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gavin as mayor talked to me about the fact that he was going to bring in this new police chief and i had actually heard about him from bill bratton, who was the police chief of los, charlie beck. bill called me up and says there is this guy george gascon, he is considering to be the chief of san francisco police department. he is a really great guy, would you talk to him? and i did. and then he was appointed as police chief. i have to tell you, he would come down to the office at least on a weekly basis and we had many conversations over the course of a couple of years. and his perspective, the perspective of george gascon has always been the perspective of a leader in law enforcement who has, as a first priority public safety, but always with a mind toward how we can do the work better, how we can think about reform and how we can always aspire to that goal that we often call the smart on crime approach to criminal justice policy. and so when he decided to run after being appointed by then mayor newsom, when he decided to run as district attorney, i was very excited to support him. and what i knew then was what we saw during the course of the last several month

brought over eighty actors and bands to russia i think it's very important for you to go to los angeles with me in the next few months we should meet with you hopefully make your releasing a different actors you would like to do cameos in this film the biggest challenge to overcome is gaining people's trust and performing one. please recently i was asked to bring john claude van damme to chechnya for the president's birthday and day of the city and. yet of live music of the i want to go through all of it in my heart. it's a place most people are very afraid to go to of course john clyde you know his expenses need to be paid and others for him to go there and it's very frightening dealing and working with chechnyan friends knowing that if something went wrong didn't come and money is paid. who are people going to come calling and looking for asking for the money back and it took a long time for me to win people's confidence that they would send money to an actor or a band in advance russia costs more than a lot of other parts of the world because russians have been willing to pay more you know i

impact things i want to talk more about all of these aspects joining me here in studio is rob wol occupy d.c. protester and also we've got our t. correspondent ramona lindo in los angeles all right let me start with you talk to me just about what you've seen you've been down to fit macpherson square today what's been going on are the national park service police actually going through and enforcing this ban on camping material no they're not they haven't been any arrests that we're aware of today. we are inter putting what the park service is doing is that they're trying to do a very very soft slow piecemeal of action what they would like to do is to get us out of there without there being any kind of scene that will sort of show the violence that's being used against protesters all over the country i mean d.c. park police they're now they're out of the government they deal with protesters all the time and so they're not it's unlikely that they're going to come down as hard as people in new yorkers oakland and what they're i think trying to do is do one by one arrests of individual protesters they can't catch sleeping give them stay away orders and then you kno

to present these two writers in conversation with each other. please join me in welcoming charles mann and richard rodriguez to los angeles public library. thank you. [applause] >> first of all of me just say how pleased i am to be here interviewing charles. i feel a little bit like a child interviewing a giant. so if i seem a little starstruck, forgive me. i was reading your book over several days, my partner, jim, and i tend to do a lot of reading on the weekend. but in separate rooms. and if i'm making a lot of noise mac, laughter, if i slam a book on the table, he will ask, what are you reading? and on occasion, vacation of this book, "1493" i would come into his room and i would say what are you reading? he said i'm reading this book about the tomato. [laughter] the most extraordinary book about a t the most extraordinary book about a tomato, how it made its way up south america to mexico and then it ended up on a plate of pasta in italy. and then i'll go back to my reading. gym is under the impression as i grew older, i am completely mad. but the book was mad and it was not -- a few hours later he's what are you reading now? are you

this country, and the toils of my parents as they struggle to provide for me, just as i will never forget my experiences as a beat cop working in los angeles, and frankly, working with those that went to compton court. or as chief of police. this life experience informs my vision and daily work as your district attorney. one of the cabinet that i made to gavin newsom and during our earlier conversations when i was competing for the job of the chief of police here was that i would do everything i could to make sure that san francisco became the safest large city in the country. [applause] my number one commitment to this incredible city was -- by the way, it is my city by choice. i know mario of you are proud for being born here, but i tell people i am an american by choice, and there is something to be said about that. and i am a san franciscan by choice. my wife and i love the city like no other. i have great memories of los angeles, will always be a part of the scene and city, but this is our home, this is where we are going to be. my number one commitment to make this city safe, that i would venture to work every day to reduce v

i said to my chief of staff, is that a requirement of a d.a.? lo and behold, he tells medid george, you were given just 12 hours to make a decision and he made another not rash decision, but a thoughtful decision, used his instinct, his skill, used his leadership capacity and assumed the role as district attorney of this city. and the last year once again, he has demonstrated his prowess, his leadership skills, his courage and through that effort and work, built on the extraordinary legacy of kamala harris and the victims unit and the work on truancy and building his own reputation, bringing community courts into the districts and into our neighborhoods, distinguished himself so much so that the voters overwhelmingly chose him as our new d.a. in san francisco. so, george, congratulations and i'm just honored to be up here and honored to be participating in this important day for you. [applause] >> now the reason i was asked to do this was to introduce your mistress of ceremonies. as all of you know and all of you do know dianne feinstein, there are probably many less, wel