m. cohen: all right aye. >> clerk: cohen aye. there are nine aye's. >> president m. cohen: the resolution to establish the discover community polk district and levy assessment is unanimously passed. congratulations. madam clerk? may we return to public comment? >> clerk: at this time madam president we will call the first speaker. >> president m. cohen: thank you. >> i want to start off with the fact that we already know there's a lot of disparities and discrimination that takes place. i want to start off saying today i have no problem in dealing with all nationalities as i take care of my business, not only on the inside of this building but the outside of this building too. sfgovtv, please? i want to demonstrate and give accommodations and demonstrate that all the age that work with you supervisors, this aid by the name of chelsey boulliard is a special tribute to me. i like the way she has taken care of business. because she is 6-7 months pregnant i have to persuade her to sit down when she is helping me pertaining to my issues. also want to point out that the trea

m. cohen: thank you. these items pass unanimously. madam clerk, let's go to the regular agenda starting with unfinished business. please call items 15-29. they comprise the budget and appropriation budget for all estimated receipts and ex pent tures -- expenditures of the city. item 16 is the annual salary ordinance to enumerate positions in the annual budget and appropriation ordinance for fiscal years ending june 30th, 2019 and june 30th, 2020. item 17 is neighborhood beautification and graffiti clean up fund. item 18 administrative code for all planning code enforcement activities. item 19 ordinance to amend the administrative code to increase the balance of the district attorney's revolving fund to approximately $2,200. item 20 ordinance to amend the health code to set patient rates provided by the department of public health, july 1, 2018, through june 30th, 2021. item 21 administrative code to reclassify mayor's fund for home ps and navigation partnership fund. authorize same fund to receive grants,

m. cohen: thank you. madam clerk, i would like to take a vote on 65 and then we will take a vote on 66-68. you called item 65? >> clerk: no ma'am. >> president m. cohen: call item 65. >> clerk: until after the close thed session. >> president m. cohen: okay, thank you. 66-68 then. can we take it same house, same call? without objection. this resolution is adopted. thank you. next item. >> clerk: item 69 is a resolution to retroactively approve a professional services contract for the management and operation of the airport's public parking facility, in an amount not to exceed $124 million through june 30th, 2023. >> president m. cohen: we can take this item same house, same call? without objection the resolution is adopted. please call item 70. >> clerk: resolution to authorize the mayor's office of housing and community development to expend community fund dollars in an amount of approximately $1.2 million to address various impacts of destabilization of south of market residents july 1st, 2018-june 30th

. >> she claims thatha m cohen paid her off to keep her quiet about an affair. prident trump denies the affair. >>> president trump is sitting down for day two at the nato summit in brussels. he will meet with leaders from georgia and ukraine, possibly to discuss russian occupation in those countries. this aftereoon, thedent will head to the u.k., to meet with the british prime minister and theresa may and queen elizabeth. more on that meeting and his summit with president vla amir putin i live report in about ten minutes. >>> happening today iairfax out, the school board is said to a public meeting o several measures. they go over how to pay for recommend changed.e things l more staff and replacing old locks on classroom doors and keeping them locked all the time. hiring 18 menl he support staff. this does not include officers or metal detectors. it will happen at jackson middle church.n falls >>> the father at the center of in ours' long amber alert maryland is facing charges. montgomery county police say that dwight perry stabbed his girlfriend in then back d

m. cohen: good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i want to welcome you to the july 24th, 2018 meeting of the board of supervisors. thank you for being here. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: supervisor brown. president cohen present supervisor fewer present. supervisor kim present. supervisor peskin presen

if michael cohen tells that version ofnd events if he could prove it, it could turn out to be the game changer, even for members of m trump's own party. >> is michael cohen lying? >> for more than a year, president trump and his surrogates have denied that he knew of the june 2016 meeting with kremlin-connected agents a trump toat included his son, his son-in-law, and his then campaign chairman,isho now behind bars. >> no, i didn't know anything about the meeting. >> do you tellour father anything about this? >> no. it was such ae nothing, ths nothing to tell. >> the president said he became aware ofit very recently, right before this came out, and that's when hwas notified. >> and just this week, the president repeated, i did nme know of thing with my son. sounds to me like someone is trying to make up stories in order to get himself out of an unrelated jam. that someone? the psident's former personal lawyer and fixco, michael hen, who is floating himself as a possible witness, making it clear he is willing to tell special counsel robert mueller that mr. trump knew about and approved of the meeting tbeforehand. s i

stephen m gone is the executive stephen m cohen has authored eight books on whistleblowing law, is known as andwhistleblowing expert, it also includes the whistleblower's handbook, a step-by-step guide in doing what is right. his historical research led to discovery -- led to the discovery of the first whistleblower law passed by the founding fathers in 1778. stephen is a history buff. he will recount the history of this landmark legislation for stephen,, but before there was his mother, karen -- corrine. stand up. [applause] 92 years old. keep on chugging. stephen, thank you for all you have done for whistleblowers. stephen: first, i want to thank everyone for coming, for caring, for doing what you have done. i want to mention a little bit about jane. she was one of the first fbi agents who was a woman. she had jurisdiction in what was known as indian country in north dakota. she was the only agent in that jurisdiction and the only woman agent all around. the charge on fighting child sex abuse, violence against women, and essentially was the champion of all women and child victims on th

private conversation recorded m between michael cohen and his client donald trump. last night it was released and despite all the breathlessness in the reporting, the tape is ambiguous, kind of hard to hear it -- it reveals no groundbreaking new information. let's just play it for you ourselves. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of all of thatv info regarding our friend david. i'm going to do that right away. i have spoken to alan weiss about how to set the whole thing up. all the stuff, you never know what that company is going to be. i'm all over that and i spoke to him about it, when it comes time for the financing. >> what financing? >> sean: what you just heard amounts to nothing. it never happened. the contents of that tape provide literally no new information. zero. zero significance here. no criminal law in question. what you just witnessed is something that occurs everyo single day at every major company in the country. crisis management to protect a brand's image and reputation. in this case, it's the trump organization. over on the destroy t

the left, in your media, are rolling out recent actions of one-time trump attorney michael cohen as some kind mf smoking gun against president trump. even michael cohen himself, if they would do their jobs, they are lazy and overpaid, has beena denying the accusations of collusion. he did it in testimony on capitol hill in 2017. he said, "given my proximity to the president of united states and the candidate, lets me say that i never saw anything coming ahead of anything, that demonstrated his involvement in russian interference or election or any form russian collusion." let me say it again. it's time for the witch hunt to end. we are now more than 14 months into this politically motivated fishing expedition, all designed to malign the president that you come of the american people, voted for. if the deep state, your corrupt media, all these elites, had their way, well, he never would have been president. that is why they rig the investigation into hillary to save her. now donald trump is theio leader of the free world, his decisions impact the lives of literally billions of people every day,

michael cohen is makingesll these m a movement in the house tompeach rod rosenstein. it's up to bob mueller, that's the answer. thanks, everybody, for joining us. our conversation will continue on the "washington week extra." we'll look back asecretary of state mike pompeo's congressional testimony this weeknd find white it revealed about u.s. foreign policy. you can findhat later tonight at pbs.org/washingtonweek. i'm robert costa. thanks for joining us. announcer: funding for "washington week" is provided -- newman's own foundation, donatingll profits from newman's own's food products to charity and nourishing the common good. the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation.o d patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbsom station iewers like you. meank you. [captioning perforby the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org.] >> you're watching pbs. narrator: a kqed

m. >> this comes just dayafter cohen's attorney released a secret recording after a conversation between cohen and trump in 2016. they discussed money to bury a story about a former "playboy" model who was claiming she had an affair with mr. trump a decade earlier. >>> twitter is helping mr. trump connect to supporters and launch explosive rants. his prolific use of that social media platform could come back to haunt him. "the nework times" is reporting that special counsel robert mueller is scrutinizing tweets about jeff sessions and james comey. the special counsel is looking at whether tse actions add up to attempts to obstruct the probe by intimidating witnesses> breaking news, north korea has turned over what they say are dozens omilitary remains from the korean war.te we go to molreen at the live desk. >> remains of five soldiers on their way home. hours ago, u.s. servicemen and women line up on the tarmac to recee the boxes from the north. you can see the boxes draped in the blue u.n. flags. the transfer is meant to fulfill a commitment made at the summit. those remains will be ho

. >> clerk: supervisor tang is on the -- >> president cohen: oh, i 'm sorry. >> supervisor tang: i'm curious why the use is or lose it clause is linked to the building permit and the site permit versus just one or the other, and if the sponsor could clarify that amendment. >> sure. so -- through the chair. >> president cohen: yes, please. >> we had heard those concerns, and the reason we added this in here is there was a fear the project sponsors would go and sell their entitlements or site permits and so forth, so i learned that at least in terms of the entitlements, there was no amend expiration, and so it was suggested to us that we actually put in here that was now actually the strongest language there is in terms of an ex-piration. after 36 months a building sponsor hasn't obtained their site or building permits. now building permits do expire i believe after three years for the larger projects. i believe those are the ones that are more valuable, and so we are trying to tie all of it together to achieve i think what the original individuals who suggested this amendment to us fo

abc news sources say attorney michael cohen recorded a conversation with president trump overpayment to a mremistres who is a former play boy model. the fbi seized the audiotape during a raid on michael cohen's office and home. >> could be a gold mine if they are talking about actions that could constitute a crime or some violation of election law or also, if it is found that there are other tapes. >> the president has denied the affair. >> legal experts say investigators will have to prove the hush money was to influence the elections and not just a personal benefit to make it a federal election crime. >> time now is 5:35. young people will march in san francisco to bring attention to a number of issues today. they're demanding climate change legislation and an end to border cruelty and greenhouse gas emissions. it starts at noon at the i.c.e. headquarters and they will march to aquatic park. >> also today, an environmental group will gather in berkeley to push for a statewide ban of styrofoam. through its summer campaign environmental california has gathered 10,000 petition signatures cal

michael cohen is ready to tell special counsel robertll m that donald trump knew a russian lawyer was promising dirt on hillary clinton before his son had that infamous meeting in trump tower during the campaign. until now, president trump denied kwing about the meeting. unimportant. it as donald trump jr. says nothing came of it. if russian lawyer in that meeting had a closerla onship with the russian government than she led on. she denies she was representing any russian authorities in their discussions with the trump caaign. for the cohen news, last night, president trump's attorney responded onn. cn rudy giuliani says,t ou simply calieve anything cohen says. >> this is the kind of witness d that ctroy your whole case. any finder of fact loses confidence in the case when yo re you're going to have such a string of lies, you can't trust him. >> this comes just days after n' coheattorney released a secret recording atier a conver between cohen and trump in 2016. they discussed money to bury a story about a former "playboy" modeo was claiming she had an affair with mr. trump a decade

information on the trump tower meeting is not the best information that michael cohen has, i can assure you of that. >> let's bring in selena mtkins, and rick tyler. good saturday morning to all three of you, rick, i'm going to start with you here and this audio recording that cohen's lawyer released earlier this morning. let's listen to a portion of that audio. >> i need to open up company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend, david. i'm all over that. and i spoke to allen about it. when it comes time for the financing -- >> what financing. >> well i have to pay -- >> pay cash? >> no no no, i got -- no no no. so we heard different virgersio of what is happening, we have not determined whether or not that recording camp. we can't found out what this is. how did you discover that exchange? >> michael cohen was telling then donald trump he was going it pay off -- not pay off. buy the rights to a story his frent david pe friend david picker, owns "national enquirer" purchased from her and refused to tell the story. look, we don't know if the tape was doctored, and we don't know if the entire tape was even re

how dangerous could michael cohen, the man who knows all caps secrets -- knows donald trump's secrets be? m: he holds the keys to the ot just because of the hush money to women, negotiating the deal on trump tower in moscow leading up to the campaign, mentioned in the infamous steele dossier on having traveledmeith alleged dications with the campaign. he denies that. also a deal with ukraine and russia to resolve their international dispute. he has information that would be problematic if it got introthe hands ofcutors. jane: how usual is it for a lawyer to record a client's conversation? kim: that is tremendously unusual. my understanding is that under new york law, it is not illegal, but it suggests that mr. cohen was concerned that later these conversations could behe problematic anould want to have some kind of documentation to demonstrate what happened in atthat moment. s not something that originally occurs certainly not without disclosures. the client. jane:en what would be thety for violating campaign-finance law? kim: two ways -- civilnc penalt, fil, and criminal penalties for maki

m. i want to go through this reporting more. there are tapes, other tapes of cohen other, quote, powerful individuals that the fbi seized beyond the president that could be embarrassing for people on the tape and for cohen, according to the source of the tape, the people are of significant. but we do know that cohen was also the attorney for the republican fund-raiser that had a similar deal because of cohe cohen's experience of helping the president, then businessman trump, had a role in paying a payment to a similar playboy model. >> i thought the key line from gloria and dana's reporting is giuliani and another source confirming that there are other recordings involving president trump. that we did not know with certainty, though i think you could have assumed given cohen's close relationship with trump. i think you're right, as we have reported over the past several months, we have pointed out that michael cohen was also involved in these kinds of dealings, he talked about being his fixer, he went out to fix these kinds of problems for trump, he wanted to make t

of the national enquirer before the election.a-m-i -- whose chief david pecker is a close friend of trump's -- never ran the story.mcdougal has accused cohenart in the ami deal.trump's campaign denied any knowledge of the ami deal in a november 2016 wall street journal report on the agreement.(nats) the fbi seized the mcdougal tape -- and others -- during an april raid of cohen's office -- part of the southern district of new york's criminal investigation into his business dealings -- including the 130-thousand dollar payment he made to porn star stormy daniels -- days before the 2016 election -- to keep her quiet about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter ( marty )that was athena jones reporting. multiple parties are interested in what could be on those tapes. one of them is michael avenatti, the lawyer for stormy daniels... who is suing both cohen and the president. coming up next... for the first time ever... the rugby seven's world cup is in the u-s. we'll see how fans flocked to a-t and t park to root for their teams. alcohol based mouthwash burns. and that could leave you with... burn face! but colgate total mouthwash is different. it ki

with a clear break from the president and p formersonal attorney michael cohen from the secret recording to new questions about what m trumpnew about a meeting between his oldest son and russians. >>> after delaying vladimir putin's invite to washington, the russian leader is suggesting a meeting in moscow, all this coming as the presint refuses to answer questions from the press. >> joining us now, nbc' political director and moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. a lot going on this week. michael cohen and his lawyer lanny davis have been all over the news this week with two big things. what's the significance of that recorded conversation? what's the significance of what came out last night about what hean allegedly to tell about that meeting? in i would say this -- first of all, what's resting, i've spoken to folks close to that ha circle in mic cohen's world, yes, theyid leak the recording. they decided to mak it public because they felt as if michael cohen was being unfairly labeled as more of a criminal in this when rudy giuliani w describing it. that was their motivation to do that. they do not take credi

. >>> abc news learning that michael cohen now says the president did, in fact, know about that meeting with the russians in trump tower before the m

of the national enquirer before the election.a-m-i -- whose chief david pecker is a close friend of trump's -- never ran the story.mcdougal has accused cohen of secretly taking part in the ami deal.trump's campaign denied any knowledge of the ami deal in a november 2016 wall street journal report on the agreement.(nats) the fbi seized the mcdougal tape -- and others -- during an april raid of cohen's office -- part of the southern district of new york's criminal investigation into his business dealings -- including the 130-thousand dollar payment he made to porn star stormy daniels -- days before the 2016 election -- to keep her quiet about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with trump that trump also denies.anderson cooper/ cnn: "and you had sex with him?" stormy daniels: "yes."anderson cooper/ cnn: "you were 27 and he was 60, were you physically attracted to him?"stormy daniels: "no."anderson cooper/ cnn: "not at all."stormy daniels: "no."the secret recordings may provide an answer to one of the biggest questions facinghe president -- just what does cohen have on him?trump's former fixer -- michael cohen/2011: "i protect mr. trump."has sen

ssesident trump and his long- time aiate comes despite cohen's past statements of loyalty.he told "vanity fair" magazine i'r an article last year--m the guy who would take a bullet for the president." but since then, it has become public that federal authoritiesr in new yorinvestigating cohen.e >> he's nowdicated to telling the truth to everyone and we'll see what happens. >> as to the wh behind cohen's apparent break with mr. trump, davis denied was still seeking a pardon for the president. for the pbs nehour, i'm yamiche alndor. he reporter who we heard just ask the preside he betrayed him was barred from the white house from attending an open press event in the rose garden. kaitlyn colin was told by the chief of staff and the pretess sey that her questions were "inappropriate." we take a closer look now at what we know about the president's former weather and his legal troubles with attorney renato mariotti. he's a former federalec pror. he currently works in private practice in chicago. renato mariotti, thank you for what do you hear in that recording that's significant? >> well, one thing they hear, judy, is ah discussionat m

m, everybody else is saying ah-ha? we look at this? >> i'm looking at e allegations against michael cohen, whether he's believable, if youe you wera journalist you wouldn't want to say it definitely was true. on the other hand i ve been a skeptic of the russia thing, so from 0 to 10 i have be a 3 because i think there was no campaign to collude, and i'm moving up to 5 or 6 these days st because there have been clouds of behavior that does begin to smell fishy, clouds of behavior surrounding whether russians actually got analytics from the democrat's computer and handed it to the trump weird timings with the russian at all times connected to the trump tweets and statements. then on the obstruction of justice side, mueller loking over the tweets and constellation of things. so there's no one thing whereca yo say they clued, that seems to elude us, but there are clouds of behavior that make it seem more plausible. >> woodruff: clouds of behavior, mark? i would say so. faceoff between donald trump and michael cohen isot to be confused with mother theresa ad abraham lincoln. both starts with o

m >> what's the other one with the president? >> the one on abc. >> "scandal." >> yes, "scandal." >> thank you guys. i appreciate it. michael cohen claiming that donald trump knew in advance of trump tower's meeting with the russians. rudy giuliani is slamming cohen tonight. is he helping or hurting the president. i'm a small business, but i have... big dreams... and big plans. so how do i make the efforts of 8 employees... feel like 50? how can i share new plans virtually? how can i download an e-file? virtual tours? zip-file? really big files? in seconds, not minutes... just like that. like everything... the answer is simple. i'll do what i've always done... dream more, dream faster, and above all... now, i'll dream gig. now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. >>> our breaking news tonight that donald trump knew of the russians meeting, offering dirt on hillary clinton. the president denied of knowing the meeting and now rudy giuliani is attacking cohen's credibility. >> i wagentlemen, good evening you. >> joe, give me the reaction of this news. >> not

rival p m l n sixty six cells as rigged the party is led by former prime minister now a sheriff who serving a prison sentence for corruption he claims the military interfered in the election to get cohen into office who before the vote imran khan spoke to r.t. about the challenges his country is facing. it is probably the biggest crisis financial crisis never was there such a fiscal deficit no was there such a huge trade deficit and never were the institutions in such a bad state as there in pakistan the way forward is immediate reformation of our state institutions of our regulators for financial regulators of the corruption ward watchdog. we need peace stability we need good relations and we certainly do need good relationship with the us u.s. is a superpower cannot be ignored unfortunately our relationship has been very one sided in the past the relationship has been whether you were us as used by august and as a hired gun so we are paid to do their work you know to to fight their war the u.s. has looked upon pakistan as an ally at once point and then as an enemy at the same time so it's the only time in history i can recall where an ally keeps bombing its ally i mean the drawings

m same house, same call. without objection it passes. madam clerk, call item 44 and 45. >> clerk: items 44 and 45, are two motions to approve president cohen's reapipement of dennis richards and kathrin moore to the planning commission for four-year terms ending july 1, 2022. >> all right, supervisor kim? >> i just want to thank both commissioner moore and richards for their service on the planning kim and i appreciate they're willing to continue to serve. this is commissioner moore's fourth term which is extraordinary. the planning commission is certainly not just a volunteer commission. it is a ton of work and many hours. and watching many planning commission meetings i just want to extend my appreciation to our two board appointees for all of their work and rigor and also for continuing on and i'm happy to be supporting these two appointees today. >> thank you. supervisor presidency kin. >> thank you, supervisor cohen and i want to thank you, madam president, for seeing fit to reappoint those two individuals that give voice to those who need to be heard before that important body. thank you. >> absolutely. all right, seeing that there are

the michael cohen credibility issue, where rudy giuliani and trump are being a little disingenuous, giuliani's suggestion that a government would never use a witness with credibility prob m proble problems. that is the essence of cooperating witnesses. they are not boy scouts, you have to use a criminal to catch a criminal. that's been the law in the united states for a long time. i guarantee you, he could tell you right now about several criminals he has used that are probably likable fellows that have credibility problems that are star cooperating witnesses. >> if you're trying to get to the bottom of the act it's best to have one that was involved or has first hand knowledge. >> they're there for a reason. i've called them who have done murders and put them on the stand. >> there's a point that you're creating credibility around the fact that they know the topic and trump's lawyers will attack that on the basis of this guy desperately needs a deal or trying to get out of it as donald trump says, some other issue. >> we say all the time, you can't penetrate a close the secretive network. there are some comparisons. you cannot penetrate that from the outside. you need a

m emerging in the last few minutes — what is the us media saying? it was the new york times which broke this story. two months before the us presidential election in 2016, michael cohenut to rudy giuliani, donald trump‘s personal lawyer who said that no payment was made and donald trump talked about if a payment were to be made, there would be a paper trail because it would be made by cheque and not cash. but what ended up cheque and not cash. but what ended up happening was that a tabloid magazine here in the united states whose chairman is friends with donald trump ended up paying karen mcdougal $150,000 for the rights to her story and then they decided not to publish the story whatsoever in what is called a catch and kill tactic by some tabloid magazines. so there have been some allegations that there was a connection between michael cohen and donald trump and the national enquirer‘s decision, rather than any direct payment. we also have to keep in mind that there is evidence that michael cohen made a 6—figure payment to stormy daniels, another former adult film actress who was alleging an affair with donald trump. that is something that donald trump has denied an

cohen asking cheney to sign a water boarding kit. >> that's the first time i've ever signed. they valuable. >> there's been pushback to the lengths, lies, sort of mesentation. >> some of the biggest has come from big names we haven't yet seen on the show. sar sarah palin. joe arpaio, we have reached out but they have not gotten back. >> thank you for standing up early for us. >>> so we want to talk tariffs a bit. president this morning tweeting tariffs are the greatest. either a country gets treated unfairly or gets treated. we are the piggy bank being robbed. here's what house speaker paul ryan said moments ago. >> i don't think tariffs are the right answer. i don't support tariffs. i think they are taxes and there are better tools we can use to hold abusers of trade laws and people -- countries that perpetuate unfair trade practices. i think there are better tools to get them to play fairly. >> that brings us to today's sources say with ann in a aa an. >> i think republican and democratic operatives are trying to figure out what impact they will have on the election. one thing this he agree on are it's not helpful for republicans. they are worr

m mrs. mcdougal. he knew nothing about any payment that was made to her, quote, unquote hush money. we found out that was not true. we found out that donald trump and michael cohen, they negotiated this. they put this together. they may say it's a reimbursement to the "national enquirer," but what we do know is donald trump lied about this. his white house lied about this. and, chris, let me just say this. we lived through eight years of barack obama when the drama that we had with barack obama was him ordering honey dejon mustard and wearing tan suits. my question to everyone is what if this was barack obama? we have not one playboy playmate but two. >> if trump had his way, we would have -- but it seems that team trump is happy this tape came out. why? >> first off, there was no payment made. i don't know what bakari is talking about. there was no payment made. there was payment discussed. and if you're going to make a payment to violate campaign finance rules and if you're going to make a payment to somehow obfuscate the law, you don't say -- donald trump at least according to the recording as reported, said, do i write a check? that's not -- that's not obvio

m. cohen: any other business before this body? >> clerk: yes, inmemoriam. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of late ms. sophia ma and motion made by supervisor cohen, mr. frederick robert gomez. >> president m. cohen: thank you. is there any business before us? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> president m. cohen: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [adjourned] >> look at that beautiful jellyfish. the way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. ♪ ♪ >> i was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. my dad was the rabbi in the community there. what i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder say