rogers has had with our company. thinking specifically about the support and the advice, mentoring and leadership that she provided for michael when we were doing a film at the heritage center. something i have heard a lot about and that i know you hold dear to your heart's. i would also like to acknowledge our corporate funders. for us, they allow us to do the work that we do in the community. i would also like to acknowledge the development team. you have heard a few of the vendors. i will also like to acknowledge a couple of people individually. monocle wilson from the urban core. along with our partners, we need jones and tonya young of ccgc. you with your a lot about the partnership as time goes on. it has proven to be a wonderful, wonderful opportunity. hudson valley and silicon valley bank, our project funders. without them, none of this would have gone forward. the san francisco redevelopment agency in particular, they have worked with us over the years to get this project where it is. i would like to abolish

rogers in her fight for everything that we stand for. particularly redevelopment, which is so timely today. i want to thank the chinatown community development center, as well as tabernacle, the rev., the urban core, the asian american and african american communities together. when we come together, we can not be more powerful. thank you to everyone for that expression of love. today's announcement is also about the glove of st. francis. the compassion as a city that we have for our homeless and what we are all going to invest in our children, as well as taking care of our seniors. this will be a testament of what we stand for as a city. the city named after st. francis. thank you for being here. i look forward to future events here when the building is up and future projects in the city. thank you. >> the district supervisor of district 6, we know them pretty well. >> this is actually district 6. >> i know. [laughter] >> having been raised in the chinatown community development center and now being done the board of supervisors, it is

rehberg: thank you, chairman rogers. madam chair, i rise to express my deep frustration with this extension. here we go again. debating another continuing resolution. i'm starting to feel like bill murray in "groundhog day" in that movie the main character wakes up every morning to relive the same day again and again. he never moves forward because he's stuck on groundhog day. last year the republicans in the house put the country on notice that we would try to reduce spending by $100 billion this year. the senate knew. and the american people knew and they gave us a substantial majority in the house. we worked responsibly and openly on a continuing resolution to meet that goal. after considering scores of amendments and engaging in long days of thoughtful debate, we succeeded. in response, the senate majority leader summarily dismissed and recessed the senate. despite giving us an unprecedent three years of $1 trillion deficit, the majority leader dismised our efforts to reduce spending less than 2% from the total fisca

so i go out and just signed "kenny rogers."y." [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: that's such a back-handed compliment. >> thanks, i think. thanks, i think. >> jimmy: "thanks, i think." that's perfect. you got a new record out. "the love of god," it's a gospel record. >> yes. >> jimmy: kenny rogers, gospel. you've never done a gospel record? >> i haven't. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i can't believe you've never done one. >> well, you know what? when you're trying to get on the radio -- honestly, you're not going to get that on the radio. so it's hard to do something like that. and i've never been overtly religious. >> jimmy: yeah. >> but i've always been very, very deeply inspirational. i've always loved things -- i feel very deeply. i got my sense of humor from my dad. my sense of values from my mom. and so when i started doing the song, it's really a feel good album, every song on there. you just step back and go, "wow." >> jimmy: you have a version of "amazing grace," which i can't believe you haven't done before. it's phenomena

rogers and mr. dicks, did an absolutely phenomenal job at taking on the responsibility that was thrust on them when we have an open amendment process. the people who go through the greatest challenge are those who have to defend the bill and be here for hours and hours and hours. as we all know, we had 162 amendments considered on the house floor during those days that led up to -- before adjournment, week before last. and we worked into the morning on every occasion. that means after midnight, and i guess we adjourned at 2:00 or 3:00 on some of those days. i was sound asleep then, i have to admit. but you guys were working very, very hard, mr. speaker, and i want to thank them. and i was pleased that those in the minority did recognize that doing what we did was unprecedented. never before has a continuing resolution been considered under the process that we've had. at best it's been a structured rule, which is what we had two decades ago, and both political parties had had usually a closed rule fo

at 72, rogers is still churning out good music.f having a hit song in each of the last six decades. >> it's one thing for me to love what i'm doing, but it's another thing for other people to appreciate it. i've never done this ever in my life for money. >> reporter: i caught up with the grammy award winning singer this week in the big apple. he was in town promoting his new album. "gospel," a first for this crooner. ♪ i'll be standing on the rock of your love ♪ >> cracker barrel gave me the opportunity. so, i got a chance to sing with some lyrics that really touched me. >> reporter: with 22 number one hits and 20 platinum albums, rogers has had the rare opportunity to work with just about everyone he's ever wanted to sing with. ♪ don't fall in love with a dreamer ♪ >> reporter: and he's humbled to have done so. >> when i sang with dottie west kim kearns, sheena easton it, dolly parton, all of those girls motivated me to sing better than i thought i could. >> reporter: they all say the same about you probably. >> i hope so. ♪ we ha

rogers: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from florida, a new member of our committee, mr. diaz-balart, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you very much, mr. chairman. there's a couple of things that are not debatable. i think the the american people understand and everybody understands that we are on an unsustainable path. we are on an unsustainable path as far as unemployment. the unemployment numbers are still frighteningly high. we are on an unsustainable path as far as borrowing and spending. so, frankly, we have a couple options here. we can continue that unsustainable path which is borrowing more and spending more, or we could change the way we are doing and try to get our fiscal act and fiscal house in order. i commend the chairman, chairman rogers, for bringing forward a c.r., an extension, that does just that. that brings some sanity to this process. that reduces the amou

. >> reporter: we talked to a fremont man by the maim of roger jones who spent the better part of the past year, a thousand hours of his own time fighting and researching red light cameras in fremont and it came down to .7 seconds. the red light camera at the corner of mission and mojave used to the -- be the top money maker in fremont until roger jones put the brakes on it. >> these things are not going what we want them to do. >> reporter: jones complained to caltrans that the left turn yellow light was too short. caltrans found no problem. but while they were out here

rogers: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from florida, a new member of our committee, mr. diaz-balart, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you very much, mr. chairman. there's a couple of things that are not debatable. i think the the american people understand and everybody understands that we are on an unsustainable path. we are on an unsustainable path as far as unemployment. the unemployment numbers are still frighteningly high. we are on an unsustainable path as far as borrowing and spending. so, frankly, we have a couple options here. we can continue that unsustainable path which is borrowing more and spending more, or we could change the way we are doing and try to get our fiscal act and fiscal house in order. i commend the chairman, chairman rogers, for bringing forward a c.r., an extension, that does just that. that brings some sanity to this process. that reduces the amou

rogers: in just two years. you ran the deficit up, the annual deficit, now two in a row, trillion-dollar-plus deficits a year, record breaking, we've never had that before, you've ran the debt up to now we're bouncing against the ceiling and the congress will be called upon to increase the debt ceiling. there were no appropriations bills passed last year at all, thus that's why we're here today. so let's talk about the spending spree that we're trying to slow down and stop, madam speaker. with this bill. i yield back that time and yield two minutes, three minutes to the gentleman from georgia, a member of our committee, mr. graves. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. mr. graves: thank you, madam speaker. and i appreciate the chairman for clarifying some things that we just heard because i was at a loss, thinking i was going to need much more than three minutes to, you know, rewrite some of what we just heard there and correct the historical account of the last se

thank you for roger, and nera.e will have a reception afterward, if you want to continue the discussion, thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> live pictures this morning from the america's promise summit in washington today. focused on reducing high school dropout rates in the nation's school. according to america's promise report one out of every four students will drop out of high school before graduation. shortly we expect remarks from vice president joe biden. he is set to release a college selection tool kit with seven approaches for state governors to consider supporting higher graduation rates. we understand the vice president is running a little bit behind. we will have live coverage when he arrives on c-span2. >>> president obama's tour of latin america shifts to el salavador today. he will deal with immigration, narc kick it is wars and gun trafficking. he will meet with the el salvador's president. it was one. highest immigration rates especially to the united states

[applause] >> thank you, roger, for that really quite detailed historical review, and as roger makes a point, neera, we had a supreme court that really beginning in 1937-42, really for 50 years assumed that congress could pass every regulation and everything affected commerce, and as roger mentioned came the 1995 decision in the lopez case where the court in a 5-4 vote struck down a lot that prohibited guns near school zones says it's got to be more than economic activity in that and the morrison case in 2000, but you argue, and the government argues, that this case, obviously, is highly significant to commerce. it's not guns in a school zone. it's decisions on health care taken together affect the economy. everyone will have to at some point have health insurance, so do you see this supreme court -- i mean, i kind of want to look forward here because this is the case of first impression, do you see this supreme court seeing this as economic activity, this individual mandate, as this seemless look of congressional power, or do you think like roger does that this is, in fact, not the

you can correct me if i am wrong, chairman rogers. i have not heard anyone on the appropriations committee said that they are not going to do it. we will sit on the sidelines and pass it on. people got down to work on day one. and when you needed more, and you got back to work again and again. i am glad you're in talks with someone on the senate side, chairman rogers, and i don't know if you know how you can spur that process along. the body has not passed the bill yet. >> you have to ask the house leadership to engage, the senate leadership to engage, and the white house to engage. that have to sit down in the room and work this out. >> is that fair, chairman rogers? president obama presented his 2012 budget as required by law. the senate -- we passed h.r. 1 to get this through the end of 2011 in the senate has done nothing. nothing last year, nothing this year. how do you work with that? >> what if the house said, you would do we're not one to pass a bill. -- we are not going to pass a bill. you have to have something to go to confe

rogers -- supervisor kim: sorry, mr. rogers is currently deployed. there are so many applicants in front of us. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i currently serve as the recently elected secretary to the veterans affairs commission. i have been on the commission for almost two years now. i do not know if this committee recognizes that the veterans affairs commission is really currently under a renaissance. we have been operating in the past two years with new vigor, with new vision, and with a new focus on paying attention to the needs particularly of all the returning veterans coming back from deployments and coming back from our overseas commitments right now. so we have initiated under president varni this year a new group of goals. in particular, our biggest goal is to work in the high rate of unemployment among veterans, particularly younger veterans returning to the city. this report relates to homelessness as well because we have learned, for example, statistically that we are -- vietnam veterans, like myself, the spiral time between returning

rogers, you and mr. dicks do your jobs admirably, but the cuts that are proposed for this continuing appropriation amendment, the third in the series, the sixth time, do include some pretty substantial measures. and if i just went to one, $115 million in funding for the agriculture research service including a $44 million reduction for salaries. and a $71 million reduction in building maintenance. as one of several of us in congress that represents rural and urban areas in the congressional district we're privileged to serve, it's passing strange to me that we do not understand that the agriculture research services are going to have to recalculate based on this cut. and somebody is going to lose their job. now, it's fine for us to sit up here with jobs and put stuff on paper that's going to cost people jobs in these rough economic times. mr. dicks, you said that you're concerned about other potential -- you didn't say potential, i have added the word, economic harm. what economic harm do you perceive ha

miss rogers? >> ms. rogers, from the planning department. they heard this and recommended approval.hout further modifications. supervisor mar: thank you. colleagues, are there questions? and thank you, mr. yarne for addressing the clean-up language. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. so, colleagues, on the amendments, without objection? i have a motion on the item? supervisor wiener: i move forward with a positive recommendation. supervisor mar: madam clerk, anything else? clerk: no, mr. chairman. supervisor mar: thank you, everyone. meeting is adjourned. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. oil from cust

. >> reporter: we talked to a fremont man by the maim of roger jones who spent the better part of the past year, a thousand hours of his own time fighting and researching red light cameras in fremont and it came down to .7 seconds. the red light camera at the corner of mission and mojave used to the -- be the top money maker in fremont until roger jones put the brakes on it. >> these things are not going what we want them to do. >> reporter: jones complained to caltrans that the left turn yellow light was too short. caltrans found no problem. but while they were out here they noticed that cars were coming off the freeway fast and needed more time to stop. and according to this e-mail they instead changed the yellow light for straight through traffic from 4.3 to 5 seconds flat. >> do you feel like you won? >> today, here, yeah. >> reporter: with an extra .7 seconds to make it through the intersection, the number of red light tickets went down dramatically. >> averaging 280 a month and in november it is 108. why is that? january, 132. february came out at 133. >> reporter: here is a loo

this week rogers pled no contest to elder abuse. in addition to four years in jail, she received two years of probation. >>> the identification is now positive the body found buried in the backyard of a movado couple's home is that of dale smith. the man said to be missing by his neighbors. police uncovered the body on november 23rd. that should be february 23rd. the coroner confirmed his identity today. it will take weeks to determine the cause of death. police say his wife evelyn smith is a person of interest in the case. >>> it is overtime for the nfl, and thousands of bay area workers who rely on the 49ers and raiders for their paychecks. a deadline for the negotiations between the nfl and the players association has been extended? >> yeah, it has, and that's the positive thing. it's a 24-hour extension. tomorrow at this time, the story may be taking another turn completely. here's the deal, the league makes around $9 billion a year, how the owners and players split up the money is the issue. they don't like the current arrangem

rogers. [jim] i'm so thrilled have this show "beautiful world" broadcast on pbs. i mean where else can you see a concert special like this on television. these days with the commercial stations showing the stuff they show, it's just not the same as a pbs concert special. you're sitting in the audience, you get a chance to experience it just as if you're sitting in the theatre and i'm there playing with all my friends and bringing you this particular special called "beautiful world". now this is my fourth concert special for pbs, so i'm so thrilled that i have this support from all of you, the viewers for these specials. for me it's a labor of love. i of course grew up on pbs; i grew up watching pbs. my dad used to cook and follow julia child all the way, i was a huge fan of "sesame street" growing up, and of course influenced by so many of the things that i watched. just like you and maybe your children are. so for me getting a chance to play music that's heard and seen all over the country o

one more hand again to the rogers family. this is why we are here today.plause] i think that is it for our program today. want to thank everybody for coming. we've got refreshments over at 871 turk. had a corner from here. have a great day. -- ken a co >> kimberly brandon. commissioner ann lazarus. commissioner francis crowley. item two, approval of the minutes for the february 8 meeting. >> so low. >> second. >> motion -- all in favor. item three, public comment on executive session. public comment on executive session? item four, executive session. >> so move. >> all in favor? executive sessio. >> commission voted to approve 4a1a and moved not to disclose any other matters discussed in executive session. >> item 6, please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar some producing devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound producing electronic device. pleas

. >> this week on" we want to welcome held rogers from kentucky. he is joining us from somerset. welcome. >> good to be with you. >> we have to reporters with us to help us with questioning. >> good to be with you. i wanted to ask, the vice president went to the hill to jump-start talks on how to fund the government through the end of the year, dispatched by president obama. you were not in the meeting. i wonder if you expected to be invited or does that tell you anything about the pace or tenor of the big initiations going on right now? >> i am glad the president is involved finally. i think it is very helpful to have the vice-president on the hill, his old stomping grounds. this was an elected leadership meeting on the part of the house and senate and i am glad they're at. >> do you think they're likely to make progress bridging the divide between house republicans who have asked for $61 billion of cuts from the budget and democrats here have said they want a freeze for this year's budget or maybe $10 billion under that? >> that's just it. we did not know what the senate has in

miss rogers? >> ms. rogers, from the planning department. they heard this and recommended approval. without further modifications. supervisor mar: thank you. colleagues, are there questions? and thank you, mr. yarne for addressing the clean-up language. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. so, colleagues, on the amendments, without objection? i have a motion on the item? supervisor wiener: i move forward with a positive recommendation. supervisor mar: madam clerk, anything else? clerk: no, mr. chairman. supervisor mar: thank you, everyone. meeting is adjourned. [horns honking] [siren wails] announcer: big dreams and goodrades aren't enough to get into college. there are actual steps you need to take. finding someone who can help is the first and most important. for the next steps, go to knowhow2go.org. impossible. announcer: when you open a book, you can explore new lands... [bird screeches] meet new friends, and discover new adventures. there are amazing possibilities when you open your mind to reading. [roar] you can log o

thank you for laughing, roger. the public is confused and understandably so. about a whole bunch of things. what is the goal? then what? after we achieve the goal, what's libya going to look like? why is this country-- sorry to do this-- different from all other countries in the region or are we going to be going into a bunch of different countries and intervening militarily? and why... first, we weren't going to do it. then we were going to do it. what to make of all of that. there are a lot of different pieces for the president to help unpack tonight. it turns out to be though, i have to say, great timing because things are looking up. >> ifill: actually have good things to.... >> sometimes if you dilly dally, your timing ends up looking great. this one looks good for the president in that sense. >> ifill: of all those questions, roger, which do you think is the most important? >> i think the most important is do we know who the bad guy is? moammar qaddafi. we didn't need much convincing. but who are the good guys? who are these rebels? in egypt, in cairo, w

and then is there a michael rogers? so no michael rogers? ok. thank you. >> speaking spanish] >> good evening, everybody. my name is maria garcia. i also come from bryant. i came to advocate for the leadership team. i found that she is doing a great job. she is never sitting. she is always doing something. she is always active. >> [speaking spanish] >> after the second year that she has been there, i can see that the school has improved with their academic achievement and i find it unfair that she is being attacked. >> [speaking spanish] >> i'm part of the p.t.o. there is not many parents that will commit to be leaders. so people like me have to be in every one of these committees representing the parents. and that's all i wanted to say. thank you very much. >> thank you, maria. >> [speaking spanish] >> good evening, everybody. i also come from bryant elementary. >> [speaking spanish] >> the reason why i'm here is also to support our principal. i know that we all have different opinions. >> [speaking spanish] >> for us, it is the first year that

rogers is here from the planning department. andrea baker is here from the planning department, and there are several speakers to speak during public comment about the legislation. supervisor mar: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. as you have heard, this is a very specific and targeted piece of legislation that affects only a portion of fillmore street. the planning commission did review this legislation, and the commission unanimously recommended approval with a couple of modifications. the commission requested that the definition of active users be slightly expanded to include a new restaurant definition called self service specialty food as well as include outdoor activity areas, as both of these uses could help enliven the stretch of fillmore street. on behalf of the commission, i would like to thank the supervisors for sponsoring the legislation and incorporating the recommended modifications of the commission in the legislation that is before you. supervisor mar: colleagues, if you do not have any questions, ms. r

board rogers was coming to town -- roy rogers was coming to town. it was for white kids only. why?y think we are troublemakers? i do not want to make trouble. troublemaker. just because of how we are born, we have to be troublemakers. that is when i looked and saw ms. hamilton getting on the bus. wait, let me get back on -- wait, driver, please, let me get back on. ms. hamilton, she sat right next to me. "you need to get out so i can drive on -- get up

miss rogers? >> ms. rogers, from the planning department. they heard this and recommended approval.ut further modifications. supervisor mar: thank you. colleagues, are there questions? and thank you, mr. yarne for addressing the clean-up language. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. so, colleagues, on the amendments, without objection? i have a motion on the item? supervisor wiener: i move forward with a positive recommendation. supervisor mar: madam clerk, anything else? clerk: no, mr. chairman. supervisor mar: thank you, everyone. meeting is adjourned.

board rogers was coming to town -- roy rogers was coming to town. it was for white kids only. why?y think we are troublemakers? i do not want to make trouble. troublemaker. just because of how we are born, we have to be troublemakers. that is when i looked and saw ms. hamilton getting on the bus. wait, let me get back on -- wait, driver, please, let me get back on. ms. hamilton, she sat right next to me. "you need to get out so i can drive on -- get up so i can drive on." [inaudible] i want to stay black and die a natural death. [laughter] segregation is killing black people. that big fight, brown versus the board of education so all the black kids can get an education. [inaudible] the books have pages missing, and they all have things written inside of them. at the main library, we have a demonstration going on. [inaudible] how come we cannot use that facility? they cannot even get a good job and fair pay. men, they come up missing. rape -- they do not want to talk about that, but if it is a white woman, it is on the news, on the radio, on television. i do not want to die like tha

miss rogers? >> ms. rogers, from the planning department. they heard this and recommended approval. without further modifications. supervisor mar: thank you. colleagues, are there questions? and thank you, mr. yarne for addressing the clean-up language. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. so, colleagues, on the amendments, without objection? i have a motion on the item? supervisor wiener: i move forward with a positive recommendation. supervisor mar: madam clerk, anything else? clerk: no, mr. chairman. supervisor mar: thank you, everyone. meeting is adjourned. ul, for that enlightening outlook. now, we are going to invite our mayor to the stage and also our managing editor, jim gardner, who is going to moderate a conversation with the mayor. first, we will hear from each of them. they will tell us about their priorities and their outlook and vision for the city, and jim has prepared a number of questions. after that, we will also ask if any of you would like to send up some questions for gin to ask the mayor. there are some

miss rogers? >> ms. rogers, from the planning department. they heard this and recommended approval.ut further modifications. supervisor mar: thank you. colleagues, are there questions? and thank you, mr. yarne for addressing the clean-up