the nomination -- or the question now occurs on the lynnheart nomination. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed. say nay. the ayes have it. the nomination is approved. the question now occurs on the friedman nomination. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, say nay. the ayes have t the nomination is approved. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider be laid on the table, the president will immediately be modified of the senate's action, the senate leessume legislative session. mr. chambliss: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: seeing and hearing no objection. mr. chambliss: mr. president, it is with great pride and a touch of sadness that i stand here today to pay very special tribute to my scott poin dexer, my dear friend and trusted confidant. must scott is leaving the staff of the united states senate after a long and distinguished career in public service. she has dedicated most of her professional life to the congress, serving over 20 years in both the house of re

wallace would not have gotten the nomination. but, what the parties did and they both ended up open another process and gave people a sense if you do not like the way the system is opening you can change it. regaining the vitality of the system after the traumatic events of 1968. a very good question. >> i will have a senior moment. >> go ahead. >> i will let you comment. i thought it was 1968 in terms of the significance of that, the compact on 5th avenue. >> in 1960 on the eve of the republican convention and this was the convention that nominated and then vice president nixon for president for the first time, rockefeller, governor of new york, was threatening he might get into the race at the end of the nomination and the price he exacted on nixon for not getting in. he would've lost but it could have created, he could've disrupted the party. the price rockefeller exacted for nixon was a series of concessions in the party platform. called by critics the compact of a 5th avenue because rockefeller summoned nixon from chicago to

the nomination is confirmed. the question occurs on the wada nomination. all those in favor signify by saying aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. the question occurs on the wertheimer nomination. all those in favor please signify by saying aye. all those opposed signify by saying nay. a ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. the question occurs on the huther nomination. all those in favor please signify by saying aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to consider are considered made and laid upon the table, the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate will resume legislative session. mr. reid: seeing no one -- we do have some people to take the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. boozman: last month we marked the 24th anniversary of the beginning of the gulf war. in august, 1990, ir

we are going to feel this affect on future nominations.those are the reasons why i find it hard to take too seriously complaints about the public fighting over confirmations as fiercely as they do. they fight over these things because they are important. the courts ultimately make decisions for which the public only gets a voice after the fact. >> let me answer the question in a slightly different way. one of the terms in terms of statutory representations, and criminal law, both the gates case and another case raised points about how to broadly construe criminal statutes. the court is going to be construing the statutes in the context of a justice system going through changes. we have a lower crime rate than recently. we had a dropping crime rate over the last 25 years or so. i think eric holder recently announced the size of the federal prison population is dropping this year for the first time since 1980. if you look at some of the key cases, there is kind of an aspect of the facts which are almost comical. perhaps the lead example, a g

seeing no other nomination. the nominations are now closed. do counsel -- councilmembers who have been nominated wish to speak. >> i will not speak. >> okay. anybody opposed? thank you again. congratulations. i look forward to reelection of his term. thank you very much. >> okay, let's move on to a reports. let me just mention that it looks like we are going to run over by a minute or two. i want to apologize for that. next is a report from the disabilities disaster preparedness committee given by councilmember denise senhaux. >> good afternoon, the meeting met with representative on people with disabilities. the first discussion with respect to the department of public health. dph and list of agencies serving people at risk after a disaster includes the disabilities , and seniors, dph's representatives will be added agencies as discussions progress. another topic of interest was about how in the event of a disaster news and information as well as public service announcements on all media forms need to be fully accessible with website update,

the nomination is confirmed. the question now occurs on the tanner nomination.ll those in favor say aye. all opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate will resume legislative session. under the previous order, the time until 4:00 p.m. will be controlled by the majority, and the time from 4:00 to 5:00 will be controlled by the republicans. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i would ask consent that the time for the democrats be until 4:05, and the same with the republicans, theirs be 5:05. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. stabenow: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. i'm very pleased to join with a number of colleagues today representing all of those in our caucus who are deeply, deeply concerned about the mounds of deb

nobody knew who they were going to nominate. some people wanted to nominate franklin pierce. how bad is that when you want to bring franklin pierce picked to the presidency? franklin pierce for his part favored the secretary of war jefferson davis when the presidential election of his own so ultimately people that walked out of the convention were denied seats by the pro- douglas supporters and there's a southern walkout and they nominate john breckenridge of kentucky the vice president of the united states to carry the banner so they are looking around saying okay who are we going to get behind? so john bell of tennessee to former house speaker runs the only presidential candidate basically the former whigs and people said that would be the easiest thing if we just pretended that wasn't an issue. the republicans would have a surprise of their own in the convention. abraham lincoln not thought to be a major factor but of course his debates with douglas and the publication of the debate in the national best-selling book would make him a huge celebrity. and he would travel thou

i can't make an nomination so i'll turn it over to commissioner turman >> i'd like to in a moment nominate - >> all in favor, say i. i. >> i. >> i. >> we'll do a roll call. >> you shouldn't - you should say any other noomgsz. technically you're right any other noomgsz. hearing none. call the roll >> president mazzucco. commissioner turman. commissioner marshall. commissioner dejesus. commissioner loftus. supervisor wong >> no, i'm no longer the chair can i make a nomination for vice president. >> i haven't voted and commissioner. >> the nomination and the motion passes unanimously. >> perfect congratulations. so it looks like dr. marshall is next up >> (inaudible). second that >> second and second. >> okay. >> are there any oh, you have to ask. >> he continues to chair the meeting until it ends. >> oh, i do well, we have parliamentary i want to get out of here early and are there any other noomgsz hearing roll call vote. >> president mazzucco. commissioner turman. commissioner marshall. commissioner dejesus. commissioner loftus. commissioner wong >> and commissioner malaria the motion pass

>> i don't think it's alas for nominations.the whole system has really changed from what significant deference the president has 21 in which there is a lot of pushback. honestly from my perspective i think it was clearly started by the democrats making a huge deal out of justice, and this nomination and we are now for better or worse that is how nominations are dealt with. i don't think we can step back from that now because you are not going to get unilaterally disarmed simultaneously. >> although kennedy and breyer and ginsburg didn't change every single member. >> i think we are now in the world and i don't know that anyone thinks we are still in that. i just want to see if the other panelists think there is hope. >> don't think there's any doubt we will ratchet in this process. i think it can get worse and when you think you can't get any worse, it does. >> an interesting question is what happens when you have the opposite party control of the president. up until now the last few nominations we have had the senate controlle

he is nominated by the democratic party for president. the republican party nominates john c. friedman as the first nominee for president general. this is the last election of the old america. you see a paradigm shift. the democrats have completely screwed things up. they brought the possibility of slavery. things are getting violent. they're murdering each other over the slavery issue. but come to life. so why the democrats win in 1856, well, i think that when in 1856, the last vote for the market "-- status quo. the markets are doing great. nominating stricken northern parties, republicans, were committed to preventing the expansion of slavery and might trigger civil war. civil war, they thought, was bad for business, but many of them were poised to become the country's first millionaires during the war but at the time, of course, they were concerned about such an office crisis. so james buchanan wins. his presidency is not going to be a happy one. he spends his life seeking the office, finally gets it. no with the second oldest president ever to get in. two days later the d

the right to nominate, of course, because this nominating committee, composed of 1,200 people represents the broad walks of life, now, of course, if you look at britain versus the united states, france or germany, no country has a uniform way of nominating the candidates or uniform way of running the elections, everyone has a different set of rules, and a system. therefore, i would say let's give it a chance. when the british rule the economy, they ruled hong kong through a governor, there was no election. there were, i think, compared with before 1997, hong kong is already making a big stride forward, and we should not just, you know try to achieve everything in one go. >> thank you for talking to al jazeera. >>> india's prime minister has been given a rock star welcome in new york. thousands of indian americans greeted narendra modi at maddison square garden. it's a major turn around. >> reporter: just a few years ago narendra modi was denied a u.s. visa, the only person to fall foul of the international freedom's act, but that was then. now he is feted by 18,500 members of the u.s.'s

you time to come on up and make a few statements sure thank you superstitions for considering my nomination to serve 0 on the board i'll give you brief a background i've lived in the city since 2005 and professionally work with the sector for 25 years and work for on housing authority i served as the executive director of the community housing partnership and helped to develop one thousand unit of affordable housing here on a san francisco i am work at the alexander center i have experience working on treasure island dooirg my tenure i managed on one thousand united for side treasure island housing and tida i helped to provide comments in the planning of the redevelopment of the island i believe my professional background qualifies me to serve on the board especially in affordable housing and social services i'm very excited to be part of the development of 8 thousand new unit 2 thousand will be affordable housing things i'll focus on will be to make sure the development is very tlibt and intentional how it creates the focus an building the community and are you insuring the tints are relia

i'm here to discuss issues nominated, 182, 198 gough street. it was commissioned by the pulitzer prize cartoonist goldberg and rl goldberg building. the building was included in 1976 architectural district the building was never evaluated for individual eligibility or association with goldberg. based on initial review the building may qualify due to significant artful expression and building containing rare historying store fronts and may qualify based on the connection to goldberg. a san francisco native and member of the locally prominent jewish family. he began working for the san francisco chronicle. the cartoonist stayed in the building and used it as a studio during his frequent visits to san francisco. the association with goldberg including his occasional use of the building including his long tenure use of the city requires significant review. this document the lends and as well as identify other entities. included in the case report an additional communication to the commissioners are letters of support for designation from the long t

his first major movie "cry freedom," earns him a supporting actor oscar nomination for his performanceanti apartheid activist. >> a south africa for equals, black or white. >> denzel doesn't win, but he's nominated again in the same category just two years later for his work in the civil war film "glory." >> if you boys just turn right around, head on down that and you let us head down there. >> them men dying up that road. >> denzel plays tripp, a former slaved turned soldier in the union's first all-black regiment. the role earns denzel his first academy award. >> there is no question that "glory" was a career-making moment for denzel washington. >> film offers flood in. denzel begins starring in multiple movies a year, collaborating frequently with top directors like spike lee. >> was there a moment in any one of those films where you had had that kind of light bulb moment and said, "good lord, there is nothing like this man." >> every film. >> in 1992, the duo takes on the ambitious pick "malcolm x." he watched denzel perform this scene. >> i'm telling you, mr. mohamed said these t

with ai was nominated few months. i had my hearing in june. i was confirmed in july of 1999 by a voice vote. i was the first court of appeals ed in 1999. confirm 1750 judges in the united states. how many of them are nominated, do you think question mark >> i think the district judges are certainly largely determined by the senators. when the senators of the same party have the president. the court of appeals appointments are traditionally viewed as white house appointments. and that's why, i think, in my case senator moynihan worked nomination get my through. house and john podesta and james sperling were very helpful. some of another issue, and we're going to use justice scalia again on this, and i will sling in a moment. watch what he says about this is not a legal issue, but it is an important issue, as you will see, before the supreme court. >> if i really thought it would educate the american people, i would be all for it. if the american people sat down, what star proceedings gavel to gavel, they would never again asked -- joe scalia, w

they nominate several candidates and then vote to choose a leader from among them. in the last election, a candidate was selected. and the competition of the nomination committee and the way its members are selected will be the same as those and the current election committee. that means a new system virtually shuts out democratic candidates. in july, crowds of people took to the streets to protest against the chinese government. organizers say more than 500,000 people took part. the largest ever such rally. more than 500 protesters were arrested. organizers of sunday's rally say they are preparing for a massive protest to occupy the territory's financial district. meanwhile, hong kong's pro-waging chief executive told reporters that china's decision represents major progress. he criticized the demonstrators. >> translator: protests will hurt the stabity and the prosperity of hong kong and will not get the support of many residents. >> reporter: the public backlash against china is increasing in hong kong, especially among young people. china's influence over the te

it is not... >> and could we have a motion on the floor, and to accept the nomination nominating the committee report. and do i hear a second? >> i second the motion. >> do you move and second that we accept the nominating committee report? all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? >> ayes have it and so the motion is carried. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and now, this public comment. any public comment on anything that we have said so far. >> yes? >> good morning commissioners i am with the office on the aging. and actually what i am trying to do is just go back to a question that was posed by the commissioners on the elevator work group, and i just want to let you know that the work group did meat yesterday and they are putting out a questionnaire and a very detailed questionnaire two, or three of the residents of the sros or the community involved in getting as many back as we can. and they are also, asking for volunteers to translate the questionnaire into spanish, chinese and also, russian. and so, the work is being done and very diligent di

but if we do a nomination during the lame session, i'm hopeful that the republicans on the judiciaryommittee will do kubookie politics and vote this new nominee in for our country. >> what say you about this, senator grassley saying the president should wait? >> why is this that politicians are the only ones who get a lame duck session? you know, kelly, when you retire, the last few months before you get off air, are you going to say, i'm not coming into week. i don't have anything to do. seriously though, this is a very important position in our country. and after serving six presidents, both sides of the aisle, this man has contributed so much he said it's time for him to go. who is grassley? what did he contribute. >> or senator cruz to say that the president cannot nominate when he wants to. >> having said that, if i can bring this up, historically other presidents made nominations and josh earnest noting that former defense secretary robert gates was nominated and confirmed during the lame duck session. why wait until the new congress convenes in january to fill the important ro

we are going to feel this affect on future nominations. those are the reasons why i find it hard to take too seriously complaints about the public fighting over confirmations as fiercely as they do. they fight over these things because they are important. the courts ultimately make decisions for which the public only gets a voice after the fact. >> let me answer the question in a slightly different way. one of the terms in terms of statutory representations, and criminal law, both the gates case and another case raised points about how to broadly construe criminal statutes. the court is going to be construing the statutes in the context of a justice system going through changes. we have a lower crime rate than recently. we had a dropping crime rate over the last 25 years or so. i think eric holder recently announced the size of the federal prison population is dropping this year for the first time since 1980. if you look at some of the key cases, there is kind of an aspect of the facts which are almost comical. perhaps the lead example, a

to matter at city hall please bring that fresh perspective to the council by approving linda's nomination. >> go ahead anastasia. >> i came here to speak on carl listen johnson i think here candidacy is necessary you need diversity on the council and i don't feel like i was attending some of the meetings not all of the meetings but they're very nice people but i think the current plan to cut what i believe one thousand trees on in sharp park and you know you see what t what the city is going to cut one thousand trees i heard mr. sullivan he's a very nice guy i think we need to protect the trees and the natural areas programs are threatening them and we need to as most of the people in my neighborhoods are completely against cutting the trees and then mr. davidson you cut the trees and the trees suffered so the noise increases and the pollution is not absorbed so i don't find this point of view represented i really don't like on the nature of the areas the programs the herbicides using use it is not being addressed in the urban forestry council meeting please support carolyn johnson for th

we have been nominating committee. we are staffed 1,200. they can choose three candidates to run.hat's what they're not happy about. they feel betrayed. >> what will it mean if this change happens that china wants? >> people feel they are obliged, the universal sufficient faj at the time. beijing says it is universe tal suffrage. it's how the candidates come through. >> hong kong complete under chinese control if i can put it like that, what would that mean for day willy life? >> for some of them they think maybe better choice to go to beijing's option. it keeps the hong kong stability needed because hong kong financial center. they can see the beijing will not back off. they set the limit. they realize how powerful central government is, how strong position is. for some of them they prefer we keep this hong kong at financial center where our state is from. we go to the political turmoil we suffer more. other side says this is our rise promised which makes hong kong different. >> very interesting. very quickly, the pro democracy supporters going to give up quickly or go on? >> i t

event of making the selections and so what you have in the packet is the officers who have been nominated for in the silver medal of valor and the bronze and there are various awards, and the police commission commendations and life saving awards and i was present for the presentation of each and every one of these incidents. where in, there was discussion, and questions asked by the most senior members of the command staff and the police department, and it is an unusually large number of awards, you will see a large number of gold medals of valor that we do not give often, i can say that the crash of the aircraft and these incredible officers that decided that it was their duty to run so to the burning aircraft while the firefighters were suiting up and we have the silver medal of valor for the officers that were involved in the life threating situation and so all of these have been provided to the occ to insure that they have been properly vetted and none of these officers have any charges that are pending or under investigation and all of this has been cleared and vetted and if you hav

vice president if we win the nomination is you've got the center of the republican party.y admire you, respect you. wonderful folks in california. i'm a member of the goldwater movement. i said if we can put together the goldwater movement with the nixon center of the republican party, there's nobody that can stop you from getting that nomination. rockefeller is too far out on the left. so i began, first thing i did is mr. nixon said something about bill buckley and the buckley has been more dangerous than the birchers. i said we are going to have to clear this. and so i wrote this letter explaining what mr. nixon had meant to the publisher of national review and bill buckley. we show that breach. with a friend, we started holding meetings during 66 of the leaders of various conservative groups nixon had made and i certainly had met. i was a journalist, but houston native who they were. so enough with them and started inviting every columnist who is a conservative too, and meet richard nixon and have an interview and so we kept building this alliance with richard nixon and

that may be a challenge because the replacement must be someone who could win nomination.e spoke with contributor michael shure and asked why he resigned five weeks before americans go to the polls. >> the u.s. senate is in play. president obama wants to be able to nominate a replacement for holder, holder is well aware of that, before the new congress sits because that might be a republican senate. if he's able to do it, a caref carefully vetted nominee would have a better chance of passing a lame duck congress than one in the spring or in the winter after the elections. after republicans senate is possibly seated. >> does that raise the possibility that if republicans do really well, they gain five or six seats, that might make it more difficult for the democrats to get above the 60-seat nomination needed for the floor. will they push this off and force democrats not to bring up a nomination until th the new congress? it's possible but unlikely. the democrats will still control the congress, and even the people who think that it's going to go really well on election day