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Good afternoon. It is really quiet in here. We will have to do something about this. Im johnny taylor. The president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. We share this with gallup. To our to welcome you home. I would like to start out before i tell you why we are here in turn it over to the panelists, is to introduce a very special person. There are a whole bunch of special people. But a very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall colle...

This morning and next up here on cspan a look at the supreme courts landmark brown v. Board of education ruling, ending segregation in Public Schools, may 18 was the 63rd anniversary of that ruling. Educators and historians this week examined the impact of the decision. This three and a half hour forum is hosted by the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Good afternoon. I am its kind of quiet in here. Looks like i walked in and i felt i was at a funeral. We have to do something about this. Were goin...

Swearing in for the state assembly of the current board president. And, madam clerk, could you please describe the rules of this election . There are no absent abstention or passes. All supervisors must vote when a question is posed. The lowest vote getter is not obligated to withdraw their name and they will be included on subsequent ballots unless the nominee chooses to withdraw their own name. At any time a nominee may withdraw their own name, the board can adopt a motion to reopen nomination...

We know from the ethics including as we work for the last 15 years on these challenges that there is so much suspicion about medical research when it comes from the west. We saw what happens with polio and meningitis and we go in with the best of intentions thinking that youre going to hell. Whether the research is sort of just taking blood for all of these virology studies, which can make a tremendous difference, we all know that it happens when we take blood and then people die and then the ru...

At that time around clement street. We call the Richmond District the New Chinatown in the 1980s at that time. Just being around the tremendous unique neighborhood, and discovering San Francisco in the 1980s as i grew up, but i also have been very active as a community organizer. I worked in chinatown, and some first jobs also at the Mental Health center in the richmond area Multi Services in the 1980s, and i was also a staff are at the Chinatown Youth Center i was also a staffer. A lot of my wo...

Francisco to bring us together as a community, as a city. What happened when the 49ers won those super bowls year after year . That was a huge deal for our city and our community in San Francisco. What happened with the world series this year when the giants won for the first time in over 50 years . Incredible. Everybody was celebrating. And that is a huge deal for our community in San Francisco, but i think, economically, not only jobs in terms of construction of stadiums and what have you. Eco...

Supervisor. We are here with supervisor mar, who was elected in 2008 and is about halfway through his first term. We will get to know them and talk about the toughest issues they have been facing. Welcome, supervisor. Thank you for joining us. Lets start by talking about your background, where you grew up. I grew up in sacramento, california, in the south area. Went to public schools. Ended up in ucdavis. Made my way out to San Francisco when i was a college student, and i sat in the class is in...

Populations should have a safety net. We should have human rights and equality and civil rights for people as well. I am very proud of being a progressive. What do you think are some of the biggest issues facing San Francisco . Right now, there are so many people out of work the local hiring and jobs and creation of new jobs, whether it is in a hightech economy with twitter and other types of work force issues moving forward and businesses moving forward to creation of construction that local re...

And americas cup, but i look for to announcing that this is, in addition to the third fourth america cup, it will be the San Francisco americas cup. Thank you and welcome. Thank you. Were going to celebrate filipinoamerican History Month in San Francisco by doing what mayors always do, especially after being solely instructed by hydra as our Education Advisor to present the proclamation declaring the month of oct filipinoamerican month in San Francisco. Come on up here. Get up here, so everybody...

Obama on iraq, afghanistan, iran, all the issues of substance. So ill ask him to explain. Also, the u. S. Economy, how much will it grow in 2014 . 2 . 3 . 4 . Wall street is wondering, upon dids are up s ars are pontifica. And negotiations with iran are two collscholars tell ust neuroscience is actually illuminate the issues. Somebody in france actually went a step further. But first heres my take. President obama gave a much anticipated teach on friday outlining reforms on the American Governme...