you honor us with your presence. of anniversaries, this year marks the 150th anniversary of the end of our civil war, the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii, the 65th anniversary of the start of the korean war today we gather to remember the vietnam war and to honor those who served in it. we remember the 50th anniversary of president johnson's order establishing the vietnam service ribbon and we honor our 7.2 million living t vietnam veterans. their fallen comrade in arms including those unaccounted for and families of all those who served. those plowed -- proud marines and coast guardsmen are part of a deep line of warriors, patriots, who served and fought in lexington and concord and gettysburg and midway and more recently in falluja. some of those veterans are here today. some bear the wounds of war or the where of age. some carry with them of fallen comrades american fathers, uncles, brothers and sisters who did not make it home. and others proudly wear vietnam veteran the pelicans and goldstar buttons

true honors or hollow gestures. how would you answer that question and also, talk about the change from after vietnam through today in the appreciation and recognition now received from what they once did. what has driven that change? >> i can't respond to the baseball game thing. i really don't know a lot about that. but, i think we learned some hard lessons from vietnam. and the general livingston stated in the military for 33 years. i know for my brother-in-law jack stayed for 22 years after vietnam it was a good place for him to be. but for my other brother-in-law who was a helicopter pilot, he got out after his tour, and it was very, very challenging for him to try to blend in and forget he wasn't a vietnam veteran, which at that time, so many had to do. so, it was a challenging time, and our nation treated the veterans in a shameful manner and it was a difficult time for our country and for the veterans. it was a hard time, very difficult time for the marines. but we learned i think the reason that you see ove

it has been my privilege and honor to get to know many of the recipients of the medal of honor personally and to hear their stories, to be among america's bravest, to listen to them, and interact with them has been a blessing and a true education. they have all shown me a quiet strength and modesty. they all say they where the medal of honor him and not for themselves, but for all those who fought so bravely alongside them and did not make it home. that we would remember them and their sacrifice. more than 18% 646 of the medals , awarded since 1863, have been presented posthumously, but from the civil war until world war ii, of the 2418, just 83 were presented posthumously. from world war ii to the present however, more than 60% of the metals have been awarded posthumously. 58% in world war ii, 73.8% in the korean war 62 .9% in the vietnam war, and 43.7% in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. within the last few decades, the defense department has reviewed records of a number of potential medal of honor recipients who have been passed over the past because of their race, religion or ethnici

we can bring together an honored esteemed audience to support lgbt rights globally i want to acknowledge skeet and nancy pelosi and governor jerry brown mayor ed lee congress bruce from peru and member of paramount physique me from norway and charlotte for being here. (clapping.) >> i'd like to thank our fantastic lunch host committee that has been spiritual in planning this event stewart milks and cliff and joyce and charles radcliff (clapping.) at the looking towards the next generation of leadership certifying i didn't for mipgz camp to be here with us thank you for doing that as a young gay man grouping in the deep south of the united states i never thought i'd see the day the supreme court would legalize this my partner and i are here and overjoyed and hokd for lgbt rights in 76 countries same sex are criminalized in 7 some are permissible by death and institutionalized discrimination and attitudes exist across the world in all exacts of the folks lives in health care and education and jobs and monk families our goal today is to you honor the secretary generally so for the lgbt righ

honors us with his presence but he honors us doublely by having mrs. ban being here with him. thank you so much mrs. ban. to all your honored ambarsders representives and general, thank you for being here today we are gathered in commemoration and celebration of one of the great moments of history. a great moment of histfry the world, a grite moment fl history of our country, a great moment for our city. 70 years ago as yous heard the delegates of 50 nations gathered in san francisco opera house to open a new era for humanity. here in san francisco the hope of president wilson and vision of president roges velt and congratulations of president truman were fulfilled and when president rose velt was here said if you want to do something right, do it in san francisco. here in san francisco diplomats of countries found they way to [inaudible] poetic dream to a distant century a battle flag [inaudible] by a prominent of men, the federation of the world. on this date 1945 the satey on the golden gate the word went forward, we the people of the united nation come together in a new un

>> here, here. >> i absolutely agree with you right honorable, honorable gentleman about this issue.t was the largest act of genocide since the holocaust on the mainland of europe as he said 8300 people murdered. the first thing is to be clear, it was genocide in to say to people who question that can they are genocide deniers. i'm very proud of that britain has a the second largest set of commemorations and events to mark the anniversary of the dreadful events. we've also been holding the pen at the u.n. in drafting a resolution trying to bring the world together to make sure it is remembered in the right way, and we should continue to do all we can to keep this at the front and center of european in world politics so people realize this was genocide and we must learn the lessons from it. [inaudible] >> suffered has continued since the genocide and since the end of the war. unemployment in boston is more than 40% amongst young people over 75% more than half of the people of bosnia are considering leaving that country. will the prime minister do everything that he came together with

of honor is the highest military honor given for valor in combat above and beyond the call of duty. coming up next president obama awards it to two world war i veterans. the president speaks of their acts of courage and bravery on the western front and acknowledges that many brave soldiers were overlooked because of their skin color or their faith. henry johnson was african american. lewis wilson of the new york national guard accepted the medal on behalf of johnson and daughters of william accepted the medal on behalf of their father. >> >>. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ >> we read in the sacred psalms even were i to walk in the reconvene as death i shall feel no danger. you are at my side. your staff and crook are there to sooth me. let us pray. all powerful ever living lord of all, may you guide this time this gathering as we remain mindful of the cost paid for our liberty. we gather here in gratitude for the men we recognize today, for their courage, their faithfulness and their selfless service. may the lives of sergeants henry johnson and willi

the secretary general honors us with his presence. but he honors us doubly by having ms. von with him. thank you so much. to all of you, thank you for being here today. we are gathered here. in commemoration and celebration of one of the great moments of history. a great moment of history for the world. a great moment for the history of our country. a great moment for our city. 70 years ago the delegates of 50 nations gathered in san francisco opera house to open a new era. for humanity. here in san francisco the hope earlier of president wilson, the vision of president roosevelt. the congratulations of president truman were all fulfilled. on an earlier occasion when president roosevelt was here when he was nominated for vice president he said if you want toods somethingto do something right, do it in san francisco. here in san francisco, diplomats found their way to a dream by a parliament of men and federation of the world. on this day in 1945 the city on the golden gate, the word went forward. we the people, not we the countries, we the people of the united nations wou

the honorable lady must and will be heard. angela crawley. >> the prime minister's plan for english laws will adjust my rates and the rates of other scottish mps in the house of commons. the real issue is my ability to protect the interest of my constituents. will the prime minister guarantee that under his plan, a bill that has direct or indirect effect on scotland's budget will not be certifiable as england's only? david cameron: i welcome to the honorable lady. we will publish our proposal shortly. parliament will have plenty of time to consider and vote on them. but we are not creating a system of two tears for mps. all mps will still vote on all bills. what we say is, laws that only apply in england should only pass if they are supported by a majority of english mps. it seems to me, a system where scottish msp's can determine their own future on health and housing and an increasing number of subjects, fairness across our united kingdom. >> stewart. >> yesterday, the national office called for the introduction of a error s

will last long enough to see the peaceful reunification of the people in who's honor so many died from 1950 until 1953 my pleasure now is to present the chairwoman of the presidio trust the presidio was established by an act of congress and under the provisions of that statute there is is term limit and i regret that the term limit applies to the person i am about to introduce her name is nancy hellman bechtel she's led the presidio trust and served with notable for 8 years she's a san franciscan from a family of san franciscans date to the 19th century also a person that leads by practice today, she gave me this envelope what is in this envelope? i believe in this envelope is a check representing a donation to the chronically foundation now how often does our landlord donate money to you? (clapping) >> would you, please welcome the leader what hospital insured the best corporation i can imagine about our landlord the presidio trust and we striving poor tenants nancy hellman beck at all (clapping) (laughter) wow. that's quite an introduction anyway it is my pleasure on behalf of the pr

on who they recognize who they celebrate and so today it is really our great honor to celebrate someone at his core this message availability of who's who are marginalized and diminished obamacare who will not be included that's the heart of free and equal campaign a campaign that is not only where we have a crack in the door but the campaign that goes where that oppose is so small snow light coupling into the room i've been on the ground radio my brothers and sisters around the world and e-mails this morning when i got from asia from the mideast had me in tears people heard the supreme court decision and knew with we were doing with the u.n. and they have complete darkness now a ray of light (clapping.) please welcome handkerchief foundation board member since our inception and tremendous leader not just by the way in europe but annette travels the world speaking about equality (clapping.) >> thank you so much stewart as a member of paramount i'm so honored to be able to be here in this grateful had them dream i'm also so honored to be an international board member of the harvey milk f

[applause] the secretary-general honors us with his presence, but he honors to us doubly by having mrs. von -- mrs. ban be there with him. [applause] thank you. to all of you, honored ambassadors, representatives consul generals, all of the rest, thank you for being here today. we are gathered in commemoration and celebration of one of the great moments of history, a great moment in history for the world, a great moment for the history of our country, a great moment for our city. 70 years ago, the delegates of 50 nations gathered in the san francisco opera house to open a new era for humanity. here in san francisco, the hope of president wilson, the vision of president roosevelt, the congratulations of president truman were all fulfilled. on an earlier occasion when president roosevelt was here when he was nominated for vice president, he said, if you want to do something right, do it in san francisco. [applause] here in san francisco, diplomats of far-flung countries found their way through poetic dreams from a distant century. on this date in 1945, the city on the golden gate, the wo

.) >> thank you so much stewart as a member of paramount i'm so honored to be able to be here in this grateful had them dream i'm also so honored to be an international board member of the harvey milk foundation we've earned the highest level of requirement across the global living up to the legacy of harvey milk all across the globally globe the foundation works groggy for the cultural and community to there will activities and stability and to collaborate with other minority groups collecting us to common humanity the harvey milk 34e89 was created at the direction of the integral guardian their not to be given anti lightly rather they worked go to individuals that reach across the globe and part of participates are nepz desmond thank you, thank you barbara robtsd and wanting david notifying pr form i's chief of particle and common raiser for the disease and multiple grammy winner melissa were with the harvey milk melted we today recognize a man who was made our entire community better more judges and more human andmore enlightened today, we celebrate ambassador tomorrow there is sti

the sympathies of my honorable and right honorable friend but those who have suffered so terribly.the prime minister talked quite rightly about peace tolerance, and democracy. what is he doing to ensure peoples across the middle east as the people of the united kingdom want to see values defended and stood up for are united with the governments of their nations to ensure we never surrender to the type of activity we have seen. >> i think the honorable gentleman for his question. we are backing those governments that want to see an active and positive civil society and encouraging democracies to take other countries that are not yet democratic and put in place the building blocks of democratic countries. countries. as we look at how we best confront terrorism, i am convinced giving young people greater hope participation, greater hope democracy and right is part of the way that we will defeat the narrative about which i have been speaking. >> i know that all of the members of the british to visit parliamentary group will wish to endorse the sentiment expressed by my right honorable

>> i think my honorable friend is right. because we made the pledge in our manifesto that there be no further reductions in armed services numbers, and i think that's right. with a visit to present him with the extra commitment we are making throughout this parliament we can now have a strategic defense and security review that looks at options for how to make this country even safer. the way the chancellor of the defense secretary have set it up is to make sure we include in this looking at options for counterterrorism, for intelligence and security as well as defense assets to make sure we do everything we can at this time of heightened security to keep a britain is safe. >> a combination of changes made to the state pension in 1995 and 2011 will mean that many women born in the 1950s will not have the kind of retirement that they hoped for. given a senior civil servants and the judges and even members of parliament within 10 years of the normal retirement pay cut their pensions protected from is the time for the prime min

it is an honor to be here with all of you.general john hudson thank you for your leadership. looking at the program, at all of these names listed here, what a heavy list of honor and courage. how wonderful that we are honoring them today. it is fitting that we come together today in emancipation hall. today marks the 100 and 50th best 150th anniversary of the death of president abraham lincoln. as we gather to pay tribute of the impossible bravery of the doolittle raiders, president lincoln's words ring true as ever. the world will little remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did. [applause] >> i take special pride because it was less than four months after pearl harbor come on april 2, 1942, that the u.s. won its steam out under san francisco bridge. planes never intended to take off from an aircraft carrier planes that could never land back on the carrier, on the hornet, once launched. their crews volunteered with a new nothing more than the mission's importance would be matched by its perils. the trai

hall to honor him and memorialize his life here in san francisco. thank you >> commissioner adams >> leroy king was a icon, a american icon. leroy ran nancy pelosis first campaign when she went to congress. she always loved leroy. she recently did a speech on the floor of congress talking about leroy king who was a good friend oof nancy pelosi. lee row told me a story, you never know the obstuicals people have to go through in life. when leroy and his wife came to the city, leroy being african american and his wife was white and at that time a black person couldn't rent the apart so leroys wife would have to rent the aparnlt and 6 or 7 times they found she was married to leroy and had to move. finally they took it to court but leroy chs that kind of guy and to leroy all people mattered and i ask as soon as we are done i think it is appropriate to have a moment for leroy and also for the people who [inaudible] >> i first met leroy on nancy pelosis first congrgzal campaign, but then he continued to serve as a mentor and advisor. was one of my first su

the men and women that served in korean in a way they deserve to be honored i can't tell how honored i am to be here where we share ♪ milestone towards chief of police that goal thank you, gentlemen for your service and based for this place >> thank you, michael (clapping.) warren is a retired colonel in the marina corp. and president of the military historic tourist company virginia organizers of the revisit korea towers many of us in the audience participated if you haven't contact warren they're quite quite popper popular forgive me warren is virus vice president of the korean war veterans association and here today in that capacity on behalf of the korean war veterans association please welcome cornell warren warren (clapping.) ladies and gentlemen it is an honor for me to be back here my wife and i got here on tuesday it rained the whole week but today it is beautiful thank you to the developers and families and friends and as virus vice president of the korean war veterans association it is an honor to represent our members and wanting larry and it is don't to be back in san fr

>> i think my honorable friend is right.ecause we made the pledge in our manifesto that there be no further reductions in armed services numbers, and i think that's right. with a visit to present him with the extra commitment we are making throughout this parliament we can now have a strategic defense and security review that looks at options for how to make this country even safer. the way the chancellor of the defense secretary have set it up is to make sure we include in this looking at options for counterterrorism, for intelligence and security as well as defense assets to make sure we do everything we can at this time of heightened security to keep a britain is safe. >> a combination of changes made to the state pension in 1995 and 2011 will mean that many women born in the 1950s will not have the kind of retirement that they hoped for. given a senior civil servants and the judges and even members of parliament within 10 years of the normal retirement pay cut their pensions protected from is the time for the prime minis

i'm honored to be here today with my new brother, mike lunger next to me.ing on the knowledge that he has given me to other officers and being the mentor that he was to me. i will honor him by putting on the uniform and continuing to be the warrior that he was. today, i had the honor and privilege of reading words of encouragement from moses for god's people. be strong and courageous. do not be afraid or tremble at them. for the lord your god, is the one who goes with you. he will not fail you or forsake you. and this is god's world. thank you. >> i would like to invite tate lunger to share with us a passage from paul's letter to the romans. >> what then shall we say in response to these things? if god is for us who can be against us? he who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all. how will he not also along with him, graciously give us all things? who will bring any charge against those who god has chosen? it is god who justifies. who then is the one who condemns? no one. christ jesus, who died more than that who was raised to life is at the

honored guest please welcome me the 8th [inaudible] of the united nations, ban ki-moon. >> thank you. please take a seat. honorable nancy pelosi, congress woman and democratic leader of the united states house of representative thank you for your kind introduction and thank you for your great leadership. the united nations is very much grateful for your continuing support. we need your support from the congress. the honorable jerry brown, the gevner of california, again i thank you for your participation and for your strong support for the united nations and change on sustainable development and i look forward working closely with you. thank you for your leadership. the honorable edwin lee, mayor of san francisco, thank you for organizing great and historic opportunities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing this great united nations charter and thank you for recognition of the united nations role by honoring me with this key of san francisco. i'll keep it on behalf of all the united nations staff for working day and night for all the peace and security. thank you again for

i have been humbled and honored to serve. now, through the invitation on a the board of directors as a national spokesperson for the effort. it has been my privilege and honor to get to know many recipients personally and hear their stories. to be among america's bravest to listen to them and interact with them has been a blessing and a true education. may have all shown me quiet strength and modesty. and they all say that they were the medal of honor not for themselves but for all those who fought so bravely and did not make it home. that we would remember them and their sacrifices. more that 18%, 646 of the medals awarded since 1863 have been presented posthumously. from the civil war until world war ii of the 2,418 medals awarded, just 3 percent, 83 were presented posthumously. from world war ii to the present , more than 60% have been awarded posthumously. 58% for world war ii. 73.8 percent in the korean war 62.9 percent in the vietnam war and 43.7 percent in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. within the last few decades t

jim livingston, a metal of honor recipient and guests of the speaker. [applause] jerry is risky, chairman of the press club speaker's committee, the washington bureau chief for the buffalo news, and a former national press club president. skipping over our speaker for a moment, melissa charbonneau director of communications for fedex, and the speakers committee member who organized today's event. paul shenkman, national security correspondent for u.s. news and world report. andrea mccarran, reporter with the usa -- wusa tv and a usa today contributor. and, starting thursday, the military service dog razor. -- raiser. robert, director of political research at cnn. [applause] i also want to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow the action today on twitter. use the #-- hashtag #npclunch even though this is a breakfast. gary sinise has devoted great energy to raising support and awareness for america's service members and their families. it was here at the national press club in 2011 that he announced the launch of the gary sonny's f

as a proud member of the smu community, i am honored to be here. truly honored. to deliver the 100th spring commencement address. i admire president turner's persuasiveness in his leadership. he runs a fantastic university. [applause] it is dynamic, diverse, destined for continued excellence. he has assembled a strong administrative team and has engaged alumni and has an outstanding board of trustees. i am fortunate to know many of the trustees. [laughter] for example, i am good friends with the chairman. there is one trustee i know really well. [laughter] she is a proud graduate of the class of 1968. and went on to become our nation's greatest first lady. [applause] do me a favor and don't tell mother. [laughter] i know how much the trustees love and care for this great university. i see it firsthand when i attended bring your spouse night dinners. i also drop by classes on occasion. i am impressed by the intelligence and the energy of the faculty. i want to thank you for your dedication and for sharing your knowledge with the students. some of the your parents

[applause] the secretary-general honors us with his presence, but he honors us doubly by having mrs.on be there -- mrs. ban be there with him. [applause] thank you. to all of you, thank you for being here today. we are gathered in commemoration and celebration of one of the great moments of history, a great moment in history for the world, a great moment for the history of our country, a great moment for our city. the delegates of 15 nations gathered in the san francisco opera house to open a new era for humanity. here in san francisco, the hope of president wilson, the vision of president roosevelt, the compliment of president truman were all fulfilled. he said, if you want to do something right, do it in san francisco. here in san francisco diplomats find their way through poetic dreams from a distant century. on this date in 1945, the city -- the word went forward. we the people of the united nations have come together in a new union to promote freedom and advance human dignity to combat disease, hunger, and poverty to read the world in the olive branches of peace --to wreath the

menendez: yes, your honor. two things, your honor. i think first of all that more than the number of splits is the fact that each of this court's efforts seems to answer the question before the court that has a very difficult time answering any of those questions. i think even -- justice breyer: well, is there an example that you can think of where that was a basis for holding a statute unconstitutional? menendez: your honor, in the fakeness cases that we've cited one of the things often discussed by the court is that it wasn't amenable to a useful interpretive framework that it is a being consistently applied by the lower courts. justice breyer: i've never heard of that is a criterion. i mean the common law had a message. i don't know and even had crimes you know. there were common-law crimes. we have statutes. the government cites many which is such words as risk of harm or reckless or these words likely have here, serious risk or risk of physical harm. they cited a lot. there are other statutes that of all words like that. are we h

you honor us with your presence. in a year of anniversaries for this years marks the 150th anniversary of the end of our civil war, the 70th anniversary of the end ever world war ii, the 65th anniversary of the start of korean war, today we gather to remember the vietnam war and to honor those who served in it. we remember the 50th anniversary of president johnson's executive order establishing the vietnam service ribbon and we honor our 7.2 million living vietnam era veterans. fair fallen comrades in arms including those still unaccounted for and the families of all who served. that here a's proud soldiers, sailors, airmen marines and coast guardsmen, a part after deep line of warriors patriots, who served and fought in lexington and concord in gettysburg and midway and kay son and more recently in fallujah and helmand. some of those vietnam veterans are here today. some bear the wound of war or the wear of age. some carry with them memories of fallen comrades, american fathers uncles, brothers, sisters, who didn't

here it is. >> in south carolina we honor tradition, we honor history, we honor heritage. but there's a place for that flag and that flag needs to be in a museum in a place where we can make sure people can honor it appropriately. but the state house is an area that belongs to everyone and nobody should ever drive by the state house and feel pain. no one should drive by the state house and feel like they don't belong. i think this is a hopeful day for south carolina. >> reverend darby, how do you think the governor is handling the situation? >> the governor is handling the situation commendably. i hope she continues to do that now that the flag is down. we still have to do things with public education, with criminal justice, and judicial development in the poorest areas of the state that now knows the symbol is down maybe we can make some kind of progress. >> reverend darby, mr. brooks a big thanks to both of you. enjoy your weekends. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> let's go to msnbc's alex witt who is in new york with the other big stories we're watching this friday. alex

>> here, here. >> i absolutely agree with you right honorable, honorable gentleman about this issue. it was the largest act of genocide since the holocaust on the mainland of europe as he said 8300 people murdered. the first thing is to be clear, it was genocide in to say to people who question that can they are genocide deniers. i'm very proud of that britain has a the second largest set of commemorations and events to mark the anniversary of the dreadful events. we've also been holding the pen at the u.n. in drafting a resolution trying to bring the world together to make sure it is remembered in the right way, and we should continue to do all we can to keep this at the front and center of european in world politics so people realize this was genocide and we must learn the lessons from it. [inaudible] >> suffered has continued since the genocide and since the end of the war. unemployment in boston is more than 40% amongst young people over 75% more than half of the people of bosnia are considering leaving that country. will the prime minister do everything that he came together wit

>> i agree with my honorable friend. i remember taking some constituents on a tour when it first became a member of parliament entering for the first on something i had to know which, of course, when this chamber was born, some of the most important speeches in parliamentary occasions winston churchill actually took place in the other place rather than here. but if you want to start a complete fight between both houses i think i believe that at-bat. >> dutchmen leave it at that. [inaudible] his plans to exclude scottish mps from decisions that will directly and indirectly impact on scotland's budget and my constituents. will he finally tells his house and the people of scotland whether it is right to create a second class status for scottish mps, or is he content to press ahead with plans to bring about the breakup -- [shouting] >> i have to say i'm quite baffled about the whole point of the snp is they wanted to exclude themselves from the uk parliament for ever. i thought that was the whole point. action will be puttin

the secretary general honors us with his presence but he honors us doublely by having mrs. ban being here with him. thank you so much mrs. ban. to all your honored ambarsders representives and general, thank you for being here today we are gathered in commemoration and celebration of one of the great moments of history. a great moment of histfry the world, a grite moment fl history of our country, a great moment for our city. 70 years ago as yous heard the delegates of 50 nations gathered in san francisco opera house to open a new era for humanity. here in san francisco the hope of president wilson and vision of president roges velt and congratulations of president truman were

menendez: yes, your honor, i i think there is. i think one solution would be to tie the risk to the elements. for instance you can keep the same words but add in has an element, the creation of serious potential risk, and anything that did not what follows is not congress could simply add as an enumerated offense. justice alito: why does that solve the problem, has an element of the creation of a serious risk? menendez: because then what against, defendants and judges would only have to look at the criminal code of the state that has the predicate offense and see whether it has an element of the creation of risk. justice alito: well, an offense that prohibits the possession of the sawed-off shotgun has an element. so you'd have to decide whether that element creates the 13 risk. i do not see a vessel said. menendez: under my solution, we're possession of a shark barrel shotgun would not count under minnesota law because it does not wear the position in connection with behavior that creates a risk. justice scalia: but the jury woul

honor guard, halt. about-face. honor guard, right face. forward march.left, right, left. left left, left, right, left. left, left, left right left. [applause] >> thank you. now to lead us in our invocation, please welcome state representative for caleb you'll samad -- representative ako abdul-samad. ako: good evening, i didn't hear you good evening. crowd: good evening! ako: i want to take a moment to remember those who lost their lives in chattanooga and those who lost their lives in south carolina. if you do that by joining your hands for just a moment at your table in unity. rep. abdul-samad: thank you. dear god, we ask that you bless us and this event. dear god, we ask that you less our candidates and those who attempt to run for office. dear god, we ask that you bless the parent to have lost their babies in the last few years. dear god, we ask that you bless all of those who are here tonight and all of those who wanted to be here, that view bless the families, dear god. that you bless the families because they are the -- that you bless the babies be

i want to read the plaque the harvey milk honors metal united nations secretary general moon for providing spirited leadership and advocating for human rights for the lgbt community for unwavering commitment to equality for all and pioneering work in establishing the unfree and equal campaign that that promotes vigil lgbt violent and highlights the lgbt examination as a core ingredient of social and celebrates go diversities without a doubt kwfks awarded today in city hall congratulations (clapping.) oh photos photos. >> (clapping.) >> i miss harvey milk and the members of the harvey milk foundation honorable governor jerry brown and leader pelosi and honorable mayor, mayor ed lee delegates and excellence sisters and the ambassadors of the for coming from united nations thank you for you're coming and joining a dear friends i truly honored by this legislature lunch and your recognition by this metal and you really gives me the opportunity to motivate myself and find myself better to work for free and human rights for everyone and i'm especially thrilled to be with you on today of. >> days

they honor, i honor first south carolina regiment. it fault for the union army. that flag is on this property. surely, there is goodness and grace enough in this room to be respect respectful to folks like myself and others who want to continue to honor their heritage. i think sometimes folks begin to look at this issue and think how many people can be left who still care to honor that heritage when the war was 150, 200 years ago. lest we forget that their families, husbands and wives and children and grandchildren great grandchildren, great great grandchildren of those brave south carolinaens. i dare say that every district that is represented here in this state house today has families that you would want to honor in that way. some districts probably more than others. i was having a discussion with one of my colleagues earlier. that reminded me we're not talking about a white and a black issue. there were many, many african-americans who fought in this same battle and gave their lives honorably in defense of this state and against an over oppressive federal gov

) >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> in so to speak of fight for equality it is my honor to introduce stewart milk and annette did i say your last name right stewart is not only the nephew of the late harvey milk who legacy in our city is cherished may i but made his rights as the co-founder and president of the harvey milk foundation and annette is the dpiven i beginning advice in a norwegian paramount for the foundational human rights for all people thank you to you to promote human right around the world. >> (clapping) and while they're here eastbound please eat as charlotte said quietlyly stewart and annette please koermd thank you (clapping.) >> i'm glad that the mayor got to pronounce annette's last night and not me i've known annette for seven years i still don't get the pronunciation right what on amazing historic day (clapping) >> you know a lot of people committed at the earlier ceremony not being able to dream of a day like today in fact, i think our good afternoon would we have thought of 5 years ago a day like today most of us haven't some asked me i don't kn

they did not honor the detainer placed on him by i.c.e. they released someone they knew whatnot legally in this country and had a criminal history dating back to the early 1990s. and we are given a litany of excuses for policies like this. we are told that we need policies like the one in san francisco. so people will cooperate with law enforcement. and i want you to consider how utterly illegal logical that is. we are releasing known criminals back in society so society will help us catch known criminals. and, of course, some of our friend on the other side say all of this is necessary. so folks will, to use the president's word, come forward or get on the books or get right with the law. i want you to ask yourself what in this defendant's background lead you to believe that he would ever come forward or get on the books or get right with the law? he was already on the books. better than that, he was in jail. and he was there because he had not complied with a single [ expletive ] thing we asked him to do. so are we supposed to catch him

>> i agree with my honorable friend. i remember taking some constituents on a tour when it first became a member of parliament entering for the first on something i had to know which, of course, when this chamber was born, some of the most important speeches in parliamentary occasions winston churchill actually took place in the other place rather than here. but if you want to start a complete fight between both houses i think i believe that at-bat. >> dutchmen leave it at that. [inaudible] his plans to exclude scottish mps from decisions that will directly and indirectly impact on scotland's budget and my constituents. will he finally tells his house and the people of scotland whether it is right to create a second class status for scottish mps, or is he content to press ahead with plans to bring about the breakup -- [shouting] >> i have to say i'm quite baffled about the whole point of the snp is they wanted to exclude themselves from the uk parliament for ever. i thought that was the whole point. action will be puttin

when we honor people like john c.un or benjamin tillman we're missing opportunities to honor people who contributed on the right side that history. harvey grant zornell thurston, being honored now at duke. if we're going to name buildings after people, he should honor people whose contribution to justice transcends time. >> what's your opinion on the name of historic forts like fort lee, brag and hood. should they be renamed? >> we have to look at history in all of its complexity. we don't want to erase the struggle for justice and the fact that there were enemies in the struggle like confederate leaders. we have historical textbooks and museums to do that. when we name buildings and monuments, we are honoring those people and we don't want to honor that legacy. >> the fact that we had civil war reenactors and some people dress like union soldiers, others like confederate soldiers. now there are calls for the confederate soldiers not to carry the confederate flag. do you agree? >> the reenactment is different than the

true honors or hollow gestures. how would you answer that question and also, talk about the change from after vietnam through today in the appreciation and recognition now received from what they once did. what has driven that change? >> i can't respond to the baseball game thing. i really don't know a lot about that. but, i think we learned some hard lessons from vietnam. and the general livingston stated in the military for 33 years. i know for my brother-in-law jack stayed for 22 years after vietnam it was a good place for him to be. but for my other brother-in-law who was a helicopter pilot, he got out after his tour, and it was very, very challenging for him to try to blend in and forget he wasn't a vietnam veteran, which at that time, so many had to do. so, it was a challenging time, and our nation treated the veterans in a shameful manner and it was a difficult time for our country and for the veterans. it was a hard time, very difficult time for the marines. but we learned i think the reason that you see ove

i'm honored to be here and honored to have worked with phil and staff and a lot are here and got to know them well. i say in the 20 years i have been doing this work, a lot of executive coaching work this is probably the most exhaustive piece of work i have seen. we talked to a lot of people and i'm very caufd we honored the community and peoples opinions and that is reflected in here. we can't have everyones opinion in here, but i think we definitely got a lot of peoples input. it is also reflecktded in the wayee did this. the values we put together and the way we met as a team, the way we talked with internal groups when we put the groups. even the way we were mindful about the specific question weez asked. it was a lot of work and a lot of kindness and also some tension of course but i think we handled it really well. we incorporated a lot of the information into the plan and now we nude to go do it. there is a lot more to this in terms of how to incorporate this and implement it and the good news is the way we have been doing it and put it toorlth we are on our way in terms of how th

>> i think the right honorable lady is right. greece is a member of the european union as well as a member of the euro. it is a friend and ally of britain, nato member, trading partners. it is not for britain to bailout eurozone countries and we wouldn't do that but as a member of the european union if greece were to leave the euro and wanted humanitarian assistance i'm sure that this house and the british public would take a more generous of you. sorting out the problems of the eurozone which we've always warned about the dangers of the eurozone is a matter for eurozone countries, but she's right about the dangers of russian involvement. >> what happens in the eurozone aspect of this country and therefore, it's important that we are fully engaged. turning to the budget, we are all concerned to see today's rise in overall unemployment. but for those in work the chancellor said that he is a changes on pay and tax credit will make working families better off, but they won't. the institute for fiscal studies have now made it absolut

secretary hammond: my honorable friend is quite right. the hague prices to achieve a measure of reconciliation between riyadh and tehran, and engagement between those regional powers in addressing the many challenges facing the region. that will not happen overnight. he is absolutely right, the measured tone of the response we heard from saudi arabia, which was in stark contrast to responses we held from elsewhere in the region, is promising, and i spoke last night to the crown prince of saudi arabia. we will maintain our engagement doing two things encouraging our partners and allies in the arab countries around the gulf to be willing to engage with iran over time and a sensible and measured way, but also providing them with the reassurance they need about their security to allow them to take a little more -- to try to realize the opportunities this presents. >> may i congratulate the foreign secretary and all others involved on this historic agreement, which is meticulous and has taken an enormous amount of time, effort, and detail. it