supervisor john avalos, from district 11, which includes the excelsior, and will sign, our mission, and crocker amazon neighborhoods. supervisor avalos was elected to the board in november of 2008. we are going to get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome and thank you for joining us today. tell us a lot about your background, where you grew up, went to school, the job you worked. >> i was born in a town called and los angeles. it was a lot of working-class folks. my father was a shore worker, my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old, and i moved to the east coast for six years before going back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara, graduated in 19988 -- 1988. i have lived in the excelsior since 1999. i have had lots of different jobs, but my main job is doing social work force and a disco, i have been a community organizer, i worked at a labor organization supporting janitor's working in our high- rise buildings. i was a legislative aide before .wr. i got to see how it all work fro

let's kick off a football where sunday soar crocker of a must be in the russian premier league sports are costing the leading sask the stadium sports act went into the clash aiming to keep the two month on the run intact and it was the red knights who seize the initiative right before the break well its own writing home to me she comes across shot. but this guy got right back into it half a dozen minutes after the break not the greatest of the fending from the home side allowing c. to do india to take full advantage. on one that would become to sixty nine minutes in again sport's not looking less than inspirational the bok is run sausage that this time finding the net. however contender for strike at the weekend would guarantee flurry corp and charges a points money well. having written for. votes is how the absorbing clash would finish. that's what i'm eating c.s.k. i have company at the summit for the first time in months and joining the army men at the top following a five mill thrashing over s six truss that are alexander project off helping himself to a brace before the how far m

ambassador crocker came into the country a few weeks ago made an indication that the u.s. military presence in the region will most likely extend well beyond 2014, and those special forces will have to take the lead on that from the individuals we talked to, and not only in terms of training the forces who are taking control of their own country, but combating the taliban insurgents that reside in some of the border provinces and in the east where we have seen the recent attack. >> all right. clearly one sign that once the u.s. pulls out, insurgents are ready to step in. we appreciate your work there. >>> the story as big as the war in afghanistan is also very personal. among those who died was aaron vaughn in union city, tennessee. his grandmother said aaron was not afraid as he once told her, i know where i am going if something happens to me. >> as a brave warrior, aaron was brave but yet he was a gentleman, and he loved his family and country and was willing to give his life to protect his family and country. he was a great american. >> his grandmother says she will se

i'll let chris crocker say it. >> leave betty alone! he was talking about britney spears but i think it's totally appropriate. according to the latest gallup poll, 84% of sorority girls are in fact named britney. so leave them alone. those university of alabama sorority rappers are the fiercest, the toughest, the -- oh, wait. hang on this. just in from the kapp kappa kappa gamma house at the university of florida. ♪ we're living in a sorority

i'll let chris crocker say it. >> leave betty alone!ate. according to the latest gallup poll, 84% of sorority girls are in fact named britney. so leave them alone. those university of alabama sorority rappers are the fiercest, the toughest, the -- oh, wait. hang on this. just in from the kappa kappa gamma house at the university of central florida. ♪ we're living in a sorority world ♪ ♪ and i'm a kapa gamma girl >> did you see them throwing down the gang signs at the end there. sorry, university of alabama, panhelenic association. you may not be the baddest on the block after all. but thanks for giving us such a rush. all you alabama slammers, welcome to the first ever pledge class at ridiculist u. we'll be right back.

i'll let chris crocker say it. >> leave betty alone!he was talking about britney spears but i think it's totally appropriate. according to the latest gallup poll, 84% of sorority girls are in fact named britney. so leave them alone. those university of alabama sorority rappers are the fiercest, the toughest, the -- oh, wait. hang on this. just in from the kappa kappa gamma house at the university of florida. ♪ we're living in a sorority world and i am a kappa kappa gamma girl. >> sorry, university of alabama, you may not be the baddest on the block after all. but thanks for giving us such a rush. all you alabama slammers, welcome to the first ever pledge class at ridiculist u. hey, that's it for 360. thanks for watching. "piers morgan tonight" starts now. >> tonight, 34%, that's right, just 34% of americans like the way that president obama's

i will throw that back on ambassador crocker. i think that he and general allen are focused on that. on broader issues of the effectiveness of the plan, how the government of afghanistan is doing, it is challenged. it is challenged largely for the same reasons that we have challenges in the development of the afghan national security forces. there is a human capital challenge. you cannot have a whole generation of people at war and then expect that, somehow, you will recruit enough people that will then effectively be able to provide government. that is just something that will take time. in my opinion a lot of this will come bottom-up, not top-down. a gentleman before talked about his role as an interpreter. they have started out as interpreters a few years before. that is how long term the bigger picture will improve. it will be individuals kicking in and investing in the country. i think this human capital challenges not something you can fix overnight. and clap your hands and all of a sudden government will be perfect in afgh

i will throw that back on ambassador crocker.eral allen are focused on that. on broader issues of the effectiveness of the plan, how the government of afghanistan is doing, it is challenged. it is challenged largely for the same reasons that we have challenges in the development of the afghan national security forces. there is a human capital challenge. you cannot have a whole generation of people at war and then expect that, somehow, you will recruit enough people that will then effectively be able to provide government. that is just something that will take time. in my opinion a lot of this will come bottom-up, not top- down. a gentleman before talked about his role as an interpreter. they have started out as interpreters a few years before. that is how long term the bigger picture will improve. it will be individuals kicking in and investing in the country. i think this human capital challenges not something you can fix overnight. and clap your hands and all of a sudden government will be perfect in afghanistan. to say anythin

host howard stern, the accident happened on sunday, on the jersey shore, witnesses were able to get crocker'sumber as he drove away. quivers was not hurt thankfully in the accident. >> shocking new developments in the presumed death of an american woman in aruba, robin gardner mysteriously disappeared from the island a few weeks ago, the associated press is now reporting that the suspect in the case, her travel companion, gary giordano, tried to cash a $1.5 million accidental death policy that it broke early they are week he had taken out on gardner before being taken to the island. we are learning that aruban police are looking into explicit photos of robin gardner that they say they found on giordano's camera and it's not clear whether those cameras were con essential. mark furman is here with us now with new insight on this case, former homicide detective, thank you very much for being with us. so i mean -- >> -- good morning, megyn. megyn: they're both bombshells but let's go to the life insurance policy. you take that out, we learned this week that he had taken a $1.5 million insurance p

ambassador crocker and general allen have almost a laser-like focus to get the government of afghanistannd pakistan discussing their security charges. i would be disingenuous if i did not say it was a serious security challenge especially in eastern afghanistan that is related across the border. as much success as we have had, we are greatly challenged in the east of the country. i think you will see a great deal of diplomatic and military effort go into that situation over the next six months to sell. >> i have seen a lot -- i [unintelligible] concerns is the trust between the security forces and i sousaf. isaf hasnow if inserted some mutual trust lessons or ideas for the national army and police. >> that is a good question. the way i would address if it is that just like the isaf forces and troops and the afghan troops are -- so is the enemy. even when the enemy gets rollback, this is a counterinsurgency fight. the enemy is still out there. elements among the people. we recruit from the people. these are not like foreign mercenaries. as much as you try to fully force, occasional bad ac

they don't need to have a full chapter on how betty crocker started her own company so women are covered as much as paul revere. >> host: why did you go to law school? >> guest: inner shell. >> host: what do you mean? >> guest: who thought you could make a living doing what i do? had i known that i would not have wasted seven years of my life. >> host: seven years? >> guest: practice. i clerked for a federal judge on reagan's short list in kansas city. new york corporate law litigation. then i came to work for the senate judiciary committee in 95 after the republicans took congress for the first time in forty years. i didn't want to leave new york. i had to come down like that. i got the offer thursday and friday and had to start monday and i cried all weekend. but i thought this is a historic change. if people like me don't go to washington you will have the nancy kassebaum staffers switching to our new right wing senators so i did go there and work there. it was a year and a half. as you know or may not, starting around the summer of an election year nothing gets done in washington bec

we don't need to have a full chapter on how betty crocker started her own company so that women are covered as much as, say, paul revere. >> host: why'd you go to law school? >> guest: inertia. [laughter] >> host: what do you mean? >> guest: well, who thought you could make a living doing what i do? had i known that -- [laughter] i would not have wasted, oh, probably seven years of my life. >> host: seven years? is. >> guest: well, i practiced. >> host: what kind of law did you practice? >> guest: i clerked for a federal judge on reagan's short list for the supreme court, that was out in kansas city. and then new york, big corporate law litigation. then i came to work for the senate judiciary committee in '95 right after the republicans took congress for the first time. in 40 years. and i so didn't want to leave new york. i had to come down like that. i got the offer, like, thursday, friday, and they said you have to start monday. and i cried all weekend. but i just thought this is an historic change. and if people like me don't go to washington now, you're just going to have, you know, the

my name is daniel crocker, president of the organization's network to carry as we refer to it sec. i want to offer a warm welcome to every joining us today as well as all of our viewers of c-span and enters streaming. even exciting afternoon ahead with an array of speakers that should give you a full picture of the campus carry debate. our speakers today include people who were personally experienced the tragedy that results from the criminalization of south to send. we will also have a debate between renowned economist john lott and colin goddard from the brady campaign gun violence. our keynote speaker, glen caroline from the national rifle association will speak this afternoon and cannot each of academics, state legislators, campus activism in student lobbyists. i want to begin by introducing our organization for the benefit of our guests here. students for concealed carry is a national nonprofit with this goal object is. to allow adult who possess the state issued concealed handgun license the same measure of self protection that they enjoyed virtually everywhere else in societ