unrepresented litigant are experiencing dire consequences.their children, their housing, and their physical safety. you have heard the cost savings, the expense of not spending for this prevention is something that's at the it is cannot bear -- that san francisco cannot bear. that cost is picked up elsewhere. it is picked up in the health- care system and in the police. i want to assure you that the bar association's stance with you today. [chime] we intend to press our community to stand up for pro bono. what will help us in this incredibly critical moment is for the city to make this part of the public policy. together, we can make this different and we promise you we will join you in this effort. >> thank you, madam president. i am wondering what the bar is doing recently, the various law firms in terms of pushing for pro bono. a lot of firms are already doing pro bono, but is there a specific goal are targets that you have for these firms? is there may be an enhanced -- maybe an enhanced goal you are trying to push forward? >> yes, for ma

i feel like we are the most affected and most unrepresented groups that will be affected by this policy. we are the ones that will pay the higher rents. we are not a larger office uses that are suddenly allowed to. we are the small offices in the mission area. i feel like they got a benefit and the mission areas were penalized. thank you. supervisor cohen: next person. >> good afternoon, supervisor. as a san francisco resident and a san francisco business owner, i think we should delay the amnesty just to take a better look at it and see how the citizens and resident of san francisco could benefit off of what is going on. we provide bigger companies who are downsizing in smaller buildings who are able to pay the small amnesty fine, or fee, that you are giving these companies a cushion. as a small-business owner in the eastern part of san francisco, i have not heard of that before. i do not see work my business benefits from this, or the residencts in the eastern part f san francisco, are benefiting from this. are these companies networking with the local business enterprises? i think we

outlined some of the statistics of domestic violence and family law cases going on represented -- unrepresented. we are as concerned as he is and everyone on the committee. the one caveat we have why we are supportive of this legislation moving forward, these are very complex and sometimes dangerous cases. as the project moves forward, we want to encourage everyone involved to really take the seriousness and complexity of the domestic violence cases into consideration when we look at where we are placing them and who will be representing the survivor. as you know, san francisco has a rich history of community-based legal professions that has many years of experience of working with domestic violence survivors in many languages. we have this rich resources available, and we would like to see all of that community involved. and closing the complexities -- having the complexities taken into consideration. president chiu: we would love you and your consortiums to give feedback on the best way to do that. a couple more names, the volunteer attorney with the services program, steve collier with the t

there is a woefully unrepresentative mix. i ho we continue to apply the right pressure to se that improve. >> thank you. i hope that the deputy prime minister enjoy our famous northeast hospitality and the supporof the northumbria police at his conference. could he now tell the house when the 3000 extra police he promised at the general election will be in post? >> mr. speaker, as her own party acknowlges, the police need to make savings. the key thinis not exactly what the total number is, but where -- >> order. i do not know what members are havingor breakfast. the deputy prime minister's answers must be heard. >> where are police officers properly deployed? last decade, far too many police officers were tied up in knots filling out paperwork rather than on the streets where they belong. >> my friend share the priorities of the constituents. promoting growth, getting people off welfare into work. we are bemused that we were to spend much of our time on diussing the reform of the house of lords. how should i explain that pri

we want them to recognize the a unrepresented groups. >> awfully exciting.t's all for us at 5:00. >> another union vote in anne arundel county. firefighters are determining whether they have confidence in the fire chief. >> a fire truck on its way to a call crashes on its way. i will have a live report. >> it will cost more to live in maryland in a plan adopted today. new at 6:00. >> live, local, late breaking-- this is wbal 11 news at 6:00. >> rank and file firefighters are questioning the leadership of their chief. that is the big story tonight at 6:00. they are holding a no-confidence vote. >> we've got the details on why firefighters say they are losing faith in the chief. >> the voting has been happening throughout the day. 730 members are casting ballots. in january, members called for the nofi

ignored and unrepresented and not having as saying really and how politics and government is run. and i begin the book with thomas paine. i end the book with thomas paine. not to be too grandiose, and someone accused me of using the fingers last night when i use that word among but common sense, thomas paine book that lit the fuse of the revolution. i call for democratic republic to be governed by the people. and i think we need to return to that. i don't think we are really there and right now. so i think that was -- i hope in some small way to also let a fire under the people in gift and going and get them motivated. >> host: tell us why we should be worried. why is this a problem? >> guest: well, our system is fundamentally undemocratic and a number of ways. one of the ways is closed primaries. so with half the states in the country 40 percent of all the voters can't participate in the primary. and so they have no say in who gets nominated. and as a result we get more and more extreme candidates on both ends of the spectrum who are nominated by the party activists and then that

they are tired of being ignored and unrepresentative and not having to say how politics and government is run, and i began the book with thomas kane and end of the book with thomas paine not to be too grandiose and someone accused me of using a new gingrich word last night, but comes at the sort of thomas paine book but lifted the revolution was a call to how to be governed by the people, and i think we need to return to that. i don't think we are really there right now, so i hope and some small way to also light a fire under the people and get them going and get them motivated >> host: phyllis why should we be worried about this, why is this a problem? >> guest: our system is fundamentally undemocratic and a number of ways. one of the ways is closed primary. so in half the states in the country, 40% of all the voters can't participate in the primary, and so they had no say in who gets nominated, and as a result, we get more and more extreme candidates on both ends of the spectrum who are nominated by the party activists and that is getting elected to congress coupled with the way cong

we're talking about african-american protests, but there are many groups unrepresented. at the table is reverend al sharpton, bill snyder, rebecca walk err and rejoining us is ken blackwell of the family research council and former secretary of state of ohio. thank you for continuing this conversation. this is in fact not just an issue of african-american politics but everyone's voices. one thing that impressed me about how the tea party was functioning is it was doing both protest and politics, taking to the streets and running tand in candidates. is there something we can learn about them running together for the other movements? >> if you want your agenda passed, you have to get it through the political system. i don't think the occupy movement has done that. they're aloof from politics. they think it's dirty. one of the consequences is they haven't been very effective politically. >> they may not be wrong, but you have to get in the mud and do the work. >> and you also need a mul multipronged approach to change. there has to be people on the ground, folks in corporat

i was making a very similar point, the kris is totally unrepresentative of what is ing going on in italy, france andy,f america, sorry to say. and i don't want to drone on excessively about -- is a 50the word? 50 word, but let me say, if we are having a textbook, keynesian slump, we would have seen maybe not outright deflation fallinglf price level, that we would've at least been a heck of a lot of be disinflation come a big declince in the rate of o inflation. we haven't seen that.n tt. we can probably argue thenk details all night, but i think sroadly speaking, it is fair toi say that we have not had anything like the markedan disinflation that we would havee had if our problems were msnn m coming to us through monetary mechanisms and so-called so-c effective or aggregate demand.ra sack and, paul refers to econometric work, which i haven't, which is the importance of government expenditures fore. employment. i can't help but have this feeling that there is a set of treating here on the obvious. sure, someone the public start terry somebody fires -- somebody gets gets fired, the world i

there is a woefully unrepresentative mix. i hope we continue to apply the right pressure to see that improve. >> thank you. i hope that the deputy prime minister enjoy our famous northeast hospitality and the support of the northumbria police at his conference. could he now tell the house when the 3000 extra police he promised at the general election will be in post? >> mr. speaker, as her own party acknowledges, the police need to make savings. the key thing is not exactly what the total number is, but where -- >> order. i do not know what members are having for breakfast. the deputy prime minister's answers must be heard. >> where are police officers properly deployed? o'donnell's -- last decade, far too many police officers were tied up in knots filling out paperwork rather than on the streets where they belong. >> my friend share the priorities of the constituents. promoting growth, getting people off welfare into work. we are bemused that we were to spend much of our time on discussing the reform of the house of lords. h

i was making a very similar point increase is totally unrepresentative of what is going on in italy,france and america i am sorry to say. and i don't want to drone on excessively about -- is it the dword, zero the c. word, but let me say if we were having a textbook keynesian swamp, we would've seen maybe not the outbreak deflation falling price level, but we would've at least been a heckuva lot of disinflation, a big decline in the rate of inflation. we haven't seen that. we probably can argue the details on night, but i think roughly speaking it is fair to say that we have not had anything like the mark of inflation that we would've had if our problems were msn coming to eyes grew monetary mechanisms in so-called effective or aggregate demand. second of all referrers to a ton of mr. word, which i haven't seen, which shows the importance of government expenditures for employment. i can't help but have the feeling that there is a bit of trading here on the obvious. sure, if someone the public sector, someone fires, somebody gets fired, the world is full of frictions and that person g

the head of infidelity and killing him makes vice president biden take over and he is totally unrepresented that post which will lead the united states into a crisis. and this week with prime minister cameron the president alluded to this. >> there is a reason why al qaeda is on its heels and has been decimated and a reason why osama bin laden and his lieutenants are not in a position to execute lots against the united states or great britain. >> as for the timing in the campaign and media could be calculated according to a member of the bush team. >> this president has suffered the most dramatic drop in popularity and the white house is desperate forego fuzz. >> an official said the white house is working to declassify and make public as many documents as possible adding it could take months but will the timing bump up against the election. >>mike: thank you. coming up, he helped honor the man known as the grandfather to kids everywhere for his service to children: joining us live to talk about the great event unbelievable event. no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses