based on my professional experience, i find that the employment of individuals that have emerged from the juvenile and criminal justice system is the most promising impact of redemption and reform, it provides the community with a veil of security and public safety of like any other reform measure our program for individuals emerging from incarceration. it is my hope that this legislation advances and provides a stronger and larger pool of employment opportunities for our san francisco residents. i am hopeful that the individuals that are targeted for this program also included juvenile that have conviction on a felony level. i would offer my support in conjunction with others from the public safety committee the here today. supervisor mirkarimi: chief, one trend we're keeping watchful of is the young offender adult populatioin. an -- population. >> absolutely. supervisor mirkarimi: the 16- 18 year old sectroor that this legislation seeks to, too. >> as we try to help individuals in their years as a juvenile, some of them graduate to the adult system, unfortunately. for those that we

but after a few months of failure, he set out to get insurance in the private, individual market. unlike employee-based health care, in this market, the insurance companies don't have to cover you. in fact, they take steps to avoid anyone who's already sick, a practice called medical underwriting. >> and that means that the insurer will ask you to fill out a lengthy form answering a lot of questions about how healthy you are now, and how healthy you've been in the past, and when's the last time you went to the doctor, and when's the last time you took a prescription. and you have to sign a little form that says the insurer has access to any and all medical records ever developed, ever kept about you. and they will study up on those and decide. if you are a good enough risk, they'll sell you health insurance. and if they think you're going to cost money, generate more losses, they might turn you down. >> narrator: and according to georgetown university professor karen pollitz, it's not only serious conditions like diabetes and heart disease that can get you rejected. >> you might be

cooperation takes place at the level of the individual or individuals cooperate genes are selfish the whole point about my book the selfish gene is not that individuals are selfish but individuals may well very well be co-operative as a result of their genes being being selfish and obviously that takes a book to explain but it does not mean that individuals are selfish still less that they should be selfish. point taken and a good point i'm curious about the the genes bean's selfish the vidual genes themselves you said it would take a book to explain we have actually. twenty some odd minutes here to talk can you can you explain. your your reasoning on this yeah well obviously genes that there are in a mate of d.n.a. so they can't actually be selfish in the same sense as we are they don't actually have have motives they're not conscious they don't think but a gene that causes individuals to behave in such a way as to foster the welfare of that gene will survive and so it's the self interest of the gene in that sort of metaphorical sense but i mean what you will not get is natural selec

department of justice, our model states that the best way to communicate is in the language of the individual. there is a premium on getting a bilingual officer to the scene or an interpreter. if that is not possible, then you move down the continue on and the last, but better, route is to use a language line. part of the departments all -- part of the department's obligation, to what extent are bilingual officers and civilian employees providing services? the quality of interviewing a suspect, interviewing a witness, with an officer is of a different quality than if you are relying on a language line. we would suggest that the department -- originally, the problems were not attracted. four years later, we suggest the department began tracking the way services are provided so that we know if it is all language line or bilingual officers and civilians. that information will become critical when the department is providing its budget, being able to allocate slots for individuals who are bilingual or being able to look at those services becomes critical. a part of that is in the continuum of who

newt coming out and in support of the individual mandate in 2006, if someone came up with a memo of general washington supporting the tea act.... >> oh, come on. get out of here. [ laughter ] >> so newt in iowa, numbers are about half of where they were a couple weeks ago during the christmas break. >> he really had a top spotted but this is like a horse race. he certainly has a lot of experience and we'll be watching all of our candidates very closely. in the end the republican candidates is the republican candidate. >> all these votes in january, they are not not winner take all. they are apportioned. this race is going to last a lot longer. if you don't have a clear winner doesn't that invite a new candidate? jeb bush? and for convention terms. if there is no out and out winner by the springtime, that inviolates a draft politician. >> it would be difficult to step in last minute and take over the country and try to take it from president obama. very difficult. are you thinking of running? >> exactly. newt be get third of the way across the delaware, marco rubio will have to do it. >> do

newt coming out and in support of the individual mandate in 2006, if someone came up with a memo of general washington supporting the tea act.... >> oh, come on. get out of here. [ laughter ] >> so newt in iowa, numbers are about half of where they were a couple weeks ago during the christmas break. >> he really had a top spotted but this is like a horse race. he certainly has a lot of experience and we'll be watching all of our candidates very closely. in the end the republican candidates is the republican candidate. >> all these votes in january, they are not not winner take all. they are apportioned. this race is going to last a lot longer. if you don't have a clear winner doesn't that invite a new candidate? jeb bush? and for convention terms. if there is no out and out winner by the springtime, that inviolates a draft politician. >> it would be difficult to step in last minute and take over the country and try to take it from president obama. very difficult. are you thinking of running? >> exactly. newt be get third of the way across the delaware, marco rubio will have to do it. >> do

over the last two decades, health care plans, including an individual mandate, have been proposed or ate majority leader bob dole, by the conservative heritage foundation, by arch conservatives like phil gramm and jesse helms andstrom thurman. in the 2008 election, tea party leader jim demint endorsed mitt romney, and when he did so, he specifically praised romney's health care plan. and that's only a very partial list. i could give you dozens more. so the fact of the matter is that the republic party used to have a health care plan. the only issue, it was obama care. and that's why the republican party can't figure out an alternative to the affordable care act. the affordable care act was their alternative. now they need an alternative to the alternative. joining me now is ranesh panoor to help me figure out the alternative to the alternative. ranesh, good to see you. >> thanks for having me on. >> this has been one of the odd elements of the republican campaign. at times, romney, gingrich, huntsman, and pawlenty have had to answer for kind words or past support for the health careç

what's more, gingrich applauded the individual mandate in the law. quote, we also believe strongly, he wrote, that personal responsibility is vital to creating a 21st century intelligent health system. individuals who can afford to purchase health insurance and simply choose not to place an unnecessary burden on a system that's on the verge of collapse. these free-riders undermine the entire health system by placing the onus of responsibility on taxpayers. now gingrich did include some caveats about the massachusetts law and suggested some tweaks to the nuts and bolts, but he gave its principles a glowing thumbs up. this wasn't a new position from him, either. here's what he said on "meet the press" back in 1993. >> i am for people, individuals, exactly like automobile insurance, individuals having health insurance and being required to have health insurance. i'm prepared to vote for a voucher system which will give individuals on a sliding scale a government subsidy so to ensure that everyone as individuals have health insurance. >> that was in 1993.

they are saying this is a priority so that the language needs of individuals are being responded to at the scene. other recommendations that we made involved the training so that officers who are bilingual and civilians receive interpreter training. we also recommended cell phones for officers and the ranking of officers. certainly, those things cost money in. when you look can we enhance the kind of services, can we let that kind of -- can we look at the complaints we are getting and make sure we remove obstacles, those are the kind of things i would hope to see in the department budget so that when the department is allocating and identifying areas that can be strengthened, being able to have a ranking system so that an officer who is doing a homicide interview is truly provision at that level versus an officer who is on the street providing a ticket, that there is some -- there is a way to match the officer with the type of call that there needed for. similarly, interpreter training -- the department of justice says it is basic training that a bilingual officer who is also working a

that the names, these six individuals. >> i don't know. i think it was to file was not there at the time, and i cannot tell you the circumstances where conversations that people had were the terms of reference of that, but it was viewed the dow was something that would be -- it had been reviewed after the fact that that would, you know, had been a thorough look at information based on that review . >> to one who immediately jumps out. >> again, in hindsight you can say, we can all say that simply looked at this warm sunday have known something bill was not known yet at the time, but i cannot comment on why the scope was what it was. >> the proceedings for unfair dismissal of the was tending the criminal convictions clearly never saw light of day. "therefore, we don't know what their plea to serve. the validation check i can only imagine that there were saying such and such a person knew. >> and pete many of these individuals you mentioned are currently subject to criminal investigations, some have been arrested recently, and these are impor

. >> it is on the individual to prepare. the coaching staff.t is on the individuals to ready for the be start of the game. simple as that. >> the wizards are going for their first win tonight in atlanta. tipoff is at 7:30. >> they better when >>> we are continuing to follow news from montgomery county this evening. >> a metro bus crash has part of pike closed. >> we still have a number of andgency vehicles out tear on the scene investigating this multi- accident. we still have several cars as as that metro bus that was involved in the accident. it all happened around 4: 30 this afternoon. a metro bus and vehicles involved. at least 10 patients were taken area hospitals. we do understand there was one fatality. identity of that person is not known at this time. we understand that one of those transported was the driver of this metro bus. been with metro for 13 years. the bus was on its way to lake mall when the accident occurred. bection of 355 will closed for several hours. >>> thank you. terrible situation. >>> the next seven days, you the tem

the chain of command those. this last bullets is interference with administrative affairs. an individual member of the board in administrative affairs other than through the director is official misconduct. i want to make sure that you understand that chain of command does not mean that the board as a body cannot talk to individual staff. the chain of command limitation does not affect the full board powers of inquiry. you can call any mta officer or employee to speak to the board as alan colmes about any matter. that is within your jurisdiction at any time. the other part of what is commonly called interference with administrative affairs is the distinction between action by an individual member of the board and the board's action, so board members make a decision only as a body. an individual board member does not have any policy-making authority. individual members cannot exercise the powers of the mta board. and, of course, when the the board asks and exercises its power at a notice meeting, by means of a vote. any questions about any of that? president nolan: this year, we are looki

that's the great thing about a democracy. where individuals under the tenth amendment have the power to craft their own solutions. the problem with president obama's plan is it does three things we didn't, in my opinion. i understand we disagree. one it raises taxes by 5$500 billion. we didn't raise taxes. two, it cuts medicare by $500 billion. we didn't do that either. three it doesn't just deal with the people that don't have insurance. it's a 2,000 page bill that takes over health care for all the american people. it is wrong for health care. it is wrong for the american people. it's unconstitutional. i'm adamantly opposed. if i'm the president, i will return to the people and the states the power they have under the constitution and they can craft the solutions they think are best for them. you had a mandate in your state. you mandated the girls at 12 years old had to get a vaccination for a sexually transmitted disease. it's not like we have this big difference on mandates. i wanted to get people health insurance. you wanted to get young

take action, to get involved, to improve and to better not only the community, but the lives of the individuals that make it up. we will also today continue in the restorative effort in this space, not only restoring the life, hope and passion of those that come here, that work here and that are remembered here, but also of the physical space. because today we will complete a project that has been in the works for the better part of the last 12 months, and we will again turn the healing properties of water to the grove. the falls that will be restored today were built over 110 years. we are honored to have with us, connie, one of the family members, who also so furiously advocated for the city to give us this space. so i hope all of you today will remember back who we have lost, but also remember where we have come to. because that is what it is about. we need to continue to move forward. >> i would like to introduce the senior haven't of wells fargo bank. the relationship this memorial has with wells fargo bank goes back many years. this event today would not have been possible without the sup

in another case, the individual asked for an interpreter while being questioned as a suspect in a hit and run and was denied an interpreter. the officer admitted, let's just see if we can do this without an interpreter. in another case, a spanish interpreter was used for a 911 call and at the scene, officers insisted that the complainant could and should speak english. president mazzucco: thank you. >> i'm glad you asked the question, because i was looking through the general language and that seems to be a theme. in these cases, don't you speak english? a nod is enough to assume that a person speaks english. there is a ways to go in that respect so that all officers are aware of that. just because someone says yes, it does not mean they speak english. if you go to another country, you will probably not when acid used the language. it does not mean use the language. for a serious situation involving a witness, a victim, or suspect of a crime, there is work that needs to be done. i have a couple of questions and maybe i could just run through them and we will see if there's time to do

if the individual mandate is struck down, then the whole law must fall. and although it is not conclusive, it is certainly relevant that the law does not contain a severability clause. this is one more indication that congress thought that the law was a unified whole. it is simply not reasonable to argue that the law should survive without the mandate. the most important political accomplishment of the law is the additional coverage. it is not certainly the lower costs that we were promised. without the mandate, coverage under the law evaporates. does anyone really believe that without the coverage in the law, congress could have passed the massive medicaid expansion? does anyone really believe that without the coverage in the law, congress could have passed the draconian cuts in medicare? does anyone really believe that without the coverage in the law, congress could have passed hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes? of course not. it is simply not a legitimate argument that the rest of the bill could have ever stood on its own without the individ

i think that's where you have to start looking at the individual. and a catholic, a mormon, a jewish person, certainly with regard to their own moral views, i think as far as love of god, love of neighbor, trying to do the right thing, the common good, i think everyone who is involved in politics today certainly has to have that as the basis of their understanding and the basis of the reason for their service. >> may i ask you a couple of quick questions about big news items. the horrible story this year about penn state and the accusations, and the real questions about the institution and whether it failed fundamentally to protect children. unfortunately, the catholic church has gone through this as well. very kind of sexual -- of criminal allegations and the institutional neglect. what lessons do you think the church learned that other institutions have to also learn painfully? >> i think, i'd say three. number one we've learned that we have to make sure that we are absolutely open and putting everything on the table. and that when there is a prob

it's horrifically traumatizing for the individual being tied down and restrained. it's traumatizing for the other folks who are watching it. it's traumatizing for the staff that are doing it, the experience of whether it is bed time. i've heard people say, standing in lines or all sorts of things within our institutions that we could do to create environments again that are safe and that are calm and that are healing. and the issue that is something that dr. gillece mentioned earlier-is the staff trained? absolutely. and that allows, then, for staff who have had previous experiences not to be able to project those on the clients, allows the staff to be able to hopefully make decisions: "well, gee, that person's experiences are too similar to mine and i can't comfortably work in that with this particular person, but i can work with that particular person." that's the heart that we want to address in this section, and it is making sure that all parties involved understand that trauma, as dr. harris pointed out, is such a ubiquitous experience, the key issue in the ass

the resources to do so would be costly. one individual member costs about $150. the next recommendation was to equip officers in the field with cell phones to access a phone interpreter when a qualified bilingual officer or civilian interpreter is not available. due to the current budgetary constraints, as a result of the poor economic caught in -- the poor economic climate, equipping every officer with a cellular telephone would be prohibited. no cellular telephone has been issued to individual officers. the next recommendation -- develop an in house translation unit that translate documents, forms, materials, and presentations for the department. the department directs all translation to the language access officer who is a member of the community relations unit. the officer is required to of all requests for translations and interpreters fulfilled because he has access to the needed resources. therefore, that act as a centralized body that handles translation and interpreter requests. additionally, the community relations unit keeps in close contact with the of

my question is -- $150,000 retention, i assume, would be something that would not be put on the individual employee. it would be a situation with the agency would essentially cover the -- cover that. >> i have that written down. we should build this into the cost of our bonding when we look at final approval, we know the $100 million we are getting costs a lot more than $100 million. at the end of the day, this will probably be a relatively small number, so i will just say that. i do not think we can do this sort of bonding wisely without getting the sort of insurance for the reasons i just mentioned, so i hope that when we crossed out this capital we are getting, we would include this premium with it. with that, mr. chairman, i will moved to adopt sonali's recommendation that we purchase the -- oh, we are not actioning today? i will look in advance -- >> [laughter] than at any criminally militiamen, fraudulent act -- does that, if there is one of those things by one person, does that kind of boy the whole coverage? >> i do not think it avoids the whole coverage. i think it would be consid

. >> mitt romney is touting the individual mandate as a conservative principle but still wants to repeal obama care. tonight, we'll highlight the republican hypocrisy.

speaking in terms of the individual, the future survivors that was spoke about so eloquently. just a quick comment. the only way that those individual homeowners or apartment dwellers that could have the financial strength to rebuild is if they have an earthquake insurance policy that is provided in our part by this nonprofit state traded california earthquake authority. earthquake insurance is specifically excluded from your homeowners insurance. it's important for people to realize that. the only way they have financial security for earthquake damage is to purchase a separate earthquake insurance policy. they created a. we're a nonprofit carrier. we are trying to make the cost is affordable. it isn't cheap. senator feinstein in the senate and three republican members in the house have introduced identical legislation cause the earthquake insurance act. we would save $100 million a year for california policyholders so i would encourage all californians to get behind that effort. let's make earthquake insurance more affordable and more broadly available, get more homes prepare

the substance. you know, what plans did we have to make for individual businesses to have some access in acceptable ways based on engineering that was sort of ongoing, and then we had some bigger plans going on. and the whole project then became one of -- you remember october 17, and then what was the day after thanksgiving? we didn't know it was black friday in those days. it was just thanksgiving. we knew we had the downtown open in some fashion or form. and so then the enterprise shifted to getting these pavilions set up and all the volunteers and structures, leases and use city parking lots and the pavilions. it was an impossible thing that just couldn't have happened except organically with everybody doing stuff. as much as we can empower them, keeping in mind we had to maintain some control and decorum and some safety features. and, you know, thank goodness nothing really bad happened. we were there until 10:00 at night the night before thanksgiving doing the final touches on paving and we had a downtown. accessible in parts by the day after thanksgiving. so that was sort of the sprint. the lo

. >> he also like to hammer the centerpiece of the massachusetts law, which was the individual mandate that requires all residents above a certain income level to buy health insurance or pay a fine. the idea is controversial, but not so long ago many conservatives including gingrich supported the idea. here's what he wrote in april of 2006 in a newsletter called "newt notes." this was just after massachusetts enacted its health care law. "the most exciting development of the past few weeks" gingrich wrote" is what is happening in massachusetts. the health bill signed into law this month has tremendous potential to effect major change in the american health care system. we agree entirely with governor romney and massachusetts legislators that our goal should be 100% coverage. we also believe strongly, he wrote, that personal responsibility is vital to creating a 21st century intelligent health system. individuals who can afford to purchase insurance and simply choose not to place an unnecessary burden on a system that's on the verge of collapse. these free-riders undermine the entire he

have you supported in the past an individual mandate? >> i absolutely did with the her tan foundation against hillary care. >> you did support it? >> yes, sir. >> that's where we got it, from you and the her tan foundation. >> okay, a little broader. >> how does gingrich support doing a 180? a spokesman said gingrich changed his mind. earlier this month on "the situation room," gingrich call it had a mistake. >> in retrospect we were wrong. once you go to a mandate, you have turned so much power over to the government that the politicians rather than the doctors end up defining health care bp and so it was a mistake. >> well, we invited gingrich to be on the program tonight. he declined, said he didn't have time. in iowa tonight, this is certainly crunch time for the republican president cal contia contenders. wolf blitzer is there. he joins me now. so gingrich spent today playing a bit of defense on this, didn't he, wolf? >> reporter: he did. he realizes that there seems to be a contradiction. he acknowledges it. he says his position has