of the saints in light, amen.ot a piece who brought again from the dead our lord jesus christ, the great shepard of the sheet, through the blood of the everlasting covenant make a perfect in every good work to do his will. working in you that which is pleasing in his site and the blessing of god almighty as the father, son, and holy spirit be among new and remain with you always. amen. >> let us go forth in the name of christ. >> thanks be to god. ♪ >> first lady betty ford died on friday at the age of 93. she will be buried beside her husband, president gerald ford, on thursday. fed chairman ben bernanke presents the report to congress for its live coverage from the house financial services committee is on c-span 3 at 10:00 eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> and a few moments, today's headlines and your phone calls live on "washington journal." the house is in session at 10:00 eastern with legislativ

amen. please stand. i believe in god. the father all mighty. maker of heaven and earth. and in jesus christ, his only son, our lord. who has conceived by the holy ghost, born of the virgin mary, suffered under pilot, was crucified, died and buried. he descended into hell. the third day he rose again from the dead. he ascended into heaven and sit on the right hand of god, the father all mighty. from then he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. i believe in the holy ghost, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins. the resurrection of the body, and the life ever lasting, amen. the lord be with you. >> and also with you. >> let us pray. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ thy kingdom come ♪ thy will be done ♪ on earth as it is in heaven ♪ ♪ give us this day our daily bread ♪ ♪ and forgive us our debt ♪ as we forgive our debtors ♪ and lead us not into temptation ♪ ♪ but deliver us from evil ♪ for thine is the kingdom ♪ ♪ amen ♪ >> give courage and faith to those who are bereaved tha

amen. please be seated. >> the word of the lord according to isaiah. "hast thou not known or heard that the everlasting god, the creator of the end of the earth fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. he gives power to the faint. to them that have no might he increases strength. even the youth shall fall faint and be weary and utterly fall. but they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength. they shall mount up with wings as eagles. they shall run and not be weary. and they shall walk and not faint." the word of the lord. ♪ [singing hymn, unintelligible] ♪ ♪ >> a reading from the first letter of paul to the corinthians. "if i speak in the tongues of mortals and angels but do not have love, i am a noisy gong or clanging cymbal. if i have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, i am nothing. if i give away my possessions and hand over my body so that i may boast but do not have love, i gained nothing. love is patient, love is kind, love is not envious or arrogant or rude. it does not insist o

amen. beyond our understanding, deal graciously with mike, jack, steve, susan, and their families in their grief. surround them with your love that they may not be overwhelmed by their loss, but have confidence in your goodness and strength to meet the days to come through jesus christ our lord. amen. will you please be seated. [background sounds] >> a reading from the book of isiah. have thou not known or heard that the everlasting god, the lord, the creator of the ends of the earth seen not? neither is weary. there is no searching of his understanding. he gives power to the faint, and to them that have no might, he increases strength. even the youth shall fall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength. they shall mount up with wings as the eagles. they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint. the word of the lord. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a reading from the first letter of

amen. most merciful god whose wisdom is beyond our understanding deal graciously with mike, jack, steve, susan, and their families in their grief. surround them with your love so they may not be overwhelmed by their loss, but have confidence in your goodness and strength to meet the days to come through jesus christ our lord. amen. >> amen. >> will you please be seated. >> a reading from the book of isiah. has thou not known or heard that the everlasting god, the lord, the creator of the ends of the earth seen not? neither is weary. there is no searching of his understanding. he gives power to the faint and to them that have no might, he increases strength. even the youth shall fall faint and will weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as the eagles. they shall run and know be weary, and they shall walk and not faint. the word of the lord. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [backgrou

all those amenities or flexibility.hris, in the piece we just watched you said renting is a viable option. the numbers prove it. renter growth has out paced household growth. new household creation for four years in a row. looking at the long term effects economically if we become a nation of renters or a larger percentage of renters? >> you know, home ownership is a great thing in terms of if you're in a stable place to do it. but there's no evidence to suggest that well run rental community, well run rental properties are bad for locations. in general. i think we are going to see -- i was just down in atlanta at the beginning of this week and, you know, a lot of sales are going to people who, investors who are looking to rent single family homes out. >> the numbers are showing a third of home sales are almost a third are investors and sometimes professional investors not like you or me or me getting in and buy agnew home. margaret, you run a real estate company. we've heard for so long for people who make their money

amenities aside, 23-year-old zander clark is at an age when some people consider buying their own homessting and purchasing a home. my father purchased a home when he was my age. so when i knew i was going to move to baltimore, i looked at properties, but i just knew that in my line of work, that i would need to be row locatable. >> reporter: as the housing market sinks he's seen friends who own homes struggling. >> it's been on the market for a year and they're not getting the price that they're asking for. that's scary to think you have to keep lowering the price. >> reporter: the numbers tell the story. home ownership has dropped steeply from its peak rate above 69% in 2004, to the current just above 66%. home ownership is now at the level it was in 1998. but even those who have the money and can withstand the tougher credit checks are opting not to buy but to rent instead. chris mayor researchs housing for columbia university bisselus school. >> i think a lot of people are saying even if i can make the down payment, i have the income and the credit, is this the best time to jump int

we find that residents want amenities within the project and very close to the project. this is away for them to accommodate what they need inside their homes. the need for secure parking on the level in which people live. community gardens, there are stations that allow for things to be done outside of the home. david will take over from here and walk you through the site plan and product design. we will finish with where we are on the process can be available for any comments that you might have. >> i am the architect. his knife cannot be here at 10:00 at night. sorry. [laughter] this is a gateway site which is a combination of three neighborhoods. as we said, it sounds like an extinct species, but it is a mixed use housing. zoning is in place, and we have in a buffer zone. the height limit which is great to have that done. we are in walking distance. it is 31,000 jobs here. it is a great place to do housing and in terms of linkages, it is located at a couple of major bike paths. it gets relocated to stop in front and is about a mile to the west and to the east. you ca

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we would like to see a return of transit connections to chinatown and creating pedestrian amenities, tracking cultural recreation and facilities on vacant parking lots. here are some examples of what has been built so far in terms of broadway street improvements. on the immediate short-term for the first phase, we can begin to see improvements, beginning to create amenities for the second phase, and looking at how we develop retail on the vacant garage frontage is and attracting active recreation in conjunction with the crowds. this is a photograph of the vacant frontage that creates a dead space all the way back. that is an example of chinatown's night market. the next was the importance of parking issues, coordinating the parking needs, the cruise ship terminal, and the plan to be developed for fishermen's wharf. the exploratorium and planning department of the cities of the north east waterfront. on the right side, the different parking garages, almost empty on week nights and half full on weekends. the issues are how to make efficient use of those

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the planning code is not reason to grant that same amenity, particularly in a case where it is clearly prohibited under the planning code. that is all i have to present to you. i am happy to answer your questions. commissioner hwang: how old is the building and how did it get to 73 feet high? >> i believe the appellant indicated it was built in 1920, before height limits existed in san francisco. interestingly, the property report i have shows built in 1996. i suspect that relates to its conversion to condominiums and live-work. commissioner fung: was it previously in storage or industrial building? >> it was an industrial building. i think it was controlled by a lithography company. i am not sure. commissioner fung: the conversion was the first residential use? legal residential use? >> it was the first live-work usage, which is technically commercial use. vice president garcia: is there no way around this, no way you could get a variance on high? there are variances on lots of things. >> height is not variable. i was intrigued to hear the notion of an elevator. those are subject to s

. >> amen, amen, amen, amen. that's just great stuff. that the book should be continued to be read. it's a great book. it's a great story. and the shape of moral ambition in america is the shape of story. and, you know, that's why we're living in a post-literate culture where people are going to the movies to get their fix for what novels do. novels are not dead but it's certainly migrated to the screen and the way in which people consume information watching john daily versus, you know, even cnn or watching cnn as opposed to reading the "new york times" or reading the "new york times" as opposed to the guardian. so there's various level in which people consume information and, you know, i don't think we should be elitists about it. even as we're rigorous in our exploration of the ideas there. so i think the spike lee film is the greatest black biopic made i would argue. i'm saying which was deeper than that. and there are -- there are like three or four segments in that film when denzel as malcolm is doing nothing but spitting fire at white supremacy in a way you wish obama could d

. >> amen. >> somebody said amen. >> i did. >> i got an amen. >> i think we can all agree the video would have been much better if all of the terrorist acts were done by hot, white women. >> absolutely, that would have been fine. >> preferably scantily clad. >> by the way, the whacko conspiracy website info war says the reason dhs focuses on white people all the time, quote, has little to do with the color of a person's skin and everything to do with the fact that white middle class american rtz biggest road block when it comes to expanding control over every facet over american society. >> that is definitely a conspiracy. >> dhs and fema with the black helicopters and the u.n masters are trying to establish a new world order with a one world government. >> you got me. what about the t ry-lateral commission. >> don't get me started. >> and i i don't -- >> is it called conspiracy? >> it is the quad raw lateral commission as far as i'm concerned. it has gotten that bad. >> it has. eco freaks mad at the beckhams for having four kids. i do agree that harper seven is a worse name than gallapag

amen. [applause] >> thank you for those inspiring words, doctor.we have to use our imagination. this is a large space that we will have within the next 18 months a beautiful state of the art library. if you can imagine hundreds of youngsters walking through the door here on third avenue, going into a wonderful spacious children's room, full of materials to inspire and have their creative juices flowing. then we will have another wonderful space on this side for teenagers, for them to be in a save in welcoming environment, for them to be created to develop their minds. what better place than a neighborhood library? behind me, a wonderful courtyard to enjoy days like today in the bayview. where you are seated in front of me, we will have an amazing collection of books, materials. this will be 25% bigger than the library that was already here. state-of-the-art with computers, wi-fi, providing access to our young people's. a wonderful community programs, lectures, to really represent the spirit of bayview. how about that for your new library? let me al

. >> amen. >> amen. >> love you, son. >> after visiting her son, irish de'arborne will take beau jr. to the women's unit to visit his mother. >> we're going to see mommy. seen daddy, going to see mommy. >> this is the ritual we do every weekend, every other weekend. takes awhile getting through the lines and waiting onlines, but i figure it's worth it, because if i was in here and couldn't see my baby, i'd want somebody to bring my baby to me. >> it's a little hard, because i can't touch him. i haven't touched him since he was born. i hope so, i think so. he sees me every weekend, so i hope he does. >> oh, you ready, huh? >> i pray he does. because he smiles and all smiles and stuff. but if not, when i get out, he will. he'll get to know me good. peek-a-boo. peek-a-boo. peek-a-boo. he's so happy. >> he is. >> he wakes up happy. >> it's really hard on me, it really is. ever since he was born she's been taking care of him. it's a lot of work, and i thank god for her every day. i hope this is all done and over with so i can get home and help her and be able to be a momny. >> love you. >

my growing hard on >> he seemed amenable. he got cold feet? may be he lost interest. ben shrugged. who knows. i would be with us in the second. i am serious. don't you feel abandoned. it's a three way honey, i don't think two people can feel abandoned. he might be late. i looked at the clock again. 25 minutes. only hustlers can get away with that. he's not a hustler? ben turned and looked at me. you think i bought us a hustler? how pathettic tic do you think we are? >> i sort of felt like he targeted us. i didn't get that sense. may be i'm wrong. ben smiled. you are disappointed. no , i said, no just annoyed. he pulled down the waist band. i don't need a mercy suck. he looked up. mercy suck. whatever. undeterred ben got down to business. mercy i said, there was when mr. johnson knocked on the door. you may have figured it out by now. to us, he was still the great dark man. a mythical man or object to desire. it was probably why we jumped to attention. jesus. tucking the incriminating evidence. wait. let this go down first. >> why? i don't know. seems rude. ben widened his eyes at m

amen. >> amen. >> love you, son. okay. >> after visiting her son, iris will take beau will go to the women's unit to visit his mother. >> we see daddy, we see mommy. we do this ritual every weekend, every other weekend. takes a while to get through the lines and waiting on the lines. but i figure that it's worth it because if i was in here and i couldn't see my baby, i'd want someone to bring my baby to me. >> it's a little hard. i can't touch him. i haven't touched him since he was born. >> does he know where you are? >> i hope so. i think so. he sees me every weekend so i hope he does. >> oh, you look. you're ready, huh? >> i pray he does because he smiles and all smiles and that. but if not, when i get out, he will -- he will get to know me quickly. >> peek-a-boo. >> peek-a-boo with momma. >> going to play peek-a-boo. >> peek-a-boo. >> hi, momma. >> he's so happy. >> he is. he wakes up happy. >> it's really hard on me. it really is. ever since he was born, she's been taking care of him. it's a lot of work and i th

sidewalk cafÉs, cultural amenities, we're very focused on the cultural.we set o out to become the number one cultural center of the state of florida. everybody kind of snickered when we said that ten years ago, and then last year american living magazine ranked us the number one city cull culturally in america because of things like the museum and the expansion of fine arts, the florida orchestra coming to town, lots of other things. lots of focus -- we brought a grand prix to st. petersburg. the indianapolis 500 is still the best irl race in the country, but even tony george said st. petersburg is second behind indy. so that counts for us down there. and i'm going to close with midtown. and we focused on the poorest part of our community with probably the most effort. certainly during my first term and then into my second term as well. and why do you do that? why do you focus on the poorest parts of the community? when i ran for mayor, people said why should i put my money into that part of the town? not everybody said, but it say that. and i said, well,

. >> amen. god bless you. >> to learn more how you can pray, visit our website at cwnews.org. it is there you'll find links to the 30-days prayer focus as well as e 3 partners. later on "christian world news"...>> walking in the tunnels of jerusalem. we found the bell in the tunnel. >>> archaeologists in jerusalem discover a tiny gold bell. see how it could be a priestly gold garment in the time of jesus. >> welcome back to "christian world news" we have been talking about praying for the muslim world during the month of ramadan. the bible tells us to pray for the peace of jerusalem. and the jewish state is facing a serious challenge after ramadan ends. muslim nations are backing palastinian calls recognizing a palastinian state. that could happen in september. joining us is chris mitchell. tell us what is this all about. who is for it who is against it? >> many of the muslims supporting it, a lot of nations in south america are recognizing it as a palastinian state but it is not official. palastinian authority is going to ask to see if they can recognize a palastinian state.

the cities are ranked on how easily they can walk to amenities. survey was down by a seattle company. >> and it will be hikeable in san francisco with all the hills. >> i'm sure we would win that one. we probably would win the one with the best weather in the country. it's not too who had here but a friend of mine sent this from quad city. there are four cities in illinois and iowa that are on river. they had heat index of 131. this is direct sunlight but that is white camry with light tan interior and it says 178 degrees. how hot it can get in a car in direct sunlight. how hot it is. >> back here at home, we have hot weather too but nothing like that. beautiful picture from mount tamalpais this morning, looking to the south way off in the distance you can see ocean beach no clouds. let's talk about the temperatures that are hanging around. we are running about 56 in half moon bay to low to mid-70s around the bay shore and low to mid 80s inland. temperatures are about 6-12 degrees warmer than they were yesterday at this time. santa cruz, 61 to 72

the cities are ranked on how easily they can walk to amenities.urvey was down by a seattle company. >> and it will be hikeable in san francisco with all the hills. >> i'm sure we would win that one. we probably would win the one with the best weather in the country. it's not too who had here but a friend of mine sent this from quad city. there are four cities in illinois and iowa that are on river. they had heat index of 131. this is direct sunlight but that is white camry with light tan interior and it says 178 degrees. how hot it can get in a car in direct sunlight. how hot it is. >> back here at home, we have hot weather too but nothing like that. beautiful picture from mount tamalpais this morning, looking to the south way off in the distance you can see ocean beach no clouds. let's talk about the temperatures that are hanging around. we are running about 56 in half moon bay to low to mid-70s around the bay shore and low to mid 80s inland. temperatures are about 6-12 degrees warmer than they were yesterday at this time. santa cruz, 61 to 72 in

we hope it becomes more amenable to republicans. we have improved the program integrity language to allow for more savings by combating government waste and fraud. we have removed a measure that would raise revenue by selling the spectrum, some $15 billion which will be done. we should do it now, which would have -- but it caused what is called a blue slip problem which says if you have any revenue measure, according to our constitution, they have 0 originate in the house. so to present the so-called blue slip problem, i just eliminate it from this bill. it was $15 billion of of $2.5 trillion. we also added a process conceived by my friend, senator mcconnell, to allow two additional votes over the next year and a half, two motions of disapproval before the president can raise the debt ceiling. this proposal also protects social security, medicare and medicaid benefits, but as you can see, this amendment was designed to appeal to our republican colleagues as well as to our democrat colleagues. we're willing to listen to ideas. i have

. >> now and at the hour of our death, amen. >> reporter: outside visca's house, word comes florita been to meet the healer. >> i love her so much. i love her so much. >> reporter: a man whisks her through the crowd. onto the terrace. and into her prayer room. no telling if any of this will heal her stage four breast cancer, but for 30 precious minutes, she seems to enjoy pure religious ecstasy. while outside, a sea of faces looks up, hoping for just a taste of the same. >> the power of prayer. we'll tell you what happened to florita and bring you the story of miracle seekers right here in america's heartland, tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. on "primetime nightline" beyond belief. >>> just ahead, her story is inspiring. but it also exposes shocking flaws in public safeguards against sex offenders. i don't even know anymore. [ tapping ] well, know this -- for a good deal on car insurance, progressive snapshot uses this to track my good driving habits. the better i drive, the more i save. it's crystal-clear savings and only progressive has it. nice. this has been a public savings announcement

they must must sign off for restaurants, trails, and other amenities. tribe members said they will not leave until they feel the deem is done. >>> 300 volunteers spent the day picking up trash. lee said he has been so busy he has not had time to think about launching a campaign for mayor. >>> give yourself exfrom time across the gold -- exhave a time -- extra time across the golden gate bridge. the close jury a $1.1 million project to make it safe during the earthquakes. workersers will complete the tran in addition to the new term in the route. everything will reopen tomorrow morning at 11:00. >>> the car pool lane is supposed to encourage the idea of driving with others but it's fading away. census data shows more and more drivers are commuting alone, especially in the south bay. 10 personality of drivers are car pooling come -- 10% of drivers are car pooling. experts say the trend could be more people working in the suburbs where they live, not the major downtown area. >>> the road not traveled tonight, it's been nearly 24 hours since the cal tran sh

i walk in and marvel all of the amenities that we have, and units are so precious in this community. i can only thing, how many hundreds of others wanted to be in this situation? and they would want to have a mayor, board of supervisors, city and state agencies all working together in a less political setting, more in a community, social goals setting, where we can collaborate and put our money together and work with wonderful banks, like wells fargo, and others who are contributing to the financing of this building. it is not politics that rules the day. it is people that have great objectives that put down the barriers they can. the biggest barrier is the barrier of poverty. to put that away and to just people can live in decent housing all their lives, and the city can benefit to that goal. i want to thank everyone here who worked together on this. those that had to move tenants around in the building, keeping everyone safe. and while the construction was going on, there was a fire in the tenderloin a few months ago, and the president needed to have an emergency place. you are sta

as a department we have looked at integrating into the real amenity, with of those active stops being used in the integration of integration between 20th and church, making that a safer crossing. moving north through the park, making sure that cumberland st. has a staircase from church across the trail, working with the mta to control pedestrian, with the help of the supervisors leader's office, working with the mta to discuss the removal before -- removal below the bridge. moving toward a 18th street and church, we have mentioned this but we have significant challenges with the two. essentially, pinched points where it is hard to get maintenance vehicles through those areas. we have just begun working with john on a redevelopment plan for that stop. which, i should mention, as we work on these, they are seen as huge, welcoming interests to the park. that really is the front door of the park for the castro neighborhood. we are focused on that as well. we are at the point where the design team does not have details yet, but we will be happy to come back on that. any questions? supervis

amen. let us also pray for all who mourn, that they may cast their care and god and know the tha consolation of his love. almighty god, look with pity upon this areas of your look servants, mike, jack, steve and susan and their families for whom we pray. remember them board and mercy, nourished them with patience, m comfort them with a sense oferp. your goodness. lift up your countenance upon. them and give them peace throug jesus christco our lord amen. l amen. n and >> i am the resurrection and the life of the lord, he got believe it than me, though he very dad, yet shall he live and whosoever live it didn't believe it then me shall never die. i know that my reteam religiousn and i.t. shall stand at the latter day upon the earth and sl does this body be destroyed yet shall i see god, whom i shall see for myself and my eyes shalm behold and not as a stranger. for none of us live this to himself and no man die if to himself. for if we live, we live unto the lord. and if we die, we die unto

amen.thank you, chaplain rutherford. please be seated. good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the white house as we present our nation's highest military decoration, the medal of honor, to an extraordinary american soldier -- sergeant first class leroy petry. this is a historic occasion. last fall, i was privileged to present the medal of honor to staff sergeant salvatore giunta for his heroism in afghanistan, and sal joins us this afternoon. where's sal? good to see you. so today is only the second time during the wars in afghanistan and iraq -- indeed, only the second time since vietnam -- that a recipient of the medal of honor from an ongoing conflict has been able to accept this medal in person. and having just spent some time with leroy, his lovely wife ashley, their wonderful children, in the oval office, then had a chance to see the entire petry family here -- i have to say this could not be happening to a nicer guy or a more inspiring family. leroy, the medal of honor reflects the

residential streets as well as hinder the enjoyment of those utilizing outdoor seating and other amenities outside the corridors. we also worked with other groups to come up with a proposal before you. the legislation would require tour bus operators to discontinue using electronic amplification systems in their ohm air sightseeing buses. in 2010, new york city enacted similar legislation and tour bus destinations around the world have been using headphones systems for years. also notably, recently in san francisco, there's a precedent, one of the major tour bus companies switched entirely over to headphones systems. as the legislation is currently written, it goes into effect in july of 2011, so obviously we have to make that amendment. and we will be meeting with representatives from different tour bus operators in the next few weeks to come up with some ideas of when a good sound and reasonable implementation timeline, what that would look like. new york city gave their companies a five-year window to implement the changes with percentages every year of how much the fleets had to be mov

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what we are attempting to do pick is -- we recognize that the city business model will have to be amenable. it is good business sense to use overtime as a tool. we are not 24/7, quite, but we are fairly significant. we are attempting to break out of that blockbuster overtime and determine the appropriate level for a system like ours. we agree that you could do a better job with overtime. we have not had significant levels of reporting with overtime. forcing overtime by facility, which we have never had before, drilling down into these issues, how much overtime is built into the schedules? with a new agreement in place, is their flexibility to revise the schedule so that over time is not a given built into the schedule? looking at the approval process, what is that effort? some initiatives that we are taking to address over time issues so that it is a more acceptable level, i think that building the schedule around the agreement will make a significant difference for part- time operators. the fact that, for example, an electrician agreements, as we just negotiated with local 6, started from