contract to north carolina last 30 minutes. republican edging out the temperature contract hagan by less than 2 percentage points in. arkansas republican tom cotton beat incumbent democrat he can senator prior. >> in west virginia republican shelly has become the state first female senator. she defeated democrat contract natalie. >> south dakota where republican rounds has defeated democrat wheel land in montana voter elected republican dane over democrat curtis. now that republicans acquainted cell of the senate tonight the majority party leader is likely to be con tuck mitch mckonl as we said. he's won a sixth term tonight l fighting off a challenge by groychlts he gave the pledge to the supporters. >> you are a cole mine intereastern kentucky can't find work or mom in who doesn't understand why the government just took away her family health insurance i have heard your concerns. i have made them my own tough. will be heard in washington. update senate races at 9:30. >> congressional race in the south bay attracted national attention. >> democrat contract fears democrat contract. millions spent on the campaign between long time congressman if who serve entered the commerce department in the obama administration. >> him if we look now with more on the race. let's check in with david law 93 san jose. david. >> everyone is witnessing for results right now. you see the party is already going on right here. in santa clara rather. plenty of food plenty of drink available to help sustain the volunteer who worked so hard during the campaign. we have heard that this may make an appearance around 9:30 to thank everyone for the hard work. campaign started in april of last year so it has been a long run. there has been no sign of burn out. some volunteers hired to work this afternoon making reminder call to voters and walking a few neighborhood. earlier today he expects this contest to unseat incumbent mike honored a.could be a close race with potential of only 2000 votes deciding who wins. his comments but first a supporter of how she feels tonight. >> as much as we put into it then we have got but to the send row to congress tomorrow. >> of course there's another party similar to this one across town. that's of course the party for mike conned a.of course we head over there next to see how things good over tlnd you realize that depending how things turn out tonight for honda this is the beginning of 8 term in congress for the end of long distinct we should career in congress. as for cohn this means a fresh voice in washington representing silicon valley. we are life at the party in santa clara. david lawie abc 7 news it all right david thank you. >> now to the california governor race. jerry brown won unprecedented term beating republican nick. >> you see the results on the screen. jerry brown won with 57 percent of the vote. from percent for neal. >> no surprise whatsoever. brown really did also campaigning on his own behalf and instead appeared in ads supporting prop 1 and 2. >> anthony joins from us the state capitol. laura? >> this one actually did go pretty much as the poll predicted perhaps a little tighter than the double digit 20 plus point lead the governor appears to have going into this selection. the governor has one and historic fourth term as governor in california. at 76 years of age. he was able to mount campaign that was very low key but obviously quite effective. base basic platform less money and store more world trade center and in fact did no campaigning for himself but focus almost showily on proposition 1 and 2. tonight the governor had a quiet dinner. governor mansion and stepped out just after 8:00 o'clock actually about 15 minutes ago to talk to reporters. >> this particular gift of another 4 years i'm going to do my very best and i call on all the californians who voted for me those who didn't vote for me i'm going to work with everyone i can and make make themselves available to do what's right for california. so if you have any question now brown challenger made concession speech about half hour ago right before the governor spok spoke. he wasted little time after the poll close and out come object. he promised he would be back on the political scene some time in the future. now governor brown is expected to make his which here to the democratic party headquarters to make an appearance her some time this evening. he was asked over at the governor mansion what he thought of winning a fourth historytor he can term. he said quote i think it's neat. asked what he plans to do in the next term or focus on. he said i focus on what i talk about for the past several week and month. that is save world trade center and save money. live in sacrament sacramento, abc 7 news. >> okay thank you lawyer 8. one of the hottest races in the bay area is in san jose. >> voters there are deciding who will repolice 2 term mayor chuck reid termed out after 2, 4 year term. >> 11 percent of precinct reporting right now you see sam has 51 percent of the vote over david cortez with 49 percent. >> lisa is live in san jose with more on this very closely watched race. lisa? >> very closely watched we are outside of the downtown mayor yochlt you can see the second floor some of the cortez supporters gather there for several horse. people very exited and operate miss taking even though early numbers show councilman sam riccardo ahead of dave cortez. poll close at 8:00 o'clock an hour ago and still a lot of untalented ballot this was always expected to be very tight race. both candidate have made public safety top priority but they have very different approaches. cortez back by labor police and fire union while riccardo has support of past mayor and the current mayor. back live cortez expected to ariff here in just a little while and speak to all of the supporters at around 10:00 o'clock tonight. live in san jose lisa abc 7 news. >> thank you lisa 8. move now to oakland mayor where jean kwan being challenged by 14 opponent. >> oakland use rank choice voting that means a decision may not come for days. >> 7 news reporteral help live in oakland on this race. alle allen. >> mayor kwan walked into reelection campaign party and addressing her supporters behind me. kwan camp knows that the winner of a rank choice voting system can come out of nowhere look she did when she was elected. 4 years ago kwan was 11 points behind in first place votes but 10 da days later she was elected mayor because she had more second third place vote. tonight official results won't be out until midnight but it will give all 15 candidate a picture of where they stand. kwan campaign manager think they necessity where the second third place votes are come fro from. >> we look to see where certain people votes are so some candidate in the 8 to continue percent range. seigle. the parker we want to see where the votes are being december bursted. let's get pretty good indication. go out and share the same voter base. >> close race and it could take days to decide because 6 to 7000 mail in ballot need to be received and counted and because of this the recommending star is caution o oning all the candidate not to declare a premature victory tonight. i'm reporting live in oakland, abc 7 news. >> that mit not ab smart move giving what may happen there. thanks very much. >> we are updating results throughout the hour. as they continue to come in. you can always watch the streaming ticker at the bottom of the screen. >> stay right here we have more on this election tonight for you. up next the soda tachblingts berkeley and san francisco are asking voters to decide whether a tax should be added to sugar drink. >> also how many pot club should there be where you live in san jose. medical marijuana advocate take the dice city hall. >> nice day to vote. spencer here with the weather. >> we have more nice day coming our way and just a hit of some rain off in the distance. i'll have the accu-weather forecast in just a moment. pass. >> san francisco city hall lit up and red white and blue on this election night. >> more result ahead. 7 news this election night. >> more result ahead. 7 news at 9:00 continues right after tag: sooner or later, everyone needs a helping hand, or a helping paw! so mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to help train assistance dogs for wounded veterans. veteran: i live independently because of what all it provides for me. and it's huge! there's a lot of wounded, ill, and injured out there just like myself, who just maybe need a little bit of help. tag: you can lend a helping paw too. give at mattressdiscountersdogs.com or any mattress discounters. mattress discounters good deed dogs-- helping dogs help people. it's amanda. hey sweetie. what? 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huge supporter of the soda tax he got nowhere really in new york as mayor. donate add lot of money towards the berkeley yes on d campaign. and then on the other hand you have the american bench association which spent 10.5 million dollars bev ranch trying to defeat both. now while berkeley wants 1 cent per ounc ounce. san francisco asking for 2 cent per ounce and here's what people said. >> health issues of course. yes. sugar not a good they think. i'm going to embarrass myself but i voted no. because i love coke and that's my guilty pleasure. i don't drink or smoke. >>reporter: proponent say the measures are intended to cut consumption of sugar drink and create awareness of obesity and diabetes. opponent fear they may lose in berkeley and we are seeing this at the moment but they say they are expected to win here in san francisco. we have to see. live at san francisco city hall this is 7 news. >> thanks lean. >> berkeley version of the soda tax would add 1 cent per ounce with a simple majority to pass. as you see right now the yes vote leading by big majority right now. 73 percent of the vote but this is with 7% of the present sichingt reporting. >> certainly interesting trend there in berkeley on measure d. >> quick look at some of the proposition open the ballot starting with prop 1 and 2. >> governor brown pushing for passage of beth. prop 1 is 7 and a half billion dollar water bond to help with future droughts not the current drought. here's where that stands you can see right now the yes vote 68 percent of the vote. just 32 percent voting no with 14 percent of precinct reporting. >> look at prop 2 amend the state constitution to create new rules about how the state pay the debt and keep money in reseven for tough financial times. yes on prop 2 with 14 percent of the precinct reporting has 71 percent of the vet at this moment. >> prop grave you may have seen the negative ads or had your mailbox filled with fliers. this with give the state insurance commissioner power to veto proposed rate hike. rate now no vote is winning by 61 percent with 14 percent of the pre-sivrpingts reporting. >> television splattered with a lot of prop 46 ads and raise the cap on medical malpractice case and require doctors to take drug/alcohol test. medical professionals spent millions to defeat this measur measure. an at the moment with 14 percent of the precinct reporting that investment has mid off for the medical professionals. 68 percent say no to prop 46 compared to 32 percent yes. >> prop 47 puts the state at the center of national push for sentencing reform. rate now 50% of voters are saying yes to prop 47 with 14 percent of precinct reporting. would it reclassify possession of marian meth petty theft from fell my to miss demeanor. california would be the first state to do so, if it passes e.prop 48 hay stake turf were involving indian gaming. 48 passes the measure would add a new casino near madera in exchange another tribe would get a share of the game bling revenue for not building its own casino at this moment that same number of 14 percent precinct reporting proposition 48 has 58 percent of those voting saying no to prop 48. >> more results ahead. first otr news tonight. back to the election. initiative to relax san jose tough new regular litigation on pot club put on the ballot two years from now. city council has decided to pass that issue on to the voters. the decision made today. the vic lee has more now from city hall. >> the city council voted unanimously to push the initiative to the general election 2 years from now. it had 3 choice. hold special election sooner than 2016 option that would have cost the city more than 3 million dollars. or accept provision of the negotiatetive the. choice no one liked. negotiatetive would over turn the city tough new ordinance on pot club. rules that limit dispensary to handful of industrial areas that make up less than one percent of the city. areas far from schools. churches. residential neighborhoods. >> essentially lucy fwoosy regular willtory system even if you sell marijuana to chilled it's only 100 dollar faint. >> fine range from 2500 to 5 50,000 dollars for violations. pot store owners say the current rules are nothing short of a crack down by the city. that regulations are making it virtually impossible to do business here. example all american cannabis club has shut down the doors at its old location in san jose. moved the operation to its campbell store on upper floor of this building. make reid says 14 of the 80 some pot clubs in the city have found other locations within the allowable zoning years. but the medical pot business here has struck dr. matcly. pot club man year says the initiative would guarantee could save treatment for patients. >> we see fear in the rise for the black market. we know that people will need to good and get the medicine on the street. we didn't want. that now that the clubs are shutting down. >> one footnote. tomorrow is the 18 anniversary of the passage of prop 2 15. compassionate use act which legalize medical mayor 1. almost 2 decades later the fight to regulate it still goes on in san jose. vehicle lee, 7 news. >> weather certainly no excuse not to vote today. >> no it was great. in fact i walked to my polling place today drop-off my ballot. >> long walk. >> it was a decent walk. >> great day for a walk or run or anything. here's if live doppler 7hd mostly clear sky around the bay area even at this hour no. hypothetical of cloud showing up on the radar screen. look at the golden gate bridge cloud free. going free and current temperature readings rate now 61 in san francisco. cool 57 over in oakland. moffitt field again. san jose fwichbility 57 morgan hill. 55 half machine bay. check out the view of sky line of san francisco from exploring camera favorite view currently 54 santa rose napa down to 50 degrees. 52 petaluma. 53 fairfield concorde 11 more 56 grows and here's live view from the east bay hills camera. looking west ward out over the bay along the bay bridge and forecast feature we see mostly clear consolidate conditions over tonight. this dry mailed pattern will 10 through the wednesday and there are hints of change later next week might is he a little bit of rainfall moving in finally. here's the satellite image showing the big ridge of high pressure dominate our weather picture through the weekend. so dry mild weather continue for several days. here's our projection though. long range meaning week ahead. more rain fall by next wednesday. slight chance of some wren moving that the bay area. at the moment won't be much of a rain producer this system coming our way but we'll keep watching it. maybe it will develop more energy and more punch. expecting of energy and punch how about tropical storm vent down in the tropical pacific moving towards mass at land western mexico. sues pained winds. 66 miles per hour. this was a hurricane earlier but down grided to tropical storm. it threat tones deliver flooding rain mud slid to go the area of mexico as it moves inland tomorrow. keep watching that storm and give you updates on the progress. overnight here in the bay area. look for mainly clear sky. chilly conditions in some of our inland valley low pressure will drop down to the mid 40's. most of the area will seper 40's to low 50's as over tonight low then tomorrow another mild day warm day actually coming our way south by high pressure in the upper 70's to low 80's about 79 at san jose. 81 at los gatos on the peninsula. look for high around 80 agrees redd with city and los altos. 79 at poupt view low 70's on the coast tomorrow at pacifica and a half man bay. downtown san francisco high of 74. 71 in the sun set district. up in the north bay mild on the coast. warm inland high will reach or exceed 80 degrees along santa rosa to sonoma to nap a.east bay high upper 70's to around 80 at castro valley. 79 at fremont. and inland east bay see upper 70's at walnut creek. pleasanton concord livermore. 80 degrees expected at livermore. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. mild to warm through the 7 day actually through the weekend. starts to cal down monday tuesday as we get partly cloudy skied and hint of approaching system that mate bring rain by wednesday. so we just keep hoping. >> yes. always hope. >> the cast my about lot for you. >> smart vote. >> thanks expense near still to come on 7 news at 9:00. possible traffic problems on the golden gate bridge this we hope. >> and more election results. 2 city proposing a new minimum wage. stay with us. we'll be 2 city proposing a new minimum wage. stay with us. we'll be right can't say thank you enough. you have made my life special by being apart of it. 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district 17 in silicon valley. >> incumbent congressman honda is facing cohn who serve entered the obama administration both are democrat. and billions have been spent on the company and right now 17 percent of precinct wrought reporting honda ladies with 54 percent of the yes vote. only 46 percent voting for con. >> over local race starting with pelosi easily depeting republican job dennis. no surprise whatsoever. pelosi so i confident of victory she stay entered washington tonight. >> barbara lee is facing republican dean in the heavily democratic 13 district with 14 percent of precinct reporting. lee is leading with 84 percent of the yes vote. >> republican robin chu challenging incumbent spare for house seat on the peninsula. again not surprise. incumbent jackie spear 75 percent with 19 percent of the precinct reporting. >> jerry mack challenge pingd by republican tony am door for the 9th district seat in congress. am door has a long career in law enforcement including 13 years with the los angeles police department. mack held his seat since 2007 and rate now 51 percent of the vote going to mack who is incumbent with 20 percent of precinct reporting. 49 percent for tony am door. >> close race to watch. tonight now to the state assembly where 2 democrat contract face off for the office held by termed out incumbent tom ammiano. david chu 60 percent of the vote over david ken positive with 40 percent of the vote again early return one percent of the precinct just in. record low voter turn out was expected today. not a sprays at all. field poll recontradicted 46.1% turn out this means 8 million out of the state nearly 18 million registered voters will cast ballot today. that means just one out of every 3 eligible adults actually voted. in 2012 more than 70% of registered voters accounting a ballot. >> election day means voting selfie. many people take pictures of themselves with their i voted sticker. >> even leonard in the act life long prosper. famous for role open star trek tweeted this ou out. i voted. >> can't win every vote. one kentucky voter showed his disapproval for senate minority leader mcconnell today while at louisville polling location. his opponent quickly turned the photo bomb into a messaging opportunity on twitter. the tweet has sentences been deleted. >> well live real time election coverage continues here on abc 7 news at 9:00. later on 7 news at 11:00 on channel 7. >> if you like the 7 news page on facebook you get breaking news returns from the bay area most important races tonight. >> all right we switch gear for few moments get to some of the other news of the day starting with mystery in philadelphia. urgent search under washington i for man seen in surveillance video dragging a woman down a sidewalk tonight the fbi has been called in and now word of a chilling new clue. we have the report. >> free land van he shall off the streets of philadelphia in just 30 seconds. tonight police in an urgent hunt for her abductor seen in this video sunday night. now officials rae leasing the photo taken just eight hours later. man caught on surveillance video withdrawing cash from free land account at bank in maryland. >> it shows a mail using an atm card. >> police say there's still no reason to believe she knows her kidnapper. nearly 50,000 dollar reword for information announceded today with the family standing by. >> philadelphia police say they interviewed witnesses seen on the video how key is video like that to law enforcement in working on cases like this. >> it's very important and it's part of our every day job. one of the first things we do. we do door to door search. >> officials say they expect to break soon. family waits eagerly for. >> what we want back is our daughter. that's all we ask for. >> this is philadelphia. next. burden problem on the bay bridge. >> sea bird that is sending demolition cost through the coop. that's next. >> first results from some bay area mayor race that is we are >> 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workers try all kinds of way to get the state birds to move over just a few feet really to the new bridge. but they won't budge. >> we built special home. they are condo. technically the term is nesting platform on the under side of the new bridge. ideally they would have moved long time about ago but they haven't. >> bird don't move soon democrat legislation of the old span could be delayed for mont months. that's because work can't take place during the nesting season. cal-trans projecting a democrat initial deficit of 35 million dollars. >> new figure out today on water use in california show the people who use the least are conserving the most. according to the state water resource control board people who live along the coast for the first time are using far less water than people who live inland. state wide water use fell 10 percent in september but in the bay area we have saved 15 percent and we already have the lowest per cap take consumption rate in the state. >> coming up next on 7 news at 9:00. call it meteor monday. fire ball lit up the sky tonight in multiple place around the globe. >> and here's how some bay area communities are voting on new >> and here's how some bay area communities are voting on new taxes. look at measure in tag: sooner or later, everyone needs a helping hand, or a helping paw! so mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to help train assistance dogs for wounded veterans. veteran: i live independently because of what all it provides for me. and it's huge! there's a lot of wounded, ill, and injured out there just like myself, who just maybe need a little bit of help. tag: you can lend a helping paw too. give at mattressdiscountersdogs.com or any mattress discounters. mattress discounters good deed dogs-- helping dogs help people. with 50% off specials storewide this tuesday and wednesday only! find 50% off sweaters to layer - in new styles for your entire family! find 50% off fleece for every occasion. and snuggle up 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reporting for shaft. >> rare painting sold for 61.8 million dollar today at new york auction of by van gogh. >> it's valuable because he pantyed it week before his death in 1890. van gogh called it still life based with daisy and poppy. one of the if you work the artist sold during his life time. buyer name not disclosed. record for van gogh is 82.5 million dollars. >> now the mystery in the sky over america. it appeared to be a fire ball with sightings reported in more than a dozen states. tonight major reveal about at least one of those sightings. was it a stunt? clayton has more. >> the celestial firework lit up the sky last tonight. captured by the dash camera of west virginia police sergeant. >> it just kind of blows up a little bit and catches more on fire. >>reporter: hundreds of reports of mysterious fir ball came in from 14 states. including illinois. where witness saw this slow moving stream. that one turned out to be sky divers carrying flares. hurdling toward the chicago sky line. part of a publicity stunt for energy drink. but this one over japan was the real thing. >> more than likely this is natural debris from an asteroi asteroid. >> nasa believes the flashes of light were caused by different meteor. this one probably the size of a baseball. too small to cause damp. >> causing lots of damage impact crate or and nuclear type explosion you have to be on the order of about 20 meter meters. >> that is about the size of the fiery space rock that exploded last year over russia. powerful shock wave blowing out wonder s. injuring hundreds on the ground. earth is now passing through the tail of a comet so for fans of shooting star the light show may not be over yet. clayton abc news denver. >> gets your attention. >> really does. >> weather getting our attention but not for any rain. >> no we still need written desperately but spencer is here with the forecast. no rain but grit day to good vote. >> you are right about that. we have grit day to follow. clear sky over the bay area right now. lots of clear day coming our wait a minute look back as we look at the skin line of san francisco from our exploratorium camera. high pressure with the average high for this date. you can see it was 2 to 4 degrees warm intermost location. tomorrow also a warmer day than average state weighed and here in the bay area where we have sunny sky once again with high pressure ranging tomorrow from low 70's on the coast to upper 70's around the bay to near 80 in the warmest inland location. so here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. mild to warm pattern will last through the weekend but we see more clouds in the sky and cooler weather monday tuesday and just a hadn't of an approaching system that mate bring rain by wednesday of next week. just ahead. >> keep our fingers crossed thanks spencer. >> before we move on to sports. larry is beside himself. 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>> they made an offer. start i suppose. >> not good enough. this is really just they had to. they weren't about to let him walk away but the giants for the record they offered pablo sandoval a one year deal for 15 million dollars. and that was turned down. that's not a surprise. panda has much bigger payday on the horizon. here's how it work. qualifying offer. does a couple things. gets the ball rolling and it tells everybody we are trying to keep the guy. bring him back and the result is going to be starting point in the multi-year deal maybe 20 million per season. chatter about the red sox going after hill. by making the offer, though, the giants ensure they will get a draft pick if sandoval signs with another team in the off season. protect himself. 28-year-old third baseman one of the giant best most pop har players wants to return with the giants and now the question is whether momentum of winning world series will actually help the 2 sides work out a deal that they both like. going to be costly though. finalist announce for for manger of the year aword. bruce won 3 candidate to be ultimately voted on by the baseball riders of america. despite guiding the giants to third world series bruce not expected to win. former giant slugger national manager matt williams thought to be the front run we are pittsburgh hurdle the other finalist. 49ers they are coming to the fork in a road in a hurry. start winning some games and get yourself in the play off chase or miss the post season and head into 2015 perhaps maybe likely looking for another head coach. sunday loss to the ram highlighted a lot of what is going wrong with the team. poor offensive line not allowing kaepernick protection then with protection he's not prosecute size with the throw. so this is an office built on power running game that refuses to run the ball. i don't know why. tell at 4 and 4 now 3 games behind arizona in the afc west. time running out. we are at a point where if we keep going the direction that we are going that we have some trouble at the end of the year. we said the game was a must win. now these games coming up are even more must win games. a lot of guys they could point fingers. anybody the coach players cap fumble the ball that's not what we do we have to bet to the play off and win games to do. that shongs we get to the play off that's all that matters. >> old miss fumble saturday against auburn dropped the rebel out of the top 4 in the latest college football rankings. 35-31 loss and oregon thumping of stanford mean the duck moved up from outside looking in this week. jumping up alabama and tcu moved autopsy notch. mississippi state florida state and auburn are holding strong at 1 through 3. really scary moment for wnba star britney who mys pro ball in chen a during the wnba off season. she and several team mates attacked by man with a knife. about boarding team bus when man wielding the knife began yelling at them then tried to stab them on the bus. cut on the elbow but wearing a thick winter coat. so she suffered only a small scratch and no idea on the motive here and the man then took off. >> nba warriors off to perfect 3 and o start going for 4 in a row tomorrow night. when they host the team that knocked it out of the play offs last year clippers like an old married couple the teams know each other very well. >> they know us and we know them the. no surprises. they are a dog fight whoever make the necessary play try to win the battle try to win the turn over battle. those are the things that will win the game. not going to be nobody surpris surprising anyone. >> this is great. freshman alec tilling struggling at madness basketball missed first 2 lay off attempt before getting one to go in. free throw drop. okay. 43 point attempt bank in and 30 second clock runs out from half court yes. it counts. the freshman wins a new ford f 150 truck. i hear it's loaded with technology and stuff. this is great. fantastic. what a moment for him 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and we will hear more on what they just told us about the fire. >> i know it is wednesday, august august 6th, steve, can you find anymore rain for us? >> yes, i can. >> it could be a few sprinkles, a little bit better, out towards hayward and san ramon, and it's really warm out there, disregard that, 70 degrees is the low in livermore. and it smells good, and it is. this moisture continues to stream in and the low responsible, it is diving and as it does, it is drags the clouds and rain out of the picture and mostly cloudy and if you get that sun, boy will it be hot. it is so hot and the lows are rearing to go . notupper 80ings and 90s, here is tara. we have a hit-and-run crash, a carvers a motorcycle on northbound at the 880 connector and it looks like they were hurt laying next to their bikes and you can see traffic has been impacted all the way to story road. a live look, those shows getting busy janine de la vega is there right now and they put out the fire before it spread, good morning, janine. we are here, this is in the willow glenn neighborhood behind me and you can see all of the activity with the fire right now and the building that was affected is the administration building of this senior a state offed living. it is unoccupied they spotted the smoke and flames called 911 and firefighters tell me they frequently come to the assisted living facility and they knew that building was unoccupied, they still did a search and was unable to knock down the flames. they were able to spread it to the other buildings where senior citizens live. >> at this point they are just trying to make sure they get it out and over all they make sure it is completely out. apt none of the people living here or the staff members were evacuated. some of the senior members may not know it is happening because we didn't see any of them outside and a lot of them are still sleeping and we asked what started this fire since we are told it started on the roof outside and it spread into the attic and at this point the cause is unknown and they are still investigating, ktvu channel 2 morning news k tv news. >> our reporter alex savage joins us from san francisco with what they found. >> reporter: good morning, it is really a bad way for music fans to end what was otherwise a fun night. people marked here less than a mile from at&t parkings returned to their cars to find their windows shattered. take a look, they were taken by a producer and she said her friends car was one of those broken into from the j.z. beyonce show. they were hit by thieves in the same parking lot although they have not figured out what was stolen. they did tell me this kind of thing tends to happen and criminals like to tang advantage because there are more in this town. >> they are investigating a string of break-ins and of course they are trying to find the people responsible. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 morning news. time now 6:06 the police now have a sketch of a man who assaulted ayoung girl in a public bathroom. he is described 5-foot 7 inches tall, he had tattoos on his arms. it happened on spring lake drive. >> we have concerns. >> police are investigating how that man got inside because you need a key to get into the clubhouse. they are investigating the possibility that he lives where the assault took place. and they may soon face legal sanctions and they unanimously approved a measure to make it a crime to charge a fee to remove, correct or model guy mugshots. it is now headed to the governor's office to sign. this mugshot scheme amounts to nothing. >> emergency ground crews rushed to the planes but both were able to land safely. one from newark to belgium, a small fire was reported two minutes after the plane landed and they were diverted to halifax because of a medical emergency on board and nobody was hurt during those incidents. hawaii bracing for a hurricane and a tropical storm. say, if you are planning a flight to hawaii or to another area and they are waiving on august soth to 12. and in the meantime people are stocking up ahead of those storms. the first big storm is due to hit tomorrow with a lot of the rain and high winds and then make landfall on friday. tropical storm julio is expected to make landfall two days later. a pasco store is restocking bottled water but they expect it to run out quickly. >> everybody rushes and of those people done mind it. coming up in 20 minutes, a look at what happened after the car flew off the freeway and on to the lot. >> plus... >> oh, my gosh, that car is going down... >> caught on camera after the break, how almost a dozen airmen saved an elderly couple trapped in a flash-flood. you can see, we do have an accident in contra costa county, we will let you know how it is impacting traffic. we have some rain, it will not last too much longer but it's there. they can really warm to cool, i will show you that coming up. no rush, andy. come on. with the chase mobile app you can get a lot done in 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started sinking so fortunately all of them had life jackets, pam. they were able to be rescued and taken to safety. good news. it was a successful night out, hoping to coming to to prevent crime. and the city held an outdoor concert, one man born and raised in concord, he has seen and credit is the police in preventing crime. >> the law enforcement is fast forward. >> similar events were held from menlo park to napa including the fruit veil station and people who could not make it out showing their support for crime prevention ted should have recognized he was in distress. he suffered from sickel sell anemia but his death was caused by a heart problem, something an alert cal staff should have detected before he joined the team. >> unfortunately ted lost his life due to the lack of supervision and training by the cal athletic training staff. >> one of the trainers at cal was linked to the death of the other player. it says while we cannot discuss all history we follow all no tow course and the a authority will consider it for the county supervisor who agreed to the deal last month and now they just need final approval which is expected. also this morning, sprint said it is calling off all attempts to merge with t- mow jell. they needed to merge to remain competitive with at&t and verizon and federal regulators have been looking into shrinking competition. and it has withdrawn its bid to buy time warner. the doctor announced he was willing to way and they have dropped 11% in free market trading. you are staying busy this morning. what is happening? >> it looks like a high speed crash in and yours cordially and it shows an accident on highway 4 at the railroad avenue off ramp and two cars are blocking a lane and you can see how it is backing up as a result. this is a notoriously congested ramp and you can see this will continue to leave a dent in your morning commute. and metering lights are down, extending all of the maze, you will need an extra 20 minutes to get into the city right now. and 101, it has been stop and go and make sure you leave yourself some extra time. let's head to steve. there is cloudy skies, especially towards san jose and santa cruz mountains and we had some in san francisco and parts of north bay and a lot of these tropical clouds, people keep asking me is it going to be muggy today? yes, very much so and it is now category 1, running into dry air and it is weakening rapidly big rain producer and julio, power outages and it looks like a tropical storm late early friday and that's the latest and there is still going to be copious amounts. we had some very light rain towards santa cruz or maybe you are as well. house of yen just tweeted me and they say they thought they heard some thunder with some light rain earlier and rain around union city, fremont and back over to the peninsular milpitas, san jose, cupertino, it looks like it is just moving past los altos hills. it is finally decided to accelerate and has taken along path and now it is going pack towards central california and taking that moisture sores with it. 60s and #0s, it it is #0s in livermore. these are really warm so any sun, i am telling you, tees temperatures, partly sunny in the afternoon and it is push being south, especially towards the south bay and light rain, any sun and that equal hot, it is almost a tropical feel here, near 90 degrees and there will be a rebound in the north bay because 8 brentwood 93 and yet was 4 but not today. 60s and 70s on the coast and lots of 80s and low-to-mid 80s very unusual pattern and high clouds are out and humidity will still be up there and a little bit cooler as we go into the weekend. and stacy made it back home safely from hawaii, so welcome back stacy. an issue is hitting very close to home, them can force people into speaking justice. and an 8-year-old survived -- 88-year-old survived, stay tuned. introducing the mercedes-benz b-class. it's electric! it's electric! the first electric vehicle from mercedes-benz. . welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, it is 6:23. the death toll in china is now close to 600. tents have been set up for the people who are now homeless. more than 80,000 homes collapsed or are partially damaged. they have been digging through rubble for possible survivors and they have complicated rescue efforts. >> this was a successful rescue of an elderly victim. they are cheering the search teams and an 88-year-old woman was buried alive two days after her house collapsed around her and she is now in a hospital where doctors are treating her for several injuries. and the second aid worker said his wife is week and is improving. she was working in liberia with the group s i m usa. her family was considering a funeral but they are now going to bring him home so he can would be -- so he can be with his wife through treatment. and president barack obama spoke at the summit. the president recognized their hard work to control the ebola virus outbreak an offered prayers for those affected and they now say almost 900 people died this year and it spread by infected organs. and it is being called the biggest session of its kind and they have conservative values against what plaintiffs' attorneys say is a fundamental right and this panel of judges could be the first since the u.s. supreme court struck down the defensive marriage act last year. and a first, the sand sand and tone know spurs, she become is the first woman paid and becomes a full-time assistant and praises her for her hard work and communication skills. they will retire after 16 years and she says the team stressed to her because of her qualifications. dozens are banning together. we are live in san jose where part of an assisted living facility caught on fire. we will tell you how it is a affecting residents and how much damage there is. and traffic is flowing very nicely into san francisco and we still have that 3 car crash into contra costa and we will let you know how it is doing coming up. time for fremont, santa cruz and santa cruz mountains and the highs today, tricky again, we will show you more come up. $73 airfares. thank you, little do-hickeys. for a limited time only, southwest airlines is offering flights starting as low as $73 one way to select destinations. if it matters to you, it matters to us. book now online, only at southwest.com. . well, good morning, this is a developing news story, a fire at a retirement home, again live pictures and we have some brand-new information about the damage caused by that fire, see folks saning outside right now and janine de la vega is talking about how the fire could affect the daily routine of the people who live there, stay tuned. thank you for joining us, middle of the week, pam, it is wednesday, august 6thth. >> coming up on 6:30, steve, what do you think? >> if you are listening at home, it looks tropical. >> there you go, especially light rain here, i know we have had some light rain, santa cruz mountains and it is warm and going to be hot if you have enough sun and mostly cloudy, some light rain continues to push south, fremont, milpitas, back over to sunnyvale, not all of this is reaching the ground, campbell is winding down towards the peninsular, cupertino and willow grant, san jose, definitely reaching the ground and back into the santa cruz mountains and over to scott value and santa cruz. we have some august rain and look at the lows. 60s and 70s in livermore. i went 89 and it's just the cloud cover as far as the temperatures. cloud cover is streaming off and by that we'll see some clearing and we will be in the south bay and after that clouds sun humid, any sun equals hot and you will feel tropical. 80s and 90s near the water, here is tara. still dealing with that high speed crash in contra costa involving three cars, let's take a look at our maps. railroad after, two cars have been moved out of the way and traffic is backed up so give yourself some extra time. those metering lights have been on for 45 minutes and you will see they need to make it into sap fran this morning. >> that traffic is 208 northbound as you make your way towards santa clara and it is also sluggish at this hour, let's head back to the desk. san jose firefighters are closely watching an assisted living facility there. janine de la vega is joining us live in san jose about new information about how that fire will affect the senior citizens, good morning. good morning, day of, right now firefighters are still here even though the fire is out and they are doing some salvage work panther looking to see that nothing is smoldering inside the administration building and that it is a senior assisted building and located here in hamilton. we were just told that the identifieding hall is located inside that add minute building and -- administration building and they will not be able to use it because of the damage. fires started on the roof of the senior assisted living facility. he was driving into work and called 911, he knew it it was not occupied but it spread into the building fairly quickly. it has the kitchen and dining hall and a firefighter tells me the cause may have been electrical. this will is what he had to say. >> at this point we don't know how it started. >> no residents were evacuated since the fire didn't spread to the other buildings where they live. they will not be able to go to the dining hall today but they all have kitchens inside their rooms if they don't want to cook they will be setting up sort of dining area in another building and providing coffee and pastries, but as far as how much damage, we are told it is moderate damage so it will be some time, again the cause is officially undetermined. this is an insurance company that will have to deal with it and they have determined this was not suspicious. reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. we are also continuing to follow developing news out of concord. a car flew off the road and into a line of cars at a dealership near 680 and that is where christian captain is. tell us, they apparently spoke to the driver? >> yes, they have spoken to the driver there is lots of new developments and we are getting a look here there is damage and as we said, he may have been talking about the driver who is under arrest and under suspicious while driving intoxicated. now that car was left inverted with its horn sounding off following that accident and earlier there was quite a scene and was drive -- driving be a taking out a sign in the process and crossed on to the on ramp and smashed into some cars at the dealership. the driver did survive and he was pulled from his vehicle and take earn to an area hospital to be checked out and was placed under arrest. he says this has happened in the past year and the last time a car left the road, it slammed into four cars on the lot and since then they have added texture trying to improve tracks. >> [inaudible] to where you got more traction. >> reporter: the scene has been cleared and we are taking a live look at our camera and you can see this accident seems to have originated and again, minimal impact and we will continue to follow up with california -- california highway patrol and for now we are running on time after last night's bomb threat which caused a mess in the bay area service. it means at about 7:30 last night. it was a tip that an explosive might be on the bus. now although no bomb was found it started and a bomb technician needed to check it out and work on that first bus. >> we had to bring a second bus, he puts on his bomb suit and goes into a situation where he had to use his and the people who live nearby were told to stay indoors. many were stranded at stations all along the system. our viewers posted these photos online showing the extremely long lines and the threat also ruined the nighttime plans of heading into san francisco trying to make another. we will more than miss it. people going and coming had to wait in long lines for a bus bridge to get across the east bay. now this was the third related bomb threat during the height of last friday's commute, they detonated a suspicious suitcase and it turned out it contained some apartmently case. somebody overheard a threat and called 911 and police evacuated but found nothing. new questions at the bay bridge. we asked pamela harris, he is telling them to ugg nor serious welding with and he ordered the chp february them and ordered more on how the span is pulled. this is from a train station and the man was boarding the train walls and when that didn't workers everybody on board had to come out. they lifted the train enough to push that man out. mind the gap and they never thought much about it until now. >> that is the most incredible thing i have seen. >> i love to see people joining in. room great story. and they are accusing them after a woman was allowed to board they are looking into how this could have happened again. and we have an earlier hit- and-run and we will let you know how that made traffic worse. and beautiful sunrise with a few breaks in the clouds but it is raining right now san jose, los gatos, we will talk about what could be a very humid forecast. female announcer: sunday's your last chance to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular tempur-pedic mattresses. you can even choose 48 months interest-free financing on the new tempur-choice, with head-to-toe customization. the triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ . welcome back, there are new concerns about safety at the airport. a woman was arrested for sneaking on to a jet. now at the airport with the fallout from the latest security breach, brian? >> reporter: yes, there is a lot of the concern from passengers trying to catch flights as well as from eric, you will hear what he has to say in a moment. marlin hartman was able to bypass security and take flight 37 to los angeles. she did not have a boarding pass and hartman previously boarded flights four previous times and was neverrable to get on board a plane and this time she was able to in san jose and flight attendant dance had a head count and realized he never had a ticket. he said hartman was screened with all of the passengers and had made minor modifications. still some passengers are very concerned. >> it alleviates the number of situations but in terms of the overall safety factor, it makes me wonder a little bit. now this incident comes just four months after a boy was able to jump a fence and climb into a wheel well after to stayed 5.5 hours. and then they are unrelated because hartman was screened. he said in a statement, the incident was an apparent failure by the airlines. brian floor resident. they will not be offering services they offered in the past. neither court will be offering court or small claims court. they will not be hearing civil cases anymore and instead people have to go to court in santa clara. >> we are here to provide justice and here to serve people and today we are not going to do that quite at the level we once did. >> now in the past five years, 51 courthouses have been closed as well as 205 courtrooms. 2million people have been affected by it. call foreign why lawmaker has time to change budget cuts. and new york times says 1.2 billion has been stolen. the report adds the gang stole 140 million e-mail addresses and they are being used to send spam on social network so keep an eye on that. and that's interesting. and let's check in with torii campbell. she was coupling up on mornings on 2. speaking of huge data breach, we will have some strong tips on how to make your new passwords on a more secure. and think fortified energy drinks are good for you? think again, the deception of many drink manufacturers, especially when it comes to energy drinks and homeownership, it's right here in the bay area and phone being, now back to tara for an accident in san francisco. now we are still dealing with repercussions from earlier, a hit-and-run in san jose a carvers a motorcycle and you can see there is a little emblem near the road which is there now which was not there before. this is a carvers motorcycle on #0 1 near the 880 connector and the motorcyclist driver was hurt. let's look at the mcarthur maze. we will look at this camera and it gives us a chance to see how much is waiting. it looks like things are slow, i would say give your self an extra 15 minutes at least to get into san francisco and finally to the pittsburgh, a little bit slow on the bottom portion as you make your drive towards concord, it is 648, here is steve. and a lot of clouds over us, steve is it going to be muggy? yeah. some light rain continues to fall and now the good news is, it is really weakened considerably about dry air and some vertical sheer however it is still there for big island and it is going to be a big rain producer and it is also julio tracking right behind that. santa clara, almond, campbell, a couple of reports, cupertino, santa clara, back to los gatos and heading down to monterey and just near morgan hill and gilroy, it is focusing right now towards capitoa, highway 17 and bolder, this system as well and we are going to get some clearing and as it does, it is rotating a lot of cloud cover and it is warm out already. 60s and 70s and the moisture cap is heading south and as it does you will see this go north to south and humidity factor will be way up there. way up there. >> san jose, campbell, that is the main line out there, lots of clouds, some sun, light rain will end and when you get that it is hot out. it is going to go up really quick. 60s to 90s and up towards men seen know, parts of the east bay and concord, livermore was 89 so back into their, 88 brentwood would be cooler because they had more sun and today they have more clouds, 60s and 70s and 80s, fog will be there warmer into friday and a cooler weekend. thank you steve. 650 is the time, apple and samsung are calling a partial truce. they have agreed to dismiss all patent infringements and they will continue to pursue only their existing cases here in the united states. there are several reports apple has chosen to reveal it's next generation iphone and we will have a first look, analysts have expected two versions, one with a 5.5-inch screen and it will put apple in, as usual, apple is not commenting. time now 6:51 boy a terrifying scene, the commotion inside which left two people dead. a young woman missing from the central coast and there are fears she may have been kidnapped and the nationwide effort to bring her home. . they believe a california man is wanted for murder, may be holding a young woman hostage. the nationwide alert is issued, jose is accused of a driveby shooting near hollister which killed 19-year-old arian, she was an unintented victim. vanessa flores was with him at the time of the shooting and may now be held against her will. >> we are waiting for your return. >> now the mother of miss flores said her daughter recently ended an abusive relationship with him. she graduated and was working at k-mart and dreams of joining the military. the boat ran aground and we first told you, there is an outstanding warrant and the warrant from 2012 came while failing to a pier in court and past drug convictions. a ship ran aground and he called for help and said he would swim to sure. his boat has been pulled from the water and is expected to be removed from the beach today. san jose police department is apologizing for the secretive way it went about in buying a drone. and a watchdog group uncovered the records andrew attention to that purchase last month. and they will have other uses as well, the faa has to get approval before the police department can actually use the drone. and now they are giving the public a chance to comment and they issued a statement saying quote, they will not use it until these outreach and procedural steps are approved, end quote. they will not be allowed by drug stores. supporters don't say it makes sense to find tobacco for sale and now the board is encouraging to follow its lead. at&t will be allowed to build a new cell phone tour despite some complaints and it will be in the court and morel low avenue, neighbors say it will run their view and not blend in and at&t agreed to move the tower down the hill so it would not be as prominent and it needs a coverage gap in that neighborhood. coming up, an early morning fire happened at a retirement home in san jose, the damage it caused out there and where the senior citizens will eat their next meal. and the criticism over how bart handled the major destruction, stay with us, we will be right back. we're live in san jose, where hundreds of senior citizens may have to change their eating routine because of an early-morning fire that broke out at their assisted living facility. we'll explain and also tell you what firefighters are saying about a cause. an out-of-control car smashes into an auto dealership's parking lot. this is in concord early this morning. we'll show the damage to cars that never got a chance to even drive off the lot. and b.a.r.t. service back to normal this morning after a bomb threat last night shut down the west oakland stakes and left thousands of
you're going right (laughter) not yet. >> wow. pressure. probably the rest of her family >> i want to thank you. thank you. (clapping.) >> oh, we can clap, huh? >> thank you do you hear with you asked. >> what was your answer? >> i said no comment. >> very good she's ready for prime time and the next order of business. >> report of the chair. >> thank you very much. i don't have a report other than to say yesterday, i had a rules committee meeting with my nomination and i was for the to the full board of supervisors with support so that hearing will be next week on the 7th or 8 and if successful this will be my last commission meeting. i know i'm bummed >> who's going to replace you here. >> no i'll refer those questions to the mayor's office. >> yes. i'm going the person for the seat for but assuming that is successful. the next orders of the business the report of the executive director >> thank you madam secretary on that note commissioner johnson not a could sense maybe there will a recommendation for commending you but each commissioner has helped to shape this city when there was an uneasiness from our development partners it was really the guidance and the leadership of this commission that is a working commission the willingness to ask the tough questions and take the time with our community partners and colleagues to understand the district in the southeast primarily and the balance of the housing we've developed throughout the city i want to thank you personally but hopefully, we'll get something together. >> i think you need to come back a member of the public so we have a - >> public comment an item on the calendar so you can speak and we'll speak. >> definitely can i get two public comments maybe i can talk for 6 minutes. >> you can speak on matters not on the beyond a shadow of a doubt and the consent calendar items. >> just moving through the rest a couple of announcements we've received for transbay to include a rfp consultant each brought on 0 consultant for our j paul boston properties, killing reside realty as well as with the buck company they each brought out the consultant and we'll have a panel and a financial evaluation and bring forth a recommendation inform august we're thrilled to move that forward other groungings commissioner johnson and we've got one project that is built july 29th and will start we'll keep giving you reminders and with chris event 10 and i were fortunate to be at the bay area hill two certificate of preference holders for local hire christen spoke eloquently at the grand opening and we're offering a tour you can see the views everything from the bay bridge to trans america pyramid to south bay and the san franciscan hotel where they used to give investors for homeless folks to stay for the night it was ripe with crime and drugs there were incredible inspirational stories from the families it took two years done interest the process this dissolution progress but the steady state the leadership at the staff level and commission level that really brought comfort and changed lives we'll are happy to help arrange a tour it's a stunning development it's inspirational. >> i'll make a note that this is going to sound like a joke but an inspirational speaker there was one woman who had been a drug addict for 20 plus years now she's 67 years sober she used to be the one causing the trouble and now lives at the bay yard and helps r with social work i asked why did you ask me to speak how could i follow-up with that. it was truly script and an example of the work we're trying to do so it's really great >> it's great to hear it's gratifying to hear. >> that concludes my report. >> next item. >> the next order of business item 9 commissioner questions or comments. >> okay commissioner singh. >> i'm going to miss you. >> oh, thank you. (laughter) thank you very much i appreciate everybody who came out to give support. anyone else i'm holding the gavel >> item 10 closed session there's no closed session the next order of business is adjournment. >> thank you very much we're adjourned at >> welcome everyone. my name is ann chronicallying burger (clapping) thank you. this is such a very exciting day for all of us i see lots of friends in the audience who worked with heather harvey and loved him as people part of the legacy to think we're honoring this man with a u.s. postage stamp is phenomenal thank you so much for coming. last week stewart and are were at the white house for the stamp dedication it was a inspiring dedication but to both which us it's more important to do it here this was harvey's home and city hall he loved the most. (clapping.) i wanted to introduce our mayor, mayor ed lee who is going to speak to you and give some opening remarks we're lucky to have mayor ed lee represent us here in the city of san francisco we really understands obviously civil rights issues by understands the kinds of principles that harvey also talked about we as individuals don't have the same kind of superdelegate or power when we collaborate together and minority groups and disables individuals and lesbian or gay straight whatever with we come pathotote with w we have become the majority so mayor ed lee thank you very much >> (clapping) thank you, ann well to the people's palaces another wonderful occasion to see all i have you but also a unique one. i want to begin by tang ann and stuart for your wonderful leaders when i saw the pictures from d.c. and i've been there before on anothers cargos this was pretty unique for san francisco. well deserves phenomenal nor harvey milk but your city has been about and what harvey milk attempted to do in his short life but look at who we are today and if harvey were here he'd be proud of the diversity not only in the elected officials but also in our department heads and our lgbt caucus at the board of supervisors i would actually know that attorney general pamela harris would join me in a unique opportunity for our city and to see the national and international stage of a step named after supervisor mimic not only a stamp but a forever stamp a forever stamp (clapping) rose marie thank you for being part of the postage service because this is pretty unique it also means that we confidentially ourselves inform being a city of quality and making sure we do everything we can to do what harry taught us he saw the significance of changed and he had that door open and all he asks us to do was to keep the door open when we come walking through it that's our commitment we've seen the millstones just a year ago we were here celebrating the instruments decision an dermoand prop 8 and a if i months ago we celebrated 10 years of w45er7 doing here to lay the foundation for change across the country lovd 18 its in the united states of america have seen it there's more to be done (clapping) today, this forever stamp puts us and harvey milk stamp autonomy face and name in history but your culture of of tolerance and acceptance for the world to understand we have to educate more people and bring more people along and keep the doors of opportunity open and it's centered right here in this wonderful, wonderful city of san francisco so thank you, again. and ann and stuart to the positively services and all of who you who are here you'll see a stamp that you'll have to reproduce more of those stamps i'm in line because i want to be part of this exhibition of history but the reminder let's keep working together and making sure that everybody experiences this wonderful celebration and feels the power of equality this is an and congratulations for being here. thank you (clapping) i'm stewart imagine i've been going on known a envelope of harvey milk (clapping) and my friend ann and i are could hosting we're splitting back and forth on introductions. two years ago we were invited by the post office there would be a harvey milk stamp and the team is are volunteers they've been living and breathing the post office we had to keep it secretary no one can know you can't tell anyone anything but we had an amazing group even if people leads lift ev'ry voice and sing by miriam working with an incredibly talented team of people so if someone asked me what quasi governmental intermits that have amazing talented and highly engaged and prospective modern be prospective folks i wouldn't have immediately thought of the post office by those folks have been trembles most people are proud and the design was by the post office folks we were honored to have the post office general in d.c. and equally happy to have rose marie he recorded to the chief of human resources in her roll she's responsible for the united states post office talent and training and development and diversity and personnel services and medical everything h.r. we have folks in training to get jobs so for you guys from the treasure island center the woman i'm about to introduce is who you want to know please join me in welcoming someone i've only spent a few moments with please welcome rose marie (clapping.) thank you stewart and ann and mayor ed lee thank you and the post office is proud to pay tribute to one person of change harvey milk. i have to say thank you harry we really are to bring cool back to the post office he think with the stamp we're going to do that there's a lot of reasons to admire him its unique ability to bring folks together look at the crowd here. it started in the early 70s when he joined forces with temperatures to work on anti labor and anti gay practices. soon union truck drivers and lgbt t people were working together soidz towards a common person on harvey milk would have made things possible. in the years that followed mr. anything expanded his coalition to include senior citizens and young people and ethnic minority and more. there was practical reasons, of course, mr. milk was a politician. and he knew he needed folks whether or not we could find them but people from different backgrounds that got to know each other discovered how much they had in common the most important alonzo lesson he taught everyone has something that makes them different and one group that has held down the he thought rest of us have the ron responsibility to stand up and fight back we all have a stake in equality that's why mr. milk spent time you're going lgbt people to come out of the closest we knew when more straight people economy more gay people sense would prevail over division and hope would conquer fear and more than anything mr. milk gave people hope. there's one of the reasons he ran for office in the first place but showing the world he wasn't afraid to be himself he helped other to take pride in would and who we were that was easier said than done there were many dangerous times for the lgbt gay people were harassed and no one understood that better than harvey milk as one of the nation's first openly gay elected officials we lived with that death threat everyday analytic a year before it's death a fascination he said if a bullet should enter my brain then let the bullet destroy every closest door almost 40 years later (clapping) almost 40 years later there are far fewer closets doors today left in america. i spuktd everyone in this room knows someone that's a lesbian, gay or 11th hour people teach our children and help keep us safe and deliver our mail (laughter) (clapping). >> and represent our interests on school boards easy city council and statehouse and in congress they're part of our everyday lives and our lives are better nor it i'm pursuing proud to be here and decade the stamp on behalf of the united states post office this is our long standing commitment to diversity and he joined others pioneers including molecule and caesar chavez who have both been honored on stamps you'll see the harvey milk stamp is a black and white image of him in front of the castro story it was taken by daniel (clapping) now interesting enough that picture was for his 1977 campaign but was rejected because his tie was blowing in the wind it's extremely appropriate that that picture today is now on a post office stamp. so today my post office colleagues will share this image with you through the harvey milk forever stamp let that be a power reminder of the lessons he taught us when you're not afraid of being yourselves and give others encourage let this stamp remind us of fundamental truth behind under imagines milks message let this stamp inspire a new generation of harvey milk legacy to keep working toward a world that gives one way or the other way to acceptance and where fear gives way to hope thank you for being here today (clapping) and now i'd like to invite all the honored gifts to join me in the dedication of the harvey milk forever stamp. (clapping.) >> so i have the great honor of introducing my uncles campaign manager a dear friend of not only any usage of the san francisco days but thought milk family that was chosen in a political will to fill the seat that was vacated by my uncle's death from the assassination she's your executive director of medical emergency services but ann like me has the belief that my uncle's message is needed globally and so when we were at the white house 5 years ago and december man too-too through those speckle glasses pointed at me and said you've got to do more. he's a martyr and there's a lot of lgbt heros but there are very few that knowing put their lives on the line evidence and took bullets and that his message can free lgbt people across the world i said i would only do that if ann joined me ann is an inspiring leader and will bring forgot humor i didn't inherit if my usage but that you could my uncle's humor please welcome my uncle's heart and soul of those days going forward please welcome ann (clapping) >> i think we should start a new campaign perhaps you'll all join me and make the harvey milk stamp a permanent exhibit in city hall wouldn't that be great (clapping) i know that's something that harry would have loved. harry changed my life. i mean with one phone call from harry said come and talk to me and mob maybe you can work with me on the campaign i've dedicated my life to public service if i hadn't hooked up with harvey i have no idea what direction i would have taken he instilled the hope we've talked about and it's like absolutely such a part of my core that i am here to serve the citizens in what ever role i'm in to serve the public and that's something that's an honorable job something that's a profession illicit proud of and harvey milk did that for me (clapping) harry did instill hope in us telephone pole hope for the future and hope for lesbians and gay men will be treated equally with dignity and respect he said his message was come out of the closet he was the first to say publicly you have to counted out of the closet because i knew his friends and family knew upper gay or the neighbor next was a bio sex all would change the norms and standards in our culture he said within those they realize we're tare children we are there ever myth and lie and unyund would be destroyed once and for all. harry was right. i mean look at you tell 35 years later his legacy of hope is taking fruition and becoming a reality. i see harvey's legacy everyday in our changing society. a break off men and women like michael sam and like elaine page and mary lamborghini had the courage to 125u7bd and declare their love while we made really good strives here in the united states for equal rights for lesbians and lgbt lgbt the message is needed harry's message of hope is needed around the world. right now more than one sixth of the world's populations has been recripple listed in the last year because their lesbian or gay that's absolutely wrong. that's why stuart and i founded the harvey milk foundation to take this message globally around the world where people really need us as stuart as said when we speaks in foreign countries, you know, he sees the conditions that people live in he sees the real the chains that are o
over the world from east afghan and tokyo. >> when i wanted to do was get into aspect of the personal coffee and the processing and everything else there was multiple steps in making coffee and we did have a lighter roost because of the qualities of the keep once you roost it it home gisz the coffee. >> one thing about the coffee they were special blends and i spent seven years on one blend so that's my pleasure. each bean they were all chosen and blended with each with different cultural and beans is like people and those people give me a reputation i can't buy. people love you my clients love me they take me to the moves movies. >> fell in love with coffee and went to the coffee shops the community aspect i really enjoyed. >> i think it's important to have a place for people to show up and talk to their neighbors and recorrect. your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities >> i love my city san francisco has a good name my has every cultural in this planet living in san francisco it's a small city 7 by 7 but it's huge. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i really like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and living in the mission i've lived here the whole time and the community really stick to it people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the inteblth is a huge part of our everyday life everyone with the seniors use it for work and play. although there's a many valuable websites on line. >> the first thing a senior will ask me is about viruses if they go on websites what are the discharges of being on the internet. >> for instance, you see something that maybe from the bank and the first thing it starts asking you for a private information where you get intiger's offers and they're not real. the way to tell where it's a fishing scam or not is who it's from. they can fake a name that says paypal but they can't fake an e-mail address it would be from a bank if they have any issue it's not going to be over an e-mail. >> stay away from e-mail all the same can be said on networking sites. the user should make sure they know the person before clicking on the requests >> some of tracking software they can get argue bank account information some are more hamper full we'll get pop ups and i want to avoid those. there are many levels of protect your i s public works usually has a security looking for things you should have a updated advisor software. there are a lot of anti virus programs the number one free viruses program is microsoft security and microsoft has an invested interest for people to make sure their computers are safe purify you don't want to use easy to guess passwords and mix things up. you want to have a capital letter or a special characteristic like american people exclamation point and change our pass wood frequently every 6 months or so. be aware that anything on the public community someone else can be looking over our shoulder and there's memory that keeps the informational so when you log off clear the briers so somebody can't come behind you and see the information >> when your banking or shopping on line the browsers tells us you that this site is safe. when you're on a safe site you're going to see number one the address on top will see h h p.s. and that sustained for security and none of your information is out into the public. sometimes, you'll see a lock that the browsers has deprecated that that browsers is navigate save. because of evenly crippling item $0.31 it's actual for dangers to if you give our credit card at a waiter thank you arraignment. so a lot of people don't get that and it can make our life easier. if you have mobility issues that's a in his luxury to have. >> the internet provides a lot of profundities. people young and old. by following some simple rules you you can, in fact, the web safely and securely. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ for more information visit >> welcome everyone. my name is ann chronicallying burger (clapping) thank you. this is such a very exciting day for all of us i see lots of friends in the audience who worked with heather harvey and loved him as people part of the legacy to think we're honoring this man with a u.s. postage stamp is phenomenal thank you so much for coming. last week stewart and are were at the white house for the stamp dedication it was a inspiring dedication but to both which us it's more important to do it here this was harvey's home and city hall he loved the most. (clapping.) i wanted to introduce our mayor, mayor ed lee who is going to speak to you and give some opening remarks we're lucky to have mayor ed lee represent us here in the city of san francisco we really understands obviously civil rights issues by understands the kinds of principles that harvey also talked about we as individuals don't have the same kind of superdelegate or power when we collaborate together and minority groups and disables individuals and lesbian or gay straight whatever with we come pathotote with w we have become the majority so mayor ed lee thank you very much >> (clapping) thank you, ann well to the people's palaces another wonderful occasion to see all i have you but also a unique one. i want to begin by tang ann and stuart for your wonderful leaders when i saw the pictures from d.c. and i've been there before on anothers cargos this was pretty unique for san francisco. well deserves phenomenal nor harvey milk but your city has been about and what harvey milk attempted to do in his short life but look at who we are today and if harvey were here he'd be proud of the diversity not only in the elected officials but also in our department heads and our lgbt caucus at the board of supervisors i would actually know that attorney general pamela harris would join me in a unique opportunity for our city and to see the national and international stage of a step named after supervisor mimic not only a stamp but a forever stamp a forever stamp (clapping) rose marie thank you for being part of the postage service because this is pretty unique it also means that we confidentially ourselves inform being a city of quality and making sure we do everything we can to do what harry taught us he saw the significance of changed and he had that door open and all he asks us to do was to keep the door open when we come walking through it that's our commitment we've seen the millstones just a year ago we were here celebrating the instruments decision an dermoand prop 8 and a if i months ago we celebrated 10 years of w45er7 doing here to lay the foundation for change across the country lovd 18 its in the united states of america have seen it there's more to be done (clapping) today, this forever stamp puts us and harvey milk stamp autonomy face and name in history but your culture of of tolerance and acceptance for the world to understand we have to educate more people and bring more people along and keep the doors of opportunity open and it's centered right here in this wonderful, wonderful city of san francisco so thank you, again. and ann and stuart to the positively services and all of who you who are here you'll see a stamp that you'll have to reproduce more of those stamps i'm in line because i want to be part of this exhibition of history but the reminder let's keep working together and making sure that everybody experiences this wonderful celebration and feels the power of equality this is an and congratulations for being here. thank you (clapping) i'm stewart imagine i've been going on known a envelope of harvey milk (clapping) and my friend ann and i are could hosting we're splitting back and forth on introductions. two years ago we were invited by the post office there would be a harvey milk stamp and the team is are volunteers they've been living and breathing the post office we had to keep it secretary no one can know you can't tell anyone anything but we had an amazing group even if people leads lift ev'ry voice and sing by miriam working with an incredibly talented team of people so if someone asked me what quasi governmental intermits that have amazing talented and highly engaged and prospective modern be prospective folks i wouldn't have immediately thought of the post office by those folks have been trembles most people are proud and the design was by the post office folks we were honored to have the post office general in d.c. and equally happy to have rose marie he recorded to the chief of human resources in her roll she's responsible for the united states post office talent and training and development and diversity and personnel services and medical everything h.r. we have folks in training to get jobs so for you guys from the treasure island center the woman i'm about to introduce is who you want to know please join me in welcoming someone i've only spent a few moments with please welcome rose marie (clapping.) thank you stewart and ann and mayor ed lee thank you and the post office is proud to pay tribute to one person of change harvey milk. i have to say thank you harry we really are to bring cool back to the post office he think with the stamp we're going to do that there's a lot of reasons to admire him its unique ability to bring folks together look at the crowd here. it started in the early 70s when he joined forces with temperatures to work on anti labor and anti gay practices. soon union truck drivers and lgbt t people were working together soidz towards a common person on harvey milk would have made things possible. in the years that followed mr. anything expanded his coalition to include senior citizens and young people and ethnic minority and more. there was practical reasons, of course, mr. milk was a politician. and he knew he needed folks whether or not we could find them but people from different backgrounds that got to know each other discovered how much they had in common the most important alonzo lesson he taught everyone has something that makes them different and one group that has held down the he thought rest of us have the ron responsibility to stand up and fight back we all have a stake in equality that's why mr. milk spent time you're going lgbt people to come out of the closest we knew when more straight people economy more gay people sense would prevail over division and hope would conquer fear and more than anything mr. milk gave people hope. there's one of the reasons he ran for office in the first place but showing the world he wasn't afraid to be himself he helped other to take pride in would and who we were that was easier said than done there were many dangerous times for the lgbt gay people were harassed and no one understood that better than harvey milk as one of the nation's first openly gay elected officials we lived with that death threat everyday analytic a year before it's death a fascination he said if a bullet should enter my brain then let the bullet destroy every closest door almost 40 years later (clapping) almost 40 years later there are far fewer closets doors today left in america. i spuktd everyone in this room knows someone that's a lesbian, gay or 11th hour people teach our children and help keep us safe and deliver our mail (laughter) (clapping). >> and represent our interests on school boards easy city council and statehouse and in congress they're part of our everyday lives and our lives are better nor it i'm pursuing proud to be here and decade the stamp on behalf of the united states post office this is our long standing commitment to diversity and he joined others pioneers including molecule and caesar chavez who have both been honored on stamps you'll see the harvey milk stamp is a black and white image of him in front of the castro story it was taken by daniel (clapping) now interesting enough that picture was for his 1977 campaign but was rejected because his tie was blowing in the wind it's extremely appropriate that that picture today is now on a post office stamp. so today my post office colleagues will share this image with you through the harvey milk forever stamp let that be a power reminder of the lessons he taught us when you're not afraid of being yourselves and give others encourage let this stamp remind us of fundamental truth behind under imagines milks message let this stamp inspire a new generation of harvey milk legacy to keep working toward a world that gives one way or the other way to acceptance and where fear gives way to hope thank you for being here today (clapping) and now i'd like to invite all the honored gifts to join me in the dedication of the harvey milk forever stamp. (clapping.) >> so i have the great honor of introducing my uncles campaign manager a dear friend of not only any usage of the san francisco days but thought milk family that was chosen in a political will to fill the seat that was vacated by my uncle's death from the assassination she's your executive director of medical emergency services but ann like me has the belief that my uncle's message is needed globally and so when we were at the white house 5 years ago and december man too-too through those speckle glasses pointed at me and said you've got to do more. he's a martyr and there's a lot of lgbt heros but there are very few that knowing put their lives on the line evidence and took bullets and that his message can free lgbt people across the world i said i would only do that if ann joined me ann is an inspiring leader and will bring forgot humor i didn't inherit if my usage but that you could my uncle's humor please welcome my uncle's heart and soul of those days going forward please welcome ann (clapping) >> i think we should start a new campaign perhaps you'll all join me and make the harvey milk stamp a permanent exhibit in city hall wouldn't that be great (clapping) i know that's something that harry would have loved. harry changed my life. i mean with one phone call from harry said come and talk to me and mob maybe you can work with me on the campaign i've dedicated my life to public service if i hadn't hooked up with harvey i have no idea what direction i would have taken he instilled the hope we've talked about and it's like absolutely such a part of my core that i am here to serve the citizens in what ever role i'm in to serve the public and that's something that's an honorable job something that's a profession illicit proud of and harvey milk did that for me (clapping) harry did instill hope in us telephone pole hope for the future and hope for lesbians and gay men will be treated equally with dignity and respect he said his message was come out of the closet he was the first to say publicly you have to counted out of the closet because i knew his friends and family knew upper gay or the neighbor next was a bio sex all would change the norms and standards in our culture he said within those they realize we're tare children we are there ever myth and lie and unyund would be destroyed once and for all. harry was right. i mean look at you tell 35 years later his legacy of hope is taking fruition and becoming a reality. i see harvey's legacy everyday in our changing society. a break off men and women like michael sam and like elaine page and mary lamborghini had the courage to 125u7bd and declare their love while we made really good strives here in the united states for equal rights for lesbians and lgbt lgbt the message is needed harry's message of hope is needed around the
weekends they bring out the hibachis and cook chicken. their girlfriends, and. the music and guitar. and it seems very good. but i imagined what went on if he made enemies or something else, there was absolutely no official protection. anyone. >> very interested in making marijuana dealers, unbelievable he wrote geniuses, ceos of pot. all kinds of these crazy headlines. and so did general story, there is no sunset. i don't think that exists. >> the experience, the corona enterprise in general. you don't get into it this plane and their something about the glory. coeval. and that was a journey that these guys signed up for. so not, at the end. there were like, funk. we need to get, because otherwise we are one hand clapping. a tree falling in the was with no one around. we want to be famous. we want to be known. even if he does pick up the old media storage, the bumbling part of the narrative. journalists work really hard canadian basic characteristics of some of these guys. and then there will be some little detail checks. forty years. a failed tropical plant business and that an actual tropical plant business in florida before he will west. and then he became a captain of the pot navy, fortune 500 of pot and all this crazy stuff. he got busted. how did he get busted to back by the way, he had an electrified stairway in this house of build a special security chamber. the odyssey eventually get up and stellar temecula in his notebook with all of this context. [laughter] >> my debt read the book and he called me and he had a long, long list of things you what a sick. you know, a mist on page 206. you know. a think he got it. i did. not enough workers in the book. [laughter] apparently five scenes with workers was not sufficient for have. in for true documentary accuracy >> what is your bond think of the book? >> she said -- she supported the book and has been generous with her time, the issue went to some dark places in recapturing a story for me. now that it is out should does not want to look at it breezy doesn't want any part of it. she's confuse yourself how she participated in such a life for so long to read the sociologists long-term iconography of the california doe the scene which is basically the same as the east coast hubs in. it had this profile. the iconography my mother of it's a it certain character type. i love her, and she raised me in the absence of my father and dug go saw this cash and put it tore my education. so any other questions to back. [inaudible question] place very source vote. the way you describe and getting into it the the not quite the same situation. by two closest friends apparently an uneasy. >> with that's the thing. >> is also consistent with the ability to see yourself from the outside. an internal narrative that is cinematic. it's like giving direction to yourself. one of the great scenes, unblock us from going to wash up. think about the past. that is what they do. >> a lot of resources for people restaurants. a is this then there's that. but necessarily every community readings. or we have all lost of regular with us tonight somewhere. adelle want to embarrass anyone. >> aware of the politics of the time? be retirement. how to influence. >> he was extremely aware of the politics of. : ascribed to it. a dead giveaway as you were charged either. he was very aware of the politics and reacted in direct response to them. he was walking down the street recently. a guy with a clipboard try to usages for legalization and massachusetts came up to have. it brought back all the old memories. legalization is the final confirmation of his rosa parks of legalization. anyone else to back. >> you have this kind of luxurious lifestyle. he did have a sense of what was going on the u.s. after. what did he say was that laughs out? your sense of how your family worked. >> by father bought and sold and develop property and vermont which did. kaythree curvatures bid to all kinds of amazing stuff people living in vermont are now been completely constructed out of drug money. just leave money but make clean money come out. and then when the cut too much of a hassle the judge about for a guy trying to start a boat company pleaded still exists. and so he got a boat. it was a great pope. he got above lessons. i thought this would lead to it. in no, kids don't know. you can lie to your kids. they don't know. they don't know what happens. >> he was a regular. >> i did not know he was a large-scale drug dealer until i became a father myself and decided to get to the bottom of my father and no more robbers. of a journalist now. confined of things. i did a local search for records and found a cocaine possession charge. and i call the national archive of a long shot, 1 percent of all the documents that the government produces. they sent me his indictment. page one through 14 of what was 01 under something page file. three overlapping indictments of all of his friends. then i knew. i called my mother and said i have this interesting document here. what to you know about that. flooded with the motion. regard to tell you. i had heard talk. the drug use. like it assumes that it's just kind of pathetic. so i am a young kid, a teenager, in my 20's when this is being talked about. my assumption is that plans are not actual ton level marijuana dealers. it would be preposterous paribas >> he just left. it was consistent with his generals is leaving. and i thought the -- i saw women from maryland to florida to miami to maryland because we were afraid of hurricanes. in fact a real reason was because most of father and my father's of a partner at had a very long proffers session with the new england for taskforce. the little story about. three indictments came down we should go. we did not tell anyone. we lied. we went to maryland. the internet was born. my grandmother, someone google me. if you're interested. >> howdy will but that? we will feel like you're here. what about your emotions? >> more than our fathers to but no matter how pathetic they are. and then when he left, and internalize society pushing extremely low. so when i found out he was a drug dealer, for other people that would be a crushing blow. from the it was amazing. he's a criminal. awesome. using said. what about al, now i understand. i mean, the key moments of his life. it seemed as though he cannot possibly. and a certain inevitability that takes over when i lay his story out. here is like it could be no other way. to understand is to forgive. >> watching the wire and lately. i mean, i have been watching it is supposedly an accurate portrayal breed i don't know if you have seen it. but an accurate portrayal baby brought in and distributed pitbull and dave simon was a former reporter please do you find -- these two stories don't really jive with that whole wire police catching people on wiretaps and all these sorts of drug buys and police informants in that sort of thing. and just curious your thoughts on that. >> well, two points. i mean, they are dealing crack and heroin. so categorically different kind of animal involved in that business. i don't know much about how it works really. it is a different individual that gets involved. also on the street corner level i have no idea what happens there. george was. it -- >> george never tell what -- this had nothing to do with those of all ever. they were very high up in the wholesale business. he did know where -- other than some of the guys you would hire to protective he never noon. he was at ten very. he was care in this class of black kids to teach. they were not trying to except any of his teaching to get a ged people decide that he would teach them how to smuggle if they would get their gigi. it was air conditioned and there. jurors is not want to return of the school. but on this level that has nothing to do with the wire. >> i don't think my father was the guy in that tall grass. he would be there to receive it. if the load was eight times he would call eight guys. a ton of peace. where it went from there he had no idea. the money, no one pays up front. so the money washes back. when it washed back in small bills my father would get excited. he had some conception of the end user but the he was doing marijuana. that end user is writing music ended late submitted. >> your. >> so in 86 the gang decided to do one last job predicted a huge job. everyone got rich debate and they all were supposed to go off at live private lives. my father and his supplier, the most prolific smuggler of the reagan era to he did one more jobs with them all bring he used to be involved and, boston guys to and then he disappeared. well, that ring in boston, they had a low shot. eventually the irs notice that all the loans were going to friends and family. they get busted. they get indicted for marijuana sober. so that al qaeda was like a boy who is a supplier. we want to find an. in portugal. and who living it up and a big coastal community. he had a for a. he was driving fast all around the place. the could not find him for a long time. in the court records are all these references. what did they say? will lau less they one of. they don't know areas. but eventually the local authorities are like a boy who is this correct go with a ferrari. this guy is an idiot. identify him successfully plead he gets busted at the dentist's. the put him in a portuguese jail. his girlfriend is pregnant. he does not like jailed. the plus to the prosecutor flies over and says talk and we will be you out of your. okay. all talk. he comes to the states and caused my stepfather who is the level of other and actively father and me. he says -- he calls our house and asks my stepfather to be for a drink. so he's out and ordered to turn someone else. most of the other coast of the bark. i busted. of cooperating. you should too. here's the phone number. they're is a film. above cannot do this. and then making the stuff out, he says i wasn't going to do it but they said there are going to break down the door and take you put you in foster care bust your mother. i got it right the guys are going to be safe at that agree to talk. >> a step that was a popular? >> yes. >> i did not know that. [laughter] craigslist the father was the island guy. there were able to get it but had no market. they get together. there were like a way to we need each other. >> city know anything about it said ted? >> no. i didn't know there were partners. you told me? i don't remember who told me. some government source told ed and i confronted loss of father about it and the $8 to is that he told me the euros story. he said go to the bar. his is a west virginia. coach of the party get the papers of and you'll see indeed i got immunity for you. i saved you guys. he drinks like george allen. it's not right and half of the house. d'agata paper. a comeback the fancy letterhead a lead in league with drug enforcement task force to the big leap signature from the unsecured call the last of father was protected. who. >> have a private school. >> unfortunately i was there long enough to landry. >> the same sources. the process. >> i mean, i had their names. they have to give testimony special agent david farley comes to the stand and lace up the whole architecture. he was quoting dillon constantly tearing his life. he was blessed in fort lauderdale by these people he interested. and once he one of their work of eliot know, they're never want to talk about it. >> just wondering. how do you -- [inaudible question] >> remain employed and 21st century journalism. road trips to mexico any more. seventeen countries were ever you were doing. get a leave of absence from newsweek. >> i was a professor during this . i quit this week to become rich and famous magazine writer. working full-time. >> sent a day job. ahead of the book ideas she has endured this book. she's out there. >> before you leave a gun ask myself, what's next? this has a woman as the protagonist i can describe it all. st. martin's press. next summer. 2015. the working title is the princess and the da. just quickly to when it is about a woman who was kidnapped. she is an american woman from a colombian national kidnapped. but colombian guerrillas. and since the king that she was a rich woman who had a multi, multi, multi million dollar wanderings cream in boca raton florida. they kidnapped her, brought her up into the hills. in reality she was working undercover for the da. the story is how they got her back. they had a government agent in their grasp. >> oh, yeah. >> thank you all for coming. 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a forum on the effect of the latino vote in the midterm elections. posted on the national association of latino elected and appointed officials. speakers include ahead of the latino victory project and hispanic libre initiative. this is one hour. >> as you all know anyone in 31 days will be election day in terms of midterm election. what we would like to do to start off the congress today is to put this in the political context as to how we expect the latino vote and latino candidates did in the midterm election. it's one of the major themes of the conference. other major themes will be working on but certainly the elections are top of mind at the moment. as we talk about 2014, let's make sure we put this in context about 2010. because when we compare elections, it's only fair to compare a midterm to a midterm. so let's not forget what happened back in 2010 midterm elections where the latino vote had a decisive impact. the democrats are in control of the senate today because of the elections of these two senators, senator michael bennet of colorado and senator harry reid of nevada. the latino vote was decisive in senator reid's reelection campaign and senator bennett's did to be elected for the first time. that election 6.6 millions -- million latinos voted in the comprises just over 7% of the latino vote. also important of the 2010 elections were the real significant milestones that were achieved by latinos in the republican party. marco rubio was elected to the senate. the first latino governor of any state was elected in 2010 in new mexico. first latina governor of nevada and the number of latinos in the u.s. mac more than doubled from three to seven. although it's not an election we should compare the midterm elections to, let's not forget the decisive impact latinos had in election 2012. 11.2 million let the nose went to the polls, comprising 8.4% of the nation's electorate, 5% increase over 2008. we know the latino vote had a major impact in some of the decisive campaigns in swing states. as we look towards 2014, look at how the latino vote is continuing to increase. we are making strides. you look at this chart that follows the trajectory of the latino vote in midterm elections from 1994-2010 we see that in every single election cycle there's been a steady increase in the number of latino voters. that's the blue line. it tracks very closely to the green line which is the number of latino registered voters. let's keep our eye on that red line. find is a number of latinos who are eligible to vote. the truth is that that population continues to grow faster than the population of latinos will actually vote. so the challenge before us is to make sure that we engage latinos as they enter the electorate. every single year 50,000 latinos turn 18 years of age. these are u.s. citizens. so every single day, if i get the math, every single day seems like 2000 latinos the, eligible to vote in this country. so we have -- in terms of how many latinos will show up to the polls, this november, we released projections earlier this year. we're expecting 7.8 million latinos will vote in november. that's an 18% increase over the 2010 numbers. we will make a 7.8% of a national share of all voters. so again we are making strides, the latino vote is going, but i'll be honest with you, for naleo is not growing fast enough. the next three days will talk more about what we are doing to make sure that we engage the latino electorate, grow our numbers and part of the conversation this one will be about some of the initiatives that are being undertaken to offer increased they like to -- latino electorate. there are some political factors that will shape the latino vote. whether latinos are mobilizing to go out and vote, it will shape how to vote and the choices they make. immigration reform is top on my mr. babbitt in this this room and to latinos across the country. traditionally and historically, the immigration reform has not been the number one issue for latino voters, and in many respects it makes sense but if you are a voter, you're a citizen of your board here or you're a naturalized citizens they don't have a personal immigration issue to resolve. but as the issue has continued to be part of the public discourse since 2000, and as more and more latino citizens know personally a latino who is undocumented, the importance of this issue is increased to the point, and will have one of our panelists address this, immigration itself has risen to the top of the issues that latino voters care about any elections. so one of the questions will be what does it mean that immigration reform has not yet passed both houses of congress? what will it mean for november 2014 and we will talk about that in a couple of minutes. some of the things that will be affecting the latino vote include a situation and the condition of the federal voting rights act. the voting rights act has been a powerful tool to make sure that every single american citizen is able to vote free of discrimination. last year the united states supreme court declared section for unconstitutional meaning that section five which requires preclearance of any change in election practices by nine states and a number of counties that that formula for determining who was subject to preclearance was unconstitutional. as a result of the shelby decision, texas, alabama and mississippi have imposed voter id laws that in our view an interview of the evidence ever discriminate impact on attendance, african-americans and others. arizona and kansas are two of the states that are trying to strengthen the ability to impose proof of citizenship requirement in voter registration. so the environment itself is becoming more challenging to ensure latinos are able to vote, motivated to vote, and vote free of discrimination. a little bit about what is happening in terms of candidates in 2014. we expect that two of the latino governors elected in 2010 have excellent opportunities to be reelected in 2014. both governor martinez and governor sandoval are running strong campaigns for reelection. something is happening in new england. in the state of rhode island, the mayor of providence, dominican american is run and extreme the competitive campaign for governor of rhode island. that primary will be september 9. are also number of latinos running for the number two offices in their state. joe garcia is the incumbent in colorado is up for reelection. carlos who was appointed genuine 2014 is now running on the ticket with governor scott. she will be with us later at this conference if not already in the room. assembly member lucy flores of nevada is run for lieutenant governor interstate. john sanchez in new mexico, and state senator leticia van de putte is running for lieutenant governor in texas. some exciting and interesting races for the number two spot in states across the country. other significant statewide contests that we will be keeping an eye on very closely come in november includes state senator alex padilla -- [cheers and applause] who is running for california secretary of state. he was a top vote getter in california's primary. that's as much as in going to say about him. [laughter] former deputy secretary of state nellie gorbea again and nothing happening, she herself is run for secretary of state in rhode island and we hope she makes it past the timber primary. in terms of attorney general races, sean reyes who was appointed after in general is running for his first term as an elected attorney general in utah. and a former member of the naleo board of directors, state auditor, running for attorney general in new mexico. again, fascinating races where following closely. of the key statewide races, robert aragon running for state auditor, rick lopez or state treasurer in that state and george bush running for texas land commissioner in texas. >> the are of course the entire house of representatives is up for reelection, all 435 seats. we expect the best matured of the latinos and latinas who are running for reelection to be reelected but there are some very close races that are in the mix throughout the country. here in california, representative raul ruiz who defeated incumbent mary bobo two years ago is running for reelection and has a very competitive race against an assembly member, brian ex ante. joe garcia who also ran and was elected in florida first hispanic democrat get elected to congress from florida is running against a competitive field of republicans. that primary is august 26. we will see will be challenging in an what we expect to be a very competitive race. one of the districts in texas that has changed hands between political parties several times the past decade is currently being held by a democrat and he will be facing a business consultant and texas 23rd issue. that's another district that both parties are investing tremendous resources in. also in california, the 21st district in the central valley, and another race that is being watched by both political parties in terms of the swing nature of both of these districts. and so part of what we want to continue to see at naleo at the growth of latino elected officials. these are the numbers that we are publishing here at the naleo annual conference in 2014. this is our record, for the record, on the number of latinos who serve in elected office as of january 1 of this year. here's a comparison over the past 10 years. we have gone from no u.s. senators four years ago to three. the house members of congress from 20 to 20. over all the increase has been 25% and the number of latinos in elected office, so just under 5000 to just over 6000 latinos serving in elected office across the country today. that's a little bit about where we are in terms of the number of latinos who we expected turnout for the election. the impact we had in 2010 and 20 tough, now to talk about the impact of the political context of 2014. i'm going to invite up my guests and panelists to put all this in context, explain what they're doing to make a difference. so as i introduce you please come up and join me. first we will start with my friend daniel garza who began his career as a assistant for years congressman richard doc hastings. after serving soldiers as an elected official himself he served as george w. bush a message as the department of the interior and is an associate rector of the office of public liaison and the white house where we first had the opportunity of working together. his professional express also crosses into the private sector. user does coproducer of -- and today he serves as the director of the libra initiative, nonpartisan nonprofit organization that advances the principles and values of economic freedom to embody as hispanic community by developing a network of hispanic pro-liberty activists across the united states. then we have doctor victoria defrancesco soto was a poll of the center for politics and governance at the lbj school at the university of texas. she's a senior analyst for latino decisions. she was named one of top postcodes and the country by diverse magazine picture seek her ph.d from duke university or academic experience centered on campaigns and elections come immigration women, rights and ethnic policy. she's also contribute to msnbc and the regular political analyst. welcome, doctor. [applause] >> and our third panelist is also a good friend, his present of the latino victory project, a nonpartisan effort to build political power within the latino community by developing leaders for public office while building a permanent base of latino donors to support them. prior to joining the project, alex spent five years of philanthropy serve as in the ford foundation reinvested more than $60 million to increase political participation in communities of color. most recently christobal was named by washington "life" magazine as one of d.c.'s most influential leaders under 40 which is quite a feat given that the only move to d.c. about three months ago. [laughter] >> welcome. so please welcome christobal joshua alex, and all three of our panelists. [applause] >> so let's start with dr. soto. if you can give us an overview of what you are seeing what this election will mean for latinos and what the latino vote will have for a spin i'm going to start off with a question and it's a question that i frequently get amateur many of you get which is, who cares about latinos? people don't say it that way. it usually comes about in terms of, oh, yeah, latinos are a fastest-growing population. but they're punching below their weight. but they are pulling in in terms of turnout between them behind african-americans and whites. so we see this question being posed, and it's a valid question, and these are facts that we are faced with. but i want to answer this question and want to answer this question with facts, with empirical data. and i'm going to be really, really blunt. we matter, partly, because we are having a lot of babies. case in point right here. [applause] you know, i joke but baby max is going to be born in september before the 2032 presidential election. i'm not saying i planted this would but maybe it was a consideration in the back of our minds. right now age is a liability for our community. the average age of what she knows is 10 years below that of anglos and african-americans. so we are talking about 27 as opposed to 37. when you are looking at new of latino destinations, north carolina, arkansas, tennessee, the average age is 15. black, white, latina, young folks just don't vote. they've got other stuff going on in their lives. teenagers and twentysomethings, even early '30s. but what i want us to keep our eye on, and arturo showed this in the graph is the brute force of demographic change. so there's that aspect of it. another one i want to highlight is poli-sci 101 tells us that poor folks and folks with less education also less likely to turn out and vote. and yes, latinos have historically had lower educational rates and lower income rates. but if we just look at that static member, we are losing sight of the dynamics. in the last couple of years, and dennis in his remarks alluded to this, we have made huge strides with our educational attainment. the pew institute has done a fabulous job of tracking these educational games. so just last year we saw that latino college enrollment surpassed that of white college enrollment. high school dropouts are dropping. so in addition to that demographic force we also have rising levels of education. at the same time we have increases in economic attainment. because we had it beaten out of us during the great depression. we suffered the most. i think it was 66 or 60% of her wealth that we lost. ironically those who are the poorest and have the most to gain from being politically involved usually don't vote. but what we see with this rising tide of economic it came it that latinos are gaining on, this is also going to push us to the polls. so that's the first part of my answer to, well, why do latinos matter? the second is because we are swinging. latinos have swing tendencies. compared to african-americans and whites, latinos have the biggest chunk of independent voters. in the last couple of elections electing those have definitely tended toward the democratic party, but let's not forget about the early 2000, living in texas i see a very vibrant republican latina relationship even in the midst of some strange immigration issues. so we know that latinos also matter because of that middleground that they inhabit. and geographically speaking they also tend to be in a lot of the big swing states. florida, nevada, new mexico. we see growing populations in ohio and virginia. so latinos matter not just because of that middle they occupy but because political entrepreneurs know it, too. and they're going after them and they want to pull the men. i have 30 seconds -- 37 seconds let's i'm going to wrap it up. i would love to talk later, maybe in the q. and a., about battleground taxes, something i'm seeing on the ground because i think it's a beautiful example of the, of how you see this latino demographic brute force, educational 10, economic power bubbling up and democrats and republicans are going mano a mano for the latino vote. we are seeing it in this election for 2014 and this is what has become nationally and better. so with that i will wrap it up. >> all right, thank you. [applause] >> we will certainly talk about the battleground of texas. fortunately, we have two tejano's four part of this panel. >> texan by marriage. >> so daniel, the libra initiative figure august the coming at this from the perspective of reaching conservatives latino voters and growing the electorate. tells what the libra initiative, what plans do you have come with a 2014 in speak with we feel it's important, i think more important than demographic economic status and educational status is that what dean is get a sense of ownership in the process. look, puerto rico has hypertensive patient rates when it comes to those. that's because they own the island. bayfield they can control the destiny, they can control the political outcome adults outcomes of the island. so many to great the same environment, the same feel here. the libre initiative doesn't. we engage latinos by talking about market principles, i talk about the virtues of capitalism, free market, rule of law, why we should have a limited government and check the power of those who would governor us. this remains a country of the people, for the people and by the people. so by doing that, by engaging in churches and chamber of commerce commerce's and colleges and universities, where ever latinos congregations be, we feel we can engage folks and do that proper outreach to get latinos out to vote and infect control the destiny of the political outcomes and policy outcomes. we have a considerable -- conservative perspective. there is no argument that the democratic party has benefited from the latino vote for the longest time. every presidential race the republican party has never enjoyed a majority of the hispanic vote to george bush set the high water mark at 45%. that's a given. i think what's important is we understand that this has been a conversation within the latino community that has been dominated by the left. to their credit folks on the left have engaged, have not reached, have been in the communities, have seen the value of the growing demographic in the latino community, and they capitalized on that by sending resources and people and engaging the latino vote. so what i have seen as a political observer as well, arturo, is that on the conservative side there's sort of been a dereliction of duty. us advancing the principles that you believe are going to make society better, that is going to improve the lives of those who are at the bottom. what others post to generate prosperity of what of those policies that generate poverty? we should be having an honest conversation within the latino to many of these issues director with the latino community. so i think the republican party has sort of had a bad approach to this. they just felt that the principles of economic freedom, the principles of the free market would sell itself to the community. just look at who we say we are. 33% of us say we self identify as conservatives. 32% self identify as moderates and only 30% as liberals. so the vast majority is a green with you at any given time in the latino committee which is the whole swing effect you're talking about. but we haven't been courted effectively. and so if the left has the union's that are engaging, hollywood celebrities that are promoting progressive policy, labor policy, if they have, the party that is dedicate resources high-end with that, running sort of left slanted news packages on policy, on an eight to one ratio, the universities are much more liberal. they will get the outcomes are getting. my point is this, latinos have not rejected conservatives or republican candidates because of what they believe, because of the principles. they have rejected him because there's been an absence of this conversation about the virtues of the free market, about self-reliance, hard work, what makes america strong. so we aim to drive that conversation, even in i think in a state like texas where 44% self identify as democrats and only 16% self identify as republicans. there are massive gains to be made by conservative candidates because there is i think, there's been so much open field, you know, for the democrats were so long that now as conservatives to engage, all hispanics they went up to the highest office in the republican party based on republican votes. there is opportunity if they engage. this by the way is a generation of ronald reagan that was influenced by this. i'll wrap up by saying that the conversation needs to be driven by the republican party, by conservative candidates, and they stand to gain much more that i think the democratic party because they are so far behind, increase the percentage just a little bit, they stand to gain a lot from the latino community spent which, of course, makes us powerful. >> thank you. do me a favor and pass this down over to a friend christobal. you will notice separated by the pregnant woman. [laughter] spent you can't cross this line. >> is probably a good time to remind us all that what makes trend for a special forum is the expression of everybody's perspectives and ideas come respecting all of them but also engaging and challenging each other. now you have the floor. >> i want to take you so much. my luggage and come in yesterday. that's my partisanship, folks. thank you. [applause] been we may have different ideas but at the end of the we're all like he knows. we've got to work together and find ways to get done. i want to talk for a few minutes and turn back if i could go to the powerpoint. going back to the question about values. and what brings us together. i'll start with a very personal story. like a lot of folks in this room and daniel and others, many of us come from families of immigrants. my parents came to this country like many of your parents with very little searching for the american dream. here is a picture of my grandfather. my mom did everything she could so that my brother and i would have the chances that she didn't have. she didn't get that because she's working in a few. by the time my brother and i came around she had settled family in el paso and did everything she could, including working three jobs so we could have the chance that she didn't have. my brother always wanted to be president but my mom said if you just put your heart and monster you can achieve whatever you want to achieve. he said he wanted to be president of the united states. he is autistic but he will never be president and he knows that. but he cherishes his right to vote. he votes everything election cycle. he knows voting is his voice. at the same time, and, unfortunately, you mentioned this at the beginning, across the country there are states that are introduced the laws that are designed to suppress the vote. they have a disproportionate impact on people like mike brother, on our latino committee, and the brennan center estimates up to five many people will lose the right to vote because of these attacks on voting. in texas they pass a law that said if you have university of texas student id card you can't vote but he got a concealed handgun permit, no problem. you can see what these laws are designed to do. they are pass for purely political reasons. the right has a different idea about values and principles and they know they can't win with our community to be perfect on as to whether doing is they are shaping the vote and working to suppress latino political power. it's the same reason why the right won't pass immigration reform. they don't want us to vote. i have to say that and i'm sorry to say that. and if these anti-voting laws efforts aren't bad enough, we have structural problem as well in our community that keeps us from building political power. we talked about this milestone in 2012 around record participation rates. but more like just a dumb on election days that actually voted. that's a serious problem. as a result of this lack of political participation we have a dearth of legitimate elected officials. this room should be a lot bigger. we should have twice as many latinos with the country 53 million only 28 representatives in congress we should have twice or more than that. it's much worse than letting us. -- latinas. we have a vicious cycle. when you don't see your committee reflected on the ballot and you don't see your faces, your voices similar names on the ballot from your less likely to vote. so the vicious cycle that further to press his turn the. we've got to change that. we are falling behind on other demographics. i'm running out of time so i'll just briefly, what happens if we are successful and we change this game? that's what led eva longoria to launch the latino victory project. if we're successful what can happen is this. you see a picture in the rio grande valley. the u.s. census and 20 and said this was a force track in the country. at 1200 voters but only 150 of the latinas turn out to vote in a given election. they press the local authority to improve the roads and whether told his why bother? nobody out their votes anyways. a president answered what would it take to show proof of life? they said 300 votes. they took them up on that offer and they turned out more than 500 voters for a local election. [applause] now watch this. this is that same road a year and a half later. [applause] that's what happens when you latinos vote for power, accountability of people turn ouupto vote. we have to take every place in the country, every state in the country and we will finally have true latino political power. and when we do we have to do things to fully. we've got to empower our in voices, support future lives and invest in their own communities as the leadership pipeline and thus so we're working to do at the the keynote victory project. when we're successful latino latino values, which are american values, will be reflected in the policies that drive our country forward. with -- what those values are our clean air and water. it means that we have access to adequate health care that's affordable and universal. it means that we have access to an ample education enemies the immigrants come out of the shadows and equal participants in our economy and that the good jobs that pay living wages. i'm out of time to let me say this last thing, arturo. i started by talking of my brother who always wanted to be president. when he went to vote in 2012, on november 6, he showed up at the voting booth. he didn't have the right idea. lucky for him and for many others that law was held up in court and not in effect that they. it is now but on that day it was not in effect and he was able to vote. by pure coins it is our paper of record in el paso, our "new york times," when he walked out of the voting booth the el paso times with and got a picture of them. we have a friend at home. it's sitting right there. it made the front page and it was the best day of his life. and so together for our brothers, our sisters, our family, we've got to work together to pave the road. that's it. [applause] >> all right, thank you. okay so have a look at a time to get into this and peel back the skin on the indian. let's go first to dr. soto. what are the emergence of these two institutions mean? you can study led to the politics. we've had independent -- certain approaching the latino vote from a partisan political perspecti perspective. you run ac three which also have a seat for -- the libre initiative is a c-4. coming at it from a much more political perspective. what does this mean in terms of latino political development? >> this agreement and debate is the lifeblood of democracy. and so the fact that we have these two gentlemen who have very different political perspectives, to meet this wonderful. i love it. i also want -- [applause] >> and beyond that, beyond where they are in the political perspective, one thing that is very exciting for me is to see the eye on the money. because at the end of the day in politics, whether you like it or you don't like it, we run on money in the political system. and in order to run and be viable, you need that funding. so i think that this is really where the future of the maturation of latino politics lays. and having not just people say i'm on the side of the spectrum, or him on that one, but literally putting their money where their mouth is. >> some money where their mouth is. your institution came out of -- this was eva longoria and others efforts to bring money into the political system. daniel, you referenced economic power as being part of the pillars of latino development. so money is a common thread here. one -- what is money, from your perspective them you talked about developing economics, what about money and the political process? >> frankie whether it's a church, any kind of institution, the accumulation, the efficiency of capital is critical to advancing any kind of effort our messaging or advocacy you want to be. so it is lifeblood, you're right. with that you're limited in what you can do but it also positions you to do things that normally you wouldn't if they didn't have the resources to do. so it's critical we do that. i think as a community we have evolved. we have stepped up when it comes to being able now to seek contributions and donations from americans who are aligned. frankly, i'm a conservative. that's what i believe. that's what we events. it's a game where you've got to get your ideas into the marketplace, and the people by those ideas then they're going to do and you. so that's the game and you need capital to do that. >> let me change this a little bit. just remembering we saw last you on thi to the stage where they d was here, and a new nose, in his capacity as a member of the leader of the dnc and his talk about latinas have benefited, the democratic party have benefited from latinos participation i also sat other and was faced with a question i have is where are the latinos? he admitted progress an up and she. is the democratic party at risk of losing latinos through daniel's efforts because of the neglect are taking us for granted? >> what henry also said before is that, at the recent the latino victory project is nonpartisan is we can't be taken for granted by any party or any candidate. we've got to build our own power for the future of this country and we have to take a future in own hands and get it done ourselves. that's also connected to this money question. i think it's important that we talk about that because our community is not used to talking about this question. this was the first time they broke the code and figured out how to get latinos engage in the clinical process to for us what that means is to be successful, to increase the number of latinos that are elected to get your members, we need to invest in our own community. it's why we launched this program called the first. in our families, the first milestone, education, financial milestone in the film. first lawyer, first doctor, first engineer. eva longoria calls these the ceo of the families. we need to identify and work with these were generally apolitical. they are the lead in the family, the ones who need to invest. they will be the ones that deliver the first latino president of the united states. [applause] >> really quickly i wanted to some it up, some up the main point. [speaking spanish] we need to put into our community that notion of writing checks. the anglo community is able to do that. they just have become accustomed to doing it. it's not part of our routine and it's part of something that we need to start doing. i don't care if it's $5. if it's $100,000, grade. but it starts with the routine, and we know from political research that once you do something, you are more likely to just keep doing it over and over again. so i think your organizations are really critical in starting that tradition of money getting. >> i was going to say, a telling statistic is in texas, only 25% of latinos have been reached out to buy a political organization or candidate. only 25%. it's no wonder that only 13% is the turnout rate for texans in florida it's 2% for latinos. so you're seeing a disparity in messaging, and folks getting the word inform elected about the issues that matter to them that will improve their families. so that's the effort that we are involved in is to get our message into the community. it is a market place of ideas, and yes, money is critical. >> let's talk about texas because this is, you know, it is the big price increasingly so, and it continues, even a bigger price in california. it takes up for congressional seats after this last redistricting, reapportionment large because of the growth of latinos. 55% of texas growth was latino. daniel, there is a lot of effort like we sought to turn texas from red to purple to blue. obviously i think you're probably looking at that. how are you going to stop that? >> obviously we want more hispanic engagement to we will more hispanic involvement in the political process but we want more conservative hispanics. that's not a secret agenda. that's what we are about. so turn texas blue goes against everything we are about. so battleground texas of course is a threat to us. so we have to engage. we have to get into the community to craft to work with churches, work with the chamber of commerce is, work with our partners on the ground. we are also creating a volunteer force. will have about 3000 folks who are going to be on the ground helping us to advance conservative principles, ideas, talk about the marketplace, limited government. we are already well underway to enlisting those folks who are already helping us. we have offices and staff in dallas and san antonio. that's what it's all about, engaging. at the same time it's an opportunity to also engage our young and get them involved in the political process at a certain age where they can begin to see the political process from inside. for far too long elected committee was on the outside looking in. i think that's why, back in the '60s and '70s we had to march, we had to protest. we had to have our fists in the air because that's all we have. so it was uncomfortable to do that but that's the only solution that we had to now we on inside. this is a new generation that is much more sophisticsophistic ated, that is now in the congressional staff offices, in state legislatures, in high elected office. let's move those resources and drive the conversation both on the left and on the right and now let's do that. >> we will come back to that because there are a lot of latinos the marching and holding sit-ins and will get into the immigration topic in the second. are there real realistic prospects of a blue texas? >> there's no doubt lead to nose in texas will build political power and will change the course of the country. it's just a matter of when. for us we are taking the long view. we are a startup organization but with an eye on 2020 because in 2020, you have something set rarely happen. which is a presidential election, senses, followed by redistricting and latino majorities in the two biggest states, california and texas. we have to be ready for the. we have to be ready with our leadership pipeline, the resources and get a legit out to vote. if we're successful, turn out a record number of voters, a like a record number of latinos, we can then draw the redistricting lines and help drive policy with lacuna values for the balance of the center. so it's important to get everything in place including in texas to have that kind of an impact. now, i have to take, i have to point this out. first, i like daniel. i think he's a nice guy. >> he's got a nice jacket. >> he's honest, he's got the nicest jacket in the building. [laughter] and i think he's honest. i really do and i think what he said is accurate. i think the firm that he's hired to do is add to the attacking latino candidates, we have so few come and go like the labor initiative with koch brothers money attached. that bothers me. [applause] buddies on us. his ads are not in the reason i point this out is we have a couple of people in texas that can change that state starting a. we've got the in the rio grande valley area. he's an incumbent who is putting his neck out there for immigration for latinos under attack. we got the first latina statewide elected lieutenant governor. she's a rising star and we have other rising stars across the country but i just like to ask you to hold your fire on our latino candidates. >> to demonize the messenger. what happens is he says as if the left doesn't play politics either, as the left doesn't message, you know, to position their positions or their ideas. look, everything we do is fact checker everythin everything weo stand by. everything we do has to be ethical and above board. so it's a game of let's have this conversation, and we're going to have the conversation or not going to back down because it's not about pete. it's about his ideas. we don't want centralized government. we don't want collectivism. we do want liberal policies that lean more towards dependence instead of self-reliance. we don't want bigger government. that's the idea, the battle we're having. so let's have the conversation but are not going to play the game of no, i'm going to back away from latina candidates when their ideas are not good for the country. and effect i believe strongly that conservative principles are better for our community and i will try that conversation regardless of sentiments expressed. [applause] >> i expressed those sentiments towards knowledge intended to there's probably other candidates that you could go after th but that's what i'm sag but if you think about folks in florida they are doing a tremendous job for committee, i don't think it's right. >> i want to get into the issue of immigration now. vicky, what do so with you if you can give us some background. your capacity, you've been doing some really excellent polling of the latino electorate, latinos over all about this issue. and sing this issue really rise on the agenda of latino voters which is something we haven't seen before. it's been important issue for the community and not for the legend to show up at the polls into more recently. tell us a bit about that and then we will go to our two friends here. >> so immigration and you mentioned this at the beginning of the comments, is not the all-encompassing issue for latinos. we care about education, we care about him. however, what immigration has become is a gateway issue for latinos. because what we have seen is that latinos in the middle, moderate, conservative, are pushing back against the tenets of the rhetoric toward immigration. so even though it may not tangibly affect them, their second, third, fourth, fifth generation, they are moving away from those candidates who speak of immigration in such a way. my little shortcut for thinking about immigration on politics, it's a gateway issue. the republican party is split down the middle. there's the george w. bush school of thought that back in the 1990s guided and said, you know what, immigration is part of this country and we need to put it inside of the big tent, and this is how we are going to court latino voters as part of a larger agenda. the problem with immigration and the republican party is in selling it to the non-hispanic base, and that was one thing that george w. bush was very good at. he was able to sell to conservative evangelicals and say this is part of our christian view. i really don't know if the republican party has come to the fork in the road. if they do in fact come to that fork in the road and say we going to tone down the tenor and try to figure out a solution, latinos will support this. because one thing we can find from our work in latinos decision is latinos don't hold a grudge. we asked in survey after survey if the gop were to turn strategy and embrace immigration reform, not even necessary a comprehensive, but just some sort of substantive immigration reform, latinos say i'd give it to be a shot. were talking about 40-50% of latinos. so there's -- the question is immigration, is the gop going to pursue that a vote? >> dana, question for you. as a reminder to all of us, also a year ago the chairman of the republican national committee sat on this stage, endorsing immigration reform, yet here we are a year later, the senate passed a. in fact, if they pass it during the naleo conference last year but the house refused to move on immigration reform. the house controlled by the republican leadership. what do you think? >> without question, how a candidate or a party or an individual who is running for elected office speaks about minorities in their political narrative, the impression that is given as how you speak about them, an then strangely to what would be your policy remedies to those folks. so the republican party has not done a good job on that when it comes to immigration. that's absolutely right. but that doesn't mean that hispanics should run away from the republican party. that means they should flooded and change it from within which is what we're doing. we want to have that conversation and say immigration is positive for america. america was built on the waves of poor immigrants who created new wealth, new opportunity and made his strong because our economic system. we should be fighting for economic system that absorbs and does not resist. it is good for our economy, families and their future. so that's the conversation we should be having. [inaudible] >> i've been invited by tea parties. i was in front of them driving immigration reform. for us, our preference is to a path to citizenship to our state that publicly. we are for that, but we also understand the political realities of things and that the democratic party doesn't get to define what immigration reform is. it needs to be both the republican party and the democratic party into two by persons. and fixing the difference of the while the republican guard once reform, legalization, the democratic party wants to get a past decision shifted because of the votes are there. as of this moment. i feel if we can form the hispanic community with conservative principles that we can win a lot of those percentages back. the point is they need to come to the middle and reconcile those differences and we want to be a bridge to the. hopefully we can work together to make that happen. >> i said at the beginning that the reason the right doesn't pass immigration reform is because they don't want us to vote. now, when you look at these conservative principles that you espouse -- >> is that what obama did and passive? >> he worked hard and we have a bill that won' will pass because right will not let it pass. the way we build -- [talking over each other] >> we will come back to you. >> we can work together on this because it's what we have to do to build political power, which is hold these folks accountable. the one showstopping immigration reform now, hold them accountable and those are the ones that are running in november. on the right. increase both unicode and let's get them out of office and that hopefully we can of immigration reform. we can work together to make that happen. the conservative principle problem though is that it's not just being able to but that doesn't want to stand our democracy to allow latinos in. when you look at other things at we hold dear. if you think about the environment we want to have a clean environment and we can lead to our children and our grandchildren. when you think about our jobs, we want to regulations that allow us to work and get paid a good living which. those are things that are against. so not just on immigration but across the board on conservative right wing principles you when i get latino voters. you do have great value in your workstation and working within the party to try to move them towards these things but they will not work within our community. >> vicki? >> oh, where to begin? [laughter] what has happened with regards to immigration has been, as you two gentlemen pointed out, a stalemate. it's a stalemate that we are seeing at the federal level between the executive and congress. and i fear that it's not going to budge in the short term. namely, the next two to three years or so i want to train the spotlight on something else, which is state and local level politics with regards to immigration. because we are stuck in d.c. nothing is happening in d.c. but at the end of the day people carry out their lives on a day-to-day basis in their neighborhoods, in the cities, in the counties. and we see a lot of the most affects happening to folks who are getting picked up and deported. non-criminals. the criminals would understand. they're breaking the law and they need to live because a criminal record or whatnot. but for other folks on a day-to-day basis, we need to figure out how our state legislatures and how our county boards, how our school boards can affect the lives of immigrants and also latinos more generally. so we can go back and forth, point fingers. president obama, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, harry reid, democrats, republicans. that's not going to get us anywhere. what you need is your today, go back to communities. i'm a big live that all politics is local so i think that is the point i would want to leave you all with. [applause] >> and the fact that is what the midterm elections are all about. these are elections that have been at the local level, 435 congressional races, state legislative races, statewide races. what do you think the process will be for latino republicans in this election? >> the process? >> prospects. >> prospects. i think it is trending conservative republicans. i think the way things are looking right now is take a look at the political map across the country, republicans will take the senate. that's looking more and more viable. they will hold the house but i think especially hispanics are disillusioned with the obama administration. his favorability has dropped 23 points since january. in the hispanic community. obamacare was a 59% favorability. it's down now to 47%. all about hispanics are into disfavor with obamacare. you are seeing there has been nothing delivered on jobs. the deportation has increased and upset a lot of hispanics. there's been inaction on immigration reform. so you're seeing a lot of dissolution and a lot of frustration on the part of the american electorate that is trending republicans. i say that because i see just as a window for the republican party, as a window where they need to step in and have great candidates drive a great ideas is because i think hispanics are the crossover. talk about how swinging we are. we have swung again. we are back in the middle, back at a fork in the road and is not enough for republicans to just stand there and i think say generally, generalizations. they need to be a part of the community. they need to earn our vote. i think we will solidify with anybody, and i don't think the democrats have done the. they had the opportunity. they lost it. >> what typically happens in a midterm election a is we have a drop off among latino voters. the problem with a drop off among latino voters is it allows for those on the right to increase their power. and in so doing that means that moving on immigration reform will be harder to do. living on a cleaner environment will be harder to do. and hope we can flip the script issue. i think the would we do that to increase latino turnout over previous midterms any substantial way is to actually spotlight the problems we're seeing on the right. they are the ones who hold of immigration reform. you mentioned colorado. that's the perfect example of a state where if we spring board from the anti-immigrant position into getting latinos out to vote, we can remove an obstacle, representative kaufman, and we can thwart someone who's anti-immigrant running for senate, gartner, from taking positions. we are in california. something special happened here was prop 187. you all recall this was the first at the immigrant initiative, the homework was a commercial that showed latinos running across the screen saying they just keep coming. it sparked the revolution in california. they registered. they turned out in record numbers. now you will see that happen tot it changed the state forever and i think we can use what's happen right now with the right holding of immigration reform to supreme court into success for latino communities across the country. [applause] >> unfortnuately, we are coming to the close of the opening session but i think it would has put into context what this election means, what the next three days of conversation will be. .. >> demographics are not destiny. what we've talked about throughout both on the left and on the right about building latino political power. at the end of the day, for any political power to materialize, we've got to make that happen together. so i want to leave you with a call to action to, please, join us. go to latino, victory didn't u.s. and also please don't forget to -- latinovictory.us. >> daniel? >> it's not going to be about personallies, who's more fluent or articulate or whatever. it's battle of ideas. it's about how this country's going to look. about how we are going to be as a community, as a culture, as a nation. so i think we should welcome folks who are driving that conversation. let's engaging in a debate, let's have an honest debate, no sacred cows, and that's what we aim to do. >> last word. >> so there have been a couple of tense moments sitting here between these two gentlemen -- [laughter] but this is great. because out of disagreement, out of feeling uncomfortable, that is what mobilizes you and gets you to vote. and i want us to keep thinking about the importance of our political maturation from marching in the streets. we're still marching, but we're voting more. and from voting to giving money, from giving money to expanding this room to fill more latino elected officials. >> excellent. please join me in thanks our opening panel. [applause] >> the annual conference of the national association of latino elected and appointed officials also heard from california governor jerry brown and california attorney general pamela harris. this is 20 minutes. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you very much. i was pretty excited to be called a quarterback since i never played football because i was too damn short. [laughter] i was a junior in high school, i was only 5-6. so that was -- 5-3. so that was a real complex. all the girls were taller than me, so that was a problem. [laughter] i had a good mouth. but anyway, california has come back. we are coming back. we're doing lots of important stuff. and not the least because of the leadership of senator padillo and and others. i think we've got probably the biggest latino delegation ever in california, and i don't know about the rest of the country, bigger than texas, i hope? >> [inaudible] >> almost, whatever. or close. but anyway -- [laughter] p friendly competition. and i was very proud to sign the dream act. and then as soon as i signed -- [applause] i had to sign the dream act twice. first one was resident tuition for undocumented students -- [applause] and the second was eligibility for scholarships for undocumented students. [applause] and then, because we're still waiting for that whatever they call that, congress, washington group of people -- [laughter] i signed a bill to let an undocumented law school graduate who passed the state bar to become a lawyer. [applause] legalized in california. [applause] so i think that's pretty good. you can practice law in california even if the law doesn't recognize that you ought to be voting in california. so it's -- but you know what? if we keep doing stuff like that all across the country, congress will get the message. that's what's really important. but we're not waiting. [applause] that's why i signed the driver's license bill and, by the way, it was only ten years ago that over 60% of the people were against giving undocumented californians a driver's license. that's flipped around for one big reason. not politicians, it's really the people, the participation, the sheer power of the latino community as it is felt in the towns and cities and counties up and down the state. so that's the tide that is turning the political feelings and philosophy of state government. by the way, there's one more bill, and that is another bill i was able to sign. the legislature actually -- i don't invent most of these things. it's all done by the legislature. and then when i sign it, everybody thinks i did. that's why the legislators always get jealous of the governor, because he gets almost all the credit and does almost none of the work, but anyways -- [laughter] take the good and the bad. anyway, there was another bill that said if you have an organizing drive, group of employees want to work a union and the employer calls up the immigration service to defeat that effort, that we have an anti-retaliation law that now says you have to be reinstated, and we make that practice illegal. so we give undocumenteds the right to organize. [applause] and then i do want to say something about the school funding formula that the legislature passed two years ago. very important. i think it's the first time that money is being spent not equally. there used to be the cry, very important, equal spending for all school districts. and a lot of places haven't even done that yet. not even close. but in california we have unequal spending based on needs like those families that speak a language other than english at home, they get a special consideration, and the school district gets more money based on the number of non-english-speaking families that have their children in our schools. [applause] by the billions. [applause] and that's only because it's not really justice to treat unequals equally. you have to do more to be able to create that opportunity and that pathway for those families that are not having the same skill of speaking english as others. so anyway, we've done that, and california out of six million students, two million are designated english language learners, and that means extra money for that school. as well as for low income families. and that's about half the students in california. it's pretty amazing. i don't know what the affluent families are doing. they're not reproducing or something -- [laughter] the schools, half the kids in the schools are from low income families, so, you know, what can i say? [laughter] there it is. [laughter] but we understand that, and we're doing something about it. and then, of course, water. look, these are all -- there are a lot of individual issues. what's important is that we, the power you represent is growing. and it's growing in really important ways, and as someone said, our connection is to mexico so close. it wasn't all that long ago, 176ed carlos iii said occupy san diego. you didn't know california started with the occupy movement. [laughter] it was. carlos iii said occupy san diego and occupy monterey. and then gaspar deports a lot came up with father sara in 1769. the mexicans threw out the spanish around, what is it, 1815, and then, of course, the gringos threw out the mexicans in 1846 or 1848. [laughter] but the point is you never, you never keep control forever. there's always new waves coming. [applause] so you have got to stay ahead of the wave. [applause] that's what we call brown power. [laughter] be all -- all right? [cheers and applause] but anyway, so -- and i'm going to mexico next month because we want to forge an agreement. you know, i ran for president three times, didn't quite make it. [laughter] i won five primaries twice. unfortunately, you have to win maybe 25 primaries. [laughter] but california's like a nation-state. we have 38 million people, 30% of latino descent, and we can form our own agreements. so we're forming agreements with mexico and china, british columbia on trailed, on joint -- on trade, on joint research, on scholarships and climate change. so, yeah, there's a border, but there's something bigger, and that is the human family. and when we focus on the western hemisphere and we focus on baja, california, and alta, california, we know that we are one greater family that is working together, and that's my philosophy in alta, california, and together i think we can have a better state. when i was governor the last time -- by the way, i signed the by lingual education bill. that's a -- bilingual education bill. that's a long time ago. [applause] i also called for a common market between mexico -- not mexico, the united states. i forget. [laughter] mexico, the united states and canada. and we're going to get to that eventually because, you know, this is where it is, and we're all together in some is big sense. so anyway, thank you very much. i think this is great. you're getting more powerful all the time, and stick to it. you know, once you get elected, don't get unelected. i can tell you. i've been in power and out of power. better to be in than to be out. thank you very much. [applause] >> another historical reference. for those californians out there, 20 years ago in this year that the voters of california passed proposition 187. what many would argue is a precursor to the arizona law, the georgia law, the utah law, all the other anti-immigrant laws in recent years. and as i look around the room in the year 2014, i see school board members and council members and mayors and supervisors and legislators, and come saturday members of congress, so it's true. we keep coming. and we have governor brown who embraces us when we keep coming. so thank you, governor brown. [applause] our next speaker is the attorney general for the state of california. [applause] the honorable camela harris. and, boy, are we fortunate to have her serving us in this capacity. her already-stellar career began in 2003 when he won her first election to become the district attorney of the city and county of san francisco. in november 2010 she was elected california's -- excuse me, she won in 2003. in 2010 she was elected california's attorney general becoming the first african-american, the first south asian and the first woman ever to hold that post. [applause] it's a powerful job, it's a busy job, but i i think something that speaks volumes of her commitment and her values is her relentless fight against financial institutions to provide justice and restitution for families, a lot of latino families, unduly impacted by the foreclosure crisis in america. i'll let her brag about that. a lot of people call her a rising star in california politics. i disagree. she's a rock star for us here in the state of california. please welcome the honorable camela harris. ♪ ♪ >> thank you, thank you. [applause] welcome to california and thank you, my dear friend alex. i am so proud to support you as you continue in your leadership in our great state, and we have an embarrassment of richings, to be -- riches to be sure. the first senate pro tem in history is here as well, we have an embarrassment of riches and, you know, all of us here are elected, are appointed, so we know how our profession can be. but i will tell you that we are very fortunate to have a lot of stars in this state who work together and are are truly friends and committed to our collective desire and respondent to serve -- and responsibility to serve the people we represent. so welcome. there's so much i want to say, but i've been given seven minutes, so i'm going to keep it brief. but i think that it's important be to recognize as everyone here cleary is the significance -- clearly is the significance of naleo and its reason for being. and in appreciating its reason for being and its purpose and its responsibility and the duty it has assumed, we know then that all of us in this room have many things in common in spite of the fact that we have diverse interests and priorities in many ways. but we have at least two things in common, i think all of us. and the one is that for most of us in this room we are one of the first if not the first to do what we do. and for most of us in this room, if not everyone in this room, we do what we do because we believe truly in the magnificence of our country and are committed to fighting for its highest ideals at every step of the way. and so when i think about the purpose and the reason for being the commonality that we share, i think of it also in the context of something we will commemorate or celebrate next week which is the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act of 1964. and in thinking about the civil rights act of 1964, 50 years later, we know it and remember it to be a product of a coalition of people who came together to fight for the ideals of our country, for that promise we made in 1776 that we are all and should be treated as equals. we know that in the coalition that came around that movement there were people who fought hard and some who died to make it real and make it true. and we know then also for many reasons that document is not just a piece of paper that was signed into law 50 years ago, it is very much still a living, breathing document. a document that outlined for our country and reminds, unfortunately, some folks who may need to be reminded of the great promise which indicates that there are certain fundamental rights that always must be protected. there are fundamental rights that relate to education, that relate to economic opportunity, that relate to giving human beings and the people who live in this country the ability to live a productive life and live with dignity. so when i think about the work we are all here to rededicate ourselves to doing the -- and the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act, can't help but reflect where we are today. on the issue of education, for example, we look at this country and we know that the graduation rates from high school for communities of color are embarrassing. we look at the tbrawtioning rates -- graduation rates, and we see that for white students it's 79%, for latino students it's 68%, and for african-american students it's 62% who will graduate from high school in our country. when we look at an issue like we've been examining in california, the issue of elementary school truancy, kindergarten through sixth graders missing 50rbgs 60, up to 80 days of school as the youngest of our children and recognize that among latino elementary school students in california can, they are absent four-and-a-half times more than their white counterparts. we though that as it -- we know that as it relates to that fundamental right to have equal access to education that there is still a lot of work to be done. when we look at the issue of economics and the right, the ability everyone should have to work hard and in that way aspire to and, in fact, live the american dream, we know that in terms of that opportunity there's still a lot of work to be done these 50 years later. we can look at the statistics that tell us white women earn 78 cents on the dollar compared to white men, african-american women earn 64 cents on the dollar. with that comparison, latinos earn 53 cents on the dollar in that comparison. we still have a lot of work to do. when we look at the fundamental principles underlaying the motivation -- underlying the motivation for and zimm -- civil rights act, we know it was not designed with the underring that in this great country of ours there should never be an underclass, there should never be a very defined group of people who are forced to live in the shadows, who are considered second class. and then when we look at -- as has been discussed, what is not happening in washington, d.c. around comprehensive immigration reform, we know we have a lot of work yet to do. we can look at it also in terms of something that my office and i have worked on for the last few years in california. relating the issue of the need for immigration reform to an issue that all of us know our constituents have on their top list of priorities which is public safety. and we can connect that then to a policy that was called secure communities. and in mapping out how it worked, we know and, in fact, i issued a bulletin in 2012 to say it ain't working as it was intended and designed to do. and, in fact, it allowed the immigration service to pick up and detain up to 30% of undocumented immigrants who by i.c.e.'s own definition were noncriminal. so i issued a bulletin to all of the police chiefs and there shes and district attorneys of california back then letting them know of the research that we had done that makes it very clear those detainer requests are just that, a request, they are not mandatory, and let's leave it up to the discretion of our law enforcement leaders in those particular communities to make the decision about what is in the best interest of public safety for their community instead of allowing them to use the limitedded resources we have to make sure that we have a country that is stable and great. and in particular, let us not be subsumed in a way that recognizes something that is very important. we have to recognize that we have designed our system of government in this country in a very smart way, and we all know that as elected and appointed officials. there are the responsibilities of the federal branch, there are the responsibilities of the state branch, there are the responsibilities of the local branch. public safety rightly was designed as the responsibility of the local branch, and as a career prosecutor who has personally prosecuted everything from low-level offenses to homicides, i will tell you that a system like secure communities that allows victims of crime to to live in the shadow because the predator convinces her that it is she that will be treated like the criminal if she goes to a law enforcement or a police officer, that is not a smart be public policy -- smart public policy decision, and it is not true to the ideals of our country in saying that we will not have an underclass or those that live in the shadows. and finally when i think about this issue, i think about it in the context of, again, who we all are. you know, my mother used to have a saying, and she would say to my sister and me you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last. [applause] and i know that when we talk about the ideals of naleo, it is very much about that. but i also think about this room and when i look around at the folks who are here, and i know that many of us share another common experience which is that experience that i'm sure many of you have had where somebody, a constituent, shows up at the front window of your office, and they say the only person they want to speak with is you. i've had that experience so many times where some woman who looks like one of our mothers shows up and says the only person i want to talk with is you. and that highlights that experience, the great duty and responsibility those of us in this room have. yes, our interests are diverse, our priorities are diverse and varied and many. but we in this room also carry an additional responsibility and duty to insure that the people who are so proud of the fact that we stand in these places make sure that their voices are heard knowing often they are some of the most voiceless. so we have the responsibility of being the voice for the voiceless, and we have the responsibility of insuring as we go forward -- [applause] that we cultivate with the folks who are proud of us, cultivate their trust in our government. and these may seem like two different points, but they are entirely connected. because when we as a country get to the point where all people feel the protection of the civil rights act to the extent that they have full trust in their government, then we will truly be living the ideals of our country. so i thank everyone here for your leadership. [applause] >> labor secretary thomas perez also spoke to the annual conference of the national association of latino elected and appointed officials in san diego. this is 20 minutes. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> good afternoon! [speaking spanish] great to be here, great to be back. it's old homes day. hey, larry, how you doing back there? we're both still bald -- [laughter] but bald is better. [laughter] that's what governor brown tells me. so, hey, it's great to see everybody, and senator padilla, thank you for your kind introduction. alex has been a very good friend for a long time and a wonderful leader here in california, so thank you for your leadership. there's arturo over here, he is a force of nature. you look up the term force of nature in the dictionary, you'll see arturo vargas. so thank you so much. and i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge one of the icons of the civil rights movement to your right, delores huerta. [applause] it's an honor to be here. [applause] you know, i'm kind of the wrong person to be talking about the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement in the sense that i feel like i'm a student of the movement, and when you are here in the presence of, you know, henry of the movement and leaders of the movement, it truly is humbling. so, delores, it's great to see you again, and thank you for everything you have done to expand opportunity for so many people across this nation. [applause] i also want to acknowledge when you work at the department of justice, it's a real honor. i also want to acknowledge our former attorney general, alberto gonzalez, it's an honor to be here with you as well, mr. attorney general. [applause] you know, there are many anniversaries, kamala mentioned the civil rights act, but over the last year or so there have been a number of remarkable anniversaries that we have noted that really give us pause, a time to reflect, renew and redouble our efforts. we celebrated roughly a year ago the 50th anniversary of dr. king's letter from the birmingham jail, we celebrated or marked, really, the 50th anniversary of the 16th street bombing. more recently at the department of labor we marked an anniversary that you might be a little bit less aware of. it was the 145th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. and the reason i note that one is because we have a labor hall of fame. and to mark that anniversary, we inducted the chinese-american railroad workers into that hall of fame. [applause] because they are part of the all-too-frequently-untold story of the civil rights struggle. and when there's the iconic photo in utah where the transcontinental railroad was finally completed, notably absent in that photo were the railroad workers. and they actually had to go on strike for better wagings. they had so many -- wages. they had so many acts of courage, and it was so remarkable to be able to pay honor to them at the department of labor so recently. and it was so is wonderful recently to go to the viewing of the movie about cesar chavez. because, for me, cesar chavez brings together the two passions of my professional life; labor rights and civil rights. they are inextricably intertwined. cesar chavez understood that the most important thing he could do for farm workers was to get the right of collective bargaining, to make sure that they could form a union and bargain together x. that's really -- and that's really what the president was talking about a year ago when we marked the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. because as you know, the march on washington was a march for jobs, and it was a march for justice. it was a march on washington for jobs and freedom. it was march for civil rights, and it was a march for labor rights. there were posters there. the "i am a man" campaign. i've kind of taken a little liberty to say "i am a person" campaign. because, you know, they were looking to increase the minimum wage, and they were looking to make sure that the right to vote existed. they were marching for civil rights, and they were marching for labor rights. they were marching to insure that racial justice existed in this country, and they were marching to insure that economic justice was insured in this country. and there were so many titans who were involved in that whether it's a. philip randolph, cesar chavez, so many other people who were so heavily involved. and as president obama said last year to mark
anniversary on the steps of the lincoln memorial, i'd been in this job for about a month, and i remember those days. and he said: for the men and women who gathered 50 years ago whether not in search of some abstract ideal. they were there seeking jobs as well as justice, not just the absence of oppression, but the presence of economic opportunity. and the passage of the civil rights act less than a year later was truly historic triumph. and as somebody who has had the privilege of enforcing that law, i took it as a solemn obligation because i am acutely aware of the number of people who made the ultimate sacrifice to insure passage of that law. and so, you know, it's really time today to make sure that we note our progress but also discuss the unfinished business. and, indeed, you know, tremendous progress has been made. and i think some of the best examples are kamala harris as one of our speakers. another example, senator padilla himself. it's a remarkable nation that allows the son of people living here in l.a. to go to mit and to have the sky be the limit. that's what the civil rights act was about. you look at the president of the united states, and, you know, one of the most remarkable days of my life and i suspect your life was election day 2008. where this nation made history. and i'm confident it won't be the last time we make history, because the civil rights struggle is a marathon relay. the baton is in our courts today. we have made, indeed, remarkable progress, but we have more work to do. and that unfinished business of america is the unfinished business that you do day in and day out. i had the good fortune of serving as a local elected official, as a state cabinet secretary and now in two different positions in the federal government, at the justice department and now the department of labor. i have so much respect for the work that all of you who are in local government do and all of you who are working in state government do. because the rubber hits the road in local government. i saw that firsthand. there's so much you can do to further the goals of the civil rights act of 1964 and all of the other civil rights laws and economic justice laws that were passed to insure access to opportunity. and you are, indeed, doing it. because we're having a few challenges in washington moving the legislative needle. but across this country you have been incubators of innovation, pioneers of fairness and opportunity, and you continue to do that. and so i take my hat off to you because you're doing so much, and you have so many tools. i hope you will continue to use them. because you know what? we do have a lot of unfinished business. we have made so much progress in areas of education. you know, one statistic that people don't know is that the latino dropout rate over the last ten years has declined 50%. that's a remarkable statistic that we can all point to. [applause] as a matter of ride. and that is because there has been a concerted effort. we're all in this together. local governments, local leaders, local businesses recognizing that this is an economic imperative, it's a moral imperative, the it's a civil rights imper tef. and you have --ic pertive. and unfortunately been working hard, and we continue to work. and that is a ten-year effort under republican and democratic administrations. this is not a partisan issue, reducing dropout rates, increasing graduation rates, increasing access to skills so that people can punch their ticket to the middle class. and so we need to continue that progress because we also know that that is a wonderful statistic, but there are other statistics that respect so good. when -- that aren't so good. when i was in the civil rights division, i traveled the country. and i saw all too frequently that there were too many school districts that remain, so many years after brown, separate and up equal. i saw the school-to-prison pipeline result for black and brown kids all too frequently. access to opportunity being denied and being denied really remarkably perversely. i did an event once in meridian, mississippi, with about ten kids who were sitting up on a dais just like me, and you were sitting right down there, and i could see under the table their footwear. and what they all had in common was that they had an ankle brace let on. these were kids 13 and 14 who were already in the system is. and i asked them, what did you do? one person had the wrong color tie, one person had the wrong color socks, one person spoke out. one person was guilty of flatulence. i'm not kidding, i'm not making this stuff up. that is not who we are as a nation. we need to be smarter than that. and that is why so many people see access to opportunity remaining elusive. access to equal housing opportunity for all too many people remains elusive. the close i have power of fine -- corrosive power of fine print all too frequently during the housing bubble transferred and transformed the american dream of home ownership into the american nightmare. and my last year at the department of justice, we ended up recovering on behalf of victims of lending discrimination, primarily latinos and african-americans, more money than in the previous 25 years combined. [applause] because we saw this problem across the nation, and we worked for people. and i will tell you here is a sad reality, and it's a reality we must acknowledge. much of the challenge were latinos abusing latinos and african-americans abusing african-americans. [speaking spanish] would be the sign at the storefront, and people would be brought in, and they would be lured to trust, and then that trust would be abused. and that was part of the story of the meltdown and the lending discrimination that we had to look at. we're turning a corner, but all too many people lost their wealth. we see so many challenges persistent in our world of policing. i spent way too much time in my last job in maricopa county. that was not smart policing that i observed out there in maricopa county. [applause] you know, there's often that false choice. we either keep our communities safe or we safe guard the constitution. i categorically reject that false choice. we can safe and constitutional policing and, in fact, they go hand in hand. the consent decree we just did up the road in los angeles was proof of that. you can reduce crime and do safe policing at the same time and promote public confidence in law enforcement. we continue to have these challenges across america. part of the unfinished business. we continue to have challenges in the voting context. next year is the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday and the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act of 1965 -- of the voting rights act of 1965. and what we continue to see here today are all too many ill-advised efforts to restrict as opposed to expand the right to voting. you know, i was amused, i thought one of the most remarkable comments and quotes on some of the efforts at these voter id laws was from colin powell. general powell in connection with the north carolina effort asked the following question: how can this phenomenon of voter fraud be so widespread and at the same time so undetected? and when we did our case in texas, the record demonstrated over a ten-year period i needed one hand to count the documented issues -- incidents of alleged voter fraud. and when i went to that one hand, actually it ended up being at most one thumb that i needed to document the so-called voter fraud for which this was the solution. voting is our most say sacred right -- sacred right, and we should be working to expand the rights of eligible voters to vote, and you've been working on that. that's never been a partisan issue, and it shouldn't be a partisan issue. and that's why people like colin powell and john lewis speak up about these issues. and so we continue to move to make progress be, but we have a lot of unfinished business. we have a lot of unfinished business in the area of economic justice as well. and it starts with the minimum wage. nobody who works a full-time job in this country should have to live in poverty. [applause] and what we see all too frequently are people working hard and falling further behind, people who have to make choices between do i pay the mortgage, do i pay the rent or do i pay for my be daughter's medicine? those are choices that we should never have to make here in america. i applaud the san diego city council. i applaud other local councils who are tackling this issue. thirteen states in the last year have raised the minimum wage. business owners across this country tell me, tom, this is a consumption-deprived economy -- recovery. i need more customers. and the way to get more customers is to put more money in their pockets. that's why we these to raise the minimum wage. and if we want to expand opportunity for everyone, we need to get back to immigration reform as alex correctly pointed out. i haven't given up, this president will never give up because this is an economic imperative, a moral imperative, a public safety imperative, and we're continuing to move forward on this because so many people depend on this. i talk to folks in the silicon valley, and they tell me the most important issue for us in washington is immigration reform. the second most important issue is immigration reform. i talk to people in religious communities who tell me the most important issue for us is immigration reform. it's always been, like the minimum wage, a bipartisan issue. and so we these to continue our work -- we need to continue our work in these efforts because there is so much unfinished business. you've, -- you know, i couldn't help but note a story i read from leader boehner saying he was going to sue the president for, in his terms, the unlawful cers of executive authority. well, the president wouldn't exercise executive authority if congress would just vote and pass some damn laws, you know? [applause] that's what needs to happen here. and i will tell you on immigration reform, on the minimum wage, on extending unemployment compensation for long-term unemployed, on infrastructure every single one of these issues until now has been a bipartisan issue. it was dwight eisenhower who built the interstate highway system. you know, we can't eat cake and lose weight. [laughter] if we're going to repair our roads and bridges, the monies -- i know we want to eat cake and lose weight. i'm all for that. [laughter] and whoever invents that, and if it's going to be invented, it's be invented in california. [laughter] but we need this, you know? they're expanding the panama canal. there are tons here in -- opportunities here in this country, and we need to be ready for them. and so i hope that we can rekindle that spirit of collaboration and cooperation, and that really brings me to what my final point is which is that your role in building an opportunity society is so critically important because, you know, change doesn't initiate in washington, change comes to washington. i think about so many of the important issues of our day, and i see how they started in states and then came to the federal government. the affordable care act was a product of learning from the massachusetts experience and look where we are now as a nation. so many more people, including but not limited to la latinos. finally for the first time in their lives have access to health security. and that was the reality of experimentation at a state level, and we're seeing the fruits of the affordable care act. and by the way, we see opponents talking less and less about the affordable care act because it's more and more successful, and i applaud governor brown. and i would note the conversations i've had with chamber of commerce people in texas and florida who can't understand why they have not expanded medicaid, because you're leaving billions of dollars on the table not to mention the fact that those are the uninsured capitals of the united states. but that is where you are leading. you're leading on the minimum wage. thirteen states in the last year have enacted increases in the minimum wage. mayors and other county executives doing the same. you look at the issue of paid leave and workplace flexibility, and you see leadership at state and local levels across this country. you look at leadership in the civil rights context, and i implore you to continue at a state and local level to enact these laws because what we need is what i call redundancy in law enforcement. if we're going to protect people against discrimination, we need federal laws, we need state laws, and we need local raws. because laws are only as good as the political will of the people enforcing them. and at any one given time the will to enforce may not be there at one level. and that is why you need to continue those efforts to put in place those protections at a state and a local level, because you really are those drum majors for justice. i firmly believe and i leave you with this, that the moral arc of our nation and our universe bends toward those who seek to expand opportunity, not those who seek to restrict opportunity. those who have sought to expand access to health care in the 1960s, they were right when we passed medicare, and there was a cacophony of people who said medicare would lead to socialized medicine. those who opposed the civil rights act were on the wrong side of history. those who opposed the voting rights act and expanding opportunity were on the wrong side of history. those who oppose, i believe, the affordable care act will be proven to be on the wrong side of history. those who are expanding voting rights, are expanding opportunity, you are on the right side of history. there's that where were you, mama, and where were you, daddy, moments that i think about a lot when we're debating these issues. i want to be able to look my son b and grandson and granddaughter and all my nieces and nephews in the eye when we're talking about these most challenging issues of our time, and i want to be able to say that i was on the side of delores huerta. i was on the side of cesar chavez. [applause] i was on the side of john lewis. i was on the side of the chinese railroad workers. i was on the side of wage fairness, i was on the side of expanding opportunity. that's who we are as a nation. and in your positions, that's what you're doing day in and day out. keep up the great work, keep the pressure on washington. we can move this nation forward. i come to you with an unrelenting seasons of optimism because -- sense of optimism because, you know what? we've tack the led more serious challenges in our nation's history, and we defeated them, we moved this nation forward. we're going to do it again now because there's a lot of human capital talent in this room and across this country, and with your leadership, we will, indeed, continue to build a more perfect union for everyone. thank you so much for having me. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> former bush administration attorney general alberto gonzalez says the republican party stands on immigration could lead to losses in upcoming electionings. he was on a panel at the annual election of naleo that included labor leader delores huerta and naacp officials. this is 40 minute. >> no, one over. senator padilla, thank you so much for that introduction. it's been a pleasure for me to be here with naleo to meet so many people. you know, i had an experience today. alex mentioned, i used to work for npr. when i worked in radio, people would come up to me and say, juan, it's nice to be able to finally put a face with the voice. i would say i didn't know what you looked like either, so it's a surprise to me. [laughter] but then today i had this incredible experience where a woman came up to me and she said, wow, it's great finally i'm able to put a body with the face. [laughter] i never had that said before. [laughter] i could only think i hope she liked the body, you know what i mean? [laughter] so anyway, first, before i introduce our esteemed guests, let me just say thank you so much to wells fargo for their sponsorship of this annual meeting as well as this session. i also want to thank all of you following the live stream of our session at www.naleo.org can. and i have one more thank you, thank you to everyone who is using the conference hashtag naleoconf. it is trending, and so thank you. people are using it. now be, the main event of this 31st annual conference, our plenary, 50 years after the civil rights act. with us, delores huerta, former attorney general alberto gonzalez -- [applause] and naacp san diego president lashyla wilson. please, welcome all of them. the way we're going to do this is i'm going to have a brief conversation with each of them for one or two minutes, and then we're going to have the conversation among the entire group, and hopefully we will reflect all of your interests and questions. now, so much has been said about ms. huerta, it's hard to to have to introduce her, but let me be try and simply say she created the agricultural workers' association in 1960, she co-founded the united farm workers union, and now she works through her own foundation. let me tell you, she is an icon not only in the latino community, but in america. she is american history. [applause] so my first question goes to delores huerta. fifty years later what's the most significant outcome of the civil rights movement? >> well, i think i would say today we have a lot of latinos and african-americans organizations, we have engineers, we have attorneys, much more so than when i went to college and there were maybe six of us on the whole campus. and, of course, with women also, we have large numbers of women that are now doctors, attorneys, engineers, etc. so we know that we've come a long way. we have, of course, more representation, african-american and latino be representation in our legislatures. but at the same time, we know that we still have a long way to go even though civil rights movement was about getting the right to vote, in today's world we see that voter suppression -- and one of the areas that we don't talk a lot about voter suppression is the whole area of redistricting. we have still even in the state of california we have many, many of our cities here where you have to have general elections, general districts and not districts where people can elect someone that looks like them. and right now there's a bill in the state legislature by roger hernandez to try to say it's got to be a law in the state of california that elections have got to be by districts so that people of color then can get somebody that looks like them, you know, to be able to sit on those councils, those school boards, districts, etc. so while we've gained a lot, we know that through voter suppression and through some of these other tactics, another one is not allowing felons to vote. i'm actually on the national voting rights commission, and we had hearings throughout the united states, and in the state of washington, for instance, if you've been in prison, they make you pay restitution. you cannot vote until you pay all of the money that you owe. so that means people, it's about 300,000 people, we heard that testimony in kings county alone in washington state cannot vote because of that. so we have all of these other little ways that they are trying to keep people from voting. >> now, when you look back to this period -- and i don't mean to give away your age. >> i don't want mind. i'm 84. >> i'm teasing you. [applause] i tell you, when i'm 84, i hope to look as good as you, sweetheart, you know? [laughter] so it is such a pleasure to be with you every time, but i just wanted to say when you look back 50 years to your life, 1960s, and that moment, the pass act of a civil -- passage of a civil rights act, a voting rights act, did you have any idea that it would have real impact on america, that it was going to really change? that one day you would have latinos as the second largest minority in the country? >> well, i know that from my own experience and being involved and getting people to vote, whatever, that it was going to be able to make a difference in who we elected to represent us, and, of course, if we don't like the laws, then we have to elect people to office that will change the laws. so i did foresee that kind of an impact. i was involved like ten years before the civil rights act was actually signed. but at the same time, i remember the kind of harassment that i as a young latina suffered at at the hands of police and teachers sometimes, etc. and i see my great grandchildren, you know, suffering those same types of discrimination so to speak. so i think on the political level, yes, we have made a lot of headway, but still on a personal level i think we still -- and we know that racism is still alive and well in our united states of america even though we do have an african-american president, people use that as an excuse. no, it's there. and we can see that in play among the politics that is happening right now including the refusal of the republican congress to take up the immigration reform act. >> thank you so much. [applause] now let me introduce our second guest, former attorney general alberto gonzalez, the 80th attorney general of the united states from 2005-2007. he was the former general counsel to texas governor bush, former texas secretary of state, a member of the texas supreme court and now a law professor at belmont university in tennessee. he's also, in keeping with what we're going to be doing here at the convention in the next few days, he's also, you should know, an air force veteran. please join me in welcoming attorney general gonzalez. [applause] judge, 50 years ago the government in this country enforced laws of segregation. today in your mind, what is the government's role -- specifically the department of justice's role -- in protecting civil rights? >> well, i, first of all, let me just say that my story is the american story. your story is the american story. and that story has been written on the backs of individuals like this woman sitting to my right. it's also been written based upon the work, the laws like the civil rights act, and i think the department of justice has a very important role in enforcing laws like the civil rights act. but let's be clear, from my perspective as a former attorney general, laws cannot change the hears of man, men and women. the hearts of men and women. and i don't know whether or not education, communication will someday eradicate the fear that motivates the prejudice that exists in this country. maybe so. i hope so. i think we all work toward that. but until that day comes, we do need laws like the civil rights act. and i'm very proud of the work of the department of justice, civil rights division, acknowledge them and want to give credit to secretary perez for his work there. but we've got some serious challenges even within the department of justice, to be quite honest are you. just last year there was a very tough report issued by the inspector general, very critical of the civil rights division under both president obama and under president bush. too much partisanship, too much division within the civil rights division which is charged with keeping a level playing field here in america. and if they can't even do that within their division, how can they hope to be effective nationwide? so it's something that i think we need to keep our eyes on. but clearly, i think the civil rights act is one of the most important pieces of legislation passed by congress. it exists today because we need it still today. >> now, when you look at all of the arguments that are going on in the states, ms. huerta referred to this, about voter disenfranchisement and efforts to limit voter turnout, does it concern you as a matter of law, or do you think that's just politics? >> when i was secretary of state, i traveled the state trying to get texans, more texans to vote. we have a serious problem in this country simply getting people the vote, and that's particularly true in the hispanic community. we're not going to enjoy any power or influence unless we come out and vote on election day. and i, for one, support two goals. one is that we encourage as many, many eligible voters to vote and, two, we protect the sanctity of the vote. i think they are not mutually exclusive. i think we can have both, quite frankly. i don't have a problem, and i am on record supporting voter id laws so long as the laws passed by the states are not passed with the intention be of discriminating against minorities and the elderly and the poor and that the states provide a mechanism so that people that are poor, that they don't have the money, that they do have access to some kind of id that does allow them to vote. even secretary perez talked about the fact of expanding right to vote for eligible voters. how do we know whether or not they're eligible? that's the key. they have to be eligible voters. >> okay. and our third guest this afternoon is lashyla wilson. she is the president of the san diego branch of the naacp. she's serving this for her sixth year. ms. wilson was a san diego public defender for more than 24 years so, please, join me in welcoming ms. wilson. [applause] >> ms. wilson, when you think about the commemoration, 50 years, what extent do you think the united states has changed with regard the race relations, to what extent do you think the country has stayed the same? is. >> well, i would have to mirror what ms. huerta said. we have made some progress when you look at jobs, when you look at employment, you know, segregation. things have gotten a little better, but i still think a lot of things have remained the same. so you look on the outside, it looks like we've made a lot of progress. and i hesitate to always use that word we have much work to do. we've been talking about doing a lot of work for the that's three or four hundred years, and my people are tired of always having to do work. no matter what we've done in this country, my people and other people of country, we're always struggling. so i'm not sure why we're always struggling, and the best way i can explain it is i try to tell people that being black in america is like watching bad movie. it's the same movie playing over and over again, and the only difference is the characters or the scenery. but it seems like -- i guess it swings back and forth. but we keep struggling, and i wish that would change. .. after the buddy rice act you would think that we wouldn't be in this place but you were saying we keep coming back to this point. that's not to suggest we haven't made progress, but it does suggest that again that there's some stubborn issues about race in american society. when we think about in the 50 or context that the argument has changed with demographics. because you now have so many more latinos in america. you have more blacks, more asians so that you about a third of the population as people of color. how has that impacted the change in the last 50 years? >> i don't know if it's impacted change. the problem is the more people of color you have, those who are in power, they are in fear. that's the reason that i think we're having these problems is demographics are going to change and there is the. as a result of that that's what you these type of laws. billy reason why you want to keep out, to keep people not educated and not able to vote is you want to keep them out of power. but eventually the numbers are going to change, and it's going to be a whole different ball can. i'm not sure i will see it within my lifetime to withi wity lifetime to think i did expect to see a black president. >> so there's still hope. >> now i just want to encourage all of my panelists to join in the conversation, interrupt each other, argue with each other it already we have seen some difference of perspective with regard to what is going on with voter id laws. as we know it into session, for all of you as elected officials, there's a tremendous emphasis on increasing voter turnout this year, 2014 in the midterm election. people are looking for that kind of increase. in fact, today, naleo has announced that they project that is going to be an increase from 2010, the last time wit midterms it was 6.9% of latino vote, this year 2014, the expectation is 7.8% of the latino vote in the midterm election. so when i look at that, mr. attorney general, i say there's more vote coming, but what if those people are unable to vote? >> let me be clear about this point. i want all of our people to come out and vote on election day, and if republicans are working then they need to change the message. if they can't get the hispanic vote than republicans need to re-message. but i want all eligible hispanics to come out and vote on election day. >> this is a bipartisan organization. the question would be, is it the case, to you as a republican, that you think maybe ms. wilson is right there are people who fear sharing power. power. >> there's a question about that. that some of the resistance, perhaps a lot of resistance within our party with respect to immigration reform. people are fearful of the way our country is changing. the even more fearful of the fact it's changing with any kind of thought or revelation or guidance from our leaders. that's been the source of some of the problem we have with respect to not making progress in immigration reform. i think fear, it's understandable quite frankly. there needs to be better communication, better understanding amongst our groups in order to make progress in this area. >> ms. wilson? >> what i'm curious about is yesterday in congress they had a vote on the voting rights act, which was guided last year, part of this by our u.s. supreme court, which is also, conservatives guided it. but why is it when they took the vote, not one republican voted to allow the hearing go forward or for there to be a vote on it? all of the republicans began their voting rights act when it was first passed it was bipartisan, it's been there for almost 50 years and all of a sudden the game has changed. you would think that a country that goes around all over the world trying to spread democracy cannot even get it right, right here at home. [cheers and applause] >> it sounds like you think you know the answer. >> well, the answer is to let the people vote. >> no, no, no. i met i think you think you know the answer with regards to why not one republican would vote to reauthorize the voting rights act. >> yes. >> and what's the answer? >> the reason they're doing it because it's the people of color, minority's vote for democrats. they want to suppress those votes. that's the only reason. >> attorney general gonzales, how would you respond to? >> i can't speak, it's my place to speak for republicans in the congress or innocent. i don't know how much legislature talking about. i think you're talking about revising the provision of the voting rights act which is in section four which was struck down by the supreme court in shelby. in the shelby case. it could be as simple as this is a very complicated formula which is a predicate for the department of justice being able to impose a preclearance requirement. maybe the republicans are simply unhappy with that formula. i don't know. they don't consult with me anymore. i don't know the reason for that, but that's what we're talking about here is the supreme court struck down a formula based on racial demographics and 1965. the court said you can't do that. you've got to update. this is an attempt by congress to update section four which would allow them, the department of justice, to impose preclearance requirements. >> ms. huerta, when you things like limit the number of days that people can vote, limit the hours that precincts are open, does it strike you as punitive or do you think, well, no, if it's for everybody, that's fair, what do you think? >> i think it is there and it is voter suppression, and we need to change that. we have the same laws for the whole country instead of every state having their own different kind of law. one thing the republicans really need to understand, look at this figure. every single month in the united states of america, 73,000 latinos reach the age of 18. let me repeat that. every month in the united states of america, 73,000 latinos reach voting age of 18 years old. that is something they need to look at. throw this out when we talk about the power of the latino vote. the cabinet of virginia's campaign, terry mcauliffe, he won with 53,000 votes. 63,000 latinos voted. he won with -- because his opponent was very anti-immigrant. harry reid when you went for the senate and nevada, he endorsed immigration reform. he reached out to the latino community and the latino community pushed them over the top in the state of nevada. they need to take note. the more the the attack immigrant communities, when the attack immigrant community that are attacking me. my great grandfather was in the civil war, in the union army. i was born on this side of the border. but my children and my grandchildren get the attacks because they happen to be brown. they've got to understand that every time they come out and they attack our community, our community gets very angry. this whole thing about immigration reform, all they have to do is set for a vote. john boehner and mccarthy said have a vote on immigration reform. 75% of the country supports it. 60% of republicans support. give us a vote. that's all we're asking. they've got to do the job. the more they attack our the ninth in the more people will become democrats and they got to change their message. the other thing is that all the posters show that the latino community, they love obamacare. they love obamacare because millions are uninsured. they also love big government. they think the problems we have in our society, we need government to secure them. so the republicans are on the wrong side of the messaging right now. eventually it's going to catch up to them. i don't care how much voter suppression they do. eventually people are going to be able to vote no matter what. [applause] >> you said it's up to john boehner and mccarthy. that's on the republican side in the house of representatives. if we worked together a few weeks ago you would have said boehner and cantor but, you know, what happened to mr. cantor. he was defeated and one of the issues that his opponent used against them was that he supposedly was for amnesty. >> okay, but we look at the election, they only had 8% turnout to begin with. but let's look at mr. graham's election. lindsey graham won his election and is for immigration reform and he defeated all of his tea party opponents, okay? you are using that now but that's not a real issue. >> you don't think it's a real issue? >> i don't think so. what i want to say and if we want to get immigration reform, we've got to call on our corporate buddies to help us. i'm going to use this kind of a comparison. in arizona when the legislature passed a law that they were going to let public places discriminate against our friends, the gay community, all the corporations jumped in right away and sent to the governor, don't sign that bill. right? they jumped in the immediately. we love our gay community. i'm on the board in california, but hey, we are a lot more people. the latinos, we are a lot more people. [laughter] where are our corporate buddies at now? we need them. we need them to go to talk to the friends in the republican congress and say you need to go for immigration reform right now. we are not going to give up. not going to give up. [applause] >> attorney general gonzales, oslo you nodding we talked about what happened to eric cantor in virginia. >> i agree. i don't think immigratiimmigrati on was that big an issue in that race. let me just say about immigration reform. my perspective is congress, i agree congress needs to debate on this. they need to do it soon. this is a law enforcement and security, economic issue. this is about us. it's about the america, we are as a country and this is something we need to do. i've heard republicans say wait a minute, we don't want to go down this road because this president will only enforce the laws he wants to. my perspective is congress has a job to do. if the president is not doing his job, that doesn't excuse congress from doing their job. both branches ought to be working together. to me it's intolerable and i know how hard it is. president bush tried and couldn't get it done with a republican congress. that's why we elected people to go there, to tackle the most difficult issues we have as a country. they should be accountable. >> but what your position is, it's so interesting to me because obviously there are republicans, people inside the party who just are resisting it, especially the talk radio crowd who say you are rewarding people who have done illegal things. so you're in a position here on answer party, civil war with republican party over this issue are caddie's feet a plan out? >> i think in the end, my side will win. or it's the end of the party. >> the end of the party's? >> yes. that's the way i see it. i think this is something that's got to be stalled. truth of the matter is hispanics are growing political force and give if you like the republican party doesn't have anything for them, they will democrats and republicans will not win the white house. they're going to lose control of the house. won't win control of the senate and so this is an important issue. i really do. i don't know what republicans are waiting for. i don't know what republicans are waiting for. it's as if they're hoping something is going to change that will allow them to get what they want with respect to immigration reform. this is such a hard issue that both sides have to give. no one is going to get everything they want. so there has to be compromise. i do know what they're waiting for. >> i was struggling to the end of the party because in 2016 unless you have some latinos vote for republicans is difficult to see on the map how republicans could win the presidency. presidency. >> is going to be a challenge. that's not my area. >> we've got you here in the hot seat so we're turning up the heat. [laughter] spent ms. wilson and what you think about this idea that unless the party deals with voter disenfranchisement issues, immigration reform, the republicans have a troubled future? >> i agree, that's going to happen. and if i may say, it wouldn't be a bad thing to me. [laughter] >> you're a democrat. [laughter] >> to bring it back to point about increasing voter turnout in 2014, can people like these elected officials here this afternoon, dolores, use these issues to spur hispanic voter turnout? >> i think with a lot of work to do. number one, we know education is a big issue. my organization, the dolores arcus foundation, -- delors hurt the foundation. huge expansions of african-americans which are like 5% of the norm, latinos, this is one the issues we're fighting right now. the other thing that is good, they don't teach civics in school anymore. so young people don't even know why they should be voting in the first place. so we wonder why are people going because they don't understand the reports of voting. we've got to get out there and in the latino committee would have to be invited to vote. if someone doesn't invite your not going to vote. i would say to the officials who are here, we have a lot of power industry but i was taught about how many latinos and other young people who will be turning 18, i think we should have voter registration at every single high school, okay? every single high school. you can register and that should be a constant and we need to give kids credit to go out there and knock on doors to get out the vote. that was my experience. you might say leadership is going other and knocking on doors. that's when it came to the home of a family and saw the poverty they were living in. that's what i quit being a schoolteacher to become an organizer. i think going door-to-door and getting kids at school credit to gaza. it doesn't have to be on a partisan basis. they can go into any neighborhood and knocking doors of my people they have to vote. we have to make democracy work. we cannot have a democracy when you have over 50% of the people not voting. these local elections are important, school board elections are important. we want our kids to know the contribution of people of color, of the chinese. when we were at the election and he said were at the governor's mansion in virginia, this is the oldest governor's mansion in the united states, and it was built by thomas jefferson. i said no, who was built by his slaves, right? it was built by his slaves. [laughter] [applause] this is the history that all kids have to know. the constitution of the chinese and the mexicans build the railroads. all of the contribution people of color made of this country but they don't know that. we can do it. we have the power right here in this room. all over the country. we can instill some of these practices and procedures to make sure our people vote. [applause] >> i'm a republican as you know. [laughter] and i'm proud to be a republican for many reasons, and we have had, we've had some great republican leaders from the hispanic community. george w. bush was in the popular because he had the right message, the right tone, he was the right messenger quite friendly. not that hispanics agreed with all of his policy but i believe they believed he believed in them and understood them. part of that comes from being a governor of a border state. i think it hurt the hispanic community to have one party, or once a dominant party the other party is really meaningless because i think you'd have two competing parties quite frankly but don't take the hispanic community for granted, right? they out to be competing for votes i think it's very important. >> good avoid. [applause] >> but part of that, and want to conclude on this message, on this question, is about turnout. because we want to see more people participating in the democratic process, the essential element of that is the vote. but when you look at it, let's go back to the last presidential election 2012, 66% african-american turnout. 64% white american turnout. when you come to the hispanic community, or to 8%. we can do this with midterm elections as well. why is it that you see in the mindset of the latino community a lack of this enthusiasm for voting that you see in other communities? >> i've done this for the last 60 something years going door-to-door getting people to vote. a lot of times people don't know how to vote and they are afraid they will do the wrong thing. so they give his long balance with all these names they don't know and propositions, et cetera. we have to say to them vote for what you know. if they don't get the proper information, a lot of confusion and they don't want to do the wrong thing. so they just don't vote. it's important to our committee and people in this room that we have to go out and educate people how to vote. if they vote one time, just one time that they vote, they will continue to vote. we can do this work but it takes a lot of legwork. you will not do it on television. you will not do it on tv and do not do it on radio. he's got to go into the neighborhoods. this is what my organization does. we go door to door. in our community we have been able to activate over 10,000 voters just in the area we work. if we had more money we could get more community organizers and go out there and more community. people won't vote unless they understand the process. they don't want to do the wrong thing. they have to be invited to vote. >> mr. attorney general, do you think in fact if republicans did a better job of outrage a speaking to common interest with the latino community you could inspire more latinos to vote? >> absolutely, absolutely. and they think the party gets that and they're working very hard to address it. it's a dual responsibility. i think citizens have a responsibility to care about these kinds of things, come out and vote, get educated about what's required. i also think it's the responsibly of the candidates. they should be inspiring. they should be reaching out to the hispanic community. i think there's a responsibly both with the electorate and what the candidates running for office. >> ms. wilson, what do you attribute the 48% hispanic turnout to in 2012, why? why is that double as we look at all the major racial groups in the country's because i agree with the other panelists and think of a lot of people don't understand that ask themselves what's in it for me. they don't understand what's in it for them. you have to do more committee forums because ssa, and informed community is a better community. i put on community forums to let them know the issues are and candidates, i think there would be more interested the other problem is people still believe their vote doesn't count or they don't for a certain proposition, then it gets overturned and they're mad and they realize it's unconstitutional or there's a problem with the proposition but i think it's keeping people more informed, and once they are informed they become more involved. >> i have two examples. his opponents been about $160 million, his republican opponent to get elected. he spent 35 million. that's the way he got elected. it was the labor movement. people, janitors and housekeepers and the laborers, the construction workers who went door-to-door in los angeles. pamela harris a great woman, she was elected by 3000 votes or something like that. some kind of teeny-weeny amount. we're going door-to-door, people didn't want to vote. they were mad. they lost their homes. they lost their job. some of their friends and neighbors and relatives. so we had to pull him out and to its support for you to vote. we did get them out to vote. it was pulling teeth to get people out to vote. so proposition 30 in california, the reason we are now in -- because we passed proposition 30. this is good for the people in the state. we passed a law that millionaires have to pay 3% more in state taxes. if you pay $1 million, you pay 3% more. so we are able to bring in $6 billion for the state of california. most of that which education. how did we get that? we had to go door to door, phone banking to get people to vote for that. the people who went to come interesting, -- it was the voters who don't always vote. the immigrants dolores, judge gonzales, lei-chala wilson, thank you very much. [applause] >> yes. >> a couple of life events to tell you about this morning. the airline pilots association is hosting a forum on aviation safety and security. the opening panel here on c-span2 at 10:30 a.m. eastern includes representatives of the federal aviation administration and the international civil aviation organization. on c-span at 11:20 a.m. eastern president obama will be at fort bell virginia to sign the bill overhauling the veterans affairs department. the bill which passed overwhelmingly in the house and senate expense healthier options for veterans and improves department accountability. >> c-span2's booktv this weekend. friday night at eight eastern with books on marriage equality, the obama's versus the clintons and the autobiography of former mayor of washington marion barry junior. saturday at 10 p.m. eastern on "after words," bob woodward interviews former counsel to president nixon on the watergate scandal and sunday afternoon at five and the marks, president and ceo of the new york public library sheds light on the library's past, present and future. booktv, television for serious readers. >> up next a palestine center discussion on the role of international organizations including the united nations in the israeli-palestinian conflict. this is one hour. >> thanks, molly. and thank you all for coming out this rather steamy afternoon. for those of you not in washington, don't. thanks to the palestine center always for the consistency of the center in running these kinds of projects and bringing people together for discussions of issues and topics that are too often ignored in this city. the question of the role of international organizations on the question of palestine should be an easy one in a certain way but it was the united nations that created the state of israel, united nations that divided historic palestine. the united nations that said there should be a quote arab state. what's the big deal? well, the problem is none of those things have happened in the way they were supposed to happen. and mostly things that should have been at the united nations, the centrality of the united nations in leading international diplomacy on this issue which is perhaps more than any other long-standing international problem, a problem that is recognized as an issue for and of the united nations. somehow is not allowed to be brought to the united nations. so we have a myriad of examples. i want to say just one thing first. when we first started talking about this event, it was before the current horror that is going on in gaza had begun. gaza is already, was already in horrific shape because of the occupation hurt the occupation which is denied. we pulled out of gaza in 2005. we pulled out or settled. we pulled out all the soldiers. how can you say it's occupied? because we unlike the israelis rely on international law. international law is clear that occupation is defined on the basis of control, not on the basis of how my soldiers happened to be in any given place at any given time. from the vantage point of control, gaza remains occupied. that meant that they are sealed in to a large outdoor prison. 1.8 million people are not allowed to leave. there is a wallpaper you a lot about the west bank wallpapered under as much about the wall by gaza is completely walled in on all the israeli border area but that wall is controlled by three soldiers, also a military war of military wall. with the gun sights, electric field, et cetera. the airport in gaza of course was bombed years ago by the israelis, has never been allowed to be rebuilt, and the skies are patrolled not by gaza and aircraft but by israeli air force. the seas off the coast are patrolled not by gazans orgasm fishermen but by the israeli navy. cousins remain -- occupy. the reason for weeks has made the situation so in comparably different. one of the things that it means we have to talk about is perhaps a different way that we might have a month ago is the difference between the role of the united nations now and the role of the united nations during, for example, the three-week long war that is you waged against gaza in 2008-2009 when 1400 gazans were killed, 13 israelis, of whom seven were soldiers, four killed in so-called friendly fire. and the role of the united nations at the time was similar but different. similar in the sense that at that time, like now, the u.n. was not able to play the role that the charter gives it, the charter of the united nations, the fundamental core of international law says that the role of the united nations is to end the scourge of war. period. not to end the scourge of war when the victims are anybody except palestinians because, you do, we don't really have to pay attention to palestinians. it doesn't say that there is this the work of the united nations, the goal is to end the scourge of war. but to do that the united nations has to be allowed in. they have to be allowed to play that role. they have to have the power to impose a cease-fire when one or another warning sign decide they don't need a cease-fire get. so that's the same. what was different in 2008-2009, there were many differences, in both cases gaza and the government forces in gaza led by hamas were quite isolated. that was not the case we should note in 2012 or and a much shorter israeli assault in november 2012 which was in a period in a very brief moment when gaza was not isolated when the government of gaza was joined by the foreign ministers have half a dozen arab countries, by the prime minister of egypt, who came to gaza to stand with the people of gaza under the israeli bombs. we are not seeing that this time around. the government of egypt essentially collaborating with israel in maintaining the siege of gaza. none of the arab governments are prepared to support the people of gaza. so gazans once again stand alone. not entirely and not in the case of people. but we would talk about governments and the united nations, gaza and the people of the west bank and east jerusalem, the other parts of the occupied territory as well as the refugees, as well as the second, third and fourth class citizens of israel that happenen to be palestinians, palestinians largely stand-alone. one is that? at this time when palestine is recognized as a state, it even has borders. the 67 borders are recognized by the united nations at the borders of palestine to israel is the only country in the united nations that is never declared its borders. because never figured it out yet. meaning we are still want our borders to go further. so those things are the same, despite the significant differences that we now have in terms of palestine's role at the united nations, its credibility and its credential at the united nations which is very, very different. but what still has not change, palestine remains the longest running problem that belongs to the united nations. and it is at the same time perhaps the greatest failure of the united nations, the longest lasting failure of the united nations. the u.n. is supposed to be responsible for palestinians, until they have achieved their inalienable rights. not until they achieve something that somebody might call a state. because you can go anything a state. doesn't make it viable, doesn't make a just, doesn't make it sustainable, doesn't make it any of those things. you can point to some bits of territory that are not contiguous that are, if you kind of imagine swiss cheese, the israeli controlled areas of the west bank and east jerusalem are the cheese. the palestinian areas are the holes. meaning that they are the parts that are not contiguous. the israeli territory is now contiguous. you can get from there to there. arial sharon, the late former prime minister once known and long known as the butcher of beirut for his involvement in the slaughter of citizens, civilians of palestinians and lebanese during the war of 1982, was very creative when it came to diplomacy. he invented this term that i thought was quite brilliant. he talked about transportation contiguity. what? it means if you can get from there to there, you will say it is contiguous. even if you have to fly in a helicopter from one point to another can even if you have to go in an underground tank and even if you have to go off on a bridge over somebody else's land and the land actually doesn't touch each other, but if you can get from there to there, we will collect contiguous. sorry. it doesn't work. that's not going to make a state. you can call it a state. give it, you know, a telephone code and a passport and postage stamps. that doesn't make a state. a state means controlled by the people who live there. of contiguous territory, of the entire population. and crucially it means control of the use of force. that's what every state does. they control -- this country we don't do it very well as anybody who sees our country is flooded with guns no, we don't do that very well at all but that's not for the lack of ability to do it. is the lack of political will. but the problem for palestine is nobody is even talking about allowing palestinians to have control over violence in their territory. that responsibility everybody knows, it's one of the famous lines, everybody knows palestine will be disarmed from outside and they will be israel that maintains the control of force and violence in any palestinian state. so palestine from the beginning was defiant at the u.n. as a quote problem. the palestine problem. then it was changed to the question. so now it's the palestine question. i just finished doing work for the u.n. be writing there sort of a book on the u.n. and the question of palestine. it's like, really? is a silly question? 65 years later, no, we have the answers already? i thought we did put a pair we we don't. apparently still at the question at the u.n. it's defined as a question because none of the answer that makes sense were ever allowed to be imposed. so when you look at the u.n. charter, the question of why don't we just go with what it says? well, the answer lies just down the road about half a mile. a little more than that. the state department, the white house, the congress. those are the forces that determine how the u.n. charter is to be defined and how it is, or is not, allowed to be implemented. so that's the problem that we face today. the u.s. goal in the united nations is based on its special relationship with israel, which began in 1967. the u.s. had a perfectly good relationship with israel before 67. created -- supported the partition agreement in the u.n., et cetera. but it's relationship was quite tactical. it wasn't so close to it took the 67 war for the pentagon to look and say, wow, we could do business with these people. and business impact of course became the operative conception of the relationship, the pentagon looked up what the mythology said was tiny, plucky israel defeating six arab armi armies. in fact, that didn't happen. for of those big airborne these didn't even fight, but whatever. it was clear the israelis did pretty well, militarily. they defeated the other side and at the end of six days they control again all of the territory. the palestinians have been left with 22% of historic palestine. now they were left with 0%. so there is now one government in control of all of the territory of historic palestine that includes a state issue, the west bank, gaza and occupied eastern jerusalem. together they made up the old alliston mandate that was turned over to the united nations and it was that law of the u.n. that divided historic palestine. so what does it mean when you have one government that controls all of the territory, but has different sets of laws governing if and populations within that one territory? that's the legal definition of apartheid. not because the israeli version of apartheid is just like the south african version. it's very different. for a whole host of reasons i'm not going to get into. but what they share is they both stand a violation of the international covenant against the crime of apartheid. which is a u.n. document signed by the majority of countries in the world. not we should note by our own. but that's what we have to look at. so the question of how to look at the situation in palestine is an just how do we get back to the two-state solution, how do we get everybody back to the table. i can promise you the next if somebody will be back at the table, and it will fail again. not because people don't understand each other's narratives, not because israelis and palestinians don't get along. it's because it's going to be based on the failed diplomatic approach of the last 23 years. going from 23 years of failed diplomacy to 24 years is not my idea of likely success. it was the great scientist who once said, the definition of increase is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. that's what i called this last round the einstein round of talks. they did the same thing and expected to be different. why? because it was obama and john kerry doing it instead of bush doing it. do you think the rest of the world cares who's in the white house that much? they don't. so that was a huge problem. probably we will have to go through that again once or twice until we finally get back to the point that says, that's not how you solve the question. you answer the question the way the united nations should have answered it years and years and years ago, on the basis of human rights, international law and equality for all. the question of the arrangements, one state, to state, red state, blue state, that's not the business of the u.n., not the business of all of us industry makes up for those of us in this room who happened to be israelis or palestinians. people who live there to to choose the arrangement. the rest of this bill. i'm a jewish girl from california. i don't get to say how many states people should have lived half a world away. why isn't my business? my business sort of because i pay taxes in this country. as for any but as of right to something to say to our government, our government. one of our dimension to let the the u.n. be the central actor. rather than the situations we've seen, so many examples of how the u.s. relies on its goal of the special relationship to ensure that the u.n. is not allowed to play the major role. so what does that look like? let's look at the history of the u.s. veto. since 1970 the u.s. has cast far more vetoes than anybody else in the security council. but if you count them of you will see two-thirds of those vetoes were in defense of apartheid policy. either in south africa or in israel. two-thirds of u.s. vetoes cast in defense of apartheid. you can look at the madrid peace talks in 1991, a lot of people point to that as the beginning of the current fate of diplomacy. big international conference that was held at the crystal palace in madrid. it was the big issue. looking around the room and i'm seeing most of you are old enough to member that from 1991. that's not a good thing, i'm just saying. but out of those talks there was all this talk about how this is the first time there's this international conference. it wasn't. there was an international day that opened it up and then it was divided into these working groups. which was a problem because the palestinians were not allowed to have their own systems, their own representatives. they had to go to the jordanians. more important than that was that the israelis were promised by the united states that the representatives of the secretary-general of the united nations would not be allowed to speak, it was always assumed to be a key and, of course, it was, that he would be allowed to talk to people in the halls and report back to the secretary-general but would not be allowed to speak. that was the official position of the so-called international conference. in 1994 madeleine albright, her goal for that your stated in the u.s. letter to the general assembly that goes out every year was to get rid of all the old resolutions on palestine. they were irrelevant and not that oslo was underway, they shouldn't be on the u.n. agenda because they are being discussed by the party. she specifically mentioned settlements, refugees and jerusalem, the three most important issues that were not under discussion in oslo, that deliberately were postponed. so she just got up and lied, nobody said a word except okay, we'll just do all those things to get rid of all those resolutions. international law is limited not by the law but by political will. that's where civil society has a role to play to reestablish the legitimacy and the operational ability of the u.n. to be at the center of what it's going to take for real protection of palestinians. we hear a lot of you in about what they call our duty, responsibility to protect, the new buzzword around the u.n. the last six or seven years. the idea is all the stuff that we should talk about humanitarian intervention that was just a cover for the major powers intervening whenever they chose and giving it a humanitarian gloss. you want to say, you think? that's what was but the problem is this isn't any different. lots of people writing about about the so-called responsibly to protect isn't going to work because it is again only going to be used for those interests of the powerful countries. and i thought at the time, maybe what we should do instead of saying that we should get rid of treachery, get rid of it because it's not legitimate, it doesn't reflect any kind of international equality, we should actually demand that it be the principal that's used to provide protection for palestinians. then we would see how popular r to p is at the u.n. because the idea of providing real protections when the force that you're protecting people against happens to be the closest ally of the most powerful country in the world would provide a whole new challenge for the united nations and for the rest of the world. very quickly, just a couple of more things that i want to mention and then we can get back to any of this in the questions. the role of the united states right now is complicit in israeli violation. that raises questions about the role of the united states and international organizations from the u.n. to the international criminal court where this is still not been willing to sign on as a full member of the rome treaty, to establish the court, precisely because the u.s. is determined that its soldiers and officials will never be held accountable. for that reason they signed off on these bilateral agreements with countries, particularly the poorest country, particularly african countries, saying if you turn over any american citizen, soldier, anybody, to the international court, you will lose all aid that you might ever get and we will bring other unspecified pressures to bear on you so don't even think about doing it. and that was what was called the invade the hague law. i was, in fact, passed. that isn't to say that the u.s. everything u.s. official is actually a rest by international criminal court and in prison in the hague, the u.s. will invade the netherlands and get them out. we will support our troops. this is the u.s.'s view of what international law and the united nations mean. the question of accountability is fundamental. israel is not held accountable is the from the goldstone report or the other myriad of reports that were done, and at the moment is not going to be held accountable yet until something changes, not because they are not -- i won't say the guilty because we haven't had a real investigation, but not because there can't be an investigation of potential war crimes, but because they are protected by the united states. that's what has to change, and that's what brings us back to washington. this is an issue for the u.n. this is an issue for us. because, and this is my last point, the role of civil society, both in the u.s. and globally, is crucial for any possible way of keeping accountability at the united nations, for keeping the legitimacy of the united nations. we need the u.n. to be able to act on behalf of its charter that says its role is to end the scourge of war. it has to be empowered to do that. when the human rights council votes, i think it was 38 yes, a few abstentions, and one vote no, that said no, there shouldn't be an investigation of war crimes, by all sides i should note, not only by the occupying power, but by the occupied population as well, which i agree with. everybody responsible for war crimes should be held accountable. the u.s. said no, we can't do that. we won't allow. luckily they don't have a veto but they do have economic and political and diplomatic pressure that they will bring to bear on any country that dares to challenge them on these kinds of issues. so that's what we come back to the role of civil society, and organizations like the palestine center that are part of bigger organizations, the u.s. campaign to end the israeli occupation that now has over 400 organizations around the country, the international court big network on palestine which is the broad global network of organizations accredited to the united nations who work on the issues of enforcing international law and keeping the u.n. a central, who work with the special repertory on human rights in palestine from the work with the human rights council, who work with the general assembly when we can get access, et cetera. these are the organizations that are going to make a difference in changing that understanding of what does the law say, whether it's a of the u.n. charr or the universal declaration of human rights? what does the law say versus how does it get interpreted and enforced or ignored and, therefore, violated by our own government. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. it's good to be here. i'm going to try to be brief. it's good to be here to talk about palestine. i will try to be brief as mentioned i love her more q&a. the topic usually the potential of the role, focus on history and why the u.n. -- my focus point would be more on the future role that international workstations. the focus really will be on the main international order stations that can likely advance the peaceful and just resolution to the conflict. here's a summary of options that palestine it has or can have in the future of the human. unesco of course, other u.n. agencies that house i can join. there's international criminal justice and there's the international criminal court and is also palestine to place it under u.n. protection of the trustee of the u.n. charter. we all know that membership in international workstation does not produce disagreements. proactive involvement in international workstation, however, should be part of the national struggle in that effectively it allows the international law and diplomacy in order to personal exposed the variations and demand just and effective remedies. uphold states responsibilities, to comply with and enforce international law. there are of course many challenges in order to achieve all of these. but after all that remember that it is justice in human rights and it cannot be for all challenges. article one of united nations this a main purposes of organizations. these make the u.n. as a forum where action is taken to first of all -- [inaudible] uphold the rule of international law, protection rights and promote peaceful resolution of conflict through collective international cooperation. for u.n. -- fool you into a ship for gaza nations were provided as any other state. the right and opportunity to be heard and take part in this important government organization. i want to mention briefly the statehood issue. existence of states and international law is a factual determination. resolutions do not create the state but they help to prove whether or not they have a permit population, a defined area, three, a government has also the capacity to enter into international relations or other states. and the recognition of states matters and should be separate from the existence of state from international law. currently there are about 140 states that have recognized palestine as a state census declared independence in 1998. i will briefly touch also on the process for becoming a full member of the united nations. most important section is really article 42 of the u.n. charter which states that mission of any state to the membership in the united nations will be affected by the decision of the general assembly upon the recommendation of security council. palestine as we all know has officially applied for you and never ship in september 2011 but this obligation has been effectively blocked by the u.n. security council committee on the admission. and that space of the because of political reasons, the veto power in the council. the legal background of this is that in 1950, the irc g. which is the principal organization of the united nations has advised that the genoa summit can only admit new members upon recommendation of the security council. and that decision was above except including the judge that dissented, that the singular vote would not be able to frustrate the votes of all the members of the united nations and that would be an absurdity. some have opposed article fortitude. however, many others believe there is the need to make any animate to the charter and the current charter should be allowed and can be -- not provide members of the secretive council with veto power. however that shaped the practice since 1950, and without a new security tells a recommendation, the application will be blocked and put on hold. now, in december of 2012, the general assembly of the united nations created status to a nonmember state. and we all know that many states have voted in favor, only mine voted against which is really 5% of the u.n. members. u.n. general assembly -- they are importance goes beyond advancing palestine with almost every procedural right and privilege except maybe the right to vote. why is that? because the reflective use of the international community on normative issues. they also serve in international law. as rightly observed, the real legal value for the 6719, established palestine, is in its answer to the broader looming legal questions concerning -- [inaudible] that has been the result because so many countries would consider the resolution. the resolution has direct impact on palestine status and standing. basically the u.n. security general has been making to seek general assembly guidance when stated is disputed or is unclear. and now the security general -- [inaudible] by all states including members of agencies which palestine is one of them because it's a member of unesco. now, in october 2011, palestine became a full member, and that meant information of palestine status as a state, it also meant that it's able to join international organizations, -- and also enhance the status and standing of palestine to third party states, and international actors to demand israeli compliance with their international obligation. this institution, palestine by the way has been delayed by treaty. among the most important treatise in 1954 convention for the protection of cultural property. it also ratified the 1970 convention on the illegal trade and cultural properties. .. >> but they also entail obligation. we have to also be aware of that. palestine is required to ratify its national legal system in accordance with its obligations, and its need also to do that to deter domestic variations and further its standing in third countries and international institutions to protest, contend and take measures against israeli conduct. now specifically, as we mentioned, unesco membership and u.n. resolution 6819 ratify treaties, and that has enhanced its standing vis-a-vis third states. and it also has improved its bargaining position vis-a-vis israel, but i think it's important that palestine now is negotiating a visa agreement as a -- [inaudible] state, not as an entity or an organization. and that's, you know, is very important in international law. now, strengthen the u.n., the unesco membership and also the resolution of the general assembly has strengthened the right to join international organizations and treaties. in april of 2014, about four months ago as we know, palestine has identified 15 international treaties, human rights and -- [inaudible] conventions and treaties. and many of them are very important including the geneva conventions. now, many of these treaties, as i mentioned, enhance the protection of human rights in palestine, but they also provide it with additional mechanisms to expose and pursue remedies for human rights and international organizations. extension to treaties would provide standing from israel and other states to honor their obligations and cup hold the rule of -- uphold the rule of law. now, it's almost important to mention theoretically at least there's a way to join the international court of justice. u.n. members are -- [inaudible] which form the world court as we all know it. however, nine members of the united nations can also -- non members of the united nations can also be admitted upon relation of the security council. the u.n. is likely to treat the recommendation under this article, however, similar to that one under article 42 meaning that the general assembly would not be able to approve an application to join the icj without the u.n. security could council recommen. however, a way to maybe find a way out of this. an interpretation that does not recognize the veto power seems to be more in line with the object and purpose of the united nations. that calls, as we all know, for the peaceful resolution of international disputes. and if we allow countries to join the court, then we are encouraging the resolution of conflicts through peaceful means. now, in any event, as we all know, unfortunately, the icj may not hear cases if concerned states have not recognized its jurisdiction, and israel, unfortunately, has not accepted the jurisdiction of the court as compulsory and, therefore, it will be difficult to bring cases against israel. however, it will be possible to bring cases against other states that maybe are complicit or are supporting -- [inaudible] of their international obligations. if they -- [inaudible] recommendation accepting of the court. now, palestine is already a member, also, of other anti-governmental organizations including the organization to of islamic corporation, that's among the organizations. and fortunately, the security council veto power that belongs to the members, of course, does not allow or does not apply to u.n. specialized agencies such as unesco which are free to admit new members according to their rules and procedures. therefore, there are several u.n. agencies that palestine may seek membership in, and among them are the, for example, the international fund for agricultural development, united nations industrial development organization, world trade property organization, i'm not going to go through them, but these are the main ones that palestine may seek admission to. the u.s. is not member, by the way, in some of these organizations and, therefore, there is no risk of cutting funding like what happened with unesco. that, by the way, also -- [inaudible] international law. and why is that? because states may not use the domestic legal system as the u.s. did with regard to unesco in order to justify noncompliance with their international obligations. now, there are also other u.n. bodies that require two-third majority. if palestine can get two-third majority of the membership of these organizations, it can also seek admission into them. and among them as are the food and agricultural organization, there is international labor organization and many other organizations. i'm not going to go through them, just in order to be short and allow for more questions and answers. also it may seek to join the interpol if it so wishes, international monetary fund, by the way, is also open because they already have a precedent of admitting kosovo which is not a u.n. member into the organization. and by the way, voting power depends on the size of the economy, of the state economy in the world economic. so it's more for powerful economic countries. briefly on the icc, the rome statute, as we all know, became effective on july 1, 2002, and article iii of the rome statute allows -- [inaudible] to accept the jurisdiction of the court since july 1, 2002, and in contrast, by the way, accession to the statute only prospective. so if it's issued, the court may have -- [inaudible] as far as july 1, 2002. in january of 2009, palestine filed declaration accepting the court jurisdiction beginning or as far back as july 1, 2002. the declaration gives the i. >>, c jurisdiction over -- the icc jurisdiction over the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes defined by the statute. and according to, by the way, to the office of the prosecutor, more than 400 communications were received on crimes aledly -- allegedly committed in palestine. now, in 2012 -- and to be precise, you know, in april of 2012, the icc prosecutor decided in the to proceed citing lack of authority to adopt a method to define the term, "state." it stated, however, that it could in the future consider allegations of crimes committed in palestine should competent organs of the united nations or eventually the assembly of states resolve the legal issue or should the security council refer the situation to the icc jurisdiction. now, the decision was criticized by many mainly for failing to see judicial determination by the pretrial chamber because it can, in fact, look at the validity of that creation and see if it can be done or not by palestine. the prosecutor, by the way, also cited practice of the general assembly that i mentioned earlier, the security general in fact, to seek general assembly guidance when it's controversial or unclear whether an applicant is a state. but he also issued a decision failing to note that members of specialized agencies such as unesco are automatically permitted to join the icc. also it should be noted that his decision was issued six months after palestine has joined unesco, so there was really room for the prosecutor to accept a declaration. now, there was a recent, actually, a recent request by the minister of justice in palestine as well as the attorney general in gaza to reconsider the icc decision or at least supplant the validity to the bureau chamber, let the court decide whether the 2009 declaration was valid or not. it isn't clear, however, whether the office of the prosecutor would reopen an examines -- an examination that it already considered ip valid. now, several human rights organizations usualed palestine to submit -- urged palestine to submit again. however, it is well known that it seems according to news reports at least that palestine or the plo is trying to get a consensus, among, you know, other factions before they submit a new declaration. am he'sty also re-- amnesty also released last week an important briefing calling upon the icc to investigate and arguing that icc action is the only way to create a culture of impunity and also maybe end the violence in gaza. it also called upon israel to do the same and accede to the icc and accept the jurisdiction of the court and also for the united nations security council to refer the situation as it did, for example, in darfur, i sudan. now, there was, and that's probably going to be my last topic to discuss in this presentation. it's really about the recent request by the president of palestine, president abbas, to seek u.n. protection from israeli aggression, continued occupation and violation of international law, in particular its escalation and its bombardments against the civilian population in gaza. now, this is, in effect, going back to the u.n. trusteeship system which was created to replace the legal definitions mandates system in order to administer the colonies of the defeated states after world war ii. that was the main purpose of the trusteeship council. new areas can be placed voluntarily by states responsible for the administration under the charter, and the trusteeship was also created to assist the general assembly in carrying out its functions according to the charter. also important to know that palau, for example, was the last territory of the original 11 to achieve full be independence in 1994, and since then the trusteeship council, which is now composed of the five permanent security council members, has been left without any permanent responsibilities and meets only once a year. now, what are the main objects of the trusteeship system under the charter? it is to further international peace and security and to promote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the inhabitants towards self-government or independence as appropriate. there are also other objectives including protecting human rights. i'm not going to go through them, but they're very clear and listed in the charter. what are the pros and cons briefly about going back to the trusteeship system or maybe something similar to what palestine was like when it was under the mandated system. now, first of all, the legal challenge would be to look on these questions. what state is responsible for the administration of palestine now? system might argue that the responsibility for the administration of palestine falls with a state that has effective control over it, meaning the occupying power that is israel. palestine, however, does not lose sovereignty over its land and, hence, palestine could be considered as the administering state for the purposes of article 77 of the charter. now, another legal obstacle that is both procedural as well as substantive is that under the u.n. charter there is a distinction between strategic and nonstrategic areas. now, what is strategic areas? it's not defined in the u.n. charter. however, if it is considered to be a strategic area, then it would fall under the mandate of responsibility of theup security council. of the u.n. security council. the distinction was used only once so far, and that was in the case of the former japanese-mandated islands. and the u.n. back then considered these islands to be strategic because they're important to their international security as well as being an integrated, physical complex vital to the security of the united states. it should be noted also that establishment of military bases, for example, and trust territory doesn't necessarily make it a strategic area. so that also is important to note. now, some have argued in the past and maybe they still believe that palestine is still under some sort of responsibility of the u.n. general assembly simply because it is without access to the league of nations finish. [inaudible] however, this argument isn't likely to prevail because it's not very favored, i think, by many in the decision-making circles. however, the terms of the agreement, the geographic allocation, the duration of such an agreement are also very important. what would be the exact mission and mandate of the trusteeship, right? what would be the extent of the functions of the entity that would administer palestine. would it fully administer or only assist the government? what would be that entity composed of, the united nations? one state? multilateral force? has been the status of the settlers? -- what would be the status of the settlers? if they are going to be evacuated? and if so, how and by whom? what would be the state of the world? would palestine be placed under the protection or certain areas of palestine? who would finance the trusteeship? would it be limited, for a limited duration or open-ended until independence is achieved? news are all, you know -- these are all very, you know, difficult questions to answer. and due to world politics as we all know it, it is unlikely, in my views, that the u.n. would actually act on the application. thank you very much for your attention, and i will take questions. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> thank you both so much for coming. we're going to have about ten minutes for questions. we ask that you keep them brief and limit one question per person so that we can get in as many as possible. after the questions you're welcome to stay around and have discussions. phyllis is selling both of her books here, "calling the shots," the book on washington and the u.n., and "understanding the palestinian/israeli conflict," they'll be up front at the desk if you want to get those afterwards. um, yes. gentleman in the white shirt. we have a microphone coming armed, so -- >> i really appreciate this presentation. i just have a question for both of you, in particular to you, nidal. you are a lawyer. now, israel throughout the news media claims that they bomb the hamas houses and property. now, there are adjacent housing to every hamas house that gets bombed. i should introduce myself first. my name is omar, and i come from gaza. i was born and raised in gaza. and in 1997 i bought a, an apartment house. no hamas hivs in it -- lives in it, but the house next to it got bombed, and due to the shock waves, my house collapsed. now, this is just one house. now, there are districts, complete districts that doesn't belong to hamas at all that they get destroyed, and infrastructure and what not, electrical, water. who's going to pay for this? is there a recourse we could -- could we sue israel for that? and if the answer is, yes, it looks like we are in a straitjacket, actually, due to the u.n. dysfunctional capabilities. but is there a way to the sue israel to get compensation for the property? because every time we have a house that get pommed, we have to rebuild it ourselves. so like phyllis said, we really stand alone. nobody's there to compensate us. is there a recourse? and who do i contact to sue these people? [laughter] >> first of all, you can contact president abbas and urge him to join the icc. >> he didn't bomb my house. >> i hoe. urge him to join the icc. the rome statute, you know, would give some justice to the victims. >> i'm sorry, i can't hear you. >> what i'm use -- it's right there. i'm not sure. oh. thank you. well, the problem with international law is really enforcement and finding a forum or tribunal where you can take your cases for violations of international law. and the only maybe forum where cases can be brought are either the icj -- but we also know that it would have to get, first, a consent of the concerned states before a case can be brought -- or the icc for criminal prosecution of war crimes. now, in the 2008-2009 assault on gaza, the united nations did, in fact, receive some compensation from israel for some of the damages that were inflicted on property in gaza. so technically, technically there is a way to pursue compensation from, for these violations. but the forum would be really problematic unless you can find a court that can take these cases and adjudicate them. >> [inaudible] >> yeah. it's problematic as long as palestine doesn't join the icc. and then the focus of the icc is more on criminal prosecution, less with remedies. so it's going to be a little bit problematic to take that. >> i would answer it a little bit differently. >> yeah. >> i don't think there's a legal claim to be made. there is a promise, and it's the whole that europe has played over and over again when there have been attacks on gaza, europe goes in and puts in a few billion euros to rebuild some parts. israel goes in again, bombs it again, europe comes back. they've already said there's talk of a 23 million dollar starting fund to rebuild the, the u.s. has said they would put some money in. most of it never shows up, but what does show up usually goes to rather corrupt elements of various sorts on various sides. this is a huge problem. the possibilities for individuals getting reparations or compensation, i think, is very slim. that is the reality of it. there is no justice. that's why i think that focusing on ending the occupation which requires ending the u.s. military aid and ending the u.s. impunity is much more important. unfortunately, it leaves people devastated. >> you can make the claim -- >> yeah, it is. you can make plenty of claims. >> you can make the claim, but the forum is problematic because normally the protection of nationals is through consular or diplomatic protection. it's -- >> is and that doesn't -- >> it's state to state. and be as long as you don't have a forum even through arbitration that can take these cases and decide on them, very difficult to see results. so the bottom line, i agree with phyllis, but i think the claim should still be be made. >> i heard in the first -- >> wait for the microphone. >> oh, thank you. the first war that was put up by the israelis, but now you say gaza is completely encircled by a wall? where did the other walls come from? >> the wall that surrounds gaza is also the israeli wall. there's not a wall on the egyptian border except in certain parts. but all of the border between gaza and israel is surrounded by a wall. it's not talked about as much as the west bank wall which i should just say, also, is not dividing palestine from israel. it's not along the so-called green line. it's 85% of it is inside the west bank meaning it is taking, i think it's a total of about 15% of the west bank is just swallowed up in that wall making sure that, among other things, all the major water aquifers are on the israeli side. >> another one over here. >> thank you very much for the wonderful talk. i have a request for mr. sliman. the material you presented is very excellent. for me as an activist on this issue, it will be extremely useful to have a way to get to it. but you went rather fast, and i'm not fast writer, so i didn't write everything down. [laughter] so if we could -- >> happy to share the presentation. i think the center has it. >> the center has it? >> yes. >> free? [laughter] >> i'm not going to charge, so -- >> a comment before my question for both of the wonderful speakers. i think that it must be known now that the palestinian people are not that alone in the world. >> no. >> there's a tremendous support coming from the south american countries, the socialist-tendency countries, venezuela and bolivia edges pelled -- expelled the ambassador of israel in 2009. and now president morales from bolivia said that israel is to be considered a terrorist state, one thing. another thing, countries in south america, even chile has cut off relations, argentina, brazil. brazil issued a very strong statement saying they are -- [inaudible] brazil. [laughter] >> right. >> 300 million people. but anyway -- [laughter] now, the question is the following: how can a government like, for instance, concretely the bolivian government, how can it act in the united nations to do something for the palestinian people? thank you. [applause] >> yeah. you raise a very -- sorry, do you want to go first? >> please go ahead. no, sure. >> you raise a very important point. i misspoke when i spoke of the isolation of palestine. there are governments that are shifting as well. and latin america is the centerpiece of it. i think there's a number of things that can be done. in the general assembly, for instance, it was a number of latin american companies led by ecuador that played the key role of pushing for a much stronger position of the general assembly. unfortunately, the palestinian diplomatic team did not agree with that at that time, so it didn't go forward. but that convening, for example, the group of 77 within the general assembly is something that the latin america group could easily play a role in. that could mean things like moving for enforcement of the new calls that have just emerged from amnesty international and other parts of the human rights community globally calling for an arms embargo against israel. there was a very important statement which i didn't think i had time the read, but i'll just tell you very quickly. from 2006 during the general assembly when the then-president of brazil said in the middle of a very unrelated speech, he suddenly said middle eastern issues have always been dealt with exclusively by the great powers. they have achieved no solution so far. one might ask then, is it not time to call a broad u.n.-sponsored conference with the participation of countries of the region and others that could contribute through their capacity and successful experience in living peacefully with differences? when we asked the brazilians are you serious about this, are you prepared to lead this, they said yes at that time. they haven't taken that role further, but they could. i think it would be more difficult for a smaller country like bolivia to play that role alone, but perhaps bolivia in coordination with other latin american countries could move for things like a meeting of the contracting parties of the geneva conventions. they are all signatories to the geneva -- >> [inaudible] by the way. >> it was. >> at least bial stein -- >> by palestine, but it hasn't been supported, that i know of, by other countries. so they could support the palestinian initiative. >> yeah, i agree. there are many things that could be done. >> we have one question from twitter and then we'll take one more from the audience. are there any international rights laws that specifically provide protection for children? >> yeah. there's the convention on the protection of the child that palestine also has ratified recently. >> also in the geneva conventions -- >> absolutely. >> -- there's a very specific, it's -- i used to know this, and i'm afraid i'm forgetting which article it is, but it speaks specifically to the need to protect children especially. in any occupied situation, children must be given special access to education, to food, to medical care, exactly the opposite of what israel has done in gaza. >> right. >> okay. our last question, the gentleman in the white has raised his hand the entire time. >> yes. given that our president, woodrow wilson, recognized through the king-crane commission that palestinians will not be dispossessed of their land without violence as a result of the, what, nationalization of the judeo relations, isn't it bizarre? isn't now an opportunity to go back to that time, to the that legal political reality because -- and then to go on to the one-state solution which will not force -- [inaudible] nico pellet proposes a resolution which allows jews and palestinians and christians and secularists to live together in a vibrant, secular democracy. that's all. >> i wish that the king-crane commission was a legal, binding document. unfortunately, it isn't. we have enough problems with the legal, binding documents -- >> enforcement. >> -- being routinely not enforced and violated directly. but i think your broader point is right. the focus should not be, and particularly again for people in this country, people in the united states, it's not our call. one state, we must have two states, you know? the call should be for our government to end its policy that is grounded in southern for occupation and apartheid. and instead move to a policy that is grounded in international law, human rights and equality for all whether that's in one state, two states, five states or ten states. [inaudible conversations] >> we do that to challenge u.s. policies that exist today. that means stop the protection of israel at the united nations, tell your members of congress they were wrong to sign on to the support israel, israel can do no wrong resolution that they signed on to, two of them in the house, one in the senate. and demand an end to the u.s. military aid to israel. that's at the tune of $3.1 billion a year to start with, and then they've added almost a billion more. imagine what we could do with that money back home with our crumbling infrastructure, with the need for health care, education. that's where that money should stay and to rebuild gaza. we don't need that money to be going directly to the israeli military. that's the mobilization that needs to happen. the bds movement is crucial at this time, the movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions. that is so crucial in bringing nonviolent political and economic pressure to bear on israel and israelis so they given to recognize that, yes, there is a price to be paid when you live in a government, when you live under a government that is viewed by the world as a rogue state, there is a rice to be paid. in south africa it was when their beloved spring box suddenly could not play in the world cup. israelis it's not so much about sports, it's about science and culture. and when these cultural workers, artists are not going to israel because of the boycott, we'll begin to see results. [applause] >> and we are live this morning at the airline pilots' association's annual conference here in washington, d.c. as airline pilots and government and industry officials look at ways to improve aviation safety, security and pilot health. now live throughout the day today we'll bring you a series of panels starting with domestic and international regulators looking at aviation safety. later it's pilot health and occupational safety and ways to modernize the air space system. according to the organization, the airline pilots' association international is the largest airline pilot union in t
samaritans. >> reporter: when he refused to put down his gun and pedestrians in danger, the officers fired, killing the driver. >> he turned the gun toward the officers, several officers fired upon the suspect and the suspect was pronounced dead here at the scene. >> reporter: back in richmond with her 2-year-old son safely by her side, olga says she knows she did the right thing. >> it's scary. i'm like, wow, that could have been me. he could have shot me. >> reporter: windows can be repaired, but olga said her life could not. she said she's just happy to be alive. in san francisco, nick smith, abc 7 news. >> nick, thank you so much. thousands of marin county commuters who use the golden gate ferry system are going to have to find another way to get to work tomorrow because some of the workers plan to go on strike. leann? >> reporter: hey, cheryl. those going on that one-day strike are the golden gate ferry captains. now, if you go on a ferry tonight, you'll see one of these on your seat. notifying you of the disruption in service. now, 9,000 commuters will be affected by the strike. that's the number of people who use the ferries on a daily basis. golden gate transit buses will be available. but remember, those buses will be on highway 101 and on the bridge along with thousands of cars. so yes, expect delays. the reason they are going on strike is because of the contract dispute between the bridge district and a coalition of labor unions, that includes the ferry workers. they want a 3% salary increase over three years, but asking them to contribute more towards their health care. >> ferry captains are responsible for the safety of thousands of residents to get to work. we take our job seriously. but we also take our livelihoods seriously. >> it will not affect our bus service or the bridge. we'll try to do outreach to the customers so they can make informed choices on how to get to work tomorrow. >> reporter: so the lark spur, sausalito, and ferry terminals will not be operating from 4:30 in the morning to 9:00 in the evening. bad news for baseball fans. >> it's going to be very inconvenient. people rely on this to get to work every day. >> we knew for weeks there would be a one-day strike. i think the workers are doing it in the least disruptive way they can to the commuters. >> reporter: now, people knew this may happen after the machinists went on a one-day strike on september 16th. but that strike did not have the impact that this one will have. and just for your information, the next bargaining session will happen next monday. live from lark spur, leeann melendez, abc 7 news. we're going to be up early tracking the way this strike affects the morning commute. the abc 7 morning news starts bright and early tomorrow at 4:30. san francisco's fire commission is meeting at this hour. the future of the embattled fire chief is not on the agenda, but the topic is certainly on everyone's mind. we have more on this developing story. carolyn? >> reporter: well, dan, the public comment period just got under way a short time ago. we haven't heard yet from many regular public citizens. police chief greg sur, the police chief was the first to take the stand, i guess you could call it, testifying in defense of his friend, jo ann hayes, followed by a statement from six female department heads. the public now has a chance to weigh in on the fate of fire chief jo ann hayes white. she's lost the confidence of rank and file firefighters. even the leaders of the 250 women in the department joined with all the other employee groups for a con fab in the mayor's office yesterday, asking him to oust the first female chief in san francisco history. what's wrong with her leadership? >> i would have to say a lack of communication. us not knowing where she's going. she hasn't been transparent. letting us know her strategy or her plan. >> reporter: a crisis that has developed over time has reached a tipping point. long waits for emergency medical service, that firefighters say puts public safety at risk. they believe the chief should have fought harder for funding. and spent what was allocated more efficiently. she believe she's tried. >> any department head, if they're fully funded every year, the answer is no, if anything, we've made reductions. five years in a row. we're in the rebuilding mode. >> reporter: the mayor described his meeting yesterday as good. but gave no indication what his decision about the chief might be. >> i'm not going to talk in public right now about any personnel matters. i've committed to working, and i'll have a number of meetings to ascertain and get to the bottom of all their concerns. >> reporter: chief hayes white said she will weather the storm. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. a short time ago, the coast guard told abc 7 news that a boat involving a missing sailor search was actually stolen. the u.s. coast guard spent the day looking for the boater. the man's empty bone is shown near alcatraz. a man wearing a yellow jacket was shown about 6:00 this morning on that boat. when it returned about two hours later, the man was gone. now we know why. he apparently abandoned ship. a rare storm for this time of year rolled through the bay area this morning wreaking havoc on traffic and power lines. pg&e crews working all day to restore power to parts of san jose, the east bay and monterey county, more than 20,000 customers across the bay were without power at some point this morning. we check in with sandhye patel. >> about .2 of an inch of rain for the entire month of september. i'll show you exactly where we're still seeing some showers up in the north bay, right around the cloverdale area, as we take you down to street level, some showers right now. offshore, we've been seeing numerous lightning strikes. but the thunderstorms have not developed here in the bay area. they have up in the sacramento valley. oakland airport, moffit field, .36. livermore, .18. just under a half an inch in the santa cruz mountains. we have more showers in the forecast. i'll let you know how this is going to play into your morning co commute coming up. the rain is bringing some welcome relief to firefighters battling that king fire in el dorado county. the wet weather is increasing the humidity and breaking down the flames so firefighters can build containment lines. the massive wildfire is now 43% contained, much better than yesterday with 38%. it covers more than 95,000 acres. the blaze has destroyed 12 homes, and it's still threatening thousands more in the sierra nevada foothills. the rain obviously is helping on the fire lines. we need it desperately. but overnight it will not make any difference in the drought at all. laura anthony is live in the hayward hills tonight with a look at the rain that we did get, laura, and any potential impact. >> reporter: hi, dan. first of all, we'll start with fire danger here in the east bay hills. it's as high as it's been in years. the rain didn't change that at all. as for the drought, water managers here tell me that that little bit of rain, or that significant rain that we got actually is just an opportunity to conserve more. >> i cut down the bushes in the backyard. >> reporter: he's thrilled to see this going on in his front yard. he cut down the ol yander in the backyard. thanks to a special program, the debris is being chipped and hauled away for free. >> i'm glad to get it done. it would cost to have a lot of money to have it done if you were to do it on your own. >> reporter: the hayward fire department is administering the program now into its fifth week designed to make it easier for residents. and motivate them to create defensible space around their homes. >> we're still in a drought. just because we got this one storm doesn't mean the drought's over. we need a lot more rain. and things are still dry. >> reporter: pg&e has chipped in $5.5 million throughout their service area to make sure the work gets done. the fire danger is now at its highest level. >> we'll have a contractor come into the home of the local resident and take all of their debris and chip that into chips. >> reporter: the rain wasn't enough to affect the fire danger, but it does allow homeowners to turn off their sprink lergs, at least for a few days. >> we're really excited we did get the rain. every little bit helps. but we need to conserve more now than ever. we need to keep that up. >> reporter: hayward is not the only city offering free chipping for its residents. in hayward, laurie anthony, abc 7 news. we have much more ahead. coming up, the district attorney might be trying to put the brakes on uber, another right service company in san francisco. shell shocked, a new computer virus could allow hackers to take control of hundreds of millions of machines all over the world. we're going to break down the risks. will the search for a new attorney general end in california. what possible contenders are saying tonight. >> we can dream. what would you do with $200 million? san mateo, making big plans tonight. san francisco district attorney is threatening to shut down uber lift and side car. side car just sent us a letter the d.a. sent to all three ride-sharing services informing them they're operating illegally, saying they present a threat to the public. the letter says the companies are calculating fares illegally and performing insufficient background checks that allow drivers convicted of criminal offenses, even sex crimes, to drive unsuspecting passengers. side car tells us they strongly disagree and will continue operating as usual, and even expand. the los angeles d.a. also signed the letter informing them of the joint investigation by both departments. not a lot to smile about at the close of wall street trading today. the stock market suffered its worst slide in two months. the dow ended the day down 265 points, or 1.5%. apple led the drop. ending down almost 2%. apple's problems with its new operating system and concerns about its phones bending helped cause today's fall on wall street. apple felt the drop. the company lost nearly 4% of its value today. shares finished the trading session roughly $98. apple lost more than $20 billion in the stock sell-off. the head of the fbi is criticizing apple and google for incrypting their smartphones so that l.aw enforcement cannot gan access to them. there will be a day when it's a matter of great -- it will matter a great deal to the lives of people that we will be able to gain access to such devices. the fbi director wants to have the conversation before that day comes. combey's comments are the most forceful yet from a top government official. shell shock, or bash bug, has put both lyinex or mac user at risk. 500 million computers could be at risk. perhaps yours. security experts say bash bug poses an even greater threat than heart bleed, another large-scale vulnerability that has affected many popular websites and services like gmail and facebook. there's not much we can do right now to protect our information, but avoid logging into public unsecured wi-fi networks like those in, say, coffee shops and be sure to install updated software as soon as it is released. one of president obama's closest allies is leaving the administration. attorney general eric holder announced today he is stepping down as soon as his successor is confirmed. two california leaders are reportedly on the short list. california attorney general pamela harris said she's honored to even be mentioned. but she's focused solely on her reelection campaign right now. university of california president janet napolitano did not respond to the reports that her name is being floated. eric has been a longtime friend and colleague and he will be sorely missed. the masked man seen in horrible isis videos, those terrorist videos has now been identified. i talked with david muir earlier today. >> the horrific videos for isis, the americans killed, the u.s. now knows who that masked man is. what we learned from the fbi. our exclusive tonight, the story that shocked the world. my interview with the parents, the 12-year-old taken into the woods, stabbed 19 times by two friends, trying to impress an internet character called slender man. >> such a difficult story. on a much different note, tell me about george clooney. >> that's right. word coming in from venice tonight about george clooney, is he going to tie the knot and when? coming up here, cheryl. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up right after this newscast here on abc 7. someone is $225 million richer in the bay area tonight. the key market in san mateo sold the winning ticket for last night's powerball jackpot. california lottery says the sole winner matched all the numbers, 7, 14, 21, 24, 41, and 26. a sole winner. the family-owned store receives $1 million. just for selling the winning ticket. >> it's going to be a big help for the business. they'll be able to do extra things. and yes, good for goodwill. our customers are going to be real excited that we're the lucky spot. >> the lottery said the odds of winning the powerball jackpot are 1 in 176 million. another person in stockton won an $11 million super lotto jackpot. the winners have yet to be identified there. boy, that's fun. congratulations. meteorologist sandhye patel. >> dan and cheryl, we got a pretty good amount of rain in the bay area, especially this morning. if you were caught during the commute, i know it was a rough one. lots of sunshine. some cumulus as we're watching the vertical development of showers. we'll talk about where we're still seeing some returns. our radar on mt. st. helena tracking very light returns, around gurno, occidental area. don't put the umbrellas away just yet. some thunderstorms, very strong thunderstorms just north of willow there. you can see. they may contain some hail, if you're traveling up in that direction. good news, those firefighters battling the king fire, well, they got about .77 of an inch of rain. the rain has shifted off to the east. at least they got some moisture out of it. those are the cumulus clouds i'm talking about. 68 in san francisco. in the low 70s oakland. san jose, you feel the difference today? it's cooler. half moon bay 66 degrees. here's our view from the lake tahoe cam where they've been seeing showers as well. dark clouds, low 70s right now in santa rosa, novato. 73 in concord and livermore. east bay hills camera, beautiful view of those cumulus as well. the puffy popcorn-like clouds over mount de ab lo. isolated showers tonight until the sun goes down. scattered showers for your morning commute. we're looking at dry and milder weather for the upcoming weekend. part one of the storm, the cold part is what drenched us this morning. now we're going to start to see the rain in the sierra diminishing, and the second part of the storm arriving with a few showers. this comes in, unfortunately, at the wrong time again. i'll show you on the computer animation. 7:00 p.m., spotty showers around the bay area. as we head into your morning commute, a little more activity as you'll notice there. at this point we'll take the rain anytime, even if it is during the commute. isolated showers remain in the forecast through friday evening. and we could see additional amounts up to about a quarter of an inch for the wettest spots. so keep that in mind right on through tomorrow evening. make sure you grab your umbrellas, and check this out. this is pretty exciting. high elevation snow expected in the sierra, the first snow of the season. it's going to be snow basically going into your saturday, mixing in with some rain. snow levels will be about 8,000 to 8,500 feet. there's a possibility friday as well. so if you're traveling up there, just keep that in mind. you may run into some snow. don't be surprised if it looks like winter. tomorrow morning, a cooler start, better sleeping weather for those of you who don't have air conditioning, and slick roadways, low in the upper 50s. make sure you have your umbrellas with you in the morning. afternoon highs, a lot like today. upper 60s to the upper 70s. napa 75. 68 in san francisco. 71 oakland. san mateo out towards livermore, concord 76. 73 san jose. santa cruz 72, with a few showers there. the forecast, isolated showers for your friday, going into the weekend. it's definitely a milder, drier pattern. mid to upper 60s coast, low 80s inland. we'll bump up the temperatures a few more degrees for next week, the work week, looking dry, at least through thursday right now. dan, cheryl? >> sandhye, thank you very much. president obama hangs a no fishing sign in the ocean and makes history in a big way. plus, the dashing daredevil. why a man is racing the tube in a wheelchair. new at 6:00, the destruction of the old eastern span of the bay bridge. it's going to the birds. and that's a pro you'll connect withnte, your doctor any time, ♪ anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ weather makes quick work of this canopy tent. the man was trying to hold it down. he's okay. a little dazed. this happened in a russian city off the crimean peninsula. a local news event was interrupted. it lasted about a minute or so. because the earthquake hit 63 miles below the surface, experts say there is little likelihood of damage or injuries. just a lot of shaking. and there is no tsunami warning as a result. president obama made history today. he expanded a marine reserve in the pacific ocean to six times its original size. the pacific remote island marine monument is the largest area ever protected in the name of conservation anywhere in the world. it covers close to half a million square miles. that is bigger than california, nevada, utah and arizona combined. the region is now off-limits to commercial fishing, offshore oil drilling and other commercial activity. a man is using a viral video to raise awareness about handicapped access to the tube station. anthony illustrated the problem by racing the subway train from one station to the next. he comes extremely close, completing the route in less than a minute and a half but is stopped by the stairs leading to the platform at the very end. there you go. only a quarter of london's tube stations have been adapted for wheelchair access. despite his frustration, he said he had a lot of fun making this short film with a message. >> creative way to get his point across. the giants are headed to the postseason. bruce bochy's squad clinched a spot today, when the cincinnati reds defeated the milwaukee brewers. the giants will play either the pittsburgh pirates or st. louis cardinals. we won't know until this weekend where that game is going to be played. and the a's could wrap up an american league wild card spot as early as tonight. giants don't know yet who or where they'll play. if they do qualify for next tuesday's wild card game. it will likely be the kansas city royals. the a's play the rangers in texas in about an hour. the fall lineup. >> we talk with kerry washington about how her new clothing line allows everybody to find is it the biting? ...we need to break up. cuz i can stop? no! i love you and your show. it's cable. customers are more satisfied with u-verse. switch and we can stay together forever. forever? ow. i'm not gonna lie to you. it's also the biting. break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years. coming up at 6:00 tonight, a doctor facing charges in a road rage shooting outside his home. tonight dan noyes describes how this case raises all sort of hot-button issues. the racial disparity to breast cancer. less frequent, but more deadly among african-americans. all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. right now, though, "scandal" star kerry washington wants women to look as powerful and put together as her tv altar-ego olivia post. >> that's why washington has put together a new clothing line that helps women channel their inner gladiator without breaking the bank. >> kristen caught up with washington this morning and asked her what is the olivia pope aesthetic. >> that's what we've tried to bring to the masses with this line. we've tried to make it that any gladiator, any fan of the show, any woman out there can go into the limited or go to limited.com and figure out how to be her own version of a gladiator in a suit. >> the fall "scandal" collection is available now at the limited. all right. thank goodness it's thursday. the shonda-land rhymes taking over thursday night here on abc 7. at 8:00, it's new episodes of "grey's anatomy," followed by the season premiere of "scandal" at 9:00. at 10:00, shonda rhym new legal drama "how to get away with murder." followed by abc news at 11:00. >> fans who tweet during these shows will be entered into win a tgit gift. tune in tonight. by welcome to "world news tonight." a major break. the u.s. now knows who this masked man is in those horrific isis videos. our reporting from inside the fbi. and martha raddatz, the only reporter on board a u.s. warship in the gulf, as those fighter jets take off. caught on camera. you will see the video here. the officer who pulls a driver over for not wearing a seat belt. soon after, opening fire on him. how did this happen? the pictures coming in tonight. the powerful earthquake rattling part of america. listen to this room. a 6.2. what we're learning right now. and, the abc news exclusive. the story that shocked the world. for the first time, right here, the parents of that 12-year-old girl lured into the woods by her friends and left for dead. all to impress an
maze. up next, traffic is obviously not very heavy and least but not least, there are not too many folks out there so we are off to a good start, 4:30 let's head back to the desk. a car apparently crashed into a row of cars at the dealership. the driver was reportedliable to get out of the car and was sput into the -- put into the ambulance. the car that was crashed has been towed and christian captain will give us an update on the story in just a few minutes. last night's concert ended with up unwelcomed surprise alex? >> reporter: less than a mile from at&t, they came back to find their car windows shattered. let me show you this was taken by somebody from ktvu she said her cars' friends were broken into which happened at jay she and they are trying to figure out what exactly may have been stolen. this type of thing does happen happen when there are event or more cars that are left for that and we will of course let you know if we learn anything new. alex savage, news news. >> people all over san strand said they could hear last night's show. they all said the entire know came in loud and clear and they just listened to it for free. two women said they each paid $400 for their tickets. they rode a bus from reno to get to the concert. >> bee ofteny i don't know what she will sing. they are on the run tour and they are expected to bring in $100 million for the power couple. there are new questions about the long-term durability of the eastern span of the bay bridge. they will ask pamela harris to launch an investigation. they arethey are accusing directionings when they are made for china. he also testified he ordered chp to retaliate and consider testifying against them. and this is in honor of aco runner that is when a woman veered off the highway and hit two people. santos died at the scene and ballad is at the off the rhospital with major injuries. the people helps people advance significants interest poverty to give them a better life. >> it is actually essential that people get the training they need to be able to have a second chance and that is what is so devastating as the about what happened today. they are looking nook drugs or a medical condition played a part in the crash. bart is back to normal near the west oak land bart station. they he can plained -- explained a bomb may be hidden. although no bomb was found they did stop it and open down or this hours. >> he learn had how to operate it, put on hit whom suit and so he physically had to go in there and make a hand injury. >> people living nearby were told to stay indoors. question vest you arrived home much later than normal because of that bomb threat. one person came all the way from the central valley to see the concert. >> now we are stranded and we will more than miss our concert, apparently we are going to be stuck with no refunds and no nothing. >> people who had to wait for an ease bay bridge to get away. >> this was the first related bomb bomb squad and an obama scare july 25th, somebody heard a threat and called 911. police evacuated the station as precaution and found nothing. lieutenant governor gavin news such. he is prepared to campaign but he said the measure would have to be written the right way. for being people, he said people who drive under the the and they made the comment yesterday while speaking at the bar association in green bray. the bar of medical expenses. the ban is slighted to go under next month. they could have operating permits bordering the city of san jose but the more more tim is taking center stage. the idea is to get them out of overcrowded detention facilities to decide if they can remain in the u.s. and it is an issue that has sparked a humanitarian debate. >> this is a manufacturerred crisis by the politicians here. >> these are 12, 16, 19 years old and they have traveled without anybody they know to get here. the approval has to be finalized including how it will be funned. and here is the biggest data breach ever. 1.2 billion websites have been stolen by a criminal gang in russia. they stole 540 million e-mail addresses and they are being used to send spam on social networks. and they are spilling government secrets. they are showing a dramatic expansion and since the documents were dated august 2013 after snow snow fled to russia, they suspect there with under person -- person. and coming up she has tried to sneak on to flights before, how this cereal stow away managed to flight without a ticket and the new security issues she is raising. >> and hitting close to home. thethe traffic is doing well at this hour, we will look at one ever your bay area bridges coming up. not dreaming, pitter pattern of raindrops and what about the sun, it is intense, we will have that forecast coming up. on august 4th, two unsuspecting men walked in to a mcdonald's and discovered an extraordinary burger with heaps of jalapeños... ...for only two dollars. within minutes, they had also discovered the phenomenon 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instead they will have to go to san jose or santa clara. >> we are here to provide justice and serve people and today we are not going to do that at the level we once did. >> in the last year, 55 courthouses have been closed and the judicial says that has affected 2 million people. they added $100 million in court funding but it comes after years of cuts. and the second highest ranking judge has pled not guilty and joe self scott was arrested during a traffic stop. prosecutors said he had a blood alcohol level which is one.it times the legal level. the san jose city council was prepared to raise the sales tax but they did not agree on how the money should be spent. the first would have spent the money on public safety, libraries and roads. the second would have limited it to public safety spending so there will not be a sales tax hike in november. the department paid $7,000 for a drone like this one back in january. a watchdog draw a attention. the f a has to give its approval and they issued a statement saying they will not use the drone until this steps have been completed and approved. atat least a half dozen are using recognition software. 2 investigates and often learns you have not -- you are not allowed to learn what they -- see what they learned about you. >> they have no criminal history and there is no reason law enforcement should keep it. >> what keep of information law enforcement officers are able to learn about it, they want to know. and tara, it looks like there are no problems out there. yes, earlier, he didn't make it return and ended up crashing in another car dealership. let's take a live look westbound traffic cards the caldecott tunnel, no delays as you make your way towards a orinda. and finally, there is no back up at this hour and of course that will be changing, this week so far it is so minutes to 6:00 so plan your trips accordingly this morning. many people are headed to the hawaiian islands it is potentially still good but i expect this to weaken considerably. then there is julio down by the schoolyard. >> he will continue to do the same thing with the same path and the hurricane is simply not rain. i tell you this is an amazing pattern for us. san jose, san mateo, 280 and 801, it looks like it has been around sacramento and rhinoand from north to south. it isel 8 and 90 -- 88 and 90 yesterday, they had a lot of cloud cover yesterday. 07 and 68 walnut creek and 60s and redwood city and 60s in napa. there is hardly any breeze whatsoever and a slight component, most locations say less than 5-mile-per-hour. 07 in fresno, 64 in l.a. and the moisture continues to scream down from northeast california and also of that of that and there -- novato. and by the time we get to this afternoon, we are still doing a lot. woodside back to south, half- moon bay, palo alto currently right now so a lot of the clouds right now, and if you get that sun, boy, that racks up. they will deal with more clouds and points north. fog will be back and that is not going to dissipate. it does look warmer friday and we are in for a cooling trend on the weekend. well it seems college students on the east coast really know how to let their hair down. syracuse is the number one party school. last year they ranked 5 and uc santa barbara is number 3 and it is amazed on the 130,000 and by the way ucla did not make the grade. >> parents are listening. 4:51 is the time. windows are smashed. the reason it was done on purpose and what is inside the store. and he collapsed inside of a window and died during a work out. . welcome back. a nationwide alert has been issued for jose. he is accused of a driveby shooting that killed somebody. she was apparently an unintented victim. they believe 19-year-old vanessa flores -- was with him. >> we are waiting for your return. >> flores' mother said her daughter reasonly ended an abusive relationship. she graduated from high school and was working with dreams of serving her country in the mail tare. a new case, we have now learned there is an outstanding warrant for his arrest. an issue back in to 12 and he came after he violated probation and he had past drug convictions. he was the last heard from after his ship ran aground. he called for help and said he would swim ashore. his boat is expected to be removed today. and they are working and service to at least one home was affected. muni's 18 bus line was rerouted because of the damaged line as well and it took crews time. they are blaming pour and struck rule trough vince. it contributed to last week's break. although the pipe was nearly 100 years old it was scheduled to be replaced. there was no indication anything was wrong. oh, pretty bad, they were up merged and sustained heavy damage inside the cars. university had adjustors to help people file a lot of clothes. the fbi said post being on the website said grocery was targeted by an animal rights activists because it spells meat. new cars, a live report after a detruck there you have report. there is both a threat and what it means for people planning vacation. . a lot of cloud cover and we'll see if we are done with this tropical moisture. . a car flies off a freeway dealership. we wiltell you more coming up. and a woman was able to get passed security and board a southwest flight without a ticket. we will tell you about the questions and concerns this is all sparking. a young girl is publicly sexually assaulted, the record they now have the two dangerous storms have people rushing to stock up on supplies and it is all ahead on the td vu mornings news. this is tk tv u mornings news. food morning, -- good morning, this involves a brand- new car crash and it involved a car out of control flying off the freeway, just
story, i am pam cook. >> and i had the windshield wipers on this morning, steve. was there rain? yes, just a little bit. >> i guess, we now have tropical, but another round of it today. . the low is still sending in a lot of moisture but it looks like some drying will take place as the system dives south a lot of 50s and #0s and most of it is pushing far south and it is definitely up towards mendocino county and back over to freemont. a little bit of rain, cloud cover keeps temperatures down a few degrees. if you are attending tonight, san francisco muni will be offering beyonce. you can see traffic lights towards concord and it is getting busy out there and so far we have no delays. at the golden gate bridge, folks are headed into san francisco, on the left hand side and it is looking guilts delays, right now no systemwide. let's go back to the desk. breaking news from cop cord, an out of control car smashes into several vehicles after flying off the we -- flee ways there are more than just a lot of cars damaged, what happened? >> reporter: from i-680 on to burnett avenue, across this median, wound out until front but let's show you some video we shot earlier today. >> now the car was left on its roof with the horn sounding and it appears the car was trying to get off of burnett avenue and could not navigate the auto ramp and slammed into the pack and he was taken to an area hospital and we can tell you what roads were wet here at the time and no word on whether that was a factor in this accident. it has been cleared and the off and on ramp are both clear, for now and passenger safety at the stow away from san jose to lax. janine dela vega joins us with the response from southwest, janeane? we are here in front of terminal b and this is where it is located. it is still unknown how all related without a ticket. so farther not seeing how she did it. she was screened at the security checkpoint with hector ambriz are ares say it was professor and they took her in for trespassing after realizing she was not ticketed after finding out she had purchased she had not purchased a ticket. the number one pry -- priority. in addition to investigating including the tsa. southwest will not release anymore details and she has been or rested had those and the air airport security, this comes after a 4-year-old managed to jump and fence here and board a flight to maui. they insist this situation is unreef lasted and it was a screen scream and coming up, we will tell you what a local congressman is saying and how he a critical of what happened here. reporting live, janine dela vega, news news. fright inning and we'll see them rush to the planes but both were able to land safe lively. -- safely. a small fire was reported on the plane and an a air call guam and now they are bracing for both a hurricane and tropical storm. if you are planning to fly to hawaii or tomorrow, you can search something else and they are waving change pass fat and you will be allowed to change to another departing flight through august 12th. and in the meantime, and the hurricane is due to hit with heavy winds and then make and they are trying to and usually everybody rushes pause they realize how prepared they really are. >> they also formed and they realize this and they may face legal sanctions here in california. that is because they unanimously approved a measure which would make it a crime to remove, correct or modify mugshots. the regulation is now headed to the governor's desk and they have intro date -- this amounts to extortion and he is described at about 110 inches toll. 18 roll pounds with tattoos on also arms. that is when the girl told police that the man walked into the bathroom and sexually assaulted her. >> we automatic have parents and them r investigating because people do need a key. they are looking into the nook it be and they will not be allowed to sell sag and they say it makes no sense to go to pharmacy for health supplies and see tobacco for sale. they are urging others to follow their lead. 5:09 is the time right now while beyonce, the unwelcomed supplies many had others waiting for them. wait until you see an unbelievable rescue caught on camera. they saved an elderly cupel and here is a look at highway 24 to lafayette. >> hayward and livermore are almost 70 degrees and we'll see if there is any trough cap measure. . . it is an unbelievable rescue. nearly so airmen raced to rescue them before the elatedly couple was a swept away and the water was rising and rushing so quickly they didn't have time to think about their own safety. >> i haded to slam the door and tell the guys on the other side to grab her and take her out of there. >> after rescuing the couple, one airman got caught in the current and another jumped in to save him in the nick of time and thank fully no injuries are reported in that flash-flood. after the. >> it was a big success as people came together to prevent crime. now here in concord at santos parkings an outdoor concert to celebrate and life long, he has seen the city's ups and downs and praising the partnership for people they serve for preventing crime. >> similar events were held from menlo park to napa and also 6 bart stations including people who couldn't make it out and showing support from crime prevention. the cal football player is now suing the uc board of regions. the football staff should have recognized he was in distress during a run. he suffered from sickel sell anemia, something his family said he should have been doing. >> unfortunately he lost his life due to the lack of supervision and training by cal athletic staff. >> the lawyer says one of the trainers at cal was the same one link to the death six years ago. cal issued this response to the lawsuit, while we cannot discuss any medical history, we follow all protocol with student medical conditions. and they have more about gay marriage fights from kentucky, and tennessee. this is called the biggest physician of its kind so far. they are putting it is ap mental right. they have delivered add victory to gay opponents and it is trucks down as part of the defensive marriage act last year. 5:16 is the time, let's go in for tara, in for sal, any guesses as to where that might be? the toll plaza? >> good guess. they have to leave really early to get where they need to go and plan it willing am and 880 westbound we have no delays. and finally 101 is looking pretty good at this hour and folks on the right-hand side are making the drive to fso, let's check in with steve. thank you very much. it's still a and now the main impact should be some flash- flooding and it looks like south of mauer which and eulogio will do the same thing. dryer air is spilling and we continue to see the tropical -- tropical moisture move in. july had into rape more rain than the tsunami. and not all of of this is reaching the ground but some of it is. palo alto then back over towardsed mountains, well don't we all well, it is dry air coming in and yesterday they had more sun and they were 80s and 90s and many other locations are a good 15 to 20 degrees cooler. look at the lows near 70 and it is actually 61 in santa rosa. there is hardly any breeze and in most locations they are less than 10-mile-per-hour. 50 in tahoe and 66 in ukiah. moisture streams in from the east and you can see dry air and eventually that will sweep south and we will get some sun breaks. his and mitt with a let showers and it is here with light rain and if you get any sun, man is it hot, it just feels hot. 80s and the 90s and it does not take much to get into the upper 80s and 90s for many which was held in check clouds versus no clouds. humidity is still going to be hot, then another low, there will be a series coming up and bringing temperatures down on the weekend. vindicated it is coming down, sprint has been working on the deal for months and said it needed to merge to remain competitive with verizon and now federal regulators have been concerned in the wireless market. media giant said they have withdrawn its bid for time warner and murdock announced they were willing to pay $80 billion for time warner. they also rejected advances and they are a little bit relentless, time warner stock has dropped this morning after the stocks' announcement. time, they are calling it the biggest data breach in history and the information stolen, how you can protect yourself. and the action producers must now take when it comes to gluten free products. posturep. choose $300 in free gifts with tempur-pedic. even choose 48 months interest-free financing on the new tempur-choice. the triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. . so far a 72 hour cease-fire in hamas is holding. yesterday people took advantage, they shopped at the markets and then went back home. they began a 10:00 p.m. monday night and they are meeting in cairo trying to work out a long-term peace deal it started july 8th and so far 1900 people have been killed in gaza and 76 -- 76 have been killed in israel. his wife is weak but improve being. nancy writebol arrived in atlanta from liberia. she was working with the group s i m usa. they were considering funeral arrangements and now they are optimistic and he is considering be home with her while she continues treatment. she a was arrive being and at that time, president barack obama was addressing them at the summit. he recognized their hard work an offered prayers for the people affected. nearly 900 people have died from ebola virus and the disease spreads through bodily fluids which is blood and saliva. and there is a new labeling law for food. it has less than 20 parts per million and people with celiac disease have to avoid gluten. 5 3,000 americans have celiac disease. and they will team up and shield their health records. they are setting up what they call a california integrated exchange and they say it will help doctors sayre medical records from 9 million members and it is due to to take affect. the members should have had more input about it. time now 526, hundreds are stranded, why bart service was also affected and what commuters you should expect today. some music fans, j.z. beyonce concert goers got an unwelcomed surprise, we will tell you about one surprise in one parking lot. traffic is flowing nicely on into the peninsular and we will look at the sunole grade coming up. you were not hearing things, a lot of cloud cover and very warm lows and the rain will be with us and temperatures are warming up and staying on the cool and warm humid side. . welcome back, will you look at this, this is the scene of a very unusual crash involving brand-new cars which have not made it off the car lot, they are just smashed. coming up christian captain will tell you, there is more to the story, stay tuned. and middle of the week, august 6thth, i am dave clark. just about 530. i see steve paulson making his way over. i prefer your word of tropical. that is where you would rather be. >> some light rain over us, and there is probably putting something on the deck and on parts of the peninsular, the low is going between areas and going south and it is sending bands of clouds over you are us and we'll see some clearing north to south in the north bay and many locations were socked in with the clouds, temperatures 80s and 90s and it is actually 61 in san francisco, a lot of cloud cover, and it is more show than go and it makes its way clouds, boy that temperature will drop so degrees, 70s and 80s to near 90s, here is tara. this is something we are not used to so make sure you don't speed. here is a a live look at the eastern span and that could be changing soon. traffic is looking good on the right-hand side of your screen as you make the drive southbound #0. let's head back to the desk. we continue to follow breaking news where a car flew off the runway and into a car dealership. christian captain joins us and we are still not up on this crash? it should not have a big impact on the morning commute and it actually started and went a whys this ditch and wound up in the back of these two preowned cars at infinity. that was the scene at around 3:00 a.m. with that car left inverted and its horn sounding off following the accident and it appears the car was trying to get off and simply could not navigate. he was taken to an area hospital and no word at this point on how badly injured he is. at this point, there is no word on what led up to the accident but we will tell you. we can tell you at this point the on ramp and off ramp to burnett avenue are both opened so we are not anticipating a big impact on this morning's commute in the concord area and we will continue to follow details and we would like to follow and find out more about this accident and find out if there could be anything other than weather as a factor and as a possible factor. we are live here in concord, christian captain, ktvu channel 2 morning news. well, the beyonce j.z. concert had an unfortunate ending for some of the fans. alex savage is in san francisco with a warning if you plan to head out tonight's show, good morning, alex. it was certainly a disappointing end to the show for people who parked less than a mile from at&t to attend the concert. some folks returned to their cars to find the windows shattered. let me take this. they have a total of nine cars and they might be used in this parking lot and they have not figured out what may have been stolen but the officer i spoke to said this kind of thing does happen in the city and they take advantage when there are more cars than usual left unattended. we are working to get them started. they said they could hear last night's show in petrerro hill. they said the entire show came in loud and clear. twowomen posted a gray open brush. >> i don't know what she is going to sing, i am just so excited. >> tonight's show starts at 8:00 and the on run tour is expected to bring in 100 police beyond and that's near the bark tracks. they ordered he have one to get off and although the bomb was not found, nothing was found and they stopped the service through the tube for about two hours. a second bus was found so they could study it and they wanted to work on the next bus. >> he learned how to operate it, put on his bomb suit and had a situation where he could not use a robot and went in there. people who were told living nearby were told to stay indoors. viewers posted these photos online from their long awaited come a mute and it -- commute and it ruined plans for many people, one person came in to see the j diseconomy certificate and more than mitt, we will be stuck with no refunds and nothing. now this was the third and it turned out the suitcase contained harmless computer parts. and they have shut down the part police apple eval way -- evacuated that station as a precaution. and the new eastern span of the bay bridge, concord state senator will ask the state attorney general pamela harris to launch a criminal investigation. yesterday during a hearing, witnesses accused map jersey will made in after they are retaliating against engineers criticizing the span. they have a memory of aco work he can killed on the -- worker killed on the job. chp said a woman in a black mercedes veered off the highway and hit jim and it was part of a training crew and that is help helping people giving them the training they need for a new life. >> it is essential that people get a second chance and get the training they need. >> now the woman who was driving that car was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. they are looking into whether drugs or a medical condition was part of that crash. two people have died at dayton ohio. the 21-year-old suspect was waving the firearms at he have one. collapsed and died from the medical condition while running from the scene. and the days could be numbered for certain controversial websites. they aimed at protecting those with mugshots and one lawmaker says it is extortion. and the term piece the and you can see traffic is moving along well there, taking a look at some other bay area roadways coming up. and it does look like a little different pattern, we will explain that coming up. evewith the highest levelde of engineering... design... safety... and performance. our latest creation is no different. with one exception... introducing the mercedes-benz b-class. it's electric! it's electric! the first electric vehicle from mercedes-benz. . welcome back. lieutenant governor gavin says he is prepared to campaign in 2016 in favor of the issue but he says the measure would have to be written the right way and for example, he says the legal age for using marijuana should be 21 and the extra tax revenue should go back to cities and taxes. they spoke at the bar association in green bray. and the county board of supervisors has extended the ban on unincorporated parts of the county. they have a permanent ban which is scheduled to go into effect later next month. the send risk could have requested them to go into four locations pouredderring and this this one, santa clara supervisors voted to move forward with an idea to house children from central america who cross the border with local host families and the idea is to get them out of overcrowded detention facilities and they can decide if they can remain here in the united states. it is an issue that sparked humanitarian debate. >> it is also a manufacturerred crisis by politicians here and a broad. >> this are many young people seeking refuge in our country... >> the debate has to go over how the program will be funned. and is your -- funded. and county court system, courthouses in palo alto and morgan hill will no longer be offering services they have offered in the past. neither court will offer traffic court or small claims court and the morgan hill will not hear civil cases anymore. in san oh hay... >> we are not going to do that at the level we once did... >> 50 courthouses have been closed as well as five courtrooms. 2 him -- two million people were affected. they did add court funding to the new budget but it comes after several years of new budget cuts. now would be a good time to change your password. 1.2 billion user names have been stolen by a criminal gang in russia. they discovered the breach and they added they stole 540 million e-mail addresses and they are being used to send spam on social networks. another national a security showing an expansion of the watch list, since the documents were dated august 2013 which is after edward edward snowden fled to russia, they think somebody new is involved. the breach appears to be more of a tip off to reporters than more of a mass data dump. and getting to where we need to go, what just happened in oakland? we have a connectorrer car and hopefully it will not be. of a problem this time yes, and pretty much any second, they will be going on and give yourself some extra time to get into the city. and highway 4, the steady stream of headlights towards concord and on to 680, a tad sluggish, give yourself time for that. >> steve, how is it going? >> how is your girlfriend? >> she is on vacation right now. >> we do have a couple of reports of rain out in san ramon and big drops, rain on the new 49er stadium, should i go jogging? not yet. yes, very nice. talk weather what have you call yen tie and sonoma, right over to pleasanton and we updated back over to redwood city and looks like dumbo and loss altos and back into the discuss mountains. >> we came all the way up and parts of san francisco, now it is diving south and some rain and the lows are way up there. >> upper 60s to near 70 for many, almost 70 degrees and yes, a lot of humidity, as they continue to march on there, you can see the moisture source, it looks like drying to the north and we'll see gradual clearing and once they go through the clouds, it will be muggy and what have you. morgan hill, gilroy, many areas east bay and they were much cooler, there is some of that rain power over to santa clara, a little bit circling the wagons. clouds humid, 80 and sun and it is hot. 60s and 70s and 80s and 90, if you clear them, it is 75 degrees cooler and they will get more clouds covered for longer and they will see more clearing and they will jump up from 10 degrees longer. still some clouds and mugginess and warmup over the weekend. all right, steve, we have breaking news fire crews are still at the scene of a fire. just an hour ago, they got an emergency call from willow. >> when. it is a cease senior assisted living machine san jose and these are live pictures and you can see the firefighters up on the roof. the fire started on the roof of the administrative building. they contain the fire and no evacuation is fired. janine de la vega almost have a live report. in june the u.s. deficit dropped to $41.5 billion and that's 70% from may. u.s. oil imports 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take a look, this happened early sunday july 2 th, the fbi said a posting says it was tar getted by an animal rights activist because it sells meat. the search goes on this morning for a missing captain whose boat ran aground. we first told you this, there is an outstanding warrant for the arrest of timothy lie brand and we also found his record includes time served in prison and past drug convections. now he was last seen after his ship ran aground in 10 feet of water. he was going to swim ashore. it is expected to be moved later today. and that problem was reported yesterday afternoon at a line on 46th avenue. service for one home was affected. the bus line was was rerouted and it took about an hour to fix a water-main break at the city's town area. and the huge water-main break the one that spilled millions of gallons of water, old welding techniques also contributed to last week's break. although the pipe was about 100 years old, it is not scheduled to be replaced and there is no indication anything was wrong. meanwhile, hundreds of students are getting a chance to look and they can pick up and many of cars -- many of the cars were caked with mud and they had insurance adjustors on the scene to help people file their claims. >> can you imagine that? >> oh, it is awful and all of that water in the middle of a drought. another bad mess, just ahead, the unwelcomed surprise for the people leaving the beyonce concert. and after the break, the latest on the second alarm for this residential fire. and lafayette area shows traffic, it is a little slow going and if you have an accident, a hit-and-run to tell you about coming up. we have some rain out there, about hayward and san ramon, is this over or is there more moisture on the way? ♪ ♪ [ barks ] whoo! mmm! ♪ ♪ oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. start exploring at followyournola.com. [ woman ] and i love new orleans! . a cargoes out of control, and smashes, what we still don't know about this destructive crash. and it was a disappointment for some music fans. we will tell you about the series which happened during last night's show at at&t park. another stow away, the way she flew and what they saying about this latest breach in airport security.
the reverberations are being felt around the world. market what you think the most significant geopolitical fallout from this atrocity will be? >> there is a chance, there is a moment here because of the nature of the killing, because of who we think did it, and the assault on journalist, there is a chance that this will get more attention, more sustained attention. there was another terror attack elsewhere in the world i killed more people. this could be sustained to get people to deal with immigration violence, and multiculturalism. >> i think in the median term the most eventual be in europe. there have been increasing attacks of this kind over the course of the past few months. this i think has clarified, or hopefully will clarify for a lot of europeans the fundamental precepts of their country, their values and so on are under a salt. i think europe has not taken that threat seriously. it will start now. >> the leaders can be unifier's. >> there will be a lot of that. the far right party will have their hands full. >> pretty much every world leader has commented on the attack. inevitably, here comes the comedians. the comedian who has loosened up the most so far is bill maher last night on "jimmy kimmel." >> we have to stop saying, well we should not insult a great relation. n --religion. hundreds of millions of muslim support an attack like this. they applaud an attack like this. they say we don't approve of violence, but you know what when you make fun of the prophet, all bets are off. >> bring on the controversy, is bill maher right? >> he is part right. there is a part of islam that is radical. they are the main one right now that has a sect that has committed violence. i don't like era hundred civilians cheering this. i think he is wrong. this is the religion that is spawning the most violence in the world right now. >> he is not the best messenger right now for this message because he is so anti-religion, but he is also liberal. i think he is more than half right, he is closer to 80% right. this is an important message. you cannot treat every world religion equally. some religions are doing something right now, if you say something anti-catholic, you will not get killed. >> there is nothing in the koran that dictates these things. it is not intrinsic with muslim. it was not that long ago that christians were slaughtering muslims. we would not have said that christianity was inherently violent. >> i will say this, i agree with the guy. i wish an american comedian were not saying it. world leaders can say it. president obama has been pretty low profile. i don't want bill maher higher profile than the president. >> 25 years ago, when salman rushdie had fatwah, and the danish cartoonist. everybody has been standing up for the satirical paper. apparently, there are some political figures who do not want to party like it's 1999. instead, they are ready to rumble. jeb bush reportedly said, "if somebody wants to run a campaign about 1990's nostalgia, it will not be very successful." now here is elizabeth moran from the left making reference first to bill clinton's line that the era of big government is over, then hillary clinton talking about a company in bentonville arkansas. >> pretty much the whole republican party, and for going to be honest too many democrats, have talked about the evils of big government and called 40 regulation. if you worked at walmart and you are paid so little that you still need food stamps to put groceries on the table, what does more money and stockholders pockets and an uptick in the gdp do for you? >> mark? my question is, are these early, meaningless shenanigans from the left and right, or is this some of the real threats, talking about hillary clinton? >> i try to follow the rule of tom brokaw. it is early, don't react to stuff. we'll look back at this and say her passivated, her willingness to let joe bush and elisabeth warned to find her will cost her the white house. >> i think jeb bush has a lot less standing. he is trying to nokia late himself against similar arguments to be made about him. -- he is trying to inoculate himself against similar arguments that will be made against him. elizabeth warren that is the first broadside. >> and even if she does not run, although i don't think she will and i don't would outcome of this is her attempt to control the debate and make hillary clinton dance to her tune. if that happens, hillary clinton will have a million conference calls about it. she has to run her own campaign. >> there is no way that the air of big government is over and walmart got in that speech and she did not hear it. >> there are ways to the strive john boehner tall, deliberate but how about spineless or a squish? >> it does pay me to be described as a squish. what pains me the most is when they describe me as the establishment. i am the most anti-establishment speaker we've ever had. >> that was boehner on capitol hill today when asked about the fact a lot of people do not vote for him as speaker. does he have a point or is he having a breakdown? >> he is having a complete breakdown. he goes on in this press conference to say he is anti-establishment because he is for regular order in the house. there is a kind of lunacy to it. he is establishment to his core. to his credit, i don't know why he wants to be portrayed as being part of the far right. >> he messed up the point about being for regular order, but citing history, he was part of a rebellion. he was part of coming in and changing things. he is now the speaker and part of establishment. >> he was carried along by the rebellion. he was never the leader of the tea party. he was carried along by it. >> predating the tea party, before tea party was cool, he was so many who fought the establishment. he feels that in his bones. >> he is a rich guy. he considered a room with barack obama and cut deals of it was just the two of them that would solve half of america's problems. >> i know but he is saying he is not some buddy who feels part of the washington establishment or whose instinct are that. >> everybody in washington says that. compared to his republican colleagues, everybody else in the caucus -- >> if he says proof is up for regular order, with a he is having a breakdown. he can't say it again. >> barbara boxer is throwing in the towel. her seat will be up for grabs in 2016. two years later, governor jerry brown will turn out, while senator dianne feinstein will likely step down as well. for california, this is great news for a pack of democratic rising stars. not long ago, i flew out to my home state to get a read on one of the biggest political questions going, will lieutenant governor gavin newsom and pamela harris run against each other? >> we both want the same job. >> how is that going to work? >> the two of them need to sit down and split it up stop one votes for senate, one votes for governor. >> there are two senate seats and a governor seat. and you have hillary clinton. i imagine a lot of folks hope that she wins. there are a lot of things that could happen. >> gavin newsom is a handsome man, almost the most handsome man. the question i have, is he a front runner for barbara boxer's seat or somebody else? >> since 1992, it has become a lot more expensive running. people will talk about gavin newsom, pamela harris. they may be should be talking about two other people. one of him has the money out of his own pocket and a former los angeles mayor. >> gavin is a very attractive guy. he has been working in a do-nothing job for a while. he wants this a lot. he will run for the seat. i think peter growsssso will run. i'm pretty sure pamela harris will wait for the governorship and she will be pretty much untouchable. >> when we come back, the attacks and america's response. ♪ >> ou first guest tonightr heads the wilson center in washington. congresswoman jane harman, thanks for coming in. >> good afternoon. >> we were talking about this quite a bit, and are still facts unknown, but when the history of the war on terrorism is written in the planet's history, what you think the big meaning is of this attack? >> of this specific attack? >> or if there is one. is this seminole in some way, a watershed? >> maybe. i hope so, actually. i hope it is a game changer. what i love is the "no fear" sign that is all over paris and the thousands coming out, both in paris and berlin, hundreds in washington in the freezing arctic cold, and the use of "i am charlie" as a meme and condemnation from arab capitals. i think this could be a watershed moment were the civilized world pushes back. let's understand, this is a contest between competing narratives and the bad narrative has been winning because we have not had a good narrative that has penetrated the same people. now maybe we will have the good narrative, and i think we all understand what that is. it is a free society and it is living our values which we still need to improve upon in the united states, by the way. >> in "atlantic magazine," there was a headline that said europe is under siege. there are been an increasing number of jihadists style attacks, including in france. do you agree with that, are they currently under siege? >> well, i'm an optimist. why would i have served in congress 17 years? i choose to see this differently. i do think it is a clash of competing narratives. europe is under siege if europe does the wrong thing. if europe hills a police state everywhere -- builds a police state everywhere and the newspapers go silent and people stand indoors, europe is under siege. if on the other hand people come out, understand there is some risk in life -- i mean, they could get run over by a bus more easily than it could get harmed by iteris -- if they come out -- that they could get harmed by a terrorist, remember all the three peofree people of the world are not muslims. they need to build trust and minority communities, which is a really good way in those communities who see something weird going on to talk to law enforcement. i have great respect for jeffrey goldberg, but i see the glass as half-full. >> are you relatively surprised surprised at the relatively small role president obama has played so far, and should he play a bigger role in rallying the western world and the civilized world against this? >> i thought that john kerry got an "a" yesterday for delivering forceful remarks into languages and he is getting praised up and down in french society. apparently, he is the first person to deliver an address in france in french since franklin roosevelt. that's kind of a long time ago. i applaud him for doing that. i think eric holder going to france on the weekend, to paris specifically, is a very good move. we don't want to put an american face on the response necessarily, because that just enlarges the target. i don't mean just that we don't want to be hit, but we want to have a response that resonates with the needs of the french people at this point. obama has expressed solidarity with the french. he did that immediately. all of u.s. law enforcement resources are available and active in france. we have a long history of collaboration on intelligence. french laws permit substantial surveillance where it is very much needed now a point that we need to make, and they will find these guys and we will be standing with them. i don't think obama is doing the wrong thing. >> congresswoman jane harman, we appreciate it. when we come back, the top money man the republican party, right after this. ♪ >> joining us now is ray washburn, the finance chairman of the republican party. it's great to have you here. your home is dallas, meaning you are probably a huge cowboys fan. this sunday will be big for the cowboys, playing in green bay against the packers. by how many points will the packers beat the cowboys sunday? >> we will reverse the score from the ice bowl. a beat us by two, so i think we will do the same. >> talking politics you spent last week in texas with governor christie. >> that is correct. >> did you get a hug from governor christie? >> he came down to our seats. >> no hugging? >> no hugging, and we cannot figure out how orange fit into the color scheme, but he is 5-0. >> jeb bush with the impressive move c is taking, -- and the big moves he is taking, how is that shaking things up? >> the more interesting one is more what huckabee has done. huckabee nobody thought would come out of left field the way he did, following on the heels of jevb. i don't like the effect's are donor base because he has a different donor base, but people and his silo, whether it is him or rand paul, i think that gave them a great sense of pause. >> i'm curious right now what you think the political stakes are right now. what do you need to raise over the course of the sheer? >> -- over the course of this year? >> between $30 million and $35 million. that is primarily to begin building out staff infrastructure. >> you are raising money for the party now, but our people in that category, are they anxious to get going? are they saying i want you win so i can pick my horse, or are they worried about private stuff in helping you raise money and think more about this in june? >> in june? >> or later in the year. >> actually jeb's announcement will probably move of the announcement of a lot of people. on the donor side, we raised $160 million, $170 million built a robust infrastructure, and we have to continue that. whatever the nominee is, we have to have data, we have to have the grassroots organization. whatever gets the nomination will plug up underneath that. from the rnc perspective, the big time to raise money is the first part of this year. >> i want to come back to the point about mike huckabee. a lot of people assume the biggest problem he would have his financial. he had a hard time raising money in 2008 scared off by the prospect of having to raise money in 2012. it seems like given the table stakes, he could get there and be a plausible candidate. >> absolutely he can get there. coming out early it is a fairly definable donor base for what they are going after. i think he is running after it first. the fact he resigned fox walking away from an income the way he did shows i think he feels confident he will have it there. >> you get to spend time with a lot of would-be candidates. we want to ask about their personalities. one word. ask you a string of guys, just one word that finds the personality. chris christie. >> passionate. >> rick perry. his personality. >> very outgoing. >> one more. ted cruz. >> highly intelligent guy, and whether you like him or don't, everybody knows ted has an extremely high iq. >> you went over one word. to summarize, brilliant? >> i guess iq would be two words. >> rand paul. one word. >> i don't really know rand. i think he is very passionate about it. i have only met him once. i cannot comment on him. i haven't. >> jeb bush? >> compassionate. >> two midwestern governors. scott walker. >> feisty. the way he has handled those unions, you have to be feisty. >> the governor of ohio, john kasich. >> he is very capable. >> capable. >> you are heading to the rnc meeting next week. the republicans afraid of hillary clinton as a democratic nominee? >> no, not at all. i don't think we are afraid of any candidate right now. we're trying to show what is ahead of us. i think she represents the past. dredging up of things in the 1990's and trying to make it sound like those other things to do in the future, i think all of our candidates -- >> is it a bad idea to talk about negative things from the 1990's? >> on their side? we don't have to talk about hurled the personal side. >> anything from the 1990's. if it is not good to talk about things positive, is it fair game -- >> she has to come up with new ideas that are not 1990 ideas. >> you and not doubting that she can raise a to brenda's amount of money. >> -- you were not doubting that she can raise a tremendous amount of money. >> she will raise a ton of money. you talk about super pac's and all of that, it's possible. >> we will be right back with a very special m birthday message for our friend kim jong-un. ♪ >> a very happy birthday to kim jong-un. also a happy birthday to david bowie. bob eubanks, who by the age of 32 had revolutionized "the newlywed game." also, stephen hawking who discovered blackhole hole radiation and discovered how the universe works. and finally, elvis presley. the king himself at the age of 32 had given birth to rock 'n roll. age 32, kim jong-un had killed his uncle. happy birthday. >> we are alive 24 hours per day on bloomberg.com. "bloomberg alive" is next on the radio. for now, we say to you sayonara. ♪ >> hello, i'm pimm fox. this is what i'm taking stock of -- the manhunt intensifies for the gun men responsible for the massacre of 12 people in paris yesterday. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani says catching the gunman will take a global effort. >> they will need a great deal of international cooperation. we don't know where these people receive their training. there is no question these were fairly professional operatives. >> richard hoss,