westbrook. when i was just a young workers never trying to cause trouble in the city on behalf of low-income residents, i have already heard of ms. westbrook. she was already helping lead the effort to improve housing conditions for all of our public housing tenants. my today, it is just really appropriate to make sure that our city honors mr. westbrook, her family, who is here today, i know. thank you very much for being here. this is very appropriate that this new project be in the name and westbrook loss of the another great place for people to understand and know about the history of the city. i am so happy to be part of this great city when it names and after people in the community who have done great work. i recognize that, and i know doris, our supervisor, was there as well. she recognizes that. thank you very much for being here, too. i want to also continue to congratulate mercy housing. the south of market health center, for working so collaborative we with our redevelopment agency. t

of eloise westbrook. she has created a great lineage. for the people who have not had somebody to fight for them, she was the voice of reason for people who did not have a voice, and i say today, to everyone who made this possible, the fight is not over. we still have to continue the good fight. i am an iraqi veteran. a couple of years ago, myself, i was homeless. now, i am getting help. we have an issue going on in the city dealing with mental health. we have to address this. if each and every person -- yes, ma'am? >> madea is my grandmother. >> yes, so we have to deal with this, this mental health. so it is good to see you. we talked before, but everybody here that made this project happen, let's continue to do the good work and keep up the good fight. thank you. [applause] >> i'm eloise's granddaughter. i want to say thank you. my grandmother is not able to make it, i guess you all know, but she said her best wishes. thank you. [applause] >> i would just like to thank you for coming out to the celebrat

westbrook. may god bless me to be worthy of such. thank you all. [applause] >> we have just a couple more people. let me just say, it is not in what order you come to the podium. it is the fact that we are here to recognize something that is outstanding and good for our community and good for the citizens of san francisco. i'm sure nancy would have taken that position at any meeting or any public presentation she made. i have been to a lot of her -- i have even visited her in washington, d.c. she is a sincere person that is concerned about what happens to people. especially dealing with people in the health field. dealing with people in housing. dealing with those that cannot reach out and do the things they need to do and need that additional help. so there is a representative from her office, and i am so proud that she is here. so i would like to bring her up to the podium. would you please come up, nicole rivera? [applause] >> thank you, charles. i know it is hot, so i'm going to make this break. the leader would have loved to be here. she is cu

. >> good morning and welcome to the dedication of westbrook plaza. this is an unusually beautiful day for which i'm sure we are all very grateful. i am the interim president of mercy housing. this

the westbrook plaza clinic opened its doors today. square food facility helps with social services also health and dental. also inside are 49 affordable housing units. >>> researchers studying mice found that nicotine blocks specific brain cell nerves that block hunger. when the smoker quits, those cell cells temporarily increases, causing people to gain ten pounds. >>> the a's fire their manager. did it help them on the field? >>> and one kind of music affects sharks in the sea. what happened today when they heard some acdc. >>> ♪ >>> music may soothe a savage beast. but heavy metal may calm the great white shark. the sharks are less aggressive when acdc is played. the great whites even nudge up to the speaker. they believe it's the sound waves and not really the musical talent of acdc. >> you don't hear acdc too often on the 10:00 news. >> and making everybody look like bob gibbs, the best moment happened before the game. renteria now in cincinnati presented with his world series ring. his former teammates still love him. the pride

the westbrook plaza clinic opened its doors today.lps with social services also health and dental. also inside are 49 affordable housing units. >>> researchers studying mice found that nicotine blocks specific brain cell nerves that block hunger. when the >>> ♪ >>> music may soothe a savage beast. but heavy metal may calm the great white shark. the sharks are less aggressive when acdc is played. the great whites even nudge up to the speaker. they believe it's the sound waves and not really the musical talent of acdc. >> you don't hear acdc too often on the 10:00 news. >> and making everybody look like bob gibbs, the best moment happened before the game. renteria now in cincinnati presented with his world series ring. his former teammates still love him. the pride of casa grande high school in beautiful petaluma with the rbi single against madison bumgartner. eight strike outs this evening, giants with only four hits. another run, eli whiteside charged with the run there. >>> you will hear that bob haren did not communicate, that he co

. >> i want to follow up on a question that mike post about westbrook and others. we see and hear reports fairly consistently about the problems with the afghans themselves, their willingness to fight. then we hear from a general and ambassador. if you are not involved, but you are watching the evening news, you bounce back and forth between seemingly reliable reports from people that see things quite differently. can you help us with that and a drill down and tell us what has gotten the desertion rate down to 1.2% a month? if what you say is true, and i have no reason to doubt that, and if people see it differently, there has to be some explanation other than the people looking at the same set of facts and drawing the same conclusions. if you could fill in some of the details, it might be helpful. >> things evolve rapidly in afghanistan. had i not been there in the fall of 2009 and seen what i saw -- i always ask people when they were last there. if it is before 2010, i concur with everything they are saying. it was poorly paid, poorly led, poorly trade -- trained