roland: yes yes, yes.it is a very strong bond between the family and the staff because we rarely get to know -- we really get to know everybody from the president, first lady on down, family, pets, name it. the white house is a big family. that is what it is. and everybody is there for only one thing, one thing only, to please the family. what they want, whatever they like, whatever the family -- not only the president and first lady, but anybody in the family. so, you don't really think about them leaving even a day before, two days before, even though you know they are leaving. they lost the election or whatever. but then when it hits you, it hits you bad, very hard. for me, i always said, it is like a funeral. that is the closest thing i can describe it. because, you know, i do not know about other stuff in the white house, but for me, i have never been a party guy. i do not care about what party you belong to. the president and the first lady. that is who i serve. they are all the same. you love those

now we'll tv introduction read by council member roland wong. >> good afternoon. happy first day of spring. and welcome to the mayor's distribute council this friday march 20, 2015. in room 400 of san francisco city hall. city hall is an accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. wheelchair access is provided at van ness street via ramps. wheelchair access at the pope street/carlton entrance is provided. wheelchair lift. assistive listening devices are available and our meeting is close-captioned and sign language interpreted. our materials are available in large braille. please ask staff for any additional assistance. to prevent electronic interference with this room sound system and to respect everyone's ability to focus on the presentations, please silence all mobile phones and pda's. your cooperation is appreciated. we welcome the public's participation during public comment. you may complete a speaker card available in the front of the room or call our bridge line at 1415-554-9632. >> let me repeat that. 1415-554-9632. where

council and i believe councilman roland wong has requested to speak first. >> yes, thank you. the time i have known and worked with derek at independent living resource center, san francisco, and council member at the san francisco mayor's disability council. he had really inspired me. derek is one-of-a-kind in this universe that cannot be replaced. a young man with so much potential and talent that there are endless words that describe him. he is mature, very enthusiastic, very compassionate and very professional. an advocate, good educator and even a great

so i'm going to open any questions or comments to the council and i believe councilman roland wong has requested to speak first. >> yes, thank you. the time i have known and worked with derek at independent living resource center, san francisco, and council member at the san francisco mayor's disability council. he had really inspired me. derek is one-of-a-kind in this universe that cannot be replaced. a young man with so much potential and talent that there are endless words that describe him. he is mature, very enthusiastic, very compassionate and very professional. an advocate, good educator and even a great politician. most of all, a true human being. you will never be forgotten, derek. thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you, council member wong. any other comments from the council? if not, i think i will chime in. let me put in a request to speak. all the sentiment that have been said by roland wong so articulately what derek brought to the council and what an amazing man he was. and i was honored to know him, to be a friend to work with him on the council. he taught me a lo

sit to run on a hot day. >> roland is referring to the 20 limited really only operates. it's basically a school tripper. it operates in the morning and midday and relieves that stress for the schools getting out. the eventual proposal is that we are going to increase that to an all day service on 10-minute head ways to overlay the 28 local which will be an all day service as is on 10 men head way. there will be a lot more service on 19, not just for schools. >> i wasn't clear. sometimes i see it and sometimes i don't. there was more servicing during school hours. so in the future it will be all day. >> yes, but just to be clear, that's not happening april 25th. >> okay. the second part, i had a chance to visit the portrero division to see the new trolley coaches. it's very impressive. the thing i kind of glared out at me is not the priority seating. it's the ones that you have to step up to other seats. i think it's, i guess i never noticed it on the current hybrid. i don't go beyond that rear door. so i wasn't even aware of that step up. i'm kind of, i tried it on tuesd

sold it. 42,000 dollars going to new york. >> 20,000 in roland.0. 21100. 22. 22.5. 22.5. 22,500. sold it. 22,000. >> it's over a second. the same anonymous telephone bidder paid for both cars. stewart says he is not disappointed. >> this could just be a great preegs. as much as we could have hoped for. it's really great because they're going to move on. >> after an emotional day, the grand total for this aunkz auction $540,000. the $4,000 stewart invested and it's a profit of $140,000 to split with his siblings. and in all that time, the family invested in its strange inheritance, and it's no windfall. >> here we go. >> oh, that's a good one. >> all right. >> then again, watching the grandchildren of oliver jordan pop over the bubbly has to make you wonder. was their 13-year-old enter preez prize err turning rusted iron into gold, or was it about a different thing? one perhaps that restores broke sxen brittle family ties into strong life-long bonds? >> we lost our mother when we were rather young and didn't really get to know her parents that well

roland wong? >> yes. >> thank you, we'll now proceed with the agenda items. >> agenda item no. 1. roll call. agenda item 2. reading and approval of the agenda. item no. 3. public comment. items not on the agenda for today, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to 3 minutes. agenda item no. 4. information item. report from cochair supanich. agenda item no. 5. overview of the mayor's office on housing opportunity, partnerships and engagement, hope, presentation on the role of hope, it's services, programs, projects and including the new navigation center. presentation by bev an duftey. director. public comment is welcome. agenda item no. 6. ceremonial item. kathy zarda, in honor of former mayor's disability council cochair, derek zarda, kathy zarda, derek's mother, will provide the council with information regarding a community memorial to be held in derek's honor on saturday, april 18, 2015, at independent living resource center, san francisco. from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.. council members and members of the public are welcome to share thoughts, memories a

it doesn't soften the blow, as you can tell from roland's reaction. i can tell you. it is the most horrific day in our life. we have about five minutes to accept that and move on. there's another president and a family moving in, and we're going to meet them and be their staff in five minutes. so we have to turn that emotion around immediately from this very sad departure, and it is. on inaugural day when the clintons were leaving the white house, i was standing at the north portico as the last person to leave the white house was amy carter. i mean chelsea clinton. everybody was had gotten in the cars and were waiting for the cars to be loaded to move out, and she came up to me and gave me a hug. a day i'll never forget, but we have to turn that right around immediately and get the new family moved in, and then the family thinks they have to come in and adjust to the executive residence staff, and that is probably the greatest mantra that the residence staff has to live by. no. it's not the white house way. it's the family's way within the white house

reagan even sometimes she said roland, you can't serve that. you're going to fall on the ladies' lapse. i said, madam, it will not. i remember when they doing this giant pear, and she was having lunch and a little table beside her i was on my knee explaining the desert. when i say to her it will not fall, she grabbed that pear and start changeshaking it, and she said, okay that's a go you win. >> on that note, let's go to some questions. >> hi, my name is lata lent from the mum education program at george washington university as well. my question is -- or comment is during my lifetime it's possible that there will be a first gentleman, and i'm wondering what your thoughts would be in terms of the influence of the first ladies on how that role would be. >> well i'll just say one thing, we came close. we came very close in 2008 right? and i think the white house is a very resilient -- although that would have been different because it would have been a former president as the new first spouse, so it would have been very different situation but,

alex roland preparÓ reportajes. alex: los piropos estÁn a la orden del dÍa.s diciendo zona donde los hombres no pueden decir piropos. sin embargo el departamento de transporte dijo que aunque entiendo el concepto de la campaÑa retirÓ las seÑales por no contar con permiso. >> a la mujer, con respecto. >> te molesta eso? >> no. siento que mÁs me luzco. mÁs presumo mi belleza. alex: en una encuesta a 16.600 mujeres en cuarentena los lugares en todo el mundo revelÓ que el 85% sufrieron acoso en las calles antes de los 17 aÑos y un 67% antes de los 14. hace algunos meses una joven en un experimento que grabÓ puso en evidencia la acoso que sufren las mujeres en las calles. mientras en perÚ otro joven fue captado en cÁmaras banda lanzaba piropos a su propia madre que decidiÓ engaÑarlo vistiÉndose como una mujer mÁs joven. >> no puedo creerlo! >> le parece bien que los hombres les digan piropos? >> con decencia, no con groserÍas. ♪♪ breatiz: pasamos a la acciÓn deportiva con raÚl delgado. raÚl: saludos a todos en casa, vamos a continuar con la jornada 14 en mÉxico. s

beyonce, kelly roland, and kelly williams surprising the audience at the stellar gospel music awardsd last night. ♪ singing williams' new song "say yes." and two years ago at the super bowl. the group was together again. ♪ all the single ladies ♪ strutting their stuff to "single ladies." michelle told entertainment tonight destiny's child loves the unexpected. >> we don't want people to know. you know? and we love having those moments where we can rehearse and then just say ah-ha! we're back together! >> but she didn't talk about a tour or album. one thing is certain, reunion tours can be a license to print money. ♪ back street ♪ >> reporter: the back street boys brought back old hits like "everybody." ♪ >> reporter: on their 2014 tour and picked up $32.8 million. new kids on the block reunited in 2008. proving they still had the right stuff. raking in over $35 million. and just a few months back on "good morning america" -- >> we're going to go back on tour this summer. >> reporter: they announced a re-reunion tour. as for destiny's child? there are no confirmed plans for a nostalgi

dominicana y viajÓ con una amiga para someterse una liposucciÓn la familia exige una explicaciÓn, alex rolandespuestas por la muerte de su hija que viajÓ a repÚblica dominicana para hacerse una cirugÍa estÉtica. >> ella a hacer lo que ella cree que tiene que hacer, ay dios mio. alex: su hermana dijo que la joven se encontraba bien de salud y que todo estaba en orden hasta que segÚn ella llegÓ a la clÍnica plÁstica en repÚblica dominicana. >> yo le saquÉ todo de aquÍ, entre medio, todo eso por 3000 dÓlares incluyendo los medicamentos. alex: la joven muriÓ ayer en la clÍnica contreras y el comunicado dijo que la paciente sufriÓ un espasmo y fue asistida, sufrir una insuficiencia respiratoria aguda. el personal mÉdico durÓ una hora luchando para salvar a la paciente pero no hubo respuesta. >> le dije, no te vayas, no te vayas y mira lo que pasÓ. alex: el doctor edgar contreras quien habrÁ sido el cirujano que la atendiÓ no respondiÓ a noticias 41. Él cuenta con antecedentes de mala prÁctica mÉdica en repÚblica dominicana donde se investiga este caso. >> que metan preso a ese hombre y no lo dejen

i would like to start with council member roland wong. >> thank you, mr. franklin. i have two comments. one of them is when we deploy the first phase of the new bart cars, i think it may get very confusing when you have two older existing cars with two doors and the new cars with three doors. i can't really picture how people can actually navigate to figure out which door and you know even with signage, announcements, it's very hard to picture that. so, i know we brought it up at the task force the bart accessibility task force. i'm still really confused at how we are going to manage that or bart will manage that. the second one, i attended the loop, it was wonderful. you can hear everything through the head set it's just a good technology. those are my comments oovment briefly we are going to be indicating displaying on the platforms whether it's a new or old train and creating a symbol by it to be tied to the marking on the flat form. so there will be an audio, visual, a color coding tie in between the designated cars and the cars will have a symbol. it will be a

i got to meet the cbs people and this is what roland mika snowball downhill. so far we are still standing. the great angst of the aged amanda urban who is a partner at icm in new york. a great thanks to all of the staff who agreed to be present here tonight from the saigon branch of ultimately new york. our senior manager in saigon and the man i turned it back him and ran with it and i don't think i ever did. i got him out of the country anyway. i have personal is right next to him. everyone knows you. the head teller, cheese, and many family members tonight. and the big suv -- not suv, svp and new york, my training director 45 years ago. he did a great job. and tom krause who never let go of the story and called me two years ago in saint john, i've got someone you have got to talk to and it was marcus broccoli is a former editor of the "washington post." tom's wife is here somewhere else. kay who has also been helpful in working with all of the event and got me speaking in new hampshire sometime in may. i'll say something about what happened just before we le

now we'll tv introduction read by council member roland wong. >> good afternoon. happy first day of

alex roland nos dice mÁs.desde donde muriÓ erick con destino a washington. >> tener la seguridad que cuando estÁn caminando por las calles, que la policÍa pueden entender cuÁles son los crÍmenes y cuÁles son los criminales y las personas inocentes. alex: sÓlo a un grupo de 50 por seguridad se les permitiÓ cruzar el puente con destino a nueva jersey. antes, miembros del sindicato, la liga para la justicia de nueva york explicaron que la marcha busca llamar la atenciÓn para que se aprueben leyes que permitan procesar a policÍas que cometan abuso de poder y hagan justicia en estos casos. >> nuestros gobiernos no pueden seguir predicando derechos humanos en la china o en otras partes del mundo y aquÍ mismo dentro de estados unidos nosotros estamos siendo sometidos a violaciones diarias. alex: el senador rivera explica que propuso una ley. >> hubo un acto policÍaco de mala conducta, sea un asesinato o un abuso policial, la propuesta legislativa mÍa harÍa que el procurador general fuera la persona que pudiera llevar

roland rudd is going to be on the panel. he points out what many business leaders say -- we don't know what any trade deals would look like. without knowing that detail, it is very difficult to make it into four -- a informed decision. broadly speaking, he runs a pro-eu business campaign. we also have the x chance will are on the panel -- the x chancellor on the panel. it is interesting that we have someone from the defense industry. mark: do not miss it. what's the latest on the campaign trail? anna: it is going more towards defense today. it is being widely reported that the conservative foreign secretary is going to be talking about the conservative party's commitment to nuclear deterrent. that is topical because the s&p has made it one of their redline issues. the labour party have said they are also committed to try. for the conservative party will want to use any opportunity to cut out in voters minds about how secure the country will be after a general election. even though the labour party ruled out any direct relati

just the couple weeks ago in indiana governor signed a bill that they said roland his chances that history was crumble the then there is a new jersey governor crist christie was not conservative enough for some and is not as popular as he once was. is it already all over for cruz trustee? what about 26 deep at this point in 2007 looked like clinton would be the one and romney for while in 2012 now looks like clinton again but we know how that worked out before. i am digging the republican party needs to think about someone younger with traditional values with high regard for the constitution in the working men and benin and their families to make up the middle class. strong enough of character to break big money interests groups like the business roundtable while boosting small businesses and innovation in. and then to pull into strips away from the public trough. that the republican party must be the party of the american dream. to celebrate free enterprise capitalism without embarrassment or a slave to capital someone who will lead the generals and only injure into a war with the final n

the most controversial, "roland stone -- rolling stone did did did not contact three friends. we talked with one of the friends jackie said diz couraged her from going to police saying that wasn't the case, i think that the article really gave people who are looking for a narrative something to latch on to. >> reporter: the report's investigator investigator's say the article's arthur sabrina rubin erdely did not provide the fraternity any question with enough details for them to investigate the allegations and properly respond. it says "rolling stone" did not do enough to identify jackie's alleged attacker. erdely interviewed jackie eight times and pressed her to reveal his last name but she refused saying she feared for her safety. closing in on deadline editors authorized erdely to tell jackie they would stop trying to find her alleged attacker. the magazine gave him the pseudonym, drew. >> we can't say something didn't happen. no evidence to support it regard charlottesville police investigation ended in march and could find no basis to support "rolling stone's" account of

. >> roland, if you were talking to president barack obama right now, what would you say? >> i'd say you have loretta lynch who is doing her job but you need to have strong economic policies that impact folks. when you don't have economic and educational opportunities, you're going to see this happen over and over again. >> he brings up a good point. general motors used to be located here. these people need jobs. i've talked to college graduates who can't find jobs in baltimore. you're a small businessman here. what's needed? >> we just need opportunity. i'm a small business owner. we just need opportunity. it's a lot of black guys who are trying to make the transition from the streets, to get out the streets. we trying anything to get on. we riding bikes. anything to keep our time occupied. >> also hearing all this boarded up housing. i've never seen so much boarded up housing in every city. every other house here in west baltimore is boarded up. who owns this? >> nobody . >> who owns the housing? >> nobody. >> we've got so many people homeless though. >> i'm serious abou

is accused of driving drunk, two days after christmas, and mowing down cyclist tom palermo along roland prosecutors say her blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. she was texting while driving and kept going after the crash, returning more than half an hour later. during the brief court proceeding palermo's family sat right behind cook. no words were exchanged though cook's lawyer spoke with the family representative later. both parties spoke on the courthouse steps. >> we know this is the first step in a long process. so we're looking forward to having this resolved and to see justice. >> our thoughts and prayers are with the palermo family and miss cook can't say anything right now based upon the legal situation and the advice of counsel, but of course we're all saying our prayers. it's a horrible situation. >> reporter: in a written statement later the palermo family said it hoped cook would plead guilty in the case. asked about the possibility of a plea deal cook's lawyer did not rule it out. >> the plea at the moment is not guilty of all charges, but we're stil

vice provost jonathan bagger pointed out that only six miles separate the baltimore neighborhoods of roland park and holland's market, but there is a 20-year difference in the average life expectancy. we have learned in the last few years that life expectancy which is a measure of the quality of life in communities and countries, manifests the same inequality we see in so many other parts of our society. women, white women without high school education are losing life expectancy. black men and black women are seeing their life expectancy goes down in so many parts of our country. this may not grab headlines, although i was glad to see it on the front page of "usa today," but it tells us more than i think we can bear about what we are up against. we need to start understanding how important it is so care for every single child as though that child were our own. david and i -- [ applause ] -- started our conversation this morning talking about our grandchildren. now, his are considerably older than mine, but it was not just two long-time friends catching up with each other. it was so clearly

whether those people come from -- if i'm going to use baltimore references those people come from roland park a place where it's more expensive to live or pennsylvania north avenue where it is not as expensive to live people in those communities should be treated and interacted with exactly the same. and then until we start to recognize that and until we start to take -- make our police officers accountable is for their interactions with the community things are not going to change. number two what i think is what we said there needs to be a partnership between the community and the police department and i think that the way in which policing occurs now, there's not that same sort of thing that we had a decade or so ago where we were focused in baltimore and community policing setting up centers, setting up kiosks in neighborhoods, forging relationships between the officer who worked in that district and in that beat and the people that he was protecting and serving. i think that we need that again because you establish those on a personal level. >> mary i just want to interrupt for a mo

. >>> and the florida mailman, actually is a mailman, who landed that joo roland ed that gyrocopter at a u.s. capitol joins us tonight. a u.s. congressman says if it were up to him, that copter would be shot down. the pilot, 63-year-old doug hughes is here tonight. talk about blaming the messenger, congressman! >>> the majority of democrats in the senate finance committee have voted to put the trade deal on fastrack so all you're hearing about all progressives are against this is not accurate. this is "hardball," the place for politics. people ship all kinds of things. but what if that thing is a few hundred thousand doses of flu vaccine. that need to be kept at 41 degrees. while being shipped to a country where it's 90 degrees. in the shade. sound hard? yeah. does that mean people in laos shouldn't get their vaccine? we didn't think so. from figuring it out to getting it done, we're here to help. >>> loretta lynch has now been confirmed by the united states senate to be the next attorney general of this country. the vote was pretty strong 56-43. ten republicans joined all the democrat

storm track 47 their rom they forecast nice on whether continuing to market the nice on the cause rolandouple days of next week. . >>george: installer big rig is blocking the right hand lines on all suspected span and the west of the bay bridge the upper deck is near the center anchorages back of the traffic all the way through the tunnel on the newsstand of the bridges all way back to the meter light which was turned on early and are set to a very slow in fact look at their almost set to stun for the westbound ride which is very good for the backed up in the maze 18 minutes so a big jump in the drive times for the westbound bay bridge although james's tell me there maybe some of the progress in getting that stall clear as or nearly as we speak the traffic in the right- hand lanes on the approach to the bridge is starting to back up but is still a smooth ride across the span as it tried to get westbound towards them sale the drive time there but a 13 and is now coming out of hayward and list of that the drive time for you here as we track the east bay commute for the san ramon valley jus

john mills and roland rudd will be joining us. i'll be moderating that session.ooking forward to it here. we're going to have a live twitter board so you can join in the debate as well. we're going to take a break. we're back in a minute. ♪ guy: welcome back. you're watching "the pulse." the greek prime minister is in moscow today meeting vladimir putin. the timing of the meeting is crucial as greece is due to pay the i.m.f. 450 million euros. with the dangeror greece leaving the euro still very real the cozy relationship with russia is causing a little bit of concern in the west. david powell that is h report. >> greece involved in the game of brippingsmanship. the players are vladimir putin, alex tsipras and the group formerly known as the troika. at stake is grease -- greece's future in the euro-zone. greece must pay about 460 million euros on april 9. before tsipras will meet puten in moscow. the decision by tsipras to meet putin is a negotiating chip. there are a number of cards greece and russia can play to each other's benefit. russia can announce the list

roland jones. he is buried on the inside. grandparents are both now buried in the church.robably more closely connected to miss martha washington than anybody else, other than george washington, is her first husband and their first two children. this is the final resting place of martha washington's first husband. this stone was ordered from london. although he and both of their first two children, their first son and their first daughter who lie here, were first interred outside the plantation outside of williamsburg, they remained at the church in the early part of the century. this is a tenement. this is one of the buildings that martha washington owned in williamsburg. she actually owned this whole block going back a couple of acres, and which means she owned a huge chunk of one williamsburg was. she stayed here on and off for most of her life. williamsburg was the center of her world. she was here when her husband, daniel custis, was a prominent member of this community and she was here very often when george washington was a member of the house of burgesses, was a po

roland jones. he is buried on the inside. her grandparents are both buried in the church.robably more closely connected to miss martha washington than anybody else, other than george washington, is her first husband and their first two children. this is the final resting place of daniel park custis, martha washington's first husband. this figure stone was ordered for him from london. although he and both of their first two children, their first son and their first daughter who lie here, were first insert at their plantation outside of williamsburg, there remains in these stones are moved here to basically her family church in the early part of the century. this is the custis tournament. this is one of the buildings that martha washington owned in williamsburg. in fact, she owned most of this whole block, going back a couple acres. which means it she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. martha washington stayed here off and on throughout most her life. williamsburg was the political social, and cultural center of her world. she was here when her husband, daniel park

. >> and there is talk this morning, from baltimore's mayor, stephanie roland blake, said she may beew, ten p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew early since things have been relatively peaceful overnight. >> hopefully, they don't want to rekindle what happened over the past few nights. here in baltimore, alec, chris? >> amazing scenes, between the orioles and the white sox, where no one was in the stands. literally no fans. >> one planned today here in philadelphia, at 4:30. >> right at city hall. could affect your travel. bob kelly stay on top of that for you throughout the morning. meantime 8:10, guess who is on good day this morning? >> taj murphy our studio, performs for us. yes, you remember him. he is a singer now, yes, he does it all. plus we have to ask: will he have a role in the full house re aoun snap we want to see that. >> first, boston strong. this ballroom dancer is thriving two years after the bombing, why she is telling her incredible story of survival right here in our studio next. people of the coffee drinking world, dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted j

we've had slow traffic in marin county from roland boulevard. the traffic has been slow.lso have northbound 680 at rut gear. they are clearing a crash there and we've had a crash on the peninsula. we went to marin. let's go to the peninsula now. see if i can make this work. there we go. northbound 101 at old middlefield road. there is a crash there. i would recommend using 280. the time 7:33. back to the desk. >>> happening today, a 10:00 news conference will be held by the santa clara sheriff's office to tell us how an inmate who escaped last month from custody was finally caught. 40-year-old johnle carter was arrested in mississippi with the help of u.s. marshals. carter escaped on march 6th bile beating up a sheriff avenue ducht as he was being taken to the hospital for -- sheriff's deputy as he was being taken to a hospital for a medical appointment. his brother was arrested for helping him after he escaped. >>> tara moriarty is live in the neighborhood where a crime occurred and said police are already examining that surveillance video that captured this crime in pro

vice probost jonathan bagger pointed out that only six miles separate the baltimore neighborhoods of rolandference in the average life expectancy. >> hillary clinton speaking at columbia university. this is her first major public speech since announcing her candidacy for the presidency in 2016. i want to bring in mark clackston, retired new york city police detective, also director and council with the washington, d.c. office of the brennan center. thank you both for being with me. nicole, hillary clinton is calling for a criminal justice system reform from top to bottom. she says this is nothing new, the challenges aren't new, but you need to have fresh new thinking. how do you see it? >> she is absolutely right. you know the brennan center yesterday came out with a new book, we call it the solutions book, and it's a compilation of essays. mrs. clinton is one of the essayist and it is a bipartisan compilation with lawmakers and leaders from across the country who have all seen the light and recognize that we are at a moment in this country's history where we finally have to do something ab

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