. >> a fire fighter hurt on the job since widespread county workman's comp program forced him to go tisha lewis has the exclusive, tisha. >> and aserings are damaging to say the least. the firefighter we injured said physicians are doctoring medical records and patient and. >> reassertions about lack of transparency with montgomery country when it comes to workman's come companies. >> what is incentive for them to do this. >> money. >> it's all about the money whenever this company does not pay out to payments to the first responders or to workman's comp payments or doctors and stuff they're incentiviseed on saving money. >> 52-year-old alan marcus spent nearly three decades fighting fires across montgomery country until debilitating neck injury on the job forsed them to retire and go to disability. the latter could have been prevented. >> first med ibz republican firefighters retired on disability 9 reason most are retired on disability is because of delay in treatment and diagnosis for their injuries that have happened on the job. and if delays and treatments happened most people a vast

a firefighter hurt on the job is accusing montgomery country workman comp program of widespread corruption. thanks for joining us tonight i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm tony perkins. >> the firefighter says delayed diagnosis and treatment forced him to go on disability and he says, the delays are costing the taxpayers money. and "fox5" tisha lewis joins with with the story. >> tony, shawn, it is damage to say the least. they are records instead of patients and miss diagnosing first responders and more. >> there's heavy assertions about the lack of transparenty with montgomery country when it comes to their workman's comp company. >> what is the incentive for them to do this. >> money, it's all about the money. whatever this company does not pay out, in their you know to payments to the first responders or to workman's comp payments or doctors and stuff, they're incentiviseed on saving money. >> 52-year-old allen mark spent years and then a neck injury on the job forced him to disability. the latter could have been pev entered. >> fist responders and paramedics and firefighters that are retired on

on the new developments, tisha. >> alan marcus was the first one to sound alarm about the county workman'sgram and we're hearing the same from a retired state police officer and current county police officer all describing massive delays in care and treatment and in some instances final decision making that ultimately forced them to reretire from the job they love. >> i would go back to work right now if they would let me. which is hard to look my daughter in the eye and say i can't send you to the klnl you want to go to. >> former montgomery county firefighter eric says he was forced to retire in 201 after several delays in treating an on the job injury. >> they delayed mris, doctor's appointments and more importantly when we finally got the neurosurgeon got to i need to do surgery and replace a disk in my neck they delayed approving that surgery for more than six months and the key thing about that is because of that delay the two disks below where my injury was degenerated enough the doctor would not allow me to come back to work. >> he's not alone in his experience w compensation contr

mike workman from contracts furniture in mcconnellsville is taking that on and driving more value back into our communities through higher value forced use of those products. >> thank you. this is a 20-year story that's hard to tell in five minutes, but i'll do the best that i can. i worked for a furniture manufacturer in south eastern ohio about 20 years and in 1994 the company was sold by our investment banking firm who owned us to a regional bank in cincinnati, the reason it bought all the assets of the investment company was to get a seat on the new york stock exchange, but not interested in manufacturing, nothing to do with it. as a result in 1995 they closed our factory and put 160 workers including myself all on the street, without jobs, including myself, and i thought i'm going to start my own business. that was in 1996, my partner and i in our little town of mcconnellsville purchased some of the equipment and started manufacturing stools and hired three employees from our previous employer and we went into store production immediately and it was a very easy business. it was al

while you're out, a salesman or workman comes to your house. what should you have taught your children to do? check the man's i.d., and if it looks official, let him in? only let him in if he says, "your mom told me it was ok to come in while she's out"? or don't open the door, and tell the man to come back? asking for an i.d. won't do any good. lots of phony i.d.s look official. they should always keep the door locked and tell him to come back. missing from st. petersburg, florida since december 19, 2014, 15-year-old mya grooms is believed to have run away from home. mya may have travelled to tampa or wesley chapel, florida. she may use the alias last name "edwards." an endangered runaway from seattle, washington, tiariyan marr was reported missing on may 25, 2016. 15-year-old tiariyan, who uses the nickname "titi," may have travelled to kent, washington. missing from van nuys, california since may 28, 2016, 15-year-old dreanna hermosillo ran away from home, possibly to oakland, california. dreanna is 5-feet tall an and weighs 118 pounds. moti

follow up to a "fox5" exclusive more first responders are coming forward accusing montgomery countsy workmans compensation of gross delays that cause jobs to worsen. many force delays to retire on disability. >> reporter: montgomery county firefighter alan marcus was first to sound alarm of the county compensation system and tonight we're hearing the same thing from officer and county police officer autopsy all describing massive delays in care, treatment and in some instances final decision making and ultimately forced them to retire from the job they love. >> i would go back to work right now if they let me. which is hard to look my daughter in the eye and say i cannot send you to the college you want to go to. >> former montgomery county firefighter eric says he was forced to retire in 2012 after several delays in treating an on the job injury. >> they delayed mris and, and, doctors appointments and more importantly when we final gi got to neurosurge yn and i need to do surgery to replace a disk in neck they delayed approving that surgery for more than 6 months and the key thing about that

all of the appliances workman you'llly so you are free to do some cooking yourself if you feel like it. >> it is something would i like. >> i have a microwave, that is all i need, microwave works. >> question from joan how toss he wash his hand. >> i don't know we will to have look into that. >>> coming up, roving podium, still ahead on eyewitness news >> actress melissa mccarthey spoofs white the house secretary weekly on snl so who made the moves. hear about the local guys in on the the acts, katie. >>> looking ahead to this point in the weekend that promises to be beautiful, warm up beginning tomorrow, sunny, syringe-like conditions for you on sunday, perfect if you got out door plans, i have a feeling the home and garden sections of the stores will be packed, you will want to get out early. in the meantime coming up i'll let you they how long this trip will last. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it isn't just about vision, it's about care. nobody cares for eyes more than pearle. >>> well, when it comes to using proper grammar some people are sticklers. >> others are more willing to let it slide. in t

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he asked me workman, what are you doing? i said we are making stools for you, i got my feet on the desing, live is good. we are shipping these to you every week. he said i want some tables. i said, chuck, we don't do tables we do stool. he says you're not hearing me. i want tables and i want you to do them. so i said okay. give me a couple of weeks and let me think about this. so i knew a lot of people in the industry, and i went through my list of people in ap laborer -- if they would be interested in making furniture for me. they said yes, we would be interesting in doing that. during the -- between 2005 and 2009 we networked 20 factories in the appalachian region to do kus custom furniture. in 2010 i got a call, from he asked if i would go to ammish country and help four families find their way in design, marketing, sales that kind of thing. they were not interesting in that. they were interesting in manufacturing furniture. so we -- i gave them some tips. i steered them on the right course. and he asked me on the way hom

professional athletes also eligible for workman's comp is 67. players careers are much shorter. most professional athletes careers averaged only two to four years long. we are not talking about tax dollars here. we are talking about private entities football team is worth between two and $3 billion this would amount to more money in the pockets of the owners. to quote an attorney, more money for the owner of the bears. a bunch of lucky folks because that who did not do more than important that the last thing the ownership of an nfl team. the executive director of the nfl players association says he will tell every potential free agent player if this bill passes do not come to the bears. also beware illinois, if you do pass this measure, california did the same thing a few years ago. in two weeks prior to the act taken effect, hundreds of claims filed by workers compensation and pro basketball and hockey teams. in the hundreds. beware of bad onslaught that they are still wading through. claims were filed by a whole number of athletes. everybody f

they are now blaming the government for deciding to treat their injuries through workman's comp. >> reporter: on december 2, 2015, two armed terrorists changed valerie weber's life forever. >> we looked eyes. and they were cold and dark. and she shot me and i went down. apparently, i was in and out of consciousness. and they came back and shot me in the back as well. >> reporter: emergency crews rushed weber to the hospital after one bullet shattered her pelvis, another paralyzed her arm. >> in the first 30 days i had 20 surgeries and five blood transfusions. >> reporter: now, she is struggling with simple tasks. in the days after the attack, county leaders pledged to help. >> we should pledge to support them. >> all of us in san bernardino county are one family. >> reporter: at first, san bernardino raised almost $2.5 million. then the county placed dozens of workers into the comp system. that is when victims started receiving stacks of medical denials leading tallenty to lengthy gaps in treatment. >> i wish i could turn back time. i wish i could walk into this building and be happy. >> can

anti-zionism today is anti-semitism but it turns out the brits said no so with your view is your workmans' worthwhile should we try to keep added because israel has its payments will? >> now that is not difficult question i don't believe in all our anti-zionist i don't believe but i demonstrate other than to be anti-zionist. it is not a political claim claim, but it is a demonstration but to be an anti-semite coming he has no choice cns to be the anti-zionist and to recruit a big number of followers he has to do that. i am a liberal. i love is real -- -- israel not only for national reasons or reasons of memory is not given the area and i believe for example, with ethnicity the way to build without the democratic tradition, as is the case of so many jews from the arab countries so this is one of the main reasons and as often as i can. certainly not. and there is in france but also all over the of world which sometimes achieves the goals to demonizing israel or to deny this democratic use of israel. this conference in paris i don't avoid oppression i am very sad of it. was a mistake as the

here we have wittebeer which is, like, workman's bitter.y: all better. >> anthony: what do you think? how, how, i mean, is there hope for me? >> marina: um -- wow. [ laughs ] >> anthony: oh boy. that's not, that doesn't sound promising. >> marina: i think what is good is that you start thinking, or keep thinking about what's wrong in your life, what do you want to change, and, especially, what do you feel you can change. >> anthony: i was kind of hoping for a prescription for, like, morphine. was this an unreasonable -- >> marina: you should tell me before. [ laughs ] i think you should, you should keep doing therapy, tony. >> anthony: yeah, me too. you're, you're probably right. >> marina: yes, yes. ♪ >> nicolas: i love staying in buenos aires in summer when the streets are empty. [ indistinct chatter ] i love this city. i was born here this huge metropolis where a lot of cultures melt. people from all latin america, people from asia, people from europe, the personality of buenos aires is made from the meld of cultures. >> anthony: when i

the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today. >> [gavel] all right. welcome everyone to our plans and programs meeting of the sfmta for february 14, 2017. i am katy tang chair of this committee and to my left is insure supervisor sheehy and commissioner supervisor farrell and we would like to thank sfgtv and the clerk. mr. clerk if you could about to roll call please. >> all right. commissioner breed. breed is absent. commissioner farrell is absent. commissioner supervisor farrell. >> here. >> commissioner supervisor safai. >> here. >> commissioner. >> here. >> we have a quorum. >> thank you. >> item 2 is citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> thank you. do we have mr. chris walding leer today. he's not here. that's interesting then we will go to

they are the workman. >> pierce sends a nice condolence letter when willie dies. they year the loss of the sun as a bond. -- son as a bond. we have people lining up her lying down, i'm not sure. [laughter] go ahead, please. >> how you reconcile the stories of thomas lincoln interfering with his son's education with sarah lincoln's recollections to herndon the stories were not true? she says that abraham was reading, his father would tiptoe around him and even do his chores he was behind in. what she's just trying to make her husband look better than his legend? how do we know which mother abraham lakin was referred to as his angel mother? >> i will say one thing about the angel mother. i thought several times over the course of my lincoln studies he might be referring to sarah, who probably by then loomed more vividly in his mind as a savior and inspiration. i think herndon assumed it was someone in heaven. sarah was very much alive. that is my take on it. the reconciliation? i don't know. what you think? >> i think she was in a way protecting her dad's second hus

all of the appliances also workman you'llly this way you are free to do some of the cooking yourselff you feel like it. reporting for three on your side i'm jim donovan. >>> good news for the fans of the good wife. new drama series the good fight, launches this sunday with the special preview of the premiere episode here on r bs3. christie baransky is back playing role of the dianne lockheart. >> miss lockheart, hello. >> i didn't know you joined them. >> four monthsing ago. >> alycia to. >> no, just me. >> well, congratulations should we get started here. >> sorry i'm late. >> the actress told us what is special for her about playing this character, again. >> all of us associated with the good wife loved the job, for so many reasons, for me, as an actress i always loved the character of dianne to get an opportunity to play a woman who is, ab authority figure a woman in power, well dress, well educated, well spoken, complicated, interesting personal life, very interesting professional life. i always thought dianne was like a lot of woman who are out the this is world, who are really

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the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language.ened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today. >> [gavel] all right. welcome everyone to our plans and programs meeting of the sfmta for february 14, 2017. i am katy tang chair of this committee and to my left is insure supervisor sheehy and commissioner supervisor farrell and we would like to thank sfgtv and the clerk. mr. clerk if you could about to roll call please. >> all right. commissioner breed. breed is absent. commissioner farrell is absent. commissioner supervisor farrell. >> here. >> commissioner supervisor safai. >> here. >> commissioner. he

the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world toda soon. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> greeting of peace brothers and sisters and esteemed guests we thank you very much for joining us here and society of san francisco during this critical time in our countries history first i want to thank the following city leaders for your work and commitment in protecting and advancing values we would like to thank our esteemed mayor, mayor ed lee, the city attorney district attorney george gascon, ms. sheryl davis the human right director of human right commission, human right commissioner, san francisco police department the city attorney's office are faith leader if in this city a special thanks we want to give a special thanks to mayor ed lee who showed up here the day after the election i thought out of the country he came to assure the muslims of this city they have nothing

the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today. >> good evening, and welcome to the san francisco board of appeals. the presiding officer is commissioner honda and we are joined by our vice president commissioner fung and commissioner lazarus, commissioner bobby wilson and commissioner swig transportation authority is brad the deputy city attorney and provide the board with any needed legal advice and gary and my name is cynthia goldstein the board's executive director. we expect to be joined by representative we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. scott sanchez should be here the deserve and also representing the planning department and planning commission and senior building inspector joe duffy dbi please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. out in the ha

approximately 80%-87 - i'm sorry - 80% of our total budget on salaries and benefits and when you factor in workman's comp that totals about 90% of our budget. professional services is approximately $13.6 million and those are things like $3.5 million for non-city-owned rent utilities and maintenance, litigation fees and judgment claims at about $3 million, additional item and an it software licensing and copying, that is about 2.1 million and we also of a training-a part of training meeting that is about 1.7 million. that's kind of our entire-there's other smattering of other budget costs here like maintenance contracts and those sorts of things. then, materials and supplies totals about 5.5 million. those are the things you can imagine that we would spend most of our money on uniforms and safety claimant, crime lab supplies and testing kits, and then it hardware, office supplies, that sort of thing. the capital outlay line item really is about the things that are really expensive. there we expect to last a long time like cars and-cars and other types of equipment, fingerprinting equipment, projects

the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language.nd what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world toda sfgovtv.org. >> neighborhoods and san francisco as exists and fascist as the people that i think inhabitable habit them the bay area continues to change for the better as new start up businesses with local restaurants and nonprofit as the collaborative spaces the community appeal is growing too. >> what anchors me to the community i serve is a terminal connection this is the main artery of the southeast neighborhood that goes around visitacion valley and straight down past the ball park and into the south of market this corridor the hub of all activity happening in san francisco. >> i'm barbara garcia of the wines in the bayview before opening the speculation we were part of bayview and doing the opera house every thursday i met local people putting their wares out into the community barbara is an work of a symbol how the

approximately 80%-87 - i'm sorry - 80% of our total budget on salaries and benefits and when you factor in workman's comp that totals about 90% of our budget. professional services is approximately $13.6 million and those are things like $3.5 million for non-city-owned rent utilities and maintenance, litigation fees and judgment claims at about $3 million, additional item and an it software licensing and copying, that is about 2.1 million and we also of a training-a part of training meeting that is about 1.7 million. that's kind of our entire-there's other smattering of other budget costs here like maintenance contracts and those sorts of things. then, materials and supplies totals about 5.5 million. those are the things you can imagine that we would spend most of our money on uniforms and safety claimant, crime lab supplies and testing kits, and then it hardware, office supplies, that sort of thing. the capital outlay line item really is about the things that are really expensive. there we expect to last a long time like cars and-cars and other types of equipment, fingerprinting equipment, projects