it's our 25th anniversary and we're back honoring those unsung heros and those well deserving peoplerom the community who put in a lot of effort and energy to building their community while having their own accomplishment along the way. >> you're one of those who has worked in this community for such a long time. you don't get the accumulates that you deserve. you don't do it to get the accolades. why do you do this and why is it so important to you? >> my main reason is to give back to the community. we've been blessed as a family. by giving back we touch the lives of many young people and unsung heros like you're talking about and letting folks know there are wonderful people that deserve a pat on the back for that special day and running the students in the youth leadership conference is a wonderful experience. >> two components. honor the folks in this community and youth leadership conference in the south bay community. lydia, tell us about the youth leadership conference and how you participated and what you got out of it. >> first of all, i was invited by one of my counselors.

. >> the volunteers to meet are the unsung heroes in this field that take the animals to hope and nurse them to get strong enough to come down and rehome. without volunteers, i would have to be honest to say this wouldn't be much more than a pound. we thank god that we have the number of committed people coming down and helping us out, it makes all the difference in the world. >> when you want to come in and volunteer, you go through a general orientation, about two hours. there is a lot of flexibility. and the various programs available, are baseline dog walking. you can work with the cats. you can work with tony's kitty rescue, with the small animals and guinea pigs and birds and chickens. >> you always have an appreciative audience. >> do you feel that what you have learned here helped you with your own dogs? >> the training they don't have? yes. and it's things that you learn, we usually outlive our dogs and every time you get a new one, you have skills to teach them. >> one of the programs is training program and it's staffed by a member of the community and one of the programs she

one of the unsung heros this season. that still have the a's contender for the western division.onzalez as he's one of the few guys that's managed to stay healthy. he already has more rbis than he did all of last year. making a great contribution, playing regularly and he thinks he's figured out the reason why he's been so successful so far. >> it's confidence, it's what we know to do. just let your glove and bat do the talking, you don't need to say anything, just come out and work hard every day. >>> what is the deal with the golden state warriors and injuries. their newly acquired forward lee already hurt as he's down working out with team usa in las vegas. injured his middle finger in his right hand. he's back in the bay area to have a doctor look at it. he will be back with team usa very soon as evidently it's not a serious injury. meantime team usa hasn't won gold since 84. curry part of the team, not intimidated by the over all global competition. >> i kind of have the star struckness out the first season. i feel like aye at home here. >> we have to catch and shoot and not

one thing, one criteria that we have in choosing local heroes is that they be unsung. when i looked at m.j.'s resume and looked under awards and titles and it listed runnerup for ms. almadin, it was long due the time for this award. m.j., come up. [applause] >> wow, you don't even know you did all that! [laughter] there was a whole bunch of noise up here today and i just wanted to say that another one of the things that i do is i'm the native american co-chair for sciu. and so there was a bunch of people out front fighting for jobs, fighting to help prevent the layoffs that's going on in november. so if you're here, mayor, i heard some cheers up there. i hope that means we don't lose any people from the city jobs. so i want to thank all of you who have worked in this community for the 40 years that i have been here. i moved here in 1969. we have such a strong community. it's so amazing the strengths that we have and there is something about san francisco that's very special. it pulls in people. and one of the things that i'm doing currently is to recognize a protocol t

unsung huros are a bunch of tennis-loving kids. >> there is where the kids went to work.here the coach teaches kids to move like lightning or freeze to become almost invisible. >> this is six to eight working each match. it's their job to turn them into a ball-returning machine you have the best seat in the house. as far as i'm concerned the most important job in the tournament. this is you're, important person. >> there is where you have to pay attention to everything. the tie breaks are the hardest. and there is being up kos is one of the perks of the job. >> sometimes, it's surreal. you never, it's just feels like wow. they're in front of you. >> and this fight be getting a serve. i want you focused. >> mark neilson played this match to help the kids tune up and rg help out there was a treat for him. >> there is playing my game especially these days is help... there is a win, win situation for the kids. and there is probably a test when john mcenroe was there. >> and let's update the forecast. >> there is take a look agent a lot of heat across the nation. high temperat

. >> in sanford, sharapova and davenport but the unsung heroes are a bunch of tennis loving kids. >> of little feet could be heard all over the court as the ball kids went to work. coach jim brown teaches the kids to either move like lightning or freeze as though they were statues to become almost invisible. there are six to eight working each match. it's his job to turn them into a ball returning machine. >> you have the best seat in the house and you have most important job in the whole tournament. aside from the players, you are most important person on the courted. >> they are tennis loving teenagers. >> you have to pay attention to everything. it goes side to side very quickly. >> being up to close to pro tennis players is one of the perks of the job. >> it's sometimes surreal. it just feels like, wow, they are right in front of you. >> you might get a serve 100 miles an hour. i want you focused on where the balls are. >> they tuned up and having a little help out there was a treat for him. >> especially these days, as i'm getting older, all the extra help is a good thing. >> gr

sharapova and davenport but the unsung heroes are a bunch of tennis loving kids. >> the pitter paterfeet could be heard all over the court as the ball kids went to work. coach jim brown teaches the kids to move like lightning or freeze as though they were statues to become almost invisible. there are six to it a working each match. it's his job to turn them into a ball returning machine. >> you have the best seat in the house. as far as i'm concerned you have the most important job in the whole tournament aside from the players you are the most important person on the course. >> ball kids are tennis loving teenagers. >> tie breaks are definitely the hardest because the balls go side to side very quickly. >> this is one of perks of the job. >> it's sometimes surreal and it just feels like wow, they are right in front of you. >> you might be getting a serve at hundred miles an hour. i want you focused on where the balls are. >> he played the match to help them tune-up and having a little help out there was a treat for him. >> especially these days as i get older, all the extra help it'

office of the director of national intelligence as you know today reacted by saying look, we have unsunge pentagon who was involved in tracking all this who said it's so complex, he said, that we can't effectively assess whether it is making us more safe. is there really a debate within the community about whether this is making us more safe? >> well, absolutely. i think that on the surface everybody thinks that you know, we're much more prepared for a simultaneous attack by airliners. that would be very unusual. and very surprising if that ever happened again. but given the resources that we've put on this, the question is are we getting what we think we're getting out of it. and what these officials are saying is they just can't tell because it's gotten so big and not-- nobody or not enough people have the reach and the visibility over the entire thing to be able to judge that. and certainly not the director of national intelligence who is supposed to be doing this. that's a position that is never given the authority that i think most americans think that it was given. and it's turned

the final thing that i want to do in recognition of air traffic controllers, the unsung heroes of our military, men and women. we have more than 9,000 military air traffic controllers. now, f.a.a. air traffic controller, the average pay is $109,000, the base pay, about $160,000 with benefits. the average military air traffic controller, i'm sorry, their base pay, i gave you $109, is $36,490. here are dedicated men and women who serve, there's 9,000 of them who also have an incredible safety record. it's not just at a commercial airport. these folks are all around the world. we saw them in baghdad, we see them in asanements where they've had to land and a-- assignments where they had to land and attend to aircraft in hostile conditions and to very low wages. each day, day in and day out they do a great job representing the united states of america in serving our military airlift needs system of we commend all of our air traffic controllers today. we're going to need more of them, folks. they're retiring in record numbers. i'm told there may be 60% of the air traffic controllers, many c

importance of respect, understanding, and religious tolerance and to develop diversity projects about unsung heroes. the center also provides holocaust lesson plans to teachers and uses "life in a jar" to demonstrate what students are capable of achieving. they also produced a d.v.d. to share the story. funds raised are for the care of those who worked to rescue jew dish -- jewish children in poland like irena. when the students met irena, she told them they were continuing the effort she began 50 years ago and expressed appreciation, as we should, for their work to make this piece of history known. now their efforts inspire others. it is the hope of the project that all who learn of irena's efforts to save the children of poland will embrace their classroom motto, he who changes one person changes the world entire. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. ms. woolsey of california. mr. davis of illinois. mr. burton of indiana. ms. ros-lehtinen of florida. mr. schiff of california. mr. mchenry of north carolina. mr. defazio of oregon. mr. paul of texas. under pe the

just highlighted were it not for the dedicated support of chairman dave obey who in my book is the unsung hero of america's veterans. i must also salute and want to salute the v.a. committee chairman bob filner for his strong leadership every day on behalf of america's veterans. he is truly -- he has truly made a difference. lastly but definitely not least our ranking member, mr. wamp of tennessee, has been a vital partner in putting together this bill and last year's bill as well. mr. wamp has a genuine heart for america's service men and women and our veterans and he has championed their cause. it has been a privilege to work with him and also with andrew crenshaw who has filled in when mr. wamp could not be with us in some of our deliberations this year. mr. crenshaw has truly been a partner every step of the way in putting together this bipartisan bill and i thank him for that. and i also thank mr. farr on the democratic side, our vice chairman of our subcommittee who has done an outstanding to be for our veterans and military -- job for our veterans and military. i'd like to outline

and i absolutely believe great teachers are the unsung heroes in our society. we can't do enough to recognize, reward and support them. but this is not an easy job. it's not for the faint of heart. and there are ups and downs and many days you wonder if youe breaking through. those teachers that absolutely believe in their heart every child can be successful and is willing to put in the time and energy to help every student reach that potential. that's what great teachers do every day, and we can't do enough to thank them. and thank you all for coming today. we would also like to thank the national press club staff including its library and broadcast operations center for organizing today's event. for more information about joining the national press club and on how to acquire a copy of today's program, please go to our website at [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> on c-span, the national league cities is as airport, forcing local governments to cut and jobs. then kenneth feinberg.