and we also have our ginsberg festival. we'll have a north beach literary tour and two scholars and biographers who know allen ginsberg's work will be speaking in a panel discussion. so it's going to be very exciting, as i say. it was in san francisco where allen ginsberg first wrote and completed howell and performed back in 1955, hanging around with all the beats and all the hip young artists. they'd go have copy there at black cat in north beach. >> what a wonderful point of history for san francisco and contemporary jewish life. we'll take a quick break and come back here on mosaic. please join us in just a moment. [ male announcer ] the new subway® $4 lunch is for everyone. it's for value seekers. for spicy italian lovers. for veggie eaters. for meatball dreamers. for everyone who wants more of what they love. the new $4 lunch. a 6 inch sub and 21 ounce drink. thanks, olivia. thank you. so you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyone's phone or email. (speaking french) so you can express your gratitude... in

ginsberg for some months now. but in addition to the information that you can now get about where our parks are, i think we need to take this one step further. we need to allow folks to do the online transactions that allow people to make reservations at the barbecue pit or at that picnic table. these are three of hundreds of ideas that i have heard over the last few years. my guess is you in your heads have the solutions to them today. and mayor lee and i are looking forward with this legislation with all of you to figuring out how to make our city government the best 21st century city government that we have in the entire world. so, thank you for being here, and it is my pleasure to introduce our mayor's budget director kate howard who in addition to helping to balance multi-billion dollar budgets every year, she will tell you about our plans around our chief data officer. thank you so much for being here. (applause) >> good morning, everyone. i'm kate howard. i'm the mayor's budget director. i'm here to just to

ruth bader ginsberg, 80 years old.left the court three or four years ago, and there is a republican in the white house, the most liberal seat on the court, replaced by a conservative. could have radical long-term implications. ruth bader ginsberg talking about the idea -- talking about a retirement. talking about the idea of what the confirmation process of the supreme court justice is like these days. >> i hope for the day when we will get back to where the system was when i was nominated, and when stephen breyer was nominated. i was nominated in 1993, justbr in 1994. there was a true bipartisan feeling in our congress. i was confirmed 96-3, and i said frankly, nowadays, i wonder if the president would even nominate me because of my long affiliation with the american civil liberties union. >> could someone with the liberal background like ruth bader ginsberg be nominated by a democrat today? what we saw in the obama era, almost every nomination becomes like a tribal loyalty. you will fight the nomination, oppose the n

not e ginsberg says lits pretend that is neutral. they have different racial and enrollments. if you take the top 10% of each you end up request a diverse group. if surface quality is all the court is willing to enforce then a government that actually is looking to do the right thing which takes the people watching and being active has a number of tools at its disposal. tavis: i hope this conversation has helped explain what some of the decigs today were about and what the pending decisions later this week will be ability. i suspect we'll have this conversation in the coming days as these cases unfold. for now justin and kimberly thank you for coming on. >> that's our show tonight. thanks for watching and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> i'm tavis 13450eu8ly join me next time for a conversation with natalie cole. that's next time. we'll see you then. >> there is a saying that dr. king had, he said it's always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life everyday by doing the right thing. w

ambassador mark ginsberg.dor ginsberg, in your opinion, is this the right thing to do, to give aid to the rebels? >> larry, the problem is we have put ours in a houdini complex. we have straight-jacketed ours, now we don't know how to get ourselves out of a mess. we are engaged in a proyy war. by providing arms to rebels at this late date, we are going to reverse what essentially is a imminent battlefield defeat for the rebels and this red line has now been so discussed by so many countries. there has been adequate evidence sometime ago, you know, the administration really deserves a big party slip for being so late to coming to conclusions here. >> let me just ask you, in the national city council release the press release on this, it uses the phrase "moderate syrian rebels." they're going to help moderate syrian rebels. what is a moderate syrian rebel? i thought there were al qaeda and all kind of jihadists? >> well, you got two groups essentially fighting for the bad guys. one is a bad front largely taking

it means for the president of the united states and the world former ambassador to morocco marc ginsberg weighs in plus our politicking panel tackles the latest news you need to know that's next on politicking with larry king. live to politicking i'm larry king the obama administration's decision to start arming some syrian opposition groups as we're vocal sharply mixed reactions here to discuss that now a lot of other international issues is ambassador marc ginsberg he served as u.s. ambassador to morocco in the clinton administration also served as jimmy with the recorder is deputy senior advisor to the president for mideast policy we thank mark for joining us he's a good friend mark you wrote for the huffington post that even though legendary houdini can't get the united states out of its syrian straight jacket or even. well larry the problem is is that ever since the civil war began in syria the administration has had a default position which is we do not want to get involved and yet the president called for assad to go early on and then he declared that there would be a red line in

it means for the president of the united states and the world former ambassador to morocco marc ginsberg weighs in plus our politicking panel tackles the ladies news you need to know that's next on politics with larry king. i've. i politicking i'm larry king the obama administration's decision to start arming some syrian opposition group says provoked sharply mixed reactions here to discuss that now a lot of other international issues is ambassador marc ginsberg he served as u.s. ambassador to morocco in the clinton administration also served as jimmy with the recorder is deputy senior advisor to the president for mideast policy we thank mark for joining us he's a good friend mark you wrote for the huffington post that even though legendary houdini can't get the united states out of its syrian straight jacket or even. well larry the problem is is that ever since the civil war began in syria the administration has had a default position which is we do not want to get involved and yet the president called for assad to go early on and then he declared that there would be a red line in the e

phil ginsberg. (applause) >> i don't think we appreciate how amazing phil is and how lucky we are as a city to have him. but today how lucky are we to be san franciscans standing here today? (applause) >> you know, today i have a number of thank yous i want to go through. but first i really want to comment about our parks and our support for our parks not only in city hall, but with the voters of san francisco. you know, we fight that battle every year in city hall with our budget and we're going through it right now to make sure we prioritize our parks for our families, for our children, for our seniors, for everyone. and the voters of san francisco have done it year in and year out. and parks are for everyone. they're for young people and old people. they're for large people and small people. they're for dogs, they're for everyone that we care about here in san francisco. i see a number of seniors here today. i know one month old emma is here today. this is for everybody and my three children are

ruth bader ginsberger said quote . . . >> michael: yeah, it was a bit confusing but that is always howeel after these rulings come down. the court also agreed to decide whether the president violated the constitution when he bypassed the senate and made three appointments to the national labor relations board. they did not make a ruling on doma or same-sex marriage issue. we're joining by "the huffington post" supreme court correspondent, mike sachs. thanks as always, mike, for joining us in "the war room." i love the matthew iglasias tweet, because that's what it is all about. guess what mike you are the lawyer we are asking today. can you explain fisher versus ut. >> yeah, the supreme court said the lower court did not review closely enough the affirmative action policy. they said they are using strict scrutiny. that means they were checking whether or not the affirmative action program was narrowly nay -- tailored opinion. justice kennedy said it's not strict scrutiny and you know it. he became a imagine -- majority. and now it goes back to the fifth circuit, and the senior judge th

you are openly gay and you clerked for justice ruth bader ginsberg, so what is your firsthand knowledge impactful do you think those relationships might be? >> well, i think studies have shown that one of the greatest predictors whether someone supports rights for lgbt people, lesbi lesbian, gay, bisexual and tr s transgender. the justices have had gay law clerks and gay employees and other people in their personal lives is that they understand gay people as individuals, and gay people as members of family. these cases before the court this term represent the first time that these justices are considering gay rights issues in the context of actual families before them. and fortunately the concept of gay and lesbian people forming families together is not a foreign concept to them it's something they've observed in people who are close to them both personally and professionally. >> it makes a difference when things are made visible and, david, in this article, it also brought up how justice lewis f. powell struggled with how to cast a decisive vote in the '86 so do my case that devastate

let's hear it for parks cheer leader and chief phil ginsberg. (applause) >> it is a real pleasure to be with everyone here today. it takes a village and the village is out. it's not often we get to say the words "our tax dollars at work" with a smile on our face. but we're doing it today. because voters really knew what they were doing a few years back when we passed that $185 million parks bond, neighborhood parks bond and the $10 million invested into lafayette park. i used to live at hyde and geary my first four years when i moved to san francisco, now 36 years ago, and this was my neighborhood park. and i've loved it ever since. the combination of the palms and the pines and everything in between, this is a jewel of a park. and when i saw the fences go up i got a little nervous because, well, it was going to be closed for a while. and i saw on some of the signs that some trees were going to come down which always makes me a little uncomfortable. but now seeing the result, it is magnificent. and, so, i want to thank all the folks who have inv

reporter: one bit of drama we're not expecting is a retirement, the court's oldest justice ruth ginsberg shows no sign of slowing down. >> when nightly news continues, inside the u.s. coast guard's high tech training center. saving lives is serious business. >>> and carrying the family tradition to new heights, nik wallenda's great adventure. >>> last night in a program we introduced you to the elite rescue swimmers from the u.s. coast guard. the incredibly brave men and women who swim into the face of danger to bring victims to safety. hollywood told their story in the 2006 "the guardian." tonight we take you to the new $24 million school where rescue swimmers are molded in a program as grueling as that of navy s.e.a.l.s. >> reporter: a roadway turns everything upside down. the men inside the capsized boat have mere seconds to open an exit, unbuckle and swim to the surface. thankfully even those who don't make it get a second chance here in the coast guard's advanced new rescue training center where a normal day can turn into a dark and severe stormy night. >> if we have a wave, lightin

(applause) >> phil ginsberg, thank you. and one of our great sponsors from comcast, thank you, hong. our mayor's office of neighborhood services and the public housing tenants association, thank you for being here as well. (applause) >> thank you very much. you know, we have -- this is just a part of the city family and there are many other elected officials and department heads throughout the audience and commissioners who support what you're doing for yourselves and for your family. and let me say i am personally proud of what you're doing, proud enough that i'm going to go to work for you every single day because your success means our success in the city of san francisco. and one of the ways -- (applause) >> absolutely. and one of the ways we're going to help each other is by making sure that this summer ain't gonna be a summer of just hanging around for everybody. it's a summer where we go to work for you, and in return, we create 6,000 jobs for you to go to work and earn your way this summer. how about that? (applause

it means for the president of the united states and the world former ambassador to morocco marc ginsberg weighs in plus our politics panel tackles the latest news you need to know that's next on politics with larry king. politicking i'm larry king we'll bomb administration's decision to start arming some syrian opposition group says we're folks sharply mixed reactions here to discuss that now a lot of other international issues is ambassador marc ginsberg he served as u.s. ambassador to morocco in the clinton administration also served as jimmy with jimmy carter is deputy senior adviser to the president.

ruth bader ginsberg, stephen breyer, sonia sotomayor and elena kagan support the ruling. justice john roberts wrote the dissenting opinion, sbird antony scalia, clarence thomas and samuel alito. >>> still to come, meteorologist christina loren has details on a big time heat wave all coming our way and we will have more on that right after this break. >>> welcome back, everybody, take you live to san francisco, the castro district, plenty of people were celebrating early today, the prop 8 ruling, gathering tonight at 6:30. there, you are gather at the rain bow community sent teity ce castro district. blue skies. >> whatever you want to do after a couple of rainy days, a lot of moisture creating humidity, you can feel it immediately when you walk out, christina. >> quote the famous snoop lion, formerly known as snoop dogg it is sticky icky icky out there. good morning to you. a live look here. one of the reasons why the castro might be so quiet, we have had these flight delays all morning long. hard to tell from the picture of san francisco, hard to happen, very glassy on t

. >> as i recall when there was a complaint against the park and rec department it was against ginsberg who was ahead and against one of the board members. >> and it seemed to me that here,... >> was it against them, or was it against park and rec and they... >> they were named personally. >> okay. >> as i recall, in the proceedings, they appeared personally, because they were charged. >> and here, i would think that if there is any evidence that miss patterson was instructed to do something by someone at the arts commission, that if she acted in her capacity as whatever her employment was, she acted in it and it is really the... i think that it is not the figment of the arts commission. it is the employee who had the responsibility and who reacted in a certain way. >> i think that i largely agree with that. except that i would be a little bit more general. i think that if you sent, the commission has the freedom in my mind to send a representative to this meeting. and as long as that person has knowledge, and could help us in the process and has the authority to bind the commission and

francisco, but we want to also encourage, examples we're going to be announcing yoyo working with phil ginsberg to provide data where are small parks or where the events are happening. what is the cost? how to get there in the hours that they're operating? a smart phone application for all of our events in recreation and park department, that to me is going to be invaluable to visitors and to our neighborhoods. bronwin who is working with us on data information from neighborhoods in our city, growth trends, that kind of data certainly is going to help a department like city planning who is trying to kind of figure out where the new neighborhoods in our city, what do we do from a planning and zoning effort, prioritizing. is it small businesses now in pier 70 area or do with we go high-rises downtown? what kind of people trends and business trends and constituent trends are happening in our neighborhoods * ? that data is there to be shared with our city planning. so we can plan for the future and make sure when we're not planning to limit the kind of growth that we want to encourage. >>> and then

makes reactions here to discuss that now a lot of other international issues as ambassador marc ginsberg and.

. >> justice ginsberg said'' the court's opinion can hardly be described as moderate decision making quite the opposite hubris is a word for that demolition. the rerend jesse jackn predicted a negative impact. >> you will have fer blacks or latinos better less equal because of the decision. >> and it isndicated congress can come up with a new formula see which jurisdiction still engage in discriminatory behavior but it mu match the conditions of the present and not the past. leaders of bull's-eyes are willing to undertake the task lou: day que shannon. mu more a leader of this a form -- supreme court decisions with lis wiehl and randy. new developments of benghazi scandal issuing subpoenas to force state department ficials to find out what they know about last year's terrorist attack. wi delays of scheduling interviews have taken too long and he had no trace and going on the offensive of another potential scandal at the irs accusg them of awarding contracts worth more than half a billion dollars to a small comny called strong castle. and this president had a cozy relationship with an

that means for the president of the united states and the world former ambassador to morocco marc ginsberg weighs in plus our politicking panel tackles the latest news you need to know that's next on politics with larry king. live. is it possible to navigate the economy with all the details of his diction misinformation and media hype will keep you up to date by decoding the mainstream. if in your mind.

means for the president of the united states and the world the former ambassador to morocco marc ginsberg weighs in plus our politicking panel tackles the latest news you need to know that's next on politics with larry king. well. it's technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered welcome to teal one out here you can feel it's home. to fifty there are three choices in life but first used to work in a mckillop live on a miserable way like a slate. the second is to jump the wall and catch the american dream the most.

. >> the case also drew blistering dissent from justice ruth bader ginsberg who calls this the demolitionthe voting rights act. either way it's something that congress may ultimately revisit. >> doug luzader live in washington. >>> in just a few hours testimony will resume in the george zimmerman trial and more powerful evidence is expected today this after jurors got a detailed look at the crime scene the night that trayvon martin was murdered. lorne johnson joins us live with what is expected today. good morning. >> hi shth good morning to you. of course if you said yesterday jurors saw lots of photos an evidence more of the same likely expected today they are going to hear from more witnesses who likely witnessed what happened at that complex the night of the shooting. jurors saw several photos lots of evidence from the crime scene collected for the first time they saw a picture of trayvon martin's lifeless body. this prompted his father to leave the courtroom. she remained in the courtroom having to look away at several instances. the most interesting came from state witnesses who des

justice ginsberg is saying, let's be honest about what is really at play.let's not pretend that we cannot see race. many people would say in order to claim cannot see race, you have to first technology to ignore it. >> a decision on voting rights could come down as early as today. >> it could, and we argued in the supreme court that the voting rights is still necessary. chief justice roberts said the south has changed, and that is true, but shelby county has not claimed -- changed as much as some would like to claim. hewitt, thank you for theg with us, a member of naacp ldf's fund. he launched their dismantling to "the school-to-prison pipeline: structuring legal reform." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. when we come back, we'll look at the information that has come out of the national security agency. how much it knows about you. stay with us. [♪] [music break] >> "school days" - chuck barry. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. >> as the media focuses almost exclusively on

in response, justice ruth bader-ginsberg wrote a discent. said because of the decrease, conservatives can argue that the law is unnecessary, and she had harsh criticism for chief justice robert's decision writing . . . attorney general eric holder who has spent much of his term working on voting rights issues also expressed outrage. >> these problems have not been confined to history. they continue to exist. their effects are real. they are up today, not yesterday, and they corrode the foundation of our democracy. >> michael: the law now going to congress for revision, and washington is already gearing up for a fight. the senate has scheduled hearings for july. this battle a lost but the war is far from over. look at the what the five of them gave us today, or i should say took away elections matter folks. i'm honored to introduce our first guest, joining me in "the war room" is julian bond, former head of the naacp. thanks so much for being here. >> great pleasure. that would be former chairman? >> what did i say president? >> you said pres

courtroom today if you were able to see any accounts that took place was justice alito when justice ginsbergs dissent. he was sitting there laughing at her. justices don't act like junior high kids in the court. >> john: we see this from alito. >> never have we seen a justice do this in court. >> because's rude doesn't mean he isn't right. >> john: let me play devil's advocates because what she said is what many americans believe. we have a black president. racism was killed in the 20th century. rick as a white male how do you respond. >> i think affirmative action has a place particularly in academic institutions. the day will come, hopefully that we move to a point that we don't need it. i think we're closer than 20 years ago but i don't think we're there yet. >> if a corporation has two-ply can'ttwoapplicants who are equally qualified. >> it's difficult for two candidates to be equally qualified. it shouldn't be on skin color. >> john: let's say they are. >> this is the challenge around the affirmative action debate. there assumes there are these admission offices or recruiters who are lo

and allen ginsberg on youtube. >> host: alexandra singing. that is extraordinary. >> guest: there's a chance of a black line over all the hills echoing of and it struck me and i thought i would play with that title and talked to my editor and fool around with it for obvious reasons because mountains in afghanistan remains hypocrisy but also the -- also work echo as i mentioned earlier a central event happened in the book. and echoes across time and space and a deep impact on the lives of a great number of characters each of whom gave a chance to voice their perspective so the novel was composed like a mosaic into law and creates collectively one big picture. >> host: there is a scene, the family massacre -- and the complexity of the moral choices made by those who come to afghanistan, making promises to return to california. >> guest: there is an afghan factor living in northern california. has been awarded 20 some odd years who returns to afghanistan after the fall of the taliban and has a difficult experience. for one thing when he arrives

scalia and kennedy coming in at about five authored opinions, while justices kagan and ginsberg havey more, approaching ten. do you think we're likely to see more opinions in the majority by those justice os who have spoken less thus far? >> you've asked the wrong guy, the world's leading expert is standing right next to me. >> the chief justice who hands out most of the assignments tries to balance all of the things among his colleagues, when you see that the most conservative justices, well the conservatives are going to get their licks in later over the next couple of weeks. >> the ohm thing i would add to that is if you count justice kennedy as one of the conservatives, which i think is fair, he may not write an opinion in a way that you would normally think of as conservative. for example, you know it's possible when the voting rights act decision comes out. they can either strike it down altogether or trim it back some. same with affirmative action, if justice kennedy writes the decisions have having to do with same-sex marriage, he may do so in a way that would please the advo

i think it is a dress rehearsal for a battle over quite possibly justice ginsberg's replacement. they want to show that they can overcome this obstruction, overcome the filibuster, if they do it on the three nominees, they can do it for supreme court justice nominees. >> this is a game i have to say in my experience the republicans have always been better at playing, they always understood that the federal bench is the most important thing the president controls and the minute you take that oath of office, you have to start filling every vacancy you have, and what the congressional senate republicans know is it is so important, we're going to start blocking every single one of them. >> right. so everything is now a bargaining chip. it symbolizes what's wrong with washington right now. meanwhile, judges who are human beings, put their personal lives on hold, waiting two-and-a-half years in some cases for the senate to dispense with their nomination. >> which is harming the judiciary, now you get people saying no, no thank you, i'm going to stay dean of the law school or something,

in a fierce dissent joined by 3 liberal justices justice ginsberg retorted those that can't remember past are condemned to repeat it. congressman law is remembers the past. lewis was savagely beaten as young man marching for freedom in the south and learned of today decision with tl jichlt i think supreme court did as two put a dagger in very heart of the voting rights act of 1965. if liberate not just the people but a nation. >> lewis white colleague republican congressman of mississippi welcomed the rulin ruling. >> we shouldn't be judged on the mississippi of 50 or 60 years achlingt i welcome the court recognizing that mississippi has changed. >>reporter: now the question is will congress pass a new voting right for new era. there is a lot of evidence that minority voters across the country still face obstacle to full participation in our democracy. but given the partisan mess across the street from here on capitol hill it is unlikely congress gets on the job if i time soon and changes already coming to texas attorney general within hour of the decision here announcing that a vote

. >> reporter: in a lengthy, pointed dissent, ruth bader ginsberg said it can hardly be described as an exam plar of restrained and moderate decision making. quite the opposite. civil rights leaders like jesse jackson called immediate -- >> you'll have fewer blacks, fewer women, fewer latinos, less free and equal because of this decision. >> reporter: in today's opinion, the chief justice is free to come up with a new formula to determine who is engaging in discrimination at the voting level, but cautioned any remedy congress comes up with must address current conditions, not those of the past. several leaders both sides of the aisle spoke out, saying they're willing to take up that task. >> shannon bream, thank you. >>> another court case getting attention, prosecutors in the george zimmerman, trayvon martin case. they say the calls will show zimmerman's state of mind. the defense says the calls are irrelevant. he is accused of second degree murder for the shooting of unarmed african-american teenager trayvon martin. zimmerman says it was self defense. >>> still ahead, now that the

i thought justice ginsberg had one of the best quotes, if its raining, you have an umbrella and you're dry, doesn't mean you throw out your umbrella. it means it's working. >> we're talking about a split on the republican side theoretically. if congress were to address this, any talk of what a fix might look like? what a section 4 fix might look like? >> not at all. i would be more confident if there were a fix if sensenbrenner were chairman as he was in 2006. now you have chairman bob goodlatte. we asked him for a comment on the day of the supreme court decision. he said that he will be looking at it but he did not give a lot of confidence that he would be working hard to get a fix. there are supposed to be hearings. i hope congressman sensenbrenner will step in because he had so much experience with this in 2006 but he's no longer chairman. >> we're hearing noise from chairman of the senate judiciary committee, pat leahy, and that's the pearn, goes to senate and then reacts. i want to ask senator cowan who might happen. and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 2