invested significantly in our kitchen and brought in our executive chef who was trained under thomas keller serving high-quality locally owned food. we are a proud supporter of local charities and nonprofit organizations. we have helped these organizations raise over $40,000 in the past year. this has undergone a complete renovation aimed at attracting a more mysterious -- a more mature clientele than the previous menu. our patio has the support of the union street merchants association, the enrichment association, directly adjacent building owners. we also have the support of over 1200 san francisco residents. 125 live within a few blocks of our venue. we understand that there are some members who have issues with proposed ounce dining areas. it is important to consider the typical use of this restaurant and patio. there are always exceptions were the venues aren't full capacity. our typical attendance is 30-60 patrons. we understand and respect the fact that the neighbors have the right to peaceful enjoyment of their property and we have no desire to interfere and we would like to close t

here we geev tt owner, thomas keller, the renowned chef who owned the french laundry and other restaurants >> good to see you. excited to be here. >> we've been waiting for this day. >> i as well. certainly our entire staff as you saw hard at work. >> your chefs get in about 3:00, 4:00 in the morning? >> it depends. some get in as early as 2:00 in the morning to get the croissants in. >> they fit in with our lifestyle. you're making chocolate chunk cookie. it starts off like the basic chocolate chunk but you -- >> we're creaming our butter and sugar. what the extra in there is molasses. it keeps it more moist. we know this growing up as chocolate chip cookies. we mix our salt with levining. >> any kind of special flour? >> just all purpose flour. >> the brownish color is from the molasses? >> exactly. it's not a lot. it's a tablespoon of molasses for this recipe but it does an amazing amount of work. we love the added flavor and more important the texture of it. >> what i think is interesting about these cookies, you add two eggs, you're also adding two kinds of chocolate chunks. >> we are

barbara keating of palm springs, calvin keller, natalie larson of los angeles, table lee, monglovia lopez, dora, lori niara of los angeles, rubin ornada, thomasy of santa barbara, otis tober, timothy ward of san diego, john winkess of torrence. i said then on september 12 in the name of these californians and the names of all of these other innocent victims, it is time for the terrorism to stop. thank you very much, mr. president. i yield the floor. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington state. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about the tremendous news that our country received last night from president obama. almost 10 years ago on september 11, 2001, i too remembered looking out a window here at the nation's capitol and seeing the black smoke billowing in the air over the pentagon. on that day america was brutally attacked by terrorists who took aim at the financial, military and political centers of our country. although these evil men killed thousands of americans and caused great devastation, they were unable to do what they wanted to do most,