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they are basically the fire class that we have now is basically training in a trailer. so the sooner this facility can be built, we can fill those positions because we have the applicants and we can get more people on the street to respond to ems concerns. i want to point out there are 500 or 600 activist. i'm a former activist myself. i appreciate the activism but we have 3,911 calls a day in atlanta. that's not the same 3,000 calling every day. that's new people and so that's proof of the desire for the service. for public safety services in atlanta and we have to do everything we can possible to address that. >> bill: you both know atlanta will only get bigger, right? keisha, he made two interesting points. he thinks this makes atlanta safer and it makes it healthier. what would you say to that,
construction equipment on fire. the response from georgia authorities has been severe. they have arrested 40 people, many of them coming in from out of state. charged them with domestic terrorism. that carries a minimum five year jail term. dana, back to you. >> dana: steve harrigan, thank you. >> bill: meet two of the atlanta council members. one voted for it, one voted against it. thank you for your time. keisha, let me ask you, you are in the minority on this vote. what don't you like about it? >> well, there are a couple of things that i find challenging. one, it's the price tag of $67 million that taxpayers will be footing the bill on. i think it's challenging. this project did not go through the normal procurement and contracting process. it is almost -- meaning the voters, the taxpayers, have very little information in terms of how their tax dollars will be
keisha? >> you know, council member and i a very cordial. most legislation we agree on. this is just one issue i don't agree. nearly 600 people showed up at city hall and engaged in the democratic process and spoke. they indicated this is not a project that they support. lots of things we can do with $67 million. first thing is address mental health issues which we're dealing with on a national basis. affordable housing in atlanta is a major issue which is one of the reasons that we have such a high level of crime in the first place. so we have to address the reasons why we're dealing with it the levels of crime. the homeless population is extremely high in the city of atlanta. if we want to take that $67 million and address the root causes of crime, you wouldn't
transactions as suspicious activities. were they investigated? what did the investigation yield? there is a lot more answers that we need to get. not only for the american people but also the department of justice. that is what were trying to do. >> congresswoman lisa mcclain thank you. so the company report marine veteran daniel penney's attorney is flexing criticism of his client and say should be praised not prosecuted for the deadly chokehold on jordan neely on a new york city subway. defense attorney joins us on how the prosecution and defense v might be prepping for aer might be prepping for aer potential manslaughter trial. (vo) get internet that keeps your business ready for anything. from verizon. i've become a bit of an expert in suncare...
designed to cut off air. >> pen eight will be back in court in july. as of saturday evening a fundraiser for his legal defense has a little more than a million dollars. jordan neely's funeral is set for this coming front of prominent civil rights leader reverend al sharpton set to deliver the eulogy. jon: cb cotton live in young city, thanks. so as jordan neely family and attorneys call for stronger charges against marine veteran daniel penney let's bring in keisha defense attorney former prosecutor. you surprise they brought a manslaughter charge here? looks not at all for the first thing i thought when it's on the coverage of this case was this marine veteran had no right to use the chokehold. do i think he intended to kill this victim? i don't speak clearly acted recklessly but i'm not surprised at all. jon: you say he didn't have a
she has testified under oath, she made that up? >> it is her experience. you are asking mine for course i i was being earlier. it was wrong for me too triangulate you, your data and your sister and your mom. and ask your forgiveness. you love your dad, fair? >> true. alicia: keisha, how much does this come into play in this trial here how cruel, or mean or short tempered he was prior to how he is now? and in those exchanges with the attorneys? >> okay when you are dealing with personal injury cases there is no direct evidence indicating who did what it is all going to boil down to credibility. gwyneth paltrow is stating this guy doctor sanders and ran to her. doctor sanderson stating trying to run into him it's a he say, she's the type situation. when you have that attorneys are
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>> actress gwyneth paltrow taken the sand and utah courtroom yesterday testifying about a 2016 ski slope crash. a retired optometrist that left him personally brain damage she's suing for $300,000. let's bring in keisha defense attorney and former prosecutor. you've seen both sides, thank you so much for being here. as you know attorneys are trying to prove that not only did their client not rushing to terry sanderson the plaintiff your butt is the other rep industries that are also trying to say the traumatic brain injury that he suffered did not make him the angry abusive person some people and his family have said he has for comfort in fact he was like that before. i want folks to watch this instance or the defense really presses one of sanderson's daughters about a troubling relationship that sanderson's has with another sibling, li listen. >> so she made that up?
facility. we are investing in africa, because africa is important, and because everything happening there will affect us. so folks, that is number one. number two, i want to make sure that, you know i told the mayor, i think that the mayor is the toughest job in america. but one of the mayors took some time to come and help me put together my program. keisha, would you stand up? [applause] she is understandably going home because she has got some kids, and she promised she would says long as she did, and she did. but we have got another mayor coming as well, thank you very much, keisha. and folks, the last time i was here, my daughter is a social worker, actually biden was with me. she couldn't be here today, she wanted to, but she's working on a project for battered women in philadelphia. so she sends her best. on this stage, the children of