even the chaplin called him a good-natured farmer with a good sense of humor.and he had been surprised that hermann goering knew quite a bit about the bible. of all the dmn, he impressed us the most, and with his brain he could've accomplished a lot. he had been fascinated with a small, and he often discuss the game with o'connor during his visits. he wanted to know about the dodgers and how baseball does the business. is there money in a? you ask. o'connor told them that the dodgers general manager me $90,000 per year. maybe i should've gone into that business, he had said. and so was mid-october and the st. louis cardinals were battling the boston red sox. though he was from upstate new york, o'connor had taken boston and a 10-dollar bet with gerecke. and in between visiting the prisoners in their cells a day, the chaplains adhered on the prison floor to get the score. so the only way that they had of receiving updates after each happening was through a phone call from an american officer outside the prison walls. and around 7:30 p.m., gerecke returned to the

and i have been with them for now 12 years, and i have been chaplin for three and my conquest is to find the housing for the seniors most of our group and the brothers are i would say 70 percent of them are lgbseniors, you know, and we have been there, for 17 years. and now, housing is becoming a great problem, especially in san francisco. and the rent is not affordable for most of us. so i would recommend that and i commend you on open house. and i really hope that it takes off and in the right direction, because we have been working in this community for 17 years and we have not seen any kind of opening as far as housing for us. and i spend the day on behalf of all of my 62 brothers that go hope house, thank you supervisors. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for your work. seeing no other member of the public, the public comment is closed. i see at least two department heads and i just want to give them an opportunity to say a few words and i see hinton of the dos and i see teresa sparks as well from the human rights commission. so i want to give them an opportunity to add anything

. >> the thing with the chaplin, it's an outside person coming in the unit.we want the outside people to come in here and talk to them. it helps keep the violence down. >> serving 26 years for robbery, ernie johnson landed in ad seg for assaulting an officer. >> have you taken a look at that book yet? i don't want it back unless you're finished with it. >> i've read about half way. >> is it okay? >> yeah. i've been in a couple fights. generally influent person and i don't get along well with others. they don't like my religion. they discriminate against me because of that. >> johnson practices an obscure religion called asatru. >> it's a european -- before we were christians, we were asatru. basically a medieval religion. classical. >> prison officials maintain religions like asatru are really covers for white supremacist gangs. >> it's a problem. because you can't violate their religion freedom. >> take it easy, huh? >> for father mcnally, the choice or legitimacy of an inmate's religion is a secondary concern. >> heal in vain first. deal with them as they a

. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, chaplin brainerd. >> let judge doing together in prayer.gether in prayer. almighty god, we ask that your prayers and it's -- that your presence be upon us this day on which we come together. it is here on this hollowed ground to honor those brave men and women who gave all they had with the service of our nation and for our freedom. never let us forget the sacrifice and their willingness to serve. we know they did not ask to become heroes. they simply asks for current age to do their duty, to never leave their friends, their brothers and sisters, those who stood watch with them. we continue to command your holy spirit, these brave warriors, who died for our country and war. we recognize their gifted to us is peace and liberty. the kind of liberty that endorsed their long struggles, that tries our nation's soul. is found fromthat the blood of these our heroes. rate men and women who answered the call saying "send it mean." brave men and women who will never be seen again in this life. let us now celebrate this forrty and may give comfort tho

tianamen square, coming to the united states, and after two years serving in our military and now chaplinwhat an amazing story. i would like to better understand. you are very much involved in the underground church of which i have been a part of for many years. i would like to understand the andment towards democracy, the freedom of religion. what america can do to better encourage that. extensively, out met with some of the chinese leadership here. i even had a dinner last night. , america hasmuch her own problems, so i don't want to come in the spirit of being condescending. said it well. we have our own evil to deal with. the church has grown exponentially in china. oppression.us it hasn't decreased from what i have observed. i would like to know further what we as americans can do to help those fellow believers in china. >> thank you. >> just so we don't miss the boat. -- the vote. major, you said in your wasents, your disclaimer the views you are about to express for your own enough united states army. is, how in the world did we get those views to be expressed by the united states

please welcome chaplin yang. [applause] >> let us pray. mighty and everlasting god, make heaven and earth, we thank you for the opportunity to gather together in defense that history. we thank you for the men and women who defend our nation and for those who has made ultimate sacrifice on our nation that we have. we pray also for all who work for the cause of freedom and democracy in all the nations of the world. and we remember and honor those who lost their lives 25 years ago at tiananmen square massacre. we pray that while you are great, those who died and continue to live on in our memory, and if, continue to working toward a world that upholds the freedom for all people. may the lord our god bless those who are here today. may he bless all of us political and military leaders, who have the courage. may god, our great nation in your holy name we pray, amen. now, let us hold one minute silence for remembrance of those who died in tiananmen square massacre in 1989. [silence] >> thank you. thank you all. >> speaker boehner, thank you for

reverend charlie martin is going to be our visiting chaplin tomorrow and i asked limb a few minutes ago if he'd like to sit in a little bit on the rules committee meeting. he said he would. i also have javier sosa, who is one of chairman layton's constituents. a graduate of yale university who's been doing an internship program with me. this is not his first time, but he said, can i stay too. he's a glutton for punishment but i'm delighted to have pastor martin here. he lives way out in the country. i mean, far out in the country. i'm delighted he's here, he's an astute person that cares a great deal about our country and what's happening, i'm delighted he's spending some time with us here in the capital. i have no questions of our colleagues and i yield back. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i want to add my welcome to the guests and i -- in a strange twist of irony. a young woman was sentenced to prison for a purchase of guns that she made. highpowered watches that she gave her soul, more like it i suspect gave to a gentleman who spent a lifetime for killing his grandmother. he killed his

there's a buster keaton moment in the movie, charlie chaplin moment in the movie, but there's an incredible. he was dancing on the walls of the room, and that was one of the coolest scene. there's an homage in the new "spider man" film. check it out. >> i love the fred astair moment in the film. how did they shoot that? it could have been done so many ways. explain it. do they build a set? >> spider-man, every surface is a floor. so i wanted to go up the wall on the ceiling and lay back, and they were like, how do we do they built a rotating room. it was like a spider-man ride. it was so much fun, just trapsing around the room. >> how do pieces of the room not move? >> they staple down everything, everything is really secure, like bolted to each surface. so there's no flapping of paper or anything. >> that's kind of like what they do with my hair and the hairspray. spray it so it will never move. is this worth the money? >> i give it 3.5 out of 5. solid but not great. clayton, i don't know if you agree with me. they had cool action, 3d worked. don't waste your money on the i max. there are