and to my left here is a plaque honoring miss bell skinner. of course it says, she was called the godmother because she took care of the citizens of the village after the war. and she was so concerned about the inhabitants. walking out into the courtyard, you get a fantastic view of the whole saint-mihiel region or the saint-mihiel salient as it was known during the war. directly in front of me is the montsec monument. we are west of the monument. but the monument was placed by the american battle monuments commission to commemorate the activities of the americans who liberated this village and many others like it beginning on september 12, 1918. as the americans headed in this direction, they liberated villages one by one. eventually the 26th division of new englanders reached hattonchatel where the germans had left, but there was still fighting in and around the village. much of it left totally in ruins, including the school i am standing in that miss skinner would spend her own money to rededicate and rebuild after the war. you are looking

representing berkeley, senator skinner.representing san jose, assembly member kara and representing oakland, assembly member rob popped up your act together with my colleagues and with all of you, the voters passed regional measure three in june. [applause] >> as he assembly leads, we are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars that will go to help support this very project. there are to watch what hopes i want to mention as we move forward. last week, i had a meeting with fellow legislators from the states of washington and oregon. they do not want us to have the only grand central west on the west coast. they have a vision that we should be able to travel by train from san diego to l.a., to san francisco, to portland, to seattle, and to vancouver. a west coast a vision for how we live. [applause] >> i have one additional hope and that is the hope for my 2-year-old son. i mentioned that word, high-speed rail. [applause] >> it is my hope that someday, my son gets on a train here that is like our experience of getting

her family owned a textile company with the name of skinner. .he had a passion for france she came over here before the war, during the war, and then came back in 1919. that is when she discovered this village and it was destroyed. she decided that she needed to help out. she raise money, give some of her own money, including close to the citizens who had to move accurate after the war. she helped rebuild the village, including the school that i am standing in front of right now. she set up a washbasin in town so citizens could clean their close. walking into the courtyard you get a magnificent view of the home. me is then front of monument. we are west of the monument. but the monument was placed by the american monument commission to commemorate the activities of the americans who liberated this village, and many others like it beginning on september 12, 1918. as the americans headed in this direction, they liberated villages one by one. eventually, the 26 division of new englanders reached where the germans have left but were still fighting in and around the village. left in ruins, i

this was authored by senator nancy skinner of berkeley. also by senator skinner... a bill to give consumers better information on what their dental plans cover... that was also signed by the governor. as was the great redwood trail bill ... which creates a trail system alongside the north coast rail authority from the san francisco bay to humboldt bay. yesterday, the governor signed a bill banning gun sales to people under the age of 21... and vetoed keeping bars open in cities like san francisco and oakland open until 4 am. he also vetoed a ban on smoking at state parks and beaches. and brown has vetoed an earthquake safety bill. that would have made cities and counties to create lists of buildings that could be at higher risk of major damage or collapse during a quake. (jrstone) some bay area news now... as the first ever gun buy back event in sunnyvale collected hundreds of guns today. kron 4's sara stinson spoke with a captain who said today was such a success they plan to contine these events. <"sunnyvale's first ever gun buy back event was a non-stop success.

we also have director kiron skinner who i have not mention before, she is a highly distinguished academic, knowledgeable across a broad range of issues. she's going to make sure the best foreign policy ideas rise to the top here at the state department. when i went before the senate foreign relations committee, i only made a couple of to promises, but one was that i would get the team on the field. i knew this was critical to strengthening the finest diplomatic corps in the world, and that's what i said that day. i told them i'd do my part, that i would fill those positions, i would work with the president to get the individuals nominated, and we have made great progress getting confirmable positions filled, and we need that progress to continue. the places where we still have gaps, places like western hemisphere where we have challenges in venezuela and nicaragua and in mexico and the northern triangle, important areas, we need a leader. we haven't had an undersecretary for management here for quite some time. we need a confirmed person. and a place that i have spent a great deal of time

this was authored by senator nancy skinner of berkeley. also by senator skinner... a bill to give consumers better information on what their dental plans cover... that was also signed by the governor. as was the great redwood trail bill ... which creates a trail system alongside the north coast rail authority from the san francisco bay to humboldt bay. yesterday, the governor signed a bill banning gun sales to people under the age of 21... and vetoed keeping bars open in cities like san francisco and oakland open until 4 am. he also vetoed a ban on smoking at state parks and beaches. and brown has vetoed an earthquake safety bill. that would have made cities and counties to create lists of buildings that could be at higher risk of major damage or collapse during a quake. (jrstone)another big story tonight.a shark attack ... off the southern california coast. a 13-year-old boy was attacked early this morning as he was lobster diving in waters off of encinitas in san diego. this is video of the rescue given to us by a viewer. the boy was rushed to a hospital with repo

and nancy skinner. [applause] >> john is somewhere. i thought he was, anyway.of course, there would be be no possibility without the consistency in the mayor's office provided by none other than the man who is going to be governor and will be called upon to finish financing. [laughter] >> every aspect of what is not yet paid for. [laughter] >> of course, i am talking about gavin newsom. [applause] >> the next lieutenant governor. there will be some other people who we will run into as time rolls on. let me tell you, in the process, some of them will be making remarks. as they make the remarks, i will occasionally drop by. i want to get all of the business parts here. in my new role in life now, i do not offend anybody. [laughter] >> under any circumstances. it is better that way, for me and for them and for my clients. [laughter] >> so we will proceed in the proper order. i didn't go through the briefing. they had a flow of program briefing. and i was kept so busy visiting that i want to apologize to the people who plan to this event because i am winging it all

hundred seventy in how good any soul you know now it wearing the shirts to toe she is black sinclair skinner was on the show and we were talking about this what does that phrase to toshi is black mean to you been blake. is to spit it to somebody is within you i mean if you are able to associate with you by rights in the people of any mind the last group you have like so been blacks either has a blank means anybody who is able to associate or too late to the person always mind their lies with the person who needs to be in power and such if you play so i'm such a she right it seems like it's more in the keeping of the spirit of the creation of big like as a lot of times in the community there's so much infighting now with these different coins and different communities they seem to have lost that spirit side of it that the reason why it came into existence to begin with let's move on to just talk about botswana here for a second so sense in depends. in one nine hundred sixty six botswana has one of the fastest growth rates in per capita income in the world transforming suffer more of the poore

. >>> house minority leader nancy pelosi and state senator scott weiner and nancy skinner want governor jerry brown to sign california's proposed net neutrality law. >> i am so proud that this bill is on the governor's desk now and that everyone here came together and all the legislature came together to support it expect a lawmakers led a group rally in san francisco showing their support for the measure that would restore obama era net neutrality rules that were reversed by the fcc under the trump administration. the bill would ban internet service providers from blocking or slowing down content from some websites and prioritizing some sites over others. >>> a progress report on drinking water and oakland schools is out . the test revealed elevated levels of lead in the water pipes. alyana gomez first reported on this a year ago and gives us an update on changes put in place. >> reporter: a lot of uncertainty last year surrounding faucets, fountains, and other fixtures at oakland schools. after nearly 50 schools tested positive for elevated lead levels according to the district water

keep a 20-year long agreement with ac transit because of funding issues, but state senator nancy skinneranaged to find $1 million to keep the buses rolling. some call her the budget wizard. >> every student deserves safe and reliable transportation to get to school, and, unfortunately, the state and funding of our schools does not provide adequate funding, and we have many school districts that do not provide bus service. some do. some do, but some do not. >> reporter: the mayor was here and said she was exbeing teamly grateful for this money, especially because this money keeps buses running to her alma mater, skyline high school. ac transit takes kids to three schools up in the oakland hills that are off of the buses' usual route. the service section pensive but critical for kids who live in other parts of oakland that want to take the bus to get them to the hills. they had a one-time fix handling only one school year. oakland still needs to come up a long-term solution, but this does buy the city some time. live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> happening now,

i know dennis skinner and he voted with us to get a meaningful deal because the thing that bothers himuse privately, so many labourfigures concede they cannot concede at general election. the only other realistic option is another referendum. in other words, a second referendum. in other words, a second referendum is by default the labour strategy. what we all want is a labour government. that's absolutely clear. we want a labour government. the fact is, politics is turbulent at the moment so we have to have options. what the statement does todayis options. what the statement does today is says we would like a labour government, a positive single market deal sojobs and government, a positive single market deal so jobs and peoplesrights are protected, but if this all goes wrong and we headed towards a tory ha rd wrong and we headed towards a tory hard brexit, then people's vote has got to be on the table. i think you saw the reaction from the labour party members there, the labour party members there, the labour party is a pro—european party, we believe in solidarity with our european n

minister responsible if they feel that is not happening but will seek to ensure that it does suggest skinner. and view of the fight where there are two lives that drove through to be here. on the h.s. to wal-mart goes through newton and the other now apparently is drawn to create difficulties on the chest to bilk and now we've also added a reference to the fight that what is the real cost of a chance to eat change here is quite often what is the latest cost taken into account those two rails to railway tracks to be sure and as i mentioned earlier the testicle canal trust are working with hate is too limited and on the house who are the relations. that they have and the potential outcome that's going to take place regarding the canal area i know that the honorable member has reservations and has consistently raise the cost of haters to but it is in budget and on time we mustn't forget that one status too is up or running it will be the end of this country bringing along with it one hundred thousand jobs in this industry small decades of great suits and austerity to have the shining lights tha

the plan comes from berkeley senator nancy skinner.so approved a bill she also wrote that gives consumers better information on what the dental plans cover. governor brown signed the great redwood trail bill ... it creates a trail system alongside from san francisco bay to humboldt bay. on friday the governor signed a bill banning gun sales to people under the age of 21... governor brown also vetoed keeping bars open in cities like san francisco and oakland open until 4 am. he also vetoed a ban on smoking at state parks and beaches. and the governor vetoed an earthquake safety bill... that would have required cities and counties to create lists of buildings that could be at higher risk of major damage or collapse during a quake. ( marty ) tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of the mass shooting in las vegas that killed 58 people. greg zanis made a cross for each victim shortly after the shooting. he placed them at the iconic "welcome to las vegas" sign. that's close to mandalay bay hotel, where the tragic event took place. now he's

. >> reporter: state senator nancy skinner sponsored the bill that was signed this week. it's not just inmates. the bill requires vegan options at all residential facilities from nursing homes to hospitals. she said inmates were writing her office saying that eating vegan meant scraps only. >> maybe you were left to eating only a piece of bread or white rice. >> reporter: there are nearly 127,000 inmates housed at 35 prisons statewide. each facility is current required to offer a vegetarian or a religious meal. the standard meal and vegetarian meal costs $3 per person per day. the religious meal costs the state $8 per person per day. the bill requires the vegan meal must be cost neutral. the bill faced no opposition. >> i was very impressed with how much unanimous support on both sides of the aisle, including it being a bill -- sb- 1138 being on the consent calendar in some cases. >> reporter: now it is up to the department of corrections in sacramento to come up with this full vegan menu that will be man dated going into effect in june. live in san rafael, kpix 5. >> gov

the superintendent was joined by state senator nancy skinner and assembly members at a news conference this morning per governor brown signed a bill this week providing critical financial relief for the district. it will not have to repay the funds. however, the financial relief comes with significant and important strings attached and the district is not in-state receivership like they had been in the past. >> before we were just given the actual financial support and there were not specific accountability measures. now there are more stringent and explicit roles and responsibilities not only for the district, but for the county and benchmarks that we have to meet along the way. >> the school district now has three years to put together a multi-your plan to improve its fiscal solvency prior to getting the financial relief he had been planning to cut around $30 million from next year's budget three surprises are always fun for children, especially when they, early. >> that is what happened for two sisters in sacramento. what they found outside was something they will never forget. >> r

skinner's legislation would give the public access to internal police records in similar cases. >> california is the only state that has denied any and all public access to investigative records related to police shootings, related to any number of incidents that really the public has the right to know about. >> both bills were supported by the american civil liberties union and are now on governor brown's desk. >>> pro and anti law enforcement protesters squared off in sacramento today. law enforcement supporters organized a gathering to honor a fallen sheriff's deputy, mark stasiak, killed in the line of duty yesterday. activists representing the black lives matter movement held a counterprotest about police brutality against people of color, demanding justice for stephon clark, an unarmed black man killed by sacramento police six months ago. >> because a couple of cops don't do right doesn't mean they're all bad. i'm here for the good ones. >> he was a young man. i feel for his spouse, too. but the thing is that -- that they hope they're going to -- they're going to hold that person accoun

. >>> nancy pelosi and state senator scott weiner and nancy skinner wants governor brown to sign california'sutrality law. >> i am so proud that this bill is on the governor's desk now and that everyone here came together and all the legislature came together to support it. >> the lawmakers led a group rally in san francisco yesterday to show their support for the measure that would restore obama era net neutrality rules that will reap -- that were reversed by the fcc under the trump administration. the bill would ban internet service providers from blocking or slowing content from some web site and prioritizing some sites over others. >>> a major project underway at the san jose minetta airport. >> >>> i want to say to the men of this country just shut up and step up. do the right thing for a change. >> strong statements being made on both sides of the aisle in the accusations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. more on the tensions surrounding allegations of sexual assault. >>> the roads are getting more crowded. we have had accidents popping up and then moving to the shoulder. w

other bills -- one other bill of note, senate bill 1014 by senator skinner. that bill is on the governor's desk awaiting a decision. it had language that mandated that t.n.c. use 100% sabs by 2040. that was removed by language that requires a public utility commission of the state in collaboration with the arb and the energy commission to develop a clean mild standard and a program and required t.n.c. to get there reductions based on the collaboration between the air resources board and the p.u.c. i think that draws to a close date key bills that we watch for and monitor for the year. i just would note, and closing, i will be present at the october board meeting to provide a final report on the governor's action on the bills that i just highlighted. >> thank you. i just want to acknowledge that our mayor, london breed, did contact the governor's office and asked him to affix a signature to the assembly bill. i want to thank her for that. are there any questions for mr watts? commissioner fewer, i see your name on the screen. >> no questions for him. i just wa

we also have director of policy planning karen skinner who i've not mentioned at the podium before she is a highly distinguished academic knowledgeable across a broad range of issues she's going to make sure the best foreign policy ideas rise to the top here in the state department. when i went before the senate foreign relations committee i only made a couple of promises about one of them was that i would get the team on the field i knew that this was critical to a strengthening the finest diplomatic corps in the world and that's what i said that day i told them i'd do my part that i would fill those positions would work with the president to get the individuals nominated and we have made great progress getting conformable positions filled and we need that progress to continue the places where we still have gaps places like western hemisphere where we have challenges in venezuela and nicaragua. and in mexico and the northern triangle important areas we need a leader we haven't had an undersecretary for management here for quite some time we need a confirmed person and in near eastern

my question is the scanners themselves, you run the same set of ballots through one skinner and it might say 65 votes, no problem, four over votes, six under votes. you run it through a different scanner and it might have a different count. and so my question is what are we doing to make sure the scanners are accurate? >> we should replace most of them. all of our technology is free iphone. this is what the facts are on the ground. we don't invest in elections at the local, state or federal level. we got a handful of vendors that work hard but on very slim margins. there are technology problems that can be solved if there's a functioning sort of market and there isn't, there's some really good technology. the new scanners from each of the vendors are really good but most of the country hasn't been able to employ them. the last real investment was in 2002, and we are all sort of together tonickels see if we can patch things up with old technology. >> with the scanners themselves you're looking at a couple , things. in terms of ensuring that scanners are counting appropriately, the first b

scott weiner and nancy skinner governor jerry brown to sign california's proposed neutrality law.like i am so proud this bill is on the governor's desk and that everyone came together and all of the legislature came together to support it. >> lawmakers led a group rally in san francisco yesterday showing support for the measure that would restore obama era net neutrality rules that will were reversed by the secretary under the trump administration. the bolivian internet service providers from blocking or slowing content from some websites and prioritizing some sites over others. >>> a major project increased security at san jose minette airport. the new id is to improve promoter security after recent security breaches.men of the country to shut up and toth >>> strong a statement being made on both sides of the islands the observations grants brett kavanaugh. drawing attention surrounding allegations of sexual assault. if yyou need to stay downeaway from it. call 911. let our first responders come out and handle it. police and fire will respond as well as pg&e. pg&e will make the s