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The names committee decision in court. joining us is a former prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. to let the cat out of the bag or the name out of the bag so to speak the name in question, blair, such a horrible name. randy, should she be able to be named blair? look, the answer, and the simple answer is, no. in iceland there is a law, there is actually a registry, a names registry. there is a government body that says there are about 17 phupb male name1700 male names that you can use, 1800 female names that you can use. in iceland going back centuries, centuries, the first name is what rules and the last name you take your dad s first name and become his son or daughter. my son john would be john randy s son. that is tradition, that is the way they do things. they want to keep iceland in iceland. there are 32 letters in their allah bet. ....
steve: great. speaker john boehner will be the first to face a major test. we re watching that as we get rolling here. good morning, welcome to america s newsroom. i m bill hemmer, here in the new year. i m heather chilled ders. where is martha? bill: she will be here next week. i m filling in for martha. that comes for a rocky start from the speak. bill: do l delayed vote for victims of soup storm sandy punted to the next congress. that affected lawmakers in the affected area. to leave new york, new jersey, thousand of people in this area this holiday season on their own and abandoned was wrung and disgraceful in a lot of ways. to say to a region hirt by a natural disaster and now you have to rebuild yourself and you have to fund the reconstruction, actually adds insult to injury. bill: the critic say, the bill, they re sympathetic to the victims but the aid needs to be paid for. there is other criticism. mike emanuel live on the hill. good morning to you. fi ....
sometimes you will see him depicted monkey-like or as superman. i wanted to honor his monkey coloring. i decided to paint him white with a darker face. it is nice to breathe new life into it in a way that is reverent and honors the past but also lets them breathe and have fun. it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia. they decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way. it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. you probably think you know all about the exploratorium. but have you ever been after dark? did you know there was a monthly party called after dark? science mixes with culture and ....
no doubt that the tide of history is that our side. i am sure that whether it is a narrow or brought decision, it will inform how the justices look at the case and how they decide whether to take it or not. i am sure it plays a little better. [inaudible] you know, i have never gotten cynical on this. we have always had hope that the right thing would be done in this is another verification of it. it is a brick, but it is a huge brick. we needed that confirmation from these ports. is it legal? is it not legal? we have quite a few hundred challenges. it was very frustrating. the only for the city but for the state of california. it saves us in terms of our understanding and how equal we all are under the law. that, to me, is a really positive message. we will keep that hope alive and we will keep the foundation strong. i think and i feel that this is a time that these appeals will be exhausted. [inaudible] hate crimes is obviously something that we always want to ....
[roll call] you have a quorum. please be devised that the use of telephones, pagers, or similar sound-producing devices are verboten in this meeting. approval of the minutes of the january 17, 2012 regular meeting. the motion is adopted. any comments? all those in favor? item five, communications. there will be no closed session today. introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. when are we scheduled for another safety update? do we have one coming soon? can we get that on the calendar to get an update on what as a going on? i don t know the answer to that, i have a brief highlight to give you. but we will come back at some point soon, i think there is an outcome from the pedestrian safety task force. within a month or so, it might be a good time to report out front. item 7, the safety directors report. the afternoon acting chair person, as members of the public and staff. we are happy to be starting out as we always do the first me ....