and it's true, leavenworth is an excellent view street. and all streets in all directions for at least 500 streets are similarly designated. there's no way to improve that if we're to improve the coverage of that intersection. wireless installations are not prohibited. they require a finding that they would not significantly impair the views of the important buildings, landmarks, open spaces, parks, that were the demonstration of the streets. and i think it's important to 5 differentiate between something in this corridor and something significantly degrading the views in that area. it would be visible, obviously, but whether it degrades the views is up for discussion there. and i've highlighted a couple of photos there. this is looking up greenwich path. this is a photo of an existing installation two blocks up on chestnut. there's an antenna facility there which is exactly what we're proposing here. you barely notice it. it doesn't add much bulk. you don't really notice it. it's not a significant impact. i took photos from all around. th

at fort leavenworth, kansas, discusses their experiences during the war. this is hosted by the kansas city public library as part of a national endowment for the arts series on the vietnam war. >> tonight, we have a distinguished panel, and jim wilbanks will introduce them in a moment. i proud to introduce jim wilbanks. he served 23 years in the army, retiring as lieutenant colonel. he was an infantry advisor to a regiment during the 1970 two easter offensive in vietnam. he has a ba in history from .exas a&m he has an ma and phd from the university of kansas. j hot jokes are permitted, even encouraged. been on the command and general staff college faculty of the department of military history for -- since 1992. for 11red the department years. during that time, he has come to -- i quote from the front page of the new york times 10 years or so ago -- as the intellectual center of the army. at the, he put set bottom of his email signature -- puts that at the bottom of his team else. it's required? ok. well, it's appropriate in his case, because no one has don

at fort leavenworth. the center had been created by general david petraeus and theral jim mattis, being current secretary of defense. i work there for four years until the center closed and then i retired. vietnam as an in infantry company commander, by then, had become a captain and airbornemmanded an company in germany, at least i had a sense of what command was like. of course commanding in a combat environment was an entirely -- something entirely different. our company was just a straight leg infantry company. see the newsreels of guys slogging through the jungle, we were in the jungle area, not the rice paddies are the real mountains. pick jungle,, just three put not see, you couldn't see to the back row here quite often. our mission was the typical infantry mission. that's what we were to do. made 33 combat assaults and helicopters. general,eople like the when he put me in, but i loved him many pulled me out. compatriots who had the gunships that brought rocket fire whenever we got into contact, an

army command and general staff college at fort leavenworth kansas. discussing their experiences during the war. the event is hosted by kansas city public library as part of a national endowment for the arts on the vietnam war. this is an hour 15 minutes. >> tonight we have a distinguished panel. i'm here to introduce jim wilbanks, who has an important and distinguished career. he served for 23 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. advisorn infantry during the eastern offensive in vietnam. he has a ba in history from texas and them. an ma and phd from the university of kansas. on the command school, the command and general staff college, the department of since 1992.tory he has chaired the department for 11 years and during that time it has come to be known as the internet -- as the intellectual center of the army. he quotes that at the bottom of his email signature. it's required. he's the author of 14 books, including the book great commanders. he authored books on the offensive, etc.. .e's been an editorial advisor on the editorial board of armc

here by anybody, but it turns out that i lived in the beginning of my professional career at 2200 leavenworth, directly opposite this pole. i lived on the 2nd floor above the main door. so i had a perfect view of this particular pole. i also lived down the street at 1703 for several years as well. so i know this neighborhood inside and out. i don't live there anymore, as i think most of you know, but personally, i feel very close to that neighborhood and it's worth protecting. what i want to suggest to you is that you should find out from the planning department what exactly were the standards that they used? in 17073, you were able to get the zoning administrator to explain to you that the reason that he was willing to deny a permit, recommend denying a permit, while he would -- grant a permit on an excellent street but deny a permit on a good street, namely lombard, is because he thought that the distant views were not as worth protecting as the up-close views of lombard street. i looked at the brief that the city attorney has filed with the california supreme court. the city attorney uses

our new office on allison wheels, at the corner of ellis and leavenworth has cameras. we just received -- an oewd grant for the last go around for cameras so we'll put up somewhere between two and four more locations, depending how much we can leverage out of the property owners to put the cameras up. but these cameras have been very effective and we work closely with the san francisco police department, they're in our office quite often to get the tape to use in the prosecutions. our biggest budget item always has been and probably will be is cleaning our sidewalks. you have seen this before, basically sweeping great feety and removing and pickup of the needles and we continue to do that in this fiscal year and we're successful at that. and that's it. i'm open to questions, thoughts, comments, on any of our work or anything that we're doing. thank you very much. >> supervisor kim: thank you, mr. gibson and first of all i just want to thank the tenderloin c.b.d. for its work and it's really grown since 2005 and i still remember alana, and delilah that kicked off the wo

like al capone, the irs you finally caught up with tom pendergast. 1939 and wentd in to jail in leavenworth federal penitentiary. nothing by 1945. and pendergast died of natural causes. truman came to his funeral. came viceo just president, came to the funeral of tom pendergast, during wartime, on a military plane. [laughter] a big controversy. roosevelt died, and truman was president of the united states. so truman can never completely distance himself from his background with the machine. and he owned it. he said that pendergast always kept his word, and he wasn't going to abandon his friend. and so what we are trying to do is complicate that history, and i have done a little bit of that in this interview. but we are building a website -- currentlylude we have about 9500 scans of original documents. lettersphotographs, written back then. i mentioned the court cases that unveiled voter fraud and other crimes. website thatactive will combine the original documents with the new scholarships. to 18reached out in 2015 or other professors, museum professionals or historians, who have produced f

i got a chance to go see michael vick when he was in leavenworth pr a to the nfl. >> encouragement is a good word. tony, you've been an encouragement to people not only because of your football success but what you're doing in the game of life. we certainly thank you. a true american hero, clearly a hall of famer. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you, j.b. >> we'll see you next week for another edition of "the james brown show." >> the james brown show is produced at the manhattan center, new york's premier event, performance and production facility. the and we'd like you to be part of ours.. so our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. not a cent more. we're so happy to share this with you. it's our way of saying happy holidays. and welcome to the family... the chevy family. use your employee discount for everyone and trade up to this silverado all star to get a total value of over eleven thousand dollars. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. just became whatever whayou're about to dout to do after you get coffee. nothing comes before coffee. that's

he was indicted in 1939 and went to jail in leavenworth federal penitentiary. pendergast was nothing by this 1945. by pendergast died of natural causes. truman came to his funeral. so truman, who just became vice president, came to the funeral tom pendergast tom pendergast e on a military plane. big controversy. [laughter] weeks later, roosevelt died, and truman was president of the united states. completelyould never distance himself from the background of this machine, and he owned it. he said that pendergast always kept his word, and he would not abandon his friend. and so what we are trying to do is complicate that history. i've done a little bit of that in this interview. a website that will include -- currently we ofe about 9500 scans original documents. we have photographs, letters people have written to one another back then. , voterases unveiled fraud. it is an interactive website that will combine these original documents with new scholarship. 18 reached out in 2015 to orferent professors who -- other museum professionals or historians who have produc

some where in the missouri state penitentiary and others were sent to fort leavenworth and there are records here at the national archives dealing with the fort leavenworth penitentiary, so if anyone is interested in digging into those records they are located here. the laws were many against people like us and i will read a few because in the 1880s the kansas city star, our local newspaper summarized all of kansas city's current then current ordinances and i pulled off some of them and you will see some of the songs on these people particularly women, i'm afraid you're getting one affair-- appearing in dressed not belonging to his-- his or her sex, any female of lewd character frequenting saloons. improper dress not belonging to one sex. occupied-- occupied rooms for purposes of prostitution and permitting girls under the age of 17 to remain in the house without notifying the police. body house was a house of prostitution. any vagrant person as an inmate in a body house or person or keeper of a body house, vagrant nagel-- male procurer or pimp or keeper of a body house and i thought

army command and general staff college at fort leavenworth kansas. discussing their experiences during the war. the event is hosted by kansas city public library as part of a national endowment for the arts on the vietnam war. this is an hour 15 minutes. >> tonight we have a distinguished panel. i'm here to introduce jim wilbanks, who has an important and distinguished career. he served for 23 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

leavenworth, kansas, and lawrence, kansas, they've been getting ready all year.adquarters. 1,100 workers, bringing the snowmen to life. every christmas card written right here. and we wanted to meet the writers. first, heading into this hallmark store. straight to the christmas aisle. good to see you. happy holidays. hallmark in business since 1910. cofounder j.c. hall, just 18 when he traveled from nebraska to kansas city. he gets off the train with a shoe box full of postcards and that's the start. >> that's the start. >> reporter: with the help of his brother, they begin making and receiving a new kind of card, a greeting card that you put inside an envelope. all these years later, who is writing them? andrew backburn, for eight years now. >> you kind of get into the spirit of christmas a lot earlier than most people do. >> reporter: his sister, mother and father, inspiration. i love what andrew told us. >> yes. >> reporter: that it comes from his parents, that's his inspiration. >> absolutely. unfortunately, weir sold out, because itol . >> 12 1/2 years writi

capone, it irs that finally caught up with tom pendergast, and he was went to in 1939 and jail in leavenworth federal penitentiary. pendergast was nothing by this point, by 1945, and pendergast , natural causes. truman came to his funeral. truman, who just became vice president, came to the funeral of tom pendergast during wartime on a military plane. big controversy. roosevelt died, and truman was president of the united states, so truman could never completely distance himself from his background with the machine, and he owned it. he said that pendergast always kept his word, and he was not going to abandon his friend. so what we are trying to do is , andicate that history i've done a little bit of that in this interview, but we are building a website that will -- currently, we have about 9500 scans of original documents. we have photographs, letters people wrote to one another back then. mentioned the court cases that unveiled voter fraud. it is an interactive website that will combine these original documents with new scholarship, 2015 to 18ed out in or other professors museum professiona

then we had about 15 months at fort leavenworth, kansas, commanding the combined arms center which hasr of different hats that an individual wears. it's-- you control the army's doctrine a lot. it's really quite an extraordinary command. and we really revamped the whole process of preparing units, soldiers and their leaders-- right. --to go to iraq and to afghanistan, and we did the counterinsurgency field manual, which was sort of the intellectual foundation for that. once again, you wrote a very good report. you oversaw the counterinsurgency manual, and it was so good, you were asked to-- by president bush to go back-- yeah. right. --and lead the so-called surge. now, when he said, "i'd like you to go lead the surge," did you say, "i've already served two tours of duty in iraq, and i don't need to go back a third time"? or what did you say? no, i mean, you'd say it'd be a privilege to do that. and it's the same thing i said when president obama sat me down, you know, several years later, and said, with no pleasantries and no one else in the room except for a photographer, he said, "i

folks can drop off donations on leavenworth. st. anthony serves 2,700 meals each day of the year and provide 150 people with clothing. they are looking for items, toiletries, socks and shoes, if you would like to help out. >>> the national retail federation predict this is will be a big weekend for brick and mortar businesses. >> you can't go online. as amber lee reports shoppers are finding deals and stores opening early, closing late to meet that last minute frenzy. >> reporter: it's friday nightat stone ridge shopping center. business is brisk as retail ears night at stone ridge stopping center. business is brisk at retailers. she and others will be back in store before the weekend. the last day before christmas is super saturday. >> there's people everywhere and they're carrying bags. >> i've got a great deal for this peanuts nativity figures delux set. >> one shopper says he found items 50% off. retailers are carrying smaller inventories. >> we came here for her to buy me a gift, but we came for maybe two more other gifts. >> r

being near exceptional academic organizations like the commanding general staff college at fort leavenworth and the university of kansas, where our next beaker is an associate professor of russian history. dr. erik scott draws on years of fieldwork and knowledge of several regional languages to research, teach, and explore and,an history particularly, the migration and diaspora related to it. russia and central asia, which he looked in his book, "familiar strangers: the georgian diaspora and the evolution of soviet empire," which reinterprets the russianf modern history. professor scott has been awarded on unmakingto speak and remaking an empire beyond the russian revolution, join me in welcoming dr. erik scott. [applause] morning.: good for that very nice introduction. it is wonderful to be here this morning. i am very glad to have been invited. i feel, to some extent, like an outsider. because although this weekend's symposium is called "america joins the fight," i will not be speaking about united states. i will not even be speaking about world war i in particular. what i want to examine

he said leavenworth.e working at the time beating, you know, on the ground, collecting information, not the pop dog, not director comey, not mccabe, they said that they felt that the rug had been pulled out from under them. that she was treated differently. that, i can tell from you extensive interviews i have done. >> laura: from your sources. david, we have been talking about this for a long time. are you at all convinced by what you heard from the congressman that designating this as a special investigation, the tarmac, you heard all the elements you laid out, that that's significant in your mind at all. >> have you got to kind of feel bad for congressman gaetz. he is trying to get attention for fbi investigation and thenned over a year ago on the same day that a major thing happened in the special counsel investigation which is the former national security advisor pleaded guilty to crime. that investigation is going forward. now finding evidence of crime, finding indisputable evidence national securit

he said leavenworth.ts who were working at the time beating, you know, on the ground, collecting information, not the pop dog, not director comey, not mccabe, they said that they felt that the rug had been pulled out from under them. that she was treated differently. that, i can tell from you extensive interviews i have done. >> laura: from your sources. david, we have been talking about this for a long time. are you at all convinced by what you heard from the congressman that designating this as a special investigation, the tarmac, you heard all the elements you laid out, that that's significant in your mind at all. >> have you got to kind of feel bad for congressman gaetz. he is trying to get attention for fbi investigation and thenned over a year ago on the same day that a major thing happened in the special counsel investigation which is the former national security advisor pleaded guilty to crime. that investigation is going forward. now finding evidence of crime, finding indisputable evidence nation

the fort leavenworth penitentiary. so if anybody's interested in digging into those records, they are located right here. the laws were many against people like us, and up going to reach us at you because the 1880s the "kansas city star," our local newspaper, summarize all of kansas cities current, then current ordinances. i have pulled out some of them turkey will see some of the thumbs on this people, particularly women i'm afraid. anyone appeared in dressed not belong to his or her sex, we've heard that. any female of lewd character frequenting saloons. and in proper dressed not belonging to one sex pic indecent lewd dress. occupying rooms for purposes of prostitution. permitting girls under the age of 17 to remain in a body house without now to find the police. body house was a house of prostitution. any vagrant, person as an inmate in the body house, a person or a keeper of a body house. a vagrant, a male procurer or a pimp or keeper of the body has been opposed interesting in 1882 the work have within the newspap

. >> he belongs in leavenworth from my personal view. i don't have all the facts he belongs behind bars. this guy, these things can not happen in democracy, particularly in the fbi. liz: we posted those comments on our show's twitter page. it got 115,000 views, almost 4,000 retweets, over 6,000 likes. this today as senior fbi official, andrew mccabe, the number two guy there, faced a closed-door grilling from house lawmakers from peter strzok's tweets and more. senator chuck grassley calling for mccabe to be fired. jim kallstrom is back to talk about it. we love having you on the show, jim. republicans argue if the russia investigation is founded upon a democratic-funded anti-trump file, the dossier this whole inquiry is politically-motivated. what do you think? what happened behind the scenes at the fbi? >> oh, i think it is politically-motivated. i think the whole thing is probably the plan, the plan of, looks more and more like that is the conspiracy. in other words, if donald trump actually became president, then they would have this

he bonds in leavenworth this guy, in my view, i don't have all the facts, he belongs behind bars, this. these things can not happen in a democracy, particularly in the fbi. but it's not the fbi. i beg the american people, don't condemn the fbi, condemn these people that have went way, way off the rails here and you know, need to be dealt with severely in my view. >> the fbi catching the bad guys forever. i mean, they're the federal cops that protect the system. this guy, peter strzok is still in hr and alan dershowitz, a lawyer, says he would like to see a nonpartisan commission to look into mueller's team. do you think that's a good idea or should they shut mueller's investigation down? >> disappointed in bob mueller, known him a long, long time. i was on his adviser board for almost a whole decade, and i don't know if he's the subject of the stockholm syndrome with president obama or what, but he is so far out of line with the people he hired, particularly the junkyard dog guy that's his deputy that went into paul manafort's house at 4:00 in the morning and dragged the wife out of be

leavenworth, kansas. it will take me a few times, chris. caller: thanks. want to say number one you just nailed it with the last caller. the bottom line is robert mueller is brought in to investigate collusion with the russians during the election, that somehow tampered with the electoral process. whathas nothing to do with flynn got charged with, which was lying to the fbi investigators about something he was doing as national security adviser. after the election. the bottom line is even though itwas bad conduct on flynn, had nothing to do with collusion with the russians, nothing to do with the electoral process, nothing to do with collusion. at the end of the day it does not prove anything to what mueller's actually investigating. host: let me ask you this. although we know this one charge that we have this guilty plea from michael flynn, there might be more that robert mueller and his investigators know that could of all things that happened before the election. the you think it is too soon to make a determination whether there is any sort of coordinat

1,000th of what hillary clinton did, classified or nearly classified information i would be in leavenworth. leland: not if. it's is. there are former intel officers and former nsa workers and cia officers who have served time. who have gone jail. who have lost their jobs and their livelihood because of doing much, much, much less. pete: great point. leland: than what hillary clinton was accused of doing at some points for the democrats as you talk to them in washington. it's almost about the journey, not really the destination. they feel as though if they can keep russia collusion, mueller trump in the same sentence. they don't care about the verbs between all those words. rachel: right. pete: it's a good point. a narrative they have to feed no matter what. rachel: it's nice getting more of this information that we are getting as you said from this independent counsel proving that hillary was treated differently, the messages that we saw from you peter strzok. but, the american people knew. this i think that's why she wasn't elected. and, by the way, democrat want to move on from hillary,

next, a panel of five vietnam war veterans selected by at fort army command leavenworth, kansas, discusses their experiences during the war. this is hosted by the kansas city public library as part of a national endowment for the arts series on the vietnam war. >> tonight, we have a distinguished panel, and jim wilbanks will introduce them in a moment. i proud to introduce jim wilbanks. he served 23 years in the army, retiring as lieutenant colonel. he was an infantry advisor to a regiment during the 1970 two easter offensive in vietnam. he has a ba in history from .exas a&m he has an ma and phd from the university of kansas. j hot jokes are permitted, even encouraged. been on the