Really from everyone everywhere, what you did is so hard. When you look at it from afar, it just looks like a woman standing in froth of her home with a family. But she has to endure every single night not knowing whether she is going to be able to sleep another night in her home. And she did this for all of us. So, i just want to thank you and commend you and i want to [speaker not understood] all the people who are also in support of you and your actions here today. Thank you so much, mrs. Lee. applause [speaking through interpreter] is, hi, everyone. Im mrs. Lee. Today im standing here. Im so honored and so happy to receive this award ~. Actually, i want to say that this award is not my award. Its really the collection of awards from everyone here and the community. And if it wasnt for the community, their courage, their solidarity, their togetherness to support me and my family, i would not be able to stand up fight my fight. ~ and fight my fight. And i also want to say for those t
I want to read a Little Information about sandy, but ill start off by saying that usually some people remember when they met a person. Ive known sandy for so long that i dont even remember when i met her. But i do remember when i met her husband who signed my paycheck, mr. Jeff murry when i was in the mayors Youth Employment Training Program when i was a teen because you always remember the person who puts that signature on that first paycheck. It gave me a lot of pride. I knew then he was someone special who cared about young people, and clearly thats why you two are together. You continue to make a difference in our community and fight for whats right. And, so, it really is a privilege and my honor to have you here today. Sandy retired in december of 2009 as a Development Director of [speaker not understood] which she actually founded in 1971. Not only is it a home for seniors, but they started a meal program where they made sure that seniors received meals every day, not just the re
Puts that signature on that first paycheck. It gave me a lot of pride. I knew then he was someone special who cared about young people, and clearly thats why you two are together. You continue to make a difference in our community and fight for whats right. And, so, it really is a privilege and my honor to have you here today. Sandy retired in december of 2009 as a Development Director of [speaker not understood] which she actually founded in 1971. Not only is it a home for seniors, but they started a meal program where they made sure that seniors received meals every day, not just the residents of kimochi, but folks all over San Francisco. Sandy has always been committed to seniors, to taking care of people and to making sure that they had a place to call home in the Western Addition. She served on the Western Addition Citizen Advisory Committee and we serve together. There we fought for just really changes to what the Western Addition had done to the a2 area. She has been fighting th
Now, the first such test to be done under north koreas young new leader, kim jongun. It was a highly provocative act, it violates nurpsresolutio. We have a lot to talk about this morning, and joining me is South Carolina Democratic Congressman, james clyburn. Sir, great to have you here. Lets talk about what we do expect to hear from the president tonight. We do have the information, he will be talking about the drawdown of troops in afghanistan, going down to 34,000. Thats half of u. S. Troops currently in afghanistan. But adding a wrinkle to the state of the Union Tonight is north korea and what we know happened there with their Third Nuclear test. The statement from the white house, i want to read it for everybody. The United States remains vigilant in the face of north korean provocations and steadfast to our defense commitments to allies in that region. However, though, there are already people on the right who are giving their, i guess, understanding of what the president is goin
Anywhere. Reality set in a bit today in newtown, connecticut, a town that laid two 6yearold boys to rest. Funerals were held for jack pinto and noah poznor. They began at 1 00 toted. Svrss are planned for tuesday. You try to feel their pain, but you cant. You try to find some words that you hope will be adequate knowing that theyll be inadequate. We have begun processing the sxefd analyzing the evidence. Sandy hook elementary could be a crime scene for months. Weve seized it under search warrants, and were going to hold those locations until weve completed our work. School districts across the country have been boosting security. Were going to do our best to secure security statewide. Caring for our children. Its our first job. If we dont get that right, we dont get anything right. Thats how as a society we will be judged. Washington today the United States senate observed a moment of silence for the 20 children and six adults who were murdered here in newtown, connecticut, on friday m