merl is also hiding in the background because he is also humble. these two banks have been huge up the supporters of affordable housing over the years. [ applause ] silicon valley bank i think we want to mention also the silicon valley bank has been instrumental in helping us secure affordable housing program grant for this project from the federal home loan bank system and thank the federal home loan bank and anita adams and her staff and still con valley bank for making that possible. it's a huge grant and a huge part of closing the gap. so thank you.

merl is also hiding in the background because he is also humble. these two banks have been huge up the supporters of affordable housing over the years. [ applause ] silicon valley bank i think we want to mention also the silicon valley bank has been instrumental in helping us secure affordable housing program grant for this project from the federal home loan bank system and thank the federal home loan bank and anita adams and her staff and still con valley bank for making that possible. it's a huge grant and a huge part of closing the gap. so thank you. [ applause ] i have been given the inevitable task of thanking everyone. the department of health, they understood probably earlier than any other health department in the country that housing is health. and so they have been a huge part of the solution to homelessness in san francisco. here as they do in other buildings around the city, they are providing operating and service grants so that as people come into this building off the streets, we're able to help them stabilize, afford the housing tha

merle, the you have any closing comments?i just wanted to thank everybody, not on for your preparation and participation here, but really for the, your willingness and your ability to reach out and reach across boundaries. that's what really distinguishes this group is your willingness to work with election officials, to share your insights, and to listen to election officials. and i think you for that and look forward to working with all of you in the future. thank you. >> this week on c-span2, we are airing q&a interviews just before our primetime schedule. today at 6 p.m., supreme court justice antonin scalia discusses his book making your case, the art of persuading judges, which he wrote with brian gardner. the book offers advice to lawyers. at 7 p.m. eastern, neil barofsky talks about the time he spent at special inspector general in charge of oversight for the troubled asset relief program. he is the author of bailout, an inside account of the washington amend in main street while rescuing wall street. >> i think that

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merle king. >> thank you.ome to those joining us by the web cast and the panelists at the table, welcome and thank you for attending. earlier this morning we heard from poll workers, told managers, researchers, and the sick is the group's dividend advocacy groups about their issues what happened in the election, causation factors and most importantly recommendations for resolution going forward. at the end of the day we hope to summarize all of those points in an attempt to prioritize those things that the eac and state and locals should be looking at going forward. many of the topics, for example poll worker training have been touched on this morning but was poll worker training from the perspective of the poll workers themselves, many of the issues we touch on again, what is important about this session is we want to look at these issues from the perspective of the local election officials that is that office that is in between the development of the legislation and the policy and the voter and the ballot an

merle evers williams. >> america, we are higher here. our nation's capitol.january the 21st, 2013, the inauguration of our 45th president, barack obama. we come at this time to ask blessings upon our leaders. the president, vice president, members of congress, all elected and appointed officials of the united states of america. we are here to ask blessings upon our armed forces. blessings upon all who contribute to the essence of the american spirit, the american dream. the opportunity to become whatever our mankind, womankind allows us to be. this is the promise of america. as we sing the words of belief, this is my country, let us act upon the meaning that everyone is included. may the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of every woman, man, boy, and girl be honored. may all your people, especially the least of these fluorish in our blessed nation. 150 years after the emancipation proclamation and 50 years after the march on washington we celebrate the spirit of our ancestors which has allowed us to move from a nation of unborn hopes and a history of di

>> i was influenced by a guy named travis, merle travis.nd of like a walking bass. ♪ ♪ >> that was my, i threw in this finger, which -- [laughter] ♪ ♪ >>, um, that was the beginning of it. but it sort of allows you to play a baseline, and it's sort of a pianistic style because you can play with your right hand and your other fingers. >> what gave you the idea to do a slow version of handyman originally by jimmy jones? >> it was funny, you know, we were in the studio making a new album. we were cutting -- in our first day of tracking, we got three different songs recorded, songs that i had written and were ready for us to put down what we call basic tracks. and then you come back, and you sing the finished vocal on it or put other elements on it in an overdub. but we finished these three songs, and we still had, like, an hour and a half of studio time left before the meter ran out. and my friend danny said, you know, you always liked that song handyman, why don't we do a version of that? we whipped it up there in about 15 minutes, just came

in that spirit of faith, i would now like to introduce civil rights leader merle evers who committedmrs. evers will lead us i invocation. . >> america, we are here, our nation's capital, on this day, january the 21st, 2013, the inauguration of our 45th president, barack obama. we come at this time to ask blessings upon our leaders. the president, vice president, members of congress, all elected and appointed officials of the united states of america. we are here to ask blessings upon our armed forces, blessings upon all who contribute to the essence of the american spir yit, the american dream, the opportunity to become whatever our mankind, woman kind allows us to be. this is the promise of america. as we sing the words of belief, this is my country, let us act upon the meaning that everyone is included. may inherit dignitiy and inalienable rights of everyone, man, boy, and girl be honored. may all of your people, especially the least the these flourish in our blessed nation. 150 years after the emancipation proclamation and 50 years after the march on washington, we celebrate the s

without further ado, i will turn it over to merle and he will provide you with logistical information as well as opening comments. thank you again i have said this before and will say it again. he does this again without any payment at all. he even pays for his own travel. he is doing this freely out of the kind of his heart. we really appreciate it. >> thank you so much, analysts. is a pleasure to be here. -- thank you so much, alice. it is a pleasure to be here prepared -- to be here. we are here to identify the issues and the opportunities to improve election is going forward. a couple of approaches to go issues before we begin. the microphones on the table are being managed offstage. there is no need to turn them on. they will adjust the volume. there are two sets of microphones. the one is for transcription service. the taller microphone is the one being used to pick up amplification in the room. when we start this morning, i will ask our first panelist, megyn dillon, to do something i will ask each of you to do, which is to briefly describe your election experience in the cycle.

. >> you mentioned merle travis influenced you on your guitar playing style. what other musicians were inflewses on you? -- influences on you? >> rod cruder is still my favorite guitar player, although there are many, many to choose from. there's an album of his called paradise and lunch which was such a, you know, so formative for me. there was a guy when i was coming up named tom rush who played here at the cellar door, and he played in boston at the 47. he was, i really patterned myself after tom. just a guy with a guitar, folk musician, unapologetic folk musician. and i'd say those two and the beatles. >> what do you think of current pop music? [laughter] >> you know, i, i guess i don't like it a whole lot. [laughter] i think i'm -- [laughter] [applause] >> what would we find -- >> i sound just like my dad. [laughter] just like my dad. there is some, there are great people out there, i know it. and i don't mean to condemn it, blanket condemn it. but, you know, it seem -- i think it's passed me by a little bit. the sort of, i feel i have a wonderful career

. >> unintended circumstances merle refers to quite frequently. i think you all are to be commanded with the job you did do in the circumstances you were working under. no doubt about that. >> we couldn't have done it without the new york city police department [applause] thanks. the new york city police department, the mayor's office, the governor's office, league of women voters, election protection, everybody came together for us and we're so appreciatetive. >> there were some first-responders who did not live in new york state that came to help and my only feeling bad about that was that we were told that there were some first-responders that wanted to vote in new york state and because, as you we all know, our election laws are not that flexible, they could not. and there were some of them that did, because we saw the affidavit ballots and they couldn't be counted. >> yeah. >> that was, the downside of, one of the downsides of this. >> okay. >> do we have time to a little bit? >> we're going to come back because i think there are several ques