>> president hillis: a couple. we'll clarify after this, but the overall 600-foot rule is going to remain. it's applications that are in the process, there are some exemptions being proposed to that, which we'll clarify after public comment. >> okay. i'd just like to say our entire building, as well as many of our neighbors we've discussed this with are concerned about the extreme density of proposed -- looks like potentially approved applications. not only on our street, but also in our neighborhood. right now it looks like there's going to be one on every single block. one of our neighbors who lives across the street is allergic to pot smoke, she'll have to keep her windows closed moving forward. if we were to make one or even many exemptions, you get even multiple dispensaries per block, we're hoping that our neighborhood can become more family friendly, and we feel like that would be moving it in the opposite direction. thank you for your consideration. >> president hillis: thank you very much. next speaker, pl

. >> president hillis: okay, thank you, dennis. any public comment on the items proposed for continuance? seeing none, we will close public comment. commissioner koppel? >> commissioner koppel: motions to move items 2-12 to continue. so moved, that motion passes unanimously 4-0. placing us on your consent calendar for item 6. and 7. i should read that into the record. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, public or staff requests which it will be removed and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. a item 6 and 7 [reading item] 1011 market street, i have no speaker cards. >> president hillis: would anyone like to pull either of these items off the consent calendar? seeing none, commissioner koppel? >> commissioner koppel: move to approve item 6 and 7. >> thank you, commissioners. on that motion to approve 6 and 7 under your consent calendar, [roll call] so moved, that passes unanimously 4-0. putting us at item 8. >> president hillis: any public comment on the draft

thanks. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name's owen o'donnell but i must be a ghost, because a woman that i've never met said i went home because it was past my bedtime, but i'm here. i've lived in the neighborhood for 45 years, and i want to point out that alamo square has a lot of tall buildings on each corner. having tall buildings in our neighborhood is a good thing. it works for us. this building works, and my only concern about it is it's not big enough. i would like it to be 120 to 150 feet because it's on a major transit corridor, and we need housing in this town. and everybody talks about how we have a shortage of housing, and this commission over the last 40 years is responsibletor that. but i want to tell you a little story to give you an idea of what it means. in 1974, eight families started pacific primary. some people consider it the best preschool in the united states. it's two blocks from where this project is. two years ago, the executive director came to me and said, we have fiv

>> president hillis: i can see taking the medical out and putting housing. >> right. >> president hillis: i think there is a need for the offices. i don't mind the mixed use, i think it's overparked. >> you understand, right, this has been a multiyear process working with staff who wanted the parking the way it is based on the code numbers. who wanted the medical that we've got there. we didn't come up with this out of the blue, right? so this has been -- this project has been pending since 2007. the latest iteration of the project since 2014. we've been working intensely with staff on the issues that you're talking about, so it's not -- we didn't come in and say we want 63 -- >> president hillis: what did you come in and say you wanted? >> to comply with the code. and working with staff -- >> president hillis: so how much parking? so you came in with the same amount of parking? how much parking did you initially want? >> 63 spaces. >> president hillis: so it hasn't changed much. i mean, you're saying you've been working with staff and this project changed over time. >> it has changed. >

>> president hillis: commissioner melgar ? >> vice president melgar: thank you, commissioner richards. that was my question. i think week after week, we see these massive increases to square footage all over the city. that's not what this is. this is 600 square feet. it's not a family room and five studies, so i am comfortable with this in terms of, you know, keeping a family in the city. i do take that issue of privacy and sound seriously, and i was wondering if you could speak to the specific issue that the neighbor raised about putting some kind of screen or, you know, any physical barrier that would ease the privacy issue. >> yes, thank you. we'd be happy to add privacy screening to both decks to address privacy concerns. >> vice president melgar: okay. so with that, then, i would maca motion that we not take d.r. and a -- that i would make a motion that we not take d.r. and accept the project as proposed, and come up with some privacy screening that's acceptable. >> commissioner richards: second. >>clerk: there is a motio

-- >> president hillis: thank you very much. next speaker, please. thank you. mr. hayes? >> thank you very much. i'm going to speak very quickly for my minute. we didn't think we'd be able to speak today because the hearing was closed, so we asked people to send e-mails to you, 40 against four. and 122 new pages arriving last night, we urge you to think about continuing this item. in any event, our position is clear. with others, many organizations, we oppose the extension of the penthouse hours to 4:00, and we strongly support the planning staff's recommendation to disapprove this application. you asked for data last time. we tried to get the data for you. i'm not going to be able to go through it the way i'd like here, but i want you to know for the nine-month period through september, what found were in the newspapers, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, including an incident involving gunfire and multiple firearms in the same block as penthouse. two-thirds on weekends, more than 80% after 8:00 p.m., 40% after midnight. ho

thank you. >> president hillis: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hi, guys. i'm a little nervous. i'm also a san francisco native, so i grew up seeing the different changes that happened in san francisco, but also one of the reasons why i feel concerned about banning our cafeterias is because it also, like he said, gives us stability, but i do also have home issues that i can take charge of. like, for instance, my mom had a stroke a few years ago, so it gives me time to think about her and the kids that are also involved. also, it takes a lot of weight from having to think about what i'm going to buy and figure out what i could do to keep our family together, you know, some of those things also play a part in a lot of people's roles, and thinking about going to school and finishing a degree, so that i could further my life. so i think that is one of the things that should also be included, that it's not just about keeping the community together, but also thinking about the broader problems that are in other people's lives. s

thank you. >> president hillis: thank you very much. next speaker, please. hi. >> good afternoon. my name is alejandra, and i've been a cafeteria worker at facebook for almost three years now. i'm a member of unite here local 19, and we're against this proposed law. before i worked in the cafeteria at facebook, i worked in a restaurant doing food prep for about three years. when i worked in the restaurant, i didn't have a regular schedule, i didn't have secure hours or any benefits or guaranteed raises. the working conditions aren't always the best either. i was working in a restaurant when i was pregnant with my daughter, and i tripped over a cable in the kitchen and i fell. i didn't want to get sent home, because then i wouldn't get paid, so i didn't do anything about it, just hoped for the best. i was on medi-cal when she was born. now after my coworkers and i organized the union in the facebook cafeteria, i can see a career in this job. i enjoy what i do. i can strive for a better position. we have guaranteed raises. i finally have

thank you. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. >> greeting, commissioners. i am an immediate neighbor of the previous property on california and locust street, and therefore, i live just around the corner from the proposed development. i think that seeing how the previous development went is a good way of knowing how the new development may go or probably will go, and i could talk for an hour about the previous, but i only have two minutes, so i'll only talk about one subject, parking, traffic. traffic has been dramatically worsened by the property development at california and locust streets. the traffic noise is worse, the amount of traffic is worse. the parking is dramatically worse. previously, people visiting us could park at on our block or the next block. now, they can't park at all. dramatic worsening of the parking. there are now continually blocked driveways. this happens during the day with trucks double parked, and at night -- listen to this. at night, trucks with their engines running deliver at

okay. >> no. >> president hillis: d.r. requester, you have a two-minute rebuttal. >> i'll keep my comments brief. once again, the project sponsor is blaming everybody, he's blaming me, he's blaming my firm, he's blaming everybody except taking responsibility. he does not dispute anything that i've said. he does not dispute not knowing that this deck was built illegally, and he simply does not dispute not complying with the terms of the variance. mr. ryan was told in 2007 by his architect, while the work was being done, i looked up the permits that have been pulled. one is for a new garage roof, the other is to replace dry rot, existing decking and siding. neither permit are for the scope of the work we've been working on, neither are they for the exterior stairs or garage roof this has now built. nobody is telling mr. ryan he can't build his deck, but he can't rely and get the benefit of relying on a decade-old variance that he did not comply with. if you permit him to do that, it sends the message that people can get a va

good afternoon president hillis, vice president melgar. i'm jim rubin. we represent owner of the building project sponsor is whole foods. we have been here three times. this is our third time. you know about the project and the support of the neighborhood. i'm going to try to address what's new and what's before you today. i did read the transcript from the last hearing which was october 24th. there were specific suggestions and ask from a number of you which we've been able to fully address at this point. commissioner hillis started the deliberations that day, reiterating the support he's seen for the grocery store and wondering if we can expand the footprint of the residential on the second floor to the half floor. in the course of the deliberations issues came up like no delivery. there were issues in the use of the building as a fulfillment centre. the project that's before you today has done all of what you suggested in expanding the footprint of the housing on the second floor, we've been able to go from five modest studio units to eight units cons

>> yeah, their medical permits have been issued. >> president hillis: okay. so then the ones -- the five that were missing the march 31 deadline, those are all actively operating currently? >> yes. >> president hillis: actively operating as medical, they are seeking conversion, but missed that deadline, and we would allow them then to submit the paperwork beyond that deadline? >> the only one that i'm not sure if they are open doors yet is 79 ninth street, the vapor room, because they are impacted by both, but i know they are nearing completion. >> president hillis: okay. and then the other group, where this 600-foot buffer, there's only three of those, now becomes applicable, where it wasn't quite applicable before. those would be the only three that would kind of be allowed to pursue this avenue within -- and they are still within the 600-foot buffer. we're not opening this up to anybody else. it's just those three that were already in process, and it's my understanding they would still all need a c.u. and approval by this commission, so we could deny those

areas these very hilly terrain multimillion dollar homes going up in flames in a matter of two to three seconds and there's nothing that firefighters can do they do have some strike teams that are set up in certain areas to try and prevent homes from going up in flames but it really is kind of one of those things where mother nature needs to help out and we're not getting that relief. jason here describing an incredibly at disturbing picture there but how a california is reacting to president donald trump essentially accusing the state government of an attack saying fine that is for us. it really depends on who you ask if us certain people they say that's right you know the president is right but if you ask another certain sector of the population here in southern california they disagree with the president that the forest needs to grow the forest needs to do its thing and in it bringing in heavy equipment to clear some of the brush is affecting the nature so it really depends on who us. journalist jason capital in your reporting for us in los angeles thank you thank you. again it's get

. >> president hillis: just on a follow-up, h.p.c.oes have the ability to comment on the environmental application. i imagine they chose not to, or we didn't receive anything from them. >> that's right. so the ceqa review, the ceqa review is conducted in advance of h.p.c.'s review. they will receive a copy of the historic resource evaluation part two analysis, which is essentially stating whether or not the project meets the standards as part of their deliberations. they will also just be looking at the design overall, and if there are recommendations for proposed changes to that design, that could be addressed at the time of the h.p.c. hearing as part of the deliberation of the permit to alter. >> one other question, if i may -- >> if i may add further to that response, the purview of the h.p.c. is with regard to historic resources, so their review would be limited to the evaluation of the project with regard to the criteria they use for assessment on the permit to alter the secretary of the interior standards for rehabilitation woul

there are eleven victims i will not count the suspect as a victim the suspect and then sergeant hillis. eleven victims the suspect. the suspect. the suspect. the surgeon. that is hanging very much well you. know we have not. had any type of assault rifle inside the location the only weapon we have found that we believe was used was a handgun but it's still early on and we haven't gone through the scene in detail yeah. it would appear that way but i certainly well to really to know if he actually did take his own life. well certainly we have to wait for the medical examiner to get here we have to do family notification so candidly it'll be hours and hours but if. we don't know anything about the suspect we haven't talked to anybody that had any contact with them prior. i actually have no i do is we don't know anything about them yet. i actually i actually don't know what the ages were it is a nightclub so i would you know speculate they were probably in the twenty one to twenty six year old age group. of america. there's no doubt that the change in how we handle actors shooters played a

there's also a hilly time—trial from the adriatic coastal town of richone to san marino.seven summit finishes — before finishing in verona on second june. but will it include the reigning champion? or will he be targetting the tour de france instead? good question. i think we are all going to sit down in december and work out exactly who is doing what. like i said in there, if i am not bear time to defend my title, then there will be one of my teammates —— not there trying to defend. try to do not there trying to defend. try to d o exa ctly not there trying to defend. try to do exactly the same thing. either way it is an important race for the team. it is a 10th anniversary of tea m team. it is a 10th anniversary of team sky. i think it would be really important to target the chirat italia as well. on to cricket, and pakistan beat new zealand byjust two runs in the first twenty20 international in abu dhabi. pakistan batted first after winning the toss, and mohammad hafeez top—scored with 45 as they made 148 for six from their 20 overs. sarfraz ahmed weighed—in with 34. th

poor neighborhood on the outskirts of the city lands lives are common in rio many residents live in hilly areas often building homes without authorization. authorities in the democratic republic of congo say more than three hundred people have been killed by the ebola outbreak now sweeping the country congo has suffered ten evil epidemics since the virus was discovered there forty years ago the health ministry says the current outbreak is the worst so far. authorities in the u.s. state of florida have ordered a recount in the race is first senate and governor florida state law triggers a machine recount if the difference in a race is within half a percent democrat candidates trail republicans in both ballots. now in eastern ukraine russian backed separatists are set to hold elections in two self-proclaimed republics later today is an apparent bid to cement their split from the rest of the country this self-styled donetsk and luhansk people's republic known collectively as the region have been outside of kiev control since twenty fourteen the elections have been strongly condemned by key o

poor neighborhood on the outskirts of the city landslides are common in rio many residents live in hilly areas often building homes without authorization she's the authorities in the democratic republic of congo say more than three hundred people have been killed by the a bowl outbreak now sweeping the country congo has suffered ten ebola epidemics since the virus was discovered there forty years ago the health ministry says the current outbreak is the worst so far and in the u.s. state of florida authorities have ordered a recount in the races for senate and governor the florida state law triggers a machine recount if the difference in a race is within half of a percent democratic candidates trail republicans in both ballots. a wildfire in northern california has now left at least twenty three people dead according to state authorities more than thirty people are reported missing in what is being called the most destructive blaze and california's history separate fires in the southern part of the state are also raging forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in addition

capitol hillis on with more. good morning. >> good morning, we're learning that cohen has met wit the mueller russia investigative team seven times since last summer including as recently as last week. he now pled guilty to lying to congress aut how deeply involved he was with russia during the campaign that the negotiations to build trump tower in moscow lasted six months longer than he originally said, well into the campaign, almost until the republican convention. then he briefed family members on what was happening and there was even discussion about president, then candidatru going to moscow. there's nothing illegal about the tower being built or the negotiations going on b the problem for cohen and maybe for president trump at this point is that he's sayg he lie to congress about it raising the question, why. back to you. >> that's a big question. thank you. >> overnight video coming in from dover, delaware. take a look here. vice president mike pence was on nified transferg a of the bodies of a soldier and

. >> president hillis: i want to clarify. nothing eliminates the 600-foot rule except those three applications that were pending. i just wanted to jump in before that got kind of potentially out of control. it's only about those three applications that had already been applied for. >> the 600-foot rule is an administrative rule implemented by the office of cannabis. the 600-foot buffer provision is in the planning code. so nothing about what is before you today changes either. >> president hillis: okay, thank you. that's all. thank you. that's it. sorry, sir. next speaker, please. i just wanted to clarify that. >> good afternoon. my name is ellen, i am a public health worker. i am currently working for the city and county of government. i am not here to represent the government. if i am representing the government, you all would go to jail. today is tuesday, 15, local city office time is 2:00. i think it's 2:05. i am here to protest on behalf of many areas. i live in district 9, used to be district number 10. we have been com

i know that commissioner hillis worked diligently to try to get it rescheduled and it didn't work out. i'm hoping that we are going to do it at the earliest convenience. i was surprised by a lot of the public comment that we're speaking to a specific project with a bunch of community benefits that i had never heard of, nor have i seen. i was going to ask staff if you had anything like we haven't seen. because people were talking about a market and talking about a level of affordability. it was a project i was totally unfamiliar with. i know we will hear it in february. is there anything that we can share with the public that has been submitted about this project? >> a range of ideas that would exceed baseline affordability. it has been discussed and no button --dash it -- nothing been formally submitted. >> it would be good. we are anticipating february 7 th hearing back at mission high school. it would be good to know from staff on where the project is and what is before us at that point. we have talked a lot about this hearing and having it and who cancelled it. i know for a fact th

scene at eleven twenty two and they made entry approximately four minutes later that's when sergeant hillis was shot and it was and i don't have the exact timeline it was probably close to fifteen minutes they didn't hear any shots fired before they regrouped got additional officers and went back in and they were people hiding people iting in restrooms or people hiding in attics. you know. i have no idea where one of the see or you're going we're. going to really see to what happened here one other i'm sorry what other locations. i'm none that i know of but certainly when we find out who the who the suspect is we'll we'll go to his location and more work with our bureau partners to see if there's a connection there but at this time there's none other that i know of where. this. far right now as far as we know there was only one handgun but that could certainly change as we do a more thorough search of the building could you clarify he said the stuff that was down. and through the building such as the suspect was down with a gunshot wound when the deputies when of the officers went into the

sergeant was struck multiple times with gunfire the local county sheriff had to announce his friend ron hillis was did. the sergeant passed away at the hospital. about an hour. by the time a police swat team went inside the gunman's rampage was over he was dazed and faced again he says and now trying to work out why he opened fire on college students and joining a night out the group that i was hiding out with you know there were strangers for the night you think you're going to be ok you know that i know. but i take away from this is that it even though there's a lot of that in this world there's also a lot of good people there to help and it comes almost two weeks after another mass shooting eleven people killed at a synagogue in pittsburgh pennsylvania or i asked to watch all the families. of the fall of the thousand oaks community now joining dozens of others who've come face to face with gun violence in the united states it's a horrific incident it's part of the horrors of our happening and in our country and everywhere and i think it's impossible to put any logic or any sense to the sens

. >> president hillis: all right. the meeting's adjourned. >> third thursdays at the commons is a monthly event series to really activate krisk centkrisk -- civic center, fulton mall, and other locations through social operation. >> in 2016, an initiative called the civic center progress initiative was launched, it was launched by a bunch of city agencies and community partners, so they really had to figure out how to program these places on a more frequent basis. i'm with the civic center community benefit district, and i'm program manager for the civic center commons. also, third thursdays will have music. that was really important in the planning of these events. >> we wanted to have an artist that appeals to a wide range of tastes. >> i'm the venue manager. good music, good music systems, and real bands with guitar players and drummers. >> we turned uc center and fulton street into a place where people want to be to meet, to laugh, and it's just an amazing place to be. there's a number of different exhibits. there

buildings of bismarck, across the missouri river and on towards the badlands where the train turned hilly and stark. the men turned north of less than an hour before the state line. they passed small main streets with grain elevators and humble livings entering a countryside now overrun with a massive industry, tankers, trailers, garages. the darkened polls hung as heavy as the tarp and blew the snow and inch or so above the road. nightfall rolled over the plains barring site more than a few feet ahead in the dark and natural gas layers reflective purple beans from behind hills. the-- colored in orange in terrifying shapes the wind blew so hard the drivers clung to the steering wheel as though trying to write a capsizing ship. the hues of the oilwell tracks and roads lead to the gray and white winter. hotel rooms, truck stops, nights in a bar called tj's where the outer banks biker spun tales about the times they had nearly frozen themselves are danny in the toyota tundra stayed in the truck behind someone's shop for a few days. the owner finally agreed to hire danny if he could pass a dr

extra caution over the hilly areas, guys >> thank you, sue. after thanksgiving come the black friday price drops. and cyber monday specials. do the sales really offer the discounts they promise? mike ral finney looks into it. >>> you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we are down 113 points right now. the slide continues. thisdon't miss outss, on incredible savings on thousands of gifts. oh yeah! most stores open friday at seven a.m. with extended hours saturday and sunday. get your yes for less. you know when you're at ross and you find their favorite hero at a price that makes you the hero? yes. that's yes for less. yes! with hot holiday toys for all ages, ross is your toy destination. it feels even better when you find it for less, at ross: yes for less. >>> concerns until 4:00has up f folks, unfortunately. a winter storm warning for the sierra until 10:00 this morning. upper 60s to mid-70s. fresno northward, mid-50s with rain and snow in the mountains. look at this. doesn't that look absolutely gorgeous? more

. >> sergeant hillis was on the force for 29 year s. he was looking to retire he died a hero because he went in to save lives and to save other people >> joining me now is a man who knows all of this well, deputy anderson who woked -- worked with officer hill is. i feel like we do this too often. we're sorry for your loss. what an amazing man. you were such a good friend. tell us about him as a person tonight. >> well, he was a great man. i worked with him when i graduated the police academy. he was a great sergeant. he was always there to lead us and guide us and he's a great man. laura: how is his family doing tonight? any word? i know their heartbreak, but any word? >> they are still deal ing with it. as tough as you can imagine it is. laura: tell us about what happens in the bar. a former marine combat officer goes in there. really fun college night great hang out for some of the pepperdime students and others. it just turned into a blood bath. >> we know that the sergeant -- we received phone calls at about 11: 19 last night. the s

i wanted to read a quote from commissioner hillis.at the january 25th hearing, he said that people need to come to the community and they rely on the community to negotiate with developers and come with projects that they think work, have higher levels of affordability and have ground-floor space that is not a gentrifying factor. we make these kinds of agreements all the time and we work with a lot of great developers that work with us to make better projects. and i would have to say that we know that the history of rubicon point partners is to convert industrial space into creative office space to gentrify spaces. that is one of the reasons that we are asking that if something happens to the fitzgerald family , they don't come back and they can't meet the terms of their lease, that we have a community agreement as a backup to make sure that that space does not get gentrified. we are not asking anymore. we are asking just to meet the terms of that agreement. as for the affordable unit, just to bring it to an affordable rate of 120% a.

thousands of people gathered all around the route of a hearse for sheriff sergeant ron hillis. he had been shot multiple times at the borderline bar after deciding to go in an attempt to save others lives. spring in buck sexton, buck and tyler, welcome to you both tonight. i wish it was under better circumstances. i saw your face as the piece was playing out and this is incredibly emotional and raw for you i know you're talking about seeing heroes last night, what can you tell us? hearing it again, the shots are a little bit rattling. it's surreal, i can't believe i'm even doing this right now. >> shannon: when you talked about being there in seeing the, trying to get away to help others. i noticed that you tweeted, you said you saw heroes there. you quoted from the book of john, greater love has no in this to lay down life for level friends. >> there were a lot of heroes there that were not with us anymore and a lot of people that -- even though there was a gunmen 20 feet away from them that were breaking with them, it's a family over there. it was incredible what a lot of peo

(roll call) >> that motion passions 5-1 with commissioner hillis against. >> i close the public hearing and continue i variance to november 29th. >> all right. thank you. next item. >> commissioners that places you on items 15a and 15b. wait one moment. >> mr. may. >> good evening, commissioners. >> i will read off-the-record. >> item 15a and b. at 650 divisadero rear yard modification. >> you have before you a request for condition use to demolish the existing one story building containing the retrofitting business and 65-foot tall. >> can we have people leave quietly. go ahead. thank you. >> a 65-foot tall 6 story mixed used knowledge with 66 ground units. within the transit district and the bulk district. because the project proposes new construction o on over 10,000 conveyor feet. it is seeking a bulk exception on the fifth and sixth floors and rear yard modification. the existing auto repair building was constructed in 1922 in the mediterranean revival style. while the subject building is a early example of public garages built before world war ii which is the second most important

undeterred and wanted to talk to mcghan about this and wanted to figure out how he could put pressure on hilly and comey and use the justice department to do that. it's a remarkable thing or any president to do but especially one who's been looked another for obstruction of justice, especially one where all his aides are going in to bheet bob mueller about why he did what he did in twechbts, why he tried to fire the attorney general, why he was trying to put a loyalist in front of the russia investigation. when trump came to washington he was not going to change who he was. he was knots going to adapt to the sensibilities of washington, and this is sort of a product of it. >> mcgahn says no, rebuffs the president. the president obviously still seething. who is there to do the rebuffing now? >> it's sort of a point that we make in the story. he has an acting attorney general who's clearly a loyalist to him, someone that folks at the on of the justice department says doesn't deserve to be the attorney general, someone who wouldn't be confirmed but someone that the president feels comfortable wit

anything about -- >> -- sergeant hillis was on the force for 29 years.was looking to retire in the next year or. so he was a moore park resident and is survived by his wife and his son. >> what is his name? >> ron helus. >> the question is thousand oaks a safe community? it's a horrible. part of the horrors happening everywhere. hard to put any lock lo jik or sense to the senseless. >> did he take his own life or was it through a shootout with the officers. >> when the officer made entry, the suspect was already deceased. >> there were 11 victims. i will not count the suspect as a victim. the suspect and then sergeant helus. >> so 11 victims? >> 11 victims, the suspect, 12, and sergeant helus makes 13. [inaudible] n >> no, we have not. we have not found any type of assault rifle inside the location. the only weapon we have found that we believe was used was a handgun. but, it's still early on and we haven't gone through the scene in detail yet. >> do you believe the gunman died at his own hands? >> it would appear that way, but it is certainly well too e

now it's burning slower, and following the contours of the landscape in that hilly terrain. there are thousands of firefighters not just from california but neighboring states. >> not too long ago, there was the car fire here. we were up here in the wine country fires. these kinds of fires don't just wear you out physically. they wear you out mentally and physically just because you are trying to do so much, for such a compressed amount of time. the people that are the most inspired seem like they have so much to give afterwards. as a first responder, they say, why do you come out to these things? it's because i see the best in people. >> reporter: back out live, this is another look at the private meeting that cal fire is having before they give us an update. we do know, as you guys have already mentioned, they have been actively doing search and rescue, as well as looking for remains of people unable to get out. we do know that the last update from the sheriff's department in butte county, was that they were going to bring up cadaver dogs as well as rapid results dna testi

. >> sergeant hillis was on the force for 29 years with, was lo to retire in the next year or so and and survived by his wife and his son. ron helus, h-e-l-u-s. [ inaudible question ]. >> the question is what do i make of this. i make that it's a horrific incident. it's part of the horrors happening in our country and everywhere. and i think it's impossible to put any logic or sense to the senseless. >> how did the suspect die? >> when the officers made entry, the suspect was already deceased. there are 11 victims. i will not count the suspect as a victim. the suspect and then sergeant helus. >> so 11 victims. >> 11 victims, the suspect. >> all right. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." we've got live coverage of the breaking news out of california and, of course, all the of the day. we want to continue the coverage of the mass shooting at a popular college town bar in the town of thousand oaks, california. alex witt has been covering the story all morning long along with ayman. what do you have? >> it appears we have 11 people at least having been killed. the ventura county sher

but now it's burning slower, and following the contours of the landscape in that hilly terrain. that is something that has become more challenging as well as the visibility because cal fire can't fly right now. here at the command post in chico, there are maps sprawled across a trailer. we ran into one man who says his mother's home burned down in paradise and he has been coming daily to check on the progress because he lives in magalia and wants to see where the fire is heading. >> my house at this point looks like it's going to be okay. so, i am one of those few lucky ones. we consider ourselves extremely fortunate. and to be honest, we never thought that there would be a fire in paradise like this, ever. >> reporter: and, as we also heard cal fire mention, they are doing active search and rescues. that's on the sheriff's department's end. at last check we heard from them, they are bringing in cadaver dogs and rapid result dna testing to speed up the identification of people as they go through the massive amounts of rubble and try to identify more remains. and at this point, w

to be the acting attorney general today.e the stion inside justice for some people and on capitol hilli for democrat whether he's too close to the white house asn this investigaby the special counsel edges closer to the trump campaign, and as other investigations and u.s. attorneys offices may be look intogths trump organization itself. >> woodruff: john carlin what, does this all saybout the independence of the justice department, the independence of the attorney general, from the whit house? >> and i think that's what's critical. there have been close relationshipsetween the attorneys general and the white house before, but at the end of the day, we need teo hav confidence that the integrity of our-- particularly ourriminal investigations-- who's targeted, what type of evidence is collected, how it's colleed-- is not directed for political purposes. that is truwith the mueller investigation, and i think in terms of the prior comments of mr. whitaker, they need to be examined, and then the's a process within the justice department with consultation with the ethics off sicials toee whet

sergeant was struck multiple times with gunfire the local county sheriff had to announce his friend ron hillis was did. a sergeant passed away at the hospital. about an hour. by the time a police swat team went inside the gunman's rampage was over he was dazed and faced again he says and now trying to work out why he opened fire on college students and joining a night out the group that i was hiding out with you know there were strangers holding my hands that you're going to be ok you know that's why those. but i take away from this is that it even though there's a lot of that in this world there's also a lot of good for them and it comes almost two weeks after another mass shooting eleven people killed at a synagogue in pittsburgh pennsylvania or i asked to watch over the families. of the fall of the thousand dogs community now joining dozens of others who've come face to face with gun violence in the united states. it's a horrific incident it's part of the horrors of our happening and in our country and everywhere and i think it's impossible to put any logic or any sense to the senseless wit

outside the bar, sergeant ron hillis was on the phone to his wife.d her he loved her, and ran into the building. he was shot immediately. you know, it is very, very sad. he was out there fighting for us and for the public, and for the people, the community to try and protect them. and unfortunately, we lost somebody. speaking to people here, you get a sense of shock and despair. but what's really striking is the absence of surprise. america has come to expect mass shootings. the gunman was a local man, ian david long, a 28—year—old former marine. he'd had run—ins with the police before, and they had concerns about his mental health. but although his handgun‘s extended magazine was illegal in california, he had bought the weapon itself lawfully. sheriff, why do you think this keeps happening in the united states of america? i don't know, if i knew the answer to that, i would do something to stop it. this city is ranked as one of the safest communities in the nation, but no corner of this country is immune from the american plague of gun violence. jame

the officer says the waldo grade is hilly, wine di and can be slippery for days after it rains. >> in this location we typically wet roads for even a couple days after the rain stopped just because we're surrounded by hills. >> officers believe the wet roadway could have played a part, the official cause remains under investigation. >> it initially closed three lanes of traffic but the scene was clear by 12:30 this afternoon. the name of the victim has not been released. >>> the coast guard continues to investigate what went wrong when a golden gate ferry boat crashed into the dock on friday. crews have been repairing the damaged docks and guardrails since the incident happened friday afternoon. they're temporarily replacing the guardrail with a chain link fence. they are investigating including talking to the five member crew on board the ferry when it slammed into the docks. people we talked to say they are amazed at the damage. >> it's high up, the scratches and the big bite. it must have come down hard on the dock. >> the ferry is now in dry dock where investigators will inspect t

going town the gently dipping stretch of hill, hilly area, just south of hernando and there's a few reportersn cars around him. a few law enforcement officials, a few marching companningians, and a white man emerges from a gully. yells james meredith, i only want james meredith. and people start to scatter in different directions. he shoots, bang shoots him a second time, shoots him a third time. a meredith is sprawling on highway 51, covered in blood. >> i'm hit mountain leg and in the head. >> meredith is very seriously wounded. an ambulance takes him the memphis, he dies as a result of these gunshots, which helps to create more of a media frenzy. what that ends up leaving to is all the major civil rights organizes desending upon had memphis determining to carry on his march. they say if he gets shot we have to follow-up and prove we're not going to succumb to this intimidation. that means whitney young, martin luther king, stokely car michael, are all coming to memphis and activists from around the country and press from around the country, and with them are people that want to participate

. >> i mean, we recentl put a place for hilly to colll. it was a sable. crew? can baby crew come w over? >> it to hold him. my hands are clean. i just cleaned them. this new sweet boy. >> oh, the little baby! >> hes out cold. precious cargo. it looks like you ladies know ur way around these little gu guys. >> he is a gift. we were talking the other day saying how he has d slownn time. how do you say that? whatever. he has just been agift. >> isn't there something so magical like the baby on you?his it feels so good. and you talked about how much you love this little one. >> yes. >> and how you love your expanded family. do you ever imagine it getting a little bit bigger? >> chip said you were going to have six. he wants a city. >> what do youhink? >> i love being pregnant. i love giving birth. we don't wanto -- >> i feel like that's like a ride you want to ride again and again and again anderecause it's so beautiful. >> you hit it on the head. it's a ride i want to -- wout did say? >> no. i was talking about pregnancy, just to be clear, chip. >> got it. >

40 a.m., and we have clear skies overhead, we have a red flag warning for much of our foothills and hillycross the bay, we'll be looking at winds in these exposed areas, gusting as high as 45 miles per hour, as we push into the afternoon. temperatures will be mild this morning as they were yesterday. seeing 30s and 40s and 50s to kick things off. san francisco sitting just below 60 degrees, vallejo and fairfield and brentwood below the 60-degree mark. >>> highway 101, we have heavy traffic between san francisco and the peninsula, i talked about this crash, southbound 101, it's wrapping up. no traffic alert issue, crews hope to have it out of the way shortly. the crash is being cleared from this three right lanes. you're backed up through san francisco and back to the 80 split, it's backing up to the southbound central. northbound we have on lookers, and this is stretching to san francisco and up to cesar chavez. and oakland to san francisco, backed up through the maze, this is normal, under 20 men's for the average in and to the richmond san rafael bridge bring a longer line leading up to

are going to be in a self-imposed period of self-reflex hself-ref because what we'll have on the hillismocrats will try to work with recognizes on areas like health care and infrastructure. i hope i'm wrong. instead what will happen there will be a spotlight on the strong contrast between what's happening at the state level between republican run states and democratic run states. we already saw some of that with ballot initiatives like in michigan where they are changing the way they do redistricting. we'll see legislation moving to increase access to health care. we'll see legislation on gun control. there will be this stark contrast. we'll roll into 2020 and see if what happened in 2018, indeed, is indicative of where we're headed in 2020. >> mike barnacle, you look at the 2018 numbers, though. and they confirm what we've always said. didn't expect it to happen this year. but every mid-term election we always say the voters are going to be older, they are going to be whiter, and more conservative. and this data that we just put up, i mean my gosh, again, young voters didn't come out.