fitting because american planning has nominated that is as one of the great communities in the united states north beach so give yours a hand. san francisco is so lucky we have 228 branch libraries a lot of the libraries around the country are closing their wifi capable and we're going to expand the hours starting today (clapping) thank you this is all done thanks to you the public and the department of public works and the rec and park department and friends of the library the architects and construction crew and most importantly the great work of the san francisco library staff thank you very much and enjoy mother's day weekend (clapping.) thank you, commissioner i think it bears repeating the new library hours as of this weekend all neighborhood libraries are going to be opened 36 hours more and many of the libraries opened 7 days a wing at that time, in the donation some cities are closing down libraries we're the beneficiaries of your support of san franciscans that love libraries. give yours a hand. we're almost there it's about children when you see the children's rooms you'll notice the beautifu

united states, for modernist design. and i am also a board member and i am speaking on behalf today of my association of north beach business association. and recently, our board reviewed the proposal for you this commission to redesign what cons taouts a small business as opposed to a corporate chain and took a very rare unanimous vote opposing any alteration in the current definition, further it is my understanding that it is the mandate of this small business commission, to support small business and not corporate chain stores. and in light of that, it behoofs this commission to not raise it from eleven to 90 or 30 or 50 or whatever it is that is the flavor of the day that some corporation may want you to do. and if these corporations are so popular, it should be easy for them to currently get a conditional use permit. and if there are problems and complaints concerning the length of time that it takes to go through the permit process, then reform of the planning department is needed to improve and stream line their systems, not just letting more corporate businesses open with no oversight at all. and most important, it

world war ii, the united states strategy for victory was am have i been justice landings around the world. we had to project our power to europe where we landed on the beaches in north in sicily, italy twice, france was the big one. but also think about the pacific, where we did it hundreds of times, had we not had those higgins boats, our entire strategy for fighting the war would have had to have been changed. >> reporter: so the good men and women of new orleans making those boats, perhaps were pivotal in the winning of the war and especially on d-day? >> absolutely right. andrew higgins also was something of a forerunner in that he integrated his plant at the time and hired a lot of well, minorities, it was something of a shadow or a foreshadowing i should say, of what was going to happen to america after the war. >> reporter: incredible history. and on a more emotional note, what is it like for you as one of the lead historians here to see all of these veterans coming in to this museum that has expanded and by the way, stephanie, this museum opened up 14 years ago on d-day. but what's this like for you? >> it's very emotional, because unfortunately, the greates