hello, my name is david steyn or dan steyn, whatever. i live at 19th and dolores and i'm thrilled for the first time to address my honorable board of sups. it's something i care about, smog free, one way transportation. my family has been utilizing san francisco's public and private transportation options here continually since the 1880s, which was before the ferry building was even in operation. so, when i retired in 2009 i purchased a little beach pad down in san diego and i expected san diego to be a little behind us. but i admit i was shocked when it turned out i would be the guy who introduced recycling to my building. but last year i decided to up my green game here and i gave away my hybrid. here in san francisco we have lots of zero emission transportation options. muni, bart, and when i need a car i ask to borrow a friend's. down in san diego i assumed i'd have to rent a smoggy car when i visit there. imagine my happy day when this white smart cart went by with a label on it. so, i signed up immediately. and these guys and girls

we published ann coulter, michelle milken, mark levin, mark steyn, an aashto souza, lauren graham, david horowitz, ted nugent and of course william f. buckley jr. to name just a few. we have also published many of the most thoughtful and articulate conservative politicians of the last decade including newt gingrich, bobby jindal, mitt romney, mike leigh, denny hastert, haiti hayworth and many more. and of course, can't forget a handful of looks which arguably change the course of history, that regnery published. i'm thinking of bernie -- unlimited access and john o'neal's unfit for command which arguably change the course of an election and all of which by the way were number one on "the new york times" bestsellers list. next month for the preview we are adding another powerhouse national figure to the list of authors, hopefully best-selling authors the regnery is published and that is donald trump, of publishing the book of donald trump called trying to get tough. i would love to say that it is really a strategic work of the regnery team that made it so successful. of course that is a f

steyn. >> caller: i am with my son david. we are both huge fans. it is an honor to speak with you.u ever need to get to the bible belt you can visit us in your conservative bubble. you would be very comfortable. >> guest: last, was in louisville landed there prior to visiting santa claus, indiana just across the border not too far away. >> caller: a quick question. i talked to some of my conservative friends and something that is a common feeling is when we act as christians and try to speak out as conservatives consistent with what we talk about we feel like we are acting alone against a group, it felt like he was running a flat against an army and turned around and no one is running with him. for question would be short of our major cataclysms or some gross overreach that tend to unite conservatives together is that an issue that you see? we tend to ask -- act as individuals -- >> host: we will leave it there. >> guest: it is never a numbers game. the people who mean it tend to get it. to go back to what we were talking about. when muslims complain about danish cartoons versus wh

steyn? >> caller: hi, john. >> caller: i'm here with my son david, we're both huge fans, it's an honor to speaku, and if you ever need to get down to the bible belt, you can come visit us in our conservative bubble. you'd be very comfortable down here, i'm sure. [laughter] >> guest: the last time i was in louisville, i think i landed there prior to visiting santa claus, indiana, just across the border not too far away from you. >> caller: know it well. um, a quick question. i talked to some of my, you know, conservative friends, and something that seems like it's a common feeling is that, you know, when we act as, um, as christians and trying to speak out as conservatives in a way consistent with the kind of things that we talk about, we feel like we're acting alone against a group. and it's a perception, i don't know how real it is, that when we're -- a friend of mine said it felt like, you know, he's running a flag against an army, and he turns around, and no one's running with him. it's, i guess the question would be, um, you know, short of a major event, a cataclysm of sorts or some gross o

. >> host: mark steyn is our guest this month on booktv's "in depth" program. and the next call for him comes from david in hampton falls new hampshire. >> caller: hi, mark. >> guest: hey, greetings to fellow granite state or. >> caller: not i that what i had like to attend a one rule -- a one-room schoolhouse tragedy that's good. there's a lot more teaching going on in those one room school houses than the lavish facilities they're putting up these days. >> caller: not only that but i'm much more firmly attached to a one-room schoolhouse than -- >> guest: leave your worldly goods to your one-room schoolhouse. yale law school designated. >> caller: absolute right. the question i have for you is how closely do you identify with james burnsville, the suicide of the west, and which identify liberalism as the cause of the decline of america? >> tried to i think that's a book that stands out extremely well, that i think, and i would put it in the same category as top phils pathetic remarks in democracy in america, that it's much easier to lose liberty incrementally. people i think have a deluded idea about h

nba commissioner david stern will announce late thursday he is retiring on february 1st, 2014. multiple sources are telling this to espn's mark steyn has been the nba commissioner since february first, 1984. that is a long reign. lori: that is great career. melissa: on the situation in libya we learned moments ago that the senate intelligence committee will hold hearings what happened in benghazi. it is a closed hearing with more promised after that. fox news's catherine herridge is following the story in washington. catherine? >> reporter: thank you, melissa. fox news was told the suspect in custody, ali ani al-harzi was a several suspects interviewed by fbi and intelligence community in connection with benghazi attacks. he also believed to fought in al qaeda in iraq also known as aqi. what we're being told the links between benghazi and aqi at this point are described as limited in the investigation but it is part of the broader jihadist stew which has emerged after the arab spring. separately the head of the house intelligence committee tells fox that he believes a second attack on the u.s. embassy in tunisia on september 14th,

steyn? >> caller: hi, john. >> caller: i'm here with my son david, we're both huge fans, it's an honor to speak with you, and if you ever need to get down to the bible belt, you can come visit us in our conservative bubble. you'd be very comfortable down here, i'm sure. [laughter] >> guest: the last time i was in louisville, i think i landed there prior to visiting santa claus, indiana, just across the border not too far away from you. >> caller: know it well. um, a quick question. i talked to some of my, you know, conservative friends, and something that seems like it's a common feeling is that, you know, when we act as, um, as christians and trying to speak out as conservatives in a way consistent with the kind of things that we talk about, we feel like we're acting alone against a group. and it's a perception, i don't know how real it is, that when we're -- a friend of mine said it felt like, you know, he's running a flag against an army, and he turns around, and no one's running with him. it's, i guess the question would be, um, you know, short of a major event, a cataclysm of sorts or some gross overreach