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. >> yeah, official communication is a very potent vehicle. it's very -- visual images have a way of provokes reaction. >> that's right, emotion. thank you all for taking the time to come in and talk about this. certainly find out more about "equal time" on facebook, and, of course, come back again for another edition of "equal time."
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. >> reporter: city officials, community activists and some businesses came out to celebrate. the ride down eighth street isn't as bumpy anymore but it won't look lick this with those street cars that were promised by 2012 for a while. d-d.o.t. says it could take another year and a half or two. >> i'll sit down and talk with our folks at d-d.o.t. and see how we move forward. >> reporter: gray had vowed the construction would be done by the end of june. he stopped in on neighborhood establishments for some gland handing but small talk aside, some area merchants were complaining. >> there has been a lot of damage suffered by business will you this or door. >> reporter: who could forget the noise, the construction, the congestion. he says since january there has still been small machinery parked in front of his building for work on improving the sidewalk. >> person who had the restaurant here had to go out of the business because no way in hell one can sustain a business having access of your clientele denied. >> reporter: he and others protested at the mayor's press conference c
. >> reporter: city officials, community activists and some businesses came out to celebrate. the ride down eighth street isn't as bumpy anymore but it won't look lick this with those street cars that were promised by 2012 for a while. d-d.o.t. says it could take another year and a half or two. >> i'll sit down and talk with our folks at d-d.o.t. and see how we move forward. >> reporter: gray had vowed the construction would be done by the end of june. he stopped in on...
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and ties with community or leaders and organizations the manual also says it's too great here for whether or not these tactics are being used effectively do they distract management officials from other work they need to do or embarrass them in front of their superiors associates families neighbors or friends in the community now seventy pages of waste in peak hours an intimate private business is more than we have time for tonight but it's obvious that big labor is stuck desperately trying to hang on to power by any means necessary and there's no doubt obama will be right there by its side. when we come back tom woods chairman of revolution rock will join me to talk about the new super pac written by ron paul supporters to get a congressman elected to president. anonymous as a run in with the f.b.i. as the feds swoop in on suspected hackers and if you've got the government was going to end with a bang think again stick around you're watching out on words of the man. wealthy british style. market. why no one should really happening to the global economy with much stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to the reports. they tell martin h
and ties with community or leaders and organizations the manual also says it's too great here for whether or not these tactics are being used effectively do they distract management officials from other work they need to do or embarrass them in front of their superiors associates families neighbors or friends in the community now seventy pages of waste in peak hours an intimate private business is more than we have time for tonight but it's obvious that big labor is stuck desperately trying to...
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the more voices and the more voices from different parts of the communities -- elected officials, interfaith groups, law-enforcement officials -- different voices saying this matters. that is the kind of thing that members of congress need to hear to be able to have the gumption to lead into the immigration issue, as opposed to run away from it. >> thank you for the invitation. i want to continue along those lines. one of the issues that adrian asked us to address was what can we do as san francisco residents? i have the luxury of not just working with immigrants and immigrant rights groups in the bay area, but i do the same thing with immigration policy centers in the d.c. d.c. does not hear enough from un meeting. and from members of the community. i urge you to set up a mechanism where you can of regularly get your message to washington, either by going yourself to testify, or sending residents of the county. i can honestly tell you, they do not see enough immigrants in the halls of washington. when i started as an immigration attorney in 1974, i met one of your commissioners. my workload
the more voices and the more voices from different parts of the communities -- elected officials, interfaith groups, law-enforcement officials -- different voices saying this matters. that is the kind of thing that members of congress need to hear to be able to have the gumption to lead into the immigration issue, as opposed to run away from it. >> thank you for the invitation. i want to continue along those lines. one of the issues that adrian asked us to address was what can we do as...
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communications day which is came out thursday, how is to be considering using it to close union? the universal service fund they'll pay down the deficit, congressional doctrine show hill and industry officials told communications daily majority leader eric cantor circulated a slide presentation to his colleagues tuesday that contain cuts and savings proposed in talks with vice president joe biden including between 20,000,000,025,000,000,000 quote, spectrum savings, all but a billion of that would come from spectrum auctions. >> guest: right. there's a lot of concepts there. i haven't been briefed by congress. congress tells us what to do, not the other way around the a lot of other issues, perhaps several hundred million dollars in direct payments over the years as well as 800, $900 million, call it a surplus. some accounts in this area don't like to call it a surplus, unused money. i don't know what leader candor is thinking in terms of which portion of the fund might be used for the. and, obviously, we have statutory commission to carry out our mission to help subsidize rural areas. >> so if your document using u.s. effort deficit reduction, is that just decreased amount of fun stuff able
communications day which is came out thursday, how is to be considering using it to close union? the universal service fund they'll pay down the deficit, congressional doctrine show hill and industry officials told communications daily majority leader eric cantor circulated a slide presentation to his colleagues tuesday that contain cuts and savings proposed in talks with vice president joe biden including between 20,000,000,025,000,000,000 quote, spectrum savings, all but a billion of that...
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8 in tampa, florida, where in nearby bradenton, a treasured member of the state's wildlife community officially became a party animal, celebrating a major milestone. over the weekend, snooty celebrated his 63rd birthday in style. a 63-year-old manatee. the manatee received cards and well wishes from all the folks there, then enjoyed a special birthday treat made of all his favorite fixings. snooty may be the oldest known manatee in captivity but all the signs point to him bringin( smiles to faces for years to come. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. >>> combining their love for each other with a love of the sea. one couple in mexico tied the knot underwater. it may be hard to see, but the bride wore a gown and the groom wore a beau tie. accompanied by 200 other divers, they said their vows and kissed about 16 feet below the surface. they say their goal was to bring attention to the plight of endangered sharks. >>> in london, the so-called gentleman is not a dying breed. dressed to the nines in their finest hats and bow ties, th
8 in tampa, florida, where in nearby bradenton, a treasured member of the state's wildlife community officially became a party animal, celebrating a major milestone. over the weekend, snooty celebrated his 63rd birthday in style. a 63-year-old manatee. the manatee received cards and well wishes from all the folks there, then enjoyed a special birthday treat made of all his favorite fixings. snooty may be the oldest known manatee in captivity but all the signs point to him bringin( smiles to...
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mark, one thing we learned that local officials can deal with their own communities better than the other folks. >> i think local officials can help but here they need outside help and i think it is prudent. we always talk about how great the private sector and business is on this channel. but what did business do? they deserted detroit and cleveland and all of the midwest cities . detroit, a third of the property is vacant there and 50 percent unemployment and business sector deserted detroit and it is not going to do. you want to burn it down. >> have the federal government take it over? >> i think they ought to get involved. the private sector is not solving the problem here. i would like to see rich move his entrepreneurism to detroit. >> are you being sarcastic. we need them. >> and i understand what mark is saying, but the federal government is not state of the art when it comes to ways to grow the economy and help out entrepreneurs as mark said. cities for years are acting like the tin cans. look what happened in new york in 1975. jerry ford said we will not nationalize locall debt
mark, one thing we learned that local officials can deal with their own communities better than the other folks. >> i think local officials can help but here they need outside help and i think it is prudent. we always talk about how great the private sector and business is on this channel. but what did business do? they deserted detroit and cleveland and all of the midwest cities . detroit, a third of the property is vacant there and 50 percent unemployment and business sector deserted...
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that i had the privilege of testifying about before you, the activity that enforcement officials visit on our communities is a result of the license that ice feels it has because of the employer sanctions. employer sanctions should be eliminated, but it will be expanded as part of the legislation. the other part of the legislation that will expand is probably an expansion of such concepts as aggravated felonies, elimination of the process rights, expansion of the 1996 legislation that president chu alluded to earlier, when in fact, we should be seeking methods for allowing immigration judges to have an option to provide second chances to people who are rehabilitated, people who have served their time. when the legislation becomes serious and introduced, you should speak out against these provisions. i can guarantee they will be there. instead of addressing the real problem of undocumented immigration -- just to be short about it, the problem is the mexican economy. we can do everything you want, mine the border, but the military on the border. until you address the imbalance of the economy's between the
that i had the privilege of testifying about before you, the activity that enforcement officials visit on our communities is a result of the license that ice feels it has because of the employer sanctions. employer sanctions should be eliminated, but it will be expanded as part of the legislation. the other part of the legislation that will expand is probably an expansion of such concepts as aggravated felonies, elimination of the process rights, expansion of the 1996 legislation that president...
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just over a day in the city of oakland doing a bit of a bike tour, meeting with elected officials there and a community open house last night where we had 80 folks turn out to listen to their talk. the other thing, obviously the public support and the public interest in this issue is alive and well and i think it's wonderful to see. i will also say that none of these events will be possible without some of our local sponsors. i specifically would like to call out the financial support we received from the bay area air quality management district and the city of oakland. they both came through with really substantial grants that allowed this to happen. sfmta, transportation planners also helped as well as my agency which i feel a little arm twisting back at the office. with that, i will hand it over to ellen, i would just like to find, if i can, jessica manzi, are you in this room? jessica helped a great deal to put together this program and i really appreciated all of her help and time over the last few weeks. so with that, ellen. >> thanks, doug. i want to make sure everyone can hear me. i have a love
just over a day in the city of oakland doing a bit of a bike tour, meeting with elected officials there and a community open house last night where we had 80 folks turn out to listen to their talk. the other thing, obviously the public support and the public interest in this issue is alive and well and i think it's wonderful to see. i will also say that none of these events will be possible without some of our local sponsors. i specifically would like to call out the financial support we...
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group of leaders went to sacramento to our state capital to meet with our elected officials to talk about the community work we are doing. the warriors had an opportunity to get involved in the political process and have their voices heard on the city and state level. the department of children, youth, and their families, is proud to be working with such wonderful and inspiring youth. now i would like to introduce the director of the department of children, youth, and their families. she has been an advocate of the use or your award and fellowship. please give her a werround of applause. [applause] >> thank you. i am so honored to be here. on behalf of our departments, citizens advisory committee, all of our staff, i want to congratulate all of our youth warriors for completing disfellowship. i also wanted knowledge the staff who has worked tirelessly to make this all happen. our youth department coordinator, nadia, peter -- who am i missing? with all the work, we have been able to make this a successful program. the program could not have been this successful, had it not been for the other members and
group of leaders went to sacramento to our state capital to meet with our elected officials to talk about the community work we are doing. the warriors had an opportunity to get involved in the political process and have their voices heard on the city and state level. the department of children, youth, and their families, is proud to be working with such wonderful and inspiring youth. now i would like to introduce the director of the department of children, youth, and their families. she has...
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community. [applause] also, our newest elected official, supervisor cohen, with her election last november at age is the youngest african-american ever to be elected to the board of supervisors. [applause] she is now san francisco's highest-ranking elected official who is african-american, one of three women on the 11-member body, and the only african- american on that 11-member body. let me read -- since we are short on time -- the letter from the united states senator, dianne feinstein. it reads, "dear mrs. colvin, it is a pleasure for me to join your friends, family, and colleagues in recognizing you for all the work you have done in the fight for civil rights. thank you for dedicating your life to the cause of equality. you have given so much to this country. when you refuse to give up your bus seat on march 2, 1955, it ignited a spark within montgomery, alabama, that helped begin the process of change. the landmark united states supreme court case that eventually ended segregation on all buses within this country could not have been achieved without your valiant efforts that began with your
community. [applause] also, our newest elected official, supervisor cohen, with her election last november at age is the youngest african-american ever to be elected to the board of supervisors. [applause] she is now san francisco's highest-ranking elected official who is african-american, one of three women on the 11-member body, and the only african- american on that 11-member body. let me read -- since we are short on time -- the letter from the united states senator, dianne feinstein. it...
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bart officials refused to comment. >> a community in mourning after police say a father killed his sonhen turned the gun on himself. these are pictures of the victim, andrew of university of san diego student. santa clara county sheriffs discovered the bodies last night in a home. deputies say they recovered a 38 caliber handgun from near the father's body. >>> we're going to see a couple changes this weekend starting tomorrow with slightly cooler temperatures into the afternoon with mid 80s inland and low 70s for our bay shores. into sunday, into the afternoon, we're going be seeing high clouds and possibly dry lightning down in the south bay. taking a live look outside. seeing plenty of shower activities and southeast california. also through arizona and nevada. subtropical moisture s over us. this is going to shift a little bit to the north, but mainly into sunday. it will bring us high cloud coverage for the south bay, but high base thunderstorms for the south bay mountains into sunday afternoon. that's going to mean just dry lightning, no rain expected out of it. as for tomorrow s
bart officials refused to comment. >> a community in mourning after police say a father killed his sonhen turned the gun on himself. these are pictures of the victim, andrew of university of san diego student. santa clara county sheriffs discovered the bodies last night in a home. deputies say they recovered a 38 caliber handgun from near the father's body. >>> we're going to see a couple changes this weekend starting tomorrow with slightly cooler temperatures into the afternoon...
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so called safe and sane fireworks are legal and only a handful of bay area communities. and officials urge caution even when using legal fireworks. >>> oakland police will set up an anonymous hot line for people to report illegal fireworks. that number you see it on the screen, 510-777-8814. the hot line will provide assistance in english, spanish, mandarin and vietnamese. the ktvu has more information. >>> pg & e is under fire for not being able to produce safety reports for natural pipelines. reports on an additional 15 closures are also suspected of being false. >>> the golden gate transit district has cancelled tomorrow's ferry service after employees announced this afternoon they are going on a one day strike. there will be no ferries from sausalito and larksburg to san francisco. golden gate bus service will not be affected. the union is striking over plans to eliminate ticket takers in order of self-serve machines. the transit district says it has to close an $89 million shortfall over five years. >> cost for operations continue to go up. but our ridership stays here and our tr
so called safe and sane fireworks are legal and only a handful of bay area communities. and officials urge caution even when using legal fireworks. >>> oakland police will set up an anonymous hot line for people to report illegal fireworks. that number you see it on the screen, 510-777-8814. the hot line will provide assistance in english, spanish, mandarin and vietnamese. the ktvu has more information. >>> pg & e is under fire for not being able to produce safety reports...
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. >> reporter: the annual parade is about tradition, community, honors our elected officials, police and fire department but also celebrates those in the armed forces and their willingness to lay down their lives to maintain our freedom and the freedom of others. >> i like the service jobs. they got our backs. when i see them i see glory, man. i see america, you know what i'm saying? >> this is a time to really come together and show what it is all about. the red, white and blue and especially now we need to show what our country is about. >> reporter: retired army sergeant came with his grand son. he is instilling respect for the country into him as evidence in our interview. >> everybody should respect their country. >> reporter: what's the infatuation with the 4th and parades? >> parades are such a part of america. i don't know. >> there is something special about parades. what exactly it is, i don't know. >> reporter: on this july 4th we honor america. it is a great country. >> it is good to be free in the usa. >> reporter: i'm lamont williams, abc 2 news. >> every time they play
. >> reporter: the annual parade is about tradition, community, honors our elected officials, police and fire department but also celebrates those in the armed forces and their willingness to lay down their lives to maintain our freedom and the freedom of others. >> i like the service jobs. they got our backs. when i see them i see glory, man. i see america, you know what i'm saying? >> this is a time to really come together and show what it is all about. the red, white and...
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so called safe and sane fireworks are legal and only a handful of bay area communities. and officials urge caution even when using legal fireworks. >>> oakland police will set up an anonymous hot line for people to report illegal fireworks. that number you see it on the screen, 510-777-8814. the hot line will provide assistance in english, spanish, mandarin and vietnamese. the ktvu has more information. >>> pg & e is under fire for not being able to produce safety reports for natural pipelines. reports on an additional 15 closures are also suspected of being false. >>> the golden gate transit district has cancelled tomorrow's ferry service after employees announced this afternoon they are going on a one day strike. there will be no ferries from sausalito and larksburg to san francisco. golden gate bus service will not be affected. the union is striking over plans to eliminate ticket takers in order of self-serve machines. the transit district says it has to close an $89 million shortfall over five years. >> cost for operations continue to go up. but our ridership stays here and our tr
so called safe and sane fireworks are legal and only a handful of bay area communities. and officials urge caution even when using legal fireworks. >>> oakland police will set up an anonymous hot line for people to report illegal fireworks. that number you see it on the screen, 510-777-8814. the hot line will provide assistance in english, spanish, mandarin and vietnamese. the ktvu has more information. >>> pg & e is under fire for not being able to produce safety reports...
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. >> space shuttle era officially comes to the end. last communication between the crew and mission control. >> san francisco police chief gets booed out of the bayview district. find out why residents there are frustrated with the department's handling of a weekend shooting. >>> good morning. thanks for waking up with us. it's thursday july 21st. i'm claudine wong. >>> i'm mike nobody. let's get a look at weather and traffic. first steve paulson. >>> thanks very much. change today compared to yesterday. low 80s and 90s but there's a bigger fog bank by a wide margin going to effect coast and bay temperatures. out of the 80s for many. 60s and 70s there. upper 80s for areas yesterday. cooler pattern unless you're well inland. >>> traffic moving along nicely if you are driving on the east shore freeway westbound good from the bridge to the macarthur maze. also right now traffic looking good on highway 4 coming up to the willow pass grade. now let's go back to the desk. >>> and at 5:01 we are on the scene of developing news in fairfield. we want to go back o
. >> space shuttle era officially comes to the end. last communication between the crew and mission control. >> san francisco police chief gets booed out of the bayview district. find out why residents there are frustrated with the department's handling of a weekend shooting. >>> good morning. thanks for waking up with us. it's thursday july 21st. i'm claudine wong. >>> i'm mike nobody. let's get a look at weather and traffic. first steve paulson. >>>...
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. >> reporter: officials will meet with community groups to discuss safety, especially around next year'say pride celebration. in san francisco, rob roth. >> two women are set to appear in court accused of a crime spree in emoryville. they face burglary and child endangerment charges. they broke into at least five cars. the baby of one of them was with them at the time. they were arrested friday night when they tried to return stolen items at a target store in exclay for gift cards. >> new developments in a scandal including late word that rupurt murdock's job could be in danger. >> and bay meadows, is golden gate field next? the possible etched of the bay area's last major horse track. ? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. . >>> richmond residents are looking at new ways to keep their community safe. one group started a program to help protect kids after
. >> reporter: officials will meet with community groups to discuss safety, especially around next year'say pride celebration. in san francisco, rob roth. >> two women are set to appear in court accused of a crime spree in emoryville. they face burglary and child endangerment charges. they broke into at least five cars. the baby of one of them was with them at the time. they were arrested friday night when they tried to return stolen items at a target store in exclay for gift cards....
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. >> reporter: officials will meet with community groups to discuss safety, especially around next year's gay pride celebration. in san francisco, rob roth. >> two women are set to appear in court accused of a crime spree in emoryville. they face burglary and child endangerment charges. they broke into at least five cars. the baby of one of them was with them at the time. they were arrested friday night when they tried to return stolen items at a target store in exclay for gift cards. >> new developments in a scandal including late word that rupurt murdock's job could be in danger. >> and bay meadows, . >>> richmond residents are looking at new ways to keep their community safe. one group started a program to help protect kids after school. >> first, second and third come to the front. >> reporter: schools out and they are ready to take the bus to camp. >> crossing. . >> reporter: not a yellow bus, they travel on their own two feet. they call it the walking school bus. >> we thought was going to be something that may be would work has completely transformed this neighborhood. >> reporter:
. >> reporter: officials will meet with community groups to discuss safety, especially around next year's gay pride celebration. in san francisco, rob roth. >> two women are set to appear in court accused of a crime spree in emoryville. they face burglary and child endangerment charges. they broke into at least five cars. the baby of one of them was with them at the time. they were arrested friday night when they tried to return stolen items at a target store in exclay for gift...
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is representation from law enforcement, from the business community, from the faith community, from elected officials, parents, students. i'm not with my 15-year-old 24/7, you know, i'm with her... i work at the school so i am here, but i don't see her every day. i don't see her in between classes, and it is good that there is reinforcement to back me up, saying, you know, "don't drink, don't use tobacco products." you need to have the prevention to keep... to keep these risk factors either away or down to a minimum with youth. show alternative ways to spend your time, i think that is probably the ideal thing. and prevention is probably a lot easier since you aren't already addicted to anything, then having to quit later and going to rehab. like i always say, i don't want to do that. i want to finish school and go to college. in this club you get to help people and you get to tell people what things not to do, like i have experience with background, like with drugs and stuff, and i don't want to go down that road. i want to go down a different road. so that's why i am in this group. as a community we
is representation from law enforcement, from the business community, from the faith community, from elected officials, parents, students. i'm not with my 15-year-old 24/7, you know, i'm with her... i work at the school so i am here, but i don't see her every day. i don't see her in between classes, and it is good that there is reinforcement to back me up, saying, you know, "don't drink, don't use tobacco products." you need to have the prevention to keep... to keep these risk factors...
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. >> we are trying to make sure that we deter this sold in the community as we've had a number of complaints from city officials, we've had a couple of orchdoses of juveniles in the community and it's of great concern. >> reporter: the shop's owner said it was only sold to cust americans of a legal age at least 18 when was legal. no arrests were made during last week's raid. and the substance that was seized has been sent to a lab now to determine exactly what it is. it does turn out to be illegal k-2 the penalties can range from a misdemeanor to a felony depending on the amount. back to you. >> derrick ward, thanks. >>> several agencies worked together to arrest a man suspected of setting fires in the district. one of those fires led to a roof collapse in northeast d.c. back in april. five firefighters were injured in that event. even after the firefighters were injured, police say a man named maurice dews continued to set fires. investigators got a break when they say somebody called this to say they saw dews starting a fire on tuesday night. >>> there were bear sightings in two residential neighborhoods in o
. >> we are trying to make sure that we deter this sold in the community as we've had a number of complaints from city officials, we've had a couple of orchdoses of juveniles in the community and it's of great concern. >> reporter: the shop's owner said it was only sold to cust americans of a legal age at least 18 when was legal. no arrests were made during last week's raid. and the substance that was seized has been sent to a lab now to determine exactly what it is. it does turn...
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military service and you ask yourself with all the things that have been done to those communities by the official government in the united states, how does it happen? >> it's often talked about. it puzzles me to some extent although i've heard many, many explanations. what gary is referring to in part is that there is a larger percentage of native enrollment in the military than in any other ethnic group in the country. i think this is true, but i'm not sure. it's what i've been told. the question is why do you want to support this country that messed up your own country so much. there are many given explanations, and the main one is that native people are very patriotic about their own country. this is now their country, and they're fighting to defend it. i mean, all kinds of ironies come into play. they -- native men fought in world war i and were not allowed to vote until they came back from world war i #. i think native people were not allowed to vote in federal elections until 1924, so -- >> and certain states longer. >> in certain states, longer. in maine, people couldn't vote in state elec
military service and you ask yourself with all the things that have been done to those communities by the official government in the united states, how does it happen? >> it's often talked about. it puzzles me to some extent although i've heard many, many explanations. what gary is referring to in part is that there is a larger percentage of native enrollment in the military than in any other ethnic group in the country. i think this is true, but i'm not sure. it's what i've been told....