[applause] >> next, i would call -- mark connors, and solomon brown. >> hi. so i work for tenderloin housing clinic, and am not a resident of san francisco. i was born and raised here but can't afford to live here wit hthh the budget cuts. i went from paying no medical to $250 for medical. i live in oakland. i don't like oakland. sorry. i don't. it is just a lot of crime. i have been going through a lot. i have to take her out of school. parents with guns, all kinds of stuff. she can't go to school here. i live out here. i pay for them to go to school here. a mix-up, in between. us getting raises would help, and i could come back to my native. thank you. [applause] >> i am mark conners from treasure island, secretary for the good neighbors -- and i wanted to say what the young man said earlier. we have a lot of youth, and fund the care center for the independent youth. sometimes the youth get in trouble and we need reseources for the island. from time to time, we have crime waves. they need more local services and support on the island. we don't have a grocer

. >> pageant officials say other than helping connor get marks on the stage, she is treated like alloung women and never plays to her disability. >> she is the last one that would tell you. she would prefer you not know. more importantly, it is not what i can't do, it is what i can do. >> i have come to learn it is not about winning the pageant. i am so glad my story can be shared and at least i can inspire one person and if i can inspire one person, i feel like i won. >> perhaps what is most refreshing, connor doesn't take herself too seriously. >> what's going through your mind right now? what are you thinking? >> dinner. >> of course. hollywood florida. >> what an inspiring story. >> isn't that great? >> yes. >> we have a lot am coming up. of course avery and richard are the best legal minds there are out there. they're with us. we're so lucky. every noon on saturday. today they'll be talking about why at an amc theater or chain of theaters in california there are cashiers and ticket holders who are complaing they're standing too long. have you ever seen that seinfeld episode? >>

. >> reporter: pageant officials say other than helping connor to get to marks on the stage, she's treated other young women and she never plays to her disability. >> she's the last one who will tell you. she would prefer you not know. and more importantly, it's not what i can't do, it's what i can do. >> i've come to learn it's not even about winning the pageants, it's about -- i'm so glad that my story could be shared and that at least i can inspire one person and if i can inspire one person, i feel like i've won. >> reporter: perhaps what is most refreshing, connor doesn't take herself too seriously. >> what's going through your mind right now? what are you thinking? >> dinner. >> reporter: of course. john zarrella, cnn, hollywood, florida. >>> i'm rooting for connor, no matter what. i'm poppy harlow at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. i'll see you back here one hour from now. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer begins right now. >>> you're in "the situation room." mitt romney responds to the sharpest attacks yet on his record with bain capital and accuses the obama campaign of

. >> reporter: pageant officials say other than helping connor to get to marks on the stage, she's treated other young women and she never plays to her disability. >> she's the last one who will tell you. she would prefer you not know. and more importantly, it's not what i can't do, it's what i can do. >> i've come to learn it's not even about winning the pageants, it's about -- i'm so glad that my story could be

and i just pray to god i hit my marks and look like everyone else. >> reporter: connor wasn't all way. her eyesight started deteriorating when she was 8 years old. >> i was diagnosed. >> reporter: with a degenerative genetic disorder. >> i was 20/60. i remember seeing the board from my seat. >> reporter: it deteriorated to 2400/2600. she can only read fonts today 36 and above. so why would a shy teen whose eyesight was ten times worse than legally blind ever enter a beauty pageant? >> all my friend were doing it. i thought why not? get dressed up. have a good time with my friend. >> reporter: ah, of course. >> miss connor -- >> reporter: she won. and now. >> i love pageants. i had a bad self-image. it has given me confidence. >> reporter: i'm matt gutman, abc news, hollywood, florida. >> she actually asks her boyfriends if the boys interested in her are cute or not. >> she had one boyfriend. in fact, there is the reigning queen of the overnights. >> my hair looks better there, doesn't it. >> oh. overnights. >> my hair looks better there, doesn't it. >> oh. ♪ it's our anniversary ♪ >>