with that, it's my pleasure to bring up one of the earliest advocates for this policy, laura thomas is the executive director for the drug policy alliance. miss thomas. >> thank you. it's an honor to be here in healthright 360. you know, its predecessor walden house, people are important to me. and now i owe them a huge debt. it's been amazing to have the treatment providers across california working with us on this legislation to be able to push back on the myths and misperceptions that leads people out of drug use. i'm laura thomas of the drug health alliance. we're one of the project sponsors of this bill, along with several others. together, we did the groundwork for this campaign, but we relied so heavily on the leaders, the leadership and the tenacity that you've already heard about. and the reason that we're working on this, the reason that we've been pushing for supervised consumption service is at the most basic level, they save lives. they are people that may not be saved, they are people that may not be reached otherwise. we deserve better. san francisco deserves better. we

and also vice president laura thomas. i've learned a lot about just who we serve within our entertainment commission. and i'm very excited to really create this platform, a storytelling platform where we're a city where community matters, culture matters. and one thing that i'm very proud of is that we create a safe, diverse, inclusive nightlife offerings across the city. we have a complicated and complex city. we live hard, work hard, play hard, love hard. and i think we need to support residents and businesses in creating and expanding our entertainment hubs throughout the city. so that's something i'm looking forward to in creating bridges between the neighbors and night life and carrying out the legacy of female leadership within the entertainment commission. >> president tan: i fully support that. i think the way the elections work, we just vote. if there's no other nomination, we can go ahead and vote. >> clerk: do we need a second on that? >> president tan: sure. >> i will second that. >> clerk: [roll call vote] i

thank you to laura thomas, and she has been in this fight for so many years. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: one of the first persons to bring it to my attention and to really, you know, help me to understand exactly what it could mean, and she has been an advocate with the drug policy alliance for many, many years, and we are just one step closer to making what is your dream a reality, so thank you for your hard work. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you to the st. francis foundation, the st. anthony's foundation, the tenderloin health improvement partnership, and thank you to zendas, and the project leadership and design team, all of the people who came together and put in not only a lot of hard work, but a lot of love. love for the desire to make this a place about helping people and about saving lives. it matters, the work that you are all doing and the work that we will continue to lead the way here in san francisco. we know that there continues to be legal challenges, but here in san francisco, we are not afraid. we have faced worse obstacles in trying to move t

judicious and kind. >> now was the moment to show -- he has to be saddened by the spectacle. >> laura: justice thomast right. this is a fraud, there is a high-tech lynching -- it was great. that will knock it for him. if you don't fight for it, people are like, -- >> these allegations are false, you better be ticked off right hollywood is not taking sides in the capital fight waited an online sensation that got very little attention this week, a list of stars staged a walkout to show their support -- >> laura: keep walking. organized by time's up, they were black, and they walked out at their place in a silent protest against kavanaugh. debra messing, kerry washington, samantha bee, all left their workplaces to join this movement, as did actress and reem are this is her recording, her group walked out. you thinner show appropriately called "shameless close by those in which he said at the end of this video. >> believed women. thank you! >> believed women. it was #believewomen. >> laura: paula jones didn't get any louis freeh >> but if i said believe men? if their charges are seen as creditable and if

specter of dramatic confrontation that echoes the one we saw 27 years ago between anita hi clarence thomas. laura: do you expect this to beg a pretty toughiation between the senate judiciary committee and dr. ford over what constitutefair terms in this incredibly charged environment? alex: we don't know much about what dr. ford is asking for. we know it was her preference and remains her preference for the fbi to conduct an investigation before she had the opportunity to sit down icd testify pu. i think there will be some wrangling going on about what the date might be and what the terms and situation might call for.ur laura: as over story reflects, this is taking placet agaie backdrop of the midterm elections, which even before this were shaping up to be a referendum on female empowerment and male impunity. alex: absoluimly. one thinrtant to remember is that both sides have the incentive to push this as far as it goes, because democrats know that the thing they have going for them the most in the midterms is the unpopularity of donald trump another republicans among women, particularly suburban

way it look this morning, judge kavanaugh will get confirmed with 52 votee just like clarence thomas. >> laura: greg is very calm when the rest of us are -- >> heated. >> laura: why am i talking so loudly. he's like okay, laura. it's fun, it's friday. now, ford has raised $530,000 on a go fund me page. who set the page up? it was sponsored by her neighbors and colleagues. isn't it fair to ask with another long week in front of us, has this created a new incentive for accusers and are we witnessing a new precedent involving major financial reward for people who make such claims? let's bring in fox news contributor, jonathan turley. what's your reaction. is there an incentive issue that should be concerning? also with the swarmers in the senate. they got jeff flake to put on ah pair of depends and run to coons 20 minutes later. >> i wrote about this for the first time in the hill newspaper when landy davis announced a go fund me type page for michael cohen. suddenly hugee amounts of money were put into that account.d as an attorney, it struck me as quite odd. you can have people in a market for

i don't believe that we need another clarence thomas situation on the highest -- >> laura: i clerked r clarence thomas. if you knew him, he would love him. he's a great person. >> i'm pretty sure he is a great guy. >> laura: i'm going to convince triana. by the time the end of the segment, i'm convincing you because triana is too cool. she has 12 kids she's raised with her husband, eight boys -- >> eight boys, focal girls. >> they should take care of her hotel. >> laura: what the heck? take care of triana. >> i didn't know -- >> laura: i think they got a little help for the hotel room. >> george soros, it's not surprising. george soros paid for the fake dossier. glenn simpson and fusion gps. so he's connected throughout all of the left-wing activities in this country and around the world. it doesn't surprise me. what i would like to see, maybe a little consistency from these protesters. maybe they can go out and talk about cory booker as a grover or maybe they can talk about keith ellison battering his girlfriend or may be senator carper from delaware who beat his wife, maybe we can h

theologian,. >> laura: move over st. thomasas. >> les moonves was ejected from cbs after six more women came forward with abuse. the cbs board is investigating howl big a severance package he will get. his wife julie chen has appeared on big brother a show she has host you had for 1 8 years. >> i'm julie chen moonves. good night. [cheers] >> first time she has ever identified as julie chen moonves as a sign of support for her husband. >> laura: i thought les was going to pop out of that door. that would have been more fun. hi, i'm back. >> cameras big brother of cbs hallways the. >> laura: it was finale. >> finale of that for the season. other women from cbs from days past is coming forward. tomlinson responsible for designing women. she has a harrowing account where she says he ended her career around killed many shows with women in the lead. she wrote one thing in hollywood reporter this is kind of terrifying of a major actress. coming off iconic detective show starting and pitching a new one he informed her that shoe was too

laura: sean, does it feel like 1991 all over again? i was here during the confirmation hearing for just thomas. >> sean: one of the nation's finest supreme court justices, i'll never forget his testimony, how powerful it was, powerful moment for him. >> laura: yeah, he's a national treasure and sean, fantastic show, huge news. thanks. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" on important night in washington. in moments, my thoughts on brett kavanaugh, a man i've known for nearly three decades and we'll hear from other women who have known him even longer. plus, why do some accusations matter, while others are ignored. bill clinton accuser has questions for diane feinstein about her claims and how they were treated 20 years ago. hear exclusively from house intelechair devin nunes with first reaction to the president's decision late this afternoon to declassify documents related to the russia investigation. but first, 1991, all over again. that is the focus of tonight's angle. by now most of you are familiar with the 11th hour charges of supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. christine blasey-ford is claiming when she was 15 and k

jessica baldwin al-jazeera london thomas for his picture laura thank you very much the world anti doping agency is facing mounting criticism over its decision to end russia's three year ban for state sponsored doping. what is executive committee voted overwhelmingly to end the suspension at a meeting in the seychelles it paves the way for russian athletes to once again compete under the flag at international events this used in flies in the face of several athletes and anti doping bodies who feel russia have not done enough to earn reinstatement namely preventing access to their labs and refusing to publicly accept the mclaren report which on covered the government backed doping of more than a thousand athletes the water presidency craig reedie said today the great majority of waters exco decided to reinstate to solder as compliance with the code subject to strict conditions this decision provides a clear timeline by which water must be given access to the former moscow to bar a tree data and samples or he says they will reinforce the ban so russia's lair but must still allow access but

. >> laura -- >> chris, this is a husband this guy is entitled to defend himself. what's happening right now, to quote clarence thomas, is a national disgrace. it's an embarrassment. this man deserves better. i can't believe what's's happening. have a heart. the supreme court -- >> laura: why didn't "the new york times" go with the story? >> if it's truly attempted rape -- and not as horrible -- >> laura: we are out of time. fantastic panel as always. both of you are explosive. will he stay or will he go? not talking about kavanaugh talking about rod rosenstein. up in the air tonight. thursday, big meeting with the president. meadows up next. there is an emergency food crisis for elderly holocaust survivors in the former soviet union. - this is a fight against time. what we're dealing with is coming out, meeting someone who's 85, 90 years old, can't get around, has no food, has no water, and just wants to give up and die. and that's where we come in. we are called to comfort these people, to be a blessing to their lives. - [voiceover] for just $45, we'll rush an emergency survival package to help one desperate elderl

laura westbrook, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. here is thomas shafran actor.ely you are to run into the showers, and stronger gusts of wind. this is what it looks like around 3pm, windy in the western isles with frequent showers, fewer showers elsewhere, 23 in london, middle high teams in the north of the country, turning really windy across scotland, gusting around 50 miles an hour. to the south, clear, not as mild tonight as it was last night, 13 in london, single figures in the north—east of england. tomorrow the bulk of the country starting bright if not sunny, the skies turning hazy, later in the day we expect rain in belfast, glasgow, western scotland, the south on monday staying dry, temperatures around 22 degrees. that's it from me. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: boris johnson attacks the prime minister's brexit plans, saying she has wrapped the country in a suicide vest and handed the detonator to brussels. in a newspaper article, the former foreign secretary said the chequers deal has opened the uk to "perpetual political blackmail". high dr

laura: sean, does it feel like 1991 all over again? i was here during the confirmation hearing for just thomas. >> sean: one of the nation's finest supremel never forget his testimony, how powerful it was, powerful moment for him. >> laura: yeah, he's a national treasure and sean, fantastic show, huge news. thanks. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" on important night in washington. in moments, my thoughts on brett kavanaugh, a man i've known for nearly three decades and we'll hear from other women who have known him even longer. plus, why do some accusations matter, while others are ignored.

. >> laura -- >> chris, this is a husband, this guy is entitled to defend himself. what's happening right now, to quote clarence thomasis a national disgrace. it's an embarrassment. this man deserves better. i can't believe what's happening. have a heart. the supreme court -- >> laura: why didn't "the new york times" go with the story? >> if it's truly attempted rape rape -- and not as horrible -- >> laura: we are out of time. fantastic panel as always. both of you are explosive. will he stay or will he go? not talking about kavanaugh, talking about rod rosenstein. up in the air tonight. thursday, big meeting with the president. meadows up next. ♪ >> laura: the other big story sharing the headlines with kavanaugh dissipative deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. earlier today, depending on where you get your news, he was going to be fired or he had already verbally resigned. fox news was able to confirm late this afternoon that rosenstein had fully expected to be fired when he went to the white house today. though, that does not seem to be the case as of now. here's the president's reaction. >> we'll be meeting at t

. >> laura: but are poll grap polygraphs taken seriously? joining us with answers, thomas mariello from the dod and a current processer of criminalology in maryland and peggy nance who is herself a rape victim and she has serious questions aboutless ford's claims. thanks for being here today. thomas, i want to begin with you. the reliability of polygraphs. because a lot of people i think out there hear, she passed a lie detector test in august. what does that mean and how important would that be even if this were a prosecutable crime? >> it means absolutely nothing. first of all, we have to understand the polygraph is not a lie detector. it has never been and hopefully never will be. i never used the world pass or fail. i either say successful or not successful. but when somebody says they passed a test, that simply means that they didn't react to certain questions that were asked. you have to ask what were the questions? how were they asked? how were they formulated? what did the examiner say to you before the test began? all those things affect how a person's going to re

. >> laura: here to respond as new york fire department commissioner during 9/11, thomas.om, first of all, it's a solemn day for all of the firefighters in new york and across this country, police, first responders, all the victims and their families. thank you for your service to new york, all of those here and especially on 9/11. i had to get your thoughts on this. joe scarborough, saying the president is more dangerous to america than the 9/11 terrorist terrorists. >> it is even worse when you hear him say it. it is pretty upsetting. being at the ceremony this morning, it was one of the family members got up, he was begging politicians and the press to stop politicizing september 11th. to stop using families as fodder for opinions on one side or the other. these are folks that mostly, all of them actually, innocent people on airplanes, and buildings, firefighters, police officers, emergency, first responders, who just try to go when i make a difference, and tried to help people and get them out of harm's way. i have known at least i would say between five to ten of the

laura: senator diane feinstein pushed back. this is what she said today in a tweet: in 1991,nita hill and clarence thomas were interviewed. it's time for the fbi to do the same today. why are the republicans resisting the investigation. is that accurate? >> that's interesting. chairman grassley reported that senator feinstein sat on this information before she brought this up -- it was leaked via the media. it's interesting she did not bring it up as soon as she heard the allegations. alluding to the clarence thomas hearing, joe biden the chairman of the committee referred that to the white house so the fbi could investigate it. the committee is in a position to investigate this. we have begun this and reached out to dr. ford and judge kavanaugh to do routine background calls. the staff would join the majority staff on these calls and they refuse to participate. >> shannon: you all on the committee accident -- democrats and republicans have staffers to complete the investigation. are you saying that the democrats are not engageing in the investigation or not joining in what you are doing? >> they haven't participated in t

laura coates, let's get some quick analysis. >> this reminds you of 1981 confirmation hearings with anita hill with then candidate or nominee clarence thomas political feel to it, but more importantly note the times you had to say allegations. the fact it was not reported will have an impact on ultimate voting strength of the nomination, and it really should, but it is one that's surprising it is happening late in the game. i think she's trying to avoid the joe biden effect which happened when he failed to bring forth witnesses in that hearing. >> the big difference, we know who anita hill was and she appeared in person. this is an anonymous allegation. it is important to emphasize this person in the article written in the new yorker has not been identified. she sent a letter but is not willing so far to speak publicly, and so with judge kavanaugh denying the allegations so strongly, we'll have to wait and see if there's any other credibility behind what right now is simply an anonymous allegation. >> stay on top of this and all of the breaking news. special coverage will continue with don lemon and brooke baldwin in 60 seconds. that's one

kavanaugh channeled his inner clarence thomas and his inner donald trump because he is not going to allow them to besmirch a good man's reputation and ?- go ahead. >> laura: kellyanne, do you think that the decision to bring in ms. mitchell, the former sex crimes prosecutor -- was that effective? i know you work for the white house and everybody says it was great. i got to say, i didn't think it was great. i didn't think that mitchell -- she seems like a really smart person, a really nice person, i don't know if it was the format but it all seemed a little too plotting in a little to like it instead of, this is a performance. i don't know. i just though lindsey graham and the republicans actually did a better job than mitchell with the witness, with the accuser. >> i think what people ultimately remember from today is judge kavanaugh. let's not forget what today is and what it is not. it's not a civil proceeding or ' me too movement. w it's not a trial by tv. it is another step in the senate confirmation process for judge kavanaugh to go to the supreme court. we should not lose sight of that. i think they'll remember him. they'll remember him because he

now, laura ingraham, for a little bit of history. listen, clarence thomash a 7-7 tie, but he was later confirmed by a 50-48 vote. the democrats had the majority in the senate at that time. many have suggested that clarence thomas was damaged for the past 27 years because of that testimony. now we are left to think about how judge kavanaugh has been or has not been damaged. >> based on what we watched yesterday for nine hours, are you able to see if he is confirmed on the board? how he handles the next one month of his life. >> justice thomas has been damaged. he said in an interview that i did last year with them, that he wouldn't wish would happen to him in on anyone, but he thought it was his duty when the president called to serve on the supreme court of the united states, to become what has become a hyper political process. judge kavanaugh is a consummate professional. will there be internal scars? how could there not be as remark i am sure that the accuser has her own internal scores stomach scars from going through this. entire life history of dealing

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thomas was confirmed 52-48. there was a political backlash. the next year, 1992, the year of the woman. 24 women were elected to the house and four joined two others in the senate. >> laura: joining me is mercedes schlapp, director of strategic communication. thanks for coming in tonight. great to have you here. this is wild. you heard what we talked about. we now have senator blumenthal coming out saying the following. want you to react. >> i think the nomination should be withdrawn. the bar here is not whether you have not criminally assaulted someone. it's credibility, truth, integrity. this nomination will not only cast a shadow over judge kavanaugh if he were ever to be confirmed, it was also stain the united states supreme court irreparably. >> laura: mercedes? >> the democrats have said from day one they won't support kavanaugh for a very long period of time. they refused to take meetings with him. then they wait the last minute for senator feinstein to come up with this letter from this accuser on brett kavanaugh after we saw 32 hours of testimony, after they had closed committee hearings and after they have given him over 1,000 written questions. what are we see

laura, remember this moment where the committee of at that time all white older men, all interviewed and asked questions, often aggressively, of anita hill when she came forward with her accusations against clarence thomas. obviously the demographics of the judiciary committee have changed, at least on the democratic side, but do you think that this is akin to what it will look like on monday? >> certainly demographics have changed, but note of course that the me too era has not had the effect of completely equalizing the power that women are perceived to have in these scenarios. i say that to say that remember when anita hill testified she, a seasoned attorney, somebody who worked at the eeoc along with clarence thomas and department of education, still a law professor to this day, was dismissed as an erado maniac, she was called a little bit nutty, a little bit absoluslutt. the allegations that she is described happened around the same time within a decade of the confirmation hearing of clarence thomas as the allegations that are being waged against one brett kavanaugh. i think it's surprising to many people that we haven't quite come far enough to know that at the still 11th hour justice joe biden de

laura. i'm actually calling about the supreme court, itself, rather than the hearing. >> okay. >> caller: that we're having. and i just want to point out that justice thomas after his hearing was appointed to the court in 1991 1 hearing was appointed to the court in 1991 1991. since that time, there have been very more significant court decisions on which the conser conservative majority or minority had a voice. none of those decisions or d dissents were written by justice thomas. he has been marginalized on the court because neither chief justice rehnquist nor chief justice roberts have assigned him any significant cases. can you imagine a justice thomas, i mean, a justice kavanaugh now being assigned a significant case that involves women? i cannot see it happening regardless of the truth or falsity of the claims alleged against him. >> thank you. let me just point out, this is judge kavanaugh's mother and father walking into the hearing room. just want to point that out. please go ahead, laura. >> caller: hello? >> no, i just wanted to jump in to point out what we were looking at. that was brett kavanaugh's mother and father. let me share another headl