you may join the council general, and please, the honorable hydra mendoza, president of our board of, and of course, kyra rodriguez from our filipino channel. please take this problematic -- proclamation declaring this is a filipino-american history month in san francisco. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the highest ranking and only filipino-american elected official in the city and county of san francisco, president of the board of education and education adviser to mayor edwin lee, honorable hydra mendoza. [applause] thank you. it still saddens me when you saw the only in the first filipino ever elected in san francisco, but it is always such an honor to be here with my community, and i want to thank you all for this celebration. we really have so much to celebrate, and i wanted to make sure we acknowledge this month alone and some of the things we have been able to accomplish. as the council general mentioned, ab 199 finally acknowledges the work and the tremendous bravery of our soldiers in world war ii, who will be written into our history books. we're going t

the leadership up here. so again, thank you very much council general. thank you tort dutch team for engaging ourselveses the next two days. i look forward to these recommendations and if i may i'd like to introduce a very, very fine council general who is excited to be here, that will lead the way and begin the discussion. council general, thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. it's indeed to -- exciting to be here as council general of san francisco in this beautiful city, especially on a day like today. it's really great. you've been in amsterdam. in 1969 i learned and have reason for you to come back to that beautiful city soon. i'd love to work with you on a relationship between amsterdam and san francisco because there's so much in common between the two cities. and a lot of things that san francisco can learn from san francisco and the other way around. and my hope for these two days is that we will have something out of it as well and i'm sure we will have something out of it as well. and you probably will not remember

in addition to his role there, he also served formally as the council and general for the republic ofnda. he was a board member of a company, the director of the nasdaq insurance group, a managing partner, a former director, with several other companies he was at, and he has served on the health service board as an appointee. he has served under many mayoral administrations, under mayor jordan, brown, mayor newsom, and mayor lee, and, of course, he served on that board wellcome as not only vice chair but as chair in many years. he brought with him a significant business experience and really understood what it meant to have to deal with significant budget challenges over the years, and, of course, the one thing i always like to say about scott, even though he had such business acumen, and people thought he could vote a certain way, he always found consensus, worked with members of the board, and always cared for the health service system members, so i do want to take time to recognize his contribution to the health service's board and to say thank you on behalf of the board of supervi

first of all, let me say salute to the council with generals, supervisors, district attorney, and treasurer. they're all here in the room tonight for this special event. i also want to extend my congratulations to all the awardees here tonight. your story is inspiring. your work in the community is excellent. it is really important for the community, so thank you so much for your great work. tonight, on behalf of wells fargo, we want to celebrate hispanic heritage month. this is not the only event we sponsor throughout the year. just for this month, with wells fargo, you probably get a lot of invitations going to hispanic heritage month or the mariachi festival in san jose. coming up, another event. when macy, mario will hate me if i do not say it correctly. it is the la katrina benefit for the maximum -- mexican and use them, and it is coming up on october 29. we do not only celebrate in this month. we celebrate throughout the year. why we're doing this, one of the reasons that we support events like this is very simple. we know that stronger community makes us successful. as a company as

my obligation is the mayor, the council, the taxpayers at large will not generate deficits. i can do 100 things right, but the day i go before the mayor and the council when i do not have a balanced b budget, i am out of a job. >>here are some bonds in the road. one of them could be the all hands on deck backpay issue. is the city in a position where they can write that check? >> we wiwill provide for . if the decision was made at the mayoral level, we would find money for that. in a budget of this complexity this sizize, county and the c city, municipalities, and the school district all combined into one we are spending in some areas under-spending in other areas but at the end of the day we balance the budget. >> r-tes going to go up any further? -- our tax is going to go up any further question -- are taxes going to go up any further? >> they will try to find a way not to do that. whatat did they will be compelled to do is difficult for me to say. >> thank you for joining us today. i appreciate you talking to us. after the b break, we are going to talk about the business o

private sector for a number of years and then i went and worked for the city as a deputy city attorney and then became general council of the school district here in san francisco, and through that became involved in politics and at some point decided to run for office. [speaking spanish] >> i think that san francisco really represents the best that this country has to offer. it's a place that welcomes people from all over the world, from all over the country, and it's a place that not only tolerates, but actually embraces diversity, a place that is very forward thinking in terms of how it looks at issues. it always felt like home, and i felt that as a gala tino man that this -- gay la taken no man, that this is a place where i could be happy. now doing the job of a supervisor has been the most rewarding experience. it is really remarkable how amazing our neighborhoods are, how amazing its people are. i have a progressive outlook in terms of how i see things, and by progressive i mean we have to make government and make the city work for everyone, and that means that it's not just those who are doing well, it's also

security council approved they're going to war they did not that is the way the charter was written so that the major powers have a bigger voice and in fact the security council or the un in general was damned if it didn't that is control the united states britain and in the united states and britain or at least in certain government circles it was damned because the united nations didn't make saddam hussein behave. the united nations is only as strong as the states who are part of it who decide to do something and the major powers have a bigger voice than the smaller powers that's the rules that's the way it's always operated that's the way it'll always operate what was good enough truth is that good enough and the age of where everyone should have a voice and and have legitimacy because they are right not just because they're powerful. well i certainly do to agree with tom that the security council's regime at least makes major powers come to new york to talk about whether force should be used so if you think kind of moral intellectual engagement is worth something the u.n. usually does fill that role fairly successfully but i would disagree with the assertion that that small p

president abbas made the bid for palestinian statehood to the united nations general assembly. the security council is considering the request, but the u.s. promises to veto it. the white house and israel, citing security concerns, insist the palestinians seek statehood through direct talks with israel and not through u.n. recognition. two american hikers, josh fattal and shane bauer, finally back on american soil after two years in an iranian prison. the two claiming they were detained because of their nationality and not their actions. >> from the very start, the only reason we have been held hostage is because we are american. >> fattal, bauer, and bauer's fiancée, sarah shourd, were arrested after crossing the unmarked border between iraqi kurdistan and iran in july 2009. shourd was released in 2010. president obama making his way down the west coast on a trip that includes town-hall events and fund-raisers for his re-election campaign. the president asking supporters to rally behind him once again, saying helping secure his re-election is the best way to turn around a sluggish economy and over

what the spokesperson said was that he was vaguely familiar with the charges and the restaurant association general council resolved the matter. different tonight is they are now responding to this as such. to go on with the e-mail i received since washington establishment critics have not had much luck in attacking his ideas to fix a bad economy and create jobs they are trying to attack him anyway they can. what they are saying is we know that there is coverage of this. we think the reason is because he's being attacked. a couple things that happened in the last 48-hours. an iowa survey shown mr. cane may be statistically tied with mitt romney but technically ahead if the caucuses were held today in iowa. that is important to note. then you have a situation where he predicted quite boldly he would win the southern vote in south carolina. this is a man who has told me. he's a baptist minister he said he can win the conservative vote. >> he is in a jam. i think he knew this might come up. >> i think he's going back on his campaign when he said he had some miss steps as we know. he thinks some of the miss st

the u.n. security council and generally a lot of tough words in washington these days the u.s. administration strongly believes in the case against the rainy and one man also a u.s. citizen munster are who's accused of trying to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador in washington the u.s. attorney general said the men admitted being directed by quote high ranking you raney and officials and on these grounds washington says it will hold the reigning government accountable for the plot to kill the massacre also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stage two bombings at these really embassy and the saudi embassy in washington denies all of the about all of the above saying it's a childish game that the u.s. is so playing possibly to divert attention from their domestic problems this is what they're saying meaning the ongoing protests across the u.s. but the saudis on the other hand have taken the allegations seriously and have think u.s. authorities for preventing the alleged assassination attempt very rarely anyone here is touching upon the possible motive iran mig

the next election. and i feel like an idiot for not having one ( laughter ) here to help me make my move to secrecy and obfuscation completely transparent, please welcome former general councilthe mccain campaign, and my personal lawyer, mr. trevor potter. trevor, nice to see you ( cheers and applause ) you want some ham rolls he's not-- he's not kosher. all right, now, trevor, i've got all these people down at the bottom of the screen who have been giving me money, individual americans, but i haven't gotten any of the big corporate money. that's why i have a superpac. why wouldn't a corporation give money? >> well, they'd be nervous about gig in a way that their name is publicly disclosed. people might object to what they've done. their shareholderes, their customers. >> stephen: okay, so that's where a c-4 comes in. a corporation or individual can give to a c-4 and nobody gets to know they it. >> that's right. >> how can i get one. >> and that money can be used for politics. >> stephen: great, that's good, too. >> we need to get you one. >> stephen: as long as it goes through me, it can go through anything at the present times. how do i gets me one, trevor? >> well, lawyer

lawyers and then by the white house council's office in a careful process, thereas an additional review that was done by the entire national security council including the attorney general. and so the attorney general was brought in and appropriate lawyers from the justice department reviewed this. and so it said there was a kind of secret due process. and i think what people will want to ask in the aftermath ofhis, is that a sufficient proce. do we feel comfortable that someone's gotten, that are you not going to have an adversary process but that th is enough for drones to go out and target that person. it's a very difficult question. final thing, our government has been in a really interesting debate about how as the war against al qaeda's affiliates broadens and moves into yemen and somalia, how broad the targeting should be. should you be able to go after what's called signature targets. not named individuals on a list. but people who fit the signate. that makes sense on one level but another level it risks why we're in the war so much more and creating new emies and that isart of what our government has been discussing in the last couple of months. >> rose: thank

libya after the end of the operation, which the north atlantic council has decided in a preliminary fashion that it should and on the 31st of october. general, i do not know if you want to add to that. guest: i could not have said it better myself. i await the north atlantic council's direction this week. >> good afternoon, general. there are some comments now saying that libya could be the next somalia. what do you think about that? >> i disagree, it is that simple. there is the infrastructure that is still a place. the country has the capability to bring back revenues. there is a great deal of potential in that country beyond oil, and we have people who want peace, prosperity, and stability. all these combined together, i do not think the comparison of libya to the next somalia is an appropriate comment at this time. >> i think these are all the questions we have for brussels, general. i do not know if there any more questions in naples. >> and more questions here? no. this completes its. thank you very much for your support. >> once again, at the end of the day, this was 28 nations, four partners, who got involved to fulfill and to compl

the dc city council. >> and now "that's my take" with wttg vice president and general manager, duffy dyer. >> recently, the the dc city council voted 12-1 against the creation of an emergency ethics reform task force. several of the members who voted against the measure sponsored by councilman at large vincent orange, said that a more comprehensive approach is needed. okay, that's fine. here's some input. somebody better do something about ethics reform and do it fast. a february 2011 of city councils in major cities founded that the dc council members are the second highest paid city council in the nation. only los angeles pays more. on a per resident basis washington dc spends the most on its city council. so one would think we could find and elect a council that would serve our needs in a competent and honest manner. the citizens of the district of columbia have been inundated with revelation after revelation of improper and unethical and possibly illegal actions. some of them concern kwame brown's request for an suv and that his campaign funnel money to a firm operated by his brother. and the use of

the soldiers were treated like liberators. the generals-- the supreme counciles, as they're called-- were applauded, as well. they appointed a transitional government and promised free elections in six months. meanwhile, they kept the power. who are these guys? >> hossam el-hamalawy: these are the generals who made it to the top of the army, simply because they enjoyed mubarak's confidence. >> simon: blogger and labor activist hossam hamalawy, who has been fighting the mubarak regime for years, is convinced the generals were against them from the start. >> hamalawy: don't you think that the... that the supreme council for the armed forces wouldn't have loved to nuke us in tahrir during the revolution? >> simon: do you think so? >> hamalawy: ( laughs ) oh, yeah. i mean, if it was up to them, it... if they could have gotten away with it, they would have nuked us. but why didn't they do that? because they knew that the soldiers and the conscripts and the young officers they sent to us in tahrir, they wouldn't have opened fire. because they are just as oppressed as

and when charges were brought, as leader of the organization, i recused myself and allowed my general councilconcluded after a thorough investigation that it had no basis. >> let's bring in senior political analyst david goergan. here are the ak ruizatiaccusati about them. looks like we are learning how not to operate during damage control operation under way. >> you are absolutely right, wolf. he has excited a lot of people. he has ignited this debate over flat taxes. so a lot of republicans like that and they support him. but the one thing he did not do is clear the air. he says that's what he was going to do but i'm afraid it didn't quite -- >> what does he still need to do, david? >> wolf, i think what centrally at issue here in the beginning is whether the national restaurant association paid women, settlement fees, to basically leave organization and keep their mouth shut. and politico, which has, as you know, has established a reputation of being a fair-mined organization, they put a lot of time into reporting on this, says at least one of the settlements was in five figures. that's a

the security council voted unanimously to lift the no-fly zone over libya am left all military actions to protect civilians there. nato has hailed the seven-month operation as a great success. the secretary general of the alliance said it was mission accomplished. >> to face a decision in the yucatan -- u.n. security council says that we have fully implemented the mandate and now no longer face a significant threat against the libyan population. it has to lead the way for termination of the operation as we have decided on the 31st of october. >> and he discussed the libyan situation with angela merkel. the secretary general said that he saw no role for nato operations in a post-gaddafi libya. they will hold a role in establishing armed forces. >> we will take an in-depth look at libya after the gaddafi regime. turning now to thailand, bangkok is bracing itself for more flooding as water's return to a high point this weekend. several of the northern districts are inundated. bangkok's residents have been rest doing what they can from the floods. thousands of people are heading out of the city, if that confine transport. the government has ordered a five-day holiday to give people time to evacuate.