. >> directors and board members, thank you for this opportunity to recognize joe juan here for his good work and service to the people of san francisco. it gives him great honor to know that you are here to recognize that and to appreciate the good service that they provide for us. thank you so much. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> so following that recognition of 3 great mta employees, we want to expand our recognition to our taxi drivers. they are out there also everyday providing great service and sometimes under very difficult circumstances to the people of san francisco. so we are happy to recognize several drivers today all of who provide exemplary service to the community and they help make a difference in people's lives and help seniors in the community and people with many disabilities to work and they face their jobs with pride and love and offer a service that no other unregulated service will map for to us keep in mind. these drivers go above and beyond the call of duty everyday. they do amazing work and it's for the most part without a spotlight and without any recognition. t

. >> now that you bring that up, let's talk about this morning joe show, juan, where diane fine steinnd joe biden come on and i am not sure if we have a full screen of this guys if we can put it up. so this idea according to joe biden there's a national registry, there's no plate in the federal government you can go and find out everybody owns a gun. >> joe biden really believes having a national -- having all of these background checks will not creation a registry of information, of gun owners in this country. >> it doesn't do it so far. we are giving become ground checkser they are done lek tranic chi. the record the she can was made and taken apay in a few more days. the actual gun was made with a gun dealer not the evidence. that's a bogus issue. will of you are. do you agree with that? >> no. i don't agree you have to keep the records for up to 20-year cans. live regular siz v i see visits and figure out who hasn't or wasn't purchased the gun over the was 20-years. bide ten is wrong it another account there has ab to be a you need to know i am telling the gun to a neighbor anothe

juan also has written many books. his latest two are, well -- live for other people. the epic story of race in the american media. critical look, written with jo -- joetorres, another journalist with free press. it's a history of how the media developed in this country, with a particular attention on coverage of color out there in the country and the coverage of color. the books previous to that, which was just recently re-issued, is called harvest of empire, and a film has just been made based on the book. his book is required reading in many classrooms across the country, "harvest of empire." so there was a movie made. the untold story of latinos in america. and tells a very different story in this critical day around the issue of immigration, and why people come to the united states. whether we're talking about some nicaragua, from guatemala, largely from mexico where most of the immigrants in the united states in latin america come from. and also a couple that -- the news this week of the drafting of the i-word. this weekend juan was on a panel with a group of young women, and among them -- head hoff the applied research center, the publisher of