this man is spread blackwell. -- fred blackwell. he served as the executive director of the redevelopment agency. for a moment, i would like to divorce yourself of whatever feelings you have for the agency and the history the agency has had for san francisco, but understand that it was had by a great man and a man we have come to honor today. this is mr. fred blackwell, ladies and gentlemen. i think relentless capacity to achieve greatness is a very profound and fitting phrase to describe my friend. those of you that know the history of san francisco know that the redevelopment agency has an interesting and sordid past, one of which that has disrupted many communities, particularly the african- american community. and just for a moment, i want to acknowledge the man, not the agency, but a man that has tried to reinvent and recommit and bring to life the true spirit, that of which the redevelopment agency was created for. fred blackwell has played an integral role in the into -- implementation of a number of development projects, man

blackwell, i've had you on many times. i'm going to give you much time today to make your case. a person, a fertilized human egg, before it attaches to the uterine wall. what would protecting that person mean in terms of the use of an iud or a morning after pill, so-called, that would prevent it from attaching to a uterine wall? what would it do to that person, as you call it? it's very important for me to get the answer to that question, because that would mean that would apply to what some people say are legal rights for them, potential mothers. >> chris, chris, here is what we know. technology as well as public opinion has made it crystal clear that what we have at the moment of conception is a small human being. it is not a glob of tissue. it is not something that can be easily dismissed, defined, and discarded. it is a human being. what we are pushing for, across the country, in ohio, in mississippi, is legislation that recognizes the human nature of that fertilized egg. the questions that you raise, in league with questions that have been raised about fertilization, you kn

fred blackwell. sir, thank you. without the head of the redevelopment agency, without the leadership of our redevelopment commissioners, this city would be in probably a perilous state. would you agree? we need every single leader we have and i look forward to cultivating new talent to come back and continue to serve san francisco because that is exactly why we're here. i started my public service journey when i was 8 years old. 8 years old, i met the then dine feinstein who was mayor and she took the moment to talk about the importance of public service and it was in a brief two-minute exchange that she planted a seed in me that has come to bear fruit which is why i'm here today. ever since i was in the third grade, i've been walking down this path of public service. so to my future senators and business men and women and doctors and entrepreneurs and engineers and architects, i welcome you to the table, to the -- what is it, the hundred million club? the one million dollar? i've increased the vision. 100 million s

. >> ken, blackwell, is herman cain a racist? >> i don't think that herman cain is a racist. i don't think that harry belafonte is a racist because he says herman cain is a bad apple. i think race is being used in this instance all around the table to repress differences of opinion. when race issues to repress dissent, it is wrong on all sides of the table. look, herman cain as a republican, heetds conservative. he believes he has a prescription for growing the economy, creating jobs and providing opportunity for all americans, inclusive of black americans. >> when it comes to -- >> i think the name -- john, john, i think name calling has gone too far. >> you are saying name calling has gone too far. we have known each other a long time and your involvement in ohio politics including being the secretary of state. you are among the african-american republicans trying to build support in the african-americanommunity. is the language helpful to that effort to have more blacks join the republican party or hurtful? >> i think mr. cain's prescription for growing the economy is help

cornell belcher, as well, and ken blackwell, indoors.let me be a former black well campaigner. >> that's good. >> i proud -- >> that works. let's start -- look, it's -- i think we can all agree, rick perry has had a tough few weeks, so they're trying to have a perry 2.0, and they think the way to start is to reintroduce ourselves to the people to iowa. here is a snippet from his campaign ad. >> if you're looking for a slick politician or a guy with great teleprompter skills, we already that and he's destroying our economy. i'm a doer, not a talker. in texas, we created 48% of the jobs in the entire country since june of 2009. >> let's drop it out there. we gave governor perry 20 seconds of a free ad. ken blackwell, that's a talkative, casual, relaxed guy, not the guy people have seen at the debates. he's got a tough hill to climb. statewide polling in iowa, down, three or fourth place. he's in single digits. are you convinced -- you've now endoorsed rick perry. you convinced 2.0 is ready to take off? >> he can do it. look, this is about

thank you, ken blackwell. i heard your point of view, and i gave you mine. >> we're going to be joined by michelle goldberg. she's written about the mississippi measure. michelle, tell me about the purposes of this amendment in the mississippi constitution. is it to simply, in effect, outlaw a woman's right to have an abortion? >> well, it's absolutely meant to ban abortion, all abortion. even in cases of rape or incent, in cases where a woman's life is threatened. i think it's significant that mr. blackwell wouldn't say that things like an iud or the morning-after pill or the ivf wouldn't be allowed under this measure, because it wouldn't. once you say that a fertilized egg is a human being, like you or me, you change -- i mean, you're not just kind of changing -- you're not just changing the law in the way it affects abortion, you are radically changing the definition of pregnancy, which now the medical definition of pregnancy is when a fertilized egg implants in the uterine wall, and you are going -- it's g

it doesn't help the discussion. >> ken blackwell, what about the subset of evangelicals? how will it play out? >> i think in the final analysis, look, when you talk about the important issues of marriage and life, we sort of look at catholics, mormons, evangelicals as cobelligerents, which means they have a public agenda around which they can rally, even if their theologies don't perfectly match one another. anybody that tries to divide along religious lines within the conservative movement is going to be in trouble. anyone who tries to play the victim, whether they are mormon or baptist or catholic will find that that just won't go that far. >> appreciate it. thank you a programming note, you can see all of the republican candidates on tuesday night when anderson hosts the debate in las vegas. 8 p.m. here here on cnn. >>> up next, another keeping them honest report. president obama touting his jobs plan, slamming republicans for not having their own blueprint for restarting the economy and the second man convicted of murder of a mother and two young daughters in a horrif

i'm joined by ken blackwell, former u.s. ambassador to the human rights commission and member of the u.s. council on foreign relations. and professor dyson, a sociology professor. ken, as a former ambassador, let me start with you. it would be difficult to overstate the significance of this, wouldn't it, and the brutality that has been going on in libya for the past four decades. >> absolutely. in this situation, we have a dictator that has repressed his own people, been an aider and abettor of international terrorism taken out, if the reports are confirmed. this would be a blow to international terrorism as we move forward. fortunately for us, we have been on the right side of the libyan rebels. even when we've had our doubts about their authenticity, the reality is that they have pursued and prosecuted an effort that will hopefully have gadhafi no longer around to pursue international terrorism. >> and this is another in it a long line of international security victories for the president. we could go on and on. there's th

he, in fact, needs to advance his program and say this is what i'm about. >> boyce watkins, ken blackwell. >>> the president demanded a vote on his jobs bill. tonight he's getting it, but it's not turning out the way he hoped. >>> also in his own words, jurors in the michael jackson death trial hear dr. conrad murray's version of just what happened the day jackson died. >>> and kids tell us what it's like to be bullied and the toll it takes long after the bullying stops. >> it starts to build up and bad things start to happen, whether you start cutting yourself, kill yourself, develop an eating disorder. it becomes obsessive. >>> more raw politics tonight. just one week ago he took himself out of the running for the republican presidential nomination, today chris christie handed his endorsement to mitt romney. the tough talking new jersey governor said romney's work made him the right choice for president. meanwhile, romney is doing a little tough talking of his own calling on fellow candidate rick perry to speak out about an attack on his faith by the reverend robert jeffres. he called t

fred blackwell, jenn, ken, john ram. the planning department has been doing all of the planning with the different agencies, the different challenges that are here. there are a lot of challenges that have been presented by this complex, futuristic, a beautifully designed building. there is just going to be such a transformation of the whole downtown and community because of this project. but it is also because of a transit center to replace what was here was the center, and their times, a transportation hub for the bay area when the old terminal was here. and so, in the vision of our city, and when maria took this up, she knew, because she had worked for a number of different mayors throughout the process, envisioning what this would mean to the future of our city, that we do need a brand new transit center that is not only modern, not only has all the amenities that you heard, whether it is housing, office, so forth. that it represents the future of our city. because at the center of it, the box for the high-speed rail.

daniel blackwell also testified. he is the former boyfriend of carla borders daughter megan. he said that she kept asking him to kill her husband, saying how much would it take, just for you to kill him? witten thousand dollars do it? he took it as a joke. another witness said carla porter asked him if he could get someone to handle some business about knocking re off. he said he would check around. the jury also heard from meaghan porter. she testified her mother was being abused by her father, but pleaded the fifth amendment when asked if she conspired with her mother to have her father killed. her attorney would not comment as he and his clients left the courthouse. >> we are just not going to make any statements at this time. >> tomorrow the defense plans to call one of the other co- defendants, carla porter's sister. she has already been convicted of first-degree murder for her involvement. barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police in baltimore city have a murder mystery on their hands after a woman is found beaten to death in her east baltimore home. 43-year-old sherry mo

this is how robert blackwell made his money. he now has a management consultant business as well.art of the rich black said he says there have to be a growth of black businesses. >> neither government nor corporations have a very good track record of doing business with blacks. therefore, there is nowhere for these people to go who come off the public sector employment. >> a friend of the president, and he says less red tape would help. he does not think an appointment is obama's fault. wouldin the community blame the hometown hero for their plight. the economy is almost seen as a force of nature. black unemployment is getting worse. >> prince harry has arrived in california for the final stage of his training as a helicopter pilot. she will undergo an 8 wheat program aimed at replicating the harsh terrain. the prince says he is creating a stir among the locals. >> hardly the setting for a royal visit. this small town is a california -- will be home to prince harry for the next few months. the apache helicopters he will be flying have already arrived. the conditions are perfect to

now you have blackwells that left and gone back to oakland. they came before you and lied. you have not listened to those of us from the community. thank you. >> today when i first entered city hall, i went to the clerk of the board and inspected the package regarding this hearing. nothing. just a one-page thing with no material in it. right from the beginning of this hearing there has been a way to deceive the public. having said that, you heard the navy's presentation, but let me point out a few things. depleted uranium. radiated animals were brought and buried all over hunters point. radials, i worked for the army. if you read the final assessment report there are over 140 radiological elements in this area. stop lying to us. in the year 2000 there was a fire that lasted for two months. just a little methane gas the woman was talking about. the barrier broke in the year 2004 entering the jurisdiction where you -- ucsf has their labs on the shipyard. now you hear that the land can be transferred, the state park can be used for development, this land can be used for a park

>> currently, fred blackwell, executive director of the redevelopment agency, myself, nadia, brian from the capital planning program, and jennifer from the office of workforce development. supervisor chu: thank you. are there any members of the public who wish to speak on number 12? >> hello peter i am executive operating director at sfjazz. i want to respond to the comments regarding the outreach to the western addition, fillmore, and the jazz heritage area. we have been listening to and have been taking action on the request to reach out further and more closely to those areas. we held a community organization roundtable in may of this year. we invited members of community organizations in to talk about what they might want and what they might seek from the sfjazz and to see how we could benefit in partnerships. representation that that committee -- commended the session that we had, there were members of the jazz heritage center there in the jazz heritage district. and they all thank us for having that open forum, because they felt it was a good step to building the bridges across al

blackwell. president chiu: the second commendation will be provided by supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: this was well reported on -- approximately 4:00 p.m., the corner of eighth and fillmore. in fact, we were engaged in closed session. we got a number of calls as many of us do. i simply jetted right over there, and it contained a three ilan that moved to a for alarm that is a bit of a rarity, considering the fact that we lost to fire fighters earlier this year. and red cross and the other service providers that came on site to lend assistance, i have to tell you that when its core to the story as to how we are here today, recognizing three particular individuals and entities. pierre megaron gustavo and the lower merchant neighbors association. this is a great example of community pulling together. in the business that he is a partner to across the street from the three-story building that burned down and displaced 24 residents was across the street. he heard a loud bang. it went to the building itself. gustavo was a painter who happens to have a key and both of th

fred blackwell and malia cohen and so many other wonderful people who have really been leading this effort to revitalize the whole of bayview hunters point and third street but i know fred's heart has been in this from day one. i've watched him. i've worked with him. and i know that he's gone through every emotion in life to bring revitalization and hope in this neighborhood and now on the eve of his so many successes going on and we shared some tears with him a few weeks ago when we announced the alice griffin from neighborhood choice program. we knew that that, along with college track, and his droction droction -- direction in getting this building and his leadership not only in redevelopment -- work with our school district, working with city college, working with san francisco state university, working with the private sector. he's crowning so many things before he leaves to be the deputy city administrator in oakland. i want to thank you, fred, for all your wonderful leadership and your commitment here. [applause] i know that college is going to be a reflection of everyone's success

we have the chairman bill blackwell, toni, john, frank, r.j., ron, kevin, kevin, raul. you for guiding this program and for all of your input into the new school. i would also like to recognize pete, the local 38 trust administrator for his hard work with the loan and during the process. [applause] i want to thank our trust fund lawyers involved in making sure everything was legal and on the up and up. thank you. [applause] i also want to thank larry and bob nibby. the building looks great. you did use union subcontractors. we appreciate that. steve also acknowledged those who did the mechanical on this job. bob and

we have the chairman bill blackwell, toni, john, frank, r.j., ron, kevin, kevin, raul. you for guiding this program and for all of your input into the new school. i would also like to recognize pete, the local 38 trust administrator for his hard work with the loan and during the process. [applause] i want to thank our trust fund lawyers involved in making sure everything was legal and on the up and up. thank you. [applause] i also want to thank larry and bob nibby. the building looks great. you did use union subcontractors. we appreciate that. steve also acknowledged those who did the mechanical on this job. bob and fred, thank you. you did an outstanding job. kenny is here, too. steve also mention this, but the engineering company that installed the fire protection system that we hope never gets used. steve also mentioned the architect. anthony and michelle worked closely with local 38 and nibby brothers in helping us to obtain all of our permits. thank you very much. other friends of local 38 who came today. from district 8, supervisors got weiner -- scott wiener. fio

this is how robert blackwell made his money with a business, putting on ping-pong tournaments. you now has a management consulting firm as well. part of chicago's black set, he says there has to be a growth of black businesses. this is not exactly the right time. >> neither government nor large corporations have a very good track record, frankly, of doing business with blacks, therefore, there's nowhere for these people to go who come off, frankly, the public sector employment rolls. >> although a friend of the president's, he says more free enterprise, less red tape would help, but he doesn't think unemployment is obama's fault. >> he's not god or the emperor, he's the president. >> few in the city's african-american community would blame the hometown hero for their plight. the economy is almost seen as a force of nature. but under a black president, black unemployment is getting worse. bbc news, chicago. >> well, for more on how the jobs picture is impacting the overall economy, i spoke to michelle fleury in new york just a short time ago. michelle, thanks for joining us. how