our halt is off to lily hitchcock coit. i stand here today with ian, a descendant of lily hitchcock coit. i must say even though i don't smoke cigars or gamble, my hat is off to lily hitchcock coit. she was a visionary person. . maybe a little ahead of her time. i know if might have been an active member of the fighter department. . but she's near and dear to the heart of everybody in the 2ke789 thank you for the generosity and thank you for coming out and celebrating with us. >> we are very, very honored to have members of lily's family with us here today. down below, barbara. right there, barbara coit is sitting right there. and i'd like to introduce barbara's son, mr. michael coit. >> hello. what a remarkable day. what a grand place. coit tower and telegraph hill never disappoint as a tranquil outlook over a bustling city and busy world. i never tire of treking up here with family and friends. but there is not doctor an extra attraction today -- preferred parking. a first for this coit and i'm a native. the coit family o

our halt is off to lily hitchcock coit.endant of lily hitchcock coit. i must say even though i don't smoke cigars or gamble, my hat is off to lily hitchcock coit. she was a visionary person. . maybe a little ahead of her time. i know

lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in w

lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers.

. >> hitchcock those trees up there is all as accurate as heck. hitchcock had it right. i always think of eva marie especially going into the tunnel in the last scene. that very evocative tunnel. >> that's why we love each other, chris. thank you. >>> the debate kicks off tonight at 8:00 eastern right here on msnbc. and don't miss our post debate coverage led by our msnbc prime time team. send me your thoughts on twitter. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. ♪ i've been waiting ♪ for a snack like you ♪ to come into my life [ female announcer ] lean cuisine has snacks! like creamy cheesy spinach artichoke dip with warm pita. new from lean cuisine®. look better and feel softer. how 'bout we start with the guaranteed low price on the carpet... the pad, and installation. let's get peace of mind for a lifetime. it all adds up to better carpet at a better price and a great-looking room transformed. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get 10% off or 24 months special financing on your first purchase of $599 or more when you open a new home d

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> hi, there. i'm lawrence corn field with the department of building inspection. we are here with a bump of experts to talk about earthquake issues in san francisco. we are at one of san francisco's most wonderful spots. this is at the cliff house. it's a wonderful place. if you don't come down here, you should come and take a look. you can see the earthquake fault that is actually caused the 1906 earthquake. today we're doing a little tour about earthquake issues and we have dr. lou gill ton, pat buscovich and frank rowland , geotech -- gee owe technical engineer. are we safe standing here? >> (inaudible). >> okay. right behind us, we can see all the way down san francisco's ocean beach and water front all the way down to points stig identity. what is that. >> pacifica is sticking out. beside that the muscle rock, the next promenade to the north and san andreas fault. >> mus

a recent financial times article to this point titled alfred hitchcock's the bankers went right after this psychopath the on wall street it read the characteristics that make for good traders and investment bankers are pretty much the same as those that defied psychopaths surely only some of the serious personality disorder could have thought it was a good idea to sell a highly risky financial instrument like a c.d.o. squared to a naive investor who clearly did not understand the risks a quarter of our economy today is dependant on wall street and pentagon psychopaths doing incalculable arm to a nation without thinking twice about just to make orderly profit goals and to take home a million dollar a month paychecks so could it really be that the psychopaths have taken over much of our nation when this isn't anything new it's as old as modern culture itself ancient native americans refer to the culture of christopher columbus brought to the new world as with a code meaning a culture of animals a culture that feeds off the life of others from the way we consume energy to the way we trea

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side.>> of the league of s and sfg tv have brought to bring you statements by all four candidates for sheriff. >> my name is chris cunnie and i'm running for san francisco share of. i grew up in san francisco and i have been working to keep san francisco unsafe for just about my whole life. we're facing a critical moment for safety right now because of the progress -- a process call realignment that the state plans to send hundreds and maybe even thousands of prison inmates back to our city. that means keeping san francisco safe right now is going to require a lot of diverse skills like experience running jails, experience treating inmates said it comeback to jail and experience at every level of law enforcement. i am proud to say i am the only candidate who can bring all of these skills together. i served as under share of of san francisco, the second-in- command under mike henness

a couple of quotes this this first one is from an article in the financial times titled alfred hitchcock's the bankers the financial times the financial times is like the magazine of the wealthy powerful bankers talking to themselves quote it characteristics that make for good trading and investment bankers are pretty much the same as those that define psychopaths surely only someone with a serious personality disorder could have thought it was a good idea to sell highly risky financial instruments like a c.d.o. squared to a naive investor who clearly did not understand the risk. you get it it's guys are psychopaths university of st guillen study talked about psychopaths and they said traders behaved more egotistically and were more willing to take risks than a group of psychopaths who took the same test and these were actual psychopaths but they grew out of a prison population people who had been diagnosed as psychopaths and what do they find but the banks toure's the traders the guys who like the guys who were saying oh boy oh boy let's crash the economy and make some bucks they were mor

sounds like something alfred hitchcock would do. the fish and game department says there is no way to confirm the exact number. >>> well, while president obama was talking middle east peace at the u.n. general assembly palestinian protestors took to the streets in the west bank, thousands cheering and waving palestinian flags, others, though, set fire to the stars and stripes and clashed with israeli soldiers, all of this as palestinian president tries to have the u.n. recognized in independent -- an independent state for his people. leland vitter has the latest from our jerusalem bureau. >> reporter: the palestinian president certainly has asked for calm and he has asked for peaceful protests, ali, but not only did we see folks who were not very happy on the streets today, we also saw a whole lot of anger. >> in ramallah's town square, two american flags burned to cheers and jeers from the crowd. that was the exception during a 10,000 person protest rally celebration that resem bled a street party of sorts with kids let out of scho

. >> i remember one time he shoved a pillow up under his shirt and he said he looked like alfred hitchcock of the day. ridiculous. but everybody else thought it was great, laughed because this is him and if you don't laugh at his joke, you know what i mean? the alpha in the room and everybody laughs at him. >> he was the alpha in the room? >> that's what everybody had him as. >> fits his role as a prankster. maybe you have to be to start a movie business. mark twitchell came off squeak ki clean, his company was respected as was he. bill clark and the edmonton police back at square one, by the look of these. >> what do we have in we've got nothing. >> but soon this tough cop would catch a break. >> detective says to me, this guy just told me he bought a red car off a guy. >> the missing man's car turns up. -i love this card. -with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, we earn more cash back for the things we buy most. it's 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. that's 1% cash back on oscar. ...tony. oscar! 2% back on w

my name is ian hitchcock, mr.mccullough, i would like to thank you for all your contributions to bringing history alive for all of us. my question is about the founding fathers and the way we interpret that history. i've recently been reading a people's history of the united states by the late historian and activist howard zinn. [applause] will >> amen. and he proposes our awe toward the founders, our sense of their nobility and the grandeur of their ideas can sometimes mask what the true effects of the constitution might have been. in particular, he should we should analyze the constitution through its economic rather than its political methods and i wondered about your thoughts on that? >> guest: well, i knew howard zinn. i liked him very much and i agreed with much he professed and i don't agree with everything he professed. i think it's important to take an economic interpretation of lots about life and history. but i would not make it dominant any more else history is composed of. i think it's a great mistake

it was like a hitchcock movie. incredibly creepy and absolutely terrifying.nally he had what he believed was divine inspiration. god wanted him to kill the president. it was nothing personal he would later say. just god's will. as strange and fascinating and nearly as dangerous was roscoe, plain, a brutally powerful machine politician who appointed himself garfield's enemy. he needs to wear canary yellow waistcoats with lavender ink. he had a great curl in the middle of his forehead and he recoiled at the slightest touch. his vanity was so out side that he was famously ridiculed for it on the floor of congress by another congressman. but he was no joke. he was dangerously powerful. as senior senator from new york he controlled the customs house which was the largest federal office in the united states and controlled 70% of the country's customs revenue. he tightly controlled patronage and expected complete and unquestioning loyalty. his apartment in new york was known as the more. he was enraged when his candidate, former president and didn't get the nominati

lily hitchcock coit's diary and other pieces of memorabilia are going to be on display inside. additionally we had a number of generous doaners, one of which is mr. joseph schmidt -- please come over here -- mr. joseph schmidt, who is a true san franciscoan in the fact that he's generous and in good times and in bad, everybody loves his chocolate. if you haven't had his chocolate, you don't know what you're missing. he for this occasion built and carved himself a coit tower out of white and bittersweet chocolate which is on display in the tower when we open the tower today. thank you, mr. schmidt, for doing that for us. in addition, mr. pll schwab donated $25,000 worth of graphic artwork design. this banner is made for this occasion only. we will give out free posters of this design today and that will be available for you. we also have half a dozen city guides here today to do commemorative tours of the tower the you can ask any question you have, no matter how esoteric, and they'll be able to answer it. also we will have jail productions, down here, to perform ragtime music.