. >> thank you, ms. ross 0 is there any additional public comment. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm paul wormer i've been invested by the city with trees, in fact, i don't object it but i did indeed have questions about the responsibility the box for the tree was too small the tree was out growing it was right next to public utilities and i asked them sf puc i have questions before i accept this now i saw on the presentation from sf puc there's opportunities to ask questions but i think what got lost in the statement there's an opportunity to summit an appeal and there's an opportunity to appear before a hearing officer to state the appraisal appeal but no dialog and answering of questions this makes it frustrating also the statement that the director reviewed the appeal and will respond to you i went to the appeal hearing in march or april i still don't know how responsible i am i've not heard from dpw i understand the folks are under a staffed but if there's smou someway to help facilitate communication f

. >> congratulations, ms. ross.ells us, she has to leave her job, because shez mo's movio north carolina. >>> ray rice gets a chance to plead his case. in developmenting in his effort to return to the field after his domestic abuse scandal. that report is next. >>> the army's swift action to stamp out a racial controversy tops our trending news today. >> it all started with a report to an army regulation saying a service member can be referred to as negro when describing black or african-american personnel. the regulation was published recently but it's not clear how long the word has been part of the document. >> now, reporters have been asking questions the last 24 hours and now that policy has already been changed. we just checked and the word has been removed from the regulation. >>> students and professors call it an invasion of privacy. after harvard university admitted to secretly taking photos in lecture halls. the school says it was part of an attendance study but comes less than two years after harvard sec

ms. rost ross, for five minutes. -- ms. ros-lehtinen, for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, madam speaker. a strong israel means a strong united states, and a strong united states means a strong israel. and that is why i want to offer my condolences to the families of the israelis murdered by palestinian terrorists in jerusalem yesterday. the increase in these attacks is a grim reminder of the need for the united states now more than ever to stand side by side in support of israel and its right to defend itself and her citizens. i condemn these terror attacks, and i call on president obama and leaders of other responsible nations to do the same and to hold the palestinian leadership accountable for these actions. we must recognize the importance of u.s.-israel cooperation across a wide spectrum of areas, but particularly our cooperation on security and defense issues. in the past year, i have had the opportunity to not only see firsthand what our joint efforts have produced with the iron dome anti-missile defense system but also why this is such an i

ross shimabuku is here with more. what is ms hickox saying now?> mis-hickox says she cares about her community, but forcing her to stay in her home while healthy is unconstitutional. she calls the judge's decision a good one. >> hello everyone. >> all: hi. >> nurse kaci hickox declared friday a good day after a main judge said without ebola symptoms she is not contagious, and the state cannot force her to be quarantined. >> satisfied with the decision. the three points he is still recommending that i abide by are three windows that i believe part of a compromise. >> the three restrictions is daily monitoring, coordinating travel with officials and notifying them if symptoms appear. the judge made sure to hell hickox that she should be mindful the of the community's fear, even if they are not rational. >> i am sensitive. that is where the battle is not over. we need to continue the discussion, educating ourselves. i don't want to make anything uncomfortable. >> hickox was isolated last weekend when he arrived in new jersey. when he asked in main, t