journalist and editor of who what why dot com now joins me from new york via broadband for some analysis mr baker president karzai to clear recently that he will put strict controls on how u.s. troops conduct themselves in the country however now another strike causing many civilian deaths could this bring the alliance in direct conflict with the afghan government and how do you think the situation will play out there certainly a growing problem of foot and i think we need to distinguish between the bomb. by the drones in those by manned aircraft the incident that early wednesday morning involved manned aircraft the. western forces working with afghan forces were attacking a house where they believed taliban commanders were meeting. and when they encountered resistance gunfire they called in air strikes now. the obvious danger of that is that you can have imprecise information of course in those areas there are people living there there are women and children and non competence and of course it's extremely dangerous we'll have to wait to see what happened in this situation but we've had quite a f

 was that one-to-one, do you think like >> yes, the only time i met mr. bakerce i've been a government within my office. i met distinctly undated distinct interest in the case for the electoral reform and he -- he explained to me his concerns about the beast i.d., which had been announced a mont before. i think we made this little impression on each other, on both points. [inaudible] >> i said to him, you know, hear what you say and the telegraph racers need a reservation. and to be fair, he was very specific. he said i know comments churc with their than i said the decision was dealt with by the secretary of state for business at the time.k-k-k-k-k-k-k,k-k- >> well, others may have been bending your ear.k!k!k!k!k! on the 17th of august, 2010c!c!! was the lunch with mr. james murdoch. did you get as a were quiet words from the other side on occasion to the best of your recollection? >> no, i don't. i remember distinctly having -- it must've been v

mr. bakeralso said next month the house will vote to extend current tax rates. >> good morning, everyone. mr. president, i used to run a small business. mr. president, take it from me, the private sector is not doing well. the american people are still asking the question, where are the jobs. stopping the looming tax hikes will help job creators because it will have more certainty about what the jobs are going to be and create a better environment for them. we are going to vote next month on extending of the tax rates. the president should assure the nation when this bill gets to his desk, he will sign it into law. we know the president of health- care law is making it harder for businesses to hire and we know it must be repealed in its entirety. this morning, we learned more about the backroom deals that were made which led to its passage. energy -- e-mail's obtained show the white house got a billions of dollars in policy concessions for millions of dollars worth of advertising. the administr

>> reporter: that was the only time i met mr. baker since i have been in government in my office and i remember distinctly i made an interest in the case for election reform and he explained to me his concerns about the idea that was announced the month before. i think we made as little impression on each other on both points. >> ships that pass in the night. >> i said to him i hear what you say and the telegraph raised elections about the bid and to be fair he didn't speak. i know you can't comment on this and this is a quasi judicial decision for business at the time. >> others may have been bending your ear. on the seventeenth of august, 2010, was a lunch with rebekah brooks and james murdoch. did you get the other side on this occasion to the best of your recollection? >> no. i don't. i remember distinctly -- it must have been very much in the air at the time when we as the government would hold a referendum on a changed system and charged issue. we devoted quite a bit of time to that. it was something close to my heart where i hav

 >> yes, it was the only time i t mr. baker i remember distinctly that i made an attempt in the case for electoral reform, and he explained to me his concerns about the bskyb bid, which had been announced before, and i think we made his little impression on each other is on both points. >> the telegraph race with me about their reservations about the bed, and to be fair, mr. daker, i know you can't comment on this and you are not in charge of this, this is a quasi- decision being based onk! per business at the time.c!c!c!! >> on thec! 17th of august, 201 mr. harlan, rebekah brooks, and james murdoch. did you get, as it were, words on the other side, or not to th best of your recollection? >> no, i don't. i remember distinctly having -- it must've been very much in th air at the time. about when we, as a government, would hold hold a referendum. i remember that being discussed a number of times. besid

i really did not need persuading by mr. baker about this. or whoever else was there. >> before the 10th of september, 2007, brought exceptional communications. >> we had conversations about a lot of those things. i do not think that there was an informal meeting about it, but we were having conversations. >> the evidence was along the line of bowing to pressures from criminal justice investigation, the eighth of may, 2008, the compromise was carved up, as it were, starting in march of 2008. do you recall that? >> i recall conversations with jack straw, the minister, about finding a way forward. i believe that we did. >> can i ask you now about the issue of special advisers? i want to put to you a number of questions about them. mr. campbell and his second witness statement suggested that there was a real problem with a special treasury advisor, meaning mr. leland. do you agree with his analysis? >> it was typical rumor, gossip. political advisor, there were a lot of them having debates and arguments. the one thing that i insisted on, and thi

. >> mr. bakeres. >> tell me, how do we now explain away the speculation of how justice robtsz took the case in the first place on the basis he might have support for rejection although it was sound enough argument for that and then the way in which we all the oral arguments play out and quite negative responses to what was being said on the part of the white house? i mean, how do you now put that in context in hindsight that it's actual lly going through? >> it's very difficult to predict which way a case will -- how it will ultimately pan out, if you will, based upon the arguments. it's very speculative. i mine, arguments are tea leaves. and it's hard to say it's -- i would not bet the mortgage on anything set in oral argument. arguments can be misleading. certainly the tenor of the argument was such that many people were led to believe that the mandate would probably be struck down. i was not quite -- i didn't go so far as it is. i thought it was a very close call that it could go either way, bas

mr. paul baker, now. some have described that as close, though you off and not on the same page politically. is that a fair description? records. mr. dakin >> i did not see him that much. heand i disagree about many things on politics. like me, he believes that this is an ethical basis for a political system and that that is an issue that was not properly addressed in the media. and in our politics. there is common ground on that. he was personally very kind. as rupert murdoch could be personally kind. first child and i had not forgotten that. to be honest, "the daily mail," was totally against the labor party. i said -- look, you are entering a situation with a party that has a relationship with the murdoch empire and their should be wary of it. i did warn them that that was one of the problems that happened. do you think of that is a fair comment, or not? >> one of the huge dividing lines over the last 10 years, i was in a minority. about being skeptical of the euro. my colleague, the economic adviser of

mr. shear. you each have each have five minutes. scenic thank you. chairman baker, ranking member of the trs. >> i'm not sure if your mic is on. if it is, please pull a closer. >> can you hear me now quite >> polluted little closer. it moves. >> okay. i'll get it. can you hear me now? okay. i'll raise my voice. chairman baker at, ranking member gutierrez, i am pleased to be here to discuss their work on real estate appraisal issues. my statement today is based on information from two reporters to be issued in to mandates in the dark frank act. the first of which we issued in july 2011 included an examination of real estate valuation methods, including appraisals as well as conflict of interest and appraiser selection policy through the second we issued in january 2012 included an assessment of the appraisal subcommittee -- >> mr. shear, it is still hard to hear you. it looks like the wires are tight. can you move it a little closer? >> let's try this more. the second issued in 2012 included an assessment of the appraisal subcommittee monitoring function in certain

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mr. williams. good afternoon, commissioners, and commission director. thank you for your time. as you may recall, our d.r. is regarding the reduction in size and the position of a roof deck at 273537 baker. i am here to report on the progress. working with the city planner ms mary woods and in the spirit of compromise, we have come to an agreement with the sponsor. we thank ms. woods for her professionalism and dedication as an intermediary. if there have been misunderstandings in the past and disagreement -- this agreement will likely have been impossible without her. as per pages a3 and a7, of the revision, submitted by the sponsor, we agreed to a reduction of 5 feet from the eastern boundary of the roof deck, reducing the square-foot it to better line up with the other -- square footage to better line up with the other decks in the area. the total area of the roof deck is 400 square feet, of which 335 square feet is the city area. given this has been a heated issue, and there have been repeated misunderstandings in the past and during the mediation, we ask that you, the commission, said this agreement in stone with a notice of special restrictions. to define the size and location of

baker who represents the republican minority on the committee, asks dean the all-important question. >> the question, as i hope not impossibly narrow, but your testimony touches many people. it touches mr. ehrlichman, halderman, colson, mitchell, dean and many others, but i'm trying to focus on the president. what did the president know, and when did he know it? >> here you can also listen to bob woodward talk about the role that deep throat played in the investigation. you can hear president nixon talking to colson about how the white house should handle the senate watergate investigation. and colson and the president talk about their vulnerability because of the campaign activities that are described unchtsds msds earlier on this time line wall. you can also listen to d. todd kristofferson. remarkable man who was judge sirica's law clerk. the judge is no longer alive. we couldn't interview him for this exhibit, but e. todd kristofferson is very much alive and recalls vividly working with the judge on the case on both the watergate trial and the watergate cover-up trial that would occur in 1974/'75. >> he had this sixth sense based upon that experience that someone or ones were lying

baker national forest and the u.s. forest service studied this creek and found that it poses the characteristics consistent with the wild and scenic rivers act. mr. speaker, as i mentioned, this bill was amended with some provisions at the subcommittee and the full committee thought were important. i urge passage and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in support of h.r. 1740. this legislation seeks to add this segment to the wild and scenic river system -- passed the house by voice vote last year. this legislation and congressman larsen has been an advocate for this legislation and applaud his hard work on behalf of the river and his constituents. with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: i yield to the time to the sponsor of the legislation, mr. larsen. mr. larsen: i rise to support the passage of my bill and u