this this school has taken us to a different level if you ask me in principle i'm not here to i it's not my function to start to tear down what's been built for the last thirty forty years if you ask me a principal i prefer a certain specific standard for american public education but this school takes us to a different level you ask me to assume the innocence of a situation that's not innocence come out of the get real get reader with the word in coloreds was raised i just want to say that that that can't go on challenge no one here will accept that word is applied to us we are in favor of the teaching of the arabic language we are in favor of teaching arabic culture we are not in favor of teaching it and insulated situation where the public really has very limited access you know i'm. writing a book and that's a differently work were done for dummies with nothing the threat today does not come from joost and from catholics and protestants the threat in the world today comes mostly from muslims they don't separate politics and culture in their societies that's not true christians no

she asked me to say we did it. congratulations. thank you, louise. louise had been talking to the speaker for how many years before she was speaker? it is an exciting day. she asked me to share a few words with you. dear friends, this is indeed a historic day. the commemorate the opening of the new laguna honda hospital and rehabilitation center, which is the most modern, green, and technologically sophisticated hospital of its kind in the united states. thank you to dianne feinstein, who made it a priority, and to the city attorney who championed and continues to champion this project. many thanks are owed two majors -- to mayors jordan, brown, and newsom, and thank you to mr. elsbernd. we should all acknowledge the leadership of the late john neely and the chief nursing officer who moved the hospital into the 20th century. thank you to the staff of laguna honda hospital who are creating a new care model of community and patient involvement. the hospital has long been recognized as a center of excellence. the new facility further advances recommenda

reporter asked me for the root word the word intifada and my response to him. if you look it up in the arabic dictionary and it is shaking and i went on to explain to him that this word has evolved and has different meanings for different people based on the palestinian israeli conflict for thousands of people have been killed. i answered one other question for him about the school and at that point he said ok well thank you. there was someone from the press office of the department of education on the phone after we hung she called me back and said to me i think oh well well you know you did a good job i think you did well. you know we'll see how it comes out tomorrow. why would this principal defend t. shirts celebrating a palestinian uprising that is seeing suicide bombers killing hundreds and hundreds of innocent jews they included a part of my quote where i defined the intifada to make it sound as if my ultimate goal in that article was to defend the t. shirt and that was not my intention. you know but very. cool and you don't. vote for clothing to take fo

i had someone asked me why we honor our veterans. one of the dumbest question is i have ever heard. i was offended when i heard it. i'm still offended. you wonder why native people honor our veterans. because my elders said so. before r.e.m. men, our young women go off to serve in the military, back home, we have ceremony to protect them, to make share -- make sure that they return home safe to their family, to be a round their friends, to be able to sing and dance when they come back. we did the same period this arena represents a place of healing. they leave with their culture, their traditions, their language. they learn about these things. they meet new people. it expands their horizons. it also gives them the opportunity to pursue higher education, go out and find a job with veterans preference. so why do we honor our veterans? because we are told to. that is the way it was done before my great, great grandfather, my great grandfather, my grandfather, my dad, and now me. if you still do not understand it, see me after. i will be in the parking lot. hey, i'm kidding. [laughter]

>> reporte >> reporter: therapists asked me to pronounce the letters of the alphabet. it took me almost ten minutes. i had to remember the names of scissors and hammers. what is this one called? >> an h. >> reporter: yeah, hammer. hammer. she will probably need extensive language therapy. abc news contacted 50 brain rehab specialists for insight into new high tech therapies that might help giffords. for example, music therapy can be used to improve something called neuro-plasticity, the brain's ability to rewire around injured areas. the sounds are first processed by the right frontal lobe and then tempo, lyrics and harmony all engage other areas of the brain, which can jump-start communication and speech. despite her quick progress so far, it is important for giffords and her family to understand recovery from a brain injury is measured in years, not days. am i lucky? look at this. though our injuries may be different, one thing is the same. the support of love of family is paramount in recovery. although it is very difficult right now to predict how fast she will reco

i have been approached by colleagues in the industry asking me not to leave the city and start a business in another city because the city needs people like me, and those of us who have built san francisco cocktail. >> as to professionalize the industry, this is professionalizing what used to be in a profession that was for people who did not do other things. it was not a professionalized industry. it is now. i believe that bars, to attract good talent, have to offer competitive wages and benefits, working conditions. we have to do that. fortunately, with the new health care law and the small business tax credit for health insurance, that will help us going forward, offering good benefits, and respect the intent of the law, which is to provide health care for all working americans. >> i agree with brian's comment -- with commissioner o'brien's comment. but i think one of the things that would really be beneficial to the industry is engaging the owners and general managers in a conversation that make them aware of those kinds of credits and those kinds of programs. because people -- now i

you ask me about his reed pipe. the wind must play it for him. you ask me about his sweet songs. the wind must sing them for him. satur, the mother of dimusi, weeps for his song. once my boy wandered so freelly on the steppe, now he is captured. once dimusi wandered so freely on the steppe, now he is bound. the ewe gives up her lamb, the goat gives up her kid. my heart plays the reed pipe of mourning. in a place where he once said my mother will ask for me, now he cannot move his hands, now he cannot move his feet. i would see my child. the mother walked to the desolate place. she looked at the slain wild bull. she looked into its face. she said, my child, the face is yours. the spirit has fled. there is mourning in the house. there is grief in the inner chambers. the sister wandered about the city, weeping for her brother. gestanana wandered about the city, weeping for dimusi. oh, my brother, who is your sister? i am your sister. oh, dimusi, who is your mother? i am your mother. the day that dawns for you will also dawn for me. the day that you will see, i will also see. i would

last year the bastard company asked me to organize the -- wilkes-bashford company asked me to make history on silver. i got the kneedenise hale whoser got an enormous trophy in the district. those of you that know her know that she does not allow her silver out of the house without a grilling the recipient on what you know about silver, what you know about the earthquake, but you know about my mother-in-law, but you know about the fire department. we know -- we not only had that silver, but the lucky baldwin silver said. -- set. we had an enormous amount of interest in the fine craftsmanship of san francisco silver before the 1920's. we are coming up on two significant anniversaries. the 75th was the golden gate international composition, the counterpart to the world's fair, and the of international exposition of 2015. i have started to prepare festivals to celebrate these two terribly important activities. i have shared my passion with the history -- passion for history with the city, the county, museums, historical societies. that interest and passion is reflected in my continuing direct

when people ask me, and they ask me all the time, how do you get to coit tower, i say you walk. that's the best way to experience the gradual elevation coming up above the hustle and bustle of the city and finding this sort of oasis, if you will, at the top of the hill. when i walk through this park, i look at these brick walls and this lawn, i look at the railings around the murals. i look at the restoration and i think, yeah, i had something to do with that. learning the lessons, thank you, landmarks meet landmarks. the current situation at pioneer park and coit tower is really based in public and private partnership. it was the citizens who came together to buy the land to keep it from being developed. it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. please tell me somebody didn't just drop th there? ...it's like a foot away from the trash can. man, i'm like this close to throwing it away myself. i don't blame you

i have just spoken with the owner, and he's asked me to say to you that we have a very lrage -- large group of people in the room that want to talk on this project. in the overflow room, we have another 50 people that would like to talk. that is because of the huge impact this will have on the environment and the macro economy of the area. he would ask me to say that we will stop the speeches at this point because we are all going to talk about supporting the project. in the huge benefit it will bring to everyone. thank you for all of the hard work you have been doing this evening. president miguel: you have two minutes each, d.r. requestors. >> i feel overpowered here.

people asked me to run for office over time but i had five teenagers. it would be out of the question. but once they were by and large gone my youngest was a senior in high school she was going into senior year in high school when i came to congress in the summer 23 years ago, i said alexandra, we love very much and it was hard as sala asked me to run for her seat she is not going to seek reelection, little did we know that she would not complete her term. but i said, any answer is fine. i love my honoring my responsibilities as a mom. and that it's more than responsibility it's my first priority of things to do in life so with all this sincerity in the world i approached her and asked her i said daddy and i talked about it and if you want me to stay here i'm thrilled. if it is okay with you then i will ru i may not win but i will run and she said mother, get a life. [laughter] and i had never heard that expression before it was mother get a life. so i did. another life. a congressional life and it's worked out great. >> you said in your book that runni

i have just spoken with the owner, and he's asked me to say to you that we have a very lrage -- large group of people in the room that want to talk on this project. in the overflow room, we have another 50 people that would like to talk. that is because of the huge impact this will have on the environment and the macro economy of the area. he would ask me to say that we will stop the speeches at this point because we are all going to talk about supporting the project. in the huge benefit it will bring to everyone. thank you for all of the hard work you have been doing this evening. president miguel: you have two minutes each, d.r. requestors. >> i feel overpowered here. let me point out that the last half-a-dozen folks, they don't live anywhere near the project. they won't be impacted by it. reviewing the project, and also review the plan and looked at numerous objectives and policies that are in there. i want to bring up the obvious one that is referred to here, to maximize development potential and keeping with neighborhood character.

i fire my weapon it's to kill me with someone asked me are you refusing to obey an order shoot she i said yes i refuse because this order goes against my principles. no one can force me to kill if i don't want to do it i don't want to be a war criminal. he was doing this if so i was reprimanded and demoted. if. one sunday i was in the government building if you wanted it and i received a phone call from the second in command we go on he said commander gen i really annoys here to say oh. that will because i told him i would be right there and immediately went to the barrel of a mean. in a moment thinking it will be when i came in the room because i saw a general in combat uniform butterwick in our glass of whiskey in one hand. and a machine gun on the other hand when you introduced myself and said general there is nothing to report in the area yes me what does that mean nothing to report on it how many political prisoners how many detainees are there. but also i insisted nothing to report in general. but commander don't you know we are at war he asked me. i couldn't help myself and i s

from my perspective, he is my best friend, and he asked me to speak for him, and i'm really honored too that. maybe not speak for him, but at least introduce him to you. i used to be a teacher, so before i gave a lecture, i always had to know what the first paragraph was that i was going to say because that told me what i wanted to accomplish, and it has been hard for me to come up with a paragraph or sentence on this one because i knew i did not have too much time, and there is so much i would like to say about this man, so what i really wanted to say to you is he is the most humble and honorable, the most honest and most comfortable man in his skin that i think i have ever known. i could tell you story after story about him to prove those words. his family is always with them, and they are just the finest family i know. his kids are really special. he leads a life that takes him lots of times from home where he has to go and help the community, and whenever it they can, the family is with him, but he has a partner who supports him, who gives him -- who understands that the life that