mr. brown's birthday party. each with well wishes and lots of thanks for mr. brown for now -- for how he helped them along the way. mr. brown, happy birthday. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize captain danny jones, ilot john beemler, and apprentice gordon struther near the st. simon's island pier on onovember 19. the crew and their boat, the glen, was approaching the pier when they noticed a crowd pointing to a person floating in the water. the crew responded swiftly. pulling him onto the boat, applying first aid and covering him in warm blankets. this is truly a heroic event and i couldn't be more proud of the actions of these individuals in the first congressional district of georgia. thank you tore the glen county -- for the glen county fire department, e.m.t.'s who also assisted in saving the individual's life. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. >> the house will be back in session this afternoon at :00 p.m

the current geopolitical environment is the most difficult and troubled one since the cold war mr brown's welcome to the day it's good to have you on the program after u.s. president trump announced yesterday that u.s. troops will leave syria the year the german foreign minister tweeted this the abrupt decision by the usa to withdraw troops from syria is not just a surprise for us as has been pushed back at the threat remains there is a danger that this decision will hurt the fight against us in jeopardize the success already achieved of germany's assessment is on the same page as that of france and britain how is it possible that the us president can be at odds with america's allies on an issue so crucial to national security that being the state of islamic state. well he's not only at odds with america's allies and partners he's at odds with his own advisers from all the reporting we've seen this decision was an unwelcome surprise and even shock to the pentagon and to a number of white house and state department advisors as well and i think what it indicates is that president trump has

mccollum and mr. brownntence and the judge ordered mr. mccollum and mr. brown to be immediately released. >> this really happened? i'm really getting ready to go home? >> i was stunned. i heard a lot of people screaming. praising god that this day finally came. then i heard the victim's sister. >> it was such an exciting moment for the defense attorneys and for the courtroom and, of course, for leon brown and henry mccollum, but the victim's family, they cried out. and they -- they cried. you could hear her mom and her sister. that was so hard. i went to the victim's family, and they were devastated. >> i asked the guard next to me would they let me go to them? i wanted to tell both of them i didn't do that to your daughter. and i don't want you to hold that grudge in your heart. that little 11-year-old child, she never got a chance to grow up. she could have been anything. and then this sick monster come down the road and snatch it all away from her. i wanted to hug her mom, tell her to be strong, but they

we're trying to conduct a meeting, mr. brown. [inaudible] >> president cook: noted. thank you. [inaudible] >> president cook: noted. thank you. [inaudible] >> president cook: okay. do we have any other comments from commissioners? commissioner norton? >> commissioner norton: thank you. i wanted to just ask a question about the school narratives -- first, i should say thank you for the report, and i really do appreciate that we have you twice a year to report on -- on your work. it's really important. but my question is how did we choose these four schools for the school narrative? >> yeah. so it's done in a combination of ways. so one, the research, planning and assessment team puts together a report every year about schools that are deemed at bright spots because they have shown outcomes that exceed the district average. we have a longer list of schools that we initially reached out to, so this is not to say that these are the only schools in the district that are doing positive work, whether it be chronic absenteeism, or other things, but these were the schools that we were a

mrs. browndorsing the overton club, the overton ticket, planning to vote for him and the other sponsored candidate. the response. , iwrites mrs. brown and says know you are in a position to do a lot of good. make sure your members register to vote and pay their tax. this is 1927. throughout the u.s., most african-americans cannot vote. certainly not in the south, but in memphis you have a white political boss who is corresponding with an african-american woman about voting. that is unique in the south of that time period. memphis is well known that in the 1968 sanitation strike and martin luther king jr.'s murder in 1968. we have in our collections the papers of the police director from 1968, had -- frank holloman. some of the interesting items we from we have a handbuilt the organization that was called citizens on the move for equality, which was the umbrella organization of civil rights the laborluding union, naacp, southern christian leadership conference and others to coordinate protests du

mr. brown: before i do that, mr. president, i noticed today news reports from bloomberg that the year 2017 is shaping up to be likely the most profitable year in wall street history. and so what's congress' reaction to that? what happens in the majority leader's office? more special interest legislation, more breaks for wall street, more tax cuts. so this congress, this congress has decided that wall street never quite has enough, that the richest people in this country are never rich enough, that the most powerful people in this country are not powerful enough. so what happens down the hall in the majority leader's office? what happens way down the hall in the speaker's office, although voters this year decided to eject him and his staff and his cohorts and his fellow travelers, if i can use a phrase like that, from that office and elect a whole different group of people. but what they've done is meet behind closed doors and help the oil companies, and help the drug company, and help the gun lobby, and help especial

my position is essentially no different from mr smith and mrs brown, the smallholders up and down thet's just a question of noughts. at the end of the day, i sweated blood for my properties at euston and they are taking it away from me at an undervalue. it's legalised theft. like any big project, working out what land was needed and how much it would cost was key right from the start. get the estimate wrong and it could easily go over budget. it was doug thornton's job to get the figures right. i was to be hs2‘s land and property director, i was to be responsible, my team were to be responsible, for acquiring all the land interests that hs2 required to purchase to enable the construction of the railway. that's a hugejob, isn't it? yes. it's an enormous job. you know, i can't think of anything that is bigger here in the uk. this is the first time doug thornton has spoken out publically since leaving hs2. he has years of experience overseeing multi—million—pound land purchase programmes for some of britain's biggest companies. chanting: h52, no, thank you. hsz, we don't want you. by the

earlier, i was asked, i think mr. brown -- someone asked me about depressions, the great depression. there was a depression that occurred in the mid-1870's. another sharp depression in the 1890's. look what happens to the pattern of migration. when there is a recovery, you have an increase in the people coming in. this is the age when it really spikes up. this is an age of very rapid population increase -- rather, immigration increase in the united states, the culmination of the urban industrial transformation. why does it go down in this time, during the post-1914 time? student: world war i. prof. courtwright: exactly. a number of european nations actually passed laws forbidding migration because they needed the soldiers. moreover, there were lots of jobs in the war industries in europe. if there is employment in your own country, you are not necessarily going overseas. , seeand this is important how it picks up after world war i? what was happening in the united states during the 1920's? the economy was booming. everybody

i can get was, mr. brown, someone asked me about depressions, the great depression. that was a depression occurred in the mid-1870's. another sharp depression in the 1890's. look what happens to the pattern of migration. when there is a recovery, you have an increase in the people coming in. this is the age when it really spikes up. --id population increase immigration increase in the u.s.. down in thiso time, during the post-1914 time? >> world war i. >> exactly. a number of european nations passed laws forbidding migration because they needed the soldiers. jobs in theots of war industries in europe. if there is an employment in your own country, you are not necessarily going overseas. up how it takes up --picks after world war i? washe 20's, the economy booming. everybody knew there was going another big wave of migration to the u.s. sawid we -- you know if we a lot of immigrant involvement in the american side of world war i? >> yes, i'm sure there would have in some immigrants. the more typical pattern, i don't have a percentage for you, it was certainly the case

mr. brown: i might thank senator tester, senator isakson, senator gillibrand and senator blumenthal. mr. president, senator tester is right. this is the cost of war. but it's pretty simple. if you were exposed to poison while serving our country, you deserve the benefits you earned, no exception. my office holds roundtables with veterans all over the state. we've held more -- more than a dozen over the past several months. we hear ohio veteran after ohio veteran raise this issue time and time again. joe benedict from cleveland talked about how important these benefits are to veterans like him. last week, i met with mike cavinnis, another blue water navy veteran from cambridge, ohio. 71 years old. drove four hours from his home in eastern ohio to get here. he talked to members of congress of what a burden this senseless policy is for so many veterans who he knows who have already sacrificed for this country. he urges us to put politics aside. that's what senator tester and senator gillibrand and

mr. brown, i must have john adams. and this is where this remark is. he says i must have adams for my rait for myort collection of american worthies. there is other evidence and the things we have left that jefferson was putting together a collection of portraits of men that had been very instrumental in the american revolution. he even then expanded it to include the enlightenment thinkers that formed the intellectual base that led to the revolution. even early explorers who had first come upon the north american continent. and the assumption is then -- and from some of his references, these things were being, these portraits -- and some were painted portraits, some more -- some were bust portraits. these were being displayed in his residence in paris. because it also served as the american legation. i think when someone came in, perhaps the european comes in to do business here, the importance of this collection, what this collection was saying would not be lost. this is representing this young, new, maybe the raw american republic. and he had to hav

i'm joined by aaron peskin and vallie brown. mr. clerk, are there any announcements?

i'm joined by aaron peskin and vallie brown. mr. clerk, are there any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read] >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, and i also want to recognize the staff at sfgovtv for ensuring that your meetings are available to the public and on-line. mr. clerk, can we please call the first item? >> clerk: item one is authorizing the budget and legislative analyst -- including the role currently performed by the mayor's office of community and housing development and related oversight. >> if ythank you so much. this item was called by supervisor peskin, and do you have any comments before we go into it? >> supervisor peskin: no. it was heard before the board of supervisors. i know severin campbell is here from the budget and legislative analyst's office to answer any questions, but with your approval, i would like to send this with a positive recommendation to the full board. >> okay. thank you. we'll open it up to public comment on this item. seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> colleagues, can we move this item to the full board? >>

brown says he didn't kill her. >> i never conspired to kill mrs. harris. i was looking for them to do them harm and that's the truth and that is something i have shame for. >> brown is now on parol living in a halfway house he's recording again and mentoring youth hoping to set them away from gangs and violence. >>> two school bus crashes in indiana, illinois. cbs's mark liverman. >> this yellow school bus smashed in. it collided head on with this semi-truck. the bus was carrying a high school freshman basketball team. both the volunteer on that bus and the truck driver were killed. other passengers were rushed to area hospitals. earlier yesterday morning in indiana a 13-year-old boy was killed and another student was injured when this flat bad truck slammed into a school bus. they were headed to a see "a christmas miracle. >> just a tragic story here involving a school bus. >> it was starting to speed up when it truck the rear end of the bus. >> it was a busy chaotic scene trying to figure out who ybody hose tsh follow a fetal bus reck carrying students in

. >> supervisor brown: i have one mr. speaker. the next person is cat carter from the transit rider. >> good afternoon chair kim and supervisor peskin and supervisor brown. thank you for calling this hearing for inviting san francisco transit riders to speak. we hope this will lead to improvements what is chronic problems as we all know and talked about the summer of 2018 was a very difficult time for san franciscans. as an organization, we knew about the need to shut town twin peaks tunnel and we supported investing in upgrades. we we were impressed how sfmta handled the preparations and the outreach and the bus substitutions. it looked muni was taking seriously the impact to riders. it did everything it could to take care of the riders. but then everything seem it fall apart. service through westport was worse than before the tunnel work. it's now four months since the tunnel reopened. we're hearing about huge service gaps, slow training and trains do crowd the board. what it going on with the tunnel and how and when it will be f

. >> brown: thank you, mr. delacroix. >> if you're going to make me a metaphor, i'm going to make you a meal. >> brown: art loversan indulge their own appetites for a great painting and a kefiy re in art history. "delacroix" the exhibion is up through january 6th of next year. for the pbs newsho, i'm jeffrey brown at the metropolitan museum in new york. >> woodruff: december is a big awards month: best books, movies, all of the top 100 lists. lsthere isan award for best librarian! today, the american libraries association gave ten 2018 "i love my librarian awards." winners were chosen for empathy, hard work anking a haven for book lovers, book haters, nerds and geeks, athletes, ."popular kids and misfit" none of this surprises librarian kristen arnett, who shares her hule opinion on why we all need to get out and use our local library. >> everyone sayshey want to support their local library, like they support using reusable water bottles, buying organic produce, and the quiet car on trains, but do they really? f

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator brown. >> senator warren. >> thank you, mr.chairman, thank you general clarke and general mckenzie for being a today. would go back to yemen. for over three years the saudi arabia led coalition warplanes refueled with arms anissa from the emirates bombing yemeni territory to counter iranian-backed militias as part of a dangerous proxy war between saudi arabia and iran. and this week the senate advance the resolution that would if it became law cut off all u.s. support for saudi-led coalition bombing campaign in yemen. so i just want to make sure that we're all clear about what's going on. i think will be helpful to the american people to understand how we have directly contributed to the situation in yemen since march of 2015. 2015. we seem to have had some challenges in getting this on the record. so let me start here. general mckenzie, we provide both intelligence support and military advice to the saudi is for targeting houthi allied forces unit. is that correct? >> senator, it is with important exception that intelligence w

brown? are there any further members of the public who would like to comment on this earth shattering ordinance? mr. r adulovic? >> tom radulovic. we're here to support the ordinance. you should definitely charimplt congestion charging. the goal is really to move more people. this is a diagram that shows you that private automobiles, half of the city's and state's co 2 emissions a co2 emissions. if you can get people to shift the modes of transportation they use, you can shift more people. all the data that we have shows that parking is an incredible effective tool of mode shifting. another way of doing this is making walking, cycling and transit more tractive. we'd love to see you create more bold moves. a lot of people in apartments won't say this to you but will say this to us. they don't know how supportive you are to take roads and use them to support modes. >> chair peskin: mr. chawa. >> thank you, commissioners. the best part of following tom is he says everything that i was going to say, and then, i have to makeup new stuff. thank you so much. i'm on the board of san francisco league of con

brown, welcome. oh, my goodness. also, just to acknowledge the hearing speakers, mr. david canon has requested a 20-minute time for presentation. welcome, reverend brown. >> madam chair, thank you very much. to all the members of the board of supervisors, i, first of all, very grateful that you have given the leadership along with the mayor to deal with this very serious matter. you know, back in the early 30s, 40s, 50s, there was a commentator named gabriel heater. he will come on during those war years particularly, saying, good evening. there's good news tonight. [ laughter ] >> well, i was on my phone because i just got some good news. would you believe that mr. charles johnson, one of the major owners of the giants, sent me a letter indicating that he made a misstep. the ball was fumbled. but we're going to retrieve that ball and make a touchdown for justice in this town. with the giants. >> audience: yes. >> reverend brown: i hope i can say that's good news with the city in this regard, regarding how black employees have been treated, so grossly unfair, but this