on this momentus occasion, we are going to have and celebrate the unveiling of the adolf trotro bust. and so we will begin with the present mayor of san francisco, mayor ed lee, talking about one of the former mayors of san francisco adolf trotro. >> all right. thank you, ellen. >> you are very welcome. president lee. >> good morning, everyone and welcome to city hall. and thanks for as a various departments that are here, i understand that we have three representatives from our counsel general offices, certainly our counsel general from germany, from israel and russia. thank you very much for being here. former supervisor clint is here, i can see him in the crowd thank you for being here as well. our chiefs from the fire and police department are here. members of our commissions are here as well and thank you very much. my good buddy, leonid, mucupkin has been an advisor to me for many, many years previous to my being mayor of san francisco. and he is always been giving me great advice on not only history, but how we can celebrate more of it in modern day san francisco. and just a co

i have the great, great, grand daughter in law of adolf and my, the great, great grand daughter, and also here today. and they have come from out of town. but mostly i want to thank all of the people who made this happen. the mayor, and the board of supervisors, and all of the commission and i want to thank jona for making such a wonderful likeness of adolf. he really is the person who made this happen. so thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, guys. thank you everybody for being here. i appreciate this opportunity to be a part of the history of san francisco. and making this bust and sharing it with you for the people today. and moving forward in future. and i hope that it inspires people to take up more of an interest in the study in sutro. what he stood for, and what those things mean today. and to visit the sutro library. >> the inscription on the pedestal of mayor sutro is quite, quite, something to read. it is almost like an inspiration and it tells you a great deal about this man's life. i have an incredibly fond memory of sutro, and it involves a blue and white bathi

certainly not the kind we have today, without the party and social democracy. >> in 1933, adolf hitlerineered passage of the enabling act. this law allowed him to pass legislation. the communist party was already banned. when the bill came up for a vote in the assembly, the spd was the only party to vote against it. >> for me, that's the most important event and the most important day in the history of our party. and that speech, with hitler looking on, he was composed. and with a steady voice, he gave that speech with those famous words -- liberty and our lives, but they cannot take away our honor. [applause] >> and then he said this -- no enabling act. >> the spd had to wait until the end of the 1960's to influence many of their ideas. the first postwar spd chancellor help build the welfare state -- helped build the welfare state. he also introduced the policy of detente and apologized for german war crimes. in 1998, the party returned to power with gerhard schroder as chancellor. he was known as the six man of europe. -- six man of europe -- sixth man of europe. his efforts were met

certainly not the kind we have today, without the party and social democracy. >> in 1933, adolf hitlerineered passage of the enabling act. this law allowed him to pass legislation. the communist party was already banned. when the bill came up for a vote in the assembly, the spd was the only party to vote against it. >> for me, that's the most important event and the most important day in the history of our party. and that speech, with hitler looking on, he was composed. and with a steady voice, he gave that speech with those famous words -- liberty and our lives, but they cannot take away our honor. [applause] >> and then he said this -- no enabling act. >> the spd had to wait until the end of the 1960's to influence many of their ideas. the first postwar spd chancellor help build the welfare state -- helped build the welfare state. he also introduced the policy of detente and apologized for german war crimes. in 1998, the party returned to power with gerhard schroder as chancellor. he was known as the six man of europe. -- six man of europe -- sixth man of europe. his efforts were met

his group are worse or more dangerous than adolf hitler, and we managed to defeat adolf hitler by followinghe rule of law, and i don't see why do we have to -- >> a war? they war uniforms and fought us on battlefield. these people are fudd fundament totally by design different. >> i don't believe that. >> you wanted to have this whole thing about enemy combatants. the defense secretary donald rumsfield decided no geneva conventions. let's just put these guys in there. >> and they were treated in accordance -- they didn't qualify because they didn't wear uniforms. >> and do you know what? force feeding is also a violation of international efforts. we know that. >> christiane, in the short-term, then, if you oppose the force feeding and we're not closing gitmo in the next week, yet they could die in the next week what do you think is the solution? >> i think the solution is written in many, many instances. there are ways to get rid of these people. you've just discussed some of them here. try them in court. the problem of course is getmo could celt up so you could interrogate these people and

. >> this country fought adolf hitler. don't believe bin laden and his group are worse or dangerous than adolf hitler. >> these people are fundamentally, totally by design different. >> you wanted to have this whole thing about enemy combatants. donald rumsfield decided no geneva conventions. elt's violation of international law. and do you know what? force feeding is also a violation of international medical -- >> the u.n. is saying that right now. >> in the short term then, what do you think is the solution? >> i think the solution is written in many, many instances. there are ways to get rid of these people. you've just discussed some of them here. the problem of course is getmo could give up. you can't use it in courts. but, look, there are those who have been accused through the court system and have been convicted and have been sentenced to life in prison. >> it's not a right wing talking point when president obama himself hasn't released these people. >> it's not just that obama decided not to do it. >> nobody jumps

. >> from adolf to adam -- >> it wasn't me. >> did a hot mic reveal his spite?adam levine says he hates this country, and we must take him at his word. the maroon 5 front man and co-host of "the voice" was disappointed with the results of the top six voting when he uttered the utter wrens. let's listen, fans of listening. >> only one more artist can join the others for our top six live show. >> i hate this country. >> that was great. >> the comment sparked anger as usual on-line and on some certain tv shows. levine later released a statement saying i stand by what i said -- no, he said i obviously love my country and my comments were made out of frustration. last night's elimination was confusing and downright emotional for me. tuesday night they tweeted definitions of words like joke, lighthearted and misunderstand. probably a response to the controversy, i guess. i wouldn't know. i can't read. meanwhile, let's check in on russia's version of "the voice." >> he deserved it. >> actually that was played backwards and the cat is hugging him the entire time. >> chr

and now, we have adolf in the mix here that was once occupied by willie brown, willie brown has moved upstairs. and there is sutro is here. and i think that this will be his permanent place. so, please, enjoy the inscription that is on the pedestal, and the actual bust is incredible. i watched jonas assemble this and polish this on friday. and i was truly amazed. he is truly a very, very talented sculptor who did an incredible fete for san francisco and for san francisco city hall. thank you, again, for all coming to visit us at city hall, please do not be strangers. >> hi, i'm lawrence corn field. welcome to building san francisco. we have a special series, stay safe. we're looking at earthquake issues. and today we're going to be talking with a residential building owner about what residential building owners and tenants can and should do before earthquakes and after earthquakes. ♪ ♪ >> we're here at this wonderful spur exhibit on mission street in san francisco and i have with me today my good friend george. thanks for joining me, george. and george has for a long time owned reside

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and now, we have adolf in the mix here that was once occupied by willie brown, willie brown has moved upstairs. and there is sutro is here. and i think that this will be his permanent place. so, please, enjoy the inscription that is on the pedestal, and the actual bust is incredible. i watched jonas assemble this and polish this on friday. and i was truly amazed. he is truly a very, very talented sculptor who did an incredible fete for san francisco and for san francisco city hall. thank you, again, for all coming to visit us at city hall, please do not be strangers. >> the meeting will call to order. welcome to the regular meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. my name is malia cohen and i am the chair and to my right is supervisor katy tang and to my left is supervisor david campos and the clerk of the committee is the ever fabulous miss andrea. and i would like to thank our friends up in sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. i would like to acknowledge jennifer low and jesse t. larson:madame clerk any announcements today. >> yes, please make sure to silence all e

. - you have a baby name book, and you circled adolf?lly, i borrowed that book from my mother, so be glad i'm not a boy. - okay, well, why'd you give up on it?

that's amazing cia by this so we overthrew him right and then we imposed the worst dictatorship since adolf hitler on iran the shah's brutal brutal regime and everyone who's been in iran knows that ok and so it really wanted to get back let's get back to libya here what is the learning curve here on the war on terror if any well learning curve is to find out why they hate us. ok jay you want to jump in there why do they hate us i think why they hate us is there's a whole variety of reasons that they hate us and some of them are actually pretty good. but that doesn't mean we can't learn from those mistakes not try to do those same things. to the poor people in syria today who hate us because we're not intervening because there's watching hundreds of thousands hundreds and thousands of their loved ones still women children being slaughtered and we're not intervening i'm not advocating that we intervene but there are people there in syria today who hate us and will hate us for generations because we're not intervening it's a case in which there are on realistic expectations of what what the un

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to adolf hitler. -- writing to adolf hitler. it seems inevitable that much of the world must become involved in common ruan. -- ruin. hillel fdr to facilitate .iscussions ridiculed roosevelt for such a proposal. >> what other documents do you want to show us? >> one of the most important document in our collection is the extraordinary letter that albert einstein sent to fdr in august of 1939. because of the outbreak of the war, the letter was not delivered until october. it warned franklin roosevelt of the danger. i want to read a couple of sentences. some recent work leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. certain aspects of the situation which has arisen it seemed to call for watchfulness. he goes on to describe the possibilities of a massive weapon of destructive power. work leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energyit the manhattan project. >> the next one w

jc penny removed this ad promoting a designer tea kettle because of its uncanny resemblance to adolf hitler. the bill board became a target of bloggers some think jc penny knew about it and put it up to get free publicity. >> the image there is, i didn't realize it was a kettle when i first saw it. >> charlie sheen changing his name and a big night still to come for tom hanks. >> tom hank has been named a presenter at the tony awards. he can make two appearances on the stage, hanks is nominated for his role in the play "lucky guy". we caught up with his wife, rita wilson. >> i'm so proud. it's pretty great. you know? it was a wonderful surprise that came on our 25th wedding anniversary. john's former two and a half men co-star charlie sheen is dropping his stage name for his birthday name. the film is out in september. remember 90 s hanson song mmba? the group are launching a new beer called mm. hop. and for more sleblt news follow us on twilter and check out otrc.com. >> still head on abc 7 news at 4:00 a first in france. plus... a 12-year-old enters a plea to charges he murdered hi

it resembles a certain--how do you say a certain hitler and it's adolf. >> yes, i think we have a photot. it is just a tea kettle. when you look at it, there is definitely a resemblance. the commenters on red "it" reiched them over the called over it. one bad joke the hitler looks like a kettle. nelson biggs quick stalin and by one now. and then someone else wrote these are confusing, which is are the fascist. >> michael: i should add this tea kettle has sold out. >> the best $40 you have spent. >> michael: you cannot get one of them. >> i wonder if the designer was let me look at this again. and then thought, oh my gosh, what does this mean? this same designer, i think we have a photo of this, designed a toaster that looks a little like-- >> michael: i don't see that. >> i don't see it looking like mau. >> michael: to me it looks like a toaster. >> it has a theme song, do you want to hear that? >> michael: sure, i would love to hear the theme son. >> i'm a tea pot i'm short and stout. here is my handle. >> michael: i wish we didn't have two more minutes of show to do because i would te

you can see that he is writing to adolf hitler.d of events seem to have reverted to the threat of arms. if such threats continue, it seems inevitable that much of the world must become involve in common ruin. all the world, victor nations, vanquished nation, and neutral nations will suffer. i refuse to believe that the world is, of necessity, such a prisoner of destiny. what he then did was propose to adolf hitler that he allow f.d.r. to facilitate discussions with over 30 threatened nations. and he asked hitler to promise not to invade those 30 nations. and of course, hitler in a famous speech then ridiculed roosevelt for such a proposal. what other documents do you want to show us? >> another document that's important is the extraordinary letter that albert einstein sent to f.d.r. in august of 1939. because of the outbreak of the war, though, the letter wasn't delivered until october. but what the letter did was warn franklin roosevelt of the danger of uranium-based weapons. it reads some recent work by enry question leads me to

as you can see on the second page of the letter, roosevelt is writing to adolf hitler.inevitable that much of the world must become involved in common ruin. roosevelt then proposed to adolf hitler that he allowed fdr to facilitate discussions with over 30 threatened nations. and he asked heather not to promise not to invade those nations. famous speech,hitler then ridiculed roosevelt for such a proposal. >> what other documents do you want to show us? >> one of the most important document in our collection is the extraordinary letter that albert einstein sent to fdr in august of 1939. because of the outbreak of the war, the letter was not delivered until october. it warned franklin roosevelt of the danger. i want to read a couple of sentences. some recent work leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. certain aspects of the situation which has arisen it seemed to call for watchfulness. he goes on to describe the possibilities of a massive weapon of destructive power. it then resulted in t

did these amazing portrait of adolf hitler and every time hitler one came out, hitler would hit the roof and have a fit. let me read what happened. and low's explanation as to why. in 1928, chris coauthored an article in the british journal of medical psychologist they observed the portrait task force to record the character, the essence of a man in a heroic sense. the caricature had an opposing goal. he didn't seek the present form, but the perfect deformity to penetrate through the outward appearance and the inner being and the ugliness and -- let me find lo's comment. what he basically said is that dictators, the reason that hitler got so upset by these drawings was that dictators don't mind being portrayed as bloody monsters who are putting down everybody and and showing hoe powerful they are. what object to is that the -- they are. aerohoo is but one example of famous cartoon as you can see it. so it's a -- a second theory. the third perspective on the thing is the what i think of a a neuroscience theory. this one is looks at the cartoon as the stimulus in the brain as the response.

the trial of adolf eichmann, everybody wanted just to kill him. but the fact that victims had the right to come in and confront him and he was ultimately found guilty and hanged, did they get their vengeance? yes. but was it done in a justifiable way through a reel system that worked -- legal system that worked? yes. you get your rocks off by going out and shooting someone who tried to hurt a member of your family. but then what have you accomplished, and what are you saying to your children and to their children which are all going to become like just vigilantes? because that's what it is. >> so are you saying that what we did with osama bin laden was wrong? >> no. >> he should have been brought back to do, to serve trial just like adolf eichmann? >> no. >> why is that not getting our rocks off? >> i'll tell you one premise that you cannot dismiss. we have no idea what happened in that room. you have a navy seal in the space of three seconds in enemier the tore making a decision whether it's reaching for a weapon and someone shoots him in the hea

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. >> i don't believe that obama bin laden and his group are worse are dangerous like adolf hitler.im by following the rule of law. they were uniforms and they fought us on the battlefield. these people are fundamentally by design different. >> i don't believe that for a minute. >> you want to do have this whole thing about enemy combatant. the defense secretary, donald rumsfeld, decided no geneva convention. >> even though they did not qualify because they did not wear a uniform. it is the law, it ought to be dealt with. >> is a violation of international law. for speeding is also a violation of international medical ethics. >> we know that. in the short term, if you oppose for speeding and we are not closing at next week and they could die of starvation, what do you think is the solution? >> this solution in many instances is a way to get rid of these people. you have to leave them here, try them proper courts. the problem is also that it was set up so you could enhance the interrogation of people and a lot of that you can't use in court. there are those who have been accused to h

some people think that the michael graves bells and whistles teapot looks like adolf hitler.ng to see the resemblance. jcpenney tweeted that it certainly was not intentional. we would have gone with something cute, think puppy dog, not dictator. all the talk made the tea pot a hot seller. as of last night it was on back order online. >> people wanted to get their hands on the hitler tea pot? >> maybe they just thought it's a cute teapot. now jcpenney has taken it off its website. is it a stretch? >> i had to squint. i saw it after awhile. >> also, tip jars. not that tip jars. starbucks over those cups at the counter. who gets the money that goes into the tip jars. right now starbucks baristas and ship supervisors split the tips but assistant managers want in on the action. it will come down to how new york interprets labor laws. managers say they spend most of their time serving customers and they deserve the tips, too. baristas say they have a salaried job and don't need the tips. there are 250,000 hospitality workers. >> right here. we will share. i'll share with you. >> up

and different from the image theory, this is the artist david low, did these amazing portraits of adolf hitler and every time one came out, hitler would hit the roof and have a fit. and the explanation as to why. in 1928, an article in the british journal of medical psychology in which they observed a portrait painter's task was to record the character, the essence of a man in the heroic sense. the characters had an opposing goal, he did not seek the perfect form but the perfect deformity to penetrate the out reappearance to the inner being and its ugliness. let me find low's comment. was loath said it is dictators, the reason hitler got so upset by these drawings was dictators don't mind being portrayed as bloody monsters who are putting down everybody and enjoying how powerful they are. what they object to is being portrayed as the asses that they are and here is one example. the famous cartoon, up rendezvous and you can see it. the third perspective on this thing is what i think of as a neuroscience theory. this one looks at the cartoon as the stimulus and the brain as the response a

this is the artist david low who did the amazing portraits of adolf hitler and every time one came out, hitler would hit the roof and have an effect -- have a fit and his explanation for why. in 1928 he found the generous article in the british journal of medical psychology in which they had observed the task was to record the character, the essence of a man in the heroic sense. the characters had an opposing goal he didn't seek the perfect forum, but the perfect deformity to penetrate to the outer court appearance for the inner being and its ugliness. what we find the comment. what he basically said is that dictators, the reason hitler got so upset by these drawings is that the dictators don't mind being portrayed as bloody monster who are putting down everybody and showing how powerful they are. what they really object to is being portrayed as they are. but here is one example, the famous cartoon rendezvous as you can see it. so it's a second theory. the second is what i think of as a neuroscience theory and this looks at the cartoon as the stimulus and the brain response and this on