deputy chief david chen. deputy chief john loftus. deputy chief michael beal.f tomakia, my boss and the chief gregory pesir. and last and not least the mayor of city and county of san francisco, ed lee. first i would like to start with vice president turman and president mazzucco to say a few words for you. >> thank you very much, inspector monroe, distinguished guests. tonight i ask my vice president turman to be present, because he actually participated in the selection of these awards. on behalf of the police commission i want to congratulate the officers and their families. we have had a busy week at the san francisco police department, on friday night we graduated 46 brand-new officers from the 235th recruit class, and during my speech to the officers, i talked about being courageous. you are courageous. i talked about becoming san francisco's finest. you are san francisco's finest. on tuesday we had a promotion ceremony and another speech speaking to officers and commanders and i spoke to them about their role and what is expected of them training the nex

chen? if you were to hand pick somebody for this job? >> right now, i can't really see that many people out there that actually have the expertise for that. >> david copperfield? >> probably. yeah. houdini. john chen, he's more of a software guy. that seems to be where the investors want to take the company. >> the reason i bring that up, doesn't that tell us a little bit about which direction the board may want to go in here? >> absolutely. >> we will probably end -- won't see any physical blackberries but the company may exist as operating like the new bbm is their messenger launching on ios and android. >> that's it. i mean the company, the investors want to push this into a software-based company. it's still unclear to me, you know, where the demand is for that software. there is obviously companies that work with blackberry right now, but looking at all the drama, the issues right now it's hard to see a lot of big businesses jumping on to the blackberry bandwagon now. >> quickly, roger, i mean they're launching the z 30 on verizon this month. i hate to say it is it worth it? in light of what's happening with the company? if you're a company w

joie chen tells us what's coming up. >> good evening, david, food for thought on thanksgiving even. we're going to look to those who have something to worry about, food on every day. we'll meet the brian family, family of five, live in baltimore. the brians suffer from food insecurity, many low income families are constantly faced with this ever tough decision. do you feed your children? do you live without other basics? there is a government assistance program called snap. it helps. sometimes it's not enough, and it hits the brians every day. >> i couldn't sit and watch my kids go hungry. i've got to suck up my pride and go and apply for food stamps. >> our correspondent sheila macvicar will join us, and it is part of our serious, food for thought, highlighting hunger in america. >> all right joie, thank you. >>> former mvp ryan braun, has broken his silence, jessica taff will have more of that. plus, the makers of a spicy sauce have gotten burned in court. >> for food lovers and trend-watchers the spicy viet anam ease hot sauce is the coppedment of the moment. for people living ne

joie chen is standing by to tell us what is coming up on "america tonight" at the top of the hour. >> davidre going to like this. great political figure out of office, still in the limelight. we'll pay a visit to former louisiana governor, edwin edwards. he definitely has had his fans and critics. he went through four terms in the state house to eight years in the big house, the federal penitentiary. that's where he meant his third wife. now he tells soledad o'brien that he is considering another political career. >> i bought into the fact that he was guilty in the trial, but when i started peeling back what the operation was, even going down to the wiretaps, it's just not there. >> i didn't whine or complain. i walked into prison and i vowed that i would live to come ohm, and i did. >> and so he did. soledad o'brien will join us with her story about that cajan comeback. >>> joie thank you. looking forward to that one. >>> texting while driving can be dangerous, just ask the residents of tennessee. the volunteer state has the highest rate of texting and driving related deaths in the country