they need us to tell them. that is why we are here today. that has got to be a part of the mission. so i support everything johnson said, but there is another the to keep in mind. this is the jury pool. the jury pool is constantly affected and infected by nancy grace, law-and-order. it is constantly being polluted -- i truly believe this -- by the media. it sounds silly but it is not. i really believe in the power of media to influence people. that is why i got in it. so we have to use it to our advantage. you have got to be in it to win it. if we are not controlling our image, someone else is. so you have got to start thinking about the way that the image of the public defender is going to be portrayed, either in dramatic television -- over which you will have a lot less control. or certainly, in news media. years ago, i got a phone call from a public defender in san francisco. he had a case receiving a lot of media attention, and he wanted me to come to cover the case for 20/20. some of his colleagues thought he was not to. what are you bringing a barbara walters in to cover a cas

tell us to be quiet. actually we don't mind but someone next door complained. someone complained? about us? tell them to come here and complain to our faces. no. no. wait! i understand. they're just jealous. we're here having a good time and they're all alone, right? that's it. they're just jealous. maybe so but actually it's not just an ordinary person that complains. what do you mean not an ordinary person? someone with three heads, six legs? a ghost? very funny, sir, but actually it's a samurai. samurai? next door? why didn't you tell us. we don't like samurais? sometimes they just kill people by mistakes. sorry about that. samurai? okay. okay. we understand and we'll be quiet. okay. ladies sorry. parties over. see you next time. sorry. we will go to bed now. shall i bring out the futons. yes but don't put them in a row. put the heads together so we can talk in bed. is it okay for us to talk in bed. that's no problem talk as much as you like. okay. thank you. samurai next door told us to shut up. that's okay. i don't mind. these things happen when you travel. any way it's a good story to tell our

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to have them on a panel. people from the school board, those who have been painting for years, some conservative errors from the getty. to have them tell us the works of their school was important. it represents african-american artists to during the 20's and 30's used an incredible body of work. it is one of the most incredible works of art in the city, bar none. it is a huge mural of incredible works. >> the san francisco civic arts collection has been in existence since the turn of the century. it consists of everything from monument to golden gate park to market street, other works in the collection, from the wpa era, the quite tower, the works from the george washington high school. we have the contemporary education, where they depict some of the vocational arts that were taught at george washington high school. what is interesting is the artist's and corp. of some of the -- incorporation of some of the architectural elements. they used the speaker from the p a system as part of the design. on the opposite side of the library, we have a large fresco which depicts the academic subjects that were taught at the time. it serves as a foi

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to pakistan tell us about our relationship? and the fact that either they knew and didn't tell us or we know couldn't trust them enough to even tellhem we were going in for this raid? >> well, we don't know the answers to those questions. but those are very real and important questions and they will be asked by members of congress with increasing intensity. >> what do you want to know, senator? what is your reaction to this? is it possible that this facility could have been within a mile and a half of their west point and all these neighbors and not know? >> it's a very perplexing question. and i think we're at a point here where the burden of proof, you might say, is on the pakistanis to convince us that they really did not know. it is possible that they did not know. and i suppose that would raise other questions about the skill of their intelligence operation. but, you know, we have had a very complicated relationship with pakistan. on the one hand, they have provided us, i know, with some very important counterterrorism intelligence and assistance. on the other hand, we have reason to believe that some elements of their intell

. >> reporter: caftan kevin moss' platoon was penned down 50 yards to the right of us. >> hey, tell them we want a gun run from [ bleep ] running up the spur here. >> reporter: the no slack battalion was assigned perhaps the toughest area of afghanistan. kunar province, known as the heart of darkness. for several months, our cameras were with them as they fought on snow-covered mountaintops and in treacherous mountain valleys. >> he's still too low! >> reporter: they fought hard. and played hard. ♪ >> reporter: this little escapade was orchestrated by one of 3rd platoons most popular leaders. the younger men adored him. the older leaders respected him. everyone thought of him as a soldier's soldier. same with the platoon leader. captain kevin mott. his boys, 3rd platoon, would walk into fire for him. last june, mott was shot in the head and tumbled hundreds of feet down a mountain. he should have died but recovered. and like bankston, he too fought to return to afghanistan to lead his men. all of them had less than a month before going home. their objective, find a way to get home alive.

we could achieve this is that all the people on the stage have to work together because the students were telling us that we have failed them to a large extent. why? because many of us went to college perhaps or high-school too long ago. i was at uc berkeley in the 1960's as an undergraduate. so i had to look at that and ask how confused i was. when i look back on it, as everyone on this stage will tell you, their first stage was -- their first year was confusing, maddening. we were experimenting. we were experimenting perhaps with a lot more than you will be experimenting with. [laughter] nevertheless, we are here now. what is the common thread that connects all of us? college education. [applause] do not be fooled. do not let anyone tell you that without a college education, everything is fine. we are in america now. we are in international scene now that without a college education, you are nowhere in this society and going further down. i know you do not want to hear that because people think that other people did it. high-school would be fine -- high school would be fine. it would not be ok. the ok route is what we hav

christie smith is there live to tell us about them. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you remember two things, the important things are with the detour, there's no full bridge closure and the speed limit is going to stay the same as it is. but, something you need to know, if you are on the bay bridge and coming from san francisco toward oakland eastbound, what you are going to see over memorial day weekend is a slight shift in the lanes. some of the lanes will actually be closed overnight from 8 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. westbound lanes into the city won't be affected at all, at least for now. what does this do? it allows construction crews to work between the existing bridge and the new bridge to complete the eastbound lanes. it's right in the path of construction. what they need to do is get cars out of the way. the other part of this, if you want to follow along with the construction, the changes going on, cal trans is revealing a new app to down load for free. it puts you in the driver's seat and lets you cruise along. it will allow the bridge to open six months ahead of

valerie is here to tell us why your contacts are crucial and how to use them all the time. >> absolutely. especially the last couple years. some people have gone into overdrive with making new connections. >> sometimes you can wear out the welcome. >> do it as a part of your overall network and building connections. >> you have to figure out your purpose here. why are you doing this and what do you want out of it. >> exactly. understand your why. why is it i'm trying to build my network. it might be a career transition into a different field. they want to build connections. some it's they are looking for a job. others they would like to be doing something different. understand your why so you can narrow activities and focus. >> know you are a target audience. >> who are you trying to reach. who am i trying to connection with and where do they congrega congregate. don't do activities where you are not going to find people in your target audience. look at professional activities and sporting activities. ways to connect in a real way. >> don't go to places you can't benefit from. >> then yo

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to ace it. that's why i tell them to use new crest pro-health invigorating clean rinse.ets you know it's working to fight plaque and gingivitis and it provides all these other benefits. crest pro-health invigorating clean rinse. clean, protect, and invigorate your way to better dental check-ups. life opens up when you do. >> reporter: russian-born singer oksana grigorieva says she and mel gibson started out extremely happy together. >> we were extremely in love for two years. >> reporter: but the honeymoon wouldn't last. she says their relationship began to unravel after the birth of their daughter lucia on october 30, 2009. oksana claims just a few months later an argument behind closed doors got physical. both gibson and oksana declined our request for an interview, but she did speak to cnn's larry king. >> give me the circumstances, oksana. >> mel actually assaulted me whilst i was holding the baby in my arms. >> did he ever hurt your baby? >> he hit me with a fist. he hit me twice very fast. and the blow went across my mouth, broke the teeth, the veneers, and then at

when we go talk to the families a lot of them tell us we're unemployed. ndustries and businesses have been leaving the city. it's hard for us to find a job. without training and jobs that can -- that we can for without a lot of english, community organizations always tell us that we need to learn english in order to have a job, but what about making a living before i learned english? what can i do? so the jobs now will program in the past doesn't really help people without a lot of english. we're hoping -- we're asking the city that next round of job now's, please have a plan and have some money to help people who doesn't speak a lot of english. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you for your presence in chinatown, district 3. the thing i want to say definitely it's about concentrating on the youth inávd district 3, because many youth in district 3 are monolingual speakers, and don't have places to hang out. there's the parks and rec in chinatown, but because it's under construction, they have limited space

use this all night long. >> reporter: we wanted to ask the sellers. i'm grace lee. people are selling the illegal transfers. do you have anything to say about it? can you tell me where you get them from? >> do you want to talk to my attorney? >> reporter: he wouldn't tell us but in the past it has been an inside job. a police sting last summer led to the arrest of a muni mechanic edmond king who worked out of the maintenance yard. he claims he got them from the garbage but muni says he obtained them by virtue of his employment and made tens of thousands of dollars selling them. >> one of the officers spotted him with these late night transfers that he had folded into a newspaper. >> reporter: this police lieutenant says despite that arrest the problem is still rampant. >> this has been going on unfortunately for years. >> reporter: we showed him the tickets that we got. >> they look to be legitimate transfers to me. >> reporter: he says some of the illegal transfers are real while others may be counterfeit like these two with the same serial number. >> maybe they are being told for muni and being copied? >> that could be a possibility. >> reporter: so what is muni doing about it

to come out and tell us who your favorite candidate is at this point? >> no. i think -- we all ought to be watching these candidates. we ought to listen what they say. have themto get the economy going again. i ran -- >> are they doing that -- do you think republican candidates are doing that? they got kind of sidetracked with donald trump and the birth certificate. those kinds of issues. are republicans doing a good job of that right now? >> i think everybody can do a better job. i think we -- our biggest issue in this -- in this -- in the country is jobs. i think everybody that's running for office could do a better job explaining how we could get this economy going again. all the decisions we are making, how we get each individual to give them the opportunity to get back to work. >> we had -- an interesting flack this week with newt gingrich that came out and has since apologized for it but criticized congressman ryan's budget plan. specifically the medicare proposal in that plan that would eventually turn medicare into a voucher program. did -- did newt gingrich make a mistake? could that actually help him in a state like florida? >> well, i think we have