applause] it is no surprise to you that i have been working with the board of supervisors on this very thema, and i am not afraid to keep repeating it. it is jobs, jobs, jobs for everybody. we can only do it if we have a more enlightened workforce investment board the works with us on all the policies we need to have, all the outrage, all of the communities need to be represented on our investment board. i want to thank everyone who is stepping forward today to be on the board to help us with the 21st century policies we need to make sure people have every chance and opportunity to work in jobs in the city. andrew, thank you for joining. barbara morrissette, thank you for joining us. brenda barnes, thank you very much. diane easterwood from kaiser, thank you for stepping up and helping. kevin carroll, thank you for stepping up and being with us. niki callahan, -- mickey callahan, they keep for your help and stepping up. ontario from pg&e, thank you. rebecca miller, thank you very much for being here. [applause] rudy bagsby, thank you for stepping up and being part of this. sylvia kwan, thank

applause] it is no surprise to you that i have been working with the board of supervisors on this very thema, and i am not afraid to keep repeating it. it is jobs, jobs, jobs for everybody. we can only do it if we have a more enlightened workforce investment board the works with us on all the policies we need to have, all the outrage, all of the communities need to be represented on our investment board. i want to thank everyone who is stepping forward today to be on the board to help us with the 21st century policies we need to make sure people have every chance and opportunity to work in jobs in the city.

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had no interest in themas they said.t. >> thanks for starting your morning with us. cnn "saturday morning" continues right now. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. new details this morning in that attack on a consulate in libya. it left four americans, including the u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens dead. sources tell cnn the consulate was doused with diesel fuel killing ambassador stevens and i.t. specialist sean smith with toxic smoke. and now some libyan citizens are protesting the attack while expressing their support for the united states. hundreds of people stormed the headquarters of a radical islamist group that has been linked to the attack. they say that they and not the extremists represent the real sentiments of libyan people. >> our senior international correspondent arwa damon is in benghazi, libya, with more on how the pro-democracy demonstrations unfolded. >> reporter: well, randi, this probably is one of the few countries where we are seeing mass demonstrations, not

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