. >> joan wood followed by john horn and ron collins. >> good afternoon sir. >> good afternoon all of you. i'm second generation and living in north beach continuous ly since 1962 which is a long time. i'm here because our elected representative david chew seems to have stopped representing us he won't call a community meeting the last community meeting was cut short by a fire alarm with a whole lot of unanswered questions i'm sure you received our march 14th letter that we have had to schedule ourselves because mr. chew doesn't answer our requests for the questions to be answered or about another community meeting. mr. nolan you have acknowledged and mr. rifkin you have acknowledged -- back in december we were given five options for where they could be extracted one of them was clear down on columbus and taylor streets which is totally unrealistic -- and among the five is the chinatown option and now we're told that other circumstances have neg ated -- therefore we're having to have our own community meeting inviting you and experts that you referred to but we've never seen any repor

collins' twin brother -- jarron -- is straight. jason says when he came out to his brother last summer, he was astounded, but for the first time in their lives, juh-rond to step in and protect him. grant lodes is following reaction to the story.and why jason collins decided to come out.grant. >>grant lodes: jason collins just tweeted: he said the boston bombings reminded him that nothing in life is guaranteed. he just waited all the support i have received today is truly inspirational. i knew that i was choosing the road less traveled but i'm not walking it alone. collins staretd the sports illustrated article by writing: i'm a 34-year-old nba center. i'm black. and i'm gay. collins says he didn't set out to be the first, but since he is, he's happy to start the conversation.adding: "i wish i wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, 'i'm different.' if i had my way, someone else would have already done this. nobody has, which is why i'm raising my hand." today kron 4 visited with warriors coach mark jackson. he was asked if nba players who come out will have tropuble gaining acceptance around the league. >> being around jason, the

ron paul has to say about it. michael tomasky, welcome on the show. >> thank you. >> john: jason collins is the first athlete to come of the closet. wade davis talks about this coming up next. hershey's simple pleasures chocolate. 30% less fat, 100% delicious. (vo) later tonight current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint." our thing of the day tonight is our regret of the day. and it belongs to sandra day o'connor. the retired supreme court justice told the chicago tribune looking back on it, mayb

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