International analyst for msnbc news, and the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, happy new year to you all. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. We have so much to talk about. New year yesterday morning, mika and i went to a new Years Day Service, and the priest gave a homily on the need to be architects of peace in our daily lives and political discourse, and Foreign Policy and everything. The harsh path we have taken in our not so new century is elevated, revenge over reconciliation. And reminded us for all of us in attendance, and i love this. Its a good one. He said start by digging two graves. One of them for yourselves. Yeah. Wow, that really does strike you when you look whats happening in washington over the past 20 years because i really do believe, mika, we live in two americas. One that has seen Childhood Poverty has dropped to 60 year lows, and teenage pregnancy drop to 70year lows. Its in the u. S. World dollar and anytime over
And we thank her for her decades of service to this country. All of our thoughts with her family. We will continue this breaking News Coverage the death of senator Dianne Feinstein continues now with cnn news central. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And we do continue with the breaking news, Scrat Cdemocrati senator Dianne Feinstein has passed away at the age of 90 years old. We have of course seen the senators struggles with her health in recent years, she has been previously hospitalized in august after a fall. We now want to get to Cnns Wolf Blitzer who is taking a look back at her life and incredible legacy. Announcer Dianne Feinstein emerged on the National Stage after a 1978 tragedy in San Francisco. Mayor moss coney and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. Reporter after the Assassinations Feinstein was sworn in as the first female mayor of the city by the bay. Mayor feinstein quickly got the attention of the National Democratic party on a short list of vp cand
Should probably make it more difficult for the United States to exercise its will in the world. People think that is a good thing for us to do. I have tos imagine that would be the case. And for americans, it has become an extremely difficult to do their job in these countries. They can be arrested. They can be harassed. They can be prohibited, as the New York Times has not been able to receive visas for its journalist to go into china. They have been denied visas because the Chinese Government is upset about very good reporting about corruption there. And that is true in other countries as well. Thereof been several questions about the fine line between reporting the news there have been several questions about the fine line between reporting the news and shaping the news. When it comes to questions about American Power abroad, fox news and msnbc tell different stories. They seem to be trying to shape peoples perceptions. Is this right . Well, yeah. Its not whether it is right or wron
Twere live. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome back for another session of the land use and transportation committee. My name is malia cohen, chair of this committee and to my right is supervisor scott wiener, the vicechair and to my left is supervisor aaron peskin. Our clerk is victor young, yes. And i also want to recognize Jessie Jim Smith and leo who are televising this meeting on sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements for us today . Yes, please science all cell phones and Electronic Devices and completed speaker cards and documents to be completed as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon will appear on the august 16th, 2016 meeting of the board of supervisors, unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Could you call item 1 . Item no. 1 resolution authorizing the sublease between the city and county of San Francisco, as tenant and sublandlord and the crossroads as subtenant. Of 4124 rentable square feet in the building located at 167 je
More . Great. Good afternoon, commissioners, my name is dr. Veronica hanukkah. Im with the chairman visor committee over seeing the project. For now, members of this group, dedicated volunteers has spent countless hours and efforts and i have been able to carry this project from the conceptual phase to the implementation phase. Im going quickly because i have a lot of notes to share with you but you know im fighting the 3minute clock. Following the San Francisco report on contracting its very obvious to the cac and members close to the Community Involved with the shipyard project, the problem with the project, the lan ars Massive Community benefits program, basically the whole picture on the ground is not only missing but inaccurate. That blame should be equally shared by your staff an others at cac, we should not let the San Francisco chronicle and tell the news media. Its a real wake up call for all of us. We are working on a plan. The board of supervisors and our stake holders to di