nothing of this would have happened his grandmother janine is still pained to recall how difficult it was to explain to lorenzo luke wasn't coming home from the hospital. so. good. while janine had to deal with her own grief her daughter's and her grandsons lorenzo was troubled he'd never gotten to say goodbye these were grasses and those are all the names of. people that want to see him again. but then a chance arose for lorenzo to say farewell when his city's mayor decided to create a memorial in a local park around the theme of the flower forget me not. and i said from the beginning i want. from a little child who lost his grandfather of grandmother the mayor asked lorenzo if he would like to speak at the dedication he declined because life they were again i laugh at me. well look. i don't know. why i just think something. that i said that and. that when i said something about my grandpa i was going to cry was a little fruit but. maybe you can do it for grandpa. oh yes i will do it for him so. at the ceremony with his mother nellie beside him lorenzo poured out his heart and touche

nothing of this would have happened his grandmother janine is still pained to recall how difficult it was to explain to lorenzo luke wasn't coming home from the hospital and i have to say that. he was so. good at what janine had to deal with her own grief her daughters and her grandsons lorenzo was troubled he'd never gotten to say goodbye these were glasses. those are all the names of. people that want to see him again. but then a chance arose for lorenzo to say farewell when his city's mayor decided to create a memorial in a local park around the theme of the flower forget me not. and i said from the beginning i want. from a little child who lost his grandfather of grandmother the mayor asked lorenzo if he would like to speak at the dedication he declined because life they were going to laugh at me. well but. i don't know. why i just think something. that i said that. that when i set something about my grandpa i was going to cry it was a novel for it. maybe you can do it for grandpa. oh yes i will do it for him so. at the ceremony with his mother nellie beside him lorenzo poured out

nothing of this would have happened his grandmother janine is still pained to recall how difficult it was to explain to luke wasn't coming home from the hospital . and i have to say that. he was so. good that while janine had to deal with her own grief her daughter's and her grandsons lorenzo was troubled he'd never gotten to say goodbye these were earth glasses and those are all the names of. people that want to see him again. but then a chance arose for lorenzo to say farewell when his city's mayor decided to create a memorial in a local park around the theme of the flower forget me not. and assess from the beginning i want. from a little child who lost his grandfather of grandmother the mayor asked lorenzo if he would like to speak at the dedication he declined because life they were again i laugh at me why but. i don't know. why i just think something. that i set that and. that when i said something about my grandpa i was going to cry. well as a model for it would be so. maybe you can do it for grandpa. oh yes i will do it for him so. at the ceremony with his mother nellie beside

nothing of this would have happened his grandmother janine is still pained to recall how difficult it was to explain to lorenzo luke wasn't coming home from the hospital. and i have to say that. he was so. good that while janine had to deal with her own grief her daughter's and her grandsons lorenzo was troubled he'd never gotten to say goodbye these were grasses and those are all the names of. people that want to see him again. but then a chance arose for lorenzo to say farewell when his city's mayor decided to create a memorial in a local park around the theme of the flower forget me nots. and i said from the beginning i want. from a little child who lost his grandfather of grandmother the mayor asked lorenzo what he would like to speak at the dedication he declined because life they were gonna laugh at me why but. i don't know. why i just think something. that i said that and. that when i said something about my grandpa i was going to cry. it was a little fruit. maybe you can do it for grandpa. oh yes i will do it for him so. at the ceremony with his mother nellie beside him lorenz

nothing of this would have happened his grandmother janine is still pained to recall how difficult it was to explain to lorenzo luke wasn't coming home from the hospital. i have to say that. he was so. good at what janine had to deal with her own grief her daughters and her grandsons lorenzo was troubled he'd never gotten to say goodbye these were glasses and those are all the names of. people that want to see him again. but then a chance arose for lorenzo to say farewell when his city's mayor decided to create a memorial in a local park around the theme of the flower forget me not. and i said from the beginning i want. from a little child who lost his grandfather of grandmother the mayor asked lorenzo if he would like to speak at the dedication he declined because i fought the were i gonna laugh at me. well but. i don't know. i was just thinking something. that i said that. that when i set something about my grandpa i was going to cry was a medal for it. maybe you can do it for grandpa. oh yes i will do it for him so. at the ceremony with his mother nellie beside him lorenzo poured o

you know nothing of this would have happened his grandmother janine is still pained to recall how difficult it was to explain to lorenzo luke wasn't coming home from the hospital and i have to say that even. so. good that it was janine had to deal with her own grief her daughter's and her grandsons lorenzo was troubled he'd never gotten to say goodbye these were grasses and those are all the names of. people that want to see him again. but then a chance arose for lorenzo to see farewell when his city's mayor decided to create a memorial in a local park around the theme of the flower forget me not. and assess from the beginning i want. from a little child who lost his grandfather of grandmother the mayor asked lorenzo if he would like to speak at the dedication he declined because life they were gonna laugh at me why but. i don't know. why is this thing something. that i set that and. that when i said something about my grandpa i was going to cry. was a little fruit but you know maybe you can do it for grandpa. oh yes i will do that for him so. at the ceremony with his mother nellie beside h

a statement being made by the leadership of the fire department that says san francisco fire chief janine nicholson who's been speaking not giving any specifics on exactly what happened that took the life of the firefighter. this morning during some kind of a training more information of course we'll be forthcoming coming at the appropriate time don't forget as we move on the vice presidential debate by the way we should mention of that news conference is streaming online at kron 4 dot com. if you want to continue to watch that. the vice presidential debate starts in just a >>welcome back to stage is set for the first and only vice presidential debate of 2020. we are minutes away from the start of what could be another fiery debate, the vice presidential showdown coming less than a week after president trump tested positive for the coronavirus you're now looking live as we wait for the candidates to take their seats they will be seated during this debate, not standing. >>extra measures are being taken to keep the space safe. the desks for the candidates are spaced about 12 feet apart with

janine nickelson says it's the busiest station in the united states. chief nickelson says cortez was a 13-year veteran who she personally knew, a man whose father was a firefighter and who had followed in his footsteps. >> he was just a really wonderful human being, always a straight up guy, hardworking, kind, just, you know, if i could clone him, you know, i would. just a wonderful human being. >> now, i did talk with a number of people who live across the street from the training facility. they told me they didn't hear anything out of the ordinary this morning, only saying they often see firefighters training on the ladder truck and the emergency stairs that go up seven stories. certainly there will be an invs. interrogation here. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> j.r., thank you. >>> other san francisco fire stations found their ways to pay tribute today. this sign is outside of cortez's station number three made by the men and women of station 44. abc 7 was there as the members of 44 passed the sign around and signed the back. they told us cortez was well

janine nickelson says it's the busiest station in the united states. chief nickelson says cortez was a 13-year veteran who she personally knew, a man whose father was a firefighter and who had followed in his footsteps. >> he was just a really wonderful human being, always a straight up guy, hardworking, kind, just, you know, if i could clone him, you know, i would. just a wonderful human being. >> now, i did talk with a number of people who live across the street from the training facility. they told me they didn't hear anything out of the ordinary this morning, only saying they often see firefighters training on the ladder truck and the emergency stairs that go up seven stories. certainly there will be an invs. interrogation here. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> j.r., thank you. >>> other san francisco fire stations found their ways to pay tribute today. this sign is outside of cortez's station number three made by the men and women of station 44. abc 7 was there as the members of 44 passed the sign around and signed the back. they told us cortez was well

health he didn't make it on march 23rd luke became seen truants 1st corona death janine and their daughters nell and elaine and lorenzo didn't even get to see goodbye now that really hot. but struck was really all. mayor very hit and felt it personally her husband became critically ill but survived it was a terrible time for the families but also for us as a mayor but also all the people of my policemen and you know the people in the town working for 24 hours a day 6 months later same treatment has the infection rate under control with strict measures father room in and says now inhabitants need to heal it's important that we share. with each other what we feel what we want or are and she thinks are the 2 but also or the. mayor here and decided to create a space for that a corner of a city park is now a memorial the theme forget me not plenty of those flower. as have been planted by city landscaper d.d.'s summers along with a tree of life and a plaque bearing a poem in the heart of. the flowers will come so yeah even when it's. it will be a little bit. beautiful. for the memorials dedicatio

take good care of the child he didn't make it on march 23rd luke became seen truants 1st corona death janine their daughter's nella elaine and lorenzo didn't even get to see goodbye. now that really hot. it struck was really all. 6 months later same treatment has the infection rate under control with strict measures father room 10 and says now inhabitants need to heal it's important that we share. with each other what we feel what we want or are and she and charlotte too but also or the good things may or head and decided to create a space for that a corner of a city park is now a memorial. for the memorial dedication september 13th lorenzo was asked to commemorate his beloved grandfather he told his mom nellie he was too afraid to look at life they were again to laugh at me. but lorenzo changed his mind and wrote a letter. even. your grandpa i miss you very much i am mad about corona mad about what happened in your ward best and always are going to be the best because you think it is understood. that i was brave and i was happy that i did it that i. throw it all out. who is happy. everyone

. >> reporter: san francisco fire chief janine nicholson and mayor london breed were also here at the hospital, and they addressed dozens of firefighters and police officers and sheriff's deputies who were here standing by, as we've described. mayor breed thanked cortez for his years of service and told first responders to continue doing what jason loved to do, which was saving lives. right now we're all standing by outside the emergency department, waiting for chief nicholson to come back to the hospital. she's going to brief us again perhaps with more information about what happened today and of course i'm sure she's going to speak from the heart about what a wonderful and dedicated firefighter jason cortez was. she's just on her way back now from the medical examiner's office. so we'll have that for you later. live at san francisco general hospital i'm kate larsen, abc 7 news. back to you. >> i can only imagine that family's pain. let's go live now to the fire department training facility where this accident happened. abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone is at the site in the mission dis

>>a somber san francisco fire chief janine nicholson reflecting on losing one of their own. in a horrible accident. it was around 10:00am wednesday at the training facility on 19th and fulsome fire officials say the court has got injured he was rushed to the sucker berg san francisco general hospital, a short distance away where they were unable to save him jason came into the fire department in 2007. and worked on an ambulance until 2015. when he joined the fire side of the fire department. for the past 2 years. he has worked at station 3. engine 3 which is the busiest fire engine in the country. >>so that should tell you something about him. the chief talked about how she personally knew cortez and many calls with him when i was out in the field. when he was a paramedic on an ambulance. always a straight up guy. hardworking kind. you know if i could clone him. you know i i would. >>just a wonderful human being a procession took cortez from the hospital to the coroner's office late in the day, he loved the people he worked with us and he loved his family. and our job in the

but libya's interim president janine and there's has congratulated our say on his victory on the main rival candidates has conceded defeat however latin american affairs analyst daniel schorr things us backed forces could still try to undermine the democratic process of bolivia. as the movement towards socialism never ceased to be popular but the cool monger the neo liberal forces with the support of. truong the pentagon the state department here in washington and in the right wing forces across the continent. this is an amazing victory for the overwhelmingly indigenous the vast majority of bolivians who are indigenous but we should not expect that this political victory translates over no into an economic victory. the right wing forces supported by the us are going to do everything to push back against the us against during the people's victory so this is going to continue to play out in the course of the next hour as the months and years. where the u.s. election just 2 weeks away tensions between bided and trump supporters are palpable with emotions running high and so much on the l

judge janine says the stand send a dangerous message to rioters. >> we were not going to prosecute you, finding prosecutors who were pro-criminal and anti-law enforcement. >> reporter: trespassers broker date for their property. hurricane delta barreling towards mexico, category 3 storm is expected to make landfall near the yucatÁn peninsula bringing life-threatening storm surge, residents evacuated the resort area, the gulf coast bracing for impact later this week. putting mississippi and alabama on high alert. and a stand-alone bill for a new round of stimulus checks, the president tweeting he is ready to sign just hours after ending talks on a new covid-19 relief bill, nancy pelosi, accusing her of not negotiating in good faith. talks will resume after the election, a major stimulus bill after it wins. >> rock 'n roll fans and icons paying tribute to the legendary guitarist eddie van halen. they led van halen for 5 decades with hits like john and panama. the caption, what a long thing it has been. my heart was broken, a genuinely beautiful full. our viewers paying respect writing,

take good care of the child he didn't make it on march 23rd luke became seen truants 1st corona death janine their daughter's nella and elaine and lorenzo didn't even get to see goodbye now that really hot. it struck was really all. mayor very early hit and felt it personally her husband became critically ill but survived it was a terrible time for the families but also for us as a mayor but also all the people of my policemen and you know the people in the town working for 24 hours a day 6 months later seen treated has the infection rate under control with strict measures father room 10 and he says now inhabitants need to heal it's important that we share. with each other what we feel what we want or are and shrinks are the 2 but also or the. mayor here and decided to create a space for that a corner of a city park is now a memorial the theme forget me not plenty of those flower. as had been planted by city landscaper d.v.s. summers with the tree of life and a plaque bearing a poem in the heart of. the flowers will come so yeah even when it's. it will be a little bit. beautiful. for the mem

as you can see, judge janine and geraldo and pete and john tapper was surprised by the president's plan to save the hospitality industry. we will bring you some of his interview with potus. we have a busy 3 hours, on the channel you trust for your morning news. get that all cleared out. 13 minutes on "fox and friends". - [narrator] welcome to intelligent, indoor grilling with the ninja foodi smart xl grill. eliminate the guesswork with the smart cook system. just pick your protein, select your doneness and let the grill monitor your food so you don't have to. and because it's a ninja foodi, it also turns into an air fryer. bring outdoor grilling flavors indoors with the ninja foodi smart xl grill, the grill that sears, sizzles and air fry crisps. >> fbi agents interviewed him 3 hours after claiming he met with joe biden about the family's alleged business dealings. todd: they are silent over the allegations. jillian: tony bobahe said he met with them on october 20 third in washington dc. the previous day the former hunter biden business associate was donald trump's guest at the last deb

finger of blame in one direction talk about what some members of the group were talking about with janine borrelia. good to have you both with us. the hill says this, donald trump is losing the presidential race and did nothing to reverse course in the first debate, only made matters worse cost republicans to worry his performance turned off undecided voters. another theory the president is going after his base making sure it turns out in historic numbers, not so worried about independents or undecided, should he be? >> the president is concerned about every person that could support him. with the undecideds there is certainly that option to support the president because last night donald trump was able to expose joe biden as an empty suit and a weak candidate because he is on every side of every issue. first he was for the green new deal before he was against it. he would not condemn antifa, he would not say he won't stack the supreme court, not only that, when joe biden felt cornered he attacked donald trump, called him a racist, called him a clown, told him to shut up so donald trump h

fire chief janine nicholson says cortez was a 13-year veteran who she personally knew, a man whose father was a firefighter and had followed in his footsteps. >> he was just a really wonderful human being. always a straight-up guy. hard working, kind. just, you know, if i could clone him, you know, i would. just a wonderful human being. >> jason's wife was at the hospital. you saw on that video there surrounded by family members. such a sad and heartbreaking sight to see her walking out of that hospital side by side with their two small children. certainly, we wish them the best tonight. j. r. stone, abc7news. >> we do. our thoughts are with their family and the entire firefighting community to share your support for the family, look for the story on abc7news.com. >> we turn now back to the election. with less than a month until it happens. santa clara officials say they've registered more than a million voters, which is the highest number they've ever recorded. chris nguyen has the story. >> a major milestone as county officials mark one million voters ahead of election day. anna is voti

>>a somber san francisco fire chief janine nicholson reflecting on losing one of their own. in a horrible accident. it was around 10:00am wednesday at the training facility on 19th and fulsome fire officials say the court has got injured he was rushed to the sucker berg san francisco general hospital, a short distance away where they were unable to save him, we cannot give you any further details about that accident right now as it is under investigation. jason came into the fire department in 2007. >>and worked on an ambulance until 2015. when he joined the fire side of the fire department. for the past 2 years. he has worked at station 3. engine 3 which is the busiest fire engine in the country. so that should tell you something about him. the chief talked about how she personally knew cortez and many calls with him when i was out in the field. when he was a paramedic on an ambulance. always a straight up guy. hardworking kind. you know if i could clone him. you know i i would. >>just a wonderful human being a procession took cortez from the hospital to the coroner's offic

we had mark meadows call in to the judge why neo janine last nd with he reiterated, where he said there had been quite a bit of concern about the president's health, really contradicting the much mormuch more rosey portrf the president's health that was painted yesterday. the doctor just said he believes mark meadows' statement had been misconstrued. unclear exactly how that is, since we were just reading it verbatim. but at least we're getting a lot more clarity today from that briefing with the president's medical team than we did yesterday, trace. >> we're going to talk to white house communications director alyssa ferin to get more information from her. as president trump undergrows treatment, a -- undergrows treatment, a number of staffers and allies have tested positive for the virus, including one of president trump's so-called body men, nick luna, who is married to an assistant to jared kushner. mark meredith is live for us at the white house. do we know how many white house staffers have tested positive? >> reporter: we don't have a final number. the white house doesn't put out

good care of the children he didn't make it on march 23rd luke became seen truants 1st corona death janine and their daughters nell and elaine and lorenzo didn't even get to see goodbye. now that really hot. the truck was really all. 6 months later same treatment has the infection rate under control with strict measures father room 10 and says now inhabitants need to feel it's important that we share. with each other what we feel what we want or are and she also or the. mayor here and decided to create a space for that a corner of a city park is now a memorial. for the memorials dedication september 30th lorenzo was asked to commemorate his beloved grandfather he told his mom he was too afraid to look at life there or they were again to laugh at me. but lorenzo changed his mind and wrote a letter even oh dear grandpa i miss you very much i am mad about corona mad about what happened he ordered best and always are going to be the best because you think it is ours. and that i was brave and that i was happy did i get it that i. wrote l out. wish happy. everyone was. is my grandpa. no one here

janine nicholson talking about the death of jason cortez 42- year-old firefighter tragically died in a training exercise. she said she cannot give any more specific details. about what happened. let's see if she is getting questions and maybe we can listen in. >>> so yes i've known him. he has been in the department for 13 years. i've run many calls with him. when i was out in the field. when he was a paramedic on an ambulance. always a straight up guy. hard-working. kind. just if i could clone him i would. just a wonderful human being. part of it is he had friends here at san francisco general is well where he was brought today. who loved him. who knew him from when he transported patients here on the ambulance. who knows how many people's lives he saved. how many people's lives he's changed. he was just a really wonderful human being.>>> we have to train. and we train just like we would go to work at a fire. i'm unable to say anything else about the accident. other than it was tragic. absolutely tragic. we are all heartbroken. i'm also heartbroken for the folks who were there with

yesterday chief janine nicholson took a moment to reflect on the loss of one of their own. >>jason came into the fire department in 2007. and worked on an ambulance until 2015. when he joined the fire side of the fire department. for the past 2 years. he has worked at station 3. engine 3 which is the busiest fire engine in the country always a straight up guy. hardworking kind just a wonderful human being. >>a procession took cortez from the hospital to the coroner's office. jason protests leaves behind a wife and 2 children. >>this year's historic wildfire season is not only affecting the local wine industry is also posing a threat to pot growers. some growers are dealing with the loss of crops because the flames and others are worried that the lingering smoke and ash in the air could impact the quality of their weed, wendy kornberg is the owner of some of this humboldt's full sun farms. her garden should produce between 20400 pounds of marijuana year this year. she's worried some cannabis may not pass inspection. >>being concerned that we've seen is that the product has a

>>a somber san francisco fire chief janine nicholson reflecting on losing one of their own. in a horrible accident. it was around 10:00am wednesday at the training facility on 19th and fulsome fire officials say the court has got injured he was rushed to the sucker berg san francisco general hospital. a short distance away where they were unable to save him, we cannot give you any further details about that accident right now as it is under investigation. jason came into the fire department in 2007. >>and worked on an ambulance until 2015. when he joined the fire side of the fire department. for the past 2 years. he has worked at station 3. engine 3 which is the busiest fire engine in the country. so that should tell you something about him. the chief talked about how she personally knew cortez and many calls with him when i was out in the field. when he was a paramedic on an ambulance. always a straight up guy. hardworking kind. you know if i could clone him. you know i i would. >>just a wonderful human being a procession took cortez from the hospital to the coroner's offic

yesterday chief janine nicholson took a moment to reflect on the loss of one of their own. >>jason came into the fire department in 2007. and worked on an ambulance until 2015. when he joined the fire side of the fire department. for the past 2 years. he has worked at station 3. engine 3 which is the busiest fire engine in the country always a straight up guy. hardworking kind. >>just a wonderful human being. >>a procession took cortez from the hospital to the coroner's office. jason cortez leaves behind a wife and 2 children. >>this year's historic wildfire season isn't just affecting the local wine industry also posing a threat to pot growers. some growers are dealing with the loss of crops because of the flames and others are worried about the lingering smoke and ash in the air affecting the quality of their pot, wendy kornberg is the owner of some of us humboldt's full sun farms. her garden usually produces 200 to 400 pounds of marijuana a year, but this year. she is concern that the cannabis name may not pass inspection. >>being concerned that we've seen is that the pr

>>a somber san francisco fire chief janine nicholson reflecting on losing one of their own. in a horrible accident. it was around 10:00am wednesday at the training facility on 19th and fulsome fire officials say the court has got injured he was rushed to the sucker berg san francisco general hospital. a short distance away where they were unable to save him jason came into the fire department in 2007. and worked on an ambulance until 2015. when he joined the fire side of the fire department. for the past 2 years. he has worked at station 3. engine 3 which is the busiest fire engine in the country. >>so that should tell you something about him. the chief talked about how she personally knew cortez and many calls with him when i was out in the field. when he was a paramedic on an ambulance. always a straight up guy. hardworking kind. you know if i could clone him. you know i i would. >>just a wonderful human being a procession took cortez from the hospital to the coroner's office late in the day, he loved the people he worked with us and he loved his family. and our job in the

is he improving as mark meadows went on judge janine last night and said. we'll see that in just a moment as we wait for the news conference to begin. let us pause one moment for fox stations across the country to join us. howie: this is fox news coverage. i'm howard kurtz in washington. president trump's medical team is giving an update on his condition. we see the doctors coming out to the microphones. they will typically make an opening statements and take some questions from reporters. we're anxious to hear about the president's condition. let's listen in. >> good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> since we spoke last, the president has continued to improve. as with any illness, there are frequent ups and downs over the course, particularly when a patient is being so closely watched 24 hours a day. we review and debate every finding, compared to existing science and literature, weighing the risks and benefits of every intervention, the timing as well as impacts a delay may have. over the course of his illness the president has experienced two episod

yesterday chief janine nicholson took a moment to reflect on the loss. >>jason came into the fire department in 2007. and worked on an ambulance until 2015. when he joined the fire side of the fire department. for the past 2 years. he has worked at station 3. engine 3 which is the busiest fire engine in the country always a straight up guy. hardworking kind just a wonderful human being. >>a procession took cortez from the hospital to the coroner's office. jason cortez leaves behind a wife and 2 children. 33 is the time and the election is 26 days away early voting is underway in several bay area counties many seeing big turnouts. >>one of them san mateo county since monday nearly 630 people have shown up at the county's 3 votes enters the elections board has also gotten 1700 votes by mail so far. the county is encouraging people who are voting by mail to send their ballots early in case of any irregularities in the last election 4,000 ballots. we're challenged in san mateo county half of them didn't have signatures. >>history will show that many birders

amendment rights of prison inmates, something enfar less than what for example justice marshall and janine versus martinez in 1974. in 2006 the united states supreme court decided donizetti versus love bios, the decision in which the united states supreme court by a five before ruling ruled when public employees pursuant to their official job duties the constitution does not insulate them from discipline may have no first amendment protections. it doesn't matter how important the speech is, it doesn't matter if the employee is pure was lower. if the employee is engaged in official job duties, i have absolutely no first amendment protection. in 2007 the roberts court also 54 votes failed to recognize the free-speech rights of public, public school students. in a case called morris versus frederick colloquially known as the bomb hits for jesus because joseph frederick and others upheld an eight by 14 banner that said bomb hits for jesus although they were off-campus as the olympic torch relay was passing through juneau alaska. so on context again the roberts court has been quite deferential

janine nelson is the associate director counsel at the naacp legal defense education fund. and practitioner of civil rights . litigation in the country prior to that she was a professor at st. john's law school and is a noted scholar ofboth constitutional and civil rights issues . don really was the 46th solicitor general of the united states really is also a member of our national task force as wendy noted. currently, she is a partner at monger told in olson, a renowned law firm and prior to that was also a partner at jenner and locke where ihad the privilege of working under him briefly . andfinally , last but definitely not least christine todd whitman with the 50th governor of new jersey and also the ninth administrator of the united states environmental protection agency serving under president george w. bush. currently the president of whitman strategies and as wendy noted the cochair of our nationaltask force . so with that, i would like to come in with the first question . and i'm going to address that to our cochairs of our task force governor whitman and both of y

while there was a janine i havetation to folks to attend the codel that went down there last week, nearly a dozens of our colleagues did go. they met with people down there. this is just a first step. there will be hearings. we will get to talk to the professionals from the community . no one is saying that the investigation is complete. and no one is saying that it's completely proven. but it is absolutely something this body must do to act, to make sure that our government agencies are not participating in a scheme that deprives people of their basic human rights. with that, madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from new hampshire, ms. kuster. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new hampshire is recognized for three minutes. ms. kuster: thank you, ms. scanlon, for yielding time. to speak as co-lead on this important resolution, to establish a thorough investigation. i know that we have colleagues across the aisle who want this investigation. and ask them to join us today. before having the privilege to serve in congress, i was an adoption attorney for 25 year