my name is robert kaine. i recently graduate from uc- berkeley. the same year, i had a trial, lost the trial, spent four months at san bruno, and then i was really fortunate to get the opportunity to do my community service at an organization were am now a consultant. i see a lot of problems with the system, and i have ideas for how to approach reducing it recesses of his own as much as possible by building coalitions with -- about reducing recidivism as much as possible by building coalitions so they feel they have a chance. and that is pretty much it. supervisor kim: thank you so much, mr. kane. thank you for being here and applying. next we have ivet mike ngo, and then i will call nicholas gregoratos. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for this opportunity. i am humbled the considered for this council. i qualifications are i have been a prisoner more than 20 years. i have been recently released. while in prison, i had to go through a process with the parole hearings. they make sure that i am ready for parole. so i had to get a vocation,

scarlatoiu, i have that closely >> the special envoy for north korean human rights ambassador robert kaine has said that the united states government would engage in and in that dialogue on human rights issues at the six-party talks. the six-party talks are at an impasse and in the absence of the six-party talks, first of all what do each of you feel that the six-party talks have achieved in the past and whether there were any real gains for word first of all and second, if indeed you feel that it is ann password there is really not a real effort on the part of north korea would with the obama administration consider employee for the human rights dialogue with pyongyang? so whether the talks past and the have been going on a bit through the several administrations come and if their scrapped in absence of that could there be anything else or should we continue, if you would like to comment. >> well, first of all, i think that regarding the six-party talks, this is an effort by the bush administration to rein in the nuclear ambitions, and they made the decision that they would just focus on

scarlatoiu, i have that closely >> the special envoy for north korean human rights ambassador robert kaine has said that the united states government would engage in and in that dialogue on human rights issues at the six-party talks. the six-party talks are at an impasse and in the absence of the six-party talks, first of all what do each of you feel that the six-party talks have achieved in the past and whether there were any real gains for word first of all and second, if indeed you feel that it is ann password there is really not a real effort on the part of north korea would with the obama administration consider employee for the human rights dialogue with pyongyang? so whether the talks past and the have been going on a bit through the several administrations come and if their scrapped in absence of that could there be anything else or should we continue, if you would like to comment. >> well, first of all, i think that regarding the six-party talks, this is an effort by the bush administration to rein in the nuclear ambitions, and they made the decision that they would just focus on

scarlatoiu, i have that closely >> the special envoy for north korean human rights ambassador robert kaine has said that the united states government would engage in and in that dialogue on human rights issues at the six-party talks. the six-party talks are at an impasse and in the absence of the six-party talks, first of all what do each of you feel that the six-party talks have achieved in the past and whether there were any real gains for word first of all and second, if indeed you feel that it is ann password there is really not a real effort on the part of north korea would with the obama administration consider employee for the human rights dialogue with pyongyang? so whether the talks past and the have been going on a bit through the several administrations come and if their scrapped in absence of that could there be anything else or should we continue, if you would like to comment. >> well, fst of all, i think that regarding the six-party talks, this is an effort by the bush administration to rein in the nuclear ambitions, and they made the decision that they would just focus on th

playing, democratic national committee member, robert zimmerman, patricia murphy, and cnn contributor will kainet's gop debate. candidates spent more time attacking each other than president obama. >> the question is -- do you still believe that social security should be ended as a federal program as but six months ago when your book -- as you did six months ago when your book came out? >> i think we ought to have a conversation -- >> we're having that now, governor. >> yes, sir. if you'll let me finish, i'll finish this conversation. >> who was the big winner, and who fell short? >> newt gingrich, michele bachmann, herman cain, those are the winners. mitt romney and rick perry beat each other up. perry looked like a boxer who was staggered in the ring. i don't think he responded well to the attacks from bachmann and romney. surprisingly, if you're a casual viewer and didn't know who the front-runner is, you would have thought, wow, this gingrich guy must be winning, right? the winners also -- we've written off, the lesson is, don't write anybody off yet. >> robert? >> look, in the short term, m