and i request the -- from the godfather of our congress gregs joe o donahue for permission to address my concerns here. i recently went to joe's home and said let's find a way to make peace here, let's find a way, a solution. i said are you making some money in this deal, joe? joe reassured me that it's not a money deal. it's about bringing light to people who have been deprived of light. i went to my friend who lives right next to our school who provided for many children and just in our school to have orthodontal care. i asked him what can you do here? we'll do anything to accommodate the lees. and i believe him. i request with the legal advisors and the powers that be and with the patience of the commission to find a solution to -- that it could be a win-win situation because i believe that we have honorable people here that are looking for the welfare of the community. thank you very much. >> i'm mr. william, i'm the project architect. i'm not actually here to speak for myself tonight. ms. sheryl parks the director of the planning assessment was going to read this leter or speak t

donahue has of me to comment on behalf of the project sponsor that we are very close to what we think is an acceptable project to the dr requester, and if we could save the time and presentation, we ask that you expedite this process and come back to it if we are not able to hammer out a resolution. >> i know, but we have a deal to write your region we have a deal. >> are they asking for -- i know, but we have a deal. >> are they asking for reasons? >> why don't we take a 10 minute recess? >> are you asking for a recess? >> we can do that. 15 minutes. >> i am hoping to come back. >> there is no need for a hearing. >> thank you. >> ok, the planning commission is back in session. i believe that we recessed to allow the two sides of this case to try to come to an agreement, and i will for the record call a snap back into the record -- call this back into the record. it is item number 17. there is a discretionary review on this case and a neighbor- related discretionary review, and the neighbor and project sponsor were to meet during recess to try to resolve issues and try to come to some

donahue has of me to comment on behalf of the project sponsor that we are very close to what we think is an acceptable project to the dr requester, and if we could save the time and presentation, we ask that you expedite this process and come back to it if we are not able to hammer out a resolution. >> i know, but we have a deal to write your region we have a deal. >> are they asking for -- i know, but we have a deal. >> are they asking for reasons? >> why don't we take a 10 minute recess? >> are you asking for a recess? >> we can do that. 15 minutes. >> i am hoping to come back. >> there is no need for a hearing. >> thank you.

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james donahue at the berkeley theological union >>> the question arises about fitness for leadership we need leaders who are able to develop and provide credibility and inspiration going forward these are difficult times for the church. >>> he is scheduled to be installed as archbishop at st. mary's cathedral of october 4, 2005 days before he's supposed to be in court on the deal why charge. sharon chin cbs 5 >>> another vigil to remember murder victims wrapped up in san jose this evening. we have seen these vessels before, families of the dad asking for violence to stop reporter kiet do asked do these things help. >>> they came tonight to cry prey heal and unite. the city organized a prayer vigil let city all to remember the 33 victims murdered this year eight of them killed in 11 days making it the deadliest threats of violence in san jose's history. one was her brother gunned down august 13th would you want to say to people who say the killings are no big deal just gang members telling gang members >>> it is a big deal and it is a domino effect it affects our family and community

we used to get on the phil donahue show. these were afternoon entertainment shows. but they always reserve 20% of their time for serious advocates, highlighting women's rights groups, peace groups, labor groups, consumer advocates. that is gone out. it is nothing but sadomasochism mondays afternoon shows. as far as the newspapers go, they used to follow the story. if i was pushing for a lot of safety on capitol hill, they would say, this is pretty significant. there is evidence that there needs to be safer cars. no federal standards for motor vehicles. so they would follow the story has a the senate hearings at house hearings and all kinds of things going on, pushing the bill toward lyndon johnson to sign. now the big newspapers do features. they don't follow the community. i have been complaining to the new york times about that. they are hoping to get to the enterprises or some other journalistic pride. i don't think they have any idea how that undermines the entire civic community. unless people are able to have a voice in the mass media, he won't be able to jolt

donahue has of me to comment on behalf of the project sponsor that we are very close to what we think is an acceptable project to the dr requester, and if we could save the time and presentation, we ask that you expedite this process and come back to it if we are not able to hammer out a resolution. >> i know, but we have a deal to write your region we have a deal. >> are they asking for -- i know, but we have a deal. >> are they asking for reasons? >> why don't we take a 10 minute recess? >> are you asking for a recess? >> we can do that. 15 minutes. >> i am hoping to come back. >> there is no need for a hearing. >> thank you. >> ok, the planning commission is back in session. i believe that we recessed to allow the two sides of this case try to come to an agreement, and i will for the record call a snap back into the record -- call this back into the record. it is item number 17. there is a discretionary review on this case and a neighbor- related discretionary review, and the neighbor and project sponsor were to meet during recess to try to resolve issues and try to come to some so

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not tom donahue. oh, shoot. he was active in the pro-life movement and there was a boycott of that company. >> bigger question -- what about the marriage platform -- plank in the democratic platform? is that a good idea? where are the gay voters going to go? >> that is the decision of the president and vice president. the other question -- i go out to get something from the store. i don particularly care about the owner's views on things like the affordable health care act or drilling in the arctic i just want to go to starbucks and get a cup of coffee. if i hear that the honor has a different view, i don't go there anymore? i understand that the pain is caused people who believe in some six marriage and having the honor of -- owner of chick-fil- a saying what he said, but going after individuals because of their views -- all you want to do is get a chicken sandwich. >> we had one who said i don't agree with him at all on the marriage, but i like the chicken. >> the neglected the victims here are the fried chick

. >> well, i loved phil donahue. i mean, he was someone -- i really emulate his old show -- >> he was great. he came in. he was a firecracker. >> i was on oprah with phil donahue. they did a whole talk show icon show which i was so touched to be a part of. i love oprah. of course oprah is the queen and always will be. >> she was. best of luck. come back again soon. >> thank you so much. >> ricki lake. show starts in two weeks. coming up, the true crime story america's obsessed with. i'll talk to the man who is trying to keep him from a life behind bars. [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option th using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go t

not tom donahue. oh, shoot. he was active in the pro-life movement and there was a boycott of that mpany. >> bigger question -- what about the marriage platform -- plank in the democratic platform? is that a good idea? where are the gay voters going to go? >> that is the decision of the president and vice president. the other question -- i go out to get something from the store. i don particularly care about the owner's views on things like the affordable health care act or drilling in the arctic i just want to go to starbucks and get a cup of coffee. if i hear that the honor has a different view, i don't go there anymore? i understand that the pain is caused people who believe in some six marriage and having the honor of -- owner of chick-fil- a saying what he said, but going after individuals because of their views -- all you want to do is get a chick sandwich. >> we had one who said i don't agree with him at all on the marriage, but i like the chicken. >> the neglected the victims here are the fried chicken.

not tom donahue. oh, sure. he was active in the pro-life movement. there was a boycott of that company -- >> what about the gay marriage plank in the democratic platform? is that a good idea? where are they gave voters going to go? -- the gay border is going to go? >> that is to the decision of the president and vice president -- >> tom monaghan is the name you are looking for. >> when i go to get something from the store, i do not think about the owner's views on the health care act or drilling in the arctic. all i want to do is go to starbucks and get a cup of coffee. if i hear that the owner of starbucks has a different view, what, do i not go there anymore? i understand the pain that has caused people who believe in scene 6 marriage to have the owner of chick-fil-a say what he said, but i also understand the limits that we have as far as going after individuals because of their views, when all you want to do is get a chicken sandwich. >> we had one woman say that i do not agree with him and all on gay marriage, but i really like the chicken. >> i

there was a famous female author 30 years ago on the donahue show who made a similar argument with a different context. now here we are saying that the fear of diminishing white returns on the census are leading to some kind of real racial situation here. >> for the small minority of folk who still hold on to race based ideas about judging people and interacting with people, yes, the growth of our latino population, the continued growth of the african-american population, other populations of color, are challenges for them. there's nothing anyone can do about that. this world is getting browner. the point of the matter is we're all in this together and we really should all be on the same side. there should not be bias and racism in this society. we're way too mature and should be progressed way beyond that. i hope we continue to engage these things and sophisticated nuanced ways without sort of running to our subject positions and sort of bite back and being negative about it. >> quickly, professor peterson, there doesn't seem to be a consensus whether president obama has made race r

now a person who has been covering this story for the voice of san diego is andrew donahue. i want to bring him in to talk about this. andrew, talk to me about why in the world they would make what appears to be a disastrous deal like this. >> hey, cenk, you hit the nail on the head in the intro. they didn't want to raise taxes. plain and simple. they borrowed a bunch of money in 2002, they made a lot of promises. one of the promises was that they would get all these deals done and they wouldn't raise any taxes. fast forward to 2008, the construction costs are high. they haven't gotten all the projects done, and they've lost--they're sort of moving forward, and they promised people that they're not going to raise any taxes, so they have to try to find a way to get this project done without doing that. and i think we all know the only way to get something and not pay for it is so promise to pay a whole lot more sometime in the future. >> cenk: right. so it seems like all the players involved here, whether it's the government officials the guys, the brokers making the deal. th

in 2005 we talked with phil donahue abou cindy sheehan. >> her positions are radical and they are radical. >> what is radical is to send more are americans to die in this war which is a monumental blunder by a president who swagerred us into it. there is a lot of sin to go around here. >> you want to send more people to this war? is that your position? >> if we cut and run out of there like you want to do we would be putting every american in a thousand times more are jeopardy than they are now. >> we are going to cut and run anyway, bill. >> you are cut and run guy and i don't want my family in dangler you want to stay the course, don't you? >> here is what i want to do. i want to give the iraqis a chance to train their army so they can defeat these people who are trying to turn it into a terrorist state. >> you wouldn't is send your to this war, bill.g scenion >> my nephew just enlisted. he is a patriot so don't denigrate his service or i will boot you off the set! >> my nephew is stationed in kentucky. he is a patriot. >> one final moment. my interview with an attorney who was defendin

in 2005 we talked with phil donahue about cindy sheehan. >> her positions are radical and they are radical. >> what is radical is to send more are americans to die in this war which is a monumental blunder by a president who swagerred us into it. there is a lot of sin to go around here. >> you want to send more people to this war? is that your position? >> if we cut and run out of there like you want to do we would be putting every american in a thousand times more are jeopardy than they are now. >> we are going to cut and run anyway, bill. >> you are cut and run guy and i don't want my family in dangler you want to stay the course, don't you? >> here is what i want to do. i want to give the iraqis a chance to train their army so they can defeat these people who are trying to turn it into a terrorist state. >> you wouldn't is send your to this war, bill.g scenion >> my nephew just enlisted. he is a patriot so don't denigrate his service or i will boot you off the set! >> my nephew is stationed in kentucky. he is a patriot. >> one final moment. my interview with an attorney who was defendin

there was a famous female author 30 years ago on the donahue show who made a similar argument with a different context. now here we are saying that the fear of diminishing white returns on the census are leading to some kind of real racial situation here. >> for the small minority of folk who still hold on to race based ideas about judging people and interacting with people, yes, the growth of our latino population, the continued growth of the african-american population, and other populations of color are challenges for them. there's nothing anyone can do about that. this world is getting browner. the point of the matter is we're all in this together and we really should all be on the same tide. there should not be bias and racism in any way in this society. we're way too mature and should be progressed way beyond that. i hope we continue to engage these things in sophisticated nuanced ways without sort of running to our subject positions and sort of bite back and being negative about it. >> quickly, professor peterson, there doesn't seem to be a consensus whether president obama ha

there was a famous female author 30 years ago on the donahue show who made a similar argument with a different context. now here we are saying that the fear of diminishing white returns on the census are leading to some kind of real racial situation here. >> for the small minority of folk who still hold on to race based ideas about judging people and interacting with people, yes, the growth of our latino population, the continued growth of the african-american population, other populings of color, are challenges for them. there's nothing anyone can do about that. this world is getting browner. the point of the matter is we're all in this together and we really should all be on the same tide. there should not be bias and racism in this society. we're way too mature and should be progressed way beyond that. i hope we continue to engage these things and sophisticated nuanced ways without sort of running to our subject positions and sort of bite back and being negative about it. >> quickly, professor peterson, there doesn't seem to be a consensus whether president obama has made race rel

wesley donahue and howard dean, thank you so much. >>> from there to something completely different, we'll go to the best of office politics from bravo's andy cohen to melissa harris-perry. >>> but first we talk about calling the election. >> i cannot call this election for either person yet. like i have to say it feels like an absolute tossup to me. >> it's going to be a very close race. extremely close. it will be probably like 2000 level close. >> like 4:00 in the morning for all of us election night. >> definitely. i think. i could be wrong. barring some huge change that could knock it in either direction. >> if we get to september and that number of nations in recession goes up, then i think that may well affect the american economy. and when that starts to happen, the electorate simply blames the president. >> i was at cbs news for ten years. it was great. i learned so much and i think it informed everything i'm doing now, weirdly in edit rooms and telling stories. >> here's something you're really good at on your show, and that is speaking your mind even if it stirs up controv

. >> reporter: catholic league's bill donahue sate essentially the catholic's democrats were against the wall. >> did they think the head of rcc so stupid to get catch-22, advertise see you are a shill for the republican party? they misread him. dolan is above the politics at the moment. >> reporter: people close to the ardnal expect his eminence to sidestep the healthcare issue next week at the dnc it is hard to avoid the fact that the catholic church social agenda stands in stark contrast to the democrat platform particularly concerning abortion and same-sex marriage. jenna: we'll pay attention to see what he has to say and maybe he changes his message last week. lauren, thank you. jon: mitt romney taking the stage on the final night of the republican national convention making his case as the man to lead this country to prosperity. so how did he do? we'll take a look next. >>> and motorists you might be in for a shock as you prepare to head out of town for the labor day weekend. a look at the factors behind today's sky-high gas prices coming up. >> when somebody does not do the jo

that republican superpacs and other outside groups including karl rove, the koch brothers, and tom donahue of the u.s. chamber of commerce, supposedly independent, plan to spend combined $1 billion before election day. that's right. the american people need to understand that. $1 billion. unless we think that this is just about republicans, democrats are trying to play, too. it doesn't matter who's playing. it's wrong. according to the center for responsive politics, as of august 1, that's today, 705 groups have organized as superpacs and have reported receipts of over $318 million in independent expenditures already of more than $167 million in the 2012 election cycle. that's as of today. and here we are, they've got 97 more days to raise more money, to spend more money and to do all of that under cover. i want to put it into stark contrast. because just a couple of weeks ago, just two weeks ago, the number stood at 678. today it's 705. who knows what it will be next week. with receipts of $281 million, but now those receipts are $318 million. now, can you do a little math and a multiplie