i think that this department, as evidenced by the financial state we are in and how we are actually hiring back, how we have tried to respond to some of the ongoing issues, and the fact that it does take a long time. i have served as president, and i know even with agreement on everything, and with leadership doing what they can, it is oftentimes like pushing water uphill. it has taken us 10 years to get our i.t. system going through three or four directors. the same amount of time to do what seems obvious, preparing for earthquakes and doing what we can as a department. i get your frustration. i think that in hindsight we should look to the great successes that we have had. i think that it is probably very difficult for a department head to work with the commission. i think most building departments do not. i think that the issue of morale in our department has been there since i have been on the commission. the people that work for our department work hard. they believe in our city. they love our city. they look to us to help support our director in running the department, and i hope tha

given the financial state of where things are right now and the potential loss of redevelopment, we do not know if those projects will ever be realized. saying that we do not have to worry about it because those projects are not in the pipeline, it is not realistic. our densities are concentrated. people live in san francisco in communities that are well- established have amenities. that is a reality that we have to deal with. we can plan for their being 10,000 homes. most people are going to still prefer to live in the more established neighborhoods. we have to make sure that there is housing in those neighborhoods for people to live in. i see this document as trying to do all of those things. it is not the thesis i would write if i were a student tried to create a housing element for a municipality. it does not meet the high-minded ideals that we talk about in san francisco. it does the best at striking a balance. there are all of these fears about the document that i do not see how they are realized. i do take issue with policy 1.4 that was brought up by commissioner miguel. having

financial times, by increasing expectations we can improve student performance. high expectations do not cost anything. we have shown it is not necessarily more money that will drive academic performance and our state. >> the financial crisis is only a crisis because the leadership chose to cut education rather than other state services or support activities. if education was truly the most important government functions, then there would never be a crisis in education. >> from the federal perspective, there are not enough dollars to go around to fund all of the needs. the amount of money required to fund all of the special education programs, the federal government funds that at about 40%. that means local districts have to pick up the other 60%. does the federal government to be enough? no. can they do more? not with the amount of money available to them. >> conflicting ideas between what to cut and what not to cut result in note results whatsoever. what needs to be done to fix the financial mess? >> extracurricular activities whether athletic or social need to be maintained in schools. they do help to enrich the learning environment. for some students, it is what really engages the student. it i

mayor vincent gray will be talking about the city's financial state now. he's going to release the budget for the 2012 fiscal year which happens this morning at the wilson building. >>> today was the day the d.c. circulator bus would resume its loop around the national mall but that line has now been shelved. ddot blames a sharp drop in ridership. >> roads in america are getting safer. >> in fact, they haven't been this safe since harry truman was president. a report out in the last few hours finds driving deaths are down sharply. >> that's a story that's new this morning. jessica doyle is live in arlington with a closer look at what is behind the numbers. good morning, jess. >> good morning to you, folks. of course, we're here in arlington, fairfax drive. main thoroughfare. as you reach for your keys, encouraging news for drivers. the roads haven't been this safe in a half of a century. a lot of that has to do with what we're doing with our cars. a lot of it has to do with what we're not doing. we're buckling in more and more. we're buckling in our famili

while some people object it could raise $500 million for that financially strapped state. >>> what goesround comes around. hula hoops are back in style at the gym. but can you get in shape with a childhood toy? new research says you bet. dr. kim with the spin. >> reporter: people are hip to a not new workout. >> it's so much fun. >> reporter: it's hula hooping. >> this is something that i love. >> reporter: they say it sh rinks your waist, melts pounds and gets your heart rate up. now research confirms>> it was nice to see that it did elicit a burn that was similar to many common exercises. it. >> reporter: it improves cardiovascular health, muscle tone and flexibility. not only that, it burns an average of 420 calories an hour according to a new study. >> most people are like hula hooping can that really help you lose weight? i have lost 70 pounds hula hooping. >> reporter: it incorporates dance moves and hooping on every part of the body. >> you first start seeing weight loss in the waist and thighs. >> >> reporter: experts say it's easy and fun and surprisingly low impact. it just ta

. >>> and the financial perk state lawmakers get are under fire. next, the living expenses >>> good morning. 4:42 on the abc7 morning news. a live look at san francisco international airport. s.f.o. you can see there what looks to be a bit of fog and low ceilings. that could delay things later on. maybe mist and drizzle as well. we will check in with mike to see what is going on and how it will affect the travel plan. pg&e says the san bruno explosion would have happened even if the company would have kept updated records. the september 9 blast that killed eight people was due to rupture on a 30-inch transmission line with an incomplete weld. pg&e's records did not show a weld. in documents released yesterday, pg&e said there would not have been additional concern even if anyone had known because such welds do not have a record of failing. pg&e could face fines of up to $400 million if state investigators find faulty record keeping contributed to the san bruno disaster. >>> a push is underway in sacramento to strip state lawmakers of another perk.

we do an audit each year to ensure the amounts in our financial statements are fairly stated. these are an external auditors from macias gini & o'connell and kpmg. they are here to present the comprehensive financial reports, the single audit, and the single letter. kpmg is here to present the single audit for the mta and the airports. my colleagues will be presenting today. we also have department representatives available to answer questions. supervisor campos: great. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good morning, a german -- chairman campos. supervisor campos: if you could speak into the microphone. >> how is that? no? ok. awkward. i am one of five partners who served the city and county of san francisco at macias gini & o'connell. i would like to give you the results of our audit services this year. i would like to go to the presentation we have here, because i cannot put pages and do slides at the same time. anyway. i think you may have the copy of the presentation? >> is on the computer. -- it is on the computer. >> and if we cannot get that working, and think you ha

state. now with the public act for which a allows more hours to the emergency financial manager it is a lot more arrogance it is a lot of the lessening of again government the listing of the public safety of the people we also see in this area of the harbor surest project which is another world who aspect this is the corporation here who have come in like it if i could just interrupt you for a minute to. provide a little bit of frame here and in fact get get ed back in on this ed over and over and over again across america we've seen large corporations play city off against city state often state off saying you know if you give us more tax abatements we'll move to your state you know boeing went through it a couple years ago in three different cities you know they was going to give us the most hundreds of millions of dollars. to what extent has. have they had the development project that the commissioner was talking about whirlpool corporation the these organizations my understand have got a number of tax breaks and bait and some things from from the community. hey doesn't this isn't this t

they took out several including foreign languages. >> what did you learn about the financial state of indiana's education system? >> i learned that there is not enough funding for all the programs in a crisis. >> do you think of financial state of indiana's education system is affecting your education? >> it could have if it were to be cut. i wouldn't have been able to -- okay, without the tv i would have been able to win this contest and i guess my future goals would have been effective. >> what role do you think the government should play in the improvement of indiana's education opportunities? >> to provide money so that we can keep important classes like foreign language, business tech in our schools. >> what did you learn in your interview with indiana secretary of education dr. tony bennett? >> i learned that tony bennett plays a key role in helping indiana's education crisis. he is the man that everyone goes to and he is in charge of i guess what people need to cut or whatever things. where the money is supposed to be going to. >> in your interview with mr. tony bennett, he say

as mentioned, central subway financial plans are comprised of federal, state, local, and nationwide programs. in dealing with financial sensitivity and risk, a good example of a funding amendment is a proposed swath of prop 1b funds. in the event that funding is delayed or project costs increase over the baseline as the during construction, beyond the program contingency's required by the fda for the program, meetings with staff found confirmation on the need for bridge financing, stating that the supplemental amount should be 10% of the total project budget. the notification also stated that documentation must be provided showing a supplemental insurance funding is available. considering the fda because consideration for the project for a grant agreement. central subway continues to demonstrate support and commitment from funding partners of the fta. currently under review with mtc, the supplemental insurance funding component will be addressed by your action today. to prove the identification of additional state funding of the need arises in the future. to give you a brief update on what i

of course military once we know that china is the major creditor of the united states and the financial rating of united states what's changed it has been changed so i guess that china has needs quite a lot of levers still to influence the situation both economic and political. diplomatic cables for the cons lights on have suggested that the u.s. may have. regime change in syria what do you think washington's ultimate goal is in the region so you know the ultimate goal of washington in the region is to change. regimes with even more apply intrusions or regimes. changed in egypt or the contras they were quiet. states but no obama's administration. has. this many countries including russia including china first of all they feel that their interests are being threatened because of these regimes are going to be more loyal to the united states and are not likely to fulfill. all the commitments of the other you have to understand the syria he's a very close to ram and. the situation in libya current sufficiently the center very clear a clear message to iran don't trust europeans don't trust u

the division of state architect is highly impacted by our financial crisis, staffing levels and they also have an organization that unfortunately they're really set up for early 20th century work and they're operating in the 21st century. there's not enough technology there to make this happen. >> marylou zobach, in a perfect world these decisions would be based on engineering, seismology, tectonic plates. but there's politics involved. is it pop to separate these things out? how important is to just make these decisions based on the engineering, on the science of it? you can't really do that, can you? >> well, it's wonderful that a sum of money was set aside for school retro fitting, $200 million. what's distressing is that is that determined -- the amount of money drmd the ground shaking level that they would look at rather than saying what's the ground shaking level we should be concerned about. >> what level of safety can we afford. >> yeah, exactly. and i think that the really important thing, though, is this information is now out and available. california watch has made it ava

first of all of course march she was from china china is the major creditor of the united states and today the financial rating of elected states was changed has been changed so i guess that china for this quite a lot of levers still painful the situation both economic and political. times correspondent per escobar spoke to be investigating the rivalry between the u.s. and china over africa he told me more governments will fall victim in this race for power. it goes way beyond libya in fact i'm working on a story at the moment fixing the pentagon against china this is the big story in africa for the next fifty years i would say it starts in the beginning of the two thousand creation of the african union gaddafi was a very important end in this mechanism it was a mechanism to give a political force to africa in terms of a better unified africa in terms of political decisions and not you know of course economic integration and then china started investing much more than he was investing two hundred ninety nine is for african at least thirty countries we have more than nine hundred projects all over africa

of all of course march was you know china is china is the major creditor of the united states and today the financial rating of united states was changed has been changed so i guess that china has quite a lot of levers still translate the situation both economic and political. coming up giving a tarball european aid catch fire while the big criticize over how it chooses to spend its a level a billion euro aid budget that's ahead also these men who fought for their country say they're now they've been collected and the north a special report coming up from georgia to. russia inmate who suffering from severe diabetes is asked for a mercy killing a convicted murderer get other humans can't get the treatment he needs while he's in jail so far the judges have refused to free him from prison on grounds of ill health but his request for use of asier is illegal here in russia to his roof and reports. twenty five and he's dying and he's still independence diabetic his last six to ten months now lined he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard of the child by his second sentence for murder his entrance

that will lessen the financial benefits to the state in a scenario like that. it would be about whether they would lose the vote and get a majority under that scenario. where things are right now, we anticipate a pretty prolong state of uncertainty. in some ways, that is better than the elimination. in a lot of ways, and that is not a good scenario as well. the uncertainty, and just from a personal perspective, is very tough on the agency's staff that are wondering whether or not they have a job in the future. just as importantly, the uncertainty creates a very difficult situation for us in terms of negotiating new deals and negotiating things we have already negotiated through the pipeline. the uncertainty is not good for the bond market. the uncertainty is not good for investors who are looking and at investing in projects with a public and private partnership. the uncertainty over the last few months has meant that we have to spend more time clearing out our pipeline then working out deals in the future. in terms of implications to san francisco, i think som

systems it's clear that even civil aircraft production projects can't do without some level of state financial support especially at the initial project stages stages of technical research both in the us and europe such research is financed by the state of course we can also talk about the company's own phones these funds must be used to finance the company's new projects especially their initial phases as well. but what innovation can the market expect from the united aircraft corporation we will probably go through all our current projects are running as part of the innovative solutions implementation project and we cover a number of diverse areas for example if we consider the so-called super jet one hundred project it's a craft control system is capable of warning the pilots of every possible emergency and so does not let the aircraft actually get into an emergency situation it's essentially an active aviation safety system whose control system capacities can make up for practically any pilot mistake and i think this is a solid innovative solution to the joint efforts of the central air a

is that something where it is essentially the state shipping the financial burden to local governments? is that how the state is saving the amounts that you're talking about? >> that is exactly how they are saving the amount. the average cost to keep an inmate in state prison is $61,114. that is if you use the average rate. if you use the overcrowding rate, it is cheaper. that figure is

. >> financial perk state lawmakers get are under fire tonight. critic say some of the expenses they should be cut to go save california money should come from their own pockets. we are in sacramento with the story. >> i'm tired of it. >>reporter: tea party used the tax dead lane to call for wiser spending of taxpayer money. most were appalled to learn state lawmakers are paid a 142 dollar a day tax-free per diem for living expenses while serving in sacramento. roughly 30,000 dollars a year. that's on top of the 95,000 dollar a year salary. >> this is our tax money the people are taking an gallivanting around w.i don't appreciate it. >>reporter: california citizen compensation commission is looking into whether that stipend should be taxed. if lawmakers should even get the money when they miss session due to illness or out of town business. >> everything from a compensation point of view we feel has swung too far to the left and we are just trying to bring it back to center. >>reporter: commission has already ordered lawmakers to turn in their tax

. >> what did you learn about the financial state of india and those educational system? >> i learned that there's not enough for the programs. we're in a crisis. cuts have to be made. >> do you think the financial state of indiana as education system is affecting your education? >> it could have it there were other cuts. this year, i would not have been able to -- [inaudible] i would not have been able to win this contest. my future goals would have been affected. >> what role do think the government should play in the improvement of indiana's education opportunities? >> provide money so we can keep important class is like foreign language in business tech in our school. >> what did you learn from your interview with the superintendent, dr. tony bennett? >> he plays a key role in helping indiana's educational crisis. he is the man that everyone goes to. he is in charge -- [inaudible] where the money is supposed to go. >> in your interview with mr. tony bennett, he says high expectations can outweigh a limited state budget when it comes to student achievement. what does h

is that something where it is essentially the state shipping the financial burden to local governments? is that how the state is saving the amounts that you're talking about? >> that is exactly how they are saving the amount. the average cost to keep an inmate in state prison is $61,114. that is if you use the average rate. if you use the overcrowding rate, it is cheaper. that figure is about $29,000. that is predicated on however long a time those sentences would have been. if it was a 36-month sentence, the individuals would have spent approximately 18 months in prison, less any kind of jail sentence credits that they would have had. if you take a look at that 36- month sentence, and then take it in half, that is a minimum of 18 months time -- 18 months' time. they will fund the county the equivalent of $25,000 for six months, and on top of that, the community supervision fee. that adds up to a lot less than what the state costs are. what the numbers i just quoted you do not include is all the state litigation costs. the state has a dental lawsuit, a mental health: lawsuit, -- mental

of course more she wants to know the church china is the major creditor of the united states and today their financial raging if you like it states was changed has been changed so i guess that china has quite a lot of levers still influence the situation both economic and political. journalism should return she says that libya is not the only area where bridging washington's interests clash. many people say that china of course is going to be the new superpower chinese investment in iran totals some hundred billion dollars or so it is rapidly finding problems with un resolutions regarding iran so in that case beijing in washington's interests coincide i think there has been a cold war since the second world war with china arguably it is certainly hotting up but the state department the think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do according to one national security agency advisor to donald he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had to get out of it could no longer be leader and it would look to iran as if we make threats that we don't follow through on. russian retur

charlie china is the major creditor of the united states and today their financial rating for a few lighted states was chain has been changed so i guess that is quite a lot of lever storm drain field situation both economic and political. he says libya is not the only area where beijing and washington. and there is part of this equation that worrying washington i would say rather more than the european union leaders but definitely one only has to look at khartoum to see chinese investment in africa and get after it was one person who for all its privatization and later suddenly coming back to the western fold he still didn't like africa calmly american defense network. in germany regarding africa and many people say that china of course is going to be the new. chinese investment in iran totals some one hundred sixty five billion dollars or so it is rapidly finding problems of un resolutions regarding iran so in that case beijing and washington's interests coincide i think there has been a cold war since the second world war with china arguably it is certainly arching up but the state depart

>> we are in a very difficult time financially as a country, as a state, as a county. we have a multimillion-dollar deficit. what i see is we have competing priorities. >> ok. >> there's a whole host of non- profit and service organizations that provide a service and a social safety net for people. if people are not able -- they're not making money to get on calworks, or they get on aid, we cut that aid, that has an adverse affect on a population that needs it. i would like to see the city continued to move in a direction where we are prioritizing when it comes to our budget, our budget strategy. i was fortunate enough to be named to the budget -- i was not fortunate enough to be named to the budget committee. i will exercise my voice to guide us through this precarious system. i think we need to have a serious conversation about pensions and supervisor elsbernd carries a torch on pension reform. there have been other discussions about pension reform. our city assessor started the conversation about prop. 13. there are several things in place on the state and local lev

governor rick snyder got his idea to take over cities in his state and fire the elected officials and replace them with his own czars known as financial planners from a state policy network think tank operating in michigan. so this is what progressives are up against a well organized national campaign by republicans to take on american working working americans for more on this i'm joined now by any editor of mother jones magazine and you welcome thanks great to have you here with us tell us about the state policy network i think most people probably never even heard of this it's little known snot on the political radar but it's a hugely influential sort of constellation of conservative free market think tanks that were founded by the same conservative ideologues behind the heritage foundation behind the reagan revolution in fact the intent of these this network was to bring the reagan revolution to the state level to influence the legislators and get you know the kind of policies that they wanted a union anti-tax implemented in the states whether they're starting to accomplish that i think there are there are thirteen states i believ

financial perks that state lawmakers get are under fire tonight.s they should cut should come from their own pockets. they are live with the story nanet. >> just days after a commission took away the cars, they are going after another perk. it is tax free for anyone living outside of a 50 mile raduous from here. >> the tea party used the tax deadline to call for wider spending. state lawmakers

. >> what did you learn about the financial state of the indian education system? here is not enough funding. we are in a crisis. >> do you think the state of the education system is affecting your education? >> it could be. if we are going to cut, -- okay, without public tv, i would not have been able to win this contest. >> what role do you think the government should play in improving indian education opportunities? >> to provide more money so that we can keep some important classes like foreign language, business tack. >> what did you learn from the superintendent of education dr. tony bennett? >> he plays a key role in the education crisis. he is the man that everyone goes to. >> in your interview, he says high expectations can outweigh a limited state budget when it comes to student achievement. what did he mean by that statement? >> as long as we can hold high expectations, we can overcome any crisis. >> what is the message he would like to share with people through your documentary? >> basically, and there are many things that need to happen to solve this ed