is there are others and in addition hrc will be publishing a manual to assist facilitis in complying with the new law and third, penaltis for violations the legislation. this legislation, colleagues, is designed not only to protect our lgbt seniors who are residing in long-term care facilities, but to give them the tools that they need to advocate for themselves and their family members. colleagues, i know that supervisor campos and i both look forward to a robust public discussion on this important topic and i look forward to your support. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. >> thank you madame clerk. i want to say that last year, as you recall, the board of supervisors supported the policy of vision zero; which is to end pedestrian fatalities and today colleague issues would like to introduce an ordinance amending the transportation code to prohibit drivers of tour buss from narrating while driving. as you know, on october 23rd, last year, we had a tragic accident in front of city hall, where miss priscilla moretta was hit by a motorized tour vehicle

across this country can join edie windsor, so fair minded americans here have the opportunity to join hrc's people's brief, at people's brief.org. >> we'll put that up on the website as well. thank you very much, chad griffin. >> thank you. >> a month after the paris attacks, what is france doing to root out terrorists? the inside story coming up. stay with us on "andrea mitchell reports." only on msnbc. well, did you know words really can hurt you? what...? jesse don't go! jesse...no! i'm sorry daisy, but i'm a loner. and a loner gotta be alone. heee yawww! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. jesse? alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours, but aleve can last 12 hours... and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? how are you? aleve, proven better on pain. americans drink 48 billion bottles of water every year. that's enough plastic bottles to stretch around the earth 230 times. each brita filter can replace 300 of those. clean. clear. brita water. nothing is better. nobody told us to expect it

he is just one of a long list of clients that the eight -- hrc helped. a report based on leaked files shows that hsbc helped wealthy customers conceal assets and advised them on how to get around tax authorities. hsbc engaged in allowing klein -- clients to with draw bricks of cash in foreign curtis -- currencies. they helped clients conceal black accounts between 2005 and 2007. thousands of accounts almost $120 billion in assets. >> what is the banks response to the allegations? >> they have admitted to wrongdoing. they are saying that they had knowledge and are accountable for past compliance and control failures, saying they have taken significant steps over the past year to implement reforms as well as drop clients who did not meet strict new hsbc standards. they are saying that they were not fully integrated into hsbc after they were purchased in 1999. since 2007 they have cut their client base by 70% in order to adhere to this new stricter standard. >> thanks. looking at other headlines, the ubs could find itself in trouble with regulations. whethe

to that end, hrc urges swift progress. this can be done in several ways. first dhs must fully implement detention standards. this means dhs should ensure that all facilities comply with the agency's prea regulations including private contracting facilities and that appropriate prea audits take place at each facility in a timely manner. given the heightened risk of sexual assault using limited resources to detain transgender individuals should knob be a priority except for cases involving serious public safety concerns. in cases where statute requires mandatory custody, dhs should categorize alternative forms of detention such as home confinement and community based supervision as detention even for those subject to mandatory custody. this would remove non-dangerous lgbt individuals from oftentimes dangerous confinement facilities. for the commission, we hope the commission will use this briefing at additional meetings with dhs, if necessary, to understand challenges confronting dhs as the agency works to increase accountability, attention and implementatio

and when you think of expanding that to the lesbian and gay task force, the hrc, the naacp, planned parent hoorksdd, emily's list. there are entities raising millions and millions. it doesn't cost that much for one or two scholarships a year and to get a book out to let congress know how conception happens. >> very quickly, someone who coed coed coedits a magazine left wing people believe in funding activism. it's a real mistake but planned parent hood doesn't have a lot of historians, i don't think writing for them. they might have one, but heritage foundation and ai and cato have lots of people writing for them. and they get paid very well to write the kind of stuff that those foundations want them to write. >> i have a question for all of you on the panel. as public intellectuals, have any of you ever written anything that you regret? >> i did, actually. and it was probably the thing one of the things of mine that got circulated all over the place. of this was, it was a piece that the washington post, i think asked me to write, about was george w. bush the worst president in american hi

when you think of expanding that to the lesbian-gay task force the hrc, the naacp, planned parenthood, emily's list, there are institutions on the left that are raising millions and millions of dollars, and it doesn't cost that much to support one or two scholars for a year to get a book out to really let congress know how conception happens. [laughter] >> as someone who co-edits a left-wing magazine, and i know people who edit right-wing magazines, right-wing people believe in funding ideas. left-wing people with money usually believe in funding activism, as if ideas over -- are over here and activism is over there. it is a realistic. planned parenthood doesn't have a lot of historians, i don't think, writing for it. they might have one. the heritage foundation and aei and cato have lots of people writing for them. they get paid very well to write the kind of stuff -- that kind of stuff. >> keith very, hillsboro community college, tampa florida. as public intellectuals, have any of you ever written anything that you regret? [laughter] >> i did actually. it was probably one of the thi