mr. lawrence i've been a city and county resident for 45 years. i want to see it supervisor kim was applied that senator feinstein's kids were in public scott taylor's schools that's not interest true pursue i want to thank the gentleman with the taxi service. very briefly i'm talking to you about the taxi business are that i know some of the supervisors don't want to deal with f it and the public utilities commission is taking over we have rampant law invaders operating as taxis 31 they park in taxi zones and sit in cabs and they're sitting in taxi lots while you sit here doing nothing our income as mrujd and like taking 3 supervisors and divided their income. i'm submitting a letter my 7th in a row now to mayor ed lee and senator feinstein you've given her husband more money and a lot of it exams comes from the sfmta. it is operated by mr. bloom and they stand to make $350 million or more. 4 times in the years you have not even given me an interview i have 11 pages on that - >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you mr. president. that's

mr. lawrence i've been a city and county resident for 45 years. i want to see it supervisor kim was applied that senator feinstein's kids were in public scott taylor's schools that's not interest true pursue i want to thank the gentleman with the taxi service. very briefly i'm talking to you about the taxi business are that i know some of the supervisors don't want to deal with f it and the public utilities commission is takin

mr. lawrence karnow. >> i'm fired up today, guys! coming our way for the weekend today we still have a lot of clouds out there, even a couple of sprinkles early on. but you know what? we have mother's day coming up. we have to make it a good forecast. we'll have more on that coming up. >> the pressure is on. >>> we have some fog out the door. visibility is limited this morning across the golden gate bridge. we do have an accident in lodi. we're also watching it on i-5. we'll have your friday morning commute coming up. >> thank you. >>> armed, dangerous on the run he could be in the bay area. kpix 5's andria borba reports a former cal fire chief wanted for killing his girlfriend may be near the santa cruz mountains. >>> reporter: escorts, double life, murder and a firehouse. this guy is being sought, cal fire battalion chief orville fleming. the body of 26-year-old sarah douglas was found in

mr. lawrence karnow. >> i'm fired up today, guys! lots of sunshine coming our way for the weekend today we still have a lot of clouds out there, even a couple of sprinkles early on. but you know what? we have mother's day coming up. we have to make it a good forecast. we'll have more on that coming up. >> the pressure is on. >>> we have some fog out the door. visibility is limited this morning across the golden gate bridge. we do have an accident in lodi. we're also watching it on i-5. we'll have your friday morning commute coming up. >> thank you. >>> armed, dangerous on the run he could be in the bay area. kpix 5's andria borba reports a former cal fire chief wanted for killing his girlfriend may be near the santa cruz mountains. >>> reporter: escorts, double life, murder and a firehouse. this guy is being sought, cal fire battalion chief orville fleming. the body of 26-year-old sarah douglas was found in this sacramento home last week. >> there was a big fight, a lot of blood everywhere. it looks like a sheet wrapped around her ne

mr. lawrence karnow. >> a lot of clouds this morning even a chance we could squeeze out a few light sprinkles. a little drizzle. otherwise, yeah, it's going to be a cooler day ahead. those clouds making their way into northern california sliding in across the bay area. and well, going to keep things a little unsettled. hi-def doppler radar picking up a little bit of moisture none of it hitting the ground yet. but that could change throughout the day. mostly cloudy out over the bay and because of the clouds it's a little more mild today. temperatures in the 50s although sneaking down to the 49-degree range in santa rosa. this afternoon cloudy, cooler, 65 in fremont. about 62 in san francisco. and 67 degrees in san rafael. all right. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. outside we go to southbound 280. the san francisco crash is cleared. i mentioned all lanes are now back open. unfortunately, there are some good size delays not quite to 101 but you will hit a bit of a backup so if you are trying to pick between the two, 101 is a better option. bay bridge toll a

mr. adams maintains his innocence and what it all says about the peace process, in the end is the time here is no healer. lawrenceazeera northern ireland. >> tim friend is outside the police station in northern ireland where jerry adams is being questioned. tim how is mr. adams' arrest likely to effect the atmosphere in northern ireland and i ask that because the old ghosts from the past troubles do keep emerging, don't they? >> they do indeed and that's why everyone here is watching this very, very carefully, jerry adams is still being questioned behind me here by detectives in antrim. but the difficulty of how these old issues are resolved is a real problem. some people have suggested that perhaps a truth and justice commission on the lines of south africa might be the way forward because while you have someone like jerry adams now, part very much of the political establishment both here in northern island and in the republic as you said in the introduction, he is part of a member of parliament down there with aspirations to perhaps become a minister one day, while you have events like this taking place then yo

they're accompanied by doctor mary lawrence, deputy director of the vision center of excellence and mr. pat sheehan, director of das 508 compliance office. [inaudible conversations] i think will continue for committee members, will continue the process as stating your name so those that are vision impaired in the audience can no who was speaking to her i would ask the panel to do the same. dr. mccarthy, your complete written statement will be made part of the hearing record and your now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good morning, chairman kaufman, ranking member kirkpatrick, and members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to discuss the department of veterans affairs contributions to the vision center of excellence and the care and services provided to veterans with visual impairment. i am a copy today by doctor mary lawrence, deputy director of the vision center of excellence. vision center of excellence was established by the national defense authorization act in january 2008. in october 2009, at dod memorandum of understanding defined the roles and responsibi

mr. smith. we'll now open up for public comments. public comment will be 2 minutes and i have a number of cards. kim gilgenberg steel. gabriel [speaker not understood]. kerry [speaker not understood]. mary lawrence hicks. jeff sheehy. [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. jorge [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. and armando hernandez. you don't have to testify in the same exact order that i -- and i'm sorry, before we go, i apologize. carolyn from supervisor campos's office is here and supervisor campos did co-sponsor this hearing request with me. >> thank you so much. and thank you, everyone. supervisor campos what unable to be here, but he asked me to scum and just communicate his support for main tabing san francisco's model of care and [speaker not understood]. it is critical that we the city step up and make sure these services are funded. we are very gratified to hear the mayor plans to include this in his budget and look forward to working with you all. thank you. >> thank you very much. okay, now we'll go to public comment. >>> good afternoon, my name is kim castillo. [speaker not understood] asian pacific islander center in the te

mr. chairman, i just wanted to thank chairman rogers for working with me in putting in our lawrence livermoremendment into the en bloc. thank you. >> any further discussion on the amendment? if not, the amendment offered by mr. rogers, everyone in favor, say aye. those opposed say no. the amendment is agreed to. we're nothing gu to proceed to vote on those amendments where a roll call vote was ordered. the amendment offered by ms. sanchez, and shall now resume those proceedings. the question now occurs on the amendment offered by ms. sanchez. the clerk will call the roll. >> chairman mccann? >> no. >> mr. smith? >> mr. thornberry? no. ms. sanchez? ms. sanchez, aye. mr. jones, no. mr. mcintyre? mr. mcintyre? mr. forbes? mr. forbes, no. mr. brady? mr. brady aye. mr. miller? mr. miller no. ms. davis? ms. davis aye. mr. wilson? mr. wilson no. mr. langevin aye. mr. laby as deniedo no. mr. larson aye. mr. bishop? mr. bishop no. mr. cooper? mr. cooper, aye. mr. turner? mr. turner, no. ms. boardi aye. mr. kline, no. mr. courtney, aye. mr. rogers? mr. rogers? mr. rogers no. mr. franks? mr. franks no.

mrs. president? ready or not. hillary clinton has a new answer to the 2016 question. running for president. how do you make those decisions? >> great question. obviously thinking about that right now. >> i'm in for lawrence o'donnell. democrats focusing on this year's midterm elections may have gotten a boost today from some one definitely not on the ballot this fall. >> i have a little bit of experience in knowing that it can get discouraging when you are grappling with big challenges. that's called resilience. i think we are in for another one of the periodsen our history where we have to stand up and fight for what we want to see in america again. we have to deal with those hollowed out communities. we have to deal with the people in despair. we have got to find work for the 6 million young americans who are neither in work or in school, whose whole futures can be -- adversely fe lly affected that. >> there is a chorus of doubters and minimalists who say, look we can't do big things anymore. our politics are too broken. our budgets are too tight. our horizons are too small. that's not the america that i see. >> what you have there is hillary clinton at a health care summit outside of washington taking

mr. evans continues to maintain his innocence. what it says about the peace process in the end is that time here is no healer. lawrence lee, al jazeera, in northern ireland. >>> in our next area, going live to northern ireland for the latest on the areas of jerry adams. >>> the racist recordings of la clippers' owner donald sterling. >> the 80-year-old is fighting a deadly disease. >> comes as nba openers make a move to force him to sell the team. >> plus a piece of history we are proud to say saved by girl power, former rosie the riv eter's rolling up their sleeves. >> they don't still work there. their big number of the day is $106,000,000,000. >> why did you close the deal on that recordbreaking merger we have been reporting about? >>> if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again that is the motto of pfizer and the subject of today's big number, $106,000,000,000. >> it is the pharmaceutical's offer for astrazeneca. you are looking now, live at pfizer headquarters here in new york city. astrazeneca rejected an earlier bid of $100,000,000,000. if success, the merger colorado crate the world's biggest drug compa

thoughts on social media be known lawrence hurley writing for reuters wrote this about the decision on public writer. -- on public prayer. joining us on the phone is mrhurley,ley. welcome. -- what dide bit the justices have to decide on this? talk about the decisions that were made. about this case is not whether you can pray, it is about what types of prayers you can have. the court does not weigh on the subject very often. what has been established is that prayers were ok before a legislative session in the same way they had been before sessions in congress. the reason for that is that they always happened in large part. the case was about whether specific prayers at issue in this case, which arose from a town meeting in a place called greece in new york. whether those prayers went too far because of the sick terry and nature of the message -- of the sectarian nature of the message which was distinctly christian. were prayers for other religions offered as well? in practicehappened was, before the lawsuit was filed by residents who objected to the prayers, prayers were christian almost exclusively. after the lawsuit was filed, they had some people