joshua whites, susan king, johnny galiplane. kendra sugar. yes. >> thank you supervisors for all the work you have done, the office of cannibis and everybody who has worked on the equity program. i run a delivery business here in san francisco, my comments will center around the equity program and things i think need to be recognized. i'm a life long san francisco resident born in the mission district -- >> you're joshua. >> yes. i would like to say as somebody who has cannibis [indiscernible] i feel under equity it should be -- extending the recognized years from 1971 to 2009 and change it from 1971 to 2016 based on the data that even under decriminalzation, communities were still more likely to be arrested than white brothers and sisters and i think that extension from 1971 to 2016 could loop those people into the equity program with cannibis felonies. and a critical component of the equity program is the licencing of consumption lounges for all the reasons discussed already. but to highlight it again, preventing the continued criminalzatio

gettysburg, pearl harbor, the vietnam veterans memorial, and flight 93, and the examples of susan the anthony, martin luther king remind us of our struggle for equality. these places are our american inheritance. generationthat each passes to the next, the gift we give our children and our grandchildren. as the national park foundation prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, we know that protecting our national parks has never been the work of government alone. so much depends on the energy and commitment of local partners. season, and all seasons, i invite you to join us. supporting our parks is how all of us come together and help preserve our common inheritance now and forever. thank you all for joining us this evening. holidays,stmas, happy see you in the parks. >> please welcome the secretary of the interior, ryan zinke. ♪ sec. zinke: well, merry christmas, america. in just a few weeks, it will be christmas. the nativity scene, presents under the tree, and milk and cookies for santa will be seen all across this great land. i'm honored to join you for another iconic image, this blessed holiday, the natio

in the examples of susan b anthony, martin luther king, cesar chavez, remind us of our struggle for equality american inheritance. there parks long to all of us. each generation passes to the next. the gift we give our children and our grandchildren. foundationonal parks prepares to celebrate its 65th anniversary, we know that perfecting our national parks has never been the work of government alone. so much depends upon local partners working to support parks closest to their own communities. so this holiday season and all seasons i invite you to join us. supporting our parks are a way that all of us can come together as one american family and help preserve our common inheritance now and forever. to oil for joining us. merry christmas, happy holidays, see you in the parks. >> please welcome the secretary of the interior. ♪ >> well, merry christmas america. weeks the nativity scene, the presents under the tree, milk and cookies for santa will be seen all across this land. i am honored to join you for another iconic image in this blessed holiday, the national christmas tree lighting. i would

the examples of susan b anthony, martin luther king and cesar chavez remind us of our struggles for equality our american inheritance, the parks and historic sites that along to all -- that belong to all of us. the legacy that each generation passes to the next, the gifts we give our children, and our grandchildren. as the national park foundation repairs to celebrities 50th anniversary, we know that protecting the national parks has never been to work on government alone. so much depends upon the energy and commitment of our local partners working to support parks closest to their own communities. so this holiday season and all holiday seasons, i invite you to us, supporting our parks is a way that all of us can come together as one american family and helped to preserve our, inheritance now and forever. thank you all for joining us this evening, merry christmas, happy holidays. you will see you in the parks. us,[applause] >> is welcome the secretary of the interior, ryan zinke e. sec. zinke: well, merry christmas america. [applause] weeks, images of christmas the nativity scene, , presents

and finally you'll see the story of susan king taylor who not only served as a nurse but ultimately opened up her own hospital. why don't we go forward and look at some of the artifacts that speak to freedom during the period of emancipation. how do you tell a whole population of people that they are now free? in fact, those same men that frederick douglass fought for to ensure that they were able to fight for freedom on the battle field were responsible for carrying things such as this, this very important tiny but powerful handheld emancipation proclamation. they carried a handheld emancipation proclamation from plantation to plantation and told men, women, and children they were no longer enslaved. >> we are back live at the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture. we want to continue with specialist mary elliot. thank you for the tour. now a chance for more questions. we appreciate you being with us. >> thank you. i'm excited to speak with you. >> we want you to participate phones are open. 202-748-8901. those eastern or central time zones. 202-748-8901. twe

important because some of those impressive surge in her history, edward muskie, olympia snowe, susan collins, and angus king. and for the record, please know that. thank you. senator mccaskill. >> thank either i'd like to take a moment personally just to thank my fellow, my military fellow, lieutenant sean foster is is lasting. he's been incredibly helpful to my office. i'm very appreciative of the military are providing us fellas. fellas. sean was thickly terrific. he is leaving to go to the army legislative liaison office so all of us will get to know them better. i wanted to briefly recognize his great work in my office over the last two years. i'm going to miss shot a lot. how many of you have read the november 2017 dod ig top ten management challenges that were issued in november? everybody read it? no? who has read it? >> i glanced over it. i must admit it was in my read ahead package. >> i read it yesterday. >> secretary wilson? >> no. >> i'm going to ask this question. almost everything any of you come up younger ask if you have read ig reports. nothing is more irritating to me and when the really h

king fbi files. the files on justice marshall. susan b anthony. and now, the first photo of harriet tubman that was ever taken, that shows are not as the older woman we all think about with the shawl, but harriet as she led the underground railroad. to coordinate with the american museum to-american purchase that photo and make sure it was there. but to also have those pinch me moments, i call them, and to share these treasures. with the rosa park papers, but just recently, with the papers of frederick douglass. i have to tell you, when you are at the world's largest library with collections that date back to, i don't know, 500 bc and everything, these are collections that you go through and you see in the stack areas, 830 six miles of shelving. they reach from here to davenport, iowa. items to be catalogued and made available. the papers of 33 presidents from george washington to calvin coolidge. as ialk down the aisles, did recently. because i have had the in baltimore, in maryland, and really, connected quote,ederick douglas's once you learn to