the commission would also like to thank our symposium partners. the asian american justice center from washington, d.c. the center for state and local government law. the chief justice earl warren institute. the consulate general of mexico. the quality federation. -- equality federation. the national center for lesbian rights. san francisco chamber of commerce. the san francisco department of children, youth, and their families. san francisco department on the status of women. san francisco zero divided foundation. we would like to thank the city department heads that are here. the department of status of women. the human rights commission, and our own director, the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. you have an opportunity later in the meeting for public comment. please indicate if you would like to speak or write down your questions and return the cards to staff members. i would like to introduce an outstanding leader who has worked hard to bring the diverse segments of the san francisco community together to reach a common ground

this concludes tonight's symposium. on behalf of my fellow commissioners, we thank you for coming here. i would like to thank our assemblyman, the staff, the san francisco board of supervisors, david chew, our speaker and our panelists, our partners and collaborators, and most of all to the members of the audience and immigrant communities who are represented for which we exist, thank you for coming here this evening. we have learned a lot and are well educated for going forward. please look for a written report on these proceedings by the end of the meeting. also we look forward to a report on april 13, 2009 of the joint hearing with the human rights commission by the end of the year. thank you all for coming here this evening. [applause] >> the meeting is adjourned.

all of this provides a unique perspective for our symposium today. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to ambassador ken adelman. [ applause ] >> thank you, duke. that was a wonderful introduction. it was so much nicer than the introduction i had in indianapolis when i was in office and the fellow there from the rotary club said that i had been in the -- with ronald reagan for all these important things. i was in and out of the white house constantly. i knew everything that was happening. so he ended the introduction of me with a grand flourish. he said, "so listen up carefully washington. here's ken adelman" [ laughter ] then about a year ago, a year and a half ago now, i was giving a talk on security interests in northeast asia. and the head of the foreign affairs committee in tokyo after my speech got up. a wonderful japanese man. after my speech he got up and he after my speech he got up and he said, "ambassador adelman, for your service to the free world and for your remarks today, you deserve much clap. [ laughter ] i said, thank y

. >> nuclear regulatory commisoner georg apostolakis made the remark at a symposium in washington on tuesday. nearly one year has passed since the march 11th earthquake and tsunami crippled the nuclear plant. apostolakis said japan's government and the plant's operator tokyo electric power company could have better prepared for total power loss. he said the operators of u.s. nuclear plants are taking additional steps to deal with blackouts. he said the commission hopes to come up with further safety measures by this summer. the carnegie endowment for international peace organizes symposium and released a report on tuesday. the paper says the analysis of past tsunami was insufficient it. says japan did not adequately prepare for the possibility of power failures at nuclear plants. >>> a new robot has been developed to more efficiently explore the inside of nuclear reactor buildings damaged by last year's quake and tsunami in japan. the robot was built by machinery maker topy industries at the request of tokyo electric power company that operates the nuclear power plant. it's 50 centim

[applause] tavis: i have done these symposiums for years, and this is the first time in my 20-year careeri have been blessed to moderate a panel of all women, and i will tell you this is the most difficult symposium my people have helped me produce. trying to get focused on this, trying to get media attention about this. when you put together a panel of experts, i have a few friends and industry. it is not so difficult to get a platform and i need to talk about the impending conversation. this has been like pulling teeth, trying to get the focus on this issue. >> there are a number of areas in which black women fair least well. what we have not discussed is the enormity of the power of popular culture and the media to define black women in terms that are not worthy of being an -- but we are not worthy of being perceived as the equal. the characterization's and stereotypes that are reinforced about black women in our society really conservative uprising among black women, and the popular culture and conversation all need to be challenged with respect to black women. [applause] tavis: i am

. >> nuclear regulatory commissioner made the remark at a symposium in washington on tuesday. nearly one year has passed since that march 11th earthquake and tsunami crippled the nuclear plant. he said the japan's government and the plant's operator tokyo power compute could counter -- for total power loss. he said operators of u.s. nuclear plants are taking additional steps to deal with blackouts. the commission hopes to come up with further safety measures by this summer. the carnegie endowment for international peace organized the the symposium and released a report on tuesday. the paper says past analysis was insufficient. it says japan did not adequately prepare for the possibility of power failures at nuclear plants. >>> now to our series lessons of march 11th, one year on. we're looking back on japan's magnitude 9 earthquake that triggered a tsunami and nuclear crisis. more than 15,000 people died. about 3300 others are still counted as missing. we'll be bringing you reports all week from the hardest-hit prefectures, iwate, miyagi, and fukushima. today we're going to of

a symposium doesn't happen in a room like this. real change happens when we go out and talk to people. a lot of people can speak with their own voice around their own issue. i am committed to them, and as a commission i hope we can work to make that happen. this is a beginning, and i have gotten a lot of good information. to have representatives from congressional offices here is important. i want to say thank you to every one of you, and i want to recognize the san francisco immigrant rights movement for their work. thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioners. i want to rhyme my commissioners -- want to remind my commissioners that we are restricted on time. >> my comments are usually short. i have a question for bill, who has scared me to death. after we hear all this, and he sounds like the problems are worse in washington. but are there any things positive you found in washington that have happened? >> there's a new president. [laughter] >> there are -- the enforcement priorities have changed somewhat. there are the voices

and reflect on the national character change as part of the 2012 national character and leadership symposium. this lasts about an hour. >>> good morning. please be seated, gentlemen. on behalf of the united states air force academy center for oral history, it is a privilege to partner with the center of leadership and development to serve as a moderator for this year's panel, world war ii veterans for the 2012 national character and leadership symposium. established in the summer of 2010, the air force academy center for oral history is dedicated to the notion that we preserve yesterday for tomorrow's profession of arms. consequently, it is only appropriate to be here with these distinguished veterans today. during the course of world war ii, some 16 million american soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines served in both europe and the pacific. of those, some 400,000 never returned. we are privileged today to have three veterans with us. join me again in welcoming them. >>> the format of today's panel, we will have approximately 30 minutes where i will ask questions to the panel and we'll tur

you're in for a real treat to start off this national security symposium to play a patriotic interlewd. i give you the united states marine band.

this hour and a half long symposium was held at the ronald reagan presidential library. >> thank you, duke. i think we all owe you a sincere thank you for making this spectacular venue available today to showcase the declassification and release of the cia and presidential library records. on behalf of our director and our chief information officer i want to thank you very much for coming. i hope you enjoy the afternoon. almost every day i get to go to cia headquarters in langley, virginia. i walk into the main entrance. i walk across the agency seal on the floor, the one that you've seen in the spy movies. i walk past the statue on the left of william donovan, former director of the office of strategic services. ♪ [ laughter ] >> i didn't know there was a ghost of william donovan that lived at the ronald reagan library. [ laughter ] >> i walk past the memorial wall where on the right side where there is chiselled a star for agency officers who lost their life in the line of duty. there are 102 stars on that wall today. 49 of which have been added since i've been working at cia. i go

. >>> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium titled "understanding richard nixon and his era." over the next hour, scholars focus on the vietnam war. they discuss the partnership between richard nixon and henry kissinger, the president's approach as commander in chief and the pentagon papers and the administration's response to dissent. >> welcome back to "understanding richard nixon and his era," a symposium. i'm ken hughes. i'm a researcher with the presidential recordings program of the university of virginia's miller center. co-sponsor of this, the first scholarly conference after richard m. nixon library and museum. returning now to nixon and vietnam. a tragically timely subject when america finds herself embroiled in an inclusive war or two. and the editor of foreign affairs and the pages of the "new york times" has suggested that president obama model his exit from afghanistan on president nixon's exit from vietnam. we have some amazing, amazingly good scholars to discuss the subject with you today. i'll introduce each one right before he or she speaks. we'

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. >> the one country that has not yet been mentioned in the first two hours of symposium is our most apparent threat and potential nuclear power and that's iran. how does iran figure into your calculus of national security? >> initially in the sense that i don't believe we can talk too much about a pivoting or rebalancing to east asia. the administration i think has done a good job reminding east asian allies take we're there, we're there and we're committed, we're not going to cut. it's certainly correct that we should not cut our capabilities. but whether you want to get out of the middle east or not, drags you back. it always does. and there are times when you get involved in wars of choice, but the united states still has dependency on the middle east and that's why in my argument in the wounded giant book and what i try to underscore today, i think you have to view the persian gulf as well as the broader middle east and the western pacific as equally important theaters of future military focus. i think as a matter of defense planning, we cannot and must not understate the centra

she is attending a symposium and is one of the keynote speakers. i have five items under her to report today. the first is related to bae. next wednesday, it will enter the port. the ship will be in dry dock for 55 days, employing over 200 shipyard workers and will generate between 80,100 thousand hours of labor. that is the equivalent of 38-48 jobs for a full year. with options to the value for repair will be 14.5 million, and that will generate additional rent to the port cough. the primary mission is to provide fuel, ammunition and dry and refrigerated storage to support needy at sea. this is the first ship of its class to undergo regular maintenance. there will board -- there will be more coming out for bid this year. the port dry dock is the only one on the west coast large enough to accommodate the size of the vessel. notably the collaboration effort with bae in the port to share the 1.5 million in dredging the base makes way for this. the central basin public waterway adjacent to the shipyard was previously not deep enough to allow ship acce

. >> reporter: this is the 25th women's leadership symposium marking the first time women from all fiveranches of the military have attended. >> 25 years ago it was maybe a dozen women. today i think the registration is something like 1700. >> reporter: for some it's all about networking and for others mentoring or even giving workplace advice. >> just getting to see all of the women in the service is awesome. >> reporter: the event, a who's who of top military women. one of the headliners michelle flournoy the most senior female pentagon official in history. >> it's a great opportunity for people to come together, compare notes and how to make a difference going forward. >> flournoy served under leon panetta. despite her success she says when it comes to women in the workplace there is still work to be done. >> the real sign of progress will be when it's not a headline when there's a first woman whatever. >> reporter: commander nicole shuey with the service leadership organization, here with general david petraeus, hopes society can out grow the term glass ceiling. >> there is still a

house democrats have organized a symposium or a hearing.e not in leadership and cannot have a formal hearing but a hearing or a conversation, i should say, on hate crimes. >> and you know, this story really came to washington last week, late last week when president obama made remarks about trayvon martin that were widely publicized. the story continues on and it will again come to washington. not for the last time. as you mentioned within the hour, when trayvon martin' parents arrive here on the nation' capitol and attend this symposium or hearing. this is not an issue that is going away. this is an issue that will stay on the top of national headlines. and i think both parties have to be wary of it. these are the sorts of things that can have national, an effect on the national conversation in ways we might not think about. >> exactly. we remember rodney king and some of the other past debates. and very briefly, we're going to hit more audio tame later today from today's arguments and we'll be able to assess for ourselves the arguments fr

sunday 12 to 4 so additionally we have the program of events and public programs from luxurious to symposiums to performances in collaborations with other jewish cultural institutions so, for the first time have the space to set about 250 people for concerts and performances. and just one moment. fat welcome back to mosaics that's rabbi baruch weiss in board honored to be your host this morning were in the middle of a conversation about jewish museums in the bay area and about the magnus collection in berkeley california with francesco the curator of the collection in to the director of the madness collection we're talking about how of the university setting also lots of different ways if you cannot access its holdings can you let us know a little bit more about what people can do to come to the madness and how they can access the collection other than what we might think of as a traditional museum exhibition? to equate to the right to sublet their research aspect. >>> the nine this collection is not located in downtown berkeley between bart and campus so became extremely accessible from a ph

this is exactly this, for example, symposium for that. and i'm very happy that a.i. has organized this. in japan there has been a private research commission done that, government is now doing this, diet is commissioning this as well. we're trying to find what was really right, what went wrong. we have to be candid about. so we are trying to do this. and lastly, we always say that as i said, we are on recovery road but it was not just by ourselves. it was because of the help from people around the world. of course japan has some strong points. we have recovered from, for example, closing of japan for 20 years and we were opened up and in 30 years we were able to be among one of the powers. after world war ii, after 20 year, we were able to host olympic games. oil shocks hit twice because we don't have energy at all. and still, we were able to come back and made most energy efficient cars and economy and compete with other countries so we were able to turn the table, make the cha tleeng opportunity. i think we will try to do this again. it's because people have helped

join the komen maryland for a special symposium.swers healthy living tips as well as expert medical advice called finding your path to breast health tomorrow march 10tat the new psalmist baptist church from 8 in the morning until noon. it's free and open to the public if you want more information, you can call komen maryland at 410-938-8990. that's the number to call to register. >>> all right. sports news quickly. spring training going on down in florida. and the o's beat the braves last night 2-1 all of this moving closer to the homeowner less than month away. or aos take on the twins first pitch on friday april 6th and it is set for 3:05. >>> be prepared for long lunches or long lunches today. the terps will take on north carolina at the quarter finals acc tournament going on in atlanta. the terps crushed wake forest yesterday led by terrell who scored 25 points in the 82-60 win by maryland. lynette. >>> all right. we are talking about wet weather this morning. but a lot of areas starting to dry out. we can see the drying process

this is a great symposium and a great place to be able to share a lot of the different views and workgoing on. one of the things i wanted to quickly talk about was regarding the sanctuary ordinance. there has been a lot of talk about a sanctuary ordinance. it has been in the news and a national debate. national debate. we want to remind you what it

this is a great symposium and a great place to be able to share a lot of the different views and workgoing on. one of the things i wanted to quickly talk about was regarding the sanctuary

. >> she was one of five people who traveled from japan to speak at a weekend symposium even though there have been no deaths specifically linked to the fukushima plant the long- term effects remain to be seen. the nuclear issues are particularly hard because radiation is difficult. and retired professor norma field says what happens there can happen here in the u.s. should be rethinking its reliance on nuclear power. >> so many people have lost the lives they knew for ever. 100,000 people have been displaced from areas near the nuclear plant in the japanese writer we spoke to said in some other areas life appears to be back to normal but there are hot spots where radiation levels are very dangerous one year later many families are divided over whether they should stay or move and it's still a challenge to ensure that the food is safe. >> if horrific scene in afghanistan, still to come 16 are dead and most of them are children and an american soldier is believed to be responsible. and debbie hulbert cent goes on the defensive against jesse jackson jr. less than two weeks before their prim

at a recent fbi sponsored symposium at fordham university, the commander of the u.s. cyber command and the director of the nsa stated that if a significant cyber attack against this country were to take place there may not be of much he and his leaders could do to stop it in advance. in order to stop a cyber attack you have to see it in real time. you have to have those authorities. these are the conditions we put on the table. now how and what the congress chooses that will be a policy decision. this legislation does nothing to address this significant concern. and i question why we have yet to have a serious discussion about who is best suited, which agency, who is best suited t fr threat? we all agree is very real and growing. additionally if the legislation before us today were enacted into law, unelikted bureaucrats at dhs could promulgate on american businesses which own roughly 90% of critical scyber infrastructure. the regulations that would be created under this new authority would sometitymie job creation, property rights and divert resources from actual cyb

on saturday you can join komen maryland for their special symposium, a day full of answers.healthy living tips as well as some expert medical advice. it's called finding your path to breast health. it will be saturday from 8:00 to noon. it's free and open to the public. >>> the fda says they are considering waiving prescription requirements for a range of drugs for ailments such as diabetes, asthma and migraines. regulations want to make these drugs available over the counter. officials are also proposing new computer technology that would allow customers to self-diagnose some common diseases. the fda would still require studies to prove the consumers can diagnose and take medication. a public meeting on this proposal is planned for later on this month. >>> shopping for groceries? you may have noticed you're spending more money. researchers say the cost of food has gone up by more than 5% in the course of a year. a lot of people are now looking to cut down. experts say one of the best ways to cut back at the market is plan ahead. plan a couple of days ahead, know what you ne

we recognize certifications and regularly participate in vendor-sponsored symposiums and conferences. we are involved in these groups because they are a valuable source of information and best practices. metro pcs does not believe that regulation is required or warranted at this time, particularly for carriers that do not provide to government or public safety organizations. carriers are protecting the networks. this is true for month to month for pcs. if we do not provide the level of protection our customers demand, they can terminate service without penalty and activate with a competitor. private sector certification such as pci also forced providers to invest in the appropriate tools and practices to detect cyber threats. market forces are better to respond to cyber threats. if regulations are considered, metro pcs are asking that these be tailored to the threat. regulatory compliance can be burdensome for carriers who compete by providing a service for consumers that is affordable. voluntary obligations can evolve into a mandate. we support voluntary industry efforts and standard

general alexander, during an fbi sponsored symposium at fordham university, you stated that if a significant cyber attack against this country were being planned, there may not be much that either cyber command or nsa could legally do to discover and thwart such an attack in advance. you said, quote, in order to stop a cyber attack, you have to see it in realtime and you have to have those authorities. those are the conditions we put on the table. now, how and what the congress chooses, that will be a policy decision. in a fight where the threat can materialize in mill i seconds and quick action is essential, i look forward to better understanding what authorities you believe are needed to protect the united states interest both at home and abroad. the department of defense is requesting nearly $3.4 billion for cybersecurity in fiscal 2013 and almost 17.5 billion over the future years' defense program. the cyber budget is one of the only areas of growth in the dod budget because of broad agreement that addressing the cyber threat must be among our highest priorities. ive thank the witnesses

. >>> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium called understanding richard nixon and his era. this hour long program focuses on the environmental and economics policy and the civil rights record and the expansion of the white house staff and its authority during the nixon years. >> well, as the coordinator of of this event and i say in all sin saincerity that i'm very gld to see you all here. this is one of the panels that i've really been looking forward to, the domestic panel. starting with nigel boll who was educated at georgetown university and oxford university, he's taught at the university of edinburgh and oxford where he's been a lexurer since 1988, his books include "the white house and capitol hill," "nixon's business authority and power in presidential politics" which won the richard e.nustead prize in 26. his current project which we're looking forward to is "the politics of money, president's congress and the federal reserve board 1945-1988" and he's currently the director of the american institute at oxford. we're also pleased to have karen holt. kar

they should, but -- as we are talking about this, michael moore and i were together for a symposium were together, and he said right into the camera, "mr. president, you are going to win it." these guys shoot straight. joe scarborough said it last night. forget me. he is a republican. he said he does not see any way at all, even given their hatred, they cannot see how mitt romney is going to rally conservative base, so how conservatives is this race going to be? >> things change so fast. i think obama will win, but i do not think it is a slam dunk. tavis: do you think it is a close race? >> while i was writing this book, "while america sleeps," lashed your, things look really bad for the president last year. things change really fast breeder it can change again, if there is a downturn in the economy. and people have short memories. they are going to forget about all of the dumb stuff mitt romney said. tavis: unless he keeps saying dumb stuff. >> i think this could get close, and here is the point that you and i agree on. the worst thing the president can do is undercut his credibility by