the this project we're pleased to be joined by the executive director of transportation authority tilly chang. >> (clapping.) >> good morning, everyone sew so much and ed and for all of you for being here on this happy day mayor ed lee, supervisors and director brinkman and -- excuse-me. supervisor peskin thank you for mentioning the state and local partnership the whole vision we've had to transform this street that deserves a great transportation design here we are can you believe that congratulations to you this is a team in the region and the state and the federal government that will build the first full featured brt line in san francisco the van ness corridors improvement project is going to do nothing less than transform this corridor into a world-class complete street and a model nation wide and in the world and sets standards of fast reliable trait for muni our vision was codified by voters in 2003 when they approved the citywide rapid transit buses that turned into this as long as and muni forward approved by 75 percent of voters thank you to the transportation bond and prop a

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the russians as rex tillis and said have been so ineffective and may be even complicit earlier today, they are watching tonight, what is the message, how is this could be received that america is back after seven years of war crimes and death and misery and the use of these weapons that it will no longer be tolerated. the goal of this is to prevent any further mass casualty of civilians, that will now be nonnegotiable with united states of america? >> i think the president has been sending some messages since his inauguration. i think the way the world reads him as all the campaign rhetoric to be sure, some of it was not predictable in terms of what his actions would be as president. i think when they look at him, they see a strong, decisive leader. wes had some success in leadership, he does what he say says. now we see this act taking place, this is a heinous act on the credit tolerated, i'm good to act on behalf of human kind of do something about it. he's sending a message to the chinese, he's telling the chinese the north koreans are trying to weapon eyes the rhetoric is they wil

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or tillis? who is driving this policy? >> when this was being debated on thursday, the sense that we got was secretary mattis and h.r. mcmaster were really key in sort of shaping the strike plan and revying the option put forth this seemed to be going at a much higher level at past operations because the turnaround was so quickly. usually operations takes weeks if not months and this was decided inless than 48 hours. the approach is something of going in and conducting a decisive strike and then leaving as quintessential mcmaster, that's the sort of operation that he prefers. but in the halls of the pentagon this was at such a high level that it was just a handful of people unanimously secretary mattis and h.r. mcmaster both of whom have a decade long meltary career. robert: david, you're going to be traveling to moscow next week the secretary of state. you look at his statements on syria. you see not just is it about the pictures of the children and what the president's reacting to, but this really is a chess match with r

[laughter] look at the house on right ther there, and tillie to karnowski. >> that was part of the search the zags off of the heel. it actually seemed like it because they took a haymaker from carolina for the first few minutes. and then isaiah hicks as joel berry was, kenny, he was timely in a big way. this is luck. >> we can all agree on that one. >> he got a call. >> it makes it a one-point game. and the nigel williams-goss. >> he was great. >> he made a couple of nice post ups, that victory there. but right on the heels of that, he reminds me of the old school rocket allen level. >> joel berry -- >> that was right after nigel williams-goss had made history. >> and just could get a little bit more of this. >> sliding inside instead of staying on the perimeter. >> north carolina of one. watch this. >> this was the shock of the game here. >> he was a little bit too overzealous. but this is the block of the tar heels' season. >> kennedy meeks with the blocks. justin jackson with the finish. and a steal on the other end for good measure. and it's time to celebrate for the heels of north ca

two, you had to rex tillis and coming out today noting a coalition building support, this might be an overstretch but he did say it. potential change in leadership. if we have not heard that coming out of trump administration with regard to assad. three we've seen the ad states now take a position that is contrary to the russians, the russians warning against u.s. action. three significant shifts in u.s. foreign policy happening over the course of the last hour with these 60 air strikes on targets in syria. >> shep: military leaders have warned us for years and decades and generations, you do not enter a military conflict without an understanding of the endgame appeared let's bring in general jack keane, former vice chief of staff, general david evening and thank you. what's your understanding of the goals and details of this mission. >> very limited military operation to strike the origin of the airpower that's delivered that horrific blow on the syrian people. and to send a message to the assad regime of the united states is not going to tolerate anymore strikes using sarin gas or a

spicer: i will let secretary tillis talk about his meeting. there's a lot to discuss. with respect to syria, we need to remind them of the commitments they have made. foremost,at first and we need to make sure that we understand what the situation is on the ground. there is no question who acted in this case and what syria did. we need to make sure that russia fully understands the actions took, sawed took -- assad the commitments the syrians have --e, and the russians getting them back would be the logical step. it is something that we share. >> the president wants the secretary of state to put the threat of sanctions on the table to get russia's attention. what does the president believe russia actually is? sec. spicer: we will have 20 of time to discuss how those talks go. one thing the president has been very clear on is he doesn't like cards thath all the he has. agree on get them to beating isis, that is what we will have a discussion about. we will see what goes beyond rhetoric and where that talk starts. what they are willing to commit to. to get ahead of this

senator tillis. [applause] >> i would just add that i'mr: going to be back here again if we don't get the funding and we don't get a cure. [applause] >> i retired my purple dress. i'm going to go get a new one if i come back year. >> hopefully you won't need to. >> i hope to never see you again. in a good way. >> we just met. >> thank you. thank you so much for coming. do we have any of the north carolina group in the crowd here that i met with earlier? thank you all for coming back. it's the third year that they been back. this is something that i was interested in when i was speaker of the house. we worked on the things in the state party.stpe i love that had to do with caregivers. that's one thing that i think, i happen to agree with you, the fact that you came here because you think that nih funding is at risk is a real problem, and it's a problem that we need to solve by simply making this a priority. i think of a number of peopleth here who are going to work to do that. it's the hadley at the h

we're seeing none, oh, vice chair tilly chang. >> thank you very much i know we had this hearing in land use committee so a correction of information i thought was provided to me whether or not those cameras what about located along the corridors managed by caltrain the answer in land use it will not be located but it is different if you can confirm for us what the situation would be that would be great. >> thank you for the opportunity for the to correct the record yesterday we'll not use this on state owned streets that's not correct this allows the cameras to be used on my surface street non-freeway street in the city like the - the only street excluded is 101 and 0280. >> thank you very much thank you for putting that on the record i know we have the assemblyman chiu member jane if you want to say a few brief words followed by the mayor's office and legislative affairs k5e republican. >> good morning jen on behalf of the permit holder assemblyman chiu office i don't have to belabor the point you saw how it is so spelling need in san francisco i do want to thank everyone for the comme

. >> i have asked senator tillis to take over, about eight o'clock, so i can be in bed by nine o'clocki get up at 4:00 in the morning and i want to able to be able to get a good night's sleep so i can run in the morning. >> seth: that's an 83-year-old man who runs at 4:00 in the morning, which incidentally is the gop plan to replace medicare. [ laughter ] "my glaucoma's getting worse." "have you tried jogging in the dark?" [ laughter ] of course republicans are probably so giddy during the hearing because they knew they were getting away with one of the greatest thefts in modern politics -- the stealing of a lifetime appointment to the supreme court from president obama. and on top of that they got a conservative nominee who has shared very little about his actual views. he could during the hearings to evade even the most straightforward questions, using folksy mannerisms to charm the panel. >> do you still have a friendship or relationship with him? >> i -- i -- last time i saw him -- gosh, gosh. i want to say it was 2008, maybe? you can call me naÏve if you want. i love to fish. i am

. >> jane tilly with the administration for community living. if the folks could talk a little bit about how disabilities have or have not been involved in the discussion, in the past or in going forward. >> one of the things that was done, in the prior administration, was a combination of forces that's recognized that even though the constituencies are different, that aging community and the disability community have many of the same challenges. house, housen, needs. if they were in some sort of combined administrative structure, it's might help drive money to unify those support systems at the local level. it would serve both constituencies, if you had transportation, same with housing. it's actually the renamed old agency onaging and disabilities, combined into an number of the group looking at how you age in place and live and work in the least restrictive environment for the disabled community. their needs are very similar. if you drive that down to the , and let local communities phone the gaps, like, do we have limitation on one area. do

i remember being on the syrian border with turkey, fall of 2013 in a place called tillis, and i rememberwe were watching the fighting going on. the question was who was fighting out there ? that of the first liberated towns and the northern storm had held it for months and months. it was the islamic state fighting against the free syrian army. it is a time when the islamic state wasn't on anybody's greater and amongst us was a question why are the rebels fighting each other. again, this is their first realization where the goals of the islamic state were not too obviously, toppled assad but to create their own state. what we have in syria is as an over publication believe he recited for with free syrian army, the regime, an islamic state. the islamic state is a partner partner directly linked to the history of the iraq war. one less point i would make, when i spent time in that part of the world, we we as americans have the sense that we are very very important and we are. whenever i am there, we have the stumbling in so much that we are not, at least not in my bleed, we are not the cent

tilly with the administration for community living. the folksring if could talk a little bit about people have or have not been involved in the pastor going forward. ms. sebelius: one of the things that was done, again, in the prior administration was a sort of combination of sources that recognized that even though the constituencies are very aging community and disability community have many of the same challenges. transportation needs, housing needs, and if they were in some sort of combined administrative help unifyit may those support systems at the local level. if you have a transportation system that both constituencies. if you have a supported housing situation, both constituencies should be served. the administration for community living is the renamed old agency on aging and agency on disabilities combined into an at howa group looking you age in place and how you live and work in the least restrictive environment from the disabled community and understanding that they are very similar. and are incredibly helpful if you drive

you also saw senator tom tillis saying he believes neil gorsuch should be nominated a couple days ago maybe a couple weeks ago. he said it would be great disrespect, it was a great disrespect for harry reid to change the rules and vote the nuclear option a few years ago. he wouldn't answer whether or not he believes the same for mitch mcconnell. we're going to find out if he ends up supporting it going forward. in the meantime, sean spicer is holding his press briefing of the he's about to take questions. what you missed while we were listening to this is he came out and had a big check. he said donald trump would be donating the first quarter's salary, $78,000, to the national park service. and then the secretary of the interior, ryan ziki, came up and thank the sean spicer, thank ed president for doing so and spoke a little about what they would do with that money. in the meantime, sean spicer is still talking so we'll go to him right now. >> if the democrats get their way, and i know it's looking this way, this will be the first successful filibuster of a nominee to join the suprem

tilly found a priest hole call —— gone wrong. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. is here to tell us what's caught her eye. good to see you. you started in the mail, lots of, well, ithink good to see you. you started in the mail, lots of, well, i think all the papers have this story today that it is about the fate of the world hanging on these two mavericks. piggot everybody thinking at the moment. you wake up and turn on the news and you are thinking what on earth is happened. ——i think it's what everybody is thinking. it is lined with trump and kim jong—un. " are we on the breadth of an apocalypse?" are we on the breadth of an apocalypse? " i are we on the breadth of an apocalypse?" i think that's what everybody thinking. he looks back to 1862. the cu ban everybody thinking. he looks back to 1862. the cuban crisis. he said at that point he felt the cool heads prevailed were as here, you have these two people who are unpredictable and impulse it. it's a game of chess being played that you don't actually really know what's going to happen. you don't know if anybody

senator fisher, senator tillis, senator jill bragill brand, and senator warren will be back. i'm not delighted to brus our first witness maria shriver. miss shriver is a journalist and the founder of the women's alzheimer's movement. miss shriver is a champion in fighting alzheimer's disease. she founded the women's alzheimer's movement to advance research and to find out why two out of three brains that develop this disease belong to women. she has kicked up the move for minds, a partnership to raise money for research and raise awareness about lifestyle changes that one can make to promote brain health. miss shriver, i so remember your previous testimony here in 2009 you testified so poignantly about the story of your father and i'll never forget your telling me that when he could no longer remember the names of his loved ones, he could still recite the hail mary. that was a poignant moment in your testimony. i also want to acknowledge that your daughter christina is here today and we're delighted to have her as well. thank you for all your work and please proceed with your

senator frank or tilly's from the state senate resigned. i do not know if that is appropriate, but frankly, i do not feel there is any room in the florida legislation that makes ticketed, racist, or homophobic remarks so i am happy to see him go. that is the good news of the day. and i also want to think the service employees international union and land parenthood and the women's march for hosting this town hall meeting today. i am sure this is going to be very interesting for everyone. such an incredible topic. i am not an expert on health care issues. however, like everyone else, this affects me, first as a consumer. that paysan employer for insurance for its employees. and third, as a mayor of the city whose residents have particular health care challenges and issues. especially with obtaining affordable and quality care. i want to start with two premises that i believe. first of all, i think that it is a right as a human being to have access to affordable quality health care. [ applause ] i don't think we should have to wait until we a

the this project we're pleased to be joined by the executive director of transportation authority tilly chang. >> (clapping.) >> good morning, everyone sew so much and ed and for all of you for being here on this happy day mayor ed lee, supervisors and director brinkman and -- excuse-me. supervisor peskin thank you for mentioning the state and local partnership the whole vision we've had to transform this street that deserves a great transportation design here we are can you believe that congratulations to you this is a team in the region and the state and the federal government that will build the first full featured brt line in san francisco the van ness corridors improvement project is going to do nothing less than transform this corridor into a world-class complete street and a model nation wide and in the world and sets standards of fast reliable trait for muni our vision was codified by voters in 2003 when they approved the citywide rapid transit buses that turned into this as long as and muni forward approved by 75 percent of voters thank you to the transportation bond and prop a

the this project we're pleased to be joined by the executive director of transportation authority tilly chang. >> (clapping.) >> good morning, everyone sew so much and ed and for all of you for being here on this happy day mayor ed lee, supervisors and director brinkman and -- excuse-me. supervisor peskin thank you for mentioning the state and local partnership the whole vision we've had to transform this street that deserves a great transportation design here we are can you believe that congratulations to you this is a team in the region and the state and the federal government that will build the first full featured brt line in san francisco the van ness corridors improvement project is going to do nothing less than transform this corridor into a world-class complete street and a model nation wide and in the world and sets standards of fast reliable trait for muni our vision was codified by voters in 2003 when they approved the citywide rapid transit buses that turned into this as long as and muni forward approved by 75 percent of voters thank you to the transportation bond and prop a

tilly chang mentioned a combining of the two right ways. >> clear cuts. >> switch to the screen f ifou can see it on the top right of plan a two-way ramp up and down to the northern half of the garage toward further down 11 street the opportunity for a second ramp here the project was originally designed with a two-way ramp one for the office building and the other building the planning department staff and others raised the question whether or not other project will work less ramps on 11 street and clubbed that was a possibility an alternative that the residential ramp further south ramp so all cars will come in as well as office toledo the ramp at the top of the page on the 11 street side the residential cars will exit through this so that is subject to the ability of operators and owners of the building to make that work not an earthquakeal issue but the building is designed with a two ramp or one way ram. >> the suggestion to combine the two ramps. >> no, no proposal to further combine sorry no proposal that i'm aware have to further combine the ramps but two ramps each two-way o

to wait three mupths to have that so may have a special meeting and i'll talk to executive director tilly chang. >> thank you. >> so, i want to close this information item, but before i close i want to say that we kind of skipped through or didn't really talk about the education piece that much and you know, for our next meeting i want to make sure we have emphasis on that to give a better update. okay? any other comment s? let's go to item number 7. >> item 7, update on safety improvements, to high-injury corridors. this is information item. >> so, this informational item and it's been asked for by request from commissioner safai, so would you like to go ahead and read the discussion? >> yes, thank you, chair yee. so, the reason we called this was because since being in office for the last 85 days we had just in march alone we had three pedestrian accidents and we had one fatality at mission and neigh street in my district. around a week later a students on the way to san francisco community school was hit in a cross-walk. thankfully she survived. and two cars were in a major accident on

and you know i would defer in every case to secretary tillis. and my point is that you want to fill that role is much as for whatever reason, the senate hasn't confirmed the administration has not put up folks to fill in the spots. >> sure. >> and therefore your left having to fill the gap. >> i'm happy to do what i can in that regard. just recently i was asked to deliver some messages about the return to democracy which i was happy to do. and i think it is part and parcel of one of the rules of a geographic commander in today's military structure. >> it is also the role of ambassadors and secretaries of state in place. so - i do not know if you can answer this here but, which is probably a prelude that you can't answer here. but, i have to ask. there is the issue of the nuclear test and the issues of the missile test. both of them obviously very concerning. i guess i would like to hear maybe a little later about is there one, is a more conservative missile test on nuclear tests? what is the difference between a nuclear test in north korea based

tillis: thank you. sen. collins: thank you very much. senator blumenthal. sen. blumenthal: thank you, madam chair. thank you for being here today. thank you to you and your family for taking on so many powerfully important causes. i will not embarrass you and them by going through the list. a great have been such champion of this cause. i think the turnout that we see the growing american awareness and support for it. and all the more incomprehensible is the budget cuts that have been proposed by the president. billion including $5.8 in cuts to the nih research budget. we should make no mistake that they ask will fall -- that the ax will fall on the research that is indisputably important. i am very focused on the aspect of this issue that you have raised. not only from the point of view of individual civilians, but also veterans. lead thee helped effort on the veterans affairs committee in the senate to try to deal with the invisible wounds of war which we know afflicted 30% or 40% of everyone coming out of combat. ,he impacts on the brain posttraumatic stress

to wait three mupths to have that so may have a special meeting and i'll talk to executive director tilly chang. >> thank you. >> so, i want to close this information item, but before i close i want to say that we kind of skipped through or didn't really talk about the education piece that much and you know, for our next meeting i want to make sure we have emphasis on that to give a better update. okay? any other comment s? let's go to item number 7. >> item 7, update on safety improvements, to high-injury corridors. this is information item. >> so, this informational item and it's been asked for by request from commissioner safai, so would you like to go ahead and read the discussion? >> yes, thank you, chair yee. so, the reason we called this was because since being in office for the last 85 days we had just in march alone we had three pedestrian accidents and we had one fatality at mission and neigh street in my district. around a week later a students on the way to san francisco community school was hit in a cross-walk. thankfully she survived. and two cars were in a major accident on

but officer david tilly says, there's no question this kind of surveillance is very beneficial. >> it'se helpful for our investigators. >> that video is so tough to watch. according to the children's courtyard, jasmine torres has been fired. the child, by the way, was taken to the hospital and examined. and thankfully doctors say, he didn't suffer any physical injuries. but thank god for the cameras being in there, right? >> i know. people, parenting now, my mom is like, you have those monitors and stuff. but you know, occasionally you're so, so thankful that you're able to have a eye on your kid, especially for working parents. >> most of the day care workers in the world are saints. having been through it many times with our oeb kids. that's a horrible piece of video to see. >>> still ahead this wednesday morning, a remarkable story behind a first-its more than one thing. more than one flavor, or texture, or color. a good clean salad is so much more than green. and with panera catering, more for your event. panera. food as it should be. creamy, crunchy, chocolatey, hershey's. packed w

to wait three mupths to have that so may have a special meeting and i'll talk to executive director tilly chang. >> thank you. >> so, i want to close this information item, but before i close i want to say that we kind of skipped through or didn't really talk about the education piece that much and you know, for our next meeting i want to make sure we have emphasis on that to give a better update. okay? any other comment s? let's go to item number 7. >> item 7, update on safety improvements, to high-injury corridors. this is information item. >> so, this informational item and it's been asked for by request from commissioner safai, so would you like to go ahead and read the discussion? >> yes, thank you, chair yee. so, the reason we called this was because since being in office for the last 85 days we had just in march alone we had three pedestrian accidents and we had one fatality at mission and neigh street in my district. around a week later a students on the way to san francisco community school was hit in a cross-walk. thankfully she survived. and two cars were in a major accident on

to wait three mupths to have that so may have a special meeting and i'll talk to executive director tillyhang. >> thank you. >> so, i want to close this information item, but before i close i want to say that we kind of skipped through or didn't really talk about the education piece that much and you know, for our next meeting i want to make sure we have emphasis on that to give a better update. okay? any other comment s? let's go to item number 7. >> item 7, update on safety improvements, to high-injury corridors. this is information item. >> so, this informational item and it's been asked for by request from commissioner safai, so would you like to go ahead and read the discussion? >> yes, thank you, chair yee. so, the reason we called this was because since being in office for the last 85 days we had just in march alone we had three pedestrian accidents and we had one fatality at mission and neigh street in my district. around a week later a students on the way to san francisco community school was hit in a cross-walk. thankfully she survived. and two cars were in a major accident on m

tillis: most of it is what you've heard in the press. the damage that was very limited to the facility where re-think we have sufficient information to confirm that is where the strikes came out of that used chemical weapons to kill innocent men, women, and children. >> have you heard anything about russian involvement in the original attack? sen. tillis: we don't believe there is any evidence of that. >> you believe that can be a problem with russia? sen. tillis: i think this administration demonstrated extraordinary execution around notifying our coalition partners and having the appropriate discussions with russia or any other elements in the region. updated an extramarital job. this is a test of the administration. i got to run. thank you. >> do you believe this was an isolated strike? sen. tillis: no, i believe this was a proportionate response to this specific action. i am wide open -- [indiscernible] we did you send a very clear message that what we have seen a dod -- what we have seen assa do is unacceptable. [indiscernible] sen.

tillis: no, i believe this was a proportionate response to this specific action. i am wide open -- [indiscernible] we did you send a very clear message that what we have seen a dod -- what we have seen assa do is unacceptable. [indiscernible] sen. flake: i think they have the situation well in her hand. >> was there any word about russia's involvement? discussed, it was but -- it was classified. there were questions asked and answered given. i'm not leaning one way or another. it depends on what happens next. if there is a plan to go forward with safe zones or no-fly, depending on what the next steps are, there we do need for an authorization. what happened last night i would argue would not have required an authorization. , had presidentat obama decided to strike after redline was crossed, that would have required an authorization, although i voted to give him one when it came to the senate. it depends on what the next steps are. >> [indiscernible] sen. flake: no. >> [indiscernible] sen. flake: the one at senator mccain and i are working on has to do with isis or

tillis: i think the president acted promptly. across the line there had to be a proportional response from the president and our men and women. it was highly accurate. it avoided -- it hit the target that we know were involved in the attack earlier in the week against innocent men and women and children. >> do you believe the president needed congressional pproval? to work as part of a national coalition. the house voted down a war authorization and said it was a rebuke of president obama for initiating military action without seeking congressional approval. when president obama proposed to go to congress in august 2013 to seek authorization after that rebuke for use of military action to punish basher al-assad for using chemical weapons against civilians, numerous members of this body wrote a letter to the president saying any action without congressional approval would be unlawful. the current president as a citizen publicly stated that president obama should not take action against syria's use of chemical weapons without a con

tillis: i think the president acted promptly. across the line. there had to be a proportional response from the president and our men and women. it was highly accurate. it hit the--

tillis: i think the president acted promptly. across the line there had to be a proportional response from the president and our men and women. it was highly accurate. it avoided -- it hit the target that we know were involved in the attack earlier in the week

that is why i'm working across the aisle with senator tillis to urge congressional appropriators to fullyd the farm agency program as congress considers funding bills for 2018. the farm service agency works to guarantee and deliver small-dollar loans to the small farms that need them the most. when a farm has no other options, farm service agency loans and guarantees can help farmers cover urgent operating costs like feed, seed and fertilizer to get them through the season. without these loans, farmers could lose their ability to purchase equipment and other necessities for the planting season and could be forced to curtail their operations. currently more than 2,300 farms in michigan have farm service agency loans totaling over $630 million. across the country last year, the farm service agency made guaranteed, guaranteed a total of 39,650 loans totaling $6.3 billion. it is critical that farm service agency funding reflect expected demand for loans so small farms can continue to have this crucial lifeline. this program is in such high demand that just last year, the farm service agency r