ms. smith is an inspiration to me. every student in sfusd deserves to have a teacher like ms. smith who is outstanding. every principal deserves a teacher and community member like julia smith. thank you for gifting us with your many talents and for your enduring belief that each and every child deserves a quality education. i love you, i'm so proud of you, and i think this day couldn't have come any earlier. and please don't leave our school. stay ten more years. [applause] >> okay. for the at all person. thank you thank you for the kind words and recognition. it means a lot after 23 years with the school district. hard to believe that when i was 22 i was trustedd with my own classroom and 20 children to teach to read. so anyway, after all this time, it's really an honor to be recognized, and it's been, well, it was a lifelong dream to be a teacher. and so every day i feel lucky to get to work with amazing colleagues and teach amazing children who oftentimes teach me more than i'm teaching them. so anyway. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. thank you. [applause] >> our

ms. smith, guilty. ms. stabenow, guilty. mr. solomon, not guilty. sullivan was not guilty. mr. thune, not guilty. mr. tellis, not guilty. mr. toomey, not guilty. mr. udall, guilty. this are van hollen, guilty. mr. warner, guilty. ms. moran, guilty. mr. white house, guilty. mr. wicker, not guilty. mr. wyden, guilty. mr. young, not guilty. >> on this article of impeachment, 47 senators have announced it president of the united states donald trump, guilty as charged. fifty-three senators have announced him not guilty as charged. two thirds of the senators present not having pronounced him guilty, the senate of judges the respondent donald john trump, president of the united states is not guilty as charged in the second article of impeachment. the presiding officers directs judgment to be entered in the court the judgment of the senate as follows. the senate having tried donald john trump president of the united states, upon two articles of impeachment exhibited against him by the house of representatives, and two thirds of the senators present not having found him guilty of the ch

ms. hide smith, not guilty. mr. inhofe, not guilty. mr. johnson, not guilty. mr. jones. mr. jones guilty. mr. kaine. mr. kaine, guilty. mr. kennedy. mr. kennedy, not guilty. mr. king. mr. king, guilty. mrs. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar, guilty. mr. lankford. mr. lankford, not guilty. mr. leahy. mr. leahy, guilty. mr. lee. mr. lee, not guilty. mrs. leffler, not guilty. mr. markey, not guilty. mr. mcconnell. mr. mcconnell, not guilty. ms. mcsally. ms. mcsally, not guilty. mr. menendez. mr. menendez, guilty. mr. merkley. mr. amerimerkley, not guilty. and mr. moran, guilty. and ms. murray, guilty. mr. paul. mr. paul not guilty. mr. purdue. mr. perdue, not guilty. mr. peters. mr. peters, guilty. mr. portman. mr. portman, not guilty. mr. reade, guilty. mr. risch, not guilty. mr. roberts, not guilty. mr. romney. mr. romney, guilty. ms. rosen. ms. rosen, guilty. mr. rounds. mr. rounds, not guilty. mr. rubio. mr. rubio, not guilty. mr. sanders. mr. sanders, guilty. mr. sass. mr. sass, not guilty. mr. schatz, not guilty. mr. scott of florida not guilty. mr. scott of south carolina, not gui

ms. hirano? mr. ronald, guilty guilty. -- misses high and smith not guil guilty. mr. johnson? mr. johnson, not guilty. mr. jones? mr. jones, guilty. mr. kane? mr. kane, guilty. mr. kennedy? mr. kennedy, not guilty. mr. king? mr. king, guilty. ms. clover chart? ms. clover chart guilty. mr. lankford, not guilty. mr. lahey? mr. lahey, guilty. mr. lee? mr. lee, not guilty. -- mr. mansion? mr. mansion, guilty. mr. markey, guilty. mr. mcconnell? mr. my carnal -- mcconnell guilty. miss mick sally not guilty. mr. menendez, mr. menendez, guilty. mr. merkley? mr. merkley, guilty. mr. moran? mr. moran not guilty, miss murkowski? ms. murkowski, not guilty. mr. murphy? mr. murphy, guilty. mrs. murray, guilty. mr. paul? mr. paul, not guilty. mr. purdue? mr. purdue not guilty. mr. peters? mr. peters guilty. mr. portland? mr. portman, not guilty. mr. reed? mr. reed, guilty. mr. risch? mr. risch, not guilty. mr. roberts? mr. roberts, not guilty. mr. romney? mr. romney, guilty. ms. rosen? ms. rosen, guilty. mr. rounds? mr. rounds, not guilty. mr. rubio? mr. rubio not guilty. mr. sanders? mr. sanders

ms. smith, three. ms. spano, number three. mr sullivan, not guilty. mr tester, three. number three.er, three. mrsoon, not guilty. mr telus, guilty. mrtester, three. mrsoon, not guilty. mrtelus, not guilty. mrtester, three. mrsoon, not guilty. mr telus, not guilty. guilty. mrtester, three. mrsoon, not guilty. mrtelus, not guilty. mr toomey, 19. not guilty. mrtelus, not guilty. mr toomey,19. mr udell, napa three. mr van holland, napa three. mr weiner, three. ms. warren, three. mr whitehouse, guilty. mr baker, not guilty. mr whiting, three. whitehouse, guilty. mr baker, not guilty. mrwhiting, three. mryoung, negative. so there we be completed vote on the second article of impeachment at the use of congress. 5347 53, 4752 to 48 because that made romney across the aisle on the first article of impeachment. but not on the second article of impeachment. that speak to him as a constitutional lien in his bed watching the events. over the last few hours, the question that i left with at the end of this, not that this was particularly surprising, but what checks and balances are there on this

ms. smith: this morning i let minnesotans know that i will vote to remove president donald trump from office, and i rise today because on this historic vote, i want minnesotans to understand why and where i think we go from here. so i was reluctant to go down the path of impeachment. while i strongly disagree with the president on many issues, i see impeachment as a last resort, and i feared that leaping to impeachment would only serve to drive us even further into our political corners. this changed when i read the whistle-blower report, which alleged nothing less than the president's corrupt abuse of power, an abuse that had the potential to undermine our elections in 2020. for me,this left no choice but for the house to fully investigate these allegations. and when the house sent the two articles of impeachment to the senate, it became my job to do impartial justice according to the constitution and the law. and i take that oath as seriously as anything i have ever done. this impeachment tri

tanon. >> chairman: any questions for ms. smith? seeing none, mr.tanon, come on up. >> good morning, chair peskin and members of the commission. i'm peter tanon, a district 8 resident seeking re-employment. prior to returning, i served at the program manager for s.f. m.c.a. p.so so i have a city employee's knowledge, and institutional knowledge, and experience of transparency issues, and i'm an involved citizen who use muni and bicycles almost every day. my most important c.a.c. objectives are the implementation, monitoring, and following up. muni workshop and recommendations to the new sf m.t.a. director, who is making the leap for more than 20 years as a very well-connected consultant, to head a $2.2 million public agency, which has had a history of problems. and key issues to track include operator shortages, transit supervision, especially in regards to the effects of bus bunching, the short and long-term subway reliability, and an application of lessons learned from the van ness project to the garry project. and secondly, a continued monitoring

ms smith guilty stabenow ms stabenow guilty mister solomon. mister sullivan not guilty mr chester mr tester guilty mr fan. mr fan not guilty mr tell us mister taylor's not guilty mystery to me. mystery to a not guilty mr udall mr udall guilty mister van hollen mister van hopping guilty mr warner. mr warner guilty warren. this war. guilty mr white house. mr white house guilty mister wicker. mister wicker not guilty mr wyden mr wyden guilty mister young. mister young not guilty. senators voted for waiting for those- votes to be added up to see so i see what has happened we are expecting to donald trump be acquitted- you can hear first and- a guilty say no give up but we're expecting the very much along party lines are we not. no question it wrong is it going to vote. finding him guilty but that's not gonna be anywhere near enough to get the two majority needed to follow the president goes and remove him from all this so it's up to you posted but only up. to you donald trump. it's not going to. new hearing. others as saying we'll see guiuilty gui

ms. smith, guilty. ms. stab now? guilty. mr. sullivan? mr. sullivan, not guilty. mr. tester? mr. tester, guilty. mr. thune? not guilty. mr. tillis? mr. tillis, not guilty. mr. toomey? mr. toomey, not guilty. mr. udal, guilty. mr. van haulen, guilty. mr. warner, mr. warner, guilty. ms. warren? ms. warren guilty. mr. whitehouse, guilty. mr. wicker? mr. wicker, not guilty. mr. widen guilty. mr. young? mr. young not guilty. >> this article of impeachment, 48 senators have pronounced donald john trump, president of the united states guilty as charged. 52 senators have pronounced him not guilty. 2/3 not having pronounced him guilty, the respondent, daonald john trump, president of the united states, is not guilty as charged in the first article of impeachment. the clerk will read the seconds article of impeachment. >> article two, obstruction of congress. the constitution provides the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and that the president shall be removed from office on impeachment floor and conviction of treason, bribery and other high crimes and misd

ms. smith is an inspiration to me. every student in sfusd deserves to have a teacher like ms. ng. every principal deserves a teacher and community member like julia smith. thank you for gifting us with your many talents and for your enduring belief that each and every child deserves a quality education. i love you, i'm so proud of you, and i think this day couldn't have come any earlier. and please don't leave our school. stay ten more years. [applause] >> okay. for the at all person. thank you thank you for the kind words and recognition. it means a lot after 23 years with the school district. hard to believe that when i was 22 i was trustedd with my own classroom and 20 children to teach to read. so anyway, after all this time, it's really an honor to be recognized, and it's been, well, it was a lifelong dream to be a teacher. and so every day i feel lucky to get to work with amazing colleagues and teach amazing children who oftentimes teach me more than i'm teaching them. so anyway. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. thank you. [applause] >> our next rave award winne

tanon. >> chairman: any questions for ms. smith? seeing none, mr.non, come on up. >> good morning, chair peskin and members of the commission. i'm peter tanon, a district 8 resident seeking re-employment. prior to returning, i served at the program manager for s.f. m.c.a. p.so so i have a city employee's knowledge, and institutional knowledge, and experience of transparency issues, and i'm an involved citizen who use muni and bicycles almost every day. my most important c.a.c. objectives are the implementation, monitoring, and following up. muni workshop and recommendations to the new sf m.t.a. director, who is making the leap for more than 20 years as a very well-connected consultant, to head a $2.2 million public agency, which has had a history of problems. and key issues to track include operator shortages, transit supervision, especially in regards to the effects of bus bunching, the short and long-term subway reliability, and an application of lessons learned from the van ness project to the garry project. and secondly, a continued monitoring a

tanon. >> chairman: any questions for ms. smith? seeing none, mr.tanon, come on up. >> good morning, chair peskin and members of the commission. i'm peter tanon, a district 8 resident seeking re-employment. prior to returning, i served at the program manager for s.f. m.c.a. p.so so i have a city employee's knowledge, and institutional knowledge, and experience of transparency issues, and i'm an involved citizen who use muni and bicycles almost every day. my most important c.a.c. objectives are the implementation, monitoring, and following up. muni workshop and recommendations to the new sf m.t.a. director, who is making the leap for more than 20 years as a very well-connected consultant, to head a $2.2 million public agency, which has had a history of problems. and key issues to track include operator shortages, transit supervision, especially in regards to the effects of bus bunching, the short and long-term subway reliability, and an application of lessons learned from the van ness project to the garry project. and secondly, a continued monitoring

ms. hyde-smith: switching to the national security arena. last year coast guard cutters were deployed in support of the indo pacific commander. and missions in support of department of defense efforts are becoming a very common occurrence. secretary wolf: yes. ms. hyde-smith: how has the department prioritized the coast guard's counterdrug and border security missions versus the demand signal for coast guard's assets in support of the combatant commanders? secretary wolf: it's a delicate balance that the commandant has to do every week and every month. as one of the services, the coast guard is happy to provide support for d.o.d. we have about 2,000, i believe, coast guard men and women that are deployed overseas in support of the various combatant commanders. you mentioned indo pacific, but also in the middle east. bahrain and elsewhere. when we had issues flair up in iraq -- flare up in iraq and iran at the beginning of the year, we had coast guard men and women deployed there in support of d.o.d. as well. it's a balance. they certainly ha

as ms. smith is live tonight after speaking with the victim's husband. >> reporter: the victim's husband said he was in the intended target of the shooting, and while it's unclear their relationship, he says he knows the shooters. they had a dispute over what they characterized as a family issues, that's when i can exchange occurred. >> they came, and they were acting like they were there for one reason, they were there to try to kill me. >> adam did not want to reveal his last name, describing the moment when three men came to his home on tuesday afternoon. he was at home with his wife and children, ages seven and two weeks old. >> they were trying to enter the house, i kept saying and eventually a guy just started shooting at me. >> sky fox captured the heavy police response, inside the home several cases were found. adam says he shop back with a handgun he legally owns. in exchange of gunfire ensued. >> i know i was shooting at one of the shooters in the street. i was engaging with the first s

as ms. smith is in antioch where the family attended tonight meeting. >> reporter: the family says they received little information from police or the school district, that's why they attended tonight's meeting demanding answers. >> none of you called or showed up, none of you showed up to the home, none of you asked anything. >> the family of jonathan parker is frustrated with the lack of response from the antioch unified school district following a 16-year-old's death on school grounds. their loved one, a deer valley high school sophomore, was shot and killed in the school parking lot following a basketball game against arrival back on january 31. police said of fight workout among a group of teens. family members called jonathan a homebody and said it was his first high school basketball game. >> i want justice for my nephew, i want deer valley high school to make it safe for every child. no child should have to endure what my nephew did. >> in response to last months shooting, the school board

tanon. >> chairman: any questions for ms. smith? seeing none, mr.ome on up. >> good morning, chair peskin and members of the commission. i'm peter tanon, a district 8 resident seeking re-employment. prior to returning, i served at the program manager for s.f. m.c.a. p.so so i have a city employee's knowledge, and institutional knowledge, and experience of transparency issues, and i'm an involved citizen who use muni and bicycles almost every day. my most important c.a.c. objectives are the implementation, monitoring, and following up. muni workshop and recommendations to the new sf m.t.a. director, who is making the leap for more than 20 years as a very well-connected consultant, to head a $2.2 million public agency, which has had a history of problems. and key issues to track include operator shortages, transit supervision, especially in regards to the effects of bus bunching, the short and long-term subway reliability, and an application of lessons learned from the van ness project to the garry project. and secondly, a continued monitoring and inc

tanon. >> chairman: any questions for ms. smith? seeing none, mr.tanon, come on up. >> good morning, chair peskin and members of the commission. i'm peter tanon, a district 8 resident seeking re-employment. prior to returning, i served at the program manager for s.f. m.c.a. p.so so i have a city employee's knowledge, and institutional knowledge, and experience of transparency issues, and i'm an involved citizen who use muni and bicycles almost every day. my most important c.a.c. objectives are the implementation, monitoring, and following up. muni workshop and recommendations to the new sf m.t.a. director, who is making the leap for more than 20 years as a very well-connected consultant, to head a $2.2 million public agency, which has had a history of problems. and key issues to track include operator shortages, transit supervision, especially in regards to the effects of bus bunching, the short and long-term subway reliability, and an application of lessons learned from the van ness project to the garry project. and secondly, a continued monitoring

ms. coleman: right here. mr. smith: if you could write -- >> if you could write one more presidential speech, what would it be? and why? mr. smith: since i never was able to do it, i would like to write an inaugural address. i would like to call people to the values i believe in. i think calling people to those values and then displaying those values, living by those values, practicing what you preach, setting the tone for the whole four years of that presidency would be a wonderful thing to do, and i would certainly use the lincoln inaugurals as my model. ms. coleman: excellent question. that is a great way to end our conversation. thank you, dr. smith, for being with us. [applause] before you leave tonight, pick up a copy of dr. smith's book, confessions of a presidential speechwriter. there might be a holiday coming up where you want to buy a significant other a book, here is your answer. join us next tuesday. we will have another discussion. we will welcome back dr. robert roland and talk about comparing presidents

ms. smith: this morning i let minnesotans know that i will vote to remove president donald trump from office, and i rise today because on this historic vote, i want minnesotans to understand why and where i think we go from here. so i was reluctant to go down the path of impeachment. while i strongly disagree with the president on many issues, i see impeachment as a last resort, and i feared that leaping to impeachment would only serve to drive us even further into our political corners. this changed when i read the whistle-blower report, which alleged nothing less than the president's corrupt abuse of power, an abuse that had the potential to undermine our elections in 2020. for me,this left no choice but for the house to fully investigate these allegations. and when the house sent the two articles of impeachment to the senate, it became my job to do impartial justice according to the constitution and the law. and i take that oath as seriously as anything i have ever done. this impeachment tri

ms. jane smith brown, and the father of two sons, amos brown, jr., and joseph brown, and one daughter, kizzy mary brown. he continues to be a fighter, a trailblazer, and a leader of civil rights in san francisco. dr. brown, i am honored to give you recognition and name you as san francisco black history hero, and i'm so proud to be your representative here on the board of supervisors. [applause and cheering] >> supervisor walton? [applause] >> hold on. supervisor walton? [applause] [cheering] >> thank you, president yee. pastor brown, we do have a couple of people who do want to say a few words. one, there are very few people still around here in san francisco that have a direct connection and correlation to the civil rights movement in this country. your work during that time period, your work over the past several decades, is something that we want to make sure that is acknowledged proudly, widely, and very publicly. you have represented the black community in this city for a very long time. >> a long time. >> and i want to make sure that everyone knows, whether or not we always agree, tha

ms. coleman: second to last, what did being a presidential speechwriter teach you about the presidency? mr. smith: it is a collaborative effort. it is a team effort. you are only as good as the staff around you. the president has to make a call at some point. the president has to say i'm going with this advice, and that then redounds on the president. that is why the president is responsible for the speech the speechwriters write because he has these choices he has to make. god help us if we ever have a president who does not surround himself with good people. [laughter] god help us if we ever have a president who fires the good people and keeps the bad people. that is something i learned a long time ago. and i think we may be learning it now. ms. coleman: looking back, you wrote for the bicentennial. we are coming up on our semiquincentinial, 250 year anniversary. any themes you would want to hit on? mr. smith: one of the things that was so successful for the six bicentennial speeches is the president said i want them to be like six chapters of a book. i want them all to be interrelated. i want

ms. coleman: right here. mr. smith: if you could write -- >> if you could write one more presidential speech, what would it be? and why? mr. smith: since i never was able to do it, i would like to write an inaugural address. i think the calling to people to those values and displaying those values, living by those values, practicing what you preach, setting the tone for the whole four years of that presidency would be a wonderful thing to do. i would certainly use the lincoln and inaugurals as my model. >> excellent question. that's a great way toul end our conversation.rt i get so much, dr. smith, for being with us. >> thank you. [applause] >> you all want before you leave tonight pickup a copy of his book, "confessions of a presidential speechwriter." i thinkde there's a major holidy coming up at the end of the week that youou might want to be buyg a gift for a significant other or friend. here's your answer, right? join us next week next tuesday, february 18 we will have another discussion will welcome back drt comp

ms. jane smith brown, and the father of two sons, amos brown, jr., and joseph brown, and one daughter, kizzyary brown. he continues to be a fighter, a trailblazer, and a leader of civil rights in san francisco. dr. brown, i am honored to give you recognition and name you as san francisco black history hero, and i'm so proud to be your representative here on the board of supervisors. [applause and cheering] >> supervisor walton? [applause] >> hold on. supervisor walton? [applause] [cheering] >> thank you, president yee. pastor brown, we do have a couple of people who do want to say a few words. one, there are very few people still around here in san francisco that have a direct connection and correlation to the civil rights movement in this country. your work during that time period, your work over the past several decades, is something that we want to make sure that is acknowledged proudly, widely, and very publicly. you have represented the black community in this city for a very long time. >> a long time. >> and i want to make sure that everyone knows, whether or not we always agree, that

ms. cheney, the gentleman from minnesota, the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer, the gentleman from north carolina, the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, the gentleman from texas, -- thedy, from oklahom gentleman from oklahoma. >> the president of the senate appoints the following senators onmembers of the committee the part of the senate to escort the president of the united states. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, the senator from south dakota, the senator from iowa, mr. grassley, the senator from wyoming, the senator from iowa, miss ernst, the senator from missouri, mr. bluhm, the senator from indiana, mr. young, the senator from new york, mr. schumer, the senator from illinois, mr. durbin, the senator from wisconsin, the senator from maryland, the hampshire, andw the senator from delaware. >> thank you mr. vice president. the members of the committees will exit the chamber through the lobby's doors. [indistinct conversations] >> madam speaker, the dean of the diplomatic corps. [applause] [applause] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] >> madam speaker, the chief justice and associate justices of the supre

ms patel mistreated her staff. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster. it's a rather complicated picture.ely that the security services don't trust priti patel and don't think she is up to the job, and therefore are withholding information from her. that is an incendiary claim, because it would make it impossible for her to do her job and would raise questions about the integrity and loyalty of the security services. we have seen a whole series of denials, notjust from the security services and ms patel, but also now from downing street, insisting there is a good relationship, no rift between her and the security services, but it does point to the fact that clearly things are not happy in her department. otherwise you wouldn't get this sort of briefing. teresa villiers was suggesting that the reason for this from some in her department might be because of misogyny. i'm sick of spiteful briefings against women in high public office. it happens again and again. and i don't believe these allegations against priti patel. i think she is a highly effective home secretary, and i think whoever is

ms. swain, we'll be joined by douglas brinkley, edna greene medford and richard norton smith. dr. brinkley is currently professor of history at rice university. presidential historian for c flrks nn. author most recently of a book i'm excited about. "american moon shot: john f. kennedy and the great space race." also on the panel, dr. medford. dean at howard university. she's the author most recently of "lincoln: an eemancipation." richard norton smith. the author of a wonderful book on george washington called "patriarch." served as a director of five different presidential libraries. the individuals will discuss their new book, "the presidents," noted historians on the lives and leadership of america's best and worst chief executives. please join me in welcoming them tonight. [ applause ] >> good evening, everybody. nice to see you. thank you very much, kevin butterfield. i can't think of a more appropriate place to talk about presidential leadership than mt. vernon. it's a delight to be back here tonight. brian and i talked about this book for the first time about a year and a

ms. coleman: we will come back. olivia. >> just curious, if you were writing speeches today, social media being a tool, use it, not use it? what do you think of it? dr. smith: you have got to use it. and hopefully you can use it for good. i think social media, there is a lot of problems with it. and we all know what they are. but if you consider it like chemistry, that it can be used for good or evil, you need to get in that mix and figure out how to do it. barack obama was very effective with social media. the president is very effective with tweets. he gets past the media. people who believe in him and want to be affirmed just look at his two weeks -- his tweets ad -- and nobody else's. that is one of the problems we have with all the media and cable, if i believe something crazy, i can find somebody else out there that is also saying the same thing somewhere and affirm myself. that is the problem we have with social media. it is much harder now to break through as a speechwriter, to get your candidate to break through all the social media and all the affirmation that is going on. if people are watching these democratic debates, and it looks like they ar