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in cambridge he's the director of the humanity center at harvard university in chicago we go to richard lee he's a professor at the department of philosophy at the paul university and in washington we cross to william burns he's a professor at george washington university all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want there are different subpoena here and i'd like my viewers to see it if i go to home bobbie in cambridge first when the word west is used first of all do you like its usage its application and what does it mean to you. well i don't like the word west when it's used in a kind of simple polarity with something that is not the west because i think these geographical issues have really changed quite a lot but i think on the other hand one cannot ignore the fact that there are certain institutional political and financial arrangements which are very much address to the interests of what we would call your america in a very general sense and i think that's the entity there is often associated with the west whether it's called of washington c

lee. richard. also next, pam squares, corinne king brown and juanita. >> i'm a guest here because i work with captain mannings of the community advisory board for northern station and northern actually has five superviseors that cover it. but mine is about contracting, but contracting in such a way where, mayor lee you said and the budget analyst said, more proactive. part of that is to have contracts, especially with the outreach in the social services that are supposed to be providing means to break the crime cycle. and part of it is being someone who has worked with community policing for years is you don't see a unified vision amongst the city of what they're trying to achieve. and in doing that outreach is always the thing where i find most of the agencies expect people to come to them and as we all know the streets are full of, and your neighborhood is actually experiencing more of this. how can we get outreach to be in the contracts in such a way where they're saying what you're measuring it

lee. and deputy school superintendent richard for taking the time to join us today. i would like to introduce one of our biggest supporters in san francisco who also is a great golfer himself. mayor ed lee. mayor lee: thank you. good morning, everyone. i do not know about being a great golfer, but if i can brag for a moment -- how many of you have a hole in one. how many of you had three? [laughter] ok. those kids have their hands up. why? i have had three, in my last one was here. i am a happy guy whenever i come out here. and of course, i wanted to brag before i teach the kids humility, right? anyway, i am out here with good friends. certainly sandy tatum, who i have worked with for the last two years, who helped initialize the whole first program when we started partnering with the pga. thank you for all your contributions. and you know, the first tee program, the partnership with the unified school district, and then this year with the help of pg&e, to really expand that to the fourth and fifth graders, that is a fantastic contribution. i want to thank peony becau

richard caransa and yung lee, our deputies, are holding meetings with every department in this school district and we're slashing every single one of their budgets so when people say cut away as far as possible from the classroom, i agree. but even when we do that, it will impact the classroom because sooner or later and it's almost sooner rather than later, there won't be anything left to cut in the school district. president mendoza: other comments from board members? >> i wanted to say we're there already. there is nothing left to cut in the school district and there hasn't been anything left to cut as evidenced by the real cuts that have affected the classrooms and the schools for the last couple of years at the very least and i don't think for me there's not a single cut on the table that i would even consider under other circumstances. and i feel so much and am so sympathetic to all the people who came out tonight and in previous meetings and i was with you, tearing up, because of the testimony about the meaningfulness of the programs to students and to their families and to the

richard jones who's overseeing his fifth launch. handling communications with the crew is astronaut barry willmore with lee serving as the interface with astronaut rick sturko who is flying weather reconnaissance around the kennedy space center in an aircraft known as the shuttle training aircraft or sta. the flight control team is monitoring all systems aboard the space shuttle along with the launch team and has just notified the flight director it is ready to support the 25th and final launch of endeavor this morning. nineteen years ago to the day that endeavor landed safely in california to end its maiden voyage in 1992. the asset team has spent the majority of its shift evaluating the weather conditions at the launch site in the event an emergency return to the shuttle landing facility is required. the team also evaluates weather at contingency runways in spain and france. presently, conditions are favorable to support an overseas landing if one becomes necessary during the launch phase. because endeavor is launching into a 53.6 degree inclination on a northeast trajectory from the kennedy space center, the primary abort landing si

so he is all from the archives but the first man to run area 51 in his name was richard bissell and he is famous with cia lee jennifer unnerve -- legend for a number of things would ultimately had to step down for taking all of the blame for the bay of pigs. i explained i think he got the bad rap on that but so it goes when you work with that kind of a business but asking about the budget budget, finding out in my research richard bissell was a brilliant economist became the executor of finance for the marshall plan something like $13 billion at the disposal to help build europe and a friend came knocking at his door one night in washington d.c. by a and name of frank wapner and they sat in front of the fireplace and he said we need some money for the group that the cia and because they had dat mutual friend come of this whole new better than to ask many more questions and agreed that would be all right. that diverted from the planned about two and a half years later but then area 51 was up and running. >> several people want you to cut to the little men. [laughter] by told her that a billion book in the his

richards. it appears that' ntnc is attempting to sidestep an order signed by a then-director lee. what's are your opinions of at&t's effort to comply with these regulations? they're planning to place 720 boxes in the public right of way. for those who have not heard about this -- at&t wants their uverse service in san francisco, and they will install utility bosses on sidewalks. the planning department recently clear that. can you answer that question? >> at&t brought this proposal forward a few years ago. they retracted its, and they have come up with what they say is a somewhat scale-down proposal, providing smaller boxes to facilities. it would largely -- it would largely be on public rights of way. a smaller number. few were boxes. smaller boxes. unfortunately, anywhere in the country, we're fairly limited to the extent we can regulate the utility in terms of their use of the public right of way. they have rights through state and federal law that limit, that constrain significantly our ability to tell them they cannot do it. so we can put conditions on to a limited degree. we

richard johnson. and patricia, you're last. so you can wrap up. you wanted that. it's all yours. when we get closer, it's all you. >> mayor lee and supervisor farrell, thanks again. i think we're pretty much excited about america's cup and what it can do for the city. already we know part of that is the infrastructure development that's been done and funded through that, which will be great. but as far as the boon that this might bring to business, i sort of have a two-part question. you may have already answered part of that with the last question you had, which was how are we going to help the small business community sort of ramp up and be prepared for that, this being such a huge benefit to the city and small business being the engine that drives our economy. the second part of my question is any ideas, thoughts, how we're going to sustain that beyond 2013, ideas how to put that infrastructure to work and just continue that -- our sort of world champions feel-good movement we're having now after 2/13? >> well, absolutely. america's cup is going to mean so many things to so many different parts of our city. we have establi

the near future the college lee which was set up in two thousand and eight is starting to berth for its the future stars on show in the women's national final i once asked richard her feet reports the events growth could be fresh a welcome new influx of todd. over the last decade college sport in russia has received plenty of government support to try and get more people to keep playing the games they love after they can your school basketball has benefited from this immensely a new league was set up in two thousand and eight to give those who go to university a chance to play sports or high in competitive level as in iraq you map out all our training sessions siren evening saw our morning stuff read to study if we have some important matches where we have to train for two weeks at a camp our university gives us time off. something no point trying to compare the college game in russia and comparisons with counterparty usa completely a system has been in place in the us decades a key component of the fine points of our part of the country the game is only in d.c. i think tank was have. a number of russia's top players like such a calm body as the paloma and stri

lee, nancy lanvin, harmony show, winy lin. olivia hendricks. i have a couple of more names. melissa connelly, velvet connelly. tunesy quinnteris san antonio. linda fu, johnson hun, jalinda mendoza, patricia christianson, suzanna morgan. richard frasier, kevin sand, martin mariola, enrique savantes, and darrellin tom. this is the first batch. so these are on music program on washington high school and the youth policy piece. so we have a lot of folks coming through tonight. so we'll give everybody a minute and a half. o.k.? come on up and introduce yourself and you have a minute and a half and i'll do a second round of names after this large group goes up. >> good evening, board members. my name is melissa connelly, the parent of a beautiful freshman at george washington high. i'd like to thank our counselor and also the parent that handed me a flier this morning and now i'm standing before you. i've never done this before and only been educated by the counselor this afternoon on what's going on. i'd like to represent our family and thank you for your hard work but please help us and george washington high with our budget cuts. right now, our daughter's goal at george washington high is to accumulate credits to attend college

richard jones in the middle there. is the flight director for sts-134. barry willmore in the near view serving as the spacecraft communicator. lee just sitting down to serve as the interface for weather reconnaissance with astronaut rick struck out who was flying aircraft down at the kennedy aircraft center if i would weather. been at the top of the pressure is tony, who served as the weather flight director. and he also will be back 14 days from now serving as the entry flight director for endeavour's final return home at the end of this mission. [no audio] [no audio] >> as endeavour flights from houston -- >> when you are ready. >> we are ready to copy. >> i'll give you your primary time, 3700. i have no doubt this is three dash for. till only control of course will, repeat, will be required. >> copy. it is required 37 decimal 00. >> that is a good read back, endeavour. >> flight director richard jones getting a go from flight for a shutdown of the auxiliary power units. >> endeavour, you are go for shut down. >> copy. go for apu shut down. >> those three hydraulic systems perform perfectly going uphill. also, the control of t

richard brian wilson, a dedicated patriot from columbia, south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? ms. jackson lee: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: as we begin this week and look to the -- to memorializing our fallen soldiers, it's appropriate to think about osama bin laden. but the country in which this incident occurred deserves peace for its people. pakistan has had another incident of the taliban going on a base and killing soldier sms our sympathy for the loss of the innocent but we call upon the pakistani military to begin to address the terror of the taliban and work to help the pakistani people. as the money is being assessed for how it will be distributed, there must be an aguess to this violence. i call upon our friends in pakistan to recognize that we in the united states are friends and we must work together to eliminate al qaeda and the terror terrorizing the people of pakistan. once and for all. there must be a unified effort to establish peace, tran quaility and democracy. i yield back. the speaker pro temp

angeles, richard gandago of humble county, stanley hall, gerald heartacre, steven highland of claremont, barbara keating of palm springs, calvin keller, natalie larson of los angeles, table leepez, dora, lori niara of los angeles, rubin ornada, thomas porarely, mary of santa barbara, otis tober, timothy ward of san diego, john winkess of torrence. i said then on september 12 in the name of these californians and the names of all of these other innocent victims, it is time for the terrorism to stop. thank you very much, mr. president. i yield the floor. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington state. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about the tremendous news that our country received last night from president obama. almost 10 years ago on september 11, 2001, i too remembered looking out a window here at the nation's capitol and seeing the black smoke billowing in the air over the pentagon. on that day america was brutally attacked by terrorists who took aim at the financial, military and political centers of our country. although these evil men killed thousands of americans and caused

there were some polling and a pulled out richard lee saturday found that one in five voters from the district medicare is the most important measure.ue >> host: let me point out on your web site come you point oui that the candidates and favorability ratings continue to grow. 23% corwin at 18% and hogle at. does that tell you about the negative ads we have been seeing in that race about the negative ads we have seen? guest: yes, the un favorability is growing. the attack ads are working in the attack ads are working in painting the others in a negative light, but it is hard to say if they are hihelping anyone. the negative ads are disgorging -- are discouraging a lot of voters, i think. host: the story in "the new york times." all is that playing out among the electorate -- how is that playing out among the electorate? she is doing all senior events guest: she is doing all senior events later today. i know she is trying to reach out to those senior voters. a poll on saturday showed that 45% of voters 55 and older are with her. 37% are with corwin. host: you were among the panelists a