-mary ellen: hi, i'm mary ellen. -lemonis: mary ellen. -mary ellen: nice to meet you. ary lou: mary lou. -lemonis: mary lou. chuck: call me chuck. lemonis: chuck, nice to meet you. -chuck: pleasure to meet you. -charlie: charlie. lemonis: okay, so you guys are brother and sister. -mary ellen: yes. -lemonis: is this your dad? -charlie: correct. -chuck: c.e.o., designer. charlie: when i go home, at the dinner table, he's my old man. he's my dad. i love him to death. in business, it's chuck because i'm going to get a little emotional. lemonis: and who's in charge? charlie: i kind of run the show. mary ellen: i mean, the loudest person usually does. lemonis: the loudest person. charlie: i think everyone can agree. -mary lou: no. -mary ellen: [ scoffs ] charlie: everyone comes to me. i'm the one person that you all communicate to. lemonis: and whose name's on the door? -chuck: oh, my name. -lemonis: okay. just wanted to clarify that. it doesn't say, "swim by charlie handy." chuck: no. lemonis: do you have a business card? charlie: yes. lemonis: vice president, that's you. an

and we'll continue with the department of emergency management and with us we have the director mary ellen carole. ms. carole, the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair fewer and thank you spurs. i'm happy to be here today. i'm director and department of emergency management and the mission of our department is to lead the city and planning preparedness, communications, response and recovery for everyday and not so everyday emergencies and large city wide events, major disasters and global pandemic. in addition, 9-1-1 houses a 9-1-1 and operations and who are the vital link in emergency communications between the public and first responders. since january of this calender year, we have played a key role in the city's response to t coronavirus pandemic and will continue to do so for the remainder of thremainder of the. we have noted the city's covid command center or c3, as we call it, as part of the because we are fully integrated into the operations and imagine age and and mostly known as 9-1-1r our dispatch personnel. with 2ftes, which accounts for 67 of our total positions, in our divisio

mary ellen carroll. i present to you dr. grant koufax. director of public health. >> i'm director of health for the city and county of san francisco. thank you, director carroll for your cooperation and collaboration and leadership during covid-19 and now during the speak events. there's -- smoke events. there's multiple fires burning throughout california including in northern california and santa cruz county. today, for instance is experiencing unusually hazy and smoky air as a result. the air quality index is currently at level red which means unhealthy. in other words, everyone may begin to experience adverse health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious affects. that includes people with lung disease including those who have asthma and copd and asthma and children. these groups are particularly susceptible to elevated air pollution levels and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. these individuals should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion and people should limit prolonged health guides.

mary ellen carroll. i present to you dr. grant koufax.lic health. >> i'm director of health for the city and county of san francisco. thank you, director carroll for your cooperation and collaboration and leadership during covid-19 and now during the speak events. there's -- smoke events. there's multiple fires burning throughout california including in northern california and santa cruz county. today, for instance is experiencing unusually hazy and smoky air as a result. the air quality index is currently at level red which means unhealthy. in other words, everyone may begin to experience adverse health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious affects. that includes people with lung disease including those who have asthma and copd and asthma and children. these groups are particularly susceptible to elevated air pollution levels and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. these individuals should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion and people should limit prolonged health guides. if you have an r

two cops came over and grabbed me and escorted me to the front of my house. >> reporter: mary ellen andsked investigators what was going on. they were handed the search warrant stating investigators were looking for anything connected to bomb making. >> i said how do you know it was a bomb? we don't even know it was a bomb. >> reporter: that was the first you heard of such a thing? >> because we thought it was an accident. >> reporter: did they seem to be accusing the two of you? >> yes. >> reporter: both of you. >> yes. >> reporter: were you frightened? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: what were you afraid of? >> that they thought we did it. >> reporter: around colusa the raid on peter's house just days after roberto's death was big news. the neighbor began sending out real time updates on facebook. >> there was a parade of cars driving around the whole neighborhood. >> as these detectives were asking their questions and as they were ripping my house -- going through my house. >> reporter: when they left? >> they took our computers and our cell phones. we had a business. nobody could call us.

can you see it >> eric slovin it was just like - >> jimmy: oh, of course, slovin mary ellen took it ilike - >> jimmy: you have it in your office >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's so fun. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i love that you have that >> i love it >> jimmy: do you - i don't -- never mind >> go. do i what? >> jimmy: do you think of me often? >> of course i do, buddy of course i do, man. >> jimmy: come here. come here, man >> come on >> jimmy: come here. >> come on, >> jimmy: come on. here boy, sit. come here. sit. >> come here sit. get up oh my gosh get off the couch. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: hey, can we talk about the movie? how do we set it up, and how'd you get involved >> it's this movie that they asked me to do, and it's shot in portland, and i love being portland and i was like, "great." i would love to do it. i will tell you one thing. this is -- i did not prepare this for this interview and this is not a bit. i had an acting coach for it >> jimmy: wow, cause it's not really a comedy. >> and it's not a bit. i wanted to be done just resting on thinking that i could just have a presence and ch

mary ellen carroll. i present to you dr. grant koufax.ublic health. >> i'm director of health for the city and county of san francisco. thank you, director carroll for your cooperation and collaboration and leadership during covid-19 and now during the speak events. there's -- smoke events. there's multiple fires burning throughout california including in northern california and santa cruz county. today, for instance is experiencing unusually hazy and smoky air as a result. the air quality index is currently at level red which means unhealthy. in other words, everyone may begin to experience adverse health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious affects. that includes people with lung disease including those who have asthma and copd and asthma and children. these groups are particularly susceptible to elevated air pollution levels and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. these individuals should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion and people should limit prolonged health guides. if you have an

mary ellen carroll. i present to you dr. grant koufax.tor of public health. >> i'm director of health for the city and county of san francisco. thank you, director carroll for your cooperation and collaboration and leadership during covid-19 and now during the speak events. there's -- smoke events. there's multiple fires burning throughout california including in northern california and santa cruz county. today, for instance is experiencing unusually hazy and smoky air as a result. the air quality index is currently at level red which means unhealthy. in other words, everyone may begin to experience adverse health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious affects. that includes people with lung disease including those who have asthma and copd and asthma and children. these groups are particularly susceptible to elevated air pollution levels and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. these individuals should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion and people should limit prolonged health guides. if you

mary ellen carroll. i present to you dr. grant koufax.ector of public health. >> i'm director of health for the city and county of san francisco. thank you, director carroll for your cooperation and collaboration and leadership during covid-19 and now during the speak events. there's -- smoke events. there's multiple fires burning throughout california including in northern california and santa cruz county. today, for instance is experiencing unusually hazy and smoky air as a result. the air quality index is currently at level red which means unhealthy. in other words, everyone may begin to experience adverse health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious affects. that includes people with lung disease including those who have asthma and copd and asthma and children. these groups are particularly susceptible to elevated air pollution levels and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. these individuals should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion and people should limit prolonged health guides. if y

mary ellen from sarasota, florida. caller: good morning. do trust the postal service, but i do think that congress has destroyed the postal service. they have never permitted them to revamp and modernize. all of these online businesses have been raping the postal service since we have been in the midst of this covid crisis. they don't charge enough for the services they provide. that is congress's fault. the postal service has been used to make amazon and all of these ther companies rich, while postal service drops further in debt. i vote in person but i live in florida. for many years we have had a well regulated, safe, absentee ballot vote by mail system. it really does work. states are what the planning to do. they want to mail out blindly millions of applications for people to mail in votes, or blindly mail out ballots to addresses is where people may thatdied, have moved, and is ripe for fraud. it is not the postal service's fault. they are already overwhelmed with all of these online packages during this crisis. and lest someone makes

. >> any questions for mary ellen. >> operator: press star three to raise your hand to ask a question and star, star. >> i just wanted to bring attention to the supervisors that this was revised and reissued last night just to make sure that everyone is reviewing the same -- there was nothing technical in nature and there were no -- i don't think there were any changes that the department was not aware of. with the reserve recommendations, just real quick, we are recommending placing 50% of the funds that are in three separate recommendations for the covid-19 unified command and emergency operation's center and the joint information center on the budget and finance committee reserve and the first is for temporary salaries managed for fringe benefits and project funds. for operating and security costs, the second is for public outreach and messaging at the joint information center and the third was a recommendation for overtime expenditures. the justification that is in many cases, the true cost of the operations in the budget year is unknown. in addition, there is a possibility that s

mary ellen britton, a physician from lexington. the first woman physician. she spoke at this st. james african methodist episcopal church which is in eastern kentucky to the kentucky colored teachers association in 1887 on why women should have the right to vote. that was pretty remarkable for that time period. i have worked on a lot of projects. this has got to be the most exciting project i have ever been involved with. because the people at that church, the minister and the board of trustees could not believe how someone cared about their history and what had happened there. i thought, this community history, i never had appreciation for it like i do today. it is important for people to know what happened in their own backyard. that was dr. britton. this is for mary barr clay, the daughter of caches clay, abraham lincoln's ambassador to russia. he was a big abolitionist. this is their home, whitehall. it is a state park. we put this marker up for mary barr clay. let me tell you what, i wish i could go back in time and hear her speak. in 1887, she spoke -- this is hard to belie

mary ellen carroll. i present to you dr. grant koufax. director of public health. >> i'm director of health for the city and county of san francisco. thank you, director carroll for your cooperation and collaboration and leadership during covid-19 and now during the speak events. there's -- smoke events. there's multiple fires burning throughout california including in northern california and santa cruz county. today, for instance is experiencing unusually hazy and smoky air as a result. the air quality index is currently at level red which means unhealthy. in other words, everyone may begin to experience adverse health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious affects. that includes people with lung disease including those who have asthma and copd and asthma and children. these groups are particularly susceptible to elevated air pollution levels and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. these individuals should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion and people should limit prolonged health guides.

. >> any questions for mary ellen. >> operator: press star three to raise your hand to ask a question and star, star. >> i just wanted to bring attention to the supervisors that this was revised and reissued last night just to make sure that everyone is reviewing the same -- there was nothing technical in nature and there were no -- i don't think there were any changes that the department was not aware of. with the reserve recommendations, just real quick, we are recommending placing 50% of the funds that are in three separate recommendations for the covid-19 unified command and emergency operation's center and the joint information center on the budget and finance committee reserve and the first is for temporary salaries managed for fringe benefits and project funds. for operating and security costs, the second is for public outreach and messaging at the joint information center and the third was a recommendation for overtime expenditures. the justification that is in many cases, the true cost of the operations in the budget year is unknown. in addition, there is a possibility that s

mary ellen carroll. i present to you dr. grant koufax. director of public health. >> i'm director of health for the city and county of san francisco. thank you, director carroll for your cooperation and collaboration and leadership during covid-19 and now during the speak events. there's -- smoke events. there's multiple fires burning throughout california including in northern california and santa cruz county. today, for instance is experiencing unusually hazy and smoky air as a result. the air quality index is currently at level red which means unhealthy. in other words, everyone may begin to experience adverse health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious affects. that includes people with lung disease including those who have asthma and copd and asthma and children. these groups are particularly susceptible to elevated air pollution levels and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. these individuals should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion and people should limit prolonged health guides.

mary ellen carroll. i present to you dr. grant koufax. director of public health. >> i'm director of health for the city and county of san francisco. thank you, director carroll for your cooperation and collaboration and leadership during covid-19 and now during the speak events. there's -- smoke events. there's multiple fires burning throughout california including in northern california and santa cruz county. today, for instance is experiencing unusually hazy and smoky air as a result. the air quality index is currently at level red which means unhealthy. in other words, everyone may begin to experience adverse health effects and members of sensitive groups may experience more serious affects. that includes people with lung disease including those who have asthma and copd and asthma and children. these groups are particularly susceptible to elevated air pollution levels and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. these individuals should avoid prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion and people should limit prolonged health guides.

mary ellen curtain is history professor and director of american studies at american university and the author of the forthcoming book "from virtue to power barbara jordan" and the rise of black women leadership in modern america. and finally susan carol who is a political science professor at rutgers university, a senior scholar at the center for american women in politics, coauthor of the book "a seat at the table congress womens perspectives on why their presence matters." david perry, let's begin with you. >> thank you so much. this book right here available at the book exhibit begins with a line, this book is about the women who went to my grandmother's funeral. that's the first line here. my mother's last work which came out two days ago took decades for her to get to that first line. in the 1980s my mother, elizabeth perry, turned her attention to the biography of bell mauskowitz, but she broadly destroyed her papers, so it took my mother a lot of time to dig through haystacks and find copies she sent whereby looking for references for her to put together the story in her own tim

mary ellen is a history professor and director of american studies at american university and the author of the book "from virtue to power." glen da, who helped organize this morning's panel, is the author of "the rise of public women." and finally, susan carroll, who is a political science professor at rutgers university. senior scholar at the center for american women in politics. david, let's begin with you. >> thank you so much. this book right here available at the book exhibit, it begins with the line, the this book is about the women who went to my grandmother's funeral. that's the first line here. my mother's last work, which came out two days ago, two decades for her to get to that first line. in the 1980s, my mother turned her attention to the biography of one of the most important and powerful women and national political history in the first few decades of the 20th century. people knew about bell, but her papers, she broadly destroyed her papers. so it took my mother a long time to dig through hay stacks and find a lot of needles looking for copies of letters that she sent, l

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henry lee talked to the family who lost three members in the ellen you lightning complex fires. >> reporter: mary lost her life after trying to save her disabled boyfriend and her son. on tuesday, she left her home and came across a road block. >> she knew, if they went past, they wouldn't let her go back. that meant leo and tom were not going to be able to leave. >> reporter: crystal made the decision to go back to her home. the flames were impossible to leave by car. the three sought refuge in a bunker. >> they went in there, hoping they could ride it out. unfortunately, the fire was so intense. >> within moments, three lives were lost, including the matriarch. >> she is like everyone's grandma. it didn't matter if you are biologically hers or not. sorry -- she was really warm and welcoming, open to everyone. >> her boyfriend of seven years used a wheelchair. >> he was a rough old man, but he wanted everyone to do good. >> reporter: his son always lost his life. >> he always had a smile on his face. >> reporter: there was an additional fatality in solano county. >> condolences go out to the fam

ellen was puppy lov love. now he's in his late fifties having his last stab at romance he would lose her and windsor and mary's are within one year and now she is the most supportive presidential wife one could imagine. they never left each other side. got to the point wilson used to walk to other departments of the government to stop in mrs. wilson would go with him. she was trained in the memoranda he was writing and almost as though fate was dictating. because after the war and wilson came back with the league of nations and the peace treaty going around the country to convince the american people they should convince the republican senate to ratify the treaty which the republicans did not want to do he collapsed and was rushed home to washington from the middle of the country and then a few days later he suffered a stroke. here is where mrs. wilson comes in. she and a handful of doctors engage what i consider the greatest white house conspiracy in history. because three or four people decided they would never tell anybody the president had suffered a stroke. so for the last year and half of the wilson admi