jane martin. beatrice herrera. cynthia cruz. >> good afternoon. >>> hi, thank you for the opportunity. i'm a member of walk s.f., [speaker not understood] car share and bay area bike share program. and this is my 10 year anniversary of riedl a bike to work, company shuttle and bike to work. they helped solve answers to commuters like me who doesn't want to drive down to the south bay. it is a similar responsive solution to residents currently being faced in san francisco. it is proposed by city staff and thank you for your continuing [speaker not understood] to residents of san francisco and the larger bay area. thank you. >> thanks much. next speaker, please. >> howard strassner followed by [speaker not understood]. >> good afternoon, [speaker not understood]. >>> good afternoon, i'm howard strassner and i'm privileged to ride muni over 50 years to get to work and around. so, thank you very much for that. but this program and pilot study is long past due. we have to get on with it. there is so much to be studied i

martin. >>> good afternoon, i'm jane from people organized employment ride. as you know, we organize low-income people of transit dependent bus riders. and i appreciate what ed said, this policy debate about the google shuttle really puts the mta in the middle of conversation about bus he. it's about the impact of the tech industry, displacement, tenants rights, affordable housing, all the issues our members struggle with every day. this city has a very important role to make sure that lower income people of color can live here and deal with the [speaker not understood] crisis. and the mta has a role as well. i think, you know, we really depend on your support in terms of providing a reliable public transportation that our communities need. we need more affordable bus service and for the mta they address service problems, service disparities, like overcrowding in the mission and our lack of service in the bayview. we know for you this is an important step forward in dealing with the affordable of transit. an important aspect of the affordability of san franci

martin. my friend, mary jane -- >> that's important for a reason. >> has me glued to the couch.ognito's lawyers went to the nfl. this has taken a long time, this investigation. supposed to come out after the super bowl. they were basically done with the interviews after thanksgiving. and what incognito's lawyers are saying is jonathan martin is a troubled guy. he was worried about his job. he obviously, according to his e-mails, looks like he smoked pot. he was also a guy that considered richie a friend and spoke about a lot of different things. he gave as good as he got. we can't say the things that jonathan martin said in those e mails -- >> you're not taking a shot, but jonathan martin can't play right now. he'll be a free agent and most teams won't touch him. >> they both want to resurrect their career. incould go knee know wants to come -- incognito wants to come back. >> an example, i'm going to murder your bleeping family. i'll lock him in a house with a tranquilizer gun. >> you cut off the rest. what he said mcdonald was going to do. who is mcdonald? a player for the mia

jane pauley ahead on "sunday morning." >> osgood: for nearly two ken trees, the martin guitar. and singing its praises, we'll get a listen with anthony mason. >> the loving spoonful put a lot of love ip his desire for his martin guitar. >> what does your guitar mean to you? >> it's like a pet. like a really good dog. >> martins have been made in america for more than 180 years now. later on "sunday morning" a new ex hi addition celebrates an american classic. >> osgood: watches some chefs in china using their noodles, steve heart in visits with america's oldest teacher. a tip for children world over and first the headlines the 12th of january, 2014. officials say it could be days before clean water is again flowing in charleston, west virginia. a temp call spill is forcing residents to use bottled water. neiman-marcus may have hacked credit cards. the retailer warns that there may be unauthorized charges on customer accounts. in jerusalem the body of ariel sharon is lying in state. former prime minister has been in a coma died saturday. sharon was 85 years old. a state funeral

we tried everywhere until a friend of jane's, my daughter went to a party and knew martin through both political journalist and she -- the friend said would you write a story about it and she said i'm not interested. i need to do political journalism. he went back home and gave the friend his address. he said we will get jane to get in couch with me if she wants to. from then on they took it out. >> they took it? >> they took it up. >> and i know for give me for interrupting, but per people he was this hard hitting journalist and thank goodness he did. this entire journey begins. steven, to you, there have been critics who say philomena is unfair to the catholic church with one leader calling it pure propaganda. bill donahue said "a half century ago an irish woman gave birth to a son out of wedlock and gave him up for adoption. he was born in a venue that allowed the mother not to be stigmatized. do you see it as anti-catholic. >> first of all, i don't think philomena was consulted about the child being taken away. he was taken and sold. it's very, very easy to criticize the catholic c

martin's life story. >>> and we're also about to learn much more about lady gaga, see it in the flesh, and jane seymour,t mommy. dad: maybe the light hurts his eyes. mom: maybe she's just not hungry. look. maybe it's a phase. announcer: avoiding eye contact is one early sign of autism. learn the others today. ♪ >>> i can never get enough of the royals. >> really? >> yeah. i'm really into them. i love this story. prince william gets in on the selfy action. >> selfy? >> selfy. a 12-year-old girl on christmas day really wanted a photo with the family. so this girl you see right here. prince william steps in and takes a selfy. believe it -- there you go. look at the shot. >> wow. >> this wasn't a first royal choice. she really wanted a photo with queen elizabeth. william is number two. what is up with the royal family and selfies? prince william beat out by his father who earlier this month took a selfy with a school boy. so i guess the royal family is into selfys and embracing it? >> that reminds me of president obama at nelson mandela's family. good for prince william for keeping it real. >>> this is keep

legislatures and then we will talk with the jane o'donnell, consumer reporter with "usa today" to talk about the cost of health care as we continue this january 20, 2014. martin luther king, jr., day here in washington. a memorial service starting in 15 minutes at the mlk memorial in washington. tune into www.c-span.org if you want to watch at -- that. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> because i know truthfully that every single problem in america would be better if more people could read, write, and comprehend. i just know that. we would be able to compete with the rest of the world. we wouldn't have these children who are committing crimes because their families don't have jobs. they don't have jobs because they can't read. they can't write. they don't understand. and i think every thinking american is coming to that conclusion. we have got to educate our children. and we've got to educate their parents. come it isust a whim a necessity if we are going to compete in this world. bushrst lady barbara tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern live on c-span and c-span3 and also c-span radio l