mr. melvyn holmes. i actually attended junior high with his daughter, and he was a great person. he loved his kids. he had two daughters, kenya and sarana, and he had reminded me of a story of i guess his daughter told him about how i took up for her at ben franklin because she came in seventh grade and not sixth grade with the rest of us. but she was quiet, she kept to herself, but she had a beautiful smile and she was always really sweet. and she's still a great person and her dad was a great person. it was clear that he was a great person because he had great kids and he was a loving, caring person who actually spent 39 years working for the city at the department of human services. mr. holmes had a collection of over 365 art pieces, of over 100 different african-american artists, including some of my favorites. [speaker not understood] and [speaker not understood] and sergeant johnson. and not only did he collect this amazing art, he shared it with museums. he shared it with the african-american art and culture complex. although we could barely afford the insurance to exhibit

. >> i think you mentioned briefly mrs. holmes had an interesting view on rights in general and on the role of the judiciary in protecting individual rights. you mentioned it briefly but it's just so important. >> it's one of the things that makes this decision so surprising. holmes is one of the early advocates of judicial restraint. the idea that judges should not stand in the way of what the majority wants to do. they shouldn't use individual rights as the racist to strike down what the elected officials in the white house and the state legislatures and the congress had decided. there is this line that he liked to repeat that said my fellow countrymen, i will help them. it's my job. he didn't think it was the role of the courts to stand in the way of with the majority wanted to do. that's one of the reasons he was a hero to young progresses. in the early 20th century constitutional rights were often used to strike down progressive legislation, progressive labor laws in particular. holmes had dissented from those decisions not b

on behalf of supervisor breed for the late melvyn holmes. and mr. ikenna waka. and on behalf of the full board of supervisors fully, sergeant nevil gittens and nelson mandela. >> colleagues, i want to take a moment to thank sfgovtv, charles kremenak and manny very last uke. i want to swish supervisor tang a happy birthday. with that madam clerk is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business today, mr. president. >> with that, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel]

. >> i think you mentioned briefly mrs. holmes had an interesting view on rights in general and on the role of the judiciary in protecting individual rights. you mentioned it briefly but it's just so important. >> it's one of the things that makes this decision so surprising. holmes is one of the early advocates of judicial restraint. the idea that judges should not stand in the way of what the majority wants to do. they shouldn't use individual rights as the racist to strike down what the elected officials in the white house and the state legislatures and the congress had decided. there is this line that he liked to repeat that said my fellow countrymen, i will help them. it's my job. he didn't think it was the role of the courts to stand in the way of with the majority wanted to do. that's one of the reasons he was a hero to young progresses. in the early 20th century constitutional rights were often used to strike down progressive legislation, progressive labor laws in particular. holmes had dissented from those decisions not b

mr. holmes' lawyers learned of, they wanted to know who told you this, how did you learn about it.nd she declined to tell them who. bill: it is breaking news now. judge, thanks, pleasure to have you on. >> pleasure, bill. be. bill: in such short order, too. martha: well, it could be the image from the mandela funeral talking today, president obama and cuba's ruler raul castro, a little handshake. should that have happened? we're getting a lot of interesting tweets on it right now, fair and balanced, coming up. bill: also, why scientists say an amazing discovery could change everything we know about the old red plain. martha: really? ♪ ♪ martha: we are back with this fox news alert. the scandal of the irs targeting tea party conservative groups is front anday on capitol him. president obama's pick to take over as irs commissioner faces a yuling confirmation -- grueling confirmation hearing today. carl cameron is live in washington with more on this for us. what do we expect today, karl? >> reporter: hi, martha. well, the hearing just got started x they took a brief break. they're go

indistinct sounds of radio channels as dial passes) (jazz plays over radio) (lively jazz playing) holmes: mrhave your handgun. it's just me. please. how'd you find me? you were tuning your radio... (turns radio off) ...when you called captain gregson. you dialed past a number of frequencies, but two stood out. columbia university's station has quite a weak signal strength-- just a few miles-- but it dwarfs the greek-language station that you skipped past. that's a micro-broadcaster, a tiny little station for the greek immigrant community. now, very little overlap between those two stations. just a few blocks, actually. there are a number of empty buildings within those blocks, but most of those are homes that are being remodeled. this one was seized under federal asset forfeiture laws, and, um... ta-da! (sighs) so, what do you want? you and i have both been profiled by kathryn drummond. you've read "the deductionist." you'll recall she doesn't predict a very pleasant end for me. no, no, she doesn't. she said that you were, um... destined for self-destruction. mmm. the term she used was self-

on behalf of supervisor breed for the late melvyn holmes. and mr. ikenna waka. and on behalf of the full board of supervisors fully, sergeant nevil gittens and nelson mandela. >> colleagues, i want to take a moment to thank sfgovtv, charles kremenak and manny very last uke. i want to swish supervisor tang a happy birthday. with that madam clerk is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business today, mr. president. >> with that, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] good morning, everybody thank you for attending the conference on market street. i think it's all part of the the initiation for the new ci o. when i got interviewed by the city administrator and mayor lee, i was told that for tradition of the 12 days of hercules it was to accomplish and the first one would be the easiest one. i would like to ask you to join me the very inspiring mayor who is going to tell you the first tasks of those 12 is. mayor lee? [ applause ] >> thank you, mark. well, you just met mark, he's our new cio for department of technology. he's

on behalf of supervisor breed for the late melvyn holmes. and mr. ikenna waka. and on behalf of the full board of supervisors fully, sergeant nevil gittens and nelson mandela. >> colleagues, i want to take a moment to thank sfgovtv, charles kremenak and manny very last uke. i want to swish supervisor tang a happy birthday. with that madam clerk is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business today, mr. president. >> with that, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] >> good morning, everyone. thank you for being here. it's a beautiful day in san francisco. my name is joaquin torres the director of economic and work force development and the mayor's investing neighborhood initiative which is an office coordinates through out our neighborhood commercial services that our private partners bring to bear. it also includes something we realize in the city which is the central market economic strategy. one of those objectives is ensuring that central market is a center here in our city. all of us here are here today to celebrate

on behalf of supervisor breed for the late melvyn holmes. and mr. ikenna waka. and on behalf of the full board of supervisors fully, sergeant nevil gittens and nelson mandela. >> colleagues, i want to take a moment to thank sfgovtv, charles kremenak and manny very last uke. i want to swish supervisor tang a happy birthday. with that madam clerk is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business today, mr. president. >> with that, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] and, welcome for the historic meeting between the small business commission and the transportation agency. >> these are two meetings. >> director brink man? >> present >> lee. >> present. >> nolan, >> present. >> rubke? >> present. >> direct heinieke will not be able to be here. you do have a quorum. >> for the small business commission. >> commissioner adams. >> here. >> dooley. >> here. >> white. >> here. >> ortiz-cartagena. >> here. >> commissioner riley. >> here. >> white. >> here. >> prohibition of the sounding of devices the ringing of devices are prohibi

on behalf of supervisor breed for the late melvyn holmes. and mr. ikenna waka. and on behalf of the full board of supervisors fully, sergeant nevil gittens and nelson mandela. >> colleagues, i want to take a moment to thank sfgovtv, charles kremenak and manny very last uke. i want to swish supervisor tang a happy birthday. with that madam clerk is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business today, mr. president. >> with that, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [gavel] >> the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting of the san francisco transportation authority occurring december 10, 2013, will begin shortly. >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority, finance committee, i'm scott weiner the vice chair of the committee and i will be chairing today's meeting to my left is commissioner david chiu and to my right is commissioner mark farrell. our clerk today is erika cheng and i want to thank sfgtv for broadcasting today's hearing. >> are there any announcements? >> no announcements would you rea

james holmes and so they depend on websites the colbert report mr corbett thank you very much indeed you're welcome. russia's president has ordered a tightening of security across the entire country following the bombings. in central moscow also in the reaction from the kremlin that well so far at this point we have information coming in this from the president who has met early in the day with the head of the federal security service in the ministry of the interior and coming out of that meeting during which the president has been debriefed by the. bible's officials about the situation in the volgograd region and in the southern russian republics and regions neighboring it coming out of that meeting the head of the federal security service is actually involved a grad right now overseeing the situation he's expected to have a meeting emergency meeting with the rest of the security officials in the city now also after another meeting with this time with the head of the national into terrorists community russian president has ordered dogs a heightened state of security be implemented t

mrs. jackson, her son and grandson are staying with family through the holidays. they need pretty much everything at this point. fire investigator still trying to figure out what started this lays. horace holmes abc 7 news. >> time to get a check on a messy traffic situation tonight. bob is in the traffic center. >> a lot of red we see on the map and a lot of delays over town. that interlude away from braddock road still stands although it -- all the way to 270. even the outer loop is still quite slow. 395 northbound getting into town is quite slow by the pentagon. the water main work is part of the problem on canal road area that has been a problem. outbound down to one lane. that is the pressure not only on but has been problematic elsewhere. things lookat what like out there. it is simply a mess as we look at the beltway near root for. four.te up toquite slow heading clarksburg and beyond. no incidents along the way. that is what looks like on friday. back to you. up, icc tolls are still piling up for maryland despite a new law to crack down on the problem. hear how much drivers now oh. >> it was scary to quit my job. >> is the ended the year so maybe you are organizing by clean your close

mr. mandela on the terrorist list, until july 2008. that's a source of shame to us. leadership led by the people like robinson and roger wilkins and holmeseedom. he always suppressed appreciation. >> may i ask you the last time you met with him and when you left if you got a sense that it would be the last time. >> it was difficult for him to hear at that time. he came to have a meeting. we took pictures together. we laughed. and i asked him about the farm where he finally was captured. and he said something interesting. he changed gears. he said, you know, that was the place i was captured. not full of regrets. and i didn't understand that. he said he became the commander of the military forces. they had been blowing up railroads and infrastructure trying to get south africa's attention. that was not working. they planned to escalate and maybe blow up a hospital or school or something of that sort. he said he would rather have been caught and spent 26 years in jail rather than have the blood of innocent people on his hands. and i just trembled when he said it. >> thank you. always a pleasure. good to see you. >>> president obama calls f

and eleanor holmes norton and maxine waters, for a year we demonstrated every day, going to jail to protest. the u.s. congress declared sanctions on south africa and apartheid. i met with mrsuld not go that far. so he knew the big lever to change the course was america. he came and expressed an appreciation in tours over and over again. he had high regard and high hopes for america. >> young people both here and in south africa, sadly, will know of mandela only from history books. what is it your wish that they be told about him? >> well, he was a persecuted political prisoner, he was tough, he tried nonviolent demonstration. that met with massacres. he tried the legal route. that was met with resistance. he finally became the commander of the uk, the military arm of south african, the anc troops. he was a freedom fighter fighting to end a system that lost all credibility in the world. but also having come through the scars of exile, the scars of 27 years of jail, through all of that, he said we must get up from here and don't linger here, that we must choose at this point reconciliation over retaliation and revenge. that's a critical turning point. he could have come out