we were applying for two different statuses and one of the statuses, if a person made a donation, theyould get a write off on their taxes. 501-c-3. collect moneyen because we didn't know if we were going to collect our tax status. people wouldn't want to donate if they had no clue how it would affect their personal taxes. there were ramifications and dominoes that would fall just by not doing anything. in 2012, we got a lot of questions that were prior to -- that required banker boxes full of printed material to send back to the irs. based on those responses, they gave us even more questions. they were asking were out of the box that they should have asked. the cause of the responses we gave, they asked even more. >> were you functioning as an organization waiting for the tax status? >> for the one where if you donate, you don't get a tax reduction, we were functioning c-4 and we were able to raise money. the one that is tea party patriots foundation, that would summit1-c-3, we did do a in 2011. after that summit, we couldn't do anything else. the delay was so long. didn'tnot feel -- w

say when they look back and is when in the 21st century did they realize that sea level was not statusic. you release that how far you look ahead to things are an investment not written off for underwater our questions about funding are good there's a lot of cities standing in line for federal funding and sea level rise is every place you may want to think cart at that announced $34 billion it they've got worse problems and their building an entire sea level off the mouth of gaga cart they've had 13 feet of sea level rise in the last thirty years but they're paying for it base they're going to create real estate like the islands in dubai they've created real estate so it would be a bold bold plan i'm not suggesting you're ready for that but inviting you to think ahead as your questions pointed out the waterfront of the san francisco a hundred years from now will be a vital exciting part of the city and this city will be here one hundred years from now, when i say in miami i don't say those years i don't know if miami will not be here one hundred years from now not 2 hundred years you've

this particular area of immigration requires expertise especially in a asylum and other statuses. we are hoping to leverage the expertise here in san francisco. i think that it will be a -- really a pilot program which we hope can be used in other jurisdictions for these same kinds of services and we have confidence with the high degree of expertise with the legal providers in san francisco we will be successful with these efforts. ultimately we don't know our success rate with this program. we assume that we will be successful given the strength of our arguments, but time will tell. we're happy to be able to work with the board and the mayor's office to give an update how successful we are on preventing deportation and allowing for reunification as much as possible. >>i have a question. i know while the surge of unaccompanied minors is new for the city it's not a completely new phenomenon so what has been the success rate in the past by preventing deportations by the legal and pro bono services we have? >>i will have to get back to you on that question. i know our office hasn't h

there's a lot of special statuses that the british government has on the european level.tainly, yeah. they are looking at that, very worried at what might come in the future when the brits go to the polls and decide whether or not they want to stay in the eu, christiane. >> thank you so much. and fred, thanks from berlin. now we go to spain. a massive crowd has taken to the streets of barcelona last week to say it's time for their region to become independent. and they were looking very, very closely at this referendum. we've been inundated here in scott rand by journalists from spain, from barcelona. and iwe are joined from there now. >> reporter: does a vote look like it's coming as a no from scotland. i asked what did you make of this result? and they said what's important is they voted. and that's pretty much what we're asking for. we're asking the government to give us an opportunity to vote on our own referendum, and christiane, that may help, the first initial steps may happen sooner than many people think. today, eight hours or so, the regional parliament will int

following our own immigration laws, but when it comes to international requirements to honor refugee statuses refugee status, a lot of -- i've spoken to a lot of people on i'd say the other side of the immigration debate who see the u.s. turning away especially the young immigrants from central america as a violation of our responsibility to honor incoming refugees, which is also connected to our u.s. commitment to fighting the drug war in central america, latin america. so what is -- what is our responsibility to international law as far as refugee status with these immigrants? >> ipg international law places a more restrictive burden on the united states and on other countries than we think it does. the definition of a refugee is someone who's got a well founded fear of persecution on the basis of race, religion, social group or political opinion. that's it. if you're fleeing generalized poverty, if you're fleeing generalized violence, even fleeing civil war, you don't actually fit the definition of refugee. that's just a fact under the international law. in reality, the vast majority of pe

2000, roughly, faculty who are in the and another 1500 or so that are in a variety of appointment statusesare not adjunct. for example, we are using phd -prepared faculty members to teach writing, which is very unusual. postdoc on more of a model. we have some folks who are on research appointments. host: steve is next in new york. a parent up there. a, i was curious about your political science programs. i have found a lot of colleges clinical science programs are left-leaning -- colleges' political science programs are left-leaning. i'm curious where michigan state is in that area. do you police your political science people to make sure there is an equal balance? steve, i think that we have a political science department that has a worldwide track record of trying to look -- from a variety of perspectives. you have to know a variety of perspectives in order to have your own. i would also say we have prestigious residential college, james madison college. you have to begin reading "the federalist papers" as part of your freshman experience. host: good morning. you are a parent. what are