

. >> reporter: hardeman has already been nominated and confirmed twice once as a district judge and once as a circuit judge. some democrats are vowing to put up a >>> eliminate two regulations for every new regulation they create. the trump administration argues the executive order will help cut the burden of businesses of complying with federal standards. the president was surrounded by small business owners and vice president pence when signing the order. >> we are tracking more snow tonight after a day filled with fast-moving storms. several snow squalls swept through the region. how quickly the snow covered tree limbs and >> the skwauls from interesting because they popped up quickly. it went from sunshine to whiteout condition. the sun is out and all of a sudden the snow starts to fall. you can't see the buildings briefly and then they're back. the sun returns. now it's 26 degrees and that means we do have the threat for slippery spots. i'll talk about that in just a moment. want to start with storm scan 3 which shows the squalls have fizzled but here's our next system. most of this

the two most talked about are judge gorsuch, and thomas hardeman. president trump said he would want senator mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader to use the so-called nuclear option, and change them senate rules to allow for a simple majority choice in the senate if democrats try to stop his selection. >> we are going to treat this from knee fairly, but we -- this nominee fairly, but we want to know that they are in the mainstream of american thinking. >>> the trump administration is blaming the delay in his cabinet appointments on the democrats dragging are in feet. -- dragging their feet. >> president trump continues to reach out to leaders from around the world. yesterday he called the king of saudi arabia. he was joined in his of face by homeland security advisor -- in his office by homeland security advisor mike flynn, and steve bannen. we don't know what they talked about. >>> education actty visits are organizing a rally this week to show opposition to president trump's pick for engel edgele case secretary -- pick for education secreta

and the last candidate, thomas hardeman has got a great back story.he first person in his family to go to college. and he drove a taxi to put himself through law school at georgetown. he's a solidly conservative judge and i think he may have the backing, which i think would be very important, of another member of the u.s. court of appeals for the 3rd circuit, marianne trump barry, who is the president's sister. >> republicans have the majority of the senate here. once president trump picks either one of these people or throws a curveball with somebody else, is the confirmation going to be smooth sailing or will democrats have some power to pump the brakes, to intervene? >> i think it's going to be relatively smooth sailing, especially if he were to go with someone like gorsuch or hardeman. gorsuch would be difficult to oppose, even though he's taken some very conservative positions. and you probably have a lot of support among the group of sort of washington lawyers to the extent that matters on both sides of the aisle. i think if he were to nominate

. >> reporter: hardeman has already been nominated and confirmed twice once as a district judge and once as a circuit judge. some democrats are vowing to put up a >>> eliminate two regulations for every new regulation they create. the trump administration argues the executive order will help cut the burden of businesses of complying with federal standards. the president was surrounded by small business owners and vice president pence when signing the order. >> we are tracking more snow tonight after a day filled with fast-moving storms. several snow squalls swept through the region. how quickly the snow covered tree limbs and >> the skwauls from interesting because they popped up quickly. it went from sunshine to whiteout condition. the sun is out and all of a sudden the snow starts to fall. you can't see the buildings briefly and then they're back. the sun returns. now it's 26 degrees and that means we do have the threat for slippery spots. i'll talk about that in just a moment. want to start with storm scan 3 which shows the squalls have fizzled but here's our next system. most of this

runner is denver based judge neil gorsch and also in consideration, pennsylvania based judge thomas hardeman and alabama based judge william pryor. >>> a high level secret service agent is under investigation after suggesting on social media that she would not take a bullet for president donald trump. there are concerns special agent carrie o grady's sentiments could impact the agency's relationship with the new administration. officials are taking appropriate action but wouldn't explain what measures were being taken. o grady who leads the secret service's denver district supported democrat hillary clinton in november's presidential ect milestone this morning. you're looking live at the dow. it broke through the 20,000 mark on the new york stock exchange for the first time ever. stocks especially in the financial sector have trended higher since trump's election. president trump is promised market friendly tax cuts deregulation and infrastructure spending. and taking a look at the dow right now, it's standing at 20,054 and a third. >>> and my, what a beautiful week this week. >> is this the

hardeman considered less likely william pryor is an outspoken opponent of the roe versus wade ruling. . leading international news, china pushes back at the white house after trump's press secretary issued this statement on eye loonds in the south china sea. -- islands. >>> if those islands are in international waters and not part of china proper, then yeah, we're going to make sure we defend international territories taken over by one country. >> china has been constructed islands to use as bases. in an interview a senior official insisted that the u.s. shouldn't be involved in these disputes. >> that's not for the united states. that's between china and some other countries in this region. >> you're saying it's none of the united states's business? >> it's not the united states territory or international territory. as he mentioned. >> despite chinese opposition trump administration made it clear they have no intent of disengaging from the region. >>> in chicago, the hacker who leaked dozens of nude photos of celebrities was sentenced to nine months in prison. the 29-year-old admitte

shannon: i want to make sure we talk about judge thomas hardeman he's on the younger side.tter around him is that he is a favorite why is he on the list? >> he also has a very distinguished record of judicial service. he served both as an appeals ou?7eááyçúg mj2f=çúçíj$. we don't have many justices who understand how trial courts work. so i think that is very important. he has an interesting personal story in a sense that he drove a taxi cab to support his way through law school. he has a lot of the personal qualities as well as important intellectual qualities among others on the list. for those that are pushing them to consider appointing a woman to the edge she has voted to upload those. they have a couple of decisions that were conservative as well. into planned parenthood case. and against an indiana law that planned to do that. she has been criticized for a rule against the license plate. what is the case for her. >> she is a long deep record wn she was it justice on theoh;7óa1 wisconsin supreme court. she calls herself an originalist . and sometimes you have to take

william pryor, kneel gor such, and thomas hardeman. >>> we're following a group of protesters that climbed up and tied themselves to a construction train -- crane in washington d.c. again, these are live pictures we showed you just a couple of minutes ago. we're back out there again. now, we're in the sure what they're protesting, why they're protesting, but this crane, which is on the site is of the old washington post building, is just a couple of blocks away from the white house, and clearly it can be seen throughout the washington d.c. area. now, there's more than one person up there. this has caused traffic delays in the area, the police have shut down several streets. the camera has panned over to a second person you see here, and it's panning over some more. there are, what, three or four more people. so this is at least three or four more. this is a construction crane outside of the old washington post building in washington d.c. within a couple of blocks of the white house. we'll keep watching this protest and see what happens next. >>> 6:09 is the time here. a 16-year-old boy sho

there are three front-runners we know of, neil gorsich, thomas ha hardeman and neil pryor. some democrats have already vowed to filibuster the nomination. now, if you cannot watch the president's announcement tomorrow, you can still find out who he picks immediately through the abc 7 news app, download it today and enable push alerts. the app is free on both apple and android devices. >>> a missing man's body was found in a shallow grave. >>> that's the sound of progress, what laps now after crews dismantle an apartment building teetering on the edge of disaster for a year. >>> we're tracking a quiet night on the way, but the storms are on the horizon. we'll detail the wet weather coming up in the full forecast ahead. >>> still ahead, questions about how the white house chose the >>> now, to a kidnap and murder case in the south bay, police say their suspect was videotaped buying a shovel before the victim was killed and buried in a shallow grave. >>> on the same day that christopher stood in court, wrapped in chains and dressed in a corrections uniform. >> we were shocked

the two most talked about nominees are judges neal goresuch, and tom hardeman.president trump set he would want senator mitch mcconle to use the so-called nuclear option and change senate rules to allow for a simple majority vote in the senate in democrats try to oppose their pick. >> we're going to treat this nominee fairly, but we need to make sure they are in the mainstream of thinking when it comes to american political thought. >> only three of his cabinet members have been confirmed and sworn in, and the president is blaming that on democrats dragging their feet. a busy day is expected tomorrow. five committee members might move on to a full senate vote. >>> bay area education activists are organizing a rally this week to oppose president trump's nominee for treasury second. it is planned right in front of the oakland federal building, the same day betty devos is up for a vote. opponents say she is unqualified for the job because what they call her lack of knowledge about public education and possible conflict of interests. >>> steve bannon will now have a

hardeman, prior. any of those you would be okay with?whoever the nominee ask him if the burden is on him or her, don't share the extremes of the president nominated not and he will stand a to be a check within the context of discrimination against people who don't look like you are prey like you are a check on important constitution concerns. leland: if you read about somebody like pryor who is so incredibly dogmatic and say occurred right on an issue of abortion. but you read about his other views and people say he's too far to the left on other stuff. >> again come at the end of the day someone who is to be faithful to the constitution and the law. that means dechold laws he mighe voted for or provisions of the constitution that may be require you to overturn a law you otherwise applied. what is so great about all the people on the list as they are it have a long record of standing up for the constitutional light even when they may not agree with it personally. that exactly the kind of person travis thomas says. >> you don't intend to

opening coming up would i be surprised if she comes up this time track record isn't that long to many hardemanf pennsylvania a guy sort of a working class guy, someone might just appeal to trump on gut level, neil gorsich very well liked by conservatives very strong writing style and just considered to be sort of a high wattage supersmart jurist. >> okay. >> someone that might be in the mix. >> kim what about this idea that the seat is stolen democrats are saying look, the republicans stole the set too because they never gave a vote to merrick garland president obama nominee since scalia died in february is this going to this is going to raise the temperatureture on the democratically opposition isn't it. >> it is, i mean this is going to be their mantra all the way through, that and justification for everything that they use to oppose republican nominee will partly be the ideology shuck schumer said out of mainstream partly hey you he never had the right to fill this seat because you took it from us. now, again, whether or not that washes, whether or not the pressure on some democrats grows t

neil gorsuch, a federal appeals judge in colorado and tom hardeman who is an appeals judge as well in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> let's talk about gorsuch first. he is from the denver court. u.s. tenth circuit. what makes him unique? >> he has a very distinguished record of service. he has written a a lot of opinions. he has served in the justice department during the bush administration during the war on terror. he has executive branch experience. very talented lawyer, strong intellect, went to columbia. >> 49 years old. it would be a young supreme court pick. >> he would be serving a long time if you were on the court. >> let's talk about hardiman from the u.s. court of appeals third circuit. >> yes. hardiman has got a very strong intellect, studied at notre dame, went to georgetown law. he is interesting because he was both a trial court judge in the federal system but also a court of appeals judge. slightly different range of experience pray lots of written opinions, has an interesting personal background. he drove a taxi to support his way through law school. interesting persona

them federal appeals court judges, william pryor of alabama, neil gorsuch of colorado, and thomas hardeman of pennsylvania. and in the meantime, senate minority leader chuck schumer's warning that democrats will put up a fight if mr. trump's pick is out of the mainstream. watch. >> the last four supreme court justices got bipartisan support. and it's essential that the president do that. we would believe that, for instance, were not going to say there shouldn't be a hearing. the hearing will bring out what this nominee is all about. we're not going to do what the republicans did. but if the candidate is out of the mainstream, i can tell you i will fight and my caucus will fight tooth and nail against hi him. >> melissa: very interesting, judge, let's go to you first. neil gorsuch seems to be peaking at the right time. there has been leaders all along the way and there was just a question of where they going to stand out there and pick someone, what do you think about that pick? >> jeanine: and that he is a strong contender because, before i get to that, look, everyone of these three that a

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either neil corset of denver or thomas hardeman from pittsburgh.sburgh. an online petition opposing mr. trump's planned trip to the u.k. has drawn 1.6 million signatures prompting what will be a nonbinding debate in parliament next month. the british government led by theresa may invites heads of state on the queen's behalf but the queen access hostess. the prospect of protests outside buckingham palace has but the queen in a very difficult position. put the queen in a difficult position. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. apple set to report earnings after the u.s. closing bell today. it's all about the iphone. apple posted its first annual sales declined since 2001 amid waning demand for its trademark smartphone. as you can see here come apple has posted three straight quarters of year-over-year sales decline and a yearly decline in 2016. bloomberg estimates the first order revenue growth will be 2%. analysts will be focused on iphone uni

itch andneal gorse judge tom hardeman. he sits in pittsburgh. they are both pretty conservative.a book arguing against assisted suicide and euthanasia. both of them have pretty conservative groups -- conservative roots. an's case,ge hardim political donations. scarlet: thank you so much. oliver: still ahead, billionaire philip roth on immigration and dealmaking in the trump era, as well as news on their own drug pipeline. this is bloomberg. ♪ oliver: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm oliver renick. scarlet: i'm scarlet fu. oliver: earlier today, i spoke with dr. philip roth, a billion-dollar investor with a of stock and holdings. without his company, the drug pipeline, and what they are expecting with regards to regulation and health care industry. >> the way to is set up, medicare relies on contractors to determine the eligibility for payment. contractors, there are 10 across the country that want -- that are responsible for covering a particular company's product is the one that located in a region where the company is located. in our case, it's not carmelo -- it is not palmetto

a harvard law grad from colorado and thomas hardeman a former trial judge from pennsylvania. also sits on the bench. >> as for the new acting attorney general's first action in office again telling the justice department lawyers to defend president trump's executive order and new this morning an unusual move the white house responding to concerns about what more actions the president might take vowing not to touch an obama executive order that protects lgbt employees from discrimination in the work place when working for federal contractors. >> peter, thank you. >> why don't we bring in pete williams. he is taking a closer look. good morning. >> good morning, mr. trump's move to fire sally yates came less than three hours after she said that justice department lawyers would not defend the immigration lawyers in court. but her statement was symbolic. she was a hold over from the obama administration intended to be on the job just until her successor senator jeff sessions can be confirmed. that's a justice department employees saying she had a so let me obligation to always see

the top contenders judge william prior, judge kneel gore such and judge thomas hardeman. first lady melania trump trashing her to the magazine variety for being immigrant. >> what about melania, would you have her on your show? >> melania, to talk about what? she can barely speak english. >> what do you think about her as the first lady. >> exactly what i think about him as the first man. nothing. i don't respect either one of those people. >> comedian. really funny, right? well not only does the first lady speak english but she also speaks french, italian, german and native language of her country slow vein i can't. now facing severe backlash from comments calling her ignorant. one zoo in virginia is asking where is our panda? there is a frantic search now underway for missing red panda. sunny is his name. he was last supposed toed in his enclosure on monday. when zoo workers went to check on him the next day he was gone. right now the zoo staff hoping sunny is on the ground somewhere, maybe hiding in a tree. neighbors are now warned not to touch furry sunny if they see

thomas hardeman and strong on gun rights and rulings have sided with law enforcement and judge william in the mix and maybe not in the top two but his name is still out there and he could potentially be a little bit more controversial but a strong conservative favorite. i think i was having a conversation with somebody who is close to the president who said, yeah, they like judge prior and judge gorse ich and like thomas hardiman and understand and acknowledge those folks don't have a ton of adversity between the three of them. i said what about diane sykes? they said she is not high on the list. >> any symbolism to the chirping birds? >> i don't know. >> this is hallie jackson. thank you. joining us from baltimore. >> i am confused. what did that mean. >> there were chirping bird. >> spring is coming? >> the dawn of something new? >> i thought i'd bring it up. i heard them. did you not hear them? i'm hearing it. >> one of those grateful dead shows you went to! >> there is something going on. >> i hear noises! >> okay. >> joining us -- >> let's go to the ranking member on the oversight