policy when their absent they should be recommended for replacement that was put in place by mayor nooum. so again, i would say that ms. pierson and mr. feldman would bring the most experience to this body >> thank you any public comment on this item?. sooendz. first of all, i want to thank the 3 candidates for showing up today and making the effort. i want to remind the public i guess this seat was vanth because of the death of jazz i didn't collins as note by supervisor breed. the current make up is 11 men and 3 women and i personally would like to see inasmuch as mr. feldman you're very qualified it's a personal entire on my part to see this committee to be as balanced as possible. so by - for me ms. pierson was the most qualified to really - there's nobody going to replace the shoes but you're the most qualified in my mind to at least make an attempt to do this. that's where my views are >> i definitely was expressed with the qualifications of ms. pierson and mr. feldman which evenly because of the different reasons i think that they both bring something to the table that's missing w

. >> north korea impoverished in need of food aid may trade nooum jp for concessions. the government may keep him, imprisoning him as they did, another. >> it's unlikely north korea will free merrill newman quickly. in negotiation with the united states will likely be protracted, meaning it will be some time before he returns to california. >> good evening. we are looking at rainy conditions, strong conditions, in terms of how much rain will be falling across the ohio river valley. illinois is getting a break. we have know coming into the forecast. here towards the south-west arizona, that means flooding for you. the rain coming off the pacific, we expect to see flash flooding there. it's the cold temperatures that we'll see across the central plains that i'm concerned about, especially by tomorrow morning. take a look at what we have now. we are talking about 20s, kansas, 30s. down here towards the texas panhandle. factor in the wind chill, it's like this. lincoln nebraska, icy conditions in parts of texas. >> thank you. a twitter hashtag is making headlines. african