i understand, i do. just tell me, are you being careful? are you making progress? >> i think your husband just became the man that got out capone. >> lieutenant dunbar? >> yes, sir? actually, i am here at my own request. i always wanted to see the frontier. >> if you go there, he will come. -- build it. >> you don't look like a body guard. >> what did you expect? >> i dunno, maybe a tough guy. >> and this is my disguise. ♪ tavis: the thankfully, your career is nowhere near being over, but if the hatfields and mccoys was the last project on top of the awesome body of work, would you be happy with your porpoise? >> i would. i was surprised how happy i was with hatfields and mccoys. playing this quintessential american role, guns and fighting end vengeance and kind of the american fabric of how we moved across this continent. if you were tough enough, smart enough or ruthless enough, you could hold on to something you didn't have in europe. tavis: before we get too deep in this conversation, the next projec

which i no idea. i picked it because i loved it. and she said, and this was the moment where he realized that he needed to make the transition from an actor to an activist. you can it happening in this picture. that's the picture you picked. and of course, i said that every signing we after that was going to be straight downhill. we wouldn't have her there to explain that. i got to read that. thank you for remind me of that. other questions? >> yes, sir. >> [inaudible] >> how do we go about choosing my heroes not the famous. i love that there are so many heros. and, you know, people ask me all the time. tell why the famous person. to me they're not the best. the best are the ones you live with. we had z a poll. and do me what i hope the book is and nothing else is it helps us redefine or i should say e focus on what we should be focused on. i think if you look at heros in the country. they tell the history of the united states. if you look back at the great depression, the heroes were famous they were characters designed to transpor

you know what i mean. >> i am. think of a good king arthur thing back to -- guenevere is out there. it's a journey, no getting it done. >> my theory about songwriters, you have to basically go about a lot of misery to write best songs. all your work, unless i'm wrong, all the negative stuff, when you're the most searing, isn't it? >> depends how you look at it, even my most searing, i'm the only one, still -- i try never to be, you just killed me, i can't go on. i tried to be, oh, that really makes me angry you're doing that. i'm better, nobody loves you like i do. >> can you write good stuff if you're really happy? >> yeah. >> can you? >> yes. >> doesn't it become inevitably -- >> am i writing about being happy? no. i can be happy. understand i still -- there's still a shadow side to me. >> from a purely professional point of view, from the artistry of your song writing, if i said write, you can be in this extensional stated pure bliss for the next 30 years or torment, which would produce the better music, the bet

so i say, i also come from nigeria and i am like you. [laughter] i do not think she believed me so i was inventing names. anyway. so she influenced me. she had white skin. you could see her veins. she was very strange but beautiful for me. i was always attracted by different beauty that i saw everywhere. i remember some movies called guess who's coming to have dinner tonight with sydney party. i remember i said to my parents -- i was 12. if i come with a black girl, what will you say? and they say, if you love her, that is perfect for you. years after when it told them what i could say about the fact was going with a guy, they said if you love each other, that is wonderful. so i think i was lucky to have parents like that. very modern. very open-minded. unlike for some, there's no question of religion, of color of skin, or anything like that. people can be all beautiful. it depends on who they are, but it is not a question of color. for me, both of us were beautiful. and i loved color. color of the skin. tattoo on the skin, which is a ki

i see see i. one side of the bait that just misses that point of true wealth how do we motivate people if you don't have money at the end of it and i say well how was jesus motivated i was gonna motivate out my motivated i'm so motivated by the fact that i can add a value to this community that i can help to educate a child what more motivation do i need that someone may need an operation and possibly a resource that i can help with i could help them meet that medical need i don't understand how we've gotten to this place where money is the motivator that we teach our kids and yet we know the most valuable things in life have nothing to do with money once our basic needs are met so that you know that's what i'm hoping to to again a story that i want to tell with my life i'm a storyteller i'll still make movies but the most powerful story will be the one that i share and tell with my life i understand from your bio tom that you you were born on the east coast and if you grew up here in virginia in

everything i eat, everything i feel, everything i think.pported california's proposition 19 in favor of medical marijuana. you said i don't want to look like a criminal to my children anymore. i want them to know this is a choice you make as a responsible adult. if, god forbid, you were struck again by cancer, it came back or whatever, would you take marijuana? >> oh, yes, absolutely. i actually -- i'm a card holding medicinal person in california. i use it as medicine to help the gastrointense gastrointestinal problems i have from chemotherapy. there's not just cqancannabis b there are many plant medicines that are available to us that have a lot of stigma around them that i hope in the future our medical community can look at because i would absolutely go to those alternatives first before i went back to western medicine. >> now, you're currently on tour, hitting 27 cities in the next three months. the new album set for september the 4th. what is next in the empire building of melissa etheridge? where do you want to be in five years time?

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i ask if she had children. not yet i said. i said it sucks. then i try to be funny. do you think epidurals have contributed. she opens my chart. is says you're having trouble holding urine. i pee every time i sneeze. may be i should wear depends. are you doing your cagels? let me teach you a way that will be fun. i think she's about to make a joke. as you squeeze, save, i love my body. four counts hold. notice your vaginal area tightening. i love my body. squeeze a little harder. i love my body. good. that does make it fun, i say. alex presses on my belly and says seven pounds. how am i going to get it out? i am hoping for a super wide vagina. i will have one after the birth. i know this is not sexualy, ideal. i think lesbians like a super wide vagina on their partner. the more she can shove in, the more sexual. you shouldn't sircumicize. do you have any articles about the benefits of circumcision marks a jewish boy. i know she's not a lesbian. then you don't understand. week 31, i'm not going to sircumicize. i heard on the radio that thomas jefferson owned slaves. h

i knew i wanted to write a mother daughter story line. that's what i began with. it was the first time i said, this character not necessarily has to be asian. none of these characters necessarily have to be asian. i was of mind opposite of what you are saying happened through the book. what happened was the more i started to research when i discovered warner's, ime wantedo write. i was feeling older as a person and wanted to translate that into a book. when i thought i would write about the care taking situation and wanted to write about a mother and daughter and i thought was there an aging disease? where children grow old quickly. by the time they are 7 or 8 they look like little old people because they age so quickly. the first thing i asked myself is there a version of this disease for older people. does it start later in a person's life? as i'm researching i discover warner's syndrome and that's how it came to be that particular disease in the book. i thought this works because she would have a life before the disease started to age her in the 20's as opposed

i don't think i do.> that's a good answer. >> i don't think i do because i think it's easy to get subverted into all the polling. i think what we expect from politicians which we don't expect from shallow celebrities like myself is that they do speak truth to power and they are consistent and they have a real commitment to the big picture as they see it. to see candidates changing their history and their point of view depending on who is paying for the ads, it does make one very cynical. when i was working on capitol hill as a student, i worked for a congressman and i was in charge of gun control. i was even then in spite of aliens, quite passionately pro gun control. this guy sent out two letters, to people who were pro gun control and a similar but different letter to those against gun control. it was so shocking to me. still is. >> do you see principal anywhere on capitol hill and do you look at anyone and say that is the kind of -- i interviewed justice scalia and he said he sees nobody in modern pol

and i can go on and on. i am retired. i worked for service employees union, i was a business agent for local 87. i do not know how to cut this thing off. i turned the volume down and it still rings. i am sorry about that. anyway, i am retired as a business agent for seiu. i would like to thank you for this award that we're going to get. it took me quite a fuse -- quite a few years to get it together. there was so much confusion about the fillmore and what was going on and being the president of the blues and r&b music foundation, i decided to find a location for a mural. at that time, the mayor located, park and rec -- mayor ok'd and park and rec ok'd it. we came up with -- the mural is beautiful. on the -- jim side. there was lots of confusion as to what was what. i decided to get permission to put a mural on stender and post. for those of you who have seen it, you know it is beautiful. it is not a mural. it is art. h. personality on the merrill looks exactly like himself. being that i knew each person, i tracked them do

i want you to sit down, please. >> i need to go. can i go? >> i want to talk to you a little bit more, first. please just sit down. would you like some water? >> no. i'm about to puke. >> i'm just -- you were talking to a girl named beth. >> yeah, i think so. i don't know. you know what? i don't know. >> what did her profile say? >> her profile said i'm in trouble. >> the profile said she was how old? >> she said 12 or 13. >> 12 or 13. so you know you were coming here for a 12 or 13-year-old girl? >> i'm totally screwed. i know that. but it's -- forget it. >> do you have kids? >> yeah, i do. >> well, how would you feel if some guy in his 40s walked into your house trying to hook up with your kids? >> i'd feel pissed. >> what do you do for a living? >> i'm in education. >> you're in education. a teacher? >> mm-hmm. >> what grade do you teach? >> high school. >> high school? >> yes. >> we see men from all walks of life. but when a teacher comes in, it's especially disturbing because obviously this guy has access to children. you've got to wonde

then i just went off track and did -- not that i don't like country music, but i was in bands, i wasds. rock and roll, country music, bluegrass music, pop music, tried to be a celine dion pop singer, and it just didn't work. i didn't feel comfortable with it. i took a year off at some point, after i got sober, actually, because i was told, "your identity is not necessarily -- that's not who you are, the music. you're another entity. the music is what you choose. it's what you do." i thought, well, i'm going to choose not to do it, then, and see who i am. about a year later i thought, but wait, i'm good at music. what if i never really try to find out who i am musically? that was a very quick trajectory from there for me to zero in about the fact that i'm a good solo performer, just like my idols. i'm good at being a confessional, open, honest writer. i turned a corner. tavis: you just said something that just blew me away and it got my attention, in part because it sounds, to my ear, at least, unorthodox. it also sounds counterintuitive. but i think i get it, but i want you to give m

i love to sing i love i started playing trumpet. i really really wanted to play french horn but i don't have fingers on my left hand so i was out and you play with your left hand so i was very sad but i went to trumpet and then i did marching band so for someone with one leg that was very difficult. you need physical strength to play the trumpet. he didn't know was that hard for you. know. and have a lot of hot air. and but music was freeing to me i know i met pierce i met friends some acceptance that i hadn't had before so we are common in that that we found some life through music. but i think so to. begin with after i began to play music. people began to look at me with respect with pity because i mean. he. who. the war. cool started here before going global and now it's cooling the fire. log. choose your place to ensure a stand. to. make your statement. split the works you put the street below for.

>> i am working telecommuting from home, and i am working, and i get a call, and i am doing the best see if she is in any danger or need any support. >> so you did not think of it at the time? >> yes. >> when you think that having guns and a home is a risk factor for further violence could >> yes. >> did you ask her whether she was threatening to leave the sheriff or to take their son? i. >> would you agree that the danger is heightened when the victim is threatening to leave? >> absolutely. >> did you ask her if the sheriff was ever drinking or using drugs during this time period? >> no. >> would you agree that drinking or using drugs is a risk factor for violence? >> yes. >> did michelob's tell me during this protocol, this first 40- minute phone call, that she was considering making a police report? >> no, she did not tell me that. >> Ñ[e 3did she discuss what effect this would have on sheriff mirkarimi? >> no, she did not bring it up. >> did you bring it up? >> no. >> do you know in she was considering bringing up your views to a doctor? >> yes, she did it tell me that. >> did yo

i was like, i was looking in at my class, d i was like from outside and i go, "can i come back in?", i was like -- >> steve: what a great lesson. that's a good lesson. >> jimmy: yeah. go for it man -- day dreaming. but anyways, we got thousands of tweets from you guys. in fact, in less than 30 minutes, it was a trending topic in the united states. which is awesome. >> steve: yeah, come on. >> jimmy: so, thank you for the tweets, you guys are the best. so now i thought i'd share some of my favorite "my crazy teacher" tweets from you guys. here we go. this first one is from @kylaurmis. he says, "my high school teacher once came to school wearing his wife's pants, he didn't realize until fifth or sixth period." [ laughter ] this one is from @spellmegan. she says, "my third grade teacher made us learn the canadian national anthem just in case." in case of what? [ laughter ] why would you have to know the canadian national anthem? >> steve: in case they take over our country? >> jimmy: this one is from @cathforreals. she says, "my science teacher used to eat chalk to prove it was safe."

i have an appointment, i have to call him and when i came back home, i call linnit and i said, what do you think about this? first, i call her first, she didn't answer. so i text her, this is the situation, this happened, i have a person telling me this, i want your opinion about this. >> had you ever spoken to linnette peralta haynes before this date about the details of your marriage with your husband? >> no, never. >> and then you had a call with linnette peralta haynes a little later that morning around 11:18, do you recall that? >> yes. >> and what did you talk about in that call with ms. peralta haynes? >> i told her i was talking with my lawyer and her plan was accuse ross of domestic violence, and i want to hear from her if she considered this domestic violence, and my principal concern was about if we end in a divorce, i will gain custody. it's not that i will gain custody, it's just that i don't want to allows theo. i don't want someone kicking me out of the country and take my son. as thousands of latin americans have gone through in these years and that was my principal con

i never thought i would write about it. i didn't think i could bring myself to. >> yet you took notes all the way through? >> of course. i write in a journal almost everyday. i was trying to come up with a new book idea. i wanted to write about this. the first day was to meet with sara to meet about books. we discovered that we both had an older brother thing that she had a brother who was as mysterious to her as mine was to me. it was so perfect, cynthia, we had launched on our brothers. we stayed there for the next 3 hours, and closed the cafe. sara said this brother sister thing is huge and no one writes about it, no one talks about it, the affect our brothers and sisters has on us. this is your next book, this is what you need to write. are you kidding me, i could never write anything so personal, never. that is how it started. when you >> when you were working on this, friends, you would talk about my relationship with my difficult older brother, what happened? what doors opened up, what did you learn about what people

i can't believe i missed that. he decides that hunting deer is not a night idea next time he will aim for an apple. thank you participating, you can sit down. give yourself a clap. those are very basic hand movements we use to tell a story. so, the next story we will show you is going to take place in this forest that we just created. i want you to imagine you are in the old forest and we will explain to you the story. >> that was namaste. the devine in me greets the devine in you. can you say that? very good. so, as joe anna was saying. this come from the word meaning to tell stores. this is a story teller. you guys i heard out there i was listening a birdie told me you thought you were going to see a movie; right ? >> you are. in the old days this comes from what country? india. thousands of years ago an hundreds of years ago in india there were no movie theatres, no television, no radio, no comic books or no books for people like you and me to read. was this the same here? >> yes. all offer the world it was like

i think so but i have to check another manual that i have at home. do you think that i could leave early this afternoon ? to go home and read the manual ? no. i need to drive across town to pick up my baby-sitter. you're going out tonight ? yes. a man i worked for in cairo... is visiting the united states on an official tour, and there is a reception in his honor tonight. it sounds very important. jihan and i would like to go and pay our respects to him. of course you can leave early for such a special occasion. thank you, mr. brashov. i'm really glad you said that, mr. brashov because tomorrow night there's this rock concert, and i would really appreciate it-- i'm sorry, henry but that is not such a special occasion. but it's my favorite band ! you said the same thing when you left early last week. yeah, but that band has slipped off the charts. - it-- it did what ? - don't ask. how am i ever going to improve my english when people talk so funny ? would you like some fresh coffee, jess ? - more government spending stories ? - what ? i asked if you'd

i have discussed this with everyone i work with. we're all looking forward to it being open again and being a place to enjoy for personal functions and business functions. thank you for your time. supervisor elsbernd: 80 very much. next speaker. let me call a few more cards before you start. matt, brian green, harold smith, john, bane, michael, and autumn. go ahead. >> my name is chris. i have two angles to being here. eli spear helped me to build my bar in oakland. he did a great job of designing something beautiful that added to the area. also, he helped philosophically to design a bar that captured the essence of the community. as a result, i am incredibly proud of my place. the debate -- the feedback is that he does a good job of meeting the desires and needs of relevant numbers. i am here so i can testify that is what he will create and design here. second, i have been living at 374 11th street for the past three years with my girlfriend. the irony of living in a neighborhood full of nightclubs and bars is there are none that c

and i remember seeing that. >> i did submit but i -- i think it was one of my was due politic tive of the community outreach component and the other one was just a process point about responding to public comment during meetings. >> i think i remember seeing it. and i think we were copied that. thank you. >> so i don't have a particular concern oz to whether i need to include for purposes of moving quicker, sooner rather. >> thank you. anyone else? mr. leigh? >> so just a couple of other things. first of all, member alanso's asking me a question which i think is a good question of whether the initial vizzization should be included among the appendsies or fass task force draft maps. i don't think contemplated as part of how this was drafted but something for us to consider. >> the question is whether to include vezzulizations. my point of view before opening it up is again, to, miss tidwell's last point about the public comment, they will be a part of the archive record. we did not post them as potential drafts. there was our initial request to the consultants so we could appreciate th

i don't think i have that much influence. >> i never felt it was real. and it it just give you a good -- says something good about mccain that he was even thinking about that i will logical idea. >> sean: would have been historic and interesting. coming up as senator lieberman's career blossoms so did his political aspirations. we will take a look at his bid for president next. first, take a look at this. >> if i had to pick just one quality that joe has an abundance, it is integrity. he always stands tall for his beliefs. he does what he think its is right no matter the consequences. and he has been a true about public servant in the best sense of the word. [ male announcer ] this is sheldo whose long day setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. ♪ ♪ a simple gesture speaks to respect and respect speaks for itself. introducing the new jeep altitude editions. style looks better with substance.

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i like it because i feel that i can express, i can teach, i can motivate others. i feel good when i'm up there. when i'm on stage and i recite and on the mike i feel free. there's no boundaries. living a life of crime bought nothing but misery. i had nice cars, living like a star with the bling-bling and the dress code and my gun always on lock and load on a long, dark road going nowhere. >> poetry had such an effect on some of the younger women inmates, almost being moved to tears, they were so overwhelmed by what she had to say to them. >> poetry is meant, it's deep down in your core. i'm here to stay, i found my way, i want to be heard for all to hear and see, but to be honest, i do it, i do it for me. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's right. >> when i came in here, you know, i had a temper problem. i had my ideas about life were really distorted, and you know, now i know my purpose a little bit. but if you would have caught me just a few years ago, we would have been thumping it out. i'd knock your butt on the floor. one thing i learned is me, myself and i is

i have no way of knowing. i believe what i saw. number two, in the end, ross mirkarimi made a plea bargain. so he pleaded guilty to perhaps something lesser. i don't know if it would be a lesser or greater in terms of false imprisonment. there is a lot of discussion and perhaps by pleading to this he avoided a much more serious issue. we did not hear what those discussions were between all the attorneys in coming up with that plea deal. those things are an indictment of what occurred. none of us were there and we don't know what took place. lpsomething serious did take ple in the share of ultimately pleaded guilty -- the share oerf pleaded guilty. >> next, we discuss abuse of office to take away custody of his child from the slope was spirited -- miss lopez. there was evidence about use of the term "powerful" in terms of what the sheriff said to miss lopez. my preliminary view is that there is not enough to sustain a charge of officialÑilp miscondut based on this allegation. i do not think the mayor has proven beyond -- that there

fast forward again, i decided i know, i am going to tell my grandmother's stories, so i wrote the dark:30, southern tales of the supernatural. i had never written anything longer. these are short stories, a collection of 10. based on southern stories, my stories but based on stories that i heard. they were like stories i heard. one in particular comes from my growing up. we managed our monsters. i was the founder and first president of monster watches of america. i ate 6 boxes of crinkle cereal and in the mail i received 6 glow in the dark id badges, oh yes. and i invited 5 friends to join me. the most prized possession was the monster book, you know the monster rules, you know them. module no. 10, monsters cannot come within the circle of light. if you have light, they can't come in that circle of lot. monster rule no. 7, you don't play near where monsters live. isn't that common sense? why do they have people stay in houses and it says get out? i say who wrote that? [laughter]. so in my book when the house says get out, well get out. monster no. 5 says never lie about seeing a monste

i am a neighbor. i was in district 6. i am now in district 8. i am here to talk about the liquor license in terms of the history of taverns in san francisco. san francisco has had a great tradition of taverns. until the turn of the 20th century, there was one tavern for every 50 people in san francisco, more than churches. i think that is probably still true. the reason taverns were such a popular place was because working people needed a club. the bars or a place where ordinary men and women could gather, eat and drink, exchange information, but also due politics, raise funds, create a community. the eagle is in the best tradition of those kinds of community structures, the glue and held marginalized communities together, which is why i am very much opposed to the liquor license transfer. if we are looking at the needs of the community, the convenience and necessity of this, i want to tell you transferring this liquor license flies in the face of community convenience and necessity. [tone!] the tavern served a marginalized community. it should

i don't know what i am saying at this point. andrew i go to you. what do you make of the gnarly numbers? >> i did go to high school. i tried to get out as quickly as possible. i stayed the course and graduated a bit earlier. seeing a lot of my friends who were on drugs and were consuming alcohol, they were having the time of their lives. i had to push through and work through those years, but they coasted through. i think it was a sub sub blip national influence from the school. high school. if you are high you are living up to the name. >> you have to treat it so value you blee. if you abuse it you can't have it all your life. don't do it in high school. wait until you are may age. my age. as a drug user you are probably thinking, right on. >> i am. i hope the next time i go through senate confirmation this tape is available. and you wonder why america is in decline. the chinese are laughing at you will. at us. >> are you saying they can see us? >> the 1%, so some of these kids will become the 1% versus the 99%. the 1% will be paying for the 99% -

i had not intended to speak today, but i was struck by something i earlier. which is that both parties canker -- concur that relation of duties is key to whether official misconduct occurred. we know that with regard to ms. contact -- with regard to misconduct, there have to be a relations. the conduct unbecoming was maybe not so clear. both prongs of official misconduct have to be related to the duties of office. i do not believe this case arises to the level of official misconduct because i do not believe this is elevated to the level of official misconduct. i do not believe this is about whether domestic violence occurred. we do not need to charge again this case. [tone] the sheriff pleaded guilty to a related charge. that has concluded in my mind. i do not believe this is about whether you are minimizing domestic violence. i believe this is about official misconduct and i do not believe it occurred. >> nice to see you, ms. hanson. >> good afternoon. my name is ernestine whites -- weiss. this was not official misconduct. ihe was not an official yet, so it

mean only they were made and i think it's a good point i mean if i go to craig i mean then then what's the difference between soft power and just good spin room. plus technology i think. one of the distinctions that joseph nye the author of soft power makes is that soft power is not about propaganda. i mean it's all about establishing legitimacy and credibility and and that i think the concept relies upon the global audience to recognize what is propaganda and what isn't i think though that you know as we wrestle with this notion of soft power as whether it's just an academic exercise or you know something that is antiquated now in this you know highly transparent media environment i think we may need amend the concept of soft power before we throw it out so yes it may be difficult to say that the united states' soft power isn't working and country x. or country why that doesn't mean that it isn't important and it doesn't mean that we we aren't doing something that has some kind of soft power dimension i'd like to point to the idea of collaborative power which and marie slaughter the f

i mean, i just, you know, i -- you look at this 20-year period, i also would point out there were other things going on. japan was dealing with the asian debt crisis, so in terms of kind of the aggregate growth differential -- >> guest: we were absorbing mexico, by the way, and did a much better job of it -- >> host: i didn't nomex coe -- now i understand what you're saying. so i just think in terms of the aggregate growth numbers, it seems like it's a more complicated story than we had more incentives, more, you know, lower taxes and less regulation. yeah. >> guest: we, since 1990, increased the total hours worked about 12%. europe, france because northern europe, southern europe, the left always wants to pick the north, the right wants to pick the south. i always try to pick germany and france as the neutral territory in between. i think france is, essentially, flat during that period, germany's down 4, 5%, japan's way down like 10-15% in total hours worked. and it's not from a lack of people, if you will. we have, you know, 25-30, 35% more hours per working age adult than they do. an

i didn't because i was frustrated and i think that's why i didn't vet him?s frustrated with conservatives at the time. i thought they spent too much moafnl but the biggest deficit of george bush was $450 billion. we have not had a deficit under obama under a trillion. >> but that seemed big then. >> sean: i agree. >> i don't think he seems any more radical than he is now. i will tell you why. earlier on, with the lights and the pictures and the hope and the... the charisma and the dreams, you were blinded. and now, the curtains are open, we see the man behind the curtain. >> sean: i called it obama mania, like people in a trance. yes-we-can. o-bam-a. you go to a concert, you get caught up in the music of the moment. we have to take a break. we will come back. what do the voters think of president obama's lavish vacation over the past four years? his basketball and golfing. their answer may break your heart that. and much more, straight ahead. hello? the words are going this way-there's no way. oh, the lights came on. isn't technology supposed to make life ea

and i don't know that was what i said i was not what i said was what i said you said i know it was your that was your general taisha which was a misinterpretation of what i said was of the commonwealth the taxpayers invest let's say let's say building mass transit let's say building public utilities but who's going to really let it go here's where the tax the tax payers are people work people have to right now words words we were paying our workers the corp what does the corporate welfare get out of my ass in your system as a human well i want that kamel of money to go back to the commonwealth not to the one percent so i'm not you know that i don't want to recognize an individual i have to answer how many people you really think will want to do that. i mean i think everybody when i do one handed out we should all we should collectively contribute to this what if i what i am going to engender a war i don't think it's right there on the beaches and i'm going to jump in right now jason you've been very activist i'm ok yeah can the tax system be more demonic democratic because again this is

, which i know you know better than i do. chairperson hur: it is a good point. i do think a standard is something you should be able to look at now and know if it sticks. if the standard is we expect you to act in a way that, in the future, you would still be affected even if you do the act -- >> let me try making up hypothetical is on the fly. -- hypotheticals on the fly. if i held public office and i admitted to perjury in another jurisdiction in a matter not related to my city responsibilities, i lie in my family's state matter, that is wrongful behavior. say i am the district attorney. if you think that the standard that i should be held to as a law-enforcement officer is related to not perjuring myself, would it be in relation to the duties, even though both the time and the substance are distant from mylp job here in sn francisco? chairperson hur: i would say that is not in relation to your duties. again, the reason being that -- i think there has to be a greater connection. there is another line between perjury and lyi

and i think i stand for ross mirkarimi on this matter. i want to read something for you here.i think that mr. ross mirkarimi having already pled guilty of the lesser crime of domestic violence. and he met the payments and sanctions. to think that he should be pleading for his position as an elected official, in my opinion, that constitutes double jeopardy. no one should be tried -- tried twice for the same crime. if it is a crime. as a reminder, just a few requirements for moving an official, which i learned from the books. gross negligence, [unintelligible] and gross incompetence. i think we should not try the family here. [tone] we should promote family unity. if the wife stands for the has been -- for the husband, then no one should jeopardize that interest for the sake of justice and truth. thank you. [applause] >> my name is michael. i live in district 5. i am a 35-year resident of san francisco. i would like to ask the people on the ethics commission weather during their lives they have never done anything that they regret. something that happened out of anger, possibly,

i am extremely disappointed. i guess i have to live with it. i ask that you just issued an of management. you can give me 90 days, whatever. i will not be sitting on the beach without pay. but what is the goal here? it is to try to get justice. did i learn from this experience? yes. do not have ambitions. i tried to get on homicide detail, and they did not let me in. this is the message. you fight for what you want to do for the citizens. because you are not part of the right club, this is what happens. all i can ask is that you admonish me, reprimand me. nothing more than that. that is all i asked. i have a lot of respect for the police commission. that is why i went to the police commission to complain. i would have never even tried to get into homicide. i would never have even thought about it. but i will continue to do good work for the citizens and for the police department, and for the chief. i just ask that you give me an admonishment in this case. thank you. vice president marshall: we will move into deliberation. on the penalty. the me

and i feel like i know where we are. rewind one question, and let's go forward. >> i believe my last question was along the lines ofke3egpÑ du help -- is this working beaumont -- is this working amont? ykh thank you. i believe my last question was along the lines of did you help drive the e-mails she sent out for caught 14 and at 4:16? >> no, i did not -- she said at 4:14 and at 4:16? >> no, i did not. ása thing these revl is at 5:27, and it lasts four minutes. the you have any recollection about what that is about? >> no, i do not. >> it would be over at 5:31. five minutes later mrs. lopez e- mails mrs. madison and says, i am so sorry. does that jog your recollection about what your phone call was about? >> no. >> the new draft that e-mailed? >> no, i did not -- did you drive that e-mailed? >> no, i did not. >> at 6:41, you call miss lopez again, and the call lasts five minutes, so maybe until 6:46, and half an hour later, ms. lopez e-mailed miss williams, and she said, all i told you today was confidential. it was too

think this is where i mean i hate to feel like homie and i are ganging up on bill or something but i feel like the point he made earlier is is related to this that the idea of liberty the idea of liberty is fine until my security is threatened and then the west is no longer about liberty anymore we're now about something else we're about the future we're about security securing the future and so i mean part of the day beauty and danger of the concept of the west is it's very mentally ability that it adapts and changes. and it's hard to get ahold of and yet sandy or bill or willie in mumbai or in any other call center this is their aspiration and i think we cannot reject that is as somehow an unworthy hope for them when you think about that bill i mean apps. you want to not rejecting it is an unworthy hope i mean certainly if people want to live more like the way i live that's fine and obviously if everybody in any in china lives the way i live we're going to exceed the carrying capacity of the earth but that's a whole nother problem. i just don't think that the term the west as popul

>> when i was on the phone, i reminded him i was off duty when i was serving the search warrant. i said i would have somebody on duty book the evidence and write the report. i asked inspector delahunty. commissioner loftus: i just want to make sure that is consistent with what you said previously. >> i was on the phone. commissioner loftus: i read it. but i thought i heard to say something different. i am glad i asked the question to clarify. vice president marshall: >> he had four attorneys, and then hacker gets kicked out again. >> we are back from a closed session. vice president marshall: i remember that. a letter from peter king. >> we are back in open session. you have a quorum. >> john alden, for the department. >> inspector frank lee, representing myself. vice president marshall: the commission has been liberated. the motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence is denied by a vote of 5-0. proceed with the hearing, i guess is what it is. let me set the parameters. five minutes for mr. alden, five minutes for mr. lee. we have the transcripts. we have read everything. you fi

i just forgot there are some folks that i wanted to thank, and i wanted to make sure i do that. first of all, supervisors, olague, kim, mar. there was a concern that we needed to have new revenue coming in. that was significant in terms of moving it forward so it would have new revenue. i want to thank as well -- one second coming here. the progressive revenue coalition, the labor council, the chinese progressive association, the council for community housing organization, the american federation of teachers, coleman advocates, for children and youth, and also in particular, i want to thank- legislative aide for her work, especially helping to facilitate the revenue coalition, and she has been part of that for multiple years, not just this year. connie ford from the labor council, gordon from justice, and christina from coleman advocates. colleagues, thank you so much for your patience, and a look forward to this being on the ballot today. thanks. president chiu: colleagues, any further discussion? with that, why do we not take an roll call vote? clerk calvillo: supervisor avalo

i am sorry i cannot stand and see all of you, but ross, i have known him for at least 20 years i workedth him. i worked in the d.a.'s office for a very long time. he is a very respectful man, and very friendly and nice to everyone, but the thing i want to tell you, he was the supervisor for district 5. i live in district 5. i want to tell you everything that happened in district 5, whether it was a car wreck, a fire, shooting, a fight, arguments, he was there. i do not care what time of night it was. i do not care where it was. he was there. he came in his pajamas. you could see the pajamas under his jacket to come and see about a child that got killed. he was very much concerned. where i live that, if it was not for him, and i cannot thank him enough for what he did for marcus garvey, fighting for us for two years to get the funds to renovate, we cannot thank him enough. i am speaking for the people and the addition that could not make it. i was going to come if i had to crawl. he is a good person. and he is going to be a good share of. i will tell you why, because he has the heart for

i do what i do and i does it with. i saw your mommas. got me one and i call them daddy instead of papas. you ain't with it, you in the past. since i guess you have nice things well you whack and because of that aspect i never ever slacked. not the female you used to date. i got a unique type situation. i'm so glad these birds they just bloop me. i speak fluently. she busy with all that blah, blah, blah. hear me out though. i'm going to leave you stern. [applause] >> in an urban high school in the science laboratory lab, two girls are discussing their project. >> you don't even know what you are doing the -- doing. you're dumb. >> you test too much. >> the day has come. the projects are to be returned. >> see, i told you? mine was the best. i told you, dummy. besides, let me see what you guys have. >> you know, i'm leaving. after school, alice and delores park thinking about human behavior. >> i don't know what people want to -- from me, for real. i have to say i think people just want me to be perfect. but you know what? i am capable of