is a new era at usf year. one for you. what do you want your coaching culture to be in the identity that you'll bring to this team? yeah, that's a that's a great question. obviously, >> coming off the tremendous year that we had

good evening usf, it is wonderful to be back after like joe i graduated from usf school law. stole it now. and neighborhood i lived in north beach for 27 years. i lived in now i live in mission with my 8 year old son who attends school in the mission. i'm running for this city because right nought city is in crisis. the corruption and mismanagement and back room deals of a single administration lead the city in disgrace. that's why now we need an independent district attorney someone removed from the politics and press conferences and willing to take action and clean up our streets. we need to do this in a way that is both smart, compassionate and thoughtful. it is one thing to talk about crime and declare a war on drugs and another to address users and dealers as separate individuals. we need to take a tough but smart approach to crime. that's why i'm running for district attorney of san francisco. thank you. good evening issue everyone i'ming maurice chenier i'm a graduate of university of san francisco. i have beening law for 29 years special an attorney all this time. i'm

good evening usf, it is wonderful to be back after like joe i graduated from usf school law. stole it now. and neighborhood i lived in north beach for 27 years. i lived in now i live in mission with my 8 year old son who attends school in the mission. i'm running for this city because right nought city is in crisis. the corruption and mismanagement and back room deals of a single administration lead the city in disgrace. that's why now we need an independent district attorney someone removed from the politics and press conferences and willing to take action and clean up our streets. we need to do this in a way that is both smart, compassionate and thoughtful. it is one thing to talk about crime and declare a war on drugs and another to address users and dealers as separate individuals. we need to take a tough but smart approach to crime. that's why i'm running for district attorney of san francisco. thank you. good evening issue everyone i'ming maurice chenier i'm a graduate of university of san francisco. i have beening law for 29 years special an attorney all this time. i'm

for the four semesters we have been running here, usf has donated about 18,000 pounds of food to the food recovery network. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ >> i'm maggie. >> i'm nick. >> we're coe-chairs of the national led organization. what food recovery does is recover and redistribute food that would go wasted and redistributing to people in the community. >> the moment that i became really engaged in the cause of fighting food waste was when i had just taken the food from the usf cafeteria and i saw four pans full size full of food perfectly fine to be eaten and made the day before and that would have gone into the trash that night if we didn't recover it the next day. i want to fight food waste because it hurts the economy, it's one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. if it was a nation, it would be the third largest nation behind china and the united states. america wastes about 40% of the food we create every year, $160 billion worth and that's made up in the higher cost of food for consumers. no matter where you view the line, you should be engaged with the issue of food waste

the debate is set for tuesday at the mclaren conference center at usf tonight. many are in shelters or hotels waiting on fema to begin the rebuilding process in the areas affected by hurricane ian. >> and week, it. we've got my mind cats. thank goodness, but it's rough. but just go day by day right now. >> i don't know how long we'll be here. >> there is some good news. power has returned to most of the affected areas. >> all right. let's check on our 4 zone weather forecast on this tuesday night. a live look outside tonight sfo. common kind of mellow around here, but more. and so there's still a lot of activity taking place in the gulf of mexico right now. yeah, we've got another tropical storm developing outside tonight and it's going to cause some problems here. >> you can see know really well defined eye. but look at the circulation around this. you see thunderstorms just wrapping around that center of low pressure that's spinning around now. and the goal fun. well, that looks like that is going to be coming on shore. kind of an interesting pattern setting u

. >> reporter: friends christine, sheila, and debbie all went to f all went to usf together.they y together. they say fleet week is is a classic san francisco tradition. >> very exciting. love to see al the military. looking forward to to the show. >> very much so. even though my son was a marine, i am okay with with this. >> reporter: sisters debbie and we came y. in't stt the blue ang early. it doesn't start for two days. but we are here to watch them practice. >> reporter: they arrived at tha green extra early with their folding chairs, food, and binocs chairs, food, and binoculars to catch the blue angels in action. action. >> i love the blue angels. it's been quite a few years since i e been here the last time. always come on practice because it's jt so crowded on the days they are. days they are here. >> reporter: there is energy, r? >> yeah. not to mention the military men working behind us. >> i love watching the angels f. >> reporter: this photographer s been capturing the blue angels for more than a decade. >> it's awesome. i never get tid of watching. >> reporter:

tonight those candidates faced off form at usf.tsuyama was there and has more on their priorities and position specifically on crime and consequences. four candidates for san francisco's district attorney job faced hundreds of people at the forum sponsored by the league of women, voters and university of san francisco, interim district attorney brooke jenkins pointed to her eight years with the prosecutor's office and says she's running to bring accountability to criminals. what i know is that the da's office effectively decriminalized the sale of drugs over the last 2.5 years, i did come in and take a tougher approach. elliott overnight gasia civil rights attorney and former san francisco police commissioner. criticized jenkins , saying she's focusing too much on politics and not enough on action. the day i get sworn in those investigators that are driving this district attorney around will go back to work. they'll go back on the street, and they will make fentanyl arrests on that day. attorney john hamasaki, a former police commi

this is a motion to appoint usf nathan hernandez residency requirement waved. linda. to the reentry counsels. thank you very much i did not let the city attorney then and there. i would like to recuse myself for the vote on jackson because that is a family member. what is the best way to do that? >> just vote on the other names. >> correct >> do that, first. >> actually we can take the appointments of nathan and hearnys and linda same house same call and without objection. they are approved unanimously. and i would love to being recused from the vote for jackson. madam clerk. on the motion to recues >>, >> excuse president walton on item 28 for jackson, supervisor peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor preston. >> aye. >> supervisor ronen. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye >> supervisor stefani. >> aye. >> supervisor chan. >> aye. >> supervisor dorsey. >> aye. >> supervisor mandelman. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> and supervisor melgar. >> aye >> there are 10 aye's >> motion is ash proved. on the ballot for jackson to the reentry council a roll call >> supervisor pes

also karen quiet koski are retired usf with the tenant connell and augment mustafah director of the age of center studies and translation. it seems like it was set up on a truck and that the driver it was not ukrainian and possibly wasn't even aware that he was getting ready to be blown up can so on very much in line with what we have come to think of is a terrorist type operation and the use of terrorism type tactics in this situation is consistent with where the re craniums actually stand. we're talking about a, a collective that has also legitimized the destruction of critical energy infrastructure. the attack on nord stream isn't just a sabotage attack. it's a, it's a, it's an international terrorist event of the largest magnitude. yet nobody in the west is using that terminology to describe it as such, unless of course, they are ascribing to russia. and in which case it becomes a russian church. but there's a double standard here play up with that's, that's always been the case, the united states and nato. and everybody else is willing to accept any behavior on the part of ukraine,

but most relevant is because i'm a mother of two, usf children. and i have come about larning how many amazing the district has but also how many things we're missing. my focus is three-fold, close opportunity gaps, we need to restore our trust and create transparent systems and ensure fiscal accountability. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, lisa. and now the fun part. we're going to start the questions that you submitted before they vent began. we're going to try to get in as many as possible to think about the issues that we brought up. don't forget to stop. question 1, we're going to start with anne. if i may, i may call you all by your first name. okay. what experience if any, you do have in education and what qualifications do you bring to the table to make critical decisions impacting children's education? >> thank you. as i introduced earlier, i'm not an education professional, so my experience with education is my personal experience which is in all public schools in the united states, i emigrated when i was age 11. so middle sc

celebration would noted be complete without cultural dance, our final we will have performance from usfo dance and culture performing. from dance 250 class and be another performance from parangal spanish influence dance follow on gram gram at parangal dance i follow them as well. follow mow i will see you on social media it hen a pleasure this even is special to me the left time i was here my mom was my date. she passed but know she is here this event holds a dear accomplice in my heart there are refresh ams in the next room. enjoy your evening. filipino american history month. [music] ♪♪[music] [music] is [music] [applause]. [music] [music] [music] [applause] [music] [applause] [music] [music] >> hi. i'm alita fisher running for san francisco board of education buzz i'm a former foster paraphernalia now adoptive parent and in the past 17 years 4 children attended 8 sudden fran schools. i have been an active partner at each one. mom and grand mother were teachers i loved school. i was that kid who came home and playedoo

celebration would noted be complete without cultural dance, our final we will have performance from usfand culture performing. from dance 250 class and be another performance from parangal spanish influence dance follow on gram gram at parangal dance i follow them as well. follow mow i will see you on social media it hen a pleasure this even is special to me the left time i was here my mom was my date. she passed but know she is here this event holds a dear accomplice in my heart there are refresh ams in the next room. enjoy your evening. filipino american history month. [music] ♪♪[music] [music] is [music] [applause]. [music] [music] [music] [applause] [music] [applause] [music] [music] >> hello i'm maurice i'm running for office of of district attorney in san francisco. i'm a local product. i went it hik here. i graduated from college here. and i attended law school in the bay area. a resident of this city. and i witnessed over the years the gradual deterioration of the state

ourselves working in the united states closely collaborating with colleagues from kaiser permanente from usf and in my area was cancer prevention. if you look at the 30 years since then, we have made a cost (indiscernible) very significant progress in health care and i'm understanding disease and diagnosis and treatments and et cetera and if you look at the situation where we are now, then the challenges are far longer than they were 30 years ago. this has to do with health and equity and equality. it also has to do with limitations and access in your and ours health care system. it has to do with limitations and shortage in staff and staff attrition and on top of that, it has to do with the quality of our environment, our urban environment, living conditions, what people do not work quickly under estimate as a significant impact this has on the health, the daily health of many, many people. so what i hope we will learn here at this focus of knowledge is a lot about these issues which we both here and i'm proud to bring with me, a very launched delegation of representatives from dutch cities

celebration would noted be complete without cultural dance, our final we will have performance from usfo dance and culture performing. from dance 250 class and be another performance from parangal spanish influence dance follow on gram gram at parangal dance i follow them as well. follow mow i will see you on social media it hen a pleasure this even is special to me the left time i was here my mom was my date. she passed but know she is here this event holds a dear accomplice in my heart there are refresh ams in the next room. enjoy your evening. filipino american history month. [music] ♪♪[music] [music] is [music] [applause]. [music] [music] [music] [applause] [music] [applause] [music] [music] >> we are providing breakfast, lunch, and supper for the kids. >> say hi. hi. what's your favorite? the carrots. >> the pizza? >> i'm not going to eat the pizza. >> you like the pizza? >> they will eat anything. >> yeah, well, okay. >> sfusd's meal program right now is passing out five days worth of meals for monday through friday. the program came about when the shelter in place order came abou

celebration would noted be complete without cultural dance, our final we will have performance from usfo dance and culture performing. from dance 250 class and be another performance from parangal spanish influence dance follow on gram gram at parangal dance i follow them as well. follow mow i will see you on social media it hen a pleasure this even is special to me the left time i was here my mom was my date. she passed but know she is here this event holds a dear accomplice in my heart there are refresh ams in the next room. enjoy your evening. filipino american history month. [music] ♪♪[music] [music] is [music] [applause]. [music] [music] [music] [applause] [music] [applause] [music] [music] >> my name is holly doudiet. h2 firefighter with the san franciscowired. what inspired me to be a firefighter was in 2008 i graduated college . the recession had happened so there weren't any jobs. i was having troublefinding a job. and i was kind of looking around . my dad was a firefighter and i thought what a great career he had. so i asked my dad, never thinking about it at first before. i s

relationship gained traction in the absence of the other solutions but a that became the mainstay of usfn syria and it is essential to arm and equip them. >> was the best estimate of how many casualties they sustained going after the caliphate? >> i try to pin that down in excess of 5000 that they claim substantially more. one thing that was striking there were 20 with operation inherent resolves and thousands of the iraqis security for soldiers and policemen who died and 5000 or more or syrian democratic forces is a brandon themselves who got killed and somewhere on the order of 1600 through 8000 civilians who died in the conflict so a high price was paid by the partner forces to execute the victory and as a consequence us casualties were so low. >> general mcfarland, i guess from an american perspective that is one of the advantages that we have motivated partners with shared interests. is it fair to say if we didn't have partners like that those that have been american casualties will still be confronting the caliphate? >> it would be one of those outcomes either we suffered more casu

. >> reporter: these friends i went to usf together. they say fleet week is a classic san francisco tradition. >> it is very exciting. we love to see all of the military. we look forward to the show. >> my son was a marine, but i am am okay with all of this. i do see a marine truck right there. >> reporter: these two sisters e ready for the blue angels. >> we came early. it does not start for two days. we are here to watch them practice. >> reporter: they arrived at the the marina green extra early with the folding chairs, food, and binoculars to catch the blue blue angels in action. >> i love the blue angels. it has been quite a few years since since i have been here. i always always come on practice. it is so crowded. >> at this energy, right? >> not to mention, yet the miliy men working behind us. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the photographer has been capturing the blue angels soaring over severances go for more than a decade. >> it is awesome, i never get tired of watching them. >> reporter: this volunteer is setting up tents on the ma

the pro to cover some of the funniest basketball programs in the country between stanford warriors, usf and saint mary santa clara. they were all really good last year and they're all going to be pretty good this year. tenure in the middle of all of it. i know, you know, ball is life loving yeah, it does. >> we'll be right back. r internrn isn't ideal. dad made the illiant move to t us t-mobile home internet. hich... have to share our signal with e entire neighborhood. ah, now we do some weird ings to get our speeds. ll..... i'up. 'mon kids. is sucks. ll if you just itch maybe you n't have to be vampires. oa... kay, yikes. sorry, i wasn't thinking. , uh, don'really e the v word. at's kind of insensitive. prefer o-lunar. s, much better. >> california is poised to overtake germany as the world's 4th largest economy. according to bloomberg news, california's economy has been resili nce through the pandemic. the state's gross domestic product is tied with germany at 3 and a half trillion dollars. one estimate says california has already exceeded germany by 72 billion dollars. california has

the debate will take place next tuesday at the mclaren conference center at usf san francisco votersill decide who the city's next da will be on election day on november 8. the fallout continues over a los angeles city leaders, racist remarks which were leaked out over the weekend. >> la city council president nury martinez stepped down from her leadership position saying that she takes responsibility for what you said and there are no excuses for her comments. martinez, however, did not resign from the city council. only the presidency. the offensive remarks were made during a private meeting held last year between 3 sitting city council members and a local union leader in the leaked audio recording martinez can be heard making racist and disparaging comments about another council members adopted black son. tonight u.s. senator alex padilla is calling on all 3 council members involved in that meeting to resign. he released a statement saying in part, quote, at a time when our nation is grappling with a rise in hate speech and hate crimes, these racist comments have deepened the pain

. >> reporter: these friends all went to usf together. they say fleet week is a classic san francisco tradition. >> this is very exciting. i love love to see all of the military. . we look forward to the show. >> even though my son is a marine, i am okay with this. i do see a marine truck right there. [ laughter ] >> reporter: debbie and kelly are ready for the blue angels. >> we came early. it does not start for two days. we are here to watch them practice. >> reporter: they arrived in the the marina green asked early with their folding chairs, food, food, and binoculars to catch the blue angels in action. >> i love the blue angels. it has been quite a few years since since i have been here. i always always come on practice. it is so crowded on the days when they they are performing. >> reporter: there is that energy, right? >> yes, not to mention the military men are working behind us. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the photographer, eddie loera has been capturing the blue angels over san francisco for more than a decad. a decade. to make it

in the 1930s it was home to several colleges such as usf, santa clara and st. mary's for competition and sporting. in 1946 it became home to the san francisco 49ers where they played nearly 25 years. the stayed de yam sat 60,000 fans. many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather track, soccer field and scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship games. local high schools sacred heart and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing element, similar to the original featuring tall pink columns at the entrance. the field is surrounded by the track and used by high school and college football and soccer. it is open for public use as well. >>> i'm currently an h2 firefighter for the san

the debate will be next tuesday at the mclaren conference center at usf. now across california, the mail in ballots for the november election are right now headed to mailboxes. and in the south bay, there's new push under way to encourage people to vote. kron four's. charles clifford has the details. >> well, we're just a few weeks away from election day here in santa clara county. there's a group working to get people who live in low-income areas, especially women to vote. the november elections just a few weeks away. a coalition of community activists, including the black leadership kitchen cabinet, the latino coalition of silicon valley. >> and people acting in community together are working to encourage neighbors the vote. they say that areas with low voter turnout across the county often have the highest rates of poverty. so they are creating the together. we vote campaign to encourage people to register to vote, to fill out and send in mail-in ballots and to help educate people on the issues. they will be voting on our votes. >> and this coalition, a

tuesday at the mclaren conference center at usf. a 35 is a time. and today the u.s.me court is going to hear arguments in a case challenging california's law. >> that's as pigs for food should be raised humanely. >> state voters adopted this law in 2018 was 63% of the vote and it sets conditions for raising hogs, calves and chickens. but major pork producers have a problem with that. they want to follow our law. they argue that states that don't have laws like california should not be burdened. >> with compliance in order sell their products in california. >> well, airbnb now cracking down on halloween parties by rolling out and >> new anti party tool. yeah, they've got new technology. they say that's going make it harder for renters to get away with throwing a big party at a rental property arrived as it takes a look. air bnb for started cracking down on large gatherings at short term rentals in 2020. >> at that time it was a public health concern during the start of the pandemic. those policies have since evolved to avoid any unsanctioned parties. it's not the firs

tuesday at the mclaren conference center at usf. meanwhile, san francisco mayor london breed is the target of new allegations that claim she requires city commissioners to provide resignation letters before they're appointed. a city oversight committee held an emergency meeting to discuss this policy. a supervisor dean preston claims mayor breed requires many city commissioners to provide a signed and and dated resignation letter before they're even appointed city. police commissioner max carter over stone described his experience today. there was never a moment where somebody pulled my resignation letter out of the drawer. >> and waved in front of me and said, hey, if you don't listen to what we want, we're going to the fact that everybody knows that this resignation letter is just floating in the ether. that it can be accepted at any moment with no notice. and immediately terminate your tenure on the commission is, you a consideration that's at the forefront, at least of my mind when i'm receiving a direction from the mayor's offi

they make on the monetary kind.u >> you kind of just alluded to this but i wonder if you could walk usf through what you see as the causes ofin the 2021 inflatn which is obviously continuing into today. one is on the monetary from federal reserve. the federal reserve even before the covid lockdowns was undermining the value of the dollar. you saw in rising commodity prices. during the lockdowns offices they created a lot of money to try to keep things from collapsing. but unfortunately in 2021 federal reserve even as the covid crisis the severity was beginning to receive was still $ churning out tons of money. they're buying what her $20 billion each month. they paid for that by creating money literally out of thin air. and they employed a gimmick which we explain in the book to try to make sure this money did not flood the economy all at once. they create excess amount of money buton not in to stop thenc money creation. they announce riesling they're going to stop it but awfully awfully late in the game. the federal reserve is creating too much money undermine the integrity of the doll

. >> we also have saint mary's usf in santa clara. we have to get to as we preview our college slate. all righty that you look at sports. back to you guys. all right, jason, thanks a lot. another woman coming forward today claiming georgia senate candidate herschel walker took her to a clinic to have and abortion attorney gloria allred made the announcement. she has a history of representing women with claims of assault against high-powered men, including harvey weinstein. allred claims the woman had a romantic relationship with walker but says the woman well not have her identity released. walker denies a previous allegation from a woman who accused him of writing a check. and abortion. still to come, san francisco makes the cut as one of the top destinations of 2023. >> which other places also made the list? i see it in my office all the time. kids getting hooked on flavored tobacco, including e-cigarettes. big tobacco lures them in with flavors like lemon drop and bubble gum, candy flavors that get them addicted to tobacco products

so a week from today at the mclaren conference center at usf. >> well, though, gas prices are comingly. governor newsom is still calling for a windfall profits tax on oil companies arguing that those oil producers are taking advantage californians. newsom wants state lawmakers to gather for a special legislative session at the capitol on december. 5th. so they can vote on his proposal. he says the windfall tax would punish oil companies for what he calls rank price gouging. >> but taking advantage of you every single one every single day. hundreds of millions of dollars a week they put in their pockets, lining their pockets at your expense. and then putting this planet. there's nothing to justify nothing. not one thing. >> well, republicans argue, though, that this windfall tax would only further lead to higher gas prices. gop lawmakers sent the governor a letter calling on him to instead suspend the gas tax immediately. the governor's proposals he's making now they make splashy headlines but they lacked detail and they make no economic sense at a time when we need more energy produc

next tuesday at the mclaren conference center at usf. >> well, although gas prices have been coming downghtly here in recent days, governor newsom is still calling for a windfall profits tax on oil companies arguing that producers are taking advantage of californians. now newsom wants state lawmakers to gather for a special legislative session at the capitol on december 5th so they can vote on his proposal. he says this windfall tax will punish oil companies for what he calls rank price gouging. but taking advantage of you every single one of these every single day. >> hundreds of millions of dollars a week they put in their pockets, lining their pockets at your expense. and then putting this planet. there's nothing to justify nothing. not one thing. well, republicans argue that a windfall tax like this will only further lead to. >> higher gas prices. gop lawmakers sent the governor a letter calling on him to instead suspend the gas tax immediately. >> the governor's proposals he's making now they make splashy headlines but they lacked detail and they make no economic sense at a time whe

skipping ahead here into next week, and this could be a potential pattern that could be interesting for usfow pressure and we do not know its exact track yet, but as you can see, potential tracks could be offshore overhead or to our east. we do know we're talking about cooler temperatures, some gusty winds and based on the track of this system, this could actually lead to an increase in the fire dangerous. so whenever you get a pattern like this, especially in the month of october that could lead to fire weather watches or red flag of fire warnings. this could be, you know, be a somewhat of a concern in the next week, so it's still a long ways out. but something will be watching, especially for tuesday and the wednesday of next week now over the next few days for your friday into the weekend, of course we have fleet week. and we are expecting some fog in the morning. some clearing into the afternoon hours could be a little bit more stubborn, though in the sunday forecast around the bay and definitely sunday will be the coolest day of the period. the coolest day of the upcoming weekend. here

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that's next tuesday at the mclaren conference center at usf. >> well, even though gas prices are coming down just a little governor newsom still is calling for a windfall profits tax on oil companies arguing that oil producers are taking advantage of california. the governor wants state lawmakers to gather for a special legislative session at the capitol on december 5th. so they can vote on his proposal. he says this windfall tax would punish oil companies for what he calls rank price gouging. but taking advantage of you every single one every single day. hundreds of millions of dollars a week they put in their pockets, lining their pockets at your expense. >> and then putting this planet, there's nothing to justify nothing. not one thing. >> republicans, though, are arguing that a windfall tax would only further increase gas prices. instead, they sent the governor a letter calling on him to suspend the gas tax immediately. the governor's proposals he's making now they make splashy headlines but they lacked detail and they make no economic sense at a time when we need more energy produc

but most relevant is because i'm a mother of two, usf children. and i have come about larning how many amazing the district has but also how many things we're missing. my focus is three-fold, close opportunity gaps, we need to restore our trust and create transparent systems and ensure fiscal accountability. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, lisa. and now the fun part. we're going to start the questions that you submitted before they vent began. we're going to try to get in as many as possible to think about the issues that we brought up. don't forget to stop. question 1, we're going to start with anne. if i may, i may call you all by your first name. okay. what experience if any, you do have in education and what qualifications do you bring to the table to make critical decisions impacting children's education? >> thank you. as i introduced earlier, i'm not an education professional, so my experience with education is my personal experience which is in all public schools in the united states, i emigrated when i was age 11. so middle sc

think you for your service to our country in both congress and the usf a. d., and now with the wilson center. i am excited to be here with you. andrew natsios, deserves 99. 9% of the credit in making sure this remarkable collection of essays and reflections comes out. i am credited with having helped him but really, he helped me help him. he motivated me, the most remarkable thing is read the introduction that andrew natsios wrote in this book, he summarizes all of the rest of the chapters. but he does it in a way that is, i'm going to say both optimistic and pessimistic. it is optimistic that we know now what we should be looking for in a president. pessimistic in saying it is going to be hard to get there. to answer your question directly, i think it will be very hard to have another person like george h. w. bush, in the field of candidates who could successfully compete to become president of the united states. i say that because his track record of responding to the call of global public service is almost unique. none of his predecessors had it. i don't