gardner: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. jones: mr. speaker, -- mr. wilson: every day i appreciate concerned constituents reaching out to me expressing their very real experiences with the health care takeover. jennifer says obamacare will put us out of business and make health insurance unaffordable for our family. charlotte writes i do not feel our economy can afford obamacare. i am retired with a history of lung cancer and my follow-up care will be denied under this plan. terry pleads do whatever you can to stop this.

ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all . >> madam clerk, any communications? >> i have no communications, mr. president. >> and could you read our 2:00 p.m. special order? >> the first item of business is the policy discussion between mayor edwin lee and members of the board of supervisors. this week representing the odd districts, specifically districts 1, 3, 5, 9, and 11. the mayor may address the board initially for up to five minutes. the president will recognize the supervisor who will present their own questions to the mayor, follow-up questions are in order as long as the entire discussion does not exceed five minutes per supervisor. >> thank you, madam clerk. i want to welcome back the mayor for our september question time. if you have any opening comments, i'd like to hear them. >> thank you, president chiu. and good afternoon, members of the

. >> >> >> >> >>> may we all rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> pledge of allegiance. mr. president, i would like to call roll. president mazzucco, present, vice-president turman, present, commissioner marshall issen route. commissioner dejesus, commissioner chan, kingsley, commissioner we have a quorum. >> welcome to the san francisco police commission meeting. please call line item no. 1. >> the clerk: general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission on items that do not appear on the agenda but matters that pertain to the commission. on the police commission rules of order, during public comment personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions presented by the public, but may provide a brief response. personnel should refrain from entering into any debate during public speakers. please limit your comments to 3 minutes. >> good evening, miss brown. >> there was a young man and his mother -- i don't have the audio so i can't really explain it to you. this is another mother in our building circle, her son was murdered. this is my

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam secretary, roll call, please.

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they want the law to say strike those two words in the pledge of a allegiance.the right judge with a level of activism, a judge will say we will not impose other religious beliefs on those that don't have the same. >> neil: amazing, amazing. all right. you guys are the lawyers. i'm just the average american saying it's nuts. thank you very much. >>> after the downgrade, now we're getting -- more than a little bit of wondering. ripping the justice lawsuit. it's not about going after credit ratings agencies that the government said contributed to meltdown but punishing a firm that had the nerve to knock america's aaa credit rating down. charlie says they have a case. >> i mean obama has shown a pension for doing this. there's problematic emails, they sent bad emails. >> neil: they all are problem matic. >> they had worse. they had bad actions but they all did the same thing. >> neil: why -- >> there's no smoking gun but you look at the record. >> neil: a downgrade. >> it's not a smoking gun. you don't have a memo. >> neil: no, i don't think the government's going

first to the allegiance of honor, for being generous with your room and mccall's catering, and thankn francisco police department for the generous donation and poa for their jgenerosity to this event and reesa, that does most of this work. thank you. and last and not least, the families and friends and mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers that support your officers every day and night for them to come out and do the work they do. give yourself a round of applause. thank you. first i will introduce you to your commission. your police commission, and then introduce you to your command staff and then we will have the chief speak, the mayor speak, the vice president of the commission and the president of the commission. i would like to start with your police commission. first we have commissioner carol kingsley. commissioner joseph marshall. commissioner suzy loftus. and commissioner petra dejesus. vice president julius turman, and president, thomas mazzucco. and the command staff. commander hector fines. commander joseph garrity. commander charlie ork. commander alie. commander

can we all please rise for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. into the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. you can have a seat. i would like to acknowledge and introduce some of the people we have on the stage with us. first, at the police commission president, thomas mazzucco, commissioner kingsley, paul henderson from the mayor's office as representing because the mayor was unable to come tonight. also, we have commissioner loftus. also, the command at steep. d staff. deputy chief james that lake, lyn tomioka, leanora militello, and next to lyn commander biel, corrier from field comman. i would like to introduce chief grigory p. suhr. >> good evening, and hopefully lyn still wants to be your boss tomorrow. i know it is quiet and there are a lot of kids in the room. that is terrific. the medal of valor ceremony is the best event that we get to attend. it is when there is a crisis, emergency, extreme danger

i pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the united states of america. to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, under liberty for liberty and justice of all. did you say that in elementary school? it does matter. i don't agree 100 percent of what the previous speaker said and they will not agree 100 percent with me but the greatest day in is what allows us to have a disagreement and an active discussion so our nation can move forward. sometimes removed backward as we have discussed but each time we do that we find a way to move forward. this cannot happen in a country we will talk about now, china. so i have the display who knows what 69318 is? you have probably seen the news story of the chinese government hacking american corporation. 69318 is a signal corps unit of the people's liberation army in the army finance by the chinese government one company put out a police report that shows that 70 percent of the us sophisticated hacking going on and for decades going on against the united states is coming from this building in shanghai.

can we please rise for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisibl indivisible,. mr. president, i'd like to call roll (calling names) we have a quorum and also, we have the chief of police, sir >> well thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, this is great we've got a full house. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our wednesday august 28th san francisco police commission meeting. ? the best part of being on the commission. the last wednesday we got out into the community. there are 10 community meetings and this is - it's been a year since we've been here and this covers chinatown and the north beach area and the financial district. we do things a little bit differently. what we'll do is we'll start off by introducing the commissioners and the next thing that's not on the agenda there are some people in the audience here that we're going to accommodate for their her recognizing actions from a robbery. then the chie

there is a case with they are trying to get under god out of the pledge of allegiance. they have little children put their hand over their hearts and say, under god. individuals can do this all they want. if kids want to meet before school and pledge allegiance to jesus christ, they can do that. you just cannot get the government to do it. we have our passport, it is all filled with god stuff. if you want to be an naturalized citizen, you have to say so help me god. we have this permeating our society, it is unnecessarilry ad wrong. are you -- >> are you coming up against roadblocks? what's we're coming up against judges judges that choose not to uphold the constitution's principles. they would prefer to protect their careers. that is a roadblock. >> as i understand it, you are planning to appeal this case. are there any new strategies that you're hoping to employ the second time around? >> no, it is the same strategy. it is getting the judge to acknowledge. i don't anybody believes that this is not a violation of the constitution. it says in god we trust. the judge in

pledge of allegiance. "i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." >> please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar electron devices are prohibited at this meeting. be advised to the chair may removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing electronic device. a member of the public has up to three minutes to make public comments on each agenda item until. item 8, public comment on those not listed the on agenda. ? >> any public comment? hearing none. >> item 9 executive directors report. >> good afternoon commissioners. members of the public, port staff, thank you for being here today. especially missing the second part of the great race day, although i understand they executed their one time waiver so we had one race today. i have a few things on my agenda report and

pledge of allegiance to their state flag. with "flag facts," i'm katie. >> grab a pen. aubrey has another great recipe from the culinary institute of america. >> hi, everyone. i hope you're doing well. today, we're going to make really, really easy and delicious hummus with homemade pita chips. earlier, i cut and toasted my pita... ...i squeezed the juice out of a lemon... ...and i peeled some fresh garlic. i have all of my ingredients ready. we have 2 cups of chickpeas, half a cup of olive oil. we have 2 tablespoons of tahini, which is a sesame paste that you can find in any grocery store. we have garlic. i peeled more garlic than i need, but once i do it, i can use it for the rest of the week in all of the food that i make. we also have salt and the juice of one lemon. now, all we'll have to do is put everything into the food processor... our chickpeas... olive oil... tahini... one clove of garlic, unless you like it very garlicky... lemon juice... and a pinch of salt. if you noticed earlier, i didn't salt or season the pit

. >>> may we all rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> pledge of allegiance. mr. president, i would like to call roll. president mazzucco, present, vice-president turman, present, commissioner marshall is

we are going to say the pledge of allegiance. are you ready? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. thank you. >> it's nice they knew the words. >> how many of you said that when you were in gradeschool? did you mean it lacks raise your hand if you meant it. i want you to think about that. the united states actually does matter. i don't agree with 100% of the things the previous speaker said and they will not agree 100% of the things that i have set but the great thing about america is that we have the first amendment that allows us to have a disagreement and an active discussion so our nation can move forward. we don't always move forward and sometimes we'll move back which as we discussed but each time we do that we find a way to move forward. this can happen in a country we are going to talk about now come to china because despite anything else they might be doing they are not allowing freedom of speech. so i h

a case about removing under god from the pledge of allegiance. bob thinks it should stay in.xplain next on "the five." ♪ ♪ >>> that is awful music. sorry. earlier today, massachusetts supreme court heard a lawsuit about the pledge of allegiance in public schools. an atheist couple wants to remove the phrase under god, claiming it violates students' rights. their attorney explains why. >> we have a pledge where children every morning are pledging their national unity and loyalty in an indoctrinational format in a way that validates religious god belief as truly patriotic, and actually invalidates atheism. >> he neglects to say you don't have to say the pledge if you don't want to. dana, what about this argument? >> i am tired of them. i remember working in the justice department years ago when i first started right after 9/11 and a lawsuit like this came through. before the day had finished, the united states senate and house of representatives both passed resolutions saying they were for keeping under god in the pledge. i think our representatives have spoken over and over ag

a lawsuit against the pledge of allegiance in schools, now heading to one state's highest court. what the plaintiffs want and why it is not sitting well with a whole lot of parents. all on happening now. gregg: president obama lobbying key leaders hoping to rally support for a military strike on syria. hello, happy labor day. i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. arthel: happy labor day. i'm arthel neville in for jenna lee. syria's civil war already claiming the lives of 100,000 people. secretary of state john kerry told our own chris wallace yesterday we now know hundreds of those victims were gassed by their own government in a chemical weapons attack. >> the fact is that yesterday, we have now learned that hair and blood samples that have come to us from east damascus from individuals who were enbeiged as first-responders in east damascus i can report to you today they have positive for signatures of sarin. arthel: right now, six u.s. warships are already in the eastern mediterranean, equippedd with powerful tomahawk cruise missiles that can be used on individual targets and now

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item 6, pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> please be advised that the ringing of use of cell phones paymenters and similar sound producing advices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised the chair may order removal for the person responsible out rippinging of or use of a cell phone pager or other sound producing electronic device. please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertv netctionv public comment on each agenda item unless they adopt a shorter period. item 8 public comment on items not listed on the agenda. >> is there any public comment? okay, yes. >>> i think there is an item on the agenda, 9c? >> we'll call for that one -- i believe the chair is calling for item 8. jerry doll. >>> good afternoon, commissioners, nice to see you again. my name is kerry doll. i'm an employee of darling international pier 92 here in the port of san francisco and a member of the international

but they pledge allegiance to al qaeda and their methods. but there are also the local ones, and they are still extremists, not necessarily as violent, and there was an inner struggle between two factions, and there was the international factions of al shabaab. to the local communities in somalia, they know they are just imports. they are just there to cause shenanigans, and the local government is trying to work against them, with a buffer zone in southern somalia. they got support from the world community. just because it spills over in that region. and the united states command in africa, we do not hear much of their action, but there are a lot of activities in yemen, and that is one of the issues that the u.s. has been very active on. as far as domestically, there are the local recruits in bases where they have communities, like minnesota or oregon. this is to make sure they prevent these things from happening. it could be a major concern for the united states. >> i am glad you brought up this domestic issue, because as you said, they ha

ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us for the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> i have no communications, mr. president. >> could we go to our new business, item 1? >> item 1 is an ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to remove provisions that refer to the former transfer tax review board that expired by operation of law on january 1, 2013. >> roll call, please. >> on item 1, supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim absent. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. there are 10 ayes. >> the ordinance is passed on the first read. [gavel] >> if i could ask for some order here? i know we have a lot of fol

the pledge of allegiance was penned in the early 1900s.ation under god was added in 1954. >> it was an ideological conflict. the argument is that this is not a prayer, it's not about sectarianism, rather, it's a statement about political philosophy, and here's what the ninth circuit said in 2010. it's a recognition of our founder's political philosophy, that a power greater than government gives the people their inalienable rights. >> the power is god. that is a religious thing, is it not? >> let's say the country has changed and we ought to have a different way of going about this. there are five states in the union like oklahoma and wyoming that don't set aside time in schools for students to say the pledge. why don't we persuade people, actually, why don't we go through the political process, make that argument and have state legislatures role back the pledge if we feel it's truly outdated. >> sometimes the court -- >> when the court is more progressive, we people pose the view -- >> wait a minute -- >> this is a statement of political

getting involved as it is right now in massachusetts where they're trying to get on to the pledge of allegiance i mean you know we take a little children's they put your hand over your heart and say there's a god you know that's a pure religious statement and when the government does that that's impermissible again remember it's the government not individuals and the visuals can do that all they want of kids who want to meet before school and pledge allegiance to jesus christ get on their knees they have every right to do that and they're protected doing that you just can't get the government to do it so there's that one we have our port passport it's all filled with god stuff we have if you want to be a. naturalized citizen you have to say so help me god we have this permeating our society it's unnecessary and it's wrong and it's unconstitutional more more importantly and are you coming up against any roadblocks if so what kind of. you know we're coming up against judges who who choose not to apply uphold the constitution to principles and would rather you know protect their careers or avoid t