dot, dan brook, and nikki. >> my name is scott and i would like to say i don't like public speaking. people talk about fears of losing their rent control, being evicted. transportation being destroyed. this is an honest concern people believe. it is misled by fearmongering. i love living in park merced. that -- we were planning on moving out until this. we like instant water, toilets taht -- that aren't leaking, and having a nicer house. 30 years from now, when most of these

dot, dan brook, and nikki. >> my name is scott and i would like to say i don't like public speaking. people talk about fears of losing their rent control, being evicted. transportation being destroyed. this is an honest concern people believe. it is misled by fearmongering. i love living in park merced. that -- we were planning on moving out until this. we like instant water, toilets taht -- that aren't leaking, and having a nicer house. 30 years from now, when most of these people are gone, this will be handed down to later generations. we will be sorry about what we're left with if we don't make it nice now. [applause] >> hi. my name is nikki krump- handsted. i know this is a long journey for you. thank you for coming. i came up from l.a. where it's congested and full of smog. it is very awful to be stuck. trying to run off to work. i work at stonestown. if i am running late for work, i cant' get a half-mile away to get to work. i understand the plan to change the congestion. we would love to have the m-line go through. my greatest concern is the mess. i have developed asthma. i ne

we're told that that lasted for about 15 minutes or so, brooke. >> dan, briefly, do we have any kind of readout on the call? do we know what was discussed at all? >> reporter: we don't know what was discussed. but as you were highlighting earlier, there is a lot of talk obviously about conversations that were had that have been disclosed by wikileaks about what the administration officials have been saying about the leadership there in afghanistan. and one official was sort of pushing back, dismissing that this morning, saying that there's nothing new here. that a lot has been reported in the past about concerns about corruption in the afghan government. so they don't see this as really being in sort of major hurdle in going forward and working with the government there. >> i want to get to sort of the timing in the wikileaks in a moment but i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon. it's been as i mentioned one year since the president was there at west point announcing this surge in afghanistan. can we, barbara, claim thus far it's been a success? do we know if we're any clo

brooke. >> we will find out a little later this afternoon how they vote, i guess. danthat is your reporter roulette for this tuesday. on a final note here, wikileaks founder julian as saj was granted bail in the u.k. today. swedish prosecutors quickly appealed that. he for now remains behind bars. >>> president obama hosting bill gates and warren buffett at the white house. what do you think was said during that meeting? gloria borger is next with your political ticker. >>> before we go to break, it is the time of year when people open their hearts and wall lots for their favorite cause. which city in the u.s. is most charitable? "the daily beast" website factored in average household income, donations and the number of people who volunteer each year. so let's show you the list. number five, the big d., dallas, texas. number four, cnn's world headquarters here in atlanta. number three, kansas city. so is your list on the list? find out after the break. i'm hugh jidette and i'm running for president. i'll say a lot of things but do i really care about this baby's future

should know, in the year 2000 our colleague, senator dan inouye of hawaii, was awarded the medal of honor for his heroism in world war ii. edward brook was another man who served in the u.s. senate, elected in 1966, the first african-american to serve since reconstruction, a republican from massachusetts. he is a recipient of the congressional medal of freedom. in world war ii he served in an all-black regiment in the infantry. he fought tyranny in europe. the military, for all intents and purposes, was basically segregated at that time. this past june, senator brookee, wrote in "the boston globe" calling for an end to the don't ask, don't tell policy. it was a powerful call for justice and i want to read part of it. here's what senator brooke, a republican from massachusetts wrote, military service requires extraordinary sacrifice and love of country and every men and women in uniform deserves our respect and gratitude. however the don't ask, don't tell policy shows disrespect both for the individuals it targets and for the values our military was created to defend. it is a discriminatory law that must be repealed. senator brooke we

dan glickman was a member of the the united states house and a secretary of agriculture under president clinton. secretary glickman. [applause] >> thank you, michael. thanks to david brookscould be it the next preamble to america, which was spectacular. he deserves a hand for that. briefly, i was a democratic congressman from kansas. that is an oxymoron. kansas is the longest-running state that is not elected a democratic senator in a center. i was a democratic congressman curt i went on to the secretary of agriculture. the agriculture department represented in many places some of the most conservative constituencies in america. you learn that you have to have a dialogue with people of different perspectives. then i went not to be the chairman of the motion picture association of america. i used to say the biggest part of the word agriculture was the culture and that was my qualification. in industry that involves human attitude, emotions, and you have to work both sides of the aisle. now i'm at a place that was started by four senators. try to find bipartisan solutions to the nation's problems. we need a grass-roots movement in the country to give credibility and to pro