he's someone i know that many of us will really sorely miss.d was someone that i'm really grateful that i got an opportunity to get to know. and i met him actually in 2005, when several of us here in this room were involved in the san francisco people's organization. i just have an incredible level of respect for howard. he was always incredibly reasonable, but undeniably and staunchly progressive. he was vocal on many different issues but always open-minded. most permanen importantly he ben building coalition that was genuine and he was dedicated to that and he also loved to share stories. stories. i think many of us, with him at6 had to share, which are so important near us to continue to remember as we continue to build upon that work, and upon the city. and i know he loved being the moral compass at labor. he really believed that he was the left voice in labor. he always talked about the importancezp.÷ of labor and creg coalitions of communities of color. sometimes, when i would walk into some rooms, when running for elections, he was somet

he's someone i know that many of us will really sorely miss.omeone that i'm really grateful that i got an opportunity to get to know. and i met him actually in 2005, when several of us here in this room were involved in the san francisco people's organization. i just have an incredible level of respect for howard. he was always incredibly reasonable, but undeniably and

his contributions to our education community will be sorely missed, but for the generations to come forward for will provide, continue to provide the kind of education and job skills that we need for our city. over the last few weeks, i have been working closely with the city college to assess their fiscal, managerial, and accreditation issues. i want to thank the people behind me. in particular, the interim chancellor pamela fisher is here, and the current trustees, natalie burke is here today, i need a barrier is also here. thank you very much. also representing our students, mr. walker is here as well. [applause] with any educational institution that has value as our city college, not only did we work with those that are currently involved with them, but we worked as a city family. there is no way to express at this time the need to have this a family together to support our city college. so also i have representatives of the comptroller's office, then rosenfield, mickey callahan, the human resources divisions that are here today, nadia from our public financing, and certainly kate howar

the warm silence you felt in his presence is sorely miss. the warmth and kindness i reflect upon each moment they think of milton is treasured. we need more moments of silence like this. his memory is a blessing and is a part of each of us. when we are present , when we are aware, when we are kind without agenda. these are the words of milton. this means to find contentent in our place and every breath is an opportunity for us to praise this world, to praise our lives. every breath has that chance, and until milton's last breath we felt he was aware. he was content with his soul. with love and yes with silence. i pray for you and the family. may it not be bitter. may that silence be sweet. we will treasure his memory as a blessing in celebration for us all. thank you. >> and now it's also an honor approximate pleasure to introduce you. >> >> or to welcome milton's sister, caro marks. >> dear milton, on august 9 our younger brother david called to say he just left you after a visit, a visit which he had hustled to accomplish on route after a

the people are loving people and all of you that new with them and knew that and they will be sorely missed. >> this was the first thanksgiving they had ever been apart. there are going to mississippi for a small vacation. >> this gas leak causing an explosion that rocked sprinkles, massachusetts. this was caught on camera take a look at this video, in the spring-like massachusetts it leveled a bar. and no one was in the club but 16 people were sent to the hospital of non- life threatening injuries but it was so strong that it broke windows as three blocks away! one person describes. >> i jumped! i could feel the car recants move and the windows shaking automatically i knew where it came from it was from this part of the city. >> the streets impacted by this explosion were shot down an emergency crews worked to evacuate from people the source of that gas leak is not clear. >> ten eres, st. martin's press has 10-years, there purchase the rights, the book will not to speak a story of her captivity but how she turned her experience into a cause for child advocacy. she was waiting for the convi

the voice of community radio in san francisco will be sorely missed. the rest i'll submitv. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor mar. president chiu. >> thank you, madam clerk. first of all colleagues i have an in memorial for marta who will be greatly missed by her friends and family and the neighbors of russian hill. she was a leader with the russian hill community association, devoted countless hours to helping in the community and numerous issues, hosted meetings at her home and helped to build consensus among our neighbors in providing wise and thoughtful counsel on various issues. she will be survived by her husband terrance ryan on vallejo street. [speaker not understood] alcohol related restrictions in the lower polk neighborhood. at this time the lower polk neighborhood is saturated with alcohol establishments, bars and liquor stores. the office of small business has 60 alcohol licenses on record for the six blocks of polk street from owe facial to california and its side streets. this concentration of alcohol establishments has caused quality of life issues for our

combined experience, knowledge and expertise of my departing colleagues will be sorely missed. i've been joined by some of our california members who will be coming in and out if they wish to speak and we'll be happy to yield to them. but first we have a good friend from north dakota who's also departing, u.s. representative rick berg, and i will yield time to him. representative berg. mr. berg: i thank the gentleman from california and thank you, mr. speaker. you know, it's been a distinct honor for me to represent the people of north dakota in this congress, the 112th congress. i ran for congress because i believed that we needed to continue to have an economic environment, an economic climate that has stability and encourages growth and encourages jobs. i'm sure we can all agree that there is more work that needs to be done. but i'm hopeful in the days, the weeks, the months and the year ahead that we can finally come together, not as democrats and not as republicans, but as americans who are concerned about the future and concerned about that next generation. in doing so, i

all who knew them, knew that and they'll be sorely missed. >> witnesses tell our local affiliate thee it impossible to see. >>> good news, in new york, the gas rationing program put in place in the days after superstorm sandy, the rationings ends tomorrow. 85% of the gas stags are now running. only 25% were openeded just two weeks ago. new jersey and long island stopped rationing gas last week. >>> jailed russian punk musician is now in solitary confinement according to a statement from her lawyer, she was moved to a single prison cell for her own protection because of conflict with other inmates. she and two other members of the band pussyriot were convicted. the musicians are currently serving two-year prison sentences. >>> it's been 477 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. it was a good day for stocks. all three of the major indices rose by more than 1%. >>> our fourth story "outfront," unraveling the petraeus scandal. it just goes on and on. according to a law enforcement firm, federal agents are investigating whether david petraeus instructed members of his staff to s

they'll be sorely missed. sorely missed. >> that was jessica willy of cnn affiliate khou.reckage scene was more than a mile long with cars twisted on top of each other. they're still looking into what caused the fog. and that played into the whole thing including the crashes. >>> is war-ravaged syria forming a tighter alliance with iran? lisa sylvester's monitor thag and some other top stories in "the situation room" right now. >> hi, joe. syrian state television is airing new video of president bashar al assad, he's seen meeting with the chairman of the iranian parliament in syria's capital of damascus today. this comes as fighting continues to rage in syria's civil war and the death toll continues to mount one day after 151 people were killed across the country, opposition activists say at least 43 people have died in syria today. and we want to warn you what you are about to see next is graphic. and it may be disturbing for some of our viewers. a 16-year-old girl was walking down the street in east london last week when suddenly a man came up behind her -- oh, and bruta

she'll be sorely missed. we want to thank you for what you've done, the impact you've had on students you've taught in the past this ones you are teaching currently and we have pity in the future who will never have that experience. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection so ordered. mr. mcdermott: as we celebrate world aids day, we have reason to be proud of what we've done to fight hiv-aids. when i came to the congress in 1989, aids was a death sentence. now with the right medicine it's a manageable chronic disease. and we've made real progress toward a vaccine. that happened a buzz the united states congress took action. it wupt magic. people living with the disease fought to make it happen and leaders in the congress and the white house want to make it -- fought to make it hap

i would be sorely disappointed if we missed this opportunity. i think somebody was telling me today the budget act of 1990 took 12 days to put in place. we know what all the issues are. i hope we won't be lacking courage just to go ahead and deal with big pieces of this. so -- i am in a different place than you on this. i think we ought to deal a -- in a big way with the fiscal reform. >> you want to grant design. that's very -- interesting point of view. >> doesn't have to be grand. we play to take two bites at it, debt ceiling coming up which i think, by the way, debt ceiling is the more important day personally than the fiscal cliff issue because we are not fiscal cliff is not going to happen. okay. simply is not going to happen. so -- to me, the focus ought to be on solvency and if we can deal with that and take a big step out of that, big step towards solving that, during this december, i agree with you. i think the markets are going to take off and i think that -- from an outside perspective, things are undervalued if we do that. >> thanks

he is certainly someone here in congress that when he spoke, people listened and he will be missed sorely. >> let's talk about the financial situation the nation is in right now. the president and speaker boehner were staking out positions yesterday, but at the same time not being nailed down on specifics. do you think that both are really in a mood to compromise? that we'll see a true meeting of the minds here? >> i hope so, if we're going to get a result by year end, the only way we will do it is if the two of them are in agreement. that's the only way for it to occur. i see a lot of common ground. i think people on the right and the left agree that the upper income can pay more, it's just whether you get it through rates or closing loopholes and reductions. republicans have long been willing to let loopholes and deductions will closed for upper income people like myself to generate income. and that's a progrowth way to generate revenues. >> at the end of the day, if there is more money coming out of your paycheck, what does it matter what you call it? >> well, here is the deal, most sm

and he's going to be missed sorely. >> let's talk about this financial situation the nation is in right now. this budget situation. the president and speaker boehner were staking out positions yesterday, but at the same time, not being nailed down on specifics. do you think that both are really in a mood to compromise? that we'll see a true meeting of the minds here? >> well, i hope so. obviously if anything -- if we're going to get a result by year end, the only way we're going to do it is if the two of them reach an agreement. that is the only way for it to occur. and i actually see a lot of common ground. the fact is that i think people on the right and the left agree that the upper income can pay more. it's just whether you get it through rates or whether you get it through closing wloopholes and deductions. republicans have long been willing to let loopholes and deductions be closed for upper income people like myself to generate income. and that's a very pro-growth way of generating revenue, the kind of revenues that the president has laid out. >> but what's the difference, at the

jamal brown missed practice with a sore hip. attempting, of course, to come back from pre-season hip surgery. things do not look good for him. somebody needs to surgically repair the fan face in the wizards these days. right now, it's just not there. the wizards lost again last night. they're now the nba's only winless team at 0-7. perhaps this young man can provide a spark. sean livingston signed by the wizards today. livingston, the fourth overall pick out of high school in the 2004 nba draft. after suffering a gruesome knee injury, he bounced around to five nba teams including the wizards during the '09 and 2010 season when he averaged nine points per game. the wizards did waive jen aro parvo. >>> the second leg of the conference on sunday. dc united hoping duane will play for the first time in more than two months. dc united needing all the help they can get. they will have to outscore houston by three goals to advance. a three-goal win in major league soccer is rare. but united has done well at home. they haven't lost a hom

infrastructure funding that is sorely needed for the well being not only of our nation but the of the american economy as well. you need to know this one of the most enduring miss we love here in america is that we ended our involvement was slavery after the civil war all our founders people like thomas jefferson who wrote all men are created equal in the declaration of independence but owned slaves himself were tarnished morally imperfect hypocrites in our modern era we tell ourselves we have risen above that we are pure we're no longer tainted by slavery if only it were true recent fires that killed over one hundred workers and bangladeshis sweat shops making garments for wal-mart other american retailers show how we today are frankly more hypocritical and dishonest about slavery and was jefferson himself. as are those libertarians who argue that the bangladeshis were willing workers when poverty is so severe in their country that working chained into a fire trap factory is essential to survival itself to call the working conditions of much of the developing world anything less than slavery is to ignore the power relationships they keep workers behind fences

sore eligibility. i had to wait until 66. did i miss it? i didn't think i'd life lif that long. but when i did get there i appreciated the fact they saved social security for me in 1983. we need to save it for our children around grandchildren today and we can do it by looking at eligibility. you don't have to raise the tax or lower the benefit. you might means test the cola but you can fix it if we sit around the table and 25ubg about it and not take away anybody's eligibility. medicare is tougher. we can take plans by paul ryan and give people options. whatever we do we can find a way for the future, find to save the medicare the american people have paid for. prvment in terms of the safety net, nobody wants to do away with the safety net but it's time we looked at the safety net and the cost benefit analysis. so we manage them appropriately like you would any expenditure of government. then you go to the tax code and that's where we are today. that's the sumbling block, and time is running out. and i'll be the first person to admit it would be hard to come up with a comprehen

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