tom cochran knows that not only was my father the mayor of baltimore but my brother. my brother serving with tom for many years. isn't tom wonderful? aren't we blessed to have his service? it really is great to be here for all of you. this says really an important time. i want to thank villaraigosa for his leadership in worked with to the fore. it outlined the challenges making the entire nation. the urgent need to create jobs, restore the middle class and restore fairness and growth to our economy. you have brought to the u.s. conference of mayors, mr. mayor, your advocacy and our transit systems, highways, roads, infrastructure, americans to work. thank you, mr. mayor, at the inauguration of our new mayor, ed lee. >> he is here. >> the first chinese-american mayor of san francisco. this is quite a remarkable thing. we're very proud of him. i was just with him, so he's probably taking the longer route into this room. but at that time, and you will tell him i said this, that day summed up all san franciscans. he spoke of taking challenges, embracing risks and embrace t