and it's obviously a personnel matter, am i correct, miss porter, madam city attorney? >> the discussion at the process would probably not be a personnel matter but actual consideration of applicants, if the commission took applications, would be personnel matter. >> thank you very much. so i would like to schedule this for next week to schedule it for discussion of the process that this commission will go through in searching for our next chief. if we can do that for next wednesday. do i have any objections from my fellow commissioners? >> no. >> point of clarification. it's a discussion about the process but we wouldn't move so fast as to appoint someone next week. >> no, no. >> under prop h this commission just for the general public, the way it works now under proposition h is the police commission has responsibility of going through the recruiting process, the hiring process, and interviewing candidates and it is our obligation to provide the mayor, mayor li up to three names for which the mayor can select the next chief police from san francisco. if the mayor is no

made it this judgment on a great deal of information, yet cannot conclude that you were right as a matter of law, correct? >> it recognized that it terminated discovery very early, and there are whole programs we know nothing about. we know about the b-2 and a-117, but we do not know about the other programs. >> thank you, mr. phillips. general? you, mr. chief justice. at first, the government does not affirm invoking the power of the court, only that it was mr. phillips client who 20 years ago walked into the federal court and ask that court to set aside the decision of the contract in officer and to award them over a billion dollars of damages. the government by contract ask them to dismiss the federal lawsuit. second, reynolds makes clear the state secrets privilege will be used to bar a claim at most only when the party that is relying on secret information is trying to use the federal court to alter the legal status quo. >> we have gotten to this point in the dispute. you say they are at fault, they say you are at fault. under the state secrets doctor and, we cannot resolve that ques

cause an effect on a person's psychology it doesn't really. matter if the person realizes at the moment need some of the psychological trauma. they even. have the resources to provide. help to everybody needed obviously quite a lot of people. affected by this is all factored by the people that arrived to the airport the people waiting for their relatives or friends or wherever they needed to meet the. of from the witnesses. seeing. body parts. of the airport the lots of a lot of very difficult obviously. a lot of a lot of psychological help is also going to be needed a port from the direct physical help. giving. injured in that. well as you were referring to. the scene was very traumatic. on the floor it was just clearly a highly traumatic thing for anybody to be involved in and indeed were using baggage actually help the injured to the emergency services from what you've gathered. have the emergency services actually coped very. well they've obviously got there quickly and you're saying it's very difficult for them to get through the rush hour traff

person of faith and that matters a lot or they will say they love their family and that matters the most to me. after that, they will describe a host of other things that bring them joy and meaning, that has them positively motivated. they might say they want to get their basements finish or they are worried about how they will pay health care or they have a concern that they can get their children through college and pay for it. they might want to say they want to watch the minnesota vikings win the super bowl. they might want to go duck hunting. the point of all of that is, you can't do any of that or have a pathway to most of that unless you have money. for most americans, their pathway to opportunity for money is having a job. there is a great debate in this country as there should be about what are those things we can do to make it more likely, not less likely, that jobs will start here and stay here and grow here and as all the politicians run all over the country and say they are the jobs politician or leader, let's make sure that we ask and answer the question by going t

so as a matter of formality, it is before you to make a recommendation to the board of supervisors. >> we have a motion from commissioner riley to take the recommendation made to the puc and forward it to the board. we have a second by commissioner kasselman. >> those in favor? >> the motion carries. >> item 10, stuff report, discussion, and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on our see zoning district use changes -- on rc and zoning district these changes to amend rc-3 and rc-4. there is a document in your packet entitled "street frontage s ii." i also included a map. the director asked me to do a step report and i have something for the monitors, so i will -- the director asked me to do a staff report and i have something for the monitors, so i will step up to the podium. commissioners, currently, and i will refer to this map briefly -- >> there we go. >> ok. rc zoning districts are a zoning classification primarily in the northeast sector of the city. there is a lot of concentration in the tenderloin, lower nob hill, into knob hill, along venice's a

each raise interesting programmatic ideas if this isn't a matter of money but a matter of politics who are your allies here on capitol hill? and ensure that you can name a slew of democrats but in this age of bipartisan can't we all just get along major, who of the other side of the ogle comes maybe a little close to where you are and what you're trying to do? because these are interesting ideas. they should be debated. it sounds to me -- is there? >> i would have to defer that question to the policy. the policy wing of the institute would be able to better answer that question. >> i was intrigued by the fact someone like kevin at the american enterprise institute while not proposing a policy of a permanent feature is very enthusiastic about the idea of having a direct mechanism for providing jobs to people who are out of work and if he is receptive to that that might suggest there is a wider receptiveness to people who we might not conventionally think would be allies with us. i think the magnitude of the unemployment crisis is so severe that it touches virtually every community in th

it is a matter of engineering. thank you very much. >> you're not following due process with respect to the amendment to the planning process or anything else. this is not legal. we asked for consideration of a general plan and along with environmental analysis. this has not been done. both are required for due process. secondly we asked for a review of alternate methods of financing the project including the possibility of -- of resident ownership of it. this has not boon done. there's the impact on the city's needs, capital budgets, transportation, none of this -- none of this has been done because we do not have an existing general plan. thank you for your attention. we'll see you in court. my name is kathy wentz. i lived in park merced for years. this project has no truth, no integrity and no beauty. needless to say, the developer agreement in no way supports the vision plan. i cannot believe that you would even consider passing this crap. it -- it does no honor to the beauty of san francisco. my native home, th

a button. just reply to the alert with how much you want to transfer. inhale, all the way up... so you always stay in balance. ...to crescent pose. chase what matters. just four more times. ♪ >> accused killer with a grin. this is the face of the 22-year-old man charged with trying to assassinate a member of congress and killing 6 other people in the process. >> that man jerrad love being described as loaner and out cast obsessed with giffords. >> we asked her some question that made absolutely no sense to me but he said i can't believe she doesn't understand it. >>reporter: jerad loughner friends say had he spoken to greet in 2007. shortly before his life began to unravel. this weekend in a safe at loughner home police found an envelope with the words i planned ahead my assassination and giffords scrawled on it. >> classic delusions of persecution, dilution of falls belief, can itor of psychosis and they mean that a person suffering from psychotic illness most likely paranoid schizophrenia. >>reporter: president obama led the nation in a moment of silence today honoring giffords and remembering the 6 people killed saturday. wednesday the president w

item a matter of crunching numbers. looking at agreement agreements.ooking at our own city budget to see what is

the real question was in regards to the condition, it was my understanding that it was a matter of access to how the project was designed. previously, there was no access from 1269 to the street. you would walk into the property, they would use those stairs. what had been a condition of approval was that this opening remained and that there was an easement on 1271 that they would maintain access and maintain use at the front of the stairs. >> i will stop you right there. the previous owners estimated that area and demolished that staircase in that historic porch and what not. then what happens. >> if they were to pursue the previously approved project, then those would have been rebuilt and there would have been access there. >> the demolition of those was not under consideration. they were meant to stay put. >> there was access through an easement. i don't know if it was specified that any existing stairs must retain. >> will we rebuild them? >> access would be provided and it did not specify how that would be divided and whether or not desisting stairs would be contained. >> you have an

it's all a matter of putting together the resource. we do get a lot of resolvers. it's a matter of getting all the people together. >> what people are you talking about? who do you need to make it happen. it's a resource program. the police department needs officers to do the leg work and footwork. we need the community also. i always call san francisco a village not a city. people transverse so easy. east san jose and west jose. they are here. one shooting effects everybody in this room. i hate to talk statistic. one crime affects you. you. it doesn't matter who it is. >> why is it so hard to get people together? >> let's make it a priority >> can i say, i mentioned earlier. i think that it's beginning to happen. i don't want to negate those efforts are being made from the mayors office and d.c. yf. i think john osaki mentioned it before. getting people to come together for the betterment of the community not for their department or organization >> one thing cheryl brings up. what i like to tell people. we have the very difficult task the balancing the public's ex

at dealing with the current regime, as we know from the cold war, the turns are above all a matter of clarity and credibility. we have to make sure that the iranian government knows that a nuclear iran is unacceptable and we had to be credible when we say that we will do what it takes if iran continues to disregard the will of the international community. and i haven't heard much discussion about sanctions here. it sort of came up a little bit. i'm for sanctions. i think that for the first time my sense with russia and perhaps china, now that we've forged this new friendship, that may be sanctions might start working. i was energy secretary and i recall and i think it's still the case that iran imports house of the gasoline and half of its food. so i think some of the distinctions that are supported are the international community, our european allies to finally have gotten a bit serious unsanctioned, that we must continue not just pushing them, but finding ways to make them more for this. you know, maybe they're not going to do the trick, but i believe it makes sense to try to find w

. >> he brightened up every wednesday, he would give you a hug at no matter how many times he saw you in the hallway. he is going to give you a hog. >> that's why they're baffled someone would take his life, police say someone shot him on year's eve when he was putting his baby knees and his car. you could see some bullet holes. his older sister was also shot, she was struck in the foot. >> chris wasn't in the street, he went to church several times a week, three hours of music classes' and a 3.0 student. it's not like he did say chris made bad decisions, off that's not this type of kid. >> he was senior at east oakland high-school of the arts. he was on track to attend a four year university. >> someone is innocent and potential as chris and loved by everyone who never heard anyone ever, if this is really sad when young people like chris killed in this way >> the victim's mother was too sad to talk but think the school for the support. oakland police have not released a motive in this case, so far no arrests have been made. in oakland, dollars in kron 4 news. >> at least 45 residents

that may be a matter of opinion. i think a lot of these units are in need of some upgrading or replacement. ok, thank you. >> thank you all for staying so late. i am looking forward to the staff report and hearing more about that. i will end quickly. i am encouraged by the talking about the executive park area of 101 and the project office 280. i think those are key places coming in to san francisco by car. your first look at san francisco are these two locations. i am encouraged by that. >> commissioner moore? >> i want to thank everybody. you gave us a lot to think about. i want to express appreciation for what he presented. i think one of the most revealing moments for me was when someone admitted he had not heard anything about the project but all the sudden realized how wide the concerns of the people living here are. >> i wanted to thank everyone for coming out. i am glad that we did end up having the hearing out here. we were able to hear from so many residents were not able to get out to city hall and wait for

it is a matter of working out security relationships that are standing in the way. >> with regard to working out those relationships will be come to agreement with countries like north korea and iran do seem to be on the path to making their own nuclear weapons? >> they do because that is the only way they can defend themselves against major nuclear power like the united states.

one law enforcement official say it is going to happen, but it is a matter of time. antime, congresswoman gabrielle giffords is breathing on her own after a procedure to remove her from a ventilator. she has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. doctors inserted a short tube into her windpipe to allow giffords to breathe more comfortably and allow her to speak. >> from a patient perspective, it is more comfortable and there is less sedation required. she can participate in her own care and physical therapy. >> doctors say giffords has made gradual improvements all week. furs opening her eyes and lifting her arms and legs. doctors also inserted a feeding tube, and although they are optimistic, they are still cautious how far she hillary cover. >>> the father of nine-year-old killed in the shooting say some of her organs were donated to a young girl in the boston area. christina taylor green was the youngest victim. he has no other details, but when he learned of the transplant he and his wife were once again proud parents of their little daughter. >>> the d

should it be written as a matter of discovery law? how would you -- would you speak about this for a minute? >> i think due process is an ill fitting concept in this contractual dispute for a couple of reasons. not just that the sophisticated parties agreed head of time, but the whole notion of due process -- the government has waived its sovereign immunity. they do not have freestanding rights to come in and claim fundamental fairness on contracts. i think that is implicit in the constitution itself. they do not have that right. the question becomes, is there some extra protection the courts should give, i can to reynolds, about the government using -- akin to reynolds, about the government using state secrets? my answer is no. the option is to use the contract as the basic rule for decision. the contract itself specified it was done under the shadow of reynolds. it specified that they would be the moving party. they would have to challenge the decision of the contracting officer. >> you could say the contracting parties could have pu

but as a matter of fact it is obvious that. spanish banks are very much exposed to portuguese risk and perhaps within the commission will spare a thought the strategic thought that it's better to make a preventive strike to bedo portugal instead of having stayed late with the collapse of spain we're looking outside of europe now japan and china we know valid to help here by buying into it with bombs so what's the asian motivation here do you think. well this is the quote all because the term to china and other powers to buy themselves into european politics for a very limited sum of money making a very political investment in order to gain the upper hand on strategic decisions within the european union. i think if we can really save the euro with the. investments from china. we we are really lost so i consider these attempts of china other countries. as critical to say the least. many thanks for that professor dr malke is speaking to us from brussels and helping us to understand a little bit more clearly the economic prognosis f

they could be a matter of weeks or months before this comes to trial in front of a jury. >> more fatal clashes in tunisia sparked by protests over unemployment. police fired warning shots to try to disperse a crowd. four more civilians have been killed southwest of tunis. officers acted in self-defense, officials said. the bring the official number of dead to 21. others put the figure is higher. >> today in tunis, they were burying their dead. the funerals for people killed in demonstrations yesterday. >> one man killed who was 22 years old had been standing alone in the streets when he was shot by police. these images have been posted on the facebook web site of the most recent demonstrationsunemph crackdown on unions. the crowds chant for jobs, freedom, and national dignity. police have responded in force, firing tear gas and live rounds the u.s. ambassador was called in by the government in tennis in response to the ambassador being criticized in washington. this cycle of violence shows no sign of stopping. she said the president should step down. >> since the situation is getting w

because it's not a matter of, if, it's a matter of, when. we are all vulnerable. these are pictures of broadmoore. the homeses. we are a national historic district. we have 5 housing styles in broadmoore. it's a great place and we were not going to allow a group of, so called, constituents of broadmoore to determine we would not come back and say our neighborhood was not viable when our homes were not off their structures. they were sound. they were structurally sound. this neighborhood was built in 1905-1920. as you see some of the homes, most are raised basement homes we call your living quarters really on your second level. they are not on your first. the first is basement storage space but the purpose the real purpose here today is for us to strengthen and empower our neighborhoods to take responsibility for not only our own sake but that of your neighbors and your neighborhood. we have to build our human and social capacity within our neighborhoods. that's a lesson broadmoore learned. it's about building community you do that as you come together as neighbors

i disagree with a lot of things he has done. but the fact of the matteris he was not a partisan ideologue. he pursued an agenda that was based on his own feelings and standards and values, i have to also say, joined with eleanor holmes norton in saying, joe lieberman, notwithstanding the other things he did, was a good friend of the the district of columbia legislatively. >> lieberman is probably the last of debris that began with truman and kennedy and scoop jackson and to extend pat moynihan who were the classic cold war liberals, liberal stance on domestic issues -- lieberman is the one who helped to get don't ask don't tell passed in the lame-duck session -- and yet he was a firm believer in a strong defense, a believer in the war in iraq. when all his democratic colleagues when into the weeds and hid in the dark days, he stood and supported the surge in 2006, which ultimately brought us a measure of success in iraq. i think he was a man princip led in what he believed a domestic and foreign affairs, and he will be missed. >> let let's get one thing v

from last from starting yesterday morning as a matter of fact there are still wreaths being laid as we stand as we stand here not should natural lives the drudgery that has affected a lot of people as you may remember it wasn't just russians or muscovites who were harmed in this fourfold or horrific tragedy all in total more than fifty nationalities have been affected we're talking about germans italians friends french british citizens so this is a tragedy that doesn't just affect russia as a matter of fact this tragedy that has affected i would say the entire world but naturally in the russia this is a rush of the beam is felt most of all. the major channels are going to change their broadcast and schedule for today there will be no entertainment programs there will be no commercials of radio stations are also going to change there is also there everything that has to do with entertainment or a new life part of material will be replaced with with i would something of a different mood there will be no commercials as well and of course it's not just it's the tragedies fault not just o

>> it's a matter of sharing the burdens of a free society and a good society. that's, morally speaking, what taxes are about. >>> and micro-lending. it was designed to help the poor start their own businesses and become self-sufficient. but, in india, something has gone wrong. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. as anti-government protests continue to build in egypt and other parts of the muslim world, more than 2,000 arab scholars and activists issued an urgent appeal for human rights and democracy. the group's statement said any political reforms must include respect for freedom, including the freedom of religion. and they urged more dialogue between islamists and secularists. the diverse coalition included prominent activists from more th 20 nations. >> meanwhile, a report released this week by the pew forum on religion and public life says the number of muslims in the world will rise at a faster rate than other groups over the next 20 years. the muslim population worldwide is expected to reach 2.2 billion in 2030, up from 1.6 bill

as a matter of fact, right now on a week like this in the wintertime we'll be driving and using aboutllion gallons per day less than what we'll use in the summertime and the u.s. demand for gasoline probably peaked in 2005 or 2006. the problem is the rest of the world's appetite for oil is increasing and the economies are getting better and as economies grow, they need more oil. mostly diesel but also gasoline and so we're basically having to pay for the rest of the world moving into the middle class. >> reporter: still, attention spans are short and in 2008 when prices shot up to $4 a gallon we promised to do better. we were going to get out of the gas guzzlers and into sensible fuel efficient cars. >> we hit july of 2008 and we hit national averages over $4 a gallon, so those were very un-teddy time, motorists decided to curb their driving. >> reporter: tracy noble of mid-atlantic aaa says when prices dropped we fell back into old habits. >> we've cut back a little bit but we could do more. i mean if you watched any tv over the holidays particularly football games, you saw ad after

so the lack of transparency plus lack of regulation led to an increase in commodity prices in a matterof a few weeks and i've seen in the press a number of interesting surveys and articles in the press saying speculation has nothing to do with price increases. i mean, it's a particular situation. speculation feeds on shortages and shortages are made worse by speculation. take the example of cocoa. the very fact that a speculator can in one simple put acquire 15% of the world cocoa's production without having to pay a single cent for the actual amount of cocoa that he just bought and sell that cocoa off before he's even paid for the original purchase. is that normal. is that acceptable. is that what a market should look like? and should we continue like that and i say to our countries like india, brazil who are producing food commodities that there is no question of preventing them from benefiting from price increases. i understand that. what i'm saying is, hey, be careful if there is ex poential increase in prices there's a drop in prices and that will kill off your peasants and your f

as i have said, this is a matter of time before they are caught. this is a matter of time. what we need to do now as a people, as nigerians, is to be very vigilant. anywhere you are, do not allow anyone to come and leaves a bag or leave any kind of object. >> the chief of the defense staff there. i asked our correspondent if he had any course -- any updates on casualties. >> some eyewitnesses said they saw a body parts all over the place and injured people being carried away. it is not clear what kind of explosion it was but it went off at a market right next to an army barracks. >> is this the kind of place where civilians and soldiers have gathered regularly for in meals and drinks? >> this is a very popular place. tonight, new year's eve, people will be gathering to celebrate. security forces have told me that 11 people were killed in the explosion but we are waiting to hear the final confirmation of the number of people affected by that explosion. >> i know that state tv has written reporting 30 dead and there's no confirmation and the indication as to who might have do

and we went back every summer even though i was born here in berkeley, as a matter of fact we went back every summer to louisiana and i was always interested and did a lot of -- um -- both formal and informal research. starting in the 50's and the 60's. and i will tell you that when i first startd that research and a lot of the research i did in that time period was i was largely unaided by any official source. i would go to the courthouse and i would ask for records. they would not give them to me. it was just -- it was very clearly -- it was very clear they were not going to give them to me. >> what records were you asking for? >> i was looking for land records. i was looking for records of the fredues. the concept was there were black fredues and white fredues and there was not an acceptance of me setting out to prove they were commingleded even though everyone knew they would. >> very southern. >> i wanted to make it contemporary times. doesn't anybody care, they took away our rights. is the constitution a piece of paper that means nothing that the president can sign another ask we

(inaudible) and it was a matter of it was a matter of they knew -- i knew if i stayed there and didn'tfft one that was going to win might get built. and if i walked off, it might not get built. anyway -- let me answer it this way. how would i design it? i don't know. because i -- i haven't been given the contract. but two of our students earlier had done the design for union square and students, matthew henning was the chief designer. he works over at -- in the east bay. they did a spectacular design that in two terraces came down to the macy's facade there, they took off one layer of parking. the sort of thing that yan talks about. this was underground. they took off one layer of parking and came down in two steps into a grand, inviting place. i was heart struck when i realized they hadn't submitted, but that's the way i would approach it. yes, right over here. >> yes. i am really inspired by the (inaudible) and endorsing these ideas and i wonder why he has such -- we have such a chip on our shoulder here that can't simply say (inaudible). mr. gail, i'm wondering in the examples that

economy along, and there's a phenomenal matter of innovation out there. it's tough to walk that show floor and not be optimistic about our future as a country, a society and an industry. and you recognize that government isn't the one that necessarily creates the jobs, but government has to make sure entrepreneurs can start because we run that show for the

a couple of preliminary matters. first, i first came to a program at the cato institute in somewhat less august surroundings than this. as i recall, the institute was in the basement of a small townhouse on 2nd street southeast. and i was there because i, like the people at the cato institute, believed that many of the restrictions then and still today as to the unauthorized practice of law harmed consumers by creating artificial barriers to the delivery of low-cost services to people who could not afford to have lawyers. i was proud to be there then, and i'm pleased and proud to be here today. the second point that needs to be made is, you wondered why am i here. besides the fact that i was invited. i'm here because, for a brief period of time after i left stanford, i worked at the attorney general's office for the district of columbia, and i was scheduled to argue the heller case. i in fact had been significantly involved in writing the brief in the heller case, and my boss and the mayor and the mayor's counsel had

of months, not in a matter of years. >> see what happens next. thank you, sharyn. >>> china's president hu jintao continued his u.s. visit today, reaching out to corporate leaders and panda lovers. a new deal will keep these two pandas at the national zoo in washington for five more years. just enough time to produce one more baby panda. meantime, hu told executives the u.s. and china will fully recover from the global economic crisis, only if we cooperate. and there are days it sure seems like america's playing catch-up. two months ago, diane sawyer's team traveled to china to see the breathtaking pace of change there and tonight, clarissa ward reports from beijing that china is still growing at top speed. >> reporter: china is hot on america's heels. look out, boeing. china is designing its first commercial airplane. watch out, nasa. china's building its very own space station. >> i think we're going to see a china that's going to spread its wings more. a china that is not going to be contained. >> reporter: china launched into 2011 full thrott

>> it is simply a matter of size. in 2000, the economy of china was smaller than the economy of california. today the chinese put out their numbers this week, china is three times the size of the california economy. this was very much about doing business. my favorite line was the president said to jintao, we want to sell you all kind of stuff, manies and cars and software. it is hard to imagine that when kissinger and nixon went to china that today they would imagine that today it would be are they stealing microsoft word, or would they prefer to buy from chinese companies than american companies. gwen: we appear to be in debt to china. is that serious or a sense of insecurityy? >> it is very serious. we ran huge deficits and borrowed lots of money with low interest rates here, because they have so much savings and they want to give it to us. that was one of the reasons why fanny and freddie were handled the way they were because they owned a lot of their debt. it was in everybody's mind that this is our lender comin

the public has already decided that compehensive immigration reform is necessary, but it's only a matter of time until congress catches up. after explaining my own connection, i want to give you a snapshot of what's been happening in the last few years to put some of this discussion into context. my own connections with a name like giovagnoli are third generation battalion. i'm not even sure what generation on my mother's side in terms of scotch irish dutch immigrants from virginia to missouri. i never really thought about immigration much growing up. my grandfather was italian. i was aware he had a different life from me. and very grateful for the opportunities that he give us. my father was the youngest child growing up in the depression. all they wanted to do was the american. he does not even know italian. i never even thought about it. during the development of a career path, i fell into immigration. like a lot of young attorneys, i was interested in human rights. i was offered a job at the department of justice with the ins. i was not tried to do it. i started thinking about what i