and and the store is run by ernie and martha austin. their daughter, too. they donate proceeds to the civil rights academy, the emergency fund, the rainbow honor walked and other community interests. the commission wishes cliff's success for many years to come. >> we would like to invite you to say a few words to the commission. >> we appreciate this honor and everything you are doing for small businesses in san francisco. thank you very much. >>-she is being a little too modest. and how many people are employed? 40 employees, i think that is really an accomplishment in san francisco at this time. [applause] president o'brien: thank you, congratulations again. >> item 3, approval of the september 12, 2011 minutes. the document and draft. president o'brien: do we have a motion to approve? hong >>-mo>> i move. >> i second. president o'brien: no objections, the motion passes. >> approval of the october 3, 2011 minutes. president o'brien: do we have a motion? >> i move. >> second. president o'brien: everybody in favor? >> item 5, general public comment. they ca

. -- martha, austin texas -- austin, texas.ler: i'm glad you pointed out this country was not founded as a christian nation. thomas jefferson was off the enlightenment. he cut and pasted the bible. it is the -- is not recorded that he went to church very much. if there is a book you can read called "moral enlightenment." why has religion sprung up now so heavy? do you not think we should be a little suspicious when rick perry says god told him to run for the presidency and his wife saying the same thing? host: jim wallis of sojourners magazine. guest: let me relate the comment richard made. the founding fathers brought liberty to many, but not to slaves. no matter what their religion was, they were slave owners and they did not challenge slavery, so lot of people were left out. guest: they knew what was the great unfinished business, but they also knew it would not be a country had they not punted slavery down the road. guest: i would call it america's -- guest: i would call it america's original sin. regard as of their faith,

. -- martha, austin texas -- austin, texas. caller: i'm glad you pointed out this country was not founded as a christian nation. thomas jefferson was off the enlightenment. he cut and pasted the bible. it is the -- is not recorded that he went to church very much. if there is a book you can read called "moral enlightenment." -- 'moral minorities.' why has religion sprung up now so heavy? do you not think we should be a little suspicious when rick perry says god told him to run for the presidency and his wife saying the same thing? host: jim wallis of sojourners magazine. guest: let me relate the comment richard made. the founding fathers brought liberty to many, but not to slaves. no matter what their religion was, they were slave owners and they did not challenge slavery, so lot of people were left out. guest: they knew what was the great unfinished business, but they also knew it would not be a country had they not punted slavery down the road. guest: i would call it america's original sin. guest: from settlement, the origina

by the way that is how they do it back home in austin, texas. martha this story continues to brew in washington because more than a billion dollars is missing in customer cash and former new jersey governor jon corzine, former senator as well as you know, is taking the heat from lawmakers on capitol hill saying he knew, really didn't know that much about the money transfer. take a listen to that all this. >> you had money that moved that shouldn't have moved. who other than you is it the treasury department within, that has the authority to move that money? >> yes, sir. >> have prior to this, this time that we're talking about now, the demise, the explosion here, were you ever, did you ever have unreconciled differences in your accounts. >> not to my knowledge. >> never? okay. that's good to hear. what's the first thing that would happen when they find out that there's something out of balance, something is unreconciled. would you gets a call as ceo from treasury? >> if it was serious imbalance, yes. martha: that was new york congressman michael grimm

martha takes us along on her ride. >> reporter: this morning, under gray skies, we joined general lloyd austin on his last helicopter ride as commander of u.s. is forces in iraq. >> we really do think we have helped move this forward. >> reporter: it was austin in 2003 who gave the order for the first u.s. troops to cross the border into iraq and austin, who today. >> i was here when we originally secured this airfield. and i am blessed to have the opportunity to be here again as we return it to its rightful owner, the iraqi people. >> reporter: the challenges for the iraqis are enormous. attacks are still frequent, charges of iraqi corruption, a constant. but today, the focus was on sacrifice, service and pride in what the u.s. military accomplished, even during its darkest days. >> every day required us to balance conflict and compassion. every step was a singular act of moral and physical courage. >> reporter: general dempsey was here in the beginning as well, he would be followed by a son and a daughter, who also served in the toughest of times. dempsey's wife today, speaking for so many families. >> when you ki