pearl? guest: the biggest success was the expansion of coverage. 10 million to 12 million people, individuals, in the exchanges, people who had previous conditions that were excluded from coverage now had coverage, in addition to medicaid i estimate the total number between 16 million and 20 million. the biggest challenge, and i said it at the time, is that the legislation did not address issues around improving quality or making care overall more affordable. that is at the delivery system level. it was a political compromise at the time required to get it through congress. host: dr. pearl, do you think that the aca has made health care more affordable? >> it has not -- guest: it has not changed the delivery system. i agree with joel that it expanded coverage to people who could not get coverage. there is no way that you can pay a premium if you're paying $30,000 a year and your employer does not offer it, or because you had pre-existing conditions and the insurance industry excluded you. no

ifle anyone said pearl harbor japanese bombed pearl harbor and open the camps. the reality is it was the culmination of this decades long campaign by groups up and down the west coast to try to remove asian-americans from the united states. groups that we think of now as upstanding citizens like the american legion were staunchly anti-immigration and teamed up with politicians farmers and ranchers to pass anti-law lands and housing discrimination. this is sort of my little thing that i always talk about like my one little niche that i find interesting that most people do not sign warning you now. japanese and japanese-american families began to dominate farming up and down the west coast. as early as 1910 japanese farmers produce 70% of california strawberries and on the eve of pearl harbor in 1941 japanese american bombers controlled every bit as -- in two out of every three acres of all vegetable farms in los angeles county. when pearl harbor happened they saw it as an opportunity to sort of regain their place on top of the agricultural world onn theth west co

you would say pearl harbor. japanese bombed pearl harbor and then we open the camps. in reality it was the camso opening was this decade the ending the culmination of this decades von campaign by groups up and down the west coast to try to remove asians and asian americans from the united states groups, like the native sons the golden west and even groups that we think of now as sort of upstanding citizens like the american legion were staunchly anti-immigration and teamed up with politicians farmers and ranchers to pass racist anti-land laws immigration quotas and housing discrimination. and this is sort of my little thing that i always talk about. it's like my one little knit that i find very interesting that most people do not so i'm warning you now that the main reason for all this happened was farming and japanese and japanese american families have begun to really dominate farming up and down the west coast even by >> as early as 1910 japanese farmers produced 25 percent of california strawberries and on the eve of pearl harbor japanese americans almost controll

they had been spying for decades leading up to pearl harbor. and every report that comes oute says one thing and that's that japanese americans were no threat to the safety of the united states. naval intelligence, the fbi and the war department had spies and informants in the community for years up and down from seattle down into california and mexico. the verdict was that japan and theld united states go to war is that japanese americans would be loyal to the united states. all these and informants said the same thing. as was proven later on in that no japanese american was convicted of sabotage or espionage during world war ii, the same cannot be said of her german-americans or italian americans who there was one set of german-americans who decided to take it upon themselves to release a whole batch of german pows from a camp in new mexico and despite all this i think we are still allowed to say that racism is bad in this country. it led to the creation of the camps and there was no military for that. it was a frenzy to this land grab. ins c

garrett wilson in pearls and prada on the pink carpet. wilson one of three back to back to back selections who played for ohio state along with chris olave and jameson williams at numbers 10, 11, and 12 respectively. an emotional night for so many players whose dreams have become reality at long last. oh, and this possible idea for a football-themed horror movie. no thanks to that. you can see round two of the nfl draft tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern, simulcast on abc and espn. and travon walker joins "gma" for an exclusive interview. >> the pearls were fire. the guy that was mouthing the new york giants pick -- ♪ >>> time now for "the mix" starting with a porch pirate caught. caught in 4k. >> ring camera video caught this little guy stealing a package from a doorstep in breckenridge, colorado. that's a big package. >> guys, but it wasn't just any package. this is a package from the pet food retailer chewy, and he knows. >> they are so smart. >> he knows when a good package comes in. >> it looks like he's getting into it. >> yeah, he is.

pearl? guest: the biggest success was the expansion of coverage. 10 million to 12 million people, individuals, in the exchanges, people who had previous conditions that were excluded from coverage now had coverage, in addition to medicaid i estimate the total number between 16 million and 20 million. the biggest challenge, and i said it at the time, is that the legislation did not address issues around improving quality or making care overall more affordable. that is at the delivery system level. it was a political compromise at the time required to get it through congress. host: dr. pearl, do you think that the aca has made health care more affordable? >> it has not -- guest: it has not changed the delivery system. i agree with joel that it expanded coverage to people who could not get coverage. there is no way that you can pay a premium if you're paying $30,000 a year and your employer does not offer it, or because you had pre-existing conditions and the insurance industry excluded you. no

yeah, the fall guy after pearl harbor that was but franklin roosevelt. as i mentioned just a minute ago shocked as i believe he genuinely was he got a phone call from winston churchill who heard about this on the radio. oh my gosh. what what's this about pearl harbor? what have i heard? and he said yes, it's true. we're all in the same boat now roosevelt had been determined to save britain if he could lend lease whatever aid he could provide he comes up with the whole idea of lending a garden hose of your neighbor's house is on fire. well now clearly is the opportunity to provide all the aid that britain needs and the soviet union too for that matter since hitler had invaded the soviet union in june of that year. so this gave him a vision that the war could be one and i think that was just as for lincoln winning the war was first abolishing slavery is great, but you've got to win the war you have to hold a union together or nothing else can happen and i think roosevelt felt the same way about the second world war. and you alluded to the fact that rooseve

what about roosevelt in the days after pearl, how does he rally the nation? you alluded to the speech. >> let me first say that admiral kimmel did not get a parade. >> yeah, the fall guy. >> franklin roosevelt, as i mentioned just a minute ago, shocked, as i believe he genuinely was, he got a phone call from winston churchill who heard about this on the radio, my gosh, what's this about pearl harbor, what have i heard? he said, yes, it's true, we're all in the same boat now. roosevelt had been determined to save britain if he could. lend lease, whatever aid he could provide. he comes up with the whole idea of lending a garden hose when your neighbor's house is on fire. now is his opportunity to provide all the aid britain needs and the soviet union too for that matter since hitler had invaded the soviet union in june of that year. this gave him a vision that the war could be won. and i think that was just as for lincoln, winning the war was first. abolishing slavery is great but you've got to win the war, you have to hold the union together or nothing else ca

pearl harbor or no pearl harbor, he wanted out of the army. when my father got to visit him, my father was sent to biloxi. his way of protesting was that he would not salute officers and my father was terrified for him, horrified that he would end up in the stockade or something. my uncle had always loved deer hunting before he got drafted and came up with a formula to prevent rust and field weapons. he presented that to the army and they were so impressed with it. he was then artillery. they were so impressed with it that he got the second highest medal for that, i think a legion of merit, and a promotion from private to lieutenant, so now everybody had to salute him. this story was told after my father died by my mother, who said it was hilarious. my uncle went on to serve in france with an honorable discharge and a medal. i would like to retell that story. host: did your uncle ever salute your father? caller: my father was a staff sergeant, so he would have had to salute uncle. host: everybody has a different story and we had a -- my wife a

in the case of fraud pearl harbor, we had clues of japan's intent, and the likelihood of attack at pearl harbor, but we didn't put those together in time. right? so it was too fragmented. that's why we've got the central intelligence agency. 9/11, same thing. we had 23 opportunities to penetrate that cloth, that's research i've done, and the cia and the fbi missed every single one. in part because they couldn't share or coordinate what they were doing. wmds, a little bit of a different story. there it was really a collection failure. we didn't correct the right information, and an analysis failure, right? so our intelligence analysts didn't scrub there thinking enough to ask what if saddam were actually not developing his weapons of mass destruction? so, but again, this was an organizational problem. and so, there were a lot of reforms after iraq to improve that. so for example, dissenting views are not much more highlighted in national intelligence estimate. before, they were relegated to flight unit. people are busy, they don't tend to read footnotes. so if you have a dissenting point

pearl harbor, 9/11 and iraqi wmds. what do they have in common? intelligence fiascoes one way or another. is there a common thread between them, amy? >> the common thread, at least for me -- and i see everything through an organizational lens. so for me the common thread of those is the organizations were the problem, that if you could have put superman in charge of intelligence in pearl harbor and 9/11 and iraq and you still would have gotten intelligence failure. why? in the case of pearl harbor we had clues of japan's intent and the likelihood of attack but we didn't put those together in time. it was too fragmented. that's why we got the central intelligence agency. 9/11 same thing. we had 23 opportunities to penetrate that plot, research i've done, and the cia and the fbi missed every single one in part because they couldn't share or coordinate what they were doing. wmd is a little bit of a different story. there it was really an analysis failure. our intelligence analysts didn't scrub their thinking enough to ask what if saddam were actually

i said very important city we calling the pearl of ukraine unless it is also a port city. this is why it's so crucial for us, lou, and of course, also for the enemy, for putin, which in the best wishes roman mouser, fierce defending odessa will involve many more nights spent under ground, is even started to install an internet network in the tunnels. in preparation for a possible long bachelor het ah, now to western ukraine, hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have fled to safety in the city of live among other places. but russian strikes are continuing there as well. everyone is longing for a bit of normality. oh, for the 2nd time today, air raid sirens and leave, people rush off to find shelter. whoa, whoa, whoa, now when the all clear is given a different sound is heard, lou street musicians have always been a part of the city. but since the war began, a familiar song means something more. oh, yeah, was i show, i think street music is exactly what we need right now. because it takes us back to the time before the war. the time when we didn't have problems with the what

cut ukraine off from the c. taco there, said sir, oh, yes, i said very important city, we call it the pearl of ukraine. it is also a port city. this is why it's so crucial for us. and of course, also for the enemy, for pooty, which in the best wishes roman mows are fierce defending odessa will involve many more nights spent under ground. he is even started to install an internet network in the tunnels, in preparation for a possible long bachelor's head, a possible long battle ahead. let's go now to our correspondent rebecca readers. she is in the western ukrainian city of levine to night. it's good to see you, rebecca. let's talk a little bit about the a port city of odessa. what are you hearing from that city, particularly about it being possibly the next target over in odessa or as a city that's been preparing for an attack since the very beginning of this war so far though it has largely escaped the worst of the fighting as you've been reporting, we are seeing slight intensification and definitely it is a key strategic key city that the russians want to take. as russia now moves its atte

it is an historic story and it gave a huge boost to the united states in the dark days after pearl harbor. this could be an event like that. i believe that this has the fingerprints of the ukrainians all over it. >> and admiral, when we are seeing now and richard was saying about the difference that we have been seeing over the course of the last couple of days and a week and a half now, it seems like, they're out of chernobyl, it is clearly they're not attacking kyiv as much as they were before. do you see, admiral, a change in how russia is dealing with its presence in ukraine? >> i do, jose, the most striking thing is let's go back to five weeks ago when this started, plan a, was let's decapitate those zelenskyy regime in the case of zelenskyy and put a puppet government there and effectively conquer the country in minimal losses, that was plan a. it failed utterly. plan b starts to look like consolidate forces in the southeast and become a tougher target for the ukrainians and more fortification in the southeast, consolidate a land bridge from russia itself down to crimea in stark pos

we call that the pearl of ukraine. it is also a port city. this is why it's so crucial for us. and of course, also for the enemy for pooty, which in the best wishes roman mows are fierce defending odessa will involve many more nights spent under ground. he is even started to install an internet network in the tunnels, in preparation for a possible long bachelor's head. and for more we are now joined by our correspondent rebecca richard, who's now the west of ukraine in city of levine. rebecca maria pull has been on a constant attack and there are reports that it's defenders fear that soon they will fight their last battle. what more can you tell us? that's right, get ha, the ukrainian military a his saying now that it's looking likely that russia will, in fact, succeed in mary you poll. they believe that russia planning a strike of one of the last 3 cranium held areas. the as of steel plant where thousands of remaining, a ukrainian soldiers from the as of battalion now famous as of battalion are holding out. i mean, they have been fighting for this city since the very beginning

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pearl? >> seeing none. public comment, please. >> members of the public who wish to make public comment on this item press star to raise your hand to speak if we have any members of the public who wish to speak on this item come to the podium. >> seeing none. mr. moderator, do we have any callers? >> there are no caller in the queue. >> thank you public comment is closed on item 13. >> thank you. may i have a motion and a second, please. >> move to approve. >> i'll second. >> moved and seconded. roll call, please. [roll call vote] >> clerk: you have four ayes. >> the item passes. next item, place. >> clerk: item 14. authorization the general manager to negotiate with qualified contractors for contract number pw009r as needed electrical distribution installation and construction support and accordance with san francisco administrative code 6.23c1 upon successfully completing negotiations the general manager will return to the commission to recommend a ward of the contract. good afternoon. i'm smiling. it's n

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. >> pearl jam, how do you hear me? >> we have you loud and clear. >> wow, this is quite an honor. >> the last thing before we go tonight... an out of this world earth day. it all began back in 1970 because wisconsin democratic senator gayle or nelson, wanted to prove the people really care about the planet. as part of this year's celebration, nasa enlisted the eddie, who wanted to grow up to be an astronaut but ended up in the superstar band pearl jam instead. to make a very long distance call to the international space station. the astronauts shared their perspective about the planet they're orbiting to have 50 miles above. >> i think one of the lessons learned are that there are no borders here. it is surprisingly hard to figure out where you are over the earth. there's all land, water. no recognizable lines. for us, it is a great reminder that we are all, you, no one earth. >> your perspective is one... it's so incredibly rare. >> outer space doesn't feel separate. that thin layer of atmosphere, that is all that sep

he's worked it out in his head, that the pearl system is somehow to blame for his crimes. after all, a sex offender, he and frank cano should not have been allowed to be together. that was a parole violation. and the fact that their parole officers did not prevent a violation, he said, means the state is responsible. >> we chose to be together, we were allowed. there is a difference. >> we youth really? that's what little kids say to their parents. you let me do the bad, thing it's your. fault >> i didn't say that they let us do a bad. thing i said that they let asleep and hang out at the same spot. and they did. beside what anybody said -- >> you are going to parse that argument? >> so the day i die, because i know for the fact that it is. true >> what i want to know it is because that is on you what -- was going on in your head to make you want to do it? to participate in whatever you participated in, to get whatever thrill you wanted. what was the thrill? but was? it >> i don't think there was a thrill. >> there's no thrill, why did you do? it >> there is no thrill in w

historically when we think of cyber and warfare we think of pearl harbor. that implies a bolt out of the blue surprise event that produces catastrophic effect and that is not what we've seen so far but we have seen a lot of cyber activity, offensive, some sort of affect to destroy them, degrade them, deny users ability to access them as well as significant cyber defense. i wouldn't anyone to think we are not seeing a lot of activity. what we are seeing has not generated the catastrophic effect many people thought would be the war. with respect to the other question, does this mean we are seeing pt from the russians? number one, it is very challenging to have significant cyber affect against high-quality network operator who is focused on defense, very aggressive, using good defense of cyber security capability. that a typical challenge and secondly those activities having been involved in these in my previous life often take weeks and months. what this shows about russian cyber, one of our take aways, we will see what we learn over time. to suggests the rus