mr. williams, how are you this morning?ou know, when i was young, we always took a vacation up to smoky mountains and we were all piled into the station wagon and go. and back then, they would allow you to feed the bears right on the side of the road, and it got to be a big thing and it went on for years and years. well, when they stopped that, all of the bears just stood out on the side of the road because they didn't know how to feed themselves. you know, if you've got a man that is going to teach you how to fish, and you've got a man that is going to give you a fish and you come back to him tomorrow for that fish, which man are you going to be with? guest: guest: the best department of education and welfare that i had growing up as my mother father much of what is happening today, why there is so much pain in society, these young boys have no idea what it means to be a man, no idea of right and wrong and we must strengthen the family again. not only do we need men in the households, but we need them in the school system.

mr. williams. you know, when i was young, we always took the vacation up to smoky mountains and we would all pile in a station wagon and go. and back then, they would allow you to feed the bears right on the side of the road and it got to be a big thing and it went on for years and years. well, when they stopped that, all the bears just stood out on the side of the road and starved to death because they didn't know how to feed their selves. you know, if you got a man that's going to take you how to fish and you've got a man that's going to give you a fish and you come back tomorrow for the fish, which man do you want to be with? >> i want to say to him, and i think his point is well taken, the best, mimi, department of health, education and welfare i had growing up was my mother and my father. much of what has happened today, why there's so much pain in society, men and this juvenile justice and crime, because these young boys have no idea what it's to be a man and we must strengthen the family aga

mr. williams.thank you. >> are there any other members of the public wishing to comment on non agenda items at this time? seeing none. we're moving over to remote callers. we do have one caller. >> hi, this is gloria berry from ten. born and raised in district five, the fillmore didn't live there anymore because the whole building was evicted for conversion of condos so i'm invited anyway, i called in earlier to speak at public comment and i kept getting told that my hand was being lowered so i didn't get to speak. >> i tried it twice to start three and both times my hand was lowered. >> so sticking with non agenda items i would like to support demetrius and what he's saying as far as contractors and i will say specifically black contractors we brought up this matter with the city attorney david chu and he hid behind proposition 2o9. however i suggested that if you can't say the word black when hiring you simply use different language like culturally copied or those most harmed by a system than san

mr. williams, for five minutes. mr. williams: address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. williams: madam speaker, i rise today to congratulate the gordon long horns for their win over the white face antelopes with a score of 70-24 to become the u.i.l. class champions. the longhorns finished a season with a perfect record of 15 wins and zero losses. after a season of early mornings, long hours on the field and staying focused in school, these student-athletes and trainers and coaches showed dedication, strength and unwavering commitment to victory. i'm proud that all their hard work and dedication throughout the year has paid off. as some of these bright and talented individuals prepare for their next endeavors, i wish them the best of luck and blessings for an even brighter and more victorious future. go longhorns. in god we trust. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new jersey, mrs. watson coleman, for five minutes. mrs. watson coleman: thank you, madam speaker. today i

mr. williams you are a very interesting man to listen to. i just want to ask you, do you support mr. 100%? >> as a broadcaster i support journalists, i am a referee i'm not a coach it is our responsibility to present both sides without manipulating the facts. and let you as the reader come to your own conclusion i'm not here to do bidding for donald trump for the democrats. my bidding is citizen journalism for you to make own determination. >> the trumpet ministers department of justice has asked all the charges of corruption against him be dropped, what was your reaction to that. >> khaleesi a lot of prosecutors and lawyers resign over this. they are two schools, donald trump believe because of his own journey and prosecution by the courts he feels it was a witchhunt that this happened to mayor adams because æ >> do you believe that? >> that part yes. >> the prosecutor said they had been investigating the allegations of corruption before. >> i believe that also. but i don't believe that governor hochul should have the power because she's trying to make a decision whether to remove

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mr. william. the other concern his that trouble this executive order talks not only about sanctioning the staff members of the i, c c, but also people who work with the i, c, c and in the investigation. how significant is that? well, i mean, i think this is a huge problem because it's not uh, limited to of those who are most responsible for conducting the out of the trial or an enforcement of the wrong statute. it is so broad that it concerns almost anyone who works at the court. is it going to concern of possibly international human rights organizations that work on victims issues that have a condemned crimes against humanity, genocide, and more crimes. for many years it is such a broad executive boarder that it could be very, very badly misused by the trip trump administration. and i hope that the senate, we're very pleased that the senate refused to endorse the house bill, which was very similar to the president's executive order of. but we will hope that take the senate might come back and say

mr. williams. thank you for your untiring efforts in this discussion.t: richard, thank you for the call. let me let juan williams jump in. guest: i remember when ebony magazine in 2009 i believe ran a cover, and it said, "in our lifetime." it had a picture of a black president. it was unbelievable for you and me that this occurred. i think when you think about some of the advice and people cautioning obama about moving too quickly, i think a lot of those people were backing hillary clinton at the time thinking she is more likely to win and obama needed to bide his time and learn the sausage making. but incredibly, there was a black president in our lifetime. obama won twice, he won reelection. what are the ripples of this? part of that story has to do with we are at a moment when so many young black people, young activists question what is going on with black politicians and why there have not been more results from the election of black people into high office in this country. host: in our lifetime, are we really witnessing the election of the first bl

mr. williams, mr. campbell, ms. moore and ms. so really wasn't taken into consideration. so i hopefully this board this commission denies this project or continues this project to another date. thank you for. good afternoon. can we go to the overhead please? >> go ahead sir. okay. good afternoon commissioners 1310 junipero serra that is the address that was actually used when applying for this project 1310 actually is what they stated. hey hey we meant no ill will even though it's right next to the school as you can see by my finger that's the proposed location. it's right next to the school. instead of using 88 thomas way they elected to use 1310 they said hey no harm on our part. we did what we needed to do. >> well, if that's the case we have something called sequel. sequel does provide an exemption if it's five acres or less they actually have a parcel that's 165 acres and when we've asked them for that. and please correct me if i'm wrong but in a meeting one of the gentleman said when we asked and we said we have concerns about safety of our children, he repeatedly s

mr. williams, how are you this morning?ou know, when i was young, we always took a vacation up to smoky mountains and we were all piled into the station wagon and go. and back then, they would allow you to feed the bears right on the side of the road, and it got to be a big thing and it went on for years and years. well, when they stopped that, all of the bears just stood out on the side of the road because they didn't know how to feed themselves. you know, if you've got a man that is going to teach you how to fish, and you've got a man that is going to give you a fish and you come back to him tomorrow for that fish, which man are you going to be with? guest: guest: the best department of education and welfare that i had growing up as my mother father much of what is happening today, why there is so much pain in society, these young boys have no idea what it means to be a man, no idea of right and wrong and we must strengthen the family again. not only do we need men in the households, but we need them in the school system.

mr. williams. thank you for your untiring efforts in this discussion.hard, thank you for the call. let me let juan williams jump in. guest: i remember when ebony magazine in 2009 i believe ran a cover, and it said, "in our lifetime." it had a picture of a black president. it was unbelievable for you and me that this occurred. i think when you think about some of the advice and people cautioning obama about moving too quickly, i think a lot of those people were backing hillary clinton at the time thinking she is more likely to win and obama needed to bide his time and learn the sausage making. but incredibly, there was a black president in our lifetime. obama won twice, he won reelection. what are the ripples of this? part of that story has to do with we are at a moment when so many young black people, young activists question what is going on with black politicians and why there have not been more results from the election of black people into high office in this country. host: in our lifetime, are we really witnessing the election of the first black pr

mr. al williams for they continued service to san francisco and the african-american community by hosting this event in city hall this year - yeah (clapping.) thank you. >> as a supervisor mentioned this year's theme for the most celebrating celebration is african-american and labor we stand here today, we honoree the great explorations and commitments 90 from leaders like martin luther king and president barry recognize obama and kamala harris by have local heros have championed civil rights and inadequate housing and employment we have the big 5 in bay area women fought for investment in their communities. let me be very clear investing in the african-american community is a core priority of my administration. (clapping.) earlier today we moungsz dedicated invest in the youth and i did not know adult in the workforce programming i have a committee to offer opportunity to all and black sf (clapping.) i've said this and i will think it to say this with our neighbors and communities are strong, the whole city benefits. many of you, you here today stood with me last week on the steps we adv

mr. al williams for they continued service to san francisco and the african-american community by hostingent in city hall this year - yeah (clapping.) thank you. >> as a supervisor mentioned this year's theme for the most celebrating celebration is african-american and labor we stand here today, we honoree the great explorations and commitments 90 from leaders like martin luther king and president barry recognize obama and kamala harris by have local heros have championed civil rights and inadequate housing and employment we have the big 5 in bay area women fought for investment in their communities. let me be very clear investing in the african-american community is a core priority of my administration. (clapping.) earlier today we moungsz dedicated invest in the youth and i did not know adult in the workforce programming i have a committee to offer opportunity to all and black sf (clapping.) i've said this and i will think it to say this with our neighbors and communities are strong, the whole city benefits. many of you, you here today stood with me last week on the steps we advocated f

mr. chavez yes. commissioner ming yes and commissioner newman and commissioner williams yes. okay. the motion carried unanimously and congratulations. >> president all right. okay then the next is for office of vice president is there a motion for vice president? >> yes. i would like to oh, i didn't raise my hand. >> i'm sorry. you were first. i'd like to nominate commissioner shattuck. i i wasn't going to pick him but if it is there and see what happens is that okay? >> so there's a motion by commissioner newman and a second but commissioners, will you deputy city attorney again no seconds are necessary for oh okay. okay. yeah no so i just read that this is so confusing i'm pile up. so there's one motion for commissioner shattuck as vice president is there another motion? there are no other motions. then we'll do the roll call vote president alexander two yes and commissioner shattuck? >> yes. commissioner chavez. yes. commissioner ming yes. commissioner newman. >> yes. commissioner williams? yes. hey, congratulations on our vice president, president and okay i was going to roll t

mr. williams. >> over here, thank you. the federal reserve recently withdrew from the network for greening the financial system saying its work extended beyond the statutory mandate. i agree the decision, i have concerns with her previous fed policies may have discouraged lending, should not be the role of the government and the federal reserve to be in the business of picking winners and losers so my question is can you clarify whether the fed will ensure that financial institutions are not pressured to make lending decisions based on political or climate considerations rather than financial risk analysis? >> i confirm that's not our policy, that would be inappropriate. not something we should be doing. >> thank you. the basal committee on banking supervision intend to the basal 3 end game proposal changes to be implemented in a capital neutral manner to ensure a level playing field for us banks. following its intent the previous vice chair of supervision initiated implementation efforts with capital neutrality in mind. h

mr. williams, for 5 minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and over here, thank you. good to see you. chair powell: how are you? >> all right. the federal reserve recently withdrew from the network for greening the financial system, stating this work had extended beyond the fed's statutory mandate. well, i agree with this decision, i still have concerns with how previous fed policies may have discouraged lending to traditional energy sectors like oil and gas, and it should not be the role of the government and the federal reserve to be in the business of picking winners and losers. so my question is, can you clarify whether the fed will ensure that financial institutions are not pressured to making lending decisions based on political or climate considerations rather than sound financial risk analysis? chair powell: i confirm that is not our policy. that would be inappropriate and absolutely not something we should be doing. >> ok, thank you. the basel committee on banking supervision intended for the basel 3 endgame proposal changes to be implemented in a capital neutral manner to en

mr. williams. >> thank you. good to see you.om the network, for the system, beyond the fed's statutory mandate. while i agree with this decision i still have concerns how previous fed policies may have discouraged lending to sectors like oil and gas and it should not be the role of the government to pick winners and losers. my question, will you clarify whether the fed federal institutions not making decisions based on climate to risk analysis-- >> i would confirm that's not our policy. that would be inappropriate and absolutely not something we should be doing. >> okay, thank you. the basel community on banking supervision for the basel 3 end game proposal changes to be in a capital manner level playing field for u.s. banks. following its intent, the vice claire for supervision had efforts with capital neutrality in mind and his successor proposed what exceeded the recommendations. this made it more difficult for banks and their customers and weakened the bank's competitiveness. ultimately took his eye off the ball and went in

williams: miss linda and mr. philip were very nice people... ms. were very caring people. murphy: she met their son craig at the veterinarian's office where she worked back in late 2003. they chatted about his hunting dogs, and she was struck by how well mannered he was. ms. williams: very nice guy. ms. williams: very polite. very polite. just did the "yes, ma'am," "no, ma'am," "thank you for helping me," that kind of person. murphy: craig and tina began going out. and when craig went on disability after hurting his back at work, he had plenty of free time to drive the hour from effingham county to the town where tina lived. he was there when she needed him, she recalls, and came to lean on him for support, because at 42 years of age, tina was battling breast cancer. ms. williams: if i had a treatment and i was very sick... ms. williams: ...he would be there with me, hold my hair if i was sick. he really was very supportive at that time. murphy: after nine months of dating, craig and tina started making wedding plans. ms. williams: we talked about w

mr. al williams for they continued service to san francisco and the african-american community by hostings event in city hall this year - yeah (clapping.) thank you. >> as a supervisor mentioned this year's theme for the most celebrating celebration is african-american and labor we stand here today, we honoree the great explorations and commitments 90 from leaders like martin luther king and president barry recognize obama and kamala harris by have local heros have championed civil rights and inadequate housing and employment we have the big 5 in bay area women fought for investment in their communities. let me be very clear investing in the african-american community is a core priority of my administration. (clapping.) earlier today we moungsz dedicated invest in the youth and i did not know adult in the workforce programming i have a committee to offer opportunity to all and black sf (clapping.) i've said this and i will think it to say this with our neighbors and communities are strong, the whole city benefits. many of you, you here today stood with me last week on the steps we advocat

mr. moses is william h. moses some can you and he handed me the book and. i didn't know i said i think so. you know, and so i remember opening that book and reading it, the first part of the book talked about the parallel subjugation and you i didn't realize that the white parallel wall at that time was inspired by, you know, what was happening to it was written in response to the yellow peril and, to the images and the ideas that were, you know, caricaturing asians around the world. and so as i read that section in the book it was remarkable because. my great grandfather saw his story, saw the narrative about black people and connected to the stories and the narratives about people all over the colored people all over the world and in that section in the parable of subjugation, he talks about, you know, the subjugation often of indigenous communities here in america in central america. you know, he talks about the subjugation of folks in africa and the exploitation folks really all over the world. and so for me, it was unbelievable that, you know, he under

mr. moses, is william h moses can tell you? he handed me the book and i said, i think so.emember opening that book and reading it in the first part of it talking about the parallel of subjugation. so i didn't realize that the white peril at that time was inspired by what was happening -- was written in response to the yellow peril, to the images and ideas that were caricaturing asians around the world. so as i read that section in the book, it was remarkable because my great-grandfather saw his story, saw the narrative about black people, and connected that to the stories and narratives about people all over the world, colored people all over the world. and in that section, in the parallel of subjugation, he talks about the subjugation of indigenous communities here in america and central america. you know, he talks about the subjugation of folks in africa, and exploitation of folks really, really all over the world. so for me, it was unbelievable that he understood what time it was. he understood and was making the connection between his struggle and the struggle of color

mr. al williams for they continued service to san francisco and the african-american community by hosting this event in city hall this year - yeah (clapping.) thank you. >> as a supervisor mentioned this year's theme for the most celebrating celebration is african-american and labor we stand here today, we honoree the great explorations and commitments 90 from leaders like martin luther king and president barry recognize obama and kamala harris by have local heros have championed civil rights and inadequate housing and employment we have the big 5 in bay area women fought for investment in their communities. let me be very clear investing in the african-american community is a core priority of my administration. (clapping.) earlier today we moungsz dedicated invest in the youth and i did not know adult in the workforce programming i have a committee to offer opportunity to all and black sf (clapping.) i've said this and i will think it to say this with our neighbors and communities are strong, the whole city benefits. many of you, you here today stood with me last week on the steps we adv

mr. polk presto -- passed away was william strickland, the architect of the capitol building. >> my comment question is for jeff. the strangest thing about the stem -- tennessee state capital is that it would be 50 years after it is done until it was filled. if i killed in a stadium with 400,000 seats because how long was it until that house floor was filled they didn't have 99 house members then, right? >> that is a great question. >> were people arguing against it because it was so much bigger than something anyone would ever use? >> that's a great question. the house chamber is huge. it's probably the most impressive room the building along with the library. the legislature wasn't as big as it is now. the very first image ever of the interior space of the capital with the house chamber, and it was a civic or episcopal gathering, methodist and episcopal gathering for the area that is the last chapter, it is the people's house. >> that's right. >> and a president from our state. thank you both for doing this. let's get another round of applause. as we hand this session they are going to be

mr. polk passed away, president polk was william strickland, the architect of the capitol building. oh, my, my comment and question is for jeff. the strangest thing about the tennessee state capitol is that it be 50 years after it was done, it was filled. it's like building a stadium that has 400,000 seats because how long was it until the house was filled because they didn't have not enough members then, right. they didn't. no no. yeah that's a great question. it's just like it where people argue, use it because it was so much bigger than the one they would ever use. yeah, you know, that's a great question. the there was the house is huge. it's the biggest room, the building, it's probably the most room in the building along with the library and the legislature wasn't wasn't as big as it is now. i don't know the answer that bill, in terms of how many there were. i do can say this, though. the very first image ever of the interior space of the capitol was the house chamber and it was a it was a civic or actually an episcopal gathering, a methodist episcopal gathering, a priest from

mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize my chief of staff, william smith, who is leaving our office. mr. palmer: he has faithfully served the american people for over 20 years and has served alongside me since my first day in office in 2015. before agreeing to leave my staff, he worked for senator jeff sessions on the senate judiciary committee committee and senate bunt committee. within five minutes of talking to william, you will know that he loves the lord, loves his wife, and his family, and he loves his country. when people ask how i have such a great staff, i always point them to william. he leads by example, embodies the idea of servant leadership. if you know william, you also know he's a true conservative who proudly stands for his beliefs. even if he's the only one standing. he demonstrates his joy and his convictions and truly make him the consummate happy warrior. his departure is not only a loss for our office, but for capitol hill as a whole. i thank him for all of the years of his service to our country and i look forward to seeing what he will accomplished in his next cha

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william, republican, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. i think mr. trump should be allowed to do whatever he would like to do but i have a question , who is the top law person in this country now? everything happened so fast i cannot keep up. who is the sheriff, the top law person, the doj? host: you're talking about the attorney general? pam bondi. caller: ok, i don't think she's worth spit if you don't bring charges against schumer for going after two supreme court justices. host: you would like her to bring charges against senator schumer for what exactly? caller: he threatened two supreme court justices, how is he still walking around? host: richard, democrat, delaware. caller: hi, i'm a retired federal worker and i was a retired federal worker. i worked as a consultant, also. and i was also in a hospital bed for the last year -- i guess i cannot hear you. host: i was not talking, richard. go ahead and talking to the phone, don't look at the tv. caller: thanks. what i was trying to say is i'm surviving the medicare and social security, and i'm so

pam from williams, arizona i agree, keep on whacking. mr. wonderful loves to whack. jeremy from texas. pipe down. i am 153 years old and i need those checks. john from queen creek, arizona obama should hire donald trump to build his library. wow. on time and under budget. michael from ware shoals, south carolina. jesse, have you ever had to tell stephen miller to calm down? god, i love miller. dan from clifton, texas stop telling me how to be a man. i remember when you were in beaumont, texas with the alligator man and you were asked to pick up a nutria from the water and you squealed like a little girl. i've told you guys a hundred times, that was a performance. i was doing that for television. gary from tallahassee, florida. jesse, i heard you confess on the five that used straws. and you like them wide. i'm familiar with the wide straw. i used to drink out of them when i ordered mcdonald's. but i'm maha now. amateurs. and this is my world.

is there anything you can remember-- keith morrison: now, detective sergeant jim smyth lets williams know that mrhere's another issue that comes up, ok? and it's not issues that point away from you. it's issues that point at you, ok? keith morrison: the detective has already let williams know the tire treads on his suv matched tire treads found in a field by jessica lloyd's house. he shows williams the boot prints found behind the house. it's obvious they match the prints of williams's boots, the very boots he is wearing in this interview room. jim smyth: your vehicle drove up the side of jessica lloyd's house. your boots walked to the back of jessica lloyd's house on the evening of the 28th and 29th of january, ok? you want discretion. we need to have some honesty, ok, because this is-- this is getting out of control really fast, russell, ok, really, really fast. hm. jim smyth: this is getting beyond my control, all right? i came in here a few hours ago, and i called you the way i called your today because i wanted to give you the benefit of doubt. mm-hmm. jim smyth: but you and i both know you

mr. speaker, i rise today to mourn the loss of lilak. williams kryte who unfortunately passed away last week. she attended tallahassee high school and attended duke university where she achieved her b.a. and met her husband. she moved to georgia and played an integral part of the community. she was a member of the junior league of savannah and volunteer for the historic savannah foundation and a board member and president of the telfair academy whom she led with strong moments of growth. she was a member of christ church episcopal for over 50 years. she was married 66 years and their partnership extended beyond business to adventurous hobbies that included hunting and fishing. she is survived by two children, four great grandchildren and sister and nephews. she will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> i ask to speak for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: wi

williams. elliot, what does this mean for for mr. adams? >> i think mr. adams is a free man now.hite house is telling a local prosecutor's office to drop a case, one of two things are going to happen. either going to drop it or they're going to try to keep proceeding with it and end up in a showdown with the white house and end up getting fired. so i think in all likelihood, this case is not going anywhere from here. >> and this came as in a directive from emil bove, who is trump's personal attorney before. he's now a top official at the justice department, and he's been running things as all the confirmation hearings have been going on. he's also a former s.d.n.y. prosecutor, i should note, but in this he wrote, quote, the memo, the justice department has reached this conclusion without assessing the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based. what can you explain that and. >> walk that reasoning? so remarkable that language there. and let me just just back up for a second. i was at the justice department for about six and a half years, both as a c