the 34th america's cup. i believe in what the america's cup event authority and risk- management have created, and i believe that this will be a great benefit to san francisco and the global community. if any of you have seen an ac-45 up close and personal as the media did yesterday, it is thrilling. it is one thing to watch the boats practice, another to experience a recent firsthand. the america's cup showcases beauty, speed, and state of the art technology. when they compete on the bay, people will become fans. please pass this legislation today to allow the america's cup to happen here. it will bring local jobs and economic stimulus, create new public access that will be a legacy for all along the waterfront piers,19, 23, 27, and 29. the public will have free access to watch races from land. the america's cup will inject funds to renovate the dilapidated piers that without this will fall apart and is repair. lastly, the america's cup is a sustainable sporting event that honors the city of san francisco.

i love the hymns of america. i love the beauty of america. i love the people of america. will our veterans and armed services personnel raise your hands? thank you, sir. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] there is another verse i love. the founders of this great country did not just write for their time. they saw beyond the years. the principles they put in place in the declaration of independence and the constitution are enduring principles. when they said we were endowed by our creator, they did not say we were given those rights by our government. [applause] life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. in america, we would be free and we would have the occasion to pursue happiness as we choose. we could not be told by our government but we would be doing. we would not be limited by the circumstance of our birth. this would be the land of opportunity. for hundreds of years, people have come here from all over the world, seeking the opportunity, not seeking checks from governments. if you want somebody who will promise opportunity, vote for me. [applause] i will

in america. i want to talk about what we can do together to make things happen. obviously, the first and foremost, we have to do something to get this economy going. the first order of business, as a look at what is happening right now, we have to do something about energy prices. the price of gasoline in this country is going up and it will not be going down any time soon. [applause] this is not just an economic issue. this is a national security issue. look at our involvement in the middle east right now. oil prices are going up and gasoline prices are going up because of the instability of the region from which we get so much of our energy. things are only going to get worse in the next few years, unfortunately. the last half a million barrels a day it will go offline within the next five or 10 years. we will not have enough production to keep the alaska pipeline flowing. if it gets under 350 million barrels a day, the pipeline stops. it slows down to the point where it does not flow. as a res

this is a benefit of the america's cup events. they will be freely visible and accessible to the general public to watch for land for the first time in its 160-year history. san francisco will reap the benefits of press coverage to bring visitors here well past the time of the america's cup event. that is something to consider as well. i urge approval to keep these important events on track, expected to benefit over $1 billion not only now but for years to come. chairperson chu: there is another microphone on this side we can turn on. >> i am a member of the bay area association of disabled sailors, and an avid sailor for the last seven years. the most fascinating thing about america's cup and why it is in san francisco is that mr. ellison already won the trophy, and it is here. we have it. what i am a bit confused about is we built a stadium for our giants. we are looking at the forty- niners. but there is no guarantee for them to be the winners, is there? mr. ellison has already brought home the cup. as it stands, we are in a po

i would not allow the city or the america's cup to have this. i would advocate that is a whole and it all works together. thank you. >> good evening, supervisors. eric brooks, representing the san francisco great party and the local grassroots organization of our city. how many development deals have we seen where this happens? we get to the end process, we are at the 0 hour on a huge to the bad deal, and at the very last minute, repeatedly during the same day, we're seeing amendments to the agreement. i would just suck at what many of you have already said that as supervisor. i would just second what many of you have already said as supervisors, we need to see what is written on paper and make sure that the parties have signed on the dotted line. the environmental community has already been asked to accept a lot of impacts that it does not agree with. the people of the city of san francisco are being asked to accept billionaire developer is controlling large swaths of their waterfront for the rest of the century, essentially. the budget analyst

america south.so presumably we're going to see jamie dimon falling from the sky one of these days from one of these alter funds. have a parachute there is jamie splat well returning to this soap opera of america mega trash fifty million users data set to be deleted. so you know mega upload was shut down by the department of justice they had a ten day warrant search warrant they took all the data they needed and they said here to the host the service providers they said you can delete any data you want now now there's some controversy or not whether they'll allow customers to actually retrieve their data but the fact is joe baca donuts who has his own data uploaded to mega upload he's deleted whoa that's a pattern of destruction of private property america supposedly the capital system is built on private property not the communal property of the defunct political systems of bygone days of communalism no no we have private property that's makes the country so grade all except one we lost the brillian

it is getting harder in america. it is getting harder to make ends meet because of a government that is crushing us every single day with more taxes and regulations and the idea that they know better than you how to run your life. that ultimately is what this race is about. it goes down to the very nature of who we are as americans. are we a country that believes in big government? or do you believe free people and a free economy and building a great america from the bottom up? what do you say? [applause] well, we put together a plan of the first 100 days of what we're going to do. it is how we're want to get this country turned around. the first thing is what is on the rise of a lot of people's minds, the rising cost of energy. we could put millions of americans back to work if we would unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of our energy sector of the economy. we can drive down prices, a decrease dependency on foreign oil. we can do it all, but we have a president who says no. we have a president who went opportunity t

perhaps the first in america, certainly in san francisco. i have tapped the talent jane to my right, who has been working in the department of technology. he has been the leader in open data government efforts in our city. i would like him to now come into the mayor's office and be the point person for us to declare that we want that innovation in the heart of the mayor's office and helping the departments figure out how they can use innovation and how they can be connected with nonprofits like code for america, to get not only their data, but even their business practices more efficient and transparent. he is our chief innovation officer for the city. he will be working alongside me in making sure the mayor's office, working with the board of supervisors, has at its helm, with the proper authority, a corporate visibility, leadership in making sure innovation is a part of everything we do, both in leading the departments and our efforts to innovate ourselves out of the many challenges forthcoming. i think we need an innovation that the mayor

i believe in america and the right course of america. i believe it is to restore the principles that made america the hope of the earth. young people coming out of high school, college, they are finding they cannot get jobs. dick armey said something interesting. he said the american dream is getting your kids out of your home. [laughter] we have too many kids that come out of high school or college and cannot find work. this president has no plan to turn around the economy, no plan to eliminate the deficit, no plan to fix medicare or social security. he is out of ideas, he is out of excuses, and in 2012, we will put him out of the white house. [cheers and applause] several months ago, i put this little book out. this book is called "believe in america." i laid out in here the things i would do to get america's economy going again. i said in here that there were parts that had to come together. it needs to be brought together as a whole. i laid out a number of things i would do. ideas on entitlement reform. i laid out ideas about reducin

thank you all and god bless america.

pier 29 is part of the america's cup village. as i talked about with the other venues, they were able to assess the break down and timing needs to have. it would be premature to say when they can get out without reassessing what they have to do to get out. if we could have the benefit of that time we could report back. president chiu: how long is that going to take? >> as soon as we can engage in the discussion. would your next meeting -- that is next tuesday. we will have an answer before that. president chiu: ok. supervisor chu: thank you. >> there were two of the recommendations we made. one that i did not see in this response. one was to required to it -- the event authority to retain piers 26 and 28. the reason is the dda reads that they can be returned to the port. the port would lose the rental revenues. i did not see that in those recommendations. the other one was to -- the with the proposed dda works, they have a basement that was established in the dda. there is a delay and no escalation in the rents by c.p.i.. from th

>> our guests on "this is america," dr. zbigniew brzezinski, former national security advisor for jimmy carter and professor for -- at john hopkins university, author of "the new york times," best seller, "strategic vision, america and the prices of global power." captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the key for coming over and visiting, once again. >> -- >> and thank you for coming over and visiting, once again. >> it is once again. >> yes, you are right around the corner. how have things changed in the last 25 years? >> fundamentally. things have changed for domination in germany, involving communism. and then american supremacy. over the last 20 years that supremacy has become more difficult and uncertain. they have become more politically active in the world the way that all of humanity is politically active. the balance of power has shifted from west to east. politically, we live in a very different world. >> when people say that american power is of the blame, is that real or imagined?

again, we do support the america's cup. we just ask delaware to progress in. -- we just ask you to plug us in. san francisco has so much to offer in the arts and cultural community. we have restaurants. we have entertainment. for example, in the excelsior, they have a wonderful annual festival the host. in bayview hunters point, the fifth annual arts festival is coming on board. the have amazing blues artists and lots of visual art work for children and their families. we have our dog patch community, which hosts many salons and bars. there is also the sunday streets event of the mayor's office posts on an annual basis. the all be going on during the america's cup in 2013. we urge you to support the arts during the america's cup. thank you for your time and consideration. >> my name is lauren chavez. i am managing director of wee players, a performing arts company based in district 1. we create large-scale traveling site-specific theater that transforms public space, support community engagement with local park resources, a

even as america's spending government outspends not only america's ability to pay for it but by some measures the world, even as it follows britain into the dank hit of trans generational dependency a failed education system and unsustainable entitlements, even as it makes less and less and mortgages its future to its rivals for cheap chinese trinkets most americans assume that simply because they are americans there insulated from the consequences. >> guest: yes. i talk about the anglo-american moment because i'm trying to frame it the way the rest of the world sees it. the fringe intellectual class thinks that at two century anglo-american dominance is coming to an end. a particular view of the world that began -- not to intrude on personal grief but began in the battle of trafalgar and continued two centuries since is coming to an end. the chinese take a rest broader view and think that half a millennium of european dominance is coming to an end and the world is reverting to a natural asiatic view of things. that is not a view weather on the american left or the american right, ho

i think america needs to build. for example, i'm told this is a huge demand in china for big, heavy machinery. they would buy it from the americans if the americans were producing it in the volume they needed, but they are not. that old stile style industrialization america isn't happening anymore. >> i think it is a nice idea. i just don't think it will happen. i think we have entered a new period with new technology and things that have never been developed before, that i think we can do here, but i think we have a big problem of how do you get the people back now to work? we can't wait until all of that happens. they need to go back to work now. and since the jobs aren't here, they have to create a job for themselves. >> donald trump says one of the problems is you look at china which is swallowing up american debt on a daily basis and china is obviously mass producing very cheaply with very cheap labor a lot of the stuff the world is consuming. is it time to have a trade war with china. it is time to america too

>> i think that in order to keep america great, we have to keep america creative.eate. i don't think that anything great in this nation has ever happened without creation, whether it is the wright brothers or with bill gates or rest in peace with what steve jobs did, and so many great things, but the basis of america, it is about creating, even if it is just creating freedom. we have always been about creation. you look at it. if you have the billionaires and the kids are running around and partying in the hamptons, the only cure for their lives if they are bored and have everything is to create. sometimes creation is the best solution to create. now, not destruction, but harmony. we need to make sure that there's art in the school. why? why should art be in the school? because if art isn't in the school, then a guy like steve jobs doesn't get a chance to really express himself, because in order for art to meet technology, you need art. you know, it is not like, oh, it is technology, you need both. i think that we need to maintain that balance, and that's where peo

isn't it important to work from philosophy rather than america is broken that america remains a greatuntry. it just has to be brought back up, again. isn't that a better way of looking at this? >> no. america is a great country. the people are broken. it's people right now are broken because they can't feed themselves, they can't get a job and take care of their kids and keep their cars. they can't do anything. our spirits are broken. >> the problem, a lot of people -- when i grew up, you could buy a house with a 5% depoz it. you are talking 20%. i bought a house and had to put down 35% deposit. the banks are not lending like they used to. the same wall street and institutions brought this country to their financial needs. now, awarding themselves the same bonuses but not lending the money to people desperate for their homes. >> these people could, if they wanted to, buy a home with 3.5% down by going to fha. if they have been listening to suze orman, don't buy a home unless you put at least 20% down. you don't want to be in a negative equity position starting in 2013 because the tax

yeah, it's halftime, america. and our second half's about to begin. >> i'm a bit of a sucker, it's halftime in america. that slogan, the gutteral feeling captures something i think the obama team has been attempting with mixed results to project. the idea of it's halftime in america is an idea we are now mid-way through a project of national reconstruction, there is promise and possibility just ahead and we have survived and come through the worst. that ad i think more than anything else man abled to project a theme the obama campaign has been struggling toward. that ad is about the auto bail out specifically, a specific piece of policy the president pushed through. the reason the auto bail out is important because of all the recovery policies put in effect by president obama that is the one that has most directly and visibly borne fruit. it's difficult to prove to people without the stimulus package things would have been worse though every analysis says just that. to say to people that gm is now the number one c

not something to be condemned in america. well, we also need to create that opportunity for people to rise. and i believe manufacturing is the key to that. people say, well, why do you have -- why do you create manufacturing differently, and i do. i don't cut the corporate rate for manufacturers to 17.5%. we eliminate the corporate tax for manufacturers. there will be no tax, period. we create the opportunity for us to compete. say, well, why do you treat it differently? because you here in detroit have to compete against countries all around the world. who want your jobs, in many cases took your jobs. and so we need to have a plan in place in america that understands the competitive playing field that you're on. we're not going to move the bank overseas. we're not going to move the retailer overseas. all of those other folks compete internally, by and large. you don't. no manufacturer really competes internally or just internally. you compete with a world that wants what you have because they know that manufacturing, making

laura luster, a consultant to the america's cup event authority. i have been assisting them with crafting the america's cup workforce development and small business inclusion planting. this plan was developed by the event authority in partnership with the office of economic and workforce development. the san francisco human rights commission and the office of small business and other city departments contributed as well. in addition, the event authority got input from communities, business, and labor organizations, all of which provided a very valuable feedback. the entire process over the last several months has produced a solid outcome-driven plan that i believe will put san francisco residents to work and ensure contracting opportunities for local small businesses. this afternoon, i am going to provide you with a brief description of the main elements of the plan and i light -- review its strategy is and highlight outcomes. there are two primary components to the plan. the first is the small local business inclusion portion, and the second is th

we worked on "america's got talent." we have had dinner, what do i have to say to you to convince you that it's time to you did your duty. >> if i run, i'll announce it here. >> it will be fantastic. >> i group in new york. >> i know you did. >> go back. >> i could go to all the yankee games. >> i really enjoy our conversation. >> jerry springer, always great on this kind of thing. coming up next, one of america's top cops in protecting the country in this post osama bin laden age, bill bratton next on maybe this vacation wasn't a good idea vacations are always a good idea ♪ priceline negoti - - no time. out quickly. you're miles from your destination. you'll need a hotel tonight we don't have time to bid you don't have to bid. at priceline you can choose from thousands of hotels on sale every day. save yourself... some money [ male announcer ] engine light on? come to meineke now for a free code scan read and you'll say...my money. my choice. my meineke. he's also the author of a new book, collaborate or perish, reachin

that is the secret of america. that is why you have seen other countries try to copy what we do here. even in the last couple of years, we have tried to help other countries be like america. they find it hard. they cannot quite do what we do. we are different. we are exceptional. we did it from the foundation the right way. we believe in free people. my grandfather came to this country in 1925. when he came here, he spent the first two years, he left my father and his family behind. he came here as a proud italian-american. a shout out for the italian- americans. that is my name in italy, too. guess where my grandfather came. he came to detroit and he worked two years in the auto factories here in detroit. he was not a red wings fans, i just want you to know that. sorry. he came here and worked two years and then he went to the coal mines of western pennsylvania. when my dad came to this country, that is where he came. my grandfather came to this country. he was not promise any government benefits. there were no go

if felix was done and see, it would be called the america's cup. that is how big it is a pen to we have the best financing, a technology. we have the guts, the will. most of all, this is about pride. to use a good faith effort for hiring is just bush league mentality. this local ordinance is the strongest ordinance i have ever seen. thank you. >> i represent the green party and local grassroots organization, our city. down in southern california, on the yacht races are not drawn in the crowds they are expecting and that we wondered about what will happen here in san francisco with the crowds. there was some speculation as to why this is happening. i can tell you why the numbers are not higher. the occupy movement has been out there for months reminded people that this country and even the planet is becoming a place where it is the wealthy people's playground and the working class and the lower classes do not get to participate. we don't get to play. when it comes to an exciting sport like this, it is really crucial that if you want to make this a b

i'll retitle this segment though, a goldstein answers america.o guy about the current state of the political ads. i want to say one thing, this current campaign is half over and yet we may not get a better epithate then newtitics is a na vicious and horrible business. he said that when five of ten ads in iowa were negative. many aimed at him, that late december to bring us up to speed at how i looks now, tom goldstein, used to be at the university of wisconsin and director of thei said, knows more about the data and the ads in the race than anyone els on up, tom. >>. [ applause ] >> so tom you have to settle forenn,ot th wrong, no big deal. start by shg a number of ads that are currently aired in the republican presidential primary and then what i want doout whatg on currently but put into context what the use and effect of negative ads are. let's start by looking at the ads. >> it's the story of a lost city. lost opportunity. lost hope. a story of failed policies, failed leadership. the story of smoothd talking politicians, insider deals, and ga

i attribute most of this growth to the america's cup. our club is a leading indicator for the path to economic stimulus and local jobs creation that we see. are city desperately needs this type of stimulus and jobs creation. our small business is living proof that we are already seeing it. please approve the recommendation to allow san francisco and its residents to enjoy the myriad benefits of the america's cup. thank you. chairperson chu: next speaker. >> good afternoon. jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce, representing the chamber and the alliance for clubs and system of growth. we have been given the right to host a world-class event in san francisco, which will sell the city to the world. we are going to get rebuilt legacy peers and infrastructure that the city and the port of ben, by and large, unable to figure out for decades how to maintain and how to put to good economic and recreational use for the people of san francisco , and recreational purposes. we have the opportunity to do some great projects built around the

the arts and the humanities do not just reflect america. they shape america.president, i look forward to making sure they are a priority for this country. [applause] it is now my distinct privilege to present these medals to the award winners who we have here today. and as the citations are read i'm sure you've gotten extensive instructions from our military aides. [laughter] >> the national medal of arts recipients -- will barnet. [applause] the 2011 national medal of arts to will barnet for his contributions as an american painter, printmaker, and teacher. widely celebrated for a lifelong exploration of abstraction, expressionism, and geometry that marry sophistication and emotion with beauty and form, mr. barnet has been a constant force in the visual arts world. [applause] rita dove. [applause] the 2011 national medal of arts to rita dove for her contributions to american letters and her service as poet laureate of the united states from 1993 to 1995. through works that blend beauty, lyricism, critique and politics, ms. dove has illuminated american poetry

cup, and to have a positive legacy behind once the america's cup leaves. you are correct in the service in support of the america's cup will be supplemental, and there has been great care given to ensuring the daily service for the rest of us who may or may not be participating and are spectating for the america's cup. there is funding that will be raised and provided to offset the costs to the different agencies, the fire departments, the mta, for the service they are providing. to be honest, the extent to which we was a 100% cost recovery is not clear at this point. however, aside from the news that will come from the event, as you saw in the presentation last time, there is an anticipated $1 billion positive impact to the local economy, and we directly benefit with any positive impact. we see the america's cup as an ability to ship is our system, to showcase our ability to search our capacity for a large number of people, to get more people of on to me and other modes of transportation. the message is do not plan on driving to come to the america's cup,

oh, yes, i say america never was america for me but yet i swear this, america will be. brave women and men have fought and preserved the integrity of the land of the free and the home of the brave. all beautiful but heroes, in strife. 200,000 sons of ethiopia who gave their lives in order to hold the country together. and more than self their country loves. remember the 369th harlem fighters and of course, the tuskegee airmen. america. america, america may godthy souls remind. to all success, barack obama in the white house. to all success, marching martin luther king jr. on the national maul. all success noble. shalom. god bless america! [ applause ] >> please welcome the founding director. >> what a grand and glorious day, and they said it was going to snow. [ laughter ] president and mrs. obama, members of congress, smithsonian region, the museum, distinguished guests and dear friends. i am honored and humbled to welcome to you this groundbreaking ceremony to the newest smithsonian institution. the national museum of african-american history and culture. i just love

isn't it important to work from a philosophy, rather than america is broken, america remains a great country. it just has to be brought back up again. isn't that a better way of looking at this? >> no. america is a great country but its people are broken. its people are broken because they can't feed themselves, can't keep their cars, they can't do anything. so our spirits are broken. >> part of the problem is, when i grew up , for example, you could buy a house with 5%. i bought a house recently in america. i had to put down 35%. the banks are no longer lending the money that they used to. the same bankers, not all of them, that you could argue brought this country to its financial needs. now these people and all that, if they wanted to, they just by going and listening to suze orman, don't buy a home unless you put 20% down. if you have a negative equity position starting in 2013 because the tax laws currently in place, you bought a home for 200,000. it's now worth 100,000. now you do a short sale. you do not have to owe income taxes on a primary residency between the 100,000 and 2

that's existed for the last two hundred thirty years in america the john f. kennedy our nation's first catholic president described in one thousand nine hundred eighty i'm going to need an america where the federation of american and have home. i know come up with probably good to have a president who could be catholic out of whack and no product in minnesota would count home depot i believe in america but i think you may not have a catholic product and know what you're waiting for no reason your body think to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public act of it if you're santorum so the j.f.k. is speech disgusted to him so much it made him want to throw up that's because santorum believes in the america that existed four hundred years ago in massachusetts when people were having their ears lopped off for thinking impure thoughts or being tortured for public kissing he believes in america the most closely resembles the taliban or saudi theocracy complete with the religious police or contraceptives are outlawed sex education

america is back.applause] we have in the heart of the american people all we need to make sure that america get back on the right track. we get back the white house, get back the senate, if we get a amera contract to create jobs and continue to be -- we get america on track to create jobs and continued to be the shining city on a hill. [applause] it was three years ago almost to the data and that president obama was on the "today" show and he said, if he could not turn the economy around in three years, we are looking at a one-term proposition. we are here to collect. [cheers] in this country, we have almost 24 million people that are out of work or have stopped looking for work and are just in part- time jobs and need full-time work. do you know what has happened to median incomes of america? over the last four years, they have dropped 10%, the median income, even as the cost of gasoline and food are up. i have had the opportunity to go into various homes and i was surprised. i was getting my hair cu

it's going to south america. it's going to europe under any circumstances unless you pass my amendment to keep it here. that's the canadian plan. don't you understand? that's their plan. and if i cape from louisiana or texas, i'd going along with opposition to my amendment. by the way, if you come from louisiana or texas, vote against this amendment. i'm telling you this right now. vote against the marky amendment. i give you this warning. tex texas, oklahoma, louisiana, vote no. if you come from any other part of the united states, i do noent he what you're thinking. this oil is not going to the united states. it's going to other countries in the world. >> the gentleman's time has expired. before i recognize you, i'm going to take the chair's prerogative and ask my friend from massachusetts a question. when we all know you were an entrepreneur as a young man and you were selling ice cream at red sox fenway park. isn't that correct? >> this is true. >> did you only sell ice cream to people that said i will eat i