Chair m chair mar good morning. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday, march 5 meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee. Im supervisor gordon mar, the chair of this committee, and im joined by supervisor matt haney, and supervisor aaron peskin will be joining us shortly, as well as supervi sandra lee fewer. Thank you to this committees clerk, john carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents should be provided to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the march 10 board of supervisors agenda. [agenda item read]. Chair mar supervisor fewer, thank you for joining us this morning as the sponsor of this hearing. The floor is yours. Supervisor fewer thank you, committee. I call this hearing today after discussions with ifpte local 21 because i am concerned about the use of Civil Service exclusions
Just waiting for the cronkite awards to begin. The award is presented in excellence in tv political journalism. Jonathan karl, ben collins, and Margaret Brennan are along the recipients. It will begin shortly on cspan. Professor martin kaplan. [applause] thank you. I know that hand is the voice of god, and god appreciates it. Good afternoon. Thank you. Thrilled to have you here. An amazing day. A lot of people worked really hard to make it happen. And you are those people. If you are watching us now on cspan, or on facebook live, if you are here in the room, please enjoy your salads. Above all, welcome to the 12th biannual Walter Cronkite awards for excellence in Television Political journalism. On behalf of the unc Annenberg School for communication and our Sister School at the university of pennsylvania, the Annenberg School s annenberg Public Policy center, we are thrilled to have you. You dont need me to tell you that these are Tumultuous Times for television, journalism, and polit
appointment of a special master. this is kind of a last resort situation. why a trump appointed judges scoffing at his attempt to slow down the investigation. and then it s election night. steve kornacki is here for all the results. from new york, florida and beyond. all in starts right now. good evening from new york and chris says. we do have a lot going on as you can see from the bottom of your screen there. it is primary election night three states, new york florida, and oklahoma. polls of just closed in florida and oklahoma, to be closing in for new york at 9 pm. new yorkers if he s still watching this 11 hour to vote. florida i can tell you that and d.c. news projects that former governor ankara congressman charlie crist as the project tick leader winner of the he will be then be running against ron desantis charlie crist for his old job as governor of florida. congresswoman val demings is the projected winner of the democratic primary for senate. she will face of
Order including alvin bragg and his own family. That ruling came in an order last night following a filing from alvin Braggs Office and in the wake of repeated attacks and ongoing ones by trump on the judges daughter. The kind of stuff so completely nonsensical and baseless and Out Of Bounds that most normal criminal defendants would not contemplate launching attacks like this. But donald trump is no ordinary criminal defendant, is he. Next expresident. With just two weeks to go before he goes on trial. He was intent on turning the proceedings into a circus. To benefit him politically, because he knows that winning the white house may be his only way out of his now many legal trev ails. The judge dismisses the claim that hes exercising his First Amendment right to free speech when he charges the judges daughter, and that is judge talk for a lie. This pattern after tacking Family Members of presiding jurists and attorneys assigned to his cases serves no legitimate purpose. It merely inj
Good morning. It is sunday, may 5th. We have symone and michael in washington d. C. This morning, donald trump delivers unhinged remarks to donors in florida attacking federal prosecutors and comparing the Biden Administration to nazis. The president ial Medal Of Freedom recipient congressman jim clyburn joins us after another busy week in court after the criminal trial resumes tomorrow morning in new york. To get your coffee and settle in. Welcome to the weekend. Take a deep breath, friends. The 2024 election is exactly six months away. Donald trumps increasingly bizarre behavior was on full display saturday embraced by the Republican Party. Nbc news reports that at the rnc Spring Meeting in florida, trump called special counsel jack smith deranged and an evil thug. And compare the Biden Administration to the secret police force of nazi germany saying, these people are running a gestapo administration. And started with the recording of the National Anthem performed by none other than