Of the democracy project at the bipartisan policy center. This is a second thing of our day on the release of a report selecting a Vice President come advice for president ial candidates. A report of the bbcs working group. I have announced the members of the working group in the beginning and introduces them. We had some on the first panel. We have more here today with maria cino and Manny Rouvelas and Benjamin Ginsberg but we are joined by one of the countrys leading expert on the vice presidency. Professor of law at st. Louis university and the author of several books and many articles but also the author of the book that is just come out come the most recent off the press, the white house life presidency, the path to significance, mondale to biden. I recommend this book. It is worse or outside. The are many, many virtue purchf this book about the vice presidency itself, a history of the Selection Process. It might be the only book about the vice presidency that does not mention joh
Would still be meetings at the convention with the leading Party Officials and, you know, the candidate would meet with people and so it was a democratic process in the sense that candidate would meet with people. It was a democratic process in the sense there was consultation, deliberation and so forth, though ultimately the candidates decision. I think as its moved away from the convention beginning 1976, its been a process focused much more on the president ial candidate and the people around the president ial candidate. They still consult with party leaders, talk to capitol hill, talk to governors, solicit input. But ultimately the circle of people in the room when the decision is made tends to be the president ial candidate and a few people close to them. Im going to get our questioners ready, a few more questions and then turn to the audience again. Weve referred to, in terms of the convention, that we might have a different kind of year especially on the republican side. Weve ma
Good morning. Before that, the pope spent part of the morning at the white house. This ceremony on the south lawn was reserved for visitors but clouds were lined up leading to the white house. The pope gets a version of the ceremony in every country he visits. Frin s the pope was greeted by president obama and the first lady. Then the leader of the Catholic Church walked to the podium. The president officially welcomed the pope who addressed 2 crowd in english, one of the few times he will do so during this trip to the u. S. Your holiness, your words and dee deeds, you set a profound moral example and in these gentle but firm reminders of our obligations to god and to one another, you are shaking us out of our complacency. American catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities and to reject every form of injustice and discrimination. [ applause ] pope francis also said addressing Climate Cha
Anytime an officer fires a weapon regardless if it results in death. Tasers still kill people and im not interested in arming Law Enforcement with another tool that can potentially harm a person even though its considered a nonlethal weapon. Reporter she has said in the past that these independence investigations are needed for everyones peace of mind. Well have more about it today after 1 00. Back to you. Jackie, the chief has been scrutinized since the shooting. Is he proposing if i changes as well . For months now he has been talking about a campaign that finally launched called into the on my watch. You can see here its an effort to root things out among sfpd. The Department Just released this video. Officers share their stories patrolling neighborhoods and promise prejudice wont be practiced on their watch. For those who suggest there is anyplace for the stain of intolerance, i pledge not on my watch. I pledge not on my watch. I pledge not on my watch. I pledge not on my watch. I
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix 5 news. Bay area homes on the edge of a crumbling cliff and tonight evacuees lash out at the city. And an Apartment Building yellow tagged. Reporter if you see movement tonight it is not people settling in, it is people getting out. Those yellow tags mean people can go in and out but cannot stay. Reporter the roaring waves of the ocean are no match for the roar of people displaced by erosion in pacifica. Someone needs to pony up money and resources. Reporter a state of emergency was declared tonight because of damage to the pacifica peer, beach boulevard and a storm water outfall and today yellow tags. 20 apartments were declared uninhabitable due to the bluff crumbling. You can see the cavities. We took action the city has been checking the cliff twice a day for weeks and says the building is no longer safe to live in. He says the city is acting prematurely. The back of the building we have 20 feet of bluff left and i was under the under