that is what toni morrison does. if there is a great lesson that i have learned from her, it is probably that. tavis: how do you go about writing a book like this that is usable, that is embraceable? does that make sense? >> it does. the same things -- i really deeply believe in the primacy of character. i believe my job as a writer to put a believable human being on a page. as much as writers are certainly concerned with things like themes and tropes and all these things that are sort of happening beneath the text, it seemed to me that first and foremost my job was not to do tricks are sure that i'm smart but to simply write these characters. i think that if you just like your characters, you end up with something that people can access. toertainly wouldn't deign speak for toni morrison, but obviously, what she is bringing to her characters is enormous and complex and deeply layered. she is also writing her characters. you can read her 17 times and you can access her the first time on one level, and you ask us for a

toni morrison. it's a blessing.zing, we have been sister friends all of these years and i'm grateful for her. i know that in truth, it takes one to know one and i am grateful. i know that toni is all of that and i know that you are, all of you literary folks, amazing. i mean amazing that you have chosen to give me a gift, to honor me and i am so pleased. it's amazing. i know that you are all writers and i am delighted that you have chosen to not only honor me but to ask ms. toni morrison to honor me and honor you, and that is who you are. there is an old statement, an old statement that says. ♪ when it looks like the sun. ♪ will not shine anymore. ♪ god put a rainbow in the clouds. ♪ amazing. [applause] amazing. [applause] the statement was inspired by the statement in genesis. it says that the rain had persisted so unrelentingly that people thought it would never see so in an attempt to put the people at ease, god put a rainbow in the sky. that is in genesis but in the 20th century -- i'm sorry the 19th century, so

tony morrison, it's a blessing. it's amazing, we have been sister friends all of these years and i am grateful for it. i know that in truth it takes one to know one and i am grateful. i know that tony is all of that and i know that you are, all of you literary folks, amazing. i mean, amazing that you have chosen to give me a gift, to honor me and i'm so pleased. it's amazing. i know that you are all writers and i am delighted that you have chosen to not only honor me that to ask ms. toni morrison to honor me and honor you. and that is who you are. there is an old statement, an old statement that says, when it looks like the sun will not shine anymore. ♪ god put a rainbow in the clouds. ♪ amazing. amazing. [applause] the statement was aspired in genesis. it it says that the rain had persisted so unrelenting -- people thought it would never ease. to put the people at ease, god put a rainbow in the sky. that is in genesis. but in the 20th century -- i'm sorry 19th century, some african-american poet, maybe a woman, i'm

morrison who helped it become a very established and professional way in getting the contract involved in getting this project to an amazing legal footing. the technology network in san jose who made this a crucial project. i want to call out a thanks to or tactical team. we know how to make it small, not over 150 feet in the air. we have a studio, zone engineering and i have to say thanks to hmr who has been a rock star and directly one of the reasons this is happening. an extremely talented project. thank you all. i also want to just take a moment to really acknowledge that while leo and i have done a lot of things m in this world, we would not be able to do it alone. there is only one person responsible for this project and that is executive director of the arts. luminarias. i can go on and on. i think i will throughout the night. do know that she's a special person and this entire community owes her a debt of gratitude. i want to thank leo and his family for bringing the level of artistic integrity for this work that somehow slipped through the progress of a work of contemporary ar

( laughter ) city councilors tim morrison and megan brain are taking a stand. >> well, i think the bongcot -- >> stephen: take your time. >> well, i think the dancing bong mascot may have just -- >> stephen: it's all right, start again. >> i think that the dancing bong mascot may have just danced its last dance. >> stephen: i didn't see that coming. these two are bringing the hammer down on bongy with swift, legal action. >> it's going to take months to get this law passed. >> stephen: but it's going to be a hard-hitting law, right, tim? >> so i proposed some legislation, a motion to suggest that if you want to use mascots on our public, municipal properties-- like our sidewalks, our parks and our streets-- you basically just need to have a permit. >> stephen: a permit? what the ( bleep )? that is it! >> you know, in canada we try to be polite, courteous, and considerate of everybody. >> stephen: polite? look at him. he's a spoiled flushy purple kite. what are you high? >> sir-- what was the question again? >> stephen: are you high? >> no, i'm not high. i don't-- i don't use marijuana,

maker movement a little bit like william morrison after the revolution they wanted to have more craft and design it wasn't a great movement unfortunately. i think the maker movement might be i want it to be successful but manufactured never went away. i think the second largest company in the united states people spent a lot of time in their garage making hot rods. i classify them in the continuous of the maker movement. so to inspire young kids the real prize its precision. adding manufacturing is a destruction from the amazing things that's going on which is robotics and we're going to make much higher quality at similar costs and to emphasize what might be the engine that drives this. large-scale manufacturing someone who sells products to a manufacturer and that manufacturer makes components and part and they make a profit and the retail makes a profit so one point they're all making 20 to 40 percent it's a big multiplier on the cost. what type of it automation is cheap you can have a finished permit and you earn all those margins so there's more room because their into the unsold

jane morrison. >> item one isordinance amending the police code to update the list of city job classifications responsible for enforcement of litter laws and having the power to issue citations for that purpose.. >> this has been introduced by supervisor cohen and we have a presentation. >> good morning supervisors, doug from the department of public works and if there are any questions, i am joined by sandra from the dpw operation's division and before you is an ordinance which is really a clean up ordinance on adding and subtracting certain city classifications who can issue the citations under the police code. for violation of various litter and ref fuse laws. we bring it before you today because we are on the verge of

i've go ahead live nation probably does a great job i watched van morrison not of the noise concerns but they do a nice job and they should keep the 50 conditions which is the 2012 they've allowed that's what the code likewise for. if the department is going to take the position on this matter that is a a special use district can be trumpeted in a non-adjacent ac 1 district i will stand corrected. i don't know that's how the code gets interpreted. the last time with the code commission and department made a change to the special knob hill district it's in our files the great bob made a text amendment to allow for private clubs and eating and drinking it was done by a text amendment it was not done by a zoning code. i've raised the issues and i'll look forward to the decision of the commission. thank you very much >> thank you. any additional public comment? >> president fong and members of the commission. i'm stanley thank you for the opportunity for this brief appearance. i wanted to speak on behalf of the knob hill association. i'm the corporate secretary. the board has 37 members

didn't crowd but people who programmed those spaces they've looked at the wind earth and fire and van morrison those might have been the repute i didn't crowds then but it's not that now. it's the masonic auditorium those acts wouldn't play at the masonic. this is highly appropriate and i'll move to approve with conditions >> second. >> commissioner. >> and commissioner hillis those are the conditions that were read by mr. guy. >> correct. >> regarding the pine tree yard. >> yes. i want to add a couple of comments i'm supportive and appreciate the comments about the su direct your attention. but in the big picture i'm exfoliated to see this project come forward and bring knob hill up. its been challenged by some of the great restaurants. there are three or four public garages in the area that's not a problem. when i hear the word concert used at the masonic it's difficult those are small intimated shows that's a great a place to hear shows. i'm supportive >> commissioner moore. >> this shows how effective a project can be. it's been an uphill battle but supervisor chu stepped in. those support

>> well, we see the six big stars, brian jones, jimi hendrix, janis joplin, jim morrison of the doorsinehouse. if we trace their lives back to childhood as i do in my new book "27" we find they are difficult childhoods, difficult relationships with their parents, trouble with drink and drugs early in life, and they were unstable people with personality disorders that were all in place before they became famous. then they became famous overnight. and the pressures of fame in their early 20s was another burden on people who are already psychologically weak. >> you heard lady gaga just a little while ago talked about her drug use and kind of made a mention about your book, the number 27. what worries you most about the music industry? is it, you know, the propensity of drug use there? and that we're going to see more of these artists join the 27 club? >> well, young people are drawn to the music business. they want to become famous, they want to express themselves. when we have someone like lady gaga or amy winehouse who are perhaps unstable people, they express their inner angst through

jane morrison. >> item one isordinance amending the police code to update the list of city job classifications responsible for enforcement of litter laws and having the power to issue citations for that purpose.. >> this has been introduced by supervisor cohen and we have a presentation. >> good morning supervisors, doug from the department of public works and if there are any questions, i am joined by sandra from the dpw operation's division and before you is an ordinance which is really a clean up ordinance on adding and subtracting certain city classifications who can issue the citations under the police code. for violation of various litter and ref fuse laws. we bring it before you today because we are on the verge of launching a new education out reach and then enforcement program that is funded through the garbage rates. and that program is going to be led, with the class 2917 rkts and so there will be a total of 8 people. >> and on this team there are going to be out in the neighbors they are going to be doing primarily out reach and trying to reduce the amount of illegal dumping that i

maker movement a little bit like william morrison after the revolution they wanted to have more craft and design it wasn't a great movement unfortunately. i think the maker movement might be i want it to be successful but manufactured never went away. i think the second largest company ith

a 2:57 like etta james "at last" or 4 minutes like van morrison's "have i told you lately that i love you"? i have to know! and kids bring a whole new set of uncertainty. junior ballpark it when you're gonna say your first word for me. a year? two years? i'll fire up the camera for "da da" but "choo-choo"? i don't know. mommy can brief me on that later. far matter, how long will the rest of my life take? 40 years? i don't have time for that, i'll be dead. how long until the first snow? how long until spring? how long until i'm out of ritz crackers? how long until i'm sick of them. will i ever wake up happy? how long will i take to find myself? do i have to move to nepal for a year or can i lock it down with one super moving pottery workshop? is life worth living if i actually have to live it? how long until this segment is over? jimmy, put up a countdown clock. now i can relax because if i know how long it is until this moment is over i can finally live in the (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody! my guest tonight has released a new line of christmas candles. i di

that was the case in lopez and morrison and unless you accept the narrowing -- >> nexus to the national consumers what i understood you to say in your brief but let me give you a hypothetical and tell me if your test needs it. say it is the same convention accept it relates only to gas and and there's a chemist out there, and implementing legislation mirrors the convention, the chemist out there who manufactures gas, sarin gas, pretty easy to manufacture and sent it through the ducts of a house and it kills everybody in it. does that have a nexus to national concerns? >> it does and it would be valid legislation because sarin is something that congress could prohibit in its uses. i understand how this applies to certain gas or other things, schedule 1 sentences talked about in the convention and the treaty. those are unlawful. what is particular unusual about the statute's application to something like potassium dichromate or vinegar or whatever you have is most of its possession and uses are perfectly lawful and chemical weapon in the government's theory is when it is used purely intra

someone shot and killed the victim in the 100 block of morrison avenue at 4:30 this morning. apparently, the two knew each other. >>> crews raised a sunken tugboat from the oakland estuary today. it released chemicals into the environment. today was part of a cleanup effort launched by oakland police last month. >>> a notorious san francisco intersection. this time, a man in a wheelchair was struck and killed. the man was in the crosswalk on market street and octavia boulevard. it's not clear if alcohol was a factor. the intersection is a hot spot for trouble. >> i'm not surprised. there's been a number of accidents in the past, 3, 4, 5 months. >> four days ago, a camera was installed to catch drivers making illegal turns. >>> the popular high school strategy now being used to keep younger students safe. >> california's biggest new casino is hours away from opening its doors. but is it a windfall for the county? the extra cost with hitting this jackpot. >> headlines down to the mid- to upper 30s. the number of the day is 44. we have gone 44 straight days in fall without a dro

he's 48-year-old donald morrison, screen name donni 1957 male.ne chat with a girl posing as a 15-year-old at 8:00 p.m. this very same night. wasting no time, he types "i want to meet you and fool around. are you up to meeting tonight, hon?" then he makes a plan to come to her house around 11:00 p.m. >> he's walking up. >> the guy is in the driveway. >> it's now 11:30 and look who is walking up the driveway. >> he's opening the door. >> hello. >> hey, come on in! >> you got a big house. >> try one of my cookies. they're so good. >> chocolate chip is my favorite. >> mine, too. >> i make them for christmas. i make about ten dozen of them. >> whoa. why so many? >> because we usually have family in from up north. we had like 14 of us here this year. >> holy cow. >> can i get you a glass of milk to go along with those cookies? >> sure. >> what's going on? >> i don't know. i just was talking to her, and she said come down and visit her. >> just like our other visitor, he admits he has a problem when it comes to underage girls. >> i have compulsions for

police say a man was slot and killed yesterday morning on morrison avenue. the victim was taken to the hospital by family members but he did not survive. a suspect was taken into custody two hours later. the victim and suspect knew each other. >> tonight in pleasanton hill, the city council will consider an ordinance to regulate firearms and ammunition sales with stores not located within 150' of a residence, banned from within 500' of a park or certain businesses, and within 1,000' of a daycare center or school. owners and employees have to pass a background check and dealers have to install surveillance video and an alarm system. >> the oakland a's are speak out on a bombshell suggestion that the green and cold consider playing across the bay at the home of the san francisco giants next season. abc7 news reporter, amy hollyfield, is at at&t park. >> the a's released a short statement in effect saying that the team is not planning on moving. the idea of a move to at&t park is certainly a talker in this area. san francisco fans are about as proud of their st

. >> deborah morrison: it's good when you're able to do something that you know is not wasteful at all, that every penny you've invested, there is that equal return and more. >> vanessa kirkland: can you imagine what that child's life is gonna be like now? it's just an awesome thought. and you just raise your hand and you say, thank you, god. >> call now and join the operation smile team. just $240 can provide a surgery that will change a child's life forever. or a gift of any amount will help a waiting child get the surgery they so desperately need. >> lou lipofsky: do it because it will make your life richer. do it because you will be setting an example as a role model for your children and your family. do it because it's the right thing to do >> dr. bill magee: we need to do more. we need to be in more places. we need to help more kids. >> thousands of children are waiting. please go to your phone now. help us change lives, one smile at a time. >> dr. bill magee: operation smile began when my wife kathy and i were asked to go on a medical mission to the philippines to take care of c

matthew morrison: he was the third generation in a family of theatrical producers. his grandfather oscar the first in opera, his father, willy, in vaudeville, his uncle arthur in operetta. oscar the second was blessed by genes and genius. he wrote the lyrics for over a thousand songs and the books for 45 operettas and musicals, many of them made into films, and still being performed today. no one changed theater history more than oscar hammerstein ii. oscar hammerstein ii: when a writer writes

. >> police say a man was shot and killed yesterday morning on morrison avenue. family members took the victim to the hospital but he did not survive. police took a suspect interest custody two hours later. investigators say the victim and the suspect knew each other. san jose has the same number of homicides at this time last year. >> a group of amtrak passengers from the bay area have quite a story after boarding a train for fresno yesterday. first, their train stalled in antioch. passengers were put on buses to stockton to get on another train. that second train ended up breaking down and it took five hours to eventually arrive at six hours behind schedule. >> let's check in with meteorologist, mike nicco, on the temperatures. >> we will be warm, close to average today after such a chilly week end and dark, too, with a lot of cloud cover. look what the temperatures did when the clouds departed: it is cooler. temperatures are in the 30's inrand and mid-to-upper 40's around the coast. by noon you can see how homogenized the air is. it is calming things. we be ar

tavis: your friend and mine, toni morrison, said to me in this -- on this program that black people have never bored me. it was a great line. i love that line. back to something you raised earlier in this conversation. looking at your work in retrospect, you made a joke when you say that there are some people might think you are not very objective about white folk. has the lens through which you look at white people, is it different than it was in the 1960s? >> i do reread. i think what i said is true, but that does not mean each and every. white andthemselves that is what is important to them. it is stupid. i have every right to consider it despicable and stupid. when we look at the other people who are dealing with i have a color in my skin like you have a color in your skin, then we get along. ,hen you look at the history you have to consider the history because it is a bad idea. necessarily fond of the fantasy. i do not have to fantasize where i was 1500 years ago. accept, youhave to know, this is where we are and this is what we want. what i want, and i got an opportunity to speak t

this happened early yesterday morning on morrison avenue. police say a man in his 30s was shot at least once. family members drove him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. in less than an hour, police say the suspect, who apparently knew his victim, was in custody. >> maybe 4:30, 5:00 in the morning some shots were fired down here at the end of the block. maybe four or five. >> the shooting marks the city's 39th homicide this year. that's five more than san jose had at the same time last year. >>> this morning san francisco police investigating a crash, a tragic crash that killed a man in a wheelchair. this happened overnight. it happened around midnight mere market street in octavia. so far, there's just very few details about this crash that have been released. the driver stayed at the scene, and it's unclear at this point if he or she will be facing any charges. the victim was a man in his 20s. >> the officers began to render aid. an ambulance responded, transported the victim to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short

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since the removal of the tips business president muhammad morrison july. egyptian forces have destroyed some one thousand two hundred tunnels that used to bring to a car is in weapons into gaza a hamas official said egypt's co chair of the tunnels at carson city economic crisis in kazakhstan reconstruction and caused sharp fuel and power shortages and that increase prices. hamas and egypt relations have been tense since kara accuses the islamist faction of meddling in its affairs and the half of the muslim brotherhood movement and ally of hamas israel allows car imports into cars and at different prices and not without a second set of rules to the fall and adt security concerns recent israeli military spokesman said that it is significant growth in smuggling by sea is joe is determined to prevent the transportation of weapons by water . see the rockin at bake is a distinct language that has a rich history spanning centuries until i sat down with esteban canadian doctor pink pastel and to discuss his latest book on the subjects. due to ill moroccan and a ba

--morrison i needed the afternoon to attend to some personal business. want your tea? with sugar? sure. well, i brung the sugar to you in that basket. two lumps? [makes noise] oh, hi, tammy. verna. all have to pay for things that we may find offensive. i mean, personally, i find the pentagon budget offensive, but i still pay my taxes. well, pardon me. and i'll tell you, gentle folk, if you seek the evidence, you won't have far to look for the devil and his legions are all around you. you need look no further than your neighborho movie screen. you need look no furer than the latest magazine. you need look no further than that television set that you're lookin' at right now to s him, to see that master showman, the one who dazzles your eyes while he blackens your soul. and who am i talkin' about? well, i think you know. i'm talkin' aboutthe antich. i'm talkin' about beelzebub. that's right, brothers and sisters. i'm talkin' about satan himself who appears before you in all his carnal guise and tempts you. that's right, dear. and i'm sure you know what i me

no pool gym which is to wean her young yanukovich betrayed ukraine ukraine as close to the wool morrison world as well protests in support of an eu trade pacts are in the second week ten thousand for a new contest is counted and independence plan for running on friday. gecko the support has also rallied. they say the president made the right decision to ditch the eu the eu promised to help this that is not helping. keep these promises. so why she's doing it. the guide to less than twenty miss anything what the president's duties and rights. it would be great if everyone supported with cf president chemical that attended an eu summit in a few rainy on friday in which he had been due to sign up to the pact. really i live to moscow he says his country will form ties with the eu at sometime in the future. once the brussels office the right financial aid to puke right not to thailand where author week of confrontation with the songs of the social conflict facing off this saturday. anti government protests is continuing that problem. brooke did great looking clothes she states catacombs accomp

morrissey meet the appearance in court these fees and charges died in fighting murder prosecutors say morrison could dump the killings of at least to be demonstrators during protests against ten in december last year voters made him and the first democratically elected head of state in egypt in history was the saddest illegitimate president he should not have to stand trial. hundreds of its supporters gathered in front of the courthouse members of his political base the muslim brotherhood called for nationwide protests. i am at the end of the day yes. it is bad. they look the truth is now fired tear gas at protesters and detained some of them. then after two hours of the word and yes it sounds expected to resume in january. tens of thousands of being rainy and gathered in the capital tehran and for the largest anti us rally in years unlike the thirty fourth anniversary of the start of the rain in hostage crisis since it is time to think outside the use of us and the state in nineteen seventy nine students joined the building and to dozens of people hostage. a countdown for more than a year the

caltrans spokesperson ivy morrison says the new bore will slow things down in the short term. at least until drivers get used to the new addition. drivers shouldn't get too used to the way things are now. caltrans will soon be starting a new fire safety project installing water lines inside the three older bores. this will require them to be taken out of service one at a time. that will take place sometime in 2014. >> a story you'll only see on kron four. it started when san francisco police stopped a man for riding his bike on the sidewalk. and ended with two officers injured, and four suspects recovering from injuries behind bars. kron four's dan rubin says the nearby residents are outraged and calling for justice following a street fight with police. >> i said excuse may, what is going on? they never said anything to me. >> pretty soon it was his body on the side of the road. and >> you can see him getting dragged down and get and beaten. >> after her brother started crying for help. >> he cannot breathe. i kept telling them that he could not breathe and to back up. >> the

morrissey meet the appearance in court these fees and charges died in fighting murder prosecutors say morrison could dump the killings of at least to be dst

heidi morrison said it may actually slow things down for those traveling west bound 24 but just in the short term. >> the dimentions are bigger, there is a higher ceiling, gel fans that are part of the ventilation system that is different than what they're use today seeing t.walls look different. they have stain less steel panels on them. it's beauty. but weapon don't want people to slow down and admire it too much. >> reporter: another possible tie up could come from the drivers that clog it up in a rush to try it out. >> people may vito get in and try the new tunnel out. you'll have your chance. be patient f.you don't do it tomorrow morning you'll do it soon. just drive safely. >>> checkout this video of a large car fire on 580 today. photographic backed up in both directions while firefighters and police got that under control. no one was hurt. >>> one woman is dead after a shooting near a nightclub at 6th and jeff phi where officers found a wounded woman in a parked car. one woman was pronounced dead. police are looking for witnesses to help track down the gunman. >>> san jose poli