why in 1979 would fraser agree to take less?loyers and labor unions like buyers and sellers, try to make the best deal for themselves. labor and management: how do they come to terms? with economic analyst richard gill we'll examine that question on this edition of economics usa. i'm david schoumacher. fewer than 1/3 of american workers are covered by union contract. but organized labor's strength at the economy's pressure points-- the big smokestack industries, the arteries of transportation and communication-- make them a force to be reckoned with. for more than 75 years labor unions have been a fact of american economic le. how did they get power? we are childn ofmmignts. the largest number came here around the turn of the century. millions, most of them jewish or italian, unskilled and uneducated settled in new york city's crowded tenements. what kind of work did america offer? fannie susskind remembers. we came with the needle in our hand. i've worked since age 12 when i arrived. union newspaper editor leon stein. the histo

fraser: all right nichlt -- any public comment. all right. next item. city clerk: presentation of audited financial statements for fiscal year 2013-2014. >> pamela levin. >> pamela levin deputy director chief financial officer. i have with me jamie kaufen, she's a sr. manager and she will give a presentation on the audit and i will give a presentation on the financial statement. >> thank you for having me return second year here. just as pamela indicated my name is jamie cabin a manager with kmg and i will presenting the audited report for the health services system trust fund. this presentation will address the required communications to the board in accordance with the state standards. no. 114 and 15 and a summary of the 2014 audit. so to start with the scope of our audit we performed it with the general auditing standards in regular guidance to support an audit. >> we have a presentation sf govtv? >> okay. go ahead. >> i believe you have the packet and the financial statement. in this process and our required guiding process we assess the financial s

tooke fraser for someone else he is in helping students cope. >>: it brings back a lot of emotions howya: hundred cents students and teachers or at the civic center they're trying to end the violence they have not been able to track down those responsible for killing him. >>mark: a grim discovery at the san jose to apart the remains of a baby there's still no words the man is man says he was looking for a bed frame and he found the baby's body. >>: might look bad assets in the box nice thing to sweaters on top of the bay may i took one of the sweaters i said last. >>mark: he notified the manager and manager called 911 no was expecting a baby the unit where he was found was taken for years. >>darya: a store clerk was attacked by a homeless man while she was at work is all caught on video news this morning animal broadway at the barn where they levin goes up in flames fire fighters are still on the scene at this fire. >>darya: real live on st. the richness and filled breads like traffic is moving pretty well. ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's o

michael fraser is a new york city clinical psychologist who specializes in video game addiction. >> therers involved, factors that include personality, psychiatric history, parenting style. >> dr. fraser says a child who already struggles with stress and social pressures might be likely to use immersive video games like grand theft auto to escape from real life. that he says could lead to hours of obsessive playing which brings its own problems especially when it's time to put the game away. >> it's almost like a withdrawal type of behavioral, they may not be spending as much time paying attention otheir hygiene, they shower less, these are games that lend themselves to those kinds of problems. >> now that grand theft auto can be played in first person mode through the eyes of the game's creators it may be harder to put down. through perspective and realistic graphics game producers are calling the lathest versions one of the most realistic worlds ever created. >> what do you say this is not a good world for kids? >> like my mom says it depends on the kid like what they are like, their pe

fraser: scott: >>commissioner karen breslin: excuse. >>commissioner wilfredo lim: >>commissioner jordan shlain, m.d.: expected. >>commissioner sharen ferrigno: we have a quorum. >> item 1. approval of minutes of september 11, 2014. >> all right. any corrections? >> hearing none. can we approve? >> >> i motion to be approved. >> okay. any public comment? >> is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any opposed? item passes. next item. city clerk: discussion item. general public comment on matters within the board's jurisdiction not appearing on today's agenda. seeing none. next item. >> item 3, president's report. >> i have submitted my resignation due to family and work obligation. i will have good-bye remarks at the next meeting. it was a very difficult decision to make but one that i had to make for my prior commitments to my work and family. i will be here today and december. i know the mayor is looking for a replacement. any public comment? >> >> well, i wou

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. >>> coming up on "moyers & company," historian steve fraser. >> how are you going to get collectiveresistance if everybody dreams instead of their own individual ascent into the imperial realm of wealth and power? so it's kind of like a fable of democratic capitalism. that is, capitalism as a democracy of the audacious who will make it on their own. while, in fact, most of the people are headed in the opposite direction. >> i'm bill moyers. i'll see you here next time. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> don't wait a week to get more moyers. visit billmoyers.com for exclusive blogs, essays and video features. >> funding i >> announcer: funding is provided by -- anne gumowitz, encouraging the renewal of democracy. carnegie corporation of new york, supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in ou

last tribes such as the last of the mohicans, an end of the trail, a famous sculpture by james earle fraser, it's titled. documented policies of genocide on the part of u.s. administrations can be identified in at least four distinct periods. the jacksonian era doing the u.s. independence, the jacksonian era of forced removal, the california gold rush in northern california, the post-civil war era of the so-called indian wars in the great plains, and the 1950s termination period, all of which are discussed in this book. cases of genocide may be fine and historical documents as well as in the world history from indigenous communities. as an example from 1873 is typical, very explicit orders from general william t. sherman. that may ring a bell as the general that burned atlanta during the civil war. all of the civil war union generals would ride out into the planes and what they really hard-core military, that brutal civil war, to eliminate the planes people. so he set in 1873, we must with earnestness against the sioux indian, even through their extermination men, women and children during

>>darya: is but a week since rodney fraser jr.anding in the front yard and northern richmond it was a gang related shot that missed put frazier for someone else. he has been helping the kids cope. >>: it brings back a lot of emotion have to limit our community better >>darya: pundits and susan teaches for here they're demanding an end to the violence so far written police have been investigating >>darya: a baby gorilla was crushed by an electric door a new system is needed to protect the animals. >> reporter: the system here at the san francisco zoo is far from optimal she has this to say she says the technology needs to be upgraded solar rather than later at the san francisco zoo the death of a 69 vote and danger guerrilla was fatally crushed under an electric door this is bringing out more question occurred to this is at the zoo. what did the zookeeper follow protocol and kept a hand on the emergency button to make sure that the animal did not get stuck injured or killed a spokesperson of the country talking to us to get the rea

. >> reporter: it's been almost a week since the shooting death of of rodney fraser jr. his classmates and friends and richmond are setting up a memorial. >>: and really as bad that happens right in front of your house to bring back a lot of emotional stuff as how we would make our community better. >> reporter: the principle as the high school has been helping students cope with this tragedy. >>: but does one remember rodney am 15 enclosure. >> reporter: kron 4 is found out the 20 shots at were fired at him in front of his home in northridge men and they believe that was a gang the mistook this friday for someone else. babies the patrols in the area the contra costa county sheriff's but so far have not revealed the shooter. >> reporter: wednesday night hundreds of students and teachers came out to the richmond civic center demanding an end to the violence the police chief delivered this message. >>: he was a vibrant young man he was full of promise was not a statistic right. nobody out here is gonna be as this to stick his death must call the store recommit reenergize a

. >> balsam fir, fraser fir, douglas fir. >> reporter: and jones says the most common question he hears exactly where most people go wrong! size matters. >> people pick out a tree that's just a little too big! >> clark, do you think there's enough room for the angel? >> it's a common story, they get it home, the tree is all wrapped up they open it up and whoomp! >> reporter: but for new yorkers, the forest actually comes to them. every year starting this weekend hundreds of stands appear overnight like magic on the city streets. as a subculture of tree sellers descends on our sidewalks. >> we have to teach people a lot. >> reporter: he's known simply as francois. new yorkers know him by name. and most new yorkers buy trees from someone like him, coming to the city just for the season. >> he's definitely part of my holiday ritual. >> is me and francois last year. its a yearly tradition in our >> reporter: francois is the focus of a new documentary called "tree man." he sells trees 24/7 every day until christmas, living out of a van parked on broadway. when is the best time to buy? tip nu

last of the mohicans issued the last indian and into this trail is a famous sculpture by james earle fraser is titled. document policies of genocide in the part of u.s. administrations can be identified in four distinct periods. the jacksonian era during the u.s. independence. the jacksonian era of forced removal, the the california gold rush in northern california, the postbubble war era of the so-called indian wars in the great plains in the 1950s termination. , all of which are discussed in this book. cases of genocide carried out this policy may be found in historical documents as well as in the oral histories from indigenous communities. as an example from 1873, it is typical of these very explicit orders from general william t. sherman and the generals that burned atlanta during the civil war, all of the civil wars went right out into the planes in with a really hard-core military that had developed did not go civil war to eliminate the planes people. so he said in 1873, we must act with vindictive earnestness against the sioux. even to their extermination, men, women and children dur

george met donald fraser is a terribly actionable, british empire and he goes around doing terrible things all over the world. and he is sort of a pg woodhouse combined with the sharpe novels. he is funny and objectionable and i actually felt some of that feeling of wanting to go from book to book the real readers feel in reading these flashman series. >> ann chimera doris karen goodwins completeness. are there other writers you feel you have to read every single thing they write? >> ask somebody else when we think i'm not. >> i'll let you think i'm not. the cheaper up surrounded by books? did you come from a reading family? how did you become a reader? >> my parents were great readers. i have no memory of either of my parents ever reading to us, but they were always saying go away, we are reading. and i can remember -- >> that's the way to do it. >> i think that actually is the way to do it, that show the child you are in an important relationship of the book. my parents were divorced when we were very young and we only saw our father a week a year. long, sad story. it has something to do

. >> reporter: coach collins said fraser was not involved in any gangs. he even spoke with him about it not long ago. >> i said little rodney, how come you stay out of the stuff. he said, coach it's easy to get out of the stuff, but it's hard to get out once you're in it. i was very impressed with his higher level ofthi -- thinking. we've lot a great man in our community who was doing everything right. we just wants to know the solution how to enl this stuff. we're sick and tired of it. >>> today is veteran's day. we're live right now where veterans will be gathering. >> reporter: i am here. you can see the flags are out to honor those who have served our country. veteran's day sir moanies are expected to take place later this morning. actually veteran's day started at the end of world war i. it was known as arm miss's day. it was signed at the 11th hour the 11th day of the 11th months. that's why we celebrate it november 11. today we'll be honoring them around the bay area, including here at the prosidio. starting at 11:00 o'clock they will have a servic

laughing during kacie's interview because she seems so swee sweet, and then a left hook like from fraserten, let's talk about what the republican party is. we've talked about the republican -- yeah, we've talked about the republican party failures in the past and the excesses. things seem to be going well now. but as a guy from the heartland what do you suggest to your brethren, brothers and sisters in d.c., how do they act moving forward over the next two years? >> first and foremost, i think there were two messages on election day a couple weeks back, joe. number one, the american people want a change of direction in washington, d.c. number two, with 31 republican governors elected and re-elected, including in places like maryland and massachusetts and illinois, i think the american people said they want more of what republican leadership is providing at the state level. i think that's, you know, balanced budgets, it's pro growth qualities, it's focusing on jobs and education, the issues that are important to the american people. i think those were the two messages. i hope washington g

george met donald fraser is a terribly actionable, british empire and he goes around doing terrible things all over the world. and he is sort of a pg woodhouse combined with the sharpe novels. he is funny and objectionable and i actually felt some of that feeling of wanting to go from book to book the real readers feel in reading these flashman series. >> ann chimera doris karen goodwins completeness. are there other writers you feel you have to read every single thing they write? >> ask somebody else when we think i'm not. >> i'll let you think i'm not. the cheaper up surrounded by books? did you come from a reading family? how did you become a reader? >> my parents were great readers. i have no memory of either of my parents ever reading to us, but they were always saying go away, we are reading. and i can remember -- >> that's the way to do it. >> i think that actually is the way to do it, that show the child you are in an important relationship of the book. my parents were divorced when we were very young and we only saw our father a week a year. long, sad story. it has something to do