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the answer is no. >> i think you should establish more foundation, mr. keith. >> you had a conversation about what might happen regarding the custody of your son. on january 1. >> yes, that was the beginning of our conversation. >> your conclusion and your own
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experience was that as an american and a politician, your husband is a powerful man and if he wanted he could win custody of theo. >> when i went to talk to library, i was ascared about losing my situation if we get a divorce. what is my decision and in a family court. and after our conversation, she made me feel even more scared because she also said, it she used the word all boys' network and they will cover for each other so you have to make evidence and you need something
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to protect yourself and fight in case you get in a custody dispute. so she told me that of course my concern was right and she used that word old boys' network. >> i move to strike everything after yes as not responsive. >> overruled. please, we need to keep it down in here. >> your husband has told you he
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is a powerful man more than once. >> i think that has been asked and answered. >> overruled. >> are you asking me if he said that more than once? no. actually, he never said that. that was my conclusion. he never said i am a powerful man. that was the conclusion of the 40 minute conversation. he said he is a part -- he is more powerful than me. that was my conclusion. he never said i am a powerful man like a sentence. >> did he ever say he is very powerful? you said in the video that he said he is very powerful. >> yes. >> you do not want your husband to take theo away from you? >> i do not want him taking my son away from the in the same
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way i will never take theo away from him. >> to you have concerns for theo's safety with your husband being the primary caregiver? >> objection. >> sustained. >> have you made an agreement with your husband about what would happen regarding the custody of theo in the event of a divorce? >> never.
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>> on december 31, your husband offered to take you out to lunch for pizza. >> that was the plan. i said i am not going to cook. we will have to go out for lunch. [laughter] >> you are saying it was your decision? >> yes. >> everybody got into the van. while in the van, you try to have a civil discussion about going to venezuela. >> yes. >> the discussion you wanted to have was about visiting with theo. >> yes. >> you try to be polite in bringing up that subject? >> i am not sure if i was trying
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to be polite. i was just saying what i wanted. >> at the time that you raised this issue, he knew that was a sensitive subject for your husband. >> yes. >> when you raised that issue, it your husband was not respectful in response. >> he was nervous, yes. >> he started yelling at you. >> yes, a little bit. for ross to yell, his voice is so strong he does not have to do too much. he is too loud all the time. >> you have had the experience of someone yelling at you in an
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angry way. >> i do not think he was yelling. he was not happy with that. >> your husband was not yelling. >> he was talking with his voice. but he was not happy at all. >> he told ivory madison that your husband started yelling profanities at you. isn't that what happened? >> yes. >> so, he was yelling profanities at you. >> how i recall is that he said profanities' but just one thing was the only thing he said. i said do not talk to me that way. he apologized but he was not happy. >> ok. this was happening with your son
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in a car? >> yes. >> ok. how did your husband's yelling in the car affect your son? >> objection. relevance. >> overruled. >> i have to answer? yes, theo was -- it was his nap time. so, he was sleeping in the car seat. and i don't not recall he was crying in the car until the very end. because we were having a discussion, not that he was
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yelling. we were having a discussion. not a friendly one, but he was watching. he was fine. >> your son did cry during that discussion, but not until the end of it. >> during the discussion he did not cry. >> so when you told ivory madison he cried in the car -- >> he cried after he grabbed my arm. >> after your husband grabbed her arm. >> i got angry and i said stop. it was my reaction that scared my son. >> answer the question. >> at this point in the car, he is not crying. >> did you ever say to your husband during the course of this discussion, argument, stop,
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look what you are doing to our son. do you know wwhat this is going to do to him? >> we are now in the car, right? at this moment he is not crying and i did not say that. >> so in the course of the fight to never said those words. >> when he grabbed my arm i said stop in a very hard way and when we came inside i said, stop, right now. i am going to cook lunch for theo. he was crying because he reacted when i yelled at him. i said stop. he apologized. >> your testimony is that -- >> i went inside. >> if you let me ask my
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questions and answer them. this will be over a lot sooner. so, you testified you told your husband to stop. did you tell your husband look at what you're doing to our son in the course of this argument? >> yes, but the context is -- it is different if you put it in another context. >> your lawyers will have a chance to ask questions as well. there will be an opportunity for other questions from the other side. >> it is a fine with us to start tomorrow again. >> let's take a break. miss lopez, let me remind you are still under oath. i would advise you to not to
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talk to anybody between now and when you appear again tomorrow. >> good. thank you. thank you for being patient. >> let's excuse the witness. is there anything else we need to talk about tonight? mr. keith? commissioners? ok, here is my plan for tomorrow. i would like to finish with miss lopez, we need to talk about the london declaration, we need to talk about the mayor's rebuttal exhibit, and we have to talk about the sheriff's request for rabat witnesses to -- rebuttal witnesses. the flores testimony, my
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understanding is that you want to make oral objections? >> i am not going to go through it line by line. and all encompassing objection. >> we can deal with that tomorrow as well. are there any other issues we need to address? >> in regard to the testimony and the objections, it would be helpful if -- i would like some notice as to what they're going to be. >> was antti -- was there anything you wanted to point out? crowd say very much. -- thank you very much. do we need to do the interim boat? -- vote?
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with that, the meeting is adjourned until tomorrow evening. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org gentlemen, the voice of the san francisco giants and his radio personality -- kiss radio personality, ranelle brooks moon. >> thank you so much. thank you, everybody.
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thank you so much. happy valentine's day, and good afternoon, san francisco. [applause] i am so honored and thrilled to be part of today's celebration. we're going to have a great time as we salute a living legend today. it was 50 years ago, high atop noob -- nob hill in the venetian hotel that tony bennett sang a song for the first time, a song that would become a worldwide and the mind forever with our city. i'm talking about, of course, "i left my heart in san francisco." and what better way to celebrate valentine's day then with a tribute to the most famous love song ever dedicated to our home town by our city's most beloved troubadour, mr. tony bennett?
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[applause] and now, everyone, please join the san francisco symphony and our chief of protocol, charlotte schulz, here on stage in welcoming our host, mayor edwin m. lee and first lady anita lee, and the man of the our, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] -- the man of the our -- the man of the hour, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] [applause]
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[applause] that is the way you make an entrance, right? [applause] well, mayor lee, mrs. lee, and honored guests, for 50 years, the sounds of tony bennett and
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his rendition of "i left my heart in san francisco" has said to the world that this city by the bay is the capital of love, beauty, and a unique style that made it one of the plan its tourist destinations. mr. bennett, your voice is the voice of san francisco, and this is your day. [applause] we have a fantastic program for you today. we have some local singers inspired by mr. bennett's career, and they will pay tribute to mr. bennett in song. tony bennett, your dedication to young people is known through countless projects such as your exploring the arts foundation and your founding of the frank sinatra school for the arts. you have proved to be a timeless link between artistic generations. and, of course, your inspiration
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continues with such incredible and wonderful projects as your recent "duets ii" cd. i have a copy. anybody else? [applause] and check this out, mr. bennett picked up two grammy awards sunday night for that album. [applause] so we congratulate you on that. i believe if you are scoring at home, that makes it 17 grammys in his career. [applause] what we love -- well, we love the cd, but today, we have gone one step further. not just a duet, but an extraordinary trio. i'm pleased to present this trio, performing for the first time together, young people from the choir of the san francisco school of the arts, the san francisco boys chorus, and the
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san francisco girls chorus, take it away. [applause] ♪ >> ♪ the loveliness of paris seems somehow sadly gay the glory that was rome is of another day i've been terribly alone and forgotten in manhattan i'm going home to my city by the bay
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i left my heart [applause] in san francisco high on a hill it calls to me to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars the morning fog may chilly air -- chill the air i don't care my love waits there
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in san francisco of of -- above the blue and windy sea when i come home to you san francisco your golden sun will shine for me ♪ [applause]
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>> that was great, right? fabulous performance by those young people. what an honor it must be for those children to perform for mr. tony bennett today, paying tribute to his great legacy. something they will never forget, i'm sure. we have many others who wanted to pay tribute to you, mr. bennett, an expression of their love for you and for san francisco. i like to read to you just such an expression. this is a letter inspired by you and your song, the winning entry in the love letter to san francisco contest, sponsored by sf travel. if i may -- "dear sf -- can i call you sf? i remember the first time i was in your presence. age nine. even on your surface, you
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enchanted me and i never quite recovered. i did not truly fall in love until i spent my 22nd birthday with you. i explore the depths of chinatown. i toured the rock and froze my but off at a giants game in june. i was hooked. unfortunately, i had plans. plans with that boy in missouri, but how i was wrong to leave you. when i found out he was cheating, i ran to you and you took me in without asking questions. i packed my bags and never looked back. every day, i love you more and more. you had made me the happiest girl in the world and given me a real love. i want to spend my life with you exploring every corner and the depths of your soul. i cannot imagine being with any other city. thank you for saving my life. you truly did. sign your is, until the big one kills us all" --
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[laughter] "andy." andy is with us, too. andy lives in the haight. right there. thank you for your love letter to the city. now, i believe we are ready to take a trip down memory lane and check out some of those san francisco landmark that you have made famous, mr. bennett, with your incredible voice and visit some of your longtime friends who also want to pay tribute to you today. >> dear tony, we are here to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the recording of your song and our son, -- song, "i left my heart in san francisco."
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what better place to be then the fairmont hotel in san francisco where you first sang your song, our song, in the venetian room? i'm going to meet you in places where you have helped us celebrate the city by the bay, so follow me down memory lane. >> ♪ going home to my city by the bay ♪ >> toni, you have been an integral part of my life, and i get emotional because it was a wonderfully happy time. so i want to thank you. >> hello. you are at the home of the little cable cars that climb halfway to the stars. you know that line, don't you? you remember when we had the celebration to bring back the
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cable cars in union square and all over town, and you were there. and here is our pal, a bell ringer of the cable cars for 10 years, and he was there on that day, so what happened? >> i had the honor and privilege of meeting mr. bennett. he wrote on my car with me, and we've run down the high-speed hill with the turnarounds, and he sang a few lines of "i left my heart." >> that song? >> yes, and i just wanted to tell him thank-you for all he has done for this city. >> tony bennett, a household word in san francisco, and for me, all the years i have lived in this city, tony bennett has been like the next door neighbor. wherever i am, whether it is paris, whether it is wrong, whether it is nice, whether it is beijing -- whether it is
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rome, whether it is shanghai, whether it is some place in africa or some place in russia. if i say, ♪ i left my heart ♪ they immediately say tony and them. that means the national anthem for san francisco and literally for america have come from this extraordinarily talented human being. >> ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> ok, here we are down memory lane. we are at the at&t park, home of the san francisco giants. as you know, we sing your song after every win of the giants, so we have been sitting here a lot. you