. >> i'm terence allen, i've been chair of your task force on cannabis legalization for over two years, a conversation that's been going on weekly and officially monthly open to the public chaired and pardon me, department heads 714 voting members. i support that this task force be opened up and expanded to include our new equity applicant type as is being described by the equity report. i would like to ponder for a moment what happens in the neighborhood. we have neighborhoods in our city that have extraordinary high vacancy rates. it would seem to me that if those neighborhoods it would be logical for businesses that have having a hard time finding a location elsewhere to be able to go and enter those neighborhoods and create some critical mass so that others wanted to be there. restaurants will follow if a cannabis dispensary is open. scumsconsumption location also follow if we allow for them and there is an evolution that would occur that would not push other businesses out but would shine a spot line on that particular neighborhood and make it attractive so that other businesses,

allen dogan has more from manilow. well this report of amnesty international is the very first detailed briefing on what transpired in the month long quantz leads in the southern philippines after terence lee abbott international the team traveled there in september and spoke to at least fifty civilians these abilities books about the use be committed by both sides the mouse even the philippine military this comes as no surprise because even weeks into the conflict we have been getting reports poking the civilians and said that they have been abused by the moussa group and they have been targeting christians for the worse of abuses like exit fusion sexual assaults and even being actually forcing them to commit looting and pillage all across where are we city but now it comes at a very critical time at a time when martial law is still implement that all across with the now the government promised to lift that. marshall would be there now by the end of december there's been no commitment since it is critical because martial law actually prevents people from coming forward and filing a complaint a lot of visibility had spoken to also say that they are afraid to even submit a list of their