this is now the most multi- cultural and multi-ethnic america ever. this documentary is still an indictment on the industry today, but how will this be received by the industry? >> i think they will love it. they have loved it and they have watched it. he awakened something inside of everyone as they watched it. you realize that there is not a triumph for success in this country that has not happened because of african-americans. the turning point, the paradigm shift, we are part of that. we can't continue to tell stories that don't include african-americans. whenever the story is, we are part of it. you'll be reminded of the great success. people say multi-cultural and they figure that is good enough. tavis: the project is called versailles 73. i think you want to check this out, video on demand. congratulations for bringing this story to the fore. glad have you here. i will see you next time, good night from l.a. keep the faith. >> all the americans, all the models were invited to dinner. they were invited upstairs so that we can die in the king's q

both campaigns were promoted extensively by a multi lingual, multi media advertising that included print advertising and 17 newspapers, muni bus exteriors, website banners and information and press releases. banners and kiosks in muni metro stations. additionally we ran over 650 30-second tv commercials on comcast tv, featuring the mayor and director reiskin promoting new year's eve ride free. this year's promotion got a boost from our friends at phillip yips 66, who underwrote the campaign with their sponsorship we were able to acquire additional advertising in the form of multi-lingual spots and traffic reports and led signage on the approaches to the bay bridge from december 26th through new year's eve. a centennial video produced by sfgovtv and the agencies's marketing department will be shown to the board on its january 29th workshop. looking forward to that. the agency has also developed various promotional items to be distributed to employees this month that include commemorative pins, centennial shoulder.s and coffee mugs. lastly on december 28th, members of the mta board and dir

-, multi-, multi-million dollar over budget. >> the story a lot of people don't know after we got selecto this project, the first price we came in with was $180 million. and the city said, you know, this is a great building, but we just don't want to spend that much money. so, the project was on the verge of being canceled. >> if you're looking at why this building came to be, in many ways it also included mayor gavin newsome, particularly, who really had an affection for this building. he saw the design. he saw the potential. he wanted to make sure that that building got built. and he said, do what you need to do, but please, if you can make that building work, we need to have that building in civic center. >> i happened to be at a green conference santa clara. he said you shouldn't cancel that project. can you work with us? michael cohen phoned me up the next day. can we cut $40 million out of this project? it was one person more responsible than any others, it's tony irons, was the architect that was responsible for the revitalization of city hall who came to my office and said, we ca

by god in order to bring to help the church have unity and to guide the church throughout the tum multis of history. there's been a lot of tumultuous periods in the history of the church. but by making this statement or making this move, this decision, the pope is reminding us, well, it's not the pope that runs the church. it's really god. we really believe that the pope is the work of god. and benedict has been reminding us that he -- >> he's also been given remarkably personal insights particularly in the audience about this decision that was made, that when he was chosen back in 2005, he wondered why this was being asked of him. he felt it was a great weight that was being placed on his

that's what i call exercise efficiency, or as tony says, multi-tasking for the body.at busy people like you and i need. >> as, you know, our company grew and grew and grew from one store to 100 stores to 200 stores to over 700 stores, um, so did my body. my days are long and they are packed and sometimes they don't end until 10, 11 p.m. at night, then they start over again early in the morning. i was packing on the pounds and the calories and was getting more and more overwhelmed by the size of my body and the state of my health, and my doctor actually looked at me and said, "your frame is not built to carry this much weight and you are going to be unhealthy." i feel like i even looked older than i do now. it was so hard for me because i had built this beautiful wardrobe and this great business. i couldn't even fit in sizes that we were selling. i couldn't fit in sizes that my friends were designing and it was embarrassing. with 10 minute trainer i've lost 35 pounds and five inches off my waist. i went from a size 12 to a size 2. it's massive, it's huge. it's also lif