tribute to cole porter took the world by storm and he regularly sells out at such classical venues as byrd land in new york. his parents chose the rosslyn district to raise their family. he is a proud alumnus of washington high school. he was named the youth mayor when george christopher was the mayor. he spent the day as the mayor of san francisco. i will say also that he is also -- we all love "i left my heart in san francisco." it is an honor to be in your presence as well as all the other leaders. mr. griffin? >> thank you very much, supervisor mar. i am deeply humbled by this honor. i received this also on the behalf of my parents who came here in 1944 at the behest of roy wilkins. they were playing 37% to -- paying teachers much lower. my father approached a man said that serve this out and tried under the 14th amendment. my parents were barred from teaching for life from ford that. thanksgiving day, 1944, my father came out here and establish the west coast region of the naacp based in san francisco and i was fortunate enough to grow up here. i quickly learned there is no one rich in ric

already scared to go voting their employer told them that should he see a stamp in the past byrd and the party in the land which referendum then he would immediately fire down. the russian speaking minority and a lot of is estimated at three hundred thousand people out of the population of almost two and a quarter million another three hundred twenty thousand ethnic russians are classed as non-citizens and are forbidden from voting this experts say could prove to be crucial russian may become largely a second state language only if at least seven hundred fifty thousand people vote for it organizers of the referendum say realistically there will be only half of that the result will be then deemed unconstitutional but may still become a major talking point lot of years russians hope that the referendum will help brussels notice their distress call and have a hard talk with the vote takes place on february eighteenth with a final official results a few days later. r.t. reporting from in law. now that some other international headlines in brief for you greek party leaders will gather again today talks about o