and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal.n 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhelmly. the california street cable railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car system and in 1957 only three lines would remain. the three lines that exist today. in 1964 the cable car's future as part of california's transit system was sealed when it was proclaimed a national

this, independence and westport, where the various trails west would go. because of that, kansas city has always played a crucial role in such history. kansas is crucial to the coming of the civil war. that is unfortunate. the kansas-missouri border are crucial to what we would know as the civil war. and it is crucial to the changing of american history. there are consequences for the events in history and those consequences have repercussions. i would argue that the kansas missouri border is the fountainhead of african-american history in the west and the fountainhead of that history. i don't know if any other state beyond kansas is so closely aligned. it's history as a state is so closely aligned with african-american history. you may not think this is all ol, but i am going to try to make that argument. there is no other state beyond kansas whose history is so intertwined with the idea of african-american freedom and liberation. argue i can't think of any other place, except for maybe lawrence, kansas, more important to this history then -- than quindar

is part of a $40 million project to renovate the two-mile stretch between the castro street and westportalions. this was released by sfta. they said trains will run by the closure. heads up. >>> uber, a company on the verge of testing flying taxis. >> youtube, the popular channel millions are watching that seems harmless. is it. >> see hu the big board is new york stock exchange down 38 points. keep an eye on the numbers. an historic milestone apple could reach any day >>> a look at our forecast, couple of items that may catch your eye. first the asterisk. 75, 1 degree shy of record high, 2 degrees shy, 106 in palm springs. very hot. record high today 10. it's going to be 92 in fresno, 86 in sacramento. here is a look at the ever changing landscape across ta my seven-day forecast. back in the 50s wednesday and thursday, 62 friday before a chance of thunderstorms creeps into the forecast monday. >> thanks, mike. right now massive uc strike that put hundreds of surgeries on hold. >> causing kamala harris to change her plans. amy hollyfield. >> reporter: a break in the action. don't let this

he is a graduate of westport college and earned his phd in economics from the university of pennsylvania. before the senate confirmation last september to his current post, he was a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute in washington. he was also professor at columbia university, worked at the federal reserve board of governors and served as economic adviser to three presidential candidates, george w. bush, john mccain and mitt romney. his current job is the first in the white house. now the ground rules. we are on the record here, so please know live blogging or tweeting. no filing of any kind while the -- is underway. we will in no pictures from this breakfast to all the reporters here as soon as the session and. as you know, i think some of your first-timers, most of you know if you would like to ask a question, please send me a signal and i will call on as many of you as time permits and chairman hastert -- hassett. >> what an honor it is to be here at this very well-known breakfast. i'm not sure how long the breakfast has been a washington institution. 52 years. it h

help at the commission level with undergrounding the m-line on 19th avenue from all the way from westportal tunnel, as i mentioned to you, we are going to put 20,000 more people out there at the end of the line and yet we aren't building any capacity for that and the only way you will do that is putting underground where right now the existing system has two cars you could hook up and if you underground it, you could actually have four cars so without having an extra driver, without having cars in between, you double the capacity. those are the kinds of things i would love to see you provide some leadership on. >> thank you. and i know capacity is a huge issue for all of us, we look at how the city is continuing to grow and we know we have to work really hard to make our systems really efficient and carry more people so that's something we are going to continue to look at and continue to work on. [please stand by...] >> we need improvement but we have to have other systems in place in order to get people around. congestion is hurting the core industries and small businesses that need people

independence and westport. those are the places where the various trails had west. ,n a sense, because of that kansas city has always played a crucial and pivotal role in terms of western history. nowhere is that more the case then in terms of the issue of slavery in the west. and we are going to talk about that. kansas is crucial to the coming of the civil war. that's unfortunate. it's unfortunate. but the kansas and missouri border are crucial to what we would know as the civil war and in the civil war, of course, that's crucial to the changing of american history. i will give you something just rheumatic. well, maybe not so dramatic, but think about this a little bit, i wouldn't be standing here before you if the civil war had gone the other way. in other words, there are events ines of history and those consequences have repercussions that extend right to this very day. let's talk about kansas. i would argue that the kansas missouri border is the fountainhead of african-american history in the west. and it

i was taken immediately to westport connecticut. in th store for memorial day. come in and i'll hook you up. we have a filet mignon burger. >> my first morning in america i was taken to stew leonard spread your dad's place at the time and i thought i've never seen anything like this in my life. they've got big wide aisles and you've got an animal petting zoo in the parking lot. >> we have some little two -month-old caps off there are those after this morning but i told my dad had to come over and see it. you run a fine business. it's really great to have you on the show. i like your ideas of preventive care. >> you know the best thing is, we are taking care of our people and it's preventative, but were teaching the younger people how to take care of ourselves. what we hope is people will prevent heart attacks and diabetes in the be able to get a jump on a lot of these things in the future. >> stew leonard, who would've thought. >> i would say my name stuart, is spelled better than yours. >> i have the royal spelling. [laughter] >> b