move back to its 2% objective over the medium term. in our judgment, these two criteria have now been satisfied. the labor market is clearly -- has clearly shown significant further improvement toward our objective of maximum employment. so far this year, a total of 2.3 million jobs have been added to the economy. and over the most recent three months, job gains have averaged an estimated 218,000 per month. similar to the average pace since the beginning of the year. the unemployment rate at 5% in november is down .6% from the end of last year. nd is close to the median of estimates of its longer run normal level. a broader measure of unemployment that includes individuals who want and are available to work, but have not actively searched recently, and people who are working part-time, but would rather work full-time, also has shown solid improvement. that said, some cyclical weakness likely remains. the labor force participation rate is still below estimates of its demographic trend, and voluntary part-time employment remains somewhat

on behalf of the senior senator from iowa, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. cardin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: azita raji has been nominated for ambassador of norway. having representatives on the ground in these countries is urgently needed. sweden and -- disputed territory claims make the stretches of water make the presence of strong american voice in sweden and norway essential. over 300 swedish citizens left the fight in syria or iraq making it the second-largest country of origin per capita for foreign fighters in europe. put it simply, we need representation in stockholm and oslo to protect the united states strategic interests abroad. i want to note particularly the close ties and deep friendship that the united states and norway bears toward each other symbolized by the 32 foot h christmas tree at union station annually gifted to the american people by norway. the gratitude to u.s. assistance during and after world war ii. norway is a founding member of nato alliance and has been more than diligent

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the environment and public works committee be discharged from p.n. 7 is 14 -- 714 and the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en bloc: pn-714, calendar 385, 392 and 426. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations ... richard hallworth of mississippi to be a member of the board of directors. department of energy cher cherry ann murphy of kansas to be director of the department of science and energy. eric drake eberhard of washington to be a member of the board. darrell l. depriest of illinois to be chief counsel for advocacy the presiding officer: is there any further debate? on the nominations en bloc. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. those in favor say aye. those opposed say nay. the ayes have it. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon t

objectivity also derives from a longer paper called the image of objectivity. this was about modes of observation. how do scientists look at the things from which they derive their conclusions. this origin point remains significant. the word atlas is never mentioned. although it is in fact a study of scientific atlas image collections. from the early modern, to the range of scientific endeavors including anatomy, biology, meteorology, with a particular emphasis on the study of snowflakes. this is an interesting move. they moved into the terrain of old-school intellectual history and yet they are bringing with them a sensibility that i would describe as the history of science. through making images central, the authors trace the epistemic commitments. they trace how those changed. it is quite an ambitious book. it begins with the early modern. and goes up to the present day. it may sound like old-school intellectual history, but they go on to show there are no -- shifts between these commitments. there is no simple replacement. each new regime supplements rather

therefore, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. cardin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: madam president, i certainly understand the right of the senator to object. i would just hope that this could be resolved. it's not about the state department being put at a disadvantage by not having these confirmed positions, it's the american people. these are security positions in which we have to have our representatives, not only the state department. as i go through these nominations, we'll be talking about the legal advisor at the white house, we'll be talking about the department of state, we'll be talking about ambassadors. next, let me mention brian egan, the state department legal advisor. madam president, the legal advisor is the principal advisor to the department of state on all legal matters, domestic and international, arising in the context of the work of the secretary of state and the department as a whole. the legal advisor also advises the president and the national security council as well as other fed

the objects of these declines should dissipate over time. the appreciation of the dollar has also weighed on inflation by holding down import prices. sc -- as these transitory influences fade and the market strengthens further committee expects inflation to rise to 2% over the medium-term. committee's confidence in the inflation outlook rests on its judgment that longer run in relation expectations remain well anchored. in this regard, although some of longer runs inflation expectations have edged down, overall there had -- they have been reasonably stable. market-based measures of inflation compensation remain near historically low levels. although the declines in these measures over the past year and a half may reflect changes in risk and liquidity premiums, rather than an outright decline in inflation expectations. thattatement emphasizes considering future policy decisions, we will carefully monitor actual and expected progress toward our inflation goal. this general assessment of the outlook is reflected in the individual economic proje

the entire committee is committed to achieving our 2% inflation objective over the medium term.just as we want to make sure that inflation doesn't persist at levels above our 2% objective, the committee is equally committed -- this is asymmetrical -- and the committee is equally committed to not only inflation to persist below our 2% objective. now, i've tried to explain, and many of my colleagues have as well, why we have reasonable confidence that inflation will move up over time, and the committee declared it had reasonable confidence. nevertheless, that is a forecast. and we really need to monitor over time actual inflation performance to make sure that it is conforming, it is evolving in the manner that we expect. so it doesn't mean that we need to see inflation reached 2% before moving again, but we have expectations for how inflation will behave. and were we to find that the underlying theory is not bearing out, that it is not behaving in a manner that we expect and that it doesn't look like the shortfall is transitory and disappearing with tighter labor markets, that wou

the presiding officer: is there objection sno without without objection, the committee is discharge and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. toomey: i ask thought bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. toomey: thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask consent that i be allowed to enter into a colloquy with senators ayotte, baldwin, casey, and portman -- the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. alexander: -- and ... thank you, mr. president. if it is agreeable to the senators, i will -- i will make a few remarks introducing the subject of the colloquy, and then the senators will speak in that order. i'm here today to talk about the federal perkins loan program extension act of 2015, which is a substitute to h.r. 3594, and i have a bill which has been taken to the desk, and the original sponsors of the bill, which i will ask to be considered at the conclusion

we'll take that without objection. the resolution is adopted unanimously item 12. >> ordinance to amend the administrative code to provide the city permanent support to be reasonable to enroll the public to provide an annual report. >> supervisor farrell. >> thank you supervisor president london breed the item before you it some city services auto report for the supports of housing portfolio to serve the homeless in san francisco they partner with h s a for the housing i'd like the degree obvious u how those changes over 7, 8, 9 the report noted they had a difficult time of getting the data for the supportive of housing folks from the data they were able to get the report noted approximately 200 and 50 adults didn't use the in home services and anymore family buildings can apply for cal workers on behalf of their children across your country helps to help the population that provides a serious of income support services that help people get connected and find employment and secure food how to get health care and in hom

the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will read the title for the third time. the clerk: s. 2k4, 25, a bill to amend titles 18 and 19 of the social security and so forth and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: i know of no other debate on the measure. the presiding officer: if there is no further debate, question is on passage of the bill. all those in favor say aye. opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill is passed. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 1321, which was received from the house. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 1321, an act to amend the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act and sphoa forth. -- and so fortunately. -- and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to the measure? without objection.

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the chair to lay before the senate the conference report accompanying s. 1177. the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate the conference report to accompany s. 1177, which the clerk will report. the clerk: the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the amendment of the senate to the bill s. 1177, to reauthorize the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves having met have agreed that the house recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the house and agree to the same with an amendment and the house agree to a same. signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of both houses. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 2 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close the

the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. inhofe: i ask unanimous consent that the inhofe substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to and that the bill be amended and be read a third time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will read the pilot of the -- title of the bill for the third time. the clerk: an act to modernize the toxic substances control act, and for other purposes. mr. inhofe: i know of no further debate on this measure. the presiding officer: if there is no further debate, the question is on the bill as amended. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill as amended is passed. politburo inhofe: i ask unanimous consent that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. be inhofe: mr. president, this is -- we have a very -- had a very dear friend in frank lautenberg. he was a democrat, i was a republican. i shared the committee that he ser

we'll take that without objection. the amendment passes amazing and colleagues on item 37 can we take moved by me and seconded by supervisor tang colleagues that amendment without objection we'll take that without objection. the amendment passes unanimously and the motion to send items 36, 37 and 38 and 41 and 42 back to committee we'll take that without objection. it passes and amazing tabled the items we'll take that without objection. we'll take that without objection. item 39 and 40 are tabled paw you can claaw you cy >> (clapping.) >> (chanting) (chanting) (chanting) >> we'll 5 men recess. >> all right. folks we're back to conduct the business of the board of supervisors ambassador m go to our next item. >> >> item 43 an ordinance to amend the planning code for the childcare for office and hotel projects to impose a childcare fee for residential projects to provide oust and a conform the second and other finding. >> supervisor yee thank you supervisor president london breed as i just mentioned in our last discussi

at another home...the object home...the object interrupted what sounded like a pretty good party.... " it's all burning up...it is a comet... that's over our valley man." many who saw it used descriptions not suitable for television..... "what the bleep"...aint no shooting star (bleep) ....yo, it's close dude.... yes, home slice, it did look like it was close...and everywhere it seems, dogs were hip to this jive.... barking sound 8 news now ace meteorologist tedd florendo was on the job and spotted it just before a live broadcast.. tedd florendo: an impressive light display. looked like a meteor. no joke an amazing sight..." depending on the angle of the viewer, it looked like a ball of light....or a fuzzy comet....or an object on fire...and some witnesses watched for as much as 30 seconds, which would make it one heck of an unsual meteor. that's what one nasa scientist told reporters it was. a meteor. journalists were able to tell us cbs news reporter: "it wasn't a bird or a plane or superman or super girl...." well, that's a load off.... and then ..about six hours after the inciden

low our objective. let me now turn to where i see the economy is likely headed over the next several years. to summarize, i anticipate continued economic growth at a moderate pace. there will be sufficient to generate additional increases in employment and a rise in inflation to our 2% objective. although the economic outlook is always as uncertain, i currently see the risk to the outlook for economic activity and the labor market as very closely balanced. regarding u.s. inflation, i anticipate that the drag due to the large declines in prices for crude oil and imports over the past year and a half will diminish next year. with less koun ward pressure on inflation from these factors and some upward pressure from a further tightening in u.s. labor and product markets, i expect inflation to move up to the fmoc's 2% objective over the next few years. of course, inflation expectations play an important role in the inflation process. and my forecast of a return to our 2% object ive over the medim term relies

the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, today i rise with a heavy heart to pay tribute to the 14 innocent lives lost on december 2 in san bernardino, california. in this terrorism attack at the inland regional center. in the wake of this terrorist act, our san bernardino community has come together and supported one another during this dark chapter of our region and our nation. mr. speaker, today i ask my colleagues, fellow americans, and those who hear this message around the world to pray for the 14 victims. the speedy recovery of those injured, and the countless responders who helped that day. in the aftermath of this pain, i have seen first hand the tenacity and spirit of the area that we call the inland empire. we have said loudly as one community that this tragedy will not define us and it will not divide us. we will not be afraid to come together in fellowship, to work together, to mourn together, or to rebuild together. across faith and across culture, we will support one another in this time of need. mr. s

the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will read the title of the bill for the third time. the clerk: calendar number 116, h.r. 2250, an act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the question is on passage of the bill as amended. all those in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill as amended is passed. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the title amendment at the desk be agreed to. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schatz: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: thank you, mr. president. to continue, i'd like to offer seven very quick observations about the paris climate talks and the first is this, it's

the entire committee is committed to achieving our 2% inflation objective over the medium term.just as we want to make sure that inflation doesn't persist at levels above our 2% objective, the committee is equally committed -- this is a symmetric goal. and the committee is equally committed to not allowing inflation to persist below our 2% objective. now, i've tried to explain, and many of my colleagues have as well, why we have reasonable confidence that inflation will move up over time. and the committee declared it had reasonable confidence. nevertheless, that is a forecast. and we really need to monitor over time actual inflation performance to make sure that it is conforming, it is evolving in the manner that we expect. so, it doesn't mean that we need to see inflation reach 2% before moving again. but we have expectations for how inflation will behave. and were we to find that the underlying theory is not bearing out, that it is not behaving in the manner that we expect and that it doesn't look like the shortfall is transitory and disappearing with tighter labor markets, t

the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. the senator is correct, that last week senate democrats out that it was more important to talk about terrorism than was to talk about the repeal of the affordable care act for the 16th time in the united states senate, 55 to 60 times in the house of representatives. we did think that it was more important last week to be talking about stopping terrorists from getting weapons. and i'm sorry that we didn't find that bipartisan consensus last week. but what we're talking about here today is a different threat than we've ever seen before. and what we want to do is to stop terrorism before it happe happens. so the senator from texas is right that many of the individuals on the terrorist watch list have not committed a crime. but in order to get on the terrorist watch list, you have to have been in communication with those that are trying to create radical jihad here in the united states. and so by denying those individuals from getting a weapon, you are serving to prevent a terrorist attac

the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. he house will be in order. members, please take coverses off the floor. - conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committees on energy and commerce and the committee on ways and means be discharged from further consideration of the bill, s. 1461, and ask for its immediate consideration by the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 1461, an act to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services and critical access in small rural hospitals through 2015. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the bill? without objection, the bill is read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent t

the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, the horrific attacks in san bernandino underscore the pressing need to defeat isis and radical islamic extremism. instead of trying to fix his failed policies which contributed to the rise of isis in the first place, the president is attempting to divert and distract the american people by leveraging this tragedy to announce his plans to issue an should have order on gun control. the white house called the scombern attack an incident of gun violence. mr. speaker, it was terrorism and i refuse to let this president use acts of terrorism as a means to try another end run around this congress. earlier this year i stood up against the administration's policyed ban and got the rescinded. i'm standing up against the latest atta

defense officials say the object was a piece of russian space debris but a lot of other theories have been proposed by those who saw it. ((paul joncich)) the i-team's george knapp got more than a few calls and messages about what it might be. and as you'd expect... he was happy to investigate: (((() music "got a comet flying around here in vegas..." local resident donald henderson posted one of the first... and best... videos of the fireball as it blazed across the sky. he had thre same reaction as many...and his dog concurred. "holy crap....bark bark bark..." at another home...the object interrupted what sounded like a pretty good party.... " it's all burning up...it is a comet... that's over our valley man." many who saw it used descriptions not suitable for television..... "what the bleep"...aint no shooting star (bleep) ....yo, like it was close...and everywhere it seems, dogs were hip to this jive.... barking sound 8 news now ace meteorologist tedd florendo was on the job and spotted it just before a live broadcast.. tedd florendo: an impressive light display. looked like a meteo

there are over 20,000 objects falling. they have a good idea of when they would be reentering the atmosphere. anything large coming in, we would know about it. these random meteors that are going through the atmosphere, these come from any direction and have no idea there out there. jeff: we have reached out to the griffith park observatory. this has been seen reno to laugin. up. >> we could clearly triangulate on high high -- how high it was. it sounded like it was heading possibly. jim: what is the protocol? is there an official agency that will go out to the desert and start looking for evidence? how does that work? >> if there's no damage done to anything, it will basically be amateur meteorite hunters. some of them actually have some value. marie: the confirmation will come from the people who eat this stuff up, the people who live it for searching for these images. kevin: you said that's worth a lot of money. we will not see that on ebay. what is -- does a chunk of meteorite so for? >> it depends on how big it is but

military officials say they're monitoring some 23,000 objects circling the earth. u.s. strategic command officials say the international space station had to move four times this year to avoid possible collisions. >> they do present a hazard to the space station. there's no question about it. these velocities are just staggering. even something as small as just a couple of ounces can do some serious damage. >> reporter: the people who are generally least at risk here-- all of us here on earth. norah, scientists say most of the stuff that comes back through the atmosphere burns up, breaks up, or falls into our vast oceans. >> good to know. anna werner, thank you so much. >>> one of the most beautiful women in the universe is also among the most gracious. that's next. >>> you have to admit, miss colombia has been gracious in defeat after the miss universe mixup. ariadna gutierrez was crowned the winner by mistake sunday night, then quickly de-crowned. last night, she thanked supporters on instagram, writing, "your destiny is written for you and my destiny was this." >>> b

yes, they are just objects, but the part we leave out is they are objects designed to deliver the maximum force in little physical of effort. so they're different than knives, and hammers and baseball bats. we ex stole them for the tremendous power that they unleash with little effort. and maximum, rather than minimum damage. but you would never know it from the tone, have a he'llence and emotion from people. the supreme court has recognized an individual right to own firearms, but even the current court recognizes that people and their elected governments still have a right to place limits on types of weapons categories of ownership. right now, we're not in a national moment where we can even agree on that much as a starting point to it discuss the role that firearms will play, not in our past, but in our future. i'm ray suarez, and that's the "inside story". >>> >>> >>> the war in syria, a new diplomatic effort gets understandway as the u.s. asks middle eastern countries to do more to fight i.s.i.l. hello. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also ahead. a stand off at the kandaha

objective.don't see that. >> we only have a couple of seconds left. definitely on the plate of the president. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> that was quick. i want to thank my guests. i'll be back in a minute with a final thought on war, capital, and human flesh. it's "inside story." ♪ ♪ >>> in sports, in negotiations, in confrontations large and small, you'll hear the old saw, you can't beat something with nothing. across the arab world and many countries far from the front lines, but homes to large numbers of muslim young men, nurturing dreams of bringing back pride, sovereignty, purity, and power to muslims carries strong appeal. reaching out through the internet, new media specialists deliver a narrative of loss, defeat in occupation, and promises young men and woman that all is not lost. get yourself here, and we'll build a new islamic state that don't let us down. beating something with nothing comes in when we talk about syria after the war, what kind of country will take the place of a

below our objective. i think much of it is transitory, but we will be looking at data to see if our expectations will move up over time. those are key pieces. >> does go weeks ago, the legislation that would interfere with the fed operations in numerous ways. you wrote a sharply worded letter to congressional leadership expressing your and ition to the bill request in his consent to place that letter in the record. >> without objection. >> you said that it would severely damage the u.s. economy for it to become law. could you describe why you believe that this legislation would be so damaging to the independence of the fed? chair yellen: briefly, this legislation would force the fed to set monetary policy according to a simple rule, something called the taylor rule or a variant of it. short-termme interest rates to only two economic variables, the current level of inflation and the current level of output. while such rules are useful as reference points in thinking about monetary policy, to set the federa

carlito tapia mimicked without objection speaker without objection the amendment passes unanimously. >>[gavel] >> colleagues, we take item 81 as amended same house, same call without objection item 81 the resolution is adopted as amended. unanimously >>[gavel] >> it into mdm. clerk >> no one has anything on agency. can you please call item to speak of motion to write the budget website analyst to conduct a performance audit, services in san francisco. >> colleagues, canepa this item same house, same call without objection the motion is adopted unanimously. >>[gavel] >> mdm. clerk. >> yes, today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individual on behalf of pres. breed the late mr. dave carr. >> mdm. clerk, is there any more business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> colleagues, we are adjourned. see you next week. >>[gavel]

so we do in fact -- that's one reason i used the example of a photograph as an object, objects that often lose they are metadata and the people in the photograph become unknown. i had been thinking about that because you see so many. all you have to do is get on the library of congress web site and you will see hundreds of photographs go by and have no idea who these people are stripped y are both of their identities, but also typically buried away in archives. now we can see them, because of the internet, we can 150e -- see -- we now have a visibility for them that we didn't have before and that we only had in places like soldier cemeteries where we had, you know, highly visible, either unknown graves or known graves. so i think it's an important question and one which i should think about. you should think, i think brkts circulation. prartly it has to did with the circulation of the photographs in that particular time. we're dealing with a time when those freely circulate. i would be interested in being able to really learn more about the circulation of these images at the time that the

-- our objective is to percent on the pce price index. there is no simple translation. we do have a pce inflation objective. the upside risks. there are upside risks to the economy. we tend to focus on the downside risk. it is right to do so. we want to be careful of that downside risk. in much healthier financial condition. their prospects have improved. we see them buying a lot of cars. housing has been recovering very the demographics would point to considerable upside for residential investment. my main forecast is for gradual recovery, but there is upside risk their. -- there. we have seen that the decline in drilling has been depressing investment spending but there is upside risk, too. the global economy, we tend to focus, there are many countries that are undergoing very difficult adjustments or slowing growth, especially with declining commodity prices, but even recently we have seen growth in emerging markets strengthen. it is not only downside risks, but we do pay attention to downside risk that the committee says they regard t

the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. the senator is correct, that last week senate democrats out that it was more important to talk about terrorism than was to talk about the repeal of the affordable care act for the 16th time in the united states senate, 55 to 60 times in the house of representatives. we did think that it was more important last week to be talking about stopping terrorists from getting weapons. and i'm sorry that we didn't find that bipartisan consensus last week. but what we're talking about here today is a different threat than we've ever seen before. and what we want to do is to stop terrorism before it happe happens. so the senator from texas is right that many of the individuals on the terrorist watch list have not committed a crime. but in order to get on the terrorist watch list, you have to have been in communication with those that are trying to create radical jihad here in the united states. and so by denying those individuals from getting a weapon, you are serving to prevent a terrorist attac

that was the prime objective. they did that was by introducing skill sets, including music, reading, agriculture, the liturgy, etc. all of these things were new imports to the region. father serra was zealous about that particular effort. but these sites did not grow up overnight. they were the result of decades of work. when father serra was here, interesting enough there is a , tendency to think that he lived in this palatial estate and you look at the nice buildings in the mediterranean -- and the mediterranean architecture. but he lived in what we called jacales, mud structures with thatched roofs. i have a letter from him in which he complains about the roof leaking like a sieve, his colleague dying of pneumonia, and he is housing a soldier who went awol. gradually, we see the buildout of more substantial structures. this site alone ultimately had seven churches. five --iest, the first i have excavated one. ultimately, father serra built an adobe church. he died surely thereafter so he was buried in that chur

at another home...the object interrupted what sounded like a pretty good party.... " it's all burning up...it is a comet... that's over our valley man." many who saw it used descriptions not suitable for television..... "what the bleep"...aint no shooting star (bleep) ....yo, it's close dude.... yes, home slice, it did look like it was close...and everywhere it seems, dogs were hip to this jive.... barking sound 8 news now ace meteorologist tedd florendo was on the job and spotted it just before a live broadcast.. tedd florendo: an impressive light display. looked like a meteor. no joke an amazing sight..." depending on the angle of the viewer, it looked like a ball of light....or a fuzzy comet....or witnesses watched for as much as 30 seconds, which would make it one heck of an unsual meteor. that's what one nasa scientist told reporters it was. a meteor. journalists were able to tell us what it wasn't.. cbs news reporter: "it wasn't a bird or a plane or superman or super girl...." well, that's a load off.... and then ..about six hours after the incident...came the buzzkill.... antho

colleagues, can we take this without objection. without objection, continuance is approved. this will continue to january 16, 2015. madam clerk, our final special 3:00 p.m. order. 50-53. city clerk: public hearing to appeal the tentative map 40 bernal heights boulevard and to make the environmental findings under ceqa. item 51, a motion to approve a decision for the vernal heights boulevard project. the motion to disapprove did position and disapprove the map for this project and item 53 the preparation of findings. >>supervisor london breed: colleagues, is there a motion to excuse supervisor campos. motion by supervisor tang and yee without objection. supervisor campos is excused. all right, colleagues we have before us an appeal of a tentative map for 40 bernal heights. for this hearing we will consider the department approving a tentative map for a proposed sublot subdivision at vernal heights boulevard is consistent with the plan forker any consistent plan that applies. without objection we will proceed as follows.. up to ten 10 minutes for the appellant to describe the

just a few nights before nonetheless, a comet, a meteor, what sort of object? well, we asked anna werner to help us solve it. >> what is that? >> what is it? >> what is that? >> it's like a missile. >> is it santa claus? >> reporter: the object streaked across the night sky, past nicki pogue's airplane window. >> the captain got on the p.a. and said, take a look outside. there's a meteor outside. there was a big fireball with a long, long sparkly tail. >> reporter: not a meteor as it turned out, but the booster from a russian rocket sent up on monday, and now coming down. >> after a moment, after you saw this beautiful thing out the window it looked pretty close to the plane, and you readied it was headed to earth. >> reporter: that rocket became the 109th object to fall from space this year, part of a steadily increasing trend. as the technology gets smaller and cheaper, more governments and companies are sending satellites and rockets up so back to earth. paul ceruzzi is a curator at the smithsonian air and space museum. >> you can do all kind of wonderful th

we'll take that without objection. the resolution is adopted unanimously item 12. >> ordinance to amend the administrative code to provide the city permanent support to be reasonable to enroll the public to provide an annual report. >> supervisor farrell. >> thank you supervisor president london breed the item before you it some city services auto report for the supports of housing portfolio to serve the homeless in san francisco they partner with h s a for the housing i'd like the degree obvious u how those changes over 7, 8, 9 the report noted they had a difficult time of getting the data for the supportive of housing folks from the data they were able to get the report noted approximately 200 and 50 adults didn't use the in home services and anymore family buildings can apply for cal workers on behalf of their children across your country helps to help the population that provides a serious of income support services that help people get connected and find employment and secure food how to get health care and in hom

the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, the vote will be taken de novo. the house n is, will suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4127, so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative -- nunes: mr. speaker, on that i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote's been requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. members will take their seats. embers take their seats. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. lamborn: mr. speaker, i rise today with sadness in the aftermath of a terrible act of violence that took the lives of three innocent vic

-- our objective is to percent on the pce price index. there is no simple translation. we do have a pce inflation objective. the upside risks. there are upside risks to the economy. we tend to focus on the downside risk. it is right to do so. we want to be careful of that downside risk. in much healthier financial condition. their prospects have improved. we see them buying a lot of cars. housing has been recovering very the demographics would point to considerable upside for residential investment. my main forecast is for gradual recovery, but there is upside risk their. -- there. we have seen that the decline in drilling has been depressing investment spending but there is upside risk, too. the global economy, we tend to focus, there are many countries that are undergoing very difficult adjustments or slowing growth, especially with declining commodity prices, but even recently we have seen growth in emerging markets strengthen. it is not only downside risks, but we do pay attention to downside risk that the committee says they regard t

objective of the general plan. accommodation of growth shall be achieved without damaging existing residential neighborhood character. the city should continue to use a community planning process to direct growth and change according to a community based vision. this is all being thrown out the window in our local process. i submit to you that that is illegal. it violates the state subdivision map act and we ask that you reject the subdivision approval and you send this back to the planning department and the developer to give us something that is consistent with the neighborhood character so that we can live as good neighbors going forward. this is going to be a blot on the neighborhood and a very bad precedent going forward. thank you very much. >>supervisor london breed: thank you. okay, at this time item no. 50 has been held and is now closed. supervisor avalos? >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, president breed. i meant to ask a question related to the hearing about any potential ceqa issues that might be re