and give you peace. this is my prayer. in jesus' name i pray. amen. >> amen. >> please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america them, "the star spangled banner". 9 pledge of allegiance will be led by united states naval cademy midshipmen. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation der god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> the national anthem had now be performed by sophia nader of idlothian. >> note oh, say can you see bit wn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the wilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright ars through the perilous ight oer the ramparts we watched at the -- with to gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare, the gave bursting in air, proof through the night that ur flag was still there o say does that star spangled oer the land e, of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [applause] >> the joint assembly and guests will please be seated. america the beautiful will now be performed by the world children's choir of falls church under the direction of course sandra hearns, artistic ir

and give you peace. amen. >> please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america ing of the national anthem, "the star-spangled banner." the pledge of allegiance will be led by united states naval academy midshipman john f mcauliffe, george r jamison, and collin a. jefferson. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> the national anthem will now be performed by sophia nader of midlothian. >> ♪ o, say, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] >> the joint assembly and guests will please be seated. "america the beautiful" will

been historically really the hallmark of this country, something that is unique to the united states of america. and that is, each generation hands off a better united states of america. and right now we are not going to do that to this next generation. it's so unfair to what's being done to you, the debt of this nation is something that will be on the backs of generation after generation. it's why we need to get back to our fiscal responsibility and our roots of not spending more money than we taken as a government. the country has been doing this for three decades now. the debt and the deficit -- we're giving to the next generation is unconscionable. it is really something my generation is really responsible for and really we need to make sure that we change policies so we don't do that to the next generation. again, i want to say to all of you that this is not easy. it's a very steep hill that we have decline. our current leaders need to be resilient. we need them to continue to fight for the values we hold dear. it is today and they who they serve who share their principles that will lead us int

i think he was pretty intent on getting the united states out of both of them and getting them out of the united states and reducing america's global foot print. >> again, i think that's wrong. he called iraq ahead of time a dumb war. during the campaign he kept talking about afghanistan is the war we need to fight. before he even met with the chiefs to look at the strategy he basically doubled the number of troops. and then after they fired mckeernen without checking with him basically then they brought in a new commander. when you bring in a new commander he asked for more troops. and then obama said i will. they leaked the number that he had asked. to me, i would have fired gates right then when the stuff showed up in the press. they asked for 40 more. he ended up giving them 70,000 more troops and then said can you turn it around in two years? i don't want another vietnam is what he said. >> and thank goodness the president had that view. >> this is what i don't understand aboutt where we are not just with obama but the situation. if this is a war worth fighting then it is a war we should probably win. karzai regime will

a moment problem it's happening in asia in africa and south america and central america in mexico and it's even happening in canada and the united states. you know some price that's more valuable than an ounce of gold or clean water but that's not something that your mind will take it's it's it's your heart. if. you don't know that it was the. scene. since you. told. us. about his work with thank you for staying with as and here is more on the news we have been covering that i mean the inter-marry came human rights commission modified to precautionary measures issued against their modeling gold mining project. a guatemala they say or do now permits the campaign to operate with total freedom in. in this country the commission came around and found we find that based on the process we don't need to suspend the mine we rescind the order for recess for suspend the mine and we're obviously pleased as the company but there's no longer a suspension order from the commission for the marlin mine. the mine just keeps chugging along and so it's it's an extremely hard struggle. than being asserted as the company has brought a great sadness into ou

east and i can tell you -- and i would even name names but not on the record -- that at that moment, our allies lost confidence, they lost belief in the united states of america, and we are watching countries in the region openly stating, for example, the saudia arabians refusing a seat on the national security council of the united nations. they have openly stated -- it's published everywhere -- that they no longer believe in the united states of america. by the way, one of the other aspects of this -- and there are many -- there's a "washington post" story this morning "europeans are flocking to the war in syria: what happens when they come home?" the story is about a couple people that went from england, the distress among security officials is pervasive in european capitals. and in washington, u.s. intelligence chief james r. clapper jr. told a congressional panel wednesday that the syria war had attracted about 7,000 foreign fighters from as many as 50 nations, that at least one of the main jihadist groups in syria aspires to carry out an attack in the united states. but europe is a far closer and more accessible target. the international center for the

united states 271 votes. al gore of the state of tennessee has received 266 votes. may god bless our new president and our new vice president and may god bless the united states of america. >> and this is "earl >>> new questions this morning surrounding the sudden transfer of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead. why jahi mcmath's family is not releasing the name of the new facility. >> arctic blast causing chaos for people across 25 states. the blizzard conditions and freezing temperatures could impact your travel plans. >> there is a chance the 49ers could play one last game at candlestick park. the series of events to make that happen. >> a live look from oakland toward san francisco and it is a misty morning. christina loren will take care of that in weather. it's monday, january 6, this is "today in the bay."

humanitarian, and in terms of relative priority, the ones where the interest of the united states and the livelihood of america are the ones deserving the highest priority. >> time for one final question and you have the opportunity. >> global witness national defense university. i want to ask about the architecture of conflict and crisis that came out earlier. two or three states, a lot of the power brokers in these locations have an incentive towards predatory behavior and conflict and have the disincentive to building institutions and all those things. aside from military intervention are you seeing a push towards using new tools to d incentivize those conflicts in those fragile state that keep coming up over and over again to change in that year one through teir 3 dynamics. >> you are beginning to figure out a way and at least -- we are doing more in consulting with regional entities in terms of trying not just to do it ourselves but engage others. to back off in support of am 23 and this is not cost 40. there are consequences. would have urged them to have done that earlier. >> if you are looking at where

and give you peace. in jesus name, amen. >> please remains pending for -- remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of americainging of the national anthem, "the star-spangled banner." the pledge of allegiance will be led by united states naval academy midshipman john f mcauliffe, george r jamison, and collin a jefferson. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> the national anthem will now be performed by sophia nader of midlothian. >> ♪ o, say, can you see by the don's early light -- the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] >> the joint assembly and guests will please be seated. "

and give you peace. amen. forlease remains pending the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and theging of the national anthem, "the star- spangled banner." the pledge of allegiance will be led by united states naval academy midshipman john f andliffe, george r jamison, collin a jefferson. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> the national anthem will now nader ofmed by sophia midlothian. say, can you see by the don's early light -- the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed gleaming light's last whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched streaming lantly and the rockets' red glare airbombs bursting in nightroof through the that our flag was still there star-spangledhat waver yet o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ applause]d >> the joint assembly and guests will please be seated. "america the beautiful" will now be performed by the world children's choir falls church i

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. president i would you like to call roll. >> president mazzucco. >> present. >> vice president truman. >> i think he's in route. >>en route. commissioner marshall. en route. commisioner dejesus present. >> commissioner chan. >> present. >> commissioner kingsley. >> present. >> commissioner loftus. >> here. >> you have a quorum and with us is the chief of

public health and our environment don't think that so come in down and see how >> pledge of allegiance. of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all >> please be advised that the ripping of and use of cell phone and parnlz and other electronic devices are not presumed to be innocent and a anyone maybe lead-out of this meeting.

and like we call but nonetheless. there's no question the united states has a history of. america and fomenting coups and sasa nations the cia has admitted they were deeply involved in your throat arbenz and want to well in one hundred fifty three. asked major land for. this was going to have significant effects throughout all of central america it was right around that time that they began to seriously contemplate a covert operation directed at overthrowing the government of what it. was carried off by the us so there were major business interest. the company that was most offended by the reforms that were taking place with united fruit company on the board of united fruit was john foster dulles who happen to be our secretary of state and his brother allen dulles was the head of cia and so there was a convenient blame for these fears about appropriation of land with the cia the cia is not working to protect the american people its primary function is to protect american corporations have better separate. and days. of the americans to be fomenting or carrying on a war and if it we

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> all right madam secretary roll call please. >> roll california. president breslin. >> here. >> vice president lim. >> present. >> >> excused. >> commissioner. >> expected. >> commissioner fraser. >> here. >> commissioner scott. >> present. >> commissioner excused for shlain we. >> thank you item one. >> item one is the meeting minutes for the meeting below. >> are there any corrections to the minutes? >> move for approval. >> second. >> okay. is there any public comment on this item all those in favor? >> aye. >> those opposed? >> mouse. >> item two please. >> item two president's president. president breslin. >> i have nothing -- oh there will be public comment on this item too. is there any public comment? all right. item three. >> item three discussion item discussion report, lisa ghotbi how about now lisa? no? >> thank you. lisa ghotbi acting director of the health system. starting with personnel we ha

working and all its members, but essentially as far as this country is concerned, the united states of america. yes. and have i worked with lots of people? i have. ( laughter ). >> and what is your strategy for twisting those arms to get a different result when the u.s. budget bill?next >> you know, my partners at the table will tell you that i have never been in the business of twisting articles, which is i'llbly the reason why never be a very good politician. hand, believer that time is on our side, number one. and number two, that the merits suffice to should convince those in charge that for good,lly a force and it's a force for economic development and financial stability, which is not only no the interest of the entire planet but in the interest of economic players including of course the united states of america. and given the role that it can play in the institution, what i continuings that by to explain what we do, why we do it, what principles we do it in the name of, i hope that sensible and common sense prevail.will >> does the i.m.f. still have a quota in for the 2010 governance r

acquired by the virginia military economy, and repeat after me -- i, ralph s northam, do solemnly swear that i will uphold the constitution of the united states of america and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties incumbent upon me as lieutenant governor of the commonwealth of virginia according to the best of my ability, so help me god. congratulations. [applause] >> the oath of office will now be administered to the governor elect, the honorable terence r mcauliffe. [applause] by the honorable cynthia kinzer, chief justice of the supreme court of virginia. [applause] >> are you ready to take the oath of office? >> i am. >> raise your right hand and place your left hand on the bible and repeat after me. i, terence r mcauliffe, do solemnly swear that i will support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia, and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent upon me as the governor of the commonwealth of virginia according to the best of my ability, so help me god. [cheers and applause] ♪ [applause]

ladies and gentlemen, would you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk, could you read any communication? s? >> yes, mr. thv, i have two communications. the first is from the director of the department of elections, mr. john arnst certifying the vote and results of each of the races shown in the sum have i report of the municipal election of november 6, 2013 to be true and correct. specifically, calling attention at another time contest for member of the board of supervisors representing district 4, that katy tang won the most number of choice -- first choice votes cast for that seat. >> congratulations, supervisor tang. [cheering and applauding] >> and, madam clerk, if you could read the second communication? >> yes, a communication was received january 2nd from the controller, mr. ben rosenfield, submitting a certification of surety bond for the newly elected supervisor katy tang therefore meeting the requirements necessary. >>

and it. was. going on so you speak english which is why it's nice to speak english you are in the united states of america you ought to be speaking and why are you here what crime you. here what did you do. you just saw a boy. and i big problem this is the united states i'm very tough by the way you know to sure. dizziness. very good i was worried that they may not know. if they don't know who i am they live on mars you know mars. i take this very serious. people come across the border because they are criminals once they cross the border you you became a criminal you know that you violated the federal laws. so you're in the united states you're in these tents by the way it gets hot here. you're going to be here in july. july. you're lucky. you know why this is cool. in july a hundred and thirty eight degrees feel like to tense. you what. you like new you don't want. it turns to hot why do our men and women. fight for our country. in afghanistan or iraq and they live in the terms. why do you complain places they could concentrate you can cause a trade for you if you. were you in the army. you know the sol

and commissioner angela chan. >> present. >> commissioner carol kingsley. >> here. >> if you can join us in the pledge of allegiance. "i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." >> thank you. mr. clerk, if you can call the one item that we have in this special meeting. >> hearing to have the police department present its standard protocol for reviewing, investigating, and reporting findings of fault in the event of a cyclist or pedestrian fatality or serious injury as the result of a traffic collision. >> great. thank you. we will begin by having some brief inproductry remarks by myself and the present of the police commission and i know that there are a couple of members of board of supervisors who would like to speak and i like to acknowledge chief of police, greg. i know this is an important issue for you and we appreciate your presence and we have been joined by the head of the mta, ed, thank you for being here. again, i want to thank everyone for being here tonight, this evening, and i want to thank my colleagues who are present and the police commission

and best wishes for the new year madam clerk you can call item number 8. >> item number 8 adjournment. >> meeting adjourned thank you very much >> pledge of allegiance. of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all >> please be advised that the ripping of and use of cell phone and parnlz and other electronic devices are not presumed to be innocent and a anyone maybe lead-out of this meeting. please be advised the public has up to three minutes unless the port commission adapts other minutes >> public comments not lists on the agenda. >> any public comment? >> item 6 executive directors report. >> good afternoon, everyone thank you for joining us today we're putting out a couple more chairs. thanks for your patience a little bit bigger crowd. and happy holidays. my first two items neither of representatives to be recognized are here yet so if you don't mind commissioners i'd like to put that over it's entirely possible they're working off of 315 so i'm not sure when they will arrive. but if i could skip the 70th birthday and the jeremy 70th birthday then my neck item is the pier 92 art pro

america can benefit? opec's -- >> the higher opec's market share, the more power they have to control the price. as the united states becomes a bigger producer, and the eia projections are based on current knowledge. we are having a paradigm shift in the way we look for and produce oil. projectionsary as the united -- states and north america and mexico and other countries produce more oil from unconventional resources, opec will have a smaller and smaller share of the market. their producer power will be reduced over time. to the extent united states exports crude oil, and countries that are in europe and countries in asia are able to buy spot oil and gas ates , than competitive prices opec's power will be reduced to radically over time. -- dramatically over time. >> if they want to have oil at $100 a barrel, that is what it has been. and controlartel 40% of the oil produced. it is easy for them to turn the spigot one way or another to get the price they want. that is how cartel's work. >> the pricing, the way the pricing on crude versus the pricing on natural gas, why is there such a difference? we are not on the world market with gas. gas is $

president, there is not a liberal america and a conservative america. there is only the united statesa. and this is nothing when he walked into office. and we were a nation united behind you. as i discussed in my newboo a t vernyivisn anyou e onocsione trd opnder toehnicgrou d vify tse tt digree th you lien twhat sain my bok. >>roupn ideity liti e hrderoth day ad polical ndidy ancampgn stragy. a tionhoseoundg vaes spk to te qulit equ rits a opprtuny hs beco a nion ich r fodingvlsave en assaed biculturalism rather than holding to the truly americ idea. and the president, he still does not accept that it is his performance at issue for millions of ecansother amicans mr. obama, your failures are your own. your inability to take responsibility as your own. we will take all ofhis up with our favorite go therapist doct robbie ludwig. we'll be talking with her in just a moment. one hopes that the president will be listening carefully. if you'd like to pic upa copy of my audio book, everything has links at our website loudobbs.com. loudobbs.com. we're coming right [ male announcer ] here's a

country, and i don't think it detracts from american greatness loved someone coming you can genuinely loved america but it can also put in and perfectionist utter deeply etched in parts of the united states and you have to love america in spite of not pretending it didn't happen. >> host: in chapter three you describe the english and the cultural legacy that they left across the world. how would you compare that to the spanish? >> guest: there is a big an allergy between the english and this . my mother was english, so i don't know whether this gives me objectivity or both disqualifies me for either but in england or spain the people will tell you they are very different and conscious of their differences because in the inside you can always see the differences. now if you ask the producer who is watching this i think in washington, d.c. or in new york if you ask her to describe us she would say she is female and he is male and she is beautiful and he is ugly and she is young at -- these are the differences but others would say they are the same weird creatures and they have to i is. so it is a question of the sexes and when i look at the english and spanish i see similarities because i

we can defeat a couple dozen cuban construction workers and reagan could go on television saying it's morning again in america the united states is back and standing proud of. this the military solutions don't work to any of these problems even in libya situation there is falling apart we need some we need to rethink how we approach the world as model and join it really truly join it not as a dominant partner but as a co-equal partner and that would really take an active enormous mental your military and i don't know the president can weigh in on that on that idea because americans like strong friends with except except that the american public was so overwhelmingly opposed to an attack on syria that both houses of congress were ready to vote to repudiate that that's amazing so i think that the american people are learning slowly and consistently some areas yes some areas no but there's not only a war weariness there's a sense of being totally fed up as robert gates of all people who is with the cia for so long did a lot of damage was part of an architect in afghanistan and iraq robert gates said recently don't you learn from

president, there is not a liberal america and a conservative america. there is only the united states and this is nothing when he walked into office. and we were a nation united behind you. as i discussed in my new book, he easy to govern by division and you see one occasion he tried to pander to ethnic groups and vilify those that disagree with you. listen to what i say in my book. >> group and identity politics are the order of the day and political candidacy and campaign strategy. a nation whose founding values speak to the quality equal rights and opportunity has become a nation which our founding values have been assailed biculturalism rather than holding to the truly american idea. and the president, he still does not accept that it is his performance at issue for millions of americans. not the race of other americans. mr. obama, your failures are your own. your inability to take responsibility as your own. we will take all of this up with our favorite ago therapist doctor robbie ludwig. we'll be talking with her in just a moment. one hopes that the president will be listening c

god bless you all and may god bless the greatest nation of the united states of america. thank you so much. [applause] >> she does inspire, doesn't she? wonderful. i am glad that you are here and fighting the fight in washington. i do not want you to be a career politician, but i hope someday you go back there. >> cross my fingers. >> good, good, good. we have a couple ladies here. this girl is heading back to school tomorrow. jeanie is the administrative director. she has been there 13 years. that is what you want on your resume. you want to stay as long as possible. you become so valuable in these types of jobs. let you call on people and if you would not mind giving your name and your affiliation if you have one. here is a question right here. >> thank you for your great top. and i workbrittany for senator ted cruz. are-- especially since you working in your district, what have you found to be the most effective ways of collecting stories from people, specifically teachers and people in the medical field, where those areas are where people are hurting and they are feeli

the servicemen and women and their families their contract is with the united states of america. they count on the congress to take care of them. they don't have a union. they depend on us to take care of them. and when we look at it, they're willing to do extraordinary things for this nation and each other and put themself in harm's way, be without a family, not have equity in a house, change six or eight times kids out of school and do all those things and count on the congress of the united states and america to take care of them. an they are getting a serious message now. i can tell you what the moa end, the amount of emails we get from family members on all of this would choke a horse. that they are very, very concerned about all of this. >> but i don't think, and i'd like to clear the air here on one point. i don't think they're asking more than they deserve. i don't get that feeling at all. i think all they want is a fair shake. >> right. >> and they want to know that people like you are, and you are, by the way, to your credit, paying attention to what's going on. i thank

understand that, you know, when i was a prosecutor, i would say my name is paul butler, and i represent the united states of america. and those jurors would look at he like, okay, mr. united states, we'll do whatever you say. so when i was on the other side, again, i got the back end of that. so i understand how when, again, you get that accusation, it's hard for a lot of people to think that the government was wrong. >> host: back to" let's get free," you write that the criminal justice system gives the state a monopoly on exercising retribution, its legal hate. the problem with hate is that it's hard to contain. in the u.s. rush to pun bish is out of -- punish is out of control. >> guest: yeah. so when we look at who's locked up, we tend to imagine these hard core thugs, folks who are like a menace to society. if you spend some time in a federal prison or a state prison, there are certainly some people like that, with but most of them -- a good half -- aren't. almost half of the people who are locked up are locked up for drug crimes, nonviolent drug crimes. and for those folks we have to wonder whether being lock

>> i plead allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have our december 17, 2013 minutes. motion to approve minutes, without objection, minutes are approved. >> we are in receipt of a letter that it is in best interest of the city to and request the board continue its discretion over the process. i will place a reoccurring motion on the immediate adoption calendar for february 11, march 11, april 8, may 6 and june 3 or until the emergency is terminated. >> can you read the consent agenda. >> these items are routine unless a member objects. >> would anyone like to sever any of these items? colleagues, let's take a vote. >> on items one through 13, supervisor kim i, mar i, tang i, wiener i, yee i, avalos i, breed i, campos i, president chiu i, cohen i, farrell i. there are 11 i's. >> those items are approved and ordinance a passed. next item. >> to approve a 60 articulated trollly buses not to exceed $95 million. >>

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time i got into the white house, i resolved that the civil rights commitment at home and the united states of america should be expanded on a global basis and i should be a champion of human right. >> so full circle back to celebrating the achievements and accomplishments in south africa. do americans have a right to be proud of the parole they played in ultimately -- of the role they played in the assention of nelson mandela in south africa? >> i would say after i had many talks with nelson mandela, i never heard him say that he was grateful to the united states. he was grateful to cuba, he was grateful to others that spoke up for him while he was still in prison. he was grateful to the people that condemned the apartheid regime. but i don't think that he felt that his freedom and the change that took place in south africa was attributable to the united states. when i first met nelson mandela the first thing he did was congratulate me on having a daughter, amy, who had been arrested three times in college, demonstrating against apartheid in south africa. but that was a transition period. when coca-c

america and mexico, central america. millions of the country's citizens are in the united states, many illegally, and it's the big domestic issue that obama wants to get through been he leaves office. he mentioned the word immigration three times in the beach. this conference in heaviana -- havana, what we are seeing is regional groupings of countries trying to make their own decisions without including what is considered a heavy influenced washington. this is a competitive organization from 33 countries weren't paying attention. the president of mexico is looking to see how any change in immigration affects many of his citizens. >> adam, thank you. >> the president spent time talking about afghanistan. it's a country that will play a role in american foreign policy. >> jane ferguson is live in kabul. >> yes, barack obama mentioned, of course, explicitly that over 60,000 u.s. troops have been brought home from afghanistan. there are 38,000 still here in the country. this is a curp year for any u.s. presence in afghanistan. he mentioned in his speech barack obama said that if the afghan government signs a security pack wit

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. president i would you like to call roll. >> president mazzucco. >> present. >> vice president truman. >> i think he's in route. >>en route. commissioner marshall. en route. commisioner dejesus present. >> commissioner chan. >> present. >> commissioner kingsley. >> present. >> commissioner loftus. >> here. >> you have a quorum and with us is the chief of police and ms. frankel. >> welcome to the january 8, 2014 police commission meeting and we have pretty much a packed agenda with a timely issue that will be discussed during the chief's report but without further adieu let's start with approval of minutes line item one. >> approval of the minutes for the dates so listed. >> commissioners you have the minutes in the packets. any changes or recommendations? >> move to approve. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you. please call the next line item. item two. >> item two general public comment. the p