>> well, the commonwealth summit is for 53 nations who were once british and the u.k. to meet to discuss human rights, economic development. the president of sri lanka is keen to foebz on the economy. in the four years since the civil war ended he said the country has seen a turn around, that is open for business, and he's hoping with the leaders of all these various countries from different parts of the world and economic statuses, will come and invest in sri lanka and push for a prosperous country as well. >> he has not been able to move attention away from what happened during the last months of the civil war, has be. there has been reports that protests over human rights abuses have been stopped. are we likely to see this brought up by the other heads of government at all. >> absolutely. in fact, david cameron, the british prime minister has asked for a private meeting with the president. he has said that he wants to press the issue of human rights. the sri lankan president, i should say, for his own right, said that this isn't the venue for that kind of conversati

we need to work together to pay teachers what they deserve in the commonwealth of virginia.plause] when 80% of the brain is developed between birth and three years old, we need to make sure we are investing in early childhood development. also, the passage of a funding bill is only the first step in addressing the critical transportation problem that we face in virginia. over the next four years he have to prove to the taxpayers that we can spend their money effectively and efficiently to reduce congestion and create economic act vividly. and in the coming months, we face a critical moment on the medicaid expansion. it was perhaps the clearest issue that voters had during this election. but again, this wasn't really a partisan choice. instead, a bipartisan coalition of democrats and republicans, business groups and hospitals, have said that we need to accept the medicaid expansion and bring virginia's taxpayer money back to virginia. throughout this campaign, i have listened to the concerns of republican friends. that's why i'm committed to finding consensus on how to reform

as he wins the race and the commonwealth of virginia. as you look at this map on your describe especially those listening on c-span radio, what it tells you. >> the map is not that surprising. mapsoks the ways the always look in virginia. you have a heavily blue, northernc coloring in virginia close to washington, d.c.. that is the washington, d.c. suburbs and the closer into washington, d.c., the more blue and the more democratic it is. unless you get out further it gets a little less blue and ultimately becomes red. you also have blue areas in areas around richmond and the tidewater area around norfolk, hampton roads, where you have a lot of minorities and -- especially a lot of minorities but union people and that -- those are the democratic strongholds. the rest of the state, especially all the rural parts of the state, rural for genia in the south-central. -- in virginia in the south- central. most of the valley is very conservative. evangelical christian, tea party all the way. they have a lot more geographical territory, the repub

engagement is the commonwealth's way, but what have you got to show for it here? the chief justice who has been sacked, you knew that yourself. journalists critical of the government disappearing, what have you actually got to show for all of this engagement? >> as far as it is concerned, statements to the effect that this was not in keeping with the prepared with an analysis. we prepared recommendations that are now consistent with the community and the parliament. >> so, months after, nothing has happened, that is the bottom line, is it not? >> we have been working for nine months. i think a lot has happened. >> you say you have tried to engage. what can you show me has >>pened as a result of that? recommendations at the present point of time. >> the united nations has said that there is one way to sort this out, have an internationally credible inquiry into these allegations of war crimes and human rights abuses. surely you think that must be worth happening. >> we are engaged with sri lanka in advancing all the causes have on human rights issues. --what about

david cameron skipped the first day of a commonwealth summit in colombo. if progress is not made he'll approach the u.n. for an international inquiry. as many as 32 have been killed and hundreds injured after armed forces opened fire on protesters. >> let's get more on the top story - the relief effort of the philippines. veronica pedrosa is in leyte, which has been destroyed by typhoon haiyan. >> this is the eastern coast of leyte. down the road from tacloban - the city where most the international media attention has been focused. this town is on the coast and bore the same battering from typhoon haiyan that tacloban did, but it is less developed, less politically important. they are still waiting for some aid to flood in. there's a little bit of aid coming here, but it is nowhere near enough - having talked to the residents here. behind me you can see how badly devastated the area was. what you are seeing is an area that used to be first of all house, packed in close together. made of flimsy materials - built on bamboo sticks, whiker walls, palm leaves

ken cuccinellik for his service and dedication to the commonwealth of virginia.er jillions and americans have seen contentious focus -- contentious races before and every time we come together to pursue the common good. one particularly famous virginian confronted a very bitterly divided electorate after the presidential election in 1800. but instead of relishing his victory or governing only for his supporters, thomas jefferson devoted much of his first inaugural event -- success to bridging the partisan divide. he said, let every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. we have called by different names, brethren of the same principle. 213 years later, the truth is that difference of opinion are principled or gold. most democrats and virginians want to make agenda a model for pragmatic leadership that is friendly to job creation. a model for strong schools that prepare students for the jobs of tomorrow. welcoming the best and prior -- brightest scientists and innovators in a matter race, religion or whom you love. a model for an efficient transpo

of next year's commonwealth games in glasgow. almost all the island is popular again he is thought to be forest -- home to some of the most varied wildlife on the planet and a rich traditional culture. a scottish adventurer was there as the baton arrived and has been finding out how it has been received on the island. journey, commonwealth the queen's baton will be greeted by cultures and communities as diverse as the planet can offer. the baton and the global community it represents are what connection this relay a new island in papua new guinea to high-tech cities like kuala lumpur and singapore. not allowed to pass until the village chief has seen the baton, accepted, and carry on through. and wonderful welcome, but it can also be quite intimidating. [screaming] struck by how heartfelt disaffection was. >> very happy. >> wonderful. >> wonderful. >> in papua new guinea the natural world is a true treasure trove. they are best known for this bird of paradise, which is on their national flag. but so much as yet unknown. hundreds

i thank ken cuccinelli for his service and dedication to the commonwealth of virginia. virginia and america have seen contentious races before. every time we end up coming together to pursue the common good. one particularly famous virginian confronted a very bitterly divided electorate. after the presidential election in 1800. thomas jefferson dedicated much of his first inaugural address to bridging partisan divides. he said -- but every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. we have called by different nails, brethren of the same principle. 213 years later, the truth is -- is that our differences of opinion are still often not a difference of principle or goal. over the next four years -- most democrats and republicans in virginia want to make virginia a model for pragmatic leadership that is friendly to job creation. a model for strong schools that prepare our students for the jobs of tomorrow. a model for welcoming the best and brightest scientists and innovators no matter race, gender, religion or whom you love. and a transportation system that re

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since january, you have knocked on 2.5 million doors in the commonwealth of virginia. mean, you hit the pause for second to comprehend such a large number. the truth is, and i got a lot of my energy for seeing you all working so hard when i came to a campus kickoff or a phone bank. i saw so many of you, i want to tell you, it fired me up, it kept me going 100% during the 16-hour days. so thank you, we love you. and you are spectacular. all of you gave up time from your family because you believed this election was so important. and thank you so much and i want all of you here who worked so hard since this campaign began to give yourself an enormous round of applause. i want to thank -- i don't have words to express, i want to thank our extraordinary campaign staff, the field team, for what they did to break records all over virginia. give yourself a great round of applause. let me say this. i also want to thank the historic number of republicans who crossed party lines to support me. you are powerful messengers for our main stream campaign. thank you. most importantly,

next street look that says no commonwealth country has the right to lecture on human rights comes after the canadian prime minister stephen harper any any any prime minister nom on st have said they will stay away from the commonwealth summit in st which opens on friday. oliver fairy explains america stands its ground after foreign leaders decide to stay away from the commonwealth summit in colombo cannons and india's prime ministers have both said they will not attend the summit which starts on friday in protest of human rights violations and treatment for an idea seminars and training as foreign minister said no commonwealth leaders have the right to lecture can rumble and india. not only cause of the summons. if there was no withdraw today the minister of india. he has indicated that he would not be a boon to attend the meeting. hundreds of kids the new isp what reasons he is good. nonetheless given reasons. class was confirmed by india's foreign minister however he did say that my mind saying it had listened to the concerns of tamils in both india and trailing kept the position that

god bless the commonwealth of virginia of the united states of america. thank you. [ applause ] >> and senior contributor. so let's begin with what happened last week with the november 2013 off year election. what do you make of it? >> i think you've got obviously for republicans, three big races to keep an eye on. the one gets talked about the least is alabama, the special election congressional race, a primary. you have bradley burn, a business-backed republican to feed a guy named dean young, which is a tea party candidate. that's the empire strikes back. the republican party reasserting its authority and over the primaries. the two gubernatorial elections. how does chris christie, how does a republican win a blue state by such a wide margin. great if you're a republican. it's a missed opportunity. republicans had a real chance to pick up to win that race. i think just a perfect storm of problems. you know, sort of a conspire to defeat ken cuccinelli. everybody thought it was going to be a blowout, a lot of republican money went away. in a ridiculous w

sri lanka says no commonwealth country has the right to lecture it on human rights. this comes after canadian prime minister stephen harper and the indian prime minister said they would stay away from the commonwealth summit in sri lanka starting friday. lanka stands its ground after four leaders decide to stay away from the commonwealth summit. the canadian and indian prime minister say they will not attend the summit which starts on friday in protest to human rights violations and treatment of its minority. sri lanka says that though leaders have the right to judge sri lanka. there would be withdrawn from the prime minister of india. he indicated he would not be able to attend the meeting. none of us give reasons. that singh had listened to concerns of tamils and others in india. >> the prime minister has taken a considered call. as you can see, he factored into thet of issues, including importance of his presence in the country at this time. lanka face a strong criticism for human rights abuses and killings in the civil war which ended in 2009. it has steadfastly

since january you have knocked on 2.5 million doors in the commonwealth of virginia. i mean, you have to pause for a second to comprehend such a large number. the truth is that i got a lot of my energy from seeing you all working so hard. when i came to a campus kickoff or a phone bank, i saw so many of you i want to tell you it fired me up. it kept me going 100% during those 16-hour days. so thank you. we love you. and you are spectacular. i know all of you gave up time from your family because you believe this election was so important. and thank you so much and i want all of you who worked so hard since this campaign began to give yourself an enormous round of applause. and i want to thank -- and i don't have words to really express, but i want to thank my extraordinary campaign staff. particularly the field team for what they did to break records all over virginia. give yourselves in the campaign a great round of applause. let me say this. i also want to thank the absolutely historic number of republicans who crossed party lines to support me. you were powerful me

. >> virginia, thank you for the honor of electing me to serve as the 72nd governor of the commonwealth of virginia. >> meanwhile in new jersey, chris christie wins re-election and takes his victory lap while keeping an eye on his future. >> our first job is to get the job done. and as long as i'm governor, that job will always always be finished. [ cheers and applause ] >> we begin now with wolf blitzed in washington with tonight's up to the minute results. wolf, bring us up to speed with what happened tonight. >> all right, piers. thank you. the governor's race in virginia as you say certainly more suspenseful than expected. but in the end the former democratic party chairman, terry mcauliffe, pulled it out defeating republican ken

. >> much closer this evening was that other gubernatorial race in the commonwealth of virginia, a contest that tea party-backed republican ken cucinnelli the state attorney general led for much of the night as election returns kept trickling in. though cnn ultimately called it for democrat terry mcauliffe little more than an hour ago as more districts from northern virginia reported back. mcauliffe is giving his victory speech right now. i want to go straight to wolf blitzer and john king back in washington, d.c. with the latest election night results. wolf, john? >> thanks very much, jake. these are the winners in the biggest contests tonight. in virginia, in the virginia governor's race the former democratic party chairman and clinton ally terry mcauliffe defeating the republican candidate and tea party favorite ken cucinnelli in a race that was more suspenseful than a lot of us expected. in new jersey a big win for republican governor chris christie, a possible launch pad for a 2016 presidential bid. and in new york city, democrat bill deblasio wins the mayor's race. he'll be the first

citing allegations of abuses by s during the time of war. >> he has decided to skip the commonwealth heads of government meeting. at the last minute, sinking to domestic pressure was searching political parties calling for a boycott. >> i wouldn't use the word boycott, but such an -- but circumstances at home taken into account, they will be difficult for him to attend. i will be there. came monday, tony abbott under pressure to boycott the summit over concerns of sri lanka is human rights record. if australia continues with its delegation, that delegation should not be headed by mr. abbott as prime minister. >> the legend abuses will not be discussed formally during the summit. many come including david -- many, including david cameron, call for an investigation. the un's highest court has ruled that cambodia should have authority in the border with thailand. justiceional court of -- previously laid clashes between the two nations that both claim the land. >> thai security forces should leave. that is the ruling made by the un's top courts. cambodia and thailand both claim ownership

. >> virginia, thank you for the honor of electing me to serve as the 72nd governor of the commonwealth of virginia. >> meanwhile in new jersey, chris christie wins re-election and takes his victory lap while keeping an eye on his future. >> our first job is to get the job done. and as long as i'm governor, that job will always always be finished. [ cheers and applause ] >> we begin now with wolf blitzed in washington with tonight's up to the minute results. wolf, bring us up to speed with what happened tonight. >> all right, piers. thank you. the governor's race in virginia as you say certainly more suspenseful than expected. but in the end the former democratic party chairman, terry mcauliffe, pulled it out defeating republican ken cucinnelli who was embraced by the tea party movement. 48% for mcauliffe, 45% for cucinnelli. 7% for the libertarian candidate robert sarvis. in the end mcauliffe will be the next governor of virginia. in new jersey a big re-election win for the republican incumbent governor chris christie. his acceptance speech tonight possibly a warmup for a 2016 presiden

we will continue to work with the commonwealth war graves commission and the victoria cross trust to do everything possible to ensure that those people are remembered properly. >> thank you. page 47 of the tory party manifesto says -- "we will stop the forced closure of a&e and maternity wards, so that people have better access to local services." how is that going, prime minister? >> there are no changes to services unless they are supported by local gp's. that is completely different from what happened under labour, when there were top-down closures of hospitals. that is not happening under this government. >> according to unite, it is, "increasingly recognised that bullying, harassment and violence are a major problem throughout industry." does the prime minister agree that the authorities should always investigate allegations of harassment against employees and their families, including when the allegations involve the members of a trade union? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right. they are very serious these allegations. they need to be looked at. because the labour party

thank you, god bless you, god bless the commonwealth of virginia and the united states of america. thank you. ["life is a highway" playing] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> this morning on washington journal we talked about races across the country. this is 45 minutes. host: matt lewis is at our table this morning. for a dailycolumn column. let's begin with what happened last week with the november 2013 off year election. what do you make of it? republicans, three big races to keep an ion. the one to talk about the leased it was in alabama which was a special election congressional race, a primary where you had bradley byrne who was the more business-backed republican defeat a guy who was a more tea party candidate. that is the empire strikes back. that is the republican party re- its authority over its primaries. the two gubernatorial elections, new jersey, how does chris christie thomas how does a republican win a blue state by such a wide margin? great news if you are a republican. and then in vir

sri lanka's president prepares to close the commonwealth summit after hitting back at critics over human rights. fears of civil war at mozambique. >> and a fighter airshow - fighter planes to jumper jets. >> services are being held across the philippines, many with congregations surrounded by rubble and churches damaged by the typhoon. survivors remembered those that have lost, there are renewed criticisms over authorities in relation to the relief effort. >> we'll talk to marga ortigas in tacloban, where president benigno aquino is due to arrive. first to veronica pedrosa. tell us, there are very poignant pictures showing the services going on with rubble all around the people. it must be moving for the people, and also people's reaction really to - what sort of reaction the authorities had to the situation that they are in. >> yes. i think, you know, people are just trying to come to terms with how much they have lost, and how much they have got to do just to get back to normal, to the way life was before typhoon haiyan. when you talk to people, they are quite fatalistic, quite stoic a

you will be hearing from sarah collins of commonwealth in just a moment. this program is important because we want to go to give you as much information as we can, and to put every piece of data that you have seen into the perspective particularly from the perspective of folks who are actually dealing with this situation. there's an awful lot of interest in the number of people registered in the exchanges, the number of folks who can't get through on the website and the number of people who are signing up for medicaid through the portals and i would like to announce that we have completed a 50 state survey this morning and we have the latest numbers for you from each of the states. i would like to announce that, but i ain't going to do that. and in fact, i think we all want to emphasize that we are at the very beginning of a process and whether you adore or a poor the affordable care act, what you need to do is listen to the insightful comments from our panelists today about what is actually going on in various parts of the country and put that together wi

in less than two hours, voters will head to the polls in the commonwealth. democrat teary mcauliff still maintains a 6 point lead over ken cuccinelli. they spent monday campaigning with other poll figures. nevertheless today's voter turnout is expected to be low. >>> if you are sick of those attack ads, you have less than 12 hours to deal with them. ever wonder if they are true? >> a rally last night had an ad that came to life. she said it was all based on a lie. >> reporter: this rally against republican candidate for governor ken cuccinelli has its roots in this attack ad. (speaking a foreign language). >> reporter: this group of 100 or so immigrants took their message straight to the candidate himself. >> attorney general ken cuccinelli has made controversial comments about immigration policy. >> reporter: but did he? here's audio of the call. cuccinelli called into radio talk show the morning majority in 2012. topic a strict wildlife law that may or may not include relocation of rats as an alternative to killing them. >> they have to relocate the rats a

tom you have a commonwealth summit coming up before that here there are fifty foreign ministers from asia and europe that are showing up. a tripartite meeting with her counterparts from china and russia yet when you walk around the streets of new delhi when people hear about foreign policy. the one country that springs to their mind is pakistan. and during these next couple of days. we understand you will be meeting with your pakistani counterpart. plays coming as well and on and the rules to ski on the sidelines so many in the life that god in you you get to meet with snow with all your colleagues come and put aside so hosted by elections. and don't know his is this austria. ohh and foreign policy. she knows him well. he has a lot of people if he's worked with in the pasta will be as i had a good thorough opportunity to meet with him about four times the beast months. so upsets me that he'd know if the togetherness in place that we have a chance to spend some time together now index and it was the election auster east hopes were raised he was a good meeting you say between the pakis

david cameron skipped the first day of a commonwealth submit in colombo to visit tamils in the north. >> returning to the to story n relief efforts to the philippines. the united nations a working hard on the ground to respond. >> it has been slow from the perspective of the people who have been patiently frustratedly waiting for the support they desperately need. but the pace of the activity of our collision on the ground has been phenomenal. we have to keep our foot on the accelerator because too many people have not received assistance. what they should know is the assistance is on the way. >> governments and organizations around the world pledge various amounts of aid to the philippines. the united nations which is appealing for $301 million received $72 million. the european union increased a pledge to $20 million, in addition to $25 million from the e.u. state bringing the total to $61 million. that doesn't include the $85 million promised by the u.k. and the united states pledging $20 million on top of a massive deployment of u.s. military personnel to assist with rescue effort

is set to visit mumbai corny i'm guilty of false trying to speed on ca next week to attend the commonwealth heads of government meeting in cotton bowl. what part of the commonwealth heads of dominating until the man seen on to next week and help find pressure on the limbo contest against the wall crimes against minority come this south african peace camp in an open on its desmond tutu have . the boycott of the two men died in as still as could be a way of achieving peace teaching on to audition. tutu said he knew jenny. in that and now proven compared to that in. in the nation the chc!vez government i'm not the mean green beans team and. q we get greedy. her name. daryn i tag on the ice and the word has to stop and i the only e food they can my car. going green. in eighteen ten years. not bad last month said he would like to show them. yet with a huge diamond company she is also under pressure to boycott the meeting. mcfadden seminar in singh's office has not yet made a final decision enchanting capital colombo in march demanding life begin and end to human expectations. this comes a week b

sin city but the state chief minister on the bonnet to the full flight to kabul with them the commonwealth heads of government meeting and among the bishops who come to an agreement or shedding off the waters of the town's boundaries. but these fat but a former nasa tested by think tank in dhaka the storm and as suggested by strategic foresight group may help make the pass of the disdain of the seven lectures and then on the good that it be to stay keep the people living on the abc in india and vomiting the peace that if it snows to one hundred and ninety seven dials a team undies which is to come of age if you plan on the suggested that if what i've heard live as if peace restructuring him get on the beach conditions would also help in preventing undated their contacts between the neighbors existence of the think tank said in cap atop that i have come up with that name. i pointed out looking for me for that this happened. plus by testifying that is the fun what if on the same night that it was not that it was effective targeted and in the second of august to be a big blanket less than tha

all eyes seem to be on the great commonwealth of virginia right now.ere's where things stand at this hour in the race for governor there, with 87% of the precincts in, it's too close to call. 47% of the vote for ken cuccinelli and terry mccauliffe. chuck todd telling us earlier in the hour that the remaining outstanding votes, to the precincts they're still waiting to get in are mostly northern virginia counties, in a typical year those would tend to lean democrat, but there's no reason to projects from past years, it all matters what happens tonight. the lieutenant governor in virginia was not that close, nbc news has now projected the winner in that race, ralph northam. in the city of boston, where voters are choosing a repla replacement for that city's long-time mayor, tonight with 87% of the vote in, martin walsh with john connelly, seen as somebody who's prioritized education above all of his other issues in this race. it was thought going into this race it was going to be a close one, and it indeed looks close. i love election night, it's like ch

david blumenthal at commonwealth did a terrific job of explaining this. what our states are doing that it think is the really exciting news. i'm going to pitch these guys into another session on this. reforming the delivery system and reforming the way we pay for care in this country. we've got to move away from paying for volume and treating health care just like a bunch of economic widgets, and towards paying for valley. that's the key and that's what medicaid is focused on these days. i will stop there look forward to questions at the end. thank you. >> that's great. thanks very much, a great start to this discussion. now we'll turn to dan schuyler was a director of exchange technology at leavitt partners and the former director of technology for utah's health insurance exchange which has been in business as long as anybody. dan and his colleagues have been helping a number of states prepare for aca implementation, especially the exchanges and we've asked him to talk about -- we've heard their challenges in the area of technology and we've asked him to

he was the commonwealth's attorney there. he served in the house delegates, he served in the senate, ran for governor, and i think he's very well liked. i don't know anybody from either party who doesn't like creigh deeds. he's just a nice guy, a very genuine person. >> thank you so much. your newspaper is doing exemplary work. >>> turning to the storms in the midwest, we now know most of the names of those who lost their lives. in washington county which was struck by an ef-4 tornado, an elderly brother and sister, joseph and frances hoy were both killed. her family found her alive under a pile of rubble but could not hold on. his body was found 100 yards from the home they shared. three people lost their lives in another county. and steve newbauer was found dead after the storms. two fatalities in michigan, phillip smith was killed in the town of perry and a 21-year-old man whose name has not been released was killed in jackson county, michigan. our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. as to the su

. >> supporting and voting for terry mcauliffe will make you proud of yourselves, of this commonwealth, and yes, of this country. >> reporter: virginia's attorney general republican ken cuccinelli has appeared in recent days with kentucky senator rand paul, a favorite of the tea party. >> we need champions and you need a governor who will stand up against an overbearing and overzealous government. cuccinelli's the one to do it. ( cheers ) >> reporter: louisiana governor bobby jindal also has rallied voters for the republican. >> this isn't a choice between two personalities. this isn't a choice between two guys that have slightly different views. this is a clear contrast. >> reporter: the contest also has captured the attention of virginians looking for signs of where their state is headed politically. >> i think it's dangerous to say virginia is a blue state or even a purple state. remember what this state was like 15 years ago? this was the bedrock christian right state. it doesn't go away. >> we're kind of in the crosshairs of a lot of change in america. you know, there's part of no

you will be hearing from sarah collins of commonwealth in just a moment. this program is important because we want to go to give you as much information as we can, and to put every piece of data that you have seen into the perspective particularly from the perspective of folks who are actually dealing with this situation. there's an awful lot of interest in the number of people registered in the exchanges, the number of folks who can't get through on the website and the number of people who are signing up for medicaid through the portals and i would like to announce that we have completed a 50 state survey this morning and we have the latest numbers for you from each of the states. i would like to announce that, but i ain't going to do that. and in fact, i think we all want to emphasize that we are at the very beginning of a process and whether you adore or a poor the affordable care act, what you need to do is listen to the insightful comments from our panelists today about what is actually going on in various parts of the country and put that together wi

we will continue to work with the commonwealth war graves commission and the victoria cross trust to do everything possible to ensure that those people are remembered properly. >> thank you. page 47 of the tory party manifesto says -- "we will stop the forced closure of a&e and maternity wards, so that people have better access to local services." how is that going, prime minister? >> there are no changes to services unless they are supported by local gp's. that is completely different from what happened under labour, when there were top-down closures of hospitals. that is not happening under this government. >> according to unite, it is, "increasingly recognised that bullying, harassment and violence are a major problem throughout industry." does the prime minister agree that the authorities should always investigate allegations of harassment against employees and their families, including when the allegations involve the members of a trade union? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right. they are very serious these allegations. they need to be looked at. because the labour party

he is the chief legal officer in the commonwealth.the first responsibility of any person is to avoid impropriety, and you're fundraising for your republican colleague. that is just wrong, and we're calling on the attorney general to stop it. >> it does feel like -- we were talking about this in the news meeting today. the analogy that the producer came up with today that stuck with me, is that the idea you learned that your umpire has a bet on the game, a personal stake in the outcome. and whether or not you think he or she is a good umpire, it is very hard to trust the way they call balls and strikes knowing that they have a personal stake in this. it was ken cuccinelli's decision not to step down for attorney general when he decided to run for governor. should it have been his decision or should it have been a requirement to run for that kind of office in the state, the requirement of the attorney general's job responsibilities that nobody is allowed to do this in the future? >> well, we've never had had to do that before. the virgi

[applause] and this meeting of the commonwealth club is officially adjourned. [applause]

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over to the commonwealth, those kids have had way too much five-hour energy. [ laughter ] >> foalgumvertime, though, two overtimes, in fact. sc the second this man lerambs and tries to find an open man and can't. they have to kick a field goal, but the falcons would not kick a field goal. the score, 37-34. >> the team did a great job round and round. i just love these boys. they're my brother and i'll fight for them any day. they're just family around here. >> i'm pumped up just listen being to this guy. >> more scores here on the screen. >> it's been coming for a while now, and now it's here. maryland is about to play it's last acc football game. let that sink in, 61 years after tomorrow, the last carpet ride, a bumpy one, full of broken legs and dreams. last week a microcosim. what has it meant? >> it's been a great ride and a lot of fun for our student athletes who have competed in the acc and it's been rewarding for both the institution and the conference. >> some hockey now. late in the game, the caps are down 2-1, and the russian rocket ties it at two. overtime, a shoot-out. th

good evening and welcome to tonight's meeting of the commonwealth club in formed division, connect your intellect. that is our tagline. i am the president of the inform board. tonight, we have larry hardy. the founder of burning man and he is here to talk about the amazing place and phenomenon known as black rock city. he is one of the original planners and architects. we are going to talk about the path of burning man, the future as well. before we jump into the question that had to do with what is going on, tell us about your new headquarters and how that came to be, why the move into the heart of san francisco? >> well, we were on third street, in what is left of san francisco's industrial district , and we got lonely, really. [laughter] we saw real estate values dropping precipitously. as far as we were concerned, that was a good thing because it enabled us to move into market street. the city had encouraged us to do so, too, as they were very much interested in revitalizing market, 6th and market, which is essentially part of the tenderloin. we thought there were a lot of opportuni

[applause] and this meeting of the commonwealth club is officially adjourned. [applause] >> >> it is 116 i'll to call to order this meeting on - >> the first order of business is rolling. (calling names) >> madam secretary it the mike still on? commissioner >> absent. (calling names) all other members of the commission are present. the next order of business is two announcements. a the next commission meeting will be on tuesday december 3rd at the 1:00 p.m. in city hall. b announcement of electronic devices please understand that all electronic devises are prohibited and the chair may order you to leave if you >> those electronic dies. >> c announcement of time for public comment. the public has you think to 3 minutes unless the christmas dauptsz a short period of time on any item. it is strongly recommended that any members of the public fill out a card and submit the completed card to the secretary. and the next one is from closed session. the next business we have no items. the next business item it is 5 the consent calendar approval the minutes november 13,