in a war with the coalition of the willing, the alliance being involved as the alliance. the alliance goes in. again, i think it is all i can. i will come back to that. underscoreign did the paucity of hialeah and advanced weapons in the arsenals of our allies. thankfully we had sufficient stocks and we were able to help them up. on one hand, the inclusion of non-nato members in a nato operation, sweden and uae was really a huge success. and damon pointed out, nato's role in managing the campaign there is no substitute for nato as a military capability in the euro-atlantic sphere. the eu does not come close. naida was approved extension -- nato was proved essential. the uk, having made the decision to get rid of the carrier's months before, had to stretch the capability of its coronate no force, but did so in a way that contributed to the combat operations. i think today and in the future, nino is more important than ever, and i think u.s. leadership in nato is more important than ever. we have fairly significant strains within the most successful lives in history. and i

leadership in the alliance. particularly as the united states faces the prospect of very significant defense budget cuts looming into the near future as do many of your nato allies. there are big questions at the grand strategy level that i would love your views on in terms of how might this operation affect how the united states thinks about its own role in the world. and lastly how might it affect the way our nato allies think about america's role in the alliance? i know after the secretary gates's speech in june, my discussion with senior nato ambassadors led me to believe that they are very concerned that the united states is abandoning europe. i would love you to address those minor questions. >> thanks, barry. let me start by using one of the classic tricks of bureaucracy. i'm going to pocket everything damon said and agree with it and pocket it. i will talk about a different aspect. with respect to the libya, in all candor, thinking from the national security, national security point of view, for the unit

this is a success for the alliance. if you step back and think about what nato jist accomplished in libya, first avoided an imminent humanitarian catass if he as gaddafi forces were rolling into ben gazzie. his regime has collapsed. he's on the run. not yet captured but he certainlywill be. third, it's really put lyans in control of their nest destiny. as you saw, this is not u.s. marines or british or french forces. these were libyans moving into lib tripoli to reclaim their country. that's an astounding success. it took six months yes. but that said, this type of victory and in the midst ofan arab awakening is significant for if alliance. so they do have important lessons to draw from it because one hand was tied behind their back. there is no denying that was a success story. >> host: again we're talking about the future of nato following the libya operation. our guest, executive vp of the atlantic council, former deputy director to the nato secretary general from 2001-2004. host: what was that experience like for yo

this is a success for the alliance. if you step back and think about what nato jist accomplished in libya, first avoided an imminent humanitarian catass if he as gaddafi forces were rolling into ben gazzie. his regime has collapsed. he's on the run. not yet captured but he certainly will be. third, it's really put libyans in control of their nest destiny. as you saw, this is not u.s. marines or british or french forces. these were libyans moving into lib tripoli to reclaim their country. that's an astounding success. it took six months yes. but that said, this type of victory and in the midst of an arab awakening is significant for if alliance. so they do have important lessons to draw from it because one hand was tied behind their back. there is no denying that was a success story. >> host: again we're talking about the future of nato following the libya operation. our guest, executive vp of the atlantic council, former deputy director to the nato secretary general from 2001-2004. host: what was that experience like fo

we will be right back with larry clinton of the internet security alliance. and now on your screen is larry clinton who is president and ceo of the internet security alliance. mr. clinton, if we could start by finding out what the isa is. >> guest: the internet security alliance is a trade association, it was created back in 2000, and it represents virtually every aspect of our nation's critical infrastructure, aviation, banking, communications, defense, education, financial services, etc. and we are, our mission statement is to take advanced technology and blend it with public policy and economics to create a sustainable system of cybersecurity. so we're a security organization, and we represent our company's security interests. >> host: well, when you look at the cybersecurity proposals put out by the white house this summer, what's your general reaction? where do you support it, what concerns you? >> guest: well, there are a number of things in the administration's proposal that i think have broad support, things such as providing more cybersecurity educat

the rebel council claims that they are in control of most of the libyan capital tripoli after the alliance backed advance one of colonel gadhafi sons safe. only are reported to have been arrested has made a surprise appearance in the capital he claims pro can offer troops have broken the backbone of the rebel forces nato confirms that three surface to air missiles have been launched on the coastal city of misrata by a loyalist meanwhile the whereabouts of the libyan leader is still unknown but a spokesman. says that he is doing quite well nato insists it will continue combat missions until all government forces. there are reports of gunfire near the libya tunisia border as well thousands of libyans are heading in that direction to flee the fierce fighting between pro and anti kadafi forces correspondent is at the border. well violent clashes have been reported along its unusually been border over the weekend it all started on friday when local resident has reported that near the town of. reportedly several vehicles with the license plate carrying arms men have been spotted afterwards clash

privacy information center e and larry clinton of the internet security alliance. this is part three of a month-long series on cybersecurity. >> host: and this is week three of the communicators series on cybersecurity. this week, we're talking with interest groups who have a stake in cybersecurity issues. first up, marc rotenberg of the electronic privacy information center. he's the executive director there, and we want to talk to him about the privacy concerns from the white house cybersecurity proposals. when you look at what the white house has released over the past few months earlier this summer, where do your concerns lie when it comes to privacy? >> guest: a lot of what the white house has done with proposals is actually pretty good. it's a complicated topic, a lot of different agencies that need to be consulted, and i think the white house has done a good job of coordinating across several agencies. the key issue for many americans, how to security in cyberspace. there's civil liberty issues here because the white house is also claiming some new authority

orange revolution but later plunged the country into political chaos when the alliance broke up again this is breaking news here on our team. well it's actually got some other international headlines for you here on r.t. and libya's government has described reports that the youngest son of moammar gadhafi was killed in a nato airstrike as a dirty trick rebels claim that twenty eight year old comics gadhafi was among the thirty two who died in the raid i wish the alliance says targeted an ammunition depot and a military police facility in a town just southeast of tripoli in may one of kidneys other sons was killed along with three grandchildren when a nato bomb hit a house they were in. thailand has its first ever female head of government. has been elected prime minister after her party secured a parliamentary majority she is the sister of the former prime minister since you know what he was overthrown in a military coup five years ago he was charged with corruption and fled the country of speculation that he might try a big comeback now that his sister is in charge. one of the world'

reportedly die nato air strikes in libya serious questions are being asked over the legalities of the alliance's intervention so artie's big stew the former editor of the british newspaper the sun next who says that libya was a good p.r. stunt for the british government shows more of his insights to right here.

i think the rebel alliance is going to have to complete that task, but they're quickly going to have to turn to the transition as well, because they have enormous challenges ahead of them. >> and you've talked about this, i think in your book, we saw the looting and the lawlessness in tripoli today, a lot of this just exuberance which you can understand after the four decades we've been talking about. but you know, as well as anybody, who have written about the fact that gadhafi

nato is an alliance we have had since 1949. president truman helped create this to oppose soviet expansion in central and western europe. it has been the most successful military alliance in history. all of these countries are democratic. canada, and the european countries share our values, and to a large extent our interests, and they are a force multiplier. it is terribly important that we stay in engaged as a leader of the nato alliance because it helps us succeed internationally and take some of the burden off of our shoulders. the united states is so much larger militarily, we tend to be asked to do all the hard work, and that was certainly true when nato when into bosnia in 1995, and in close of all, when we stopped two wars. it is important that the europeans take more of that burden off of our shoulder, and while we're spending more than 3.5 million of our gross domestic product on our national defense, -- 3.5% of our gross domestic product and national defence, many europeans are spending less than 1%. host: to illustr

the leaders of the orange revolution that later plunged the country into political chaos when the alliance broke up and we're hearing that her supporters attacked the police vehicle which took her from the court later today we'll be joined live by our correspondent in kiev for details on this developing situation now world markets are clawing back their losses but remain unstable after the sharpest fall since two thousand and eight decline raised fears of another way for the global recession and with the slowing u.s. economy and e.u. debt crisis don't you push all this following the markets from brussels. but you're a virus spreading to new countries france and belgium all next day yields have hit record highs against germany's the u.k.'s financial services authority has asked british banks to reveal how much debt they hold in belgium on fears that that country could be next italy and spain have entered crisis talks with the e.u. as they yield critical new highs so now you have investors pulling out of france italy and spain the. fourth largest eurozone economies and that is why the invest

well meter of course and russia's and going to nato of the alliance seems determined to take control of libya is a worrying tendency. but you know. it's a classic situation when separate nato countries are waging war and meddling in an internal conflict of a country far away from nato zone of responsibility of the airlines as an organisation claims not to be involved classic military propaganda nay to use the un resolution as chewing gum probably on purpose to show that the alliance today is equal to the un and tomorrow maybe even more powerful it's a dangerous trend nato is turning into a world policeman and it's using the un resolutions turning them to feed their interests and not taking into account the interests of the people on the ground the rebels are united on me by the desire to get rid of gadhafi and as soon as the common enemy is defeated the opposition will inevitably face internal rifts and i'm sure that that will be the moment when some western countries will try to secure some military presence aiming to control libya's oil reserves. and patrick a reporter for the onli

plans to end its operations in libya despite the rebels now controlling most of the country the alliance is continuing on the town of sort of the main program if you stronghold which is sound little sign of surrender meanwhile tripoli remains under rebel control as artie's financial reports with almost every youngster in the country now carrying a gun it's far from safe. isn't even that he got a bullet and fighting against gadhafi soldiers in submission may treat me with a shot coming from his name so. i didn't even notice until my friend told me that my foot was bleeding he pulled the trigger going to stick he was still scared himself. yes the. last. time you see this have all the answers on national fighters. one of the biggest stories was discovered at the top security prison in southern tripoli where inmates were released after a major bomb the area. of the dew could be imposed fuses to you thank you thank you doctor lawyer this was among the first. i don't want weapons to fall in behind some of my songs or the youngsters i'm concerned with our country will be going with drugs this i

to end its operations in libya that's despite the rebels now controlling most of the country the alliance is continuing to bomb the town of sirte the main program stronghold which rebels have given until saturday to surrender meanwhile tripoli remains under rebel control but as arches roof emotional reports with almost every youngster in the country now carrying a gun it's far from space. hammer is a libyan rebel because of politics and fighting against gadhafi soldiers and should be shiva treat me like a shot coming from his moves higher than the church of love i didn't even notice until my friend told me that my foot was bleeding triggered by mistake he was so scary himself. one of the biggest stories was discovered at the slim top security prison in southern tripoli where inmates were released after a major bomb the area. of the country in walsh with it looks like livin teens have already developed a fascination for the weapons of war. when ground zero has real life and will kill bad guys like gadhafi in your thought if you save of gathering up weapons for mosques iraq police are back

region in war people who are actually committing crimes against humanity is the nato us military alliance we see it hidden in libya there was absolutely no justification for the intervention in libya . you know this threshold which which took place in eastern recently and there's even less of a justification for the intervention in syria it's a very important country and if visibility intervention in syria then we are in for an extended war which goes from the mediterranean right to the chinese border because then you have egypt ration of the of the wall theaters in afghanistan and iraq of course palestine lebanon on and so we're in for a much larger war let's understand any kind of military intervention in syria at this stage using the pretext of a crude cesspool bernthal responsibility to protect we have devastating consequences and lead to a military escalation of a vast area. and still ahead in the program alarm bells go off in the balkans nature walks its process along the north the border between a possible and serbia to keep a close watch on rising tensions. over ground m.t.v. conc

the people who are actually committing crimes against humanity is the nato us military alliance we see it did in libya but it was absolutely no justification for the intervention in libya. you know this reaction which which took place in east and good recently and there's even less of a justification for the intervention in syria is a very important country and if there's military intervention in syria then we are in for an extended war which goes from the mediterranean right to the chinese border because then you have integration of the war theaters in afghanistan and iraq of course palestine lebanon all along and so we're in for a much larger war let's understand that any kind of military intervention in syria at this stage using the pretext of a protest movement or responsibility to protect we can devastate the goals of where this is going to lead to a military escalation of a vast area. and there's plenty more stories ahead for you this hour. the. sooner we go to georgia to check what's behind tbilisi's thirst for glitz and glamour and how president saakashvili plans to want to hel

scene and syrian regime in a way that is more favorable to the united states government the nato alliance and the royal regimes from saudi arabia tomorrow i'll call president outlined has started implementing promised reforms but will he be given enough time do you think to put his reforms into action and do you think these measures are likely to bring back any kind of peace. well for one thing i don't think that the united states government or the allies obion ited states are even interested and they see it and regime reforming itself that is just a read that they have thrown to justify their interference and meddling and then plan out of syria it doesn't matter what the syrian regime does what is required of the c.n.n. regime to do is specifically and the foreign policy of the syrian regime is required to accept that the states of the united states and israel and the so-called peace process to stop harboring resistance spock sions be they lebanese policy than in order to cut off relations with iran last but not least not to try to chart for itself an independent course with the help of

our top story nato says it's close to success of libya as the gadhafi regime has fallen all the alliance vowed to continue its presence in the region to secure the u.n. mandate meanwhile still no one knows the whereabouts of the fugitive colonel and fighting between rebels and government loyalists continues near gadhafi is hometown the libyan transitional government is demanding the extradition of the colonel's family after they fled to neighboring algeria this comes as rebels claim to have killed the leaders youngest son although that's not been independently confirmed although in tripoli people are struggling for stability after the rebel takeover archy's many who cannot should have records. graffiti around the city proclaims will continue to believe the city has indeed changed appearance recently. what used to be one of the most beautiful on the african it's raining incased now looks neglected and dirty. with fighting still continuing in parts of the city but in the rebels and gadhafi forces an army of another kind has taken to the streets where they are. we have forty one year life t

is he a executive director of the hope new now alliance. mr. robert couch is a counsel at the farm of bradley, aren't, bull, cummings, l.l.p., and the former general consul at h.u.d. and finally we have professor peter swarr who is appearing before the committee via tell conference. he is a professor of law at the ohio state university and also a senior fellow at the center for american progress. welcome, all of you here today, and thank you for your time. mr. hopkins, you may proceed. >> thank you, chairman johnson, senator corker, members of the committee, i am jack hopkins, president and c.e.o. of core trust bank, a $660 million asset bank in south dakota. as a third generation community banker, i am pleased to represent icba's nearly 5,000 members as this important hearing. as this committee considers the development of national mortgage servicing standards, i have an important point to make. community banks are successfully servicing their portfolios and don't have the widespread servicing problems reported in the press. i urge you to ensu

a company established to assist american companies for cross border alliances mystically thanks very much indeed for joining us now has this recent political deadlock in washington sent alarm bells around the world that the u.s. is now no longer a safe haven for investors money. i think it has shaken. because of korea. in many instances but i can't speak for all the investors for certainly. looking at what happened in washington doesn't raise anybody's confidence that politicians will do the right thing well how worried has this political wrangling and of course all this talk of this massive debt in the states left the chinese who are of course holding a lot of instead as i've just mentioned. well i think bill very concerned even at the beginning of the what we call the financial tsunami back in two thousand and eight and even then they repeatedly asked obama administration to protect the dollar protect it keep it down slightly at all as all the while they were doing this they were investing. their monetary resources in hard assets. including oil fields mineral deposits in places lik

i think that the nato alliance using some regional tools like turkey. the gulf cooperation council are working very hard to instigate instability in syria and this sort of instability will take a sick bent specifically they are working on agitating a civil war within syria and they want to call that everybody loose and they can have they want to but the purpose of such a war is to bring syria gone to its knees and destroy syria like they did with iraq and libya force the point is to recreate this syrian regime in a way that is more favorable to the united states government the nato alliance and the royal regimes from saudi arabia to a moral code. now more than one hundred thousand worshippers have spilled into the streets of moscow to celebrate the end of the holy month of ramadan as muslims around the world market festival of aid tens of thousands of muslims flock to mosques around the capital during the early hours of the morning the turnout was so great the vast majority of worshippers were forced to create outside of many streets became blocked or w

people who are actually committing crimes against humanity is the nato us military alliance received and in libya there was absolutely no justification for the intervention in libya. rection which which took place in east and these two lives yes and there's even less of a justification when intervention in syria is a very important country and if there's military intervention in syria then we are in fall of the extended war which goes from the mediterranean right to the chinese border because then you have integration of the of the war theaters and afghanistan and iraq of course palestine lebanon all along and so we're in for a much larger war let's understand that any kind of military intervention in syria at this stage using the pretext of a protest movement all responsibility to protect we have devastating consequences and lead to a military escalation of a vast area. and plenty more stories ahead for you this hour. on the show and. soon we head to georgia to check what's behind tbilisi's a player story glitz and glamor and how president saakashvili plans to wind up public support

plans to end its operations in libya despite the rebels now controlling most of the country the alliance is a continuing to bomb the town of sort of the main stronghold which rebels have given until saturday to surrender meanwhile tripoli remains under rebel control but . reports are with almost every youngster in the country not carrying a gun it's far from safe. now how much is a levy in gravel he got in politics and fighting against gadhafi soldiers insufficient treating me with a shot coming from his moves higher than that. i didn't even notice until my friend told me that my foot was bleeding and pulled the trigger by mistake he was himself . one of the biggest stories was discovered at the top security prison in southern tripoli where inmates were released after nato bombed the area. of the country it was with arms it looks like livin teens have already developed a fascination for the weapons of war. when i go out and have a real one and will kill bad guys like in southeast then your floor if you save lives gathering up weapons for mosques i hope police are back on the streets the

what nato said earlier that they want to assist the transition i mean have a knows what a military alliance supposedly assisting a transition to democracy is all about i would take those remarks as more threat than a promise that is a direct threat by david cameron that they will use their military and economic weight to gain what they want out of any new government in libya the only chance of unity for the t.n.c. is that they do what most libyans i believe want them to do and that is to say that the future of libya is to be decided by libyans and by nobody else but they do not require the systems of nato that they do not require the assistance of the major powers that they do not want their resources exploited by western oil companies that could be a point of unification but if they continue down the line of competing amongst themselves for who has the ear who has the greatest the greatest sway with the major powers then i would i really believe that that will further divide them. john in london when news of the rebel advance into tripoli was greeted warmly by investors around the world sp

this is a success for the alliance. it bodes well for the alliance. it does not mean there are not lessons learned to be drawn. i think that is a critical exercise it makes sense to be going through. that we begin with a caveat. i served in baghdad. i understand the complexity of what comes next. i do not think anyone in libya or the international community is outhe

one alliance a ship was reportedly nearby but a ignored sos signals. the foreign minister has announced an official investigation and is demanding that the issue of clear guidelines on the issue of treatment. they have received several hundred african migrants. >> kosovo has reached an agreement to end the crisis of border crossings to neighboring serbia. it will remain in control until september. the crisis flared last month when coast of the tried to seize the border to enforce a ban on trade with serbia. one police officer was killed. it was threatening to derail talks. the former ukrainian prime minister has been put behind bars in her trial on charges of abuse. they are accused of illegally securing a 2009 natural gas deal with russia. the ukrainian leader was led away by police hunting protests in scuffles with security forces. thailand's parliament has confirmed the first female prime minister. they won an absolute majority in elections last month, sister of the former prime minister that was exiled after a military coup in 2006. the main challe

the people who are actually committing crimes against humanity is the nato us military alliance we see it didn't in libya it was absolutely no justification for the intervention in libya. this arrest should which which took place in eastern. libya and there's even less of a justification for an intervention in syria is a very important country and if there's military intervention in syria then we are in for an extended war which goes from the mediterranean right to the chinese border because then you have integration of the of the war theater is not going to split on iraq of course palestine lebanon all along and so we're in for a much larger war let's understand that any kind of military intervention in syria at this stage using the pretext of a protest movement all responsibility to protect devastated votes at once is going to lead to a military escalation of a vast area and still ahead of the program for you alarm bells go off in the balkans nato upsets process along the north border between kossovo and serbia to keep a close watch on rising ethnic tensions. now said egyptian presid

hear about the alliance's role in fighting in tripoli. when journalists asked whether western special forces were involved in preparing the assault on the capital. >> obviously, national decisions are national decisions. i will not prejudge any national decisions that have not even been made. >> in contrast to neid no's nebula statement, "the new york times" did not beat around the bush. they said that they were involved in the ground offensive. french troops provided food and weapons to the rebels, in clear violation of the un mandate. they are likely to take on more responsibility in libya. >> to know that that role is needed, primarily the focus on the protection of civilians over the next day. people then turn to at nato to decide what to do. i will look for a collaborative approach with nato. >> the un is likely to take on a leading role in libya. >> a dramatic turn of events in libya was made possible in large part with the negotiations with leaders backed dave access to the capital. libya is a tribal society. we take a look now at

banners a lot of loose affiliations and uneasy alliances but more and more those alliances seemed to seem all too tense for main alliances of all the conservative political action conference here in washington d.c. is considered the annual gathering of the right wing activists arranged by the nonpartisan american conservative union its straw poll is widely hailed by many to be a strong figure on the pulse of conservative politics and the best predictor of the g.o.p. presidential nominee that is until ron paul won the pole this year as a little fall of two of the tractors dismissed as a fluke victory last year a few months ago we introduced you to this guy christopher the newly appointed director of two thousand and twelve a self-proclaimed conservative despite that sunny picture with mr big government shortly after the first republican presidential debate analogies he blasted congressman paul and supporters in the washington examiner asserting that our policy positions because unfit to claim membership to the g.o.p. or any conservative legacy at all despite the fact that as we've poi

the leaders of the orange revolution and later plunged the country into political chaos when the alliance broke. our time out for the business news with dmitri. welcome to the business update on our two u.s. stock futures are rallying following a positive jobs report in the world's biggest economy payrolls in the u.s. rose by one hundred seventeen thousand workers after a meager forty six thousand increase in june now a strong expected report may spark a rebound on the market from its worst drop since october two thousand make pizza weston chief strategist at on capitol standing by peter thank you so much for being with us so what do you make of this report. well it's a piece of good news in what has been a really bad week and i think that what you're seeing is it's proving that the u.s. economy is still growing but more than that. still people are worried about a recession i think what you're seeing the market rebound is really investors clinging on to a little piece of good news in this kind of environment so i don't think that we should read anything. too soon to say. people were watch

kan told biden on tuesday that the agreement underscores the strength of the bilateral alliance. he also said japan is grateful for the support after the disaster. biden was impressed by the courage of the japanese people to rebuild after the earthquake and tsunami. he added that the u.s. values the economic and political might of its pacific ally. kan apologized for cancelling a summit meeting with u.s. president barack obama. the summit was originally planned for next month but kan cannot attend because he is expected to resume as prime minister. >>> japan visited with disaster-hit northeastern japan to show support for the country. he arrived in miyagi prefecture on tuesday. it served as a hub for u.s. forces helping to bring relief supplies to the region after the march 11 disaster. >> i'm also here to honor the incredible spirit of the japanese people. the american people are also proud and honored. they're proud to continue doing whatever you would like us to do as you rebuild. >> japan later visited one of the areas hit hardest by the tsunami and offered flowers for the vi

the companies formed an alliance with an eye on emerging economies. they hope to integrate the power businesses with that of mitsubishi electric. analysts say negotiations could develop into a full merger. the dollar dropped to the 76 yen level in new york on wednesday as market players sold on concerns of the economic outlook. investor worries about a slow down mounted after an index showing business sentiment was worse than the market consensus. the dollar fell to 76.78 yen at one point. sources say they are not expecting further sharp declines in the dollar just now. many traders are expecting that the monetary authorities may intervene to put a break on the surge. further easing in monetary policy is expected. right now in tokyo this thursday morning, the greenback is trading between 77.04 to 05 yen. let's get a check on the markets. the dow snapped an eight-day losing streak to private jobs data to see how stocks are trading here in japan, we cross over to the tokyo stock exchange. currency markets not showing a great reaction. >> yes, indeed. a

kan told biden the agreement strengthens bilateral alliance. biden says he has been impressed by the determination and courage of the japanese people to rebuild after the earthquake and tsunami. he added that the u.s. values the economic and political might of its pacific ally. kan apologized for canceling a summit meeting with u.s. president barack obama. the summit was originally planned for next month, but kan cannot attend because he is expected to resign at his post as prime minister. the apology cast a spotlight on japan's current political instability. nhk world reports from the prime minister's office. >> reporter: it is highly unusual that an apology of this kind is made at summit level meetings between japan and the united states. kan is set to step down after new head of the ruling democratic party is elected later this month. both sides had planned to release a joint statement at the summit following biden's visit. the aim was to stress to the world that their joint alliance has been re-established. the statement was also to help fe

we are in member of the local clean energy alliance. we very much did support this item moving forward. we appreciate lafco moving this process forward. this item is a portion of the scope of work. rather than in the and all or nothing from , it is more a sequencing matter. this portion of $100,000 would be funding falls on the earlier portion of the scope of work that we've been looking for the sfpuc to fund. it is not all or nothing. it is just that a lot of the $100,000 portion of work would not be engaged and would not happen if the earlier portion of the analysis work that needs to be done -- that would need to happen first before this 100,000 zero should be appropriate to be engaged and spent out. we have been part of this negotiation. we do have a lot of eyes on this. there are a lot of people engaged right now that very much want this to succeed and are looking for this to be productive work. it is critical work for the program to be successful. there will be a lot of eyes on the task sheet and deliverables. it is written into h

i'm with the golden gate park preservation alliance. i would like to inform the general public about the revisions to the open space development known as the rose. this is a policy document that will cover planning for development and the direction all san francisco open space will be taken in. this includes our parks. this is now be reviewed by the planning department. i recommend the public go on line and read the document. we are working with a coalition of neighborhood groups to submit comments. if you are interested in other comments, contact us through our web site. thank you. >> good morning. i am one of two owners of the tennis partners. my other partner is unable to be here. he is a national competition coach and he is traveling with some of the players in that program. i am here specifically to talk about the process currently underway for management of the tennis pro shop and concession services at the park. a process to give a quick recap from my perspective where we are is that we conducted a process. three firms submitted