i have think we deserve better than went diz paskin-jordan. wendy paskin-jordan. i have think there is someone better that can fill our position. please, board of supervisors, if you're not ready to reject her reappointment, i think there's plenty of reasons to do it right now, however, if you're not ready, at least vote in favor of the motion for a special meeting. she should be here. she should not be missing an action once again. thank you. >> good afternoon board of supervisorses, my name is patricia jackson and i'm a city retiree. i want to speak in favor of the suggestions is that were made here by supervisor avalos to have the mayor rescind this appointment and come back in january when it can be further investigated. there have of those very corporations that are gentry gentrification our city. i want to speak in favor of the motion. i'd like to suggest too that for the future, let us consider appointees, if they're going to be made by the mayor, that perhaps they should come from some other part of our economy, someone who understands or economy or altern

jordan . as supervisor avalos mentioned, the executive director of the retirement board received a complaint that ms. jordan had accepted an investment while a member of the retirement board where the company had granted her the ability to invest even though her amount was below the threshold. the statement of incompatible activities is a local law adopted by the ethics commission for each individual city department and commission and the retirement board's statement of incompatible activities has a statement which is that no officer or ploy yeez may directly or indirectly cyst or accept a business opportunity, personal loan, favor or anything of value from any public or private entity. this company gmo is doing because with so did ms. jordan accept a business opportunity. there is -- as use can hear, the language of the statement of incompatible activity is open to interpretation. mr. huish has interpreted it in a way that he believes most appropriate. there is currently a complaint that's be

jordan. i don't think this is the type of transaction that would require stepping down if a gmo contract came to the board in the future, it would require her to recuse herself. >> [inaudible]. >> i hate to predict the future based on the limited information that i have, but from what i know, the primary allegation is that ms. jordan violated the statement of incompatible activities an we obviously will work closely with her to make sure she recuses herself in any future vote to ensure those votes are not subject to any legal challenge based on a con septd. september. >> thank you very much. what i'd simply say is i don't know what is -- whether or not there's any violation here. you know, i think that you want to be very careful about jumping to any conclusions. what i can say is based on the fact that she was certainly willing to speak to me, i know that she wants the facts to be known and i think you have to give the individual the benefit of the doubt, but i do believe though that there a

>> jordan will continue in its fight against terrorism. we known that we will win because this is the right thing to do and this is for the sake of our security and stability. >> at the pirates home in southern jordan, concern among friends and relatives. he comes from a well-known family. >> at the pilot's home in jordan, concern among family and friends. >> the whole tribe. >> activists on the ground said the plane crashed in eastern part of the province. isis and jordanian officials said that it was hit by a missile. bitse militants retrieved of the plane, the americans with their allies will be asking was it flying too low? did its protective systems fail, or does is have new more dangerous weapons. have a ferocious record of butchering captives. the first lieutenant and his family will be praying that he is more valuable to them alive than dead. to to the rest of the news now. the annual christmas eve midnight mass is starting at the church of the nativity. christians celebrate the birth of jesus christ believed to have taken place in

tonight in an exclusive interview with king abdullah of jordan, the king of jordan came to washington at a crucial time. his part of a coalition against tos and was also born refugees into jordan. he met senior officials and the vice president. today, he met with president obama. we spoke with him yesterday in washington and we began with the threat of isis. here is that conversation. your majesty, thank you very much for the opportunity to talk to you during your visit to the united states. let me talk about isis and what you see as the threat today from isis. from isis, and the like. we have to understand this is a global jihadist movement and it's not just the threat that we are seeing today, although the dealing for many of us with syria and iraq, we have to also remember that we have to .ook at sinai we have to look at libya, the other elephant in the room. --ali, molly, nature m ali, nigeria. --se are all different organizations with different names, but the same beliefs. that mean -- >> what does that mean to deal with these you go >> we are reaching out with each other. in jor

jordan about it. show said it seemed -- from her point of view everything was fine because the intent to do the waiver was given before. show had the opportunity to do it whenever she wanted to it. didn't matter that she was appointed to the retirement boshd. board. to me it doesn't seem quite right that way. i know i've talked to other people in the industry and feel that's not something that's a standard practice either. i wonder what your thoughts are. >> i think i would defer to [inaudible] and did talk to commissioner jordan, but i'll say that the section in the statement of income activities you're talking about as interpreted by the retirement system when they drafted it, they believe that this particular item related to opportunities that were available to you because of your position on the retirement board or during your time on the retirement board and since ms. jordan obtained the opportunity and accepted the opportunity well before her time on the board, it's my understanding that mr. hue

as you know, jordan is not dealing with just problems of jordan. >> charlie: but from the time that you've said, you know, that you didn't feel there was a resonance to the warnings you were giving, do you feel like the administration here has changed in its attitude about relevancy and necessity of the united states to take a lead and to be deeply involved? >> yes. i mean, i have a very strong relationship with the president and, you know, i had a long session with him in february of this year where we sort of discussed a lot of the issues that we're now dealing with. i had a chance to spend a lot of time with him at the n.a.t.o. summit where we sort of identified how to move forward on the issues of, as it turned out, the air campaign. he sent me a lot of his representatives to deal on the ground. you know, general allen is actually in jordan as we speak. you know, how do we work with the iraqis. he's looking at the strategic angle of these issues, wants to make sure that we don't get ourselves into trouble. i tend to be maybe more the aggressive side on these issues and i'm sure i creat

the jordans are involved because they see the i.s. as a threat to them, as do many of the gulf states. so i think to give up now would be a very strange thing to do. so i don't expect them to back down. >> and yet the jordanians have been relatively quiet. they've taken part in the coalition but have been relatively quiet in doing that. do you think in any way this forces their hand in being more public both to their own public and to the wider world? >> yes, it does. they have inside the company several people who have sympathies with i.s. in fact, the leader who set up i.s. is jordanian. they have an internal issue. it's likely some might be emboldened and encouraged by this event. >> one quick question on the broader strategy because how do you think, if at all it does, change any of the dynamic about the strategy that is being laid out by the coalition and what is actually on the right path of what they need to achieve. >> the strategy right now is very slow. i would hope there there is an international review of the strategy. the

we ask why they've taken refuge in jordan. >>> welcome. let's return straight away to the breaking news in the last hour. the jordanian military has confirmed one of its fighter jets has been shot down and the pilot captured. the plane went down near raqqa, the area of the strong thereto hold. they've released this picture and posted this photo of the pilot's i.d. card. just in the last little while, i.s. mostiposting more of the i from the scene. this image posted of wreckage being pulled out of a lake and this one to some of the wreckage. that appears to be the cockpit loaded out. those are unverified images, worth stressing that. but those are some of the pictures the islamic military tan -- militants have released. >> reporter: it does appear a plane has been shot down. the twitter feeds have shown some pictures of the first lieutenant being pulled out of a lake and that is consistent with the wreckage pictures being retrieved from the lake. he appeared to be okay physically. he was bleeding from the mouth but that looked at sight to b

jordan confirms one of his pilots has been

jordan is my lead detective.other detective that plays an early role in the case but vanishes, i have to mention because it's fun, is a detective named jordan noble who is 72 years old. he was andrew jackson's drummer boy. he is african-american and goes on to be the drummer boy as white new orleans forces fight t in the mexican war. and then becomes an officer in the union army during the civil war. and then becomes a detective. early on, he and jordan go in disguise into black neighbors to get evidence dressed as common laborers. unfortunately, jordan who is my -- badger is directing the case. again, people are now looking for any african-american woman who is seen with a white baby. all over new orleans and the south, that had been the condition of things through all time. so everyone who now sees an african-american woman with a white baby goes running to the police, i want to collect the reward. the newspaper fills with leads. cincinnati, all over the place. at one point they actually -- there was a travelin

security council member jordan requested th-- vote. a 12-month deadline for a final peace deal with israel paving the way to a palestinian state. as soon as we get more developments out of the u.n. we will let you know here. a ferry disaster in the adriatic sea may have claimed many more lives that have been confirmed so far. a criminal investigation is underway, and prosecutors say illegal stowaways were found among those rescued. there could be other victims in the rescue. -- wreckage. earlier, two albanian sailors died trying to secure lines to the ferry, which remains adrift. it is still unclear how many people were on board. it is confirmed 11 people lost their lives and 437 people were rescued from the ferry by helicopter and ship. the latest estimates say up to 499 people could have been on board the ferry, which leaves a substantial number of people unaccounted for. the ship is being taken to court -- port. >> it is a cold night here. it has been snowing, it is windy. a few miles out in the adriatic it will be even colder and e

for more we're joined by senior correspondent jordan klepper. jordan, thanks for joining us! (cheers and applause) >> jon: jordan, how does it feel-- how does it feel to see congress actually get something done for once? >> it feels like a kick in the nuts, jon. this bill is an outrage. shame on congress for taking benefits away from war veterans. >> jon: jordan, i think you're missing the point. >> jon, the point is history. do you know what wars these men fought in? >> jon: word war 2. >> that's right, jon, we're talking about the greatest generation. >> jon: no. >> not the okay generation, not that could be worse generation, the, great,est heroes who deserve our-- . >> jon: they're not heroes, they didn't fight for us. we're talking about taking benefits from nazis. >> nazis? these are brave servicemen not nazis. i won't you have slander men like-- like gruppenfuhrer helmut wolfenstein. that does sound german or ss reichkommadant clause von teufel-- yeah, these guys are nazis. totally get what you are saying. we were giving social security to nazis? that's [bleep]. >> yes

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jordan says the move won't deter it from fighting terror. our middle east correspondent jim muir has this report. >> reporter: the kind of images that haunt the nations taking part this the war against i.s. a plane down in enemy territory, its pilot captured and humiliated by the militants. they were clearly jubilant. they offered prayers in thanks for this bounty. in jordan itself, a somber announcement from the military confirming the pilot's capture. it accused i.s. of carrying out mayhem and murder against innocents in syria and iraq, and held it fully responsible for the pilot's life. he's been identified, described by his family as a dedicated airman and a devout muslim who believed the extremists had to be combatted. can i.s. now use him as a bargaining trip to prise jordan away from the coalition? that seems unlikely. >> jordan will continue its fight against terrorism and we know we will win, because this is the right thing to do and this is for the sake of our security and stability. of this country. >> reporter: at the pilot's hom

ally jordan. we will hear that story in a moment.with us. ♪ [music break] this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> as we continue our look at how the u.s. has failed to win the release of hostages captured by isis and other militants, we turn now to the case of peter kassig. a former u.s. soldier turned aid worker in syria, kassig was captured by isis just over a year ago. last month, he was executed in the latest isis beheading of a western hostage. kassig, who was 26, converted to islam in captivity and was also known as abdul-rahman. after his death, kassig's parents, paula and ed kassig remembered their son. >> our hearts are battered, but they will new and -- will mend. the world is broken, but it will be healed in the end. and good will prevail as the one god of many names will prevail. >> please pray for abdul-rahman or peach, if that is i you know him, at sunset this evening. pray also for all people in syria and iraq and around the world. >> the appearance of pete