honorable commission ers, i'm martin simon and here on behalf of sundance cinema which you know is a neighbor to this project. this commission has held numerous hearings on this application. i believe this is the 5th or 6th hearing. the commission has already heard from different parties on this project. the last application, it was denied. we were here on the original calendar for the final determination on the denial motion. the condition to deny this application is a correct one. the reason set forth in the staff report are compelling. this proposal for a loud late night nightclub use is entirely inconsistent with japan town and with it's on going revitalization efforts. the commission has heard from the leadership of the japan town community who have come out strongly against this proposal. i'm sorry to report contrary to some of the representation that you have heard today that the problems with paina, interfering with it's neighbors are continuing. even since the last hearing on this matter where you voted to deny this application, there was another incident. on july 4th, paina

for the catholic church, sister simone campbell, leader of nuns on the bus, which is a part of the network of national catholic social justice lobby. and father james martinat large for "america" magazine. sister simone, the pope also touched on the role of women in the church. he said, "we still do not have a theology of women. we need to create one. the church has discussed the ordination of women bishops and has decided against it. john paul ii gave a definitive answer to this. so that door is closed. but let us remember that mary is more important than the bishop's apostles, so women in the church are more important than bishops and priests." sister simone, what's your reaction to that? >> well, i'm not sure that we feel we're more important in the church. i think the pope's statements evidence, one, that he node that women are smart, are educated, have a lot to offer, and commented on many roles that women could play in the church. i think on the issue of ordination, however, he did say that that door is closed. but just on sunday we had the reading from the gospel of the story of the man who went and pounded on the door of his neighbor and kept poun

dr.al in vitro a king, and niece of martin luther king junior, and the founder of simon wise enthat you will center and museum of tolerance. dr. king, rab brabbi, plesh you are -- pleasure to have you here. tell me, do you see this case was blown out of proportion in regards to race or is this an honest and even a deserved reaction and a necessary reaction from the african-american community? >> governor, as i listened to your dialogue as you explained everything so thoroughly, i can only agree with you. as an african-american woman, as a mother, i do know and sympathize how the mother and father must feel. and so trayvon's deems have been buried with him. and of course, that's a very sensitive point, sensitive issues. as an african-american woman, i read my bible. my bible tells me mercy triumphs over justice, and that we're taught to love justice and love mercy, and walk humbly before our god. that's what i'm asking, not just as an african-american, not just as a woman, as an american, as a christian. i had a young man at church say to me this morning oh, i'm so sad, i'm so distressed

martin and his family. fredricka? >> thanks so much in new york. let's go to the west coast now. dan simon is in los angeles. how many folks turned out there, dan? >> reporter: well, you definitely have several hundred people here, still a few dozen folks behind me. i would certainly also echo what nick and alena said in terms of the messages coming out. we heard the same kinds of things here in los angeles. as one speaker put it, trayvon fell, but we rose up. i want you to listen now to how one activist expressed his outrage in the way this case has evolved. take a look. >> there are those who are trying to say that the killing of trayvon martin, a young black man with a hoodie, is not about racism. there are those that are trying to say that the profiling and the targeting by george zimmerman is not about racism. there are those who are trying to say that the verdict of freeing a killer of trayvon martin is not about race, that the jury followed the law. to those who say it's not about race, we say that we're living in a system of racism! >> reporter: this lasted for about an hour and a half. organizers an

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