but today john lee hooker is a monument. i mean, he is bigger than big, you know.h the way he was doing, he had a style that was his. there was no copying. he's got people running around trying to figure out, "what are you doing? how do you do that," you know. so i decided to try to play like muddy waters, elmore james, and all these different blues people. i tried to learn this when my mother went to the a&p. [laughter] you understand? see, 'cause she didn't deal with the guitar. she didn't like it. she loved that violin, but that guitar was just not the right thing to have in her house. you understand? and she told me many time, "don't bring that in here, boy." and like, she wanted to kill my sister for giving it to me. you know, like, she said that i was going to be worthless. and back then, i can kind of understand that i wasn't even allowed to have a funny book in the house. mama said that was bad news for the brain. and i agree with her. it is. it's something-- when i should have been learning arithmetic and all, whatever, you know, looking at batman and all

john lee is actually my grant grant grand father. you might think it's remarkable to be a descendant of the guy, but he had 21 lives and by my count about 2500 descendants right about now. let's go to the next. you probably all know the overview of the river. those that never heard of the colorado river let me give you facts. 7 states and two nations share it. the fastest growing part of the nation by percentage or numbers. including utah, arizona, and nevada and california just on sheer numbers. 8 percent of the land area in the united states and it has 60 million acre feet of storage and that's closest to the highest in the world relative to it's annual flow of 15 million acre flow a year. it's about five to 25 million acre feet. there are 35 million people served in an enormously complicated legal environment. what happens after 7 years of drought on the river. these are two parts that have 50 million of the river in storage and we started out with full reservoirs and you end up with these enormous drops and we're at about 50 perc

are murder is therefore they're a class of serial killers and i think ben bernanke you might be john lee going gacy or clown really very he performed as the clown at charitable events and perform for children and he ended up actually he. using that as a cover to murder thirty three children john wayne gacy to show up at the kids' show writing star makers balloon animals and while he'd be out there during the kids at the track yes this is ben bernanke this is the us dollar. this is bernanke his contribution to society is simply making the cold was that's. what this is the bailout what you call this is the classic let's start with the monetary policy let's look at something to zero had found a correlation that might or not might not prove mark progress assertion ninety one point three percent correlation between food stamp usage and the s.m.p. or how wealth effect equals poverty effect so you see the white line in this chart that's food stamp usage the increase in the united states since two thousand and nine and the yellow line is the s. and p. . oh yeah well that's right there's a correl

mayor edwin lee. john haley is the director of the municipal transportation agency. rhonda simmons, with the office of economic work force and development. chief jeff godown, the chief of the san francisco police department. phil ginsburg, general manager of the rec and park department. ed riskin, director for the department of public works is also here. thank you for your presence here. mayor edwin lee, without further -- adult probation is here, too. mayor kelllee, thank you for yor patience. the microphone is yours. [applause] >> thank you. as you all know, i am not going to have been long speeches. and i'm here to listen to you tonight. but i want to say a couple of things. it is my pleasure to be here with supervisor avalos, supervisor carmen chu, the other department heads, to make sure that i fulfill a promise. while i am occupied this great office of mayor, i will listen to everybody in the city. the matter where you live. that is what i have been doing this whole year. i am three months on the job and it is wonderful to have a new relationship with the board

there's a two way race on to become the new world number one ingolf india's lee westwood is in line to take top spot from john martin kyra after winning the indonesian masters but don't hold could himself end up at the summit if he wins in south carolina after the englishman rode his luck it's a one shot lead into the final round of the heritage dos is third in the world at the moment and his not stand to get off the best of starts his ball bouncing as a bounce on just the second hole a double bogey here seen him briefly lose the lead but he was back to park by the time he reached the turn and we found his form and she with a one under par seventy his was round of the tournament so far however he was still a shot at defending champion fearing the american mr pats a car on the last hole to scotland his chances of topping the leaderboard at the end of day three was. ten as well number one rafael nadal has beaten fellow spaniard david ferrer for the second final in

at the pentagon lee john panetta will take over as defense secretary. general david petraeus will reportedly be dominated for cia director. john allen will replace petraeus and ryan crocker will be named u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. robert gates who started the job under george w. bush wanted to retire. he has been on a farewell tour. but this is not going to be without controversy. i spoked to a former top military intelligence officer who says panetta does not have the military experience for the job and has done a questionable job as cia director. he will have to be confirmed by the senate. >>> we are also following developing news from afghanis thunderstorm warning. an afghan military pilot killed eight nato troops and a contractor during a meeting. cnn is reporting at least six of the troops are americans. reportedly the afghan pilot opened fire after an argument. >>> a uc berkeley graduate is wanted back in iran now. the iranian foreign ministry issued a subpoena for sarah shourd. she was arrested along with shane bower and josh fattal during a

john lowell, mrs. mari hunter and mr. jay lee for your service and your advocacy on the committee and for your interest in applying again. it's really great to see new applicants, mr. ivey, i've seen your application, super impressed, congratulations on your upcoming graduation to berkeley. that is an immense accomplishment and to already be so involved in pedestrian safety issues and working, i think that's really important and in the future i would love to support you, particularly as someone who could represent public health organizations. i do think it's really important that our representatives live and walk in the city and county of san francisco. it's something that on a daily level i think that you just cannot take that experience away. representing our residents. but i think that it is really important for us to work very closely with our public health organizations, with our injury and trauma centers to figure out how we can more effectively address this issue. which also is a huge budgetary impact on the city as well.

john is the united school district's facilities management. city administrator ed lee. louis kenselle, start. can we have everyone take their seats? this is like herding cats. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am the executive director of maintenance and operations for the school district. my job right now is to introduce our next speaker, who has a familiar face for those of you who have lived here in the area for a while. he anchored the news on channel 4 back in the turbulent 1970's. [applause] he co hosted with his wife "a.m. san francisco," the morning talk show on kgo tv channel 7 in the 1980's. in the 1990's, he anchored the weekly syndicated show "silicon valley business this week." today, he comes to us not as a tv broadcaster, but as a homeowner and a business operator in san francisco for 30 years. he has gotten involved in many firsthand experiences with graffiti in his neighborhood over the years. i asked him if he would help us out today by showing us how all san franciscans can get involved in defeating graffiti. dpw's public information office provided fred

lee: so we are saying we do not have that? >> it is on on-time performance. >> travis does accurate data collection. john may have a different answer for you. i think john would say he probably watches it every hour, but -- >> thank you. in terms of the information on the system, , with some of what you heard in the previous presentations, we have got a real time information on the system. we put out a delete ", which we would be happy to suggest couple of formats on a weekly basis that would give you a snapshot of performance of the system in terms of delays and service, if that would help you gauge where we are. at the same time, the on-time performance, in the way we measure it, it is with a combination of visual observations and automatic passenger counters, and this is taking a look at some of the things we want to do to improve our on-time performance. and there is some of the routes. there is the lowest performing one, and there is a range of why. i mentioned this a couple of weeks ago. on a monthly basis, we're going to do a performance audit, which we will take another look at the schedule, the

john mccain. >>> ron paul's likely announcement comes a day after mississippi governor hey lee barber said he would not be a candidate next year. the 63-year-old republican says he just doesn't feel the fire in the belly to run. the announcement comes as a surprise to a lot of people because heyly barberry cently visited several states with early presidential contests. the governor says he'll continue his current job and work hard to get a republican in the white house next year. >>> classes resume today at a santa rosa pre-school. but it was targeted by vandals over the weekend. deputies say five boys ranging in age from 11 to 14 broke into a portable unit at northwest prep. two of the boys reportedly confessed to torturing a class hamster that authorities say died from that abuse. they also damaged furniture and spray painted graffiti on the walls. deputies tracked them down after a neighbor called police. >>> police in chicago are looking for the thieves who broke into a beauty salon. these burglars didn't touch the cash register, they made off with real human hair worth tens of thousands of dol

john it's not going to be like that. >>maureen: police officers will continue wearing badges into lee's july which is when the will most likelys deputies. the officers who passed will be will keep their jobs but they may not be but to patrol the same streets. if they do, the mayor says they will only be periodically because deputies rotate the area to cover. >> the probably be here two or three months and of another rotation. >>maureen: it's a decision that had to be made dismantling the please department will save the city 1/2 million dollars a year. >> i think the big plus is that we do have a larger department that will be able to give us more resources. >>maureen: the reason why the city inc. was in order to have its own force which makes this decision to outsource law enforcement difficult for the mayor. i think we all just need to accept the fact that we now have a new sheriff in town. >>vicki: half when they also voted to outsource its rec department of san carlos. it will save them $700,000. the judge ruled that the city damaged his property by watching a storm drain project making a non billable. canal have to pay th

lee and lieutenant governor gavin newsom and other politicians. outside protesters waved signs and chanted their cause, hoping the president would hear their messages about everything from they know poor to taxing the rich. john said he voted for obama in 2008. he's not sure about 2012. eangry the rusch get richer while others barely get by. >> we need to come into the streets and raise hell because he won't be able to do anything unless there is a movement on the way we spend money in this country. >> reporter: a $35,000 plate dinner and a town hall streamed live on facebook, hosted from facebook headquarters in palo alto took up most of the day. with 19 million facebook friends, a campaign stop like no other. the president did seem to energize this crowd. a crowd that still is hoping for, or looking for hope and change. one woman who was upentity the president was late said after the speech, it didn't matter anymore. she said i'm in. that means she plans to then president get reelected, which is exactly what he was looking for. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. with the president come star power. not only at the masonic center but at the private donor tonight. enter tanners stevie wonder and

lee explains how that decision in the case could affect hundreds of others. >> the only thing they have up here is heading west. >> scott was mapped by a camera here at john dalyoulevard. he hired a lawyer. she claims that daly city contracts with a kane called redflex but specifically the regulation of these signs warning there are red light cameras ahead. >> the way the contract is written, redflex is responsible for inspecting and maintaining and that violates the law. >> the law, indeed, states that the responsibility for these signs may not be contracted out to cameramakers. that the city must inspect and maintain them. last friday, it went to trial. she says the commissioner agreed with her and dismissed the ticket. mendelson says other daly city ticket holders have a legal reason to fight their cases. >> anybody who gets one of these tickets in daly city from april 1st forward should be challenge can the ticket vigorously. set the matter for trial and challenge it based on the contract. >> not so fast, says city attorney rose zimmerman. >> the city followed all the requisite steps necessary to ensure that we are in compliance and redflex is in complianc

lee is live in oakland after talking to some of the men being arrested. amber? >> reporter: two dozen police officers were involved in tonight's undercover operation. they just told me they put 20 johns behind bars. >> we stopped. >> reporter: we rode with officers as they began the sting operation in east oakland about 5:00 this evening. >> do you have id with you? >> reporter: if in the first half hour officers -- in the first half hour officers arrested this man who they say was soliciting an undercover officer who told me he was not buying sex. you were buying a part for your car? >> yeah. >> reporter: didn't you talk to a girl on the streets? >> reporter: business was brisk as three undercover officers posed as prostitutes along international boulevard. when a deal is struck, the men are told to go around the corner to wait for the prostitute only to be met by officers moving in for the arrest. >> a good looking lady on the street and i asked her a price and that's all and she said that i was only curious. >> reporter: police say they've been conducting these stings weekly for the past two months after numerous neighbor complaints. >> i'm coming home, i don't like to see that. w

lee is live in oakland after talking to some of the men being arrested. amber? >> reporter: two dozen police officers were involved in tonight's undercover operation. they just told me they put 20 johns behind bars. >> we stopped. >> reporter: we rode with officers as they began the sting operation in east oakland about 5:00 this evening. >> do you have id with you? >> reporter: if in the first half hour officers -- in the first half hour officers arrested this man who they say was soliciting an undercover officer who told me he was not buying sex. you were buying a part for your car? >> yeah. >> reporter: didn't you talk to a girl on the streets? >> reporter: business was brisk as three undercover officers posed as prostitutes along international boulevard. when a deal is struck, the men are told to go around the corner to wait for the prostitute only to be met by officers moving in for the arrest. >> a good looking lady on the street and i asked her a price and that's all and she said that i was only curious. >> reporter: police say they've been conducting these stings weekly for the past two months after numerous neighbor complaints. >> i'm coming home, i don't like to see that. w

lee surrendered, and with the civil war drawing to a close, president abraham lincoln was shot at ford's theater in washington. he died the next morning.z1ywñu the assassin, johnkes booth, had not worked alone. he and his accomplices plotted and skeemd at the boarding house of mary sarat, just blocks from the theater. weeks later, sarat and seven other alleged conspirators were tried before a military commission. the normal strictures of american justice did not apply. sarat was convicted and sentenced to hang despite the recommendation of five of the nine members of military commission that she be shown mercy. on july 7, 1865 air, parasol shielding her from the son, sarat and three others were led to the gallows. sheechs the first woman to be executed by the united states government. the story of her trial is the subject of the new film "the conspirator" directed by robert redford, starring robin wright as mary sarat, and james mack voi as frederic aiken, the young union army captain given the task of defending her. here to talk with me about the film are james solman and retired u.s. army colonel fred bork a consultant to the film, who served as chief prosec

lee hamilton, former member of congress and director of the center on congress at the indiana university. [applause] next is kelly -- kelly carrier, the first tea party protest activists. [applause] next is john palfrey, the third professor of law, vice dean of library and information and resources and faculty co-director at harvard law school. [applause] and finally, our panel's moderator, david eisner, president and ceo of the national constitution center, assumed the following a 5-year tenure as ceo of the corporation for international and community service, the federal agency overseeing americorps, vista, a senior court, and other national service programs. after seven years and a well, time warner, and america online. thank you very much for being here. david, the stage is yours. >> terrific. so, thank you all for joining us. before we get going on really would like to ask our panelists, our audience to think alison young for putting all this together along with hugh allen who is they're actually taking pictures as well. thank you. [applause] and last night we got started so nicely with a preview of the upcoming movie, a series prohibition. we got to meet with ken burns and lynn novick w

charlotte, pat, jane lee, dick mcgee, ted mccann, andy morton, courtney ryanhart, paul, austin smythe, our staff director, jenna, connor sweeney, dennis teddy, dana wade. i call him john z. that's an inside joke. brad butler. jonathan. spencer pepper. alex stoddard. i also want to thank from our personal office smith anderson, laurie, joyce meier, mike, kevin, martin, andy, my chief of staff, alison style, our interns, brad, jane, david, greg, and john. i want to thank all the hardworking staff for making this possible. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that we be permitted to file reports accompanying 1214, 1215, and 1216 at any time through april 15, 2011. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to section 5580 and 5581 of the revised statutes, 20 u.s.c. 2223 and the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair announces the speaker appointment of the members of the house to the board of regents of the smithsonian institution. the clerk: mr. becerra of california. the spea