if i moved i would draw attention to where i was. so i lay silent and still. hoping whoever or whatever it was would move on. i stared up through the leaves to a blue sky. it appeared sharp and clear it seemed unreal. when i heard the steps closer i closed my eyes and prayed to the gods. when i opened my eyes i heard breathing and feel the warmth of another body it was so close to me. i heard his voice call out. sachy, it's me matzu, let me help you. i thought i died and went to the other wonder. matzu? spilling up from the leaves like a wounded animal. i forgot everything even the shame of allowing him to see me. he began to laugh is that you or the fox cot. it was the first time he joked with me he had been so quiet. it wasn't the time for laughter i was tired and hungry if i had been the god i might have been made food and water appear. it was my good fortunate that matzu found me. i had been looking for you all night. are there others? i could barely get the words out. they think you have gone to a better world how do you find me. he smaled. he opened [ina

price and i. i say i owe you royalties for this play. i owe her quite a bit of money after all these years. >> charlie: but calas, there was an audio recording. >> i didn't listen to that. it was not a documentary. >> charlie: didn't you have a roommate who was obsessed with calas. >> me. i was obsessed. >> charlie: from the beginning. >> when i was still a young kid in corpus christy, texas. i found her voice so haunting and unique. she sings one note and that's calas, you say. who is that you know. my father always liked very specific voices. he liked ethyl meeermam and edith piaf. >> charlie: how did she come to julliard. >> they invited her and i don't think it was basically a happy experience for her. i don't know the play is my projection but she was not a very good teacher in the sense of i want to do it my way, my way is the right way. a good teacher says tyne do it yourself, charley you become charlie rose, not terrence. >> charlie: you wanted someone there going through acts and students and you wanted them to speak to the audi

>> i think i was intense. i mean, i don't know.i think i was just kind of -- >> you don't seem intense now. clearly, it did help soften you, as you say, that's interesting. >> here's the crazy thing. i think going blond softened me, it literally lightened me up when i started going blond. >> what's your natural color? >> brown. >> you're brown haired? >> yes. >> and you died it blond and you immediately lightened up? >> i just started to gradually lighten up. i think. >> extraordinary. with your biology hat on, what does this mean? >> i think people treat you differently when you're blond. >> they think you're a bit more dipsy? >> but i think people are kinder. you get so much more information because you're not threatening if you're an idiot because they think that you won't, you know -- they can tell you. you won't know what to do with the information so it will be okay. i found that out quickly. >> that's fascinating. >> yeah. well, yeah. >> so you learn more, ironically because people view you as more stupid? >> yeah. they're n

i mean, i--i do that in my apartment. you know, i got a new apartment a couple of years ago, and it's a work in progress. when we do something i didn't like, i'd say, screw it, do it again. it's the same thing with the work, you know. and you know, it's a drag when you spend a grand or more on a shoot and then you feel like it's not there, but you know, sometimes, you have to say screw it. you can't--you know, you can't compromise, you know. (anderson) what proportion of your work have you made that we haven't seen? i would say 90%. i mean, 90% overall, you know, especially early on. later on, it got-- the percentage got better. but early on, i would say, 90% percent of the stuff i did, i dismissed it as not being good enough. and so i only show you the 10%. i think, now, i'm batting, like, 50-50. one of the projects the first amendment center does is an annual survey on attitudes towards the first amendment. and in a most recent survey, 67% percent of americans said you shouldn't be allowed to put art up in public if it

but i really love what i do. i love the team that i work with. so we do come in excited every day, thinking of what we're going to but put together and put out there. always hoping that the people are going to notice because we're doing it better than the other stations out there. >> let's watch you and a little comment on sarah palin. >> let's do it. >> you know what i love about this? you'll see pundits, anchors on cable networks talk about how sarah palin is a distraction. but the real presidential candidates -- how unfair it is to the real can dats. the point is, it's the weakest and lamest excuse for analysis that i've ever seen. here's the idea, you don't have to cover her if you don't want to. then you can focus on the other supposed real candidates. i know, it's really ground breaking logic i'm bestowing upon it. give it a little time to sink in. when you wake up from your sarah palin wet dream, let's remember there's an economic crisis in this country, a recession, high unemployment, a demolished housing market, how about the fact that w

as i was driving away i said man i wish i had some money so i could buy the place in burned down. i know, would have been trouble. it really was that unpleasant sometimes and there is no getting around the plane telling of it in my book. but let me tell you, before you take out your receipts and i know a lot of you save them, to see they can return the copies on your way out of here -- [laughter] you should know that things do get that are in the last chapters. yeah they do. is hopeful book and i'm glad to say my mom and dad are in my life and play a pivotal role in it. they know and love their grandchildren. we are all content to focus on what we have today instead of what could have been or should have been. and besides this family i have absolutely no complaints. my luck turned in a big way in the mid-1980s when i married my wife, gale. and our girls are grown now. being the dad and a happy family has been the greatest thing in the world that has happened to me. i am not going to cry. [laughter] it is a world away from what we called the family when i was growing up. and when y

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i said yes, i can understand why.em they have with me as the publisher is that i don't want to do a six city book tour i want to do a 60 city tour. i will do more. a lot of times with authors if they are having to drag them out of the barn but with media to kind of cool my jets because i want to get out there and talk to people and share this with people in the country i live in. >> author michael moore, "here comes trouble" out in the fall of 2011. thank you. your book is titled ranchers. what inspired you to write this book? >> when i began working for the historical study it was probably one of the topics that i got the most interest in and questions about and even still today i kind of tell what it meant to people and how important it was to people, and the timing worked out because it was undergoing a renovation that is pretty close to being done today so the interest was at a fever pitch. >> can you describe this shopping center as well as its importance to chicago and its suburbs beginning in the early 1960's?

i get on the bus, i tell the driver where i need to get off, even if i think there digital voice system is going to announce that. just so they know in the event that it is not working. i would say a good amount of the time, i do get acknowledgment, actually. >> good morning. >> morning. is your announcements system working? >> i'm sorry, it is not. >> could you let me know when we get to van ness and sacramento? >> i sure will. >> i have had a number of drivers be really helpful in terms of getting passengers to move down a few seats so i can sit in the front. >> can somebody give this lady a seat? >> the bus driver was say, "please wait a moment. i want to make sure you have a seat." and i hear him or her announced that he needs a seat for a person with a disability. >> as soon as the person gets on the bus, i ask the passengers if we can have a seat for this person. >> anybody help us? thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> sides, federal law requires that the customers give their seats to the elderly and disabled if they should need it. >> buses should stop in zones that can accommodate m

i said i was a writer. that is how i came into this business. she said, "we want to approve what you write." i said, "i am not comfortable with that." she wanted to see book proposals. i said, "i do not think so." that is the part of my contract. there is a piece i wrote after the brown decision by the supreme court in which i said we are moving way past the brown decision and into a new realm where the idea of court imposed segregation is falling away. we need to look at more options. she said, "you are attacking teachers union." i said, "i am not attacking anyone." i am telling a story. i am not the beat reporter on education. my job was as a news analyst. what is the problem? she did not like it. we do not what you doing that. at one point, she did not want me identify myself as an npr reporter or analysts or anybody who did political reporting for npr. especially when i was on fox opinion shows. i said, i will do whatever you want. i am a big fan of npr. i value them. they have a massive audience. the audience was mostly hugely supportive of

i believe to a certain extent i have. that's my motto and the message behind what our company does and with china focus, we seek nothing less than the definition of the 21st century. by taking the best artists in the west, the jay z's. the rihannas. the shaun kingston's and bringing them here. tavis: you interpret their music any way you want. >> ♪ like living this way ♪ >> whatever you want to do. chasing the chinese language. making it your own. >> ♪ a love within you tavis: what does that say then about the power of music around the world? >> well, i think it says something pretty profound about the globalization of african-american music, culture in music because fundamentally what i'm saying is the japanese, the koreans and the chinese have taken cues and in some cases just in the japanese case, just taken our music and say we love this so much. i think that it has moved from mickicry to creative. -- mimicry. it has been a beautiful thing to watch our culture sort of span the globe. i think it may be the latest and g

i said, i am not attacking anyone. i am telling a story. i am not to the beach reporter on education. my job was as a news analyst. what is the problem? she did not like it. we do not what you doing that. at one point, she did not want me identify myself as an npr reporter or analysts or anybody who did political reporting for npr. especially when i was on fox opinion shows. i said, i will do whatever you want. i am a big fan of npr. i value them. they have a massive audience. the audience was mostly hugely supportive of me. i would ask me to come out and visit and attract audiences and to make people contribute. i wanted to be there. she made it very difficult. she pushed me off the staff and made the relationship based on a contract. immediately, she began cutting my salary and a diminishing my role. >> we have not seen her in this process. she is not. on any program. she lost her job after she had fired you. >> that is right. i do not know the details. npr hired an outside law firm to look into this and see what had taken place. she said

i want to make contacts. this way i can get where i want to go. >> where? >> i want to be a sports broadcaster behind the scenes, mostly behind the camera. i want to maybe be a production assistant or producer or director of working at espn or something of that sort. >> why do you want to work at the s&p index >> i love sports and to be a brown sports -- why do you want to work at espn and? >> i love sports and to be around sports. i love to watch the action happened. i love when action unfolds. thank you. >> this group is from 35 different states. all seniors in high school. who else wants to talk about this conference and what is about and why you are here? there is a young lady in the back. to give her the opportunity to take the microphone. >> i'm in a wheelchair. i cannot stand. >> stay where you are then. >> i attend the regional high school. at the conference, what i have learned is that you have to strive for what you can do and what you want to do and to make connections now. >> what is your dream? >> i want to be a photojournalist. i want to stay

i feel i loved it, and now -- i feel i lived it, and now i want to read it. >> exactly. >> a-i-n-e. [inaudible conversations] >> i know, your hand gets a little numb; right? >> i wrote a book and started giving loping things, and -- [inaudible] >> yeah. >> oh, well look at this, thank you. >> friends, colleagues, and fellow authors. >> there you go, there you go. >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you for taking the time to come over. >> journalism hall of fame. >> that's right. [inaudible conversations] >> nice turn out. i'm happy for you. >> thank you. >> i am. >> did you spell bethany right? >> okay. >> journalist? >> yeah. >> i'm really looking forward to reading it. >> ladies and gentlemen, can i have your attention please? gat ere here in the main room. we'll have a quick couple of words on for juan on this big night. if you can come from the alcoves of this wonderful place to the front. >> how are you? >> thank you very much. listen, it's really an honor to host this event tonight. for our good friend and colleague, juan williams. you know, i travel the country sometimes talki

>> i do not know. i do not know. commissioner chan: that was one of our questions, asking if there was a psychologist, any concerns before we return them to duty, and we were told at the time that that does not happen. it used to happen, but it currently does not happen. we would like to reinstate -- ok. >> that is what this would do. commissioner chan: ok, so that would be helpful. has there been a needs assessment done of what officers would like? and needs assessment? >> i know i would like to have something done for returning vets. mhn does cover a whole veterans section, but it is not in our contract. i would like to have our returning vets be mandated to come through a process before being sent out again to the war zone, and something like that, i know they do get their psychological assessment prior is more thorough, and something like that i think would be very valuable, and i think that protecting our officers from sending them right out to places that would reinforce their trauma would not be in their best

i cannot hide all that i feel. i am able to express how i feel. with these guys, i can be honest about it. the people who have done you wrong, they tried to read your emotions and give a false perception of it. here, i felt comfortable. i am able to allow myself to show the people that are looking and understand that we sit here on this stage, all we want is our life back. there is a called action to 50,000 signatures. if that is what is needed to get his attention to do the right thing among innocent people. if you can pardon the guilty people, you can pardon one innocent person. let alone all 5. we have to talk for her. it is too overwhelming. at least this gives us a platform. to send a clear message. we want our life back. not tomorrow, but we wanted to day. if he believes that we are going away, he is sadly mistaken. >> each of them as getting therapy. you do in life when you lose your life. no one works harder than these guys. somebody who was out of jail, how did you get a job? they are like kids. they are just happy. setting captives free.

i know i did and so i think that i really think it's a good point but the the point of the issue is that your pad does not exercise the kind of power over the rest of the world as your america does now one might start seeing and i think there's a good point here that china and chinese relations in africa occupy that kind of position ok bill you were disagreeing one i mean you want to replay that we're hearing a little bit of. i hate to break this to you it's not your america it's power it's america i mean let's not kid ourselves ok powers can only get worse and we're hearing from the already with america ok rick i want to go to you i mean would you can was mentioned jeroen when again let's take this term of the west or then we could say defining it is part of the you america's geopolitical strategy in the world and the american imbroglio because again you should japan may not be exercising the same kind of power but then again it doesn't have a foreign policy that it used to have and i'm going back to before nine hundred forty one so i mean if it doesn't have a military power then it's f

you know, i really felt like i had everything and i did. but strangely when i was writing one particular mystery novel called "the rome affair," i had a couple in the belmont police station and the cops are going back and forth and they're saying to the husband, do you know what your wife husband is saying she said she pushed you down to the edge. do you know what he's saying down there and so they're trying to turn them against each other but i was concerned i was channeling law and order or anything. i didn't really know a lot about forced confessions so i called the cathy o'daniel and i didn't know her well at the time but i knew she was a criminal defense lawyer, a very good one. and i said, hey, do forced confession it is ever happen? and she said, oh, honey, they happen all the time and then she said, here's my recent favorite on that, though. i was in 26 and cal, the lockup division, the maximum security. the inmates call it super max. she was there to see a client. on the way out, the client got taken first back to his deck and the

i did not even know -- i have lived there almost all my life -- i did not know they were there. they have got to be high enough that cars can see them. the situation right now creates a very hazardous situation. they do not look both ways. they are looking where they think the traffic is going to be, if they look at all. they are not going to see those cars. the plans include minimizing risk and controlling traffic. thank you. president olague: thank you. >> hello. good afternoon. i am confused parent. my son is starting at the high school this fall. i have many, many times gone the wrong way trying to go to payless, mervyn's. i am the one waitperson. i have been in many many lots. i do applaud the open discussion on let's get the one-way traffic blowing and make -- flowing and make office depot accessible. she was talking about integration in the community. they do not want to shake hands with us on the subway. they are not opening their doors to give our teachers gift cards are any thought of appreciation. please honor the high school students beating they are part of the neig

>> the problem is i don't know. i... i don't know... i don't know what's goi to happen. i know 17 countries that join the european monetary union gave up the right to print their own money. that was a huge, huge decision. i hope the united states never does it. it changes the game... >>ose: to be in control of your own finances, in fact. >> yeah. and they linked themselves. they gave each other their credit cards and said let's all go out. and some behaved better than others. >> rose: should they dismantle the euro zone? >> i mean, it's very complicated. you have to decide one or two things. you've either got to decide that these members are actually going to get their act together, the ones that have troubles in a very major way because they need lots of money. they have to refund their old obligations all the time. so nobody has to lend money count-to-country a, b, or c. the united states, nobody lends money in thenited stat, we print it. but not over there. in greece... if greece owed their money in drachma they'd have inflation and devalue but they wouldn't have a pr

the one place where i might not -- i do not totally understand is, i would think it would be better if they could buy it for a reasonable amount rather than leasing it through the city. i do not have a strong opinion on how that should be done. i do have a strong opinion to let 10 -- go to people who have driven 30 years would be wonderful. [bell] >> thank you. our next speakers. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. a special good afternoon to director ramos. i was not able to see you. i had an intervening heart problem. perhaps not enough compassion and skillful wisdom. i rise today for discussion of item 11. i will rise in public comment about another item. on 11, it is welcome. we appreciate the general good will in recognizing the need for driver income increase. it has been a while. i also want to support mr. wilkinson's proposal that these things be done more regularly. perhaps on an annual basis or a semiannual basis connected with pcnn where there is -- there is a review of the consumer price index and how drivers are doing. and to take a look at the city's livable wage ordina

i do what i do and i does it with. i saw your mommas. i got me one and i call them daddy instead of papas. you ain't with it, you in the past. since i guess you have nice things well you whack and because of that aspect i never ever slacked. not the female you used to date. i got a unique type situation. i'm so glad these birds they just bloop me. i speak fluently. she busy with all that blah, blah, blah. hear me out though. i'm going to leave you stern. [applause] >> in an urban high school in the science laboratory lab, two girls are discussing their project. >> you don't even know what you are doing the -- doing. you're dumb. >> you test too much. >> the day has come. the projects are to be returned. >> see, i told you? mine was the best. i told you, dummy. besides, let me see what you guys have. >> you know, i'm leaving. after school, alice and delores park thinking about human behavior. >> i don't know what people want to -- from me, for real. i have to say i think people just want me to be perfect. but you know what? i am capable o

i wasn't consenting i mean i would say now and i would say no and i would say now and it didn't matter. they got to where we would call it a dead fish engine imagine being married to somebody. in your bedroom if you're telling him that ok i'm going to lay here like a dead smelly fish and you can just help yourself in it is what i did how every other night for years. and that was what my marriage was. i love this guy and i promise to be his wife into honor and respect and cherish in this is what he did to me. but you can't go talk to somebody about this because they'll turn around and say well you married hugh chose him. so where do you go what do you do you. mean so i kept my mouth shut. because that's what i learned today growing up i think. young lady less than twenty years of age married came in the office pregnant enough while her through her pregnancy and another is towards the nerve probably in the last trimester of her pregnancy she frequently would come in with bruises and maybe bruises or add when she came in one day with with a black eye and her husband was all ways right the

[laughing] i learned something, too. i guess i better stand up. [laughing] i'm really honored to be here. i'm the toy department. i write novels about the types of cases that lawyers like tony handle. in the daytime i work for a big law firm of the type that tony probably would not hold in the highest of esteem, but i'm delighted to be here. you know, i think if you talked to most authors, they will tell you that there is something hot-wired into our system that says we need to try to tell a story. there is nothing at all in my background. i am an absolutely accidental writer. there is nothing in my background which suggests i should be writing novels. i grew up in chicago. i write books about san francisco. i studied accounting at the university of illinois. i have been a corporate and securities attorney for 28 years. i've now written seven best-selling novels about murder trials, death penalty cases, and courtroom drama. i have never handled a criminal case in my life. [laughing] so all of you out there who are thinking of writing novels, there

i loved it when i went to college here.it has always been a dream of mine to start a small business. when this opportunity came before me, it was a perfect fit. i have a ton of respect for it. i have listened to the group for suggestions that they have to help keep the character. >> commissioners, questions. >> seeing none, >> i had a question. one thing that came to me is that you live right above the establishment. >> yes.

think this is where i mean i hate to feel like homey and i are ganging up on bill or something but i feel like the point he made earlier is is related to this that the idea of liberty the idea of liberty is fine until my security is threatened and then the west is no longer about liberty anymore we're now about something else we're about the future we're about security securing the future and so i mean part of the beauty and danger of the concept of the west is it's very mentally ability that it adapts and changes. and it's hard to get ahold of and yet sandy or bill or willie in mumbai or in any other call center this is their aspiration and i think we cannot reject that is as somehow an earthy hope for them when you think about that bill i mean apps. you want to not rejecting it isn't a worthy hope i mean certainly if people want to live more like the way i live that's fine and obviously if everybody in any in china lives the way i live we're going to exceed the carrying capacity of the earth but that's a whole nother problem. i just don't think that the term the west as popular as

i wasn't consenting i mean i would say now and i would say no and i would say now and it didn't matter. to where we would call it a dead fish and can you imagine being married to somebody. in your bedroom your telling him that ok i'm going to lay here like they're dead smelly fish and you can just help her self enhance what i did. how we are going to night for two years. and that was what she was. i love this guy and we promised to be his wife into honor and respect insurance you know this is what he did to me. but you can't go talk to somebody about this because they'll turn around and say when you married here you chose you know and so where do you go what do you do you can so i kept my mouth shut. because that's what i learned today growing up. young lady in less than twenty years of age married came in the office pregnant and i followed her through her pregnancy and i noticed towards the end her probably in the last trimester of her pregnancy she frequently would come in with bruises and any bruises or evelyn she came in one day with with a black eye and her husband was all ways ri

i do not know if i know what i am talking about. i had a business i started myself. i paid all my employees 50% -- 15% of their salary and their health insurance. now that i am retired, we had the government cutting pension plans. some of my tax dollars, i am sure, are going to pay some of those pensions. i find it disagreeable that i have to take money out of my savings. maybe you can explain that. on a lighter note, this is what i would like to have you do. i would like you to get my 401k growing as fast as that debt. >> your 401k is moving as fast that debt, just in the wrong direction, it is so afraid. [applause] you are talking about support for federal employee pensions. clearly people who work in government deserve a fair wage, compensation, and a fair retirement program, and fair benefits. at the same time, we have too many people working in the federal government. that number should be small. it does not mean we have to slash employment, but as people retire, we do not have to fill those positions. secondly, people who work for government should get as good

like i said, i enjoyed it. and so a certain part of my -- i can tell you the moment -- do you want me to tell you -- this is kind of an indepth interview. i was making a movie called last american hero. this was maybe 14th, 15th movie. and playing a stock car driver. and normally after a film i had this feeling of, oh, i don't want to ever make another movie again. it uses a funny kind of muscle, you know, in this pretending business. i said, i don't want to pretend anymore. i just want to be me, you know, that kind of thing. so a week after that i got a call from my agents very excited and he said, i've got great news. john frankenheimer wants you to be with robert fry andly marvin. i said, oh, that's nice. i'm going to pass. they said, what do you mean? i said, i'm bushed, man. i'm going to pass. they said, you're kidding me. he hung up and five minutes later lamont johnson called me and in a very low voice and said, i hope you turn this ice man cometh down. i said yes, i'm bush. he said, you're bushed? and i

i knew i wanted to be a physician and i was very interested in, i wouldn't comet medical mission work but in serving people, might not otherwise have access to healthcare. and inded up in haiti on purpose and studied the place as a college student. and i'm really glad i did. so that was -- >> charlie: so what is the iti that you knew preearthquake. >> rural haiti. the central plateau, people who make their living by farming the land. i think the term would be, i had the good fortune to start my work in a very disrupted community. they had been displaced. it had been displaced by a hydro elecic dam th was not the best way in some since to see aevelopment project but to see one that was viewed pretty dimly by the intended billion fisheries. it was just a good way to learn about the down side of development work and to try to do a better job. >> charlie: president clinton and others have expressed this idea. in the huge tragedy for the people who lost their lives in e earthquake, the devaation it did to a country that somehow come out of this might be some hope for haiti. do you accept t

i am away by -- the more i hear, the more i read, the more i research -- i was not doing anything nearly as courageous at 18 years old. looking back, when i was 15, that was the first year, in 1990, when my brothers and i were invited to perform in the presence in upstate new york for the holiday. it was not a big political thing. it was a holiday. we were just going to go and sing sing christmas carols, do some rap songs, whether we could do to cheer up the brothers that were locked up. we started to do it over and over again. it was only 10 years later and that we began to see ways to use that in a more pro-active way. we would come out of a nightclub in new york city, my brother, my cousin, and i. we had had some experience with the police harassing us on the streets. this particular night, somebody had gotten into a fight, we were probably the only black folks in a white neighborhood the party that they were at, they were playing salsa, marvin gaye, and we were hanging out after the birthday party. we got caught up in a situation where the police had been called for shots fired. we h

when i read long form of journalism, which i write, i print it out. when i mounted an investigation of the region's last year of california, i collected about $7,000 from individuals and parlayed it into six print journeys, seven weeklies. got a lot of national coverage. it made some difference in people's lives, but i did not take a dime from any corporation. ok? so let's talk about how we go back to the model where people who need investigation, news -- because my duty is not to reflect corporations. let us not be proud that we are moving forward because we do not have journalist unions anymore. that's going back to selling the news that people need, and get rid of the middle man, which is turning out to be a lot of publishers. >> first, thank you for bringing that up. a great question. it gives me the opportunity to talk about two things i am passionate about, perspective and poor people. neither one of those things are efficient -- artificial when it becomes to becoming an millionaire. there is a website that i really liked called poormagazine. th

nobody does headphones nobody does and i think i have that i have a different view and i want i supported intervention and i want to and i blame the united states and france for not only not intervening but affirmatively preventing the united nations from intervening so i'm not somebody who says there should never be any intervention the question is under what circumstances and by home one of the key things that president obama did was to recognize that there's a difference between legality and legitimacy he knew he could force his way. into a u.n. resolution in the security council the u.s. has a long history of that by bribing threatening to get votes it happened here it will happen again it's happened before but he also knew that without clarity from the arab league and the african union that wasn't going to be possible so early on if you recall the general in question was already underway in question here from some weight on talking about the questions i was asked and he recognized no let me just say the question for me is partly international legitimacy and having both the arab leagu

i never wanted to be a politician had i been, i would have signaled that many years ago. so i am still of the position that i will not be running for this job. i know there will be a strong effort the next few weeks to convince me otherwise. we will let that play out, but that is where i am at. i never look at myself as a politician. >> [inaudible] >> i think it is more appropriate for me to focus on the things that i asked the voters to pay attention to. i have not really paid attention to either of the candidates for what they are saying. right now, to me, that is it a distraction. -- or what they are saying. i will not be endorsing anyone for any office. i do need to focus on the pension reform, sales tax, and on the road repaving, as my contribution to the voters. i think that is a lot already for people to understand. i think people will have to make up their mind about the other candidates they choose. but i hope they hold a session with you because you have some good questions. >> when you talk to supervisors, some say that you promised not to run. >> that was the

i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if

that is the way i think i. the school district will have that obligation to convince them that this is good for them. we have challenges in our school district, as you know. everybody wants quality education. will the school bond help with that? that is a good question that will help people understand. >> [inaudible] >> if people think the only issue is their pocketbook, that might occur. but i think most people want to understand what are you proposing? is it good for quality of life in the city? for myself, many of the asian families, they enjoy quality of life. they want public safety, they want a safe city. they want a city that is not in debt. they want a successful city that keep on bringing in tourists. lots of tourists from china. you saw the ping pong group yesterday. everyone enjoys that. i think asian community wants a successful city that is balanced. it but not always have to be the pocketbook, but they want a quality city. that is why they came here. it is about the richness of the city in general

i am sorry. i do not remember. i talked with them and provided them with information, and they are a national registry of service animals in general. would you like to have a look at the card i carry myself? it has been a boon for me. in has changed my life, basically. >> -- vice president clyde: i did not know that you could not ask for documents. you could ask that if it was a service animal. before that, people would show me, but i did not check. who is issuing this? >> it was frustrating at first because there is no tag for a bird. birds will not necessarily even tolerate a tag. i am sure that kasper would like one. people are reminded that if your animal does not have a tag on the collar, it is not a service animal. that is not true. you just do not understand the full letter of the law. everything i have done is within my legal privilege and right with my situation. so anyway, this place, as i said, i rarely have to take this out. if i have showed it a couple of times, and any time i have showed it, the conve

i came away more proud than ever. i appreciate the input. i believe our selection reflects all the qualities you talked about. let's talk about the candidate himself. he is one of 30 or 40 applicants for this job. we see in him someone that is a very fast learner, who has proven time and again 311 and also at his previous employment in washington. he and his family are daily muni writers -- riders. it is a 24/7 operation. he has done an outstanding job their. he also manages more than $2 billion of capital projects. let's welcome him here. we're going to major capital projects. he is a truly gifted leader. that is the most important thing to was. wanted someone who san francisco understood, the dynamics of city government, and so we knew the city and was passionate about being a san francisco and. the many challenges he faces -- implementing the new labor contract, reaching out to all labour organizations at all levels. he is concerned with the basic reliability and key functions of. -- and key functions. is said that while improving -- he s

president goh: i will jump in. i do not know where i am going to land either. i was taken by commissioner fung's view of the need for the 15 foot setback in the front. i agree the rear may not need to set back. i was a little confused about why the square footage empty space in the middle needed to be there rather than a larger deck on the front of the property. i recognize that this configuration and layout, as my fellow commissioners have mentioned. however, i was also moved by the fact that 12 of the 32 homes already have third stories and do not have a setback. we did see on mapjack or whatever that was it that it is true for several buildings on the block and across the street. i am torn. i do not know where i'm going to land. vice president garcia: i know for sure where i am going. i guess the people who support the planning department and planning commission were not able to get here. i think it has been marked by some other people it is extremely unusual to have even a few people come out in support of the project. usually, the people are here to expres

will try to answer this i don't know if i can do it like a child would but i will try i suffer to this day because of what happened then i am convinced however that the decision to retaliate and the recognition of the breakaway republics and subjects to international law by decisions to make it i believe my actions were constitutional not only are my own ashamed of what i have done i believe my decisions were nor for thought out unnecessary bookings especially question thank you very much mr president. wealthy british science. sometimes. markets why not scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy jim because we watched on our t.v. . in india oh she's available.

with that, i hope i give you a brief overview. i am open to questions in discussions with you. >> commissioners? >> i like your out reach. a merchant organization would love to give you feedback. do we do that with the office of disability? do we get that type of information through regina? great. >> i have a specific question about the department of public health. they have been very aggressive in requiring cited prohibiting dogs in food service establishments. i believe, i would decide to know, is your office working with the department of public health and around confusion and clarifying this? >> under the ada, public health laws in establishments that are serving food are supposed to be suspended. the department of justice is very clear about service animals, basically saying that is a reasonable modification to allow a service animal even in this situation where there is food that is being served. again, as long as the animal is under control and behaved appropriately. the department of public health was invited to night to j

i lived in the city. i left for six months once that i could not stand it. i do take advantage of the night life. probably more restaurants these days. talking about job creation and economic vitality, we do not turn the lights off when the folks are gone. lots of people are out in the still thank you for -- in this. thank you. [applause] >> i wanted to explain a bit about the break out. if you could say, i hope that you will. i think that this is one of the most important parts of this. one, getting you all in a room together. you are in your venue all of the time. when you are not there, you go home and are with your dog, or whenever. obviously, i want you to meet each other. breakouts, i will try to create four if we can. two groups. one will be in the small room. i was going to try to do two on either side of this room. do your best. there will be someone in the group to redo what we can. this is great. thank you for coming. i really appreciate it. [applause] arewebcastinwe are webcasting . supercool, i think. to do that well, we need to be amplified a b

company's hands, i request to you, i gave you the paper. what time to what time, [unintelligible] this is the future of san francisco. you are seeing it. this is the future of this industry and the public will be [unintelligible] we have hundreds of thousands of dollars each year and please approve this today. thank you. >> the public -- this will be the last speaker. anyone else want to identify themselves, this is your chance. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i believe the answer is centralized dispatching. if any new medallions are issued, they should be [unintelligible] otherwise there will be chaos in the cab industry. directors, are we forgetting about the medallion reading list that already exists? you have slowed down the process to receive a medallion. it should be issued to the drivers on the waiting list. the way sfmta is running things, -- for more than 12.5 years will never get a medallion. please do not do this to drivers like me. directors, since you're not going to reduce the feet, please go ahead with the meter increase.

i will sum up. i first started when i was traveling on a book tour and i ran into officers in communities to were very upset because they had been whistle-blowers. what they were telling me is, look, the officers are taught properly in the academy. once the go to work, the training officer or the supervisor says "forget everything you've been taught in the academy." "this is how we do it in the streets here? [applause] this is a reality. you have to look at the training, that the trainee is being imposed and the people are following it, and to have to hold them accountable for. if you do not hold people accountable, all we are doing is wishing past a graveyard. accountability is the most important and it starts at the top. it goes all the way down to the supervisors and ultimately you hold police officers accountable. if you do not do that, the culture will never change. culture changes slowly anyway. [applause] >> let me ask your gavotte chiefs -- two chiefs about this code of silence. we see it in

at this moment i am glad that i do not live in the marina. because the marina green will be greatly private sized, not only for the race, but for nine months or more which people being cut off from their front yards and the waterfront beyond. what i am concerned about in the plans recently approved, the contradictions with those plans. that e.i.r. was solely base on the concept of public open space and the use of the open water access and the open water for public recreation. that part of the city is greatly underserved. the waterfront recreation, and that particular project was a major -- this particular e.i.r. and the plans for the america's cup seem to be kind of looking at that particular project site a little differently. the next point, and you have to really look is the treasure island plan. the treasure island sailing center is the only public water access non-profit organization on treasure island serving families. the deir identifies the parking lot, a very small area, as a helipad location. helicopters and water sport in that locat