it is an honor and a pleasure to be here with you today, and to welcome janine nicholson and her familys we make history. [cheers and applause] >> i am san francisco's elected a fifth -- professor -- official , carmen choo, and i like to take a motion to welcome all of you. elected colleagues, members of the community, commission members, members of the san francisco fire department, and especially our chief that just retired, chief joanne hayes-white. [cheers and applause] i was humbled and honored when chief nicholson asked me to serve as her mistress of ceremonies for this occasion. as some of you may know, my husband is a proud lieutenant of the san francisco fire department, and members of the san francisco fire department have become an important part of my own extended family. today, i could not be any more proud to stand beside chief nicholson as we celebrate the swearing in of our 26 chief of the san francisco fire department. [applause] >> to know janine, or nine as she is affectionately known, it is her hard work and her ethic. her rise is a testament to the love of her famil

brito, everybody. [ cheers and applause janine guys, you all watched.s - the last "game of thrones"as this sunday. and sadly now it's all time for us to move on from that fantastic show but before we can fully move on, i'd been lucky enough over the course of the show a few times to sit down and watch the show, watch episodes for the first time with leslie jones from "saturday night live." d weided to do it one last time for the finale. so, here it is the final "game of jones." >> seth: well i don't need to tell you that the final "game of thrones" aired on sunday night but there is oneast chapter yet to be written. here it is the final "game of jones." >> du-du-du doh! ♪ >> seth: are you ready for thi leslie >> i'm ready, baby >> seth: thank you for taking this ride with me. i feel right now like the end of "thelma and louise."'r wein the car together.he we're in tonvertible we're about to go off the cliff. >> i'm not going off the cliff that's some white -- crazy white woman stuff. [ light laughter ] >> seth: you're gonna roll out at the last minute >

san francisco, janine nicholson is now the city's fire chief in the first openly lgbt person to hold the position. she's a 25-year veteran of the department and the city's second female fire chief, preceding joanne hayes white who retired after 30 years on the job. >> we work and a one-of-a-kind city of densely constructed wooden buildings on hillsides. we fight fires in our own way and do a darned good job of it. [ cheers and applause ] >> nicholson is also a breast cancer survivor and has since become an advocate for efforts to prevent cancer among firefighters. >>> 4:24 in california's getting ready for a tough wildfire season. cal fire and state emergency of wildfire preparedness week. right now, the status focusing on improving forest management and clearing vegetation. they want you to prepare for an evacuation plan to create defensible spaces around your home. >> part of the responsibility is not just government, it's an individual responsibility. it's important to learn about threats in your area and what kind of fire zone you live in. >> in the east bay hills, creating a fir

. >>> kate larson sat down with chief janine nicholson to discuss how she plans to help build a better area. >> so my friends call me mine. >> reporter: but you may known her as chief janine nicholson who was sworn in as san francisco's top new firefighter. now that she's had two whole days on the job i sat down with the chief to discuss her priorities. >> number one the homelessness and opioid crisis. >> reporter: chief nicholson says drug related medical calls have gone way up over the past five years. so she hopes to hire more paramedics but also work with services in san francisco to reduce medical emergencies. >> we do fire prevention. why don't we do ems prevention, so we can get ahead of the problem? >> reporter: we've all been warned about the next big earthquake. they hope to ramp up their emergency response program. >> to get more people in the city trained to take care of themselves and their families. >> reporter: chief nicholson was 20 years old when she started. she was out then and out now first gay chief of the fired. >> the fire department is currently my significant o

. >>> janine nicholson was sworn in this morning at city hall. >> more on what the chief faces as sheartment. >> reporter: there are several san francisco fire trucks parked here behind me, behind san francisco city hall. and inside the rotunda this morning, there were dozens of san francisco firefighters. not just from the city but from across the bay area here for the swearing-in ceremony. >> ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome janine, janine nicholson. >> reporter: she's been with the san francisco fire department for 25 years and has risen up through the ranks. she is the second woman to lead the fire department, and the first lgbt leader of the san francisco fire department. >> he has been a paramedic, she has been a firefighter, she has been a lieutenant, a captain, a battalion chief, and now deputy chief of the department. working in some capacity from suppression to administration, she knows the fabric of this organization. >> we fight fires in our own way and do a darn good job of it. we is the second-most dense city population in the country, second only to new york. that br

i janine nicholson, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation -- [laughter]. >> or purpose of evasion, and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter, and during such time as i hold the office of fire chief of the city and county of san francisco. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> please sit down. [cheering] [cheers and applause] >> good morning, san francisco! [cheers and applause] >> it is an honor and a privilege to be here before you today. welcome and a big thank you to all of our local, state and other dignitaries. i'm very appreciative of your presence here today. mayor london breed, former mayor willie brown, former mayor art agnes, hi, melia. all right. former fire chief, former f

and just to update you janine is now taking care of children who have lost their parents teach. the way forward is picking up on something that was mentioned earlier by the coal miner here on twitter says dialogue and trust building it's necessary communities need to be our spokespeople they should be made to advocate for the ebola virus disease vaccinations and address the violent hysteria of certain factions involved faith based groups they confront the negotiations this madness has to stop dr anne marie what do you make of men as common. i think it's cracked but i think that's exactly what all of the actors that are currently involved in the operator are trying hard to do right now and that is to make those relationships with faith based organizations with civil society groups with different. places of the population within the communities women. taxi drivers all of the different groups that one could imagine to get the opinion of. the community as to what the next step should be what their fears are what their disbeliefs are what rumors are circulating how to address those r

host: janine in kentucky, good morning. concerneds, i am about the tsa and the new generation of identification that is being used on our driver's license, and that has been mandated by the state of kentucky last year. if you go to get a drivers license, you get a choice of a real id which gives you a gold star. once you put that gold star on that driver's license that the new generation identification with the facial recognition, that will be used for a multitude of other issues. also i believe it is not reliable and is not valid. it stinks. it takes away our constitutional rights and our common law, biometrics does. it violates our due process, fourth amendment, of assembly. arees rights, which we sovereign states. the federal government is controlling our life over and over and over, and it has got to stop. this basically came from the idl id, from the 2005 real resolution, and they are already doing this throughout the entire world. and amazon, we have become their commodity, and for this to be based on white men only,

i also want to introduce your new fire chief, janine nicholson he was behind me here. [applause] incredible leadership in this department that i am very proud of. with that, speaking of leadership, the person -- department that really spearheaded this project, which consisted of so many city employees in different departments that make this project definitely -- i don't mind a delay in a project, but i definitely want to make sure a project is within its budget, and she made sure that that took place. ladies and gentlemen, the city administrator, naomi kelly. [applause] >> good morning. thank you mayor breed. thank you to everyone here. this happened here today because of the great collaborative work we have working with each other. we understand the importance that there is a 72% chance of a six-point seven earthquake in the next 30 years that will happen here in san francisco. so our first responders need to be in a seismically safe, functional building, because the faster they can respond to emergencies, the faster that we can reduce death, injuries, and property lo

janine nicholson was sworn in this morning at city hall. >> ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome janine nicholson. >> reporter: jeanine nicholson is sworn to her friends and family as "neen." she has been with the department for 25 years and has risen up through the ranks. she is the city's second woman leader of the fire department, and the first lgbt leader of the fire department. >> she has been a pair med ib, a firefighter, a lieutenant, a captain, a battalion chief, and now deputy chief of the department. working in so many capacities from suppression to administration. >> we fight fires in our own way and do a darn good job of it. we have the second-most dense city population in the country, second only to new york. that brings its own challenges. we have the most diverse department in the country. we are extremely proud of that. >> reporter: nicholson was named by the mayor. the new chief talked about some of the challenges she's facing, not just for san francisco firefighters but firefighters across the country. specifically, the high rates of cancer and cancer deaths among fire

there would be full revolt if the president tried to pick like janine pirro as supreme court justice. >> i hope so. i hope so. >> they would be. they wouldn't worry about all the stuff people say about why lindsey graham acts the way he does or worried about a primary challenge, but give them more credit for their actions which is that they're doing what they believe in. republican senators like donald trump and agree with his agenda. >> i think that's true. even i that am a never trumper agree with him on some things like his judicial nominees. if janine pirrow or andrew napolitano were nominated, you would see a revolt. >> there are places where they are in the government. steven moore and herman kane, this is big news because they got too close to the crown which is the federal reserve. but there are people throughout. if you read michael lewis's book, things we've covered, there are things throughout this government that are steven moore level running the federal government. >> he was going for something a little less high profile and sensitive, he would be there. he may be at tha

, janine nickelson was sworn in as the city fire chief. the first openly lgbt person po nicholson is a 25-year are veteran of the police department, and the city's second female fire chief. >> we work in a one of a kind city of densely constructed wood buildings on hill sides. we fight fires in our own way and do a darned good job of it. >> she derived second-degree burns from fight an arson fire back in 2009, and is also a breast cancer surviver, and has since becomant advocate for efforts to prevent cancer among firefighters. >>> temperatures today were mild compared to yesterday. well, certainly compared to last week at this time. just 61 in vallejo. 6 in temperatures tomorrow in these inland vallejos are going to warm up. a lot of high clouds and low clouds, a lot of cloudy innocence general. overnight is cloudy. tomorrow starts off partly cloudy, spends up mostly sunny or partly sunday at the end of the day. it will get down to the upper 40s tonight in the cool spots. hayward is cloudy and freedom is cloudy right now. 53 in santa rosa

and just to update you janine is now taking care of children who have lost their parents teach. the way forward is picking up on something that was mentioned earlier by the coal miner here on twitter says dialogue and trust building it's necessary communities need to be our spokespeople they should be made to advocate for the ebola virus disease vaccinations and address violent hysteria of certain factions involved faith based groups they confront the negotiations this madness has to stop dr anne marie what do you make of men as common. i think it's correct but i think that's exactly what all of the actors that are currently involved in the operate are trying hard to do right now and that is to make those relationships with faith based organizations with civil society groups with different. places of the population within the communities swimmin and. taxi drivers all of the different groups that one could imagine to get the opinion. of the community as to what the next step should be what their fears are what their disbeliefs are what rumors are circulating how to address those

and just to update you janine is now taking care of children who have lost their parents teach. the way forward is picking up on something that was mentioned earlier by the coal miner here on twitter says dialogue and trust building it's necessary communities need to be our spokespeople they should be made to advocate for the ebola virus disease vaccinations and address the violent hysteria of certain factions involved faith based groups they confront the negotiations this madness has to stop dr anne marie what do you make of men as common. i think it's correct but i think that's exactly what all of the actors that are currently involved in the operator are trying hard to do right now and that is to make those relationships with faith based organizations with civil society groups with different. places of the population within the communities women. taxi drivers all of the different groups that one could imagine to get the opinion. of the community as to what the next step should be what their fears are what their disbeliefs are what rumors are circulating how to address those r

and just to update you janine is now taking care of children who have lost their parents teach. the way forward is picking up on something that was mentioned earlier by the coal miner here on twitter says dialogue and trust building it's necessary communities need to be our spokespeople they should be made to advocate for the ebola virus disease vaccinations and address the violent hysteria of certain factions involved faith based groups they confront the negotiations this madness has to stop dr anne marie what do you make of men as common. i think it's cracked but i think that's exactly what all of the actors that are currently involved in the operator are trying hard to do right now and that is to make those relationships with faith based organizations with civil society groups with different. places of the population within the communities women. taxi drivers all of the different groups that one could imagine to get the opinion. of the community as to what the next step should be what their fears are what their disbeliefs are what rumors are circulating how to address those r

>>where 10 francisco city hall on monday, a new chief of the fire department was sworn in she is janine nicholson, she's a 25 year veteran of the fire department says the first lgbt fire chief in san francisco history. she's had a very long career with the fire department sheiwas a firefighter paramedic a lieutenant captain battalion chief in a variety of other roles all across the city she was sworn into the position by san francisco, maryland and breed during some remarks afterwards, she said that she wants to focus on helping firefighters deal with their challenges and also help the department as a whole a work in the challenging environment of san francisco, a very densely populated city. >>i vow to work to ensure that we as a department continue to instill a love of responsibility and service in our members. as we also strive to take care of them. we're addressing cancer and post traumatic stress injury. we will continue to address homelessness in collaboration with the mayor's office. we will continue our efforts with other city departments to ensure we have a robust plan for disa

. >> i janine nicholson. >> she is known as an insider who has gained the respect of the rank and file. >> she has been a paramedic. she has been a firefighter. she has been a lieutenant, a captain, a battalion chief, and now deputy chief of the department. >> as chief, she vows to address the homeless crisis, which has overburdened the fire department because of the high number of emergency responses on city streets. >> have more access, more outreach to the homeless and opioid addicted people on our streets. it's really important that we work with the mayor's office on that. >> a cancer survivor herself, she has already helped to create awareness among cancer rates among firefighters being higher than the rest of the population. >> we are facing this challenge head-on with awareness and with changes to policies and equipment. >> aside from that, people we spoke to were also wondering what's being done to keep firefighters from leaving the city. >> they can't afford it here. they can't afford it. nobody can. there. >> are no plans to build affordable housing exclusively for firefighte

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>>where 10 francisco city hall on monday, a new chief of the fire department was sworn in she is janine nicholson, she's a 25 year veteran of the fire department says the first lgbt fire chief in san francisco history. she's had a very long career with the fire department she was a firefighter paramedic a lieutenant captain battalion chief a variety of other roles all across the city she was sworn into the position by san francisco, maryland and breed during some remarks afterwards, she said that she wants to focus on helping firefighters deal with their challenges and also help the department as a whole. work and the challenging environment of san francisco, a very densely populated city. >>i vow to work to ensure that we as a department continue to instill a love of responsibility and service in our members. as we also strive to take care of them. we are addressing cancer and post traumatic stress injury. we will continue to address homelessness in collaboration with the mayor's office. we will continue our efforts with other city departments to ensure we have a robust plan for disast

this will be an absolute incredible facility, and i just wanted to acknowledge our new fire chief, janine, thank you so much for being here as well. [applause] >> please know that we are increasing the capacities of the fire marshal does not have to shut down the new space. we will have plenty of room and places for people to be. thank you everyone for being here today and your support for this amazing project. [applause] >> i almost forgot, also i forgot to thank the leader of animal care and control, thank you so much, virginia, for your hard work and your commitment. [cheers and applause] >> and your steadfast leadership [applause]. >> and at this time, i want to bring forth our city administrator naomi kelly. [applause]. >> good morning. our mayor and director of a.c.c. , virginia don who basically said it all. this project is so important. it was one of the first projects i worked on when i became city administrator in 2012. i instantly realized when i went on a right along with one of the animal care control officers that a.c.c., the staff, the volunteers, they are all of the unsung

now back to justice with judge janine. judge jeanine".ge:. >> happy to see back on the front page of "the new york times" about the spying on my campaign it is bigger than watergate as far as i'm concerned. judge: now we have our panel. i will start with you the president is using the word spying. the left has a conniption every time they hear the word any new "new york times" is coming around to recognize what it was that the surveillance by the fbi was actual spying. . >> it's interesting to see that using the word spying. but it is pretty clear that the obama administration was potentially looking into the rival administration and president trump has a lot to be upset about. they have been dragged through the mud for the past two and half years despite what we learned from the mueller report now they go into obstruction xyz and why they felt the need to buy off the campaign and then we need to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. people should support this by the way. judge: "the new york times" it is not pejorative. it is a rea

>> as we close the ceremony, please join me in one more big round to congratulate our 26th chief janine nicholson. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much for attending. please join she nicholson across venice at the greenroom of the veterans building for a reception. now i would like to ask all uniformed officers to make your way to the stage for a photograph. thank you so much. [♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere fro

janine nice fire department. in 2009 she suffered second- degree burns while fighting a fire. the swearing-in will happen joann hayes white has decided to retire after 29 years with the san francisco fire department. >>> a traveling exhibit opens on one of san francisco muni's oldest line. the line changed the city. it rolled out 100 years ago and linked west portal and a few years later the line connected to the ferry building and then it went to the beach and the san francisco zoo. the exhibit opens on the next way with the first glimpse at 2:00 this afternoon. >> have you spent some time in the portals? >>> it will probably be cloudy through lunch time. within a little bit of drizzle redwood city, livermore, some accumulating rain. here is a view of all of the gray sky. temperature wise for looking at low 50s in santa rosa. san san jose, 57. we started in the 50s. without the cloud cover and moisture in place we haven't seen much of a rebound. temperatures will eventually climb. over the northbay we've seen some light scattered shower activity. it looks pretty much like hig

>> as we close the ceremony, please join me in one more big round to congratulate our 26th chief janine nicholson. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much for attending. please join she nicholson across venice at the greenroom of the veterans building for a reception. now i would like to ask all uniformed officers to make your way to the stage for a photograph. thank you so much. >> my name is alan schumer. i am a fourth generation san franciscan. in december, this building will be 103 years of age. it is an incredibly rich, rich history. [♪] >> my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building alive. i am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission. i have two ways of looking at my life. i want it to be -- i wanted to be a fashion designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both. i ended up, for many years, doing the fashion, not for the movies, but for for san franciscan his and then in turn, big changes, and now i am h

. >> ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome janine mickelson. >> she was sworn in yesterday at san francisco city so all, she is a 25 year veteran of the fire department. >> we work in a one-of-a-kind city, a densely constructed wood building on hillside, we fight fires in our own way and do a darn good job of it.>> chief nicholson is a breast cancer survivor and has since become an advocate to prevent cancer among firefighters. >>> still ahead, the coveted james beard award, three local restaurants are being recognized, two of them have something in common. >>> getting ready for wildfire season, the state is dealing with high risk areas before we have another fire. >>> it is crowded out there, as you might imagine, although the met weather is not a major factor. we will have a look across the country when we come back. >>> we have a warm-up this afternoon, partly cloudy skies, we will show you what you can expect for today and the rest of the week coming up. ♪ (vo) i know what you're thinking. electric, it's not for you. and, you're probably right. electric just doesn't have enough range. i