lee. have these two characters ever been in the news lately. we could notg, have chosen a better moment, as we know lee has been all but off his pedestal, therally, in some parts of country, in this roiling national controversy over confederate memorials. things look better for general one thing, our friend, ron chernow, has his extraordinary biography of grant and he is back in the news and for another thing, our friend john marszalek has just published an annotated and of ulysses s.e grant's memoirs which we'll talk and it ise go along another triumph for anybody who wants to read one of the great war-time autobiographies in and also in any accessible volume that gives us through.t help us congratulations to you. one more shout-out for john and his wife, jean, who is here today. they, and i'm giving jean at credit for this, have just opened the new ulysses s. grant presidential library at mississippi state university where john has taught, and having just come back from there, i can tell

lee's father -- of course the lees were famous in virginia, well known family. but he showed up, knocked on a neighbor's door and said my horse has run off, i need to borrow a horse to get home, so the man lent him a horse and also said i'm going to send a slave along with him to bring the horse back after you arrive at your home. days pass with no news of the man, the slave or the horse and finally the slave showed up a week later, bedraggled looking and the master said, what happened, he said it turns out colonel lee's horse did not run off. he sold him and when he got home he sold your horse, too. and he said why are you so late in coming home. he said he sold me, too. so this reputation of being a virtual scoundrel was an incubus that robert e. lee carried with him all his life and i think he spent much of his life trying to be that marble man, that stern, impeccable, west point graduate who never got a single demerit partly to overcome the burden of having a father like lighthouse harry. john: when grant was a little bit boy and throughout his life, he's a

lee? >> commissioner lee: can you tell me about your exterior lighting? >> vice president thomas: there's a lot of lighting from the hilton. >> commissioner lee: on your side of the street. what's your lighting? >> we're currently designing external lighting. we have done this at a few other projects. we think it's important in the evening especially when residents are coming home to have a clear path of entree and lighting to prevent loitering from happening on the street. we're extremely cognizant about that. and there will be on site staff at this project. someone that is on site 24-hours of the day. so we presumably i believe in the budget have security staffing for the evenings. so we're extremely conscious. >> commissioner lee: since it's a historic building, are you accenting the building at all, lighting up the building or just the front lobby area, sidewalk -- >> yeah, we've been going back and forth with historic preservation to figure out how to preserve the facade special bring

>> commissioner lee: just on the one in the garedelhi. they'll have music outside until 8:00. >> yes, this is a guinea pig here. this was approved by police and fire department planning. you could set specific conditions in terms of outdoor if you like. >> commissioner lee: is the applicant here. >> we need to vote to pull it off consent if we want to hear from them. >> commissioner lee: yeah, i -- >> in order to talk about it we have to pull it off consent. >> commissioner lee: pull it off for a couple of questions. >> vice president thomas: i'm hearing a motion to remove this item from the consent calendar. is there a second? >> i'll second. >> vice president thomas: can we just do a voice vote? everyone in support say aye. okay. there we go. all right, so we have pulled the san francisco brewing company item off of the consent agenda. we'll discuss that separately. is there a motion to approve the rest of the consent agenda? >> commissioner perez: i would like to make a motion to approve it. >> vice president thomas: okay. (voting) >>

i didn't know mayor lee personally. but all of us on the commission owe our position on the commission owe that to him. doesn't mean we know him personally. he showed me a small kindness. this was at the opening of ucf children's hospital and i was asked to speak as a representative of the families, like the voice of the families, who use that facility. and my daughter, who had significant physical and developmental disabilities as well as medical issues what what we call a frequent flier at ucf. she was there all the time. she passed away in 2014 shortly before the new hospital opened, this was a press conference to celebrate the new hospital and i was asked to come meet with the mayor. this doesn't happen to me often, so i said, sure. away from the press, away from the cameras, extended his condolences to me on the loss of my daughter. and it wasn't -- sorry. it wasn't something he had to do. it wasn't -- none of the other dignitaries there did that, but i will never forget that, because it was heartfelt and personal

nd -- [inaudible] -- we owe a lot to our late mayor ed lee. who met with naacp, who listened and was committed and he was the one who looked down to los angeles and brought the sky here. that the truth and nothing but the truth. now we've come to this day. naacp was the agitator, made sure we stirred up the coffee with a spoon, and be able to say -- [inaudible] -- maxwell house slogan. it was good to the last drop. [laughter] that's the way it's going to be in this department. good to the last drop. thank you, chief, for stirring it up on this day. [applause] >> thank you, the attorney general -- to the attorney general, is there funding here involved that you will for sure, the city of -- assure the san francisco that these policies for all to build? >> the commitment -- i thank the chief as well, the police department has made a commitment to move forward with the reforms even in the absence of the federal cops program to oversee the reforms. the city and the police department never dropped the ball and continued forward. they're going to do

commissioner lee? so commissioner lee, that was your main objection? oh, okay. that's fine. >> well, there must be a motion to reconsider. >> we have one by commissioner renne, who voted in the affirmative -- well, there was no vote. there was no vote, so you don't need a motion to reconsider. >> andrew, yes? >> i just want to suggest a friendly amendment. >> sure. >> so that's an amendment to delete the last clause of 3.207.01. i don't believe we need -- also, just as cleanup, we also probably want to insert "or" prior to his or her immediate family. >> so what you're addressing is other language just to implement that idea? >> yes chair. >> so the main point here is to eliminate the drk--- in regard conflict of interest, the organization to which someone is associated. that's the crux of it, is that correct? and we have a motion and it's been seconded. commissioners? >> i have a question. >> yes. commissioner lee. >> so i have a second for staff. the scenarios that commissioner lee raised f, a storefront for purposes of nonprofit, if an elected official is goi

by the time of his death in twenty fifteen singapore's founding father lee kuan yew had one widespread respect as the architect of the city state's prosperity but he'd also been accused of restricting freedom of speech and repressing political opposition now his complex legacy is on scrutiny amid a bit of family dispute and growing calls for greater democracy weeping to find out why. it's one of asia's richest cities a modern metropolis safe orderly and business friendly. often described as an economic miracle tiny singapore has no hinterland and a few natural resources. when the former british colony became an independent nation in one nine hundred sixty five there were even doubts about its survival. to take all seven in less than one generation form a developing country and one of the most developed countries in the world you know we have to be grateful for mr lee kuan yew for having this last say that vision. it would be prudent for us and use asia to have europe as a four part to talk about singapore success is to talk about its first prime minister lee kuan yew adored by many app

lee walks free as south korea court suspends his jail term for corruption. live from london, that's our top story on monday 5th february. jay y lee, is vice chairman of samsung but was convicted in a sprawling corruption scandal that also brought down the former south korean president. we will explain all you need to know. also in the programme... the world's biggest airline, ryanair, sees profits take off but do consumers face the prospect of higher fares for their summer getaway? and markets in europe opening like this, following the lead set by wall street on friday. and we'll be getting the inside track on marketing the world—famous kew gardens. its commercial boss tells us how the gardens funds one of the largest plant collections in the world. today we want to know about your travel trials as ryanair profits take—off, are you fretting about the prospect of disrupted flights over the summer hols? let us know, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. the heir to samsung, the world's biggest smartphone maker, walks free as

but under mayor lee, we were determined to push forward as a city. that is why mayor lee turned to our state partners to push forward the reform process. with the help of an independent partner. today, we're here to announce that the california department of justice will evaluate and report onion going reforms -- ongoing reforms. this partnership demonstrates our commitment to the reform process and includes measures needed to ensure it will be unbiased and transparent process. today, marks the beginning of a chapter in the reform process. one that stays true to our goal of transparency, accountability and most importantly of trust-building here in san francisco. mayor lee started us on this path and i will continue the journey he began. again, i want to thank our police chief scott and the police commission for their leadership and the men and women of our police department. i want to close by thanking our attorney general for his commitment to our city and to the reform process. his leadership here and at the state level are unparalleled and we're

. >> commissioner lee: thank you. i have a question for you bennett. if someone asks you or i could ask you -- that's my job. what you're doing differently now than in july and why that would -- why that is going to change how things are going to be if we lift the restriction, what would your answer be? >> my answer would be i think there's a lot of reports -- well, it's simply really just sticking with what's working and always improving. you can't get complacent and say okay, let's put as many security guards on or this many staff and make sure it stays the same. it's more of staying on top of it, weekly meetings and making sure everyone is staying on top of what they're supposed to be doing. as far as, you know, if there's going to be more or less staff on, definitely not going to be less. if anything there's going to be more staff on. with everything that is going on, a lot of people just think our venue is closed, so we anticipate with marketing that more people are going to come to our venue. it's really just staying on top of it honestly. >> vic

corporate dimension with lee released his samsung got a leadership battle on its hands. we it's not clear how leaves going to return in whether he's going to retain his name some similar capacity at samsung scuse me whatever it it whatever the case comment is all saying that. it will be a chance this scandal will be a chance finally fourteen abel's to reform its company governance and that being said samsung has been left in good hands while the was a we it rose is shares rose forty one percent in twenty seven thousand during the trial itself and interesting stuff there and interesting analysis from asia correspondent based in singapore a reality check on global equity markets after such a long boom run asian shares sliding on monday after the us stock market enjoyed its worst session in two years on friday japan's benchmark nikkei index tumbled over two and a half percent today its biggest single day lost since donald trump selection in november twenty sixth in the u.s. jobs market provided the catalyst for the sell off it grew above expectations with wages surging at t

general lee's decision was not arbitrary to surrender. he was brought to that decision because the military realities literally that surrounded him. in the field behind me on the morning of april 90, the battle of appomattox courthouse was fought. roughly 9000 confederates engaged a large federal force that eventually was put over 20,000 federal soldiers on the field to high me. during this battle that raged on in the morning of april 9, there was one known civilian casualty of appomattox courthouse. it was a woman named hannah reynolds. , like 52% of all human beings that lived in appomattox county at the time, she was enslaved. she was enslaved by dr. single coleman. she lived in a home one mile to the west of where i am standing in the epicenter of the battlefield of the morning of the ninth. she was very unfortunate to be hit by confederate artillery shell that morning. she was attended to by surgeons from the eighth main infantry unit. she was able to survive another three days. thatied on april 12, wednesday. april 12 is very import

jackson lee: thank you. what was it like before this legislation and simply j.s., who is documented in the film "jane doe," will tell you -- a bright young lady, 15 years old, ran on the track team here in this area and for her own enthusiasm went to seattle, washington. when she went to seattle, washington, it would have been nice if a kind soul had found her, but that was not the case. within 15 days she met a man twice her age who seduced her with gifts and convinced her to stay with him. once she trusted the 32-year-old he quickly turned on her and raped her and he would post explicit pictures of her in an ad on backpage.com, and she was forced to continue to have sex for money. one would think there was relief. when her family sought to file in court she lost. she lost. and only through the work of congress has her case been able to move forward on an appeal. so the work that we have done is vital to saving lives and to restoring lives. i have been inspired and energized by the countless survivors, many

lee: she's a very vulnerable democratic senator coul. she's in a state that trump one big, missouri. that's part of the basket of democratic states that the koch brothers hope to pick up for republicans. even if republicans suffer elsewhere in terms of congressional elections, they are hoping to play offense. juan: speaking about the koch brothers, the u.s. supreme court is set to hear arguments today in a key case that could deal a massive blow to the unions nationwide. the case, janus v. american federation of state, county and municipal employees, deals with whether workers who are covered by union-negotiated contracts are required to pay a portion of union dues, even if they are not members of the union. in 2016, after conservative justice antonin scalia died suddenly, the supreme court deadlocked 4-4 on the case. it's trump is expected appointee justice neil gorsuch will break this tie by ruling against the unions. right-wing and conservative donors have poured money into this case and other efforts to weaken unions. "the new york t

richelle it's important for people to remember that lee was just one character a very high profile one as vice chairman of samsung that's part of a broader corruption scandal that brought down impeach president pock last year this country was riveted by the scandal there were frequent protests that brought millions of south koreans to the street and this was hoped to be when lee was convicted in august of last year it was hoped that this would assure in a new era of accountability for conglomerates as well as politicians but as you mentioned after one year in jail lee will be home in time for dinner and this is already generating a lot of response among those who are critical some of the words we're hearing are shock speechless we expect there will be enough anger that there could be protests over this appellate court ruling in the coming days now there is no official word yet from samsung but we are hearing from lee's attorney who says that he wants to express the respect to the court's courage and wisdom to give a not guilty verdict of key charges but richelle they are not satisfied

a brief remark about our beloved mayor, ed lee. mayor lee was so excited to see the playgrounds open. these playgrounds will for decades project his light. it is my great pleasure to introduce our mayor, mark farrell. mayor farrell grew up in these city parks. he worked at the city recreation and park department, and because of his leadership on proposition b, we are well poised to care for this incredible gift. ladies and gentlemen, mayor farrell. [applause] >> all right. happy valentine's day, everybody. anybody forgot to get flowers, we've got roses up here for you, by the way. i just want to say who an honor it is to be here. opening up parks is probably the best thing any of us get to do being up here on stage. first of all, i would like to get a round of applause for phil ginser for the entire rec and parks department. yes, i was at rec and parks for an entire summer, and they had me back at city hall. i want to say what an amazing thing to be here tonight to reopen our parks, because parks are all about families, they're abo

that was just a suggestion on my part. >> commissioner lee: so -- okay. you know, why don't we give them a try, three months, okay, and let them pick a day, three months goes by fast. friday or saturday, let them pick a day, to do it until closing and maybe friday until one but all the other days until midnight until we get to make sure the sound thing is all -- whatever. sound, security, whatever is the issue. in three months we review and after three months, lift the whole thing. >> so that's -- so mr. montoya, are you -- are you usually open on friday's and saturday's? would this help address your concerns? >> we're open friday, saturday, continuously sundays and then private corporate events during the week. >> so friday until 1:00 a.m. saturday until closing and other days of the week until midnight is the proposal on the table. >> sorry friday at 1:00. saturday until 2:00 a.m. rather than closing. >> all right. >> keep the other for now midnight for the other days. and then review in three months, no problems, then we lift the condition. >> just to

lee. but he has spoken and written widely on the common soldier in the common people of the civil war era. as you can see from the book titles listed in your program and available-for-sale and on a graphic in the lobby outside, yes, i have to pitch for everyone. most recently, he edited the publication of the book highlighting the letters, thates, and reminiscences remain in private collections throughout the commonwealth. the virginia civil war cisco to --iel -- sis was continual they scanned these newly developed sources and they are available for researcher at the library. this is the kind of valuable works of budd robertson has performed throughout his long career. and for which we are deeply grateful. this morning, gentlemen and ladies, dr. budd robertson will kick off our symposium with a talk entitled civil war echoes from the common folk. ladies and him alone, dr. robertson. [applause] -- ladies and gentlemen, dr. robertson. [applause] dr. robertson: thank you, christie, for those

this is our first meeting since the untimely passing of ed lee. i want to send sincere condolences to his wife and daughters. his last appearance was at the recycling press conference with the department of environment and he spoke about the work so eloquently like he always did. we are really, really saddened by the loss of our environmental champion and today we'll discuss ways to support and maintain his legacy. reflecting back on a year ago this month was an overwhelming turnout at the women's march and march for science. this weekend many of us marched peacefully once again to ensure our voices are heard. i had the honor of speaking this weekend to what they consider -- they didn't think a lot of people would show up, there were 2600 people who came to voice concerns. men, women, children, and it was a beautiful day and a lot of people were energized to get out there and continue the work of not only the kind of work mayor lee did but all our leaders who believe in science are doing. and a motivated public. what we have seen, local government

while we do honor the legacy of our late mayor, edwin lee. mayor lee was a longtime champion of children here in san francisco and today, we also will celebrate that. you know, it is our responsibility as a city to uphold the values of san francisco. of inclusiveness and hope that we ensure san francisco remains affordable for families. and that we invest in the health and success of all of san francisco's children. as a father of three young children, i understand that, mayor lee was a devoted father of his two daughters and there are so many fathers and mothers today with us. with that, we need to make sure our children receive quality education, they live in safe homes in communities and with that, they can achieve amazing things in life. as city, we are committed and will always be committed to serving those most vulnerable and most needy here in san francisco. we know that our families are face ago crisis of affordability. of childcare. after school programs. and we need to make sure that parents know that their children are safe at scho

-d's chairman lee shoe food is currently in germany and after revealing his company bought a ten percent stake at diana carmakers are shocked and it's not the first time here's a look at a man who has turned the chinese car industry upside down. it's a rags to riches tale the son of a rice farmer genies found early shoe food is china's tenth richest man according to forbes magazine the fifty four year old started out with a refrigerator pants factory in the one nine hundred eighty s. back then though the sector was strictly state run inevitably also richie's shut these factories down but by then lee had already made a small fortune and so he simply switched industries producing first motor bikes and then cars as lee himself said all you needed for a car were four wheels and two sofas an insight that for several years reflected the quality of his vehicles but just two decades later he was selling around one point two million cars a year in china making it the nation's knowledge as to independent car maker in two thousand and ten lead bought up struggling automaker volvo from ford even flo

we'll also joined by the legendary money manager, lee coopermap of o megamessage advisers lee, we're so happy to have you with us today. how are you? >> good. >> dow's up 300 plus as we're coming on the air today. can you give me your thoughts on what's going on over these last many days? >> sure, best way to tackle it for me would be to explain what my attitude was coming into 2018 and what i'm thinking presently. i came into the year thinking the market would trade in the range up 10% at best maybe down 15% at worst. that there was much too much complacency and i like to come back and discuss each separately too much complacenccomplacency. everyone was many the same side of the boat. when everyone is in the same side, you've got to wonder a little bit third and most importantly, the conditions for a bear market weren't present and the good stock selection would be rewarded not with standing the market, i don't think the market has the 15% downside mainly because the economy's performing better and earnings are doing better. so i would say the downside is not 15% if i'm right i'd im

hall is still mourning the death of ed lee. the christmas tree lighting ceremony was the last time he saw him. his youngest son tried to flip the switch. no, you got to come back to daddy. this is mayor's job. i didn't know that the mayor was standing next to me and heard that. when he went to turn on the lights, we gave some remarks. and he put keen's finger on top of his. and that type of stuff you're never forget. that's the human inspect of the mayor to me. >> a man with his own policies and priorities and a man who looks to lead with the same human touch he admired and saw in ed lee. >> former mayor ed lee certainly still on his mind. >> he wants to honor his legacy. and he's begun raising money for a bronze bust of the late mayor. and he wants to place it in a prominent spot outside room 200 in city hall where a couple of other mayors have been recognized. >> fitting. good report. >>> coming up. new information about the missing unicycle that belonged to a popular performer at warriors' games. >>> and we'll check in with

the swedish plants and then with great success brought a volvo on to the chinese market since then lee hsu fu has held a central position among international carmakers and now he's invested in dima acquiring just under ten percent of the luxury car company the state of q wait until now the largest shareholder has been bumped into position to with six point eight percent followed by rent. the rest is divided up among small investors. leases he's not reducing his commitment to volvo he says buying the stake in dima allows him to focus on the technologies of the twenty first century electro made billet and driverless cars huge challenges that no manufacturer can tackle alone. especially given the invaders from outside the city describes google tesla and other companies encroaching on the auto industry. with dime that g.-d. plans to benefit from german technological know how it says it's overriding aim is to get to become companies to join forces in an effort to stand up to the coming onslaught from silicon valley. for more on dynamos new major stakeholder i'm joined by start law professor

still mourning the death of ed lee. and so is mark farrell. he told a story about the last time that he saw lee. the christmas tree lighting certificate moan knee golden gate park. that night, his youngest son tried to flip the switch. >> i said no you have to come back to daddy. this is the mayor's job. i didn't realize that mayor lee was standing right next to me and overheard that. when he -- when he went to turn on the light, he gave some remarks and started a countdown. he said come here. he put his finger on top of his and they did it together. that type of stuff you never forget. that is just the real human aspect of mayor lee to me. >> farrell, a man with his own priorities but a man who looks to lead with that same human touch that he admired and saw in ed lee. >> and one other story he told, again, when you walk by city hall, you see it on tv, you don't understand the emotions of what is going in there and the mourning taking place of edly. he tried to go in the office and he couldn't do it. so he had staff ac

mayor farrell has picked up the torch from mayor lee. normally, we serve about 7,000 people in shelter every year. we're housing 2000 people a year and now we're going to assist an additional thousand above that thanks to mayor lee's vision and mayor farrell's support. and pushing us to move this forward. assemblyman chu is also really doing the important work as homelessness is about housing. and he has taken incredible leadership at the state level to building affordable housing and housing at all levels, because tend of the day, navigation centers don't solve homelessness, housing solves homelessness. we have del up here, he is the head of the local coordinating board that oversees the funding that we have in the city for homelessness and director and formerly homeless himself. and supervisor kim i believe had to leave. she has been supportive and really amazing around the issue of women experiencing homelessness and have had us expand for women who are homeless. that nav center will have a special section for women, and a new program