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mr. williams? >> i have to share her assessment that there's not going to be a substantial number of people with access to elected city in africa if we stay on the current levels that we are on right now. it is estimated by 24 the, you may have 500 people on the continent. >> that is right now? >> approximately. >> thank you. we need to accelerate our efforts and we end on that point. if you would like to add -- >> i want to thank you for the opportunity to be here and to testify. i am hopeful that some of the things that i said will be back to you and hope to applaud your leadership. >> thank you very much. >> any further comments. the hearing is adjourned, thank you very much. ..
mr. williams? >> i have to share her assessment that there's not going to be a substantial number of people with access to elected city in africa if we stay on the current levels that we are on right now. it is estimated by 24 the, you may have 500 people on the continent. >> that is right now? >> approximately. >> thank you. we need to accelerate our efforts and we end on that point. if you would like to add -- >> i want to thank you for the opportunity to be here...
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mr. williams colleagues any questions to the parties? okay. at this point this hearing has been held and this matter is in the hands of the board supervisor mar >> so let me start by thanking planning staff and the project sponsor and mr. williams and on that have people in favor of the appeal it's been about a year i've been involved and contacted by ms. lee and the owner gabriel i feel this year's time to look at the preservation or the don't guess but the creation of protection of two below market rate units within the project i'm not sure that a continuance of time would allow movement on botsdz i'm open to that if this is what the body wants i'm willing to vote on this today as my colleagues have said as policymakers in the city the discretionary under 317 that the planning commissioners looked at the 3 that voted against the project i feel they're making the right policy call in making sure that we are preserving such we can in the rent control and housing stocking in the city we need family sized housing like those from the public that
mr. williams colleagues any questions to the parties? okay. at this point this hearing has been held and this matter is in the hands of the board supervisor mar >> so let me start by thanking planning staff and the project sponsor and mr. williams and on that have people in favor of the appeal it's been about a year i've been involved and contacted by ms. lee and the owner gabriel i feel this year's time to look at the preservation or the don't guess but the creation of protection of two...
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mr. williams who is president and ceo for leadership africa usa and alternative marketing access. mr. williams is a management consultant with more than two decades of experience working with government corporations ngos and multilateral institutions. his areas of expertise and strategic advice include energy infrastructure finance management and communication. he has worked with the u.s. department of energy and the first u.s. africa energy material in morocco and another dispatcher in ethiopia. mr. williams was also instrument on bringing the house and the senate together in the african diplomatic corps for an historic and ongoing set of meetings that we have had to meet with the african ambassadors and others from all of the african countries and i want to thank you for your leadership in making that happen. we will hear from diane southerland who has been working with africa for the last 17 years. 13 of those years as a resident of egypt. ms. southerland entered the oil and gas business in 2001 and by late 2002 launched what is known as petroleum africa magazine. in january 2000 is
mr. williams who is president and ceo for leadership africa usa and alternative marketing access. mr. williams is a management consultant with more than two decades of experience working with government corporations ngos and multilateral institutions. his areas of expertise and strategic advice include energy infrastructure finance management and communication. he has worked with the u.s. department of energy and the first u.s. africa energy material in morocco and another dispatcher in...
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mr. williams, i just wanted to ask. i was asking the first panel about power africa and its reach into urban areas in the residential areas, not the commercial, and also in the rural areas. and you, you know, representing civil society. i just wanted to know your take on the same question i had asked the first panel. >> well, i believe, and it's anecdotal to some extent, but i do believe, having come out of the u.s./africa ministerial, and looking at the effective role and the amount of discussion that we talked about with grids, many grids, and getting electricity into rural areas. and then, at the leader summit, i attended a session that ge put on called africa rising, and there were many, many entrepreneurial-type things. by entrepreneurial, i mean, they're sustainable. in other words, they were going into rural communities and creating opportunities for young people to supply electricity and make a little bit of money to keep it going and keep their incentives up. so it's happening. and it could be expedited, but it
mr. williams, i just wanted to ask. i was asking the first panel about power africa and its reach into urban areas in the residential areas, not the commercial, and also in the rural areas. and you, you know, representing civil society. i just wanted to know your take on the same question i had asked the first panel. >> well, i believe, and it's anecdotal to some extent, but i do believe, having come out of the u.s./africa ministerial, and looking at the effective role and the amount of...
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mr. williams, thank you very much for your testimony. without objection your full statement will be be a part of the record. i want to welcome from houston, texas, dianne sutherland. you are recognized. please proceed. >> i'd like to express my appreciation for the invitation to testify at this hearing today on africa's energy future. i have witnessed -- fossil fuels and alternative energy sector. .. and it is not exclusive to north america to the share of unconventional resources the shale oriole, shale gas and methane are all receiving attention for both government and private sector and a number of projects are afforded. as for alternative energy, there are literally hundreds of small skill projects established in the works not to mention the larger scale projects on the drawing board. these translate into billions of dollars of investment. the sector is making progress with new renewable specific legislation emerging in many countries -- in egypt, ethiopia, china, morocco and south africa. the continents i drop our resource some esti
mr. williams, thank you very much for your testimony. without objection your full statement will be be a part of the record. i want to welcome from houston, texas, dianne sutherland. you are recognized. please proceed. >> i'd like to express my appreciation for the invitation to testify at this hearing today on africa's energy future. i have witnessed -- fossil fuels and alternative energy sector. .. and it is not exclusive to north america to the share of unconventional resources the...
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mr. williams before you came back on. how widespread are those projects which obviously due to great things at one time, produce energy but also take care of a municipal waste problem? landfills as we all know are ticking time bombs because what they do the aquifers and water systems that the reach. if you could respond to those two, i would appreciate it. >> okay. with respect to china, we are competing pretty well with china. however, as others have mentioned the transparency issue is very big in africa, but there's only i believe 17 or 18 countries who have signed up. so those who have not yet signed up to it or who have not met the requirements to be approved, chinese money is very attractive because it comes with right little strings attached to it. that's just a fact. it's very attractive to some african governments. on the other hand, chinese technology while it has vastly improved over the last decade is still lacking behind american technology. and many of the savvier national all companies in africa would much r
mr. williams before you came back on. how widespread are those projects which obviously due to great things at one time, produce energy but also take care of a municipal waste problem? landfills as we all know are ticking time bombs because what they do the aquifers and water systems that the reach. if you could respond to those two, i would appreciate it. >> okay. with respect to china, we are competing pretty well with china. however, as others have mentioned the transparency issue is...
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mrs. williams doesn't get around easily.t dog was family. >> i had never been separate from her until i was in the hospital for knee replacement. >> reporter: she heard nothing about kayleigh for months until last saturday, a big break in the case. >> chihauhau was located in a dumpster near church street. >> reporter: a dumpster. >> a dumpster. >> reporter: found alive but ragged, dirty and hurt. >> it had trauma, broken ribs, um, so fairly serious injuries. >> reporter: the vet also found something else. embedded just under the skin, a microchip that told them this dog belongs to mrs. lucille williams and after six nights at the animal hospital, kayleigh is now back home. >> kayleigh! >> reporter: it's hard to say who is happier. the joy is overwhelming. and it's nice to see good things happen to good people. and good dogs. >> you lost a lot of weight. >> reporter: in san francisco, don ford, kpix 5. >>> he provides for his family, he has helped raise his little sister but a bay area teenager says, that's not enough. comin
mrs. williams doesn't get around easily.t dog was family. >> i had never been separate from her until i was in the hospital for knee replacement. >> reporter: she heard nothing about kayleigh for months until last saturday, a big break in the case. >> chihauhau was located in a dumpster near church street. >> reporter: a dumpster. >> a dumpster. >> reporter: found alive but ragged, dirty and hurt. >> it had trauma, broken ribs, um, so fairly serious...
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mr. williams. >> (clapping) >> (calling names). >> who's up. >> lance. >> mr. lance is up first sir, your after him. >> good afternoon mr. karen's. >> yeah. good afternoon mr. chairman and members of the board i'm here to pass along information we got recently about the bus scheduling problems could i get the overhead federal transit administration issued a report no august that indicated it was severe problems with the budget and schedule for the central subway standard you know the standard mantra from sfmta is that the central subway is on on time and on budget this is repeated for the models report it turns out it is not true a report in august there's severe problems with the schedule for the central subway in addition there are approximately 4 hundred reasons comparing sfmta capital projects that either had or will have cost overruns as revealed in the sfmta cpa program and the 2012 audit so the bottom line is the loosely written 5 hundred prop measure will further cost overruns not related to the mayors transit p t f plan with the prop a fund only a port
mr. williams. >> (clapping) >> (calling names). >> who's up. >> lance. >> mr. lance is up first sir, your after him. >> good afternoon mr. karen's. >> yeah. good afternoon mr. chairman and members of the board i'm here to pass along information we got recently about the bus scheduling problems could i get the overhead federal transit administration issued a report no august that indicated it was severe problems with the budget and schedule for the...
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mr. walker williams, president and ceo of leadership africa u.s.a. and alternative marketing access. ... >> >> end thank you for your leadership to make that have been. and we will hear from the sutherland last 30 years she was a resident of egypt in my late 2002 and known as petroleum africa magazine and in addition with researchers development consultants. >> we will hookup with her by way of video but mr. williams you may start us off. >> they hear chairman smith remember and members of the committee. appreciate relayed this opportunity to come before you this afternoon to talk about energy that is of critical importance not only for africa but important to the economy and i have some prepared remarks and i also have submitted testimony. coming from the civil society side of the ledger we do programs for africa it is on the initiative any ngo working in africa with energy and power and electricity. our emphasis is on education if we don't have it in the schools than kids are not getting the education. and moving into the energy sector in order to
mr. walker williams, president and ceo of leadership africa u.s.a. and alternative marketing access. ... >> >> end thank you for your leadership to make that have been. and we will hear from the sutherland last 30 years she was a resident of egypt in my late 2002 and known as petroleum africa magazine and in addition with researchers development consultants. >> we will hookup with her by way of video but mr. williams you may start us off. >> they hear chairman smith...
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mr. williams clothed in a seated position unresponsive with a belt secured around his neck. >> reporter: it's been reported williams suffered from depression and had a history of alcohol and drug abuse. toxicology tests found no trace of illegal drugs or alcohol. he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease last year. the autopsy showed abnormal growths in his brain and a neurologist told kpix 5, their effects could have caused a number of symptoms including depression, anxiety and hallucinations. williams' wife told investigators he could not sleep and was experiencing an increase in his paranoia. the night before his death, he was anxious about his wristwatches and put them in a sock to give to a friend for safe keeping. she told investigators, he may have gleaned information on suicide from a movie he made several years ago. williams' character played a father who discovered his son's accidental death by auto erotic asphyxiation. the character then stages the death to look like a suicide by hanging with a belt. a scene his wife said was difficult and emotional for him. the belt and towel
mr. williams clothed in a seated position unresponsive with a belt secured around his neck. >> reporter: it's been reported williams suffered from depression and had a history of alcohol and drug abuse. toxicology tests found no trace of illegal drugs or alcohol. he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease last year. the autopsy showed abnormal growths in his brain and a neurologist told kpix 5, their effects could have caused a number of symptoms including depression, anxiety and...
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mr. danny williams and mr. robin [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor yee for the late ms. paula minkus and on behalf of supervisor breed for the late senior master sergeant william cluster bill yancy. >> and madam clerk is there any more business in front of the board of supervisors? he >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] >>> november 19, 2014, >> >> city of san francisco >> >> historic preservation committee >> >> please stand by... >> >> >>> san francisco architectural heritage was present and expressed heritage report on three contracts and planning staff gave a short presentation. committee member supervisor avalos did have some comments about san francisco's program in relationship to other programs throughout the state of california and the types of properties that took advantage of the program as compared to cities and san francisco and did comment as to whether or not the properties applying for the mills act this year were in truly need of a property tax break. as a result of those comments, the com
mr. danny williams and mr. robin [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor yee for the late ms. paula minkus and on behalf of supervisor breed for the late senior master sergeant william cluster bill yancy. >> and madam clerk is there any more business in front of the board of supervisors? he >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] >>> november 19, 2014, >> >> city of san francisco...
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mr. william is also recognized and appreciated for negotiating the support agreements for 47 organizations supported by the 46 61 air base group ~. before retiring in 1975, he worked with car-car electronics as well as the united states mint. he is survived by his ex-wife mrs. helen yancy, their children and countless other family members and friends who were greatly inspired by his courage and bravery to take the initiative and spread his love for others. thank you for joining us here today. thank you for your patience. and, colleagues, if we -- i'm submitting this in memoriam on behalf of my office and the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor breed. president chiu. >> thank you, colleagues. i have one item which will probably be my last introduction. this is an accept and expend up to a half $34v ~ of the san francisco parks alliance, for the children's play area one of my favorite projects in the district. and with that i do not have any other item to affirm, madam clerk. >> thank you, mr. president. supervisor cohen. >> yes, colleagues, i'm introducing a hearing today on the local i
mr. william is also recognized and appreciated for negotiating the support agreements for 47 organizations supported by the 46 61 air base group ~. before retiring in 1975, he worked with car-car electronics as well as the united states mint. he is survived by his ex-wife mrs. helen yancy, their children and countless other family members and friends who were greatly inspired by his courage and bravery to take the initiative and spread his love for others. thank you for joining us here today....
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mr. danny williams and mr. robin [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor yee for the late ms. paula minkus and on behalf of supervisor breed for the late senior master sergeant william cluster bill yancy. >> and madam clerk is there any more business in front of the board of supervisors? he >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] >> hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. we are featuring the romantic park location in your backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in santa and cisco with someone special. -- san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here at buena vista park, a favorite with couples and dog walkers. both have a significant force. a refreshing retreat from urban life. the romantic past that meander up and down the park under pines and eucalyptus. hang out in this environment and you might see butterflies it, fennel, and then the lines. -- dandelions. is ada accessible. public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have en
mr. danny williams and mr. robin [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor yee for the late ms. paula minkus and on behalf of supervisor breed for the late senior master sergeant william cluster bill yancy. >> and madam clerk is there any more business in front of the board of supervisors? he >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] >> hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. we are...
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mr. danny williams and mr. robin [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor yee for the late ms. paula minkus and on behalf of supervisor breed for the late senior master sergeant william cluster bill yancy. >> and madam clerk is there any more business in front of the board of supervisors? he >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] >> we do. good afternoon. and welcome to our regularly schedule meeting of the joint city and school district and select committee for thursday, october 23rd, my name is jane kim and i serve as the chair and i am joined by my colleagues supervisor mark farrell and mendoza, and i want to recognize the clerk and cascoa as well as sfgtv who record the meetings and make them available to our public. madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> there are none. >> could we please take roll call? >> okay, commissioner fewer? >> here. >> supervisor kim? >> here. >> miss mendoza-mcdonnell? >> thank you. >> and supervisor farrell? >> present. >> thank you. >> we have a quorum. >> okay. >> do you call
mr. danny williams and mr. robin [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor yee for the late ms. paula minkus and on behalf of supervisor breed for the late senior master sergeant william cluster bill yancy. >> and madam clerk is there any more business in front of the board of supervisors? he >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] >> we do. good afternoon. and welcome to our regularly schedule...
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mr. danny williams and mr. robin [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor yee for the late ms. paula minkus and on behalf of supervisor breed for the late senior master sergeant william cluster bill yancy. >> and madam clerk is there any more business in front of the board of supervisors? he >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] >> convene the meeting. >> [speaker not understood]? >> here. >> commissioner [speaker not understood]? a here. >> [speaker not understood]? >> here. >> item 2 [speaker not understood]. >> so moved. >> i just have one amendment, under a section on something that i said, page -- sorry. it says it also helps in [speaker not understood] not to release, but relieve, relieve some of the pressure. so, is the motion to approve the minutes as amended? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> minutes are approved as amended. >> item 3, [speaker not understood]. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion to move -- oh. >> second. >> there is a
mr. danny williams and mr. robin [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor yee for the late ms. paula minkus and on behalf of supervisor breed for the late senior master sergeant william cluster bill yancy. >> and madam clerk is there any more business in front of the board of supervisors? he >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] >> convene the meeting. >> [speaker not understood]? >>...
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mr. danny williams and mr. robin [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor yee for the late ms. paula minkus and on behalf of supervisor breed for the late senior master sergeant william cluster bill yancy. >> and madam clerk is there any more business in front of the board of supervisors? he >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] >> hello. welcome to "meet your district supervisor." we are here with supervisor mar, who was elected in 2008 and is about halfway through his first term. we will get to know them and talk about the toughest issues they have been facing. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. let's start by talking about your background, where you grew up. >> i grew up in sacramento, california, in the south area. went to public schools. ended up in uc-davis. made my way out to san francisco when i was a college student, and i sat in the class is in san francisco state as well, and i remember growing up at that time around clement street. we call the richmond district the new chinatown in the 1980'
mr. danny williams and mr. robin [speaker not understood]. on behalf of supervisor yee for the late ms. paula minkus and on behalf of supervisor breed for the late senior master sergeant william cluster bill yancy. >> and madam clerk is there any more business in front of the board of supervisors? he >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] >> hello. welcome to "meet your district supervisor." we are...
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mr. williams. i thank you, our living room thanks you. humbled by the presence of our next guest. dirk callahan is here. dirk was the first man to clench his fist, look up at the sky, and scream "why" in anger. dirk, could you look up now and shout the line that made you famous? >> hello. [ laughter ] [ cheers & applause ] >> seth: dirk has gone through some tough times since he first screamed "why" in anger. and often he forgets what his famous line is. his famous line of course being "why" screamed in anger up to the ceiling. dirk, do you want to give it one more shot? dirk, scream your famous line. [ cheers & applause ] >> why. >> seth: i think we're all asking ourselves why, dirk. and finally -- oh, no. the devil has returned. oh, no, ladies and gentlemen the devil is inside of me, seth meyers. devil we must end this now. by the power of nbc's holy trinity brian williams, lorne michaels and savannah guthrie, i command you devil, i command you to leave this body now. devil, devil, you must take -- oh no. oh no. the devil has won. oh, t
mr. williams. i thank you, our living room thanks you. humbled by the presence of our next guest. dirk callahan is here. dirk was the first man to clench his fist, look up at the sky, and scream "why" in anger. dirk, could you look up now and shout the line that made you famous? >> hello. [ laughter ] [ cheers & applause ] >> seth: dirk has gone through some tough times since he first screamed "why" in anger. and often he forgets what his famous line is. his...
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mr. williams indicated the possibility exists, we'd help with determinations as to where prosecutions would occur. also look at what you have raised, are there statutory changes that might be made in particular countries to increase the capacity of that nation to detect and then hold accountability peopaccountable people who would engage in tehee types of -- >> can you tell us how many are in this group and when they will begin their work here? >> how many --? >> how many prosecutors and advisers will be placed in these areas and when they'll begin their work? >> we can get you that information in terms of when they'll actually be there and the overall numbers. we can get you that information. >> right here? >> brian barry, euro politics. question for the commissioner on the visa waiver program. how realistic is it you can get reciprocity with all the member states included when the pressure is in the opposite direction to restrict the program? and then also for mr. holder, how are you proposing to get the right of judicial redress for eu citizens from the united states congress? >> you can
mr. williams indicated the possibility exists, we'd help with determinations as to where prosecutions would occur. also look at what you have raised, are there statutory changes that might be made in particular countries to increase the capacity of that nation to detect and then hold accountability peopaccountable people who would engage in tehee types of -- >> can you tell us how many are in this group and when they will begin their work here? >> how many --? >> how many...
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mr. william bartoe, army, highly qualified expert attorney advisor. welcome to both of you and i understand we'll start with you, colonel baker. thank you for your presence. >> thank you, ma'am. good morning. as you noted, i'm colonel john baker, deputy director of the jag division for community justice and community development. mr. brartow appear here to discuss 412 and 513 and how they're litigated at article 32 hearings and during article 39a session at courts-martial. to give my comments some perspective i'll note that i've litigated 412 and 513 issues as a trial and as a defense counsel, i've ruled on them as a military judge, i've taught classed to sbord flat trial and defense counsel on how to litigate these issues in court, and most recently i've been dealing with mre 412 and 513 as a policy maker as a member of the joint services committee. where we recently recommended a rescission to rules for courts-martial 405 that would apply the protections of mre 412 and 513 at article 32 hearings but would eliminate the constitutionally required exce
mr. william bartoe, army, highly qualified expert attorney advisor. welcome to both of you and i understand we'll start with you, colonel baker. thank you for your presence. >> thank you, ma'am. good morning. as you noted, i'm colonel john baker, deputy director of the jag division for community justice and community development. mr. brartow appear here to discuss 412 and 513 and how they're litigated at article 32 hearings and during article 39a session at courts-martial. to give my...
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mr. williams, for five minutes. thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to recognize the tremendous work of the center for brain health at the university of texas at dallas and its brain performance institute. not only do their programs and research benefit the public, they have a team that specifically focuses on serving active duty service members, veterans, military, spouses and caregivers. more than 2 1/2 million men and women have admirably worn the uniform to provide tect america's freedom since 9/11. sadly, nearly 20% of them come back from iraq and afghanistan with ptsd or major depression. more than 250,000 service members have sustained a traumatic brain injury in the last decade. this ring that i wear is a sobering reminder that 22 service members or veterans commit suicide each and every day. something has to be done to help these heroes battle their inner enemies and that's where the brain health team comes in. the brain health team is dedicated to creating public and private partnerships to not only eliminate the stigma often as
mr. williams, for five minutes. thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to recognize the tremendous work of the center for brain health at the university of texas at dallas and its brain performance institute. not only do their programs and research benefit the public, they have a team that specifically focuses on serving active duty service members, veterans, military, spouses and caregivers. more than 2 1/2 million men and women have admirably worn the uniform to provide tect america's freedom...
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william settlement annual report. superintendent, will you introduce ruth to read the recommendation? >> thank you, president fewer. in lieu of, i would like to have our general counsel donald davis please read. >> thank you, mr. superintendent. the williams settlement and the subsequent legislation impose monitoring reports on county offices of education related to instruction materials and facilities and accuracy of the scorecard. all 39 school were inspected in accordance with the education code requirements and the district was found to be in compliance with the dictates of the williams settlement. so the recommended action is that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district accept the 2014 williams settlement annual report regarding the district's site visits and findings for the district's 39 schools that are ranked in deciles 1-3 of the academic performance index. >> thank you. >> no public speakers are signed up for this. oh, we need a motion and second and it's not in this >> motion. >> second. >> thank you. comments from the board or superintendent? seeing none, roll call vote. >> thank you. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> miss maufas? >> yes. >> miss mendoza-mcdonnell. >> yes, dr.
william settlement annual report. superintendent, will you introduce ruth to read the recommendation? >> thank you, president fewer. in lieu of, i would like to have our general counsel donald davis please read. >> thank you, mr. superintendent. the williams settlement and the subsequent legislation impose monitoring reports on county offices of education related to instruction materials and facilities and accuracy of the scorecard. all 39 school were inspected in accordance with...
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here he is being interviewed by nbc's pete williams. >> mr.ttorney general, what does jp morgan admit that it did wrong in the settlement? >> well, it packaged loans that it knew did not pass its own stated due diligence test. we have a whistleblower who indicated that she expressed concerns about what the strength of these mortgage-backed securities were. and they put them out there to the market and said that they were perfectly fine when in fact they were not. >> so to be clear, you're saying that jp morgan's conduct here contributed to the housing collapse? >> not only the conduct of jp morgan. it was the conduct of other banks doing similar kinds of things that led directly to the collapse of our economy in 2008 and in 2009. >> yet eric holder didn't bring one criminal case against any executives in charge of the banks' lending. you've called this the greatest strategic failure in the history of the department of justice. >> yeah, in baseball terms they're batting 0.000. but they're not just batting 0.000, they took called strikes. they n
here he is being interviewed by nbc's pete williams. >> mr.ttorney general, what does jp morgan admit that it did wrong in the settlement? >> well, it packaged loans that it knew did not pass its own stated due diligence test. we have a whistleblower who indicated that she expressed concerns about what the strength of these mortgage-backed securities were. and they put them out there to the market and said that they were perfectly fine when in fact they were not. >> so to be...
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mr. wimdz. >> thank you president chiu steve williams on behalf of the appellants in this case and the surrounding property owners and residents thank you supervisor mar so far that introduction and that is the focus of our appeal so those concerns around housing we're here to challenge the planning department conditional use authorization for the don't guess of a building on the corner of 26th avenue and clemente street that has is two affordable housing the subject site in the outer commercial district and the subject lot is one of two development lots on that particular block that is sdoebd within the commercial district if i could have the overhead here's the lot here it is just captured by the neighborhood commercial district the rest of the block is zoned residential planning department approval the conditional use authorization demolish those at a supplied vote of three to four with commissioner wu and commissioner moore voting against the authorization and in favor of saving those affordable unit departments analysis in this sustains is simply wrong the may or may not finding this project
mr. wimdz. >> thank you president chiu steve williams on behalf of the appellants in this case and the surrounding property owners and residents thank you supervisor mar so far that introduction and that is the focus of our appeal so those concerns around housing we're here to challenge the planning department conditional use authorization for the don't guess of a building on the corner of 26th avenue and clemente street that has is two affordable housing the subject site in the outer...
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mr. korda, a big fan of yours over the years. i'm wondering, i'm just finishing up sally beetle smith's biography of william bailey. i'd like to know more about what you thought about him and also kenny -- [inaudible] the late richard holbrooke's wife who has written about the hungarian revolution for all the obvious reasons. your family's mentioned quite a bit in some of her books. so those are the two people. >> guest: well, i don't believe i ever met william s. paley. he appears in the unfinished novel that truman capote was writing, "unanswered prayers," in a most unfortunate light, but i have no idea whether that's absolutely true or is something that truman ca capote invented. she included my uncle alex and
mr. korda, a big fan of yours over the years. i'm wondering, i'm just finishing up sally beetle smith's biography of william bailey. i'd like to know more about what you thought about him and also kenny -- [inaudible] the late richard holbrooke's wife who has written about the hungarian revolution for all the obvious reasons. your family's mentioned quite a bit in some of her books. so those are the two people. >> guest: well, i don't believe i ever met william s. paley. he appears in the...
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williams everybody. we'll be right back. hey, mr. smith. want to try out my time machine? barks ] sure. so now what? got to put the whole bag in. okay. yes! it's really working, jimmy! [ humming, thumping ] [ humming ] [ thumping ] this is the greatest moment of my life! get out of my yard! [ birds chirping ] jimmy? you're so old. [ crunch! ] it's the future! ♪ i'll be waiting here for you when you come home. ♪ ok, i'll see you later, bud. ♪ to me. (dog whimpers) ♪ hey, i'm sorry. i decided i shouldn't drive home last night. i stayed at dave's. ♪ ♪ when you come home. i'm back. ♪ to me. i'm back. yeah, i'm back. ♪ welcome to the new cricket wireless. just how big is our lte network? bigger than t-mobile, sprint and metropcs. (phone rings.) plans start at just 35 dollars a month. after 5 dollar auto pay credit. cricket. something to smile about. as strongbow hard] acider, better.. but strongbow over ice is the best. enjoying strongbow over ice with your slow motion horse, the bestest. ♪ strongbow, world's number one hard cider . >> welcome back, my guest tonight. he is the
williams everybody. we'll be right back. hey, mr. smith. want to try out my time machine? barks ] sure. so now what? got to put the whole bag in. okay. yes! it's really working, jimmy! [ humming, thumping ] [ humming ] [ thumping ] this is the greatest moment of my life! get out of my yard! [ birds chirping ] jimmy? you're so old. [ crunch! ] it's the future! ♪ i'll be waiting here for you when you come home. ♪ ok, i'll see you later, bud. ♪ to me. (dog whimpers) ♪ hey, i'm sorry. i...
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we're back with the president and the ceo of the naacp, cornell william brooks. mr. brooks, once again, thanks very much for joining us. you were critical of the governor of missouri, governor jay nixon, for declaring a state of r emergenemergency in advanc decision, suggesting it was presumption to assume there would be violence. what do you think of his decision now? >> i still believe it's presumptuous with respect to any violence. what we've seen is 99% of the protesters have been nonviolent. the family has appealed for nonviolence. so where we have seen militarization and a pervasive presence of the police force escalating precipitating unconstructive behavior, i think it's important to treat this not as a security crisis but a social justice crisis. in other words, to the extent the governor can talk about reforms, making sure that no more tragedies like this happen in the future, those things are calming, those things speak to the needs of this community and people across the country. >> tell us what you meant, mr. brooks, when you called the shooting of micha
we're back with the president and the ceo of the naacp, cornell william brooks. mr. brooks, once again, thanks very much for joining us. you were critical of the governor of missouri, governor jay nixon, for declaring a state of r emergenemergency in advanc decision, suggesting it was presumption to assume there would be violence. what do you think of his decision now? >> i still believe it's presumptuous with respect to any violence. what we've seen is 99% of the protesters have been...
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mr. tony williams -- i don't even think he's on twitter, to be honest.. worse on camera and on social media, as we said. >>> here is some interesting -- >> we've got weird sound coming but anyway, we're going to get through this. i'm going to tell you -- savannah. >> who is that? is that savannah? >> the voice of god. >> doing some work for the west coast. >> good thing she didn't say anything about russell brand. >> don't worry, she will. >> what else? >> what's going on here? >> how often do you pronounce the name of a place and in your head you say, did i say that right? >> brisbayne, i always get it wrong. >> according to the huffington post, a lot of places we're pronouncing wrong. join along with us on the bottom, lower third of your screen there you'll see the word and think in your head how it's pronounced. you guys play along. we'll show it on the prompter. first one right there. >> may i? >> you know that one. >> louisville. >> or louisville. >> but if you're from louisville -- >> it's louisville. >> here is another one. >> mackinac. >> good. >
mr. tony williams -- i don't even think he's on twitter, to be honest.. worse on camera and on social media, as we said. >>> here is some interesting -- >> we've got weird sound coming but anyway, we're going to get through this. i'm going to tell you -- savannah. >> who is that? is that savannah? >> the voice of god. >> doing some work for the west coast. >> good thing she didn't say anything about russell brand. >> don't worry, she will. >>...
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mr. cosby forced himself upon you, right? >> yup. >> and then we're with robin williams' son still grieving his father. >> the outpouring was remarkables country legend tanya tucker gets emotional with us over her ex glen campbell. >> he'll always be the love of my life. >> i ain't done yet. >> that should be me right there. one more time. i just want to see him one more time. i don't like crying, but he's worth it. >> we have a look behind the scenes of "exodus." are they rewriting the bible? >> i love ridiculous challenges. >> now "entertainment tonight." we love entertaining people. >> las vegas turns its back on bill cosby. a headlining appearance at treasure island and tour dates cancelled, and with the new news today, well, it's getting even worse for him. >> one of the accusers now says she was only 15 years old when she got the call from cosby, and janice dickinson has produced a photo she says supports her claims that she was with bill cosby in 1982, the day he allegedly, to use her word, raped her. >> yeah. janice is going to join us in just a minute to discuss all of this. cosby last night at an avalanche of new accusations
mr. cosby forced himself upon you, right? >> yup. >> and then we're with robin williams' son still grieving his father. >> the outpouring was remarkables country legend tanya tucker gets emotional with us over her ex glen campbell. >> he'll always be the love of my life. >> i ain't done yet. >> that should be me right there. one more time. i just want to see him one more time. i don't like crying, but he's worth it. >> we have a look behind the scenes...
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mr. president, and honorable board. my name is alex weyand. i'm a real estate lawyer here in san francisco and i represent william bradley. i know it's late in the day and there is a little noise in the hallway, but i'd like mr. bradley to stand upright now and i'm going to introduce him to you because he's a member of this community and has been for many years. mr. bradley owns a property, a true owner of 639 peralta. he holds a ph.d. and he's known in the community as oba tashaka. he is a professor emeritus at san francisco state university. has been since '05. he was a professor since 192 and perhaps best recognized by the san francisco public library in the 2013 black literary festival in their notice as the person who led the san francisco civil rights movement and addressed such issues as economic apartheid and job discrimination. ~ 1972 that's my client, folks. and his problem today and what he's asking you to remedy is the fact that a bank during the foreclosure crisis during the great recession foreclosed on an adjacent property that at one time he he also owned. he had taken out a loan with indy mac. indymac is o
mr. president, and honorable board. my name is alex weyand. i'm a real estate lawyer here in san francisco and i represent william bradley. i know it's late in the day and there is a little noise in the hallway, but i'd like mr. bradley to stand upright now and i'm going to introduce him to you because he's a member of this community and has been for many years. mr. bradley owns a property, a true owner of 639 peralta. he holds a ph.d. and he's known in the community as oba tashaka. he is a...
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mr. taylor won the pulitzer prize that we call the national book award for william cooper's town. ulitzer prize in virginia. that was one of last year's national finalists presumably when they had him on the committee please welcome mr. alan taylor. [applause] thank you very much. when i was invited to come he neglected to mention that there would be over 500 submissions in the nonfiction category. i was charmed to hear in young people's literature that there were 294. i am i to read as much as the next person. [laughter] but once i blew past 2450 bucks, herald also didn't mention what an extraordinary category it is in its range and memoirs, history's, sociology, philosophy, science and work of graphic art. i wasn't fully aware of just how excellent each of these works could be induced different categories. so, it wasn't always easy to sort out how we would get down to one book. but i had the help of an extraordinary committee with a very wide range of talent and we all worked very hard so i want to thank robert. [applause] tom reese, rose simmons. [applause] and harold for his he
mr. taylor won the pulitzer prize that we call the national book award for william cooper's town. ulitzer prize in virginia. that was one of last year's national finalists presumably when they had him on the committee please welcome mr. alan taylor. [applause] thank you very much. when i was invited to come he neglected to mention that there would be over 500 submissions in the nonfiction category. i was charmed to hear in young people's literature that there were 294. i am i to read as much as...
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mr. cosby forced himself upon you, right? >> yup. >> and then we're with robin williams' son still grieving his father. >> the outpouring was remarkablelus country legend tanya tucker gets emotional with us over her ex glen campbell.
mr. cosby forced himself upon you, right? >> yup. >> and then we're with robin williams' son still grieving his father. >> the outpouring was remarkablelus country legend tanya tucker gets emotional with us over her ex glen campbell.
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mr. leader. go vote. >> waiting for the arrival of prince william and the duchess of cambridge.have the first details of their visit. their royal highnesses will be in new york starting december seventh to attend events and visit the 9/11 memorial. they are coming to washington. no word on whether the duke and duchess are going to bring baby prince georges along on this trip. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. the holiday season is here, which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season... just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. hurry in and get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models. americans drink 48 billion that's enough plastic bottles to stretch around the earth 230 times. each brita filter can replace 300 of tho
mr. leader. go vote. >> waiting for the arrival of prince william and the duchess of cambridge.have the first details of their visit. their royal highnesses will be in new york starting december seventh to attend events and visit the 9/11 memorial. they are coming to washington. no word on whether the duke and duchess are going to bring baby prince georges along on this trip. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. the holiday season is here, which means it's time...
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mr. hoover. they brought in william lambert, the chair of the board of "one" and accused him of having written the article in which members of the fbi were accused of being gay. what do they say about mr. lambert? simply no good. and they talked about the society and said that they were all no good. this next document from february of 1966 confirms the handwriting on that january 56 document was, in fact, from mr. tolleson and the director himself, mr. hoover. this also says so they close the investigation because there was no evidence of communist infiltration. the last slide i want to show you of historic value is this one dated march 1956. and of 1956. and what is significant is mr. hoover himself wrote the department of justice, assistant attorney general and said to him, here is a copy of "one" magazine. look at it. tell us. is this obscene. for the director of the fbi to get down in the weeds and try to influence the male ability of "one" magazine tells you the extent to which the federal government was hell-bent on making sure homosexuals did not have the exercise of free speech. and what's
mr. hoover. they brought in william lambert, the chair of the board of "one" and accused him of having written the article in which members of the fbi were accused of being gay. what do they say about mr. lambert? simply no good. and they talked about the society and said that they were all no good. this next document from february of 1966 confirms the handwriting on that january 56 document was, in fact, from mr. tolleson and the director himself, mr. hoover. this also says so they...
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. >> and what was reported by ian williams is that mr. clapper claims there was nothing in exchange for this release. do you believe that? >> i do. i think north korea is on this charm offensive phase. they have their own rationale for it, including to sort of show the world that they're not a bad country and to have a motive of that, as i mentioned to you, about human rights -- >> and what's going on at the u.n. decisions like this are made at the highest level. do you suspect that kim jong-un himself was in on this? >> absolutely. there's no way they can be released without kim jong-un making the call. >> this follows the third release of the american last month, mr. fowle. does this show a tactics change, do you think, within the north korean government? >> tactics have shifted to the charm offensive phase which means it will then shift back to the provocation phase once things don't work out exactly how the north koreans expect. >> do you think the north koreans expect or want direct talks with the united states? and if so, on what le
. >> and what was reported by ian williams is that mr. clapper claims there was nothing in exchange for this release. do you believe that? >> i do. i think north korea is on this charm offensive phase. they have their own rationale for it, including to sort of show the world that they're not a bad country and to have a motive of that, as i mentioned to you, about human rights -- >> and what's going on at the u.n. decisions like this are made at the highest level. do you...
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broken and we had a special performance of frozen by rick williams. >> i sang let it go. >> and cecily told me to let it go and i stopped. but mrto head was a big. >> hopefully you had as much fun as we did. happy thanksgiving. >> matt, thanks for holding down the fort, happy thanksgiving to you and your family as well. >> thanks so much. great job guys. lets switch live to "action news" reporter, john rawlins, near the museum of art. hello john. >> reporter: hi there matt, one of pleasures of covering this parade, is to walk down the parade route who came down here to watch it. you learn that it's part of many, many traditions here in the delaware valley. >> it's madeline birthday, she is 3. >> wonder if she will remember it? >> i think she will now. >> this spans generations. >> my dad, my boyfriend, my daughter and brother. >> family all around. how long have you been coming? >> 23 years. >> for roy stewart years of parade watching taking in the sights and sound. >> we love the parade and music. >> with the age of computers, it's this time of year people see what they want to see, big balloons and floats and high school marc
broken and we had a special performance of frozen by rick williams. >> i sang let it go. >> and cecily told me to let it go and i stopped. but mrto head was a big. >> hopefully you had as much fun as we did. happy thanksgiving. >> matt, thanks for holding down the fort, happy thanksgiving to you and your family as well. >> thanks so much. great job guys. lets switch live to "action news" reporter, john rawlins, near the museum of art. hello john. >>...