likewise, we work very closely with brian thomas and iris martin lopez, and veronica. i also have with me mr. bryant thomas who is also the vice-chair on the small firm advisory committee. and with me next to me is rick aldridge with carpenters 152 in manteca. we ask that you move forward in endorsing these changes. it's been a great opportunity. we look forward to continuing doing work with you guys and as well as the other people in my community. it's been great. you guys have done a great job. and we look forward to what you'll do out in our area as well along with what you guys are doing out here. thank you for your time. >> [inaudible]. >> thank you, i will. and again, congratulations to you, sir, on your position. >> thank you. >> and commissioner courtney as well. >> brother courtney. >> oh, brother courtney, very good. [laughter] >> we have doctors and brothers here today. >> hey, that works. >> welcome. >>> good afternoon, my name is brian field. i'm the co-chair of the san francisco puc small firms advisory committee. i'm here to hope you guys endorse the cha

staff that conducted this investigation including brian thomas and mat ralph. they are the kind of public servants that americans can be proud of. i want to thank the members of the deep water horizon task force. and i want to thank the leadership of the department of justice, the attorney general, associate attorney general for their leadership in this investigation. thank you. >> we'll be glad to respond to any questions you might have. >> the distinction is applicable on one side and you have $1100 per barrel penalty. that gets up to $45e00 per barrel and the standard of law is the difference between violating a duty of care and wanton and reckless conduct. >> what does this settlement mean for the families of those who died and for all of those who have been impacted by this oil spill? >> those lives are irreplaceable and there is nothing we can do to bring those loved ones back. on the other hand this is an indication and perhaps a vindication that we have shown and the company has admitted that as a result of their actions people died there unnecessarily,

staff that conducted this investigation including brian thomas and mat ralph. they are the kind of public servants that americans can be proud of. i want to thank the members of the deep water horizon task force. and i want to thank the leadership of the department of justice, the attorney general, associate attorney general for their leadership in this investigation. thank you. >> we'll be glad to respond to any questions you might have. \[inaudible] >> let me answer that and i'll turn it to the associate attorney general who has been responsible there. we have been in negotiations with b.p. we have not reached a number that i considered satisfactory in order to resolve those civil claims that we have. we have a trial set for february. we are planning to vigorously enforce our complaint at the. there is the possibility i suppose that further negotiations could result in a resolution. >> the only thing i would add is just that the attorney general has said repeatedly b.p. is exposed to billions of dollars for the harm that they have caused to gulf coast and the

staff that conducted this investigation including brian thomas and mat ralph. they are the kind of public serve vants that americans can be proud of. i want to thank the members of the deep water horizon task force. and i want to thank the leadership of the department of justice, the attorney general, associate attorney general for their leadership in this investigation. thank you. >> we'll be glad to respond to any questions you might have. [inaudible] >> let me answer that and i'll turn it to the associate attorney general who has been responsible there. we have been in negotiations with b.p. we have not reached a number that i considered satisfactory in order to resolve those civil claims that we have. we have a trial set for february. we are planning to vigorously enforce our complaint at the. there is the possibility i suppose that further negotiations could result in a resolution. >> the only thing i would add is just that the attorney general has said repeatedly b.p. is exposed to billions of dollars for the harm that they have caused to gulf coast and t

. >> brian: if the rolling stones retire president obama will name the musician to fill in. >> eric: mccain. >> bob: clarence thomas: cerebral guy. >> bob: why doesn't he say anything? entire time on the bench he never says anything. >> brian: if you a good listener he doesn't talk much. >> dana: couldn't co-host on th"the five." >> kimberly: i take wish that. >> bob: i'm sorry. >> kimberly: i accept your apology. >> bob: brian take us out since you halftimeed th hijackee segment. >> dana: try not to mess this up. >> bob: one more thing is next. >> brian: next! ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] lifts to clear obstacles. ♪ lowers to cut drag. rises to every challenge. the class exclusive air suspension in the new 2013 ram 1500. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. hi victor! mom? i know you got to go in a minute that's perfect for two! campbell's chunky beef with country vegetables, poured over rice! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. time for cii price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. on

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major big fish they seem to be going after and then thomas gore who is mayor gray's campaign treasurer, he's awaiting sentences. so you're right, brian, there are still a lot of things to be tied up and really nobody except harry thomas which is unrelated to the mayor's investigation is actually serving time. >> mark plot kip tonight. we reached out -- plotkin tonight. we reached out to you on facebook and a punishment fit the crime. karen peek writes if this were any one of us we would not be so lucky. angela brazel says seriously these public officials take these risks because they know they won't be punished and donna wright said appropriate sentence because there was no monetary loss resulting from the lie. >>> now to the david petraeus sex scandal, his alleged mistress spotted in d.c. today. we're also learning more about the investigation that includes a bizarre twist with the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. >>> see, what are you working on? >> it's a cold one tonight. we will be falling into the upper 20s. so don't let it surprise you, a chilly start in the morning. will we rebound into anything warmer than we had today? i'

court records show thomas is scheduled for a plea hearing in loudoun county on november 30th for a rape that occurred in leesburg in 2001. so far, that court date has not been changeed. brian? >> paul wagner tonight. >>> the sex scandal that alleges cia director david petraeus resigning is widening. earlier today, they spotted his mistress at her brother's house in northwest d.c. she was wearing jogging clothing. a new revelation today, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is under investigation after he allegedly had inappropriate communications with that tampa socialite. >> he has faith in general allen and believes he's doing and has done an excellent job. and i would rephrase the pentagon for the process underway with regard general allen. >> the pin is investigating his communication with jill kelly, the woman who triggered the fbi investigation and uncovered the affair between pet rayus and broadwell. they're looking at thousands of e-mail exchanges, some of which are said to be flirtacious in nature. >>> general john allen's involvement in the scandal could lead to a rare case of a top battle field commander being court-martialed. allen maintains his innocence. if

brian bolter. this evening it became official after outrage continuing to run the new york city marathon mayor bloomberg caved. fox 5's will thomas starts us off in the newoom. what led to this? >> all week organizers said the race would go on. it brings in nearly $350 million to new york alone, but the outcry was too loud. for instance, as many of you know, much of lower manhattan is still in the dark not to mention staten island where the race would have started. hese giant generators are in place for the race to power things like race clocks. the thing is that's enough juice to power up hundreds of homes. >> the city of new york is not going to give up. the city of new york is coming back and this race will demonstrate that resilience. >> race organizers were certain the marathon would go on as planned. they donated a million bucks to relief efforts and the marathon like those in the past is responsible for bringing in millions of dollars to the local economy, but friday during the 5:00 news word came. ing news out of new york city. mayor michael bloomberg says the new york city marathon will not happen sunday. >> i really cou

brian, you were great. thank you very much. john thomas, the duffys - -- i am not going to go away. [applause] i am not going to run again but i certainly am going to be supporting people to do the right things for the right reasons, to build wisconsin and build america. i just want to finish up, ladies and gentlemen, by telling you you are wonderful people. my father always told me, you are lucky to have five good friends you can really count on. and will go to bat for you. i look at this crowd and my father was wrong. i have thousands of friends. [applause] and supporters. crowd: tommy, tommy! thank you, thank you. just know that we fought the good fight. we came up short but that does not mean we should keep fighting for our principles, our ideals, and our beliefs. we have -- [applause] we have a state to build behind scott walker and jb and senator johnson and our congressman who won reelection to light. -- tonight. we have a country to be able to chart a new direction to rid the have to continue that fight -- new direction. because this country has been so good to all of us. if

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. >> brian: before we give everyone -- jog everyone's memory to exactly what did he strategically and when he deployed, shear thomas> petraeus exhibited a single act of leadership when he summoned the country fort surge that saved iraq from going into a death spiral. it was the combination of our surge and the sunni uprising that made that success. we completely overread that, is my belief, and petraeus turned that into a counterterrorism strategy that he said i did it in iraq. now i can do it in afghanistan. what worked in iraq was a failure in afghanistan and petraeus has to take responsibility for that. >> brian: is freedman on the money with that? >> he is right. petraeus did not do as well in afghanistan as he did in iraq. i think petraeus was tired in afghanistan. and burned out by that point. it bothers me that they at the present time capping him. it seemed like he was the only general who could lead news combat. it president-elect obama was a mistake to put him in afghanistan. >> brian: what's understated is it's not by coincidence the sunny uprising. he took all his men and put them in the outpost, put th

brian, only the only one who still has faith in your golf game. >> they will love it, boyfriend, brother, any guy. >> next, the one thing president obama can learn from thomas to keeping the country from going over the fiscal cliff. and step aside. this nine-year-old girl is giving the boys a run for their money. that little girl. that's live coming up. okay, now here's our holiday gift list. aww, nothe mall. well, i'll do the shopping... if you do the shipping. shipping's a hassle. i'll go to the mall. hey. hi. you know, holiday shipping's easy with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for low flat rate. yea, i know. oh, you're good. good luck! priority mail flat rate boxes. online pricing starts at $5.15. only from the postal service. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. ♪ [ camera clicks ] ♪ it's hard to resist t

brian has been helping us out with that. thanks to the president, who has made me feel so welcome here. and dean thomas. and to j.t.learning the chords of "bloody, sunday bloody" instead of doing his homework. [laughter] [applause] look at that, that is the spirit that will change the world. i can feel it in this room. what a room, by the way. u2 has played some nice halls. i do not know if this is an election or a pulpit. i feel oddly comfortable. a bit of a worry, isn't it? [laughter] welcome to pop culture studies 101. please take out your notebooks. we're going to discuss why rock stars should never be given the microphone at institutions of higher learning. [laughter] you will receive no credit for taking this class. not even street credit. it is too late for that. i will of course be dropping the odd cultural reference to give the impression i know where your generation is at. i do not. i am not sure where i am at actually. the first existential question might be -- what am i doing? i could be down having my third pint. [cheers and applause] pop culture references. rock star does research. i heard on election