thoughts on today, a.b.?ought the president gave what is well be considered a cynical press conference. he, if you haven't been paying close attention to this all along, would convince you that he has found 11th hour enlightenment to cuts on mandtory spending and programs like medicare, medicaid and social security. he is not giving details but what he is saying is that the republicans are unbudgeable, they want it my way or the highway. and after the last 72 hours of the republican scrambling on this issue, they have finally made up a plan to vote on this cut cap and balance idea on next weekend. i think it's good. i think during the standoff in april when the government was at risk of being shut down on this year's budget, the house republicans really show the american public they were governing. they threw bill after bill after bill on the house floor and it looked like they were the ones with the plan, trying to keep government open. they need to talk about how they are trying to i void default as more an

. >> a.b. 57 is what we watch very carefully. the chairman of the transportation committee became a surprising ally to san francisco. he is very uncertain about the approach in the bill and convinced him to put the bill over to next year. i think the action on this bill, when the legislature reconvenes in january, our recommendation is to work diligently with mtc and try to come up with a structure that represents a true regional compromise rather than let the legislature back and around in sacramento. finally, last time i mentioned something like 20 high-speed rail authority bills. there are still several out there, but it has whittled down to two key bills. they both do relatively the same thing. the reorganized the high-speed rail authority function within state government. the first is a.b. 145 found on page 3. we have a watch position on this one. it would create a department of high-speed trains and transfer the functions of the high-speed rail authority. it would retain authority for political guidance, said the structure

>> the argument a.b. laid out being made about is obvious one. president lost the initiative. he overstepped, overreached, the republicans walked out. it looked as if they were on the defensive. in fact by the end of the weekend, the president was so desperate, he was dealt out. it all lit up in congress. he had to give a speech that nobody in washington even understands what was in it and why he gave it. it's all in the congress now. the republicans have the upper hand. if this would pass, it gives them the marker. the reid bill won't pass even the senate. there would be a live piece of legislation. there's no presidential plan. there will not be a senate plan. there will be a house plan. that's what you can lean on. i think if they can't get the last two votes, they can appeal to five no votes and say, look, you can honorably abstain. you wouldn't be supporting something that you say that you can't, but the future o of the party and the fate of this debt issue is in your hands, because if we don't succeed we lose all our leverage and we will en

so a.b., good morning to you.ne looking good so far in this debate as they look toward 2012 and they have the debt ceiling right in front of them? >> well, i actually think that the president really retains the upper hand, at least at this hour. the president really -- he abandoned entitlement reform after his fiscal commission released a report in december. he did not produce a budget, didn't mention -- and there were no plans this winter to deal with that issue. now that he's come out with a willingness to tackle something that is so sacred to his base, he really looks like he is engaging in this shared sacrifice he keeps talking about, while republicans refuse to budge on taxes and the president paints them as my way or the highway republicans. so at this point he looks like he has the upper hand, that he's willing to cooperate and that they are not. >> what about speaker boehner? >> speaker boehner has a very, very tough job. he has worked very hard, and i give him so much credit for staying in the dialogue wi

a.b. stoddard of the hill newspaper. crystal of "the weekly standard" and fox news political analyst juan williams. we want to note juan has a new book out called"muzzled "honest debate in this country. check it out. congratulations. >> thank you. >> chris: i read the first chapter didn't mention me but it was still interesting. [ laughter ] >> chris: i had a very carefully framed question for you, brit, let me ask you a much simpler one. you heard what geithner and boehner said, what do you make of it. >> well, it is striking that the house has acted to pass the plan and the senate has basically refused to take it up and voted it down. what you see here is an interesting combination of events. because the president really hasn't stated a position horrible plan or any of that. and you know, these -- the house republicans have basically done that. and what you are seeing here is a very peculiar kind of double standard. because when the house acts, everybody says well, you know, that can't -- that can't pass. that won't pa

working with adult probation, we think that we have a fairly good plan, and with the a.b. 109 moneys as the proposal is to distribute them, it appears there is an opportunity to use those resources to expand capacity at this juncture. but certainly, there could, time when for whatever reason capacity becomes available -- there could come a time. supervisor mirkarimi: since we are one of the few areas in california experiencing under crowding, has there ever been any internal discussion about us bringing in prisoners from other jurisdictions? is that something that san francisco would be poised to help alleviate in terms of budgetary reasons? >> we have been approached by at least one department in san mateo, and they have had ongoing crowding issues in the last several years. we had not had serious discussions with them, but we have that as a possibility, and we are also aware that they get a 30-day notice in case they needed it. they have to find a place where -- for the prisoners, but we certainly would entertain that kind of relationship, but it requires certain things. like guara

joe madison, a.b. stoddard and rory cooper. the front-runner mitt romney, or dr romney is 48, 35, 50/35 mishl. try to answer the question this time, how do you think any of them close the gap with the president? >> first off, obviously you're selectively choosing polls. >> there's -- >> hold it, rory. rory, you're quoting state polls, i'm quoting national polls. we vote for president? 50 states, not one. president obama is not in the primary against them. he's in the general. so try again. how do you close the national gap? >> you're asking about general election matchups. if you're looking at president obama because of his terrible jobs report, because of the economic growth, you have president obama coming out there at the press conference every day. jay tapper asked him, can you name one specific on entitlements? he can't name one specific reform he's willing to do. how can you lose all these states? >> it seems hopeless to get a republican on the show to answer the question. why don't you try for me. can you explain how the

to you, a.b., why democrats would vote at all for this deal.ems to take taxes off the table what do you mean of david blo plouffe saying the committee would look at tax reform and revenues? >> democrats will want to see that revenues are still on the table. and the new super committee would be appointed it would be members of the senate, members of the house, six from each party, and i think you can bet the republicans will be put on that commission or committee that are not interested in raising revenue, and dem rats are going to be pushing revenue raising is part of the formula nah gets to us deficit reduction. that is a big discussion in the next couple of days about what is the trigger for failure to act by the commission and then how is the commission really made up? you know, alex, and so does felisha, that the town is littered with the bones of failed commissions. we had the biden committee working with members from each party and each chamber, trying to put something together. the gang of six. people try this all the time and it never w

a.b. stoddard, columnist for "the hill" and matthew as well. halperin made a stupid joke. he apologized. keep your answer clean by the way. does this warrant an indefinite suspension? >> look, they feel like they have to because otherwise then you get into the question of when's it okay. i think everybodyion blown these things. he thought he was on delay. >> it's live television. who's going to gamble their career that somebody will push a button? matthew, once the white house spokesman jay carney complained about this, do you think msnbc feel pressured into punishing halperin? >> if there was any pressure it was internal pressure, right? they don't want their commentators to have this malfunction. i'm struck by the fact if i'm mark halperin sitting there, i think the hosts are telling me to speak my mind. i didn't see sarcasm in mika or joe. i'm on mark halperin's side here. they were egging him on. >> i had to apologize on this program when a guest used the same "d" word in the anthony weiner story. >> i can't explain why i did it. it was inappropriate, disresp t disresp

i think they are trying to get the american public engaged. >> let me jump in here, a.b.t at the samepunishment at time said we got here because we gave people a tax cut that wasn't paid for. we just got through of putting $1.2 trillion into debt. we put that into this healthcare bill. that wasn't paid for. we put an enormous amount of money into the stimulus. that didn't work. we have all of this other money going out the window. the child nutrition bill, $6 billion. billions of dollars for the other green job initiatives and so forth. was any of that paid for? the tax cuts are the reason we are $14 trillion in debt? >> i was not surprised that he mentioned a bunch of bush programs. >> blaming bush, that is my point. >> he did mention the stimulus. he failed to mention healthcare. didn't mention the tarp was almost the same amount as the stimulus in the the fall of 2008, almost $800 billion as well. this is a lot of money and this has all gone out the door and none is coming in and this is true. i think what he was saying about -- you know,. >> he is saying this for poli

a.b. 976 was a bill that none of us like very much. the good news is that it is looking like in the parlance of the folks of the legislature that it did not make it through the hurdles it needed to get through in committee on time, so it is definitely not happening in this year's session. we have been informed by our lobbyists in sacramento that for all intents and purposes, it is dead, so that is good news. s.b. 790 is the bill we are cosponsoring along with the sierra club. it has gone through the senate, and is now with the assembly. we made it through the first committee, and it is slated to go next to the appropriations committee. the other item i touched on in my previous remarks about the big things going on regulatorily with the bond amount being the biggest. supervisor campos: thank you, mr. campbell. ms. miller, did you want to add anything to that? >> briefly, through the chair, the plan was that the sfpuc would approve the term sheet, and we would hear on friday any of the changes or comments that they had. since that did n

is the agencies do not comply with that -- if the agencies do not comply with that provision -- a.b. 27 provides an exception to that. actions primarily require them to -- for the city -- to adopt an ordinance saying it will volunteer to participate in the program, and that will require the city to make payments to the county for distribution to schools, fire protection agencies, transit agencies. a previously thought it was just schools, but it was three different entities that would normally be the recipients of the funds. that ordinance, if the city chooses to take this path, that has to be adopted by november 1 of this year. said the city and the redevelopment agency -- so the city and the redevelopment agency are looking at that. the cost is to be around $25 million. whether the agency would be able to do that. that would have to occur before november 1 of this year. is also, as you know, there has been a lot of discussion the past few months. there are but agency is considering legal action. the week of california cities and the california redevelopment association, both of who

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opponents of bill a.b. 52 claim the bill would only add bureaucracy, cost the state money, and limitccess to care. some claim the state insurance commissioner should be allowed final say in health insurance fee hikes. the commissioner already has the authority to block excessive auto insurance rate hikes. >> we've had 10, 20, 30, 40, sometimes as high as 90% rate hikes year after year in california. helps explain why we have close to eight million californians and so many small businesses unable to afford health insurance. this legislation would give me the authority to do something about that. >> now the california medical association claims putting a cap on health insurance premiums will lead to fewer doctor, overcrowded emergency rooms, and will hamper general health access to care. >>> make the police force more efficient. oakland's police chief says that's his goal as budget cuts lead to a shrinking staff in the bay area's third-largest city. chief anthony bad says he must reshuffle the department because it only has 638 officers. that's down about 200 men and women from just th

feet were on the marks of the doctor's fingers are still on her skin back then she did look like an a.b. patient regular since ny still has lived a life of protection her medication costs roughly one hundred thousand rubles more than three thousand dollars per month. she has three people constantly looking after her including her mother julie says life expectancy for such kids in russia is very low and she would do anything to make her daughter's life long unhappy on the third of she's my beautiful and line expected princes and if there is a pier that can hurt my princess i'll take them all away no matter what the cost julie is also behind a newly created foundation to help other children now people from all over the country are calling her and it seems the number of suffering children is far greater than the previously estimated one hundred s. for lisa she bravely takes on life with a smile despite her deteriorating state as a sign of trust she told me her biggest dream there may be few children with this disease in russia but each of them needs all the support they can get they may ha

monaco is a dermatologist and admits she's become a specialist by default no one else is dealing with a.b. patients but the mothers say her advice can conflict with what they've learned from abroad. so the well is a very complex disease and so few patients suffering from it any doctor that would take it up would have to become a very narrow specialist i myself i'm tied up in many other places so i don't have much time for these patients. two year old nasty is it clear example of what good care and access to proper treatment can do for a butterfly child her mother says she's probably the only girl in russia who from the very first days of her life was taken care of properly according to international standards when she was twenty five days old i took her away providing the best maternity wards in the country her stomach can feed her all and the marks of the doctor's fingers are still her skin but then she did look like a libby patient ever since nice to has lived a life of protection her medication cost roughly one hundred thousand rubles more than three thousand dollars per month she has

a.b.is an associate editor for "the hill," he's in shouting distance and hasn't even announced his candidacy. what's going on? >> well, this is still an unsettled field. mitt romney has some liabilities, he is not in a position of strength at this point. there's still republican voters in the primary electorate looking at this field and looking for other options, and you can see that as michele bachmann surges, congresswoman from minnesota, and you see all this interest still generating, um, for rudy giuliani to get in, sarah palin to get in and, of course, governor rick perry of texas. i think he's in, i just think he's getting his ducks in a row. rick: he's in, you think. is he a game changer? >> oh, yeah. rick: once he announces, does he knock romney off of that perch at the top or what? >> everybody in the field is nervous about rick perry entering the race. it is a problem for bachmann, for romney and for pawlenty. it is a real problem for anyone who's trying to make a play in iowa. h

shows you are a.b an honest gu. did an honest poll. >> the residual blame that attaches to all things bush. >> bill: you think i t? >> and then the adeof a balanced budget under clinton and then a deficit all of a sudden under bush and that is what they remember. the other question in my poll was i asked people which party regardless of which party you support do you think would do the best job of holding down the national debt. and republicans win that by 35 to 25. so. >> bill: still should be 75 to 25. >> there are about 35 to 40% of the american people refuse to make those judgments by party. they hate them both that much. >> bill: and is true. there is recentment against most parties that is for sure. we didn't hear much today about the debt business, the gang of six or the seven aces, i don't know who they are. what do we have now, 12 days before the nation sinks underneath and we become atlantis the lost the continent? 12 days? so they can't get a deal. >> i think that is baloney that there is enough revenue c

a.b., good to have you on. is this what it would take to get one side or the other to blink?eginning to look a little more urgent as u.s. lawmakers are looking at the numbers from wall street? >> well, it's always frightening to the members who are here for the historic vote on the troubled asset relief program in fall of 2008. but there's a lot of newcomers who were not there for that vote who think t.a.r.p. was a toxic vote, who deny that it was successful and who are dug in on, you know, hopes that they can pass something with deeper cuts, that they can get a balanced budget amendment, and their numbers now are somewhere between 20 or more. the speaker is not going to give anymo any more. he says it's the only plan that can pass. he hopes by tomorrow he can have 217 republicans. he says he knows he'll only get a few democrats, maybe three or so. he needs to come up with 217 republicans. he's trying to assure them the leverage, as the market drops and we get closer to the deadline on tuesday, that their leverage will only diminish, it will not increase. >> well, speaking of

. >> bret: what about the big speech, a.b., and the reaction one day later and whether it changed any dynamics on capitol hill. >> i don't think it was meant for capitol hill. it wasn't going to change the mind of tea party backed freshmen in the house of representatives and the republican conference, it was meant to stay to the american people i've stayed at the table, i've been left at the altar, i'm the great compromiser, these people are holding the economy captive and we need to share the sacrifice, balanced approach, balanced approach, he kept repeating that. i think it was, you can call it a campaign speech if you want. it doesn't matter it was four days late. no one knew, no one except for us in this town knew about the reid plan and the boehner plan. >> bret: i would argue that viewers of special report have been paying attention. >> except for this, distinguished audience. >> wall street journal, maybe. >> i believe that a lot of people are focusing late and he had a chance in a prime time address to make the appeal for people who hadn't heard his pressers at 11:15 in the mo

brit hume, and a.b. stoddard of the hill newspaper.kristol of the weekly standard and political an left juan williams . juan has a book out "muzzled" and the assault of honest debate. juan congratulations. i read the first chapter and didn't mention me but it was still very interesting. [laughte >> chris: i had a very carefully framed question, bret. you heard what geithner and boehner said. what do you make of it? >> it is striking that the house has acted and passed a plan and the senate has refused to take it up and vote it up or down. what you see here is a interesting combination of events, the president hasn't stated a position or set forth a scorable plan or any of that. and these house republicans have basically done that. and what you are seeing here, there is a peculliar double standard, because when the house acts, everybody said i pass that and that won't pass. but the senate has done nothing to have them pass. they haven't passed a budget. >> chris: 97-zer on. >> they haven't done anything . every time the house acts, you

>>reporter: he says he works for a.b.'s who provides the money to fund the grow operation. those bosses run the businesses like independent franchises. but they aren't big enough to distribute the drugs all by themselves. so they rely on the cartel. >> all mexican cartel have people here. family. cartel from juarez, they all have people in the united states. >>reporter: cartel distribute california marijuana and other drugs all over the united states. cartel know what to do with the drug. they carry it to another state or city and distribute it. that's what they do. >>reporter: authorities say they captain directly tie the cartel to marijuana production here but former dea special agent bill yosemite says the connections seem obvious. >> california is now producing as much or more marijuana than mexico should tell everybody all they need to necessity. 7 million plant that's what we got last year in california. those things just don't happen by happen stance. foreign national in yosemite national park growing mayor juan doesn't happen by if happen staps. >>reporter: former m

. >> who would want that job right now, a.b, he may be there forever after the debt ceiling is revolvedhe president coming out very strong but this august 2nd that they keep talking about looming where the bills won't get paid come august 3rd, what happens if they can't reach an aagreement, candy? >> i know this is going to surprise you but they are even arguing what that would mean and what would happen. a number of republicans that simply don't believe that august 2nd is some magical date after which the u.s. can't pay its bills. they say, look. there is money there in the treasury, there is revenue there to pay these bills. and it's not going to be huge implosion. whereas, geithner and many others, outside and inside economists, say, listen. the economy -- there's a lot psychological about the economy. this is about the u.s. credit rating, it's about how wall street views what's going on, so there is more to it than the actual is there money in the treasury to pay for this. >> candy, timothy geithner was in the room here in new york a few years ago, september 14th of 2008, when a bun