What a glorious day. Welcome to the library. It is my pleasure to be here for todays celebration. I would like to thank our people from the opera house. In particular i would like to give the executive director of the opera house a round of applause here. Where are you . How about that wonderful m. Music. They are led by mohammed bhangra. Lets give them a round of applause. It wasnt too long ago that we had our wonderful Ground Breaking ceremony and at that ceremony we were led in a beautiful invocation by the past or oral yus walker. Hes back to lead us. With that, pastor walk er. To our distinguished leaders and city officials, brothers and sisters. Before i do the invocation i would like to talk real quickly, a young man in the greek culture, he wanted to be wide and was determined to gain wisdom. So socrates, he said i want wisdom. Socrates walked down to the beach, walked to the water and deducted him in the water and said what do you want. He said noble socrates, i want wisdom. W
Has the library with double number of computers and importantly how we put it together. It took longer and the reason it took a little longer was because people who lived in this community wanted the input they hadnt had in a long time. They wanted this building representative of them. Its more than a library. It is a community center, it is an example of how you get a contractor like freddie carter, [ applause ] to become romantic after 50 years of struggle. How he and working with public works and the architects and the library and the commission were able to get some 68 percent local businesses involved, 25 percent from bay view alone. Is this what we mean by invest in our neighborhoods . Absolutely. So, when you look at this library, think of the people that put it together. Think of the hours, think of the many hours that the kids and families will spend here safely learning, increasing their knowledge, improving themselves. Think of the friends of the library that will continue t
What a glorious day. Welcome to the library. It is my pleasure to be here for todays celebration. I would like to thank our people from the opera house. In particular i would like to give the executive director of the opera house a round of applause here. Where are you . How about that wonderful m. Music. They are led by mohammed bhangra. Lets give them a round of applause. It wasnt too long ago that we had our wonderful Ground Breaking ceremony and at that ceremony we were led in a beautiful invocation by the past or oral yus walker. Hes back to lead us. With that, pastor walk er. To our distinguished leaders and city officials, brothers and sisters. Before i do the invocation i would like to talk real quickly, a young man in the greek culture, he wanted to be wide and was determined to gain wisdom. So socrates, he said i want wisdom. Socrates walked down to the beach, walked to the water and deducted him in the water and said what do you want. He said noble socrates, i want wisdom. W
And pleasure to introduce our mayor, mayor ed lee. [ applause ]. Morning, everybody. Welcome to our bay view. As our poet said, hes about to wear a hat, so i was looking for a hat this morning. And i have a trunk full and i was looking for something that was representative, a world series type of hat because this is a world series event. When you look across our neighborhoods, you know its probably one of the best examples of building a community center. And you know as much as this brick and mortar is beautiful, its got a communicate Center Community center that is useful when the library is not even open. It has the library with double number of computers and importantly how we put it together. It took longer and the reason it took a little longer was because people who lived in this community wanted the input they hadnt had in a long time. They wanted this building representative of them. Its more than a library. It is a community center, it is an example of how you get a contractor
Of february. That invitation coming just two days after she led the vote to impeach him. Perhaps its because the president is in the holiday spirit. In a little more than an hour from now, hell kick off his christmas break with a signing ceremony for the Defense Authorization bill. The bill creates a new branch of the military, funds his border wall, even raises the smoking age to 21. At the same time, he out thes the bill, a new opinion piece out of a christian magazine is calling for his ouster from the white house. Correspondent Christian Fischer starts off with my usual perch from the north lawn. Good evening, kristen. President trump prepares to leave washington after one of the most controversial weeks of his presidency. Hes feeling an a range of emotions as told by two of the people who know him best. Hes energized as are 63 million plus voters who elected him to office. Hes mad as hell. However President Trump is feeling about becoming the third u. S. President to be impeached