Summers i worked construction with my dad. Had it not been for pell grants, financial aid, Student Loans at low Interest Rates, i could not have gone to stanford. We have to do what we can. The best way to do well abroad is to do well at home. If we are strong domestically, we can be strong abroad. Your point is well taken. We are a country for a reason. Hopefully by our example and with our assistance, we can help others do it well also. Right now, especially since were barely coming back from that deep recession, its time to really make sure that we take care of folks in america who work very hard to build this country. I dont think we will ever shirk our responsibility around the world, i do think we need to be very smart about how we do things. Whether it is iraq or people who come to our border, we have to do this the smart way. We dont want to give the wrong impression of what we are trying to do whether it is an iraq war kids at the border. Thank you for your question. Before hu
Ok, i have three names. We will go on the order that i selected them. The first ursuline named will get to go first. Raise your hand. If youll step out in the ilm will make it easier. We have microphones. The first person is anna garcia. Then we have alexia. Then hunter cobb. Those three will go first and then we will just keep knowing down the line. If you could do us a favor, your question or comment as concise as possible and i will try to be as well. Thank you for holding the town hall. My question is regarding the issue of unaccompanied minors that have gone through severe trauma fleeing imminence poverty. How likely is it that these children are going to receive Refugee Status . The situation at the border, most of the kids are coming from three countries, el salvador, guatemala, and honduras. The law in place today which provides relief for those kids if they can prove they have a fear of persecution or death would allow them to get asylum, not Refugee Status. It is different. A
Has been a painstaking labor of love for bridge, the Mayors Office of housing and icii and the team of architects, engineers and contractors and consultants who stuck with the project against all odds. I would like to thank several people who have worked tirelessly over the past seven years to get us to this milestone. I want to congratulate my core team members, mimi, code and chris hunter and Richard Stacy and staff with stacy architects and our general contractors. Thank you so much for your hard work and unflinching commitment. I want to add a special note of thanks to bill moffit who is in the back and the construction manager. This was a challenge and we couldnt have done it without your guidance and perseverance. Thank you very much. I would like to thank the constructional engineers and our landscape architects. [inaudible] and casey moore with waterproofing consultants, [inaudible] with Applied Materials engineering, [inaudible] engineers charles and associates, treadwell [ina
Prosecuted, arrested or otherwise marginalized huge numbers of the turkish elite and thats so whats happening now that that the vanguard, the sort of turkish vanguard that has done this led by erdogan is starting to crackup itself and thats basically its split into two lanes so i think whats so whats troubling to me is that turkey has been a very stable place and a democratic place for the last erdogan has brought a measure of stability to that country it hasnt seen before and i think thats coming to an end. Rose a look at two important countries russia and turkey. When we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Sophisticated filtration of information and manipulation of Public Opinion preceded the invasion in iraq. Luckily, this time we managed to avoid an International Escalation of the syrian conflict. Rose Vitaly Churkin is here. He is russias ambassador to the United Nations. Russias playing an increasingly pro
Last 10 years many units of new construction, the plaza apartments, even rehab hotels in San Francisco. Its really because of their stewardship and advocacy and certainly i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the work and dedication of the commission of Community Investment and infrastructure, our chair is here today along with our commissioner and former redevelopment commissioner. Today would not have happened and our district 6th representative commissioner as well. Thank you commissioners. Today would not have happened without the commissions work and dedication to building sustainable and thriving communities. Consistent with the commissions objectives and goals 474na toma provides needed housing and create jobs for san franciscans. I am proud to say this development with bridge and contractors have achieved business participation for the professional Services Contract and well over 1 3 of the very people working on this building are from San Francisco, and certainly lastly i w