was fired for a tweet fran townsend also works as a contributor for c.n.n. she's going abroad talking with terrorist organizations and nothing's going to happen to her she's not going to get fired right right well no i think we do need to look at i mean i personally have an issue with that with that ruling i don't think it should be illegal for americans to advocate on behalf of terrorist groups who they believe are unfairly classified as terrorists i mean that leaves aside you know my feelings or other people's feelings about the entail not to mention i you know in my opinion i also disagree with the ruling and i feel like that and that case the supreme court is saying that once a terrorist always a terrorist there's no such thing as perhaps talking to these people like we do with the taliban you know i think that it's bringing the debate up again in america which could be a good thing because there anything we can do about it now i don't know if there's anything we do about it except to raise these kind of double standards i mean i think it does it does ki

and of course, kathleen townsend.t carry through out the family, that tenacious this, commitment, humility, each and and be one of them have been someone that i can talk to and work with. each and every one of them is someone who has carried the tradition and agenda. >> just to interrupt one second to please ask all of us to speak directly into the microphones. it helps everyone here. >> thank you. so the question, what would dr. king do today? certainly, we know dr. king was a man of the gospels, he was a preacher. he was trained in religion. it was that spirit, quite frankly, that moved him to do some of the incredible things that he did in our country. it was that experience, as someone who could do more with that power, to do what had never been done before. and even to have the vision that he did, to live up to its creed, never proving itself to that point, to provide a real opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity. i think he would rely on and he would actually engage the movement of our c

nicholas higgins, reverend townsend, cheryl davis, julien davis, yvonne johnson miller, karen bishops, jeff komenski, edward purcheck, and then linda is with them. that is all i have. please come forward and go ahead and press the button. if you could stick your name -- there are others. two minutes to speak. hold on one second, mrs. davis. i also have a warrant foster, ken daschle, and eva cisneros. >> good evening. i doubt it has been said before. congratulations to commissioners mendoza, molpus -- maufas and murase. i am here about a student at galileo and in general about the 20 seniors who have been displaced with the amnesty program. i am concerned not just about the seniors, but about all the students. to begin your last year and be displaced is problematic. for me, with jameesha, who works with me in the western edition and is on the honor roll and it is a really great student, in a neighborhood where we are trying to encourage students to go to school, if you have a student who is active in school, doing well in school, viewed as a good student, to have been penalized for doi

and as a third generation farmer, townsend kaiser says he's become the small fish in trouble. >> i'md of competition on a level playing field. playing fields are different right now. >> reporter: kaiser's talking about foreign catfish, the kind debbie brown would never serve in her restaurant. >> they'd run me out of town. >> reporter: 2500 people live in greensboro, alabama. without local catfish farmers, they might as well take down its sign. >> if they don't do well -- >> put us out of business. it's going to really hurt the economy even more. >> reporter: the state produces one-third of america's catfish, 130 million pounds annually. but farmers like kaiser feel squeezed. his sales are down 10%, but his costs have spiked 60%. foreign catfish, mostly chinese and vietnamese, dominate america's market. with cheaper labor, imported cat fish sells for $1.25 a pound less than u.s. catfish. american farmers say unlike their fish, foreign catfish is suspect, full of antibiotics and other chemicals banned to american farmers as unhealthy and it's a threat to american consumers and to this

. ♪ baby just say yes >> reporter: like most teenagers, allyson townsend loved music, but her deaf friend sing the song and she asked me, how do you know which words to sing at which point, and how long do you know how to say the word, if it's a short word, just ask me questions like that and it was really interesting to me. >> reporter: so allyson made this video for her. ♪ strike up the band ♪ and make the fire flies dance ♪ ♪ silver moon sparkling >> reporter: translating not just the words, but the feeling. ♪ so kiss me >> she loved it, she absolutely loved it. she asked me to do more. >> reporter: she did, posting other songs online. ♪ just to see you smile >> reporter: today, more than 15,000 people have watched. watched, because many of her fans can't hear the videos. ♪ don't stop ♪ make it pop ♪ dj blowing my speakers up >> reporter: to them, the songs sound like this -- >> the way you move your body, whether it's a slow or fast song, they're really able to connect to that and experience that from your body movements and facial expressions. singing songs is painting pictures with

kathleen kennedy townsend is a very old and great friend. >> how old?my point of view, fourscore and four years. you are very young. you do not easily get music on a panel. when donal leace was giving the song and music, i remember the first time i heard harry belafonte. how many have heard him sing the leading of that? where is my friend, abraham? i will not give all the words. the next time -- the first time i heard it, it was, where is my friend, john? the next time i heard him sing it, it was, where is my friend, abraham? where is my friend, john? where is my friend, martin? the last time i heard him sing it, it was, my friend, robert. when i first ran for public office, it was a reporter doing a feature. after interviewing me, he said, how lucky you were to have worked directly with john and robert kennedy and martin luther king. i said, the three that meant the most to me in my life were all three killed in one decade. less than a decade. just the pain that one feels when you think what could have if robert and martin had lived, one as president a

what i find quite helpful, it is the fact there was a second appeal to the 460 townsend street. the designation you made. if somebody doesn't get it and has to appeal twice, bad habits die slowly. it will only be in the performance, it is going to be the length. and the repeated nature of what is not working, with the lack of tolerance. just enough is enough. the one or two intersections in the eir doesn't mean anything. they continue to go around downtown empty, in the way of every possible pedestrian when people want to go home. they block intersections in front of academy-owned property, hindering everybody else. that students ride public transportation for the rest of us. i can work myself up to more frustration. performance matters. a changed attitude to all the rules that exist. and we catch any vagueness in the code and in the regulations. we will keep from bad habits. >> i agree with the commissioners we are looking into non-compliance. 70% of the safety violations -- we are making improvements on the signs and can move forward. we have to remember the time in the past w

there were additional properties that were required, specifically 460 townsend, 950 van ness, and 2225 gerald. these were acquired after the submission of the imp and eir. since these properties were in use without proper authorization, the department has taken action. we have issued notice of violation and penalties, specifically for 930-950 van ness and 960 farrell. the academy of art has regrouped its administrative staff in industrial design from 9:00 -- 930 to 950 van ness. the academy of art appeal before the board of appeals. they also requested a request for reconsideration. this was turned down at the board of appeals last wednesday. we will essentially be assessing the academy of art $250 a day as soon as we receive a written cessation. is there any question -- if there are any questions, i would be happy to answer them. thank you. supervisor maxwell: supervisor chiu? supervisor mar. supervisor mar: thank you for the very thorough report. it is my understanding we are getting quarterly reports on the progress of the notices of violation. i think you went over the life safety

i recently started at townsend street and what is so special about this one on third street is about a block away from my union hall. i am very grateful and thank you very much for your support because they come so us for san francisco residents. and again, i thank you. thank you for your support and have happy holidays. president miguel: thanks. there is no other public comment, we will close this meeting and we will open a special hear iing at the auditorium at san francisco state college at 6:00 p.m. with the special hearing concerning the partner said project. >> thank you. secretary avery: we are adjourned for now. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> in has been 10 years since voters approved the measure for the new building. >> when they cast the vote, we have an exciting opportunities to rethink how art is

the first was a hearing request for the notice of violation and penalty at 460 townsend, the property they acquired postenvironmental application, to pursue enforcement on it. the board denied the rehearing request. once their notice of decision and order sished then -- then penalties up to $250 a day will accrue against the property. the second was a rehearing request at 1321 for a variance. this is a project that was a discretionary review that had been before the commission. it was -- it was a -- a hearing request. that reharg request was denied. that project could move forward with the permit application. the final was a pell of a variance for 1966 grate great highway. it was a discretionary review that was heard by the commission december of last year and the commission voted to take discretionary review and increase the front setback on there which also required a variance. the neighborhood appealed it. the board heard the item last night and voted 3-2 to overturn the variance. four votes are needed to overturn a departmental action. that motion failed and the variance was uphel

you have down at forth and townsend we have a restaurant there, that's a historic district.even getting the signage was an extra step of going before the landmarks commission not just planning to be able to get that sign approved. >> more work. now why do we have so many regulations in san francisco? it's not this hard in other places. because the board of supervisors and past regulation base on the demands they are elected officials and elected by you because you want things done and that's why we have all the regulations. we have all the code amendments to the california building code. san francisco is the most highly regulated city i know. everything is

on the other side of that is townsend. there is a little side street. all it is is housing for the arts students. it does not make sense why you are putting a -- i am concerned about what you're doing this, why you are putting meters where there are no businesses. the classes are further down. there is no major turnover for businesses in the area. it is just housing for the arts students come and dormitories -- for the arts students and dormitories. i do not know why there are limits at all there. i am asking the question about why they are going through and spending all the time and money for something that is going to be useless, when you do not have enough pcos to enforce order parking lots as it is. this is just an exercise in fruition. chairperson nolan: can somebody say something about these? executive director ford: i will call up director ban yi to respond to these. chairperson nolan: good afternoon, mr. yi. >> good afternoon. the issue with connecticut street is in this area of the block there is a huge business than has a lot of deliveries inv

by a winner early on with a sickly advantage losing out to simona halep and straight sense from townsend kirilenko both lost out to check opponents. things however did start to pick up former two time australian open junior champion understood c.-a publishing about the germany's christine nobody else in straight said second see that as one of the over was going to stay in her marriage but if they actually prevailed in free to. beat an advantage in the opening round it's also through. the show my face not a patrol was far too good for the home favorite at least one like the russian who reached the quarter finals at melbourne last year was made to work in the first saints when she took six for the muscovite finally going much easier in a second and she took a six one record victory in an hour in ten minutes and set up a third round meeting with a fellow russian. in la kim clijsters who destroyed in our six love six loft in round one was in just as dominant form against carlos was novato didn't manage another double bagel she still managed to beat the spaniard six one six three up next for

and kathleen kennedy townsend talked about this. what we find now ishahas taken f 've to ao that we 'v society where everyone is -- [inaudible] so the language of rights is supposed to free people from oppression. [inaudible] and it used essentially to keep people in oppression. and i just wondered if you have any comments about that. >> clearly, i do. [laughter] yeah. i really believe that we have to redefine our language. we have to build the language of justice, our language of mutuality, and the language of common community. i think that is the efforts some groups have already done with talking about the common good. and i believe it's critical to do that because that is what our country -- what is a country? it is not just a collection of individuals. it is a collection of people who have a purpose to let people flourished, and we flourished by helping one another. i know we are talking about martin luther king, but i will tell this story anyway. excuse me. i do not know who i have to excuse myself to. in 1968, david frost, i d

around the table in north vietnamese grew townsend silent and then finally one communist leader said,and he barely describes his theory, he said let me assure you mr. mcnamara that our mothers grieved for their sons every much -- every as much as yours did. but this fact is as a young officer in world war ii map mare had participated in planning the firebombing of tokyo. it seemed to me he was still emotionally unable to see asians as fully human. so it is understandable for me that andrew jackson and the georgians of the arrow could not acknowledge the impressive credentials, the impressive achievements of the georgia cherokee nation. there were still men who were regarded as -- after world war ii remember the nuremberg tribal trials in bavaria for our attempt to mitigate germany's collective guilt. the trials were intended to establish which individual nazis had been responsible for those unspeakable crimes. but, post-war literature out of germany and much of it written by writers far to young to have been complicit suggest that a collective standard of guilt can be hard to shake of

also include ford townsend, washington, and a story, oregon. >> overcast, and rainy days. - astoria , about your forecast coming up after this break. @ product recalls to home buying tips, government car auctions to finding a new job, whether you have information to get or ideas to give, go to the official source, usa.gov >> a live look outside from the golden gate bridge. clear skies right now with that will lead to chilly overnight with frost a but expected in the north bay. also, patchy fog. sunny, mild tomorrow. and these weather patterns are going to continue with no rainfall in sight. it is been cold, a jury for the past several days. warm, dry air building in. and the warm, dry air is going to dominate our forecast. cold mornings and mild afternoons. 7:00 a.m., as you go outside? to grab your jacket with 30's. 30 in fairfield, and as the afternoon progresses? temperatures will rise. and will also head up into the upper 50s to san jose, palo alto. and low mid '50s for the north bay. let us take a look neighborhood by neighborhood. the the five degrees in santa rosa. the decree d

is looking for towns with a little bit of an edge cover other towns in the running include port townsend, washington, the story up.his story the. here's i creek, no major problems to be rewarded. and we're back, national headlines the commander of a navy ship is under investigation they want to know why true video showing simulated sex attacks incase lawyers were shown to jurors shipping out, details of a growing controversy. >> this evening all the bleeding hearts wider use gore had allowed yourselves for the next 20 minutes or so because there's a juror to answer can be offended. >> and 2006, seven when he was second in command on the aircraft carrier uss enterprise he made several new videos with anti-gay slurs ensuring simulated sex acts, repeatedly as the air force. something foreign to the gay kid, the chicks in the shark this is certainly the most popular video. it is also one that has aroused complaints. speaking he was reprimanded and the tapes were made but now, after watching the videos that have launched an investigation in part to find out how the videos were made and shown

we have david and larry townsend, deashing valdow, and marge anderson.is of cordovo and the president of united south and eastern tribes. chairman ernie stevens, j.r. who traveled all night long. richard lipsey the chair adviser of the indian finance. we have miss indian nations in the audience today. wendy from indian affairs advisers to senator reid. we have wade handerson and president of the leadership counsel who joined us here today. as we get started, i also before i do want that i want also enter deuce tammy duckworth the assistant secretary and she has given us special news here this morning which she is joined by stephanie stephanie burgwell, the new director of indian affairs for the department of indian affairs, and we want to congratulate here on that new position. i thank those of you who picked up the broadcast this morning to air this address. at this time, it is my pleasure to be able to introduce the president of the national congress of american indians, jeffson. he served as lieutenant governor and has been the past vice president for

very much to our panelists during the formal part of our discussion, doug tanner, kathleen kennedy townsend, harris wofford, and the others. thank you very much. [applause] and thank you to candy shannon, our wonderful moderator. thank you to all of you for being here this evening. [applause] just a few quick announcements before we close out this event. first off, while i mentioned that joy ellison was the first place winner of the first ever essay contest, and we have our two runners-up. jack crumholt from florida and natasha dillon from new york. they both wrote wonderful essay is. we will be doing more contests in the future, so make sure you learn more. their two boys to stay in touch with what americans for democratic action and education fund is doing -- there are two ways to stay in touch. www.adaction.org. you can friend us on facebook. americans for democratic action. please make sure that you are connected to everything that ada and ada ed fund are doing in those capacities. i want to thank the staff and volunteers, and especially our wonderful panelists and moderator. i love wha