there is a press release announcing the issue from david cohen. we are illuminating the match for terrorism. that is a troubling statement. what is your understanding of the secret deal, so-called, between iran and al qaeda? >> iran and al qaeda have had sort of a to a certain extent, a shotgun marriage. i think iran has harbored al qaeda leaders and facilitators, but under house arrest conditions. remembering that iran is a shi'ite state and al qaeda is sunni. they don't agree ideologically in the first place. i think iran was, of course, pays attention to our pursuit of al qaeda and what we have done in afghanistan and iraq. next door neighbors to them. on the one hand, they had this stand off arrangement with the al qaeda allowing them to exist. >>> we will leave this. you can find it online. we take you live to the royal oak theater in michigan for a grass roots rally with candidnde mitt romney. >> thank you so much. welcome. you touch our hearts. thank you so very much. what an honor to have the governor introduce me and have he and his famil

. >> david cohen. picking up on javitts and ancestors, given that theodore roosevelt is a distant ancestor to president obama, there is an effort at making him an ancestor. and so i wonder if you could all comment on another missed opportunity which is theodore roosevelt laid the basis for dealing with the abuses of money and politics. and apart from rhetorical flouri flourishes, all of which i share about citizens united, where is the emphasis on finding ways of changing the system so the missed opportunity is in dealing with some of the political democracy deficits that we have for money and politics? >> just very briefly. everybody's talking about what wasn't in the speech and the omissions they cared about. that was the omission that really struck me is because t.r. had such strong language about this in the original speech and indeed, citizens united, in some ways, is a repudiation of a system that started when t.r. was president back when we passed the tillman act i think in 1907. so that there w

there is a press release announcing the designations from david cohen, the undersecretary. "by exposing your grandpa's secret deal with al qaeda and allowing it -- by exposing iran's secret deal with al qaeda and allowing it -- that is a troubling statement. what is your understanding of this secret deal, so-called between iran and al qaeda? >> iran and al qaeda have sort of a, to a certain extent, a shotgun marriage. iran has harbored al qaeda leaders, facilitators, but under house arrest conditions. iran is a shia state, and al qaeda is sunni, so they do not agree a deal logically, in the first place. -- i do not think -- so they do not agree ideologically, in the first place. on the one hand, they have had this sort of stand of arrangement with al qaeda allowing them to exist, not to foment any operations directly from iran because they are very sensitive about we might come after them there as well. there has been this long standing kind of a shotgun marriage, marriage of convenience. i think probably the iranians may think they might use perhaps al qaeda in the future

legislation that was taking into account by the mayor and when it was put forward by supervisor cohen and supervisor david chiu. the first, as i mentioned earlier, the first version that came out would have quite a brutal impact on the small business community. we were very instrumental in getting a version that ultimately passed. we had a discussion on yellow page legislation, a discussion on fliers, a discussion on pet stores. we saw some problems with that -- what we discussed tonight. also instrumental in opening up a new front, i don't like using military terms, but starting a dialogue to discuss matters matter of mutual concern. these would include items like formula retail. and permit issues. i would recognize, coincidentally, my colleague and fellow nomination, commissioner dooley is well-versed in these items as well. it is an even situation there. but we also oversaw the logo and branding for the new office of small business. we also dealt with legislation with scott wienreer, just to mention a few. these are all important items, many important different people throughout the city that we have d

and i would hope that they did to -- that david chiu, weiner, carmen chu, and malia cohen would work together to provide a condominium so this one individual i know, and there are some other ones -- so that we all can sort of, like, benefit. i think sometimes we talk about rent. they never really get done. i would urge carmen chu maybe -- president chiu: if you could address your comments to the full board. >> i am. i would say i might want to ask nadia, run this by her. she might think it is a good idea. and, you know, i know in district 4, kind of good things for her district. there could be good things done. maybe we can get together in sort of a closed meeting. i am being very serious about this. so that there are condominium ownership for some people, ok? condominium ownership. if you understand me? have i made myself clear? president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon. espinola jackson, bayview hunters point. i was watching the board of supervisors meeting last week. someone got up and pointed their fingers at you and said that you were responsible, all

supervisor cohen: [leads names] >> supervisors, my name is david [unintelligible] i am from the railroad. huwe have a herd of 60 goats up there as well. the first that i read of dr. burke was in "the new yorker," one year ago. i was incredibly impressed by the work that she is doing in her commitment to her children in her care. let me say, from the outset, i am very supportive of the project for child wellness and advocacy. i am here to express strong reservations and concern over the compatibility of this location. as a railroad operator, neither i, who is about 200 feet across third street, nor a lot of interested parties learned of this until after planning commission approval. i read the staff report and it makes no mention of any trains are trucks in the area. i think that there was some problem in terms of due diligence in the part of the planning department staff in laying out the setting of the location. supervisor mar, i do not think that your question to the representative from the department of question -- public health was adequately answered. she said they needed to explore

collector assessor, phil king, counsel general gao, david chiu, carmen chu, eric mar, and other board members who will join us. scott weiner, malia cohenm china lot -- not long ago from a trip. thank you for being here. to our family associations, our department heads, our other commissioners and friends, happy new year, and welcome to our official celebration here at city hall of our wonderful chinese lunar new year. we just came from the official lighting of our new lantern. i hope you will stay tonight long enough to view all of its beauty and the lightness of it. there are a lead the lights on there. there are recycle cd's on the dragon boat. it is 76 feet long. it is, of course, my entry into the america's cup. anyway, i want to thank everyone for being here, for helping us celebrate. as we have been saying, this is one of the most exciting, attractive holiday seasons for the whole of san francisco and all of our communities. we look forward, and i hope you join me, in not only the very big chinese new year's parade of will happen this saturday, but the whole weekend. there are community affairs. there is the coronation ball. we j