tony leads the special task force in charge of arresting the most dangerous fugitives and he loves his job . man hunting is the daily job of tony burke. fifty of them are ready to intervene in southern california on the slightest lead to apprehend a fugitive they are quick to top class soldiers with assault rifles satellite phones and armored vehicles in case of a shootout. their targets are the real criminals the ones which have nothing to lose you know it no matter what the task force was formed for office to get. our focus of violent crime you know rape robbery murder. you know child molesters. kidnapping the more violent crimes because those are those are people who get off the street i mean there are one violent violent actions against people in the community. these alleged cops have nothing in common with bounty hunters to become a u.s. marshal you need to have graduated from law school or to have served in the military tony for instance is an ex marine. i've got john warner getting like four people together. here this public enemy has been on the run for nineteen months. he kill

the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> a special task force created to investigate the japanese nuclear disaster presented its findings to the regulatory commission tuesday. it includes recommendations for improving backup power systems in nuclear plants. they urged the agency to complete consideration of new safety regulations within 90 days adding that the industry would have five years to implement any new regulations. >> well, thanks, everybody, for sticking around. i think we had a good productive meeting. we heard from the task force on the recommendations they've made, and i think you heard and saw the commission's strong interest in the issues brought forward by the task force, and i look forward to the commission working through those issues in a very timely way. as i've said, i think we can accomplish that in 90 days and give charlie and his team an answer on the recommendations and whether we agree or disagree and how we intend to move forward. with that, i'll be happy to take any questions you have. >> mr. chairman, you already rec

in places like honduras would have helped the government set up a special task force that is focusingon some of the crimes that have been committed against journalists among other groups. in places where we have seen government pressure on independent journalism, we have certainly spoken out. we have ensured that we have robust exchange international visitor programs for independent journalists so that they can share their expenses, so that they can learn from other journalists. and so there are a variety of places, the oas general assembly this spring, there was a two resolutions passed at 100 of expression, one on freedom of assembly, not always easy to get those issues focused on. we have given monetary contribution to the oas freedom of expression because we think her work is quickly important in this area. so there are a variety of means that we use to try and promote and protect the vibrant media in these countries. and we will continue to do some spent my final question is, with the oas is inter-american democratic charter, what can we do working with the oas to strengthen its

the nuclear regulatory commission tomorrow will consider a report by a special task force to review nuclear safety and the wake of the japanese disaster. today, the head of the nrc called on his agency to complete consideration of new safety recommendations within 90 days. from the national press club, this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. my name is mark hamrick and i'm a broadcast journalist "associated press" and the 104th president of the national press club. where the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming events such as this well working to foster a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club i would ask you to visit our web site at www.press.org and to donate to programs offered to the public through our eric friedheim national journalism library. find more information at www.press.org/library. on behalf of our members worldwide i would like to welcome our speaker as well as those of you who are his guests and thos

in honduras, we have helped the government set up a special task force focused on crimes that have been committed against journalists. we have ensured that we have robust exchange programs for independent journalists so they can share experiences and learn from other journalists. there are a variety of ways. there were two resolutions passed, not always easy the issues focused on. we have given monetary contributions because we work is critical in this area. there are a variety of means we use to try to promote and protect the vibrant media in these countries, and we will continue to do so. >> with the oas charter, what can we do to help it strengthen its result in pursuing enforcement of the charter? hink --e >> i only ask excellent questions. >> what we do with oas is try to support with allies in the hands hemisphere.m the region came together as a whole tax on concerns and threats we are seeing to democratic process these. it is not always easy to get that consensus to work in all areas, and we have to continue to refer to the charter and to make the charter real through programs an

special forces engineer sergeant. in july, 2009, he deployed for the third time in support of operation enduring freedom as a member of the combined joint special operations task force in afghanistan. sergeant pucino was highly decorated, a testament not just to his abilities as a soldier but to his true character. this includes such honors as the bronze star medal, purple heart medal, the army commendation medal, and the army good conduct medal. the national defense service medal. the iraq campaign medalful the global war on terrorism service medal. noncommissioned officer professional development ribbon. army service ribbon. nato medal, combat infantrymen's badge. parachutist's badge and the special forces tab. in tribute to the sergeant's ultimate sacrifice for our country, i have joined with my colleagues in the massachusetts delegation in introducing h.r. 2062 to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 45 meetinghouse lane in sagamore beach, massachusetts, as the matthew a. pucino post office. i respectfully urge all my colleagues to vote in favor of this legislation and honor sernlt pucino. a hero, not just to the citizens o

this entire investigation has been handled by the react task force based in santa clara county. they specializetechnology crimes, just like this one. reporting live in san jose, i'm matt bigler for cbs 5. >> matt, thanks very much. >>> 6:41, with just eight days until that debt deadline, we will tell you about the competing plans on the table. >> and ha a drag in the central valley. why a man reached into a car, and trying to retrieve something while it was going 35 miles an hour. we will tell you what happened. >>> and the market opened around 11 minutes ago. a quick check. it is down across the board. way down. the dow is down about 111 points. and we will get you an update on what is going on, when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning, folks. just getting up, headed outside, low clouds and fog just about everywhere you go. all the way in the east bay right now. and in the background, we've got mount diablo, covered in low clouds. and drizzle along the coastline. so it is a cool wet start in the bay area today. as we're seeing drizzle out to the beaches right now. low clouds ex

the opportunity to serve as a member of the redistricting task force and to serve the city in committee in this way. my interest in the special assignment stems from my passion for san francisco, a deep commitment to community involvement, as well as community engagement. i have interests in all things political. i have been actively involved in civic affairs in san francisco and with various community and political organizations for the past 15 + years. i worked in areas around urban planning, environmental issues, women's issues, and have been very involved in the jewish community. i am a past president, like my good friend and colleague, adjacent p -- jason porth, in the club. i am running a small business providing government and community relations consulting services. what i wanted to highlight for you is the fact that i have considerable experience in the community outreach fund and also a very strong group process person. having either chaired or staffed numerous volunteer-led efforts and committees over the years. i also wanted to communicate the fact that i would not be coming to this effort with any preconceived no

the opportunity to serve as a member of the redistricting task force and to serve the city in committee in this way. my interest in the special assignment stems from my passion for san francisco, a deep commitment to community involvement, as well as community engagement. i have interests in all things political. i have been actively involved in civic affairs in san francisco and with various community and political organizations for the past 15 + years. i worked in areas around urban planning, environmental issues, women's issues, and have been very involved in the jewish community. i am a past president, like my good friend and colleague, adjacent p -- jason porth, in the club. i am running a small business

task force. i have had the pleasure and honor of working with jl on several different campaigns, and she is a tireless worker who pays special attention to detail. she is a detail-oriented. she also is very complete in her work and make sure things get done right. as a witness of this, i can support her with full confidence in my heart that she would be good. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i have lived over 30 years in the bay area. a lot of time in the bayview hunters point area, where i have worked at the hunters point shipyard. i have worked with redevelopment programs in that area. i am here to represent a very, very important worker that i think the task force really needs, and it is lj cirilo. she is a tireless worker, as previously stated. i had the privilege of working with her. i do presently work with the coalition on homelessness as a volunteer. and working with the coalition i have found her to be very diverse, multi-cultural. she tends to work with people from different backgrounds and does not change one bit as far as her input. i have seen her work with the families, multiple large families, especi

. >> montgomery: bill ruzzamenti was a special agent with the dea for 30 years, and now runs a federally-funded drug task force in california to seek out and seize illegal marijuana and eradicate the grows. >> can you open it up? sure. open that up, too, if you don't mind. can i... i'm going to take it out, okay? >> yeah, take it, take it. >> is this shake or is it processed? this is processed. >> montgomery: this looks like an open and shut case, until ruzzamenti sees the posted doctor's recommendations. they're curing and getting this marijuana ready, and there's nothing you guys can do? >> no, because it's all being done under the auspices of 215-- that it's a medical marijuana grow, and that they have posted permits or posted recommendations from doctors that preclude the sheriff's department and/or anybody else from taking it off. the whole concept of medical marijuana is being used as a cover by drug traffickers and drug dealers to sell marijuana outside of the state of california, where they can make more profit. >> montgomery: earlier in the week, sheriff's deputies were able to seize thousands of poun

the special meeting, the letter, anything you can do, i think it's time to do that and just commissioner mirkarimi's point, i'm on the renewable task force that was mentioned with jason freed and barbara hail. we had a number of meetings and the only plan to get to a 100% renewable energy system in san francisco that's on the table is c.c.a. so let's move it forward. supervisor campos: thank you. is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed on this. this specific item. colleagues, we have an item before us, can we have a motion to continue this with the understanding that we also will send a letter requesting action from the p.u.c. at commissioner mirkarimi? >> i'm more than happy to support the motion. i would actually double up on the idea if action doesn't take place i would encourage and co-sponsor with you the resolution to the board of supervisors that we move forward from board of lafco and board of supervisors in putting a real expedite on this. supervisor campos: i think there's a very clear message if there is no action on the part of the p.u.c., the board of supervisors

special orders and move to item 46. >> items 46 and 47 were considered by the rules committee and were forwarded as committee reports. 46 is a motion appointing three members to the redistricting task force. supervisor chiu: discussion? supervisor kim. supervisor kim: thank you. as you know, this is a task force that has been much talk about in the past and is something that will shape the future of the board of supervisors over the next 10 years. we have recommended three individuals out of, i believe, over 23 applicants -- 23 applicants have applied. we had some great applicants, and it was a pleasure to hear from many folks that will want to serve on this committee, which will be very time consuming and will deal with some important issues. we have forwarded might -- mike alonzo, jenny lamb, and the election commission has appointed three members as well. just to get a sense of the current composition, this is the committee that most forward, we have one individual that lives in district 2, two that lived in district four, one in seven, one in eight, and one in 10. we have two white males, one african-american female, one african-american male, one latino female, and one asian- americ

special operations to take care of the families and the operators. the real question for u.s. socom is: is that enough? i think the pressure on the force task force beginning to look at what ten years of fighting has done, we realize that the current programs are not enough. so we have a number of programs being implemented daily across the force. we think based on the results coming back from the task force, we're going to need to apply additional resources to support the soldiers and families. >> will you share that with us? >> sure. >> my time has expired. but i want to share a question from general allen. you seem optimistic, i don't see general frank with you. i was there a year and a half, maybe longer. time flies around this place. but without the corrupt issue from karzai down, how are we ever going to get the system when you talk about reintegrating people back in. i remember the exact piece and the committee and the cash flow that goes through there. but the corruption is layer upon layer upon layer, generational upon generational. give me some thoughts of how that's ever going to get resolved. honestly, it seemed like every dolla

special at rations asked by of the fight in afghanistan. just to give you some statistics over the course of the last 12 months, the task force i committed overthere we conducted approximately two dozen operations. of those two dozen orations, somewhere in the neighborhood had 88% were in fact conduct that night. i think what is lost on a lot of folks is that aproximately 84% to 86% of missions we never fired a shot. >> admiral, it's fair to say a 78% of people were detainees come from the special operations missions. >> general allen, if the afghan government consisted of the 2400 people we are detaining at all in prison under the law of war be transferred to last and control by january 2012, which you have concerns about that decision? >> at commissary. >> would it affect her ability to be successful? >> i think it would. >> let's talk about counterinsurgency. the option that the country is chosen for president of him is to withdraw 10,000 this year, all search forces goney september. is it fair to say, general allen, that was often at the options presented to the president by general petraeus? >> it is a more aggressive option than that wh

the task force is similarly focused on efforts to combat fraud, waste and abuse with respect to the tar program. the engaged in successful efforts to partner the specialspector general of the t.a.r.p. program with u.s. attorneys offices around the country. and there's been good results in this area. sitar with other task force members brought cases including park avenue bank which it is one of -- which was the first conviction of an individual attempting to defraud the program of the $11 million. another working group of the task force focuses on securities commodities investment fraud and brings together a broad array of an oppressive subject matter experts as described by the u.s. attorney jones. in the first year the group members conducted workshops on important issues such as the dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act investigations and prosecution investment fraud schemes in parallel, criminal and civil proceedings. during 2010, the working group members investigated and prosecute members commodities fraud involving a large complex cases against executives for example, different task force members including the criminal divisi

the task force is similarly focused on efforts to combat fraud, waste, and abuse with respect to the tar program. it engaged in successful efforts to partner the special inspector general approach t arp program with u.s. inspector general programs across the country and there have been good results. they have brought cases including a park avenue bank, which was the first conviction of an individual attempting to defraud tarp of $11 million. another working group of the task force focus is on securities, commodities, an investment fraud. it brings together a broader array of impressive subject matter experts as described by u.s. attorney jones. in its first year the working group members conducted workshops on important issues offsets the dodd-frank wall street reform plan and consumer protection act, investigations and prosecutions of investment fraud schemes and parallel criminal and civil procedures. during 2010 working group members in this event prosecuted numerous securities and commodities fraud involving if large complex cases against executives of the highest levels. example, a different task force members including criminal division u.s. att