they had not heard anything from our commissioners in paris, from mr. adams, mr. jay, mr. franklin and later mr. laurens. they didn't communicate with philadelphia. but the rumors were abound. these men knew they had to do something. he wrote to his friend, matthew ridley, quote, not much for the interest of america that peace should be made at present. think about that. not much in our interests that peace should be made. it is in our interest that the war be prolonged. meanwhile, up at the camp in newburgh, the officers muttering and murmuring, there arrived a new general. his name was horatio gates. horatio gates was not a man much troubled by principle or loyalty. early in the war he had distinguished him as the commander of the american army at the battle of saratoga. a great victor in saratoga where he defeated general burgoyne. we sometimes forget about that year, 1777. called by the british for the year of the hangman for the three sevens being the gallows. and, general washington retreated from brandywine, germantown, and lost philadelphia. washington's reputn

they had not heard anything from our commissioners in paris, from mr. adams, mr. jay, mr. franklin, and later mr. lawrence, they didn't communicate with philadelphia. but the rumors were about, these men in congress knew they had to act quickly, before peace came. governor morris wrote to his friend, quote, not much for the interest of america that peace should be made at present. think about that. not much in our interests that peace should be made. it is in our interest that the war be prolonged. meanwhile, up at the camp in newburg, the officers muttering and murmerring, there arrive a new general. hess name horacio gates. gates was not a man much troubled by principle or loyalty. earlier in the war he had distinguished himself as the commander of the american army at the battle of saratoga, the great victor of saratoga, where he defeated the general. what we sometimes for get about that year, 1777, called by the british the year of the hangman for the three 7s being gallows we forget in that same year that we were celebrating saratoga, the accomplishments of general ga

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i wanted to jump ahead to -- from the time of tom smith to mr. adamsin 1950 and at this point he has been -- he's raised a lot of money for a lot of democratic candidates and he has partnered in the name of loyal randolph in baltimore, kind of his front man and democratic leader, sort of took the mantel from from tom smith. and randolph became very friendly and a member of the legislature for a brief period and in 1946 talked her into performing what became something known as the colored women's democratic forum and she had a spinoff later which i'm sure we'll get to. that group was critical in registering black voters in baltimore in the fourth district which is the harry cummings district which was the greatest number of voters and became instrumental in breaking the lot on -- of the white political -- democratic political machine run by a name that some of you might recognize, jack pollack. and that was done in 1954 when harry coal ran as a state senator and harry coal ran as a republican and beat him and he was back and bank rolled and also helped

talking to people like harry cole, mr. adams. but it is astonishing to me how -- well, i'll just say -- i'm not sure i'm making my point here, but i'm trying to underscore the importance of in answering that question just to me how important it is just as a reader and trying to understand where we are now based on what we've seen in the past. >> i've been reflecting on the role of oral history. i've been talking a lot about the photographs. but actually the kelvin jackson collection is really important for this reason. we had a peculiar race relation situation here in baltimore. the protest you could photograph, but the actual situation that was being protested was different than further south. for example, we didn't have signs that said white and black. it must have been strange to a black person who came to baltimore from some other place how they figured out what they could or could not do. because we knew because we were baltimoreans and it was a strange mixture of things not really photographable. i mean, ford theater, black

president adams: thank you allen. >> thanks for persevering. next item, mr. president. president adams: yes. >> commissioners, item 6, presentation on the central market economic strategy report by jordan klein, office of economic and workforce development and we'll have a powerpoint in just a moment. >> so commissioners, our new commissioners, while jordan is setting up, periodically we have our staff from departments come and report to the commission on projects that are underway with the city that affects small business so that you can be updated and kept apprised of the work that they're doing and be able to ask any questions about what's happening so that you're well informed. >> well, while this is leading, i say good evening, commissioners, thanks for the opportunity to speak. maybe you have heard about central market in the news recently, so to director dick-endrizzi's point, i'm here to kind of fill you in on the work that we're doing in central market. >> jordan, would you prefer the other mic? >> yeah. let's do that. ok, here we go. rear ready. so you should h

mr. president? president adams: yes. >> ok. thank you. at this time we'll move on to our regular calendar. item 4, discussion of possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on board of supervisors file number 120047, planning code, including financial services within the definition of formula retail, commissioners, in your packet is the results of a brief survey that was taken of merchant groups. i also have the definition of financial services for your reference. we have the legislative digest along with the ordinance. also in the back of your binder, in the back pocket is the formula retail briefing that we provided you, and that applies for the ordinances today, along with the general that is for you to take home with you. president adams: at this time i need to recuse myself from this legislation as i am a banker in charge of opening up bank branches within the city and county of san francisco so per the city attorney i will be recusing myself on this legislation. commissioner yee riley? commissioner yee riley:

lashinsky who nos all things apple and one of the select few to hear the announcement, until adam found out mrcook was going to speak for two hours. adam, what do you make of this, did apple kind of get a marketing announcement, an initiative announcement, and uncle sam? >> well, clear the record, neil, i stayed to the bitter end, i don't want nasty rumors suggesting i walked out in the middle. >> neil: i thought, a sight of you falling asleep. >> not true either. it's a perilous comparison to compare apple with the united states government. >> neil: it shouldn't be. my point is it should not be. >> i'll tell you why, apple is not a democracy and our government is. we expect our representatives to tell us, and seek our conditions on things, and apple doesn't do nis that way. you know what's interesting about that though, because, apple acts like a democracy and it makes products that would serve everyone and where government makes policies that serve just the people they like. the government made an ipad. it would only be for right-handed people. >> neil: or union workers. >> i can't believe i

mr. chairman, thank you. adam secretary, this is my you since the announcement of the want to talk about a topic unrelated at least to cyber rel to security and the chairman just spoke about clear and present ernd i have had a conversation about over a long period of time is related to our food and animal sa security in this country and as you can imagine, can expect the ap o congressional delegation have in regard to include dollars related to agro and bioscience security facility to replace the aging plum island. you and you have had a number of conversations and i will live within my six minutes today to talk about this nongermane topic and we'll have a ll be togethere homeland supd i in just a few days. but i would n this opportunity to pass without, again, delivering the message to folks at homeland security who have throughout this process been our allies. and we consider that we have been your allies in an effort to animalt a facility designed to safety is protected. you and i had a conversation in march of

mr. zimmerman appeared adamant of pursuing travon martin without sufficient cause. >> you have to see whether that individual was under the influence of any drugs or alcohol. >> reporter: but abc news has learned that zimmerman wasn't tested that night. one of possible of police missteps that we found. the police department said that it stands by the investigation. >> do you think that his fate would have been same had he been white? >> nope. i don't think he would have been followed if he was a white kid. >> reporter: for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> our thanks to mat for that. >>> well, we're used to hearing about shark attacks throughout the summer, but in march? across florida this week, a series of attacks that had a mother fighting off a shark. why are these incidents happening earlier than ever, tania? >> listen any mother would tell you, she'll go to any length to protect her children, but one florida mother never thought that this would mean wrestling her teenaged daughter out of a shark. she said it was her worst nightmare. seeing an animal that bit her d

mr. simon adam curtis. >> [inaudible] da men [inaudible] >> paul tash. mrs. karyn tash. n..jim corw mrs. paulamr. simon wilson. mrs. wilson. [unintelligible] mr. stewart taylor ii mrs. ivan taylor. >> hi, how are you? >> i am very excited. >> mr. stephen gilbert. mr. oliver dowden mrs. lauren mann. mrs. smalls. mr. samuel hines. mrs. stacy mills. mrs. denise lewis. >> i am delighted to be here. [inaudible] i cannot begin to put it into words. i am filled with anticipation. [inaudible] i do not think so. the challenge is on. >> the honorable judge. mr. james lassiter. mrs. lassiter. mr. george tunis. mrs. ulga tunis. mrs. luiz ann rodgers. ms. hilary rosen. mr. john jkelly. mr. and mrs. -- mr. paul shinkman. dr. john feliz austion. mrs. maggie austin. mrs. lynn kaufman. >> we broke away there momentarily to take you out front. the president and first lady awaiting the arrival of david cameron and his wife samantha. live coverage here on c-span. >> very pretty. they look better than us. >> present. >> mr. george clooney. >> smiled. . mr. kerry -- mrs. dorothy -- >> great to be

mr. leopold has been adamant there is no leadership.e praised the fire and police chiefs but union leaders are at their breaking points. firefighters and police unions in arundel voted they have no confidence in their

adam caskey. >> beautiful day today. springlike. sunshine. mr. of sun and cloud. -- nature of sun and cause.weekend will be cooler but nice on sunday. right near 60. we will have the sunshine throughout the weekend. overall, agreeable. aeries of rain tonight and then again on tuesday. all right. >> looks good. that does it for us on thursday. "good morning america" is next.

mr. hopkins: in to the debates over same-sex marriage, i'm adam may as the push for the referendum pushes forward. >> getting a hunting and fishing license will be easier with a new website. >> i'm sharon gibala with traffic control. if if you are about to head out, fog and delays, a look at traffic cameras, over to tim. >> in for marty bass, the first morning weather center, widely scattered showers in to the last day of winter. we will have the complete forecast coming up in a few moments. get ready to meet the most famous dog in the world. that famous pose as well. ughgy from the artist joins us on coffee with, learn about his role with nintendo coming up. the morning edition will continue in a moment. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> we are looking at a decent day shaping up. temperatures in the 70-degree change for the next several days. 68 and wildly scattered showers for the amp and in to tomorrow. 5 tonight. for tomorrow, 73 degrees, fog in the morning, mostly cloudy with a thunderstorm in spots. we will have the complete forecast in a few moments. >>> what awaits you on the commute? if you are abo

adams: director dick-endrizzi? >> so i just want to be clear because mr. lowe had said it's not currently in the current form of legislation, but willing to amend to make sure that any use size over 75,000 square foot would then trigger an additional use so to support that proposed amendment, if that is something in addition to the roll-up of what you just said. >> why don't i restate my motion. i move that we approve this legislation with the provision that there is a maximum size of 75,000 square feet and a cause to prevent the roll yupt of existing spaces into larger spaces. >> i second it. president adams: roll call. commissioner dooley: may i ask for one clarification. are you saying prevent the roll-up or it would trigger it? >> that's a good question out of my general knowledge base here. >> i think trigger. >> you want to trigger a review. for example, i can imagine some cases where we wouldn't want 258 square feet to sit idle because no one wanted 258 square feet. if peer one said, well, i'll take that, maybe that's ok under a conditional use. so

mr. corolla rightly pointed out california got to be nice so you can't have the gold fish. nice word, adam? >> that's right. well, you know, it's all about the environment. all about good vibes and all about hope and change and being nice and not being the man and not being a big corporation and working for the man and that's what california is about. >> bill: all right. next on the run down as we continue from massachusetts. newt gingrich mocking president obama who, in turn, mocks the speaker. a lot of mocking going on. we will show it to you in just a few moments. >> bill: energy vision. >> i don't think the president quite gets it. there is no algae that's going to come out of in this summer. ' this is the dominant device by which the american people fill their cars and trucks. >> bill: lately we have heard a lot of professional politicians, a lot of the folks who are, you know, running for a certain office. [ laughter ] >> who shall go unnamed. [ laughter ] they have been talking down new sources of energy. if some of these folks were around when columbus set sail they must have been

mr. clooney shows no signs of giving up. he joked and reminded reporters what this is all about. paul adams for bbc news in washington. >> the latest version of the ipad went on sale today, another big promotional push for the electronic giant. focus on whating it takes to make the products. the company code of conduct for supplies insists all workers must be safe, barely paid, and well rested wherever they are in the world. -- fairly paid, and well rested wherever they are in the world. bbc spoke with workers in china who say they have little choice but to work long hours. >> the broken bones and burns are almost three months old but still visible. these men and women were making parts for ipad's when a cloud of aluminum dust exploded, the second such explosion in less than a year at one of apple's chinese suppliers. they worry they will be scarred for life. apple proudly displays the code of conduct for suppliers on its web site. it says factories risk having contracts terminated if they are unsafe or treat workers unfairly. the lead to -- alleged breaches of the code are easy to find. at

mr. corolla rightly pointed out california got to be nice so you can't have the gold fish. nice word, adamright. well, you know, it's all about the environment. all about good vibes and all about hope and change and being nice and not being the man and not being a big corporation and working for the man and that's what california is about. >> bill: all right. next on the run down as we continue from massachusetts. newt gingrich mocking president obama who, in turn, mocks the speaker. a lot of mocking going on. we will show it to you in just a few moments. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you coul

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