it's a category use generally 10 thousand square feet or less categorically exempt the other thing the nc t were designated and parking and don't require the parking those two issues combined will result in the determinations that if the categorical use is not needed. >> it's based on the small size that those projects of those size don't have spitting impacts of sequa. >> i want to ask the project sponsor the architect do i have plan your allowances for off-loading white zone or handicap parking or nothing like that. >> can i please come to the podium. >> could come to the mike please. we do but can't apply with the zoning with the puc until swi have the approvals the planning commission it's the second step we definitely plan to put a white patient off-loading area in front of the building. >> okay. on the transportation i notice i have bike parking as part the electrical closet how many bike spaces. >> two are required. >> okay. okay thank you okay. >> again that, please speak into the mike and i could be practicing in the mission in the eric building no as a physician that loves the n

. >>> the nc cameraman being treated for ebola is reasonable stable according to doctors. asho ashoka mukpo was treated with a drug. dr. kent brantley donated blood to mukpo. brantley did the same for another ebola patient who survive. there is growing public concern about ebola. a new cbs poll finds that 69% of those asked are somewhat or very concerned about an ebola outbreak in the country and 54% say the u.s. isn't prepared to deal with the outbreak. this week doctors and nurses are being trained. mark strassmann has that story. >> reporter: this is a mock ebola treatment unit similar to 17 clinics the u.s. is building in west africa. john welch, a 33-year-old nurse from boston was covered head to toe in a protective suit. >> there are a lot of people who need our help. >> are you concerned about your own safety? your own health? >> i think you have to have a small amount of healthy concern because that allow use to follow protocol and follow procedure to the "t" every time. >> reporter: 36 licensed clinicians spent 30 days practicing triage. they're all heading to west

how we weight the preparation college readiness, so things that i identified, so there is a statistical approach. we do it with a lot of ncs date to to weight the data that's out there. i won't get into the complicated part of that. we do have elements in what percent of students in an institution are taking remediation. we know that. that's a proxy at the college level for academic preparation at the k-12 level. we can do something with that. that's something i would definitely weight. the concentration of students that don't complete what we call the gateway courses, the 101 courses, that's clear. we know those data. we should be able to use them, and looking at what institutions are doing. if you have a high concentration of latin americans and latinos that don't get through, thats that to be weighted when you're looking for completion. completion is the goal, enrollment is the necessary component. you can't complete if you haven't enrolled but looking at the profile of the students that are enrolling has to be weighted by the concentration of the students that have financial needs whether financial or academic. >> in t

transition of literally -- the building that the government that theis the one most popular song that the nc had was how they were going to up that building. mandela worked in the building that he was saying about blowing of times.ly hundreds that's somebody getting you to step back and think, okay, we're in this together, in a way thatwithout his presence, just wouldn't have happened. >> so as much as you've had this on institution building, that's what i wanted to ask you, is about this question of where play, bothmes into in a positive sense, like mandela, but i'm thinking about and pakistanmpaign in the last few years, and the politicsat comes when defeats institutions or even investment of resources. what can you do about those work?nges to your >> well, we definitely run -- in the polio campaign, we ran into a huge number of problems. groups thaterrorist have kind of a nihilistic view towards medicines or vaccines, that both nigeria and pakistan, literally targeted polio vaccinators and gone out and killed them. continuect that people to volunteer to step out and get those vaccines out

one of the areas"Ñc Ñ of the greatest need right now is the international health care workers to provideatient care but also to trade african and health care workers. one thing preventing them from stepping up is to have reinsurance's if they are infected in his four american citizens and the debut a joke to provide and with other people working on the faces but we are trying to bury quickly wrap up that capability of the un in the united states holds them together. >> i should know that the day care fe are and also by the stuttgart -- but to commit this process to build a coalition pub where we need to be to head off the crisis. >> get your foot to of the of a new chef but then to see early on of the evacuation of our employees saying gave the confidence to recruit. you also have shown great leadership and no to really rally global support. i just want to offer a few reflections with the cdc works then i will turn to west africa about it is a bet so with the scope and scale to be unprecedented. and. >> but to implement the its global health security agenda that obama but to compete with

commission we totally lost everything we lost business 60 percent in the city we tried to go to the airport now t nc took over the airport i can't make the medallion payment of 12 hundreds dollars a month they working without any shushes to taxis we can - so i'm not able to make the payment the 5 hundred medallion it is defunct loan we're going to sue the city you sell us medallion for 2. or hundred and $50,000 i opened up the airport now we're going to sue you. >> thank you, mr. sing (clapping) and (calling names). >> good afternoon, sir and good afternoon. i'm from san francisco taxi workers alliance and also a taxi driver for 26 years i don't know why mta failed to protect us i mean you guys are selling medallions for $250,000 there's over 5 hundred medallions sold you're looking for a loan defatality those medallion owners are not going to be able to afford payment and they got insurance $10,000 a year and workers' compensation and all the color schemes and junctions regulations they're not following any regulations in order to survive you have to just remove all the regulations as we know them

. >> and the right fielder hunter. >> pe nc e. >> the more they realized. >> michael. >> moore. >> and the left fielder. >> travis. >> and then the short stop. >> crawford. >> this kid knows his stuff. >> do you quiz him or flash cards or he just knows all this stuff. >> watching the games on t.v. >> and the bull pen sergio. >> and timmy and on the bench we have a pinch hitter andrew. >> what about the dodgers. >> dodgers. >> for cameron the love runs deep. >> if they don't know-- >> a love for the giants and a love of the game. >> one two three strikes out of the game at the old ball game! . >> in san carlos claudia wong. >> i love that little guy. he's priceless. >> he knows them all. >> cameron way to go. >> i keep hitting out here. you look around it's beautiful. the stadium. we are here at the world series. >> it's filling up. >> doesn't get better than this. >> behind us look at the boats and flags. people are decked out. the spirit is high right now. they are pumped up and ready to go. >> the atmosphere is really something. >> we are about 40 minutes away from the first pitch of

a bold prediction from the head of the nc with about two weeks into the midterms. debbie wasserman-schultz saying that democrats will maintain control of congress. >> are you going to lose the senate? >> number we're going to hold the senate and we're going to hold the senate because over next couple of weeks and leading up to even today, the one question that voters are going to ask themselves, chris, who has my back. bill: steven hayes has your back this morning. senior writer, "weekly standard," fox news contributor. hello to you, steve. "new york times" says it about a 62% republicans take control of the senate. "washington post" has this. a "washington post" forecast, gives the gop is 93% chance of taking the where are we then 15 days out, steve? >> i certainly think it is more likely that republicans take the senate than that they not take the senate but you know, you expect this from the chairwoman of the democratic national committee. in a sense her role is to be out there to be a cheerleader to get her troops motivated, to try to raise money. most importan

the k-12 preparation college readiness. so things that i identified, so there is a lot of statistical approach. we do it with a lot of ncs date to to weight the data that's out there. i won't get into the complicated part of that. we do have elements in what percent of students in an institution are taking remediation. we know that. that's a proxy at the college level for academic preparation at the k-12 level. we can do something with that. that's something i would definitely weight. the concentration of students who don't complete what we call the gateway courses, the 101 courses. that's clear. we know those data. we should be able to use them, and looking at what institutions are doing. if you have a high concentration of latin americans and african-americans that don't get through, that's to be weighted when you're looking for completion. completion is the goal, enrollment is the necessary component. you can't complete if you haven't enrolled but looking at the profile of the students that are enrolling is going to be weighted by the concentration mass of students with need, whether it's financial or academic. >> gre

education and t teachers union met until early this morning, but ts l no today is the eighth day no school for students ncn october 2 all but one of the passe in yesterday's mega b are back in chicago. that one person is still the hospital after this bu a car, veered into the m and flipped over. mega-bus says it's investigating. new statement from the fowler, in police -- a post mortem examination ordered by the bento county coroners office was conducted today at the tippecano county coroners office on the human remains that were repo to up >> authorities say hedgewisch garage belong to milan lekich. they say he had been shot several times. making matters even more the remains of the man's mother in law were found burie the backyard of a home i fowler, that woman, nena metoyer was reported missing at th same an autopsy said the woman had been shot but a positive id is a waiting od iag d indiana are not yet saying the cas are connected, but say they are sharing information. to his old district in crystal lake is not giving up a set of new the constructed bleachers. to court rulings found a new bleachers at

how we weight the preparation college readiness, so things that i identified, so there is a statistical approach. we do it with a lot of ncs date to to weight the data that's out there. i won't get into the complicated part of that. we do have elements in what percent of students in an institution are taking remediation. we know that. that's a proxy at the college level for academic preparation at the k-12 level. we can do something with that. that's something i would definitely weight. the concentration of students that don't complete what we call the gateway courses, the 101 courses, that's clear. we know those data. we should be able to use them, and looking at what institutions are doing. if you have a high concentration of latin americans and latinos that don't get through, thats that to be weighted when you're looking for completion. completion is the goal, enrollment is the necessary component. you can't complete if you haven't enrolled but looking at the profile of the students that are enrolling has to be weighted by the concentration of the students that have financial needs whether financial or academic. >> in t

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front of you first of all, i know did a lot of good things to the city as sfmta but the worst thing you brought in t nc is a taxi service an illegal taxi service that grow under our watch they raise their rates they drive at $2 a mile or $10 a mile we can't do this they should be stopped and i i mean, i'm helpless i didn't do nothing when we had the uber please do something please do something we are being squeezed from every corner and cab companies also in trouble they wanted to sxreez the drivers it is hard to find a driver partner driver for a medallion holder very hard and please do something the frustration is growing it is talk is being to go on strike to occupy airports or block the exits in and out of the airport this thing may happen and not to be blamed on drivers please do something and this especially it is finally a blow it is almost back to the cab industry thank you (clapping.) thank you. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon board i'm nicole sxhirgd walk san francisco many of you participated this weekend we spent with the leader this changed the landscape of for the

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. >> hillary clinton in chicago to help the governor bring in big bucks. >>good morning, i'm dan nc and i'm lourdes duarte. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. hi, demetrius. >> the good news is the weather will be fairly calm. >> to is my dad's birthday. >> what his name? >> it's a hard one ... are you ready? >> i can even pronounce it. just give him good weather. >> >> did you just call him mr. signor? >> 54 degrees. i can pronounce his name. elsewhere we fine rain that only light showers moving through. not too much early on. as he continued to look to the south will find their green stretching out. throughout the day, another column day, another cool day. typical high 65. we make 50 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. 9:00 p.m. it's clear down to 50. today's official high is 60. 42 tonight. 59 again saturday. sunday, we make 61 degrees. i would call you might come padre but isn't that russian? >> was ds. >> don't let him give you a hard time. my mother thought demetrius was greek we first started dating. try again mom. army trail and spring valley road, this crash has been

. >> chris: the 'noles 22-game streak, they had to get by clemson in overtime here without winston. had to come from 17 down early to win at ncto punt after kelly has to burn a timeout. potentially costly in the final minutes here. high punt is downed by notre dame. can jameis winston and the 'noles seal this game? >> herb: he's been on fire in the second half. jimbo fisher is pretty happy with what he's seen, 15 of 16, 181 yards and a touchdown and more than that just in complete command. he's been in rhythm and command and really has notre dame more on their heels in his second half. now the question is with 5:12 to go in the lead, does jameis winston and in offense going to run the football and get a little more conservative or continue to attack. they've been throwing the ball vertically downfield quite a bit. >> chris: cooke is in the game. he's got him in the back field as sheldon day hammered him at the two yard line. >> herb: this notre dame defense is in a different mind-set, not only because of the time of the game but also because of where the football is. sheldon day right over here does a good job of getting thro

while the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has announced to parliament, ncs tayeb has been monitoring that situation for us. >> he will not consider any unilateral moves and that a mutual agreement will be met that would encompass israel's security concerns. he also addressed the news that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas, is considering going to icc, international criminal court to press war crimes charges. mr. netanyahu spoke directly to israeli soldiers saying that israel will represent them in court but perhaps more importantly defend their public opinion as well. so mr. netanyahu making it very clear that if israel is taken to the icc by the palestinians they will fight any of those charges. but in the backdrop of all that is the announcement that a thousand units will be built in occupied east jerusalem. very significant expansion of israel's housing units. that puts in sharp focus the tensions we've seen in past months, skirmishes between israeli informs and palestinians and the news of this settlement expansion certainly isn't going to solve that issue any time soon. >>

. >> chris: the 'noles 22-game streak, they had to get by clemson in overtime here without winston. had to come from 17 down early to win at ncto punt after kelly has to burn a timeout. potentially costly in the final minutes here. high punt is downed by notre dame. can jameis winston and the 'noles seal this game? >> herb: he's been on fire in the second half. jimbo fisher is pretty happy with what he's seen, 15 of 16, 181 yards and a touchdown and more than that just in complete command. he's been in rhythm and command and really has notre dame more on their heels in his second half. now the question is with 5:12 to go in the lead, does jameis winston and in offense going to run the football and get a little more conservative or continue to attack. they've been throwing the ball vertically downfield quite a bit. >> chris: cooke is in the game. he's got him in the back field as sheldon day hammered him at the two yard line. >> herb: this notre dame defense is in a different mind-set, not only because of the time of the game but also because of where the football is. sheldon day right over here does a good job of getting thro

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the impact to minority serving institutions of women of color as well as men of color. >> sure. thank you. >> i'll try to get there fast. >>> so things that i identified. we do a lot of ncs data already to weight the data that are out there. i'm not going to get into the complicated part of that. we do have elements and what percent of students are taking remediation? we know that. that's at the college level for academic preparation at the k-12 level. we can do that. that's something i would definitely weight. that needs to be waeighted when you're looking at completion. for me, completion is the role enrollment is necessary component. looking at the profile of the students who are enrolling is going to be weighted by the kons trated mass of students who have need whether it's financial or academic. >> great. so, in this paper, we did focus on men of color because we tried to focus on three critical areas that the nation is calling only right now. in a previous paper that i wrote with value valerie, we wrote a paper specifically at black colleges. i vice president looked at that across all msis. the success of black colleges is due to women of color. i mean to black wom

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>> an animated possibly nc-17 film that i'm -- i'm going to declare here is going to be one of the funniestou will see my homage to woody -- >> seth: oh, great. >> --go to new heights in this film, yes. >> seth: you have done -- you made some eclectic choices over your career. birdman, certainly in that ilk. do you get recognized for all your different films? do you have a favorite story about getting recognized? >> you know, i remember -- i mean, i think there is films like "fight club" that have a real generational -- [ cheers and applause ] you know, they -- we made that movie for ourselves and our friends. and -- we made it to try to capture a sensation that i think people felt. and when it, and when you hit the main vein in a way that's the way people almost feel spiritually in their lives and they can relate to it and laugh at it, i think it hits -- it takes on a different kind of traction. like, one time i was in western china in the most remote place i've ever been, and i was walking through a market where they were selling, you know, animals and all kinds of things. and i -- and th

the white house. and we participate in keying these up. for my role at ncc, we are often asked to conduct intelligence assessment of an individual. what is this person's background. what is their involvement in plotting. and do they, essentially meet that policy threshold of posing a continuing and imminent threat to u.s. citizens. the other part of this that is important is that only can a strike go forward where there is near certainty that there will be no innocent people. really, the highest standard that one could have. >> so there have been some cases that couldn't go forward, so because of collateral damage. >> absolutely. cases where there was no action taken because of the pont of-- killing of innocent peopleeing killed, shutly. >> finally this and i'm way over, but guantanamo, how many people still there? >> 149, i think. >> rose: how many of those are considered hard-core? >> you know, a minority of those. you know-- . >> rose: so it was 150,-- 150, is it 20? >> it's in the-- it's in that range. >> rose: 50. >> i would say fewer than 50, hard-cor

the judge spared her. has she learned a lesson? >> i need to read things before i sign them.)nçporter: that's not how the court saw them. no question, the giudices now facing a new reality as husband joe prepares for a longer prison term once she's released. beginning in january, where will she call home? it could be at a federal prison camp in west virginia, far from her family. but known as camp cupcake. martha stewart was sent here a decade ago for lying about a stock trade. >> reporter: even if it's one of the finer federal prison establishments, it's sure to be quite the transition for this real housewife accustomed to the celebrity treatment. >> i'm the queen. >> reporter: or she could be sent to connecticut at danbury, the inspiration for "orange is the new black." the catfights giudice favors wouldn't go over so well here. >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: she can try to flip tables all she wants, but in prison, they're bolted down. >> how do you think you're going to do in prison? >> i'm going to do fine. >> you're going to do fine? >> i don't care about that. i

nc stating at letzices. >> you're a glutton for punishment on that one by the way. >> >> let's talking moving forward.te? >> absolutely they will. >> come on brad. are you going to lie on tv? millions of people are watching this. >> let me tell you. the democrats are skparnlding the map. we've got an opportunity to beat a republican senator in kansas. people thought we were a solid loser. that's a three-way race. michelle -- >> did your group run an ad? >> we don't run ads. >> i think it's safe to say what dallas things of it. >> i think -- >> i want to add one thing. >> one last thing. >> one thing that's important. it's not a story about our family. it's a story about all families. it's a story about conversations helped around the dinner table at thanksgiving either conversations that are had or conversations that are afoyedvoided. they should be. at the end of the day, you kiss and make up. >> dallas and brad woodhouse, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >>> up next a very different kind of sightseeing trig. >> i'm david begnaud outside of palm springs. i'm about to take you inside the san an

the good purpose in saying, you can't vote near campus? they go to school, they go to great schools like unc and nc state and north carolina central.can't they slot near campus? why do they have to somehow find a ride home to where they come from in north carolina on election day, which is a school day? >> sure, i think this is another important point you make, chris. because i think in north carolina, context matters greatly. in 2008, north carolina led the nation in terms of voter turn-out. they had actually increased their previous turn-out by 10%. this happened largely because of programs like the early voting period, by making voting accessible for students and by the election-day registration program. and following the supreme court's devastating ruling in the shelby county case, the political winds changed in north carolina. and texas -- sorry, north carolina took aim at the very channels through which voting had been made more accessible to young voters, students, voters of color, and women. and this has really had a striking impact on african american voters in particular. in 2012, african americans represented 40% of thos

the cubicle factor. if you work in an office in boston, people went to providence, uconn. they have had dreadful home attendance in basketball. i think part of it is there is no connection to clemson, nc state. you have two great nights a year but if florida state comes in, there is no reason to care especially in a competitive market. >> and that is a different issue which is the national ratings. as athletic directors, you want butill your buildings really the national discussion is driven by how popular these things are in people's homes and college basketball right now is having a big problem -- can you put the genie back into the bottle? >> i think it would help if you didn't have the one and done structure they have today. i would like to see the baseball set up. if somebody wants to come out of high school, let them go but if they come to the university, they should come because they want to be part of the university. they should not be using it as a one semester training ground and jump to the nba and make a joke of the university environment. >> i think that hurts the overall perception of college athletics. >> when it was at the university of arizona, it was a great basketba

ncs meaningful conversations. so some of you may not know but mike rogers did his first session unclassified session with me back in 2011, he was with the joint staff. so this is not something that he's just doing because now he'e the director of nsa or cybercom this is a continuation of something he's been doing for a long time. so i was reading an article recently that nato summit is -- >> really?icle nobody talks about us in articles. >> a nato summit in two weeks and that one of the items on the agenda is the cyber defense policy. and sot iin don't know if you your team how directly involved you are. but what do you think some of o the key points of a cyber are. defense policy from a commander cybercom perspective should be vis-a-vis some of our closest allies in nato? >> first before i answer the question. thank you all very much for f or hanging around. i got to tell you, after 2100 w i'm sitting in a beautiful than comfortable chair and part of me is going -- but i'll stay strong. we're talking about what do iis think are the elements of a cyber defense policy in the first thing that is important is a recognition that cyber defen

transition of literally -- the building that the government that theis the one most popular song that the nc had was how they were going to up that building. mandela worked in the building that he was saying about blowing of times.ly hundreds that's somebody getting you to step back and think, okay, we're in this together, in a way thatwithout his presence, just wouldn't have happened. >> so as much as you've had this on institution building, that's what i wanted to ask you, is about this question of where play, bothmes into in a positive sense, like mandela, but i'm thinking about and pakistanmpaign in the last few years, and the politicsat comes when defeats institutions or even investment of resources. what can you do about those work?nges to your >> well, we definitely run -- in the polio campaign, we ran into a huge number of problems. groups thaterrorist have kind of a nihilistic view towards medicines or vaccines, that both nigeria and pakistan, literally targeted polio vaccinators and gone out and killed them. continuect that people to volunteer to step out and get those vaccines out

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