[applause] >> earl warren. i started poking around in 2001. i became an editor at the time and was responsible for california government and political coverage. i was initially drawn to his curiosity about his time as governor. you know earl warren until quite recently, to the history of california. it was a remarkable achievement--the first race he won, and incumbent democrat in the middle of the war. a very popular president in 1950, a third of those elections, not only beat us on -- and jimmy roosevelt, over a million votes. in the middle, the most interesting of all people in those days they practice cross filing which meant if you could run for any party's nomination warren is a republican, in the democratic party's -- the only governor to win both parties nominations. my initial discovery of the fascination of tournament--an extraordinary california politician and seven times for public office is never lost. in trying to figure him out in a larger sense what i was drawn to was the sense of paradox about it. earl warren in 1942, enthusias

earl warren, stephen bechtel. the first act was to think about what would happen in the postwar economy to make san francisco and the bay area thrive. san jose had a population of 45,000 people. it has changed a little bit. the vision of some of these people have led to the bay area that we know today. hopefully for the better. the first act was to bring you and delegates here to sign a charter. here we are 66 years later. it is in our blood for the bay area council to have formed cal apec. they were the group to convince world leaders to come here to discuss the most important issues of the day. we are honored that you have chosen san francisco for the spirit we plan to do you proud, mr. ambassador, members of our team at the state department. this is exciting stuff for the bay area council and we will be behind it all the way. improving our global competitiveness as a region is what the bay area council is all about. everything we do is all about that. for that reason, having aipac here in san francisco, it is k

the chief justice earl warren institute. the consulate general of mexico. the quality federation. -- equality federation. the national center for lesbian rights. san francisco chamber of commerce. the san francisco department of children, youth, and their families. san francisco department on the status of women. san francisco zero divided foundation. we would like to thank the city department heads that are here. the department of status of women. the human rights commission, and our own director, the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. you have an opportunity later in the meeting for public comment. please indicate if you would like to speak or write down your questions and return the cards to staff members. i would like to introduce an outstanding leader who has worked hard to bring the diverse segments of the san francisco community together to reach a common ground. since coming into office in january of 2009, he has brought thoughtful leadership to our city. we're pleased to welcome the president of the san francisco board of supervisors

possibility that even some conservative justices might go along with that we all need to remember earl warren for example were appointed as i recall by eisenhower you know a good conservative republican or did the koch daddy and the john birch society hate him and what's the latest. you have what's the latest on the wisconsin recall . there's a lot going on through the recalls have been sort of fight these are efforts to remove republican state senators who align themselves with the walker agenda and three. key votes came from republicans who represent districts they could very easily elect a democrat i know those cases that recalls have been certified they're going to go ahead three more recalls republican senators are now in play and likely to go ahead and usually there are three potential recalls of democratic senators those are still being what it all adds up to is the likelihood that on july twelfth or thereabouts we will have elections a process was gunson that will quit governor walker's agenda to the chest if you change really remove his supporters john thank you so much for being wit

the only republican was chief justice earl warren of the supreme court and if you want to know why he put cold water on that option you have to read my other books civil-rights chapter five. [laughter] he shot down every argument against running in convinced himself he would be healthier serving than retiring. he also feared that no one else could prevent a nuclear holocaust. , jr. 1956 eisenhower was informed the nuclear exchange with the soviet union 65% of the american population would be casualties. years later sherman adams said will surely what applies to obama's a day the real reason the president wants to run again because he doesn't think anybody else can do as good a job as he is doing. after waiting so long that nobody else, so long nobody else could put together a viable candidacy, he announced his candidacy february 29, 1956. drama number three. it is about the ass want dam will -- aswan 56 historians ignore the fact the attempted to resolve the arab-israeli conflict to this day 1956 john foster dulles had publicly announced the plan code-named alpha for the arab-israeli

warren. representative jackie speier and earl blumenauer spoke out on the house floor about the committee members treatment of professor warren and called on him to apologize. here are their remarks. you know, i rise regretfully this morning and sadly this morning to dcuss what i believe is a true transgression that took place in our house yesterday. i was appalled by the behavior displayed by the chairman of the subcommittee on tarp and financial services. after repeatedly changing the time of yesterday's hearing with professlizabeth warren to discuss the republican majority's efforts to terminate the consumer financial protection bureau just weeks before it was to be born, the chairman began the hearing with a petty partisan swipe alluding to whether the witness may or may not be running someday for the u.s. senate. as if, mr. speaker, political ambition is tab auto around here. while -- taboo around here. while the overall tone was contentious, it is to be expected. because the goal is to paint the consumer protection financial bureau is something that's bad for consumers. why? because this ne