>> i don't think that roger cohen is being fair and i don't think that he is being accurate. prophet mohammed is a deeply contested figure. most of the divisions between the sunnis and shias for example have to do with interpreting the prophet mohammed's legacy. it is offensive and not about meaningful criticism and debate, by it is about mockery and humiliati humiliation, and for a small percentage of muslims, and it is a small percentage, that mockery is not acceptable for what their countries have received. so the storming of the egyptian embassy, it is about what they perceive american foreign policy is or about the prophet mohammed. i believe there needs to be a more honest conversation. maybe across the world there needs to be a et bbetter understanding, and maybe is the beginning of that. >> is there any way to depict prophet mohammed, in a caricature or in any way? >> well, i belief in the freedom of speech and as long as someone is not inciting violence directly, somebody can make whatever points they want to make, but from a religious or moral point, depictions of r

>> i don't think roger cohen is being fair or accurate. the prophet muhammad is a deeply contested figure. most of the major divisions in islam between sunnis and shia shias have to do with the prophet muhammad's legacy. it's not about meaningful criticism and debate and it's about mockery and humiliation, and i have to underline a small percentage of muslims, that is not separatible from the kind of treatment their countries and societies have received. so for egyptians storming the u.s. embassy, is it about the prophet muhammad or what they perceive foreign policy to be? those are questions we have not separated out in our heads. i do agree there needs to be more of a conversation about religion and a more honest conversation. but i think as we see more protests around the world, we'll see that happen. as we said it spread across the world, and maybe this is the first stage of that happening. >> as a muslim do you think the prophet muhammad should be depicted in any way? >> i believe in freedom of speech. as long as someone is not inciti

>> i don't think roger cohen is being fair and accurate.het mohammed is a deeply contested figure. most religions have to do with interpreting his legacy. i think the difference here is that the caricatures are offensive. it's about mockery and humiliation. for a small percentage of muslims and i have to underline that a very small percentage that, type of mockery is not inseparatable from the type of treatment that the societies received. so for egyptians storming the u.s. embassy, is it really about the prophet mohammed or what they perceive american foreign policy to be? i do agree that there needs to be more of a conversation about religion and an honest conversation. as you see democracy spreading, we'll see that happen. maybe this is the first stages of that process happening. >> as a muslim, do you think the prophet mohammed should be depicted in any way? is it okay to depict him to make a character tour of him or to depict him in any way? >> i believe in freedom of speech. as long as someone is not insighting violence directly, it's

it's from roger cohen in the "new york times" saying but the failure in tau kneesa, and libya and egypt mobs of salafis enraged by mockery in america, and the rule here -- your turn here. >> well, i think the point he is making, it's already dated. libya, just last night, libyans rose up and got rid of the militants who were in the benghazi area, the ones responsible for killing our ambassador -- >> it took a while. >> it took a couple days. they denounced the attack on the ambassador, and many wrote condolences letters, and i think it could be a tipping point in the right direction. it's not overnight. i am being honest, if you go to twitter and facebook, you see the comments i am getting, never seen muslims from other countries, indonesia and pakistan and the middle east denouncing this. to me we are at a point where perhaps we are about to take a big step. that's what i am hopeful about. >> thanks, i appreciate having the conversation, too. our conversation about this topic struck a cord on social media last night. some of you called me bias, and others said the same for dean. i can'

columnist roger cohen writes this. the muslim world cannot have it both ways. it cannot place islam at the center of political life and in extreme cases political violence while at the same time declaring that the religion is off-limits to contestation and ridicule. is there a belief in the muslim world you can't disorderly conduct u-- you can have it bot ways that the prophet muhammad cannot be depicted in any way at all? is it a sense the muslim world wants it both ways? >> i don't think ronger cohen is being fair or accurate. the prophet muhammad is a deeply contested figure. most of the dageer divisions in islam today have to do with interpreting the prophet muhammad's legacy. i think the difference here is the caricatures being made are blatantly offensive. it's not about meaningful criticism and debate. it's about mockery and humiliation. for a small percentage of muslims, a small percentage, that kind of caricature and mockery is not separate from the country of treatment their countries and societies have recei

we have wayne rogers, jonathan, tracy burns, john, and joining us this week, sally cohen is with us. welcome. tracy, you say this talk of nations coming together to rescue europe is bad for taxpayers in this country. >> cheryl, this whole kumbaya stuff is expensive. we send money to the imf, they send it to europe. is anybody in europe paying attention to the austerity measures? no. everyone keeps saying he did it. no one takes any blame for anything anymore, including here at home. we keep bailing our own selves out. it has to stop or no one is going to fix anything. why should you when you just expect the check is coming in the mail. >> should we be bailing out europe, in fact, because what happens over there keeps killing our markets here. it's been nothing but problems for two years. >> the problem with europe started by greece, they lied about their debt, they never had that 3% level you're supposed to have to get in the e.u. so they don't have anything to go back to. and right now angela merkel is trying to bail out her own banks through this huge imf bailout. the same thing th

. >> and i'm available for questions and anne marie rogers is here with the planning department as well. >> may i look at it? >> supervisor cohen like to review? >> thank you. >> if there are no other questions, let's open it up for public comment. thank you, miss stephanie. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? no one remains so we'll close public comment. [ gavel ] . colleagues can we move this forward without objection. >> mr. chair you need to accept the amendments without objection. >> thank you, can we accept the amendments without objection? thank you. and without objection we'll move this forward to the full board. >> miss miller is there any other business before us? >> no. >> thank you, meeting adjourned. [ gavel ] >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because

. >> and i'm available for questions and anne marie rogers is here with the planning department as well. >> may i look at it? >> supervisor cohen like to review? >> thank you. >> if there are no other questions, let's open it up for public comment. thank you, miss stephanie. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? no one remains so we'll close public comment. [ gavel ] . colleagues can we move this forward without objection. >> mr. chair you need to accept the amendments without objection. >> thank you, can we accept the amendments without objection? thank you. and without objection we'll move this forward to the full board. >> miss miller is there any other business before us? >> no. >> thank you, meeting adjourned. [ gavel ] >> we all sound very excited because we have some special guests. we have nearly -- mayor lee. [applause] and we also have our very own superintendent coranza. i am sure you want to hear a few words from the superintendent, correct? from mayor lee? the spring them a warm harvey milk will come. -- let us give them a warm harvey milk will come. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to ha

. >> and i'm available for questions and anne marie rogers is here with the planning department as well. >> may i look at it? >> supervisor cohen like to review? >> thank you. >> if there are no other questions, let's open it up for public comment. thank you, miss stephanie. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? no one remains so we'll close public comment. [ gavel ] . colleagues can we move this forward without objection. >> mr. chair you need to accept the amendments without objection. >> thank you, can we accept the amendments without objection? thank you. and without objection we'll move this forward to the full board. >> miss miller is there any other business before us? >> no. >> thank you, meeting adjourned. [ gavel ] >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the ea

. >> and i'm available for questions and anne marie rogers is here with the planning department as well. >> may i look at it? >> supervisor cohen like to review? >> thank you. >> if there are no other questions, let's open it up for public comment. thank you, miss stephanie. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? no one remains so we'll close public comment. [ gavel ] . colleagues can we move this forward without objection. >> mr. chair you need to accept the amendments without objection. >> thank you, can we accept the amendments without objection? thank you. and without objection we'll move this forward to the full board. >> miss miller is there any other business before us? >> no. >> thank you, meeting adjourned. [ gavel ] >> kicking things off we have a fireside chat with the angels and legendary investor ron conway, mayor ed lee, san francisco mayor, and the conversation will be moderated by our own michael aaroningtonv1 . >> it's early. you were here last year, mr. mayor. >> yes, i was. >> is it your mayorship or mr. mayor? >> ed is fine. >> mr. mayorship, before we start i want to note it's 9-11. it's b