knocking on doors at trader joe's, whole foods, all the big guys, to try to get donations, i would get stonewalled. they would say talk to corporate. >> reporter: a wall at andy's store is covered with thank you plaques from schools for contributions. he says unlike the contributions of small stores, target's giving is a small percentage of their take. >> not that i'm against target per se. it's really the big corporations. they take from communities and don't give back. >> reporter: now, there had been talk of a referendum if the city council approved the target store here. but for now, it's full speed ahead and by next year at this time, perhaps we should have a target store here. allen? >> don, the closest target is north of there in novato. the plan is to have two stores. they are not planning on closing the one in novato, are they? >> reporter: we understand that the novato store will stay open. this will be an additional store and a lot of people here are saying they don't like driving up to novato so a lot of customers for that store up there are coming from here. >> they could walk there.

. >> in 1969 you had the riots in stonewall that made national news.t was a period of turmoil in the late '60s and early '70s. a lot of tension with the police, a lot of raids on bars. >> reporter: in the early '70s, san francisco's gay community was searching for its voice. >> so there was really a need to be able to communicate what was happening and to investigate and to report on what was happening. >> reporter: 40 years ago this week, that need resulted in a newspaper called the bay area reporter. it was founded by bob ross, a san francisco chef, who wanted to see some ink devoted to the city's growing gay community. >> i think he was the one that saw this need, that saw the turmoil that was going on and saw a need for something that would unify the community and provide a voice through which the community could speak. >> reporter: harvey milk was the paper's first political reporter. the b.a.r. covered the politics, the party and the people, but it truly found its calling in the aids crisis. >> our paper was where a lot of people turned to for in

that is what earlier generations did, lexington, concord, selma, stonewall. that is what so many of you did in corn fields in iowa in polling place. s. that is what i need each and everyone of you to remember and to one more time, not for me but for us, for the future we hold in common, for the better days that lie ahead. [applause] whenever you hear people say that our problems are too big to self or we cannot bring about the changes that we see, i want you to think about all the progress we have already made. i want you to think about all the unfinished business that lies ahead. i wanted to be excited about the future that lies before us and i want to remind you and i want you to remind everybody else of the simple words that some of what we believe as a people. yes, we can. [applause] thank you. ♪ go, bulls! [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ only in america, dreaming and blue.hite, and blow we all get a chance. everybody gets to dance. only in america ♪ the son is going down on an l.a. freeway newlyweds in the back of a limousine ♪ a welders son and a banker's daughter

that is what earlier generations did in lexington, concord, so much, stonewall. what you did in the corn fields in iowa. that is what i need each and every one of you to remember and to one more time, not for me, but for us, for the future we hold in common, for the better days that lie ahead, so whenever you hear the people say our problems are too big to solve or we cannot bring about the changes we seek, i want you to think about all the progress we have already made. i want you to think about the opportunities that lie ahead. i want you to be excited about the future that lies before us. and i want to remind you and i want you to remind everybody else of those simple words that sum up what we believe as a people. yes with him. -- yes we can. [applause] thank you. [applause] go bulls. [applause] epssic: "your love kepp lifting me" (higher and higher), jackie wilson] >> delaware, a brief look at some of the possible republican presidential candidates from 2012, from today's "washington's chore -- washington journal." host: 6 for being with us. let me begin by a

that is what earlier generations did in lexington, concord, selma, and stonewall. that is what so many of you did in the cornfields of iowa, the polling places. that is what i need each and everyone of you to remember and do one more time -- not for me, but for us, for the future will hold in common, for the better days that lie ahead. whenever you hear people say our problems are too big to solve or we cannot bring about the changes we seek, i want you to think about the progress we have already made. i want you to think about all the unfinished business that lies ahead. i want you to be excited about the future that lies before us. i want to remind you and i want you to remind everybody else of those simple words that some of what we believe as a people. yes, we can. [cheers and applause] thank you. [cheers and applause] ♪ go, bulls! ♪ ♪ looking at the promise of the promised land one kid dreams of fame and fortune one kid helps pay the rent one could end up going to prison one just might be president only in america dreaming in red, white, and blue only in ameri

me was very mild compared to what i discovered doing investigative reporting subsequently being stonewalledout how serious the problem was. at least for two decades, yale has been systematically covering up much more serious crimes than what these students identify. what they do is use sexual harassment grievance in a cynical way, using the process to stone wall victims, isolate them and protect the university. >> how so? how do they do that with the process? >> let me give you an example. there were several faculty members that were identified to me who had repeatedly raped graduate students, allegedly, according to the graduate students. the graduate students had gone through the reporting grievance procedure. the grievance procedure is not transparent. you can't find out in any given year what's been reported, how many rapes, how many allegations of sexual assault. use of a drug comes up. >> the date rape drug? >> yes. a student said her adviser had given her date rain drug and sexually assaulted her. parents can't find out who is dangerous. they can't find out what professor has systema

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they are like fillmore jackson, or stonewall jackson. and andrew johnson.we love andrew johnson and those like that. but if he -- if he did not run for re-election, he would have a lot of accomplishments. he would have a goodor. if he runs for re-election he might get into difficulty. but i think -- the guy -- i can't believe this guy. he's so cool. i mean, i don't know where he gets his inspiration from, maybe his mom, you know, or -- you know, that midwestern thing. maybe there's something to that, this midwestern, you know, vision of the world. i don't know where he gets it from. but -- but i think he's inspired a lot of people. he inspired young black people, i think. and i think that's -- they can look at him and not be deceived by the images that they give us every day, athletes fighting outside of strip clubs. i look at aol and yahoo! news every day. it's about some athlete fighting outside of a strip club or crime. one thing about california, though, we get a night off, they do hispanics crime. so i say, wow, tonight this is our night off. they're n

here, the bush administration said no, they stonewalled. both committees, thousand senate judiciary committees, decided to issue subpoenas. the bush administration decided to claim executive privilege. eventually things can do ahead, and the house judiciary committee decided to issue a contempt citation. while this is going on, the department of justice issued a memo, legal memo. and this memo claimed that current and former presidential aides have an absolute immunity from compelled congressional testimony. i mean, this is an absolutely remarkable statement to be made by any president. and it's one that was unprecedented, has no basis in the law, no bases in history. you know, no president, even if you're talking about somebody decline executive privilege on the pardon power has absolute immunity from compelled congressional testimony. but the bush administration was claiming this. so congress decides, or the house of representatives decides to vote on the contempt citation. i saw the contempt citation has to be enforced by the district of

that's why earlier like lexington, concorde, stonewalled, blake cornfields of iowa and in wrigleyville and i need each and everyone of you to do one more time not for me, but for us. [cheers and applause] the future we hold in common for the days that lie ahead, so whenever you hear people saying how problems are too big to solve or we can't bring about the changes we seek, i want you to think about changes we've made in all the unfinished business of life that had. i want you to be excited about the future and lies before us and i want to remind you that want you to remind everybody else of those simple words that sum up what we believe as a people. yes we can. [cheers and applause] thank you. [cheers and applause] ♪ go bulls! [cheers and applause] ♪ staring at the faces in a review mirror ♪ look at the promise of the promised land. ♪ one kid dreams of fame and fortune. ♪ one kid helps pay the rent. ♪ >> about 2000 people expected at the fundraiser tonight. reportedly the invitation said the donors first $2500 contribution will be used during the primary election. the next 2500 or go

answer to the energy crisis and $4 gasoline is to give money to brazil while at the same time stonewalling drilling in our gulf. why are we doing that? instead of propping up energy companies in brazil and letting them drill off their coast, let's keep jobs and energy in america and drill off our coast and our own land. let's develop our own domestic energy instead of developing brazil's? are you in for that, mr. president? and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> to speak to the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in honor of our departed colleague, john adler of new jersey. mr. connolly: he was an honorable public servant who served 17 years in the new jersey state senate. and before that on the town council of cherry hill, new jersey. john brought a wealth of knowledge, legislative expertise but good humor, compassion and respect for his colleagues on both sides o

that's what earlier generations did -- in lexington, in concord, in salem, in stonewall. that's what so many of you did out in cornfields in iowa; polling places in wrigleyville. and that's what i need each and every one of you to remember, and do one more time -- not for me, but for us. for the future we hold in common. for the better days that lie ahead. so whenever you hear people say our problems are too big to solve or we can't bring about the changes we seek, i want you to think about all the progress we've already made. i think -- i want you to think about all the unfinished business that lies ahead. i want you to be excited about the future that lies before us. and i want to remind you, and i want you to remind everybody else, of those simple words that summed up what we believe as a people,yes, we can. thank you. ♪ she came out here to be an actrees she was a singer in a band they checked my purse in oklahoma and talked about the stars they could have changed only in america ♪ singing in red, white and blue only in america where every dream is as big as we want t

committee is investigating allegations that the homeland security departments political appointees are stonewallingion act requests for partisan political reasons. darrell isa says it could violate the law. this portion is just under 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] >> okay, there we go. when you wiggle it, the light goes off, so sorry about that. thank you for your patience as we reset. we now recognize the second panel of witnesses, mr. charles edward inspector general of the department of homeland security. welcome. mr. john verde is senior counsel and director of open government project at epic. pursuant as he saw the first charge of the committee rules, would you please raise your right hand and take the oath? do solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? at the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please be seated. since you are a patient for the first round, i won't recite anything. with that, recognize mr. edwards for his opening statement.

they stonewalled. the bush administration decided to claim executive privilege.ntually, things came to a head. the house judiciary committee decided to issue a contempt citation. while this is going on, the department of justice issued a legal memo. this memo claimed that current and former presidential aides have absolutely immunity from compelled congressional testimony. this is an absolutely remarkable statement to be made by any president. it is one that is unprecedented. it has no basis in the law or in history. no president -- even if you are talking about somebody declaring executive privilege on pardon power -- has an absolute immunity from compelled congressional testimony. but the bush administration is claiming this. the house of representatives decides to vote on the contempt citations. the contempt citations have to be enforced by the district of columbia attorney. the same day that the vote occurred, the department of justice and the white house said, we are not enforcing this contempt citation. what is the white house left to do? they have to empow