Justice. We want to thank our friends here at nyud. C. And the nyu center for cohosting this event with us this afternoon and for being such a great partner to the Brennan Center for justice. On behalf of the Brennan Center, we are pleased you have joined us for what we know will be an exciting and interesting conversation on president ial ethics law, and this is a particularly good moment to have this discussion. The Brennan Center, for those of you who do not know, is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our broken systems of justice and democracy, and we like to use the tools of advocacy, research, litigation, and strategic negotiations to do just that. We work on what we think are very cutting edge issues, such as voting rights, money in politics, ethics, criminal justice reform, racial justice, fair courts, and a host of other issues to, again, do just that, make our democracy and justice systems stronger and more effective for all americans. Please follow
I am Nicole Austin hillary. Friends atthank our nyu for coke hosting this event and being a partner. We are pleased you are joining us this afternoon for interesting and exciting conversation on president ial ethics law. This is a good moment to have the discussion. The Brennan Center is a nonpartisan institute that seeks to improve our broken system of justice and democracy. We work on what we think our cuttingedge issues, such as voting rights, money, and politics. Make our democracy and Justice System stronger. Follow the Brennan Center if you do not already on facebook and twitter. Heck our videos and podcasts i am introducing kimberly. Tony and introducing to relate. [applause]. [applause] kimberly thank you. Trump ethical controversies making headlines thats Inauguration Day a year what can be done to shore up federal ethics laws to give the Public Confidence there leaders will put the interests of the American People first . What are the most significant federalsting in our ethi
Particularly good moment to have this discussion. The Brennan Center, for those of you who do not know, is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our broken systems of justice d democrac and we ke t use the tools of advocacy, strategic negotiations to do just that. We work on what we think are very cutting edge issues, such as voting rights, money in politics, ethics, criminal justice reform, racial justice, fair courts, and a host of other issues to, again, do just that, make our democracy and justice systems stronger and more effective for all americans. Please follow the Brennan Center if you dont already on facebook and twitter. Be sure to check out our videos and podcasts on itunes, youtube, and in the multimedia section of brennancenter. Org. And with that said, i am pleased to introduce our moderator for todays program, kimberly atkins, who is the chief washington reporter and columnist for the boston herald. Please join me in welcoming kimberly. [applause]
We are so happy to see you here this afternoon. I am nicole austinhillery, director of the Brennan Center for office. We want to thank our friends here for cohosting this event with us this afternoon and being such a great partner for the Brennan Center for justice. On behalf of the Brennan Center we are pleased you joined us this afternoon for what we know will be an exciting and interesting conversation on president ial ethics law and this is a particularly good moment to have that discussion. The Brennan Center for those who dont know is a nonpartisan policy institute that seeks to improve our broken system of justice and democracy and we like to use the tools of advocacy, research, litigation and Strategic Communication to do just that. We work on what we think are very cutting edge issues like voting rights, money and politics, ethics, criminal justice reform, racial justice, fair courts and a host of other issues to do just that. Make our democracy and Justice System stronger and
Throughout the day. Were warmer. Four to five degrees warmer and temperatures right now from the low 50s in the south bay, 62 in San Francisco with 50 in livermore. Planning your day just as warm as yesterday with mid80s inland. Alexis . Taking a look at one of many closures that we still have in the north bay due to the fires. 101 in santa rosa. All those on and off ramps continue to be closed. Mendocino river road, also Airport Drive is closed. Off of 101. So just be aware of that. Tough to get through there. We do have three left lanes just before you get to the harrison exit. Scheduled until 5 30 for bridge maintenance. Looks like they may be wrapping that up early. Well take a look at drive times up next. And here are the latest numbers on the fires that continue to burn this morning in the north bay. Containment has grown in nearly all the major fires including lake and mendocino counties. The 48,000 nuns fire is now 40 contained. Cal fire expects full containment by friday. Mand