Tonight battles waging in iraq has u. S. Officials concerned. Iraqi army is fighting al qaeda for parts of iraq. Rebels have taken the city center. Eight have been killed there. Fallujah is one of two main cities in iraqs anbar province. Ramadi has also been under siege. Anbar is a dangerous place for u. S. Soldiers. More than 1300 Coalition Soldiers were killed there. Here is what we know so far. They are affiliated with al qaeda. The Group Calling itself the Islamic State of iraq in levant. They want to set up a sunie sunni state in iraq and across the border in parts of syria. Fighters from the Islamic State in levant say they have taken over the main highway into the town of fallujah. One man shouts god is great as he gestures to a burntout vehicle they claim is from iraqs army. They say they sent reinforcement from fallujah to iraq to battle the forces. The fighting moved to the outskirts of fallujah. Sunni tribal leaders have not allowed the iraqi fighters to enter to town, sayin
The percentage of women voting has been larger than it used to be. But it is still a very big question in this election, and has been, about how many women will vote. And in particular, the case for single women. [inaudible] i do feel very strongly theres a lot of women, and majority of women dont really understand what that act has done for them. And this administration has not used that, to really say this is what i did for you, with this act. Obama talks about [inaudible] the assumption ever and understands it and i think thats a false assumption. I just wonder what you thought of that. I cant say that i followed all of the ways the Lilly Ledbetter act has been used, but i was involved in a debate just a couple weeks ago that wasnt in the context of the election particularly, but about whether or not the ledbetter act was important at all and whether the paycheck fairness act, which we take things a step further, was a good idea or not a good idea. And there are those who are claimi
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