frank marshall davis to personal the example of frank marshall davis. i spent four years on this one. i won't take you through the entire four year sojourn i promise you. frank marshall davis is relevant because he was -- choosing my words carefully, a mentor to the current president of the united states, barack obama. that was in 1970. in hawaii. i first started reading about frank marshall davis and obama in 2007/2008. i heard conservatives on talk radio and bloggers elsewhere, saying he was a communist party member. he influenced obama and meanwhile i am hearing this stuff and have spread all over my desk all these committee reports. senate judiciary committee run by democrats, house committee on internal security and american activities, almost always -- these people ran these committees were democrats. chris dodd's father. francis walter, jack kennedy was an anticommunist on some of these committees. so i hear this and i am thinking what does he really believed? and how close was he to obama? august 2nd, 2008. davis was a constant figure in obama's

frank marshall davis, the example of frank marshall davis. i spent about four years on this one, and it won't take you to the entire four years sojourner i promise you. but, frank marshall davis is relevant right now because he was, choosing my words carefully, a mentor, a mentor to the current president of the united states, barack obama. that was in obama's years in the latter 1970s in hawaii. and i first started reading about frank marshall davis and obama 2007-2008. i heard conservatives on talk will come on blogs and elsewhere saying frank marshall davis is economies, a communist party member, take it to the bank, this guy is economies. while i'm hearing all of the stuff i had spread all over my desk, all this committee reports, right, senate judiciary committee run by democrats by the way. house committee and internal security is run by democrats. house committee on un-american activities almost always on but democrats. chris dodd father, thomas dodd, right? frances walter, representative i court, jack candy was an anti-communist -- jac

frank marshall davis. i spent about four years on this one, and i won't take you through the entire four years, i promise you, but he is relevant right now because he was, using my words carefully, a mentor to the current president of the united states, barak obama. now, that was in obama's years in the latter 1970s in hawaii, and i first started reading about frank mar shall davis in 2008. i heard conservatives on talk radios saying he was a communist party member. take it to the bank, he influenced obama. while hearing all of this stuff, i have spread all over my desk all these committee reports, senate judiciary committee, run by democrats, house committee on americans also run by democrats. chris dodd's father, thomas dodd, representative eye court, jack kennedy was an anticommunist on some of these committees. i'm hearing this and thinking what does davis really believe, and how close was he to obama? august 2, 2008, "ap" piece. davis was a constant figure in obama's early life. he was an important in

if i could veer to sammy davis, j.r. and your other books, what death depth of knowledge did he have in judaism? i know he converted to it. what was his knowledge in terms of commitment? >> okay. that question is a big layered question, and there's not enough time in the answer, but you'll find the answer in a book called "in black and white: the like of sammy davis, j.r.". >> okay. >> the injuries about boxes, sugar ray robinson saw this was a brutal sport. he fowgd a guy -- he fought a guy in cleveland, ohio named jimmy doyle and he faced severe knockouts in the state of california. he shouldn't have been fighting in ohio, but he was allowed. sugar ray robinson hit him with a punch in the chin, and it killed him. sugar ray robinson was threatened with arrest and a charge of manslaughter in 1947, so he knew that boxing took a awful toll on fighters, but he lived in america. it was segregated at the time. there was no jobs on wall street for blacks, no jobs in banks, few, few jobs in hollywood, so boxing was one way wher

davis. welcome back to the rules committee. >> good morning, supervisors. it is quite an honor to be listed with so many of the credentials that have been presented before me. there were quite remarkable. i just want to briefly say that i have in the past served on the cac for the western addition redevelopment agency as well as previously was on the filmore community benefit district. i currently work as the [inaudible] even though it is not an official city project anymore, but convening the city project -- the city advisers that deal with the issues that come out of that with regards to families and employment as well as working currently with the mayor's office of housing on their western addition cohort where they are developing and identifying the service providers from infancy to senior citizens and seeing where the gaps are and what we can do with that. we have regular meetings with property managers of subsidized and public housing and really beginning to address and identify some o

davis: thank you. i yield one minute to the gentleman from arkansas, dr. snyder. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas is recognized. mr. snyder: mr. speaker, like all babies came into a changing world and a changing america and yet in many ways when it comes to issues of gays and lesbians, america has already changed. their first home church would not have thrived without the labor and dedication of numerous gay and lesbian members. my childcare benefited from several lesbian couples who have given their time to help my wife and i raise them. and america benefits from pilots, doctors, diplomats, teachers, police, firemen, e.m.t.'s, construction workers, many other professions, somehow without disstracting each other. implementation by repeal, not by court case, allows the military to catch up with the rest of america and my boys and all-american children will be the better for it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i yie

davis. i want to make sure that you recognize that even though there has been a lot of changes going on here, this corporation i work with, we sunshine boats all the time, and ms. davis has been on quite a few committees. i'm not happy with the overall picture, but if we are not up here supporting the folks that have been about this business, it does not make any sense to be here. i hope you guys take into consideration so she gets a seat on this and we get a little bit more progress going. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. any other speaker? seeing none, public comment is closed. again, i want to thank all the applicants. i think any of the individuals who have applied and come forward is qualified to do the job. it is impressive and gratifying to see the caliber of people who have come forward. with that said, i will say that i -- for me, one person does stand out, and i'm very familiar with her experience and what she has done for not only her community but the entire city and coun

davis. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, i would ask that we reappoint mr. davis. he and my office have been working closely since his last appointment, and i can tell you, he has put in a lot of time and energy into this position. i have found is in sight to be very useful and i hope that he is reappointed. we have a motion by commissioner david chiu, seconded by vice chair carmen chu. without objection. thank you. >> item 5. recommend appointment of two members to the geary corridor bus rapid transit citizens advisory committee. this is an action item. >> you may recall, this year we had three vacancies on the gcac, an ad that time, only one vacancy was filled by the committee. we did conduct recruitment, but at the time, did not have sufficient members to be appointed to the tenderloin downtown area. the committee asked us to do more recruitment in that area to get more applicants in. we are now brin

commissioner davis: in terms of behavior that has gone on so far. if the behavior that was inconsistent and before this issue, it is not in violation of this order and is not a retroactive -- >> the bulletin is not retroactive. >> when can we expect the dgo? and are you going to confirm with the occ? >> they will shepherd this whole thing through the process. the role that we were playing was to actually go out and put something on paper. we are very far along in that process and we are ready to meet with the command of our department. at that point, they are going to ensure -- even the city attorney is already involved in the process now. and after that, it is my understanding that it would be ready to come forth you. >> the people that have interest in this are taught to? >> i am sure that will happen. >> we have had a number of these over the years, and every time we go back in here and we get one of these pieces of force, it is really good that we put it in this form, a bulletin. even though it is not in that format, it is the law of the land. i

commissioner davis: in terms of behavior that has gone on so far. if the behavior that was inconsistent and before this issue, it is not in violation of this order and is not a retroactive -- >> the bulletin is not retroactive. >> when can we expect the dgo?

commissioner davis: in terms of behavior that has gone on so far. if the behavior that was inconsistent and before this issue, it is not in violation of this order and is not a retroactive -- >> the bulletin is not retroactive. >> when can we expect the dgo? and are you going to confirm with the occ? >> they will shepherd this whole thing through the process. the role that we were playing was to actually go out and put something on paper. we are very far along in that process and we are ready to meet with the command of our department. at that point, they are going to ensure

davis were part of the celebration. meanwhile dogs have more look forward to under the christmas tree thing castillo of early 536% said there will buy their kids a tons feared only 48 states and to do this in the majority of pet owners say they plan to get their animals to present this holiday season. >> let's go back and outside, as we had up to break another live look from our camera and the north bay this is a long 101. san are final. i believe this taillights are headed southbound in any event it is an easy ride. will your back. wxoo and we're back 5:00 a.m., a top stories state lawmakers hold the town hall meeting on the pipeline explosion. why it is some residents are still frustrated coming up. in union city man expected to enter a plea after assaulting a 2 year- old crop in a retail store on that. governor let jerry brown will hold the meeting this morning to discuss the budget deficit and it is a big one. these top stories coming up, check on whether with louisa. a live look at the golden gate, i don't see any

bingos to buy the forty-niners davis. performance find attached a bedding field and watch this for you and come back closer to the time when they like the train. new details today after months of waiting the military has finally released its report and don't ask, don't talk. a survey shows concerned over what will happen the military if it does overturn its ban on openly gay members of the military. those fears might be overblown. in fact the defense secretary said the survey showed most service members have no problem serving alongside an openly gay colleagues. >> this of a jury of those that answered the survey, more than two-thirds, did not object to gays and lesbians serving openly in uniform. the fighting suggest that for large segments of the military repeal of don't ask don't tell the potentially disruptive in the short term would not be the wrenching dramatic change that many have feared up and protected. >> up to 60 percent of people surveyed in certain front line at all male units did have a different opinion. t

davis in the position, but that is not what i'm here for. i'm here to speak on the general picture of this agency, which you are calling the mayor's office of economic work force development. setting up this, in my opinion, rubber stamp advisory committee. first of all, that department, which has the acting director, which i'm sure you have not even met yet -- the department has taken over the responsibilities of the redevelopment agency in san francisco as it relates to the african-americans, particularly in the former western addition. right now, currently, redevelopment agency is under the auditing, and i think we need to check out the mayor's office of economic work force development, by now -- economic

davis davis of u. p. s., thank you for your time. >> appreciate it. >> tom: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: european debt worries had u.s. stocks under pressure today. we'll have more on europe in a few moments. meanwhile, the dow fell 19 points, the nasdaq lost 10 and the s&p 500 was off six points. trading volume rising to over a billion shares on the big board and nearly 1.9 billion on the nasdaq. no inflation in sight. that's the upshot of the latest consumer price index. november c.p.i. was up just 0.1%, and virtually flat when you take out volatile food and energy prices. homebuilders are still feeling pretty gloomy about their sales outlook as we head into the holidays. the national association of home builders' housing market index was flat in november, with a reading of 16. anything above 50 would indicate a healthy housing market. and that morning cup of joe is going to cost you a bit more. kraft boosted prices today on its maxwell house and yuban coffee brands, citing a 13-y

. >> reporter: attorney lanny davis. best-known client was once the white house, but today it's the big house he's focused on, and saving the life of convicted killer kevin cooper. >> it's immoral for a society to kill somebody with this much doubt. >> reporter: davis is asking outgoing governor arnold schwarzeneggar to commute cooper's death sentence to life and has enlisted an impressive group of supporters, including a federal judge. william fletcher was part of a panel denying cooper's last appeal and wrote in a dissent-- "kevin cooper is probably innocent." cooper was convicted in 1985 for the brutal and bloody murders of three members of a chino hills, california, family. doug ryen, his wife, peggy, 10- year-old jessica, along with an 11-year-old neighbor, christopher hughes. the only survivor of the massacre was eight-year-old josh ryen. "48 hours" first brought attention to kevin cooper's case more than a decade ago after he wrote several letters to me claiming his innocence. there was and continues to be conside

belva davis. tom horn. claud jarmen. neil stafford. i don't know if anybody's heard of belva davis. i don't know who's idea was there to appoint her to the war memorial board. my idea is fabulous, steve. i am glad he came up with the idea. thank you for your service ans being reappointed. tom horn, an amazing guy. tom, thank you for your service and now you carry your baton. claud jarmin, the only academy award-winner. thank you for your service. an outstanding job. thank you for continuing to serve. stafford had a short appointment. he said, he'd take it and se how it goes. it is a big deal to have his enthusiasm. war memorial is being remodeled. a lot of work going on over there. they will matter, grateleatly. now it is time to mention the last person swarn in. faye lee. it went on my list. thank you. faye is a good friend of all of ours. thank you for your continuing contributions to the city. that's it. did i forget anyboyd? anybody else want to get sworn in. if you need me, i am around. we had a great recommendation. tom shay might have called, or p.j. on challen 26. they said

the bbc's nick davis told me how the case unfolded. >> she was actually murdered just over -- close to a a month ago. november 13. just go back in time. what happened while she was going from the area of cape town, she was with her husband and traveling in a taxi when it was carjacked, simply carjacked. he was taken out of the vehicle. so was her husband who has been arrested today. but she was later found dead, shot in the neck. and at a time many were concerned how this had happened and raised questions about security in south africa, but only yesterday in the cape crown court, cape high court that we found allegations came forward that her husband possibly was involved in this. and that's the reason why today he was arrested by members of the metropolitan police extradition unit. their job to put in place a warrant which was issued by the south african authorities. >> and even though only it

former chicago school board chico and davis are tide with 9%. reverend james meeks picks up 7% followed by braun with 6%. and former senator roland burris who has 2%. here's a break down by race. among black voters 30% are undecide. 21% would vote for davis. emanuel picks up 19% of the black vote. followed by meeks, mosley braun and burris. and emanuel gets 27% of latino voters. more than chico combined. emanuel get 46% of the white votes. the numbers show emanuel has a diverse coalition of supporters. while chico has ground to make up in the black community and davis' is mostly among black voters. emanuel was the only who did not appear at a forum tonight. >> i am attending every single forum i'm invited to because it's the best way to talk to directly. >> reporter: answers about violence and prevention. >> nobody cares more about this issue than i do. >> reporter: offstage, chico said he's frantically raising money to get his message out. >> have the resources to more than compete. >> reporter: meeks says he's planning to unveil his planning t

i'm belva davis. joining me tonight on our news panel are sandy roy, editor with "new america media." rachel gordon, city hall reporter for the "san francisco chronicle" and josh richmond, legal and political affairs reporter for the "oakland tribune" and tom vacar consumer editor for kttv news. tom, did this year end better than it began or worse than expected? >> i think for a lot of people it's a toss-up, and i think for the state it's been a toss-up. we started the year out at about 12.3% unemployment, we are at 12.4% unemployment. we had a slight dip in the middle of the year, but unemploymentwise that is the problem and that's the problem for california, jobs, jobs, jobs, because everything else is impacted by that whether it's taxes, housing values, everything else, so that i think was the biggest thing. and in the united states, you know, the same thing. we started out in the united states in the high nines. we are ending up in the united states in the high nines. so, not much improvement in j

bette davis was 52, as was martha, and james mason had always been 46, you know, so... [laughter] so it was--it was good. and so i said okay, knowing at the time that when you sell the rights of a play to be made into a movie, you lose absolute control over it-- understanding that. if you write a play, you have absolute control over what is done to your play onstage. they can't change a word without your permission. but you take a chance when you sell a movie. but that whole combination struck me as being pretty good. but then there's a thing called movie magic, and bette davis and james mason turned into elizabeth taylor and richard burton. and oddly enough, mike nichols stayed mike nichols, and...but i sort of trusted mike. i didn't think he was going to allow them to really screw it up. and what happened, finally, by some great fortune: there was no screenplay. i mean, there's this guy, ernest lehman, who is credited with the screenplay. but then again, he produced the movie too. but i think he changed two sentences of my entire script and maybe cut about five minute