together, i remember one evening when i could not find jennifer because she was off at babies r us with ileana. they connected in a personal way and we had to watching our sons grew up. i look forward to continue to doing that with you as you move on and i wish you all the best in your new role. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> we have not seen eye to eye on a ton of major issues. a few things. the one thing that i will say, it is one of the most humbling things, i learned a ton freer and i have seen the way you have interacted with your constituents, with people on the board. i have respected that and have learned a ton with you at -- from you. it has been a great learning experience. the only -- other thing i admire is the passion with which he advocated on issues you believe in. we did not agree in the end with the booker t. washington debate by you took the reins to work with community leaders and neighbors. i respected that and we did not agree in the end but i respected the way you work together and it has been a great experience with you so far and i wish you all the best of look and

with members of congress, and do you go and lobby? i pose that. >> of course we do and talk. luckily not all people who treat us the same way like ileana and cole and i think we do have friends on the hill. >> i am talking about the ones that really -- >> i'm coming to that. and we talk to influential members of congress who look at things differently than the people who you mentioned. i think it's a big mistake on their part for them to not talk to the palestinians. i mean, the age of not talking to the palestinians has long been gone. we talk to the israelies. we talk to different segments of the israeli population, far right, far left. we are here legitimately in this country. we are officially recognized by the united states, and we represent the people who are struggling for freedom and independence. without the palestinians there would be no peace and stability in the region. and if these people think about ignoring the palestinians, by only listening to one side and not the other side they can make the right judgment about the situation they are wrong. so they are only weakening themselves and they are undermining the role that