julius turman. mr. turman is highly educated, eminently qualified, graciously equipped for service to our city at this time. his competence and his willingness to serve give me continuing cause to rejoice as a san franciscan. we have the type of city where randy brightest and the best -- wherein the brightest and the best rise to serve the common good. please, give your recommendation to mr. turman and grant our beloved city up police commissioner who will labor with all of his strength to let righteousness will down like water and justice like a never- ending stream. supervisor kim: thank you, reverend. >> thank you. i am here to support julius turman's candidacy. i of known him for over 10 years, the first five of which, we were in a committed, caring relationship as domestic partners. we parted company in a legal and intimate sense in 2005. he has remained a constant in my life ever since. i can only offer my own observations as a human being. i am a better man because of him, because of knowing him.

it is for that reason i will be supporting julius. i think we easily could have banded of supporting others in this field. colleagues, unless there is any other discussion, is there amendment to this item? if we could have a roll-call vote on the motion to substitute david wagner for julius turman. supervisor campos:-- supervisor cohen: no. supervisor elsbernd: no. supervisor farrell: no. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor weiner: no. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: no. president chiu: no. supervisor chu: no. >> there are four ayes and seven nos. president chiu: the motion to amend fails. on the underlying motion. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the motion is approved. [applause] colleagues, why don't we now go to our 3:0

have i snone julius for -- i have known julius for almost 14 years. he's an absolute top notch not just lawyer but leader in our community. he talked about his work as a government lawyer and as a private lawyer but i don't know if anyone had mentioned his pro bono work. and particularly the pro bono work that i'm most familiar is when julius turman played a key leadership role around charges of racism at a bar in the castro district. a lot of us organized around to hold the owner of that bar accountable for some things that had happened. and is julius was there providing very strong leadership and pro bono counsel and played a key role in bringing resolution to that situation and trying to find any common ground that existed to resolve the situation. he's been an amazing leader in our community and democratic party and african-american community and lbgf community, co-chairing organizations, rising to a leadership role in every organization gets involved in. he has won numerous awards for his leadership and community service. i can just say that i do

julius, i have known him for a long time. if there is one thing you can say about him, is that he does not suffer fools. he is independent, he is reformed-minded and, believe you me, if the department needs to be held accountable, nobody is going to hold a more accountable. i am probably supporting his appointment. [applause] president chiu: i should mention at this time that we have a rule that people not express support or opposition to various statements being made and i would ask all the to respect that. we have to very good candidates today and if you could respect that, that will help us move the proceedings. supervisor campos: i want to begin by thanking all of the applicants have submitted their names to be considered for this appointment. it is not an easy process to come forward and go through the process of having your name feted for what is clear -- your name at vetted for what is clearly one of the most important appointments we make. it often becomes one of the most difficult thing she did because oftentimes, yo

i'm here in support of julius turman. i've also served with him on the allis board and worship with him at united methodist church. he is a brilliant attorney. balanced, rational, and stare. -- and fair. his role is that of a labor and employment attorney, which i believe makes him uniquely qualified to sit on the police commission into a evaluate behavior's and craft and dropped policy and procedure to bring the hot seemingly disparate positions together -- two seemingly disparate positions together. and think that is part of what the police commission does. i think it would be incredibly valuable to have a man of his experience serving in that role. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. we actually are recall -- and i have -- [reading names] >> thank you, supervisors. i am a little bit of my game. i just found out about the deaf and possible deaf of a colleague -- death and possible death of a colleague of mine. i know how important it is to be a public safety, -- to be a public servant, involved with public safety. the

i'm here in support of julius turman. i've also served with him on the allis board and worship with him at united methodist church. he is a brilliant attorney. balanced, rational, and stare. -- and fair. his role is that of a labor and employment attorney, which i believe makes him uniquely qualified to sit on the police commission into a evaluate behavior's and craft and dropped policy and procedure to bring the hot seemingly disparate positions together -- two seemingly disparate positions together. and think that is part of

so i would read dick and jane all the way up to julius caesar. when i came to a word difficult, he would say work with it little sister. he wouldn't jump in and tell me. he would let me work it out so i did. i learned to jump into words. that built my confidence, grandmother and ggrandfather were from the old school. i can remember borrowing $25 from my grandmother. i was taking out my checkbook to pay her. she said no, darling, don't give me a little piece of paper. what did i give you. i said a 20 and a 5. so bring me that. they went to the light company and paid their light bills. they went to the department store and paid whatever. they went there once or twice a week to take care of business. the process of going through things, my grandmother would take me to the library. all along the way there were places where we couldn't go to the andrew jackson hotel, we couldn't go to morten's cafeteria. there was a paramount theatre, we had to go in the back door, separate water fountains. it was a very negative experience. when i got to the library,

who had the most needs and, of course, those are typically going to be the children what william julius wilson called the truly disadvantaged and those living in poverty. so i do think her fears that these majority black school systems would not necessarily yield the progress that the black middle class promised were bourne out. and the story of atlanta, the idea of community-controlled schools -- it's not just an atlanta story. it's a story that an approach to education reform that was attempted all over the nation. and in part -- and when i say attempted, i should say that it was attempted, it was embraced but also it became the approach out of necessity because atlanta, like so many cities had to deal with white flight, with a contracting economy so it was a very complex circumstance. a part of why the african-american -- african-americans who took over these cities were not able to achieve all that they hoped was because they didn't have very much to work with by the time that they actually came gained power. i think ms. matthews' fears were bourne out, in politics, in the political

ok, please bring of julius turman. thank you for being here. >> thank you. i am proud to stand here today as a candidate for the police commission. i am a graduate of rutgers law school and the university of michigan. i am currently a partner in a law firm where i am a labor and employment attorney and i work for fortune 500 to mom-and-pop shops, helping them to create jobs, implement rules, policies, and programs to strengthen and better their workplace with more diversity. i am also a former federal prosecutor where i have supervised and worked with police officers in over 150 investigations. i also sat on the u.s. attorneys for the districts of new jersey in house committee to review cases against police officers for police misconduct. i grew up in detroit, michigan, where there was an active and vibrant police force. as an african-american and an lgbt person understood the importance of having a sons of self and being expressed to a was even in the face of a strong police presence. during that time, i worked on several citizens committees to interface wi

in a way, ray did because in seattle during the '40s you had to play every big man from julius reddingsr mitzvahs and strippers in the black clubs and rhythm and blues. you played everything, man. souza, baby souza. i played the prettiest composition piece on the planet. copeland, leonard bernstein. i studied in paris for five years. hooked it up. she aid only 12 notes, if you learned what everybody did with them, you know, until they send 13, you'll be okay. and no genre ever bothered me, big band, bee bop, hip-hop, due won, not a problem. >> hard to go anywhere without finding your imprint, television, music. >> a long time, man. >> did you imagine this? >> no. >> did you imagine playing the trumpet would lead to this? >> absolutely not. art linkletter used to live next door to me before he died. he used to say all the time, quincy, if you want to make god laugh, tell him your plans. we have nothing to do with it. the identity. and i've always believed that music is terminals for a higher power. i can feel it going through you. i get curious about it, guys get all these egos, you know

daughter die on line after her desperate asking for help on the internet reached the wider public julius tragic story is just one among those who chose to give birth at home and resort to self treatment rather than trust official health care they may be a fraction of russian society but then number is increasing and doctors are among the younger sister. there usually three reasons behind a woman's choice first is when a mother falls under the influence of an alternative group or to make a business out of it delivering babies without a license the second group are those who prefer everything natural as it was before hospitals and the third is the most unpleasant for us when a patient has a bad experience connected to a medical establishment. stories of medical maltreatment or even worse continue appearing in the russian media an unplanned amputation of a baby's limb and an alleged swap of a woman's healthy newborn for a disabled one are among the most recent cases those docs stories often have another side to them but they're scary enough to make young women dread any hospitals drunks and

levin, do you agree with julius genachowski that there is a looming spectrum crisis, especially when it comes to the new tablets and smartphones, etc. >> guest: absolutely. and it's funny, we did our estimates prior to the ipad coming out, and if you look at the numbers on the ipad, you know, we were way too conservative. there's no doubt that there's a looming spectrum crisis. the only question is, is it something that's going to hurt us in two years, three years, five years, seven years? whatever number it is, we're going to need a method to reallocate spectrum. and i think it's very important that we put this front and center on the nation's agenda today because if they were to pass incentive authority tomorrow, it would still be a number of years before that spectrum could be reallocated. this is a long-term process, so you have to start now. and if you think the spectrum crisis is going to hit, even if you think it's going to hit in phi years -- five years, you've got to start today. just some commentators have said, well, the federal government essentially gave the broadband ba

corporations play a bigger and bigger role in politics thanks to our supreme court and this is what julius songe is standing up against it's the secrecy that exists within corporate rule it's a threat to democracy is the threat to freedom assad is the world's whistleblower occupation that used to be respected and applauded in america there haven't been adversarial journalists in this country since woodward and bernstein and jack anderson back in the seventy's whatever happens to a such whatever the end game is the can of worms is already open copycat sites are popping up around the globe secrets revealed from south america to africa so even if he's picked up by interpol and rots in prison or simply spends the rest of his life jumping around the globe out of touch with the league has changed the way the world works for all corporations and governments if you have nothing to hide that you have nothing to worry about but for everyone else the secrets will be revealed transparency now rules the day as a sonship itself has stated the aim of wiki leaks is to do the cheve just reform around the w

who became very famous for having adopted, along with his wife, the two orphan sons of ethel and juliusat wasn't until the 1950s. he was a schoolteacher in the bronx who cared about social issues and cared about civil rights and saw a picture of a lynching in the paper one day, and he was one of these very creative guys who was just always writing poems and music and shows. and he just sat down and wrote a poem about this photograph that he saw, set it to music. it was performed in left-wing circles in new york city throughout the late 1930s, at rallies for the loyalists during the spanish civil war, you know, among sort of left-wing types at their bungalow colonies in the catskills or rural new jersey, wherever they went. it was sort of just a cult song in those circles, and somebody who was connected with the show at madison square garden, where the song was performed, was also running the entertainment at the new cafe society, which was the first integrated nightclub in america and happened to be where billie holiday was opening in early 1939. and a marriage of sorts was made, and so

i hope for all of you and your family and friends, much julius

on sunday, an interview with fcc chairman julius genachowski and the discussion on next year's presidential election with president obama's campaign strategist, david axelrod and former rnc chairman ed gillespie. coverage of the convention begins saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. here is presidential candidate newt gingrich at the republican leadership conference last night in new orleans. this is 40 minutes. >> i want to cut through the challenge we have over the next 80 months. i want to ask some of these questions. how many of you think america is currently on the wrong track? raise your hand if you agree. virtually all of you, right? how many of you believe that washington will fight very hard against to getting back on the right track? think about this. this is the key question about the 2012 campaign. i want to make his case to you. it is very important to defeat president obama but that is not enough. we need to pick up 12 u.s. senate seats -- [applause] and we need to pick up 30-40 seats in the u.s. house -- [applause] and we need to strengthen our position with state l

what people saw in shakespeare particularly the greater the claims made for shakespeare theaters and julius sees injure and above all king lear? he really could only just see a kind of worthlessly histrionic talent expended on nothing in particular. and tolstoy had an intelligence the size of the planet. we had misperception and it's an odd bee to have in his bonnet but tolstoy could have weird bees in his bonnet. this is not orwell's -- i would comment about the story of tolstoy that occurs to me that what -- and it really worked 'cause some of you, at least two you can go and read this essay. i hope so, philadelphia, you must. and it would spoil it 'cause the essay really does have a punch line and what orwell does is drops clues as the essay runs along like a great crime story as to why, in fact, tolstoy might have this view of shakespeare and particularly might have it of king lear. and when the answer is delivered, it's of a kind of brow-smacking accord which is the same thing when you discover that it was the gardener's 9-year-old who actually cut off the granny with a pair of garden

was it that julius caesar was actually born that way? his mother's belly and uterus was cut open? he was expected that way? is there some other? i have heard that is controversial. >> absolutely controversial. >> what are your thoughts on the origin of that term? >> i can tell you, it was thought since antiquity that that was, indeed, the way that he was born. did that mean that cesarean sections were consistently performed from that time. >> reporter: know. the first or actually performed in the very early 17th century or claimed to have been performed. how wonderful he was. such a great degree that one of his patients had the operation by times and would be very happy to show the world her scars. i doubt that he performed those. but beginning in the early 17th century, the discussions about cesarean section began. we start to see by mid 17th century not frequently, but some times and then we are seeing it not as a regular procedure that recede. by the 18th-century they're performing them on a semi regular basis. it's interesting that we go from caesar to the 17th century and to

julius genachowski is interviewed by the former fcc chairman michael palle who held -- who heads the ncta. then they look ahead to next year's presidential election with david axelrod and former national committee chairman for the republicans, ed gillespie. >> the time ordered the world when i was growing up. >> page one producer andrew rossi looks at the newspaper industry. >> came into it without a grand sense of what the solutions are for traditional media. i came in with a desire to observe. >> will talk about his new documentary tonight on c-span "q &a." >> president obama's and personnel are reggie brown performed at the republican leadership conference in new orleans. he spoke for bad 18 minutes. -- for -- for about 80 minutes. -- 18 minutes. >> thank you all so much. i know that you are republicans but that wellcome is pretty weak. listen, i will go backstage and you will try that again. [laughter] [born in the usa] >> thank you so much, louisiana. that's what i'm talking about. that is a welcome. thank you. thank you all so much. yes weekend. -- yes we can. god bless you. we

the chairman of the f.c.c., juteyuss jen -- julius genachowski. thank you. >> u.s.about an hour for 2:00 for one-minute speeches. legislative work starts at 5:30 eastern. they'll consider five bills, four of which deals with naming post offices. the last one would eliminate the election assistance. votes will be at 6:30 eastern. watch it here on c-span. they'll come back at 2:00 p.m. eastern. president obama's commerce secretary nominee, john bryson, is going before the senate commerce committee. that will be on c-span3. just a short while ago the white house announced that president obama will be making a speech to the nation about the reduction enforces of the surge forces in afghanistan. the associated press says that the president -- a senior defense official says the withdrawal announcement will include 10,000 troops by the end of this year. meanwhile, cnn reports that the president is expected to announce that 30,000 u.s. surge forces will be fully withdrawn from afghanistan by the end of 2012. that's according to an administration official speaking to cnn. th

fcc chairman julius genachowski is interviewed by michael powell who heads the ncca.hen a look ahead to next year's presidential election with david axelrod and ed gillespie. >> president obama and house speaker john boehner met today for a round of golf at andrews air force base in maryland. the so-called old, was reportedly a chance for both leaders to discuss some of their political differences. they were joined on the green by vice president biden and ohio governor john kasich. >> hi, everybody. this father's day weekend, i would like to spend a couple of minutes talking about what is sometimes my hardest but always my most rewarding job, being a dad. i grew up without my father or brown. he left when i was 2 years old. even though my sister and i were lucky enough to have a wonderful mom, and caring grandparent's to raise us, i felt his absence. i wonder what my life would have been like had he been a greater presence. that is why i try to be a good dad to my own kids. i have not always succeed, of course. in the past, my job has kept me away from home more often

. >> federal communications commission commission julius genachowski announced yesterday the f.c.c. is considering rules to protect telephone customers from unauthorized phone bill charges. the unauthorized charges are placed on them by the phone carriers as well as by third parties. the f.c.c. chairman says only one in 20 consumers notice these cramming charges. his notice is about half an hour. >> good morning, everyone. thank y'all for being here and a very warm welcome to our c-span odd -- audience. i'm the executive vice president here at cap, the center for american progress, and we're delighted to have here for the second time the chairman of the federal communications commission, julius genachowski. this morning's discussion is about empowering and protecting consumers and it's an important one. as families across america are struggling to buy fwroseries, save for the future and even just to make ends meet. last month the bureau of labor statistics reported that real hourly wages had fallen 1.6% seasonally adjusted over last year at this time while consumer prices continue t

federal communications chairman julius genachowski. he was interviewed by michael powell. this is about 25 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> hello, and i am glad to welcome you to this session, and i am proud to welcome an old friend. we are blessed to have an individual with impressive experience appropriately suited for meeting the types of challenges that new technology and brought burr and boring. not only is it to the attorney, having served for the united states, he has a vast array of business experience as an entrepreneur in the state, and he has previous experience at the federal communications commission. we could not ask for a better individual to serve in this extraordinary office. i am proud to call him friend. our chairman, julius. >> i normally have that seed. >> never. >> i could not have been happier when i set you up -- sought you appointed to the fcc, and one of the things you did, the country was able to galvanize its focus on broadband, and you really pick up tha

julius genach hofment wski chairs a meeting where he discusses how journalists provide a check against corruption. that's on c-span2. >> on -- the nomination is confirmed. >> the senate confirmed white house deputy counsel donald verili to succeed justice elena kagan as u.s. solicitor general. listen to him argue before the supreme court from 2008 or discussing the rehnquist court in 1994. he's one of the more than 100,000 people you can search and watch for free anytime online at our c-span video library. it's washington your way. earlier today, customs and border protection agency commissioner annual bersen testified on border corruption and drug trafficking. he was joined by the acting snedge for the homeland security -- inspector general for the homeland security committee. this is an hour. >> i'll call our meeting to order. i welcome senator paul to his ranking membership of this subcommittee. this is the first time you've had a chance to sit in as the ranking member so thank you for your service and for doing this and look forward to working with you. i would also like to thank o

coverage of the national cable telecommunications association continues tomorrow with sec chairman juliusenachowski interviewed by former sec chairman michael paul. at 6:30, a look at the presidential election with david axelrod and ed gillespie. coming up live at 12:30 eastern, our coverage of the republican leadership on the conference, was speakers including buddy roemer, texas governor rick perry, and rnc chairman reince priebus. that is all day, live, starting a tall clock 30 eastern here, on c-span. >> c-span has lost a new easy-to navigate website. has twitter feeds and facebook updates from candidates and political reporters, and links to be partners in the early primary caucus stage. >> blackberry users, you can access our programming any time with the c-span radial application -- radio application. you can also listen to our signature and a deprograms each week, and it is available around the clock, were everywhere. download it free. >> next, a look at a bus safety and possible legislative responses. when mrs. include safety advocates, -- witnesses and could save the applicants,

julius genachowski chairs the two-and-a-half hour meeting. >> chairman, commissioners, second on your agenda, rear admiral jamie barnett and damon penn, assistant administrator of fema will give a presentation regarding the emergency alerta system.t >> thank you, admiral, i'm goin to give you the floor in a minute, but i do want to welcome our partners from the, from fema, damon penn, assistant administrator, thank you for coming this morning to help witm this presentation. and, also i've lost your name, mark paese. >> paese. >> i -- paese. >> i practiced with him before we started.ed >> from the national weather service. thank you both for coming. admiral, thank you for your ongoing work, and the floor is yours.or >> thank you, commissioners. i'm proud to be before you with damon penn, my friend anddera colleague for the national continuity programs to brief you on this program and mark paese, director of operations for the national weather service. he's been another key partner ii the emergency alerting system. on november 9 of this year at 2t p.m. eastern standard time the commissi

julius genachowski chairs this meeting.ark paez. >> i practiced with him before we start >> thank you both for coming. thank you for your ongoing work in this very important area in the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm glad to be before you with damon penn, my colleague with the federal emergency management agency for cotton nudity programs. in fact, with my colleague, the director of the office of oceanic and atmospheric administration weather service has been another key partner in the emergency alerting system. on november 9 at this year at 2:00 p.m. eastern standard time, the commission, sina and noaa looking to dealer system with eas. eas has been around for many years. this is the first nationwide test. a nationwide test is essential in ensuring the functions have intended during emergency. as we've repeatedly learned during recent disasters such as c. or latecomers and i'm in japan as well as tornadoes, floods that devastated various parts of our country. reliable and effective emergency alert system i