ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> you will long remember, you will long remember this afternoon on summit 2012 when this man of courage this hero of freedom and western civilization came across the atlantic to bear his witness and give his warning. bravo. pla [ applause ] >> this good and brave man does not shrink from your questions of course if we can bring the lights up and go to the microphones so that those watching on tv and on the internet can be in the conversation. please identify yourself and we'll take just a few questions. who is first? please. you have the floor. and i'm not seeing you. >> over here. >> this side. >> please? >> joe from act for america. we as act, we always do the same exactly like you are doing which is i felt i felt myself talking there. so, i know what you feel and i know what happened because i'm from lebanon. now, we are see iing mosques in this country growing like mushrooms. the biggest mosque by the way is coming to fort collins. the biggest

ladies and gentlemen, cultural political correct disease is weakening the west day by day. government leaders, lawyers, judges, churches, trade unions, media, academia, charities, all of them are blinded by political of them are blinded by political correctness and are condoning islam. and as a result of this cultural relativism a little bit of the free west, we should realize it every day again, a little bit of the free west dies every day. multiculturalism is a disaster. multiculturalism has been such an enormous catastrophe because it has been a tool to promote islam, an ideology that threatens our core values such as tolerance. multiculturalism has made us open our borders to those who cannot be assimilated. it made us tolerate the intolerant, and now intolerance is annihilating tolerance. ladies and gentlemen, we should in the name of tolerance claim the right, claim finally the right not to tolerate the people who are intolerant to us anymore. [ applause ] we should in the name of self-preservation not allow those who refuse to assimilate to our values, not to their v

ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, you know, one of my favorite poets is william butler yates. here's what he said about education. he said education does not fill a pail, it's lighting a fire. it is not filling the pail, it's lighting the fire. and you can see it when that flame goes off in that student's eyes. you can see it and feel it. it's kind of like electricity and it's the thing that makes you do what you do and thing that makes everything you do worthwhile. it doesn't always happen but when it happens, when it happens, there's no feeling like it. that's why you're educators. that's why you do what you do. that's why you're so important. it's time to light a fire. light a fire under these guys and tell them we will not settle in education. we will not tradeoffucprioritie. we will be the best educated nation in the world. god bless you all and may god protect our troops. thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> wrapping up remarks from vice president joe biden and his wife, jill, at the national education association's six-day annual meeting here in washington. yesterd

>> thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. one more round of applause. [applause] if you look around you tonight, you will see poster board. celebrating, acknowledging, the first asian americans. we have the first asian-american actress in hollywood. the first asian-american nba player. the first members of congress. these interns are the future of our community. they are the reason why we are here today. we're also here to celebrate and recognize one of the greatest members of our community. this year it is the first year we are giving the lifetime achievement award. the lifetime achievement award this year is going to secretary norman manetta. he is a trailblazer. a man who paved the way for many of us. 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

ladies and gentlemen, we will start our cultural program after words. food will be served in the four corners of the program is going on. i present you the founder. >> thank you very much. thank you. i especially want to thank the organizers and the leaders of the event. i want to thank you for coming here to celebrate the heritage month. i especially want to thank the state leaders, some are here, and some are not. enjoy the rest of the celebration. have a good time, take care. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to give a round of applause to our emceed tonight. tonight.

ladies and gentlemen, we will start our cultural program after words. food will be served in the four corners of the program is going on. i present you the founder. >> thank you very much. thank you. i especially want to thank the organizers and the leaders of the event. i want to thank you for coming here to celebrate the heritage month. i especially want to thank the state leaders, some are here, and some are not. enjoy the rest of the celebration. have a good time, take care. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to give a round of applause to our emceed tonight. tonight. ♪ meet cathy, who's lived most verywhere, from zanzibar to barclay square. but patty's only seen the sight, a girl can see from brooklyn heights, what a crazy pair! ♪ cathy: oh my, patty. did you find all your files? patty: finally! who knew it would be this much work when richard and i decided to retire! cathy: well, what are you going to do first? patty: we're heading down to brooklyn heights and start in on that social security paperwork. cathy: why would you do that?

[applause] ladies and gentlemen, lt. general burgess and lt.w join general caylor at center stage for the jfccisr change of command. as a subordinate organization of the united states strategic command the joint functional component command for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance is responsible for recommending the allocation of isr capabilities to satisfy high priority combatant command and national operational and intelligence requirements. the director of the defense intelligence agency serves as the commander of the jfccisr. by direction of the commander, united states strategic command lt. general michael t flynn is hereby appointed commander, joint functional component command for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, effective, 24 july, 2012. ladies and gentlemen, the commander of the united states strategic command, general c. robert caylor. [applause] >> thank you and good morning. secretary panetta, director clapper, secretary mchugh, general dempsey, distinguished guests, family my pleasure to preside over the ceremon

[applause] ladies and gentlemen, one more thing. to be able to dream about the possibility that your child willo even better than you did -- the neighborhood i was raised then, we were not poor. it was typically middle-class. i lived in a suburb in a 3- bedroom house like a lot of you with four kids. and all the time we had a relative living with us. when my grandmother died, my grandfather lived with us when he had a stroke. that is normal. you know what? the way some of these guys talk about us, they think that somehow, when you come from that circumstance, our parents and we don't dream their kids could be millionaires, that our kids can be -- can have a fortune 500 company, that our son or daughter can be president or vice president of the united states. my mother never had a doubt that i could be viper -- that i could be vice-president or president of the united states. [applause] my mother and father never had a doubt that my brother could be a successful businessman. they never had a doubt that my sister valerie to do whateve

ladies and gentlemen, we will start our cultural program after words. food will be served in the four corners of the program is going on. i present you the founder. >> thank you very much. thank you. i especially want to thank the organizers and the leaders of the event. i want to thank you for coming here to celebrate the heritage month. i especially want to thank the state leaders, some are here, and some are not. enjoy the rest of the celebration. have a good time, take care. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to give a round of applause to our emceed tonight. tonight. >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >

ladies and gentlemen, my name's joe biden and i'm in love with a teacher. oh, am i in love with her. you know, i was told by a news commentator when we did an event, an interview on valentine's day, this commentator, national -- one of the networks says people say you and your wife have a love affair and i said yeah, i said but i love her more than she loves me and she looked at me and said yeah, that's what everybody says. then as a consolation prize, true story, she went on to say you know, i did a study, a three-part series on what makes marriages last the longest and happiest and i said what was the conclusion. she said when the husband loves the wife more. so i'm going to be married for a long time, as long as i'm alive. ladies and gentlemen, look, dennis, i read your speech today for real and as usual, it was first rate and it forced me to change my speech, literally, because much of what you say, said, expressed the sentiment i was trying to express except you expressed it better. you know, there's always been debates, i need not tell this prestigiou

ladies and gentlemen. this is a patriot. this man is fearless. he is selfless. he is devoted. he is relentless. agree or disagree with all of the conclusions or lines of inference that he has just shared with us which are spelled out in so much more detail in his book and his online course, agree or disagree, we can only be immensely indebted to you, frank gaffney, patriot, for raising the right questions that others fear to raise. now, a man who can testify about how it feels to live in a nation, a society, an entire continent that has slid further down into the influence of those who wish us ill based on their holy book, the koran, is our next speaker. i'm grateful that a friend of centennial institute and of last year's western conservative summit is back with us to make the introduction of our guest from the netherlands. craig silverman is known to many of us as one of colorado's most accomplished attorneys and lawyers. he has been a prosecutor. in a better world he would have been elected the district

ladies and gentlemen, we will start our cultural program after words. food will be served in the four corners of the program is going on. i present you the founder. >> thank you very much. thank you. i especially want to thank the organizers and the leaders of the event. i want to thank you for coming here to celebrate the heritage month. i especially want to thank the state leaders, some are here, and some are not. enjoy the rest of the celebration. have a good time, take care. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to give a round of applause to our emceed tonight. tonight. >> thank you. as you know, it's summertime. baseball season is upon us. and certainly the rivalry between the giants and the dodgers is hot as it's ever been. and certainly we all obviously have watched over the year since the horrible incident that happened to bryan stowe and what happened in the dodgers game in los angeles. and we want to do everything possible that we can to make our city continue to be safe. all the families and the kids and the visitors that come to

ladies and gentlemen, we will start our cultural program after words. food will be served in the four corners of the program is going on. i present you the founder. >> thank you very much. thank you. i especially want to thank the organizers and the leaders of the event. i want to thank you for coming here to celebrate the heritage month. i especially want to thank the state leaders, some are here, and some are not. enjoy the rest of the celebration. have a good time, take care. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to give a round of applause to our emceed tonight. tonight. >> thank you. good morning, everyone. thank you very much. as many of you know, i'm a person that doesn't like a whole lot of drama. but i do want to make sure that we take this opportunity to enjoy. this budget is one that's important to all of us, it certainly is one to me and one that reflects a lot of great work. first of all, let me thank everybody for coming this morning. certainly board president david chiu for helping me co-host this and carmen chu and her work wi

ladies and gentlemen. give it up for geert wilders. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, craig, for your most kind words. thank you, friends, ladies and gentlemen, for inviting me to this western conservative summit. for me it's always an honor and a privilege to come to america. i was here a few weeks ago to meet with my dear friend, michele bachmann, representative of you to talk -- to talk about indeed the threat of islam, both to america and europe. and today i'm very proud to be in denver, the gateway to the west. this is, as i see it, america's heartland, conservative heartland where the spirit of your pioneers still lives. and i know -- i know that i come at a sad moment. many of you have been affected by the enormous wildfires raging not far from here. thousands have been evacuated, and some of them are even staying, as i heard, in this hotel, and few things, ladies and gentlemen, few things are as terrible as losing your homes, and i want to express my deepest sympathy with all the p

gentlemen, will you come up here and flank me here please? senator olafson contacted me just the other day and told me he hopes a project of his called the national debt relief amendment could be highlighted at western conservative summit. just a couple of days prove to that i made friends over the phone and realize wed must include this man as well in the summit. martin dzuris of michigan, the southwest corner of michigan where my mother's family is from where i was born. and i want by way of just a little interview here to have each of you know what is special about these gentlemen so you can take advantage of knowing them informally as the summit and session goes on for another 26

ladies and gentlemen, we will start our cultural program after words. food will be served in the four corners of the program is going on. i present you

well it's well i do it but i'm saying there are these older gentlemen gentlemen who has the power to do that right now do you think the military wants to continue to run this interim this is. this is a very interesting question and it's interesting there is a chorus what is in this is what you're in the situation you have to focus on the go ahead first go ahead yet but they're more yeah it's not stephen is right that anybody who wants to be successful in egypt and gain legitimacy has to begin focusing on the economy but very interesting really during the election you'll remember that morsi didn't promise that unemployment was going to nor low wages were going to be his focus during the first hundred days when he was talking about the five areas he'll solve during the hundred days he talked about traffic congestion sanitation he talked about personal security and insecurity he talked about bread lines and he talked about fuel shortages he didn't talk about unemployment very very interesting really and very very much i think to the detriment not only of him and not only of the forces t

[applause] >> thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.e and leaders of the united states intelligence community. it is really an honor for me to be able to participate in this ceremony, paying tribute to ron burgess and acknowledging that we have a new director here, mike flynn. today, we pay tribute to ron as he retires after 38 years of service to our nation. i am a big believer in public service to this country. as the son of italian immigrants, my parents made very clear to me the responsibility that their children had to give something back to this country which has given so much to them. in his quiet italian way my father said, you better give something back to this country or i'll kick your ass. so i was inspired to public service and throughout my almost 40 years i have really believed that public service and is dedicated to giving something back to this country is what america is all about. it is what keeps our democracy strong. and that is what ron burgess is all about. he is a great public servant. beyond that, he is a great so

[applause] it is pride, ladies and gentlemen. i would like to thank each and everyone of you for attending the flag raising ceremony, and we are excited because we have some special guests. i will be your hostess, and it is a pleasure to introduce the mayor of san francisco. please welcome mayor edwin lee. >> happy pride month. [applause] i am so happy to be here, and it is an honor to join this stage with our supervisors and jose. goolet's give a hand to our leader pelosi, the chief of police, mr. henderson from my office, and all the other leaders. thank you 3 much. we have a great reason to be celebratory the whole month, and i want to let you know i expect hundreds of thousands of people to come to our city to enjoy not only the great weather but the celebratory events and we have in store, and we are going the right direction. we are doing everything we can to have a city that is recovering common and and we get to shine our san francisco values for the rest of the country for a whole month, if not a whole year. how about th

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, mr.am mcdowell, representative of the montford point marines, united states marine corps. [applause] >> good afternoon. if i do not talk loud enough. let me know. for 167 years, negros were not permitted to join the marine corps to defend this country. that change did 1941 and entreated begin in 1942. -- that condition changed in 1941 and entry began in 1942. unfortunately, it took a world war to make it happen. it happened. on behalf of those who came forward and said, i want to be a marine, i welcome you to this occasion because you all were directly involved. at this very proud moment and in this magnificent then you, i -- and in this magnificent venue, i want to thank the honorable speaker of the house, mr. john boehner for his kind invitation to each of us that are here today. [applause] i want to thank the members of the united states senate and the house of representatives who supported the bill to honor the montford point marines with a congressional gold medal and a particular th

for these gentlemen down here, i was going to mention the california palace. you imagine an area by the name of the cow palace? you had to go upstairs to the locker rooms. to think, what is going to be built on this incredible sight is fantastic. one of the most exciting days in my life was when i saw the first spade of derek being built -- with the city being built there, i could not wait to go play in a door read it. door read it. it brings enormous excitement

ladies and gentlemen, lt. governor gavin newsom. [applause] >> all i have to say, when i heard rick bring up reds, these guys get it. peter and joe, you have to appreciate the significance of that statement. this is the town that landmarks the doggie diner head. we take these things seriously, so i appreciate the local respect and appreciation for our icon. we all recognize the iconic nature of this setting. this natural amphitheater is second to none anywhere in the world. q would like touote other ex- mayors, most cordless heracles, who said we do not imitate for we are the imitated of others -- i would like to quote other ex- mayors. mayor lee, you should be extraordinarily proud. to see the board of supervisors come together, it gives me great confidence that this project will come together by 2017. final point i will make its you need the state of california because you are on state property. if you are really wondering why the hell i am here is because i am on the state land commission, and you are going to need me, so i look

for these gentlemen down here, i was going to mention the california palace. can you imagine an area by the name of the cow palace? you had to go upstairs to the you had to go upstairs to the locker rooms.

for these gentlemen down here, i was going to mention the california palace.an you imagine an area by the name of the cow palace? you had to go upstairs to the locker rooms. to think, what is going to be built on this incredible sight is fantastic. one of the most exciting days in my life was when i saw the first spade of derek being built -- with the city being built there, i could not wait to go play in a door read it. it brings enormous excitement for the players. for the fans, suddenly, they are sitting in this beautiful new arena. i saw the stable center pierre the first shovel, the first pylon put into the ground there. -- i saw the staples center. that was one of the most exciting days. i almost went there at least once a week to watch this rise from the ground. they have brought a different fan experience. the bay area is one of the great sports areas. the fans are fantastic, and i will tell

>> i appreciate the gentlemen asking. the supreme court justice roberts, outlined that he believe it's a tax. >> what he said was, because it could not travel under the commerce clause, that in fact, it was a tax. you can name it anything you want to. what i name it in the final analysis and what we all know less than one percent of the people in united states will be affected. it's not everybody. you run out and say the word tax and that's suppose to then cause everybody to shudder. if it means i'm taxed another $1000, so that the people at community center that's get turned away are the people that wind up at emergency hospitals will have them and let me stick a footnote there. emergency facilities where most of the people wind up and we wind up having to pay for that. we need to figure out a better way. 14 industrial nations around this world know better than us. our cost for insurance are alone is more. i ask all of us, 10 of us up here now, tell me the day your insurance went down in a year. anybody, raise your hand.

ladies and gentlemen, words from steven that bill -- bechtel. [applause] thank you. we still call you meier, don't we? >> you can, if he does not mind. -- we still call you mayor. >> thank you, mayor willie brown. it is an honor to be with you on this occasion. it is very appropriate to name a facility after george and charlotte. san francisco is home for many important people, but none made as great a contribution to our country as george shultz. charlotte has given great service to our city and our state. i believe all year extend a great thanks to them for their great services to our country, to california, and to san francisco. i would like to complement our city for recognizing at them in this manner -- i would like to compliment our city for recognizing the - manner. thank you very much. [applause] that of mayor -- >> mayor lee, the time has come. join me and proceed to do the dedication of horseshoe drive, which has been dedicated by the opera house board in honor of george and charlotte schulz. mayor lee: it is my pleasure joining all of you to announce this

last week, ladies and gentlemen, arizona had a border. and i'm not being facetious. all be it porous, arizona had a border last week. and this president, president barack obama not only won't defend arizona, and you heard governor jan brewer here yesterday, he not only won't defend it, but he's gone on the offensive with the department of justice, a hotline, if you have any trouble getting into the country, by the way illegally, call the hotline. that was last week. also last week, you heard the senator and bill bennett and everybody else talking about the supreme court. last week you saw the largest tax increase on free people in the history of humanity, the largest tax increase. okay? so the government now can penalize or tax us into forcing us into buying something that we don't want. that happened last week. on top of that, the sitting united states attorney general found in con tempt of congress for lying, for stonewalling and not releasing all these documents. that happened just in one week. and on top of all that, we hear in colorado saw 346 homes burnt to the

gentlemen, i appreciate you're here today, but it took a year? it took a year to come? it took a year to answer these thin things? really? i have a passion for this, too. kelly, you don't make any sense to me, you left what was probably the next to the last on the list of what people respect in the automobile business and you went to the worst. we rely on you. your the people who we rely on for the answers and when you don't testify what does that look like? tell me. not in the legal jargon, but in common-sense, everyday american jargon. what does it look like to the people who pay for all this the american taxpayers? it's pathetic. the fact that you can do it, and that you take advantage of it is even more pathetic upon i yield back my time. >> thank you. as we proceed with additional questions, i want to remind everyone that the topic of this hearing is the automobile bailout and the delphi, who picked the winners and losers. it is not the issue of the auto bailout itself, the bankruptcy itself and it is what happened with the delphi pension decisions. we're having th

i am for what these gentlemen propose. >> gentlemen, senator simpson and mr.bout those proposals? there's proposals out, with unis to extend the bush tax cuts for another year and the president has laid out his proposal. what's the right solution for right now? >> well, between november 6th, when they will do nothing, nothing will be done, politically nothing will be done between now and november 6th. it's just posturing and guy also get up and say we can get this terrible thing resolved without touching precious medicare, precious medicaid, precious social security and precious defense. let me tell you, that person would be described as a phony that's going to do that in this election. we think, naively enough, that if you have the guts to do something along the lines what we suggest, the people will reward you, and it won't come now, but in four months, as this thing closes in, man, you know, people are going to say hey, if i don't do something they're going to throw me out for sitting here doing this b.s. and mush that i've been pouring out. >> can you imag

governor newsom, mayor lee, counsel general, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. it is a great pleasure for me to be here to attend this seminar, " organized -- let me give a special thanks to the previous speakers who gave very warm and remarkable remarks. i would like to give special thanks to the state government of california and the municipal government of san francisco. i think without your help, this forum for the seminar will not be realized. i also believe that through the seminar, with both sides, which will enhance our cooperation between our two sides. for many years, national corp. always is a dynamic factor -- cooperation is always a dynamic factor. and the economic and trade relations is also under way because of this dynamic factor. we believe that through all the -- this is becoming more important. china and the chinese government attaches great importance to national corp. and to state corporation and city corp. -- cooperation between the two countries. this time, i am leading a delegation consisting of 100 people. my main purpose or one of my ma

ladies and gentlemen, we are now adjourned.th invitations to the reception aboard the "quebec" may board at the ft. mchenry visitor center. thank you for coming. what a wonderful day. ♪ ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies forever waves of gray ♪ ♪ for purple mountains majesties of all the bay ♪ ♪ america america his grace on thee ♪ ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea

>>. >> stephen: thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. please sit down. we have got to get straight to the big news rocking the country, a decision that will have repercussions for virtually every american. because this morning ann curry left the "today show". (laughter) it was a tearful foment more everyone followed by six recipes to turn your tears into a refreshing summer cocktail. of course there was one other big decision today. for months we have waited for the supreme court's ruling over the constitutionality of o bam arcare and the-- obamacare and the individual insurance mandate and this morning we got the news we wanted. >> we have breaking news here on the fox news channel. the individual mandate has been ruled unconstitutional. >> the supreme court justice has struck down the individual mandate. >> the justices have just gutted, wolf, the center piece provision of the obama health care law. >> the individual mandate has been struck down. it has been struck down. >> stephen: no, it. has. not. you, suck. at. news. (cheers and applause) because b