the federal law enforcement officers association, the international association of chiefs of police, the major cities chiefs association, the association of prosecuting attorneys, the fbi agents association supports loretta lynch. a long list of republican and democratic-appointed former u.s. attorneys, including patrick fitzgerald from my state of illinois, a former fbi director appointed by a republican president, a former attorney general from the george w. bush and ministration, the list goes on and on. the fact is, there is no substantive reason to stop this nomination. the republican majority leader announced over the weekend that he was going to hold this nomination of loretta lynch until the bill, which is pending before the senate, passes whenever that may be. and so loretta lynch, the first african-american woman nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the senate calendar. that is unfair. it is unjust. it is beneath the decor and the dignity of the united states senate. this woman deserves fairness. she seeks to lead the depa

my name is alice [inaudible] board member of the [inaudible] neighborhood association. i'm here on behalf of the borebd and our president lisa [inaudible] she is out of town to kbraess proposed amendments to admend administrative code to establish the community advisory committee for the public land for housing. supervisor yee we thank you for your leadership z commitment to insure the balo ow reservoir study and includes a representation och the community and giving the knhunty a voice to help shape the project. we are asking for-we are asking for to insure that the seats represent the community interest. we want a honest and transapparent process and are willing to give time to develop the site [inaudible] cac have true community representation and the proposed amendment are the amendments that the gentlemen before we mentioned so we are in support of that and you have a letter from lisa spunauly explaining the membership amendments that sunaside is proposing. if it isn't possibility to make these change tooz the ordinance to insure community representation we [inaudib

i have been asked to come and let you know that the association along with the other 5 associations i represent in the bayview are 100 percent in support of the development. thank you. >> thank you. >> linda richardson? >> good afternoon president, rosales, commissioners, director and attorney brian. every time we come out here we know to have to push milestone. we also know that you all the key to providing housing in san francisco after you approve this item on your calendar there is a lot of need in san francisco. as a matter of fact, today's women's history month and at city hall today i brought young women, graduates, some of them are living in the basement of their parents. wouldn't it be nice if we can provide more avenues for some of the young people in san francisco right now we seem to have an explosion of them. they want to work in the tech industry, the law firms, they are very creative. we support you and would like you to move this project forward. i think we should be having this every month two or three meetings like this where we come become -- before you and we have

ma gear. >> welcome. >> i'm on the north side panhandle association board i'm here to thank the station and all officers and i think part of our took him in the neighborhood for more years than i can say on the record all of the officers at park station they do very well, i want to thank them and make two quick points we've having had violent crimes not only at park station but in district five hundred i want to make sure that the commission continues to make a effort to chief and hold the officers to highest standards and reminder remember that southern california the violent crimes whether someone is shot and kindly like the boys in the car on hate street those are important things and want to make sure we have the resources you know to continue to focus those resources second point i wanted to make second the commission about the social media policy and would like to comment i'd like to see our san francisco police officers you know we live in one of the most item savvy placed on the planted i think we need to give our police officers tools to interact quickly and really can you reme

as high as 500 to 1 thousand facilities and we are unaware of the list, but we'll work through the association and there will be a guidance and we'll work to get that word out >> so the outreach is at 2 levels and you sort of talked about one level. the other level is the individuals-the community? sometimes people are not aware of the regulations. one institution could easily ignore it and nobody would know >> that is a very very important point and we do have some terrific orgz like open house and nclr that work hard totry to get the word out, but you are right, there are people that get mistreated and don't realize it so it is important >> mr. chairman, may we move to public comments? i only have one card, but i think there is more than one person to speak for this. mu lain hern from the human rights commission and if there is anyone else who wants to speak you can fill out one of the blue cards and public comment is 2 minutes. >> good morning everyone. thank you to had board of supervisors, it is prichbolog to be here today and have a opportunity to comment on this piece of legislation. my

today the associated press filed suit in washington d.c. nds will state department turn over emails from tenure secretary of state especially concerning ben laden raid. the being stonewalled by the state department having filed freedom of information requests as far as back as five years ago. so now the lawsuit. joining us from chicago, tom executive editor of real clear politics and bob cusack. mr. cusack, how much damage did hillary clinton sustain yesterday? >> i think significant damage, bill. i mean, aspects of the left including parts of the media liberal columnists have gone after hillary clinton. the media hates secrecy and that's why i don't think it's going to hurt her for the nomination. but for the general election, because members of her own team, including your buddy jon stewart are going to go after her. you mentioned a.p. lawsuit. this is going to be a story for weeks if not months. >> mr. bevin, what say you? >> i agree. i think it's too early to tell exactly. this is not terminal for prospects for the nomination. but it is

the condominium association promised to look closely into the matter. meantime? >> i will have to shovel in front of that. horace: horace holmes, abc 7 news. kimberly: that is backbreaking work. a d.c. icon affected by the snow. how this year snow could affect the cherry blossoms. and another round of winter weather. >>kimberly: this year's frigid weather could affect the cherry blossom trees. they could reach peak bloom later than normal. next month's temperatures will also help determine when the blossoms come out. peak bloom typically happens around april 4. the weather service will release a full forecast tuesday. that makes sense, slowing down the blooms. steve: peak bloom is when it is puffy white. a few days before that, that is about a month away. so there is light at the end of the tunnel. even though it will be yucky tomorrow -- kimberly: is that a meteorological term? steve: that is one of my technical terms. the temperature near 25 degrees. i hate it, everyone, let's get through tonight and tomorrow and we will look forward to the next seven days. 33

that's what the associate director in charge has said. safety concerns are paramount. >> some things are not complex. for being able to fly under 500 feet within line of sight, daytime operations, that unlocks a huge number of potential applications in value. we need to be working on more complex business like flying beyond visual line of sight, flying in urban areas and things like that. it's going to try to catch up with the technology. matt: where do you think this technology is going to take off first? china, europe? where do you see the best case for innovation and forward motion? >> i think it's going to land differently in different markets. i don't think that's going to be as much to do with the civil aviation authorities as much as how people use the technology. we just got done having a good discussion on capitol hill with many agricultural corporations. farmers want to use this so arguably we would like to think the u.s. is going to be the place this will move the quickest and not just for farmers, but for the consumer as well.

newman on behalf of the rural water association. sir, you are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. my name is k.t. newman and i have been working for or in small and rural community water systems in the mississippi delta for nearly 20 years. i first started out as a small city water manager in my home town of baden, mississippi which has about 1,000 homes. i then worked for the mississippi rural water association as a circuit rider for ten years. in this capacity i visited every one of the delta's approximately 500 small communities to help them with their water and sewer problems. currently i am working for about two dozen small delta communities assisting them with their water and sewer utilities. i am honored to be accompanied here today by the mayor of one of these small towns, mayor everett hill. the town of komo has a population of 1,200 persons. the mayor challenges are compounded by the fact that as a small town mayor h

[inaudible] general counsel of the national federation of filipino american association. i would like to thank supervisor yee for this necessary legislation t. is unfortunate it had to take the death of a beloved community worker and bring this type of legislation. we pass rules prohibiting people from using their cell phones, texting, doing anything that will distract people from driving because we put a great premium on the safety of the people and pedestrians and this is worse than any of those because a bus driver who is busy and forming the passagejures about the city hall and other attractions will be distracted from looking right in front is what happened with mrs. prusilla [inaudible] while i understand that this is limited, it starts the process where important state legislation can begin to correct what is obviously very needed. i cu-mind the supervisor and hope this will be approved as soon as possible and be brought up to the state and get it enacted where it should be. thank you >> good morning supervisors, my name is aenthany [inaudible] i'm a attorney and al

of critical care transport, the american heart association, the american stroke association, the emergency nurses association, society of trauma nurses the american association for surgery of trauma, the eastern association for the surgery of trauma, national association of emergency medical technicians, and the orthopedic trauma association and the trauma center of association of america. i strongly urge the house to support both of these bills and i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. green, seek recognition? mr. green: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. green: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 647, access to life-saving trauma care for all americans act. my colleague and fellow texan, dr. mike burgess, and i have introduced this legislation. i thank him for his leadership and partnership on this issue. the bill would re-authorize vital programs to

newman on behalf of the rural water association. rcumstance you're recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. my name is k.t. newman and i have been working for or in small and rural community water systems in the mississippi delta for nearly 20 years. i first started out as a small city water manager in my home town of baden, mississippi which has about 1,000 homes. i then worked for the mississippi rural water association as a circuit rider for ten years. in this capacity i visited every one of the delta's approximately 500 small communities to help them with their water and sewer problems. currently i am working for about two dozen small delta communities assisting them with their water and sewer utilities. i am honored to be accompanied here today by the mayor of one of these small towns, mayor everett hill. the town of komo has a population of 1,200 persons. the mayor challenges are compounded by the fact that as a small town ma

a jury handed down the verdict against us security associates of georgia yesterday. finding they will neglect in the death of tanya wilson and latanya brown. surveillance video from the former nabisco plant showed a guard running away from the scene of the shooting at the plant. >> security associate guards of the largest facilities in philadelphia. >> this sends them clear message that their guards can't simply run away in the event after crisis. they have to call management. they have to get on the pa system. they have to get on the walky-talky radios, and announce that there is a person in the building with a gun. >> us security associates issued a statement reading in part: us security associates believes that its personnel on duty on the night of the shooting made reasonable decisions and acted with courage in the face after direct threat to their own lives. we are disappointed today's verdict and intend to appeal. >> as we continue this morning, meet the newest host of the daily show. he may not and household name just yet but john steward's replacement is alrea

recently, the commissioner of the national basketball association said the u.s. should consider repealing the federal ban on sports gambling. and he's not alone. there's a push underway in congress and in cash-starved states to legalize it. the newshour's william brangham reports. >> reporter: right now, millions of basketball fans in america are breaking the law, by betting on the ncaa's march madness tournament. and it's not just college hoops it's bets placed on any sport: the nfl, major league baseball, the nba. billions of dollars every year are wagered, but, except for bets placed in person, in las vegas, they're almost all illegal. chad millman is the editor of espn the magazine, which put nba commissioner adam silver, and his discussion of legalizing sports betting, on last month's front cover. >> reporter: right now, outside of las vegas, it is illegal for me to place a bet on sports. so how does one go about doing that? chad millman: you call your bookie. you go online. a lot, there's a lot of internet sites where you can make a bet. >> reporter: off-sh

>> the ocean avenue associations does a lot of work on the corridor and the membership of that association, the mu jrtd of the membership is business people, so i want to make sure that we have a wide enough scope of the possibilities for business owners to participate in this and hat is why i didn't identify that association to name a business person because if you look at the membership it is really mostly residence. >> that you can, i have no further questions >> supervisor kim >> thank you. i want to ask a questions. it is my understanding this ordinance establishes a cac and if a member of a ocean avenue want to apply sfr the seats they are welcome to and there is a pauss where we pass the legislation where we determine who the membership is >> right, there is-most of the seats are fairly open to overlapping interest here. some of our real specific to a association, but one could be living at [inaudible] and be a business person. one could be associated with another education institution that will be impacted and within the district. there is a lot of potential and a lot of commitment

player of the year by the associated press. he missed all of last season after tearing his acl for the second time in his career. he is a talent when he is healthy. as for nick foles his run here in philadelphia is over. when he took over the job from michael vick in 2013, he lit the nfl on fire 27 touch downs against 2 interceptions and went to the pro bowl that season and last year foles struggled before suffering a collar bone injury against the houston texans. it's not often in the nfl that you see a quarterback for quarterback trade. but they are going to try it out. >>> sara bloomquist is live in roxborough sampling reaction from fans. what have you heard tonight? >> reporter: jim, eagles fans are skeptical they want to think that chip kelly has a grand plan but they don't see it. this is what some had to say. >> stupid. that is all i can say about it. how are you doing to build a team have you to build a championship team with championship players. >> i don't know what he is doing, i don't understand what he is doing with

the international association of cheats of police, the sheriffs association. and who work with them and trying to reach those departments. kevin: should federal aid be tied to that requirement? professor robinson: i think that can definitely be done, but remember my, two minutes ago many of the smaller departments do not see -- do not receive federal grants. so there is no leverage there. sari: you're in the justice department and you are a professor of the allergy. i was so surprised that there was never a database for the use of force. did that come as a surprise to you? and why was it a voluntary kind of information gathering? professor robinson: it was not a surprise to me because -- actually, back in the 1990's, there were attempts to set up such a database to the national institute of justice. but again, it goes back to the large numbers of departments and the fact that in a country like ours with a federal system, you have these multiple, multiple small jurisdiction -- jurisdictions who operate independently. and you can ask for data, and they are busy

the president of the student association at the university of oklahoma. appreciate it. >> no problem. >> so there are reverberations in ferguson, missouri today over the damning report of the policing there. the state has pointed a state judge to oversee all of of the case and "real money" with ali velshi is taking a closer look at that tonight. >> it's a big deal. state supreme court issuing a take over of the supreme court to issue those reports. after the michael brown case, and the department of justice accused the local court of being profit driven. how the young and want court clerk work in conclusion with the state police and the city council targeting african-americans with petty fines and arrests. and after days of protests rocked the nation, more later when the local grand jury declined to indict darren wilson, but in the end said officer shot brown in self defense. they sat down yesterday before the news of the missouri supreme court order, and this is what mccollum said about the case. >> there was this quantum leap w. the fact that my father

for the latest, we're joined via skype by nigerian bureau chief with the associated press, michelle faul. so what you can tell us about what happened today? >> we're told pie the police that at least 54 people were killed and another 143 are in hospitals in maiduguri. >> sreenivasan: and this is in the context of advances that the nigerian military seems to be making in other parts of the state, against hockeyo haram, right? >> >> the nigerian military, and the chaddian troops-- the chaddians have been leading the multinational effort to wrest towns and villages back from boko haram, and boko haram's way of dealing with this has been with many more suicide bombings and attacks on remote villages. now maiduguri is the birth place of boko haram. it's the city where boko haram would like to form an islamic caliphate with maiduguri as the capital. so it has great significance for the islamic uprising. >> sreenivasan: and over the past couple of weeks or months, we've also, unfortunately, had to reporta that some of these suicide bombers are young girls or even women. >> girls as young as 10

we just spoke to one of the associate pastors of easton bible church. he tells us that that building right there in the center of all this has actually been here since 1811. it is one of burlington county's most historic buildings and you can see the bulk of the damage now to that building there primarily on the roof area. as you can see ladder trucks are still pouring water on top of it. well, take a look at this video. this is viewer video taken moments after the fire broke out just after 3:00 this morning. you can see that thick smoke. now, according to the associate pastor he tells us that he was actually up late watching tv, he couldn't sleep and that's when he heard noises and then he saw the flames at the door next to his home. now, he says that this is all in the center, in the historic building where there are primarily offices. he tells us that he was able to get not only his family with his children, he got the dog out, he got the guinea pigs out. he says he was also able to alert a pastor that lives on the other side along with his family. th

my name is michael ann though i'm on the board of directors of the neighborhood association and also a member of its retail working group we've been working with the building under the tenant on this project and so i'm here to speak in favor of it you have in your position our letter of support on the 101 townsend i'd like to reiterate this endorsement both the building owner and tenant have worked to diligently accommodate the wishes to make the ground floor assessable we greatly appreciated that effort and strongly urge you to support the project more a adjoin comment whether or not a their governed by the second street interim control we hope you'll take into account the needs of the resident in that area our area is becoming tremendously more residential than a lot of folks in the city realize i know there's a lot of pulth and, of course, the giant by the residents are really coming to the forefront. >> the business and the neighborhood associations are attempting to build a vibrant neighborhood that fixed up everyday of the week we appreciate your help in making that happen thank

she's the cochair ballet association. she opened her own private arts collection for the public to tour and donate proceeds to the non-proeft organization and high school students. amazing background. the more i read it, the more amazed i am. a car miss under grad, a harvard mba, she was married at city hall here in san francisco in 2004. serviced as the director of the health care association. this may take a while by the way. an advisory board member of first republic bank. the former cochair of the san francisco ballet. former trusty of the african knee spor ro, trustedy of the mcdowellicalny. trusty of the new york city ballet. trusty of the art institute of chicago. she found an advate partner as a marketing firm. she is the senior at a private firm i know and have worked with. pamela has been not only an amazing business woman but you are such an amazing member in particular in san francisco of our arts society. i want to thank you for all of your work. and as we approach celebrating black history month here in san f

they're also the subject of a lawsuit filed by the associated press. senior political reporter scott thuman with more. >> they are frustrated and have tried for several years to view clinton's e-mails under the freedom of information act but been denied saying it only went to court after careful deliberation and exhausting "all other options." >> i don't throw anything away. i'm like two steps short of a hoarder. >> what hillary clinton kept and what she deleted is now what the associated press wants to know and is suing the state department to find out. echoing a course of mostly republican lawmakers. >> i think secretary clinton has a lot more explaining to do. >> as democrats rally behind her. >> i think she was terrific. >> i assume that she did everything she had to do. >> and it's not the only suit former federal prosecutor larry clayman has asked the judge to seize clinton's personal server so it can be searched. missing e-mails, though, are hardly unusual. akorpgdccording to the inspector general who until today when he was secretary, state depa

host: thank you to both of you for being here. >> on this morning the associated press is announcing that senator ted cruz is planning on announcing tomorrow that he is running for president. the 44-year-old cruz will be the first high-profile candidate to formally launch a white house bid. coming up next, secret service director joseph clancy will testify before a subcommittee. >> you cannot undo decades of soviet era stuff with eight years, especially where you taught them on a model where they will have u.s. advisors. afghanistan, according to president's announcement, we will have troops there, but we will draw it down to 5000 next year. i will warn that we will see a similar result that we saw in iraq that army will be shaky without u.s. help. >> tonight on q & a, what we should have done to philly and iraq. >> members of the house appropriations committee question joseph clancy about secret service agencies -- agent who allegedly job their car junk into a white house barricade. rep. carter: today we welcome joe clancy. the recently appointed director of the u.s. secret service.

. >> hi my name is a patricia miller a neighbor in hayes valley and member of the association this is a really fascinating evening yet i'm still amazed monopoly harassed mentioned the length of that street are ficus trees an entire row of 8 of them and others are presumably better cared for and trimmed back from the builds and not disruptive the busy that is happening banter and have thought spirit of the whole street i appreciate that commissioner vice president honda's said it is one sides it's not true i'm not an arborist so listening for a compromise it seems to me if they're properly cared for they could be kept alive this is probably a mechanism to make a clear entrance way to put the this up we've lost a lot of trees in the neighborhood very, very, very many trees and having them replaced by small trees that take longer to grow is not an acceptable solution so i people re find something that is larger trees or maintain the ones that are already there for the skid mark of the flow and the policy narrator that live in the neighborhood. >> thank you. is there any additional public

that's the meeting tonight with the hoo, the association upstairs. they're meeting in the screen room in which i don't know if you know the lox was changed friday and i will talk about that in public comment and christina i was trying to get a hold of her for two weeks and i thought she was missing in action and they are saying the redevelopment update and i guess you're going to be there tonight because we're going to be there tonight. we want to know who changed the locks on the door that we used the room for six months. that's illegal. you're an attorney. you're an attorney. you're liable. if i had stuff in there and it's gone and it's the first time you heard you say anything about the western edition, the garage, so i'm going to wait until public comment to see what you got to say and your director got to say because i am adamant and appalled at things going on here and i bet you sit up there and don't know what western edition means and we have the garage. i am employed by the garage. i have been there almost a year. yes, because of my advocacy

funds, through private foundation funding, as well as now direct funding from the cpuc through the association of bay area governments. so no matter the funding source, our mission has always stayed the same, which is to reach as many san franciscoans as possible and to bring the benefits of energy efficiency to those most in need. it turns out that's not an easy task and there are some substantial regulatory barriers in our way. and to give you sort of a brief snapshot of where we've been and where we think we'll be able to go under a cca, i'm going to ask my colleague, kathleen bryant, to come and give you a short presentation which i hope will be very inspiring to you as well. thank you, kathleen. >> sfgov tv, please present the pdf thank you. hello, everyone, my name is kathleen bryant, i am here to represent the department and talk about our current role in energy every si and how we think it might change in the future. we all know that energy efficiency matters. we also know that our future will be in renewable energy. we firmly believe the first step will be to move forward in optimizin

the specific legal elements associated with article 85 and article 99 are available within the writtenovided to you here today. forces command officials associated with this legal case cannot discuss or disclose the findings of the 2014 investigation while legal actions are pending, out of respect for the judicial process, the rights of the accused, and to ensure the proceeding's fairness and impartiality. the army's 2014 investigation into the circumstances of the soldier's 2009 disappearance and capture in afghanistan is currently being treated as potential evidence in the pending article 32 preliminary hearing. this concludes our statement. thank you. >> well there you have it the process is to begin now. we don't know the exact date. first what amounts to a grand jury hearing but in the military justice and then what amounts to the possibility of up to life in prison. three guests with us today katherine harris live in d.c., judge andrew in anapolitano in new york and julie pace white house correspondent for the associated press and live with us from ap. they're not saying anybody

the cost associated with that tunnel approximately $250 million, so if you look at the big picture the cost associated with eliminating flooding in the area during a five year storm is approximately $1.25 billion and we started work with the city attorney's office to see if there is a way to acquire private property that isn't impacted to deal with flooding situations, further the programs of the puc with system wide improvements if the owners are interested in that conversation, so we are working with the city attorneys just like when we started -- they have a grant program the initial reaction was no you can't do that. we found a way to do that. we are hopeful we will find a way to do this as well. having said all of that the critical thing is that the system, our system overall is designed towards that five year storm and when we collect we collect approximately -- we can collect and store in one storm 775 million-gallons so basically if a three hour storm drops that amount we can handle that and that's a five year storm roughly. once we get beyond that our system simply cannot hand

afternoon, commissioners commissioner president fong i'm guy carson a founder member of the california music association and former member of the swishing hall on market street speaking about the supervisor breed night life ordinance that offers protection for the venues currently threatened the fact is the venues are at a disadvantage that will disrupt or destroy their business they have no voice in the planning and no norwalk power any chips to play requires a level of sophistication that few small business owners possess and in this case, the cafe developers that moved in next door wanted to build 87 apartments were big players with big guns they were out of state and had no interest in the night time culture the 87 apartments to build next door that made my normal business impossible they were threatening and they were not making concessions and pass of egress it was one of the key factors i decided to sell my business senator edwards ordinance will put a few teeth in san francisco's sustainability ordinance passed in 1999 which says the policy of san francisco to promote and sustain music in san fr

quickly walk you through the land use plan and the program that is associated with the eir and again most of it will look familiar and we're happy to answer questions as we go through it at the end >> hi good evening, members of the commission i'm kelly happy to walk you through the land use plan for pier 70 that is westward towards did east we'll start with the illinois parcel we'll remember in the 2013 term sheet it was contemplated by request of the city and the port that included in the 28 acre sites they will be a port owned property on illinois outlined in pink was the pg&e on the corner of 22nd and illinois those properties are constituent as part of the special use district and analyzed as part of the environmental review process the more holistic plating approach so as contemplated in the term shoot you'll see the notice of precipitation those properties are included in the plan those properties have been the subject of much planning before the city has joined the project this is a master plan you'll see the 20th and illinois property as outlined as 3 ab on the site it was c

the association says the incident was isolated and further training will happen to drive home the point that amabssadors are required to back off at the first sign of violence. attorney's office and assault charges could be pending for the former ambassador. i'm jeff bush in berkeley, kron four news. >> pam :coming up. california changing the rules regarding schools. playgrounds. and where sex offenders can now live san francisco sheriff's accused of forcing inmates to fight - gladiator style. an eleven year old boy stabbed by a classmate during class in martinez. details ahead. >> pam :a 13-year-old boy was taken into custody earlier today. after allegedly stabbing an 11-year-old boy with a knife at an east bay middle school. it happened this morning in the locker room at martinez junior high school. police say, it was an unprovoked attack. the suspect turned himself in after the incident. he was later booked into juvenile hall on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. the victim was transported by helicopter to a local trauma center for a stab wound to his back. police say. his inju