. >> so we have been working with michelle thomas, who i know sometimes participates in those meetings, but i will make sure our liaison from north beach gets in touch. >> any other commissioner comments? i just want to say this is great. this is very great and i have been involved a little bit with the storefrontsf project and jordan, you have done a great job with that and the brokers have all over the community like it as well. what i like best about it, they have lists out there already, but they are all paid. you get a few for free and they tease you with five free, but this is a very, very good tool, that i think will really help take care of a lot of vacancy problems in neighborhoods. we tried it in upper market, in castro about six, seven years ago. and we filled -- we almost go to 100 fill, because we had a couple of those, you know, legacy ones i will call them, vacancis that you will never change. and i do know you guys did do outreach to merchants of upper market and castro. and i like this program. i love the job squad. i love the fact that you are out there in the sup sun

something thomas called her ringside seat to history. this statement just coming from the president. goes on to state michelle and write saddened to learn of the passing of helen host. helen was a true pioneer, opening doors and breaking down barriers for generations of women in journalism. she covered every white house since president kennedy's and during that time she never failed to keep presidents, myself included, on their toes. what made helen the dean of the white house press corps was not just the length of her tenure but her fierce belief that our democracy works. when we asked tough questions and hold our leaders to account our thoughts are with helen's family, friends and colleagues that respected her so deeply. she really kept her opinions to herself payment usually sparring with white house press secretaries with one even calling her questions torture. she stopped covering the white house in 2010. she died in her washington apartment after suffering health complications. helen host was 92 years old. >>> there's some stun any

. >>> on thursday, the senate confirmed thomas perez as the new labor secretary. senators also approved gin nap mccarthy to head the epa. homeland security secretary janet napolitano will become the first woman to head the university of california. michelle obama spoke to students at chicago's urban alliance thursday recalling her own struggles getting acclimated to college and offered some advice to teens. >> i'm with you guys. i say that all the time. living on the southside wondering what it was like to work in those offices, finding real opportunities for myself when i didn't have network connections. >> and also in chicago, mayor rahm emanuel was caught getting loose at the annual taste of chicago. the mayor was spotted dancing along and loosening his tie to robin thick's blurred lines. having fun there. that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> the heat wave an we've been covering all week turned fatal with the death of a 1-year-old left in the an suv in alabama. heat indexes of 100 degrees or more are still being felt from the midwest to the nor

thomas. helen was a true pioneer, opening doors and breaking down barriers for generations of women in journalism. she covered the white house since president kennedy's, and during that time, she never failed to keep presidents, myself included, on their toes." and this statement from the white house correspondents association. she, by the way, was the first female president of the white house correspondents association. they say, "women and men who followed in the press corps all owe a debt of gratitude for the work of helen that she did and the doors that she opened. all of our journalism is the better for it." and i think we saw some of the strongest comments come from some of my colleagues who continue to be reporters to this very day. mark noller, the sort of unofficial historian here at the white house. he tweeted out today, helen had her faults, but as a news gatherer, she was ferocious and indefatiguable. and another female pioneer, our own andrea mitchell, tweeted out, "helen thomas

>> hi, thomas. thanks so much for having me on. what is next for texas is that since the legislative branch has failed us so michellely we are relying on a shaky judicial branch and have to look toward injunctions filed that will ultimately head to the fifth circuit court of appeals. the ninth circuit court of appeals made rulings and stopped the laws passed in idaho and arizona the 20-week abortion laws. fortunately texas has to rely on the fifth court of appeals. they upheld the 2011 ultrasound bill that is overturned in other states so we have to keep up momentum and political pressure and we have to keep up the solidarity between the women in texas because we have to look towards another branch of government right now that has been subject to political pressure in the past. >> so as you look for solidarity let's talk about north carolina. janet, you were arrested during what was supposed to be something a little more peaceful last week's moral monday protests fighting sneak attack legislation attached to a motorcycle safety bil

thomas. >> thank you, judge. the broad outline of a plea and i know you've gone through the document in detail is as follows. the parties have agreed to a negotiated recommended sentence to the court and we ask the court to accept it based on the contract before you. as to count one, count two, would be merged into count 1 and the court with a finding of guilty in both on the plea of aggravated murder and the -- martha: all right. there you have it. a plea do deal has been reached there will be no trial in the case of ariel castro, the man who was accused and now has pled guilty to holding three women, gina dejesus, michelle knight, amanda berry, there is fourth woman on the list as well, the little girl, joscelyn berry, who is the daughter of amanda berry. what an unbelievable story this has been. let's bring our attorneys back in. criminal defense attorney keith sullivan and former prosecutor brian silber. as a former prosecutor, brian what do you think about this. >> i think it might be the right move for ever

thomas. >> thank you, judge. broad outline of the plea and i know you will go through the documents in detail. it is as follows. the parties have agreed to recommended sentence for the court and we ask the court to accept it based on the contract before you. as to count one, count two would be merged into count one and the court with a finding of guilty of both on the plea of aggravated murder and would impose by statue the only sentence available of life without parole and the defendant understands that it means exactly that. that he will never receive a parole date hearing in the state of ohio penal system. that sentence for the remain -- will be followed by the remaining counts for an aggravated term of not less than 1,000 years to be applied consecutively. that is to follow the life without parole sentence. again, the defendant understands that by virtue of this construct, he will never be eligible for parole hearing in the state of ohio. by virtue of this plea agreement, also understood by the parties of the