this is leanne hester leanne hester served in iraq was awarded the silver star for valor the first woman in history to be awarded the silver star for valor so you can see that from the early years to to today the transition on women's service. so we move from the images that lead us on the journey from american revolution to today to the specific exhibits that relate to the wars one of the things we wanted to do at dedication was to make sure that we were able to have the world war ii women be able to see themselves. so we wanted to finish their permanent exhibits because we weren't sure that they would be able to come back and to see their memorial. so the next three exhibits that we visit are are dedicated to the women of world war ii 400,000 women serve during world war ii 400,000 women and there's a picture over here that i love to show. and it's these women with their gloves and hats and they came from every every area of the united states. there's one woman who's my favorite story. she came from fort kent, maine. her name is maddie. pennette join the women's army auxiliary corps in

hester. you have two minutes. >> sue hester here.if this project you need to understand you needy briefing on the state density bonus. you had a presentation that included from mr. perry and vettle what the interpretation is in their interpretation. the planning commission needs to hear from the city attorney. i have been told by the director they may somewhere to be a closed session. i am just pleading with the commission. the public needs to no what you are told about the density bonus law. there needs to be a public session. if you have to have a private session with the city attorney you can have that before you have the meeting. san francisco home also has a law that applies to giving flexibility for affordable housing projects. it is called home-sf. perhaps home-sf should be explained at the same time you have the session on the state density bonus law. going to this continuing project. look at the title at the start of what you have staff report and the motion. the time to stop is adopting findings to approval amended conditio

hester. you have two minutes. >> sue hester here.if this project you need to understand you needy briefing on the state density bonus. you had a presentation that included from mr. perry and vettle what the interpretation is in their interpretation. the planning commission needs to hear from the city attorney. i have been told by the director they may somewhere to be a closed session. i am just pleading with the commission. the public needs to no what you are told about the density bonus law. there needs to be a public session. if you have to have a private session with the city attorney you can have that before you have the meeting. san francisco home also has a law that applies to giving flexibility for affordable housing projects. it is called home-sf. perhaps home-sf should be explained at the same time you have the session on the state density bonus law. going to this continuing project. look at the title at the start of what you have staff report and the motion. the time to stop is adopting findings to approval amended conditio

she's the hester state animal welfare commissioner monoline martine unhappy with account she heard she and 3 other veterinarians traveled to russia last year. we haven't cuts if we did actually find to supply stations with a russian permit in the small lands grey gen with us for us to come and they got a very open reception one and were allowed to look at everything. in there the 2nd one was quite different the manager there was clear about not allowing us access he even had a man with a gun. on him thrive in toto rises and put the big star on the is or to the 2nd part of the trip went towards the spake astound dogs so does this along this route there was not a single supply station with a russian permit hope the horses it's all. and all that means it's impossible to win low the animals. of course that's extremely shocking because we were finding these places with decrepit stalls. and no water or electricity. or the bus sometimes the stations were no more than a pile of haiti under a roof. on the. it was clear and late 21000 the facilities for animal transports in russia were inadequat

joe biden hester said that we are still pro israel -- has to say that we are still pro israel. that has not had to be said before. that shows a trend that will be impossible to reverse as long as israel is unable to come to clinical terms with palestinians. -- political terms with palestinians. host: we will open up the phone lines bite region. if you are in the eastern or central time zone, your number is (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific (202) 748-8001. we will open up a special line for those of you outside of the united states, those watching outside the united states call (202) 748-8002. keep in mind you can always text us at (202) 748-8003. we are always reading on social media, twitter @cspanwj i and facebook.com/c-span -- @cspanwj and facebook.com/c-span. for our viewers who do not understand and have not been following this issue, explain why the u.s. is so invested in what is going on in the middle east and playing such a large role in the negotiations of israel and palestine. guest: it is a role joe biden would prefer to not have to play. three pr

the hester state animal welfare commissioner modeling martin unhappy with account she heard she and 3 other veterinarians traveled to russia last year. we haven't thought we did actually find to supply stations with a russian permit in the small lands grey gen. con 'd and they got a very open reception one and were allowed to look at everything. in the 2nd one was quite different the manager there was clear about not allowing us access he even had a man with a gun. there and on inside until there was in fear put the big star on the is a the 2nd part of the trip went towards a spake a stone dogs does this along this route there was not a single supply station with a russian permit hope the horses it's all. and all that means it's impossible to win low the animals. of course that's extremely shocking because we were finding these places with decrepit stalls. and no water or electricity. or the bus sometimes the stations were no more than a pile of haiti under a roof. on. it was clear and weighed 21000 the facilities for animal transports in russia were inadequate again germany's veterin

the united states navy quite well i am surrounded by sailors and marines in the tradition and your hesterat literally it's how i arrive today my residences on the grounds of the united states naval observatory. my west wing office built by seabees from timbers of the uss constitution my ceremonial office was once occupied by the secretary of the navy and i have placed the shoulder boards of your brigade commander midshipmen barber. [applause] this is what i know midshipmen you are tireless. you are a fierce fighting force. you are idealist in the truest sense. you are the embodiment of american aspiration. so hold onto that because in your career, you may witness some of the worst of humanity that promise that you will never forget who we are. you will never forget the ideals you stand for fight for those ideals and fight for our democracy the constitution is not only something to defend but i guide for your service and it starts with we the people not i. we. we were designed to be a team sport and we're in this together. on the way to the stadium i stopped by the cemetery to pay my respe

. >> what do you think went on during the pandemic, hester?people to stay isolated during the worst of it and that was actually creating a worsening situation for those who were suffering with dementia, right, because when you're alone it actually increases the upset and increases the confusion? tell us about that. >> yes, absolutely. there's reasons i specially why for this group the pandemic was terrible actually. it's very difficult to explain what is happening. we knew what was happening and knew that there was an end to the pandemic at some point but it's hard to explain this but people with fragile brains, people with dementia, it's very important to stay active and as they struggle to reactivate or activate themselves, they need interactions to show emotions, to have conversations and be physically engaged and if you're isolated, there's very little stimulation from your environment, so we know that -- that is what happened in the pandemic. maria: yeah, i mean, i say this a lot but we've gotten so far in other ailments and diseases. we

. >> this is sue hester. i am requesting you continue item 13 which is 1567 california street and involves the state density bonus until after the briefing requested last week on the state density bonus. i don't know the date of that hearing. i request it be continued until after that date. >> hello. i am calling about the continuance of 5ly land project. i support continuance. i want to make note the continuance is totally due to the inaction of the project sponsor, developers. this project has been continued since 2017 and the project sponsors couldn't get the posters up in time for the proper public notification. again, i do support the continuance. please make it clear this is not the community asking for it. it is because the project sponsor didn't do what they needed to do with public notification. thank you. >> hi, is this appropriate time to talk about why i would like to protest the 17 hugo street project? >> no. the hugo street project is being considered for continuance. your comments now should be

they call it something different now that former speaker hester went to prison. senator reid? >> thank you. attorney general, welcome. you have described disinformation as fueling this very violent extremist activity. in your view would a commission to provide information literacy, tools that people can use to make sounder judgments about what they're seeing on social media, and this would apply to all communities, but there is a particular concern with veterans and service members. would such a commission be useful, mr. general, for police? >> i think all forms of civil civics education that help provide education about misinformation that can lead to radicalization or misinformation in general would be helpful. >> thank you. mr. secretary? >> senator reed, i would welcome the opportunity to learn the specifics. we're eager to have additional resorts and additional vehicles to address misinformation and disinformation. i should say our partner is partnering with the department of education for the k through 12 arena, and we would welcome the opportunity to study with the comm

his friend, laura hester. >> did any of it make sense? were you able to come up with a theory of what had happened there? >> no. i mean, this was a man that just was so beloved by so many people. >> jeffrey moss lived across the hall from rusty at college. >> always had a giant smile on his face no matter the situation. used to end every conversation with, how can i help you? what can i do for you? >> in the tight-knit jewish community where rusty lived and was raising his family, a man like him is called a mensch, yiddish for a standup guy. and now that very supportive community gathered around his wife of ten years, andrea. >> she seemed to be a good fit for him? >> absolutely. they had been together since college. he always spoke about her with great affection and respect. >> the couple moved to dunwoody, affluent suburb of atlanta, after rusty, a software grad, accepted a job with a software company. >> they had a great house in atlanta, they had a summer house out at the lake, they had a boat, they had two great kids. they were livin

hester. you have two minutes. >> sue hester here. if this project you need to understand you needy briefing on the state density bonus. you had a presentation that included from mr. perry and vettle what the interpretation is in their interpretation. the planning commission needs to hear from the city attorney. i have been told by the director they may somewhere to be a closed session. i am just pleading with the commission. the public needs to no what you are told about the density bonus law. there needs to be a public session. if you have to have a private session with the city attorney you can have that before you have the meeting. san francisco home also has a law that applies to giving flexibility for affordable housing projects. it is called home-sf. perhaps home-sf should be explained at the same time you have the session on the state density bonus law. going to this continuing project. look at the title at the start of what you have staff report and the motion. the time to stop is adopting findings to approval amended conditi

especially on the weekends. 25-year-old asia hester, a healthcare worker, shot dead in new jersey this weekend. vision gator, 15 years old. he was standing on his front porch in chicago this weekend on friday. she was shot in the head and killed. one of almost 50 people that were shot in chicago over the weekend. one of ten who lost their lives. molly braswell who went out to diner in brooklyn, new york. she was lucky. she's alive. she has bullet fragments lodged under her eye. she was caught in gang gun fire. so at least 20 major cities have caught down their police budgets in some form. here we are back in the 1970s as we head to memorial day and what is likely to be a long, hot summer. here now fox news contributor at large, geraldo rivera. good to see you today. >> hi, martha. >> martha: we look at the black lives matter protest, what came up a george floyd. you tweeted today taking a look at those that participated in those protests, you say #blacklivesmatter only cares when the killer is a cop. >> i believe that, martha. we had an incident here in cleveland over the weekend. real

per the chair you will have 2 minutes . >> caller: sue hester with two questions . one is the state test bonus plan will be had closed session of this commission on the 10th. i asked the commission to assist on public presentation. in addition i have no problems with you having closed session. i do have a question about the public not being informed on what the current state of the density bonus is. i think it would be helpful to everyone who has a presentation in live session. second issue is when you have your hearing on the 10th, you are going to have a select committee at that time. i would ask the planning department to try to have a briefing for the staff about when issues are a huge social equity issue. right now we've learned through the past year on the covid but there is an even understanding of how to review plans when there are tenants in the building and people don't understand that their tenants unit is being evicted by the proposed plans. i think be helpful for everyone to get ahead of the issue by having someone meet with the rental ordinance, the st

. >> this is sue hester again. the commission needs to follow its own rules and regulations. the commission rules require that staff packets are due one week in advance of a hearing, which is thursday before 5:00 which is close of business currently they're only available when the agenda comes out late friday afternoon. it's too late at that point for members of the public to read and send comments to commissioners. that is a really important issue. i really request the staff packets get reverted back to regular release. secondly, the planning commission imposes time limits on speakers. the public is allowed three minutes generally on the first hearing on an issue. when they're continued and there's a second hearing, it's normal that the planning commission would have a reduced time limit for that place, but the hearing two weeks ago on 468 turk was announced a one-limit time limit on the first hearing. it was a esero hearing, very complicated, big project in the tenderloin. if the public testimony is truncated by the president and it gives the president to do that, it should

one witness counted as many as 35 gunshots. 13 adults were shot into diet including asia hester, a health care worker. of those wounded, several remain in dire condition. police anticipate more arrests and what they call a targeted attack. witnesses describe gunfire from all angles and possibly multiple shooters. community members save this to be gang related and officials would not confirmed that spirit homicides in new jersey were up 23% in 2020 and years governor will murphy. >> what we saw here in fairfield is a microcosm of the gun violence we see elsewhere in other communities in our state and across the country. we are at the point where this kind of horrific scene it's almost part of her daily lives. it has become commonplace. >> the new jersey state police are asking for tips, photos, videos. they say it could be an ominous and right now you have flowers marking just the latest site of a mass shooting in america. >> john: brian, thank you. >> gillian: it was a very violent weekend in new york and chicago. in the windy city, at least nine people were shot dead and dozens more hurt

hester, very valuable commentary, and i'm in support today. commissioner moore?>> i see commissioner diamond's name in front of mine. >> i think -- >> was that the earlier comment? >> she was requesting to speak to disclosure. >> okay, thank you so much. i'm in full support of what's in front of us. a shout out to the planner horn who did an excellent job in bringing this project forward, including the most recent memo he gave us today. i'm in full support and flighted that we have the tools to just this important component in our housing strategy. thank you. >> commissioner imperial? >> thank you. i do think that this is a good kind of group housing, and when we think about group housing, it is -- it does make me think of really a way to transition to a more permanent type of housing. i do have a question, though, regarding the licensure process, and what happens -- what it means when we say reduced staffing, what kind of staffing will be in place then? i don't know who's going to answer that, if that will be the planner or the mercy, but that's my question. >>

dead on the scene. 30-year-old man and 25-year-old woman identified by friends and families as asia hester, a healthcare worker. one person is in critical condition. the new jersey state police have made no arrests, no motive has been given. we don't know whether there was one shooter or multiple shooters. witnesses recall hearing multiple shots, some coming from the nearby woods. >> folks who were there felt like bullets were coming from more than one place. they were outside. as they were leaving the scene they were experiencing gunfire from different angles. >> i thought it was -- my dad thought it was firecrackers. i thought it sounded like gunshots. >> this could be the result of gang violence reportedly a decades long turf war. fairfield township is 50 miles south of philadelphia and cumberland county. a tight knit community of 6,000 people. they have been having weekly meetings with gang violence er the last few weeks. governor murphy will hold a press conference this morning. the state of this manhunt. you can see that's the woods they are talking about. people were out here enjoyi

. >> this is sue hester again. the commission needs to follow its own rules and regulations. the commission rules require that staff packets are due one week in advance of a hearing, which is thursday before 5:00 which is close of business currently they're only available when the agenda comes out late friday afternoon. it's too late at that point for members of the public to read and send comments to commissioners. that is a really important issue. i really request the staff packets get reverted back to regular release. secondly, the planning commission imposes time limits on speakers. the public is allowed three minutes generally on the first hearing on an issue. when they're continued and there's a second hearing, it's normal that the planning commission would have a reduced time limit for that place, but the hearing two weeks ago on 468 turk was announced a one-limit time limit on the first hearing. it was a esero hearing, very complicated, big project in the tenderloin. if the public testimony is truncated by the president and it gives the president to do that, it should

joe biden hester said that we are still pro israel -- has to say that we are still pro israel.has not had to be said before. that shows a trend that will be impossible to reverse as long as israel is unable to come to clinical terms with palestinians. -- political terms with palestinians. host: we will open up the phone lines bite region. if you are in the eastern or central time zone, your number is (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific (202) 748-8001. we will open up a special line for those of you outside of the united states, those watching outside the united states call (202) 748-8002. keep in mind you can always text us at (202) 748-8003. we are always reading on social media, twitter @cspanwj i and facebook.com/c-span -- @cspanwj and facebook.com/c-span. for our viewers who do not understand and have not been following this issue, explain why the u.s. is so invested in what is going on in the middle east and playing such a large role in the negotiations of israel and palestine. guest: it is a role joe biden would prefer to not have to play. three presiden

. >> this is sue hester again. the commission needs to follow its own rules and regulations. the commission rules require that staff packets are due one week in advance of a hearing, which is thursday before 5:00 which is close of business currently they're only available when the agenda comes out late friday afternoon. it's too late at that point for members of the public to read and send comments to commissioners. that is a really important issue. i really request the staff packets get reverted back to regular release. secondly, the planning commission imposes time limits on speakers. the public is allowed three minutes generally on the first hearing on an issue. when they're continued and there's a second hearing, it's normal that the planning commission would have a reduced time limit for that place, but the hearing two weeks ago on 468 turk was announced a one-limit time limit on the first hearing. it was a esero hearing, very complicated, big project in the tenderloin. if the public testimony is truncated by the president and it gives the president to do that, it should