Holiday shoppers. The best way to save on gifts might be how you pay for them. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. In a year of several high profile shootings by Police Officers, few have stood out or generated more shock than the live image st media or sas till moments after a traffic stop last july. We begin tonight with a Major Development on that case. That saint paul minnesota officer has now been criminally charged after prosecutors determined kas still did everything write complying with officers before he was fatally shot and key evidence in the case is that disturbing video captured by his girlfriend. Nbc blake mccoy has dead. Reporter the aftermath of the killing by police was seen around the world. Tonight the officer who fired the fielt sh fatal shots is being charged. Charged with Second Degree manslaughter carrying up to ten years in jail plus who counts of dangerously discha
Commissioner makras, here. Commissioner meiberger [inaudible] all are present. Lets rise and say 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. Thank you. Could you please call the next item . [inaudible] thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, well go into closed session at this time. We will resume with our agenda at 2 30. Thank you. Before we go into closed session, we will take Public Comment. Im so glad to be redirected. I and others have strongly objected to the board going into closed session to start your meetings forcing active City Employees to wait several hours in the lobby to reconvene in open session. Using benefited vocation time to be here. As far as i know no other board or commission starts their meetings by rudely going into closed session. This board appears to be the only commission doing so. Fortunately i off
Afternoon, we will go aled and get started. Welcome you tathe regular scheduled meeting of inSan Francisco eployment retirement system. I [inaudible] cohen [inaudible] vice president. Are there any announcements . No. Could you call roll, please . Commissioner cohen, aye. Commissioner [inaudible] on the way. Commissioner makras, here. Commissioner meiberger [inaudible] all are present. Lets rise and say 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. Thank you. Could you please call the next item . [inaudible] thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, well go into closed session at this time. We will resume with our agenda at 2 30. Thank you. Before we go into closed session, we will take Public Comment. Im so glad to be redirected. I and others have strongly objected to the board going into closed session to start your meetings forc
With liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Could you please call the next item . [inaudible] thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, well go into closed session at this time. We will resume with our agenda at 2 30. Thank you. Before we go into closed session, we will take Public Comment. Im so glad to be redirected. I and others have strongly objected to the board going into closed session to start your meetings forcing active City Employees to wait several hours in the lobby to reconvene in open session. Using benefited vocation time to be here. As far as i know no other board or commission starts their meetings by rudely going into closed session. This board appears to be the only commission doing so. Fortunately i officially retired from my city employment on halloween and have received and deposited my first retirement check, so i no longer have to take vacation or floating Holiday Hours to come remeend you to be more transparent with the 60 thousand active and retired members
Would be very poloit of you totake that into consideration. Any other for Public Comment . Public comment is closed at this time. I want to remind that in concession to what i heard, the desire to have Public Comment at the end of the agenda, the reason i asked we move for the beginning because we were in jeopardy of losing a quarm so what i asked to be respectful of members time is we have a time certain when people can come back and that time certain for this meeting is published and it is 2 30 today. I also want to announce item number 7, the discussion item which was going to be an informational presentation on the down Payment Loan Program is no longer on the calendar and at this time is not rescheduled or recalendared. I think we are ready to go into closed session now. Thank you. Sorry. [inaudible] you are out of order. We need to go into closed session. I made the announcement, everyone can come back at 2 30. Thank you. Thank you for joining us. We are going to take a vote not