John thune. His father was honored as a member of the best of a hall of fame. We asked him about constituent work, the economy and what events in the States History most interest him. Where were you born and raised . A little town west of here. It was named after a scottish cattle rancher called merle mckenzie. It was very much a step in place forpeople staffing place people who are heading to the black hills. A lot of motels, restaurants, filling stations and all of my siblings and my parents worked in one of those types of establishments every summer. What was it like growing up here in south dakota . A great background. I love this day, it is very beautiful to me. I love the prairie, i like wide open spaces and i think that is because of where i was raised. Outdoors person, i love hunting and fishing and being outdoors, biking, running, particularly through the different seasons of the year. Small townup in a and going to is moscow we have opportunities to do a lot of rings. I get t
Not present yee not present you have a quorum thank you. Can we please join us for the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] speaking no mdm. Clerk, any communications . Yes. Where in the receipt of its litigation dated speaking no mdm. Clerk, any communications . Yes. Where in the receipt of its litigation dated february 22, 2016 pertaining to item 2629 todays agenda. Regarding the proposed commuter shuttle permit program appellant representing their Legal Environment of transit have formally withdrawn their appeal. Colleagues, any changes to the have formally withdrawn their appeal. Colleagues, any changes to the january 12, 2016 Board Meeting minutes . Seeing none, is their motion to approve those minutes. Moved and seconded. Colleagues, can we take this without objection . Without objection those Meeting Minutes will pass after public comment. [gavel] madam clerk, please read the consent agenda. Items 14 comprise of consent calendar if any members of the board would like to
Police officer. Very few details have been released at this time. But the Alameda County Sheriffs Office has confirmed there was a chase involving at least one officer today. It ended on eaton canyon road in castro valley. Just off of 5. 80. At some point there was a shooting as well. Its unclear who fired the weapon or if anyone was injured. But we are expecting more details from Hayward Police any moment now. Were going to bring you those updates as we receive them. But again, there is a shooting under investigation in Alameda County. Stanford no longer requiring masks on campus and inside classrooms. As of today, kron fours Charles Clifford joining us live now with more on how the Sanford Community is reacting to the change and what went into this decision. Charles . Yeah, well, we theres some concern out there that there could be a surge in covid cases this winter. But here on the stanford Campus University decided the case numbers have been low enough for long enough to ease some
To find out how we as a society can learn from this tragedy and make sure its not repeated. Whats next for the families . For this community . And our country . We are live covering every angle of this story as the verdict re verb rates from coast to coast. Sad and disappointed. This is a very sad, sad time. Its truly a tragedy. A 17yearold boy is dead. Both sides presented their case and the jury decided. Thats justice. Its been more than 17 hours now since the jury delivered that not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman and reaction is coming in from all sides, including the family of Trayvon Martin. Martins cousins talked to reporters outside the familys church in miami gardens. We know in the end god will prevail and justice will be served. And keep everybody pr their prayers. Remember, trayvon, as sabrina always said, could have been your son, could have been my baby, could have been anyone in americas baby. Just walking to the store and coming back with skittles and iced tea. Thin
Rundown on msnbc. It didnt take long for governor christies potential rivals to come out of the woodwork with their knifes in hand. Are we witnessing a preemptive strike . I think were seeing a little bit of a preview of what christies going have to go through and that is the conservative wing of the party and no matter how many times Chris Christie calls himself a conservative says hes prolife, these things, he is not going to be viewed as conservative of where the Republican Party is today. Look, i think the most important a actions were not ted cruz or marco rubio. They came from rush limbaugh. Dont let the media tell you who the republican frontrunner is. Dont let the media pick who the candidate is. That type of stuff resonates very well with the basin side the Republican Party and i think that may have been that is the biggest shot across the bow that i saw yesterday with Chris Christie, but i have to tell you, craig, i think it is remarkable and in some ways as someone who has b