. >> one of the two taliban fighters killed in an attack on a local afghan army base. a lot of inhabitants from this village in charkh have gathered today. >> they're here to pay their respects. they're here also to mourn, and also show that they are proud. >> the dead man's father was amongst the mourners. >> many of the dead fighter's comrades were there, including 17-year-old ehsanullah, who also took part in the attack. after the funeral was over, i followed him as he went to meet a friend. i asked him to tell me what motivates young men here to fight for a movement like the taliban >> from what i was told, the taliban in charkh are mostly recruited from the 40,000 people who live in the district. >> the taliban are feared across many parts of afghanistan - and especially outside predominantly pashtun regions. before they were toppled from power in 2001, and like other groups during afghanistan's civil war, they committed horrendous massacres against civilians. when they ruled afghanistan, they imposed an extreme interpretation of sharia's law, and provided a safe h

businesses. >> we represent the small, local businesses in the entirety here, so this is a great program, and fantastic, but it excludes a big part of our constituency, and if there is no formal out reach, program, like this, then we are going to be you know, kind of where we are at, with the america's cup. no business, and we did, zero business with it is america's cup n small business with the very few exceptions, and so, i was very hopeful when i heard your director, and your executive director, present at the chamber of commerce that this was a program for all small businesses and so i am a little surprised, that this is restrictive as it is, that is all. >> commissioner white, you had mentioned, out reach and certification and i wanted to know, two things, what kind of out reach will you be doing to be diverse, businesses, local. and second, what does the certification entail, is there a cost or how do they get certificated? >> yes, thank you for those questions. and the first answer, is that the out reach will take place through the channels that service

rentals of less than thirty days we contracted the owner investor that lives out of the country the local property agent was hosting the property so to speak we actually had a slightly easier time identifying that prompt bylaw due to the loss number of listing on the site it's a challenge because the addresses are not list on the website when we contacted the owner we found later that the listing that alone change e changed to modern thirty days we kept the complaint over to monitor it when we received other condominiums from folks in the neighborhood we found the listing converted to less than thirty days when we checked previously the listing was a changed too often 60 days that is compliant with our planning code at this point we contacted the local property agent and at this time we have just received last week some long time leases for the property we've not identified other additional questions perhaps. >> how do i think the current form of the legislation low make sure those investigations are not a year and a half long? >> well having a registry will go a long ways in identifying

we have the local station and the 5 and 9 and the local stops and they will be slightly modified. what this means is the local service which is only slightly modified to increase the stops facing between the stops from the current about 930-1100 feet. basically the local access will still be maintained but the local rapids will be maintained from 900 feet to 2100 feet and those interested in walking a little bit further. simon went into this liblt but all of our stops would be modified. there would be a minimum of eight 8 feet wide so they are all wheelchair accessible. half of them are not accessible for the f. in the future all the stops will be modified to accommodate wheelchairs at all locations and in addition we'll be extending the islands to accommodate more buses. some of the stops can only accommodate one or two buses at a time. on first street we have 85 burse in -- buses in an hour. by extending the bus stops to accommodate 3 or more vehicles at a time we can get people on the bus faster. when people are going in the same location. going web, outbound, we know that peop

the 56 u.s. states and territories and local governments. so for 80% of the grants, jag grant, the average award size is only $30,000. >> are you aware of any piece of equipment that is either given away for allowed to be purchased? i'm talking about tess defense department. any pieces of equipment given away that would not be available for purchase by local police department? or are they all available on the open market. >> an mrap is not available. >> when i watt in production, any restrictions in terms of people being able to buy that? >> i'd have to go back and look at that. probably the restriction, it was unavailable. >> my point being, we're making the decision at the wrong level here. if local police depths actually needed this equipment, if they felt it was necessary, isn't the proper way of doing this is have them go through anywhere city councils and states and make the political case for armoring up to protect themselves, whether it's against drug lords or counterterrorism? i can understand the federal in terms of information shar

the life. >> we definitely try to use as many local grirnts as we can we use the goat cheese and we also use ndors we use greenly produce they summarize the local soured products and the last one had 97 percent open that. >> wow. >> have you taken up anything unique or odd here. >> i've picked up a few things in napa valley i love checking chocolates there's a lot of types of chocolate and caramel corn. >> now this is a given right there. >> i'm curious about the customer externals and how people are richmond to this collection of cities you've put together not only of san francisco food in san francisco but food across the bay area. >> this type of market with the local savors the high-end products is great. >> i know people can't believe they're in an airport i really joy people picking up things for their friends and family and wait i don't have to be shopping now we want people take the opportunity at our location. >> how long has this been operating in san francisco and the late 18 hours it is one of the best places to get it coffee. >> we have intrrnl consumers that know of this origina

. >> a hearing on the use of military equipment by local police. the senate homeland committee heard yesterday from defense justice and homeland security department officials as well as former police officers, the naacp and photo journalist who covered the protests in ferguson, missouri. >> the room come to order. we want to welcome all our guests, especially or witnesses, first are first panel and second panel. one month ago today, an unarmed young man named michael brown was shot and killed by local policemen in the town of ferguson, missouri. it's been stated that the officer was acting in self-defense. while the incident remains under investigation, this much is known. it's caused a very real pain for mr. brown's family, as well as for many residents of ferguson and for others across our country. the events that unfolded in ferguson have sparked a much needed national discussion on a range of issues, including police strategy, law enforcement response to civil protests and unrest and race relations. the purpose the today's hearing, though, is no

the d.o.d. has done in issuance of equipment to local agencies? >> correct. >> so, how do you then know that in terms of the use of the homeland grants for this, that there isn't -- shouldn't be some follow-up? >> so, that's an entirely different story. i will say on the -- i know the defense department's equipment under the 1033 program is free. grantees have paid for, i believe, transportation costs using grant funding. but it's a very small percentage of use of grant funds. so, in terms of how grantees use equipment that has been acquired with our programs, for the state program, even the urban area program, the grants pass through the state. 80% of the state program funding has to go to local jurisdictions within that state. so, we work with the state in oversight. in their applications they tell us more and more detail now about the projects they intend. certainly, we have the ability to drill down in as we are doing with the state of missouri and follow up on use of the equipment to ensure that it meets program requirements. so, we have this

and on the other hand, if, deseret mechanical wants to try and fabricate, locally, and use the local 38 they are going to have to find a contractor to do that. >> and so under the scenario, either dmi violated the poa or violated the subcontractor listing requirement and both required that the bid to be rejected. >> but does conclude your time, unless there are any questions from the members of the board of directors? >> well, i... and yeah i would be asked to just to hear your super expective on perspective. >> that is for both kids and hvak.. >> is that the core issue of your protest. we saw the response to the protest and i am satisfied. >> okay, thank you. >> mr. lebron? >> he actually said that he wanted to comment on ten. okay. >> i called the items 9 and 10 together. >> go ahead. >> so, my remarks, are really, more general than on time and on budget, and we already have mentioned (inaudible) before and that is 22 and a half million dollars is coming on time and on budget, and you are going to ask yourself, how is that possible? how could they do this? ? and so what i did is i

he stressed the need for continued financial support to revive the local economy. abe acknowledged the difficulty of sato's decision and expressed appreciation. >>> a group of japanese lawyers says the poem that run the fukushima plant are going back >> none of the 14 fire fighters on duty saw it. >> translator: we need to investigate whether this caused a delay in the release of the evacuation advisory. >> the deadly landslide has brought to light other problems with the disaster warning system. dozens of sirens were set up across the city after torrential rain and landslides claimed 31 live ins 1999. none of they want were evacuated. >> translator: if you don't use the sirens for something like this, what's the point of having them in the first place. >> the volunteer fire brigade in each ward is in charge of operating the sirens. but it doesn't specify who is ultimately responsible for sounding the alarm. >> translator: it would have been easier for the local fire brigades to use the sirens if they had received a direct order. >> fire department officials say the

your local county government and city councils control the purse strings. tition local politicians and not pay. you can use that. at the local level envoys will be heard. since. >> what advice would you have for corporations? we talked early on to my the revelations. all the data source. they did not create microsoft. they were basically partner with the private sector. we know that the private sector is to make money. they produce products. the same time we want them to no less. but we want our privacy protected. fossils protecting your privacy. what would your advice be to accompany as far as their transparency to consumers and how they treat customer data, especially going back to the principle of if you collected and all technologies active volume of it bad guys wanted to. an aide to talk about how it might be used by other companies or government organizations. what would your advice be to companies based upon your research on the next step that they need to take to regain customer confidence, trust, and start rebuilding and transparency conversation ar

she supported the local control measurers and the compromise left her with mixed emotions. >> i have disappointment and also a sense of this blue ribbon commission could really be an opportunity for not only colorado but other states dealing with this issue. >> governor hickenlooper is asking lacko to co-chair the new commission charged with resolving the conflicts over local control. she says it can't be ignored anymore. >> the oil and gas industry refuses this time to address the people's concerns. they will lose their social license to operate, and the

in the local mraps police and sheriff's department is far higher than the mraps in possession of our country's national guard. in texas, local law enforcement agencies have 73 mraps. the national guard has only 6. in florida, local law-enforcement agencies have 45 mraps. the national guard has zero. i would like to ask for consent the information provided the from the defense department be included in the hearing record today. and also the department of justice information received about consent decrees into the record. >> without objection. >> a question whether they need this kind of equipment and whether they need it more than our state's national guard. one of the key lessons learned throughout iraq and afghanistan wars is the idea we had to win the hearts and minds. one of the ways the military try to do that was acting more like a police force. working with communities, helping to repair broken windows and damaged property, and trying to appear less militaristic with their presence in the communities. at theit ironic that same time we are embracing those tactics as strong eviden

by the federal government to state and local police. it is our job to ensure that these programs provide value to police, to the community they serve, and to taxpayers. dr. coburn. >> good morning. thank you to our witnesses for appears, in both this panel and the second one. thank you to the chairman for convening this hearing. as i look at my short time left remaining in congress and having traveled for two weeks in oklahoma in august, i am brought contingencies t constantly and frequently back to the position of our founders, and not only their vision, but their wisdom. protect and serve. our founders saw no role for the federal government in state and local police forces. none. and yet what we have seen is, on the basis of what we saw on 9/11, what seems to be an overreaction and a progress to where the federal government in law enforcement is doing the same thing it's done in every other area whether it comes to the general welfare clause and the commerce clause. and we're on dangerous ground. of undermining the very principles that

she worked with the local people here. and actually -- it looks like this is going to continue to was initiallyat planned. we didn't write out a check. getting a credit against taxes in future years. frankly, the state is going to i know the fort madison school district gained substantially. deal.as a great >> we will continue on this same subject with the next two questions. so for the next question, let's to danielle, who has a question for senator hatch. >> senator hatch, if you're elected, what's your plan to make sure that any business that does receive a state tax incentive is held accountable for job creation, contributing to the overall economy, and also you also explain how you have used tax incentives in your own private investment? >> absolutely. when -- the one important thing you have to do is, as a and make sure that there's transparency, accountability and responsibility. is another good area of an example in which governor branstad did not use any of those three guidance or principles in negotiating a deal.

can your organization build the trust with the local authorities and build the trust we need?n liberia where we'rer are active and have there from the beginning of president johnson's tenure. but in other countries, they will have to work with the local health ministries and the local people which is why it's encouraging to me that we may have an african coordinator who will have, i think, a lot of credibility working with the overall u.n. coordinator and the world health organization and everybody else. i think, by and large, doctors without borders deserves an enormous amount of credit because they have put their lives at risk and put everything into it. so many people have gone there to serve, and now that partners in health is going in, the partners in health is my partner in africa and they've done a lot of work in ever cay and have a very good name. we're going to, i think, see a big ramp up, and i think, in liberia, i saw a news story which interviewed people on the street who were really thrilled the american government and the military were going to invest in goindoin

the d.o.d. has done in issuance of equipment to local agencies? >> correct. >> so, how do you then know that in terms of the use of the homeland grants for this, that there isn't -- shouldn't be some follow-up? >> so, that's an entirely different story. i will say on the -- i know the defense department's equipment under the 1033 program is free. grantees have paid for, i believe, transportation costs using grant funding. but it's a very small percentage of use of grant funds. so, in terms of how grantees use equipment that has been acquired with our programs, for the state program, even the urban area program, the grants pass through the state. 80% of the state program funding has to go to local jurisdictions within that state. so, we work with the state in oversight. in their applications they tell us more and more detail now about the projects they intend. certainly, we have the ability to drill down in as we are doing with the state of missouri and follow up on use of the equipment to ensure that it meets program requirements. so, we have this

i have been there for 15 years and over 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry in the local bay area and san francisco from night clubs, and ownership and operations and promotions and production for special events and music festivals. the buzz works project really started off as an opportunity to create a more safe and conducive atmosphere within the 11th street area and the inception behind the plan was to integrate a business into the center of the block that will tie all of the rest of the businesses toegtd. it is a buzz works is going to be a neighborhood craft brew and sports bar, and it will also have a food program that will support all of the other restaurants in the area by serving everybody else's menus. and not compete with anybody, but basically compliment everybody else's businesses. i have gotten quite a lot of support from the existing area and i have been doing out reach since january when we started. and knocked on a lot of doors and a lot of open house meetings. and one of the more... after the first open house, and trying to get the people to come out, se

here's the front page of the richmond times. localhildren in the richmond, virginia area head back to school today. the front page story -- ahead of the class, students head back to school. sandpoint high school being highlighted in that story. "the atlantic journal-constitution" talked about the end of year testing. here is the press telegram out of long beach and california. school uniforms still in style after 20 years is one of the headlines. -- new are being conversation on schools is being sought. there is an aim of encouraging more fact-based national discussion about the challenges of public education and possible solutions. peter cunningham is the former who iscations guru leading this organization, backed with grants totaling $12 million from a variety of benefactors. at some level, it feels as if people are screaming at each other from across the aisle. we can have differences of opinion about policies, but they should be based on facts, not fear. education secretary, he appeared at jefferson academy middle school. [video c

the number of mraps in the possession of local police and sheriffs is far higher than the mraps in possession of our country's national guard. in texas, for example, local law enforcement agencies have 73 mraps, the national guard has only six. in florida local law enforcement agencies have 450 mraps, the national guard has zero. i would like to ask for unanimous consequence sent the information provided to me from the defense department by included in the record today. >> without objection. >> also the department of justice information received about conextent decrees into the record. >> without objection. >> i question whether state and local law enforcement agencies need this kind of equipment and certainly whether they need it more than our states' national guards. one of the key lessons learned through the wars is the idea we had to win the hearts and minds, and one of the ways the military try to do do that was by acting more like a police force, working with communities, helping to repair broken windows, damaged property, and trying to appear less militaristic with their presents in th

the locals have no say. they were killing people. he people of fallujah and the national insurgents' thought we know the u.s. military is leaving very professional buddies al qaeda people have to go we cannot live with them. so we may see a similar type of thank they have definitely over reached that we don't do that. that is pretty bad. so at some point the people will turn on them with the government that they could actually trust now that the prime minister stood down the in the city westering the iraqi military when there is nobody there anymore to be a force prime minister maliki took direct steps to push the sunii of the military that is why they did not trust them. that is the interesting dynamic. >> one of the reasons fallujah switched you have the tribesmen so they have the firepower. the police have the presence they have the manpower but not the fire power so one would bolster the other so that resiliency was crucial but in the political side it was important so to understand the shadow government to use that placement to u

is the state government in charge? who is in charge? local, ordinary people. this now shapes what happens in missouri during this time period. i just had a few examples here of what happens the state of missouri. in kansas city, on the evening don't let, 1918 -- you think that's an april fools joke -- a crowd of 50 persons stylizing themselves as a vigilance committee visited the home of the doctor at 500 bennington avenue, gave him an american flag, and instructed him to display the flag prominently, because the committee objected to his unpatriotic remarks. if you did not follow these instructions and continued his disloyal expressions, a second visit of the committee would be of a more serious nature. what had he done? what had he said? he had a talk with his children's teacher. this teacher was talking about atrocities that german soldiers were committing in belgium. i'm not going to repeat some of those atrocities that the teacher was talking about, but what the good doctor thought was, wait a minute, first of all, these sound kind of outrageous. second, w

one of the things that is likely to happen if san francisco does generate significant additional local funding is much greater access to other types of matching money either at the regional level, federal level and state level and in fact when the task force completed this process, the metropolitan transportation commission which is the regional body that directs state funding to local jurisdictions came forward and said, okay, if san francisco can really generate these funds, we will provide matching money of over $550 million timeframe for the local level. what the task force recommended the first is $500 million general obligation bond. that is only ballot for this november. the second was a restoration of the local restoration of the state vehicle license fee to two 2 percent. so the states vehicle license fee was at two 2 percent about 50-60 years and reduced to 5 percent under the schwarzenegger administration and this proposal was to reinstate it to 5 percent in san francisco and keep that funding generated in the 1.5 percent differential to invest in the transportation system i