christopher hitchens. hot back [applause] [applause] [applause] >> tony blair with the prime minister of the united kingdom from 1997 to 2007. among its many international rules today, he is the quartet representatives in the middle east, working with the u.n., the u.s., russia and e.u. to try and secure a lasting peace in the region. after leaving politics, mr. blair converted to catholicism and he launched to tony blair face foundation, a global initiative to promote respect and understanding among the world's major religions. many of us in this room have read his recent si memoir, a journey, my political life. christopher hitchens is a author, journalist and atheist. his regular "vanity fair" column as prolific speeches and essays are essential reading for anyone and everyone can learn about global affairs. christer has a number of best-selling books, too. obviously "god is not great," how religion poisons everything. as his recently published memoir, hitch 22. christopher was recently diagnosed with a

the family says that christopher was going to start at college in just a few weeks and tonight they're preparing for his funeral on monday. jana katsuyama ktvu channel 2 news. >> a debate over a possible conflict of interest doing with gangs. it focused on the lawyers with 40 gang members. the city argues that the attorneys may ha conflict. the defense says they have fire walls to protect confidential information, a decision is expected next month. >>>police in south san francisco are looking for two armed robbery suspects to held up a bank today. a swat teem surrounded at the westborough square shopping center this morning. six employees and two cust err manslaughter were -- customers were inside at the time, and one woman said she was in that exact same bank several months ago when it was robbed by two men. hayward police say that it appears the two men arrested were not responsible for shooting a small dog. the dog named max was killed 4:25 outside the bart station south hayward. bart service was disrupted during the search. the dog's owner said max had rut of the house, and whoever

. >> reporter: candlelight vigil will not bring christopher jones back to life but today they honoreds life. lighting the night just as his family says honor had. >> it's not around anymore. and-- >> reporter: today on fresno street, friends and family stood with signs, many had placed balloons, flowers and other messages of blood in the driveway where christopher collapsed. he was shot and killed about 6:30 p.m. on new year's eve.witnesses say there were two gunmen on foot who opened fire from across police using what police are calling and witnesses. >> he never said anything else. >> reporter: chris >> reporter: christopher died a half hour hater at the hospital. >> our victim had no criminal record, he was going to school. christopher's mother says he was preparing to start with dalaney. >>> there's a $25,000 reward for information to help catch the killer. >>> a former sebasta pool couple has died after their small came crashed in. the it crashed near rogers field. the couple died at the scene. >>> the national transportation safety board is investigating the cause of the crash.

. >> reporter: candlelight vigil will not bring christopher jones back to life but today they honoredhis life. lighting the night just as his family says honor had. >> it's not around anymore. and-- >> reporter: today on fresno street, friends and family stood with signs, many had placed balloons, flowers and other messages of blood in the driveway where christopher collapsed. he was shot and killed about 6:30 p.m. on new year's eve.witnesses say there were two gunmen on foot who opened fire from across police using what police are calling and witnesses. >> he never said anything else. >> reporter: chris >> reporter: christopher died a half hour hater at the hospital. >> our victim had no criminal record, he was going to school. christopher's mother says he was preparing to start with dalaney. >>> there's a $25,000 reward for information to help catch the killer. >>> a former sebasta pool couple has died after their small came crashed in. the it crashed near rogers field. the couple died at the scene. >>> the national transportation safety board is investigating the cause of the crash

the late christopher hitchens. they probably thought i was going to sue. they said that they would withdraw. i told them to send as many as they have. it makes a wonderful small introduction to my memoir is called a prologue of premonitions. at that stage, i had no idea. >> but you went on the daily show with john stuart right around the time that you found out. >> i went on that show the day that i was diagnosed. >> did you know at the time? >> yes, i was told that morning. i was feeling very ill. i had to be taken to the hospital. i thought i was having a heart attack. they said that it was not my heart. they said that i could discharge myself if i wanted, but they recommended i stayed for observation. they said that the next stop should be the oncologist because there was probably a tumor in my esophagus but it had spread. i decided to discharge myself because i wanted to do the jon stewart show. i managed to do both of the shows. i have just had the sentence read to me. >> let's was just a little bit of the show so that people can see. when they see th

christopher tierney is expected to leave the hospital tomorrow.n exclusive interview he told dana tyler of our new york station wcbs-tv about his fall, and his future. >> reporter: it was a horrific moment for a death-defying performer. spider-man actor christopher tierney tumbled 30 feet before a stunned audience on december 20th. his safety harness was not correctly attached. he's recovering now from extensive injuries. including a skull fracture, broken ribs, and three cracked vertebrae. and described to us what went through his mind as he plunged to the floor. >> i was falling, and then i saw once i hit the darkness of the stage, i had to just turn it real quick so i wasn't going to fall on my head. the last thing i remember was just going oh, gosh. >> reporter: you say it was human error. do you blame anyone? >> the person involved, the people involved, we've already came and visit and we've seen completely like water under the bridge and forgiven and forgotten. >> reporter: i hear what you're saying. but you suffered really serious injuries.

strategy to cut down there campaigning power we're discussing with me is christopher brendan ini the executive director print only i'm sorry executive director of the alliance for worker freedom and michaela labor journalist and contributing editor for in these times gentlemen thank you both for being here what do you think is going on here i mean are unions just kind of an easy scapegoat in times of economic turmoil when americans are angry there's only it seems to be a small portion of the population that's it's a member here that could be benefiting and everyone else just gets to jump on top of them all of course any time you you know you need to have as much to do with the economic downturn as the two for you do it it's a lie it's a plain and simple life in fact the i.m.f. just came over port that said we need more units because workers in this country are not making enough money this is the first time that we've seen a rise in productivity from one nine hundred eighty to two thousand and ten we've seen a rise in productivity but not to mention wage and rising which groups and th

i would like to invite christopher of. as many know, one of the biggest tests we have is the graffiti. the city spends over $25 million in your painting over graffiti, and it is very likely -- $25 million a year painting over graffiti, and it is likely that it would be more. he has worked for nearly 10 years. he has met with hundreds of neighborhood groups, educate them on combating graffiti, establishing new programs to solve hundreds of problems. he has educated hundreds of juvenile. -- juveniles. he has worked with the department of public works, the graffiti task force, the public defender's office, and, of course, every single supervisor 's office, and he has an encyclopedia of tags. he put in a transfer years ago, and while we are very happy for him and his family, this is a very big loss for the city, as we have depended on your expertise in graffiti for years. we want to take this time to thank you for all of what you have provided, and the districts are very grateful. a person representing the san francisco police

christopher seaman a community without art is a community without heart. and this gives a center and a focus, and a sort of artistic temple almost you can call it for music lovers. it has great associations for people. so the strength of the history and the tradition are colossal. joni monroe during the day, the role of this building is one where a lot of practice goes on, teaching and learning, people in and out, arranging for the performances that are going to happen, and the weekend afternoons or the evenings. and at night, coming back this is resplendent in light and offers such delight and is transformed into a place where, "ah-ha! the performance is on, the lights are up, the people are arriving, there's excitement." and this building is here to receive everybody and to welcome them. (music) narrator what if george eastman could return to his reserved seat in the mezzanine on this occasion; if he could listen to doug lowry's homage to the contributions he brought to the cultural life of rochester, new york? what might he think as he studied the chang

when this policy ends and i believe it will in our lifeti s lifetimes, the name of christopher smith will always be linked to that victory. this is a picture of a woman named lu dan. lu dan was 22 years old and nine months pregnant when she was dragged out of her home screaming and crying, strapped onto a table and forced to abort her 9 month old full-time baby. the chinese government did this even they knew she had high blood pressure and a late-term abortion would be dangerous for her. she was left alone in the operating room in the family planning center. finally at 3:00 in the morning, her fiance sensed something was wrong. he burst into the room and discovered her lying there unconscious with blood flowing from her ears, eyes, nose and mostly sunny -- mouth. finally, help arrived but it was too late. lu dan died along with her 9 month full-term baby. one-child policy causes more violence towards women and girls than any other official policy on earth and any other official policy in history of the world. it is china's war on women and girls. i say to president obama, any discuss

one of the things i try not in a kind way to dethrone christopher columbus to be the first. we know he was not the first to know but we don't tend to honor ino any serious the person who did and the person who did did so 491 years before christopher columbus and he was this norseman called leaf ericson and they discovered the settlements they built. there was obviously no settlement built by columbus because he didn't get here as all. he just get to the island of hispaniola but there's a settlement in newfoundland that's looked after extremely well in parks, canada. the bay of the jellyfish in that northern tip of newfoundland and so it's not easy to get to. but when do you get there, to me it's an extremely moving place. it's the foothold of europe on a country that ultimately was to receive all the benefit of european immigration six or seven centuries later. in this settlement there's evidence they kept castles and there's iron ware that they used and made and all kinds of things cutlery and vegetable gardens and so forth. but best of all i think they had time there to bo

how some people are reconstructing dr king's message for their own gain for georgetown professor christopher chambers next we'll discuss the military industrial military complex that's a term that president eisenhower warned of years ago where the u.s. would be permanently perched on the brink of war and sadly it looks like his prediction has come true now that we're involved in two wars abroad costing billions of dollars and we discussed the seemingly untouchable defense branch of government was quarantined also julian assigned is putting wiki leaks back into the spotlight next with banker rudolf elmer has publicly handed over documents revealing individuals who are guilty of tax evasion we're going to have a live report from london and we'll go over the very public nature of this situation then in a rare interview with the washington post china's president hu jintao says of the currency system with the dollar leading it is a product of the past so is he setting the stage for china calling all the shots were going to be currency wars of blogger edward harrison and we'll ask the question tha

en frente de una casa localizada cerca del centro comercial "eastmont", causando la muerte de "christophera hermana de la victima fue baleada en el pie. -- las autoridades ofrecen una recompensa de 25-mil Ólares para quien proporcione informacion que lleve al arresto de los responsables del tiroteo. . -- con este crimen, oakland termiÓ el aÑo con 95 homicidios, 15 menos de los que ocurrieron en el 2009.--y poco despÉs de la media noche ocurrÓ el primer homicidio del 2011. -- se trata de una persona que fue baleada en frente de un edificio de apartamentos.--en este incidente, otras tres personas fueron hospitalizadas. -- regresando a san joÉ, la poliÍa arresÓ a un indigente que cometÓ varios robos la semana pasada en el centro comercial "valley fair". -- "joseph jenkins", fue detenido en un campamento de desamparados localizado en el Área de "capitol expressway" y la calle senter.-- el sospechoso fue sometido con un arma de descargas eÉctricas. -- entre las posesiones del indigente arrestado los investigadores encontraron un machete, varias replicas de armas de fuego y un rifle.-- jenkins e

possible without the leadership that came before who dreamed of this day, people by the name of christopher and still numb. larry mosconi. alioto-pier, feinstein, agnos. as bill mentioned, our dear harmonists sue burns. this is a dream fulfilled for all of us. also, we must pay tribute to an incredible front office staff who makes it all possible to support the work of this wonderful 2010 giants team. [applause] many of them are here. many of the staff that you saw, people working at the ballpark, we saw marching at the beginning of the parade. i hope you were able to pay due to them as well. thank you, 2010 giants. you will give us more than you will ever know. [applause] >> thank you. it is my pleasure, and we need a big round of applause for the next speaker, the giants a senior vice president and general manager. he put this team together, brian sabean. [applause] >> i do not know about politics but our outgoing men know how to throw a party. it is an emotional time for all of us, especially me. my knees are we, my heart is racing, a lump in my throat, but without overstating the obviou

. >> in oakland that city has already seen five homicides this year, the last was 2010 with christopher jones killed on a drive by new year's eve. today fought manley and friends honored the 17 year-old with the memorial. they talked about a good student friend and sound that he was. they are not the only family morning tonight at another teenagers were killed last night. kron4 installed and talk with the teens family about their sudden loss. >> in happen so often in oakland, that for many people in the bay area sad to say they are almost empty and other shooting death the east oakland, but when you put a name on it and see the victim's face and the faces of his family, the killing because personal. because you can see and hear how it tears the family apart. >> most of the family is iraq. >> with the latest homicide victims is a love of hot not, a 15 year-old who was eating ice cream minutes before he was killed. his father says he left the house and was walking to shop right supermarket. when someone shot him in the store's parking lot. it happened saturday evening at around 5:00 p.m..

---"christopher malbrough", residente de "hayward", enfrenta 132 delitos graves, incluyendo robo residencialo y posesion de armas... el joven de 23 aÑos estaba en libertad condicional por una condena previa.---el mismo numero de cargos se le impuso a "romier simmons", oriundo de "stockton", quien tambien tenia una condena previa por ser complice de robo. ---ademas, se le impusieron 7 cargos a "kyra bayless", residente de milpitas.---los sospechosos cometian las fechorias cuando sus victimas les abrian la puerta y, a punta de pistola, los sometian. ---la mayoria de las victimas eran de origen asiatico, pero entre ellos tambien hubo algunos hispanos. ---varios estudiantes de una escuela en san francisco tuvieron que ser trasladados a un hospital luego de que surgieran sospechas de que comieron veneno para ratas. ---"beatriz ferrari" --la próxima semana, la comision de policia de san francisco iniciara una serie de debates para elegir al nuevo jefe del departamento. --los 7 miembros de la comision seleccionaran hasta tres candidatos y despues le presentaran la terna al alcalde "ed lee", quien d

. >> no one will ever replace christopher reeve.ig break. >> no one will ever replace christopher reeve. r reeve. around his house. these people chose freedom over restrictions. independence over limitations. they chose mobility. they chosehe scooter store. and this is the team of mobility experts who made it all happen. ii great news, you've been approved for payment. dr. cruz, i'm calling on behalf ofmarie stanford. and they can make it happen for you. hi, i'm doug harrison, if you're living with limited mobility, call the scooter store today. i promise, no other company will work harder to make you mobile or do more to ensure your total satisfaction. i expected they'd help me file some paperwork with medicare and my insurance. i never expected them to be so nice or work so hard to get me a power chair at no cost to me. if we qualify you and medicare denies your claim for a w scooter or power chair, i'll give it to you absolutely free. that's the scooter store guarantee. we'll wo with your insurance company, even help with financi

if you asked me to design the perfect police officer, it i would use christopher as a template. he is the man you want to have as your next-door neighbor and your friend. he is a man of character, and he is the consummate police officer. quiet, efficient, honest, and dedicated to serving his fellow citizens. thank you for recognizing his achievements and for honoring him here today. [applause] >> .-- president chiu: thank you. i believe our next awardees are making their way over, so let's get back to general public, it. >> my name is washington, a longtime community activist. hopefully, what i say now will not jeopardize my getting accommodation next week for black history month, but i am here because my heart is hardened. particularly because of the situations of females in the homicide. i have been fascinated. i am appalled of my black ministers. i am appalled for my black community. as i look around, i see one or two commissioners. even out here speaking on the issue. i am appalled. i am a father. i am a grandfather. i am a great-grandfather. to wake up and see these article

go and tell condoleezza rice and war christopher -- warren christopher and people like ha that they're in need of remedial courses, they'll say, i am the great prince andrew. who are you? but, in fact, reality says all of the coherence veils little in the face of the results that they bring forth. consider these results. world war i. this was followed not by woodrow wilson's promise of a kind of universal peace, but rather by greater strife. the versailles settlement has not yet ceased to kill. iraq is, of course, one of the creatures of world war i. ask what is going to happen -- and what is going to happen there is still open to very, very deadly contention. palestine, the entire middle east was reengineeredded after world -- reengineered after world war i very badly. the warned against and the notion that we should fix the affairs between the hashmites and the wahhabis, this was a trap the united states ought not to get into. but, no, people who assume themselves to be wiser thought that we should somehow become the arbiters of the world. and, indeed, the fact that we were not, we d

place say 17-year-old christopher jones was helping his older sister putting her baby in her car just outside their home when the two were shot. jones, the senior at castle month high school was killed, his sister suffered one gunshot wound to her foot. her baby was not wounded. the gunman fireed from a moving vehicle and was not located. >>> a homeless man has been arrested for being the suspect of a prechristmas robbery. they used a stun again onager receive jenkins. they found him in a homeless camp. officers found a machete along with a rifle in his tent. he's suspected of robbing a men's warehouse shore and carjacking a man in santa clara. police believe he's behind two other carjacks and a robbery around the valley fair mall in san jose. >>> activists marked the shooting of -- some of the protesters say the event was not only aimed at remembering the shooting of grant but also as a protest for those who suffer injustice at the hands of authorities. for the families of officer grant, the wounds are slow to heal. >> for us, this day is a day that really seems to appear to have hap

in particular, christopher daly. the budget analyst raised so many issues that were important to help us figure out how we can minimize the cost to the city. as i look around this entire group, i know we are on the same vessel, that is the hms san francisco. i think this is the best been put together internationally and i look forward to this race coming home. [applause] >> i do not know if you rehearsed that or if you just have a love of sailing. supervisor ross mirkarimi. even if you did not expect it, share some thoughts. >> my message is short and sweet. mr. allison, with all of the holiday fanfare before us, i think san francisco deserves, after what we have demonstrated over the last few months -- because no other city has been able to exemplify the coming together, especially in this rare form of consensus. being able to operate in and a regular time line, taking care of the city's business, the business of the people, and providing for the people and yourself, a great bit. we are the perfect place on planet e