my name is kevin smith and i'm president of the san francisco black firefighters and i hold the rank as a chief in the san francisco fire department. as i said, i like to comment on the audit. i want to thank the committee for conducting the audit and the team that put it together. i think it highlighted several issues that be improved on. i want to improve on how the fire department conducts business and how they do recruitment and testing. just to touch on recruitment, our organization has noted that recruitment needs to be targeted so we can get a diverse pool, you you have to start young and get the candidates when they're young, when they're in school and have them build up because this is a career that you need to prepare for. in regard to testing, there's problems with testing. we firmly believe and i think it was proved in court, you know, even though that was an age discrimination case before the judge can allow an award, they had to prove that the test was invalid. we need to use best practices. there's some problems with the answer key being developed at the aim time. but

write a celeb or you know what it means but he's got a lot of things working on you were going to kevin smith film called tusk that's right that that is a it was it was shift oh it was great we've we've been trying to work with each other for for some time this is a murder a comedy about two guys with a pod cast to get involved in a really sort of touchy situation and one of the guys i had the i mean justin long have a fictional podcast and we get into some trouble you're also in the world made straight independent comedy that's a drama actually that was based on the two thousand and six book and that's jeremy irvine and no wiley that's a drama b. and b. comedy is me him her right yes yeah and you played gave last year and ceci pence that's right i did do you worry at all about offending the gay community and that we yeah i mean i am very sensitive to the. lack of roles that there are for you know for gay characters out there and everything so i certainly thought about it but i felt good about doing it because the character was not the butt of the joke that he had his own you know reasons for

. >> reporter: motorcycle officers led the caravan transporting fallen officer kevin smith from eden medical center to the alameda coroner's office in oakland. back at the hospital, the grief was evident on the faces of raney and other brass. >> it's with a heavy heart that i have to announce the tragedy loss of the first officer killeded in the line of duty in the history of the b.a.r.t. police department. >> i'm the sergeant in charge of criminal investigations. >> reporter: this is you tube video of thomas smith from early last year at a press conference talking about an investigation into a shooting at b.a.r.t.'s bay fair station. smith's brother tells us the veteran officer was 42 years old and the father of a young father. he describes his beloved brother as a great father, great uncle and great officer. smith is married to kelly smith, another veteran b.a.r.t. police officer. >> our condolences goes out to the immediate family and friends. and the extended b.a.r.t. family. and the entire b.a.r.t. district. >> reporter: a b.a.r.t. source describes thomas smith as the nicest per

. >> reporter: motorcycle officers led the caravan transporting fallen officer kevin smith from eden medical center to the alameda coroner's office in oakland. back at the hospital, the grief was evident on the faces of raney and other brass. >> it's with a heavy heart that i have to announce the tragedy loss of the first officer killeded in the line of duty in the history of the b.a.r.t. police department. >> i'm the sergeant in charge of criminal investigations. >> reporter: this is you tube video of thomas smith from early last year at a press conference talking about an investigation into a shooting at b.a.r.t.'s bay fair station. smith's brother tells us the veteran officer was 42 years old and the father of a young father. he describes his beloved brother as a great father, great uncle and great officer. smith is married to kelly smith, another veteran b.a.r.t. police officer. >> our condolences goes out to the immediate family and friends. and the extended b.a.r.t. family. and the entire b.a.r.t. district. >> reporter: a b.a.r.t. source describes thomas smith as the nicest per

kevin smith is the deputy commissioner for adult career and continuing education for new york state. the exam needed to adapt to a changing world. but he says the new version threatened to leave too many people behind. >> for the test taker who has little access to basic computing skills or little knowledge of basic computing skills, it's one more point, one more barrier to their ability to demonstrate their skills. there are too many barriers already. and we need to breaks to barriers down one at a time. >> reporter: and even if new york state wanted to use the new g.e.d. exam he says practical considerations would make it impossible. >> equally important, our infrastructure to provide that test exam by computer is negligible. >> reporter: smith also says the cost of administering the new exam is prohibitive since it would rise from $60 to $120 per test taker in new york. costs vary and some states subsidize a portion of the exam. but by law new york would have to pay for all of it. at least 8 states have opted not to use the new g.e.d. exam at all and are planning to use an alterna

i'd like to give thanks to kevin mitnick, chris gates, eric smith, kevin johnson for providing their testimony, or the comments on the issues we see today. we are pretty unified in our approach. everybody that i shared with, i put nondisclosure agreements and work with them come on a consistent feedback we got was that healthcare.gov is not secure today. nothing has changed since the november 19 testimony. it's even worse. additional security researchers have come into play providing additional research, additional findings that we can tell that the website is not getting any better. since the november 19 testimony, there's only been one half of a vulnerability that we discovered that has been addressed or close to being mitigated. basically they get a lucrative work on and it's still vulnerable today. i wanted a disclaimer, and no way, shape, or form do we perform any hacking on the website. that's a misnomer. we look at the site from a health perspective, not attacking the reform, not sending data to the cyber really looking at the health of the. another analogy, same expertise was

high speed trading as a disruptive force to the markets now in their corner strategist kevin madden and kirk smith are heading a group called modern markets and initiative headquartered in washington d.c. and backed by four high speed firms the group is arguing that high frequency trading traders rather have made the financial markets cheaper and faster for investors however critics point to the increases in high frequency trading during times of heightened volatility. and finally the revolving door that is washington to wall street takes another spin yet again this time capital favorite the carlyle group is the one we're talking about now the investment firm has hired julius genachowski former head of the federal communications commission to help run its leveraged buyout division genic house he was chairman of the f.c.c. until may but now will serve carlyle as managing director and partner focusing on investments in technology media and telecommunications gena koski is an advocate of and free and open internet and wall add to the f c c he supported rules against discrimination by internet service

high speed trading as a disruptive force to the markets now in their corner strategist kevin madden and kirk smith are heading a group called modern markets and initiative headquartered in washington d.c. and backed by four high speed firms the group is arguing that high frequency trading traders rather have made the financial markets cheaper and faster for investors however critics point to the increases in high frequency trading during times of heightened volatility. and finally the revolving door that is washington to wall street takes another spin yet again this time capital favorite the carlyle group is the one we're talking about now the investment firm has hired julius genachowski former head of the federal communications commission to help run its leveraged buyout division genic house he was chairman of the f.c.c. until may but now will serve carlyle as managing director and partner focusing on investments in technology media and telecommunications genachowski is an advocate of and free and open internet and wall at the f c c he supported rules against discrimination by internet service pr

high speed trading as a disruptive force to the markets now in their corner strategist kevin madden and kirk smith are heading a group called modern markets and initiative headquartered in washington d.c. and backed by four high speed firms the group is arguing that high frequency trading traders rather have made the financial markets cheaper and faster for investors however critics point to the increases in high frequency trading during times of heightened volatility. and finally the revolving door that is washington to wall street takes another spin yet again this time capital favorite the carlyle group is the one we're talking about now the investment firm has hired julius genachowski former head of the federal communications commission to help run its leveraged buyout division genic house he was chairman of the f.c.c. until may but now will serve carlyle as managing director and partner focusing on investments in technology media and telecommunications joining koski is an advocate of and free and open internet and wall add to the f c c he supported rules against discrimination by internet serv

. >> nick smith is live on market street with the story for us. nick? >> kevin montgomery said when his bike was stolen he went looking for it. what he says he found was a chop shop where thieves break bike downs to their frames and sell the parts for cash. san fran sis scans love their bikes and so do thieves. kevin montgomery says it was wednesday night or thursday morning when thieves made off with bikes belonging to him and roommates. they are part of a growing list of bikes stolen in san francisco. >> i went around the neighborhood looking at various chop shops of which there are one behind us and went to look for my bike. >> what he says he found was this. stacks of bikes stripped to the frame. he snapped pictures and tweeted the photos to sfpd. >> they take the parts off and put the frames in a stack and the components in bins and load them in vans and take them out of town of the. >> when we went to the same spot today, the stacks kevin reported were gone. we found a man seated under the central freeway to use the tools to remove wheels from two bikes. a

. >> nick smith is live on market street with the story for us. nick? >> kevin montgomery said when his bike was stolen he went looking for it. what he says he found was a chop shop where thieves break bike downs to their frames and sell the parts for cash. san fran sis scans love their bikes and so do thieves. kevin montgomery says it was wednesday night or thursday morning when thieves made off with bikes belonging to him and roommates. they are part of a growing list of bikes stolen in san francisco. >> i went around the neighborhood looking at various chop shops of which there are one behind us and went to look for my bike. >> what he says he found was this. stacks of bikes stripped to the frame. he snapped pictures and tweeted the photos to sfpd. >> they take the parts off and put the frames in a stack and the components in bins and load them in vans and take them out of town of the. >> when we went to the same spot today, the stacks kevin reported were gone. we found a man seated under the central freeway to use the tools to remove wheels from two bikes. a

. >> nick smith is live on market street with the story for us. nick? >> kevin montgomery said when his bike was stolen he went looking for it. what he says he found was a chop shop where thieves break bike downs to their frames and sell the parts for cash. san fran sis scans love their bikes and so do thieves. kevin montgomery says it was wednesday night or thursday morning when thieves made off with bikes belonging to him and roommates. they are part of a growing list of bikes stolen in san francisco. >> i went around the neighborhood looking at various chop shops of which there are one behind us and went to look for my bike. >> what he says he found was this. stacks of bikes stripped to the frame. he snapped pictures and tweeted the photos to sfpd. >> they take the parts off and put the frames in a stack and the components in bins and load them in vans and take them out of town of the. >> when we went to the same spot today, the stacks kevin reported were gone. we found a man seated under the central freeway to use the tools to remove wheels from two bikes. a

kevin garnett breaks up a pass to andre iguodala of the nets. 102-98. >>> jr smith was fined $50,000 for unsportsman-like conduct. he's crying too. he untied an opponent's shoelaces, not once, but twice, in games against dallas and then detroit. smith, known for his off court antics, he tweeted, he does this every game. getting a lot of $50,000 fines. >>> the heat are karaoking for underserved youth and teens. the january 27th charity event is hosted by miami's shane battier. it is $150 to be part of this. ♪ ♪ i'm sorry, miss jackson i am for real ♪ ♪ and it's all because of you ♪ >> ouch. bad voices, bad hair. i guess it is for a charity. >>> 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick gets video bombed. likes to do his weekly press conference in different spots. to get him back to do it in the lineman locker area before, what do they do, they play a little dunking game with the trash bin. right in front of the cameras and over his head. the niners play the panthers on sunday for their quest for consecutive super bowl berth. having fun along the way there. >>> just ahead, a huge night for th

[laughter] i'd like the give a big thanks to our president mayor scott smith, vp mayor kevin johnson, vp rawlings blake and also the entire executive board. we thank you for your leadershipment i'm honored to bring you greetings from the great city of compton. compton is a special place. we're a city of just 10 square miles and 100,000 residents. most people in the united states of america have heard of the city of compton. for those of you that have had the opportunity to visit, you are well aware that our community is much more than gangs, hip-hop and drugs. we are home to thousands of hard working families who want the same thing that all people want; or equal access to the american dream, safe neighborhoods, great schools, clean and paved streets or, access to fresh food, affordable health care, employment opportunities and transit that works. our city definitely has its challenges, but don't worry, this is not the part of the presentation where i give you a dozen stats. however, i will tell you this, my administration is tasked with rebuilding the city from the ground up. over th

kevin garnet interrupted the pass. the nets win that one 102-98. >> this too shall by. >> j.r. smith was fined $50,000 by the nba for for untying the shoe of an appoint. >> that's a big sign for untying a shoe. >> well, he did it not once but twice. he was warned after the first instance against dallas but did it again when the team played detroit. what's with the shoe laces? >> i don't get it. i don't know. >> silly but he's paying for it. the miami heat are getting pumpedorirecond annual charity singing event. it's going to be great. it's on january 27th. listen. [ music playing ] ♪ i'm sorry miss jackson, i am for real ♪ ♪ and it's all because of you >> what's with the wigs? >> i don't know which was worse? they were all terrible. >> the wigs or the singing? both. colin kaepernick there after a press conference, teammate dunks right over him and into a trash bin. a little joke. the niners play sunday and into the second round of the playoffs. who are you pick something the 49ers. >> dallas is out of it. what can i do? a huge night for the people's choice awards and a first for bri

kevin garnett breaking up a pass there. the nets, 102-98. i cried. new york's jr smith was fined $50,000 for unsportsman like conduct. yeah, that thing there. >> you can't untie a guy's shoe, right? >> he did, twice. not once, but twice. in games against dallas and then detroit. smith known for off court antics, shall i say. he tweeted he does this every game. he's going to get a lot of $50,000 fines. >> the heat are karaoking for underserved youth and teens. they're singing. the event is hosted by miami's shane batie. it is $150 to be part of this. ♪ >> it's like they should pay us $150 to listen to that. >> nba players can't sing. >> collin kaepernick gets video bombed. he likes to do his weekly press conference in different spots in the locker room. to get him back for doing it in the lineman's locker area, they played dunk into a trash bin right in front of him and the cameras over cap irnick's head. the niners play the panthers on sunday in the quest for a consecutive super bowl berth which they will do. >> all right, you're confident about that. we'll see. >>> now that polar vortex that froze the nation seems t

john henry smith is live where the eagles are set to host the saints. we heard some of the weather specifics from kevin it feel there on the field at lincoln financial field? and how do you think it will affect the game tonight? >> e jack frost is nipping at noses here i have to tell you how it feels. i've got four -- three layers of longjohns on, four layers of clothes. i have two sets of dmrofz. one here and one theregloves. one here and one there. and i am freezing. i have to imagine that i think that particularly, it's going to be a difficult time for the players tonight with their hands in and their feet, catching the ball, handling the ball. we see if that comes into play later on tonight. temperature at kickoff is supposed to be about 15 to 20 degrees. you know, of course, the saints are a dome team that passes a lot so that could be an issue for them. they did practice inside of their practice facility this week, climate controlled at about 65 degrees whereas the eagles practiced outside in fridgid philadelphia. we will see if that practice in the cold makes perfect for the uplinks. one thing t

smith has more on a story you will only see on abc7. >> san franciscans love their bikes, and so do thieves. >> i had a bunch of bikes stolen. >> kevinontgomery said it was either wednesday night or thursday morning when thieves made off with bikes belonging to him and his roommates. these bikes are part of a growing list of bikes stolen in san francisco. >> i went around the neighborhood looking at chop shops and i went to look for my bike. there's one right behind us. >> what he found was a stack of bikes stripped to their frames, so he snapped pictures and tweeted the photos to sfpd. >> they strip the parts off, put the frames in stacks and put components in bins and load them up in vans and take them out of town. >> when we went to the same spot of stacks, they were gone. what we found was a man seated under the central freeway using tools to remove the wheels from at least two bikes. according to the police department, more than 4,000 bikes were stolen from the city in 2012. >> there are 96% more bicycles in san francisco than they were in 2007 and more will come. >> police tell us there's a bicycle theft ring that operates in a

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kevin, neill holley's on line one. ok, great. [ male announcer ] and we do. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. ♪ >> good afternoon, everyone, i'm sandra smith with. shares of netflix falling sharply, then rebounding after a federal appeals court struck down the fcc's net neutrality rules. it means broadband providers can raise fees for content providers like netflix for faster internet speeds. >>> challenger, gray & christmas reporting retail hiring grew to a better than expected 801,000 jobs but cautioned that struggling retailers may not just let seasonal workers go but also some permanent full-time workers. >>> small business sentiment rose slightly last month. the national federation of independent business optimism index increased to 93.9 in december, up from november's 92.5 reading. business owners expect increased sales ahead. that is the latest from fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. lori: goldman sachs sent shares of twitter soaring yesterday when it lifted its price target more than 40% to $65 a share but should investors be a little skeptical by the move from the big investment bank. here is charlie gasparino. >> i