Special Police Committee meeting that just got underway. Officials are to vote on whether San Francisco officers should be armed with stun guns. For months now police chief William Scott has been pushed to get tasers into officers hands. He believes it gives them another less lethal option when trying to subdue a suspect, but protesters who are outside city hall right now think tasers are a bad idea. Unfortunately tasers are deadly. They do kill and they dont actually reduce incidences of shooting. So we think its really a step back from the deescalation and crisis intervention training the police are undergoing. As far as injury rates, the breadth of studies show it reduces suspect injuries and it also reduces injuries to officers. Back now to our live picture of the protesters, we are inside city hall right now. Were expecting a lot of Public Comment on this issue in that very room. The u. S. Justice department is recommending the tasers after its recent review of the department. Was
Venezuela. With skyrocketing food prices and an economy in freefall malnutrition hits the countrys most vulnerable citizens. And where lowincome americans go when they dont have bank accounts. Making sense of the multi billion dollar industry that is still largely unregulated. Whats interesting is that even my boss at the payday lender said, payday is a lousy product but were filling a need that nobody else will fill. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, ad improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by
Venezuela. With skyrocketing food prices and an economy in freefall malnutrition hits the countrys most vulnerable citizens. And where lowincome americans go when they dont have bank accounts. Making sense of the multi billion dollar industry that is still largely unregulated. Whats interesting is that even my boss at the payday lender said, payday is a lousy product but were filling a need that nobody else will fill. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, ad improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by
Over the past three months, three deadly terrorist attacks have struck the United Kingdom. In additional five other plots were thwarted. These were the latest in a wave of deadly attacks that have since swept europe 2014. In three years there have been more than 36 attacks across western europe killing nearly 400 people, including a number of americans. The number of potential plots have skyrocketed, posing a challenge to european authorities. According to british authorities , they are investigating as many and 5000 suspected potential plots. While Security Services have been lucky all of the time to protect our freedom, the terrorists just have to get lucky once to threaten our sense of safety. Terrorists are no longer focusing on sophisticated tax. Everyday items such as kitchen come areelivery trucks used as tools of terror. Anyonel is directed to be it French Police patrolling the streets or children and their families exiting a concert in manchester. They have targeted symbols of
Good afternoon. Nice crowd. I know everybody is excited about energy week. Whitetainly are at the house and that is why we have secretary of Energy Rick Perry here to talk to about what the president and others in the administration are doing this week to emphasize our commitment to American Energy dominance. He will take some of your questions after that and i will be happy to step back up after that and answer questions on other energyrelated topics. Be nice to him. He is from texas. Not quite arkansas, but a good neighbor. Ecretary perry thank you my privilege to be here today to share with you a little bit of the observation that i have relative to energy week. Trumpeek, the administration will bring state, tribal, business, labor, old together. All together in one room sitting down and discussing how we are going to go forward. With the path forward is for u. S. Energy dominance. And, President Trump wants america to achieve Energy Dominance by utilizing our abundant resources for