space over the years to welcome such mayors as art, who broke ground 20 years ago, willie brown, frank jordan, gavin newsom. and today we are again blessed to welcome to the stage a true leader in social activism and support, who has always looked out for those in need of the marginalized community, the mayor of the city of san francisco, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, john. thank you very much, and thank you to all of you who are here today. i wanted to personally be here to join in this national recognition for several reasons . one, you must know that art agnos was the first mayor who enticed me to stop throwing stones at city hall and come and work from within. he tricked me. [laughter] 22 years later, though, i know this is one of the greatest cities in the world. and your presence here continues to reaffirm how strong our city is with all of its residents and supporters. the public-private partnership, relationship with institutions like wells fargo, and they are dedication to this memorial to people who died and were victims of the zoo disease, and to people who still live with

police chief howard jordan says there are 60 applications so far for those 11 openings. so frankand elizabeth, a lot of people are interested in working as a police officer in oakland. good news for the city. >> yeah, it is good news. okay. sharon chen live for us in oakland. thanks. >>> it is being called the flu. a big job in the number of employees calling in sick this year. according to the mercury news, the police chief says high stress levels might be the reason for a lot of sick calls. there's been a 40% increase in sick time taken by employees this year as compared to last. sick time is up 81% from just four years ago. >>> six-figure pensions will be top on the agenda in san jose this week. the city council will tackle the heated topic of pension reform. a new analysis by the mercury news find a third of san jose's retired police officers and firefighters collect a hundred thousand dollars a year from the city, and more city workers are retiring early. so on tuesday, the city council will try to come up with a measure for the june ballot to cut costs. >> no doubt that ove

howard jordan said the department received 60 applications for the openings. frank and elizabeth. thanks, sharon. >>> the blue flu may be a big part of the reason for a jump in the number of employees calling the sick this year. according to the mercury news, the police chief says high stress levels may be the reason for a lot of sick calls. a 40% increase in sick time taken by police department employees this year compared with last, and sick time is up 71% from four years ago. >> governor brown taking the wraps off his plans to raise taxes. among the ideas, a temporary half-sent sales tax increase in the state. people who make $200,000 or more a year. in addition helping balance the budget, much of the money will be dedicated to education, helping the schools. >>> new budget cuts will mean slower delivery of many items in your daily mail. part of an effort by the postal,000 to avoid whereuponscy. gail diaz is in san jose when we can expect the changes to take effect. >> good morning. the changes will take effect in march. you may want to start planning ahead. you'll want to make

jordan. [applause] >> thank you, frank. remind people that on our live chat, we will be taking questions for our distinguished panel. will also be taking questions from their twitter at john 2012 girls, which sort of kicks off and introduces the first point and how we're all here in atlanta remind you guys any odds, please ask questions. that's what we're here for. we want to hear from students. we want to get some insight from the family. so get a chance, lineup, the mic is right over there. and please come at us with your questions. the first thing want to do was introduce you guys. i was hoping you could introduce yourselves. just talk a little bit about, you know, not all families want to be involved in a campaign and want to be visible. talk a little bit and ended his yourselves and say what you want to be involved. >> i'm liddy has been and i'm the third daughter of the family. and i'm a recent graduate of the university of pennsylvania in may. and i decided, i've never really been in politics. i mean, i've grown up i

frank was the media consultant for president clinton's 1992 campaign and escaped d.c. for the other washington in seattle. vernon jordan, former president and chief executive officer of the national urban league, chair of the transitional team and senior counsel and author of a memoir that i had the privilege to explore with them in all places, public television in kentucky. and we have the hometown favorite, lotey, the former mayor of little rock and former vice chair of the democratic national committee. welcome all. [applause] al, let me begin with you because one strand of the story does start with the d.l.c. democrats had hit a low and how the party might revive. some thought it would be possible to resurrect the new deal coalition. there was a competing camp that offered economic issues and trade but liberal positions on foreign policy and social issues and new democratic effort centered on the d.l.c. how did that differ from the other competing descriptions and how did it shape what bill clinton ran on in 1992. >> first of all, ron, i thank everybody for coming and president clinton, thank you for hosting this g

. >> chairman jordan, members of the subcommittee, my name is frank miller, and i'm the director of logistics for the babcock corporation. thank you very much for the opportunity to be here today to testify. today i will testify on behalf of ws babcock corporation and the national retail federation. .. >> as the world's largest retail trade association and the association and a voiceover to trade a worldwide, and are ever present retailers of all types and sizes including chain restaurants, industry partners from the united states and more than 45 countries abroad. retailers operate more than 3.6 million u.s. establishments, or one in four u.s. jobs. for 2 million working americans. contributing 2.5 trillion to annual gdp retail is truly the daily barometer for the nation's economy. that cox transportation networks consist of more than 45 tractor-trailers which run more than 4 million miles annually in eight southeast states and a fleet of delivery trucks operating from badcock stores to the customers homes. in addition, badcock tennis more than $3 million in freight annually with us-based co