>> i think that it is unanimous, commissioner hur? you did too good of a job last year, or the previous year, i should say. thank you. >> we will look forward. and now, for vice chair, and any nominations for vice chair. current vice chair? has done a great job and commissioner renne? >> thank you. >> so, do i hear any nominations for vice chair? >> i nominate commissioner keane. >> all right, you look like you are thinking about it. >> thank you. >> i was just about to nominate commissioner renne. >> i would like to point out that commissioner renne is eligible serve another term. >> i am flat tered but i think that i would like to get my feet a little more wet before i move up the chain. but thank you very much. i'm flattered and honored that you would consider me for it, but i am going to decline and i would like to nominate commissioner renne to be reappointed as chair. >> vice chair. >> excuse me. >> no objections? >> no objections. >> all right, any other nominations? >> all right. any discussion about commissioner renne as vice

i believe that the commissioner hur, that you want to say something? >> yes. before we begin this agenda item i would like to move to recuse myself because one of my law partners represented mr. haki and so i don't think that i should be involved in that. >> i move. >> and i second that. >> discussion, commissioners? >> any public comment on commissioner hur's request to be recused from this discussion? >> hearing none. i will ask for the vote. all in favor of allowing commissioner hur to be recould youseded from this discussion say aye. >> aye. >> it is unanimous and we will allow you to be recused. >> thank you. >> thank you, madam chair. >> so, essentially, mr. st. croix and perhaps our representative from the city attorney's office, do you want to explain what we will be looking at? >> so, and i am going to defer to the city attorney in a moment. this is again, like last month sort of a unique situation it is not a process that we have gone through before. but this is not the same as last month. so, it will be necessary to go into closed session. the city

derek hur for all that he did and continues to do to raise the ethical level of city government. what dr. kurr endured sends a large and clear message for the employees of the city, don't report wrong doing and don't trust the whistle blower program and don't trust the people that you work for who are doing the illegal actions that you are trying to report. follow the example of this ethics commission and just look the other way. the ethics commission handles of this matter at best was incompetent, my personal opinion it was nothing less than the collusion with other city entities to cover up wrong doing and illegalties. the final out come, not one city employee was held accountable. they took retribution against dr. kurr and fired dr. kurr and did not give him three quarters of a million dollars because he was treated well. the only losers in this whole evolution were the citizens of san francisco, who ended up paying $750,000 in a lawsuit, and god only knows how much in legal fees to bring this matter to a conclusion. my question to you is, if this is the way you chose to handl

. >> commissioner hur? >> here. >> commissioner keen, n >> here. >> are there matters that we are going to be discussing or do not appear on the agenda at this time? >> good evening commissioners my name is dr. derek kur a whistle blower, please note bill 496 that took effect this month has expanded protections for whistle blowers and it prohibits anticipation retaliation, whereby the employers retaliate because they believe that an employee may disclose information to authorities. it reminds us that retaliation sometimes proceeds the actual whiesle blowing, the employee finds information, collects it, and then gets a layoff before they can file the complaint. i would also like to acknowledge your unprecedented finding of a conflict of interest by a city official, even though she happens to be a good person. previously, such complaints were routinely dismissed and complainants were thrown under the bus, it took you over two years to adjudicate our complaint former health director dr. mitch cats, for two yea

hur? >> could i just for purposes of my own understanding, did the staff believe that it was that there was an absence of an intent to deceive here? >> yes? >> yes. >> and did the staff believe that this was inad inadvertent, specifically look the at c. >> yes. >> had the staff determined that it was deliberate? what do you think the range of penalty recommendations would have been? >> much higher. i don't know. i can't give you an amount. >> okay. >> mr. st. croix, i had asked you this at one time, but if you could refresh my memory, does this commission have the authority to recommend that a person be in a case like this be removed from their position? >> that is not one of ours. >> there is nothing spelled out in the statute or in the charter, that gives us the authority over that kind of thing for this level. i am not being an elected official or a board member or a department head. it is beyond the scope of ours. ultimately, if the commission determines that they want to communicate t

i think that we, and at some point in the future, picking up on what commissioner hur said, we should change our procedures we should talk about it and analyze it with the members of the public, and in addition to that, get some sort of report from the staff about how this, how this out come came about, what were the negotiation? s what was, what were the investigations? to give some sort of background, the kind of thing that a judge would want in regard to see that there was a substantial basis for accepting a stimulation or accepting a resolution of a case. >> i just think to do it in this, to have a procedure whereby, something like this can just not be discussed, and we voted, we have accepted it, and the public never hears us talk about it, it is not a good idea. and it feeds into the stuff that i have been hearing now, and i am a new member and this is my third meeting and it is easy to say i know because i have not been around like the rest of you have and i mean no disrespect to anyone here in regard to the sincerety to which you all do your jobs, but here, if nothing else, th

. >> commissioner hur, you will rejoin us. >> thank you. >> so, did we just announce? >> yeah. >> yeah, so the commission has announced that it has adopted both settlement agreements. that discussed in the agenda in the attachments. >> very good. >> madam chair, may i say one thing? >> certainly. >> we've never been in so much focus worldwide and will not be this this is a the moment in time when a story going and make a wish is a program that fulfills wishes for children we operate in every cities there are 62 chapters. our chapter was formed in 8984 we fulfilled 24 wishes. our chapter covers from movntd ray 17 communities and we expect to fully 3 hundred and 50 wishes this year. we send verizon's it out to the wish families and interviews the wish child and if you do their heartfelt wish then go to work to make it happen. dismissals is a 5-year-old boy who was diagnosing diagnosed with life without parole when he was 20 months old he's 5 hose now in remission he had his port removed hose monopoly on the chemotherapy. this particular wish the parents wanted to wait un

. >> commissioner hur? >> here. >> commissioner keane? here. >> commissioner andrews? >> here. >> everyone is present and accounted for, thank you. >> the first order of business will be the public comment on any matters appearing before our commission today, whether they are on the

decades ago charlton heston led the way with "the ten commandments" and "ben-hur." >> i grew up in ireland was raised on all those old bible movies. we would sit there on rainy sunday afternoons on the couch lined up. you know, i believe i couldn't consider thinking about moses and in some way remember charlton heston. >> they're hoping "son of god" will be that for a new generation of moviegoers. >> we're aware that many people learn through visual storytelling, and for many people, people who don't go to church, people who maybe have never read the bible. this movie, "son of god," will be the first time that they hear and see the story of jesus come to life. >> reporter: in the movie downey plays what's really the female lead, the virgin mary. >> my son. >> as a believer what did you learn from becoming her? for the screen. >> it was profoundly moving. to step into the role. because we know mary was the mother of the son of god, but she was also the mother of a son. she knew that he was born to be extraordinary. >> but she must not have known that he would die in quite that way. >> absol

strange if nothing else and so here, i'm not troubled by the penalty, as is my colleague commissioner hur, i mean, the fine, and the 5,000, and to me that is, negligible compared with the findings of guilt official misconduct and disgrace, we are saying that you did a lot of bad things here, ma'am. and i don't know how you, and we had members of the public saying that she is just going to tap dance away from this, and nothing is going to come as a result of it. there is no way, after we make findings like this in conjunction with the fppc, that, a governmental agency, is just going to say, well, we could get a problem, but it is over. >> we will go back to work and by the way you are due for a raise. that not going to happen and if that does happen, i would be the first one to complaint about it. and so in that regard, here, i see we as an agency, our staff has done a good job and in terms of it, i would defer to their findings related to things like credibility, and whether or not they are saw intent and deliberations and stuff like that, they were there, and they interviewed the witness

. >> commissioner hur? >> here. >> commissioner keen, n >> here. >> are there matters that we are going to be discussing or do not appear on the agenda at this time? >> good evening commissioners my name is dr. derek kur a whistle blower, please note bill 496 that took effect this month has expanded protections for whistle blowers

snowboarder jamie anderson said the app was so distracting she had to delete her account to keep hurn the prize and not clear if she is back on the wagon and now she is done with her competition, maybe she is back on tender but you know what? i will find out if she is back on tender or not and have our investigative team on it. >>> jimmy kimmel has a few suggestions could take the stigma away from the luge event. >> some of the olympic lugers don't appreciate their sport depicted as gay even though it is. maybe luging would seem less if they tried some other positions. and we have this suggestion. face-to-face or we call this one the hood ornament. here we have the snow loaded. this is the -- this one is known as the surf and turf. and finally this one is called the freestyle. there is no freestyle in luge but you get the picture. >> thomas, what did you think about those? >> best i say nothing. >> i like the surf one. >> still ahead on "way too early," how do you pass away the time during a winter storm? "morning joe" moments away. dance people, dance! ♪ ♪ where you think you're gon

no one was hur. >> the united nations is calling op warring parties to stick to a ceasefire. workers came upped shelling and gun shire. both sides blamed each other. >> tear gas and water can jobs were fired in turkey after laws to block internet pages. >> those are the headlines. "america tonight" is next on al jazeera america. >> good evening. you're watching moot "america tonight." the weekend edition. it's a series of dotted linings, the extension to the keystone pipeline is something of a line in the sand. it would ease the flow of waters

. >> and little guy gets hur. the country -- we have -- like in this country. the right guy gets to the top we don't have that now. right now a corporate leaders are not the right guy. they're the right guy for the fraternity house. neil: i can't get that particular exchange with carl icahn out of my head. he was talking about corporate accountability and the wrong guy for the wrongreason doing the wrong things. i thought to myself he might as well have been talking about washington. a lot of wrong guys are doing a l of wrong things. pretty much all the time. both parties. we have congress another fight on spending and signing up on the new debt ceiling. can e blame our kids for a pass on responsibility? and so much easier to point it when our youngsest can point to all the adults fingers. a president to blame the health care rollout on a news number. republicans to blame democrats are spending excesses then sign to a trillion dollar farm bill. a former speaker who said the health care law isn't -- it is liberating them from their jobs. i would love to see anyo

he'll be on talking about his new project that i think he's doing an orchestral sound track to "ben hur joking. >> is he on for the whole hour? >> that's me when i was skinnier. >> that's like photoshopped in half. >> thank you, kimberly. >> the one more thing that i waived yesterday when we had alex trebek on, a "washington post" correction. one of the best thing to read is a correction. let me tell you about the capture of a mexican drug lord el chapo. in the "washington post" this correction ran. an earlier version of this story erroneously said that joaquin guzman was found in bed with his secretary. he was found with his wife, and this version has been corrected. i guess it's kind of hard to fact check those things, but that's maybe the best correction ever. >> more coverage that be the arrest. >> sorry, we didn't mean to say in a. >> he'll be out. he's got $1 billion. he's not staying in any mexican jail. he goes to a u.s. one more. one more thing, super cute. put it up. love pope francis and look at the little mini me that came up to him dressed for carnival. here was the big mom

. >> and little guy gets hur. the country -- we have -- like in this country. right guy gets to the top we don't have that now. right now a corporate leaders are not the right guy. they're the right guy for the fraternity house. neil: i can't get that particular exchange with carl icahn out of my head. he was talking about corporate accountability and the wrong guy for the wrongreason doing the wrong things. i thought to m

competing in the shell eco marathon held in texas a race not about speed but endurance oochl we have an hurps as we can. and we have set amount of fuel. >> 5.8 on the nose. >> organizers shot this video, speeding up to 25, 30 miles per hour then cutting off the engine to coast as long as possible. before firing up again. >> it's a heart that beats insiefd a weightless body. the construction used on the yacht that won the america's cup. >> very rigid. >> in a competition you can imagine we're not dealing with a luxury vehicle. for the driver that hour is likely to be excruciatingly uncomfortable. >> sitting here being like this in fetal position for about an hour. you know? and controlz going to be here >> what looks like a tiny wheel. >> moving around for speed. >> will spend days learning from their mistakes. >> a different kind of learning than in the classroom. >> there is testing involved and everything can't go as perfectly as you can find in a book. >> but ready or not, the race begins on april 25th. >> good luck to them, hope it works >> just ahead a countdown to academy awards. >> r

. >> you go back to old hollywood and you look at the ten commandments or ben hur they were uj massive blockbusters. hollywood goes to the lowest common denominator now we have the mini series this move sees about to break and now this movie. news week, their biggest selling issues is when they put jesus on the cover around christmastime. there is a message isn't there? >> there is a message and a big thirst for the bible and thirst for jesus. the message is let's make more about god and about the bible. who wouldn't want to be with god every day? who wouldn't want to know jesus? we believe that thoroughly. the ratings show that. in canada it is hockey. >> in canada it is almost a religion. a separate religion. >> what migade you want to do ts proje project. you are known for "touched by an angel." why this? >> it came in as a whisper in our hearts and the importance to do it m we sat down together over a cup of tea and mark said you want to do what, the whole bible? i said yes, i think that's what we should do and we shook hands on it and decided we would never look back. when we orig

competing in the shell eco marathon held in texas a race not about speed but endurance oochl we have an hur>> 5.8 on the nose. >> organizers shot this video, speeding up to 25, 30 miles per hour then cutting off the engine to coast as long as possible. before firing up again. >> it's a heart that beats insiefd a weightless body. the construction used on the yacht that won the america's cup. >> very rigid. >> in a competition you can imagine we're not dealing with a luxury vehicle. for the driver that hour is likely to be excruciatingly uncomfortable. >> sitting here being like this in fetal position for about an hour. you know? and controlz going to be here >> what looks like a tiny wheel. >> moving around for speed. >> will spend days learning from their mistakes. >> a different kind of learning than in the classroom. >> there is testing involved and everything can't go as perfectly as you can find in a book. >> but ready or not, the race begins on april 25th. >> good luck to them, hope it works >> just ahead a countdown to academy awards. >> rare insight into the best [ male announcer ] f

several people were hur. >> chinese bloggers urged the secretary of state to help fight internet censorship, the great fire wall of china. john kerry met the bloggers and he's discusses climate change. the two countries are pledging to work together. >> china and the united states will put an extra effort into changing information and are discussing policies that will help both of us to be able to develop and lead on the standard that need to be announced next year for the global claping agreement. >> secretary of state john kerry's speech will be on the heels of president obama's climate action plan. we have seen extreme weather. but one season does not tell the whole story. >> president obama took the opportunity to push his climate change agenda while addressing the drought in california, saying he would ask congress for $1 billion to research climate change and impact. the worst change in california's modern history is an example the extreme weather. the eastern sea board has been slammed. months of rain caused flooding and landslides. heavy rain, severe wind and flooding are battering

. >> hur. important for people to pay attention to warning signs and be very careful. susan matthews, thank you so much lake county emergency management in colorado. even though at least those two skiers did have those beacons, they did seem to be prepared. there was nothing they could do up against that avalanche which occurred. thanks so much for your time, susan. >>> straight ahead. jimmy fallon, taking over one of the most legendary shows in television. following in the footsteps of johnny carson and jay leno. getting their start on "saturday night live." we'll ask an snl vet if fallon is ready for that spotlight. olive garden's best 2 for $25 yet is ending soon! choose two melt-in-your mouth entrees, like new parmesan crusted chicken, 3 courses, 2 people, just $25 at olive garden! also enjoy weekday signature favorites, four classic pastas, now just $10! [ blows whistle ] then spend your time chasing your point "b"... ...the war of 1812. [ bell rings ] you get to point "b", and sometimes t

>> you know, you go back to old hollywood and look at classics like "the ten commandments," or ben hurey were huge massive blockbusters. seems hollywood wants to go to the lowest common denominator, there is a message here, isn't there? >> there is a message here and clearly there is a big thirst for the bible. big thirst for jesus. and the message is let's make more about god and about the bible. who wouldn't want to be with god every day? who wouldn't want to know jesus? we believe that thoroughly. and i think the ratings show that. i mean, 100 million people -- you know the canada, the bible series beat hockey? >> in canada? it is almost a separate religion. good point. what made you want to do this project? obviously, you're well known for "touched by an angel." you're well known for a lot of series on television. and you put everything behind this, why? >> it came in as a whisper in our hearts, you know? which is -- felt the importance to do it. and we sat down together over a cup of tea. and mark said you want to do what? the whole bible? and i said yes, i think that is what we s

neil: did they hur them?f they hurt them b the fact they were whipping them -- neil: inexcusable. >> look at think, inexcusable. >> this i putin. this is russia under putin and -- neil: i'm telling you, i bet that came with his blessing. >> strangely after0 years of communism i think he still does have majority support. i do believe he rigs elections. but i believe, even i there was a fair election he would probably win, because the russians -- neil: it is what it is. what if putin sets his guns on us? you better make sure you have your whole will sorted out. apparently a lot of folks have. you wouldn't believe what th're doing. more and more, are leaving it all to their pets. yep, fido gets all t dough. one person, including i like my pets more than most people. why shouldn't i make provisions for them? okay. another, neil, it is something, a responsible pet owner does. dave, are you leaving it all? >> you know, i do have a wonderful dog'm totally in love with, a little habinese called luna. neil: he, she? >

ben hur huge success in the u.s.a. outside of mel gibson the passion haven't been too many.this week when the film "son of god" is released. >> our father in heaven feeds the birds of the air. how much more will he give to you. [gasps] >> put god first and everything else will follow. you hunger for righteousness, you will be filled. >> with us now the man who produced that film mark burnett. i have a book "killing jesus" we have a film that will be out easter season next year. my book is just history. jesus being caught up in tremendous power struggle between the romans and people in judeo. you and your wife row that downing roma downing say to the movie goer is he god. >> absolutely. our movie starts at revelation john old man looking back. first words we will hear on the movie screens friday when it comes out in the beginning was the word. the word was with god and the word was god. and we know that the word was gee, you can transpose that and say jesus is god. >> why are you doing that? you can do it another way. you could do it another way. can you say look, but you are

i would have picked hur. i joked about the local iphone thi thing.as a wonderful film called short term 12 which was about this care facility for teenagers who were orphans essentially. absolutely blew my mind. made me cry like a baby frankly. those kind of movies often don't get nominated. >> what was the name? >> short term 12. >> a little early starting to think about next year, but i saw the lego movie and i frickin' loved it. so good. >> who sees animated movies? >> i do with my children. actually, i loved despicable me. i know frozen will win. anyway, thank you very much. >>> ellen degeneres is back again this sunday which i am psyched about. but who was your favorite? nancy says billy crystal. i think he will help shouellen too. let us know what you think about all the results. the stars could have a soggy walk on the red carpet. we will get a check of the wild weather in store this weekend next. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea.

and when it was all over, it says, hattaway and hur wits insist she couldn't make the case for obamadgement of her own candidacy and at the heart of the matter was a question that plagued the question from the earliest days. how should hillary handle being the first viable female candidate for president? >> i worked with a number of women candidates for both legislative and executive office and it's always a quan dri. women are in a bind when they are running to be in executive positions and we see it in business as well as politics. what i've learned through that, of course when you're running to be president of the united states, you're running to be the president of all americans and people are going to be inspired by hillary clinton if she chooses to take that path. and i think for her it would be a matter of talking about the way she creates opportunity for everybody in america and that i think she believes a lot of people in women's movement see a lot of issues we're dealing with not women's issues or men's issues when it comes to minimum wage. a lot of people of minimum wage a