and would you classify yourself as a public client, a commercial client, or a private residential client? each of the three types of client has a different list of criteria and different order of importance for those criteria. clients for public or nonprofit projects have to be very concerned with accountability when, if they choose an architect for the new library, they have to be able to say why when the mayor comes around after it's filmed and so, how do they saddle you with this thing? they have to go through formal procedures and are generally required by law to go through careful and formal procedures with respect to making the design commissions accessible and many other similar concerns. they also almost always have fixed schedules and fixed budgets that they must adhere to and everything in the process has to respect that. finally, we hope that their criteria include soifring the goal of civic pride for whatever is produced. commercial or industrial clients generally have as their bottom line, their bottom line. almost everything about the project is tested against the question,

i reported back to the clients and said no information. and at the time i recall thinking, well, there's two circumstances. either there were all of the data and evidence had been colated and reviewed and no names had been found, or they hadn't finished the review, and the third option was that actually not all of that evidence which related to misconduct by the "news of the world" had actually been retained and considered. but i reported back to the climates, and some -- clients, and some of them were, i suppose, felt that it was unlikely that, um, that they had not been the subject of some form of unlawful surveillance. and others were actually very pleased that their names didn't appear. um, it was with some, um, surprise that in the early part of this year about the end of january-february, that i was contacted by officers from operation wheating who asked to come see me to talk to me about a number of my clients whose names did appear in the evidence that had been, um, reconsidered or reviewed by operation wheating. and they came to s

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the claims of your client in 1999? >> that is correct. >> joel bennett, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> here to talk about this whole situation is jonathan capehart, msnbc contributor and editorial writer for "the washington post" and rebecca henderson also for "the washington post." thank you for joining me. can herman cain survive this by simply denying all of the allegations that you heard mr. bennett say here? this is the first interview i know of after the press conference. but thaw his client will come forward and he wants to organize the other woman to come forward. what mr. cain said about his client and knowledge of a settlement or characterizing a settlement as opposed to an agreement was misleading, can he survive this? >> it's hard to say how he can go day after day with this stance? he doesn't know these women, what they are talking about, a settlement? it's hard to see how he survives it if these women come out and have a joint news conference where they lay out the facts. one of the thi

as to my client. i'm not aware of the other instances for the other women. >> reporter: is your client aware or does she understand by not being more forthcoming about the facts that she opens up herself to the claim by the cain cam pan that she doesn't have a case and there isn't enough evidence? that's sort of the way things may play out. >> mr. cain knows the specific incidents that were alleged. my client filed a written complaint in 1999 against him specifically and it had very specific indecidents in it. if he chooses to not remember or not acknowledge those, that's his issue. what? >> reporter: (inaudible). >> internal with the nra with whatever procedure they had at the time. >> reporter: does your client have the money to pay back -- the money to receive in the settlement plus any penalties to pay back if she decided to break this nondisclosure? >> i never discussed that with her and it's not something we expected to do. >> reporter: after the statement was given to the supervisor, did the be

i am here because i am representing bilingual clients in modeling " -- and monolingual clients. i work with the client to come to our center and they try to learn english and participate in evens to improve themselves in the lives of their families. i would like to specifically talk about the activities we hold outside and the parking lot, the one near the construction. if we push through -- if they push through with construction, it is going to disrupt the activities and the full range of services that we serve to 1000 clients that we have a much as for those community events. in the year, we probably have more than 30,000 people benefiting from that. aj serves 85,000 annually, and most of those people come to our community evens, such as the refugee awareness month, where people share their heritage and culture, learn more, and promote the community. we also have the jobs fair. we invite employers and job- seekers. the last time, job-seekers came in connected with employers and found opportunities for them, for their own growth, and for the improvement of their families' lives

at the time, my clients were not aware of that. recently, the polymer case came down, which is cited in both the braves, and a polymer case pointed out that under costa- hawkins, the owner of the residential property may establish the initial rent and all subsequent rents if they qualified under the costa- hawkins act, and my client so qualifies. in discovering that my client qualifies under that act, and after enduring what we considered to be well in- intentioned -- well-intentioned but overreaching enforcement by the mayor's office of housing, my client has decided to appeal the penalty that is imposed against it for allegedly violating the conditional use permit. we contend that my client, requiring to have these bmr units, as denied equal protection, that the costa- hawkins act is being violated, and there is an amendment to the united states constitution, and the california constitution. the essence is the statute of limitations bars my client from pursuing the appeal. that is under government could -- code 65009, which has a

once i do that with my client's consent, i will do that. >> has your client asked you in fact, at this point to do that? >> she's still mulling over what she wants to do about this. she's naturally concerned about all of the publicity that's coming up 12 years after the fact. >> jeff, if you want to ask a question -- >> can i ask a question of mr. bennet? mr. bennet, is herman cain a signatory? did he sign this agreement or just the restaurant association sign it? >> i haven't seen it in 12 years, but i do not have a recollection of mr. cain signing it. >> so this was something handled by the restaurant association. >> do you believe he is bound by it? is he bound by it? or is he simply a spectator with nothing to do with it? >> he was the ceo at the time and certainly would have been bound by it while he was the ceo of the national restaurant association. i'll have to see the agreement to see what impact it has on employees after they leave the restaurant association. >> can i ask something, anderson? >> go ahead, david. >> mr. bennett, this is david gergen. "the washington post" and

my client is a very intelligent, well educated woman. she would never file a complaint about an innocent remark like that. my client is 5'2". she's not the same height as mr. cain's wife. and the incidents that were reported to the national restaurant association were multiple, over multiple days. >> i suppose the obvious question -- and i put this to sharon bialek last night, another accuser -- is that given the passage of time, being over a decade, how is anyone going to prove anything? >> it's not a question of proof. the question is did mr. cain know about these incidents and what, if anything, did he do about them. my client submitted a written, detailed complaint to the national restaurant association, and she is a very credible person, and we expect as soon as possible for her to get into more detail in a press conference or other public forum, then the public can decide who's telling the truth. >> absolutely right. but what surprises me is herman cain isn't a complete nobody. he has run for various high office positions before. a

is that what happened to your client or is what happened to your client in your view more of a repeatedrn of sexual harassment? >> my client alleged a repeated pattern. there were multiple incidents over multiple days. but my client has decided not to specify the incidents, although she did so in writing to the national restaurant association in july of 1999. >> when you watch this play out today, both the specificity of the allegation, the fact that she came forward and took the risk, if you will, of going forward with it. what went through your mind? >> it sound awfully believable to me. plus remember gloria allred the attorney brought forth two afts from krob rating witnesses who had spoken to miss bialek testimony incident. i don't know what happened, obviously. certainly that was a very credible presentation from someone who had no obvious axe to grind. she did not have a political motive. she is a republican. she is not out for money. why is she lying? if she is, it is very hard to fathom why. >> i want to you listen to gloria allred. you heard the cain campaign statement. neth pe

. >> have you approached the restaurant association or been asked by your client or your former client to approach the restaurant association about getting this confidentiality agreement overturned? >> not yet because i had closed my file and had disposed of the agreement. i'm getting it from my client. i hope to get it today or tomorrow. and once i do that with my client's consent, i will do that. >> has your client asked you, in fact, at this point to do that? >> she's still mulling over what she wants to do about this. she's naturally concerned about all the publicity and this coming up 12 years after the fact. >> the attorney, joel bennett, says his client has been very upset since the story first came out because cain is giving the impression that she made up the allegations. bennett says he knows his client very well and that he's sure she would not make up a false complaint. >>> if you have a 401(k) plan, good chance you'll be eyeing the markets throughout the day. the big question this morning, will they take another nosedive like yesterday? over fears the european debt plan fo

you say in photograph 29, before the fame hacking scandal broke, that clients often said to you they felt the press was monitoring their electronic communications. how much did this happen or these fear were expressed? >> i would say very regularly. certainly, in the period from about the -- i suppose 2004 and 2005 onwards, clients began to believe that coincidences were being replaced by more likely interception of some form or another. i recall quite clearly clients becoming irritated or frustrated and suspicious that private information was finding its way into the popular media, and they identified this with, you know, a straight facts that they knew only what could be to one or two people were being published. it caused them to ask questions not only of their family and friends, but even of me, and i i recall it clearly. it became so continuous that i suppose the suspicion that was directed as those who could have leaked began to become more focused in their own minds about whether or not this information was being obtainedded by surveil los angeles, and -- surveillance, and, yo

there was no compensation paid to my clients. they are independent business people and therefore are absent any compensation. it would be an unlawful taking. we are not here to challenge the bmr law. it is a good law. we are not here to challenge anything except the fact that my client do not come within the type of property owner which is subject to the bmr law because of the statutory language embodied. >> was your client represented by counsel and initially when these agreements were made? this would be 2001. >> during the permit process? yes, they were. >> i cannot find a derivation of all the penalties and were assessed. i do not know if that is amplified with the issue having to do with the eviction. i suspect that it would be 250 without the eviction and. that is not the main point of this particular case? >> is not. we consider to be unreasonable. there is no basis for it. vice president garcia: i want a clarification on that. >> we do not know. vice president garcia: thank you. president goh: could we hear a rebuttal fro

we serve over 145 clients a year. from the surrounding areas. i am here today because, you know, we're dealing with the most marginalized youth in san francisco. of those 145 youth that we serve, we constantly, every friday night, have youth utilize the space as a safe haven. given the magnitude of our services and the high-profile classification of our clients, we really do urge the commission to look into this a little further. we strongly urge the commission to deny this conditional use application, as there has not been any meaningful dialogue with our leadership body, with our advisory board that is made up of a key stakeholders in all these neighborhoods in which we operate, and we will lead to further discuss and possibly coordinate with -- what the budget impact would be on our services and our ability to save lives as well. again, this dialogue has not happened yet. so we are very concerned about what the ramifications may be of this project moves forward. as stated, it really is our belief, and there have been many letters submitted it

you often hear about lobbyists getting special secret deals for their clients like this.que that abramoff perfected. >> abramoff: so what we did was we crafted language that was so obscure, so confusing, so uninformative, but so precise to change the u.s. code. >> stahl: here's what you tried to get tacked onto this reform bill. >> abramoff: yeah. >> stahl: "public law 100-89 is amended by striking section 207 (101 stat. 6668-672)." >> abramoff: right. now, isn't that obvious what that means? ( laughs ) it was perfect. it was perfect. >> stahl: so that's what you tried to get inserted? >> abramoff: yes. >> stahl: and that was going to provide for a casino? >> abramoff: yes. >> stahl: and who on earth is going to know that? >> abramoff: no one except the chairmen of the committees. >> stahl: who stuck it in there? >> abramoff: yes. >> stahl: and that's one of the things you used to do? >> abramoff: yes. >> stahl: and it was deliberately written like that? >> abramoff: precisely. yes. >> stahl: and that's done a lot? >> abramoff: members don't read the bills. >> stahl: you