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ackerman. great question.sed to yield five minutes to the chair of the subcommittee on middle east and south asia. mr. shavit for five minutes. >> thank you petraeus secretary, have a number of questions. some of them have already been talked about to some degree, but clearly we all want democracy, we won the people of egypt to improve their conditions and freedoms. our overriding concern is that what we all want is going to end up with the folks that we've come and i don't think that the egyptians themselves, the vast majority want to be in control and that is muslim brotherhood or islamic jihad or whatever terminology that one wants to use. could you comment -- they said a lot of things and i think they are trying to portray themselves as more moderate now and could you talk a little about the sharia law and what they said and what you think the position is with respect to egypt if they would gain control? >> i think there's a lot of speculation else to what the buckles and objectives are, and i think i woul
ackerman. great question.sed to yield five minutes to the chair of the subcommittee on middle east and south asia. mr. shavit for five minutes. >> thank you petraeus secretary, have a number of questions. some of them have already been talked about to some degree, but clearly we all want democracy, we won the people of egypt to improve their conditions and freedoms. our overriding concern is that what we all want is going to end up with the folks that we've come and i don't think that the...
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michael ackerman who heads travel marketing for the aaa said tour operators are heeding the state department's high level travel warning. >> for people about to go to egypt they are offering refunds or the opportunity to take a tour at a later date. >> we were told a flight would arrive tonight with a group from berkeley who left egypt yesterday. >> a deadly shooting in a shop at fisherman's wharf may have been caused by an argument. it bass a rage killing involve involving a fued between two tourist shops. a merchant allegedly walked into a neighboring shop and shot two employees to death. investigators say he was angry because the store was selling the same goods as his. the things in dispute, counterfeit purses. >> there is no outstanding suspect action this isn't a robbery, this -- this is isolated incident. the -- the suspect is known to the victim. >> the victims why an asian man and woman both 30 years old who lived in san francisco. >>> police are issuing a warning tonight eight growing trend. they say beware of guns painted in vivid colors. john is live in martinez where it's hard to
michael ackerman who heads travel marketing for the aaa said tour operators are heeding the state department's high level travel warning. >> for people about to go to egypt they are offering refunds or the opportunity to take a tour at a later date. >> we were told a flight would arrive tonight with a group from berkeley who left egypt yesterday. >> a deadly shooting in a shop at fisherman's wharf may have been caused by an argument. it bass a rage killing involve involving a...
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. >> reporter: michael ackerman who heads travel marketing said tour operators heeding the state department's high level travel warning. >> for home about to go they are offering refunds or the opportunity to take a tour at a later date in 2011 later. are of. >> it's unclear what will happen i think. i wouldn't tell people to go right now. >> reporter: reporting live from san francisco international airport. ktvu channel 2news. >> taking you live now to the state capitol we understand that the lieutenant governor, is introducing the governor, there is governor brown's wife. here is the governor. we will policemen listen in and bring you the speech. [applause . >> thank you. thank you very much. . constitution officers, members of the legislature, members of the supreme court, guests, and my fellow citizens. first i want to thank all of new this chamber for the goodwill that you have extended to my wife and me during these opening days, an extraordinarily difficult and wrenching legislative session. i also add one more note. actually this is my 8th state of the state speech. i know that becaus
. >> reporter: michael ackerman who heads travel marketing said tour operators heeding the state department's high level travel warning. >> for home about to go they are offering refunds or the opportunity to take a tour at a later date in 2011 later. are of. >> it's unclear what will happen i think. i wouldn't tell people to go right now. >> reporter: reporting live from san francisco international airport. ktvu channel 2news. >> taking you live now to the state...
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ackerman, for three and a half minutes. >> thank you, madam chair.unlike its arab neighbors, lebanon had a democraticically-elected government that should have had a mandate to govern. but like all of its regional neighbors except for israel, lebanon has suffered from an unaccountable element of its society acting above and beyond the law. what was different in the lebanese case was that this unaccountable few didn't occupy or use the institutions of the state in order to coerce, in order to repress, in order to dominate their political opponents. instead, they just threatened them and then killed them. no one should forget that before the current crisis, before the insurrection of may 2008, before the presidential succession crisis and the lockout of parliament hezbollah and its iranian and syrian allies engaged in a campaign of assassinations against lebanese parliamentarians and journalists that began in be 2005 with the murder of former prime minister rafik hariri. long before the coup, hezbollah considered it outside to the reach of the governme
ackerman, for three and a half minutes. >> thank you, madam chair.unlike its arab neighbors, lebanon had a democraticically-elected government that should have had a mandate to govern. but like all of its regional neighbors except for israel, lebanon has suffered from an unaccountable element of its society acting above and beyond the law. what was different in the lebanese case was that this unaccountable few didn't occupy or use the institutions of the state in order to coerce, in order...
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. >> while businesses need two more for the public good than ackerman credit for, philanthropies me to last. think about it for a moment. can you point to a single accomplishment that's been as transformative as the cell phone for the birth control pill. to the contrary, the literature of philanthropy is for both with failure including where philanthropic efforts have actually led beneficiaries to be worse off. now she actually works for a philanthropy. she says they don't mean to belittle philanthropy, but she goes on to say, my point is simply there is nothing inherently better than using one resource is than for any number of others. if anything, the marketplace does a better job of channeling resources toward where they are most valued. >> while in fact, that's actually not true. philanthropists put money in when an idea is way too wacky foreign investment, when a company or investor has an expectation of return on invested funds in your approach them and say i think i can produce something better than a microscope. and they say, you know, not likely. this doesn't make sense. who's
. >> while businesses need two more for the public good than ackerman credit for, philanthropies me to last. think about it for a moment. can you point to a single accomplishment that's been as transformative as the cell phone for the birth control pill. to the contrary, the literature of philanthropy is for both with failure including where philanthropic efforts have actually led beneficiaries to be worse off. now she actually works for a philanthropy. she says they don't mean to...
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ackerman of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for 3 1/2 minutes. mr. ackerman: thank you, madam speaker. i'm opposed to this bill for one simple reason. it's not a smart thing to do. it recklessly jeopardizes the security and safety of the people of new york city and it does so for no reason. this is a national security issue. it would be irresponsible and delay the vital security improvements to the perimeter of the u.n. campus in the city that the state department wants to undertake and has the resources. why do this? overwhelm a radical wild-eyed obsessions with taking a pound of flesh out of u.n. which at times deserves it and do so no matter what the cost to our national security. where's the common sense in calling back money that is going to be used for desperately needed long overdue security upgrades that we have the money for anyway? and have the responsibility to do anyway. where's the been fit to the taxpayer for -- benefit to the taxpayer for maintain
ackerman of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for 3 1/2 minutes. mr. ackerman: thank you, madam speaker. i'm opposed to this bill for one simple reason. it's not a smart thing to do. it recklessly jeopardizes the security and safety of the people of new york city and it does so for no reason. this is a national security issue. it would be irresponsible and delay the vital security improvements to the perimeter of the u.n. campus in the city that the...
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the seniors were returning to ackerman high school after a career day visit to the university of mississippiry this morning. a california man has died after being stabbed by an armed rooster. police say jose ochoa was at an illegal cockfight in the central part of the state when the accident happened. the rooster had a sharp blade attached to its leg which is a common practice in cockfighting. ochoa was cut in the calf and then bled to death. >> first time i've ever heard that story reported. >> ever. >>> chipotle mexican restaurants are getting lots of attention for the wrong reason. the company says 60 eateries in the washington, d.c. area are being investigated for possibly hiring undocumented workers. any workers who can't produce proper employment papers will likely be dismissed. chipotle fired hundreds of workers in minnesota last year in a similar investigation. >>> and an immigration issue has also derailed the season of one of florida's best high school basketball teams. the team forfeited all games in which 19-year-old brian delancy took part. he came to the school from the bahamas
the seniors were returning to ackerman high school after a career day visit to the university of mississippiry this morning. a california man has died after being stabbed by an armed rooster. police say jose ochoa was at an illegal cockfight in the central part of the state when the accident happened. the rooster had a sharp blade attached to its leg which is a common practice in cockfighting. ochoa was cut in the calf and then bled to death. >> first time i've ever heard that story...