ceremonial item in honor of john paul scott. former deputy director for architectural access on disability. >> at this point i would like to ask john paul scott to come to the podium and stand with me. i think i need to clairerify -- that we are here to honor john paul scott. it's not in the context that we are losing john paul scott. john paul scott is a resource and a person very much still with us. what he did recently was he left our office, the mayor's office on disability and accepted a promotion at the department of public works. when he first shared with me his change, his plan, my first thought was panic and incredible loss. the next thought i had was just being so proud of him for choosing to take a new path to take on new challenges to really chart a route where he can continue more of his amazing work that heats done with us. so given that, i gave him my full blessing and my full support and i'm very proud that he's gone now to the department of public works to serve another one of our disability access coordinate or

. >> john paul, it's been a lot of years and to piggy back on some of the council, we will miss you. i thank you so much. you have educated us all on disability access. all your conversations on ada plans were never boring and you were constantly educating us throughout the way. i will always remember you as the king of toilets and you will be passing that along and we look forward to working with you in the future. we won't wish you good luck because you will be working near us. it's been great to have you. >> next, councilmember kostanian. >> i'm not good at speeches. all i have to say is that you have been up lifting to people that you have worked with throughout the years. i really liked this committee and we got a lot accomplished there. it was because of you that everything was well done. thank you. it's been an honor and privilege to know you. >> thank you. >> then we have councilmember harriet wong. >> thank you for your dedication to your work and trying to play games while educating us on your building codes. i was here for that. we really look forward to your report in the

john paul ii had the ultimate home court advantage.hile pope francis is playing the ultimate away game. pope john paul was a pol. he had the street cred. he knew the russians. he knew the psychology and he was literally preaching to the choir because east europeans were already convinced communism was a bad idea but didn't know how to get rid of it. martha: pe francis, his hope court is christianity and christianity is under fire in all of these countries he's traveling to. there is a need in this world for someone to speak out, for moderates to come together and fight against is -- against islamic extremism. obviously it's unlikely anyone in his position could do it alone. but if he were to pull together the kind of coalition or if a coalition reached out to him to bring his ability to it with political leaders like thatcher and reagan, is there a potential to rein in this craziness going on in the world? >> no, there is not. i admire pope francis. i think what he's doing is while. it should help solidify some of the peace new views o

jim gardner and "action news" caught up with him in cuba back in 1998 when pope john paul ii would deliver a prophetic message. the pope said cuba must open up to the world and the world to cuba. fernandez was with a group who said he would vow that pope john paul ii's words to become free. >> reporter: he kept his promise when he told you that. he kept his promise with me. >> reporter: but of course as the president himself indicated this is not a done deal yet, but a significant day in history after five decades between the u.s. and cuba as some cuban americans see it, the dawning of a new day for them and many family and friends back in cuba. >> "good morning america" will have more on the historic shift in u.s./cuban relations after our show at 7:00 a.m. >>> a vigil was held last night near a bensalem intersection where a teenager was killed. dozens remembered minete zeka who was hit by a truck that failed to stop for the bus. superintendent may have students wear reflective vests. an 18-year-old will be charged with hitting minete zeka. >>> a preliminary hearing in a murder case that

john paul stevens was appointed william douglas. in one of these intriguing ironies, william douglass taught edward leavy, at least, perhaps gerald ford at yale law school. william douglas is the person who strongly recommended edward they for appointment to faculty at the university of chicago when there were very few positions for jewish law professors. when edward leavy came into office, he knew that william o douglas was very frail. there were four and then five of us who were his special assistance. we are all under 30. two had been first in their class at harvard law school. powell, and heis gave each of us a sitting judge to read their opinions and to advise them on, you know, whether they would make good justices. i got william webster, who later became director of fbi and cia, and was always too busy to get started on the project, which is fortunate because i was not give meaningful advice on that question at that time. was on theuglas verge of going, and edward leavy received some advance notice of that, he put ron carr, w

. >> agenda item 6, ceremonial item in honor of john paul scott. >> agenda item 7. housing for low income chronically homeless veterans presentation. >> break. the council will take a 0 -minute break. agenda item no. 8. information item. employment and training for veterans with disabilities. presentation by chris dame. public comment is welcome. agenda item no. 9. policy recommendations for employers hiring veterans. presentation by kevin c miller, strategic partnership associate. swords to plow shares. agenda item no. 10, ceremonial item in honor of derek zarda. agenda item no. 11. report from the disability disaster preparedness committee. agenda item no. 12. public comment. items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. agenda item no. 13, correspondence agenda item no. 14, councilmember comments and announcements. item 15, adjourn. >> thank you. today as we continue the discussion with people on disabilities and employment to focus on bettering employment on disabilities it's important how to keep in mind how the two are connected. veterans

in many ways, the weight was under john paul ii.sitioning the church and himself in those acts. >> and the significance of reinstating father must go to who had been suspended from clerical activities when he became a political leader nicaragua. he was among the sandinistas. this crippled a lot of liberation theology, the way the church had gone after religious leaders in latin america at the time. could you talk about that? >> the descoto case, the rehabilitation would be important because it sends a message that actually what francis values here is a person and his priesthood, his ministry, his witness. i suppose what this is about is depoliticize and christian witness. in many ways you can argue under john paul ii when there was a clampdown on liberation the allergy and on latin america what happened, if you like, if the allergy have been used at the service of the certain kind of left-wing politics, and there was a danger of that, the risk was in the clampdown, there would be the opposite. in other words, summit would not be rec

he shot the be loved pope twice at close range leaving him seriously wounded and john paul later visited him in it prison and interest veepd with italian authorities to secure his release after 19 years. aka asked to meet with pope francis and vatican officials denied that request. >> good news for former president george h.w. bush his doctors say he's improved so much they expect to discharge him from the hospital sometime soon. mr. bush was type houston methodist hospital tuesday night after experiencing shortsness of breath. a statement from his office says he'll remain in the hospital through the weekend as a precaution. >> daughters of former virginia governor bob mcdonald's says one spern to plame for his downfall their mother. the daughters wrote a scathing letter to the jm saying her materiallism and mental health issues are to blame. mcdonald's and his wife were convicted of using governor office to promote a dmp exchange for lavish gifts and loans and their daughters say the mother has always been preoccupied with getting freebies and discounts. >>> a mall in western pennsylvan

. >>> in world news this evening an unexpected visitor to pope john paul ii's grave.ican says the man who tried to assasinate him back in 1981 went there and laid flours on his too many in saint peters basilica. the vatican says the visit by the man only lasted a couple of minutes but it was caught caught on cell phone. he was sentenced to life in prison but john paul intervened with italian authorities and he was released baaing in 2,000. he then served 10 years behind bars in turkey for murder. this was his first visit to the tomb he placed white blossoms on it. >>> torrential rain causes major flooding in malay sham the flooding is being blamed for at least five deaths. heavy rain causing some rivers to overflow forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate their homes. the floods left many villages submerged underwater. >>> and in iran, suicide drones are being tested out this evening. officials say their designed to hit targets in the skies water and on the ground. exercises to determine their accuracy will go on for the next six days. iranian military is hoping f

john paul ii who famous john paul ii who famously for gave his attacker wasthon he was extradited tourkey he served another ten years for murdering a journalist there. >>> another embarrassment for at secret service after a tough year. new report reveals agency has been using untrained volunteers to drive vehicles in president obama motorcade according to "new york times" a 24-year-old without secret service training drove the press car in san francisco this past fall a job she reportedly secured through a friend at the white house. secret service responded to the report by saying, in the event the motorcade would come under attack the press car would be left behind. a man jumped the fence and was able to get inside the whitehouse before getting captured. >> a grieving father gathers courage to reach out you to for help. here is rick williams with tonight's crime fighter report. >> fill immoney is honest about his son amir money. >> my sop was not perfect period.. he was typical young man and i know in the end he was up right guy. >> at 4:40 in the morning sunday november 9 police we

you remember in 1998, john paul ii was the first pope to go to cuba.e, pope francis wrote a book about the dialogues with castro and john paul ii. we see a keen interest then. certainly as much credit goes to the pope. it also goes to the vatican diplomacy which has a long history of keeping talks open and dialogue with cuba. >> i was there in 1998 when pope john paul ii was in cuba. we see years of diplomacy. thanks so much. >>> 37 minutes after the hour. the embargo against cuba, that is not over. it is still in place. nevertheless, american businesses already salivating at the possibility of a new relationship with cuba. cristina alesci is here with that. >> if the sanctions are eventually lifted, we are talking more than just a boost in car sales. we are talking about many american companies that could profit from the increase in trade. first off, companies that make soap and packaged goods could benefit. it could be a big win for american carmakers, plus another big one, travel. cuba could become a huge destination for americans. in fact, shares o

>> i explained it by nice phrase that i heard, that is that john paul ii told us what we should do. benedict told us why we should do it. and pope francis is saying, do it. >> o'donnell: so what specifically does that mean "do it"? >> i think a lot of the things that pope francis is talking about in terms of economic policy have their seeds in many of the writings of john paul ii as well as benedict. he is making it more precise i think because of his own experience in argentina being very close to the poor on day-to-day basis. i think that gives him a different metric, a different way of what the teachings of the church are in real terms. he is putting emphasis on real life people and bringing yet ideas to bear upon the real life situations of folks. >> o'donnell: you in your own background appear to have emphasized conversation other confrontation. you haven't been particularly confrontational with politicians who disagree with you on issues like abortion, for instance. do you think the eucharist has become too politicized? >> i that i is important always to begin with an attitude

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he didn't have the same charisma that pope joh pope john paul had, but there was. discussion about alan gross at that time given what pope john paul had done, people were talking that it could have a different set of results. >> we have a statement from pope francis and it's interesting in many ways. the holy father wishes to express his warm congratulations for the historic decision taken by the government of the united states of america and cuba to establish diplomatic relations. the difficulties which have marked their recent history. in recent months pope francis wrote letters to the leaders of cuba and president barack obama. they received delegations of the two countries in the vatican last october, which is two months ago and provided it's good offices to facilitate a con trucktivconstructive dialogue with solutions acceptable to both parties. there is the pope saying, come to the vatican. we'll keep it secret. you can have all your discussions here and work in privacy. >> there are reports that bells had been ringing at cuban churches. the role of the catho

starting with pope john paul ii. when the first waive of cuban immigrants arrived they put their money and built a shrine to the patrones of cuba, a beacon for exiles that welcomes thousands of cuban americans. many say they support the vaticans roll and a shift in policy. that it could have been safe against politics. >> many here in miami of cuban descent had you evered so much. >> father runs a catholic radio station and says many parishioners remain hopeful. they have not forgotten political pain for the past. they are yearly of being attention advantage of. so many. they have been deceived so many teems by empty promises coming from cuba. >> the policy - it's an opportunity to test the truth. >> translation: i think it's an opportunity to see what happened. it's been so many years with the same restrictions, i think it's good for the community. that's what i want for my cuba. >> one day freedom will come. >> reporter: a freedom that will unite families. >> it moves us to healing, reconciliation. >> which is why

words come true. >> that inn teed the word spoken by pope john paul, ii, that cuba must be free, and he was very involved with this, as you know, with both president obama and president castro. >> reporter: he kept his promise when he told you that. >> he kept his promise with me. >> reporter: finally meet, this man. >> i consider myself cuban. >> reporter: air again teen by birth he lived in cuba for many years and married a cuban before coming to america. he is a chef at cubcuba >> thinks the the wall coming down. it is huge, huge. >> reporter: of course, as the president indicated this is in the a done deal yet but still a very significant day in history, after five decades, and in some cuban americans see it, the dawn of a new day for them and many of their relatives and friend back in cuba we are live in olde city, i'm dann cuellar for "action news" at ten on phl17. shirleen. >> thanks, dane. >>> colder weather is moving in, it is going to feel like winter when you wake up in the morning. lets go to meteorologist cecily tynan at the big board, cecily. >> winter officially ar

and cuba jim gardner and "action news" caught up with him in cuba in 1998 when pope john paul, ii would deliver what now seems like a prothetic message. the pope said that cuba must open up to the world and world must open up to cuba just last year, fernandes was with the group that spent a week with pope francis who road to make pope john words true. >> that indeed word spoken by pope john paul the second, that cuba must be free, and he was very involved in this as you know, with both president obama and president castro. >> reporter: he kept his promise when he told you that. >> kept his promise with me report report but, of course, as president himself indicated this is not a done deal just yet. still a very significant day in the history of after five decades between the u.s. and cuba and some cuban americans see it the donning of a new day for them and, many relatives and friend back in cuba we are live in olde city, i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> it was an extraordinary trip back in 1998. >>> our coverage of the change in policy with cuba continues on line, at

he has taken up the mantel of john paul ii, i wrote a biography of john paul ii, gee yo -- ge opoliticalritual pope, pope john paul ii we, see pope francis acting in the geoo political realm. bringing spiritable principles. he is within of the great leaders in the world if not the pre-eminent leader morally and ethically today. a continuation of what we have been seeing in his papacy which holds great promise and great import for, for where we are going. and a new ways, new way of finding some common ground. through his intersession. >> don, i was with the president when he had and audience with his holiness in rome earlier this year. he was profoundly struck by the pope's decency, humanity, and, and his, humility. but also the sophistication of his views. really believed he had a meeting with a great leader when he left the vatican. >> is the pope new the leader of the free world. we should send hem to the middle east? to try to solve that situation? >> well i wouldn't use, i wouldn't use the word, just free world. i think it goes beyond that. jay, what do you think? >> i think he is a

let's end this >>> so dogs go to heaven under paul, dogs don't go to heaven under john paul 1. dogs don't go to help under benedict. dogs might go to heaven under francis, but we haven't heard yet. >> do we realize john paul 1, was he in there long enough to make a decision? >> 34 days. [ laughter ] oh, i love game night. ooh, it's a house and a car! so far, you're horrible at this, flo. yeah, no talent for drawing, flo. house! car! oh, raise the roof! no one? remember when we used to raise the roof, diane? oh, quiet, richard, i'm trying to make sense of flo's terrible drawing. i'll draw the pants off that thing. oh, oh, hats on hamburgers! dancing! drive-in movie theater! home and auto. lamp! squares. stupid, dumb. lines. [ alarm rings ] no! home and auto bundle from progressive. saves you money. yay, game night, so much fun. >>> so dogs go to heaven under >>> nine years ago today, december 16th, 2005, the c.i.a. was preparing a top-secret intelligence briefing for the president. every day, the president gets something called the presidential daily brief. it's a round up of th

in other communist dictatorships john paul ii had a role when he went to those countries. is always long term. one doesn't e peblth immediate results. certainly i think pope francis is in that line of popes that don't hesitate to get involved with political issues, that cross the boundaries of religious issues. >> could this have happened -- i know people say the pope acted as a guarantor. i'm not sure what that means. did you hear me, delia? i don't think delia can hear me. all right. we lost delia. there you have it, pope francis played a big part in the normalizing of relations between the united states and cuba. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," the boston marathon bombing suspect makes his first appearance in court in nearly a year and a half. security extremely tight around the federal courthouse in boston. we'll take you to boston next. blood clot in my leg. ua my doctor said that it could travel to my lungs and become an even bigger problem. so he talked to me about xarelto®. >>xarelto® is the first oral prescription blood thinner proven to treat and help preven

. >>> so dogs go to heaven under paul, dogs don't go to heaven under john paul 1.ogs don't go to help under benedict. dogs might go to heaven under francis, but we haven't heard yet. >> do we realize john paul 1, was he in there long enough to make a decision? >> 34 days. [ laughter ] >>> nine years ago today, december 16th, 2005, the c.i.a. was preparing a top-secret intelligence briefing for the presidentment. every day, the president gets something called the presidential daily brief. it's a round up of the most important american intelligence 23468g9s on that particular day. the substance caused a bit of a backlash. he was being tortured by interrogators. a draft of the briefing that day said that the president was being subjected to these aggressive interrogations, provided "almost no information that could be used to locate former colleagues or disrupt attack plots. so we've been torturing that guy, but they've got nothing from him. that section of the daily brief needed to be changed immediately. you will matly, that line was taken out. we know about that li

. ♪ >>> so dogs go to heaven under paul, dogs don't go to heaven under john paul i.don't go to help under benedict. dogs might go to heaven under francis, but we haven't heard yet. >> do we realize john paul i, was he in there long enough to make a decision? >> 34 days. [ laughter ] local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our angie's list app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪ that's all i crave.e that's where this comes in. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste. plus nicorette gum gives you intense craving relief. and that helps put my craving in its place. that's why i only choose nicorette. because it helps me skip the bad stuff. i'm good. that's what i like to call, the meta effect. 4-in-1 multi-health metamucil now clinically proven to help you feel less hungry between meals. experience the meta effect with our new multi-health wellness line. i love my meta health bars. because when n

. >> to the chair, i hope you can stay after the meeting to join us for some cake in honor of john paul scott and derek zarda. >> that put a smile on my face. item 15, adjourn. thank you for co

pope john paul ii was cannonized into saint hood this year. >>> it's a couple days until new years. the famous crystal ball getting fixed up for the moment that drops from the flag pope at one times square 2015. around a million people are expected to pack new york city streets as they count down to the new year. hard to believe it is already upon us. >> and you'll be there? >> no. i tried that one year and getting down to the ball was a nightmare. there is so many people. >> one of the things that looks very cool. >> and there's nowhere to go to the restroom. >> mike ben is back with a look at the weather. >> yes, ushering in the new year and big changes. colder air about to roll its way in. in canada, sharing the frigid air. the cold air sinking its way southbound. truly, some of the temperatures we experience today. 36 in denver. that's 8 degrees below average. wait there's colder air. >>> good morning. 6:12 the time now. waking up to cold air. we're talking about temperatures in the 30s and 40s. 38 right now in san jose. 37 in sa santa rosa. later on we'll see a good mix of sun

pope francis looking at john paul ii's actions in cuba and certainly that he had in poland. but they are very different times andrej ee very different regimes. and the fact united states didn't have economic interchange with cuba, all of the other countries in the world have exchanges with cuba, tourists go to cuba, this is a monument ale change in foreign policy. >> to that monday umpi monument. marco rubio calling the president the single wornegotia in the white house is it is the sense that the administration will leave the president whatever is done, which is to say, whatever is done we'll start and begin in the white house and congress is unlikely to take up any further normalizations of relations. >> great question. one that will play out in the next few weeks. the senate just left town. will be republican senate when they come back. not a lot of movements from house speaker towards lifting that embargo. i think you will see some fights about what will happen next. the president will open a diplomatic embassy in havannah. he will send in an ambassador, that means fundi

. >>> pope john paul ii made a surprising visit. he was seen laying flowers on the grave of the pope he tried to assassinate in 1981. the gesture comes 31 years to the day where the pope forgave him. pope john paul ii was can on xized this year. >>> the famous time square crystal ball is getting fixed up for its moment. it will drop from the flag pole to ring in 2015. a million people are expected to pack in new york city streets to see the six ton ball drop as they count down to the new year. hard to believe it's already upon us. >> you'll be there? >> no. i tried that one year. getting down to the ball was a nightmare. there was so many people. >> it looks very cool but probably best on tv. >> there's nowhere to go to the restroom. >>> mike bettes back with a look at the weather on this holiday weekend. things turn south for a lot of us. >> ushering in a new weather pattern. colder air is about to roll in. friends in canada sharing frigid air with us. everything changes in the next couple of days. cold air sinking south bound, goe

pope john paul ii, 1988. pope benedict in 2012.you think the fact that pope francis is the first latin american pope played a role in all of this? >> certainly, he was familiar with the issues coming from latin america. and i am sure his concern for what's happening in the western hemisphere is a priority for him. he was more than happy to work on this. pope john paul ii called for cuba to be open to the world and the world to be open to cuba. and that was a very clear signal to both cuba and the united states to work on this. and, you know, the pope is really responding to the concerns of the bishops in cuba who would like to see diplomatic relations restored and especially to see the embargo ended. >> father thomas, thank you very much for being on. >> you're welcome. >>> coming up on breaking news tonight, u.s. investigators telling cnn that north korea is responsible for the hacking attack on sony. this is after the company cancelled the release of the movie that started it all, new details next. surface pro 3. mac: hey what's

. >>> the man who shot pope john paul, ii making a surprise visit to the late pontiff's tomb today, aerson said it lasted a few minutes. he targeted the pope in may of 1981. he initially claimed he acted alone and eventually suggested bulgaria and soviet secret services masterminded the attack him pope john paul, ii forgave him and later worked for his release in 2000. >>> some high profile democrats are lining up to endorse hillary clinton even before she's announced she is running in 2016. this is the former first lady and secretary of state enjoys a huge read in the polls. take a look at the real clear politics average. it shows mrs. clinton leading, more than 61% take a look it's almost fist i 50 points ahead of her next closest potential challenger. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren who insists she is not a candidate. so is hillary a slam dunk or can someone else stop her? a professor of law and science at usc susan always good to see you. one of the great nuggets i think right now elizabeth warren, the opponent of the latest fox news poll is now two years before the next pr

john paul, the pope, i am not catholic, but someone i had the privilege of knowing personally, chuck kohl soften. so that's the long answer to your question. would you prefer the short answer? >> host: that was fine. who was william will burr force? >> guest: well, he's the man who led the battle for the abolition of the slave trade in the british empire. if anybody knows very little about him, they may know that much. but there's so much more to him. i didn't know it until i wrote my biography of him, "amazing grace." when the movie came out, i was asked would you like to write a biography? i'd never written a biography, i'd never had the ambition or desire to write a biography. i figure that's a genre i will skip in this lifetime, very happy to skip it. but it's one of those things i really thought carefully about and prayed about it because this was a great man. and i thought the honor, the privilege to tell that story is not something to be taken lightly. so i wrote that story. and in the course of writing that story, i discovered what i didn't know and what most people don't kno

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he was escorted by police and placed flowers at the tomb of john paul ii who is now a saint.n 1981, he fired several shots at the former pontiff qucriticay injured him. he was pardoned after john paul went to meet him in prison. >> still to could on this news hour greeted by the president, soldiers arrive home along the biggest prisone he knew change since the ukraine conflict began. >>> india moves to ban old vehicles in its capital. but will that be enough to clear the air in a sdaning rusly smolgy city. >>> december hasn't been a good month for the very young and the ancient. ♪ >>> in iraq, kurdish peshmerga forces are continuing their campaign to recapture parts of sinjar from isil. u.s.-led coalition has been carrying out more airstrikes in the area. forecasters are warning of more severe weather in parts of southeast asia already hit by flooding. officials say at least 180,000 people have been displaced in malaysia and neighboring thaila thailand. this month, nato ceremonially ended a combat mission in afghanistan. it means afghan execute forces are fighting a reinsurge

unexpected visitor to pope john paul ii's grave.he vatican says the man who tried to assasinate him back in 1989 came there and laid flowers on his too many in saint peters basilica. this was visit by the man it only last add couple of minutes but it was caught on cell phone video. now he was sentenced you may remember to life in prison. but john paul intervened and he was released in 2000. then he served 10 years in turkey for murder. the vatican says this was his first visit to the too many. >> we want to show you some more video of an explosion at a mexican volcano. that's the second highest peak. burst home. plume of steam gas and ash spewed into the a atmosphere. amount of ash is said to be moderate. nearby residential areas could be impacted. >>> big name in trouble with the law. remember screech saved by the bell in trouble with the law now. coming up the popular actor from that show accused of establishing a guy. witnesses say they heard right before it all happened. >> also ahead a dramatic rescue rescue. a three-year-old l

i happened to be in rome the day they announced john paul ii's visit to cuba and i was visiting witht we are for a gradual, peaceful transition in cuba and that the american-cuban community is uneasy about that because they are worried that some of the old regime types will hang around or the possibility of a complete transformation quickly more to their liking, that that won't happen if it's gradual. so there has been this difference between the exiled community and the vatican and marco rubio was in the odd position for a conservative republican of essentially taking on the pope, but i think once you get outside that part of the cuban community, there are an awful lot of other people who say it can't be too pro-communist if the vatican is for this policy. >> exactly. >> ernesto, more of the republican reality, they've been on ice, since they basically died in the house of representatives. >> he has been at the forefront of the dissent on this decision. i actually thought ted cruz who we know to be bombastic had a fairly unbombastic reaction which was to frame it in the context of o

we were in fort smith arkansas and nixon got up at a press conference from john paul who eventually woulde to bill clinton for congress. so nixon goes to the motel and he says i do not want to be disturbed by have a big speech at a want anyone to disturb me. so i went to my own room and i saw going straight across the hotel to nixon in store. yelling dick. dick. so i started to run and i did not get there on time. the door opens and he let him in and i thought that is the end of pat buchanan and nixon said had you met rockefeller? this was the brother of nelson and david but he was a great war hero. a great fellow and that was my first introduction. the second to wusses a congressman and now here. we got to organ and the killings came up to me in the news of rockefeller it is hard to describe how harsh they were. [laughter] so he says the old man will endorse rockefeller. i said what? so i took off down bohol i get to his suite i opened the door to the bathroom he is about to get into the shower and i said you will not endorse him are you? and he said don't worry we will get something for

john paul ii, who chose to continue carrying it because it had belonged to his predecessor pope pauli. so this wonderful tradition of continuity in the church even in symbols and the optics that are used by the pope. you see pope francis now standing before this throne, a throne which holds the image of the christ child still veiled, the holy father will unveil the figure of the christ child in a few moments. around the altar of the confession as its called, we have the children representing different parts of the world with the bunches of flowers. i want you to hear and listen to the cantor singing the kalender, the historical declaration of the events leading up to the birth of christ sung in latin. let's listen to a little bit and i will translate for you. you total your brand new car. nobody's hurt,but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do, drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had a liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i gues

. >> to the chair, i hope you can stay after the meeting to join us for some cake in honor of john paul scott and derek zarda. >> that put a smile on my face. item 15, adjourn. thank you for co. >> really happy to have you all here the other great thing about to brag about in san francisco we have a great mayor, i is that in part as a resident i live here my family is here i work here but also in particularly as the transportation director we have a mayor that understands the infrastructure understands transportation and design understands how these things are important to the quality of life we have here in the city and to the economy of the city he understands us number one in part because of is the public works sdooshg which is a great pedigree my own bias i was one, too i was the city administrator amongst among the architect of the capital plan that is institutionalized in the city a process we combifrpt and investing in the city critical assets that's a successful program and it was really does mayors sense then city administers of the importance of the infrastructure the bones of

. >> when pope john paul ii came here it took him to the in effect level. >> this is like the beetle versus the rolling stones. >> i think this is such an important thing. >> i think this is going to be the biggest story. we've got a little big stories coming up in 15. thing this will be one of the biggest. >>> let's talk about kathleen kane seth williams is heating her luncheon -- lunch on a case she said she couldn't push forward. a number of people in the democratic party are saying we don't have faith in her. what is 2015 for her. >> i think they are putting together somebody else. the question is the da. >> does she get pushed to step down saying i'mday, guacamole with vegve as a law enforcement legislator i should step down. >> no, no i don't think is they steps down but unless something changes she loses. >> a lot of criticism with kane has been from a political prospective. people saying i don't like her philosophy. but what seth williams did coming up with the goods getting the indictment. when he came out with that, that was the first real nail in her political coffins. >>

back, the e came president decided, john paul stevens, which i don't know if levy made a specific ecommendation from among the final two. if he did. event, they agreed hat the president took this seriously. he read the opinions, he read the research. appoint somebody who was regarded as conservative at the time but a real craftsman as a judge and while the prediction future conservatism definition change, the projection of john paul tevens as a consummate craftsman as a person dedicated intelligent, al, interpretation and application of the law was validated by history, i would say. >> i want you to find more about of ens and add to the mix the fact that before he died, president ford said that justice stevens was the proudest legacy. completely embraced justice stevens. had the privilege of interviewing justice stevens for "the new york times" before he i didn't d he said change, the court changed. every single justice appointed after i with the of justice eption ginsberg. what can explain the transformation of the that tutional debates so justice stevens conceived as a nonpartisan conservativ

that night i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison, and john lennon for three shows forw, for four white guys who were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere, was quite unbelievable. >> the beatles are a bunch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool of a port town, and these port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point of great music. >> a lot of the sailors and people coming back from america were bringing back records. some were pop records, some were called race records because they were by black artists. ♪ american rock and roll, blues, country and western, motown had on those kids growing up in england was really amazing. ♪ my love all my keisses ♪ ♪ you don't know what you've been missing with me ♪ >> i would listen to buddy holly, jerry lee lewis, fats domino. all the great rock and rollers. ♪ blueberry hill >> it was like the power of the jukebox, there's nothing quite like it. ♪ my dream came true >> the beatles took a bunch of tho

paul? >> john, i am downtown in foley's square, the seat of norm's judicial system here this is also where the crowds gathered tonight for probably the evening's biggest protest. in the square behind me, we had three to 5,000 people. earther tonight, we just had a couple of hundred more come marching back tlum, part of the roaming bands of smaller protesters that grew up tonight as the billinger protests broke part into smaller groups. one group, a large contingent a couple of hours ago we want over the brooklyn bridge, down on both sides for part of the evening at least, a couple of thousand people across the bridge into brooklyn and they moved around downtown brooklyn to the barclay center. other landmarks in brook line. some then returns that's this group here they went down and shut down the holland tunnel for part of the time. tlef gone up to time square. it's been a little more confrontational there so another long night of protests all as the city tries to is come to terms with this grand ju

more than a quarter of a century after that pope john paul ii. a great deal has changed since then. no longer the opposing blocs which then divided the continent into and gradually the hope is being realized that europe will one day reach the full dimensions that geography and even more history has given. increasingly interconnected and global, less and less eurocentric despite a larger and stronger union, europe gives the impression of being aged and weary, feeling less and less a protagonist in a world which frequently looks on it with a aloofness, mistrust, and even at times suspicion. i would like to offer a message of hope and encouragement to all the citizens of europe.