Hotel heart. applause thats tony robles poem. Tony is a true revolutionary, worker scholar who always maintains a humble level head, even in the most crisis oriented situations, even when fighting for the people in the most charged issues like housing justice, and the fight against displacement and gentrification in San Francisco creatively tony writes poetry and stories that inspire hope and struggle of our communities. Im proud to honor him today. I think he uses his mind, his heart, his hands creatively and lovingly to inspire Filipino Community members but also all of us. And i wanted to say again that i believe hes an empowerer of those that need to lead our struggles and for me as a member of this board of supervisors and our whole body, its my honor to recognize brother tony robles as our honoree from district 1. Tony . [cheering and applauding] thank you very much, supervisor mar. And to think that i thought you were going to take me out to joes ice cream. [laughter] i didnt ex
From my own head, but from filipino scholar oscar [speaker not understood]. I want to say we got the world series happening. I tell you, the world San Francisco giants, ive got to tell you, those kids out on the Mission Playground standing up and standing and holding their ground. applause those are the real San Francisco giants. Ill tell you some other giants. The kids who are at west bay, the way they comport themselves, the way they behave with such class and the way they behave around their elders, those are the real San Francisco giants. I take my hat off to them. Those are the real San Francisco giants. My work in the housing organizing is inspired by manila town. Its inspired by my uncle al. I work with senior and disability action. Im the president of the board of manila found heritage foundation. What ive seen in San Francisco, it breaks my hardththv. Ill be honest with you. The eviction crisis that were in, being born and raised here, its heart breaking, you know. It really i
Characterization of this as entirely budget driven . If it were entirely budget driven we would have accepted the levels of sequestration. As this hearing continues you can watch it online at cspan. Org and later in our program schedule. The house is gaveling for legislative work including a bill suspending the individual mandate penalty under the Affordable Care act. Live coverage here on cspan. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to tap the resources needed by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. As the world observes the tensions mounting within ukraine and venezuela, may we all know well the crippling effects of ideological divides. When a shared sense of National Unity might bring greater hope and possible solution to serious political problems. Send, o god, your healing grace upon those torn nations and upon t
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Raymar when the crashed into the bridge. It was foggy. That could be a factor. A beacon on the bridge was not working. Investigators will consider whether that confused him and causeed him to switch course. This is the first time pilot error has surfaced for a cause. It was not communication or mechanical area or mistake in judgment, but investigators will look at all of that. It caused several million in damage to the ship and the bridge. Thank you very much. The federal government is coming after disgraced cycleing champion, lance armstrong, with a new tactic as he begins the journey to come clean. After years of denial this new information comes. Katie . Ought government will take legal action against lance armstrong. Abc news, the wall street journal, and usa today are reporting that the Justice Department is highly likely to join a lawsuit filed against armstrong by former teammate. Abc says the suit alleges armstrong defrauded the u. S. Government by denying 9 use of performance