, this is a good thing. -- the road to marshall -- marshall, this is a good thing. >> i saw you on broadway, and you had a great time there. what was the slight, playing him, in washington? >> i do not think that i will ever have as good of an experience as playing thurgood marshall as i did in washington. he went to school in washington and was born in baltimore, and he went to school at lincoln. the supreme court was right there. we actually have the opportunity to stand at the lectern in the supreme court, facing these justices, which is a very powerful thing. the airport in baltimore is named after him. we had a standing ovation every evening. much of this, some of this was for my performance but i have to give credit where the credit is due. most of that is because of his legacy and his work. as a hometown person. tavis: there is no follow-up question here, i am just curious. you mentioned that certain justices came to see this, including sonia sotomayor. what about justice thomas? >> he was not there. tavis: where was i? [laughter] >> you were waiting for me to take you out. tavis: i

president joe marshall? president marshall: present. vice-president mazzucco. vice president mazzucco: present. thank you, commissioners. also see it with the commissioners is the chief of police and the director of office complaints. mr. president, you have a quorum. president marshall: thank you, lieutenant. this is the regular meeting of the san francisco police commission, july 21, 2010, and please call item no. 1. >> item one, mr. president, his approval of the minutes for the meetings march 31, april 7, and it 14, 2010. -- and april 14, 2010. president marshall: we have the meeting minutes for march 31, april 7, and april 14. if there are no corrections? >> so moved. >> second? president marshall: alright, second. item number 2, please? >> this is public comment, were members of the public may address the commission for a time determined by the chair on items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission but do not appear on the agenda. president marshall: general public comment, anyone? none. item number three, please? >> item three i

president marshall: alrighty. i think the lieutenant has let us know that august 11 is law enforcement appreciation night with a game at the giants? >> that is correct. president marshall: i guess asking if we want to continue that this year. that would be august 11. vice president mazzucco: if it would let officers attend the game, i would be in favor of that. commissioner hammer: i have attended the game before and the giants put on a good production. our law enforcement officers families who died in the line of duty in oakland, san jose, san francisco, the surrounding areas, it is a class act. it in honor of those officers and officers who want to attend, i think that would be a good idea. president marshall: i think that is agreed by everyone. commissioner hammer? commissioner hammer: thank you. two minor matters. we had discussion here about the possibility of tweaking the rules in terms of discipline. one of the weaknesses is the hearing officer procedure, the case is set out, it floats, and it drags on at t

president marshall: all right, anything else? all right, we will take public comment on the item 4 a * b. none. we will move to item no. 5. >> item number five, mr. president, is public comment on all matters pertaining to the closed session. closed session is described under items 7a, b, and c. 7a is pursuant to government code 54957 administrative code 67.10, personal exception, discussion and possible action to adopt findings of fact supporting the commission's decision given march 17, 2010 in case number kmo d08-013 and jwf c08-014. the second item is pursuant to government code 54957 and 67.10, discussion only conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation. the city as defendant, number of potential cases being one. president marshall: i don't think we're going to need item 7c. we will just plan to go into closed session on a and b. so we move to item no. 6. >> item six is to vote on whether to hold closed session. vice president mazzucco: so moved. commissioner hammer: second. president marshall: without objection, so

>> as you all know, the german marshall fund vehicle very kind to provide us with this -- has been very kind to provided us with this opportunity to have four of their european experts in bicycle planning, bicycle implementation and bicycle programs and they are experts on all aspects of the bicycle. and here in san francisco, you know, we are at this point trying to after a hiatus of three years because of court-ordered injunctions trying to implement our bike plan. so we all a collective goal, i believe, to increase the environmental and nick sustainability of the world around us that we participate in and especially in san francisco, but we do have a special responsibility because this place provides us with the opportunity that most other places don't. the geometry and geography of san francisco is up that it is easier for us being in a city of short trips to veil ourselves to other alternatives to the car. so when we want to reclaim the street and the public right-of-way and the public realm for people and basic human needs of access to the humanities that urban environments provid

exhibit f is the emption practice nation of several of her memos to justice marshall. miss kagan offered this explanation for one karg guising litigants as good and bad guys. for once it was on the side of the angels and one that expressed fear that the court might create bad law on abortion and/or prisoners' rights. in memo after memo one gets the sense that she was not simply channelling her boss was indeed expressing her own policy views on matters before the court and that they had as much to do with who they were as what the issues were. exhibit g is her conflicting testimony on the question of same-sex marriage. prior to her confirmation as solicitor general when she was not restricted as judicial nominees are in her ability to comment on issues that may come before the courts senator cornyn asked miss kagan a simple and direct question about her personal views. "do you believe that there is a fundamental constitutional right to same-sex marriage"? her answer then was or at least appeared to be unmistakably clear. she wrote "there is no federal constitutional rig

elena kagan concluded as i do that justice marshall believed devoutly in the rule of law. he was a man of the law in the highest sense. he understood the constitution's promise of quality to its core. i believe that she does too. senator sessions? >>hank you. mr. chairman. i've got to say, you'veushed us hard. sometimes, we didn't want to go as fast as you pushed us. but i did tell the president and you that we would do our best to be ready for the hearing before the july recess. i think we did our best to have a good hearing, perhaps people will think we did. we are now in position to vote in committee today, well before the august recess. and that meets the goal that you and the president asked to us meet. i don't think it's at all inappropriate that we take some time and be prepared to ask questions and think about the nominees. senators are so busy. the american people are busy. and they are entitleto have some time to think about the nominee before we go forward. and i just would say that we have sort of different roles in the process. and i feel like that you are --

death penalty case. >> when you clerked for justice marshall. his views on the death penalty were well known. can you recall conversations with him on the subject when you were a clerk? >> well, they were well known. and his clerks had as a kind of special responsibility, and justice brennan's clerk as well. and clerks carry out the vision of the people for whom they work. and justice marshall and justice brennan did believe that the death penalty was unconstitutional in all its applications. but more specifically, i think viewed themselves as having a special role in each death penalty case to make sure there were no special problems in the imp position of a death penalty and if there were to pring those to the attention of the rest of the court to make sure those issues would not be missed or overlooked. and the clerks, that was a significant part of the job. >> and for the record, your position as you view this issue, if you're confirm, becomes the supreme court justice could be different than that of justice marshall? >> senator durbin, it w

when thurgood marshall said this was the constitution. they counted slaves at 3/5 of a human beinging, didn't do anything about that original sin of our country, and the 14th amendment changed that. the 14th amendment was an enormous break after the civil war. and created a different constitution for america. so partly the changes come in that way. but partly, they -- they come outside of the formal amendment process as well. what you said about plessi and brown is absolutely right. if you look at the specific intent of the drafters of the 14th amendment, they thought that the 14th amendment was perfectly consistent with segregated schools. i mean, you just have to -- you can't really argue otherwise as an historical matter. but in brown, the court said otherwise. and, you know, step by step by step, decision by decision, in large part, because it's inconsistent with the principles of the law with the draft that the 14th amendment laid down is inconsistent with that principle to have sessiongregated schools. that's how change can happen a

communication between the marshals was poor. communication with the police was poor. the allowed dangerous sleep dance groups of people to gather. even when it was clear it was a dangerous, they allowed an influx of other peop through the secutyait -- a security gate. i hasten to add this is on the basis of a preliminary police report. we will have to wait for the full state prosecutor's report, which will take some time to compile. until then, bling will go on. there will be lots of public anger. a lot of that will focus on the mayor of duisburg. lot of people believe he is ultimately responsible. politicians in germany are saying he should shoulder the political responsibility and step down, but hhas not do so. >> the german foreign minister has underscored turkey's privileged partnership with europe, saying its future with the eu -- he told the foreign minister turkey's bid to join the eu is not a foregone conclusion. he also focused on iran's nuclear program. turkey criticized a recent decision against iran. they agreed to run's nuclear program was unacceptable. t

marshal spokesman says judge susan bolton, has received thousands of phone calls and e-mails since her preliminary injunction this week. the threats are all being investigated. >>> on capitol hill, the house ethics committee is preparing to try new york congressman charles rangel for a series of ethics violations. the charges against the democrat have now been made public after a two-year investigation. jonathan karl has the story. >> reporter: the ethics committee report on rangel is detailed. and it is scathe. it accuses him of, quote, a pattern of disregard for the laws of the united states and for the rules of the house. in addition to failing to pay his taxes, the committee accuses rangel of using his position on the powerful ways and means committee, to raise money from big wall street corporations, like aig, citigroup and goldman sachs that had business before his committee. as for rangel, he insists he has never knowingly broken the rules of the house, violated themwatc he understands the seriousness of the allegations. >> years ago, i survived a chinese attack in north korea.

he happens to be our own german marshall fellow. honorable davis chiu. [applause] >> good morning. it is a real pleasure for me to be here for a number of reasons. first of all, a couple of years ago i was honored to be part of a group of american policy folks that was invited under the german marshall foundation to go to europe and to meet with policymakers in brussels and other points in europe to share ideas that we had from the united states. and it was a remarkably fruitful exchange and i think many of us that went on that trip brought back ideas to the united states that we are trying to legislate here locally. i'm also excited to see all of you here in part because some of you know, i'm one member of the board that doesn't have a car, that rides my bicycle many days of the week -- [applause] >> and like all of you, i think we are remarkably excited about the fact that the bike plan is moving forward, the fact that today is the start of the trial on market street, the fact that we are really moving our city's biking agenda forward. and i think with those of our friends from e

he's marshall front, chairman and chief investment officer at front barnett associates with about $500 million under management. he joins us from the c.m.e. group. >> welcome back to nbr. >> thanks, tom. >> tom: we awe the second quarter gross domestic products, and how do that figure with how your putting no the stock market. >> the numbers were a bit disappointing to some people, but for those watching the data playout, it should have been no surprises. we're more interested in no what happened the last quarter, but what is going to happen the next couple of quarters. and forward-looking economic data, institute and supply management numbers remain well in expansion territory, and indicators that we look at and find very interesting in the open market, such as stock prices up 7% in the month of july. the decline in gold, which means global fears are receding. and most particularly the baltic dry index, tom, which is a measure of global activity, as we see it, going forward. the baltic dry index is now up 12 times in the last 12 days and had about an 18% move up. we think it is a good

justice thurgood marshall argued brown v. board of edge kucation you and senator graham discussed, correct? >> yes, he did. >> and if i lumped brown v. board of education in with a list of cases i just mentioned, most people in the room would balk, don't you think? >> well, brown v. board of education is the kind of iconic case that doesn't belong on any list. >> well, there's a reason th that -- i mean, it is an exemplar of overturning a precedent that needed to be overturned. is that correct? would you say? >> yes, sir, mr. franken, yes. >> and that's because there is a place for judicial review in our legal system. i'm trying to make the distinction between judicial activism and not judicial activism. there are certain situations where the supreme court really should subject the law to heightened scrutiny. and this is what i think justice marshall was talking about when he said that the court should show, quote, special solicitude for the despise and disadvantaged. the people who went unprotected by every other part of gov

and marshall's largest coal and steel producer machel has posted an eighty two million dollars profit for the first quarter some analysts were expecting losses the result is a significant turnaround from last year when metro recorded a six hundred ninety million dollar loss during the same period. currency forgers have become less active in russia but they now prefer to counterfeit high value bills marshall central bank says the number of fake ruble bills as dropped sixteen percent. but the regulator saw a thirty percent jump in the number of high value knows also the bank has seen a rise in the number of the dollar bills thirty percent from. and more in a currency markets the euro is holding at a two month high against the dollar but according to alan clarke from b.m.p. probe the rally may be running out of steam. i think part of the reason your has improved is that some of. partly because of a stronger run in the equity market some of the jitters of the meltdown of the worst case scenario for euro zone and the banking sector have faded the rescue measures that been put in place the

marshal spokesman says judge susan bolton received thousands of phone calls and e-mails. being investigated. >>> mexico is claiming a major victory against its drug cartels. the army says it has killed ignacio "nacho" coronel. a key figure in the country's powerful methamphetamine trade. he died in a gun fight with soldiers near guadalajara. the fbi had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture. the operations smuggled so many drugs into the u.s. >>> montana investigators should know today if a captured grizzly is the bear that killed a camper. dna test results are due today. traps set at a campground snared a female bear and her three cubs. mike marusarz has more. >> reporter: as the campers snuggled into their tents for a night of hibernation, what they didn't know was a bear was stalking the forest in yellowstone national park. until piercing screams from life long camper deb freeelement e sounded a warning. >> next thing i know this bear's chewing on my arm. i screamed. he bit harder. i screamed harder. >> reporter: those bites snapped bones i

before you leave, i would really like to thank the mpc and the german marshall fund. >> if anybody is interested in the presentation, there are some real interesting slides. we will be posting them on our website. if you want to leave your business card, we will make sure that we keep you on the list to receive e-mail notification about that. he did leave that on the table, or hand them to lizzie, who is right there by the pillar, or hand them to me. we will make sure that you get notification of that. >> thank you all very much. thank you, peter, thank you, neil. thank you all for coming.

they are thurgood marshall high school like school crew. -- light show crew. they were formed to demonstrate asian culture through the art of glow sticks. glow sticks are synonymous with the buyer dancing from hawaii. they did a great job with those close sticks. -- with those glow stick. i am going to serve as your mc. the first rule of thumb i get to ask of all of you is please turn off your cell phones. we would really appreciate it if you could check right now to see that yourself bones are on silent mode are completely off. -- that your cell phones are completely off or on silent mode. we have some great performances coming up. they deserve your attention. we ask you the favor to check your phones right now. i am delighted to have been asked to serve as your mc today. i am from hawaii, third generation. i am all about asia/pacific. it is so important to me. i know it is to all of you. to start us off right away, i want to say please welcome a wonderful performer. she will give up her heart and soul. she is going to sing our national anthem. would you plea

the agency is spending three pipeline investigators to the source of the leak in marshall.vestigator will go to enbridge's pipeline control center in edmonton, alberta, canada. the so-called go teams will investigate the pipeline accident and the oil spill. >> that again was coverage from our affiliate wzzm in grand rapids. we'll be right back with more news. >>> this is news for all you insomniacs. we assume there's a lot watching at this hour. we're going to introduce you to a fourth-generation insomniac who went searching for the cure for her sleep disorder. >> patricia morrisroe is the author of the book fittingly entitled "wide awake," something we know very well. our barry mitchell set down his accordion to get some advice on sleep. >> from the city that never sleeps, the journalist that never sleeps. patricia morrisroe, author of "wide awake." a memoir of insomnia. tell us some of the stranger places your research took you. >> i went to the ice hotel beyond the arctic circle. where i tried to sleep in the hotel made completely of ice and then went to interview a rein

miss kagan urged justice marshall to deny the petition for one reason. i'm not sympathetic. supreme court rules set forth the standards for granting -- i'm not sympathetic is not among them. if miss kagan meant that she was not sympathetic with his legal position, remember that the court had ruled that the second amendment was only a collective right, not an individual right. had miss kagan meant she was not sympathetic, she turned her back on a man who was made into a felon for exercising his right to keep and bear arms. in 1997, in prince v. united states, the supreme court struck down the brady bill requirement that state and local law enforcement officers must work for the federal government doing background checks on handgun sales. while that case was still pending, the clinton white house was designing a strategy should it loose the case and miss kagan was in the thick of it. an e-mail reveals her role. based on elena's suggestions, i have options as to what potus could do by executive action. for example, could he by executive order prohibit a federal firearms license

extend our strong appreciation to the status of all of our offices who have helped considerably in marshalling all of those fine nuances that often go unnoticed. they somehow become the hinge or the glue that keeps us moving forward as a unit. i want to extend our confidence to the mayor and his staff and the budget office. i have been part

extend our strong appreciation to the status of all of our offices who have helped considerably in marshalling all of those fine nuances that often go unnoticed. they somehow become the hinge or the glue that keeps us moving forward as a unit. i want to extend our confidence to the mayor and his staff and the budget office. i have been part of the budget negotiations. at times, we may disagree. there was not one time where it may be collegial. there would be a high respect and pride that we have for the offices that we maintain and the honor that we feel in representing the people of san francisco.

i want to first thank supervisor maxwell for her leadership in trying to and helping marshal this to this particular stage. i want to thank all stake holders who have worked from the city, both from the community and from the business community to help make this, in their minds, the best project possible and i want to thank all the stake holders who are opposed or who have been apprehensive about this project, who have worked so hard to make this the best project as possible as well. the supervisor from the fillmore, i represent the fifth district and that should not be at all from this discussion. the first largest -- [inaudible] took place in our district known as the fillmore. for years as i was leading up to elected office which is one of the reasons why i did because i think of the wayward and misguided steps with urban renewal and redevelopment blessed by the city had allowed in japan town. i vowed it would never happen again. i made that clear because it was important for people to realize in the community itself with the fillmore and the western division as well as citiwide,

he's a duly appointed federal marshal. he's howard hughes.ok at the ups and downs in the career of leonardo dicaprio. >> dr. harris. >> do you concur? >> we create the world. you bring thesu

the military tried 50 of them for mutiny, and thurgood marshal represented them in court. >>> at yosemiteational park all crowneds -- campgrounds are open again. and yosemite has a mobile plaiks that features the height of the falls and 22 points of interests round the route. and visitors can easily locate restrooms, shuttle bus stops. a possession of the proceeds will go to the conquer conservancy. >> an unusual day. the mercury rose above 90 degrees in 38 states. >> alan: this weekend, scorching hot temperatures are affecting people from coast to coast, especially in the northeast and central parts of the country. this heat wave follows the month of june which was the hottest on record. >> reporter: it seems like the hottest summer ever. >> we're looking at least 48 states, at least one city in each state reaching a high of 90 or more and that's extremely unusual this time of the year. >> reporter: most americans agree. >> too hat. hot. >> reporter: doctors say the old and young must be careful by staying indoors and only exercise in the morning and evening, and watch out for sign offic

president marshall -- president maxwell: thank you very much. next person. >> i am a big year resident. -- a bayview resident. i am a resident. i live there, it is not a pretty sight. we want our conditions to be better. we want to have jobs. you know, we want to be able to make sure our kids are safe in the neighborhood. you know, we want the killing to stop. if you change or reform it, you are going to change our way of living. i am also for the shipyard. i ask you to consider this, please, please, and we all voted for you, too. president maxwell: supervisor mar would like to ask you a question. supervisor mar: one of the comments that hit me hard and one comment that hit me hard was the analysis the african american population has been decimated by different developments over the last generations and the this product will have a gentrifying impact so african americans will be pushed out of the city's in even higher numbers, and i am just wondering what you are thinking about that. >> i am here tuesday, and i know we have already started an in

that ordinance and he remembered the fire, brought back to the city council on behalf of the fire marshal, who said that this would be a good idea for york city with his preponderant of wood frame buildings. the concerns of increased costs in addition to the effect on small roofers, they will adjust in 11 years. new york city has infinitely more construction than seven sisters and a density that is on par. as a constituent here, seeing the apart -- department's response and the fire department's lack of response, we went for this legislation two years ago. they know it is a consistent issue. to date if you have concerns regarding the band, personally i have yet to see anyone with a vested interest in terms of a written policy or any part of the fire department to proactively address this issue. and it is an issue. seven to 10 fires each year but there is no change in the permitting process, enforcement admits that they do not really enforcing. two weeks after my fire, picking up the remains of my belongings, the roofers came back to finish the job with the same court to apply roofing. onl