month of separation and it's my pleasure to join us here and many of us know that we are such a lucky city, and we are lucky because people around their world make their way to fraction, find hopey until the city they know that we celebrate our diversity and find strength in the different cultures that pretend together and now, i ask you also to bring me talent from the arab america communities to make me and help me lune run the city. yes, it's incredible. union, i think i can talk about how wonderful diversity is, but we have to get the talent from our communities to represent all of the different thing that we do in the city. and you know, tonight, even though there is something called a baseball game out there, but these wonderful events that we have in the city whether it's america's cup whether it's fleet week, whether it's the 49ers playing or the giants playing, even eventually when we land the superbowl it all board of trustees all of us, i know that what i'm doing as a mayor and making sure that i support smallbitions in the city is helpful to the america arab community because a

each city that was lucky enough to receive that ship received great prosperity. imagine what that might have been like in 1912 as our great fore fathers were building the city after the earthquake. it was a moment us occasion. i want to thank the mayor's for standing here as we move forward with our heritage and leave lead the generations to come. i would like to introduce the honorable mayor ed lee, the board of supervisors david chew, and many commissioners of many of those agencies and of course the president of our port commissions, dorene, the honorable mayor willie brown in the back and the of course the amazing and brilliant port staff. thank you all for being here today. i want to take a moment of where we are in cruising. the cruise lines are building new ships and doubling their fleet. their carrying double or triple times the amount of passengers as before. but shockingly in the united states, cruise terminal are shrinking. and the industry is expanding, cruise cities and cruise ports are trying to figure out how to address that demand. in many cases th

we are still very lucky as a city. and even the board of supervisors know how lucky we are. not only to gain the attraction of world status with our championship baseball. and also, you have to understand anchorstein is no longer a manufacturer beer like micro-breweries. they are requested and i brought a friend that wants to send containers of your beer to china tomorrow. and i said, you have to stand in line. i have 17 countries that want that beer as well. we have a great market. it's not just local san francisco. it's about where we are in our place today. and that anchor and the world series giant and our port of san francisco are on the map. but they are the international hub for everything that happened. and when we make things in san francisco, and this is the real pitch. that we make it for the whole world. we just don't make it for local consumption. whether clothing or confection or food. everyone is asking what do you have made in san francisco. because we want it in china and india and japan and europe, all over the place. because it means quality. it means well

we are as a city so lucky. it couldn't have happened to a better person and i want to thank mr. and mrs. tang for raising a wonderful person and an allowing know work with her. i couldn't be happier. supervisor tang? [ applause ] >> thank you so much, carmen. i would like to thank everyone who is here and thanks for supporting me throughout my career. i'm so thrilled that a lot of my mentors i saw today have been able to join me today. a lot of what i learned i still bring with me and hold today. thank you for being here. i would like to thank my parents. my partner. i look forward to working with you, members of the board and i have to thank mayor lee forgiving me this incredible opportunity. i want to acknowledge tammy black stone, my dear colleague. and i can't look at carmen, i'm going to cry. i really have to thank carmen. someone said yesterday at her last board meeting. it really is a testament to carmen. the fact that she is able to mentor me. she set a really great example to me and someone i look up to in the highest regard. thank you carmen, assess or chu, thanks to e

and i look forward to seeing that because i know that the city is very lucky to have someone of your talent and dedication and passion living here and involved in san francisco. and i know this is not a good-bye, and i look forward to the next phase in your brilliant career. >> supervisor wiener. >> thank you. well, mario, we're going to definitely miss you, although obviously you're not going to be going far. you know, the way i got to know you or we got to know each other, i think the most was through the free muni for youth debate and we were obviously on opposite sides of that debate. [speaker not understood]. we were obviously on opposite sides of that debate and that was difficult debate. and i know you were very, very passionate about the proposal and i had my own strong view. and the one thing that always struck me about you is that you, whatever the disagreement, you were always just so professional and kind and courteous and very persistent in pushing what you thought was right. but just incredibly professional. i always really appreciated that. i'll tell you and this is i

now red light cameras cost the city 800,000 a year and many cities are lucky if they break even so tonight it goes before the city council. tonight we will tell you which crashes we saw more of because of cameras were installed in the first place. >>> happening now, cardinals from around the world are meeting at the vatican. it is their second day of meetings to discuss candidates for the next pope. the most prominent is on the short list on the roman catholic church. we have the ash bishop from -- archbishop from man nasa. >> it seemed like the time had arrived right in that moment. >> the cardinals are expected to select the pope sometime next week and that will allow the catholic leader to preside over holy week, which begins with palm sunday and ends with easter. >>> ratings for president barack obama tumbled as a result of that sequester taking affect. it dropped after congress and the president did not work out a deal on reducing the deficit and it triggered 85 billion in spending cuts. we will found out more about how we will be affected and we will have more on the cuts backs -- cu

they got lucky, but a lot of kids particularly in the inner cities don't get lucky, and they go to jailse things and i think it's a mistake. >> michael: but so far eric holder has shown little leniency. over the entire 8 years of the bush administration there were 200 raids on dispen series. the obama administration has raided two as much in half the time. colorado and washington residents voted to fully legalize marijuana in their state. eric holder has yet to decide how he'll deal with state laws which contradict federal bans on marijuana. joining me now is jon walker, a senior policy analyst with "fire dog lake," a progressive news site. john has been covering the ongoing fight when the feds and the state when it comes to marijuana policy. jon, according to the latest quinnipiac polls, legalizing pot is showing similar numbers to support of gay marriage. is pot the new gay marriage? >> yeah, well the polling for pot and gay marriage is remarkably similar, and it has been that way for years. both have seen a 20% increase in support in the past decade, and both are subject to the same

city. officers that can't how lucky we are in a position to help people. how lucky we are to put on a san francisco police officer uniform. it's for this reason that i want the kid that sees a san francisco cop for the first time. we owe them our best. with this in mind, all the people that are selected today are tomorrow's leader. one thing i like about leadership to have talent and character and ability to think on their feet. and eagerness to demonstrate how to do it the right way. everyone on this stage has talent. and the secondary criteria. i am grateful to your family and friends for your tremendous character because they put that in the hard drive. you all have demonstrated the ability to think on your feet. and now i need you to have the eagerness and resolve as i do, that we can get there from there. and undermined by critics and obstacles. but we can move this proud department together. this no easy task as we are losing many senior folks as we speak. folks need to step up. we need officers to communicate effectively, and realize that interactio

story does of grand central and what this conversation does it reminds us of how lucky we are to live here in this citycky. >> rose: and have these monument monuments and these placeplaces that somehow are iconic, not only for us, but for america. un, and internationally. they represent-- these buildings and these places represent, you know, this remarkable urban experience that's called new york. >> and everybody, everybody has some association with grand central, no matter how intense or brief it was, everybody that you know has had some experience. >> and i don't think any building nonetheless city epitomizes that concept more than grand central. >> people now, they're using grand central-- i think of grand central now, i think of the arrival of the-- whereas 30, 40, 50 years ago people were using it to get out, to go to their summer or weekend places. people were leaving the city. now, in our time, people are coming back to the city. >> and you talk about the terminal conjures up ends, when in fact grand central is really a place of new begins, not the least of which its very own. >> 15, 16 years a

they got lucky but a lot of poor kids, particularly in the inner city don't get lucky. they don't have good attorneys. they go to jail for these things and i think it's a big mistake. >> bill: the question is senator paul the future of the republican party? joining us now from the republican fox news analyst karl rove. so is he? >> he could be part of it. whether do you mean by that is he the presidential nominee. ages to go before the 2016 campaign. >> bill: i don't mean that. i mean his mentality. is he a conservative individual. however, he doesn't want to get involved with the drug war. he doesn't want to intrude overseas. he wants to do a lot of libertarian things. so, that's what i'm looking at more than whether he will run -- i know he is going to run for president. his philosophy goes against a lot of conservative principles. >> there is a lot of conservative in the republican party. there are some things, you know, libertarians and economic conservatives are if a n. favor of reforming social security and medicare balancing the budget and reforming taxes there a

cities. i am very lucky to be part of the u.s. erence of mayors, and they allow me to represent san francisco as the innovative center for all the rest of the cities across the country. so we get to compare information and there. what these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d.c., and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it -- wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. finally, we also are using technology to join our private companies in hiring san franciscans. hopefully some of your kids, some of your grandkids as well, are going to enjoy some of these great jobs in san francisco, because the companies that are here, many of them have agreed to use the virtual hiring practice called hiresf.org and share the technology to hire online send franciscans. we're doing the right here in our great city. i have a chief innovation officer, jane, who is working in my office. he keeps a good connection for both me and them members of the board of supervisors to share in what

i hope you had a great time while you're here and you will continue to explore the city this weekend. you are very lucky because we have a great, great weather. it was winter not too long ago. i think the last 24 hours, and today it's borderline between spring and summer. so, you guys lucked out on the weather. i nominated the academy university because of its commitment, long-time commitment and dedication to the beautification of san francisco. they, too, have been involved as a partner with dpw going on 10 years. they have supported the community clean team. the students and faculty come every month in large numbers to plant trees, pick up litter on the streets, and abate graffiti. and in addition to that, the academy adopted 16 city blocks in the city whereby our cap a sigma fraternity go out there every other weekend to abate graffiti. * and i was hoping that they were supposed to be here, but i told them to be here at 4:15 to accept their award. but they're not here yet and that's too bad because i wanted you guys to meet them because they are a bunch of great, great young men who really cares for

lucky. a lot of poor kids in the inner city don't get lucky. >> we're seeing change on a lot of issues in washingtonis marijuana one of them? >> i think it is. it's difficult to argue with what senator paul said. there are a lot of people prosecuted because they don't have the resources to protect themselves legally. there's an argument worth making. but the process of looking for additional things to tax is what bothers me most. it's not about the legalization of it. it's the fact that washington and even state governments can't cut spending enough to where ne can balance their budget so they look for more things to tax and legalizing marijuana is just the next on the laundry list. where do they go from there? that's probably the bigger issue to me, the fact they can't get their spending under control. >> angela, we have two states now, a third considering it. is this just the start? >> i think it is just the start and i wholeheartedly disagree this is about an out of control spending problem. we have an economic crisis we're just recovering from. we have to figure out some real basic, common sense

i feel very lucky to be a mayor of a great city to have so many great parts working so fabulously together whether it's public works, fire chief, police stations working together. we do it locally and do it the right way. this is so exemplary of these kinds of projects that have gone all the way on every front to be so inclusive for everybody. and, just in a very short few weeks, we'll see the sailing races that begin. i know america's cup will be taking over this spot for the months for the races beginning this weekend, but in a very short time after that in march, we'll begin phase 2 of this project which is the public works and recollect recreation and park. phil is here to make sure this happens. you are standing on two-and-a-half acres that will be the most beautiful space you will see in your lifetime as we landscape this and there will be people that will appreciate this area that compliments this beautiful terminal and 20 thousand people will embark from this terminal and spends lots of money here. and now that is to fast forward these projects whether it's here, the space and now

lucky. a lot of kids in the inner city don't get lucky. >> what do you think of president bush's paintings?f the originals. he painted a picture of my wife and i and our dogs. >> our party could grow if we accepted something different than the cookie cutter conservatives. >> does this increase your interest in running for president? it sounds like the answer is yes. >> i want to be part of the answers to it. >>> let's get right to our panel. we're joined now by msnbc contributor goldie taylor. republican strategist hogan g gidley and political strategist angela rye. i'm going to start with you, senator rand paul out there this weekend making the case for the more libertarian type of conservatism as opposed to what he called the cookie cutter conservatism. you think that's going to help the party with young voters who supported president clinton -- sorry, president obama, over mitt romney by margin of 24 percentage points? >> i don't know that it does help or doesn't help. what i first have to get clear is what is libertarian conservatism? the two don't seem to mesh for me. you're talking ab

lucky to have mr. murphy serve in our city. he has done before in a great capacity and is a leader in our community and certainly involved with our locals and other communities as well. he's a great family man and has an incredible wife and daughter. and this is exactly to me the type of person we would want to have serve on our city government. we know port commission has a lot of issues coming up. i think we can give lip service to the mayor's difference, but i will fully support mr. murphy today. >> colleagues, any additional comments? let's take a vote. >> supervisor wiener, avalos, no, breed aye, campos no, supervisor chiu, no, supervisor cohen aye, ferrel aye, supervisor kim aye, supervisor mar? no. 7 ayes, 4 nos. >> the motion is approved. >> item 14. >> designating 320-236 a landmark and environmental findings. >> roll call vote. >> supervisor tang, wiener aye, avalos aye, supervisor breed? aye s supervisor campos aye, chiu aye, ferrel aye, kim aye, mar aye. there are 11 ayes. >> next item. >> a business to professional