mr. whitting, you want to start? all right. mr. -- whomever. three minutes. we're generous. >> good morning, commissioners. i wanted to say first -- [inaudible] >> -- coming up with its own conclusions, the 1.5 billion in taxes, make it harder for s.f. to issue our own long-term debt, and we will feel the impact over time. jumping to s.b. 50, it's just a redo of s.b. 827. i think commissioner richards hit the nail on the head when he says he read the same report. no effect on housing supply when you upzone, no price increases. if you look at last year's rina figures, you'll see that 108% of the housing that was built was market rate and 19% was affordable housing. and an interest side effect of all this building up is contrary to popular belief, upzoning actually near transportation has a great increase in greenhouse gas emissions as opposed to diminishing them, which you can think with other trains and people taking all this transportation would decrease, but it does not. i think s.b. 50 is a joke, and that we've seen it before. it's also a red herring in th

mr. whitting, you want to start? all right. mr. -- whomever. three minutes. we're generous. >> good morning,

. >> mr. whit ter, i'm aware that north carolina and georgia are battling voter suppression. was the department remotely interested in securitying the elections in north carolina rather that it's intent was abusing it's subpoena powers and it's mandate to protect elections in a thinly vailed effort to protect populations. . what actions were taken for all of the voting rights to be upheld. you stated earlier. you said you were side by side with attorney general sessions advising him on all aspects of the department yet you don't know, but at this point you're saying you don't appear that you do not suspect there was any voter sprepgs. >> i don't believe i said that i'm not aware there would be voter suppression. is that something you heard me say? >> no, i'm just asking you. the department of justice, i sit on top of a massive organization, and cases with voter fraud, or any other act, is done by u.s. attorneys and fbi agents in the district doing those cases. so it would be unusual that i would have specific knowledge about any of the evidence in those cases. so obviously we

haven't heard anything but people panning this performance, terriau, by mr. whit canker. you a political strategist. could you sense in that performance today any strategic idea or goal or was he just in a mood? >> thank you so much for there question. i understand the question is very important to you. first all of he was putting on a show as you stated. a show both for trump and i think he was putting on a show efor himself. remember this person used to be on tv. and so i think he's looking for a future back in that space and after this is all said and done. what i would say is people drawn to is they're not just drawn to trump because they want to be apert of all the divisiveness. they want to hitch to his wagn to chart their own course in terms of media and growth. people said to me why are people on the "the apprentice" had issues. they wanted to sue him and now they're supporters. i get this question, why would they support him snow because they want to be just like him. and i think that is reflected in his administration as well. and that's what he wants. >> he wan

mrs. fletcher: there are so many. i grew up in texas. ann richards was our governor. and growing up in houston, the mayor was a woman, kathy whit meyer. -- whitemeyer. i had a sense that people could see and do anything. ann richards was an inspiration. sassy and fun and smart as a whip. that's so important. there are so many women that have been personally involved in my life and have been mentors and probably the person i admire the most is my own mother who is a phenomenal person, who manages to take care of everyone else and at the same time really contribute to our community and i just feel like i have been so lucky to know and learn from so many, so many great women. and especially in this class. i look around at my classmates, the women in congress, and i'm excited to get to work with them and learn from them. >> any advice your mom gave you over the years or when you won this seat that you remember and carry with you? mrs. fletcher: well, she gave me a lot of advice. the advice that my dad gave me that i mentioned is really good for going to -- going off to law school. my mom just really shaped me and guided my world vi

mr. trump to take charge of that probe into hush money payments made by the president's former attorney michael cohen. times says whit kaker revuds. >> did the president's words and actions constitute an effort to obstruct justice? is there corrupt intent? what matters from the legal perspective is if there's a pattern here. times counts more than a thousand times that the president publicly attacked the russia investigation and what began as a public relation strategy they say is now a legal strategy encouraged by the president himself. and, if you're in the market for explosive comments, the kind that sell books, in an interview with cnn, fired acting fbi director andrew mccabe says he believes it's possible the president could still be a russian asset. we have a lot to cover so let's go right to cnn's laura jared live in washington with the new details about the president's conversations and whether or not that's an obstruction of justice. laura. >> reporter: good morning. "the new york times" peace weaves together a tail of what president trump's critics will say is obstruction of justice in plain sight. while mc

mr. trump to take charge of that probe into hush money payments made by the president's former attorney michael cohen. times says whitort to obstruct justice? is there corrupt intent? what matters from

mr. chairman there are 24 no's and 10 ayes. >> the motion to adjourn is not approved. i will now introduce today's witness. matthew g whit ter is the acting attorney general of the united states. previously served as staff to attorney general jeff sessions. he was appointed as the u.s. attorney for the southern district of iowa on june 15th, 2004 by president george w. bush. before that he was a managing partner of the des moines based law firm whitaker, haguenow and gustof llp and director for fact, foundation for accountability and civil trust. 2014-2017. graduated with master of business administration, jurist doctor and he we welcome mr. whitaker to this hearing. if you'll please rise, i'll begin by swearing you in. raise your right arm. do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury the testimony you're about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information and belief, so help you god? thank you. let the record show that the witness answered in the affirmative. thank you and please be seated. please note that your written testimony will be entered into the record in its entirety. accordingly i