Supervisor wiener and i are going to do a yoga class. Its not much to ask, but it would mean so much to the people in our community ~. Now i have to Say Something on a personal level. It has not been easy for me coming back from war and my role in dont ask dont tell repeal activism. Only a year ago i almost bought ammunition, 45 caliber to put in my west point pistol to blow off my head. But i rise today to thank everybody here. You made San Francisco my home. Thank you, supervisor jane kim. Thank you, tom and william walker. When i was homeless, you opened your door. When i was hopeless, you opened your heart. So, i rise for you. I rise to tell all the veterans out there, life is worth living. There are good people in this world. You dont have to leave. You can do great things. You can come to ccsf. I rise for you. I rise to end the nightmares and ptlc. I rise [inaudible]. Thank you. applause next speaker, please. Something is holding me back. Is it because im glaxosmithkline . ~ blac
So, i know the feeling and i know the heart break thats taking place. Thats why i started the organization brothers against guns. So, i wanted to be clear on when we speak, we have to make sure that we include the community in the process of what makes these resolutions work and who puts them together. So, i just want to let you guys know a point of clarity that im the author of that resolution that will be read to you in a few minutes and we are a team of a coalition against violence put this together, the meeting that will take place today 6 oclock joseph lee gym, 13 95 mandel street. So, i thank you for your time but i just want to let you guys come up here and let you know we have to do better communicating with the community along with the folks out there thats on the front lines. I always say this in closing. Buying a gun on the streets is cheap. A human life is priceless. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. First giving honor to god who is the reason for all of us being here. He
Were tracking several major developments in the ebola crisis. A nurse quarantined in new jersey after returning from west africa has now left the hospital. Kaci hickox is free to go home to maine. But Officials Say shell face further isolation there. Ebola tests are due any time now on a 5yearold hospitalized with a fever in new york city. He, too, had recently been in west africa. As several states act to monitor or isolate certain travelers from the socalled ebola hot zone, federal officials issue new ebola guidelines. Our correspondents, analysts and newsmakers are standing by. Lets begin with cnns alexandra field who has the very latest. Reporter kaci hickox says her basic human rights were violated. She insists she never had signs of the ebola virus but was made to stay in isolation here at university hospital. Then she threatened legal action and now is on her way home to maine. Until hours ago, kaci hickox was under quarantine in less than great conditions. Her toilet, sink, her
Confirmed secretary of defense and nobody would know. Right . It is amazing enough that the white house had been reckless enough to put somebody who was in that kind of a compromised position at the pentagon at all as acting defense secretary for six months, let alone that they nominated him to try to confirm him for that position on a permanent basis. I mean, whatever you think about the circumstances of what had happened in his family, the fact that he was trying to keep it secret . I mean, thats the danger, right . Thats the potential liability to blackmail or somebody trying to leverage that secret against him while hes running the Defense Department. It emerged after usa today and the Washington Post broke that story yesterday and Patrick Shanahan withdrew his nomination to be defense secretary. It emerged that u. S. Senators on the Armed Services committee were especially aggrieved that they had never been notified about that very serious situation in shanahans background that he
Nominated someone to be secretary of defense, despite the fact that that nominee was trying to keep secret a bloody and terrible Domestic Violence situation in his family. One that was known to police. It was starting to be investigated by the fbi, but that nominee was hoping he would be able to keep it secret anyway and maybe it wouldnt come out and he would be able to be the secretary of defense and nobody would know. It is amazing enough that the white house had been reckless enough to put somebody who was in that compromised position at the pentagon at all as acting defense secretary for six months, let alone they nominated him to try to confirm him for the position on a permanent basis. Whatever you think about the circumstances of what happened in his family, the fact that he was trying to keep it secret, thats the danger, right . Thats the potential liability to black mail or somebody trying to leverage that secret against him while hes running the Defense Department. It emerged