are. to say that 20% is somehow an anomaly is not reflective of how we as americans access health care. regarding restricting reimbursement expenses to prohibit insurance premiums, it is important to understand how a group insurance plans work. providers of these plants require 75% sun purpose of -- participation rate of eligible employees. if you as employer of providing a group plan, 75% of qualified employees have to participate. if you give some of them an hra that allows them to go out of your plan to pay for insurance premiums, that counts against her 75% threshold, which undermines your group plan. i am certainly not 25. you can tell by looking at me. if i was a 25-year-old employee, my group plan is more expensive than if i go out and buy it myself, because my group plan and my employer has has to cover the older workers, the people who are sick. that premium is higher. it is better for me to go by my own insurance plan, because it is cheaper. that means my employer might not hit t

those applications are out now. they are due tomorrow. we are going to be selecting the people next week pretty randomly, throwing them in a pot and picking the names. we are sure we are going to get a couple of hundred applicants. we are going to do it randomly at this point. it will provide case management and critical analysis at the end. we will see what works and what does not so that hopefully these programs can continue because the money will be controlled by the implementation committee. we want it to be a successful, strategic, analytical, and structurally-sound program that will make a difference to people. that is what we are doing. we are very excited. supervisor cohen: before we go, a question for you. commissioner maufas: thank you, ms. ford. i understand you have the implementation committee. are you working with the transitional-age youth? this was a task force. i think it has melted back into dcyf. are you working with them? >> we are working with them. commissioner maufas: you will have to come to the podium and state yo

you are next. peggy lang, you are on deck. >> we are happy to see you. we welcome you. my question has to do with hall, as a health service provider and have been doing so for more than 11 years, how do we protect the funds we still have in place? how can we looked at providing even more services right now for individuals with pediatric of smug, adults with asthma, and as you know -- pediatric asthma, adults with asthma, and as you know, the funds we had for our breast cancer program is now gone. we do not have funds to add. what is it that we are supposed to do? one other question and as, -- one other question is, are we obligated to a year to -- ahere to the contract as being laid out to the department of public health money comes to an individual's time being vested in support services verussus administration? if we have a small budget, we cannot help but replace staff working in administration and support services categories. so, why is it that we cannot jump around in our budget -- if in fact we know we need to spend more time in administration -- what are we being

people are worried about how much of their own preferences are being stored. how are you approaching that with regard to providing the services, all customers are more and more concerned about privacy? >> i think the cable industry is extremely careful about privacy. part of the regulations that govern our industry have talked about privacy for years. we have always been very, very careful about it. if we provide a recommendation engine for customers, it will be on an opt in basis. >> do you foresee the day when there will no longer be set top boxes at home? >> yes, that is the other half of what we are demonstrating here at the show this week. we have our services streaming directly to a samsung television and a sony television. the television manufacturers are creating what they call connective tvs or smart tvs. it is similar to the ipad. we can create applications with our navigator tune download to a television. today we are streaming 80 channels in our demonstration, the same 80 channels going to the ipad are also going to the samsung television. the tele

while many people are aging well, with health, wellness, and mobility, many are not, and are living with greater degrees of frailty. san francisco has the highest percentage of senior citizens in an urban area in california, the highest median age. 40% of households with a resident's 60 or older are single person households. one in three persons aged 75 and older live in poverty in san francisco. so that is just a taste of the challenge that is before us. i do want to say, san francisco's commitment to the elder abuse prevention -- for the center is paying dividends. since we started in 2008, we have seen over 300 incredibly complex cases of abuse. that has resulted in better communication between the police, district attorney, adult protective services, and medical providers. we have managed to separate many older and dependent adults from their abusers and have secured their help and assets. i just wanted to draw your attention to another effort in san francisco. not sure you are aware but the district attorney's office runs something called the elder death review, talking about public

[unintelligible] agencies are going to close. what are you going to do about it? they should find a proposal for subsidized job training program. it is in the city's comprehensive plan. to continue to fund the transgendered employment initiatives, we should avoid the $20,000 cut to the only lgbt services in the city. i know my time is up. thank you. [applause] >> i was to bring the divina that will share with us about the immigrant experiences. >> i'm a resident of district 6? i like to share some facts about immigrants with you. it is estimated [unintelligible] latino immigrants are 14% of the shelter out of the population, a 23% of all families living in shelters. the center in the north mission, case management, health care, and other critical services to 1700 homeless clients. south of market has a large concentration. working in much needed services. immigrants face serious barriers. they lack health insurance, access to income, and living wages. access to benefits such as general assistance, food stamps. the long-term shelter, affordable housing, and afforda

where are the jobs? where are the jobs?e are fighting a war over there, but i thought it would touch on casualties. i do not think they did anything for the american people. there was nothing that was helpful in terms of jobs programs or any of that stuff. although the comments calling barack obama a one-term president, it did not appeal to me. i thought that there should have been something about jobs, national security, and some of the other important issues. host: there was one question asked at the beginning about jobs. did you hear any good responses from the candidates on that issue? caller: that is what was so disappointing. every time there were intelligent questions, the answer, tim pawlenty kept asking, the man beside you that in the news -- -- maligned in the news. there was no action. they have got to do something. have some excitement out there. host: who surprised you last night? caller: there was only one person that surprised me and that was michelle bachman. she seemed pretty well rehearsed, but it seems li

the problem is that we are facing, which ultimately is the reason that we are here tonight and is the cause behind the challenges that we are facing. so if you could just jump in, melissa. unlike the federal government, we do not have the luxury of operating in a deficit. we have a requirement in our city charter that is ironclad that we balance our budget every year. that means that our sources, which is the money coming into our budget, half to equal the uses, which are the expenditures in our budget. right now, when we look ahead to next year, what we see -- and it is a little bit hard to see on this screen because the sources is blending into the background, but we had a little bit of good news on our revenue. these numbers are when we compare the current year to what we're going to see next year. about $37 million of improvement in our revenues, and i will talk a little bit about why that is, but on the expenditure side, we see $344 million of increased expenditures if we just continue our current level of operation. the impact of those numbers is that we are facing a $306 millio

those are the kids that are raised. they are the same families. they are kids. every dollar that we use puts lives -- every dollar that we lose put lives at risk. i could not agree more. we did work with the mayor's office and housing to get the domestic violence shelters put back into the funding matrix. we were so appreciative. you are absolutely right. there are cuts happening to violence prevention and anything we can do to work with the board of supervisors and the mayor's office and allies at city hall would be money well spent. supervisor mirkarimi: let's not forget that it was in 2006 that many of us fielded proposition a, which lost by less then half a percentage point. those who fought it for many of the same when actually have the lion's share of the public safety budget in san francisco. >> well taken. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. who is next? >> i am jill. i am the director of program services. i would like to thank you for hosting the family violence community today and for acknowledging the fact that family violence is a public safe

what are the reasons for that? what are the cost drivers that might be driving it? what are the not-controllable economic conditions that drive that? part of the issue will be pension reform. that is something that i think is on the minds of many people, not only in san francisco, but elsewhere around the nation, and it certainly will be a topic here as we look at how it is we can control some of our costs and understand where our trajectory of our budget deficit is going to be. certainly, the budget is not simply a numbers issue. it has a big impact when you translate it into the lives of our residents. when you are talking about deficits that may impact the morning commute because you write muni -- you ride muni, or whether we're talking about closing down seven facilities, or whether we're talking about impacts to services, there is an impact to residents, so i think that impact of the budget is big, as well as economic growth for our residents. >> what are the biggest issues for your district? supervisor chu: sunset district is a great district. it has many resi

there are employers that are abusing this, but most of the employers are trying to play by the rules and operating on a very thin margin. they are looking for ways to grow and expand their business. president o'brien: thank you. we have one more speaker before we go to the general public comment. mr. black? >> commissioners, rob black. thank you for the opportunity to speak today. you have heard from the proponents of this ordinance that businesses are not complying with the spirit of the law by allowing for unused moneys to return to the employer, that because only 20% of health reimbursement account expenditures are used that the employer must be violating the intent of the law, that employers are restricting benefit packages with the intent of making them difficult to use, the example primarily around reimbursement of insurance premiums. i want to talk about those three issues. we believe the intent of the law was not to enforce employers to spend money on a. the intent was to reduce the number of people who received primary care from a emergency rooms and to provide low income pe

there are five of votes that are starting at 11:05. i am trying to get it moved to 11:10, which means we could spend another 15 minutes here. we have another panel. we have senator klobuchar, senator pryor has just walked in. now, you can decide what you want to do. my recommendation would be that senator klobuchar, you ask your question, because you have been here awhile. senator pryor, whose subcommittee is all over this, is extremely important. but somebody has to sacrifice. what we need to do is let senator klobuchar asked a question, at it responded to quickly, we call the other panelists, let them give their testimony, and then we submit questions in writing and then all scrambled to the senate floor to vote on heavens knows what. is that acceptable? it is not to you, i understand. is that acceptable? >> ready to go. and thank you very much, mr. chairman. this issue can create divides, but we all know that there is some line in the sand here. for me, when you order books on the kindle and they come up with recommendations of book

so that while they are on the corridor, they are enjoying better service, but we are also allowing more capacity to get to the waterfront, as well as northern new locations and park lands. the primary backbone for this service are the three bus lines you see here. the 47, going along van ness, a limited stop service. that would incorporate a terminus event launched site that would allow connections to bart, parking at civic center garage, and other locations to get people focused on staying out of the downtown congestion, which may occur due to so many interesting attractions. the other two bus lines are the 30 and 30x. 30 would include potential limited stop service to allow it to bolster service through what is whatgenerally a slow ride through chinatown. we spoke to poke through the chinatown development center to see how we could make this service work better. not only as a benefit to the residence, but this will be running from the caltrain area through union square, up to the northern waterfront, and even having a quarter leg near the f line at jones street. that would be a key ba

clouds are things we can-- i mean clocks are, clouds are things that are dynamic. we are really good at talking about clouds-- i mean clocks, not clouds, because we can take it apart so with childhood we tend to emphasize grades and sats scores and professional skills. and these thin matter obviously. but lot of what matters to lifetime achievement are these other traits, can you detect patterns in an environment. request you attune to others so you can learn what they have to teach you. are you open minded? can you weigh the stngth of your beliefs to the strength of e evidence? these are al things that are hard to count. but they're just tremendously important how we succeed. and also how you perceive the future. getting gary mcpherson who did a research. he tookidsk hat were just starting the violin and he wantedhem to -- he wanted to figure out who was going to get good. and who was not. and he so he measured their ability with music. and that was not a great predictor. he measured all sorts of other stuff that was not great predictors but the thing th was a gre

we are here in. all of the sudden, there is this a voice that is coming through saying, wait a minute. we like the way that you have chosen to be set up in the first place. but i do want to thank you for your continued work on this. we could not do this without the help you have given. and of the staff has put a tremendous amount of time and effort into making this a lot more lay for us to understand. >> as a coment, -- comment, i don't know if you of the demographics of the people you have heard from in support of the feeder system. we actually went to more under- represented groups. those people that go out on their own initiative. their parents are saying the same thing, that we are representing that voice. although you are hearing a big onslaught recently, i wanted to make it clear what the recommendations are, representing more of the parents across the board. i am sorry that you feel like we're getting -- pitting ideas against each other. we want to move forward as well. i love your theory of a

here are pictures are from that house fire.ey were killed when basically one of the room exploded. it is called a flash. it took their lives. now, the entire san francisco police department or excuse me, fire department, also police and fire departments from around the state will be converging as well as the public. it is an open service. will tran is joining us live at st. mary's. we are born to broadcast a live ceremonies, the procession and everything else going on beginning at 12:30 p.m.. we will bring you inside the service. it might be difficult for you to get to add 12 to 30 in the afternoon. -- it may be difficult for you to get to at 12:30 p.m. in the afternoon. on our web site, you can share your thoughts. as we have a team coverage. it is going to affect you even if you are not going to pay your respects. there are so many road closures. >> are we are going to bring in george to talk about it. surface streets are shut down, but a major highway as well. >> a stretch of interstate 280 will be closed later this afternoo

think you are. we are proud of you. we thank you -- i think you are. we are proud of you. we've thank you. yet given as i have. everyone at this table who has spent the night his state senate after we were attacked offered to go to war to get osama bin laden and decimate al qaeda. they are finally getting osama bin laden. that was a huge movement. according to leon panetta, we are down to about 50. as i but that it, before i go to war, that is the most difficult boavote. we did what we said we wanted to do. i will ask this. we have trained security forces. i had to break it down. we have spent $30 billion training them. that in the chairman of the committee. he served on it. we are desperately seeking $60 billion. he said, oh my goodness. it is my understanding. i need 6 billion per year to keep people working. this issue is really a matter of not only the lives of these soldiers, but everything else. on many occasions, and this is a sovereign nation. they stress this. it is growing every day. he put it all together. you wonder why they are looking at 2014. i was hopeful t

we are expecting better outcomes. these are highly integrated. they are capable of producing some of the base results. a lot of what is in the act is driving that type of delivery system reforms to a more efficient and better outcome based system at a better price. the fact that studies have shown over and over that a large part of the health care dollars is going to customs procedures and things that are not working some range as high as $800 billion a year. they are going to various procedures and tasks. they are not getting a good thing for the buck. the ultimate verdict in how successful we are is changing the way we pay for health care. it is opposed to the volume base payments that occur in medicare. would you agree with that? >> i would. there are things that are on track right now. i know this was brought up for criticism today. or is the work at the institute of medicine is doing in changing the fee-for-service system into a fee for value system. what happens in medicare will drive the health insurance market and how they reimburse with

there are a lot of problems here. there are consumer problems. when only have some bad banking practices, and at the end of the day, will also have the tremendous impact. finally, in order to get all of the gun and try to do it as efficiently as we can, we are reorganizing the office. as a matter of fact, i am reaching to fry the partners that we will work with a look

in your view are these legitimate sanctuaries' or are they battalions as they are actually describe in some of the islamic writings that were uncovered the holy land foundation trial or i even know the prime minister of turkey had a poem that he used to quote before he became a legitimate -- >> president obama -- >> host: great said mosques are battalions. what is it? are these now a place where a moderate muslim can either be brought into the fold and become a potential terrorist or somebody like carlos bledsoe who doesn't have any connection at all can be implicated, radicalized and turned on his own family and country? >> guest: absolutely. i describe how i have been in the mosques from coast to coast in america and europe i've been in the mosques and interview the e mom's do it i'm not just sitting in an air-conditioned office i'm getting on the ground these are my first hand observations and experiences, and i have to tell you far too many times in american mosques which by the way it is estimated some 80% of american mosques have saudi funding behind them. very problematic becaus

>> let me say first the streetscape, bicycle, and other improvements are about having streets that are usable by everybody. we have found that there are a lot of people who are very concerned about pedestrian bicycle safety, the livability of our streets. my next slide will show this is really the only funding source available for those improvements, and they are part of st. safety. and this is not just a resurfacing bond, but a safety bond. we also believe when we are going into the streets and improving them, muni, because it carries so many passengers, is a key part of our transportation system, that women are making these improvements in the street -- when we are making these improvements in the street, improvements to muni should also be made. with the st. transit signal infrastructure, the mta does not have any other identify the source of funding. >>supervisor chu: i'd think many of us recognize the need to have transit improvement work, whether it is the signals we are talking about in this situation, among other things, for muni. the question is why this comes forward with a s

these are folks that are making all of this happened. thank you for being here. i would like to welcome our host and chancellor from city college to welcome you and opened this up, dr. don griffin. [applause] >> thank you for being here today. i hope you are excited about mission campus. this is one of our finest campuses, but do not be fooled -- we have nine others, most of which are larger than this. we are very excited about you being here. one, i think you made a commitment to go to college, and college has made a commitment to you. we are trying to, this summer for the summer bridge, make college real for you. in other words, so there is no getting lost or confused about how to get financial aid, counseling, and all those things. this program here is for the students. we have a model at city college -- we have a model at city college -- students first. any of you who want to see me and talk to me, what we have recognized in the city is that unless we can double the number of students actually going through and getting college degrees, we are in trouble. san

they are positive things that are happening. while it may be true that the first wave of online-only journalism tended to be national and international criticism and opinion, which got the name of blogs, what we are actually seeing of the local level is something even more exciting than that. as newspapers have become challenged, and we have seen, sadly, the destruction of capabilities of newspaper and local television stations and other media in the local arena, we are seeing a new layer journalism being created at the local level. some startups such as the "bases and close " in san francisco, "texas tribune" out in texas -- there have been others that attended some similar things -- are starting to use a digital- only medium to provide a layer of local coverage. after that, the other positive things that i see our outfits like -- are outfits like patch and yahoo!, which is looking to create semi-pro or citizen journalism to take place, a new layer, stuff that was not covered at all before. observational community-oriented jour

so we are doing that. we are building all the promises that the city has made about breeding the city. we are having them here in this community, and by the end of the project, we will probably have some aspects of our streetscape that are enviable to other people in more privileged areas and areas that have not had to protest. because we are getting semi- permeable pavement. i do not know too many places in the city that are getting that. we are getting trees. we will have air and better lighting, but our work is not over. we still have to try to drive down the crime in this area, to stop the dumping, public dumping which goes on every day on the corners of newcomb and newhall. we hope that because of the attention we are getting and because the weather in the cap that we can give to the mayor by realizing this plan, that it is a model for a resident-driven program. because we have worked really hard. our seniors have worked hard. our neighbors have worked hard to realize the dreams that are beyond many p

the buses are slow because they are contending cars crossing, double parked. we need to figure out how to create better use of our streets. looking at crosswalks, how you can have better timed crosswalks. maybe we could have more crosswalks to crossed diagonally across the street. overall, our budget, we are in our fifth year of major budget deficits. i have been chair of the budget committee for the past couple of years. i am still involved in budget issues. i want to make sure i can be helpful to my colleagues who are grappling with our huge deficit. it is inevitable that we are going to make painful cuts, so how do we do it in a way that will minimize the impact to every day san franciscans, how can we keep our parks in good conditions? how do we maintain our safety net for public health services, public security services, public safety? all these are critical decision that need to be made. the pension question is something that comes up. the cost of our pension liability will cost the city, especially because of our investments in the market have come down

there are a lot of problems here. there are consumer problems. when only have some bad banking practices, and at the end of the day, will also have the tremendous impact. finally, in order to get all of the gun and try to do it as efficiently as we can, we are reorganizing the office. as a matter of fact, i am reaching to fry the partners that we will work with a look for ways to make the office and better run and a more efficient office. our priority will be public safety. white collar crime. who and how to do this in a more efficient way. >> home the morning. the san francisco police department budget for the $471 million, of that, 90% of that is salaries, fringe benefit, so what and so forth. it comes out to about $11 million that i have been given back. $11 million of that is personnel. that is the only way that i will be able to give back that $11 million to the city. in a perfect world, we have between six and eight officers that retire each month. i will have to have a least three academy class's just to maintain that 100 person retirement

but we are part of military, so we are active duty. they are all officers. they all have degrees in some sort of health and science. they are doing everything from medicine, nursing, administrative medicine. host: who are they doing the services for? guest: there are agents throughout the country and throughout the world. when cdc response to an outbreak, many of those are our officers working at cdc, fda, or hhs. host: all medical degrees? guest: health degrees. some veterinarians, dentists, administrative, lab techs. host: what is the average salary? guest: comparable to civilian salary in that area. whatever a physician makes -- and it is actually the very same salary as any other military. we have the same salary and benefits as other military, so we are one of the uniformed services. host: we were talking about the nation's debt and the talks going on. how can this country afford to pay 6500 people the salary that they might make in the private sector -- physicians, veterinarians -- pay them to not only be and our country but all across the world? guest

what are the conversations that are ongoing? what are the plans about how afghanistan, with their meager tmp, how do they afford what we are building them in the projects and his army we are building for them? it is difficult for me to figure out what happens to this army when we leave? they cannot afford it. >> on your first point, i want you to know that if i am confirmed, i really do want to work with you closely with regard to the contacting issue and sustainability. i share your concerns. i know how that has developed. at the same time, we have not paid enough attention to that issue. i would like to work with you in trying to improve that aspect. with regard to the issue of afghanistan, i share your concern about where they are going to draw the resources they need to sustain the army and the police force and to be a country, to be able to carry on their responsibilities. that will be the governance challenge we will face their, to ensure that as a nation, they will develop the revenues they need to govern the country. tha

in libya, taxes are for free. -- taxis are for free. they are engaged in every facet of it. the 120 ngos started by libyans in the past three months, people doing lots of interesting things. even my people who are business people are involved in humanitarian work, in media, we have moved one notch from being business people into being activists. >> what can the united states do? >> i think the obama administration could lend the transitional council money because there is no money. you heard of one libyan- american who used to teach at the university of washington, who left his post in the mid quarter and join the revolution and is now finance minister? will he does not have money. the libyan money has to feed the population. that would be something that the u.s. administration, the obama administration needs to do, help people right now. there is a humanitarian crisis. their 100,000 libyan refugees into nation. -- there are 100,000 libyan refugees in tunisia. they are very limited. at least the money that libya has in the united states would be helpful. >> could you give th

they are having a big fundraiser. i will stop by there. >> you are? >> i am. >> they can meet you at the oakland zoo this weekend? >> they can. >> i would go for that. [ laughter ] pam brings up a good point. there is a lot going on this weekend. don't panic. just make sure you plan ahead and realize the traffic implications and staying home on a beautiful weekend is good too. let's go out to the golden gate bring. southbound 101 traffic looks good. this is the middle of tourist season and we have people coming into san francisco. westbound bay bridge traffic looks good so far. this week has not been good at the bay bridge. we've had lock delays -- we've had long delays. this is 237. it's still light getting across 880 and heading across 101. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir. on this friday morning. patchy low clouds. a little cool out there under mostly clear skies. it will be good to go for sunshine. breezy conditions. some of the lows kenwood 46. i did see a 44 at wood acre. mill valley 48. attar ton 48. yountville 48. san ramon 49 degrees. bl

we are like a bank except we are nonprofit. we are 501 c 14. we are insured up to 250,000. we build credit. what we do a lot is one-on-one counseling. we are also a part of the bank of san francisco, so we do pay their lending -- payday lending. we help people build up their credit before helping them to get a bigger loan amount. especially people who want to start a small business. credit unions offer micro loans. we do a lot of micro loans up to $50,000. this is -- we check credit. we need a business plan. then we look at the three-year tax return and that statement. we do a lot of home care and mom-and-pop shops. we also do start ups. we asked for approval through documents. we work a lot with people who do not know how to file taxes properly. we are mainly focused in san we are mainly focused in san francisco.

fire officials are getting worried. >> all three fires are suspicious in nature along a walking path with easy access we are concerned about fire starting one this early in the season and two, we do have some body starting the fires. >>> those fires have burned dangerously close to homes. >>> meanwhile bay area crews are getting ready for tomorrow's start of the official fire season a wet spring that is helped spur a load of growth, wild fire fuel in the summer months if anybody can help it is neighbors, everybody needs to work together to give their home it is best chance of surveying a wild fire should one happen -- surviving a wild fire should one happen. >> where this becomes a neighbourhood issue, he may do a great job of this but his neighbor down the road may not and that fire travels up into the canopy and working its way up the canyon. >> now all that fresh vegetation could mean a busy season as we said for firefighter across the state. homeowners need to be vigilant especially you out there in wilderness areas, protect your property. some tips fire crews are saying keep 100

some people are wondering what the corporate industries are going to do in a hyperlocal space. i do think there is space for everyone to work together. one of the questions i'm interested in hearing about is whether the corporate entities are interested in working with local entities. we have been working with oakland for the last year-and-a- half, and i have a background in oakland activism, and it has still been difficult for us to get headway as an organization. that kind of community involvement takes a 24/7 kind of commitment. that is slightly different than the commitment it takes to run a yahoo! new site. i'm interested in with the challenges will be, but i'm much more interested in what the opportunities will be. if we keep saying in our own spaces and not asking how we work together, there will be a problem. right now, we have the opportunity to come to the table and ask how we work together. in another two or three years, i did not think we will have that opportunity. >> how do you deal with those challenges in the mandarin and cantonese communities? then i can anthon

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however good we are, we are not that good. there is an overarching element for this entire discussion. secondly, i think duty was bought on when she talked about discussions on rolls of the road. hot -- rules of the road. we are going to have to evolve over time to try to protect commercial i.p. overis in china's interest time. we were able to sit down with an implacable enemy. we could discuss first strategic arms and then limited. there is a way forward here that requires government involvement. the second part of the rules of the road it doesn't apply to this case but applies to other cases. they were pretty much rules of the road in espionage. the things that we did, that the kgb did it that we did not do. it does not apply here, but i think the concept of the rules of the road, and an official and public way, also an official and private way is something that brings the great actors together. as judy said, there is the problem of patriotic criminal efforts that are either in it for their own commercial benefit or they are

there are firefighters here, as well. some of them are serving as pallbearers. two of them will be driving the casket to church. san francisco firefighters built the structure that will hold the casket. it was a test project but it was a labor of love. engine 26 is the men that carried them to the fatal fire, they will carry them today. engine 18 will carry tony valerio. one of the drivers is the man that drove them to the hospital last week. he says he is feeling pretty awful today. >> what they are having today is a celebration and honor of vincent perez and my brother anthony have a lerio. everybody is proud of what they did. it's totally amazing. what they've done four our family is totally above and beyond what we have expected. >> lieutenant perez and firefighter paramedic valerio were the first runs to rush into a burning home and they were overcome when there was sudden flash over in the home. the last time the san francisco fire department lost two firefighters in a fire was in 1946. firefighters tell me that valerio and perez would be overwhelmed by al

they are up at 10,000 the, and that is where they are -- they are up at 10,000 feet. we are fighting a war, a big war, and has to do with how big is the guy you are fighting against. in terms over war fighting versus anti-terrorist body, i do not see the taliban are any of the others receiving the kinds of materials to make them a material danger. they can be a pain in net -- a pain in the neck, but getting the momentum as far as raw materials, i do not see them getting that. that is separate from them remaining as terrorists. >> i don't think the connection you suggest between al qaeda and other networks is the primary driver there. particularly in eastern afghanistan. the hakkani network is probably the most dangerous insurgent group the u.s. is dealing with. they will require pressure from inside pakistan to neutralize its capabilities more so than fighting in eastern afghanistan. i am moderately optimistic that in the next six months we will see some action but against that network. >> i would like to thank the panel for their fascinating remarks here. thank you v

we are going to follow-up on this, and we are going to expect -- we are going to work cooperatively with you and your staff. but if you have any authority now is the time to exercise it. >> thank you, gentlemen. mr. solomon is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman for holding this hearing and mr. sunstein for being here. what is the process for determining whether a regulation is subject to executive order? >> the basic idea is it is significant meaning does it have $100 million annual cost on the economy or benefit by the way and $100 million in in pact dennett can be deemed significant also if it affects a factor or an area so there can be something that falls short of the $100 million threshold but nonetheless an economic effect or generates novel issues of policy or law. so the net is wide but it doesn't include routine or mechanical kind of daily monday in things. >> i have right here a proposal to a disapproval of oklahoma's implementation plan for the regional i and i talked to you a little before about that. epa proposes to disapproved the plan and they did what

there are a few that are no longer being operated. host: with your number one priority in terms of infrastructure and capital investment? guest: the infrastructure with primarily on is in the northeast corridor. it is from washington to boston. it is not completely owned by amtrak. that is not often understood. we own it. the state of connecticut, new york, and massachusetts also owns significant pieces of the corridor. it is over 100 years old. we have used that investment and wisdom from 100 years ago to the maximum extent to improve. that is why our acela trains have such speed is because of the infrastructure. there is a need to rebuild that for the future. host: in 2010, it averaged up to 28 million riders. why the increase of up to 6 million? guest: like to think it is because we're doing a great job. we pay attention to safety, customer service. we try to get the job done for the public. there's also an outside effect going on. people are focusing more on rail because of higher fuel prices and the need to improve the environmen