run against jasper when the fulo jasper won two years ago by running against former speaker bill o'brien, cobbling together a coalition of republicans and democrats. democrats say they won't join in the vote so jasper apparently has the deal sealed. some are indicating there could be a late challenge. >> all of our speaker elections in recent years have been very narrow. i do not think it says too much. but on the other hand, i do not think there is anybody that two , years ago, thought i had a chance of being nominated by my party to be speaker a second term. shelley: if jasper wins, this will be his second term as speaker and 12th term in the

o'brien: four weeks? i've been hanging around with a changeling for r er a month? and you never even suspected it wasn't me? no! and the worst part is the clues were right in front of me. what clues? well, for one thing he was a lot easier to get along with. ( sighs ) so, i suppose this means you want your klingon opera collection back. intact. gowron: then it's settled. in light of the new treaty and the continued dominion threat to the alpha quadrant there will be a permanent klingon military presence on this station. but i choose the commander. agreed. ( chuckles ) mr. worf thinks very highly of you, general. i think very highly of him. then i can't think of a better man for ththjob if you'll take it. i would be honored. kira: ops to sisko. sisko here. we're receiving an incoming message. it's from dukat. well, captain, i must congratulate you. well... the death h ll would have been enormous. and your daughter would have been one e the casualties. ziyal made her choice. as far as i'm concerned, she's no longer my daughter. you know, dukaka i thought you'd change

texans head coach bill o'brien was an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach with the patriots. so keep in mind, he was around tom brady for five seasons.but his high praise for aaron rodgers, is second to none. ((bill o'brien says aaron rodgers is one of the most unique quarterbacks in my opinion to ever play the game. he brings an athleticism to the position that's very difficult to defend. he can other quarterback that i've seen as far as his ability to, when something breaks down, he doesn't just fly out of there. he may just move to the right or to the left or backwards or forwards and make more time for him on the play.))the badgers have that championship feeling. they play for the big ten title saturday night in indy against penn state.and they are still coming down off winning the big ten west crown. ((lance allan asks jazz, what does that hat on your head mean to you? it means accomplishment. accomplished one of our goals. like that's the biggest the goals we this season. and it feels because we set, you know, back in march and now that we finally got you could be the f

jane o'brien went to look. jane: what goes up must go down, but reaching the stratosphere was the first challenge. it took two hours to ascend and 15 minutes to parachute to earth, at times traveling faster than the speed of sound. previous explorers used complicated capsules. ance used ebola on and a special suit. alan: we tried to build a space suit that was the equivalent to scuba diving with tanks included . i did not have to disconnect or have a heavy capsule. in ascuba diving i went up suit in an environment capable of sustaining me in that time. that is on display at the national air and space museum in virginia, home to other out -- other artifacts of space exploration. ofn: everyone i know dreamed being an astronaut, being above the atmosphere, looking at the curvature of the earth, the darkness of space. in my case, that dream never went away. at 57 years old i am still dreaming. jane: the record-breaking suit cheaply using existing technology and materials. the team simply discovered new ways to appl

i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "matter of fact." soledad: after every election, the loser asks -- what happened? and washington, d.c., democrats are doing just that, but have already decided they will stick with their current leaders for the next term. the strategic questions are critical. >> when we don't talk about economics, we lose elections. >> we need accountability. there is no accountability from leadership. >> this business as usual here in congress is not going to work out for democrats. soledad: do you focus on traditional democrats whose turnout was lackluster this election? or do you reach across the aisle to the obama voters who became trump voters this time around? democratic congressman don beyer was reelected for his second term representing northern virginia. nice to have you with us. mr. beyer: thank you, soledad. soledad: do you think the democrats are in crisis? mr. beyer: it feels that way. i've been back in congress the last two weeks, and there have been many, many long meetings, and not so much finger-pointi

soledad: i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "matter of fact." from both parties are calling for an independent investigation of russian meddling in the u.s. election. it could set up a clash with president-elect donald trump ov u.s. policy toward russia. and, with the electoral college vote on monday, a small group of electoral college members have asked for an intelligence briefing prior to the vote that would certify the election. despite agreement in the intelligence community that russia intervened in the election specifically to support a donald trump victory, trump is calling the reports "ridiculous" and his team says it's "an attempt to undermine his victory." in an interview on thursday with npr news, president obama vowed to take action against russia for the hack. president obama: we need to take action. soledad: john hudak is an expert on campaigns and presidential power with the brookings institution. it is nice to have you with us. john hudak: thanks for having me. soledad: the c.i.a. has used words "high confidence" with russians h

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jane o'brien has the details. jane: there is little denying that donald trump has come to define 2016 according to time magazine. accolade is not exactly attribute. mr. trump was picked for reminding america that demagoguery feeds on despair. it may be hard to measure the scale of his disruption, but according to a popular tv show, the president-elect took issue with accusations he divided the nation. president-elect trump: i did not divide them, they are divided now. we will put it back together and have a country that is well healed. kellyhe has tabbed john tier mr. trump's proposed cabinet. the iowa governor may be the ambassador to china. china says he is an old friend, aftermay come as a relief talk of trade and provocative phone call with the president of taiwan. time magazine said trump demolished the politics of yesterday. it was symbolic that hillary clinton was the runner-up, a position she is all too familiar with. jane o'brien, bbc news. katty: i spoke with the magazine's political editor. you were in

laura: jane o'brien, thanks for joining us. in other news from around the world, the dutch leader of the far-right freedom party, geert wilders, has been found guilty of inciting discrimination. he encouraged people at a rally in the hague to shout that fewer moroccans should be living in the netherlands. but he was cleared of inciting racial hatred. opinion polls show his party's the front runner in next year's parliamentary elections. hong kong's leader will not seek reelection when his term ends due to family reasons. he has been unpopular because of his hard-line response to the pro-democracy protests in 2014. many accuse him of putting the interests of beijing above those of hong kong citizens. the election is in march. in ghana, the west african president has conceded defeat to the opposition leader. this is the third time the opposition leader has sought the presidency. the announcement was also made on ghana's state television channel. analysts said it was largely a referendum on the president's handling of the economy.

>> after the game, bill o'brien refused to commit to any specific quarterback. but this is a shocker because brock osweiler was the big ticket off-season investment. million guaranteed. he was supposed to turn the texans into a championship contender. and one thing o'brien did say, they're not going to make the decision based upon quarterback salary. it does open the door for savage moving forward. the door is closed, as you mentioned, on gus bradley in jacksonville. they made the decision, after last sunday's loss to the vikings. and they wanted to start the search. and they did not want to start the search while gus bradley was still the head coach out of respect to him. they decided time to move on. we'll end the relationship. we'll begin the search. and that's why the move happened today. >> a lot of people are wondering about this. they're on the road. they lose the game. is he on the charter back? isn't that an awkward situation? >> it's either that or give him a ticket to fly back on his own. they brought him back on the charter. he had to know that this

jane o'brien kept her feet firmly on the ground and went to take a look. challenge for alan eustace. it took more than two hours to ascend 25 miles and around 15 minutes to parachute back to earth, at times travelling faster than the speed of sound. previous explorers used complicated platforms and capsules, mr eustace used a balloon and a very special suit. what was really unique about this is we tried to build a space suit that was equivalent to scuba diving, where the tanks were included so that i didn't have to disconnect from a capsule, i didn't have to have a heavy capsule to go up. all i had to do was like scuba diving. ijust went up in a suit in an environment that was capable of sustaining me during that period of time. that suit is now on display at the national air and space museum in virginia, home to many other artefacts of space exploration which in the 1960s inspired mr eustace. everyone i know dreamed of being an astronaut. everybody i know dreamed of being above the atmosphere, to be able to look at the curviture of the earth, the darkness

jane o'brien, bbc news, virginia. just quickly. the main news.erlin may still be at large and armed. 0ne christmas market in berlin may still be at large and armed. one man suspected of being the driver is now out of custody due to lack of evidence. brandenburg gate has been lit up in the colours of the german flag in memory of those killed. 12 people died when the truck crashed through the market. about 50 were injured. many of those seriously hurt. they are still, of course, still in hospital. hello. you have probably heard already, but as we go towards the christmas weekend, it looks as if things will turn exceptionally stormy, especially in the northern half of the british isles. i will show you why injust a second. by the weekend, we will show you a pressure chart with more isobars on it than this. a breezier day on wednesday than many of us have seen for a while. two weather fronts to deal with. a lull in proceedings. this more northerly feature will drift away out of the western side of scotland where it will produce a bit of rain. it will

patti ann: matt o'brien says if mr.t a trade war. china is already considering possible ways of retaliating if a tariff like that were imposed. do you agree? >> that is very scary. from is obviously a provocateur. he will upset a lot of people whether he crosses that line and create a trade war, i don't think so. patti ann: interesting. o'brien says, quote, the markets are blissfully unaware and naive. he says that analysts are counting on the notion that trump's tough line on china was either a campaign ploy or a proposal that has no chance of passing a republican congress. do you agree with that? >> probably a combination of both. matt has a very good point. the question at the end of the day how many people will he upset along the way, how many countries how many parties he will upset but whether he crosses that line i think is a question still yet to be seen. patti ann: o'brien's point in the article he believes that these tariffs would be a very bad idea. he doesn't understand why the markets are so positive right

>> after the game, bill o'brien refused to commit to any specific quarterback. but this is a shocker because brock osweiler was the big ticket off-season investment. $72 million contract, with $37 million guaranteed. he was supposed to turn the texans into a championship contender. and one thing o'brien did say, they're not going to make the decision based upon quarterback salary. it does open the door for savage moving forward. the door is closed, as you mentioned, on gus bradley in jacksonville. they made the decision, after last sunday's loss to the vikings. and they wanted to start the search. and they did not want to start the search while gus bradley was still the head coach out of respect to him. they decided time to move on. we'll end the relationship. we'll begin the search. and that's why the move happened today. >> a lot of people are wondering about this. they're on the road. they lose the game. is he on the charter back? isn't that an awkward situation? >> it's either that or give him a ticket to fly back on his own. they brought him back on the cha

so we decided to have a banner lead visitors through to the o'brien gallery and on that banner of the more than 11,000 amendments proposed in congress. >> the bill of rights is the first 10 amendments to the constitution so we opened up the gallery with those first 10. at the constitutional convention in 1787 in philadelphia, when the delegates were talking about the bill of rights they took a vote on whether or not to include one in the constitution. this document here shows that when they took a vote, about 2/3 of the way down the page, the vote was 0-10. the delegates to the convention did not think it was needed. but then, after the convention was over the constitution was sent to the states for ratification. the states did not agree with the delegates that it wasn't needed. over here is one of my favorite documents in the gallery. it is a draft version of what became the bill of rights. these were the senate markups. the senate took the 17 amendments that were passed by the house and change them into 12 amendments that after a conference committee was 12 amendments sent the state

different area of the museum, so we decided to have a banner lead visitors from the bill of rights to the o'brienallery, and on that banner of the more than 11,000 amendments. >> we decided to open up the gallery with those first 10 amendments. at the constitutional convention in philadelphia, when the delegates were talking about the bill of rights, they took a vote on whether or not they should include one in the constitution, and this document right here, which is the voting record from the constitutional convention, shows that when they took a vote , which is about two thirds of the way down the page, that the vote was actually 0-10 on including a bill of rights and , so thetitution delegates to the constitutional convention did not think it was needed with the constitution, but then after the convention was over, the constitution was sent to the states for ratification, and the states did not agree with the delegates of the convention that it was not needed. of my favoritee documents in the gallery, a draft version of what became the bill of rights, and we usually read her to this as the sen

the rotunda, a different area of the museum was a we decided to have visitors although it to the o'brien gallery and on that banner of the more than 11,000 amendments proposed in congress. >> the bill of rights is the first 10 amendments to the constitution so he opened up the gallery with those first 10. at the constitutional convention in 1787 in philadelphia, when the delegates were talking about the bill of rights they took a vote on whether or not to include one in the constitution. this document here shows that when they took a vote, about 2.3 -- 2/3 of the way down teh page, the vote was 0-10. the conventiono did not think it was needed. then, after the convention was over the constitution was sent to the states for ratification. the states did not agree with the delegates that it wasn't needed. over here is one of my favorite documents in the gallery. what a draft version of became the bill of rights. senate markups. the senate of the 17 amendments that were passed by the house into 12ge them amendments that after a conference committee enlisted was 12 amendments sent the states

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we decided as a team to have a banner literally lead visitor from the bill of rights to the o'brien gallery a on that banner are the more than 11,000 amendments proposed in congress. >>> it was a small team of staff and volunteers who worked over the course of last summer to literally transcribe from a variety of government publications into one document the more than 11,000 amendments. >>> the bill of rights was the first ten amendments to the constitution, so we decided to open up the gallery with those first ten amendments, which are collectively known as the bill of rights. but we also wanted to explain how we got to have a bill of rights in the first place. and it wasn't -- it wasn't guaranteed that we would have one. in fact, at the constitution alcon vengs in 1787 in philadelphia, when the delegates were talking about the bill of rights they took a vote on whether or not they should include one in the constitution, and this document right here, which is the voting record from the constitution alcon vengal c sos when they took a vote, which is about two-thirds of the page down here, t

i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to matter of fact. native american protesters and activists have been ordered to leave the grounds of a pipeline under construction in north dakota. but the protests say they're not going anywhere. the standing rock sioux tribe and its supporters have been battling winter weather and freezing temperatures in cannon ball, north dakota, on top of their standoff with the government over the dakota access pipeline project. the $3.7 billion project crosses four states from north dakota through south dakota, iowa and into illinois. the 1,172 mile pipeline is designed to move nearly half million barrels of crude oil a day. the us army corps of engineers approved the project and granted the owner, energy transfer partners, the final permits in july. the company says it's done everything by the book and the project is 92% complete. members of the tribe and thousands of protesters who have joined them say the sacred lands will be desecrated and their primary water source is in danger. >> north dakota's only repre

>>> texans head coach bill o'brien was an offensive coordinator and coach for t patriots. he was around tom brady five seasons. high praise for aaron rodgers is second to none. opinion, to ever play the game. he brings a athleticism to the position that's very difficult to defend. he can maneuver in the pocket like no other quarterback that i've seen as far as his ability to, when something breaks down, he doesn't just fly out of there, he may just move to the right or left, or backwards or forwards and make more time for him on the play. >> how about not one, not two, but three, a youth tennis players from our area making the finals of the midwest indoor championships. a special and rare feat. >> they are at the top of the food chain for tennis. >> a trio of talented tennis players, in all finalists in the midwest indoor championships. >> for any one kid to do that in a program is amazing. for all three to be at the very best is, you know, we could teach here for 30 years and happen. >> the 16 and under crown and credits getting pushed by his partners. >> it pushes me to

in a public place they claim is this she ran from her pampered to oakland police officer brendan o'brien but instead of helping her he exploited her path that he and his fellow officers allegedly continued to traffic rate and victimizer walk she was a minor he committed suicide leaving behind a note that expose the sex scandal. >>reporter: had not been for the community taking an active role in holding them accountable at this point a total 23 officers have been disciplined in this case coming up i am counting down the best of the worst of 2016. >>mark: do you still let the economy is doing well is far as unemployment in hiring?. >>rob black: on some levels a lot of americans want to make more money with the jobs they do have the first time the claims to have the 65,000 corporate america is pretty confident at this point in time as far as total on to work so expand in the future claims to stay below 300,000 for 94 straight weeks. >>reporter: we're tracking of huge changes will have a cooling trend on the wane we will let you know of that affects the weather as we go into the weekend. thi

soledad: i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "matter of fact."oledad: influential senators from both parties are calling for an independent investigation of russian meddling in the u.s.

reporting from washington, i am jane o'brien. forgotten by the world and desperate for help, the war is yemen has taken a devastating l.l thousands of children dying without food or medicine. president obama makes his last major speech on security standing by the decisions his administration has taken. megyn kelly talks about her showdown with donald trump about his statements over women and how her own success may have stirred his anger. >> is not just that i am a woman, it is i am a woman with power on donald trump's favorite channel. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. we start our broadcast in yemen where a war is taking a devastating human toll. it has been two years since rebels took control of the capital forcing the president to flee and prompting intervention by a saudi-led coalition. 7000 people have been killed, and according to the u.n. 40 million are at risk of hunger. half on the brink of salmon. many are of them are children. his report contains distressing images. fer

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soledad o'brien tackles those issues and more this week on "matter of fact." >> the democrats severed a on election day, so where does the party go from here? >> rebuilding the democratic brand in small-town america and the middle of the we have to start right away. >> and in the internet inundated with fake news, so how can you distinguish between a credible news source and a fake one? we will 10 about that on "matter of fact" this week. patrick: watch this sunday morning at 10:30 right here on wisn 12. that could make this storm worst. -- worse. it will not be the entire weekend. you still have time tonight and most of the day tomorrow. if you have plans tomorrow evening, different story. it is snowing in franklin. and at the sports complex where they are making snow. it works. they are making the base and it will be a winter wonderland moving ahead to saturday and sunday. it will start on saturday evening. and sunday will be nice. highways and major interstates, i think we will be ok for the most part. you will need to slow down, distance between you and the car in front of you. us

the smithsonian says the 1989 portrait taken by michael o'brien's chose mr. trump wearing a suit and holding an apple in his right hand. it's one of four portraits of the president-elect in the collection. >>> new figures on opening weekend just released by mgm. more than 100,000 people visited the new resort and casino at national harbor between the opening night thursday and the end of the weekend sunday. scott broom standing by live with what is you are correct and 100,000 is a huge number and 50,000 of those came in the first 14 hours of operations. astronomical and astounding numbers. you have to know that this place is not fully open yet. the next big thing coming is the debut opening niofght the theater that will pack another 3000 people in. mgm's opening weekend so busy that twice since thursday authorities had to briefly shut down exits from the beltway to clear traffic extending across the woodrow wilson bridge. so busy that twice since opening the facility reached capacity and visitors had to be turned away. in the closest neighborhoods to national

but first, science correspondent miles o'brien returns to an hawaiian mountain top, for a second report astronomers' efforts to build a cutting edge telescope there and the controversy that's raised with native hawaiians who regard the area as sacred. it's part of our weekly "leading edge" series. >> reporter: this is where the heavens meet the earth... ...and the sacred meets the scientific. they stand in opposition here, amid a long fight to stop construction of the giant 30- meter telescope. and yet both worlds are also closely aligned-- with the stars. >> mauna kea is actually it's our origin place. >> reporter: kealoha pisciotta took us to her family's altar, or lele-- one of hundreds of native hawaiian stone shrines that dot the mountain: >> we still bring offering here. these are remnants of offering from people from around the world actually. >> reporter: her polynesian ancestors were the first navigators, using the stars to find their way here in small boats more than 1,000 years ago, celebrated in the latest disney movie, moana: >> ♪ at night we name every star, we know where

science correspondent miles o'brien has our report, for our weekly look at the "leading edge" of science technology. >> reporter: for astronomers, it may be the ultimate focal point this side of outer space. the 14,000 foot summit of mauna kea, on the island of hawaii, is home to 13 observatories that have rewritten the textbooks. astronomer andrea ghez is a frequent visitor, here to learn more about the black hole at the center of our galaxy. >> i feel like a kid in a candy shop. we've got lots to do, lots of interesting problems that we're working on, that's been enabled with advanced technology and further advances are just going to make that all the better. >> reporter: ghez uses the most powerful observatory here, the keck, which has two ten-meter- wide mirrors. but plans to shed more light on her star quest are stuck in a black hole of resentment and anger. it turns out, what's precious to the scientists is sacred to the native hawaiian culture. >> there's no word for how i feel about that mountain in english. there's no word that would be deep enough to say how i feel about that m

miles o'brien is here to tell us a little bit more about who won, and for what achievements.t is this and who's behind it? >> hari, it's called the "breakthrough prizes." they were founded five years ago by a few silicon valley mowing ulz. they wanted to recognize scientists with the largest cash prizes in science-- glitzy gala, big-name stars from tech and entertainment. the scientific rock stars were honored by some hollywood celebrities -- morgan freeman, alicia keys, jeremy ions, and will i.am, who probably put it best. >> when somebody graduates plays basketball from the u.c.l.a., there's a show about that. there's a show called "the draft," and people tune in. but when someone graduates from m.i.t. and ends up working at google, nobody knows. so i think in popular culture, like, we do a very poor job celebrating the right things. >> sreenivasan: all right, i see three different categories here-- fundamental physics, life sciences, and math. let's start with life sciences. >> life sciences is the largest of the five topics for recipients. each person or awardee group get

for more on the career and life of john glenn, i am joined by science correspondent miles o'brien, whoto know glenn through his years of reporting on aviation. miles, the beginning of an end of an era. >> it is, hari. you can't help but look at a guy like that and think, one of the last great american heroes. he acceded to levels few of us can ever aspire to and all the while he was one of the nicest people you'd want to meet, despite his relentless and competitive nature. that's a hard mix. he managed to do it right to the end. he never really quit. he never retired. he always had a mission. >> sreenivasan: you got to know him personally. you flew with him in you small plane. >> i cooked up a scream for a story. i had met him during the 1998 flight on the shuttle when i had the opportunity to cover him and had no less than waller cronkite on my co-anchor on cnn. i consider myself very lucky to have that experience, but some years later we were doing a story on technology and aviation. i got the idea in my head that it would be fun to see what senator glenn thought about the technology

and so we welcome back our very own science correspondent, miles o'brien. welcome. >> good to be here, william. >> brangham: so everyone is doing their year-end, best-of list for 2016. scientifically, what's top of your list? >> let's start with basic research, the real, hard-core science. the biggest one by far was an historic find in february, the detection of gravity waves. the laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory or ligo. the merging of two black holes should send gravity waves across space. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have detected gravitational waves. we did it. [cheering and applause] >> brangham: excited scientists there. >> ligo scientists managed to find those waves measuring tiny contractions and expansions of waves themselves. they did this with two massive laser facility, one in louisiana, one in washington state, a pair of the most precise rulers ever built, if you will. >> brangham: so why is this scientific discovery so high on everyone's list? >> it's as if scientists discovered a new language and learned it. they can determi

item number six is a resolution of the settlement of unmitigated claims by-o'brien against the city and san francisco and item number seven is a ordinance authorizing final settlement of claim number 16-2314 filed by ronald and patricia martel against the city and county of san francisco >> thank you mdm. clerk. colleagues i've read as i'm sure you have the confidential attorney client privilege document related to these three settlements. colleagues, do either of you desire a close session on these matters? >> no. >> if not is the recommendation to send these items to the full board with a recommendation on item number seven as a committee report? >> i will make that motion the >> motion made by supervisor yee without objection-i'm sorry. is there any public comment on items five through seven the litigation items that the clerk just read? seeing none, we will close public comment >>[gavel] >> without objection will send items five through seven to the full board and item 7 as a committee report to be heard on tuesday, december 6. that will be the order. mdm. clerk please read item num

soledad: i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "matter of fact."