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In your book about al gore and the gridiron dinner. What was it . In the last year of the clinton presidency, bill clinton, the president , decided he would bag the gridiron dinner, where the president usually goes to speak. And he didnt like it much. It was the second time he didnt. And taking his place was al gore. I got a phone call just a few days before the dinner, wondering if id help in Vice President gores speech. I got a call from my friend, bob shrum, who was a media guy for gore. And ...

Friendly. Backslapper. That is not his style. He is direct and he will tell you what he feels and what he thinks but he is going to do it on his terms about what he wants to say and how he wants to say it. It is very important, he is a very precise man. This was a precision race that he ran. You guys wrote an article back in november. One of the things you have any is that he could have spent as much as 50 million . He was preparing for that and by the end of it, with the outside groups, and pro...

Congress. We will go tumor real to mur iel. Caller happy new year to you both. I just want to say this. I think the president , president obama, i will use his title president , he will be in command in spite of the majorities of the republicans, ok . Because i think the republicans are on the same train to nowhere. If they bring up the repeal of the Health Care Law and also if they dont deal with immigration. When we talk about immigration we should think about people because it involves millio...

It is time to go in a new direction. [applause] it is time to turn this country around. [cheering applause] manu raju, when you interviewed Mitch Mcconnell, what was he like . It was the most complex race of a 30 year career. He was attacked right off the bat, he had his first primary challenge. He had democrats that made him the top target. He knew that going in. Mcconnell is a guy who looks around corners, and he had planned for four years this campaign. That started in 2010, right after he sa...

Clinicians but raise standards at our hospital . I am very happy to join my honorable friend in doing that. Making sure that we educate the next generation of doctors nurses and clinicians is vital. Under this government, we have 9,000 more doctors and 3,300 more nurses. We are treating 1. 3 million more people in a and e, and there are 6 million more outpatient appointments. That is what is happening in our nhs, and all credit to the hardworking staff who are carrying out that vital work. Welfa...

Manu raju, when you interviewed Mitch Mcconnell, what was he like . It was the most complex race of a 30 year career. He was attacked right off the bat, he had his first primary challenge. He had democrats that made him the top target. He knew that going in. Mcconnell is a guy who looks around corners, and he had planned for four years this campaign. That started in 2010, right after he saw what happened at the republican primary at rand paul. Rand paul beat mcconnells handpicked guy in that pri...

Point and south of market and to come up with a comprehensive strategy. We also as part of the overall move from oakland to San Francisco its worth noting we have entered into various labor agreements because in oracle many of the jobs are governed by Union Agreements so for example we entered into a agreement with local two here in San Francisco who then partnered with east bay to ensure that were actually allowing for union jobs to continue here when the arena moves here. We will maintain all ...

Cooking class, culinary skills. We have people in the community that could utilize the building for the citizens of San Francisco and for the fillmore. Give the people who live there a chance. You spend all this money and aint nobody benefiting in the community, nobody. Check it out. Thats all you have to do is check it out. This is the last opportunity the community has to blossom and do something with the remaining businesses that are there so thank you for listening. Thank you. Michael fisher...

And they close the streets. Sure. Its just difficult to get around. Is this what is going to happy new year with the warriors special events arena because the neighborhood is there . In an extent the traffic jams not just the games but the special events . Its a very good question and actually i can give you a multipart answer. In consistent with how we think about the building and how others perform in this market its a satellite and other events at moscone. We dont have a large floor. We cant ...

Oracle many of the jobs are governed by Union Agreements so for example we entered into a agreement with local two here in San Francisco who then partnered with east bay to ensure that were actually allowing for union jobs to continue here when the arena moves here. We will maintain all of the commitments and provide for right of transfer of exiti existing employees to come over here. And we have addressed the issues and the opportunities and were frankly i am personally excited about the warrio...