official misconduct? >> no, i do not. >> it has been argued that the mayor's decision to attempt to remove an elected official for official misconduct is purely discretionary. you agree with that? >> i believe that it is a duty through the charter. san francisco charter. >> you have the discretion to decide whether you are going to attempt to move someone or not? >> yes. >> is it your position that every public official who is convicted of a criminal offense is guilty of official misconduct? >> i think it is a case by case basis. >> merely being convicted of a crime does not constitute official misconduct? >> i believe in this case, it does. >> that is not my question. my question is, does the fact that an elected official is convicted of a crime, does that constitute official misconduct? >> i believe i have answered that. it is a case by case basis. >> there are some credit card -- criminal convictions he would not seem to be official misconduct? >> possibly. >> like what? >> i do not know because i have

duties of the official. do you understand why i would think that? >> yes. there may be an access but it is not based on the official duties. >> if you could put option to out. -- two up. the other way of reading this, if one and two modify that first part -- modified and that first part of the paragraph that ends with including. under that reading, conduct that falls below standard of good faith and right action would have to relate to the duties of the office. the red is wha t i put n. that is something that would help me, briefing on which one of these is the right way to read this provision. >> i want to thank you for bringing that forward as clearly as it did. i have this struggling with the same question since i read the charter provision. i think that is free critical and would appreciate briefing on this one as well. >> to the praise follow -- and did the parties followed? >> if you are going to see you briefed it, you did not. not this. i went back and checked. i need to know why -- i assume that you

the turner cares whether or not the official committed official misconduct. the charging authority is the mayor. the way to test the allegations that -- is with this hearing. it is with thitheir witnesses ad the charter does not care if the mayor's best friends are bitter enemies with the person charged and it does not matter whether or not deterred the official was dishonest -- charging official was dishonest in some way because of the test of the truth is that -- the test of the truth is this hearing. the reason that mariposa testimony was relevant is because it should -- showed his to rotation and of what official misconduct met under the charter. whether he did it truthfully or falsely, that is up for you to determine at this hearing. not bring in experts. i would be doing my kids to service and i did not tell you straight out i believe if we had this hearing, it would be quite apparent that the mayor did test, -- testified truthfully. we only have a war of media articles and the only people saying they mayor trusted on tressler are the people had no know

official misconduct? >> i believe in this case, it does. >> that is not my question. my question is, does the fact that an elected official is convicted of a crime, does that constitute official misconduct? >> i believe i have answered that. it is a case by case basis. >> there are some credit card -- criminal convictions he would not seem to be official misconduct? >> possibly. >> like what? >> i do not know because i have never been confronted with this before. >> well, what a conviction for driving under the influence be official misconduct? >> that requires speculation. >> overruled. >> potentially. >> you are aware that there are many members of the san francisco at sheriff's department that have suffered criminal convictions? >> objection. foundation. >> i do not know. >> would that affect your opinion about whether or not criminal convictions mean that is official misconduct? >> objection. misstates prior testimony. >> misstates prior testimony objection is overruled. >> maybe. >> ok, are you aware

it is still an official at arrest. >> are you aware that a former sheriff of san francisco spent five days in jail on a criminal contempt conviction and was not removed? >> objection, relevance. >> sustained. >> was it your belief after you've reviewed these court records and there -- strike that, i am sorry. after use all that sheriff mirkarimi pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor, false imprisonment, did you do any additional investigation before you brought sheriff mirkarimi in to talk to you? >> yes. >> what did you do? >> i reviewed all of the court records that were available at the time from the court proceedings. >> did you speak -- seek to speak to any witnesses to that case? >> objection. deliberative process of privilege. in terms of to the mayor spoke with in regards to the case. >> you did ask that question earlier. you are asking -- >> did you seek to speak to any witnesses? i can narrow it. >> ok, i think, did you talk to any witnesses is ok. overruled. you may answer, mr. mayor. >> yes. >> which witnesses? >> ivory madison. >> objection. >> did you talk to lopez. >> same

it just speaks in general terms about official misconduct for an elected official, right? >> objection, argumentative. >> requires a legal conclusion. >> legal conclusion is sustained. >> do believe there is a separate standard? >> objection, irrelevant. >> overruled. >> should be the same standard. >> ok. one of the things that is expected of elected officials is for them to be honest and forthright when dealing with their constituents, and with other elected officials. >> i am very sorry to interrupt you. that question will be pending. i instructed that we need to adjourn proceedings for now. we will resume when it is permissible. the meeting is adjourned. we will notify the parties and the press when we can resume. >> objection, foundation. >> overruled. >> there were declarations from the police department that indicated there was less than full compliance with the orders of the court. >> you did not make noted that in your original written charges, right? >> objection, foundation. consumes -- assumes that the mayor wrote those charges. >> sustained. >> you originally

short of committing official misconduct, the sheriff answers only to the voters. are you aware of the provision that provides for the voters to recall the sheriff as well as every other elected official in the city? >> yes, i am. >> there is another way othe sheriff could be removed. that is the democratic way to do it. >> objection, argumentative. >> can i have the question read back? i was thinking about the objection. >> that is the democratic way to do it? >> overruled. >> i do not know if we got your answer. >> could you repeat the question? >> the other way to remove the sheriff would be the democratic process? >> yes. >> one of the other things that you stated in your declaration, you found a lot of fault with sheriff mirkarimi. safe to say that? >> correct. >> yoon noted that sheriff mirkarimi did not take any corrective action and did nothing to disavow improper conduct like witness dissuasion, right? >> yes, sir. >> did you see the text message for his wife asked him to contact the ex-sheriff to do something. and he responded that he could not do that. i

an appointed official? >> in some counties, who do not have the ability to remove somebody other than a recall process. but the standard, the ethical conduct, the integrity, being the same person on duty and off duty, the trust we talk about is exactly the same. your the head law enforcement person. -- you what are the head law enforcement person. commissioner renne: thank you. chairperson hur: any other questions for chief lansdowne? >> i want to go back to your testimony about what you believe the sheriff affirmatively needed to do, with respect to the press and media attention that ms. madison was receiving. i want to give you a hypothetical, since you are an expert. >> yes, sir. >> if the sheriff did not tell the press to harass ms. madison, is it your opinion that we should find official misconduct because he did not take affirmative steps to protect her from such harassment? >> i do not think this case is complex. >> i just want an answer to my question. >> that alone, the answer is no. >> if the sher

. >> a bomb blast in damascus leaves the syrian defense minister and three top officials dead. >> be aware of more neo-nazi crimes -- a warning from germany's domestic intelligence agency. >> germany's highest court finds that asylum seekers are entitled to more cash, but where will the money come from? >> it was an attack on the inner circle of syria's president. four top military and security leaders are dead after a bomb explosion in the heart of damascus. >> among the dead, the country's defense minister and a brother- in-law to assad, who was viewed as the architect of the government's crackdown on the opposition. >> it has the international community reevaluating the chances of a peaceful end to the conflict in syria. a u.n. security council vote on more sanctions has been delayed until thursday. >> our coverage begins with this report. >> this footage from syria's nw shows people celebrating the attack. there were even impromptu celebrations in the capital, damascus, but there was also continued fighting. syrian state tv says these images show government forces are rounding ou

officials order the director to cut some scenes from the film. afterwards, members of the audience peppered the director with questions, they seemed moved by the story of villagers speaking out against injustice. this movie really gives people hope. >> i felt that the government decision was final. i was surprised that civic action can bring change. and film organizers gave the film almost no publicity. as a result turntohe turnout wa slow. but the director feels being able to show the film at the festival was a significant achievement. >> translator: showing the film at the festival means that it had the government's approval. i hope to show the film to choon ease people at other occasions. the basing solution to all of life's problems is for and the government has high hopes for the shanghai festival. and trying to promote the image of a modern, open culture. authorities face a dilemma. a platform of film can become a stage for social activism. something that authorities could not avoid. >>> we have been reporting there are two tropical storms

officials confirmed the u.s. israel about a possible move to destroy those weapons. meantime, the white house is lashing out at china and russia. we reported the two countries have again vetoed a united nations resolution aimed at stopping the slaughter in syria. not that it would have, but now it certainly won't. white house press secretary jay carney said the countri quote, on the wrong side of the syrian people, the wrong side of hope and peace and stability in the region. james rosen with the news, he's live at the state department. james, how does the united states know where these chemical weapons are? >> shep, good evening. this has been a long standing area of focus for both the american and the israeli intelligence communities. the regime is believed to have close it 50 chemical and biological weapons facility, as well as tons of chemical weapons materials stored throughout the country. but current and former obama administration officials told fox news, wej8o=j7ímr' pretty good fix on where most of them

wife of official has been charged with killing the man.fficials have indicted the woman and a family aid for killing haywood. her husband was communist party chief. he was suspected from all party posts in april on suspicion in, involvement on party relations. >> the overall human rights situation in china continues to deteriorate. >> he was the rep sensitive during two days of talks. he cited democracy activist lu shao bo. posner says officials have called on the chinese to release those in detention or allow access to lawyers. >> chen jwan chang escaped house arrest in china and went to new york in may. he spoke with us about his fears and hopes. alec hurst reports. >> translator: for six or seven years, he was under surveillance by the authorities. i was not even allowed to call my family. >> two months have passed since chen arrived in the united states as a visiting scholar at new york university. he lives there on campus with his family. he told us that human rights in china are detee you're rariorai china. >> translator: things are

police, military, and government officials routinely demand bribes. nhk world melt with the man responseible for cracking down. >> it's very serious. you know, it is the most corrupt country, you know, in the world. >> afghan anti-corruption office absolutely says corruption is already pervasive even among high-ranking government officials. >> from police -- traffic police on the road until our ministers. yes. there are a lot of these corrupt people. i have to cases from ministers. i have cases from the environment, from the governor of provinces. >> reporter: he also knows that less than 10% of cases were prosecuted last year. >> i was not very happy with the cases that we sent to anti-corruption, but since last week the president was very serious. he talked to the regional office, and then you have to be serious and to give as soon as possible the results and to bring it to court. >> reporter: public criticism is mounting against the afghan government. some say corrupt officials are now hampering reconstruction efforts in the country. they know that

second, officials frequently sign secrecy agreements when they go to work for the government. and the supreme court has held that these secrecy contracts are enforceable. these tools are useful but not perfect. as we've heard, the espionage act in particular is notoriously vague. and congress might want to consider amending it. so let me go into more detail starting with criminal prosecutions. the basic thrust of the espionage act is fairly straightforward. it's a crime for officials to "reveal information relating to the national defense to any person not entitled to receive it." now this law as the name implies quite plainly applies to spies who give documents to foreign governments. it applies when the courts give officials to the press. the leading case is united states vs. morrison. morrison was a naval intelligence officer, and he was convicted of violating the espionage act after he gave classified military photographs to a british magazine in 1984. the fourth circuit affirmed his conviction, squarely holding that the law applies to leakers, not just to spies. the reaso

matter before the official during the preceding 12 months. san francisco's contractor contribution ban should be expanded in san francisco to include recipients of development permits and other major economic benefits if approved by elected officials. i would encourage each of you to watch the video, the rule 7 of the june 7 rules committee. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners, charles marseller for the record. i did want to tell you i did also attend that hearing at the rules committee and i found it to be very thorough, so i would recommend you look at the tape. there is a need, i think, to get a city attorney opinion on what it clearly requires you to do when amending voter past initiatives. you not only need the supermajority as you know, everybody knows that, but you also need to know that the bill or the amendment before you furthers the purposes of the act. that's expressively -- explicitly stated in the law and it was our intention when we drafted that, mr. stern and myself, when we came up with that language to require those

a official says support for gay marriage is set to be included in the official party platform. they voted to include language backing same-sex marriage over the weekend. delegates will approve it during the convention in september. >>> former president bill clinton still packs star power, the role he is expected to have in the democratic national convention. >>> james holmes, the man accused in the colorado movie theater shooting has been charged. he was in court this morning. the charges include 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of explosives. the cameras were not allowed in court today. but a week ago he appeared days and confused. two victims watched in court today and said he appears sane. >> he was very aware of what is going on. i do not believe he is insane but i am not a psychiatrist. he responded very appropriately. >> the shooting left 12 dead and 58 others wounded during a midnight showing of the new batman movie. >>> a rally outside the white house for the victims of the shooting. they will be protesting every week ti

. >> they officially start construction. >> is will be hot. the insta-weather + forecast continues right now. >>>> live, local, late-breaking this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. it is been a cold summer day in baltimore. thinking,ay hi, i'm 100. >> the average high temperature is 87. there is but a 30% chance you will see the thunderstorm pop up from time to time. generally, it is not a bad forecast. 70 at the airports. the forecast for today, a mix of sun and clouds. the high temperatures between 85 and 90. tost, let's say good morning sarah. >> good morning, everyone. already, to give to accidents. that is the most recent crash that we're learning about. watch for closures. other than that, dealing with closures in the city. let's check your drive * at this hour. same thing on the west side. down towards a 32. here is a live view of traffic. very light volume still. let's go to a live view of traffic. traffic is running smoothly at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> our big story this morning

but good morning der community members, like the officials and colleagues. we are here to celebrate a day that san francisco should be proud of, a day that we should all be proud of. the san francisco civil rights ordinance is officially signed into law. i have been the coalition coordinator for the past two years and have seen firsthand the committee's efforts and inspiring bravery to bring us here today. i have also seen as support of elected officials and allies in the community. please help me in welcoming a few of these people to share this perspective today. help me recognized supervisor jane kim, the sponsor of the organizers -- of the ordinance. [applause] >> thank you. i cannot believe we are finally here. it has been a really long journey. the for our office, i know we came on board in august when we started working with the saved san francisco coalition. but for the coalition it has been an even longer journey. the starting in 2001, but really, the organizing that has happened in the last couple of years working with the police commission, the hum

interviews of government officials are essential to gain a complete picture. documents such as e-mails simply do not tell the whole story. we interviewed others who might have information. we interviewed 43 current and former officials from gm, delphi, three unions, pbgc, the auto team and dsra which represents certain delphi salaried workers whose pensions gm did not top up. information from these witnesses and documents led sig-t.a.r.p. to determine that mr. wilson, mr. feldman and mr. bloom were the government officials who were involved in the delphi pension decision and discussions. sig-t.a.r.p. does not have the ability to compel witness testimony. there is no valid reason for these former treasury officials to refuse to be interviewed. treasury suggested that sig-t.a.r.p.'s interviews are unnecessary because gao already determined treasury's role and because mr. wilson, mr. feldman were deposed and gm and delphi's bankruptcies. gao did not conduct interviews of treasury's role or whether there was any pressure by the auto team, instead deferring to sig-

so far and officials don't want to see more. >> the heat-related deaths were in baltimore city and officials are warning themselves to take care of themselves and each other. >> these are very dangerous conditions. >> their warning people to be on the offensive. already, the medical examiner determined 23 people have died from heat so far this summer either directly or indirectly. >> it can be determined they had a heat stroke or something related where their core temperature got so high that they died of heat directly. there are other cases where we are not sure. they may have had an underlying medical condition. the cause of death may have been their medical condition but it may have been worsened by the heat. >> temperatures on wednesday surpassed 100 degrees with heat index soaring even higher. health officials warn people to stay inside when possible and if you have to be outside, stay in the shade and drink plenty of water. >> i get a cup of water every 5 minutes. >> adults are staying cool by grabbing a snow cone or fresh squeezed lemonade. owners know when the temperature goes up bus

officials order the director to cut some scenes from the film. afterwards, members of the audience peppered shi with questions. moved by the story of villages speaking out against injustice. >> this movie really gives people hope. >> i thought that the government's decision was final. i was surprised that civic action can bring change. >> film organizers gave the film almost no publicity. as a result, the turn-out was low. but shi feels that just being allowed to show the film at the festival was a significant achievement. >> translator: showing the film at the festival means it had the government's approval. i hope to shot film to chinese people at other occasions. the basic solution to all of life's problems is for people to take action for themselves. >> the government has high hopes for the film festival. it is trying to promote the image after modern and open culture. a platform for film can also become a stage for social activism. something authorities could not avoid. nhk world, shanghai. >> we're looking at asia's rising economies this we