i think i grew up really fast. i grew up really fast in this fast-paced business. dn't understand how to take a break, recover, and i paid for it. i got down. i guess even depressed in some senses. i found myself in a place where all i was doing was crying. and i thought, not me. i am a bubbly person. so a good friend of mine told me that i should take a break, see the world, go somewhere, and that is when i chose to go to egypt. so i took this trip. it was the first time in my life i took those weeks of. we were in the temples, and it was a place that was so magical and intelligent and inspiring, and i had seen all of that power and beauty and structures, and i felt i knew how to rebuild myself, and when i came back, i knew how i wanted to change. it is definitely the beginning of where i am now. when i was pregnant, my husband said, and he is such a big and important part of your life, why do you not made it egypt? and i thought, that is it. he was egypt in the embryo stage for so long. tavis: i do not need to name names here, but to your point about growing up fa

interesting thing that i really wanted to explore. >> rose: and. >> the price of civilization. >> he talks about that. and really well, you know, he talks about the kind of the long-term issues versus short-term of how our politicians aren't incentivized because they score on the short-term and now we are butting up against a time where that will be a problem for us so we were looking at that book while we were doing it, so i think a lot of people having thinking amount these kind of things and this is just the kind of filming express of it. >> rose: i want to show a couple of scenes. one you saw the trailer but sheer a clip in which steve, matt, and sue, francis mcgorman try to bribe dustin, john, to stay out of their way. here it is. >> see, i know everything about your company. i know what you do. i know how to beat it. you know how to beat -- by telling both sides of the story and speaking straight, steve? >> you have to understand he is way over his head on this one. he already signed more than enough leases to start

tavis: yes. >> i never did really. educated in a private school in england amongst people who had been trained for sort of banking or the army or business. as i came towards the end of my education, i thought i must find something or i'll never meet any of these people again. [laughter] tavis: [laughter] i have those thoughts at least once a week, but i digress. >> i wanted to be a gypsy. i mean, at that time, i was in the breaks from school. i was traveling with my guitar and singing around the place and just sort of busking, we used to call it. i, in my sort of unreal mind, thought i'd like to be in the circus, in the traveling fun fairs, as we call them. i don't know what you call them. what do you call fairs where there are merry-go-rounds, you have the big wheels and all that? tavis: same thing. >> fun fairs, or in the theater. tavis: right. >> i went and looked at a circus and i looked at the accommodation and i thought, oh, a bit small. i'm not sure i could do with that. i was too middle class, you know. i neede

well, i felt like the director really liked me octavio was there, i heard i was on the list and still auditioning and someone, it was offered so someone else and she turned it down and i kept hearing, no they really like you, then way don't they cast me if they really like me, and then i was filming texas killing fields and we were doing all night shoots. >> rose: sam worthington. >> yes. a real tough cop. and we were filling night assistance in the swamp in louisiana, and i got a call that said, okay, they love you, but they just want you to come in and test for it. >> rose: were you insulted? >> i was just like, well, i just thought well obviously they don't think i am physically right for this character. and i was so exhausted so i called my agent and i said i am not going to do it. which it is funny because al pacino told me the same thing happened to him in the godfather, you know what? they obviously don't want me, there is going to be some point where i have some shred of self respect, i have gone in and done the thing and i said i wanted to d

[end] of the day i want you to know how much i really thrum enjoyed working together and i know it's been a long and rough year for you and i hope you get to relax but really it's been a pleasure and a joy and as supervisor campos mentioned i hope this is just the beginning and look forward to seeing you around the neighborhood. >> supervisor mar? >>> thank you i know we met when you were an activist for mission agenda year ago and what i have always appreciate appreciated about you as a supervisor is you bring a glass roots sensibility approach to us that sometimes the mainstream immediatee doesn't get but i got it that you stand with the most vulnerable people in our neighborhoods whether they are seniors or veterans in hotels or small property owners and i i also want to say that on former retail ordinance and issues that you have i have worked on you have been a key ally as a stronger voice and as on the board of supervisors, i'll refer you as the community voice that always had the community's needs in hind but thank you for working us and we will work together again on many mor

i really felt like i couldn't leave after the yeah yeah it was really amazing and what was really incredible also i want to point out this photo. the rubble you know the earthquake happened two years ago but you still see not just slums not just widespread devastation but rubble and just these dilapidated buildings structures that are still just left i mean really there's been no real effort to rebuild so what you saw a lot of was this kind of post appalling apocalyptic feeling like a nuclear bomb hit the region and it's just kind of everything that was to remain in this sort of the civilization is building on top of of these remnants of these structures really fascinating and then of course. the tent city and the you when it was a huge presence there as well as we said as he said in the package you know four hundred thousand people who had homes before the earthquake now live in tents and there's really no initiative being taken to provide it's really it's really staggering and one of things that you were mentioning earlier. in your presentation is the amount of influence and the amount of

i actually really believe that we need to move forward quickly as a city. i want to make sure we're successful in the program. while we don't have all the details of the early notification and education plan there, the framework is clear and i think it's a good starting point to move forward for the city and i believe that while we have had comments about talking about caution i think they're well meaning how to have a successful program but i think the success of the program is that we roll out quickly with the notification and the education plan. that's going to be most meaningful. i also want to make sure that we're really clear that the effort is really working in the deep green areas first and foremost where we know a particular target audience is for the message and we know how to craft that message for them as well. i think that is going to be significant. we're not reaching out to every population in san francisco from the get go but the deep green area is where we need to focus the efforts on. this plan incorporates that and i believe it's the right

i really enjoyed the olympic experience. started running in 2004, most of my races have been races against able-bodied athletes. we just have a lot more races every season. and in 2007 i started running internationally in the able-bodied circuit. it's almost the olympics, that was the year i looked at things and said, if i get this opportunity again i definitely don't want to miss it. i worked really hard and managed to qualify last year for this year's games. >> when you walked out at the olympic stadium in london, describe that moment, the first time. >> that was definitely for me one of the most special moments of the summer. you know, the olympics i had four races, paralympics seven races. the first time being out there in the stadium was really special. it wasn't the race necessarily. i came out and saw my grandmother, 89 years old, and she had flown all the way from south africa with her pacemaker and all, sitting there with my family. i hadn't seen them for months. we'd been running on the circuit. >> what did she say

i really had a blast. i feel like people really like it. we had some really amazing shows.is: you do not care what they think when you are writing it, but when they like it, it feels good. >> yazov. -- yeah. it is mostly because you connect with people. that is the joy and the magic. tavis: the new product is called "charmer,." good to see you again. >> always a pleasure. thank you so much. tavis: see you next time. until then, as always, keep the faith. ♪ ♪ >> ♪ go ahead and say your done with it it's cool baby, you can go whatever way you choose you ought to kill the whole new realize the one is you good enough you'll be free ♪u don't know enough >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with a noted scholar and best-selling author of "the black swan." that is the next time. we will see you then. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are onl

i really can't. >> really? g over the black dress? god, my hair was light. and i was a little chubby. >> you weren't chubby! >> no, no, that's okay. it's okay. >> but you weren't. you were beautiful. the interesting thing about you is the singing. come to the amazing success you've had, but the fact that you've got so cripplingly shy when you perform live i found really interesting. you play this huge concert in new york once, 130,000 people. >> 150, that's okay. central park. >> and you forgot the words to a few big songs and it freaked you out so much you didn't perform again live for how long? >> 27 years. >> that's incredible. at the peak of your powers when you could have earned presumably a million dollars a night in vegas, you just stopped. that's some freakout you were going through. >> i know. >> when you get freaked out -- >> when you get freaked out -- >> tell me how you're feeling. because you're barbra streisand. i didn't think that people with your talent could feel that nervous. >> there's probabl

i really want to know why it felt like that, like all my systems were lit up. like i was -- i just had all this access to my mind. i could control where i was thinking and going and look at things differently. >> how did you -- so your brain is feeling that way. how did you feel overall in terms of your emotion? you had two sessions. they were several hours each. do you remember much about them? what was your state of emotion during that? >> roller coaster. >> really? up and down? >> yes, because it's assisted psychotherapy. the medicine is helping me, you know, look at the traumatic events and deal with them and have a new perspective on that and kind of reintegrate it. i'm looking at all these, you know, horrible experiences from my past. i'm -- and that's intense, but with the help of the medicine, i was able to do it in a totally different way. >> so during that time, during the sessions, you're doing well. how about now? you lived in maui. you're now living in los angeles. that's a big move for you. >> yeah, that's because of my recovery for sure. >> it was

i mean, i really feel bad. >> being the tony romo that we thought. >> i mean, really, he's got to be hurting tonight. the first half was boring, i mean, it was a boring game, but they sitting there, in the red area, he throws a pick. they have another opportunity, he throws -- like, this is a boring game, and you're not here. we weren't doing our thing, either, on the first half. >> two picks, and you couldn't capitalize on the picks. >> exactly. i would have to give credit to our offensive line. i thought maybe they did the best in the first half, and maybe our d-line, but the first half was just crappy, then the second half, tony came more true, then finally, rgiii, i don't know what happened to him tonight, but i'm glad we got the win. he didn't play to his game. but alfred morris is my mvp of this team, i don't care what anybody thinks. >> that guy is such a workhorse so much fun to watch. unbelievable that this rookie, he's able to see energy he has, and just able to last the whole game and put up the kind of numbers. >> he's under the radar of roberts, so i thought that this guy

there is one piece that i really want to honor. you almost lost your life, and you did not give up on your life, nor did you give up on your commitment to public service. and i think that despite this of the challenges you went through, you came through. you are healthy. you have the same passion and commitment to serve our kids. and i think you will do an incredible job for the city. so from the bottom of my heart congratulations, and thank you for your incredible eight years. >> thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> commissioner murase? >> yes, i want to congratulate you and your family for your election victory. you are now my supervisor, so i get to knock on your door. i think once a teacher, always a teacher and whether it was at the preschool level or any level you have always been a great teacher and you have been a teacher and mentor for me. i really thank you for that and one of the big lessons that i take away from your mentorship is how to be a bridge-builder and how to build consensus and how to be colleaguial, despite

just going to leave it here and thank you shop i hope i have not made you too uncomfortable but i have really a a very eager pupil at your field watching and learning and hopefully, we will be able to continue to make you proud and as i continue to work on behalf of san francisco. thank you. . >> thank you supervisor cohen. supervisor kim? >>> thank you. hard to follow that but to go along with what david chiu said earlier about a six -years-old in a body of a 36 wraryld and people would say you are too young to serve on the board of supervisors and i would say i'm almost the age of sean he else bunches but i am i have to say i have an incredible amount of respect for you on the board of supervisors not only are you incredible intelligent but prepared and knowledgeable and everyone here appreciates and demise your passion around a number of issues here in san francisco whether it was a pension a healthcare reform or whether it was planning. and i sat in on a counsel meeting one day on an item being held at the committee and the meeting was going long and we were going into public comment and

i really don't know if it matters because i really have, i really am done with it. i don't know if it matters if he said he was sorry. >> by contrast, you have this amazing relationship with your mother, a fabulous woman, and sadly died a few years ago, but tell me about her. >> she was, again, born in the same little small town. her mother died when she was 13. she met my father when she was 17. he would visit her every week and show up in these new cadillacs and buicks and she thought he was rich, and he was going to take her to live on his cattle ranch in texas. they get married, they end up in a juke joint for 12 hours looking for a place to live. she had no idea. she left my grandfather, moved in with him, and her sole support was my father. that's all she knew. she would go to my aunt's and say we're having trouble. he's hitting me. what should i do? they said, stay with that man. he's good, he's got a job. that was a different time back then. she was a great woman, wonderful story. she worked in a jewish community center for many years taking care of little ki

to the cops you know side here i mean really when you're looking at these trials here it almost seems like a kangaroo court where you have the jury pool the judge all kind of giving the cops this advantage i do think think they give him some advantage and a lot of this has to do with people trust the police and in most cases i'm a former police officer in several different jurisdictions and i can tell you most police are good people trying to do a great job it's a very tough job but i think the fact that sometimes the. people do juries do give deference to cops they do think that they do the right thing i think in some cases that really the alarms go off when they can tell when something's wrong they want to trust cops but sometimes they can tell when they shouldn't and i think a lot of times juries get it right with these things well that's that's good to know and you know just to let our audience know i don't think a lot of people realize that what you said before you don't need to open your door you don't need to let police come inside your house unless they do have probable cause

i mean, we did not expect it. it was really surreal. d yeah, there was a shiny mirror ball in front of us. >> i think i lost my mind. >> jimmy: either your cast mates really love the two of you or they really hate the other people you were competing against. i'm not sure. >> they all ran toward us, didn't they? >> jimmy: the first win for both of you. you beat a room full of champions. melissa, the first time you competed on the show, shawn johnson won after a very close final vote. she was in the final two tonight and finally, you have exacted your revenge. one by one your enemies are being crushed. [ laughter ] will jason be next? >> not commenting on that one. >> jimmy: did you remember to vote for yourself this time? >> yes, yes, i did. yeah. >> jimmy: tony, does this victory make up for having to dance with kate gosselin a few years ago? [ laughter ] >> you could say that. she's a sweetheart. i'm sure she voted for us. >> you're so nice. >> jimmy: tonight is your third wedding -- your 13th wedding anniversary. is it your third? whic

are really confused by including myself. well i understand at least so because the reporting on it has been very confusing a lot of us where some charring prematurely because they looked on a surface like it was a positive thing but we really can break it down there are a number of significant objections to the bias and those include the ones that you are ready for such as the fact that it's highly discriminatory the alleged protections only apply to citizens and legal residents which is actually not constitutional and second it extends it officially extends the i've already of the authorization for use of military force to the united states citizens and on u.s. soil which operated to debate whether the government ever have that right before and thirdly it only calls for a trial it doesn't stipulate whether that's a military or civil trial that's a significant problem and also in that it doesn't give you any regulations for procedures on that so if this is just a military trial this is the same thing that we are based on that's wha

and that is something that i really appreciated about you sean and i really appreciated you for that because it helped me be better when i came in here and i preebt appreciate the fact that i can come in here and have are a disagreement but have a good working relationship and we may not be on the same page but i always respected you and what i can say about all of us searching in your capacity is serving san francisco is the highest compliment that you can give someone and by that measure, you can say that i have a great deal of admire ages four and great deal of respect and i hope that wherever life takes you you continue your service to the city of san francisco and that is the thing about these jobs is they do take you away from your loved ones and i-you know i know that it's not good-bye, and you know, the interesting thing about the two supervisors that we are saying good to at least saying farewell to today is that with each one of them, you can see how genuine they were and you knew where they stood and i think it's great that san francisco you know, gets to have those kinds

i was really trying not to be emotional, but all the work they do and all the time that i spend, and it really is just me being a mother, and i'm very fortunate to have my family, to have all my friends, and the greet teams that i work with. i am really fortunate to have them in my life and without them, without having support i wouldn't have been able to do a lot of the things i have been able to do, and also to be surrounded by dreamers because you know to have that inspiration, to see them, to see other people dream and dream big it really inspires me and i always feel that i'm not doing enough because i am surrounded by these amazing people. and -- i'm happy to see my family here. because you are my family. i'm so far away from home. my family -- they live in arizona, and today i have my son with me and this is chanto and he is representative. i get to have home with me everyday. i love my children and my grandmother -- one of the really important lessons that i learned and i carry with me a lot is when my daughter was born she was only a few months old, and we were with my grandm

i must be really nuts. this must be what's happening to me. ally, i read a book about a month ago called "proof of heaven" by dr. alexander who was a neurosurgeon who was in a coma and had a near death experience. and during that entire time he was on the wings of a butterfly. he went to heaven on the wings of a butterfly. the messages are love. there's nothing to be afraid of, and you can't do anything wrong. dreams are more real than this life. that's what dr. alexander said and that's what sarah had told me, you know, in june. i read this book in november. so when that -- when i read that book and i had that realization that this was real, i had what i think the saints call ectasy. that moment of ectasy when you really know god. you really know that it's real. that eternal life is real. i had that feeling. it was amazing. ever since then i've felt so much at peace because i know, i know with every fiber of my being that my girls are okay. >> how will you spend christmas? it will be a year on normally such a happy day, a family day for you. i

and that was a bar that i felt i had to be able to come close to may be not the third time but, i really do respect that. i have always admired your dedication and the faint that you don't lie to come in unprepared to an ortho argument and i do apologize that i was not able to replace chris daily in that role to continue the lively debates and discussion that is had happened prior to me. i know that you used to be -- there used to be that diagonal dynamic that habe is not as in existence as it was in the past but i'll say one thing sean, in admire ages i did not find that appeal on your birthday and i hope you remember that one when i call on you your birthday when i call on you in work ring for the city and county of fraction and also i have a lot of respect for your love and dedication to your family and a lot of us know that you could have continued on and run for other offices here in san francisco asked made an acknowledgement of your family not to continue and a lot of us in the political realm that is something challenging to do to include your family within your personal career a

i really did. now, granted, i should have gone and checked. okay? four days before i got rolled up again. i just -- i had other things going on. when i got back, what i did overnight for about four hours, you can ask graveyard. they kept coming by asking if everything was all right. i literally tore through every single piece of paper and envelope i had looking for anything that could cause me further problems. we're done with the pictures. okay? we are done with the pictures. >> you understand why i'm a little bit skeptical of that? >> go look. >> no, do you understand -- >> no, absolutely, ma'am. i understand that completely. >> it's easy to get pictures if you want them bad enough. >> well, i haven't been going and checking anything out in the library. okay? i just canceled my one magazine subscription. i'm just pissed off about it. it's finally pissed me off to the point where it's not worth it. >> do you have anything else to add, lieutenant melbourne? >> at this time i'm going to ahead and submit the evidence. i have one photograph of a young

but i also really want to say thanks to our clerical staff. on't think they get enough recognition. they do a grunt of a lot of our work. i just want to say thank you and we'll be out there enforcing the code. >> david is a bit shy, but he also is the housing inspector that's assigned to city attorney task force cases so he does a lot of detailed work. another thing i would be remiss in not acknowledging that this is a collaboration with other city agencies as well. so yvonne mara and deputy city attorney jerry -- work closely with us and we commend their efforts on this as well. thank you, supervisors. supervisors, thank you. p.( #e >> president chiu: thank you to our dbi staff. why don't we go to our next commendation which will be provided by our district 5 colleague, supervisor olague!qj. >> supervisor olague: i didn't -- i have another month here so i didn't want to leave without acknowledging some of the folks that play a critical folks who live in public housing. most of these people, they work really hard, and some of them work outside

matter what your social economic increase level, it's always san francisco first with him and i think that is really whats important. that is one thing that i take away with my service with him is he has always offered to advise either whether it was unsolicited i has always overed advise even when it was unsolicited and it has been very interesting too to observe him and how he waved his irish cult tram pride into everything that he does and he certainly does in my eyes and planted a seed of interest i look forward on the next trip to ireland -- hint hint whoever is organizing that and it has also been very beautiful to watch his relationship with his wife jennifer johnson grow it's been a privilege watch but i didn't watch michael be conceived but i did watch him grow but to know that they were two separate entities that came to be and i think the role of jennifer she was also very helpful in helping me make the transition and helping me understand the benefits and what it means to serve san francisco and how she was just very helpful in that transition and as a family as a collective unit i belie