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sheila grier. gwen brown. mike brown. marlena tran. three minutes each. >> good morning, supervisors, to the audience and everyone here. i am the co-founder of the human circle for the sole support group. many of you already know i lost my son 16 years ago to street violence, and a nephew in 2007 also to street violence. i am standing here today to talk about the homicides that have occurred, here in the city of san francisco. we are now in july, not even then with july, and we have 40 homicides. that is a problem for me, a serious problem. especially when i get the phone calls from the parents in the community about what is going on. we have some feuding going on between two cultures from double rock, african-americans and samoan the rear try to work with right now, with the united players and others, we are out there in the trenches trying to build and bring some prevention in those areas to prevent further homicides. as far as the mayor's office, i wanted to say this. we have been tried to get a meeting with the mayor on several occ
sheila grier. gwen brown. mike brown. marlena tran. three minutes each. >> good morning, supervisors, to the audience and everyone here. i am the co-founder of the human circle for the sole support group. many of you already know i lost my son 16 years ago to street violence, and a nephew in 2007 also to street violence. i am standing here today to talk about the homicides that have occurred, here in the city of san francisco. we are now in july, not even then with july, and we have 40...
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good morning with sheila of the center sfr responsive politics. good morning. guest: good morning, steve and sheila. i'll just let you know it's raining here in st. charles. host: that's good news. you needed the rain. caller: it's the first time it's rained in forever. i've got a point. ian: going to run off two other clocks that i think should be up there. one that shows the accumulation of wealth by the upper 1% and the other one should be the loss of tax revenue due to the bush tax cuts. let's set those clocks beside it. host: ok. thanks for idea. one of our viewers is saying would you explain to the listeners that the party conventions are funded partially by taxpayers. guest: yes. it was put in place in the mid 1970's, both the democratic and republican convention committees, not the host committee but the party convention committees will receive about $1 million this year. and then the host committees will go on to raise enormous sums of money, millions upon millions of dollars in private donations which caused them to question why there is public invest
good morning with sheila of the center sfr responsive politics. good morning. guest: good morning, steve and sheila. i'll just let you know it's raining here in st. charles. host: that's good news. you needed the rain. caller: it's the first time it's rained in forever. i've got a point. ian: going to run off two other clocks that i think should be up there. one that shows the accumulation of wealth by the upper 1% and the other one should be the loss of tax revenue due to the bush tax cuts....
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joining success former fdic chairman sheila bair.d morning. >> happy to be here. >> we have a lot to talk about, but dodd-frank turning 2 years old and questions whether we're better off or worse off than two years ago. tell us what you think we've come, where the improvement stands and what we need to do at this point still. >> i think we've improved bank capital levels, capital is up, liquidity, funding sources are somewhat more stable, so a credit quality is improving, delinquencies going down. there has been positive improvement, some the result of regulatory action and market forces and improving economy. there are a lot of challenges on the horizon and especially in the trading desk these large financial institutions it doesn't appear to be the reform has really taken hold. the culture still seems to be one of excess risk taking, perhaps ignoring the law when it means they can fatten their year-end bonuses. >> talking about the libor problems in? >> i'm exactly talking about the libor problem. so i think there's still a lot of
joining success former fdic chairman sheila bair.d morning. >> happy to be here. >> we have a lot to talk about, but dodd-frank turning 2 years old and questions whether we're better off or worse off than two years ago. tell us what you think we've come, where the improvement stands and what we need to do at this point still. >> i think we've improved bank capital levels, capital is up, liquidity, funding sources are somewhat more stable, so a credit quality is improving,...
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>> sheila is about 8 years old. >> sheila's a girl? >> with a name like sheila?d i wasn't sure. >> lester's checking out the anatomy. >> i mean, everybody sees it. i just don't know what it is. >> let's see if sheila wants any of thee bananas. >> you called her a dude, she may not want to. >> you can see she's about 4 feet tall and weighs about 50 pounds or so. they're very hardy animals. can you see them at busch gardens. >> will she come over? >> if she will come over. >> you got to get rid of her? >> we'll give her the bowl. >> she has a mind of her own. >> now we've got speed here. >> quick reflexes, the sprinter. as we talked about, sheila would be the mid distance, the mimer. sheila can go about 25 miles an hour. these guys can reach about 35 miles an hour. >> it's an bob cat. >> yes. >> can we come close? >> you absolutely can come close. >> keeping an eye on shesheila,e kangaroo. >> how about a toy. they've got very quick reflexes. >> not as fast as a cheetah. >> a cheetah can go 65 miles an hour. that's the fastest land animal there is. these guys pound
>> sheila is about 8 years old. >> sheila's a girl? >> with a name like sheila?d i wasn't sure. >> lester's checking out the anatomy. >> i mean, everybody sees it. i just don't know what it is. >> let's see if sheila wants any of thee bananas. >> you called her a dude, she may not want to. >> you can see she's about 4 feet tall and weighs about 50 pounds or so. they're very hardy animals. can you see them at busch gardens. >> will she come...
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sheila bair, welcome. >> thank you. happy to be here. >> if you were trying to help some of those young people that you write for, understand this business called libor, how would you begin? what's the "once upon a time?" >> i guess i would try to explain to them that when you borrow money there's something called an interest rate which is your cost of borrowing money and there are different mechanisms for setting what that interest rate should be. and one of them is something called libor. and we are discovering now that a lot of unscrupulous people were manipulating that interest rate apparently to line their own pockets. and that is something that should be severely punished. >> is there one thing in particular you've learned so far that caused you to hold your breath? >>s they one caused me to hold my breath. i mean, you know, libor always troubled me. there's always been judgment associated with what some people call a fudge factor, there's always been judgment associated with libor, the libor survey. you were supp
sheila bair, welcome. >> thank you. happy to be here. >> if you were trying to help some of those young people that you write for, understand this business called libor, how would you begin? what's the "once upon a time?" >> i guess i would try to explain to them that when you borrow money there's something called an interest rate which is your cost of borrowing money and there are different mechanisms for setting what that interest rate should be. and one of them is...
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we have sheila here, a cookbook author and coach. you're behind cookbookconstructioncrew.com.hank you for coming in this afternoon to talk about writing our own cookbook. how does the process start? we all cook. a lot of us cook. we have family recipes. maybe we think this would make a great cookbook. how do you step in and help people? >> more and more people are finding drawers full of their mother's and grandmother's recipes. they realize once they go, they're gone. their family won't know how to duplicate anything. they get the idea they want to write a family cookbook or something from their heritage. and somehow they find my partner paula and i and they get in touch with us. usually we either meet face to face or we'll talk on the phone. i explain how we can help them with the editing, with proofreading, with recipe testing. >> that's vital, right? recipe testing? because you want the recipes in your book to taste good at the end of the day. >> that's for sure and sometimes they don't but we fix them. >> we were talking. you said it's very important to keep the cook or t
we have sheila here, a cookbook author and coach. you're behind cookbookconstructioncrew.com.hank you for coming in this afternoon to talk about writing our own cookbook. how does the process start? we all cook. a lot of us cook. we have family recipes. maybe we think this would make a great cookbook. how do you step in and help people? >> more and more people are finding drawers full of their mother's and grandmother's recipes. they realize once they go, they're gone. their family won't...
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my name is sheila greer. i would like to thank the supervisors first for hearing me this morning. i am a victim of murder, a witness. i came forward to san francisco and i stood up for what i believed. i believe in what you guys said, what you said about our communities. now the city is leaving me with a $3,000 balance, leaving me with paying rent above what i get a month. they also discontinued me out of the witness protection program. what i'm trying to let you know is you are not doing enough. you want people to come forward but when people come forward, you get screwed by the witness protection program. mr. kerrigan, his favorite thing is opt out of the program. i had two sons murdered and killed in san francisco. i had one killed in the alemany projects. they told me -- and i still stood up for the murder. first he got shot and i testified. i did everything that i told them i would do. they also assured me that they would take care of this. now they come back and tell me that they cannot take care of the bill. also, because they did not take care of what they said they would
my name is sheila greer. i would like to thank the supervisors first for hearing me this morning. i am a victim of murder, a witness. i came forward to san francisco and i stood up for what i believed. i believe in what you guys said, what you said about our communities. now the city is leaving me with a $3,000 balance, leaving me with paying rent above what i get a month. they also discontinued me out of the witness protection program. what i'm trying to let you know is you are not doing...
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caller: good morning steve and sheila. i'll just let you know it's raining here in st. charles. host: that's good news, isn't it? you've needed the rain. caller: yeah, it's the first time it's rained in forever. these are -- okay. i've got a point. i'm going to run off two other clocks that i think should be up there. one that shows the accumulation of wealth by the upper 1 percent, and the other one should be the loss of tax revenue due to the bush tax cuts. let's set those clocks beside it. host: okay, thank you for the idea. let me have one final point, one of our viewers would be explain to the listeners that the party conventions are funded partially by taxpayers. tbf guest yes. since that was part of the public financing put in place in the mid '70s, both the democratig and republican convention committees, not the host committees but the party convention committees will receive about $18 million this year and then the host committees will go on to raise enormous sums of money, millions upon millions of dollars in private donations which cause some to question why there is
caller: good morning steve and sheila. i'll just let you know it's raining here in st. charles. host: that's good news, isn't it? you've needed the rain. caller: yeah, it's the first time it's rained in forever. these are -- okay. i've got a point. i'm going to run off two other clocks that i think should be up there. one that shows the accumulation of wealth by the upper 1 percent, and the other one should be the loss of tax revenue due to the bush tax cuts. let's set those clocks beside it....
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i like sheila. i think she is one of the best financial regulators in america's recent history.easury secretary. i have spent a good amount of my show expressing my disdain for republican senators who were in the way of protecting your money. she is a republican. financial regulation does not have to be partisan. dodd-frank handed power to regulatory agencies and you say they are not doing their jobs. why? >> i think they are not doing their jobs in a way that is muscular enough. only about a third have been finalized. even when they are finalized or proposed they are quite lengthy and complex. they are hard for the public and academics to understand, those who need to provide analysis to make sure the regulations are doing their job. i think one of the reasons is the lobbiests come in and they are accommodating that and they shouldn't. we need a profound in the way the financial sector is doing business. >> the banks that were too big to fail before the financial crisis are bigger now. in 2006 the top five banks held $6 trillion in assets. that is 43% of america's total economi
i like sheila. i think she is one of the best financial regulators in america's recent history.easury secretary. i have spent a good amount of my show expressing my disdain for republican senators who were in the way of protecting your money. she is a republican. financial regulation does not have to be partisan. dodd-frank handed power to regulatory agencies and you say they are not doing their jobs. why? >> i think they are not doing their jobs in a way that is muscular enough. only...
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even back to sheila's comment, libor is a consortium and is a kabal. there is not a lovely magical wizard behind the curtain, but banks. but the rate is what was quoted. cities borrowed based on what they believed the rate to be and not one that they believed the rate would do. >> excuses again, we have an apology for the banks for what we think is criminal activity. >> we're not here to throw out unnecessary things. i'm stating my view, you are stating yours, i would appreciate it if you stuck with the point and argued your view, i don't appreciate it. >> thank you very much for being with us andrew and zach. in the meantime, let's go to bert bertha now. >> house keeping and food services for hospitals and nursing homes are surging. just about a dollar shy of the year high on twice the daily volume. >> thank you so much. in the final stretch, 20 minutes for the market bell sounds. >> so, is it time to play defense in the message from one of our stock pros is that. why you need this message. we'll tell you when we come back. >> and from first to worst,
even back to sheila's comment, libor is a consortium and is a kabal. there is not a lovely magical wizard behind the curtain, but banks. but the rate is what was quoted. cities borrowed based on what they believed the rate to be and not one that they believed the rate would do. >> excuses again, we have an apology for the banks for what we think is criminal activity. >> we're not here to throw out unnecessary things. i'm stating my view, you are stating yours, i would appreciate it...
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james clackkwas appointed fire then mayor sheila dixoo.since then...his work has been praised by baltimore's current mayor.so stephanie rawlings-blake...is offering clack a two peeceet raise...and plans to extend his contract...thhough 20-18. he currently earns more ttan 161-thousand a year. (mayor) "we've had the lowest number pleased with the work of my - fire chief and the department and i'm glad that e's staying onboarr."(hoffman) "no one's getting laid off, no one's getting demoted."but rick hoofman...who heads the union representing fre fighters...is upset. he says his members...will receive no raise his coming yearr...at a time when the city...is trying to save money...by shutting down... two fire companiee. (hoffman) if ww're all asked to take a hit and we have been, we just closed two companies, theeaxe is still october, i think any percent raise is way too much." (rrdell) "that proposed two percent raise for chief clack is expected to be voted on by baltimore's board of estimates tomorrow. in west baltimore, john rydell, ox 45 news at 5:30." another baltimore police officer iissent
james clackkwas appointed fire then mayor sheila dixoo.since then...his work has been praised by baltimore's current mayor.so stephanie rawlings-blake...is offering clack a two peeceet raise...and plans to extend his contract...thhough 20-18. he currently earns more ttan 161-thousand a year. (mayor) "we've had the lowest number pleased with the work of my - fire chief and the department and i'm glad that e's staying onboarr."(hoffman) "no one's getting laid off, no one's getting...
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sheila dixon. - since then e's won the praise of our current mayor. 3 and now stephanne rawlings-blake is offerinn chief clack a two percent paise... and plans to extend he currently earns more than ..- 161-thousann a year. but at closing because of budget re cuts... and fire fighters aren't seeing ann increase at all... the union rrpresenting them... wants to now hoo this is ffir. (campbell) we wereetold to live with zero percent, i don't have a problem with hat if everyone's going to feel the pain, everybody feels the with it, and as ffr as i'm concerned, the chief of the fire department should just turn the raise down and say if my folks get a raise, i'm not going to accept a raise." clack says he'' very honnred - to have served as fire chief... and isshappy that tte mayor has asked himmto continue serving. cooing up next half our... hear from the mayor herself... &pis right for this raise.i'm news. baltimore's grand prix raae is just 8 weeks away... but already... the new ooganizers of the race say it will be a loss for the ity. city.the jarring prediction comes after last year's r
sheila dixon. - since then e's won the praise of our current mayor. 3 and now stephanne rawlings-blake is offerinn chief clack a two percent paise... and plans to extend he currently earns more than ..- 161-thousann a year. but at closing because of budget re cuts... and fire fighters aren't seeing ann increase at all... the union rrpresenting them... wants to now hoo this is ffir. (campbell) we wereetold to live with zero percent, i don't have a problem with hat if everyone's going to feel the...
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performers have been there, the opera, ballet, ladysmith black mambazo, roberta flack, and sheila e and the escobedo family. we are very lucky to have this festival. i wanted to bring these folks out here to thank you. it was not for your hard work in organizing the volunteers who are helping and making sure that the program ran smoothly, i did not think we would enjoy the program the way we have. i want to bring you out here to recognize the 75th year anniversary but to think you very much. with us today are few folks who make it happen. douglas goldman and steven haines, monica ware, director of marketing and director of development. monica and jessica are out there with the volunteers working hard every sunday when the concert is happening. thank you for bringing this wonderful event to the city. >> on behalf of all of us, the staff, the board, and all the citizens and visitors to san francisco who participate in the stern grove festival, thank you. this is an exciting occasion. we enjoy the fact that we're sharing our 75th birthday with the golden gate bridge. we appreciate the reco
performers have been there, the opera, ballet, ladysmith black mambazo, roberta flack, and sheila e and the escobedo family. we are very lucky to have this festival. i wanted to bring these folks out here to thank you. it was not for your hard work in organizing the volunteers who are helping and making sure that the program ran smoothly, i did not think we would enjoy the program the way we have. i want to bring you out here to recognize the 75th year anniversary but to think you very much....
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so we picked up nina, greg and sheila. mark loaded up the rav...ded up the rav [ laughs ...even i loaded up the rav. and we head to the one spot... [ barks ...that could top it all off. you know what i mean? ♪ yeah... that was a good day. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm still here ♪ i'm still standing ♪ standing >>> welcome back. hip hop started out in the park. now a few decades later it's a global phenomenon penetrating every facet of mainstream culture. the question we have now is, where's it going? helping me to understand that question is hip hop artist extraordinaire and a rapper/activist. thank you for being here. where do we go from here? hip hop has been around for multiple decades. we've seen language, fashion. what does hip hop do next? >> we have more than one hip hop. right now i think the most profitable hip hop is in trouble in terms of what it articulates, what it says. it doesn't need to be political. the ideas about community and self-development and humanity, that commercial mainstream hip hop promotes has some real challenges. i think we need to be c
so we picked up nina, greg and sheila. mark loaded up the rav...ded up the rav [ laughs ...even i loaded up the rav. and we head to the one spot... [ barks ...that could top it all off. you know what i mean? ♪ yeah... that was a good day. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm still here ♪ i'm still standing ♪ standing >>> welcome back. hip hop started out in the park. now a few decades later it's a global phenomenon penetrating every facet of mainstream culture. the question we have now is, where's it...
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so we picked up nina, greg and sheila. mark loaded up the rav... rav [ laughs ...even i loaded up the rav. and we head to the one spot... [ barks ...that could top it all off. you know what i mean? ♪ yeah... that was a good day. ♪ yep. vogelsong and posey did you check the rating? the rating? yeah, it's simple. always check the rating symbol on the front and read the content descriptor on the back now that's a good call. thanks guys. ahh son, i don't think this game is for us. maybe you should get this one. this kid can play. [female announce for more information, visit esrb dot org. >>> welcome back to "our world with black enterprise." around the country marriage numbers are falling. but in the african american community, the numbers are grim. what does this all mean? is marriage dead in the african american community? joining me to discuss this are marriage coach dr. derosario and others, thank you for being here. when you hear the numbers, what do you say, what is your reaction when you hear numbers are crumbling? >> a cake, a ring and a sledge
so we picked up nina, greg and sheila. mark loaded up the rav... rav [ laughs ...even i loaded up the rav. and we head to the one spot... [ barks ...that could top it all off. you know what i mean? ♪ yeah... that was a good day. ♪ yep. vogelsong and posey did you check the rating? the rating? yeah, it's simple. always check the rating symbol on the front and read the content descriptor on the back now that's a good call. thanks guys. ahh son, i don't think this game is for us. maybe you...
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hi, sheila. all right, then, i'll see you later.
hi, sheila. all right, then, i'll see you later.
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so we picked up nina, greg and sheila. mark loaded up the rav...ded up the rav [ laughs ] ...even i loaded up the rav. and we head to the one spot... [ barks ] ...that could top it all off. you know what i mean? ♪ yeah... that was a good day. ♪ did you know that every 34 seconds every 40 seconds someone has a stroke. but it doesn't have to be that way. every day there's hope. join me and the american heart association and get serious about your heart and your health. if you're doing nothing, do something. if you're doing something, do more. find healthy living solutions from the american heart association's my heart my life. @o it'shat simple. ♪ ♪ i'm still here ♪ i'm still standing ♪ standing >>> welcome back. hip hop started out in the park. now a few decades later it's a global phenomenon penetrating every facet of mainstream culture. the question we have now is, where's it going? helping me to understand that question is hip hop artist extraordinaire and a rapper/activist. thank you for being here. where do we go from here? hip hop has been aro
so we picked up nina, greg and sheila. mark loaded up the rav...ded up the rav [ laughs ] ...even i loaded up the rav. and we head to the one spot... [ barks ] ...that could top it all off. you know what i mean? ♪ yeah... that was a good day. ♪ did you know that every 34 seconds every 40 seconds someone has a stroke. but it doesn't have to be that way. every day there's hope. join me and the american heart association and get serious about your heart and your health. if you're doing...
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cory was told by his does sit in real father of his baby with sheila is cory's own brother. >> he dated
cory was told by his does sit in real father of his baby with sheila is cory's own brother. >> he dated
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. >> here with her first on cnbc reaction to sandy weill's comments is sheila bair. she joins us on the "fast line." great to have you back on the "halftime" show. thanks for joining us. >> sure. happy to be here. >> your reaction to sandy weill this morning is what? >> well, flabbergasted. it's a little ironic, i must say, given the fact he and his institution were in the lead in pushing for the repeal of glass/steagall and then, of course, citigroup is the poster child for too big to fail in the bailouts during the 2008 crisis. so it is truly ironic. but obviously i agree with him. as i've said repeatedly, i think these banks are too big to manage centrally. they're too big to regulate and they do produce good shareholder value either. there's a lot of value to be had if they were broken up. >> what do you think it means to the conversation that sandy weill has now joined it? it's one thing for you to say so or for a politician on capitol hill to say so. but as you said, sandy weill is in many cases the father of the financial supermarket. when he joins the convers
. >> here with her first on cnbc reaction to sandy weill's comments is sheila bair. she joins us on the "fast line." great to have you back on the "halftime" show. thanks for joining us. >> sure. happy to be here. >> your reaction to sandy weill this morning is what? >> well, flabbergasted. it's a little ironic, i must say, given the fact he and his institution were in the lead in pushing for the repeal of glass/steagall and then, of course, citigroup...
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so we picked up nina, greg and sheila. mark loaded up the rav... rav [ laughs ] ...even i loaded up the rav. and we head to the one spot... [ barks ] ...that could top it all off. you know what i mean? ♪ yeah... that was a good day. ♪ ♪explosion i love telling big stories about big heroes: people we admire and look up to. but, at the end of the day, real life is better than any story. our service men and women are the real heroes. every day they make the sacrifices for their country; for my country; for my son's country. my dad was a marine and a navy historian. he was the first one to show me just how much these men and women give up. they leave their families and their homes. they train, they fight, they struggle for us, and so much of the time it goes unnoticed and un-thanked. and that is what i love so much about the uso. it gives us real ways to support our real heroes. the uso lifts the spirits of america's troops and their families, and there is a way we can say thanks. you can go to uso.org and make a real difference in their lives today. d
so we picked up nina, greg and sheila. mark loaded up the rav... rav [ laughs ] ...even i loaded up the rav. and we head to the one spot... [ barks ] ...that could top it all off. you know what i mean? ♪ yeah... that was a good day. ♪ ♪explosion i love telling big stories about big heroes: people we admire and look up to. but, at the end of the day, real life is better than any story. our service men and women are the real heroes. every day they make the sacrifices for their country; for...
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sheila canby, the curator in charge. >> overall, the collection has 12,000 objects. and we are showing 1,200. there are motifs that you find across a very wide geographic spread, and that wouldn't have happened if those regions hadn't been unified by a single religion, being islam. the use of the arabic script, of course, spread, as the religion spread. they reverse it, they do mirror writing, tiny writing, huge writing. the written word in islam is of absolute paramount importance. and the act of copying a quran is an act of devotion, religious devotion. a mihrab is, of course, the central focus in a mosque. it's what people face when they pray and in a mosque would be lined up so that the people facing it are facing the direction of mecca. we have glass mosque lamps. we have one or two ceramic ones as well. they were probably made in sets to be used in mausoleums and madrassas and mosques. our newest gallery is our moroccan court, which was built here over a six-month period by a group of craftsmen from fez. what it is is an adaptation of the type of courtyard that
sheila canby, the curator in charge. >> overall, the collection has 12,000 objects. and we are showing 1,200. there are motifs that you find across a very wide geographic spread, and that wouldn't have happened if those regions hadn't been unified by a single religion, being islam. the use of the arabic script, of course, spread, as the religion spread. they reverse it, they do mirror writing, tiny writing, huge writing. the written word in islam is of absolute paramount importance. and...
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we'll chat with sheila simon, she'll join us live. we'll get you the rest of the morning's top stories, christine romans has that for us. >>> authorities in iowa draining a lake this morning in the search for two missing girls, 8-year-old elizabeth collins and her 10-year-old cousin lyric cook disappeared last friday. their bikes found at the edge of meyers lake in the town of evansdale, it could take three days to drain the lake sufficiently. >>> police trying to track down who shot this video of a smash mob of teenagers hurling merchandise through the aisles of walmart in florida. wjxt visited the home of the 17-year-old student who posted this video. then removed it from his page. there was no response at the door. police citing a possible link to a nearby house party where gunshots were heard that night. >>> we're hearing from the president of penn state, the new president of penn state for first time since the release of the damning freeh report, rodney jackson says the university must take responsibility at all levels for concea
we'll chat with sheila simon, she'll join us live. we'll get you the rest of the morning's top stories, christine romans has that for us. >>> authorities in iowa draining a lake this morning in the search for two missing girls, 8-year-old elizabeth collins and her 10-year-old cousin lyric cook disappeared last friday. their bikes found at the edge of meyers lake in the town of evansdale, it could take three days to drain the lake sufficiently. >>> police trying to track down...
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tom daschle had the good sense to do what i did and marry a kansan and sheila burke, longtime aide and assistant to senator bob dole, the senate majority leader from kansas. you might have thought we were here for our health care expertise but it's really our kansas connections. you know, over the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot of commentary about what the supreme court decision on the affordable care act means for politicians in washington. we've heard speculation about who is a winner and who's a loser and who's up and who's down and what it means for november. with congressional republicans, today holding their 31st vote to repeal the affordable care act, it's clear that some want the political discussion and political battle to keep going. but i'm really glad to have a chance to be with you today to talk about what the health care law means for those outside of washington. the hard working families that the law was really designed to help. but to do that we need to set the stage a little and remember where this country was when this law was passed two years ago. so back
tom daschle had the good sense to do what i did and marry a kansan and sheila burke, longtime aide and assistant to senator bob dole, the senate majority leader from kansas. you might have thought we were here for our health care expertise but it's really our kansas connections. you know, over the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot of commentary about what the supreme court decision on the affordable care act means for politicians in washington. we've heard speculation about who is a...