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Again, were waiting for a discussion on china russian relations. Among the speakers today, former australian Prime Minister kevin rudd. And later on this afternoon on cspan 3, its a hearing on u. S. Border security issues, including a look at the pay structure for officers being held by the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Well have that live at 3 30 eastern. And later today, veterans access to health care. That getting under way at 7 30 p. M. Eastern also live here on cspan 3. Right now were...

Among Otis Reddings collection, the new braniff street wharf is a jewel among the ports park open space collection, and we are so amazingly proud of it. It has taken a very long time and hundreds of people. The transformation of this kind of a waterfront doesnt come easy. For those of you who know it keenly, it was a thousand feet of failing edge, dilapidated pier and a tried but true seawall. And today as you look around, it is a thousand feet of public space, a place where we can walk along an...

Whistle along with me, yall. [whistling] yeah [whistling] thank you. applause [cheering and applauding] other than that, how about a San Francisco welcome . [cheering and applauding] now, a few words about otis redding and that absolutely gorgeous song. Can you think of a better song for this great wharf . As you probably know, otis redding was in San Francisco to perform at the fillmore in the summer of 1967 and he found himself for a week on a sauselito house boat. On the bay came the inspirat...

Ironically, with a small little abandoned swath of land that has grown up to become the cuseda garden. And its the thought child and the physical manifestation of hard work, of a few Community Leaders that got together and rolled up their sleeves and got to work. And tonight i have the honor to introduce one of the cofounders, his name is jeffery betcher. Where are you . Get up here. And jeff is going to introduce to you as he escorts ms. Annette young smith to the stage. This lady, ladies and g...

History of our city and particularly the hard history of our waterfront labor struggles. And that International Long shore and work house union, yes, very important part of our citys history. applause are reflected in these wonderful artistic and historic panels. And that will just give us even much more of a deeper sense of appreciation for what our city does with this. Then this opens up a viewpoint that i know you know that i personally share because its not just the history. Were also going ...

The port, its commission and the staff, because this is in fact 150 years of celebration of our port. And what a way to celebrate with all these wonderful things that are happening here. Its taken 15 years for this project to get done, 15 years. Thats a 10th of the history of the port of San Francisco. And theres a lot of people to thank and moniques already thanked them, but its worth repeating. I think the big Conservation Development commission, the Port Commission, our port staff, public wor...

Headed for the frisco bay i have nothing to live for and look like nothings gonna come my way so im just gonna sit on the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away oohee sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time ahah look like nothings gonna change everything still remains the same i cant do what people tell me to do so i guess ill remain the same sitting here and this loneliness wont leave me alone 2000 miles i roamed just to make this dock my home im just gonna sit on the dock of the bay w...

Here at head park, 22 acres of open space. Were literally honoring our open space obligations and doing it the right way. This particular project is impressive not only for its beauty and opening up more space, but it does in a seismically safe way and in a Sustainable Way accommodate some 75 years of projected sea level lies for our city. And thats incredible because we always are having to Pay Attention to all of our environment around our city. Were three quarters the bay. And, so, thats a re...

They were using an elected officials in premature to add legitimatecy in the appeal to the public. You mean if they used it for example in printed material . Yeah. Or the media campaign. Yeah. Lets say that we are doing a mailer to say right to the board of supervisor and tell them not to cut them for the fire cuts keep them all open. Maybe the Firefighters Union will do Something Like that. And they would say, you know, supervisors you are actually spear heading a movement to help us in gaining...

He left his wife zelma and his wonderful children, four of whom are still with us. And this is otis redding iii also known as a genius. applause and he came all the way from los angeles to help us christen this wharf with that tremendous song. So, please, join me in welcoming otis redding, jr. applause thank you so much. Id like to say thanks. This is a really beautiful thing. And our family, my mother sends her love, my sister carla and dexter, my sister deedee. We all send our love here. We re...