mr. farrell. the : excellent point by caller. mr. comey's press briefing on the 5th of july, he essentially the first 13 and a half minutes of the 15-minute briefing, he laid out all of the the crime of 18usc ection 793 f, mishandling national defense information. identified each element of the crime. he gave examples of how mrs. and her circle of ssociates violated that, quite specifically. and then towards the end, he out of thin air, a new intent., which was that particular crime that i just highlighted, i don't want repeating, but it is important, there is no requirement for intent in that mishandling of national defense information. it is kind of unique, not unusual, no t requirement for intent. he manufactured a new standard threshold for satisfying the element of the crime. way beyond the scope as an investigator and made the decision of the attorney general going to no, we're not prosecute it. abhorrent, nothing else like it in the criminal justice history, nowhere. guest serves with judicial watch, their investigation and re

mr. farrell. the : excellent point by caller. mr.mey's press briefing on the 5th of july, he essentially the first 13 and a half minutes of the 15-minute briefing, he laid out all of the the crime of 18usc ection 793 f, mishandling national defense information. identified each element of the crime. he gave examples of how mrs. and her circle of ssociates violated that, quite specifically. and then towards the end, he out of thin air, a new intent., which was that particular crime that i just highlighted, i don't want repeating, but it is important, there is no requirement for intent in that mishandling of national defense information. it is kind of unique, not unusual, no t requirement for intent. he manufactured a new standard threshold for satisfying the element of the crime. way beyond the scope as an investigator and made the decision of the attorney general going to no, we're not prosecute it. abhorrent, nothing else like it in the criminal justice history, nowhere. guest serves with judicial watch, their investigation and resea

mr. farrell's argument at the time was well it was one of my staff members who asked for this payment. i knew nothing about it. it's like sergeant schultz on the old comedy, i know nothing. and as your commission president said, didn't have the integrity to come forward. well, bottom line is, if i was having to testify against myself, i wouldn't come before you, either. >> hello, commissioners. thank you for allowing me to speak. my name is mark bruno, and i didn't come today to speak to thissub, but i've lived here for 30 years, and i'm head of the st. vincent de-paul society, which is a nonprofit. i just want to say as a citizen who's lived and worked in the neighborhood and worked on many political campaigns, that outside of what the law might permit in terms of free speech and give money as a form of free speech, that if you ask most people who voted for me, and voted for other people in the neighborhood, most people would consider what we're calling here a behested payment a sort of bribe, and so without expressing a kind of anger here about who owes who what or mark farrell or th

mr. farrell, you made pretty well here, i've been on the phone waiting. the fact s back to that the russians getting electoral system is nothing new. nothing new at all. thanks.ay, caller, guest: yeah, the caller makes a great point. soviet union or modern-day russia, they have heir interests and their objectives. they are going to do what they think are in their best first interest, so we shouldn't be surprised they attempt to number of the system. o back to 1933, and f.d.r., granting diplomatic status to the soviet union. russians literally laughed at us, sufficient documentation that entire november '33 russians are quite canny and quite sophisticated in efforts to advance their agenda and if we're busy, you now, chasing our tails and attacking each other, they're quite pleased with that. dave, from michigan, democrat's line. hello. caller: hello, good morning. listen. this is kind of stunning, what your guest is saying here. a s obviously, this is not nonpartisan attitude, you are saying that there's not evidence collusion, let's wait until the invest

you for that, and at this point, i should also, out of respect to interim mayor, mayor farrell, acknowledge that mr. corso, in terms of page six, second paragraph, bottom, one-time revenues and expenditures are stripped out and any new positions are analyzed. i thought that we did not have any new positions that we were instructed to. clarification, please. >> correct. so that's the instructions for that. in the case of -- this is just general, but some departments have nongeneral fund positions or if they were allocated, in some case, in the general fund, any new positions from a technical budget perspective, they're not budgeted as a full position because they anticipate by the time you hire and the budget passes, it's not a full year of that position, so the following year, they would become annualized. >> okay. director corso, first paragraph, page seven, it caulks about budget currently calling for the graduation of four fire academies over the three years, including the up coming academy beginning on march 26th. so this year, calendar year, there's two classes that are scheduled, march and th

mr. harry hewy. so now i would like all of our officials join our wonderful kid for the picture. we would like to have mark farrelld schuo, and also any other department heads. if i missed any of your flames... and after the group picture we would like to have the board of supervisors come out and say some word. please remain seated. after the group picture we do have a singing performance. (speaking mandarin) francis and victory li vick -- victor lin please also come to the stage. may i ask the board of supervisors to remain on stage. so whoever -- we have jane kim here. good evening and happy new year. and also on behalf of the vietnamese american community i also represent. ) speaking vietnamese) happy new year in the city of san francisco. it is an honour to have represented the city in the last decade both on the schoolboard and here opt board of supervisor. one of the reasons why i love san francisco so much is because we have a very strong asian specific community with many leaders and community ors also in the chinese chamber of commercial, the chinese new year's parade which is one of the sources of pride

have brief welcoming remarks from the mayor, mark farrell, from board of supervisors president london breed and district ten supervisor, malia cohen. mror that introduction and thank you to the african american historical society for continuing to help lead this celebration. today in san francisco and inside of city hall is a day to celebrate the contributions of the african american society? san francisco. this month, we celebrate the proud history of fearless and courageous activism while acknowledging the fight for justice is far from over. the african american community has built a very strong foundation in our city, and we continue to play an integral role in shaping the future. from board president london breed to supervisor cohen, to naomi kelley, to the countless teachers, and muni workers, we will continue top rely on the african american community to move our city forward. thank you to you, our city family, and all of the committee members who are here supporting this great event today. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> now we'll hear welcoming remarks from the president of the board of supervisors london breed. >> the hon.

mr. clerk, if you could please call the roll. >> clerk: item one, commissioner breed. cohen present. commissioner farrell. farrell absent. commissioner fewer. fewer absent. commissioner kim. kim absent. commissioner peskin. >> chair peskin: present. >> clerk: commissioner ronen, present. commissioner safai. present. commissioner sheehy present. tang present. we have quorum. >> chair peskin: all right. could you, please, read the consent agenda and then we'll take public comment on the minutes. >> clerk: items two to three compromise the consent agenda. item three was approved at december 12th board meeting and considered for final approval. staff is not planning to present, but presenting if desired. if a member objects, any items can be removed and considered separately. >> chair peskin: is there anyp on item two, the minutes of december 2017 meeting, mr. rice? >> public: yeah. i want to point out and explain part problem is transportation roads are deteriorating. next time you talk to caltrans, charge them. they spend billions of dollars tearing down the bay bridge when all it needed was renovation -- >> chair peskin:

to provide an eoc policy group briefing to mayor mark farrell to let him know what goes on in large scale emergencies and what his role would be. as mr. corso indicated, we've had budget committee meetings, one january 26th and one last friday and we appreciate the committee members work. many of you were there on the 26th, participated at a career day on the 30th of january. provided an awsf briefing, not only in the last reporting period of supervisor fewer and katy tang's office but also to commissioner peskin. participated in the metro chief conference call february 1st. attended the chamber of commerce event on february 2nd. there was a budget meeting here at city hall. that's when we were able to get with the mayor's budget office and budget director melissa whitehouse who has agreed to meet with the budget committee, a date on the books for early march. appearing before the philippine consulate february 6th to provide an overview on emergency preparedness and that was well received. the 7th of february, i participated and testified at a government audit and oversight committee here at city hall to discuss the expansion and add

mr. wrie r wray's testimony, our first guest says there must be consequences for the fbi's misconduct and its clear political motion. joining me now, chris farrell. thanks for being here. >> sure sphwhr wha. >> what did you think as you listened to that today and heard christopher wray say no bias. >> he's engaged in damage control. he's got an agency that at the rank open file level are great agents doing tremendous work that we should be proud of. but there's a element at headquarters, beyond dispute, mccabe, strzok, page, bruce orr circle, the secret society let's call them, as they refer to themselves, they're utterly corrupt. and we have their texas messages and other evidence that documentdocuments it. the dreblghter is attempting to preserve the integrity of the organization or the institution. >> and i understand that. >> but there are such incredible fundamental corruption problems in washington, d.c., it's got to be answered, got to be addressed. >> i wish someone would have pushed him a little harder on that. i hear what you're saying, it's part of being proud of our country and institutions and the fbi, certainly a lot of great peopl

mr. clerk, any items before us today? >> clerk: completes the agenda for today. >> supervisor fewer: there is no further business before the committee, the meeting is now adjourned. thank you very much. >> mayor farrell: first i want to start off on this amazing san francisco day by thanking phil tinge in securing the $10 million funding allocation for the state and overall support for the homelessness initiatives. i want to thank seniors ronen, cohen and kim. and their willingness to open these crucial centers in their districts and be part of the vote to accept and expend the $10 million of funding. i want to acknowledge david chu for his commitment to tackling california's issues up in sacramento and homeless issues as well. we're honored to have great leaders just as tinge and chu up in sacramento representing the members of san francisco. we're all here because we understand that our city like our cities across the state of california, is undergoing a homelessness crisis. our streets and sidewalks are filled with people who are struggling with mental health challenge, drug addiction and poverty. this cannot be the status quo. it cannot be the new normal and it is not something we're going to acc

farrell's story in "the new yorker" talked about leverage. this suggested that maxine page, who worked at a.m.i. on and off including as an executive editor said that mro runs a.m.i., also used the unpublished stories he paid for as leverage over some celebrities to pressure them to pose for his magazine or feed him stories, tiger woods and arnold squachwarzenegger, as potential celebrities. you would think trump has all the power in that relationship. but, in fact, pecker has the power. he has the power to run the stories and knows where the bodies are buried. have we not paid enough attention to the fact that more than one entity has the potential to blackmail this president. >> exactly. you just hit the nail on the head, joy. i think a lot of people are getting distracted by the stormy daniels story, the porn star, the glam. the core of this story shows us that donald trump is blackmailable. if he is willing to pay $130,000 to make something go away, as the president, what else is he susceptible to? you are able to blackmail the american president. this is also just another example of how trump disrespects women. the porn star whose silence he is t