in fact, when i served on the fire commission, i had a few specific goals and tom o'connor was the head of local 798 and he asked for a lot of stuff at the time. on a regular basis. but there were a few things that peaked my interest. number one, station 49 and we got it done. and number two, station 35. and we finally got it done. and i am so excited and happy for the success of this project because the voters of san francisco, they understand that when we come to them and ask for financial support of the sea wall, those don't seem like they're really exciting topics to talk about when you start talking about utilities and under ground and all of these things, you don't always see the nuts and bolts of infrastructure, but the voters understand the need to invest in public safety because the former station as we know was built after the 1906 earthquake in 1915. the city we know in 1906 after the earthquake, neighborhoods burned to the ground and we didn't have sufficient support in terms of our infrastructure to help deal with those challenges and we didn't just shrink and say oh, well

. >> reporter: tom o'connor is a retired f.b.i. special agent. they've got a lot of money.does that tell you? >> that makes these persons much more a target for being part of a foreign intelligence organization and not just a couple of yahoos that are trying to become friends with law enforcement. >> reporter: the secret service says all personnel involved in this matter are on administrative leave. prosecutors emphasize that one of the suspects had been to iran right before the alleged scheme started, and the government is considering bringing conspiracy charges against the men. the judge agreed to hold them pending a detention hearing on friday, norah. >> o'donnell: i cannot get enough details of this story. thank you, catherine. >> reporter: you're welcome. >> o'donnell: all right, today the u.n. general assembly voted to suspend russia from the organization's leading human rights body over allegations of atrocities in ukraine. those horrific images of civilians killed in bucha prompted widespread outrage. but tonight, ukraine's president zelenskyy said the situation in

. >> reporter: tom o'connor is a former f.b.i. special agent. is this a secret service failure?y time any federal law enforcement, local law enforcement, state law enforcement gets probed for intelligence value, that's a bad day. >> reporter: after his arrest, taherzadeh volunteered to investigators that ali funded most of their day-to-day operation, and he didn't know the source of the funds. and late today, a federal judge agreed to hold the two suspects until court reconvenes on monday, saying he's never seen a case quite like this. separately, the secret service has launched its own investigation into whether employees accepted bribes. norah. >> o'donnell: what a story. catherine herridge, thank you. well, nearly two weeks after will smith's slap of comedian chris rock, the motion picture academy handed out its punishment. tonight we get reaction to his 10-year oscar ban. here is cbs' jamie yuccas in los angeles. >> i hope the academy invites me back. thank you. >> reporter: that won't be happening, with the academy banning will smith from the oscars and all other academy ev

special out reach to other agencies in the public and report from administration deputy chief tom o'connor on the administrative decision. finance. support services and home lands security. >> good evening. president feinstein. requirement nakajo. commissioner covington and morgan. chief nicholson this is my report since our last meeting. as you are aware a lot of my time spent in vaccination hearings and depositions. so -- my report is not as lent y as usual. buttil start with the departments's covid update. now we have a baptist an up tick. 25 members out. 15 are in quarantine. 2 are positive. 8 are out on long-term covid. so we are -- being vigilent about this. but it is not necessarily surprising we are seeing this in the general public as well. last week and h3 level 2 class graduated a paramedic in the commission room at headquarters. some of you may have seen it as it was live streamed. those new people are out in the field. which is wonderful. since our last meeting i presented at the budget and finance committee on the purchase agreement for the site on carol avenue for our fire t

report from administration, deputy chief tom o'connor. report on the administrative divisions, fleet, and facility status and updates, finance, support services, and homeland security. >> thank you. i want to wish everyone a happy women's history month. i have attended several events since our last meeting. mayor breed's state of the city address, grand opening for station 35, women's history month city leaders photograph in the rotunda here in city hall, and i also participated in a special video with the warriors, a piece on women's empowerment. we also worked in collaboration with sfgovtv, whom we love. they are facilitating this for us, but we worked in collaboration with them to shoot three snapshot videos showcasing three of our amazing women leaders in the department: assistant deputy chief sandy tong, and assistant deputy chief april sloane, and that's just the beginning of our relationship with sfgovtv. as you know, commissioners, we do provide a lot of services in the department and want the public to know about the fire departm

. >> reporter: tom o'connor is a retired fbi special agent. they've got a lot of money.t does that tell you? >> that makes these persons much more a target for being part of a foreign intelligence organization and not just a couple of yahoos that are trying to become friends with law enforcement. >> reporter: the secret service says all personnel involved in this matter are on administrative leave. prosecutors emphasize that one of the suspects had been to iran right before the alleged scheme started, and the government is considering bringing conspiracy charges against the men. the judge agreed to hold them pending a detention hearing on friday, norah. >> i cannot get enough details of this story. thank you, catherine. >> reporter: you're welcome. >> there's a lot more news ahead on the cbs "overnight news." announcer: how do you connect with someone who's living with alzheimer's? both (harmonizing): ♪ i've got you... ♪ you don't have to be a living legend. resources are available. for everyone. ♪ (singing) scrolling all day, ♪ ♪ time can disappear ♪ ♪ wanna make it cou

in fact, when i served on the fire commission, i had a few specific goals and tom o'connor was the head of local 798 and he asked for a lot of stuff at the time. on a regular basis. but there were a few things that peaked my interest. number one, station 49 and we got it done. and number two, station 35. and we finally got it done. and i am so excited and happy for the success of this project because the voters of san francisco, they understand that when we come to them and ask for financial support of the sea wall, those don't seem like they're really exciting topics to talk about when you start talking about utilities and under ground and all of these things, you don't always see the nuts and bolts of infrastructure, but the voters understand the need to invest in public safety because the former station as we know was built after the 1906 earthquake in 1915. the city we know in 1906 after the earthquake, neighborhoods burned to the ground and we didn't have sufficient support in terms of our infrastructure to help deal with those challenges and we didn't just shrink and say oh, well