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Florence harding managed her husbands contacts, lobbying delegates at the Republican Convention and helped with his public remarks. She ordered the white house gates open to the public, resumed the easter egg roll and pushed for guided viewers. Join us thursday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern as we learn more about florence harding. And we return in the new year with the five most recent first ladies from nancy reagan to michelle obama. And along with the white houses association, we offer the special edi...

The speaker pro tempore the yeas are 224. The nays are 19 t the previous question is ordered. The question now is on adoption of the resolution. As many as are in favor will signify by saying aye. Those opposed will say no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Mr. Polis on that i request a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. Those in favor of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is or...

Incident that launched this standoff. Good morning. Im tori campbell. Good morning, everybody. Im brian flores in for dave clark. Lets get your day started with weather and traffic. Steve is here and hes brought the sunshine with him. I will. Maybe not yet. Were close. Southern california dealing with a lot of cloud cover. Not here. A little cold for some. Chilly for others. It will be sunny, mild, warm, later on with 60s, 70s. Oakland, record high 78 degrees breaking the old mark of 76. Theres ...

For us, we know from having done this work with lowercase lows that when we have the opportunity to speak to generally the woman but the victim in the case and build that relationship through an advocate, an investigator or an attorney we see much higher interest in prosecution, and a much High Conviction rate as a result of that. Commissioner shorter. It in clarify for those watching from home who jean is . Not everyone knows. So you can be on tv too. Good evening my name is jean roland,managin...

In australia, dozens of wildfires continued to burn out of control. Wildfires raging in New South Wales that marked an early start for the annual fire season of poverty killed one person, destroyed dozens of houses, and forced hundreds of evacuations. Milder conditions helped firefighters after unseasonably hot temperatures and strong winds which fanned the flames of the fires now threatening towns around sydney. The morning after, residents survey the damage. Bushfires destroyed hundreds of hom...

In Domestic Violence by its nature is committed by a person that they deeply loved. We are asked to navigate to personal relationships. One of the huge challenges we face are delays in bringing cases to trial. We have three attorneys. We have to finish one trial before we can begin the next. We have extended exposure to their batterer and maybe change your mind about wanting to proceed. With changes in the law it is extremely difficult for us to continue with the prosecution without evicting tha...

Very difficult to maintain that. As we know it is not just the perpetrators who continue to have power and control over the victims but there are families and relatives out there for the defendants who also apply a lot of pressure on the victims. I think that one of the most crucial points in prosecuting dv cases is when the victim begins to turn away from us, the prosecution. I honestly believe t we need more resources because at that point in time it is not a matter of us letting these cases g...

From linda young. Pieces of evidence floating or a longtime. I imagine everyone is trying to get the bad guy. There are pieces floating around, not everything came together. Thankfully to the dogged persistence of especially when linda young, being able to pull the pieces together we are pretty much there. There will be more tweaks coming along. Good evening commissioners. Thank you for inviting the city Administrators Office. My name is linda young, deputy city administrator. I will discuss qui...

Requires that we contact every single victim personally and we do that the attorney. Jean goes to the file, gets a round of calls, she assigns them to the attorney, they give around calls, and we try to maintain the level of communication with the victim and bring them in to the victim advocates who will be to the victim either at the hall of justice or other places, often in peoples homes or in another safe place that they feel is appropriate. We really try to be accessible and available to the...

She will present the District Attorneys Office on the review of San Francisco rates for Domestic Violence. We flipped a coin. Have you to be here this evening in front of of these commissions to talk a little bit about our work in the District Attorneys Office as it relates to Domestic Violence. As many of you know we have a vertical Domestic Violence unit as it relates to misdemeanor and felony prosecution. Domestic violence notoriously difficult to prosecute requires building meaningful, deep ...