supervisors, my name is jeff johnson from the new priorities campaign. i own a small business in san francisco, and i am empowered by the church council to speak on their behalf. and our nation, our state, and city are in an economic crisis. our public services education, health care, housing and infrastructure are suffering, and with them, the well for -- welfare of our people. as a partial remedy the u.s. government needs to and the wars and bring the troops and war expenditures home. the cost of the wars is mind boggling. president barack obama refer to a one trillion dollar pricetag for america's wars that grossly underestimates the total cost of the wars in afghanistan and pakistan. the final bill will run 3.7 trillion and could reach 4.4 trillion, according to brown university. cost of wars estimate of the total cost to the nation so far, nearly 1.3 trillion. cost of californians 139 billion. the cost to san francisco, 3.8 billion. the bottom line is that san francisco is suffering because of a huge misdirection of taxpayer funds tote -- towards wa

and jeff johnson is a contributor of msnbc.with you. what's interesting about the attack there, i don't know if it was a defense of gingrich. he's been tough on newt. he was upset about the paul ryan. i think you use it in a video, but he does give voice to where the conservative base is not in washington. >> well, i'm sure that's true. however, i think there are those people in washington who have worked with newt and who know newt for better or for worse who feel quite frankly that we have an obligation to talk about what our experiences are and people like you call us to tell us about the experiences. and you're not going to lie. there's stories -- these stories, these temperament issues that have been documented for many years. that's who newt gingrich is too. the establishment knows newt gingrich because he is the washington establishment person. >> and his office address on k street of all places to visit. nia, he's what david brooks wrote this morning speaking of establishment. but the right of center columnist. he calls

joannie [reads names], kathy, will scott, sandra, delores perez, susan solomon, jeff johnson, [reads names] if you lined up along the windows? -- if you could line up along the windows? i want to apologize for the folks who came to our last meeting thinking that we would have this item scheduled been. that was an error in my office. i apologize for that. >> good morning. thank you, supervisors, for giving us this opportunity. in the national communicator 4 u.s. labor against the war. i would like to make a few points regarding this resolution. first of all, u.s. labor against the war represented a substantial portion of the labor movement in the city and county of san francisco. among our more than 30 affiliates, uesf, awe 2121, the san francisco labor council, and many others. number one, for every dollar that we invest in the military, more jobs could be created for the same investment in education, health care, tax cuts, rebuilding, or any number of other socially productive means. studies have been done that show, for example, education dollar for dollar produces 238% more jobs t

twenty ten and then went on to lose three bites in a row but tonight's win follows victory over jeff johnson in november and the thirty five year old russian says he's determined to keep on fighting. let's switch to ice hockey where else side in america lost three two in the final of the spangler cup to hostile force in switzerland both sides reach the final between the doubles through the better side during this one goal from your only and school daughter brandel saving the win without a last minute after from then amish which in years did set up a nervy ending this is the first time in the ideas doubles have won the tournament which is an annual invitational event. but the man who guarded the all blacks' rugby team to world cup glory has been knighted in the new years on his list graham henry that the site of their first world cup title in twenty four years this autumn after that narrow eight seven when over france in the final the sixty five year old former schoolteacher is nice if graeme henry the latest in a house full of former players or coaches to see who is england's highest honor f

[applause] we also have with us jeff johnson.nd the director for the naacp youth division. he is a youth activist and like with -- what reverend sharpton said earlier that without the youth movement, which dr. michael eric dyson so addresses in his classes and in the streets, you know he is a hip-hop intellectual but his intellectualism is also goma activism among many students which also engage, whom he also engaged in the political campaign for now seceding president obama. we thank you for your youth activism, jet. join us shortly will be laura murphy who also has a history with reverend jackson. she is known for advocacy on human rights and civil liberties. she is now in her second tenure as the aclu washington legislative office as director, a position she held from 1993 to 2005, and because of her coming back to the aclu, she is responsible for the passage of the fair sentencing act of 2010 signed into law by president obama on august 3, 2010 that reduces the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine and it begi

jeff johnson, this was a controversial person who was convicted of violating the mann act, transporting a woman across state lines for mimmoral purposes. he was a boxing champion. there has been a lot of talk about how he was railroaded and how his sentence was not bear. --fair. was a movement spearheaded by senator john mccain -- there was a movement spearheaded by senator john mccain to try to get a pardon for jack johnson. at the end of the day, president obama decided against that. i think the reason for that is because presidents, very generally, do not like to be prodded into giving pardons. that is where things stand with that. host: jeff online for independents. -- jeff bonn our line for independents. caller: my question is about military court marshals that result in dishonorable discharges -- court martials that result in this honorable discharges. could a presidential pardon apply? guest: my understanding is that is a different process. if you go to the department of justice, there is a separate application for military clemency. host: we have a graphic we want to show you. i

jeff teague to joe johnson. johnson and five hawks scored in double figures. the hawks roll 101-83. wizards drop to 0-2 on the year. >>> you know we talk about good recs and bad recs with the redskins what about good caps and bad caps. they the good caps showed up against the rangers. we are at verizon center. one up mant since dale hunter took over as the coach. and the caps trying to climb back into the playoff race. thomas vokoun in net and playing great. watch him sweep the puck away here. still in the first no score. halpern's shot is stopped. but johansson stuffs it back in. it gives the capitals a 1-0 lead. caps up 2-1. backstrom to semin. big night for the russian. he scores two goals and the caps beat the rangers 4-1. snapping the rangers' five-game winning streak. when semin wants to score he does just that. >>> it might have been the most exciting military bowl ever. rfk stadium in toledo this afternoon. tied at 35 owens to reedy and reedy is ready for primetime. look at that move right there. a spin move cuts it back inside, breaks a tackle. 33-yard touchdown. air force

the government lawyers, steven preston and jeff johnson did not address the alaki case. u.s. citizens do not have immunity when they're at war with the united states." the president of the united states was right to target this u.s. citizen. so wouldn't it be absurd that you can kill him you about you can't detain him. and if he came here, you can't question him for military intellectual jns gathering. so this is a compromise between two forces that i think are well-intended but will take us into a bad policy position. the hard left who wants to say the military has no role in protecting us on the homeland and some people on my side who say that the law enforcement community can't be involved at all. so senator levin and senator mccain, you have constructed a concept that provides maximum flexibility, gives guidance to our law enforcement community, starts with the presumption that i like but can be waived, and it will not impede any ongoing investigation. that's the part of the bill that was changed. so to my good friend from california, we have got the balance that we've be