mr. wangther, kevin. this is the father of one of the boys i give guitar lessons to. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. have you seen vincent today? no. excuse me. should we go? wait, something's wrong. wang: ramón, have you seen vincent? no, vincent hasn't been here all day. we don't know where he is. he didn't come home for lunch and my wife is getting worried. somebody saw him with alex. that can't be, alex is home. let's call him and see if he's heard from vincent. vincent's missing. i heard. is there anything i can do, mr. wang? i don't know but thank you for offering. it's ringing. ( phone ringing ) ( phone continues ringing ) ramón: no one's answering. i'm going to have to go to the house to see if anything's wrong. maybe your phone is out of order. no, the answering machine picked up. sooner or later, we'll get a call from one of them. my wife is at home in case vincent calls there. is there anyone that can stay at your house to answer the phone? kevin and i would be glad to answ

your nephew and others who again one person who just spoke, mrs. wang and spoke about her efforts to see you and how she was mistreated repeatedly including strip searches. i think the word is getting out and there are a number of members of the national and international press here that your case is the test, the test of chinese commitment to protect you, which they've given. we're very dubious about those assurances. it's also the test of the united states as to whether or not human rights really do matter. so your plea that the secretary of state who did not meet with you in the embassy go to your hospital room and meet with you as you and your family and your supporters immediate to be on a plane coming to the united states as you put it for that rest that you so richly deserve. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> and chen, very quickly before you answer, christian bale, the great actor called one hour before this hearing to convey his solidarity and concern for your well being and that for the rest of your family. [ speaking in foreign language ] >

whereabouts and her well being, your nephew and others who, again -- one person who just spoke, mrs. wangoke about her efforts to see you and how she was mistreated repeatedly including strip searches, and i think the word is getting out, and there are a number of members of the national and international press here that your case is the test, the test of the chinese commitment to protect you which they've given, we're very dubious about those assurances, but it's also a test of the united states as to whether human rights really do matter. so your plea that the secretary of state, who did not meet with you in the embassy, go to your hospital room and meet with you and you and your family and your supporters need to be on a plane coming to the united states for, as you put it, that rest that you so richly deserve. [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese]

. >> mr. wang, i want to follow up on something you just said.re that if a student misses ten days in a six-month period and it's turned over to essentially the justice system. how much discretion did the judge have? what could he have punished her with? what were his choices? >> well, the texas legislative intent was not to punish the good student, but only to punish the troublemaker. here, this case, diana tran skipped classes. she has excuses. in the code it says very clearly if a student is going to miss class without excuses, but now she has excuses. so the discretionary power of the judge is fairly huge in this matter. after the judge, he said on the news after he has been informed, he believes that this is the right thing to do, to reverse the judgment that he already ordered previously. >> one of the things that seemed to be motivating the judge, in fact, was a sense of like sliply slope. if you don't come down hard on one student, the rest may get away with everything. let's play some of that. >> if you let one of them run loose, what ar

one person who just spoke, mrs. wang. she spoke of her efforts to see you and how she was mistreated, including steps searches. the word is getting out. there are a number of members of the press and international press. your case is the test of the chinese commitment to protect you, which they have given. we are very dubious about those assurances. it is also a test of the united states and whether or not human rights do manner. the secretary of state, who did not meet with you in the embassy, that she go to you and me to you and you and your family and supporters need to be on a plane coming to the united states, for the rest you deserve. >> [speaking chinese] >> and very quickly, christian bale, the great actor called one hour before this hearing to convey his solidarity and concern for your well-being and that of the rest of your family. this is about one but five hours. >> hello. i am the chairman of the independent party. i am the founder of politics in people. it is great to have people here us tonight. i want to g

mr. wolf. let me ask, ms. wang you've only been here in the united states for about a month, and i think we need to underscore, you know, you personally -- i'm not sure how many times, but several times -- you know, undertook trips to visit with chen guangcheng. you talked about, you know, the body searches and the degrading treatment that you endured, and be i think the american public and the world, the western world, frankly, and all people need to be fully aware of just how vulnerable everybody else is who, who have aided and assisted chen. and all the more reason why and as reggie littlejohn underscores with exclamation points, he, why yeng's particular case is so important. if you could just elaborate on what others face. we're very worried about you. oh, before you go. >> just one thing. somebody just passed this to me, mr. chairman, and i feel like i ought to read it. again, i am told that there's a news story in "the washington post" or one of the major press quoting a u.s. official as explaining that u.s.

mrs. obama wore $540 sneakers and friends like vera wang.he doesn't get criticized for that so why should ann romney? >> first of all, one is the first lady. one hopes to be the first lady. that aside i'm not in favor of candidates wives or husbands or president's wives thus far no husbands there or children being attacked. they didn't sign up for this. they are not running for office. this is not a pack and deal. if you vote for mitt romney yes, his wife and kids move into the white house. >> it is a package deal. >> i don't agree because the wives don't dictate policy. >> i don't know about that. >> they might dictate fashion but not policy. >> michelle obama has been anointed as the most effective surrogate for her husband. the most popular cultural person in the united states. raises more money than any one except george clooney for him. she was at a fundraiser talking about her husband's healthcare bill. she has put herself out there as a policy advocate. when you do that, do you put yourself in the spot light sufficiently to be critiqu

mrs. obama wore $540 sneakers and friends like vera wang.oesn't get criticized for that so why should ann romney? >> first of all, one is the first lady. one hopes to be the first lady. that aside i'm not in favor of candidates wives or husbands or president's wives thus far no husbands there or children being attacked. they didn't sign up for this. they are not running for office. this is not a pack and deal. if you vote for mitt romney yes, his wife and kids move into the white house. >> it is a package deal. >> i don't agree because the wives don't dictate policy. >> i don't know about that. >> they might dictate fashion but not policy. >> michelle obama has been anointed as the most effective surrogate for her husband. the most popular cultural person in the united states. raises more money than any one except george clooney for him. she was at a fundraiser talking about her husband's healthcare bill. she has put herself out there as a policy advocate. when you do that, do you put yourself in the spot light sufficiently to be critiqued f

wang. we will get started. i also have darnell boyd, ron parks, peter gollta, and tammy chen. everyone has about two minutes. once she starts waving at you, please wrap it up. >> good evening, mr. mayor, everyone else. i am a member of dish. my concerns are with the proposed dph cuts to a number of services but to be homeless and formerly homeless, including 109 units of supportive housing. there is a proposal to relocate tenants to new housing coming on line, so it would be a net loss of 109 units. i am also concerned about the proposed cuts to drop-in centers, cuts to youth programs, and others. if there is a way to make sure there is enough financing to restore some of the proposed cuts in the health department's budget, that would be great. ultimately, it would save money in terms of -- dph is facing serious issues, but the cost of the system elsewhere -- it would be much greater his people can access the vital services that people need. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. i am, -- for the elderly. thank you, mr. mayor for your local hiring policy so as to provide more opportunities for san francisco job seekers. thank you to be office of economic and workforc