support from the mayor's office and the puc again, if we want to talk about customer choice that's a whittier one to have when it comes to our electrical provider we're trying to make sure that the san francisco public utilities has the retail customer base it needs to be viable so the power enterprise is viable and the infrastructure is viable so i also know i want to respect there that i understand when you're talking about switching or potentially going with the power provider that people are not used to going with there's questions and concerns and we all want the light to go on when you turn the lights on but the puc is not like this is an unknown quantity that is an agency the point of interest enterprise that's been providing electricity inform customers for more than one hundred years and when you look at like i said at the beginning the sfo or the fire stations or police stations or the port of san francisco the power works just as well with the transbay external there's no way that supervisor kim will attest the pga has selected this if it's not one thousand confident that power is

"forbes" whittier thoughts of the concentration of the banking industry consolidation in your the concentration of deposits? >> it is one thing to get consolidation as a result of natural forces of the marketplace it is another when it is a result of a regulation and fiat. in the first part of the history we had extra banks because of regulation but when bankamerica the original one started in california when he took the bank across state lines using a big holding company to get around restrictions if you own a bank in one state cannot o one in another so congress passed an act to prevent him but today dodd/frank had the implicit purpose to drive small banks of business. they will tell you today is not the economy but the regulation but they try to do that because it is easier for government to control the allow the small entities that is why they make it impossible for single practitioners in health care 90 percent of the time is filling out forms instead of practicing medicine in they don't want you to have that many doctors out there there would be to be part of a collective is easier to con

. ♪ melissa: i am i am melissa francis whittier fox business brief.rs are worried that cheaper gas will turn people away from a lack or cars. amazon workers do not have to be paid for the 25 minutes they spend typing through security checks. it is seen as a victory for retailers. manchester united shares plunging today on reports that one of his owners is selling the stake. the soccer club itself remains nearly $600 million in debt. that is the latest from the fox business network. giving you the power to prosper. ♪ ♪ melissa: let's get a quick check on the market indices. joining me now from the cme. talk to me about today's trade. is it really about china? >> i think that it really is. we offer it at the end of earnings season. the focus for traders really is going to be on an overseas market and oil going forward. we start to see the s&p really start to rebound. melissa: do you think that we are getting closer to foreign oil? >> i think that we definitely might be. traders continue to roll out their short position. kind of a conflict a message comi

pa carter from whittier, an atrney who produced the eat maththows richard nixon's hiory in southern cafoiand orange county and he is writg bo about richard nixon nativ son which il come out xt year. i ve you good plug. >> tnk youvery much. mr. began and i'm wondered i yo give yor thoughts garding whethereident nixohaa so-called southern strategy? >> clearly he wanted nixon wentt 11 southern states in 19. he wen iand campaigned ait orge wallace and lester maddox and i describe that in my book. ifoueathe book, thelel against char nixo is hat used ristactics to wint south. thatsfalse. the people tt did that fo the democrats. woodrow wionesregating the federal gornment. all 11 southern at. fdr put causacgaer of texaonis tcetwho imposed the poll tax. fdput a klansman on the suprem ut. fdr put jimmy burns of south carolinan e supreme cour to blockthe aniynching law so r cades e democratic arty us theissue of race to maintaine solidity of the rthern liberal souern coalition. at happenedw henry stheon the same states at life stevenson carrd ait eisenhower. s that because stephenson was a tougher g

paul carter from whittier, an attorney who produced the great map that shows richard nixon's history in southern california and orange county and he is writing a book about richard nixon native son which will come out next year. i gave you a good plug. >> thank you very much. mr. began and i'm wondered if you give us your thoughts regarding whether president nixon had a so-called southern strategy? >> clearly he wanted to nixon went into 11 southern states in 1966. he went in and campaigned against george wallace and lester maddox and i describe that in my book. if you read the book, the libel against richard nixon is that he used racist tactics to win the south. that is false. the people that did that for the democrats. woodrow wilson resegregating the federal government. all 11 southern states. fdr put cactus jack garner of texas on his ticket who imposed the poll tax. fdr put a klansman on the supreme court. fdr put jimmy burns of south carolina on the supreme court to block the anti-lynching law so for decades the democratic party used the issue of race to maintain the solidity o