mr. pence: call the next group? >> the clerk will read the names of the second group. n>> brown, cantwell, cardin, carper. >> congratulations. [inaudible conversations] >> mr. pence: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united testates against all enemies foreign and domestic. do you bear truth and allegiance to the same. that you take this obligation freely without any mental reserves or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? >> i do. >> congratulations senators. [applause] >> the clerk will now read the names of the third group. >> casey claimer cruise, feinstein. >> mr. pence: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and alet mance to the same. that you take this obilation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will well and fai

we're trying to conduct a meeting, mr. brown. [inaudible] >> president cook: noted. thank you. [inaudible] >> president cook: noted. thank you. [inaudible] >> president cook: okay. do we have any other comments from commissioners? commissioner norton? >> commissioner norton: thank you. i wanted to just ask a question about the school narratives -- first, i should say thank you for the report, and i really do appreciate that we have you twice a year to report on -- on your work. it's really important. but my question is how did we choose these four schools for the school narrative? >> yeah. so it's done in a combination of ways. so one, the research, planning and assessment team puts together a report every year about schools that are deemed at bright spots because they have shown outcomes that exceed the district average. we have a longer list of schools that we initially reached out to, so this is not to say that these are the only schools in the district that are doing positive work, whether it be chronic absenteeism, or other things, but these were the schools that we were a

the last party to have 60 votes was president obama and the democrats before the election of mr. brown up in massachusetts. the bottom line is you do not have the senate until you have 60 votes. and chuck schumer is obstructing border security. that is the bottom line. americans have to decide if they want border security or not. if we do we want to get over this impasse. host: one last call. james has been waiting in newark, new jersey. good morning. caller: hi, c-span. happy new year. i am a moderate. hello? host: we are listening. you are a moderate, though ahead. -- go ahead. now, the wall. i am for the wall. but there is one thing -- you had power for the first two years of trump. you said that chuck schumer held up the wall. the first two years of the trump administration, it took 51 votes to pass for the wall. $1.7 trillion for wall street. so there you go. guest: it does not just a 51 votes to build the wall. the bottom line is it takes 60 votes. when you have a minority leader, harry reid before and chuck schumer now, a minority leader who refuses to take up these issues, and

i would recall that mr brown's up center tradition which has been try to leave it for similar such a times in the past such as the iran contra affair that he is the face of a world war and part of interfering with them for we have been listening to among others the foreign minister there of venezuela who is speaking again let's just go and talk to mike hanna so mike we obviously heard the foreign minister of venezuela very much accusing most of the nations there but their actions against his country and the nicolas mcdougal's government and then perhaps i knew surely messages from both the u.s. and russia saying very different things and it does show the once again the security council is potentially divided on this. well indeed yes let's make very clear here you'll notice the u.s. secretary of state is no longer in the chamber he walked away way before the venezuelan foreign minister started speaking he held a brief news conference outside and left the united nations while the security council is still in session we then heard from the venezuelan foreign minister who was alarmed by

mr. brown: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, there's a crisis in our country but it's not at our southern border. there is a crisis mounting at every airport, every national park, in the homes of furloughed federal employees, and stop work federal contractors across this country from los angeles through kansas city and baltimore. it's a crisis that's hurting the lives of countless americans whose food won't be inspected, whose water may not be clean, whose flight may not be safe, and whose bills may not be paid. it's a crisis of the president's own making. right now we're on the verge of the longest government shutdown in our nation's history. a shameful display of what happens when the president governs solely to appeal to his political base rather than on behalf of all americans. and why are we here, mr. speaker? because the president's committed himself to a wall that many experts say is ineffective, it's ineffective, it's expensive, and it's down right absurd. it's become a vanity project. it began as an applause an

quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. brown: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: thanks. i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. yesterday i left my home in cleveland and kissed my wife goodbye and headed to the airport early in the morning and started -- i worked -- went to gates a, b, and c in the cleveland airport and talked to t.s.a. agents who are all working and working without pay. then when i got to washington, flew into national airport, went straight to a building in arlington where i talked to cafeteria workers. they're federal contract workers who serve food at our smithsonian museums and other federal facilities. they don't work for the federal government. their paychecks don't come from the federal government. they are contracted through a company and then paid by these companies. so they have lost their jobs during the trump shutdown. they're not only -- these workers making $12 is $13, $14, some w

[applause] mr. brown: thank you. well, thank you for coming out. as you gather, i am not scottish, but i will speak on behalf of the university of aberdeen today. as a staff member, if not directly an alum. i want to thank the people who brought us here together and for the honor you have given me in speaking on this occasion. it is a privilege to come to washington to speak about willing thornton. a remarkable one. crossing oceans, crossing , stillctual disciplines acting as a republican virtue and in gaining the commission to design the capitol, thornton provided the city with an urban landmark, a signature edifice, for a country and a monument to democratic politics which is recognized throughout the globe. it can be hard to understand how strange it was the capitol came to be built at all. even if we set aside the pragmatic concerns of the , and the financial cost that was to be borne by taxpayers who had only recently rebelled when they deemed such a burden illegitimate, it is worth conceiving. it was envisioned to be a siege of government. th

mr. brownis heavily engaged in various programs at dea that have a direct impact on the opioid drug crisis in the united states, in particular in the development of policies and regulations, the identification and scheduling of dangerous new controlled substances and an outreach and training. mr. brown has been a special agent with the dea since 1995, he has served in texas, tennessee, new mexico, louisiana. the dea's special operations division and dea headquarters. sheriff kaine joins us from davies county, kentucky, where he served the davies county sheriff's department since 1974 in various capacities, including asthma tlol deputy, chief deputy and chief of investigations. his work experience includes extensive narcotics investigations both in an undercover capacity as well as as case investigator. sheriff kaine serves in various leadership roles for the national sheriffs association. he is a member of the board of directors and chairman of the drug enforcement committee. most recent he was

. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you, mrs. brown. for members of the public, if they have any information regarding the murder of aubrey aborcaza, please call the tip line, 575-4444, and thank you again -- 415-475-4444. thank you. any further public comment? hearing none, public comment is closed. next line item. [agenda item read] >> commissioner mazzucco: hearing none, public comment's closed. >> clerk: item seven, vote whether to hold item eight in closed session, including vote whether to assert the attorney-client privilege with regard to items 8-a and b, section 67.10 >> clerk: [agenda item read] >> commissioner mazzucco: do i have a motion for nondisclosure? >> so moved. >> commissioner mazzucco: second? >> second. >> commissioner mazzucco: so moved. thank you, call for the next line item. >> clerk: [agenda item read] >> commissioner mazzucco: do i have a motion? >> i'm going to vote no? >> huh? >> i'm going to vote no, too -- no. >> commissioner mazzucco: okay. we are adjourned. if >> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. g

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cody riley and mrs. brown on the lob in the circus bucket. 5-9.s it. >> lots of good memories watching basketball. >>> and indoor arena. this is a good movie day. i saw a movie yesterday. green book, it's really good. we also have the golden globes tonight. this is a view of the soggy weather. we have another day of a wet and windy weather coming our way. when advisory not in place just yet. the wind a little breezy but not too bad. when advisory for the bay area starts at 10 am and goes until 10:00 p.m. it expired at 4:00 p.m. yesterday. and even longer stretch of windy weather that could topple trees, power lines which is something to be aware of. here is a look at where the rain is falling. we have the widespread rain over the north bay this morning. have your pockets reported inside american canyon. stretching toward the bridge as we shift into the central bay. is fairly widespread from the coastline. over the last half hour we saw something creep inland. fearful right now 13 miles per hour. an apple at 10. a winter storm warning for sierra. i

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what with mr. brown say to speaker pelosi right now? he would take her head off.would take both people's heads off. nancy pelosi has been formidable. what changed for donald trump's he never worked with a nancy pelosi. this is his first time in politics and never had anyone on the other side of him with real power. he was able to intimidate republicans in a lot of ways, particularly on twitter and the bully pulpit. an adversaryis that actually has the power to do something. i am not for sure he quite understand how to deal with that. tom: this was in the zeitgeist last night, zeitgeist speeding on and on. john norman, here is the letter. i will not go into its pay full detail -- painful detail. come on, mr. president. break up your first paragraph. the fact is, you are dealing on a major desk with the president, loc, boris johnson -- pelosi, boris johnson. how does it change what you do? john: it means you have to be much more attuned to the headline risk. they are of a nature around issues we have never experienced before, so it is difficult to decide what the ri

mr. president. supervisor brown. >> submit. >> clerk: thank you. that concludes the introduction of new business, mr. president. >> president yee: okay. so why don't we go to public comment, and we will now hold general public comments. if you would like to speak, please lineup. every speaker will be allocated two minutes, and please refrain from directing any -- your comments to any individual supervisor or any items already heard at the board. all right. >> hi. my name is sabrina hall, i'm a resident of district ten. it's funny on item nine, when you guys are talking about d.h.r. to accept complaints of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation up to one year, i have several complaints in where since i've whistle blowed on these various agencies, i have been retaliated against, my whole life taken from me. i've been forced to stay in the city shelter, hamilton family shelter, which is very dirty and nasty. many residents come to complain, but we get hit with if we complain, we get a c.p.s. case, because people in power have the right to do anyth

mr. mike brown is here. congratulations, sir, and becoming the next senator from indiana. a big move. are coming into washington, d.c., you see what is going on with mitt romney. in the midst of a government shutdown. as is the picture you thought it would be when you were coming and got elected? >> when you stick your neck out to do something like this you never know what is going to eventuate. i did it back in 2017 and i started kicking the tires to -- i was inspired by what i saw with president trump. i think when you talk about character and other things, it is important. i don't dismiss that. i think what mitt romney did, had a political calculation to it that remains to be seen. i am just anxious and would not have run unless i was inspired by the fact that it wasn't going to be business as usual. to me, for a main street entrepreneur like myself, from a functional state like indiana, we were looking for something refreshing that was different from the past two or three decades, which mitt romney and others have been a part of. i will respect everybody that is here. i just thoug

for the last party to have 60 votes was president obama and the democrats before the election of mr. brownsachusetts. bottom line is you do not have the senate until you have 60 votes. and chuck schumer is obstructing border security. americans have to set -- have to decide if they want border security or not. host: one last call. james has been waiting in new york -- in newark, new jersey. caller: hi, c-span. hello? host: we are listening. caller: i am a moderate. now, the wall. i am for the wall. -- youre is one thing had power for the first two years of drum. schumer held chuck up the wall. the first two years of the trump administration, it took 51 votes to pass for the wall. street.llion for wall so there you go. a 51: it does not just votes to build the wall. it takes 60 votes. when you have a minority leader, harry reid before and chuck schumer now, a minority leader who refuses to take up these issues, and americans expect the senate to debate. let's go ahead and take up these issues. let's see if americans believe we should have a secure border. that is what this fight is about. h

mr. brown: one out of every 10 residents in my maryland district live in a household headed by federal government employee or contractor. this monday, at a community event supporting our federal employees, i met a woman with her 2-month-old infant child. she's an essential employee at the food and drug administration. she needs to be and wants to be on the job but she simply can't. she can't because she can't afford to pay for childcare for her infant daughter. she's having difficulty paying for groceries. providing lunch money for her two elementary school age boys. and is on the verge of not being able to pay either her rent or her car note. she was sobbing, uncontrollably. she was weeping, painfully. and pleading for you, mr. president, open the government. to let her work with dignity. to support her children and to do her job. president trump, end this shutdown now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are remined to direct their remarks to the chair. for what purpose does the ge

i'm joined by aaron peskin and vallie brown. mr. clerk, are there any announcements?

listen to this exchange he had today with our own pamela brown. >> mr.president, did you talk to your intelligence chiefs today about the displeasure you had with their testimony? >> i did and they said that they were totally misquoted and it was totally taken out of context. i suggest that you call them. they said it was fake news. >> we just ran exactly what they said to congress. >> excuse me. excuse me. it didn't surprise me at all. we're here to talk right now about china. >> did the fact that they didn't bring up the border as the world threat assessment did that undermine or undercut your assessment. >> it didn't under mine anything. we need a wall. >> they didn't bring it up as part of the national security assessment did, that undercut -- >> next, please. >> let me play a couple of clips of what the chiefs actually said publicly and on camera before the senate. you can't lie when you're engaged in congressional testimon testimony. >> isis is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. north korea will look to

i'm joined by aaron peskin and vallie brown. mr. clerk, are there any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read] >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, and i also want to recognize the staff at sfgovtv for ensuring that your meetings are available to the public and on-line. mr. clerk, can we please call the first item? >> clerk: item one is authorizing the budget and legislative analyst -- including the role currently performed by the mayor's office of community and housing development and related oversight. >> if ythank you so much. this item was called by supervisor peskin, and do you have any comments before we go into it? >> supervisor peskin: no. it was heard before the board of supervisors. i know severin campbell is here from the budget and legislative analyst's office to answer any questions, but with your approval, i would like to send this with a positive recommendation to the full board. >> okay. thank you. we'll open it up to public comment on this item. seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> colleagues, can we move this item to the full board? >>

mr president. supervisor brown? >> thank you. as we are all looking at the priorities of the city, and we have so many, i think education is the one that we all really care about, and making sure that our children have really great teachers that stay in the city, work in the city, to make sure that they have a consistency on teachers and they are there for them. but we also care about energy independence, and of course, the homeless. and i think all of us can't go to a neighborhood meeting, or all of the e-mails that we get about the homeless situation, and what are we going to do about it. so mayor breed and i are sponsoring legislation, and it is creative, and we are trying to seek some -- shake some fruit out of the tree. so what we are asking is the businesses that we normally pay into props see, while it is being litigated, to see if they are willing, are good citizens out there who care about the homeless and the social issues as much as everyone else does and they will give the money to the city that they will actually pay

mr. chairman. courtney brown from axios. data dependency question. has there been a prioritization of market data over the economic data? how do you balance those two things? >> i would say that our mandate is maximum employment and stable prices and that's about, you know, hard real side economic data. we, as i mentioned earlier, our tool, our interest rate tool operates on the economy through financial conditions so financial conditions matter and they matter in the way that i suggested earlier which is to say broad financial conditions changing over a sustained period. that has implications for the macro economy. it does. if you lower interest rates and they stay low, every borrower in the country ultimately has a lower interest rate. that will have an effect over time on the economy. but again, the entire focus we have is on maximum employment and stable prices, not on any particular financial market or financial conditions generally. reporter: i would just ask, i guess, the balance sheet in general, are you surprised at how much of a conversatio

mr. four not far awayand they put brown paper bags over his hands to preserve evidence. there you can see in that picture. from what was described as a homemade firework. he was booked on charges of possession of a destructive device and vandalism. >>> police in piedmont are investigating a home invasion where three intruders knocked down a 9-year-old boy who answered the door at his family's home. the crime happened around 9:30 saturday morning at a home on scenic avenue. police say one of the suspects was armed and held a gun to the boys father. both father and son are said to be okay. the investigators say they have surveillance images of the three men in the below toyota suv they ran. >> in this case, the suspect vehicle touched both private cameras and public safety cameras. in piedmont we are excited to have a strong technology footprint. >> the blue toyota suv was eventually recovered at 34th and macarthur in east oakland. but piedmont and oakland police continue to investigate this case. >>> police in surveillance pictures as they work to solve a robbery. police

. >> supervisor brown: i have one mr. speaker. the next person is cat carter from the transit rider. >> good afternoon chair kim and supervisor peskin and supervisor brown. thank you for calling this hearing for inviting san francisco transit riders to speak. we hope this will lead to improvements what is chronic problems as we all know and talked about the summer of 2018 was a very difficult time for san franciscans. as an organization, we knew about the need to shut town twin peaks tunnel and we supported investing in upgrades. we we were impressed how sfmta handled the preparations and the outreach and the bus substitutions. it looked muni was taking seriously the impact to riders. it did everything it could to take care of the riders. but then everything seem it fall apart. service through westport was worse than before the tunnel work. it's now four months since the tunnel reopened. we're hearing about huge service gaps, slow training and trains do crowd the board. what it going on with the tunnel and how and when it will be f

mr. chairman. courtney brown from axios. has there been a prioritization of market data over the economic data, how do you balance those two things >> i would say that our mandate is maximum employment and stable prices and that is about as hard real side economic data as i mentioned earlier, our tool -- our interest rate tool bra s operates on the economy through financial conditions so financial conditions matter and they matter in the way that i suggested earlier which is to say broad financial conditions changing over a sustained period, it has implications. so if you lower interest rates and they say low, every borrower in the country ultimately has a lower interest rate, that will have an effect over time on the economy. so -- but again, the entire focus we have is on maximum employment and stable prices not on any particular financial market or financial conditions generally. >> last question to miles. >> thanks. chairman powell, yahoo! finance. i would just ask about the balance sheet in general, are you surprised at

mr. president, just yesterday oregon governor brown and i sent a letter asking the federal government toes. we have been put in office by voters to get things done, not play games with lives. he also says that he's already taking action to quote modernize and manage our forest and emergency responses. the people in california should not be victims to partisan bickering. federal funds have already gone to the state to help fire relief efforts. the president issued a disaster declaration during the camp fire this fall. that freed up some federal money. california has also passed legislation to modernize their firefighting -- or forest management efforts, but the president today doesn't seem convinced that the state is really doing enough to justify billions more dollars in federal funds. connell? >> when he talks about getting their act together, it's not exactly clear what that would mean; right? >> right we're not sure with his twitter feed. it's pretty obvious the president has had discussions with the governor and look agent the forest management issues here and -- and looking at the f

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mr. fragosi did, that this other ordinance that the mayor and supervisor brown, which deals with streamlining of small business permits actually does relate to this package on vacant storefronts, that is still awaiting coming forward for scheduling of any kind of a hearing. but we do have the details on that, and because it amends the planning code and the police code, it actually doesn't affect the building code directly, it's with this more indirect effect. so i don't expect any recommendation from the code advisory committee on this, but we will continue to work closely with the supervisor and the mayor's office on that package. i do want to mention that the mayor introduced yesterday, as you may have seen in that chronicle front-page story, an emergency shelter ordinance, which effectively will have d.b.i., the planning department, public works, and the fire department and some others probably setting up a memoranda of understanding arrangement with the department of homelessness so that building and fire, for example, would check life safety issues in these emergency shelters. but we wil

cheering said geoffrey clifton brown. mre will of the british people and allow businesses to thrive in a post brexit world by having a free trade policy? my honourable friend is absolutely right about what we are aiming to ensure that we get for leaving the european union which is that ability to have that independent trade policy. that is so important for us as we near the european union. i wa nt to as we near the european union. i want to have a good trade relationship with the eu but i also wa nt to relationship with the eu but i also want to ensure we will be able to have an independent trade policy with those trade deals around the world. this country should be a champion for free trade around the world. that is the way not only to enhance our economy and to bring jobs to this country and enhance our prosperity, but, actually, that would be of benefit to countries around the world, including some of the countries whose economies do need to be helped and improved, some of the poorest in the world will be helped by those

mr. clerk, please call item number four. >> clerk: item number four is a motion reappointing supervisor sally brown to a term ending january 31, 2021, to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board of directors. >> supervisor safai: any members of the public wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor safai: i'll go ahead and make other danother to forward to the full board with a positive recommendation a motion reappointing supervisor vallie brown, term ending january 31, 2021, to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district court board of directors. [gavel]. >> supervisor safai: mr. clerk, call the next item. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor safai: any comment by members of the public? seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. [gave [gavel]. >> supervisor safai: mr. clerk, please call item number six. >> clerk: item number six is a ordinance amending the administrative code to extend the termination date of managed care contracts approved section section 21 a.3 from december 31, 2020 to december 31, 2025. >> supervisor safai: i

what's really killing this company is the perception that as governor brown said, this is the new abnormal. >> reporter: now one thing mr. tony and mr. warra agreed on today is that there need to be serious changes in management at pg&e, that both structurally and personally. they say there just aren't enough engineers and safety experts in positions of power and whether it's through a bankruptcy reconstructing or through some other forced reconstructing getting those kind of people in positions of real power is what it's going to take for creditors to trust pg&e again after this. >> absolutely. melissa caen, thanks so much. pg&e is also looking for a new ceo. the company announced that gaisha williams is stepping down after less than two years leading the utility. for the time being executive vice president and general counsel john simon is taking her place. >>> i'm ken bastida at the live news desk. the governor, governor newsom, just came out of his office a few minutes ago. we were watching that and taking a look at what the governor had to say. he said that people should not be overly concerned. the lights are not

mr. newsome will be sworn into office tomorrow and we'll bring you live coverage on-air and online at abc 7 news.com. >>> governor jerry brownen his final television interview in office. it was in sacramento at the governor's mansion. he sat down with adrian alpert from our sister station in los angeles. >> reporter: california's 39th governor chose to conduct his final interviews in the governor's mansion, a 142-year-old three-story sacramento victorian. admin g. brown jr. is contemplating his place in the state's history. he leaves office at age 80, the oldest governor re-elected in 2011, nearly 30 years after his first two terms starting in 1975. he has seen the state double in size. the budget grow ten times. governing in a style both pragmatic and practical. >> president trump versus congress, the partial government shutdown over his demand for the $5 billion for a border wall, saying now that he could declare a national emergency at the border and get it done under presidential edict. you as still the governor today of california, is there a national emergency at our border? >> no, no. and that is very dangerous to dec

war ii, the philippines andhe deton death march because our ante-hero, the mr, the defendant, went off to fight in a war. >> brown: is it co this is a story you heard a long time ago? >> yeah, yeah. i think it took place in mississippi in the 1930s, that's the way -- the version i heard. >> brown: no question about the who done it, but there's the why he doesn't wa to talk about. >> that's why it's a great story because the truth is never known. there's speculation it involved his wife but he wou ld nevy that because he did not want to dama her honor, impugn her reputation. >> brown: right. so he took it to his grve. >> brown: when you're writing e out 1930s, '50s, mississippi, youni'veta bring writing about race. you often, in your books, ibo think, write and get into social issuest tha interest isn't the right word -- that seemmportant to you. is that fair? >> yes. i'm always searching for a story about an issue. issues involving criminal justice, especially injustice, mass incarceration, death penalty,roort prisons and all these profits that we have, ldat we could fix if we wou simply do it. >> brown: is it th