and i just thought about something and since i am here, and i am coming to tell you, because there is something that i want to share with you. because it was appropriate. and i, in my years, 30 or 40 years in business and government and the city, now, icon included that as when i shared that viewpoint, that it can be obtained by everybody immigrants, all, and everybody, except the african americans and the native indians of america, only. and now, i have a discussion about this with the... and we argued and we did not think that was okay. (inaudible). >> are there any other members of the public that would like to make the comment at this time? >> seeing none, the public comment is closed and i just want to make a few comments, and i grew up in this city, and i have been

like, i am in. i have got to have this job. >> what was it about that small description that made you in? >> what is not to love? i mean, she is, first of all, vice president, not president, so immediately there is sort of, you know, with all due respect, yes there is a conflict there, there is a problem. she -- >> rose: second is second and wants to be number one. >> who wants to be number two, ultimately if you run a race do you want t to come in second? >> no. >> no. and so she is not happy about it, so -- it sounded very right to me for comedy and ripe for comedy and it proven to be the case. >> rose: you have a certain familiarity with washington and grew up between washington and new york? >> i did, yes. i mean -- >> rose: as a politician -- >> never, never. but. >> rose: what would you have whe been if you weren't a comedian or actress? >> i think the only thing i could have been -- i don't know if this job exists but if somebody could give me money to buy things for myself, is that job avail

jay am i -- >> am i the only one with children? >> they are beautiful creatures and when no one is there to take care of y'all in y'all old age remember laughing at this moment. >> if a child acts up on a plane the child doesn't know any better. adults should know better. adults who recline their seats are better than children. they should know how to behave in a a civilized society and somehow they don't. >> i pay for that seat and i want to be comfortable. >> are you ross perot? >> maybe i am. i am a maker and that entitles me to take that chair. >> i paid for my seat. >> that has a recliner as well. >> this is so first world problems right here. >> there was a french guy who freaked out. >> they are so awesomely honoree. >> you know what is great about this? because of your insidious belief we can't do your andy levey lady column. >> what? >> we will do it later. coming up, what is the most beautiful piece of art work in my apartment? his name is carlos and he is still unconscious. first, why do today's teens prefer text over cl

i am just a people person. i am a social butterfly. this is how i do my time. i always have my makeup and my hair done, radiant. that's the reputation i have in here. some of them call me diva. >> i am a bit of a shopaholic. i like my things. that's why i am in here, grand theft, stealing people's stuff and shopping. >> benefield said she had convictions for theft and burglary but never served more than 90 days. this time the judge gave her five years and eight months she is eligible for release in half that time. >> what girl doesn't love to shop? i love to shop. i am just going about it the wrong way. >> benefield says her primary mo was not to steal from stores but other shoppers. >> i always wanted to look the part when i go out. i always got dressed did my makeup professionally and then i would go out there and steal. the attention wasn't drawn on me. because i am looking like an ordinary shopper. lady would put their purses in the buggy and they wouldn't watch their buggy at all. i would reach in their purse, and get the wallet and zip it back up and put

and i am not having it. and my main lace, you all. and i am on this case. >> thank you, mr. washington. >> you forgot your phone. >> are there any other members of the public that would like to speak on this item at this time? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues, i just want to make a few comments, thank you, mayor for not only addressing this issue, of the commissary but also addressing the issue around reducing the phone rates, and i would like to see those in the jails and be free. and completely, and hopefully we can continue to move in the positive direction and reduce these cost but this is in the right direction and these are some major reforms that need to be done. and we appreciate your leadership on this. so with that, colleagues, is there a motion to send this to the full board of the committee report, with positive recommendation? >> yes. i just want to say that it is a no-brainer for us to be cutting the cost permits for the families and bringing the money to the family and so i want to make a motion to move forward with the recommendation to

i am leah and i am a third generation from district 10. what tom and the laborers is doing is an community asset for the community. they're taking six year old under served children and giving lessons. the the percentage of children of color that play is less than 5% and they're exposing them to the area and the community and taking the idle time they had and giving them jobs and will lead to careers and changing the perception of the community and realizing they're hard workers that they're part of the community. this course is in the community and allowing them to work together and i am completely supportive of it. i believe they're hard working people and bringing people together and help the youth and the community to succeed and have a long thriving career. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> good morning commissioners. i am rodney hampton and i want to say i am definitely in support of glen eagles. born and raised -- i am a product of the san francisco housing authority and i am 41 years of age and i remember being in the ar

so that is what i am looking for. what i want to get out of the hearing today. >> the last two items, at the end of october i am due to present the interdepartment report on what the different departments that i am working with will do for the agenda and that is something that i would like to work privately or publicly with your office to get your views on if we are on the right track. not a legislative but a leadership oversight because you are in the issues as well. but the second thing that is more concrete is the issue, and we are late in the process to think about these things, but the working group has looked very intentionally at the transient tax and the ways that you might link it to the revenue generating activities for these franchised communities and this is something that the supervisors and the partnership, >> and that will be explored and developed. >> correct. >> thank you. >> i think that we are all looking for things that we can do and obviously the mayor's office proposes a budget and while this yea

>> don't be will i am. >> or sam i am. >> do you know who sam i am is? will i am is better. i thought it was. here is my final point, the thing i took away from this is dialogue is overrated. people are saying we need to have a conversation. we need to have a dialogue. maybe we don't. maybe we have a year of silence. it is stretched for a whole year and nobody talks. >> it is never a dialogue. it is a monologue. everyone wanted to say their point. >> you say and i say and you say and i say. >> can you imagine what the closed captioning looks like that? >> seriously. i have a minute and a half. i know how this works. >> there is no such thing as actual dialogue. as long as there is a camera there will never be dialogue. we ruin it for you. a community is destroyed by the outsiders because the outsiders come in and are on camera and blah, blah, blah, end of story. they are getting sued for showing her nude. a dating naked start is suing vh1 after the show accidentally showed her private parts. it is the subject of tonight's -- >> that's what happens. >> in case you don't get t

>>i am repeat i am speaking as an individual and not representing the task force at this time. the order of determination they reviewed found the department committed a violation. i'm not sure if that's the best way to proceed. i'm not sure that departments in that way violate the ordinance. i think it's individuals who either produce records or don't. i'm not sure how we expect -- or how that can be fixed at this point. this really does resemble in my mind the [inaudible] versus rec park hearing a few months ago. you could certainly find a violation. maybe that sends a message but i'm not sure if the point is to send a message or to achieve compliance and i'm not sure if other than the person to whom a records request is directed if someone else is held responsible for their conduct if that actually sendies the right message with compliance. i wanted to address the commissioner's question about training. we held a number of hearings about departments and their policies and procedures regarding records requests. i was intended to invite mr. ionin to talk about the planning depa

as i am getting older i think i am more equal actress singer. >> when we continue. >>> funding for charlie rose is provided by the following ... >>> additional funding provided by ... >>> and by bloomberg. ♪ [ music ] >> from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >>> david remnick is here, editor of the new yorker magazine, putin is featured. he writes quote the russian president sees himself as leader of a new anti western, conservative axis and his actions in ukraine have made him a hero at home. so tell me who is vladamir putin >> when he arrives as president in 2000 literally new years eve, the state is in a complete disarray, state institutions are reeling, really, russia has not recovered from economic collapse, privatization which is chaotic and worse, the place was a mess, terrible mess and putin came in at a time, pledging nothing about ideology and certainly nothing about democracy in any serious way but nor was he terribly anti western he was pledging order, and an end to ai don't say, and a rebuilding of the -- chaos, and a rebuilding of the economy. luckily for h

and today i am going to talk about the economic realities. right now, the idea for paying for the use of a medallion, when you have thousands of cars on the street doing the exact same thing is not sustain able, the values have gone down, and they will continue to go down. and they will continue to go down, a company like soto can only survive if we can make some sort of a profit and believe me there is an enormous demand for service and we can be profitable in a deregulated environment when i am not paying for the use of the med dallons it is not the issue here, a company like desoto in 90 days will have to transition to one that no longer uses med dallons if we do not change this environment, and i am not the only company and that is sadly is the reality today, thank you. >> speaker? >> kristine rogers followed by anthony balister and herbert winer. >> good afternoon, thank you. >> thank you for having the comment. >> and like my name is kristine rogers and i have been a resident of the valley for 14 years and san francisco for 25 years. an

he will have to make up for it. >> am i right 1234* i am -- am i right? i am no daylight expert. >> it was funny without you. >> as the only medical professional on the panel is what he is doing healthy? >> i think possibly. go ahead and have sex with a different person every day of the year. it is not art. performance art is for artists who realize they have no talent. they just had to go ahead and do something weird and then say it was art. i think it was the "new york times" piece and save the date operates with year long performance art pieces. >> they ask powerful questions about the hookup culture. no it doesn't. he is getting laid every day. >> this is a guy who has a compulsion and he is lonely, but not particularly attractive and trying to pass this off as art so he can get laid. >> it is a good game. good for you trying to get laid. as a dude i would go like this -- >> it is not just about getting laid. in the past he has been per miss skew us with and he has been sad after the act. he wants to get to the point he can have sex without emotion. t

i am going for my major in bio chemistry. i am wapitiastic, you know, i am on "soul train." and if you just pressed the wrong button, it was like pow. just a nuclear explosion would occur in me, and that's what happened with do cornelius. he turned me and pulled me and yanked me inappropriately, and i freaked out. and i just started swinging and started grabbing things and the first thing i grabbed was a piece of kentucky fried chicken. it was a low point. i was beyond embarrassed. i was still walking out with this pathetic bravado like i don't care. i don't care. by the time i got in the car, i started crying. i felt like an idio. >> you threw a chicken wing at don cornelius's forehead. wrong. i thank you goodness we were able to make up before husband passing. way before his passing. and, you know, but that's what i mean. it's like am i really enjoying my life? if i am this person holding on to this anger from the past, am no. >> do you think the temper was innate in you? was that something you had as a circumstances? >> you know, my therapist told me that it was probably

tonight i say i am still a ford, but i am not a model t. i do have some old-fashioned ideas, however. i believe in the very basic decency and fairness of america. i believe in the integrity and patriotism of the congress. and while i am aware of the house rule that no one ever speaks to the galleries, i believe in the first amendment and the absolute necessity of a free press. but i also believe that over two centuries since the first continental congress was convened, the direction of our nation's movement has been forward. i am here to confess that in my first campaign for president -- of my senior class in south high school in grand rapids, michigan -- i headed the progressive party ticket, and lost. maybe that is why i became a republican. [laughter] now i ask you to join with me in getting this country revved up and moving. my instinctive judgment is that the state of the union is excellent. but the state of our economy is not so good. everywhere i have been as vice president, some 118,000 miles in 40 states and some 55 press conferenc

i am not racisracist. i am not sexist and could care less if somebody wants to be gay but i don't think they should have more rights than me. host: host: i will leave it there. jay from auburn hills, michigan good morning, jay. caller: good morning. host: host: how are you today? go ahead action please call call thank you for letting me on. i tried for years to get on c-span. i am a 68-year-old. good morning. host: go ahead. you are on the air caller: i am a 68-year-old black male. when you talk about racists in america, what happened to the black people like me irfind it back and forward and i pray every day that i don't turn around and do something stupid to the people who are trying to do a stupid thing to me. now, lately, in georgia, tennessee and florida. on the freeway between tallahassee and georgia and these young white people are throwing metal on 75. if i was stupid, i could got out, if i had a gun and shoot. but i am not that stupid. host: what did you do? at all at a caller: the state police, g

and i am still suffering. so, he has sister and brothers that are still suffering out there, my daughters is s*ufring one of them is working at old school cafe. and you know, and she is, a good advocate now, but still, she is suffering too. we need our cases solved. and so that we can have some closure, so that we can have some closure. >> i walk with other mothers. >> your time is up man. >> my son's anniversary is coming up on the 14th of this month, his anniversary is coming up you guys. and i need some support. on the 14th of this month, you guys. i need justice, i need some help. be out there with me, i need the media. >> miss brown, i am sorry but your time is up. >> thank you, miss brown. >> miss brown, you know that the chief is working with the homicide detectives almost on a weekly basis. and anybody who has got any information, chief, have them come forward please. >> (inaudible) [ speaking in a foreign language ] "good morning america", the view, williams and i want to say these things about the di

i am all for it. just do not particularly want to set up a separate account. >> all kinds of things change. stuart: thank you so much. if you like your health insurance, despite what the president said, you cannot always keep it. fresh perspective. in opinion piece on the "wall street journal." then we have jason matera on how those celebrities are throwing their money at democrats. ♪ ♪ >> if you have health insurance, you like your doctor, you like your plan, you can keep it. if you like your insurance plan, you can keep it. no one will be able to take that away from you. >> you will keep your health insurance. >> if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. stuart: well, you know, it did not quite work out like that. they are finding ways to shift their cost to you, the employee. they pay less, you pay more. moving workers to plans with much higher deductibles. forcing spouses with access to other pl

i am annoyed in new jersey that i am paying more to tan and dog s get the break. but it is anger and animosity among the people, and it is a hot button is the tax button. you need somebody with a spine, elected to do this and i will be elected out by the end, but it is for the good of the country. >>> cashing in an hour ago. eric, what have you got for us? >> well, talk about a crimef of the government releasing hundreds of illegal ill a yens on to the streets and convicted of serious crimes. >>> and everybody is talking about the postal workers and the mail and the trash, and wait until you hear what the postal service is about to lay on it. >>> and robin williams' financial woes. why are we seeing that so many celebrities cashing it in. >> and the obama cadillac tax may be turping your wondering what that is? that, my friends, is everything. and with the quicksilver card from capital one, you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you purchase. not just "everything at the hardware store." not "everything, until you hit your cash back limit." quicksilver can

when i am in a hotel on the road i am not at my best.ou know the night nurses for the elderly and a guy is talking about stamps and it may be like, i am going to put him out of his misery. ambassador, which is scarier to you, a future of robots or a future of isis? >> a future of nuclear weapons , none of the above. i vaguely recall from my days reading science fiction about the three laws of robotics. the first law of robotics is do not harm to humans. can't we teach them that and get it over with? >> >> we didn't realize the intelligence part of a robot is accelerating so fast they will go, that first rule, let's go back in time and rewrite it. >> that means the liberals are making the robots. they think they are smarter than people. >> i like how he did that. >> i know i will be a nerd now, but it is a serious point. they had to re-do the laws to say humans or humanity. there were times when doing harm to a human is humanity and that's where you get into the problems. >> it must have taken place after i did science fiction. >> you sta

am i good? we have started a new fiscal year so let me -- july 1 and let me give you where we are after one month. july as you can see we are ahead of projections by nearly 3,000 visitors so we're starting the fiscal year off on a great foot and we know we have one free day a month and in august it was record breaking and 10,000 free visitors coming through i think august 3, so still a value i believe to our families to offer the free day. they could be crazy and i often suggest don't come on the free day. with that we also are growing in our facebook likes. we're almost at 60,000 likes and just a few years ago we had no social media presence at all so thank you. we are also getting ready for accreditation and take a sense of our plants and gardens and who knew we have over 8,000 species at the zoo and our name is the san francisco zoological society gardens and i didn't realize we had so many and thousands of species of trees and we have nature connects and that will highlight some of the plant

i do not have that same experience, so i am not saying i am always comfortable watching it, but i lovewill say that the originality, there is nothing like it on television, and originality is truly i think the most important thing. it is why the people who love my show love it, because they are not finding that in any other show, and whatever you will say about her, no one is doing it, and only she can do it. >> did you realize that about ?ourself at an early age i have defined what is unique and original about me and write to that? >> i don't know if i looked for it. show,was someone on the and you are talking about the essence of funny, and he said, he did not qualify it by saying that, but there are people who are funny, and i have felt in my life that when people are drawn to me and my opinions, it has always been the things that are less effortful, which i always thought was very lucky. you know, kind of a new money child of immigrants, and i am patriotic, and i have this qualities, loved comedy, loves routine this and , i am all of those things blessed with them. i am blessed wit

i am lesbian. i have been to over 10 dike marches. i have been -- ridden my motorcycle in the parade at least twice. i grew up in east l.a. i went to laud guadalupe grammar school. i lived in boyle heights and picko rivera and i am saddened that we went to their business to talk to them reasonably and we told them that we want them to succeed. i told them i love that building and i love businesses like that, and i still want them to succeed, and i will tell you and they were right. there's been a club there for many, many years before i got there and we didn't have any noise problems. we did not. it's the base that reverberates up to the street, and it can shake -- it shatders my windows. i can feel it in my jaw and chuft. now i have gone down there -- this is before i knew to call because i thought it was the only way and i asked them can you please turn it down. i remember the first time and they told me no english and i walked away: the second time i went down a car alarm went off and they were in the bar and the manager had them t

i can tribute out to the sheriff, and the department, and i am very happy and pleased and i am sure that most of our people are happy that ross is the boss, i mean that he is the sheriff. and that is the boss. and i am very much appreciative, that he comes from our district as you may know, supervisors and he has done a wonderful job in the eight years, back in the years we had the most, highest crime rate, homicide, rate, and to have a man like that that knows exactly, sincerety of the community and in the sheriff department is an outstanding thing, but one thing that i want to say is you know i am very much ashamed of this administration, i am ashamed at ed lee, he was with me and we worked together with the hrc and it is no mystery, and all that you got to do is check your history. a lot of conspiracy and that is why i am here today. and i walked through the down stairs, and the first thing that they say is that i feel that the... (inaudible) the building and am i really that important now? i guess that i have been around for 25 years. and i sheded some tears and i am here to tell you

>> i am the host. was just about to say say it again, please. >> i am more afraid of hoyer passing laws than him with a whip. >> that's a good point. >>> next topic, they are not just for babies and brides. i am not talking pacifiers. gift registries for college-bound kids are a thing. they let students register for bedding, shower caddies and hot plates for their dorm rooms. target started it in june and thousands have signed up. so what do college students need? here is a mantage we put together of essential items. >> where do you get the ball gag? >> i guess with the chloroform you don't need the ball gag. good idea? gross idea? >> i am sick of registries. by the way, who buys college kids their necessities before they go off to college? i know when i graduated from high school i got some gifts from my family members, but i wouldn't want to get sheets, extra long twin bed sheets. it is the mother and father's responsibility to do that shopping. what do you need a registry for? are you getting a dart

my name is luke gordon and i am the executive director of recovery survival, and i am here in full support of the electronic monitoring and home detention. and because i work with this population every day. and what i have come to realize is that the taxpayer i have something here and as a taxpayer, i don't think that it is cost effective to leave a person for a low level crime in jail at 140 dollars and upwards a day as opposed to putting them on the electronic monitoring at 16 dollars a day or something in that vicinity and the point is that we know that that person is every day, every second of every day. and it is absolute positive way to keep complete transparency, for that client, is and it makes a community, a whole lot safer, to be able to identify where that person is and i am mot talking about a murderer, i am talking about a guy who did petty theft or something like that. and so i think that they don't have the economic resources to bail themselves out and as a pretrial, too, i think that electronic monitoring is the best way to go and 100 percent support it as a taxpayer and as

i am appalled. i use that in all my -- i am appalled where the people feel confident and cocky that they can run through the system and not going through it like everybody else. not with ace on the case. >> thank you. i'm sorry you have two minutes just like everyone else. >> [inaudible] >> i'm going to ask you to have a seat right now. >> i'm not an individual. i'm not an ordinary. i am extra ordinary and my name is ace. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. no, no ace listen here. >> is there other public comment available? come on up. >> [inaudible] ask you respectfully to speak to you all because the procedure is beyond the pail. >> we're not allowed. >> [inaudible] >> ace, we are not allowed. >> [inaudible] >> okay. ace, we are prohibited to give anyone more time than we give anyone else. >> [inaudible] >> but thank you so much and -- >> [inaudible] come and make -- the first guy first one and whoever and go on and on -- >> okay. public comment -- >> [inaudible] >> no, no, no -- [inaudible] is go

>>i am. >> i am wondering what your position for commissioner smith, if you had a thought? >> yeah. i think with commissioner smith it was a different type of waiver, a blanket waiver and not a case by case basis. i think commissioner smith -- he served as director of the firm and he has the ability to decide on behalf of the firm what projects he can take and not take and the financial implications of that. i think with commissioner chow being one of five members in leadership it's not apples to apples so i think it presentses a different case in this instance. >> this may be a question you can't answer or too difficult to answer. was a request made by commissioner smith to write a letter of support or endorse ments and could you have? >> a request wasn't made and i wasn't made of that waiver request. we appreciate commissioner smith's service on the arts commission and we reappointed him which shows we believe his service benefits the city in the arts community so i recommend to the mayor that we support a letter in support of his waiver. only keeping in mind there has to be i thi

just grateful to be here and i am 15 years healthy to be with the company and so i am totally grateful and i am going to continue to do it and i enjoy. and thank you. >> thank you, we appreciate your outstanding work, on behalf of the board and all of the people of the city, thank you very much. >> thank you, the only thing that i will add is they both have to leave because they have pieces of work to fill. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> okay and just for members of the public because the fire codes, anyone standing find a seat there are a few scattered seats and i know that a few people will leave after this. but if you could find a seat we will appreciate it. thank you. >> okay. director? >> i would like to ask the director robins to come forward to present the next special recognition award. >> good afternoon, chairman, and directors and mr. riskin, it is my privilege introduce adam, he is with all of the traffic calming programs, and expert in solving problems that arise from constituents from other agencies and resolving in the construction issues and one of the most recent projec

which i also am.what i hope is is that if they see, if they see a man who listens in a deeper way that somehow that will become a fabric. it was an improvisation i said the mourners cottage you said. i improvised that. >> you did? >> in the first season, the man who cut his wrist was killed. i was sitting against the wall. the camera was on me. i looked at this person on the ground and the camera was quiet for a minute and i started to sing the mourners kaddich. a human being was gone. it is about your reaffirmation in being alive. and your belief in life. and i will tell you something else, sometimes i would put them in e-mails to the writers. sometimes i don't. but there is something else that i mentioned, that i'm hoping will sometime come into the fabric of our piece, whether through espionage -- this is a fictionalized version of america. >> i'm talking about my hope. what drives saul berenson and mandy patinkin is hope and optimism. i feel that is who saul berenson is and i'm able to infuse unli