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mr. brooks. >> eric brooks pour the san francisco green party and little local grassroots on the last part of the report just want to put in a request from the public that we see a report sent in from staff that scopes out h bonds and green bonds and all the power bond capacity so we know what we are dealing with and how they'll be used hypothetically to build for sf clean power are any program like treasure island or biophysicistayview. >> any other public comment okay seen if you could call the consent calendar. >> item that a consent calendar
mr. brooks. >> eric brooks pour the san francisco green party and little local grassroots on the last part of the report just want to put in a request from the public that we see a report sent in from staff that scopes out h bonds and green bonds and all the power bond capacity so we know what we are dealing with and how they'll be used hypothetically to build for sf clean power are any program like treasure island or biophysicistayview. >> any other public comment okay seen if you...
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mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. americans in our armed forces are being hammered with layoffs and reductions in force. representative gay yageo's amendment to the ndaa -- gallego's amendment to the ndaa boresens that plight. over -- worsens that plight. 92,000 positions were eliminated. this year 28,000 positions prb eliminated. over the next four years, another 38,000 mirlts fogses will be cut. between 2010 and 2019, the armed forces will eliminate a total of 158,000 uniform personnel positions, thereby costing american citizens and lawful immigrants 158,000 military service opportunities. what is the result? americans serving around the world today have been handed pink slips while they are risking their lives for america. that's outrageous. for emphasis, there is no military recruitment and retention deficit that justifies supplanting americans and lawful immigrants with illegal aliens. in 2014, every branch of the military, the army the navy, the air force, the marines, met their recruiting and retention require
mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. americans in our armed forces are being hammered with layoffs and reductions in force. representative gay yageo's amendment to the ndaa -- gallego's amendment to the ndaa boresens that plight. over -- worsens that plight. 92,000 positions were eliminated. this year 28,000 positions prb eliminated. over the next four years, another 38,000 mirlts fogses will be cut. between 2010 and 2019, the armed forces will eliminate a total of 158,000 uniform personnel...
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mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. americans in our armed forces are being hammered with layoffs and reductions in force. representative gay yageo's amendment to the ndaa -- gallego's amendment to the ndaa boresens that plight. over -- worsens that plight. 92,000 positions were eliminated. this year 28,000 positions prb eliminated. over the next four years, another 38,000 mirlts fogses will be cut. between 2010 and 2019, the armed forces will eliminate a total of 158,000 uniform personnel positions, thereby costing american citizens and lawful immigrants 158,000 military service opportunities. what is the result? americans serving around the world today have been handed pink slips while they are risking their lives for america. that's outrageous. for emphasis, there is no military recruitment and retention deficit that justifies supplanting americans and lawful immigrants with illegal aliens. in 2014, every branch of the military, the army the navy, the air force, the marines, met their recruiting and retention require
mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. americans in our armed forces are being hammered with layoffs and reductions in force. representative gay yageo's amendment to the ndaa -- gallego's amendment to the ndaa boresens that plight. over -- worsens that plight. 92,000 positions were eliminated. this year 28,000 positions prb eliminated. over the next four years, another 38,000 mirlts fogses will be cut. between 2010 and 2019, the armed forces will eliminate a total of 158,000 uniform personnel...
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mr. brooks. >> can i have a motion whether to assert you move to assert. >> deputy city attorney one the slelt items involves commissioner courtneys employers local one of 1 i ask for a motion to recuse him under closed session. >> i'll move that. >> all in favor, say i. >> opposed? the motion carries and and we have another motion on the table whether to assert we moved it. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the motion carries. >> session. >> we're now back into the open session the report open the closed session is item 18 settled and number 19 smelted. >> can i have a motion no to disclosure. >> the motion carries any new business commissioners? seeing none this meeting is adjourned at tuesday, may 5, 2015 meeting of the san francisco unified school district sfusd please call t role and director brinkman director borden director heinecke is anticipated director nolan pr director ramos director rubke directors ,3 3 quorum announcement of please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones planning code are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may orde
mr. brooks. >> can i have a motion whether to assert you move to assert. >> deputy city attorney one the slelt items involves commissioner courtneys employers local one of 1 i ask for a motion to recuse him under closed session. >> i'll move that. >> all in favor, say i. >> opposed? the motion carries and and we have another motion on the table whether to assert we moved it. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the motion carries. >>...
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mr. brooks. >> can i have a motion whether to assert you move to assert. >> deputy city attorney one the slelt items involves commissioner courtneys employers local one of 1 i ask for a motion to recuse him under closed session. >> i'll move that. >> all in favor, say i. >> opposed? the motion carries and and we have another motion on the table whether to assert we moved it. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the motion carries. >> session. >> we're now back into the open session the report open the closed session is item 18 settled and number 19 smelted. >> can i have a motion no to disclosure. >> the motion carries any new business commissioners? seeing none this meeting is adjourned at. >> good afternoon it is now, one 08 this is is regular meeting of the san francisco community investment & infrastructure commission is successor to the action for april 21st, 2015 welcome to members of the public mr. secretary call the first item. >> is first order of business is roll call members please respond arrest commissioner mondejar commissioner singh commissioner bustos councilmember a
mr. brooks. >> can i have a motion whether to assert you move to assert. >> deputy city attorney one the slelt items involves commissioner courtneys employers local one of 1 i ask for a motion to recuse him under closed session. >> i'll move that. >> all in favor, say i. >> opposed? the motion carries and and we have another motion on the table whether to assert we moved it. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the motion carries. >>...
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mr. brooks. >> can i have a motion whether to assert you move to assert. >> deputy city attorney one the slelt items involves commissioner courtneys employers local one of 1 i ask for a motion to recuse him under closed session. >> i'll move that. >> all in favor, say i. >> opposed? the motion carries and and we have another motion on the table whether to assert we moved it. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the motion carries. >> session. >> we're now back into the open session the report open the closed session is item 18 settled and number 19 smelted. >> can i have a motion no to disclosure. >> the motion carries any new business commissioners? seeing none this meeting is adjourned at. >> good evening and welcome to the wednesday, april 29, 2015, meeting of san francisco board of appeals preferring is board supervisor cortese and joined by commissioner honda commissioner fung commissioner wilson commissioner swig will be absent transportation authority is responsibility resign for legal advice and the controls is the clerk i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director w
mr. brooks. >> can i have a motion whether to assert you move to assert. >> deputy city attorney one the slelt items involves commissioner courtneys employers local one of 1 i ask for a motion to recuse him under closed session. >> i'll move that. >> all in favor, say i. >> opposed? the motion carries and and we have another motion on the table whether to assert we moved it. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the motion carries. >>...
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mr. brooks. >> eric brooks pour the san francisco green party and little local grassroots on the last part of the report just want to put in a request from the public that we see a report sent in from staff that scopes out h bonds and green bonds and all the power bond capacity so we know what we are dealing with and how they'll be used hypothetically to build for sf clean power are any program like treasure island or biophysicistayview. >> any other public comment okay seen if you could call the consent calendar. >> item that a consent calendar consent agenda are considered by the board be enacted by one resolution in the form or forms listed below. if discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately. 7 a approach to the contract coney by 2 hundred calendar days and a station for the public works 2014 power source disclosure report and the submission to the california energy commission. >> thank you. any request for removal of items? seeing none can you have a motion >> motion. >> second. >> and there is a motion and a second. > al
mr. brooks. >> eric brooks pour the san francisco green party and little local grassroots on the last part of the report just want to put in a request from the public that we see a report sent in from staff that scopes out h bonds and green bonds and all the power bond capacity so we know what we are dealing with and how they'll be used hypothetically to build for sf clean power are any program like treasure island or biophysicistayview. >> any other public comment okay seen if you...
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mr. brooks are you coming up to speak (laughter) >> i don't leave so a anyway eric brooks clean advocacy we want to get this approved one of the colleagues couldn't be here why the city is charging the san francisco public utilities commissionenter interest i'm assuming this is common practice but noting nice not to be used to pay interest so if staff could be encouraged to answer that question. >> i think staff is going to answer that question. >> barbara hale general manager formal power it is common practice within the city. >> what it attempted to address one thing great set of payers they're two setsz of payers the multiple and the klein power sf payers have separate revenue streams and make sure we separately accounted for them thank you. >> yes. jason fried. >> jason fried the staff fully supports moving forward we understand that the trick or treat should our we use the cca program is a stand alone program and getting a great rate i'd like to borrow off that recite it is so, please do an amazing rated i urge you encourage you to move forward with that rate and it's a wonderful ra
mr. brooks are you coming up to speak (laughter) >> i don't leave so a anyway eric brooks clean advocacy we want to get this approved one of the colleagues couldn't be here why the city is charging the san francisco public utilities commissionenter interest i'm assuming this is common practice but noting nice not to be used to pay interest so if staff could be encouraged to answer that question. >> i think staff is going to answer that question. >> barbara hale general manager...
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mr. brooks we like a environment fromto time next speaker john. >> john sierra club thank you, commissioners i'll saturday with a compliment thank you for moving this project forward after all those years 11 years it is exist to be here right away u right now, i'm a little bit disappointed we are that holy to get the rates on in agenda we're not completely sad it is obtain on a few weeks we're supportive of this program and one thing that occurred to me was that this agency always had water and power as it's core principle and in the beginning that was the water driving the power water creating the electricity and it is getting the other way around with with climate change and the drought where it is we're at nasa over 4 hundred parts per carbon in how many million years and the last 14 of our 15 years are the warmest years on record the reason that we have a less snow pack this year it rains rabd more than o more this this year it is n this grshl is effecting our water and the generation of the electricity in the water what we're about to embark as a city is part of the solution lowering ou
mr. brooks we like a environment fromto time next speaker john. >> john sierra club thank you, commissioners i'll saturday with a compliment thank you for moving this project forward after all those years 11 years it is exist to be here right away u right now, i'm a little bit disappointed we are that holy to get the rates on in agenda we're not completely sad it is obtain on a few weeks we're supportive of this program and one thing that occurred to me was that this agency always had...
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mr. brooks. >> eir brooks san francisco clean emergency green party and sf. >> i want to clarify i think staff needs to take a look at the prop h that was passed by the voters in 2001 their that correct as the commissioner pointed out the h bond authority was passed but the voters so the board of supervisors could pass bonds for roushl emergency 0 projects which can include energy efficiency without going to the voters the voters westbound saying you don't need to come back for revenue bonds for clean energy staff needs to look at when deciding what bonds you know do the sfpuc bonds need to go to the voters if not that's great as staff said which bonds have better returned just politically chronologies are are the best way to fund any given system prop h is not just for sf i urge staff to drill down into that and right away raw we're we've got a double a rating and the first rating from the power issued bonds that's huge and the reason the sf bond power advocates aligned with you and your staff to help you to push for raising your rates because they were so low for city facilities and ho
mr. brooks. >> eir brooks san francisco clean emergency green party and sf. >> i want to clarify i think staff needs to take a look at the prop h that was passed by the voters in 2001 their that correct as the commissioner pointed out the h bond authority was passed but the voters so the board of supervisors could pass bonds for roushl emergency 0 projects which can include energy efficiency without going to the voters the voters westbound saying you don't need to come back for...
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mr. brooks? mr. brooks notes no. mr. nugent >> aye. >> mr. cook? mr. cook votes no. mr. ashford? mr. ashford votes no. mr. multon? mr. multon votes no. mr. burn? mr. burn votes no. mr. grave? mr. grave votes no. mr. knight? mr. knight votes no. mr. mccarther? mr. mccarther no. mr. larson? >> is my vote going to sway the outcome? i vote no. >> how is mr. miller recorded? >> mr. miller voted aye. >> please change my vote to a no. gl clerk will report the tally. >> eight aye and 55 no votes. >> the amendment is not adopted. the question is on the amendment number 280 by the gentlemen from arizona related to doca. clerk will call the roll. >> brady? mr. playedy votes a yes. mr. miller? mr. miller votes no. ms. davis? ms. davis votes aye. mr. wilson? mr. wilson votes no. mr. long? mr. long votes aye. mr. larson? mr. larson votes aye. mr. bishop? mr. bishop votes no. mr. cooper? mr. cooper votes aye. mr. turner? mr. turner votes no. ms. bord? ms. bord votes aye. mr. cline? mr. cline votes no. mr. courtney? mr. courtney votes aye. mr. rogers? mr. rogers votes no. mr. franks? mr. franks vote
mr. brooks? mr. brooks notes no. mr. nugent >> aye. >> mr. cook? mr. cook votes no. mr. ashford? mr. ashford votes no. mr. multon? mr. multon votes no. mr. burn? mr. burn votes no. mr. grave? mr. grave votes no. mr. knight? mr. knight votes no. mr. mccarther? mr. mccarther no. mr. larson? >> is my vote going to sway the outcome? i vote no. >> how is mr. miller recorded? >> mr. miller voted aye. >> please change my vote to a no. gl clerk will report the tally....
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mr. brooks: thank you, e.j. and thank you, mr. president. it's an honor to be here and with all of you.is such an important exercise in bringing catholics and evangelicals together, but having a public discussion. one of the main things that i do as president of aei is to talk publicly about issues and start a conversation with my colleagues in a way that i hope can stimulate the conversation and spread it around the country. at the american enterprise institute -- where we have a longstanding history of work on the nature of american capitalism -- when we're focusing very deeply on poverty, it sends a signal to a lot of people that are deeply involved in the free enterprise movement. my colleague, robert doar is here -- he came to aei because poverty is the most important thing to him. and indeed, the reason i came into the free enterprise movement many years ago is because poverty is the thing i care about the most. and in point of fact, 2 billion people around the world have been lifted up out of poverty because of ideas revolving around free enterprise and free trade, and the global
mr. brooks: thank you, e.j. and thank you, mr. president. it's an honor to be here and with all of you.is such an important exercise in bringing catholics and evangelicals together, but having a public discussion. one of the main things that i do as president of aei is to talk publicly about issues and start a conversation with my colleagues in a way that i hope can stimulate the conversation and spread it around the country. at the american enterprise institute -- where we have a longstanding...
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mr. brooks of alabama. the chair: those in support of the request for a railroaded society will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. this and the next three amendments listen two-minute votes. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 221, the nays are 22. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a railroaded society on amendment number 15 printed in house report 114-112 by the gentlelady from indiana, mrs. walorski on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 15 printed in house report 115-112 offered b
mr. brooks of alabama. the chair: those in support of the request for a railroaded society will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. this and the next three amendments listen two-minute votes. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial...
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mr. brooks but he wanted to work on other projects and the show said not so much.5 is not bad. >> the simpsons' is a force to itself. stuart: tonight is the night, the charity fight between mitt romney and former heavyweight champion evander holyfield so joining us now mitt romney's son josh and evander holyfield. to you first was this your dad's idea? >> it was his idea to do a boxing event for charity. he had done that before in washington d.c. and have a lot of fun. she didn't realize they would throw him in the ring with evander holyfield. stuart: his political image or charitable image is that the sidebar story? >> this is not about my dad's image. this is about my dad being gracious enough to do something for charity i have been involved with for a number of years and we try to leverage my dad to help the charity. stuart: i am going to show the viewers the face of the traditional get together before the actual fight where here we go. look at this. if this is not intimidation i don't know what is and i know who is being intimidated. what the reaction. there yo
mr. brooks but he wanted to work on other projects and the show said not so much.5 is not bad. >> the simpsons' is a force to itself. stuart: tonight is the night, the charity fight between mitt romney and former heavyweight champion evander holyfield so joining us now mitt romney's son josh and evander holyfield. to you first was this your dad's idea? >> it was his idea to do a boxing event for charity. he had done that before in washington d.c. and have a lot of fun. she didn't...
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mr. brooks. mr.s: i yi one mine tohe gentlman fr virginia, chairman gd lath the chair: thgentleman is reize . goode: the houseuld noke action to legitimize the pridt's unconstitutional overreach regdimmigration. especially that of creating a programo defer removal for an entclass o hundreds of thoan of uawful ail yeps. e ntleman's ament is nessary preserve the congress'nstitutionally guaranteed poweover immiation law a policy. whher and how to dealh unlawful u.s. as minors by their parents is a question that we should debate thoroughly any legislative efforts regarding these individuals should move through regular order. legitimate concerns must be addressed. not the least is whether parents should be able to benefit from the illegal activity. as the policy currently stands that will happen if any childhood deferred action enlist in the military. i urge my colleagues to support the amendment. >> the gentleman from alabama reserves his time. >> i am pleased to yield one minute. >> the gentlelady from
mr. brooks. mr.s: i yi one mine tohe gentlman fr virginia, chairman gd lath the chair: thgentleman is reize . goode: the houseuld noke action to legitimize the pridt's unconstitutional overreach regdimmigration. especially that of creating a programo defer removal for an entclass o hundreds of thoan of uawful ail yeps. e ntleman's ament is nessary preserve the congress'nstitutionally guaranteed poweover immiation law a policy. whher and how to dealh unlawful u.s. as minors by their parents is a...
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mr. brooks. the police union says these men are innocent. we know that this arrest was illegal. it was said that he had a switch blade and pocket knife. what happens now? >> what happens now is we have to weigh this process and see what happens. but the family of freddie gray who lost their son, lost a brother, they have asked for justice. they have not rushed to judgment. encourage fraternal order of police to do the same. this is a moment where we're seeking the truth, we're seeking accountability and so to rush to judgment is not warranted. >> schieffer: ferguson as well very different situation in baltimore, you have a black mayor, a black police chief, three of the officers who were charged were african american. what i'm wondering are we at the point in america where we have to have black officials to deal with black people and white officials to deal with white people? seems to me there is still a great divide here. >> certainly there's a great divide but we need to be clear here. racial profiling is not require that all participants be white or black or anything else. fa
mr. brooks. the police union says these men are innocent. we know that this arrest was illegal. it was said that he had a switch blade and pocket knife. what happens now? >> what happens now is we have to weigh this process and see what happens. but the family of freddie gray who lost their son, lost a brother, they have asked for justice. they have not rushed to judgment. encourage fraternal order of police to do the same. this is a moment where we're seeking the truth, we're seeking...
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mr. brooks we were disappointed to learn of this matter and will continue to monitor the situation.orter:grant is here now with a look at where this latest tremor was centered.grant? one of wednesday morning's aftershocks to a recent earthquake in concord brought down a huge portion of this tree here on susan lane in pleasant hill >>reporter: up 3.5 up 3.2 and a 2.6 magnitude you could see whether they were sent along the concord fault line the largest was downgraded from a 3.6 magnitude is a zap the 730 this morning more than a hundred people saying that they felt the shaken while there was and structural damage the earthquake in concord did produce some damage outside of the homes that is where some residents showed us a bit part retreat came down surely after the shaking began >>reporter: they brought down a huge portion of this tree also the line and pleasantville"that branch that fell is at least 200-pounds so" "this is where it started to rip from here" >>reporter:this is what it looked like after the tree landed on a pair of cars belonging to sal gallardo and emily rosales >>
mr. brooks we were disappointed to learn of this matter and will continue to monitor the situation.orter:grant is here now with a look at where this latest tremor was centered.grant? one of wednesday morning's aftershocks to a recent earthquake in concord brought down a huge portion of this tree here on susan lane in pleasant hill >>reporter: up 3.5 up 3.2 and a 2.6 magnitude you could see whether they were sent along the concord fault line the largest was downgraded from a 3.6 magnitude...
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mr. oughty and brook cannot be here because they rin new york, but mr. perron is here and would like to thank the members of bay leaf for this memorial. i invite you to read the complete text of the poem located on the wall in the lobby. mr. [inaudible] the artist is known for video projection work. this commission was [inaudible] thank you for the camtle planning committee. we are doing our best to make it affordable to maintain over a period of time. he exceeded in creating a nob nab experience with glass. the art work changes throughout the day dependent on the weather and position of the sun. you see on the wall, the beautiful lights light up against the waum so it is a wonderful work. in the afternoon i mentioned it is on the back of the wall thmpt second work we want to acknowledge is by a local artist in san francisco, paul causs. is paul here today? there is paul. paul's work first responder plaza is when you walk on the corner you can take a look. he is inspired by the work of fire and police department. set out to for fr a inviting space [inaud
mr. oughty and brook cannot be here because they rin new york, but mr. perron is here and would like to thank the members of bay leaf for this memorial. i invite you to read the complete text of the poem located on the wall in the lobby. mr. [inaudible] the artist is known for video projection work. this commission was [inaudible] thank you for the camtle planning committee. we are doing our best to make it affordable to maintain over a period of time. he exceeded in creating a nob nab...
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mr. brooks: thank you. we are proud and very appreciative to speak with a panel of some of the administration's most knowledgeable and senior figures handling this crisis. grad to have you, assist ant secretary of state for south and central asian affairs. and we are looking forward to hearing about your findings there. and we are grateful to hear from thomas staal usaid's assist ant administrator. also joining us again from usaid, administrator for the bureau for asia. this is mr. stivers third time before the subcommittee. and we are very glad that you keep coming back. and finally we have ann -- i hate it when people mispronounce my name. the subcommittee gives sincere thanks to the panel for their insights and i start with ms. business wall. ms. biswal: thank you for this important and timely hearing on nepal. ranking member connellly and members of the committee, it is tragic that what brings us together here, but i want to thank you for your very comprehensive and heartfelt statements and the very str
mr. brooks: thank you. we are proud and very appreciative to speak with a panel of some of the administration's most knowledgeable and senior figures handling this crisis. grad to have you, assist ant secretary of state for south and central asian affairs. and we are looking forward to hearing about your findings there. and we are grateful to hear from thomas staal usaid's assist ant administrator. also joining us again from usaid, administrator for the bureau for asia. this is mr. stivers...
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mr. brooks and we are disappointed to learn of this matter and will continue to monitor the situation. one of the man who the senses of giants fan outside of the dodger stadium is wanted centers today. >>darya: his charge of being a felon in possession of guns police investigating his beating on weapons and ammunition that belong to sanchez and marvin home he is a friend of san chest and a co-defendant in the case they want him to serve nearly eight years in prison after finishing his eight years state prison term for the beating. keeping our eyes a wall street the dow fell back below the 18,000 mark again the comments from the talks appeared to be overvalued with that we had a loss of 80 points yesterday coming up to that weld was up on the pacific a beach and now we know what killed one of them right after the break we have new video off tornadoes in the midwest. >>mark: there could be more on the way his a video of the tornado oklahoma yesterday forecast a sale is nine for net loss reported in kansas a large ones as out of nebraska state line oklahoma city was the hardest hit of peo
mr. brooks and we are disappointed to learn of this matter and will continue to monitor the situation. one of the man who the senses of giants fan outside of the dodger stadium is wanted centers today. >>darya: his charge of being a felon in possession of guns police investigating his beating on weapons and ammunition that belong to sanchez and marvin home he is a friend of san chest and a co-defendant in the case they want him to serve nearly eight years in prison after finishing his...
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mr. garth brooks and he was gracious fluff to let me and a buddy richey brown writy with him and got to celebratene? >> "good night cowboy." life-changing on many levels. >> putting on great concert here. some of our nation's greatest and bravest. honored by your presence here at our concert, and then headed to a boots on the beach concert. tell us about that. >> it's going to be in jamaica. what i love about it is, we got this opportunity to surprise some troops and their wives, husbands, significant others, and they get an all-paid expense trip to jamaica and chris young and tyler and i will do concerts and i look forward to meeting all of our heroes. >> that will be great. >> funny how life turns out. you probably would not be here today had your mother not won a ga ga guitar at a koonconcert. >> there was a tracy lawrence concert. they didn't want anybody to go to the concert because there was a football game the next day. i'll make a deal. giving away a guitar. if i win you have to learn to play. she walked in, happen to win and it was awesome. very glad she did. >> what was the first song o
mr. garth brooks and he was gracious fluff to let me and a buddy richey brown writy with him and got to celebratene? >> "good night cowboy." life-changing on many levels. >> putting on great concert here. some of our nation's greatest and bravest. honored by your presence here at our concert, and then headed to a boots on the beach concert. tell us about that. >> it's going to be in jamaica. what i love about it is, we got this opportunity to surprise some troops and...
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mr. haskins from the brookings institution. the achievement of the baccalaureate degree, the key to social and economic mobility. your figures indicate that is indeed the case. do you have any -- how can you explain why that is? mr. haskins: it is because they actually learned something in college. they made contact with people that made help them later. when you apply for a job, it is helpful to have a four year degree. it is something researchers call selection. that means a kid that goes to college -- use saw the data on how many dropout -- once they finish, it is not only because they learn more. there is a whole complex set of features they have. they stick to it and work hard when things get tough. those are selection affects. they are not directly measurable and not measured, but they do contribute. college in that sense is a sorting device. i think we can see the same thing and are seeing the same thing with two-year colleges and degrees and apprenticeships. four-year colleges is not the complete answer. >> no, they are
mr. haskins from the brookings institution. the achievement of the baccalaureate degree, the key to social and economic mobility. your figures indicate that is indeed the case. do you have any -- how can you explain why that is? mr. haskins: it is because they actually learned something in college. they made contact with people that made help them later. when you apply for a job, it is helpful to have a four year degree. it is something researchers call selection. that means a kid that goes to...
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mr. botticelli just spoke about, we believe both of these provide important opportunities to educate prescribers. representative clarke: very well. i yield back. thank you very much. >> thank you. miss brooks of indiana, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for continuing the focus on this critical subject for our country. i want to start with you dr. volkow. we talked about how the opioid addiction facing the country is in large part due to chronic pain. you mentioned 100 million people suffer from chronic pain. one in i heard up to one in three americans possibly suffer from chronic pain. one of the goals of this hearing is to focus on evidence based treatment and new treatments, try to find out what is working and obviously one treatment doesn't work for everyone as we heard. but there is, i learned about in the course of examining this that there are technologies that are new, not completely new, one being -- i was told about spinal cord stimulation which targets nerves with electrical impulses rather than drugs. clinical studies show it to be safe, 4,000 patients received the stimulator, so it obviously is a device, a technology that can actually stop that stimulation, it can hel
mr. botticelli just spoke about, we believe both of these provide important opportunities to educate prescribers. representative clarke: very well. i yield back. thank you very much. >> thank you. miss brooks of indiana, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for continuing the focus on this critical subject for our country. i want to start with you dr. volkow. we talked about how the opioid addiction facing the country is in large part due to chronic pain. you mentioned 100...
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mr. berger is the nonresident fellow in the project on u.s. relations with the islamic world of the brookings institute. and the author of "jihad joe, americans who go to war in the name of islam and isis, the state of terror." mr. berger. >> thank you for having me. i think that i would like to start by talking about the lone wolf threat because that's on everyone's mind after the events of this weekend. isis is in many ways appears to be the first jihadist group to kind of crack the lone wolf formula. the idea of leaderless resistance and attack goes back to the 1980s, the white supremacist movement. and people had been trying to make it work ever since. and the problem with lone wolves is that it is too easy to stay at home, generally. people are not going to get adequately motivated to carry out an attack without having social reinforcement and that defeats the purpose of being a lone wolf to escape detection by not talking to anyone. isis has mixed up this formula and they -- there are a couple of reasons for this. the first thing that they have done is they have become a populous moveme
mr. berger is the nonresident fellow in the project on u.s. relations with the islamic world of the brookings institute. and the author of "jihad joe, americans who go to war in the name of islam and isis, the state of terror." mr. berger. >> thank you for having me. i think that i would like to start by talking about the lone wolf threat because that's on everyone's mind after the events of this weekend. isis is in many ways appears to be the first jihadist group to kind of...
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mr. burns, ned flanders is said to be walking away from the show. cofounder james l brookseted that the show is still trying to work things out with shearer. we did some googling and are astounded by the number of voices he has done on the show. here is an example. >> we must be vigilant. every home, every church. >> i grew up in a town in arkansas whose name, ironically, was terrorism. john: shearer has done nixon dole, adaline stephenson. how big a blow would it be if harry shearer says sayonara? mark: the loss of adelai stephenson alone would be devastating. in hollywood and show business people cannot work out contracts for the good of the nation. john: they say, if he does not come back, they will recast. i think it would mean the end of the characters. mark: did you hear the voice of the second guy who did kermit? nails on a chalkboard. john: i am begging you please harry, james l brooks, find a way. mark: on the other hand, i was not in love with the original steamboat really -- willie. john: we will be right back. ♪ john: getting hot in the republican party. the rnc
mr. burns, ned flanders is said to be walking away from the show. cofounder james l brookseted that the show is still trying to work things out with shearer. we did some googling and are astounded by the number of voices he has done on the show. here is an example. >> we must be vigilant. every home, every church. >> i grew up in a town in arkansas whose name, ironically, was terrorism. john: shearer has done nixon dole, adaline stephenson. how big a blow would it be if harry...
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mr. vice president, thank you for coming to brookings. why isn't it obvious that the united states should be exporting energy to europe? vice president biden: well, it is obvious. and we are supportive of that. the problem is, under our system, the way it works is that -- that companies contract to get these opportunities to -- to have access to the natural gas that is exportable. and under our law, we cannot direct a particular company to send the gas to a particular place. now, there has been some discussion in many corners probably here at brookings about whether or not there should be some exception made as to being able to directly direct it but under our system, all the countries in question are able to contact with the folks -- i forget how many contracts, i think 13 or something -- anyway, all the contracts that have been made for access to that natural gas. but what happens is, you know, it is at market prices. and -- and -- but it is the thing i have the hardest time explaining in europe. because under their system, most of them
mr. vice president, thank you for coming to brookings. why isn't it obvious that the united states should be exporting energy to europe? vice president biden: well, it is obvious. and we are supportive of that. the problem is, under our system, the way it works is that -- that companies contract to get these opportunities to -- to have access to the natural gas that is exportable. and under our law, we cannot direct a particular company to send the gas to a particular place. now, there has been...
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brooks. representing san francisco green party the local grass roots organization in our city and i like mr. wolf a member of san francisco public net which several years ago our first job was to make sure that a monopoly partnership did not takeover all of the wifi hubs in san francisco that would have had a very slow ad driven internet service for everyone want to talk about the core of digital inclusion and the core is the same as the core of transportation inclusion was in the past century. what we're talking about is much like the internet -- i mean the interstate highway is highway system and road system that got built in the 20th century built by governmentals so that all businesses and individuals as long as they could afford a cheap clunker car could travel anywhere they wanted in the country created the biggest business boom this nation has ever seen to create a public network of roads and now we're in the 21 st century where the key to including low income people and most importantly san francisco in this tough economy -- we need the city to build its own fiber network if chat ano
brooks. representing san francisco green party the local grass roots organization in our city and i like mr. wolf a member of san francisco public net which several years ago our first job was to make sure that a monopoly partnership did not takeover all of the wifi hubs in san francisco that would have had a very slow ad driven internet service for everyone want to talk about the core of digital inclusion and the core is the same as the core of transportation inclusion was in the past century....
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miss brooks of indiana, five minutes. >> thank you, mr.chairman, for continuing the focus on this critical subject for our country. i want to start with you, dr. volkow. we talked about how the opioid addiction facing the country is in large part due to chronic pain. you mentioned 100 million people suffer from chronic pain. one in i heard up to one in three americans possibly suffer from chronic pain. one of the goals of this hearing is to focus on evidence-based treatment and new treatments, try to find out what is working and obviously one treatment doesn't work for everyone as we've heard. but there is, i learned about in the course of examining this, that there are technologies that are new, not completely new, one being -- i was told about spinal cord stimulation which targets nerves with electrical impulses rather than drugs. clinical studies show it to be safe, 4,000 patients received the stimulator, so it obviously is a device, a technology, that can actually stop that stimulation, it can help hopefully end that addiction, yet nih
miss brooks of indiana, five minutes. >> thank you, mr.chairman, for continuing the focus on this critical subject for our country. i want to start with you, dr. volkow. we talked about how the opioid addiction facing the country is in large part due to chronic pain. you mentioned 100 million people suffer from chronic pain. one in i heard up to one in three americans possibly suffer from chronic pain. one of the goals of this hearing is to focus on evidence-based treatment and new...
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mr. kraft. how do up see it plays out? >> a great point, brooke.l is paid by robert kraft and the 31 other owners. there's that. the one thing, harold henderson associated and affiliated with the league heard cases in the past before. one thing that stood out to me brooke a couple hours before the announcement of the appeal by the nfl p.a. the patriots hired a boston attorney to come in and -- and release a rebuttal to the wells report and all that was in the wells report and a couple things jumped out. they're digging into the science involved in deflategate, with the deflation of the footballs and also justifying the communications the increase in communications between tom brady and jim mcnally and john jastremski. there, just days after the afc title game. looking like those are a couple big points that will come from tom brady and his camp in this appeals process. >> all right. rachel nichols, you mentioned you know the attorney has had success in you know other suspensions. i mean, this is the same person who represented ray rice. correct? wh
mr. kraft. how do up see it plays out? >> a great point, brooke.l is paid by robert kraft and the 31 other owners. there's that. the one thing, harold henderson associated and affiliated with the league heard cases in the past before. one thing that stood out to me brooke a couple hours before the announcement of the appeal by the nfl p.a. the patriots hired a boston attorney to come in and -- and release a rebuttal to the wells report and all that was in the wells report and a couple...
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mr. haskins just testified their recommendations at brookings is to take programs to reform them and create a more general grant program to provide that kind of support. i was wondering whether you also -- what is your response to that recommendation? >> quite frankly, i have not analyzed a lot of those programs myself. my concern with that recommendation would be that in many instances it is those programs that have really high graduation rates for underrepresented students. i think just more research would be needed before i could feel comfortable. i do think that we have to get to a place where resources reach more students. some of the challenges are those programs only reach a small number of students. we need to get to a place as we have a student body that the majority now is first-generation -- all of the students could benefit from those kinds of services that is provided. how do we scale that kind of intervention? we know there is limits, especially some of the programs are really high touched. you can only do with a small amount of people to be effective. i think one of the thing
mr. haskins just testified their recommendations at brookings is to take programs to reform them and create a more general grant program to provide that kind of support. i was wondering whether you also -- what is your response to that recommendation? >> quite frankly, i have not analyzed a lot of those programs myself. my concern with that recommendation would be that in many instances it is those programs that have really high graduation rates for underrepresented students. i think just...
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brook -- wint is hiding out in brooklyn, he'll have plenty of cover. chief lanier asked for all the help she could get. >> we have information that we believe mr. wint is currently in the brooklyn, new york area. the task force is continuing to search for mr. wint. i have been in contact with the commissioner from the nypd. they have offered and are providing all assistance that we need in trying to locate mr. wint. >> reporter: tonight there is no clear indication whether will not is still in new york or has traveled back to d.c. the search for him will continue across the 200-mile corridor that separates the two cities. tonight reporting live in brooklyn garrett haake, wusa9. >> stay with wusa9 for continuing coverage of the mansion murders. we'll have the latest on the search for daron wint tomorrow morning at 4:25 a.m. >>> anne arundel county firefighters contained a fire that broke out of at the gingerville yachting center in edgewater near annapolis. crews arrived to find a 35-foot boat fully ablaze. they put the flames out before they could spread to any other vessels. no one was hurt. investigators are trying to figure out what caused t
brook -- wint is hiding out in brooklyn, he'll have plenty of cover. chief lanier asked for all the help she could get. >> we have information that we believe mr. wint is currently in the brooklyn, new york area. the task force is continuing to search for mr. wint. i have been in contact with the commissioner from the nypd. they have offered and are providing all assistance that we need in trying to locate mr. wint. >> reporter: tonight there is no clear indication whether will not...