announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. early in the campaign, black people were feeling somewhat neglected. is he going to represent us? is he going to take our issues seriously? people felt he wasn t black enough. mccain s crowds turned uglier. the discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn. this is not a man who sees america the way that you and i see america. okay, you re rolling. you obviously put a lot of thought into the decision to do this. have you given thought to when you re successful, what would you want people to say about how america was different than the day you walked in the door? i don t think that we re going to solve all our problems in eight years or ten years. one of the things about life, both for each of us and for the country as a whole, is that there are always going to be new challenges. there are always going to be new difficulties. but i hope that at the end of an obam
today charleston church massacre with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning and welcome to today on a thursday morning. nine people killed in an unthinkable crime in charleston south carolina. this morning this image is the one being spread across the country. who is this man who opened fire during a prayer meeting? obviously police taking close look at the images. it s our top story. we ll be talking about a lot about it this morning. as savannah said ten people were shot. at least nine are dead after a gunman opened fire during the prayer meeting at the emanuel church. police have not released the names of the victim. we know the church pastor clement they pinckney. he was also a state senator. a clean-shaven white male said to be in his early 20s, sandy blond or light brown hair. the fbi is already on the scene. so far the suspect hasn t been found. an e intense manhunt underway at this hour. we go right to ch
[pleage of allegiance] ladies and gentlemen please were not electronic devices that they tend to interfere equivalent in the room. i like to call roll call please do the was loftus, here. turman, here. marshall, here. dejesus, here. rath mazzucco, here. melara is excused ong hing, here. a quorum is present. also here is interim chief of police 20 chaplain and joyce hicks good evening and welcome to our january 11 police commissioner meeting. as you might know this will be my last meeting as police commissioner of talk more about that in my report but we will go head and i make some switches to the agenda. sgt. we are going back going to have item 3 after in the place of item 2. colleagues, i note you are aware that unfortunately this last week the department lost an officer who passed away suddenly while on duty. officer stuart moeller. so we will conclude adjourn this meeting in his memory and i ll share more details of his life it is a gold-medal valor winner and
i make some switches to the agenda. sgt. we are going back going to have item 3 after in the place of item 2. colleagues, i note you are aware that unfortunately this last week the department lost an officer who passed away suddenly while on duty. officer stuart moeller. so we will conclude adjourn this meeting in his memory and i ll share more details of his life it is a gold-medal valor winner and really an extraordinary officer and it s a big loss to the department for everyone at the airport. we will talk about his life and conclude this meeting is his memory. with that sgt. please call the parse line item item 1 teaser report this item is to love the chief of police to report on recent police department activities including major events and weekly crime trends and to make announcements. update from the professional standards bureau in regards to collaborative review status and implementation of high priority recommendations. presentation of the safe streets for all q
through to the - as is chief of police of san francisco i i get it kind of unions i deserve that s simple what i mean by that i m who i am in i m firmer or stand alone the policies of that organization and the citizens for the most part because we re all here to serve the citizens in a fair and ultimately a way that people feel like they re treated with respect and fairness restore justices i get the union i deserve like i said, i. who i am your management of lapd i ve not had an issue with the unions we ve had sdaurlts but about fairness and honest but on top of it gets to take first swing we have to live with that but the process is really important to our question my plans are to be the type of chief that deserves a poa that will work with me by the way i work with them. (inaudible). thank you. [pleage of allegiance] ladies and gentlemen please were not electronic devices that they tend to interfere equivalent in the room. i like to call roll call please do