tony bennett? [applause] and now, everyone, please join the san francisco symphony and our chief of protocol, charlotte schulz, here on stage in welcoming our host, mayor edwin m. lee and first lady anita lee, and the man of the our, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] -- the man of the our -- the man of the hour, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] that is the way you make an entrance, right? [applause] well, mayor lee, mrs. lee, and honored guests, for 50 years, the sounds of tony bennett and his rendition of "i left my heart in san francisco" has said to the world that this city by the bay is the capital of love, beauty, and a unique style that made it one of the plan its tourist destinations. mr. bennett, your voice is the voice of san francisco, and this is your day. [applause] we have a fantastic program for you today. we have some local singers inspired by mr. bennett's career, and they will pay tribute to mr. bennett in song. tony ben

[laughter] last year, we created a created abobblehea -- a tony bennett bobblehead for tony bennett night chip, and when you push the head, it sings "i left my heart in san francisco." tony painted a heart, part of the heroes with hart's program, and it is permanently on display at union square. next time you are at union square, check it out. it is really quite beautiful. it is only fitting that on this 50th anniversary, we create a permanent place in honor of tony at our ball park. we are going to rename suite 1, the most majestic in the park, sweeping views of the day and the city -- it is now going to be the tony bennett suite. come by for a visit. [applause] we love you, tony. [applause] >> thank you, larry. i have to find a way to make it down to that sweet this season -- suite this season. i think we know the most popular place to watch a giant game is going to be this city. our city is blessed with many wonderful one-of-a-kind institutions that are no less part of san francisco than the golden gate bridge, such as the world's longest-running musical revue, "beach blanket babylon."

every tony bennett song, the mic goes under the arm, he applauds the audience. i come back to that with you because we were talking about gratitude a moment ago. what's your sense of your fan base over the years? i ask that again because i have seen you countless times, and you have a die-hard, loyal fan base over all these years, and i was just marveling at the tour with you and jt. you guys aren't kids anymore. you guys, shall we say -- you're chronologically gifted. is that okay? >> you bet. i have the numbers -- 70 for me. i will let him say his own number. tavis: there you go, and you're still selling out stadiums all these years later. that is not the easiest thing in the world to do, so talk about your fan base over these years. >> well, it is increased in terms of it is my contemporaries, but i see people, fifties, forties, thirties, i see teenagers in the audience, and they're mouthing the words, they know the words. that is remarkable. i was talking about that this is on the best seller list, the book. i pinch myself about that, and i pinch myself abou

tony bennett day in san francisco. once again, for the man of the hour.] thank you all so much for celebrating with us today. happy valentine's day. we will see you at the ballpark. >> hi, thank you all for coming here today. i am the costume and textiles creator here at the fine arts museum. it is make great honor to introduce, to present this program today. just a few things come out of respect, photography is allowed, but no flash photography. we will be taking questions from the audience, and you can submit your questions either through twitter or e-mail, and we also handed out cards to you when you arrived. the questions will happen at the end of the program. if you are not planning to tweet or e-mail, please turn your cellphone off. again, it is my great honor to have this program and conversation between susie and jean paul gaultier. i feel very fortunate at the fine arts museum because in fact susie mencus' son lives in the bay area and she comes frequently to visit the family. it is always my favorite time of in the exhibition, when she comes and

it was 50 years ago, high atop noob -- nob hill in the venetian hotel that tony bennett sang a song forst time, a song that would become a worldwide and the mind forever with our city. i'm talking about, of course, "i left my

i seem to be in the tony bennett, nat king cole range, so nothing too hard, nothing to lowud. your parents have to say about this? >> it is my favorite record i have ever -- it is their favorite record i have ever written a regular for them to hear my interpretation of dynah washington, it really takes them back. i suspect this is the case for most of us. how important is it for you to do something your parents like? >> i do not think that ever goes away. here i am after 40 years going, mom, deal like this? when i was growing up in detroit, the tv was gone, the radio was on, but i never latch onto the music. it was playing, and it was around, but when i came to california, i became a songwriter. i met hoagy carmichael and some other people common and and i was like, these songs are good. they are not that easy to figure out, a lot of solos and nuanced chord changes. beautiful music. these songs take you to a place inside everybody. i was just talking to your producer, and he said, i got your of them and knew i was going to produce this segment, so i went on a car trip, and he

now, frank sinatra went to see the movie and he came out of the movie and he called tony bennett and he said, i do not have a date coming up, a recording date but i just heard a song from a movie and he praised it very nicely. he said you had better go in and record it. tony went in and recorded it and he closed his show with that song for the last 20 some odd years. >> i have seen his show many times. >> a lot of love in that song. tavis: is a great piece of work. speaking of great songs and great compositions for movies and television shows. my assistant, danny davis, could not believe me. he had never met you until today. he sees the two of you walk in the studio and i have heard -- told him so much about the brand's -- bergmans. he could not believe that you had written the theme from "good times." every negro knows the song. this is the song we sing all the time. which is a strange thing. you look at the stuff you have done and "good times" was in the middle of there. >> dave wrote a great melody. >> he said i have this television pilot. i would like you to look at it and do the

tony bennett day in san francisco. once again, for the man of the hour. [applause] thank you all so much for celebrating with us today. happy valentine's day. we will see you at the ballpark. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to the technology summit. we are looking forward to a fantastic day. we are going to start with a demonstration of the wii system. it is an interactive gaming system that allows people to play different activities and participate in different fitness activities together. a lot of wii systems, about 40, are being deployed around the city to different senior centers and residents facilities to encourage older adults to get more involved with physical activity using technology. we're going to spend the first 30 minutes or so demonstrating the wii. not only will we demonstrate how to use it, but we will doe demonstrate adaptive devices so that it can be an inclusive activity for all adults and children. my name is dr. chris thompson from the university of san francisco. go, dons. 1855. i have not been there that long. i am in the depar

many of you joined with me weeks ago when we celebrated 50 years of tony bennett and his wonderful song. we have much more to celebrate in the coming years and i hope you join in the chamber in making sure we share this prosperity. having said that, and knowing that our economy is improving, i want to make sure you know i will be at the helm with the board making sure we are not attempted to return to spending habits and to short-term traces that got us into trouble in the first place. we have to your budgets now. we have a renewed sense of obligation responsibility. we talk about things like our infrastructure. things that allow our tech companies to be successful or what sarah talked about. we have to solve some serious transportation issues in the city and that is why we spend an hour saturday morning at a technology hackathon or un- hackathon. we are trying to solve problems with our taxis and make sure someone can attach -- catch a taxi where they need it. another aspect of our issues that we will continue to try to get solutions to. more than ever we have to double down on reform.

with all of the greats of our time you know at one time and i'm done a lot of sitting in with tony bennett and many of the female stars you know and we've done all kinds of things but if you get paid for that then you are a club back. and that means i cannot exist i'm either going to sell my houses and my car and start from scratch i mean i'm back and all my children's education money is gone. joe is it true you were pretty close friend of michael jackson. i knew and then there was family just passing was so but i did have an incredible conversation with him once because we both had the same religion you know who and once in london i went down to his room and had a great conversation with him and he learned intelligent and. and then i saw. him years later after we both became dedicated to our particular religion i saw what the people around him could do. you know your name is very new york you want to be nice to everybody in this world that can be a danger it's not everybody is there what killed him i don't know i really don't know but i know that there was a lot of strangeness going on ar

imagine jerry seinfeld saying there should be no more primetime sitcoms or tony bennett saying no more crooning? that's what sandy said today. that leads us into the ezra klein challenge where i try to explain complicated stuff especially in the economy that seems at first chance a little mystifying. tonight, what the heck they're talking about when they talk about breaking up the big banks. everyone says it. weill says it, everyone hears it, but it doesn't often get explained. what is breaking up the big banks? how would they do it, and why would we want to? may i have my two minutes please? okay, there it is. ready. set. you have heard of all of the big banks. jpmorgan chase, wells fargo, these names are big. and it means they have as assets a really big percentage of our gross domestic product. trillions and trillions of dolls. but what we're worried about here isn't just that they're big. it is that they are too big. that they are too big to fail, to be precise. when say a bank is too big to fail, it has so much money and so many debts to other banks and investors that its failure

. >> tony bennett said that to me 80 some odd years strong. >> we're in the newsroom and all we talkoves doing this. >> i'm hoping we'll do fun business stuff and news stuff at 11:00. starting monday? >> it's a guarantee. i'm taking a wee vacation having worked a few doubles and triples. we're about to head to the airport. >> you know this, ashleigh and i have known each other 12 years? >> longer. >> going on 13 now. >> back when you had braces. >> when we were learning to read. >> love you. it's the last chance i get to say, that's "early start," the news from a to z, i've been thrilled to be with you every morning. >> we'll miss you on the morning show. "starting point" starts right now. >>> how many millions of dollars are we really talking about, it's all about jm morgan chase and the numbers are out and we'll tell you what it means for your money. >> seeing red. take a look. >> put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again. >> that's senator harry reid. lawmakers are fuming that team usa will be decked out in uniforms made in china. a leg say no longer about how