the city's 43rd mayor and the city's first asian-american mayor in the city's history. he is from seattle, i'm from tacoma, and we have that together. he is known as a job as mayor and an innovation mayor for his focus on job creation and economic development. ladies and gentlemen, san francisco mayor, ed lee. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. good morning, everybody. welcome. it is great to be reunited with my long-lost brothers, separated at birth. david lee, his younger brother.

grusheski: philadelphia was the first american city to develop a water system and to take on as a municipal responsibility water delivery to all of its citizens. when william penn laid out the city, he actually chose a spot of land that had a lot of groundwater. however, by 1730, 30,000 people lived within the first seven blocks of philadelphia, next to the delaware river. well, 30,000 people caused filth in the city and polluted their water sources. the groundwater was not potable. and in one year, 1/6 of the population died of yellow fever. now, they didn't know at the time that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes. but the health issue was major in that first movement to build a water system. narrator: so they set out to find the cleanest source of water. although the majority of philadelphia's water now comes from the delaware river, early engineers found that development along the waterfront was causing pollution. so their search led them to the nearby schuylkill river. philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. these technologies established engi

city's proclamation. and a new chapter in asian pacific american history when he was elected as the city's first asian-americanentlemen -- all right, join me in welcoming mayor edwin m. lee. [applause] you have your own crowded back there. the m. in your middle name stand s for ma. >> thank you all for coming. i'm glad to be here on the eighth time we've celebrated this, and want to give a thank- you for helping us put this on. thank you! and of course, i join here as part of an official city family. thank you for being here. he is joined by supervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and eric mar. our elected officials, jeff adachi, the public defender, the recorder assessor, hydra mendoza, and emily murase. we're also thankful for the chief of police, thank you. i would like to also acknowledges someone that has been a very special friend of mine, someone that has given me a lot of support and advice over the years. and also someone who has not missed one of these asian pacific heritage month associations, mayor willie brown. >> this evening, we are celebrating our communities from all over the world. i am so lucky to

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the city's 43rd mayor and the city's first asian-american mayor in the city's history. he is from seattle, i'm from tacoma, and we have that together. he is known as a job as mayor and an innovation mayor for his focus on job creation and economic development. ladies and gentlemen, san francisco mayor, ed lee. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. good morning, everybody. welcome. it is great to be reunited with my long-lost brothers, separated at birth. david lee, his younger brother. i just wanted to welcome all of you. we have a great representation of the whole city family here today. commissioners from our port, staff from our ports, the recreation and park department, our planning department, we have our board of supervisors from hong all of the different districts. we have representatives from chinatown, bayview, sunset, bernal heights, ever with this city is committed to working with the warriors to make sure we have this i read a billed by the 2017 nba season, and we are very committed to getting that done. the warriors have in the bay area's basketball team for 50

he was the first asian-american mayor of a major city. he was elected to congress 10 times. he was the first person to serve two presidents in a cabinet. first as secretary of commerce to president clinton, secretary of transportation to president bush. it was on 9/11 that secretary mineta showed us what he was made of. he made the call to ground all of the planes. it was secretary mineta who instituted the policy is -- policies at tsa. it was secretary mineta who prevented the profiling of arab- americans and muslim americans in our country. tonight, we honor secretary mineta and we give them -- him this for a very special reason. i want to thank the san francisco giants for donating this bat. the reason why we are giving this back to secretary mineta is because of what happened to him when he was a young boy. secretary mineta was forced to relocate into the internment camps. as a young boy, he was taken to the train station by military police officers. as a young boy, he was a huge baseball fan and he had his prized possession with him, his baseball bat. military police saw

you know, 1971, and you have black elected officials, mayor hatcher out of gary, indiana, first major american city, part of the bond, percy sudden, a staple in new york city black politics, and over hundred black elected officials meet outside of near o'hare airport. there's people ducking in elevators, and they are going there to deliberate on the need to run an african-american for president. there's some people who are opposed to. there's some people for it. some think there's a better strategy, pick the most liberal and viable white candidate who will be accountable to the black community if he is elected. there's some saying, no, jesse jackson, 1971 who says, no, we should run a black candidate, and you know, and then we know that person's going to win, but we want to use the votes, the delegates that are accumulated as leverage in the community so we can get, you know, patronage, you know, get policy issues that are important to us, and so all of this leads to the next summer in 1972 to the national black political convention in gary, indiana where you have black delegates for black politica

us thought that asian-americans with advance foreign politics, but i don't think that any of us thought that this year, we would see the first elected asian-american sworn in at city hall. and because of that, i want to take a moment and think of you. none of us would be here hall stage but for your stories, the challenges that the community has faced in surpassed. and diversity of the committee, we are moving forward. >> i just want to thank everybody for having all of us here. how to be honest, i did not prepare a speech, but it truly is an honor to serve the city. it is not often that we have a city that is so beautiful and wonderful and also a place for immigrants to be able to serve. i am honored to serve alongside the mayor and my colleagues on the board of supervisors. i think that after all of the years i have come to this event, you have outdone yourself. the big hand, thank you so much. it is also an honor to be here, and i think if you celebrate the accomplishments of the community, it is incredibly important to remember the history, which is what asian- american month is about. but the fact that so many of us have served in the asian- american communit

american casualties in iraq. the legit one the flute joe was the first city to fight back against american occupation. they found fame by throwing them out of town and afflicting great loss of life so much so that the people wondered how a small city like fallujah could resist against the world's most powerful army yes i live. in march two thousand and four for mercenaries under contract to the us army were killed in their vehicle on the outskirts of town their mutilated bodies were dragged through the streets then hung under this bridge as trophies it was one of the very first acts of violence against the united states these pictures were soon seen all over the world it was the start of an escalation that culminated in the battle of fallujah in november two thousand and four the death toll listed one hundred thirty four g. eyes and thirty five hundred iraqis saluja became a symbol of the revolt. accordingly the army imposed very strict checks in the city the fingerprints and retina scans of every last inhabitant were recorded in u.s. army files never has any town undergone such treatment. residents we

. >> he was a baltimore city police officer for 30 years and last night he was one of the very first african-americans to receive the congressional medal for being one of the first african-american marines. he was very highly respected in the force. >> i wanted to say thank you for all you've done, for the city of baltimore and the united states of america. [applause] >> caesar the baltimore city police department from 1954 until 1987. >> now your 11 insta-weather + forecast with meteorologist tony pann. >> 100 degrees this afternoon but we did not break the record, 101, but still pretty impressive. 99 now. cooling off a little bit at the airport. one thing that is better, the dew point has come down a little bit. it is in the low to mid 50's. it had a really tropical feel to it. the minute he has come down just a little bit, but 100 degrees is still 100 degrees. this will inch its way down towards us. this one will not be into maryland until thursday. we will stay in this air mass for a while. it will make a big air mass transition right there and we could wind up with some bumpy weather. severe thun

back on cops on the street and turning off city lights just to pay off the bank strippers jefferson county eventually filed for bankruptcy one of the first american counties officially looted by wall street other cities a fall but now one city is fighting back. back in one thousand nine hundred eight goldman sachs gave the city of oakland a deal on its debt saying it would convert the city's hundred eighty seven million dollars in debt to a new fixed rate of five point six percent over the next decade though thanks to the economy tanking interest rates plummeted meaning the city of oakland is now paying much higher interest rate than it would have before goldman sachs stepped in oakland has now paid twenty six million dollars more than it should have and goldman sachs is demanding more than fifteen million dollars more in fees and penalties rather than rolling over becoming a miss will slave to wall street oakland is fighting back last week the oakland city council voted unanimously to terminate the bad deal the city had with goldman sachs the resolution was simple yet very strongly worded saying if goldman sachs refuses to terminate the swap agr

and american history tv in jefferson city, missouri, saturday at noon eastern, literary life with book tv on c-span2. former senator and missouri first lady jean carnahan. inside the mansion. from her book "if walls could talk." also a provisions list from ancient mesopotamia. the stories behind eight miniature babalonian clay targets. >> at one time, 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span2 and c-span3. >>> this is c-span3, with politics and public affairs

first proposed bringing stop and frisk to his city last month. since then, protesters have turned out at city hall, calling out san francisco's first chinese americanushing a policy that falls along racial lines. the city's board of supervisors then passed a unanimous resolution against a new york-style program of stop and frisk. but that is exactly what san francisco's mayor says he wants. and he wants it even more after the mass shooting in aurora. saying he is, if anything, more committed. and not just after the massacre in aurora, but quote, also the review of what is happening in new york and philadelphia. even though those reviews have not gone so well. why is it that progressives will tip-toe only timidly in the direction of gun control but they're willing to throw black and latino men against the wall? this is not just any city we're talking about. this is fran, for pete's sake. there's hardly a more blue locality in the planet. they spent a long time last year trying to decide under what conditions you could eat butt naked in a restaurant. sit on your napkin, that's now the rule. and yet the mayor of the same super blue paper not plastic d

city. this is american history tv on c-span 3. >>> this is not our first state capital here in jefferson city. this is actually our third one. what makes it unique from other state capitols, we only used the resources found in missouri to create it, and we didn't use wood in the construction of the building because of the fear of fire, but all the walls, the outside, this is all carthage marble from missouri. it's not a true marble. it's a limestone. the big pride is that all these materials are from missouri. world war i was type of and going on during this time frame, and there's building that did cost about $3.5 million to create the building, and the people in missouri had to buy bonds to actually build this. they were so grateful, they actually bought $4.5 million worth. the extra $1 million that was set aside not just for the construction of the building was used for the decoration of the building. it was one of the reasons why we have all the artwork inside the building. currently right now you're m house lounge, and the house lounge originally was used for the representatives to come

first proposed bringing stop and frisk to his city last month. since then, protesters have turned out at city hall, calling out san francisco's first chinese-american racial lines. the city's board of supervisors then passed a unanimous resolution against a new york-style program of stop and frisk. but that is exactly what san francisco's mayor says he wants. and he wants it even more after the mass shooting in aurora. saying he is, if anything, more committed. and not just after the massacre in aurora, but quote, also the review of what is happening in new york and philadelphia. even though those reviews have not gone so well. why is it that progressives will tip-toe only timidly in the direction of gun control but they're willing to throw black and latino men against the wall? this is not just any city we're talking about. this is san francisco, for pete's sake. there's hardly a more blue locality in the planet. san francisco is so liberal you can't get a plastic bag at the grocery store. they spent a long time last year trying to decide under what conditions you could eat butt naked in a restaurant. sit on your napkin, that's now the rule. and y

city. even beyond the fact that he's the first african-american president, he's the first president from a case for federal funds going straight to urban areas? >> i think they should. in the jobs bill of 2011 there was a lot of money that was solicited for public sector increases in fire departments and teachers and so forth. we talked about this on the break. you go through the urban areas where it is 105 degrees and all of the urban pools are empty. they are dry. where are these kids going to cool off? every one of them are dry and running out of money. >> look, i want to be really clear, this is a huge one to me on this pool thing living in new orleans. it is not just about kids need recreation. when pools are open, kids are not on the streets engaging in violence and drugs. when pools are open, other kids serve as lifeguards, which is summer jobs for teenagers. when pools are open, like this is a real thing, and yet of course as mayor, do you keep the fire department open or open the pools? >> there's a great case to be made that we have great treasury rates a 1.5%. if you had access