i would like to welcome the treasurer of the board of birinyi san francisco and attorney and consultant. [applause] >> good afternoon. i am here to present --the person who will be receiving the award this year. this is the first award. they have to go back to work. [laughter] we have heard that before. when we think about who the right person is to be, and who is deserving of such an honor, we are not looking for a man who is in high political office or the ceo of a major company. instead, we are looking for someone who has demonstrated over time that he is committed to equal rights and opportunities for women and minorities. someone who was talked the talk and walk the walk. i know we have a number of gas from other countries. -- guests from other countries. we are talking about a fight for access to education, jobs, and economic opportunities, as well as the political arena. when i first became active in this community, i have come to learn that we must have a place at the table. i feel like this should be the theme this year. we are talking about the corporate world, the boardroom,

getting to the bottom of this, instead of not having your national security briefing and going to lazlo birinyi fund-raiser. -- las vegas. megyn: hear is the confusing part for the american people. romney shut first and u.s. embassy in cairo. for. obama criticized as well. they say he shoots first and aims later. but that sunday after the attacks, they sent susan rise on to the talk shows to say, this is what really happened. and now, even they admit what she said was totally wrong, completely wrong. had nothing to do with a protest. there wasn't even a protest going on. how could they politically, about shooting first and aiming later when they didn't have to offer any explanation. under explanation, american people, give us time. we'll get to it. >> that's where they were going now. because they were caught with misstatements, megyn, the answer from the secretary of state, the white house, david axelrod, we're studying, we're investigating, the fbi is looking at it and we want to make sure it doesn't happen again. that translates, 25 days, get through until the election. >> let me say this, i