>> good morning, my name is julie johnson and i am from sick san francisco and i want acc to be well funded and however any discussion about operational and budgetary concerns must consider the ways to save more than san franciscan mals as decreasing the number of animals euthanized too many animal and not much money and staff i will argue this this is a budget management issue not a crisis, san francisco has one of the lowest per capita intakes of animals in the u.s. and also one of the best funded cities for animal and shelter animals and acc budget has increased in the five years and it currently has an adopted budget of 5.6 million, despite this increase it has not inmoved and by this the animalwise treatable conditions continue to be killed at acc and almost one in four dogs that enter acc do not leave alive that is shocking. to better understand the trend we did a public records request and reviewed that the dogs killed from january to june, of the dogs killed the fast majority were young adults and pit bulldogs, this represents a failure in our shelter, the mass killing of pit

johnson as the next secretary of homeland security. if approved, the former pentagon lawyer would succeed janet napolitano, who resigned in july. as dhs secretary, johnson will work to keep the borders secure, make the immigration system more effective, and lead response to natural disasters. >> in jeh johnson, we have the right person to continue this important work. from the moment i took office, jeh was an absolutely critical member of my national security team, and he demonstrated again and again the qualities that will make him a strong secretary of homeland security. >> think it's tough to carve a pumpkin at the dinner table? some scuba divers get into the halloween spirit underwater. divers submerge themselves off the coast of key largo, florida, with knives to enter the annual underwater pumpkin-carving contest. some pumpkins looking like a traditionally carved jack-o'-lantern, others a little more quirky. 30 divers from around the u.s. took part in the festivities. for "teen kids news," laura ingle, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> i usually just study a lot before, and then after a while i'm not nervous anymore

in july of 1964, johnson signed the bill that outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, madeave johnson what he needed to pass his final critical piece of civil rights legislation four years later in 1968. the day after reverend dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated on a memphis balcony, johnson sent a leet leather to speaker of the house of representatives that read in part, when the nation so urgently needs a healing balm of unity, a brew wall wound on our conscience forces upon us all this question. what more can i do to achieve brotherhood and equality among all americans? the most immediate is to enact legislation so long delayed and so close to fulfillment. that legislation was the national fair housing act. johnson signed it into law just one week after dr. king's death. johnson did not shrink from using the tragedy of a political assassination to advance a political agenda. it was the buried bodies of kennedy and king that gave johnson leverage in '64 and '68 and it was the broken bodies of civil rights protesters like current congressman john lewis who in the s

july 4th. >>> cleaning up the environment in the district, would you support a ban on styrofoam containers? bruce johnson reports the city unveiled a number of initiatives today to clean up the air and the waterways. >> reporter: it took us less than a minute to find this field of discarded plastic and glass along the anacostia riverbank today. the tax on bags has helped. mayor gray now wants a ban on styrofoam to further clean up the waterways. >> if we raffle want to clean up the environment and keen -- really want to clean up the environment and keep it clean, we'll have to make these kind of decisions. >> reporter: the ban would include the plastic containers your carry-out orders are placed in, the cheapest option for mom and pop stores. >> it would force them to use more environmentally products for people to take home. >> reporter: this was topic a of the mayor's press conference today to help reduce emissions from idling police vehicles, new idling equipment is being installed in police cruisers. >> with so many traffic details and special events in the city, we spend a lot of time on posts. >> r

at the democratic convention in july, jack kennedy, a few votes shy of the nomination, fought off a growing challenge from lyndon johnsonn's people revealed that kennedy suffered from addison's disease, which, if the kennedy people had not succeeded in denying it, would have killed kennedy's chances. bobby kennedy couldn't contain his anger. >> there were a number of instances over the course of the 1960 convention where he approached the johnson people, waved his finger in someone's face and said, you johnson people are going to get yours. >> i come to you today full of admiration for senator johnson. >> but the "yours" johnson people ended up getting was to be jack's pick for vice president. kennedy had done his political calculus. he needed the texas electoral votes, and he needed the local man on the ticket to get them. with the hard-fought nomination in hand, the kennedy campaign fixed its sights on beating richard nixon. contrasting jack's vitality and promise to get the country moving again to the candidate tied to the status quo of the 1950s. >> the republican nominee, of course, is a young man, but his approach

. >> reporter: the 22-year-old bride pleaded not guilty to murdering johnson, saying when he fell 200 feet to his death in julyosecutors allege she shoved her new husband because she didn't love him and then repeatedly lied to cover her crime. >> i never, ever expected her to be capable of hurting someone to that degree. he would have given her anything. >> reporter: for the first time, her attorney is saying here's what happened. in jordan graham's own words, from her recorded interview with authorities, he said, i could do this with a blindfold on. he said, i could just put it on, take a step, but i wouldn't even fall. next she said her husband tried to grab for her arm or her jacket. i said, no, i am not going to let this happen to me. i'm going to defend myself. so i kind of said, let go. and i pushed. and he went over. ♪ everyone wants a safe place to fall ♪ >> reporter: all just days after the seemingly happy couple danced to that as their first song. for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> let's get more from chief legal affairs anchor dan abrams. welcome back. dan, this seems like

july from the democratic national convention, and in october, less than a month before the general election against richard nixon. we've assembled the most compelling parts of these three programs. the issues include richard nixon, lyndon johnson, the cold war, cuba, and the threat from the soviet union, jfk's stance on civil rights and his attempt to become the first roman catholic president of the u.s. and now, "meet the press remembers -- jfk: the presidential campaign." >> announcer: now, here's the moderator of "meet the press," mr. ned brooks. >> welcome once again to "meet the press." our guest is senator john kennedy of massachusetts, who yesterday announced his entrance into the race for the democratic presidential nomination. he said under no circumstances will he accept the nomination for vice president. senator kennedy is the front-runner in most of the public opinion polls. as a member of the senate labor committee, he is certain to play a leading part in drafting legislation to deal with the steel dispute, if it is not settled. senator kennedy began his career in the house of representatives at the age of 29. he was elected to the senate in 1952 and re-elected with the largest majority in the history of his state

enlisted in the eighth volunteer infantry participating in july 21, 1868 in the first battle of bull run. several month later, william henry johnson would participate in the burn side expedition that captured an island in north carolina. an auto biography he wrote that other new england black patriots were ib dependent on the island too. not known is the number of patriots who served the union before blacks fucially were allowed to become bona fide soldiers. a second category existed too during the early month of the war. there were some fully -- as the war progressed southern territory provides the largest number ever black soldiers seeking the employment and freedom and safety offered behind the federal lines. black absconded and drove alone or with families. general ben butler introduced the term contraband. for those run away slaves. they were seized enemy property like cotton, machinery, and other goods. due to the rapidly growing number of contraband, the first confiscation act was signed on august 6, 1861. it and such property included slaves. the second confiscation act was passed 11 months later. it -- slaves of owner in

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july 16, 1964. the beatles had just returned to liverpool after their first u.s. tour. president johnsonently signed the civil rights act and was on his way to a landslide victory that november. and a 35-year-old tom foley was having lunch at the spokane club in downtown spokane. a gifted lawyer from a prominent local family and trusted aid to scoop jackson. tom mentioned to the guys he was eating lunch with that he was thinking seriously about running for congress not this time but , the next time around. at which .1 of his lunch companions loudly dismissed the idea out of hand and said he'll never do it. it.nd said you'll never do you're like all young people. you think the party is going to come to you with a tiffany tray and an engraved card and say please, we humbly beg you, run for congress. and that isn't the way it happens. people get to congress by wanting to run for congress. you've got excuses this year and you'll have excuses next year and the year after that. well, tom didn't like this little piece of armchair psychology one bit and he was determined to prove them wrong. so

johnson. that hearing exposed the urgent need for additional resources at the office of personnel management, to enable that ig to conduct important oversight of background investigations. in july, our committee proved a portion of the bill sponsored by senator tester and cosponsored by dr. coburn, senator mccaskill, senator port man, johnson, nelson, and senator baucus to allow the inspector general to tap into opm's revolving fund for the purpose of performing much needed oversight, and we commend senator tester and our colleagues for their good work. legislation passed the senate earlier this month. my hope is signed into law by the president soon. in closing, i want to say that the vast majority of individuals who hold security clearances are honorable and trustworthy people. many of them felt calledded into service after 9/11 to help protect our country, and they deserve our thanks. having said that, though, we still must have a system that does a better job of rooting out those with nefarious purposes and those deeply troubled and up stable. that system must identify those with behavior systems, identify behavior that signals an unacceptable risk to be entrusted with clas

johnson. that hearing expose the urgent need for additional resources for the inspector general at the office of personnel management to enable that eiichi to conduct important oversight of background investigations. in july or committee approved a portion of the bill sponsored by senators tester and cosponsored by dr. coburn senator mccaskill senator portman begich johnson nelson and senator baucus to allow the inspector general to tap into opm's revolving fund for the purpose of reforming that much needed oversight and we commend senators tester and our colleagues for their good work. legislation passed the senate earlier this month. my hope is it will be signed into law by the president soon. in closing i want to say the vast majority of individuals who hold security clearances are honorable and trustworthy people many of them felt called to service after 9/11 to help protect their country and they deserve our thanks. having said that though we still must have a system that does a better job of rooting out those who become deeply troubled and unstable. that system must identify those with the hader signals and that system must identify those whose behavior signals and on acceptable risk to be entrusted

johnson. that hearing exposed the urgent need for additional resources for the inspector general at the office of personnel management to enable the -- that i.g. to conduct important oversight of background investigations. in july, our committee approved a portion of a bill sponsored by senator tester and co-sponsored by dr. coburn, senator mccaskill, senator portman, begich, johnson, nelson, and senator baucus, to allow the inspector general to tap into o.p.m.'s revolving fund to perform the much needed oversight. we commend our colleagues for their good work. legislation passed the senate earlier this month. my hope is it will be signed into law by the president soon. in closing, i want to say that the vast majority of individuals who hold security clearances are honorable and trustworthy people. many of them felt called into service after 9/11 to help protect our country, and they deserve our thanks. having said that, though, we still must have a system that does a better job of rooting out those with nefarious purposes and those who have become deeply troubled and unstable. that system must identify those with behavior signals and when that system must identify those whose behavior signals are unacceptable

july. the period of water gait. we may very well as beaten them. >> thank you. >> you remember correctly. johnsonas asked by an independent. i any i am misquoting myself in the book. johnson said whatever committee he wants. and johnson was majority leader. he was a senator that really remained independent. and basically johnson was always trying to keep them under control with varying degrees of success. >> next call, topeka, kansas. >> good morning. >> i, too, am pleased to hear that you are among the living. i have been awaiting your third book. you were the one i believe many years ago that got me interested in lyn don johnson as a fascinating man and the man that would think nothing of spending 16, 18 hours a day working. i might ask the person with whom he was the closest might have -- might not have been sam ray burn but the question that i have is i'm in -- i don't want you to give away too much that you covered the relationship of -- the one that i find extremely interesting between president johnson and john edgar hoover. could you comment on that, please? >> i am going to get to that.

the day was july 16, 1964 and the beatles had just returned to liverpool after their first u.s. tour. president johnsonad recently signed the civil rights act and was on his way to a landslide victory against barry goldwater that november. 35-year-old tom foley was having lunch at the spokane club in downtown. a gifted lawyer from a prominent local family and a trusted aide, he mentioned to the guys that he was thinking seriously about running for congress, not this time, but the next time around. at which point to one of his lunch companions bluntly dismissed the idea out of hand. he said, you would never do it. you are like all young people. you think the party is going to come to you with a tiffany trade and an engraved card and say, please. we humbly beg you. run for congress. that is not the way it happens. people get to congress by wanting to run. you have excuses this year and you have excuses next year. and the year after that. tom did not like this piece of armchair psychology one bit and he was determined to prove them wrong so he got up from the table and walked across the hall, stuffed hims