and keeping with that, i would like to call upon the amazing recardo nubal who is my honoree for district nine and i don't know if your husband is still here. right there. >> okay, so he is taking pictures, so i want to make sure that we acknowledge him. and i know that we have a number of people who are here from the community including, to honor ricardo but it is my great pleasure today to honor ricardo nubal for district nine for black history month, i like saying that. he has lived, worked and devoted his entire life to the mission district for more than 25 years. for the -- you started out when you were young and i don't want to age you there. >> for the past ten years, he has served as the drop-in services manager for the mission neighborhood, research center and in that role he has assisted thousands of people who are impacted by homelessness and he just joined the center in 2002 as a peer advocate and a case manager and was quickly promoted for the tremendous leadership to one of the most popular and well regarded homeless resource centers in the city and actually the only resourc

. >> certainly not least, i would like to ask menza to come forward, our most patient honoree because i have aseeded to the request to be brief and i don't want anyone to think that he is lacking in any qualifications service to youth is always especially valued and inspiring when that service is provided by the young. my optimism quotient increases, minta has served for four years on the board of urban services ymca for those of you don't know that is a y, program that goes out in the community it do good works, and has participated in a wide variety of out reach programs for the y, he has participated for 9 years, with the big brother and sister program. and helping kids realize thir potential through mentoring. and he has gone beyond the usual sports and homework mentoring, to promote science and technology, education and to the bay area youth, by serving on the youth professional board at the exporatorium. and he is an exceptional leader because of his continued commitment and hard effort in proving not only district three, but all of san francisco he is one of those people that w

our honoree today was all of these things and more. today, it's our privilege to dedicate a statue to the late barry m goldwater from the great state of arizona, and we are honored to be joined by arizona secretary of state, michelle reagan, and members of the arizona congressional delegation, and of course, members of the goldwater family. thank you all for being here. i hope you enjoy today's programming. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colors by the united states armed forces color guard, the performance of the national anthem, and the retiring of the colors. ♪ [band playing "the star-spangled and are"] -- "the star-spangled banner"] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as a chaplain of the united states house of representatives, reverend patrick convoy, gives the invocation. >> let us pray -- god of the universe, we give you thanks for the gift of life and for the many blessings that life brings. today, we gather in this hollow temple to human freedom to honor one

. >> thank you, madame president and cheers to the honorees. it is my honor and privilege to call upon a very special young man, allesandro gonzalez, i believe is here with his mom and his dad, his grandmother and i think the rest of his family. allesandro gonzalez. su familia. i also see our fire chief, who is here, and chief, if you could come up as well, before i turn it over to allesandro, i want to give the chief an opportunity to say a few words as well. we have heard a lot about the fire at 22nd and mission and i have spoken about this earlier in the meeting. we are here today to honor the heroism of a very special young man, allesandro gonzalez, who lives in district 9, and he displayed exceptional bravery and good judgment during the tragic fire. allesandro, who is 13 years old is in the 7th grade at edison charter academy. that day, when the fire took place and i remember -- as you may remember, i noted that the fire alarms were not working and a lot of people did not know there was actually a fire. so allesandro was home alone that d

this year the honorees include diane [inaudible] a researcher in hiv prevention and treatment. dr. eg ward pulucy who meets the needs of the older population in san francisco and maya vasquez and lead the general certification as the only baby friendly hospital in san francisco. they will be honored at the hero at the heroes and hearts luncheon at at&t park so be tickets and are still available. a bill was implemented and delayed the implementation of this bill. the san francisco health network has continued training of the coding staff and participated in activities for the computer system. health net work is now resuming implementation efforts on a full scale basis and reporting on the efforts and in every edition of the director's fast facts . >> >> i will leave it there unless there is comment. >> we have one public comment and that is michael petrellis. >> i will put three minutes on the timer. >> the timer. >> that no longer works. >> three minutes. >> tell me when it's two minutes 30 and i will wrap it up. i am an aids activist and i have been around long enough to know that

our honoree was all of these things and more. today is a dedication of barry goldwater from the great state of arizona. we are honored to be joined by secretary of state from arizona michelle reagan. and members of the arizona delegation and members of the goldwater family. thank you all for being here. i hope you enjoy today's program. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colors by the united states color guard. the performance of our national anthem and the retiring of the colors. [indiscernible] ♪ [national anthem playing] ♪ [indiscernible] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as a chaplain gives the invitation. >> let us pray -- god of the universe, we give you thanks for the gift of life and for the many blessings that life brings. today, we gather in this hollow temple to human freedom to honor one of arizona's most favorite sons. senator barry goldwater. few american figures have projected such a broad swath of insolence on our nature -- nation's political lands

. >> thank you, madame president and cheers to the honorees. it is my honor and privilege to call upon a very special young man, allesandro gonzalez, i believe is here with his mom and his dad, his grandmother and i think the rest of his family.

business week that we make suggestions to the board of supervisors when they select their small business honoree, we can work with them on that, but in terms of businesses that are operating in neighborhoods maybe, it may be helpful to hear what you may think of as, you know, substantially contributed. not that they have to be all of those things but an idea. so if somebody, if a business is coming before you to say they they would like to be considered for a legacy business and this is one of the criteria, in terms of has contributed to the neighborhood or history or identity of a particular neighborhood or community, what would you be looking for for them to say that they have or to justify that, if that makes sense. >> what incentive is there for a business to want to be in the registry if they are not at the point where they are considering change of ownership? is it just the designation so that people see it and go, oh, they are a historic business? >> i think it's a designation. for the office of small business to create some kind of identity around that, it's a marketing -- it's a brandin

he listened to obama senior adviser valerie jarrett, related to the stamp honoree, but another reasonrought him here. he's collected stamps for 50 years. >> we are fi lat lists. >> reporter: he says his grandmother long ago set him right. >> she tasked me to put stamps on her christmas cards. i wasn't paying a piany attention. i put them all upside down. she scolded me and said this is really important. >> reporter: the stamp unveiling opened a yearlong exhibit of stamps tied to african-american history since the civil war. an envelope advertising slave sales, stamps recording slave purchases, ku klux klan memorabilia, klan symbols canceling stamp pshgs civil rights era, and 38 stamps honoring african-americans. more photos and information are on our nbc washington app. search postal museum. mohamed said stamps can show all people their history. >> the events that are depicted on the stamps touch just about everybody's life the if you just think of it to find out. >> reporter: in the district tom sherwood news4. >> a lot of people love stamps. so? let's recap. how bad is it going to b

he along with santorum and the honoree of duck dynasty have all said gay marriage is like bestiality.o me if you're comparing gay marriage to bestiality you're not a good christian. you're a guy who thinks about bestiality too much. is obama still the target with every speech? is. >> pretty much yeah. bobby jindal just got off stage. that was interesting. a lot of them are angry about obama today because he's more or less saying the same thing george w. bush said about islam. they're deeply offended he won't use language to deeply offend our allies. it's pretty much a freak show. it's like oscar pistorius. none of them will be running competitively. >> objectively, did you hear any new ideas from the the republican candidates? >> no ed. i didn't. but a lot of folks are making jokes about hillary clinton's clinton age because she'll be 69 next year when she runs. i did talk to a lot of republicans on the grass roots level who have great ideas. law enforcement against prohibition. conservative cops who want to end the drug war. i was stalking with a conservative but it was interrupted b

. ♪ >> each year for their concert, they choose one artist to be honoree.st ten-time grammy winner. >> i played them back when nobody was doing it. singing nothing but these folk songs and they gave me the code for everything that's fair game that everything belongs to everyone. ♪ >> john mellencamp willie nelson and bruce springsteen were just some of the performers who took part in the tribute. presenting the award to dylan last night was president jimmy carter. >> i'm proud to be here tonight for music cares and honored to have these artists singing my songs. i'm just crossing over jordan too. let's hope we meet again sometime and we will. it's like hank williams says. the good lord willing and the creek don't rise. >> this is really pretty extraordinary. we haven't seen bob dylan talk in public in quite a long time. he gives interviews occasionally. rarely on camera. this was a rambling half hour speech. he thanked peter, paul and mary johnny cash, he went through everybody he thought he owed a debt to. it was pretty cool. >>> coming up the controversy

other honorees were george stephanopoulos and this is an hour and a half. >> good evening and thank you for being with us here tonight. we have an incredible group of award winners. so let's begin. the award for career long excellence in broadcast journalism is awarded this year to george stephanopoulos, abc news chief anchor. [applause] >> good morning, america. hello again. >> welcome to election night 2014. >> we are coming on the air right now because president obama is about to speak. >> welcome to an important night here in washington. >> thank you for honoring our george. i don't have to tell you how deserving he is. i'm blessed to look at my left every morning and to see him right there. >> new gm a coanchor. >> no one prepares for an interview or assignment like george. >> i sat down with the man in the middle of it officer darren wilson telling his side of the story. >> you're convinced were white this would go down the same way? >> no. >> you can tell from my interviews what do you say to russians that america is an unfriendly adversary? he called secretary of state clinton a