They fully intended to subpoena reporters in the future if they really needed the evidence to prosecute a leaker. The apn fox news incidents prompt more congressional action on the shield bill and the bill was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee Last september, almost a year ago now. Though it still awaits senate action. Houserrent makeup of the is not quite the same as it was in 2009, so we dont know what will happen there. The fight over the right to keep journalist ross sources confidential is literally older than the republic will stop a colonial printer refused to disclose the authors of attacks against the colonial governor of new york in 1734. Thus was himself charged with seditious libel. A century later in 1848, news of the treaty of waterloo bay hidalgo ending the mexicanamerican war was first reported to the American People after a news paper reporter from the New York Herald was told of the still secret terms. He spent a month under house arrest in the capital. That,
Came over a marine radio channel. And there was another person in the boat. Can you tell us what happened to him . He was thrown in the water. Both occupants of the boat were thrown into the water. The driver of the boat was able to get out of the water and i believe he is the one who radioed the accident in. He received moderate injuries and was treated on the scene and released. Any idea what caused the boat to hit the bridge in the first place . We are not sure that it hit a bridge. We expect it hit an under water object. Interesting. Do you know what the conditions were like out there at the time . It was just a pretty nice day, a little breezy but i dont think it was any kind of severe conditions. One more question for you. I guess as this time of year comes along spring heading into summer, lots of people on the delta, any advice for folks . Police operate safely in those narrow channels and always wear your life preserver. Thank you very much. Appreciate the update. Thank you. A
Ea about the past of the news. The troubles for this country faced. I will add one more thing. Those troubles have their seeds in georgia. Atlanta, georgia. Im a structural engineer. Iname to the United States 1969. 45 years. I got my masters degree in 1971. With one mission in life, degrees are not important. Money is not important. Positions, not important. Citizenship, i am right now citizen of two countries. The United States and iraq. Neverne in citizenship, subordinate your country to a pocket book. Once you do that you violate rule one. Here,hen i came to speak me im nottold supposed to carry those documents in my hands. Im going to give those documents to those gentlemen. They will see the horrible things going on. Respectful. Be very could you this is a q a session. Would you put the question to our panel . Id be glad to. If somebody told you that some of the major media in this nation kept the American People in the dark about major events, and this question is addressed to a
Supervisor tang and campos. [inaudible]. [foreign language] my name is chris highland. Thank you for having us appear before you once again and working to fill these very important seats. With my opening greetings in three languages, i want to emphasize my multi racial and diverse background and i appreciate you going through that. I failed to mention three weeks ago but did two years ago when the committee selected me for seat nine. My mother is of turkish descent and my grandmother was of turkey. My grandfather was an an ambassador of the nation and i lived in turkey and yemen. It instilled in my for the appreciate to interact with people from all races of life. It has been a great value of life to deal with the cases brought before us on the task force. We are indeed a diverse city and it takes a Diverse Force to serve our constituents. Thank you chair yee for supporting my reappointment to seat nine three years ago and i would like to say campos and tang to support me for a second
Supervisor campos, to put a face with the name. Im a lawyer and i represent injured workers. Ive been doing that for five years and i deal with peoples problems everyday, and getting them through those. No one come to your office because theyre happy and the same may be for the task force. I wanted to put a name with a face. Thank you. Good afternoon, chair yee, supervisor tang and campos. I was before you two weeks ago and talked a bit about my volunteer background and many years of service on various organizations. I didnt say anything about my day job. I have a phd in psychology from john hopkins university. Ive spent most of my career doing studies at the bay Hunters Point foundation and at ucff, i was the San Francisco general during the height of the aids epidemic working with injection drug users. I then switched my career and worked at the jewish home. I have a diversity of work experience, but ill bring diversity to the task force in several ways. First of all, being one of tw