america forward. please welcome the 44th president of the united states of america -- barack obama.plause] [cheers] >> hello, midshipmen! thank you, governor o'malley, for your kind introduction and the great support that maryland gives this academy. secretary mavis, general paxton, thank you all for your incredible leadership of our extraordinary navy and marine corps teams. to vice admiral miller, thank you for the outstanding work that you do. to captain clark and the faculty and staff, to the moms and dads who raise your sons and daughters to seek this life of service, to the local sponsor families that cared for them far from home, to members of the class of 1963, the veterans who guided these midshipmen along the way. today is also a tribute to your support and your patriotism, and i know the class of 2013 towards me in saluting your service, as well. [applause] to the entire brigade of midshipmen, you embody the highest virtues of this venerable institution. and i know that some of you have enjoyed yourselves other local institutions. [laughter] like armadillos. but today is

it is an honor to stand before you to introduce the commander in chief of the united states of america. president obama is leading our country forward. he is a thoughtful and resolute leader. he understands america is strongest when her economic and her military power aligned with the power of our principles, the beliefs we share in freedom and justice and in the dignity of every human being. he has committed to making sure that our navy and marine corps of the best and the best equipped in the world. his commitment to you is absolute. he and the first lady are also working hard every single day so that our country does better by you and your colleagues when you and your years of active duty and come home to assume the role of citizen. jobs, opportunities have been the president's focus from day one. under his leadership, our country has now been creating new jobs every month for 31 months in a row. your commencement speaker is the strong and decisive leader who is moving to america for. please welcome barack obama. [applause] [cheers] >> hello, midshipmen! thank you, governor o'malley

mexico is heavily dependent on the united states of america. ave them a $60 billion trade surplus last year which is responsible for over 100% of their gdp growth. we buy something like 20 to 25% of all they produce. we buy their oil. so there's a real close relationship here, and barack obama doesn't have to be too reticent in pushing the united states interest when it comes to the cartels and when it comes to the border. >> eleanor. >> i wouldn't call a great relationship where we export all this goods to them, them being dependent on us. i think this new mexican president comes in with a pretty strong hand. the growth in mexico is twice where it is in this country. they discovered some oil in mexico, and i think he's made a decision that he doesn't want to outsource the drug fighting to u.s. police and border guards, that he wants to take over that. it wasn't working under the previous president who had thousands of people who were killed so let's see if his new approach works. the point is, the u.s. isn't the only game for mexico. they're do

united states. of all the bad ideas that have come to the floor of this house, this one is one of the worst. it's a reckless, irresponsible proposal that says the united states of america is not going to pay all the bills that are due and owing. that will have a terrible impact on our creditworthiness. it will undermine the full faith and credit of the united states. and it would wreak havoc in the economy. look, madam speaker, our constituents don't have the luxury of waking up one morning and saying you know what? i'm only going to make my mortgage payment. i'm not going to make my car payment. i'm not going to make my credit card payments. if they did that, what would happen? they would lose their creditworthiness. for the united states of america to say we are going to pay some bills but not all would have hugely damaging impacts on the economy. and it gets worse. because when they say we got to pay some but not all, you got to decide who are you going to pay first? and what they decide here is they are going to pay china first, and they have to decide who is not a priority. in this bill, our veterans are not a priority. our troops risking their lives in afghanista

of america. there is not a black america and a white america and latino america and asia america. there's the united statesica. >> now a liberal america and conservative america. there's the united states of america. and afterwards, george w. bush and the republicans did for the country, the message of unity became the backbone of his presidential campaign. he's been successful. health care reforms, stimulus, wall street reform and what's remarkable is, his decently has been met with a party willing to take politics over people. so how is he continuing to get things done? david axelrod, senior adviser to president obama and now a senior political analyst and msnbc, david, it's a pleasure to have all of you with us tonight. >> great to be with you. >> i'm curious about this. 90% of the country wanted just because the president wanted it. >> i don't think it's any secret. he was very angry about it. nothing moves him more, in my experience, than when children are abused in some way and we saw it in newtown and on our streets every day. here were commonsense measures that the entire country agreed on and they

they should be able to get that education, stay here, and build their dreams in the united states of america. [applause] i do remember sitting where you sat quite a few years ago. still at first, and this point, the only member of my family to graduate from college, and i knew i was little worried about what was next. but i also realized i was going to have opportunities well beyond anything my parents ever had. ,oday, you sure that promise and you can realize those dreams. you have been well prepared with the mason diploma. but that degree brings with it certain responsibilities. i said i will be relatively brief, but i've got three pieces of free advice. yourn number one, obligation should be with this --ree to strive, to reach and parents, do not get upset -- but also, do not be afraid to fail. you heard that introduction, what dr. cabrera did not mention was that i had failed at virtually everything i have ever tried at one point in my life. quite honestly, i have probably learned more from failures than successes. dr. cabrera mentioned that i founded nextel. what he did not mention was

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america... and to the republic for which it stands... one nation, under god... indivisible, with liberty... and justice for all. our disabled veterans pledged to sacrifice life and limb to ensure our way of life. now, they deserve our support. find out how you can help disabled veterans in your community. visit dav.org. music i want some more. what's he doing? please sir, i want some more. more? he has asked for... thank you. well he did say please... yes he did. and thank you. please and thank you. pass it on. (crowd of children) thank you. >> new research shows a mother's voice has a unique effect on her children. it creates a chemical reaction that can calm the kids down. here's why. the sound of your mother's voice causes your body to release a special hormone. scientists call it the love hormone, and they say this chemical acts like a hug or a cuddle. it can actually reduce stress. from now on on days i have a test, i'm gonna have my mom talk to me a lot. >> this report is sponsored by the n

engine of prosperity and opportunity and wealth creation is the free market system of the united states of america [applause] we tell you something, there's no member of the u.s. senate to understand that better than senator tim scott. [applause] i love senator tim scott. let me tell you one of the reasons. he understands in his gut that if you are struggling to climbed economic ladder, the only thing that has ever worked as a free- market system that allows small businesses to prosper and allows people to stand on their own two feet that does not breed dependency, but encourages people to work and stand on their own two feet and strive for the american dream. i love listening to senator scott talked about -- talked about when he was in high school. he says he was close to flunking out of high school. he had failed come as he put it, both english and spanish -- he had failed, as he put it, both english and spanish. english andl both spanish, they do not say you are bilingual. [laughter] he tells a powerful story of meeting a man who he describes as his mentor. he owned a couple of chick-fil-a fran

can you imagine the united states of america if 10% of our population were refugees? e strain on the government, the outbreak of fighting that's going on in lebanon. it all comes down -- what would i have the united states of merge do? lead. lead. four-letter word. the president does not lead. and i get that from every single one of these leaders in the middle east no matter where i go. and that is a shame. and we sit by and watch these people massacred. and by the way, now we are relying on the goodwill of the russians which we have been relying on now for over two years. i don't like to predict but given the fact that the russians now have given missiles, more sophisticated weapons to bashar assad and the overflights of iraq of weapons still goes on, the fact that the russians continue to supply them in every possible way doesn't give me a great deal of confidence about a "conference" although i know geneva is a very nice place to meet, especially this time of year. >> i would like the president to announce a resedual force in afghanistan. somewhere between 10,000 an

may god bless the fallen and all those who served and my god bless the united states of america. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the playing of "taps" and the benediction. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> let us now joined together one last time in prayer on these hallowed grounds for our servicemen. almighty god, continued to endeavor president and all our leaders with energy and insight and send us all of our with strength for the journey that lay ahead, let each and every day remind us to pray for the safety of our brothers and sisters in arms who stand at the tip of the spear for our nation this day for our freedom. nation, to bless this our friends and the flag research. made the spirit of god be near you to defend you within you to refresh you, before you to guide you, behind you to justify you, and above you to bless you for ever more. go in peace brothers and sisters, amen. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain in place until the president has departed and the colors are retired. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you can see this memorial day replaying ceremo

america. thank you. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, listen now aztec nickal sergeant dandial anderson of the united states force performs "america the beautiful. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious kies for amber waves of grain. for purple mountain magestys ♪ above the fruited plain ♪ america, america ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ and crown thy good ♪ with brotherhood ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ oh beautiful ♪ for put a dream ♪ that seas belong by these ♪ by alabaster seas agleam ♪ i give my liberty ♪ america, america ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ and crown thy good ♪ with brotherhood ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ and crown thy good ♪ with brotherhood ♪ from sea to shining sea [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, secretary hagel. [ applause ] >> mr. president, mrs. obama, secretary shinsecki, chairman dempsey, distinguished guests. we are greatly honored to be with you all here today as we observe a memorial day. together, we gather to remember america's sons and daughters who sacrificed everything in the defense of our nation. for generations, americans have set aside this day to honor those who have fought and

united states has had enough of this. and i'll tell you why. there's a real wmd issue with north korea or iran. the president of the united states of america is talking about a red line. the others are going to be watching. aaron said that's not in the cards right now. >> if you're looking at securing chemical weapon sites, you cannot do that from the air. you cannot just bomb these sites, isn't that right, aaron? you need to physically take over these sites. >> let me push christian a on this point. if you want to empower the opposition and weaken the asaads, you are not going to be able to do it with the kinds of limited lethal assistance that we're prepared to provide. if i took your point to its logical conclusion, what i would do is identify the fact that the overthrow is a vital national interest. the president has said that. the president of the united states has said that. >> then if that's the case, i would craft a military strategy around that objective. i'm not pushing for this because i think going to war with syria with no end state is a prescription for precisely colin powell's notion. no one is talking about boots on the gro

and god bless these united states of america. [cheers and applause] >> president obama heads to austin, texas on thursday for a middle-class jobs creation initiative. he will speak at four different events on that day. live coverage of the u.s. house, members are gabbling back in after a week-long break, beginning their day with general speeches and later it's a number of suspension bills. now live to the floor the house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., may 6, 2013. i hereby appoint the honorable kerry bentivolio to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives.

imagine a future -- ten years from now, or twenty years from now -- when the united states of america is still holding people who have been charged with no crime on a piece of land that is not a part of our country. look at the current situation, where we are force-feeding detainees who are being held on a hunger strike. i am willing to cut the young lady who interrupted me some slack because it is worth being passionate about. is this who we are? is that something that our founders foresaw? is that the america we want to leave to our children? our sense of justice is stronger than that. we have prosecuted scores of terrorists in our courts. that includes umar farouk abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up an airplane over detroit, and faisal shahzad, who put a car bomb in times square. it is in a court of law that we will try dzhokhar tsarnaev, who is accused of bombing the boston marathon. richard reid, the shoe bomber, is as we speak serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison here in the united states. in sentencing reid, judge william young told him, "the way we treat you is

whole lot of publicity, but they're running the largest integrated healthcare system in the united states of america with the 6.5 million people in there. and while i want to see improvement, and there are problems within the system, sometimes we're going to take a step back and acknowledge they're doing a pretty good job in a fairly dysfunctional healthcare climate in the united states of america on millions of people don't have any health insurance, when we spend far more on person on healthcare than people of other nation, you talk to veterans who are going to the v.a. they say, you know what, they're getting pretty good care, and they're being aggressive in terms of dealing with diabetes, weight loss, smoking, ptsd, huge issues, huge issues. we are learning in recent years what the cost of war is about. i didn't think -- i don't think we fully appreciated it. nobody comes home from combat the same person who went over there, and it's not just the tragedies we see in walter reed, the family owe who is lost their legs or their arms and their eyesight, it is people who are coming home with ptsd or

america. president obama, the president of the united states of america, held a press conference 17 days ago and angrily called the nra liars. liars? really? this from a man who spent his entire reelection campaign saying he supported our second amendment rights. and would never try to take anyone's gun away. and he calls us liars? this from the president to repeatedly claimed that 40% of firearm sales don't involve a background check. that was never true. in the "washington post" gave him three pinocchio's for that one. he calls us liars? the biggest whopper of all is that 90% of americans support his background checks bill. the media can't rant and rave about anything else. 90% of americans don't want criminals and the mentally ill to get their hands on guns. i don't know what kind of polling they do down at the white house, but i do know this. when it comes to keeping guns out of the hands of violent criminals in the mentally deranged, nra members agree 100%. [applause] but mr. president, the bill you backed would not accomplish that goal. your bill, the bill you ordered was simply a maze of

this is the law of the land of the united states of america you can't charge minimum in dollars and i can go to the credit card.com and you can fill that out for yourself. i suggest to the drivers to put a sign of credit card accepted which dollar minimum and you'll be all right. and the other things i want to talk about we talk about in the town meeting if you're going to allow the cab companies to so-called dispatch to the center app the problem is still going to be there. what you need to do is when people called red or yellow or other other companies they can see the four block radius you can see them. you can see in if the yellow cabs are available for them fine they can get the cab right now right away. then they can make their choices. and the second thing or the third thing there is no u turn for the taxi. there's a difficult situation over there on sutter street >> moniker to address that? >> i'd like to a take into account the credit cards charging 5 percent. also the california trains thing is right i've been down there are i don't know what kind of authority you'd have but

god bless you and god bless these united states of america. [applause] >> one of two live events on monday on c-span2 first a report of migration and economic competitiveness in the u.s., mexico and central america with former commerce secretary. and former mexican president hosted by the migration policy institute live at 9:30 a.m. eastern. and a look at the political situation in egypt two years after the revolution. new america foundation will host about the new leaders. our live coverage begins at 1: 15 p.m. eastern. >> next navy secretary ray mabus talks about the military's efforts to use more bio and alternative fuels. he spoke at an event hosted by the trueman national security roject for about 40 minutes. >> the men and women of the united states navy are incredibly well prepared, incredibly well informed. they know how to execute my mission. so it's a complete mystery to me how they allowed an army veteran to introduce their boss. seriously guys, heads are going to roll, i'm sorry. in all seriousness it's a great honor to welcome the

imagine a future ten years from now or 20 years from now when the united states of america is still holding people who have been charged with no crime on a piece of land that is not part of our country. look at the current situation where we are force feeding detainees who are being held on a hunger strike. i'm willing to cut the young lady who interrupted me some slack because it's worth being passionate about. is this who we are? is that something our founders foresaw? is that the america we want to leave our children? our sense of justice is stronger than that. we have prosecuted scores of terrorists in our courts. that includes the one that tried to blow up an airplane over detroit and the attack on times square. and dzhokhar tsarnaev accused of bombing the boston marathon. and another serving a maximum security steps in the united states. in sentencing reid, judge william young told him, the way we treat you, is the american you of our own liberty. when we -- we went -- he went on to -- [ yelling ] >> we're addressing that, ma'am. [ yelling ] >> you know, i think that, i'm going off sc

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. colleagues we have some meeting minutes from our march 26th and airplane 2, without objection those meeting minutes are approved. madame clerk, are there any communications. >> no communications. >> if you could read our consent agenda >> items 1-10 are considered routine if i member objects an item can be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues would anyone like to sever an item? >> supervisor campos? >> item 8. >> roll call on items 1-10 sketfor athlete. >> campos aye. >> supervisor chiu? >> aye. >> chiu aye. >> supervisor cohen. >> cohen aye. >> supervisor farrell. >> aye. >> supervisor kim. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> mar aye. >> supervisor tang? >> aye. >> tang, a. >> supervisor wiener. >> aye. >> supervisor eyree? yee? >> aye. >> supervisor breed? >> aye. >> the motion is approved. >> } item 18 an ordinance authorizing sexual harassment a lawsuit filed by ctia against the city and county of san fran

prosperity and opportunity and wealth creation the world has market n is the free system in the united states of america. applause] >> and let me tell you member of there is no the u.s. senate who understands senator tim han scott. scott.senator tim let me tell one of the reasons. because he understands in his you are struggling to climb the economic ladder the only thing that has ever worked free market system that allows small businesses to rocess terror and allows -- prosper and doesn't create dependency but encourages people work and stand only their own feet and strive toward the american dream. i love listening to senator how he was in t high school, and as he describes he was close to flunking outs of high school. e had failed, as he put it, both english and spanish. observed when tt you fail english and spanish hey don't say you are bilingual. they say you are bi-ignorant. and he tells a powerful story of describes an who he as his mentor, who owned a franchiseshick-fil-a and who brought him under his wing and said tim, the path you to take you going to where you want to be. that is not how you

detention center the cap the president heckled. 20 yearsed the future from now when the united states of americais still holding people who have been charged with no crime on a piece of land that is not part of our country. >> republicans quickly responded. >> the administration never came up with a cohesive plan to guantanamo bay. that is why it is still open today. obama warned while qaeda has been weakened, new arerity threats how are -- emerging and they need to ask questions as to the best way to confront these new threats. >> thank you, kris. -doug hill is tracking severe weather. >> and don't forget to call the number on your screen to ask the dr. any medical question. >> breaking from texas, where the boy scouts of america have said they will live the ban on openly gay members. >> greta kreuz has the details. >> the associated press is reporting those delegates will meeting in great find, texas, the boy scouts of america have made the decision and approved lifting the ban on openly gay scouts in america. we do not have the vote tally, but they only needed a simple majority of the 1400 de

united states in many years. we have a report from washington, d.c. >> i want to welcome the president to the united states of america and to the oval office. >> for the first time in nearly half a century, there were welcoming the leader of myanmar. this is known as a welcoming visit. there was a reminder of what still needs to be done. , this wasst to admit a long time. >> there were some protesters. we are asking president obama to help our people. >> this is still going on. having childl soldiers. and people are still detained for no reason. >> there has on deadly been progress in myanmar over the past two years, but there are many that believe this has changed substantially in the last months, and therefore, this meeting at the white house is too much, too soon. there is a historic visit to myanmar after decades of military rule. it is seen as an encouragement to china, giving more power to the people. the state department has expressed concerns of continued killings and raped and tortured by government forces. human rights groups say promises have not been kept. to address ethnic violence against muslims in the

. >> imagine a future ten years from now, or 20 years from now when the united states of america is still holding people two have been charged with no crime on a piece of land that is not part of our country. is this who we are? is that something our founders foresaw? is that the america we want to leave our children? >> is it clear, karen? he has talked about this since the first time he tried to run for president. is this time going to be different? >> i think what you heard in those lines was the whole speech. not only the politics -- and what his legacy is going to be and this promise about guantanamo bay was so important to his presidential campaign in 2008 about the kind of leader he was going to be. can he do this? you know, i don't think the politics have changed, but i think at this point he's probably feeling a certain urgency that maybe he wouldn't have been feeling in the first term. >> the navy brig in charleston, south carolina. you can't help but wonder how this is going to go over with senator graham. >> the reason we can't close guantanamo bay is that we don't have a plan

my deepest conviction the guiding principle of the administration is that the united states of america [ applause ] >> i believe that freedom is a gift from god and hope of every human heart. freedom inspired our founders and preserved our union through semifinal war and secured the promise of civil rights. freedom sustains dissidents bound by chains, believers huddled huddled in under ground churches and voters that risk their lives to cast ballots. freedom creates creativity and rewards poverty with prosperity. ultimately freedom makes a path to peace. freedom brings responsibility. it does not mean isolation from each other. a free society thrives to have neighbors help neighbors and strong help the weak and public policy to promote private compassion. as president i tried to act on these principles every day. it wasn't always easy and it wasn't always popular. one of the benefits of freedom that people can disagree. it's fair to say that i created plenty of opportunities to exercise that right. when future generations come to this library and study this administration, they are goi

. >> god bless the united states of america. >> jon: three months in, you had him as damian in the omenyou may be right. but wolf has been cried before. after eight months of intensive investigation you should be able to better state your case than this from yesterday. >> it sounds like what you've described, it sounds like there's been a cover-up but what were they trying to cover up? >> well, again, this is why we're fighting for the truth. >> none of this would have come out if the oversight committee, if darrell issa if our committee didn't continue to pursue this. >> jon: you have no [bleep] idea. if what he's saying is true... and it's an important question, if what you're saying is true, if the president let americans die for political reasons, then by god, bring us the evidence and we will grab the pitch forks and torches along with you. but remember that game goes both ways. let me try. in 2011 the state department requested funding for worldwide security protection and upgrades money that could perhaps have gone to protect benghazi. the republicans like darrell issa who is hea

dangerous and i have to do one strike because he keeps launching operations against the united states of americathink the american people would view that one way. but when you launch hundreds of strikes and you don't just do it at targeted individuals like anwar awalaki but you do it to almost indiscriminate people, a signature strike by definition means we do not know who we are bombing. the president is perfectly aware of that. i know a lot of people voted for the president, and you don't want to think of worse of him. when you hear speeches like this you think look at that, what a decent guy it rips him up inside. if it rips it up inside he has a funny way of showing it. perhaps he should stop the signature strikes. and the double pass. double pass when we do one drone strike and then when there are first responders we do a second one. it that is unconscionable, and if it bothers his conscience, he has a weird way of showing that by doing them. we have come morris davis professor at howard school of law. and andrew kirell and david cay johnston. colonel davis, obviously i'm going to start wit

yellowstone officially became the first national park of the united states of america. the significance of preserving this vast and remote tract of land was profound. the nation, not yet a century old, was still seeking its own cultural and national identity. of the american landscape were now promoted as the country's unique heritage. the new york herald wrot "their beauty, their splendor, their extraordinary ansometimes terrible manifestations of nature form a series of attractions possessed by no other nation." three months later, moran's "the grand canyon of the yellowstone" was bought by the federal government for $10,000. the painting was hung in the u.s. capitol, a triumph for moran. soon after, he began signing his work with the monogram "t.y.m." for thomas "yellowsto" moran. yellowstone remained a source of inspiration throughout moran's career. in 1892, the artist returned to the park to create new paintings of its wonders. by this time, yellowstone was a popular tourist attraction. the idea of the national park, suggested two decades before, had been fully rea

may god bless the united states of america. >> president obama toured the damage and walked by the remains of the plaza towers elementary school were seven children were killed. he stopped to talk with residents who lost homes and with first responders. joining him or other federal, state, and local officials, including oklahoma governor and fema administrator craig who gate. -- fugate. >> president obama also visited with first responders at a firehouse near the school being used as a command center. >> today president obama and first lady michelle obama tape art in memorial day ceremonies at arlington national cemetery. this begins at 11:00 a.m. on c- span. now, dr. dustin buckley of mercy hospital in oklahoma city role operatingir in urgent care field facility in the heart of the disaster zone in moore, oklahoma. mercy hospital in oklahoma city. we knew there would be families who are out of medicine are needed madness and -- needed medicine. we gathered supplies from our clinic and brought them out here. we also found that people are in need of first aid. this is set up as a temporary

view right now is that it cannot accept barack obama as the legitimate president of the united states of americay accepts him as a legitimate citizen of these united states of america. and it certainly doesn't want him to be in control of the bully pulpit or the megaphone to amplify american interests. now, you would think that since he's won two elections they would move forward, and as dana milbank is saying, there might be some legitimate arenas here for them to talk about. areas for them to engage in. you say considered discussion and conversation about different viewpoints. but they are not about that. they are about using anything they can as a litmus test to certify to them their -- as republicans. dana milbank is right here. even though i disagree, i think the irs scandal is much adieu about nothing. even if it's a legitimate concern, the reality is they're so over the top they're incapable of having any kind of nuance of this discussion. what it ends up being, again, is a referendum on their inability to accept barack obama as president and their consternation and their clogging the gov

flag of the united states of america. >> i would like to call roll mr. president. president mazzucco? present. vice-president marshall? on his way back. commissioner chan, present, kingsley, present, loftus, here. we have a quorum and with us here is the chief of police and director of occ joyce inhibition. -- hicks. >> welcome to the may 8, 2013 san francisco police commission meeting. the issue is to give you a preview, we are going to have award for some great citizens and some issues regarding mental health issues that the department is dealing with and crisis intervention related to that. we have a follow up report on second assault, homicide testing. as you were aware back in 2010, this was an issue before the commission there was a backlog. we changed these things. there were areas assigned to the crime lab and we'll have more to report on that please call line item one. item one certification of appreciation mr. thomas arend. >> president mazzucco, director hicks. i'm captain moser. i'm please to be here today to present a certificate to mr. arend. some of

and those who failed to and it appeared imagine a future 10 or 20 years from now when the united states of americais still holding people who have been charged with no crime on a piece of land that is not part of our country. >> outside of the stage, protesters were hardly satisfied. >> i am very disappointed. i was a democrat for a long time and i wanted to vote for him this time around. when it comes to the perpetuation of this war and in obamag the cycle going, has done as much as he had. >> the republicans in congress have stopped him from closing guantanamo bay. for all of the speeches, there was no suggestion why the hard politics have changed him a white it is any easier now to make those promises become a reality. >> the tricky politics of all of this. for more on the speech, i am joined by p.j. crowley. but start with what the president said about drone strikes. do you think the way he addressed that will satisfy the critics of his policy in countries like pakistan and yemen? >> no. he established a solid context for why they are used. they are seen as an essential counterterrorism tool.

league in the blue states and yes, we have friends that are gay and we are all defending the united states of america>> we all remember that moving speech that then illinois state senator, a very young barack obama delivered at the 2004 democratic national convention. it was a speech that paved the way for his presidency. since the 2012 election, the red, blue color divide has grown deeper. red states seem to be getting redder and blue states bluer and compromise, it is harder to come by. we saw this firsthand just last month after the gun control bill died in the senate. >> a few minutes ago, 90% of democrats in the senate voted for that idea. but it's not going to happen because 90% of republicans in the senate just voted against that idea. i have consistently said there are regional differences when it comes to guns. that both sides have to listen to each other. we can do more if congress gets its act together. if this congress refuses to listen to the american people and pass common sense gun legislation, the real impact will have to come from the voters. >> in this country, if laws don't pass on

tell them always be worthy of the sacrifice they make and may god continue to bless the united states of america. >> the president urged americans to show appreciation to veterans and many of us live in an area where most of us are not directly touched by war. and tara moriarty is live to tell us who received some special tributes at this year's events. >> reporter: the focus is korean war recipients and this is a ceremony that is dedicated to him. >> reporter: hundreds are at vintage park with the army band. this is the 145th year that they have honored the fallen at the san francisco park in the press sid yes. >> today is a special day to honor our fellow veterans and understand here to thank those who came before us. >> reporter: this is the end of the korean war which more than 50,000 americans lost their lives. bill moore former photographer was there. >> i was there, it was a cold war, it was still as far north as you can get. it was pretty difficult. >> reporter: a special tribute was paid to vietnam veterans and one man said he was lost when he came home. >> we don't talk about it, i giv

the nation, but we all could admit that san francisco is different than any city in the united states of america. okay. and this city is an expensive city, it's expensive to go eat. this is an expensive city. so if you are living on government assistance and you need to go somewhere and you need to park there and pay the meter and you only can stay there for three hours, i'm a person with a disability. i'm in a wheelchair. i have to get myself situated. that's going to take time. it may take me 5-10 minutes just to get myself situated and when i get out of the car. so, i appreciate what you are doing, but i think you really got to think about people with low incomes in the city and county of san francisco. thank you. >> is there anybody else on the bridge line? >> thank you very much. >> okay. we are going to public comment. and we have viera first. >> i disagree on payment for meters because i have a placard and two disabilities. heart lung problems and my knees are slowing down too. but, it's been very hard to find a blue zone. they are always full. and it is marvelous to be able to use a park

constitution, and what's good for the best long-term interest of america, the best economic social and cultural benefit of the united states of america, with passion and with compassion, for all people, who should live with god-given dignity. mr. speaker, with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair would entertain a motion to adjourn. mr. king: mr. speaker, i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: yet is on the motion to adjourn. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the aye vs. it. the motion is agreed to. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on these officers know what kind of work they're doing and i think just as a matter of my understanding, of my 15 years in the department of justice, we need to have them being participants in this, it might even compromise to some degree their independence as they investigate and prosecute, perhaps, an i.c.e. or border patrol agent who violates the law. so i think that's what i would say about it. i think if you ask any law officer who has been trained, all their basic train

and those who failed to and it appeared imagine a future 10 or 20 years from now when the united states of americais still holding people who have been charged with no crime on a piece of land that is not part of our country. >> outside of the stage, protesters were hardly satisfied. >> i am very disappointed. i was a democrat for a long time and i wanted to vote for him this time around. when it comes to the perpetuation of this war and in obamag the cycle going, has done as much as he had. >> the republicans in congress have stopped him from closing guantanamo bay. for all of the speeches, there was no suggestion why the hard politics have changed him a white it is any easier now to make those promises become a reality. >> the tricky politics of all of this. for more on the speech, i am joined by p.j. crowley. but start with what the president said about drone strikes. do you think the way he addressed that will satisfy the critics of his policy in countries like pakistan and yemen? >> no. he established a solid context for why they are used. they are seen as an essential counterterrorism tool.

we're at war with a bunch of people who want to hurt the united states of america. and for people to leak that program and for a newspaper to publish it does great harm to the united states of america. >> and while president obama said he wants to balance the president's interest to be aggressive in its reporting and the government's interest in protecting secrets, he also said at the news conference, no apologies for what the department of justice has done. >> he did. he said no apologies and eric holder sort of seemed to not, you know, said he recused himself. didn't even say he signed off on it. wasn't even clear in the hearings about who had signed off on it. his deputy. they're not appaologizinapologi. a lot of people thought the obama administration was liberal. they have not been liberal, if you want to characterize it on that way. >> look at the drone program. >> let's not get into that. but are journalists so personally offended by not just the sweeping nature of obtaining these phone records, but the fact that there was no notification to the ap, no chance

. >> welcome to the united states of america where a dead terrorist bomb frer chechnya has more rightsan american citizen. >> this is a fight for the future of freedom! >> lying in wait right now is a terrorist, a deranged school shooter, a kidnapper, a rapist, aÑi murderer, waiting and planng and plotting. ( laughter ) ( applause ) ( cheers ) >> jon: yes, he's talkin' about you people! yup, there's a terrorist and criminals waiting and plotting, and because of this guy thiek get a gun on the spirnt with no background checks. you're welcome, everybody! but, of course, these types of contradictions, they use fear, we use fear. are not an anomaly. not a bug in the n.r.a. system but a feature. at the heart of the n.r.a.'s message is don't let liberals say it's a dangerous world and scare you into gun control. let us say it's a dangerous world and scare you into gun-a-paloh, zza. but here's the problem. their message is a simple one. >> the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. gli don't know about the only way. ( laughter ) but even if that's right, this is a que

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> mr. president i will call roll. >> thank you. >> president mazzucco. >> present. >> vice president marshall. >> here. >> commissioner chan. >> present. >> commissioner kingsley. >> present. >> commissioner truman. >> here. >> commissioner loftus. >> here. >> we have a quorum and with us this evening we have the deputy chief and bethany from the occ. >> please call item one. >> item one consent calendar and request to accept $5,000 from ms. karen fireman to be used by the sfpd mounted unit. >> commissioners, you have in your packet a memo on the donation by karen fireman for our mounted unit. any questions or concerns? it's great. . >> is there any public comment? hearing none public comment is now -- do i have a motion. >> moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> please call line item two. >> item two is general public comment. the agenda is welcome to address the commission on items not on the agenda