she wrote and e-mail to senator diane feinstein, and before i knew it, the offices of senator feinstein were working on this. i know we have a representative from diane feinstein's office. could you raise your hand? where are you? [applause] thank you so much. within two days we had a letter from senator feinstein that was sent to the shanghai office of foreign owe fares urging their support and expediting the paperwork. now with this very official letter, we worked with the vice counsel of the chinese consulate and of the shrank high -- shanghai office of foreign affairs, and the director of the asian arts music and his director. we refer to mrs. yang of the shanghai cultural association. i want to say that the shanghai team and others finalized the paperwork, obtained the customs cleernls, not with a moment to spare. we had already missed two boats. this was the last boat in order for us to make this dedication. with that, with the mayor's future and schedule, who knew if we would ever get this gathering together. we are really pleased that it all worked out. i had a terrific professi

thank you, senator feinstein. thank you to jake mgoldrick. we had regional projects related to work on celebrity -- collectively together. he helped organize a from work with the golden gate bridge district and other leaders throughout the region. patching together money, patching together collaboration, patching together those wounds that have opened up in the course of this project. in closing, i think you not only for your introduction but for your stewardship and leadership and constancy. thank you for your faith, love, and devotion. this is one of the things i know you care deeply about. that showed throughout the course of this effort and the course of the work that is being done here. thank you very much. [applause] >> i remember then that chair jake mcgoldrick saying to the mayor in an early speech that he jogged every morning under those drives. he said, "do not job under the structure. you never know what could happen." [laughter] we get now to the point here where people are too cold and we need to wrap up quickly, but we still hav

mark little, senators feinstein and boxer, and speaker nancy pelosi, who have championed the ongoing cleanup effort at the shipyard for many years. finally, we are here today deliberating on this project because of the contributions of community members who have dreamed and hope of new opportunities in the southeast for years. both those who are supportive of this project and those who have opposed it, many of those individuals are in this room today. thank you for your time, your concern, your questions, your guidance, and continually shaping and improving this project. the viewpoints, both for the against and those who have been against it have had a positive impact on this proposal. let me clarify -- i want to clarify one procedural matter -- the certification of the eir for this project has been appealed, and the board will hear that matter tomorrow afternoon. at the conclusion of the day's hearing, i will ask that these items be sent to the full board

as well, senator feinstein has been very supportive of our transportation initiatives. we are here today to celebrate the continuation of doyle drive. it is important for me to recognize the importance of the recovery act. what we are doing today is try to maintain this by the land so that we can stand up to a potential earthquake in the future. but that is just part of the story, if you think beyond that parameter. across the nation, from the recovery act perspective, many similar products are occurring. we are rebuilding the economy as we rebuild the infrastructure. to run the nation, there are a lot of contacts on the shelf that would not become reality now if it was not for the recovery act. that was a major infusion to pay with to move transportation colon and has been very helpful. of course, lots of men and women like the ones here today that would have not had a job without the recovery act. if you think about where we were one year ago in the economy, the recovery act was the primary purpose to create jobs. so i and phase here to celebrate not just the project

this is a 30 relationship that stretches back to win dianne feinstein was the mayor of san francisco. we premiered a new work of art here in san francisco called the three heads, six arms. welcome to san francisco. thank you for bringing your extraordinary sculpture. can you tell me about what inspired you to create this sculpture? >> this started with some trips that i took years ago. i went to to bed and i saw a lot of statues and i started to really feel the spiritual life of people in tibet. it really inspires me and i went back to shanghai and i started the creation of this. >> we see that one of the heads of the bullet it is your face. can you talk about the significance of that? -- we see that one of the heads of the buddha is your face. >> i started doing public art almost 10 years ago. what i want to express this as an extension of my our practice. this is an accumulation of my own experience as a performance artist. >> we see that the scale is very important. we have seen other works where a limb of this culture is on the floor but everything is very big and large scale. wha

sincerely, senator dianne feinstein. as i said, i'm proud to be here again today. i'm already thinking they'll start tomorrow planning for the 100th anniversary in 2023 and maybe have a little more lead time. coit tower and pioneer park are symbols've the city's pride in the late 1800's. through the the city's history there are legends of civic pride and heroic deachtds the phoenix over the doorway represents several rebirths of san francisco, from the fires that destroyed it and the great earthquake of 1906. these disasters include many stories of heroic efforts of citizens to rebuild. one of the most famous volunteers was the knickerbocker five. legend has it that at the age of 15 lily saw a fireman struggling to pull a fire engine up a hill. she dropped her school books and joined to help. they invited her to become a mascot. you've got to love anyone who smokes cigars, plays cards and loves firemen. this land was donated by citizens who purchased it in 1876 to preserve this historic site and to honor. city's early pioneers. when lily died in the 1920's, as you'

cochrane, nicole rivera representing nancy pelosi, we have a representative from the office of dianne feinsteinjackie spear. we also had a couple of other elected officials such as bill king, the district attorney. i want to acknowledge that we have supervisor avalos, mura karimi, campos. >> let's give them a round of applause. [applause] >> we have the general counsel of ireland, germany, hungary, the russian federation, also mexico. [applause] >> also the consul of gillette -- chile and peru. [applause] >> i would like to call-up the mayor's deputy chief of staff. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] i want to welcome all of you here. [speaking spanish] hopefully you are enjoying yourself. i am here on behalf of mayor newsom. -- newsom. september and october are important times for us. this allows us to celebrate our culture and show the rest of the community here in san francisco what makes us so special. this is a great opportunity for all of us and many of you have exciting events happening. we are glad to have you with us tonight. i have that great opportunity to present one of our proclamati

i got calls from her and from congresswoman feinstein. they have asked me to say that they are here in spirit, even though they have to stay in washington, poor things. [laughter] this is on behalf of speaker policy. thank you, louise. speaker policy was heartbroken when she learned she would not be able to be in town for the celebration, but she did ask me to bring a few words from her. she asked me to say we did it. congratulations. thank you, louise. louise had been talking to the speaker for how many years before she was speaker? it is an exciting day. she asked me to share a few words with you. dear friends, this is indeed a historic day. the commemorate the opening of the new laguna honda hospital and rehabilitation center, which is the most modern, green, and technologically sophisticated hospital of its kind in the united states. thank you to dianne feinstein, who made it a priority, and to the city attorney who championed and continues to champion this project. many thanks are owed two majors -- to mayors jordan, brown, and newso

i know you had exquhang senator feinstein on the interplay between the establishment and free exercise claus. and i want to talk a little bit more about that because i related to your opening statement when you talked about your grandparents coming to this country and one reason because of the religious freedom of this nation. which was so dominantly lacking in europe. the sameeason brought my grandparents to this country. so the freedom of religion is a critical part of this country's tradition. when we discuss the free exercise and establishment claus with senator feinstein when you did, you said there is some play in the jointses for the government to act to make reasonable accommodations for religion consistent with both the free exercise and establishment clauss. then you mentioned the lemon three-part test from 1971, which you correctly noted has not been overturned but has not always been used by the court either. i want to focus on the test used by justice kennedy in the court opinion of lee versus wiseman wilhe struck down as unconstitutional school sponsored prayer at a publi

i would also like to have very much thank christine from senator feinstein's office, as well as mega miller, a field representative team for senator boxer. in that knowledge and then come i want to the knowledge and leadership of both senators and their vision for how important this project is from the first moment, they have been a steadfast force in washington, d.c. for us. together with the speaker, they have been a formidable set of champions for this were the project. i also want to it knowledge the chief operating officer of the presidio trust. a major comeback indispensable partner in the product -- execution of this project. we have had the pleasure of working with him for several years and look forward to working with them and the future until the project is completed. i also want to acknowledge the first vice-president of the golden gate bridge district team. i also want to thank the chief engineer. of course, the study on doyle drive. mary curry, the leader of public affairs. let me take a moment to introduce the administrator of the federal highway administration. we are

association with his father who served as mayor for many years was working for then mayor dianne feinstein, who made a choice to clean up the central market area, too clean of the tenderloin, and i say that because it is a reminder that this is hardly a new place. this is hardly the first time the mayor has said we are going to do better, and i would imagine everyone will say, i pledge to clean up fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh streets. i have strategic plans to build on the success and failure alike. it has been a challenge for a lot of different reasons. in january we decided after really analyzing the work that had been done, that we needed to do something dramatically different, that we have established the central market partnership, and it really builds upon the legacy of the previous mayor and community leaders that have been out here for decades passing batons on to one another to strengthen the community, and that partnership was event with a lot of people in the room, and i am grateful you took the time to be here. with some renewed vigor, some renewed enthusiasm that may be just

this was a demonstration outside of dianne feinstein's office. and demanding it not be torn down. the new deal moved in and gave rural areas water and electricity. this is one in modock county and we have cheaper electricity. and then, there were sustainable communities, people think they are discovering this at this time. this one was done in georgia. this is one in maryland green belt outside of washington d.c. this is right outside of the co-op. and then urban roads like this in the los angeles river and this is being built. this is mira loma park. this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oak

reserve in a constructive, thoughtful and strategic way to take advantage of former mayor dianne feinstein and senior center in a thoughtful way. to leverage the work being done at the m.t.a. and san francisco transportation authority and with community leaders, and to package these things with a narrative that can anchor our future where these are not one-off projects and this becomes the norm. there is actually a story line in terms of how we approach our public realm. in the past none of that really existed. we had communities that said enough is enough, we need to focus on our streets and somebody with a louder voice camino to the supervisors a -- came to the supervisor or mayor and said focus on our streets. now we have a deliberative plan and we are codifying this vision. it started in 2005, but then it started to take shape formally in 2007 when we asked the m.t.a., d.p.w., department of health, department of environment, public utilities commission and other departments to come together in a way they never had and say what are you planning to do? what are you thinking of doing? wha

i want everyone to recognize today as the former mayor and dianne feinstein's leadership. it was her leadership as mayor that preserved these cars. they were on the press at this of going away. -- press thprecipice of this gog away. cable cars connect us to our proud past. this is an expensive endeavor. i know that things come at a price. this investment into this cable car was roughly $800,000. it was a lot of money. it was worth every penny. it could be possible to bring these together. these are historic cars. you cannot bring a new cable car and bring some plastic and refurbished sheet rock. you have to bring it back to its original glory. we will put some local dollars up so this was not a big general fund contribution. it is part of a $17 million commitment that we have to the cable car vehicles over the next number of years. we have 24 million over the next 10 years that we will address in the infrastructure. a real commitment to make sure that we have to raise the bar. it could not be possible, not only the money but the craftsmanship and the work and the passion i

i will say this because mayor brown and meyer feinstein primed me all the time to remind you that as appointees we are not here to tell you what to do or dictate the dealerships, but you do hope and expect if i do call you, you take the call and if you have strong opinions that are in contrast to the opinions that have been expressed by the administration, please just give us heads up. there have been two circumstances, which is not bad in seven years, where i wasn't given heads up where one of my department heads was removed by a commission without anyone letting us know at 2:00 in the morning and we had some changes to the commissions that were dramatic where we didn't get heads up. we worked through them. but all i ask is use your judgment, always look out for the best interests of the city as a whole, represent the people that come in front of you, but don't forget there are 800,000-plus people that you represent that have never come down to city hall and 150 people that work here and live here full-time represent good and important things, but there are a lot of people that need

phyllis you would be so much brighter if you knew about sunni from feinstein pressure inside. these five star totty dot com. so you school just. due to a chilling pitch to it so this moment this whole you communicate. what you trying to say and don't commute to come to mind when. you. see. the latest headlines of the top week stories here's our team international threat members of two terrorist cells have been arrested on suspicion of planning attacks on russian cities both groups are believed to have links with global terrorist. startling statistics three decades twenty five million deaths and over sixty million infections much talk about of the international aids conference which starts today. kidnap confusion the u.s. media claims that an iranian scientist says he was abducted by american secret services was spying for washing. and drying up record high temperatures in russia causing widespread crop failure forcing desperate farmers to seek state support.

literally mirrored in the arguments in 1980 to proposition r, which is then placed by then mayor feinsteinones expressed back in 1980. i have asked the treasurer's office if they could come and speak briefly for one thing. there has been assertions by a number of the parking garages that the city is not doing the job that it needs to do to try to recover funds from the nearly 550 funds that exist. a want to keep in mind the reality. i have asked the treasurer's office to provide for me what the recovery strategies are and what the numbers look like. it has been asserted that there is upwards of $20 million of unrecovered funds and that have to be substantiated by an audit and to the accounting of where those dollars are. let's get into the precise math. >> think you. i am happy to be here to talk about the parking tax collection. i would like to address the questions that were brought up and talk about the data that we have. that is something that we know about. i would like to show what is on the overhead projector. what this shows is that our audit practices. there are two lines here, th

thank you to dianne feinstein, who made it a priority, and to the city attorney who championed and continues to champion this project. many thanks are owed two majors -- to mayors jordan, brown, and newsom, and thank you to mr. elsbernd. we should all acknowledge the leadership of the late john neely and the chief nursing officer who moved the hospital into the 20th century. thank you to the staff of laguna honda hospital who are creating a new care model of community and patient involvement. the hospital has long been recognized as a center of excellence. the new facility further advances recommendation. the design brings a small-town feel insecure community which can integrate the patients and residents into the broader civic life of semblances go. the hospital has an impressive collection of art that will not only contribute to the healing environment but also provide a new destination for art lovers. the historic passage of comprehensive health care reform by college represents -- by congress strengthens medicare and ensure sustainability for years to come. it improves benefits for senio

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she is the former mayor of san francisco, one of the senior senators in this country, and dianne feinstein. she said, "i love this program. i did not know much about this program. i cannot believe other states are not taking advantage of this program. you should meet with some of my colleagues. " we went out and did that. she got her other colleagues, barbara boxer, to sign up and say we need to promote this. and we got a few dozen other senators to sign to commit to this bill. here is what happened. a few weeks back -- this is stuff you have been reading about our hearing about. there is a lot of debate in congress now about spending money and concerns about deficits. they had a jobs bill in the senate that included an extension of $2.50 million for this program. it would have allowed us to hire thousands of additional people and support every single one of you for at least the next year. and it got stripped. it got drawn back. i do not want to be partisan here, but let's call balls and strikes. the republicans pulled it out. that is just a fact. and now we have to step up and step in. th

from feinstein question. starts on t.v. dot com. embarrassing exposure is the biggest leak in u.s. military history reveals major cover ups over the war in afghanistan but is it old news rather than revelations we report tonight plus. a space to call home it's ten years since the international space station first became habitable when a russian module with life support systems docked with the orbiter. and abandon to be adopted r t looks at the concept of baby boxes where mothers can anonymously leave their newborns with hope for a better life. hello it's nine pm here in moscow this is the r t news channel with me kevin though in the top stories this hour a massive leak of over ninety thousand secret u.s. military files as.

i got calls from her and from congresswoman feinstein. they have asked me to say that they are here in spirit, even though they have to stay in washington, poor things. [laughter] this is on behalf of speaker policy. thank you,

the judiciary which includes brownback and specker and lindsay graham and teddy kennedy and diane feinstein and richard derbin. was it the position of the subcommittee that pornography leads to divorce. that it is virtual adultery. that it is anything in that order? >> certainly that is what we were there to talk about and it wasn't just me but other expert witnesses who have seen a considerable in marital problems and divorce as a result of pornography, particularly porn on the internet. in 2003 the the american academy of matrimony lawyers, they noticed a startling trend which is that two-thirds of the laurs present had witnessed a sudden rise in divorces related to the internet and six in ten were a result of those was a spouse looking at excessive amounts of pornography on line. the president says 8 years ago porn played almost no role in divorces. today a significant number of cases in which it has a major role if not the decisive role of marriages breaking umm. when you talk to individual divorce lawyers across the country. case after case. one lawyer in dallas says constantly a case

francisco, and every aspect of it, its beauty, its history and its future and i thank him and senator feinsteinhonorary co-chairs of this event and making it such a success. and i want to thank the chairman of the board of supervisors, aaron peskin, for being here as well. it's great to be with you, aaron and state senator leno who is with us as well. so many distinguished leaders in our community. it's also great to be here with ken nelly, who is so responsible for making today important. and ann hallstead. you probably think i'm going to name every single person who is here. it probably feels that way. i want to just acknowledge jarrod. the acting head of the parks and rec who guarantees that all this will be as beautiful as ever. but let me tell you on a personal basis what coit tower means to me and special gratitude to the coit family here today the coit tower when i am in san francisco, and it's not as much as i would like to be, is the firstsite -- first sight i see in the morning and the last sight i see at night. since i work in a bicoastal way, i'm up early and see the sun come up and

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from feinstein. whose friends don't talk t.v. dot com. top stories this hour naughty skeptics challenge traditional theories behind aids as thousands of scientists and politicians gather in vienna to discuss how to prevent the spread of the disease. russian security services broke up a suspected terrorists in the southern republic of dagestan this week that included the man linked to the deadly moscow metro attacks. an iranian nuclear scientist who claims he was kidnapped and held by the cia in the u.s. for more than a year returns home but the still an air of mystery but reports in america that he was spoiling for washington. and his brush remains in the sweltering grip of a heat wave celebration suffering a severe drought have left without a harvest. will be back with more in their stories and more than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime dimitris next with all the sports news for you. you know this is what to do things for joining us this first let's take a quick look at what's going on in the world of sports. and how the tasing d