spend over $36 billion annually in purser -- pursued of their -- pursuit of their birdy happiness. our ecosystem would suffered tremendous losses on a scale we could only imagine. we are dependent on birds. in the 1970's when glass buildings became popular, we did not realize that birds cannot recognize class as a solid. that is why they flyable forced into it. millions of years of evolution did not prepare them to do with these obstacles. we did not know these facts than but now we do and abundant studies, mans prove them. i urge you to adopt the standards today. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i am with golden gate audubon. we strongly urge your support for the standards for bird safe buildings in san francisco. a professor of ornithology and conservation biology has studied and published extensively on birds and windows for 35 years. he said, clear and reflective sheet glass and windowpanes in homes and walls of multistory commercial buildings as a passive, invisible killer of wild birds worldwide. among the dead are the abundant as well as the rare threatened and

purser saying we told them what people are expecting to hear. one more question and this one on the yukos case within the next few months your counsel will produce an independent report on the second case against you cause. why was it necessary to be via an independent report does this mean you think the court's ruling was unjust. no because then why are you doing it's going to appear in independent reports on each and every case it's like after we have talked i will instruct my editors to check every word you say you're welcome to do this you may check it i don't mind. you see some pieces are high profile. they get a lot of attention. it was so in some instances he's necessary to carry out a public examination of such cases. however we should take into account two points more first this is a non government initiative and second it is purely legal you know the words we're not asking our experts if there is a political aspect to this case because otherwise and these questions should be addressed to political analysts not lawyers but then with the

someone like her or jackie kennedy purser veered and went on. -- persevered and went on. young guys could learn from that. host: from the detroit free press -- quaker town, pennsylvania is next, go ahead. they hung up. you can give us a call this morning. we are doing this for the first 40 minutes. journal@c-span.org is the e- mailed. asheville, north carolina, thank you for calling in. caller: thank you for having me. betty ford was probably the first most public figure to come out of breast cancer. it shocked many people back then. she opened up a conversation. she saved millions of women's lives. whole movement started and people got checked and found out. they found out that you don't die. if you get checked. she did that. host: was that the initial reaction, schock? caller: as a child, i was in my 20's, i was impressed. i was impressed that somebody of that stature would mention the word breast in a sentence and a candidate's wife that was running for reelection. this was unheard of. you don't talk about breasts. she did and because of her, thousands and hundreds of