it reminds me, like how much can we get done on capitol hill? feel like we're probably, if i have to guess, not going to end up getting background checks done. >> i don't even know about that. >> it's not even a complete conversation without mental health. we have to think more broadly. >> i want to start here and throw one theory that's interesting, the tobacco industry is barred from running ads, billboards near schools. they had to kill joe camel because he was a cartoon character. >> it's all of the above. >> they have the same issue. >> all of the above. if you would have said to me early on, a water gun. but then when i saw this, that has this multi magazine. >> that's the problem here. >> this is okay and this is fun. >> people cant be our heroes because when we were kids, we grew up with -- that's what military people do, too. >> military people are bad parents because they hold guns? >> we talked about the hero before who killed osama bin laden. he didn't kill him throwing a nerf ball at him. >> i have no problem with toy guns, state of

when i look at this award on my wall, i want it to remind me that i followed my heart and i made the right choices and that when someone tells me that i'm doing god's work, that i won't assume they must be doing the devil's work, but they are just innocently extending a high compliment of great praise. i think we can all agree that wanting to be a powerful force for positive change is not relegated to a certain work force sector or job title or a set of responsibilities. it just takes someone with a little interest, courage, and concern for your fellow man. so, i accept this honor on behalf of the community of service providers, many represented here in this chamber, business professionals, public servants who commit themselves to making our community and this world a better place in which to live. not just for ourselves, but for those we'll never meet. it is with pleasure that i receive this award in the great spirit that it's given and please know that i will use it as a source of inspiration for years to come. thank you very much. (applause) [laughter] (applause) >> okay, folks, ha

remind me of the stories that were so meaningful to you. what are the stories that have, in a sense, if you were going to sit here this evening and say to me i want to show you what si have done, it may not be my best work, but it was the most interesting time whether it's south africa, whether it's the berlin wall, whether it's the conflict in the middle east. >> i think there are quite a few of them, certainly the south african elections and then inaugust rate of mandela were phenomenally moving. because we had seen and covered all the violence, we had seen people killed in and bn to death and been under threat ourselves. and then to see the turn and the transition and see this something newborn, i think that was quite wonderful. >> rose: the great story, i mean colin powell told me this story. he went over as a representative of the president or somebody, to the inauguration, you know. and i said because he was sitting among those-- famous people of the government. and he ponted to the people in the front row and said who are they? who ar

will take this opportunity to present our chief who has been working very closely with me and reminding me of both the do's and the don't's, but also working in strong collaboration and i'm glad that he's helping me head up, increase in officers but also the increase in training our residents to work with the police officers and work together in collaboration, chief grayson. >> i know we want to get to the questions but i wanted to thank leader pelosi and congressman thompson for your leadership on this and of course our own mayor and dr. joe, one of our own police commissioners, for hosting. violence from semiautomatic rifles is no stranger to san francisco. everybody is talking that 18 years ago is the last time the 49ers won the superbowl but also it was when jim gelf was killed with a national 223 semi auto when he yelled out -- now this is the amazing part, this is the capacity of this gun, he held off 120 police officers for half an hour, firing over 500 rounds before we were able to neutralize him. just a few blocks from here was murdered with an ak 47 and just in the fall chief zef

and it starts early and many of you reminded me, start now, mayor, start investing in education. start investing in community based ways in which we can reduce the attitude that violence can resolve something. and then make sure we work with our health departments and our medical experts to get to the things that people can't control among themselves. these are all things that i'm learning quickly and i asked for help and i'm getting it and that no mayor of any city should ever faced with these kinds of gun violence and so forth should stop asking for help because the answers will come forward with everybody participates and everybody contributing in all these aspects. many of you know that i struggled with the uptick in gun violence this past summer. the chief and i were on the telephone and on the texting every morning finding out which of our children died the previous night. and it isn't a good thing. it isn't good to wake up to this. you know that, many of you who work in this community know that that is not what you want to either wake up to or go into the night on. and so

it reminds me so much of the tj max project that came before this commission a few years back. at the time it what a good partnership with planning department staff and, in fact, staff said at the time the idea that we're looking at here is when formula retail comes to san francisco, we try to get them to conform to the character or improve the character if you're in a neighborhood that's less pedestrian friendly. to meet the standard of our city rather than us conforming to whatever their business model is. that's the reason i attended the pre-application meeting and that's why i've been in communication with project sponsors. * ever since then to try to assure that this had a greater street presence to what they originally proposed. bear in mind those fancy architectural renderings you're looking at are only appropriate if you're in a helicopter hovering over the project site. the reality on the ground is blanch street is a one-way street going eastward towards the embarcadaro. and in general, what you will see on the ground is the backside of this project and the blanch stre

reminds me of beakers. >> science. >> whoops, yeah, that's fine. >> what do you think that it means in a very literal sense for your work? if it's an appropriate way to describe you, what do you think it means? >> you won't hear it on the radio. >> yep. >> you are sort of an itinerant person, which i can really relate to. i really like going to places that -- that are a little bit off the main path. so that -- that suits me really well. >> creatively you're willing to take chances, do things that interest you, without regard o selling records or being commercial, it's just about the art. >> well, i'm kind of practical, i don't mind selling tickets or records, i really don't. i'm not like whoo. >> not sellout, i don't want to do that. >> my dad was a salesman, so i'm fine with that. >> yeah. how do you self define? i ticked on off a lot of things, i said performance artist, composer, musician, i was reminded or learned, i don't know which that you have an undergraduate degree in art history, you have a master's degree in sculpture, you actually were an artist. how do you self define whe

it reminded me of admiral. >> who am i? why am i here? >> i like to give the president advice.ot that he would take it from me. but just in case. if he needs someone who might center certainty and what he believes to be secretary of defense, i have the perfect solution for him. watch. stur prize, surprise, stur prize. >> you know. why not? on monday iran claimed it successful lie sent ape monkey in outer sphace on the rocket. it raised concerns that the technology could be used for launching long range missims that could carry nuclear weapons. people at peta. this is what they say. >> we are apalm would by the monkey crudely strapped in a restraint device and launched in space by the iranian sphace agency. when i look at the picture of the little monkep. i don't see he is afraid of the space ride. he's afraid of going back to iran and deal with the nut job that is it leading the count reap. that would scare me, too. i rather go to sphace one way than go back under that regime. >> budget cuts are forcing our military to phrink . the most powerful force in the world. i am ask fou

they can't find the guy i don't think the drones are going to do any better you know it kind of reminds meobama is killing people under mere suspicion abroad with drones it seems to match up the way that cops are just shooting suspects domestically totally on mere suspicion it's just an interesting point but do you think it will take predator drones flying in people's backyards for people to actually wake up to what's going on in the world i think they're already waking up any kind of drone overhead is getting public anger i know the mayor of seattle just ordered the police to stop using their drones i know people in texas are very upset over the drones the police department have which are weaponized a little and i think people are in fact waking up well let's get into the mental health second i measure what you brought up earlier i mean dorner is obviously mentally disturbed much like the other perpetrators of these mass shootings i mean it seems like the go to response is to use these tragedies for political capital do you think that there should be a larger point of conversation about m

they can't find the guy i don't think the drones are going to do any better you know it kind of reminds meobama is killing people under mere suspicion abroad with drones it seems to match up the way that cops are just shooting suspects domestically totally on mere suspicion it's just an interesting point but do you think it will take predator drones flying in people's backyards for people to actually wake up to what's going on in the world i think they're already waking up any kind of drone over and is is getting public anger i know the mayor of seattle just ordered the police to stop using their drones i know people in texas are very upset over the drones the police department have which are weaponized a little and i think people are in fact waking up well let's get into the mental health second and i measure what you brought up earlier i mean dorner is obviously mentally disturbed much like the other perpetrators of these mass shootings i mean it seems like the go to response is to use these tragedies for political capital do you think that there should be a larger point of conversation

together this plan i would like to hear about that >> supervisor kim and and actually supervisor cohen reminded me we have other hearings regarding this. today, i'm introducing a former plan. one of the first action was to call an hearing on pedestrian hearing. they clearly public what did the need to have the city deal with what is considered a public health crisis. it is a public health crisis. as many of you know san francisco as the highest rate of public cushions in california and our rates exceed tokyo and other world class cities. i'm excited to have could sponsor norman who rid other data particularly in district 7. it's not just about saving costs it's about equity issues. people are more likely to get hit by cars whether with children or seniors >> very sadly while this activity is great we also see increased conflicts with vehicles and pedestrians. i would like the board of supervisors to weigh in and in particular to advocate on this issue and i want to oxygen supervisor wiener and campos on this issue. 50 percent by 20020 we have ambitious goals but it's unclear how we will be able to

[b10]whitney memorial-tag >> pete was just reminded me this time last week. ask exactly seven days ago it was still drizzling through the superdome ceiling. the fun from a week ago, coming >> more than 130 churches over baltimore were filled with red today. it did not have anything to do with upcoming valentine's day. ladies were wearing red for the ninth annual red just sunday. the event is to raise awareness among women of heart disease, hardy of vascular disease kills one woman every minute in the u.s. many never know they are at risk. the started in 2005 just three churches. >> now sports with pete gilbert. >> marilyn's return from virginia this morning -- friday morning took several extra hours thanks to snow and sleet. thinking that explains the lethargy with which they played today against virginia. playing defense. certainly not here. joe harris, virginia. six out of seven. not total lethargy in the game. marilyn's, virginia, a lead. should kill mitchell had the energy. -- shaquille mitchell had the energy. >> i looked in their eyes. we knew it was a

orwellian state and i love how they articulated that there it's the slow decline in our society that reminds me on a daily basis of my responsibility to shine a light on issues that are otherwise not given enough attention one story that i found so far too overlooked was that of the manmade disasters plaguing the small caribbean country of haiti late last year i had the amazing opportunity to travel all the way to haiti on a charter plane with former u.s. president jimmy carter and there he held an intimate press conference where i had the great opportunity to ask him about a topic that so many other media outlets are far too silent about here's that clip you wrote an excellent article and june of this year where you said that the u.s. is violating human rights at home and abroad what factors do you see plain what are the main factors playing a role in this deterioration of human rights and the rule of law and how can we restore it well the main no violations to which i referred in that op ed piece have been brought about over correcting the nine eleven disaster when terrorists. came in and des

i made a mistake when i said we addressed the furnished jaend and she remind me there was no agenda so we have to unfinished agenda. i like to have a memory of bishop jackson who was a member at the church who passed away of a massive heart attack last week. he's also in the bay choir. many don't know about the choir because we have a culture person running the center. it's also for your culture. our culture includes gospel music and our choir caught hell the whole time that's why we're not there. it's services are at baptist church and his mother did loot to stop violation. we hope to see a lot of people there >> thank you. next speaker >> good afternoon. my name is is karen and i'm here to speak in favor of the oops the national defense act. first thank you to boarder president david chiu and the supervisors who co-sporptd this legislation. i appreciate your help. my father spent the remaining years of his life fighting and reminding people about our japanese people who spent time in american prisons. with hatred brewing against our citizens and innocent americans because they looked

which is why we should teach our kids chinese so they will understand the new employers, which reminds mer joke. knock, knock. who's there? exactly. [ laughter ] >> kimberly: you almost lost he after the braiding thing. >> greg: i want to go to you first, bob. e-mail from gene sperling to bob woodward. overplayed by woodward? under played by the white house? >> bob: well, begin with the notion that bob woodward overplays everything. >> greg: to do you think he was wrong about water gate? >> bob: no. he was right about that and give him credit for that the subsequent books he has written are challenged by people in a position to know to challenge it. he goes through a bluster and stuff about i'm bob woodward. how could you challenge me? i read exchain of e-mails. there was nowhere near a threat to bob woodward. if he thinks it's a threat go to kindergarten and learn what bullying is about. >> greg: i have to agree. it was not a threat but a weird friendly advice, dana. if you do this, you are going to look stupid. when "usa today" says it happens to other reporters and they say if it happe

which reminds me-- send thank-you note to team of surgeons and flowers to baboon's next of kin. [laughter] and like all of my fellow youthsters, i love viral marketing-- so radical, so fizzocused-grouped, you can't help but to vine them on to your friendsters aged 18-34 with disposable income across diverse social-media platforms. [laughter] awesome sauce. so with my old youth antennas up, you can bet i noticed earlier this week when burger king's corporate twitter account was hacked to look like it was mcdonald's twitter account! mind equals blown! [laughter] also heart equals clogged. [laughter] but here's what makes this story rad to the max. during they were hacked they got many for twitter followers. the next day it looked like the hackers struck again. >> hackers taking aim at more twitter accounts just a day after burger king's account was hacked bet and mtv hacked them. >> bet and mtv said the other company attacked them. >> for dawd mtv's page was hacked to show the bet logo the the only thing more shock would have been if one of them had shown a music video. [ laughter