he is a leavenworth native and his family dates back 150 years in leavenworth. he went on to graduate and wash university school of law, his knowledge in the impact that a detainee transfer would have on leavens worth and the entire region is part of his investigation as a top law enforcement official and he has context and insight into this process. i thank him for taking his time to come to washington to sit before the subcommittee to answer questions. i have full faith in his ability and he will help congress and the president, i think, better understand the implications and the repercussions of such a transfer. thank you, mr. chairman, and i yield back. chairman: the chair recognizes the gentlelady, mrs. jenkins. the chair recognizes mr. bouchard for an opening statement. mr. bouchard: thank you mr. chair, and distinguished members of the committee. i am michael bouchard of oakland county and i run one of the largest sheriff's offices in the nation. often times, the head of law enforcement is not notified of ahead of time. despite years of conversation about

so when the snow on the summit melts in the spring, it can run down swiftly, swelling leavenworth creek that runs through georgetown. short bridges for private residences span the quiet creek. but on june 21st, 1995, this picturesque scene turns into a potential death trap. on one short bridge, water pours over it, catching two firefighters who have fallen in. from on top of the bridge, colleagues attempt to pull them out. initially, georgetown fire chief kelly babion and his team are there to protect surrounding homes with sandbags. >> 1995, it was pretty high snowfall year, so the runoff was coming down fast and the creek was high and then we had a thunderstorm, which increased the runoff on this particular day. >> but while sandbagging, three firefighters slip in. one who manages to hold on to a short brick wall is pulled to safety. a second, wearing a baseball hat, is also rescued by his colleagues. >> can you kick? >> but a third, todd neskiss is not so lucky. he's stuck on the bridge and no one is able to pull him up out of the powerful current. >> his legs catch under the bridge

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. >> ben reeves spends nearly 12 years in federal prison in leavenworth, kansas.side of a prison cell. but his own freedom is also disappearing. in 1907, the indian territory officially becomes the state of oklahoma, where segregation is now commonplace. >> like many other confederate-identifying states, oklahoma's white government uses the separate-but-equal doctrine to enact so-called jim crow laws that discriminate against african americans. this is the sad irony of bass reeves's life. after all the respect he gains as a u.s. marshal, the law he risked his life to uphold turns against him. >> whites only. you need to move. >> history has given glory to the wyatt earps and to the wild bill hickoks where it has forgotten bass reeves. it's a tragedy. i think it's a testament to the racism of early 20th-century america that they couldn't fathom having a black lawman who was so much better than all the white lawmen of his day. >> bass reeves rises from slavery to a position of authority and respect, only to have it all taken away again. >> fellas. >> uncle bass, tel

on the second story and the preservation permits will be required and last but not least is 2801 leavenworth agree historic resource in the special use district with the preservation review and the brimentd applications staff requires a ground floor active use and a lot of information for the time before this preservation as indicated staff wants feedback on staffs policy recommendations processing approaches and preliminary recommendations that concludes my presentation. and i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you, very much. opening up for public comment >> could - and commissioner president fong we'll continue with the technical memorandum on both items. >> is that going to pull up good afternoon commissioner president fong and members of the board i'll chelsea planning department staff a coordinator for the academy of arts exist g existing. >> also joining me is rick senior environmental planner and transportation planner and request also shelly who will be providing you a synopsis of yesterday historic preservation commission on the espn members are present rae

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dropped his opposition when the administration promised not to transfer guantanamo prisoners to fort leavenworthsas. >>> it took more than half a century, but a mother and child reunion is only a moment away. >>> finally tonight, a mother and her daughter, separated decades ago, have been reunited. and brry petersen has their story. >> i'm nervous. i'm excited. i've waited 50 years for this moment. >> reporter: for cyndy burns, the wait is almost over. i started when she was a 10-month-old baby left with a korean adoption agency. amid that country's poverty, this was a chance at a better life in america, believed her korean mother, sun cha. did you believe you would ever see your daughter again? >> no. i don't believe it. i don't know how i'm going to find her. so that's all. >> reporter: cyndy grew up in a connecticut family. she had all but given up finding her birth mother. >> i'd gone to korea last year kind of looking for her, and i made peace with the fact that i'd probably never find her. >> reporter: when a dna sample led her to sun cha. >> it says 99.99% she is your biological mother. i

yet he was sentenced to three in federal prison, which he began serving two weeks ago at fort leavenworth. i was able to speak to his son and son-in-law on the devastation this has wreaked on dr. moody also his family. he has several college-age students. has another son who is 16 years old and is a junior in high school, and his brother told me about the way in which this has affected his brother at a very vulnerable time, six years old, to have his father disappear. 60-year-old man, highly educated, now consigned to a cage for the next three years for literally having done nothing other than try to save his family from starvation, starvation that occurred because of the same government that just prosecuted him for doing that. this is the kind of story that if you go into muslim communities in the united states you will hear over and again. it's the sort of thing you can become angry about if you think about it or read about it without the human connection. it takes on a different dimension when you realize these are all human beings whose wives have ashlock said been destroyed in the fa

located at the 1500 block of leavenworth and rescued the woman. he entered a stair way and descented into the building. the suspect fled through the back of the building. the victim escaped through the front door. the suspect fled into the stair well encountering officer yang and pointed his gun at the officer. officer yang positioned himself around the corner, the suspect ran down the stairs and out the back door. officer pursued the suspect. a team of central officers including officers peal, darla mick bride, hillary harper, george [inaudible] sturly hayes and katelyn low led by sergeant [inaudible] and joseph fisher and molly [inaudible] participated in the pursuit. the sus spect ran across the rooch top and came to a dead end of 3 story buildic with no roof left to run on. officer san tana authorized the suspect to drop the weapon. the suspect jumped on a tree building and landed on a parked audi. the suspect was taken into custody not a shot fired. that is a incredible story. i want to cu-mind captain luzar for his leadership. [applause]. of

he will be a tremendous leader as army secretary and will do great by our soldiers at fort leavenworth, fort riley and let me emphasize every soldier serving our nation today. i just talked to mr. fanning as of this afternoon and let him know i was releasing this hold and good luck on his speech to the graduates of west point. i look forward to voting for mrd my support for this position. so i'm happy to support his nomination today with his new assurances from the administration and from the chairman and ranking member of the senate armed services committee to work with me to strengthen provisions on funding for the transfer of detainees to the mainland in this year's national defense authorization act. i have worked closely with chairman mccain and ranking member reed. i look forward to completing work on an authorizing bill shortly. additionally the senate appropriations committee is committed to prohibiting funding for construction or modification to any facility in the united states for the purpose of housing detainees in this year's milcon funding bill currently on the floor. wit

to make sure detainee from the guantanamo bay cuba would not be transferred to fort leavenwort leavenworththe acting under secretary of the army. >>> italian paramedic is on trial for allegedly stealing james rolex as he was dying. the 43-year-old was one of the paramedic who arrived to try to revive after he suffered a massive heart attack in june of 2013. began golf finney was vacatio vacationing in rome with wife and son at the time. the star was taken to local hospital but died after attempts to revive him. >>> arm of the national academy of science released new report on the safety of genetically modified food. of it conclude that gm o are safe to eat as any other food. author of the report reviewed more than 900 studies and data considering since the crops were introduced. they found there was no evidence that gm o caused increase in cancer, obesity, stomach illness, kidney disease autism or allergy. before the report came out anti-gm o group attacked it. they accused the author of receiving research funding from biotech company. scientist who charity committee denied the accusation

it's on the 1200 block of leavenworth. according to the examiner, wong reportedly ignored several building code violations issued by the department of building inspection over the past few years. the living conditions outlined in the lawsuit included gas leaks, damaged walls and ceilings, peeling paint that poses a lead hazard and various other illegal sort of living conditions. so he is in trouble. >> yeah. before we let you go, over the last 10, 15 years, i have seen the skyline of downtown san francisco change and now there is something else coming today. something that's going up in the city. >> reporter: yeah. we have the tallest sculpture ever to be erected in san francisco. the finishing touches apparently put on at 8:00 this morning when they put the head on top of a 92-foot tall statue of venus. this is nearly as tall as the statue of liberty. crews had to use a crane to put her head on earlier today. she is made of stainless steel and now graces trinity place in san francisco. that's between market and mission. s

laughter) the agreement that you are considering pertains so a block in fisherman's wharf bound by leavenworthnd hyde and the san francisco bay the shoreline of this block were forming covered by a wharf as wharf j 10 you'll often hear the area as j wharf 10. >> this long story shattered in 1913 i'm not going to walk you through this in the surroundings block several oil companies operated petroleum and others facilities including two procedure companies to exxon mobil in 1986 contamination was discovered the regulatory process for the site investigation and remediation and exxon mobil did numerous studs in 2008, the regional quality control board the regulatory agency that has jurisdiction over this kind of contamination where there is a potential to impact san francisco by the way, wrote a clean order as mobile to the responsible party and the port as a pertaining to force clean up of this site one of the conditions of that order was that a mechanism ultimately be established under which exxon mobil has long term responsibility for management of the area this series of slides or photos shows

so do certainly would have similar facility located in charleston south carolina, leavenworth kansas, or colorado. parents have chosen to wage -- terrace have chosen to wage war on the americans because of the fundamental meetings in which you bring ourselves. the september 11 attacks occurred before there was ever a guantanamo bay facility. as did the first world trade center bombing. and numerous other attempted attacks on united and interest around the world. operations from a secure facility outside of the continental united states and into charleston well not stop the propaganda. this line of thinking is giving the terrorist too much credit and too much validity. terrorists do not need a deal to hate us. they hate us on their own. second, the president contends that the presence of the facility and guantanamo bay is somehow a major impediment to our relationship with foreign nations. governor, my principal engagement outside the united states is admittedly on the economic development front. attracting foreign investment to my state, that being said, assuming the president's asser

they went to leavenworth. because i told you he was the most decorated hero of world war i, you know he chooses number three. it is interesting why he chooses number three. he has a sympathetic company commander, well-versed in the bible. and a theological discussion, alvin york says to him, the bible says thou shall not kill. the commander says the bible also says render unto caesar, that which is caesar's. obey the government. he says to alvin york, i will give you the weekend, make up your mind. he goes home, studies is bible, and the company commander says, why did you change your mind? because the bible says, blessed are the peacemakers. this is going to be woodrow wilson's war, the last one we will have to fight. and the question we have about alvin york, what does he tell us, right? he is telling us he decides to fight, but it shows you how hard it is to become a conscientious objector. people are putting into this war to create an important goal in terms of how we think about it. and we have some inter

on the second story and the preservation permits will be required and last but not least is 2801 leavenworth agree historic resource in the special use district with the preservation review and the brimentd applications staff requires a ground floor active use and a lot of information for the time before this preservation as indicated staff wants feedback on staffs policy recommendations processing approaches and preliminary recommendations that concludes my presentation. and i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you, very much. opening up for public comment >> could - and commissioner president fong we'll continue with the technical memorandum on both items. >> is that going to pull up good afternoon commissioner president fong and members of the board i'll chelsea planning department staff a coordinator for the academy of arts exist g existing. >> also joining me is rick senior environmental planner and transportation planner and request also shelly who will be providing you a synopsis of yesterday historic preservation commission on the espn members are present rae

on the second story and the preservation permits will be required and last but not least is 2801 leavenworth agree historic resource in the special use district with the preservation review and the brimentd applications staff requires a ground floor active use and a lot of information for the time before this preservation as indicated staff wants feedback on staffs policy recommendations processing approaches and preliminary recommendations that concludes my presentation. and i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you, very much. opening up for public comment >> could - and commissioner president fong we'll continue with the technical memorandum on both items. >> is that going to pull up good afternoon commissioner president fong and members of the board i'll chelsea planning department staff a coordinator for the academy of arts exist g existing. >> also joining me is rick senior environmental planner and transportation planner and request also shelly who will be providing you a synopsis of yesterday historic preservation commission on the espn members are present rae

off-street parking and 32 bicycle parking spaces it is located in the european town historic between leavenworthrom the south side of eddy street the project requires a conditional use authorization to approve the building studying 50 feet in height in a height and bulk district their included in the packet and the project is initially it reuses the first story garage and turns it into a mixed use building which 3 units are affordable the historic preservation commission reviewed the design and found it compatible with the secretary of interior standard and the uptown it requires a evaporates for the 10 units not 14 but the and posters indicated the correct number of units but the language was not appropriate updated the deserve have opine after the commissions takes a motion on conditional use authorization and thirds in compliance the project sponsor reviewed this with the entertainment commission the entertainment commission requests the planning commission adopt the measures for the calculation for the waterproofs plus the project sponsor curds with the conditions lastly staff recommends the

off-street parking and 32 bicycle parking spaces it is located in the european town historic between leavenworthrom the south side of eddy street the project requires a conditional use authorization to approve the building studying 50 feet in height in a height and bulk district their included in the packet and the project is initially it reuses the first story garage and turns it into a mixed use building which 3 units are affordable the historic preservation commission reviewed the design and found it compatible with the secretary of interior standard and the uptown it requires a evaporates for the 10 units not 14 but the and posters indicated the correct number of units but the language was not appropriate updated the deserve have opine after the commissions takes a motion on conditional use authorization and thirds in compliance the project sponsor reviewed this with the entertainment commission the entertainment commission requests the planning commission adopt the measures for the calculation for the waterproofs plus the project sponsor curds with the conditions lastly staff recommends the

she's serving her sentence at the for the leavenworth military base in kansas. >>> during the gop primaryz's ground game was second-to-none and now that donald trump is the presumptive nominee what can he learn from ted cruz and his campaign and can he organize the voters to turn out? former communications director for ted cruz's campaign, alice stewart joins us now. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> getting some rest? >> yes. all is well. >>> what is it that made his campaign so successful? >> one of the keys, first of all, we have a tremendous candidate which is a consistent conservative which is what the party wanted and needed. in addition to that, we have a tremendous grassroots organization and the ability to really motivate grassroots and the organization on the ground to get out and make calls and knock on doors and to get out the vote, and also a tremendous data operation which helps identify voters and which helped us, gave us a tremendous ability to identify voters, where we need to campaign, how we need to campaign, the issues that are important, as well as also how to

as army secretary and will do great by our soldiers at fort leavenworth and fort riley and let me emphasize every soldier serving our nation today. >> reporter: fanning, who held military posts during the obama administration, including acting secretary of the air force, said in a statement, i'm honored by today's senate confirmation and thrilled to return to lead the total army team. the confirmation comes five years after the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, which prevented gays and lesbians in the military from being open about their sexuality. >> i think it demonstrates not only has the military moved on from this issue, but americans are increasingly accepting of their lgbt friends, neighbors, family, colleagues. this is an important step in that direction. >> reporter: it's a milestone also not lost on openly gay talk show host ellen degeneres, who tweeted, congratulations, eric fanning. the first openly gay leader of a u.s. military service. five years, and we're already running the place. >> yes, this is a historic moment, guys. you saw senator after senator yesterday pointing out t

at clay and leavenworth at knob hip and reporting (paused) she was definitely a force be reckoned with and the legacy in memory and in her honor and was a critical care nurse and worked up to a nurse supervisor and heavifully involve with the nurses association and mayor's ag ness sister and turned cna to the nursing society to the political and professional organization it is today. the rest i will submit. >> thank you supervisor peskin. supervisor wiener. >> submit. >> thank you. supervisor yee. >> colleagues i would like to request closing today's board meeting in memory of residents bruce shelby and was a dedicated community member and the former president of the lake shore improvement club one of the larger neighborhood associations and was born in sacramento in 1926. he served our country in the army air corps and after returning to the united states he attended san francisco state university and met his wife shirlee. they were married for 63 years. bruce spent much of his life working in marketing. he was a marketing manager for qantace airlines and worked as director for the go