The committee will come to order. Good morning to everyone and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that, i will now recognize myself for my Opening Statement. I am honored to be convening todays hearing. My very first as chairwoman. As we continue to mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague, chairman elijah cummings. And as i sit here today in his chair, i am mindful of his Lifelong Mission to seek not only Common Ground but higher ground. With that in mind, i am very pleased to hold todays hearing on an issue we have been fighting for, for many years. The need for comprehensive paid, family, and medical leave. It is an important its important for people to understand the Current Situation in our country. Right now, we are one of only two nations in the world that does not provide our workers with any form of paid family or medical leave. The United States and papua new guinea. I remember when i was pregnant with my f
Decision. And i dont understand the less Lethal Weapon is not a policy but the Lethal Weapon itself is in policy. So for the commission, we had to be very limited on comments, because this case is also a d. P. A. Case that will probably land in front of this commission. So d. P. A. And director henderson and i have met and conferred on this case, so we have to be limited in our comments. I was going to say the same thing, because d. P. A. Is in those things too but if there are open investigations in some of these cases, which is the case. [off mic] bringing it to us as a decision made by the Police Department. They looked at their own shooting. Which over and over again, shouldnt be investigating their own shootings. But you are investigating your own shootings. Just policy violations for the same shooting [off mic] even disciplined [off mic] training or something with some kind of exception. Its just not do all these other things and thats out of policy, but its in policy. So to the
Of the attack. Azenith smith is here. It is such a sad story. Last year, the attack happened and that event was supposed to be a Community Gathering and it was supposed to be held on wednesday. It will now be a memorial an official. She fought until the end, but her organs began to feel and she had a high fever infection and was unable to fully recover. We sensed that she would transition very soon, it was timely. Reporter this is the last the photo over 89yearold grandmother taken at the hospital in San Francisco last sunday. They were there to celebrate her life and to say goodbye. You were not ready. We tried to let go , but i think now she is in a better place and we are all able to start our healing. Reporter she died on friday nearly one year after she was beating. Back on january 8th of last year, she was at the doing her routine exercises. Police arrested an 18 year old, Keonte Gathron and said she tried, that he ager tried to break into her home. Struck the victims daughter sp
Not much breeze though. Sunny today and increasing clouds tomorrow, upper 50s and a few near 60 out of the gate we have a few issues and where would you like to begin . Speak well we do have slowing traffic on the 580 and 205 and as he drives a little more we can see it. It is not too slow but definitely slower than you might expect. We are also looking at 80 westbound and 680 s. To a good start when you get to the bay bridge a little bit of a black up at the toll plaza. Today and iran a country is a morning as tens of thousands of people turned out for the funeral of recusal as tensions between the us and iran are rising. We have overnight developments. Good to receive condolence, and in to ron a sea of mourners lined streets drawn millions of police, express anger over thq soul chanting death to america in earlier today iranian Supreme Leader was a scene in the mourners praying over the casket of useful and the replacement as vowed to take revenge on the us and iraqi to officials ann
Town and so is the president and both will have to deal with this escalating situation with iran. The iranian Supreme Leader weeping at the funeral of q soul killed in an us airstrike last week and the procession has drawn hundreds of thousands of mourners. His daughter and others vowing revenge on the United States. And meantime President Trump returning to washington and making threats of his own on twitter , these media posts will serve as notification to the u. S. Congress that should iran strike any us person or target the United States will quickly and fully strike back and perhaps in a disproportionate manner. We will take responses appropriate and commensurate with actions that threaten american lives. The secretary of state driving the point home but congress this week may assert its own authority and House Speaker nancy pelosi sang the democratic colleagues they should rebuke the president and limit his power to respond to iran. The point we are making is the president is not