lee. >> it is for those reasons i will be supporting mr. lee's nomination.he reason why i wholeheartedly support ed lee is because he is a qualified person and he is the right person to lead san francisco. >> we have engaged in an orderly transition of leadership. this is what separates us, as a democratic society, from other less democratic societies. and i am so proud of us for what we are about to do today. so with that, colleagues, thank you for being part of this historic moment. >> the supervisor campos? there are 10 ayes, one no. [applause] >> the motion for edwin lee passes. [applause] >> you are talking to one of the happiest people in san francisco. this was an extraordinary an historic vote. but it was symbolic. remember, the new board of supervisors who convenes tomorrow will make the actual decision on who the next mayor will be. >> everybody came down to ed lee with the expectation that it will be done in the most intellectually honest way and in a way that role and order is respected. i think we discussed a few nominations and came down to thi

without further ado, mayor lee. [applause] mayor lee: good morning, everyone. just walking through the peers with members of the port. i can not only say that not only did we make the right decision, the world has made the right decision. this is one of the most beautiful places on our -- earth that this 34th america's cup could possibly be. when you look out today, you'll get a glimpse of what millions of other people and viewers and visitors will see in 2013. my first thought was to let you know that this was a very high priority for me. many of you know i was not here december 31, so i have been looking for the unopened champagne bottle that was supposed to be left in room 200. maybe it is in some supervisor's office, but there has got to be one unopened bottle there to celebrate because knowing that this is coming -- on december 31, it was a culmination of what i saw was a whirl wind, a solid year of activity. ever since the cut was one in february and the immediate negotiations that gavin newsom and others had started, culminating in the negotiations and c

now this year we have not only mayor edwin lee, as an historical time in san francisco. we have four asian-american members of the board of supervisors with us. as a representative of district 3, i could not be more happy to introduce my district supervisor, the president of the board, supervisor david chiu. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. it is an honor to be with you tonight. i want to wish everyone a happy year of the rabbit. unless you are vietnamese, in which case, i was a very happy year of the cat. after 160 years, this year is truly history. i am honored to serve with you, not just with the diversity that our board of supervisors represents -- and i want to thank ross mirkarimi, david campos, and malia cohen who are here with us today -- but it is an honor to serve with three other asian-american supervisors. we finally reflect the population statistics that we have here in san francisco. more importantly, it was an incredible honor earlier this year to take part in an historic, unanimous vote for the first time in our city's history to have an elected lead

lee. >> i edwin m. lee. >> do solemnly swear -- >> do sol manyly swear -- solemnly swear -- >> that i will support and defend -- >> that i will support and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united states >> and the constitution of the state of california -- >> and the constitution of the state of california >> against allen miss foreign and domestic -- against all enemies foreign and domestic -- >> against allen miss and domestic -- >> that i will bear true faith and aline of scrimmagens. >> that i will bear true faith and aline of scrimmagens >> to the constitution of the united states. >> to the constitution of the united states. >> and to the constitution of the state of california. >> to the constitution of the state of california. >> that i take this obligation freely -- >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion -- >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion -- >> and that i will well and faithfully -- >> and that i will well

up next, amos lee. stay with us. please to welcome amos lee back to this program. he's just released his latest c.d. it's called "mission bell" and it features artists like willy nelson and lucinda williams. in a moment he'll perform. first, some voost for the song "jesus." that >> ♪ i never thought you hated me but i never felt so unloved yeah jesus can you help me now jesus can you help me now o jesus can you help me now o jesus can you help me now so i never feel so unloved so unloved ♪ tavis: that's a cold piece. that's a cold piece. >> thanks, man. tavis: i've never felt so alone, gee cuss you can help me now -- jesus, you can help me now. >> yeah, i wrote that the day my grandfather died. it's about him more than anything else. i don't even know if that's how he was feeting at the time but that's how i was feeling for him. tavis: does amos lee ever struggle with being so open about that kind of lyrical content? reliving -- we live in a world where nobody wants to be preached to. there's always that line between being daring and prove ets. i love that track. >

i wanted to introduce roger dong first who will introduce major lee also. >> thank you. president chiu:, supervisors, it's a great honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you one of america's great heroes whose story has been hidden for 60 years. we are very fortunate that the smithsonian institution discovered him, told the story and on the internet one day we found it, the story that here is a san franciscoan who has done these tremendous deeds and none of us know about it. so we invited him out here and now he's here today. it is with great honor i would like to present major kurt lee. [applause] >> thank you, roger. to me, it is a distinct honor to be here to observe the city's government in operation, number one. i'm considered a native son of san francisco although in all hopsy i lived here for only two days when i was born here and my parents took me back to the sacramento river delta area where it was -- he was farming back in 1926. and technically i was brought up in the sacramento area. but i am very happy to be here and to recognize the civic motivation o