i understand that tracking attendees in our meetings would require additional work from our offices. the reason for the recommendation because without knowing who supervisors are meeting with it's impossible to track with registered lobbyists are meeting with supervisors. i am open to alternative ways to track them. this amendment only says that we will consider an ordinance and i am happy to work with colleagues on a manageable solution for this. the last i think it's the last recommendation i have is page five lines 14-23 recommendation number 21. amend this to say that the board will not implement the recommendation that the ethics commission has provided be given -- that the board will not implement the recommendation that the ethics commission -- of the ethics commission -- there is an amendment about the ethics commission provide -- allow for staffing for a secretary and while it's important to add to the ethics commission what they have been increasing is staffing increases is investigators so i think it's appropriate that we follow those recommendations of the hick thick comm

what will be different is that the candidates will take questions from the attendees.y believe this will play to the strengths of governor jed bush who may have a long way to go to win over the crowd. c.p.a.c. is about winning. the winning of the straw poll results is what matters most. >> for the second year in a row, as you can see, kentucky senator rand paul run with 31%. >> that only counts at c.p.a.c. rand would love a repeat his father ron won the poll twice, and that's all he won. with 13 potential presidential hopefuls and a dozen stars addressing c.p.a.c., the g.o.p. shows that they are for limited government and unlimited speeches. >>> let's bring in al jazeera political correspondent michael shure to dive into this. it's a jam-packed slate, i guess, if you look at it that way. what can we learn about the spoption presidential candidates. >> i think what we can learn is who will stake out the ground. this is not for the faint of heart republicans. the people that weigh into c.p.a.c. are trying to would you the voters. that's why they are trying to take that g

what does that mean to you that conference attendees can take away from that?, when our organization was contemplating the theme for this year, we wanted to -- especially on the heels of our 25th year last year, we wanted our attendees to really consider how they would make their mark, their impression, on society. so we wanted everybody to go into the conference experience thinking what am i going to do to do contribute. what am i going to leave in terms of a lasting impression and what can i do to take action around that. >> this has affected your life. this is your second year as president. how has it affected you personally and professionally? >> well, it's certainly an honor to serve in the role. and i serve alongside an incredible group of board members and team members. it's a burden to think of all of the important work that still needs to be done towards advancing women and attaining gender equity. and heavying women to achieve their ambition. and as an organization we're continually trying to craft a program that really meets the needs and expectation

past attendees include sheldon adelson, supporting pro-israel causes spending $100 million in the 2012 presidential elections with meetings raising as much as $50 million a pop. the departments have taken on hush-hush affairs to rake in money from big timers. launched in 2005, vocracy alliance aims to: attendees include bill soros and tom steyer who donate some 73 million in the 2014 midterms. some worry that dark money will allow the rich republican or otherwise to advance their interests above others. >> fear of the wealthy, too much influence on elections goes war back history. there has been legal challenges striking down limits on all campaign spending. saying that it was a form of free speech. >> 1976 was the first year of a publicly funded presidential campaign. jimmy carter defeated his opponents. for years they gladly accepted the money. >> i ask you not to participate. >> president obama became the first presidential candidate to turn down federal money. his campaign raised a record $750 million. in a 2010 citizens united decision, it was ruled that companies could spend mone

. >> conference attendees are working on a plan to work against those groups. what they consider terrorism. better understand its roots and how to prevent it in their communities. egypt's president wants to create a pan arabian force abdel fattah al-sisi says, to count tercounter i.s.i.l. and other groups. >> translator: because of the challenges the region is facing and our nations is huge. we will be able to overcome such challenges when we unite together. >> what he says is the threat of terrorists limiting certain freedoms in the country. this comes as the government there released a report about the hostage standoff in sydney last december, the man took 17 people hostage in a sydney cafe. the new measures could be stripping citizens of their passports. andrew thomas has more from sid in. >> in his speech tony abbott said the terrorist attack threat had never been greater. double the number of potential threats that there were just a year ago. he said there were 90 australians traveled to the middle east to fight along with the islamic. they could pose a th

some attendees are planning a walkout during his appearance. attendees also heard from a governor who didn't need to take any crowd packing measures scott walker. >> i want a commander-in-chief who will do everything in their power to make sure the threat of radical islamist terrorists do not show up on american soil. >> like many governors who have run for president before there you see walker testing out ways to build his foreign policy credentials and the gop has spent both of obama's turns fixated on domestic fights but it looks like politics moves pretty fast. joining me now a gop insider, brian darling. he left his post as senior communications with senator rand paul. he's now at third dimension strategies. how did scott walker do and what did you think of his attempt to talk foreign policy? >> well i thought he was very well received. i think the crowd loved his energy and the fact that he took some shots. he was throwing out some red meat. i think that's what these guys want to hear. that's what the conservatives that come here want to

our first priority was to ensure that the city could transport and house attendees seamlessly and make sure our delegates have the best possible experience and execute a convention that was safe and secure and make sure that the city has the resources to put on a unique large scale event. our process was a year long effort to dive deeply into the logistics and capability of each city and putting on a convention that we know is complex and it's primarily a business decision for us. philadelphia had the strongest bid in each of those areas what is more philadelphia will put our party's values of inclusion opportunity on display. >> by the way we are streaming this conference call online at 6abc.com. once again, plenty of celebrations here at city hall as mayor nutter receives the official word from debbie wasserman shultz, the democratic convention coming to the city of brother love next september. >>> and pope francis arrives later this year, he will be in town three days in september and his visit is expected to attract 2 million people to the city. stay with "action news" as philadelp

. >> also we want to thank our cocktail party attendees as well as the rope liners.gie love's book is out now. you can buy it pretty much anywhere good books are sold. we will be right back. ♪ >> we are live 24-7. >> the big motown speech as well as what is going on in the world of politics. "bloomberg -- "taking stock" is next. [inaudible] >> i am pimm fox and this is what i am taking stock of four wednesday, february 4, 2015. the european central bank shut off money to grace as the ecb doubts the great government will follow existing rules. the great prime minister -- greek prime minister spoke about finding a solution. >> we want to write correct this -- re-correct this framework. this will be a

>> just to put the exclamation on it, all of these numbers are amongst likely republican caucus attendees that is a problem. >> let me ask you one question before i move onto chris christie, back in october when we polled iowa republicans, we had him at a 28% unfavorable and now he is up to a 43% unfavorable, so they like him less. what explains that? >> john, i can't explain that and i don't think they got to know him better because he had not been there, but i think the bush brand name with republicans conservatives and activists is not very good now. i don't think that name has a very good reputation right on a lot of republicans. they have not been exposed to him really, john. >> back in october, he was not very popular in iowa, 39% favorable, 49% unfavorable, now the favorable has dropped by three points, and the unfavorable has risen to 54%, i don't understand how that me is a good candidacy in iowa. >> that is good news for jeb bush, maybe this will dissuade chris christie, but the only good news for chris christie is that there is only one more person who is just as unpopular in t

>> suffice it to say, i don't control the attendees of meetings. >> reporter: that prompted republicany gowdy to remind democrats of their own partisanship problem. >> we have a doj lawyer who contributed the maximum to the president, and that's who's supposed to be investigating. >> reporter: deputy ig also told the committee he believes some of these tapes were erased his implication was they were intentionally erased but he added further investigation is needed to confirm that suspicion. jenna? jenna: and so it continues doug. thank you very much. a few minutes from now, we're going to delve deeper with our political panel. one guest says this scandal could get even worse. gregg? gregg: well, the latest details now on the showdown up on capitol hill. we are hours away from a deadline to fund the department of homeland security, and now fox news is learning that house lawmakers are considering a stopgap funding measure that would prevent, in effect an imminent partial shutdown of the agency when the clock strikes midnight. but there is no indication that democrats would ever support

disclosing the attendees at our meetings is critical for tracking lobbyist activities. if the public doesn't know who we are meeting with it, it doesn't know when we meet with elected officials. i understand this will create additional work for our staff but we can just to the -- adjust to the process and adding our names to the calendars. this week my office staff will be including my meetings. this will promote transparency. lob just the -- lobbyist and members of congress have always been at the bottom of the list. it's important to providing transparency and compatibility with who we are meeting with will promote trust from the public. the rest i will submit. >>supervisor london breed: thank you, madam clerk, colleagues, today i'm excited to joining mayor lee in entering a resolution of a $75 million grant to the hospital. last week, dr. priscilla chan, his wife announced what would been the largest gift from private individuals ever given to a public hospital in the united states. this $75 million grant to the san francisco's general foundation will fund the critic

. >> reporter: attendees will participate in breakout sections all day long. the goal is to stop terrorism before it starts. president obama is set to address the summit later this afternoon. at the white house, joel wauldman, fox news -- waldman fox news. >>> pakistan security officials say a health worker, his driver and two security guards were shot to death. the teen was captured by taliban militants on friday in a district close to the border with afghanistan. their bodies were found today. it's the latest in a string of attacks against vaccination teams. 70 polio workers have died during the past four years in pakistan. the taliban banned vaccinations in 2012 after u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s killed osama bin laden. in preparation for the raid, the cia stent a local doctor in bin laden's home. the man claimed he was conducting a hepatitis program. some even believed vaccines are part of a plot to sterilize muslim children. now pakistan's government has launched a nationwide program to inoculate 35 million children for polio. the world health organization says th

independence hall did not hurt philly's best but she told me this decision was really about keeping attendees revved up. >> having our delegates be able to mingle, interact wall by each other on the sidewalk, easily move i was round your ex help transportation continues to really strong delegate experience. >> reporter: party officials were improved with the number of hotel rooms near the main venues. wells fargo center, xfinity life and pa convention sent. center city hotel capacity is up significantly since the city hosted the republican convention in 2000 sand. to more than 11,000 rooms. >> we have plenty of hotels in center city that are within walking distance from the convention center. which cuts down on transportation costs and makes it very convenient for visitors and convention nears. >> reporter: philadelphia pushed hard for dnc2016. after laying low since 2000 sand 2000 sand. the sales pitch included all the usual philly locals and iconic delicacies. behind the scenes -- >> we kind of kept our nose to the grind stone. we were working very hard. we were very under the radar but we

but he also told attendees that violence rooted in religion isn't exclusive to islam. >> unless we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place remember that during the crusades and the inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. in our home country, slavery and jim crowe all too often was justified in the name of christ. >> joining the panel this week wall street journal columnist dan henning injury. and mary o'grady. >> dan, starting with you, what has this week and this brutal murder of the jordanian mean for the war and the alliance against isis. >> you raised the possibility it might be a turning point. we seem to have you can sessions of turning point in this war. >> we're hoping. >> remember when the refugees were up on the mountain. that was a turning point. the beheadings of the two u.s. reporters. that was a turning point. and now this horrific scene of the burning of this pilot is yet another turning point n. a sense, they are all real. but in a sense they all ends up in the same place, which is the white house. let me take you th

." >>> attendees mingled while they got their trophies engaged at the academy award party.ul, word to the wise. you might put your foot in your mouth like nominee benedict cumberbatch did. check this out. >> that's for me and my fiancee. my fiancee. my wife i should say. >> congratulations. >> the imitation actor just called his wife fiancee. the pair married on valentine's day. let's hope she gave him a pass. i think he deserves one. >> a few mistakes in the show. i think the one with the ring was a little bit worse. >> i think so too. he did make up for it. i'm milissa rehberger. this is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc. that's it. good job. nice coating. and get this one next. whoa! what are you guys doing? making sure nothing sticks. otherwise, we gotta scrub all this stuff off. huh, what? nobody thought of this before? what's wrong with people? dish issues? not with improved cascade platinum. it powers through... your toughest, starchy messes... better than finish's best... the first time. as if your dishes were non-stick. cascade. now

and president obama called it a brutal and vicious death cult but he told the attendees that violence rooted in religion isn't exclusive to islam. >> and lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the crusades and the inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ. and our home country, slavery and jim crow all too often was justified in the name of christ. >> joining the panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, dorothy rabinowitz and columnist mary anastasia o'grady. we'll get to the president's remarks in a bit, but what does this week and the -- and this brutal murder of the jordanian mean for the war and the alliance against isis? >> well, you raise the possibility it might be a turning point. we seem to have sub sessions of turning points in this war. >> we're hoping. >> well, isolated up on that mountain that was a turning point, the beheading of the two u.s. reporters that was another turning point. now this horrific scene of the burning of this pilot is yet anothe

we have over 100 attendees, it was sold out, we had 31 people on the wait list and more that wanted to come. the sessions ranged from how san francisco can engage in the international place making movement to how we can use city government to support the use of our public spaces and it ended on a high note of talking about innovation and how we can drive that innovation down into the communities. so there will be further follow-up, the recordings are available or will be available shortly and i think we're doing, we're going to do a little synopsis video of the day. so thank you. >> commissioner johns. >> the last weekend in february, last day of february, first day of march is the san francisco museum and historical society's annual history expo over that two day period at which we will gather approximately 50 organizations concerned with san francisco history at the old mint. we anticipate having around 4,000 people come through so i recommend that anyone who is remotely interested in the city where they live or they work should show up at least one of those two days. you will have a

. >> it will end with attendees voting in a straw poll. in the past, that has not been a good indicator of who ends up winning the republican nomination. brad bell, abc 7 news. >> now, abc 7 news at 5:00, on your side. >> after weeks of complaints and calls from abc 7 finally action from the district governor. >> the mayor issued an all hands on deck order to clear trash from streets and alleys. stephen tschida is live press in northwest washington. >> this is a welcome sight. just hours ago there was a mini mountain of trash piled up here. a crew did come through and move some of it. we can tell you all across the district, there are a lot of alleys with a lot of trash. they took off early. the goal, collect mountains of trash. across d.c. cans overflow after weeks of snowstorms and no collection. >> i have been calling for the last two and a half weeks. >> like a lot of residents, she says her appeals for help went nowhere. the department of public works granted collection crews the prerogative to decide whether alleys are too dicey to e

. >> other attendees say that the president's health care plan helped them get medication or much needed medical care. >>> now to our traffic scene out there. matt pellman is here with more. >> it could be worse traffic troubles for the tuesday trip home from work as we look live at the schuylkill expressway, eastbound slowing from 202 into the curve from girard into the south, eastbound traffic is backing up to the northbound side of the roosevelt extension that jams up to broad street like most afternoon in perkasie, a crash at blooming ridge road, stay on callow hill street to get around that and a crash at koppel hill road and warrington a crash at limokiln pike and the overturned vehicle in pitman, gloucester county. avoid avoid the water main break blocking off main street at philadelphia avenue and stick with north avenue instead and delays on the wilmington newark line because of am tract issues. >> thank you matt. still ahead on "action news," rap mogul turned suspect is transported to the hospital. we'll explain. >>> she wrote one of the most iconic novels of the 20th century n

attendees at the big democratic committee winter meeting seemed okay with the negative publicity oneinsider telling us quote even though among the group of people proneedd to anxiety attacked i have not been getting phone calls. do you think they should get phone calls? i find this troubling. having hilary clinton as secretary of state helping out a gets solicited for a donation by the clinton foundation in a few weeks. >> it isn't illegal unless it is in exchange for a favor. who gives someone that much money and doesn't expect someone in return? i love you. here is a $100,000. i am confused by that. and i guess they look at any publicity as good publicity and the old what difference does it make at this point. >> or are they overcon fie-confidant? >> they are plenty con fifidant. they have dinners bringing in like 14 cents that they gave away from each plate. the gary suniece foundation does gave the money right back to the troops and he cares utabout them. >> this is going to be hilary clinton's mitt romney's problem if she decides to run. if you practice to be pushed around the w

. >> the white house is not confirming these or any attendees. >>> can pope francis bring a divided washington together? the pontiff will make a historic address to congress during his fall visit to the united states. francis will meet with president obama september 24th before speaking with em ins of the senate and house on september 24th. he will be the first pontiff to address the u.s. congress. his message peace and compassion. the open's other spots new york city and philadelphia. >> the irs is sacking tom brady. he owes the government agency more than 60,000 dollars for winning the super bowl. he has to pay 47,000 on the share of the 97,000 he won for the super bowl. the truck he won add another 18,000 to the mix. he gave it away for being the mvp he thought malcolm butler de served it after winning the game winning interception. a billion dollars for people who were not proven to be criminals. >> it is a harsh report from the institute of justice. it says the irs sees almost a quarter billion dollars from 2500 bank accounts over a decade often without proof of any criminal wrong doing.

. >>> the cyber security summit starts at 8:45 this morning and the big name attendee is president obama existing the key note remarks later this morning. there are going to be beg news from the private sector too, including a lot of crows including ones from apple and intel, and visa and mastercard and a.i.g. and is signing an order to encourage and program note sharing of cyber security threat information. the white house announced goals for cyber security and technology advancements from the private sector including secure payment technology and a karl for legislative action including modernizing law enforcement authorities to combat cybercrime and national data breach reporting. this is after several high from file data breaches. >> i would rather carry cash i fell safer >>> some people we spoke with say another layer of bureaucracy is not the answer and president obama said the summit marks a milestone in the efforts to strengthen the cyber defenses creating an opportunity to talk about what happen accomplished starting at 8:45. the president will give remarks at 11:15. >> top techn

the islamic state, al-nusra and others are against islam >>> the conference attendees are working on a plan to fight against the group, trying to work on a definition for terrorism. better understanding its roots and how to prevent it in their communities. >> for more, let's brup bring in a somali scholar from st. paul in minister. how seriously should we take the threats made in the video from al-shabab? >> i'm not a professor of geography, but international studies, please. >> my apologies. >> i accept it. despite success in pushing al-shabab from towns and areas controlled in southern somalia, they are a powerful force in many places in southern somali and the horn of africa. their existence and provisions should be taken seriously. they are trying to create havoc in malls like here in the twin cities. i think the capacity is not there. i don't doubt their intentions. >> could you tell us about the recruitment tactics. the twin cities area has a huge population, we are seeing the group trying to recruit in other places not just that community. how effective are they with the recru

they were only identifieded on the vatican's list of attendees as a group of lay people accompanied by a sister of loretto. nevertheless, they say today's invitation was a step in the right direction. >> when the pope passed us by over here, when he was passing and greeting people, we sang a hymn, "all are welcome." that's our message. but we think that is his message, too. >> the new age ministry started back in 1971 and has advocated for acceptance of lgbt people in the catholic church. >>> new details about the fatal los angeles car crash involving former olympian bruce jenner. the associated press reports video of the crash shows jenner's vehicle rear ending two cars and pushing one of them into oncoming traffic. the driver of the car pushed into traffic was killed in a head-on crash with a hummer. the a.p. also reports jenner was not on his phone at the time. the 1976 olympic winner passed a field sobriety test. >>> i kate brown do solemnly swear -- >> that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> -- that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> bro

some attendees include the private and public sector, as we mentioned. brian flores in our newsroom. thank you. >> yep. >>> 8:09. well, this morning facebook announced a policy change that a lot of users asked for. starting today, facebook users can name a facebook estate expecter to -- executor. they will be allowed to manage your account if you die. they can respond to facebook requests and also post funeral information. up now until when facebook was notified that a us a -- that a user died, they were able to look at the person's page but no changeses could be made. >>> some bay area teens are turning in their cell phones and ipads and promising to stay tech three for the next three days. ten minutes ago, students at sacred heart was set to start stealing up their devices and envelopes at a school assembly. this is the first school to take part in a nationwide tech timeout challenge. organizers say it's a chance for students to under how much of their lives are built around and depend on technology and how they should reno cuss on real -- reno cuss on

governors wrap up their meeting with a visit to the lighthouse p we expect to hear from some of the attendees around 12:30 eastern time. we'll bring you live coverage on c-span. congress returns from a weeklong break. the senate gaveling in at 3:00 eastern time for the reading of george washington's farewell address. the house returns tomorrow. expected to work on a college savings program as well as homeland security spending. live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. there are 108 women in congress, including the first african-american republican and the house and the first woman veteran in the senate. keep track of members of congress using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. the page has lots of useful information, including voting results. new congress, best access on c-span c-span2, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> i really weekend, the democratic national committee released an interim review of the party's losses in the midterm elections. it showed the democrats lack a single election strategy. they

the papers always included miss patton is one of the attendees or is hosting a tea. they were interchangeable. no one knew which one was which. they spread out. they would cover every event in the city on any given evening. patons became famous for their tea. you can probably guess they became spinsters and were serving tea into the 1930's. two of the sisters married. the first was a gustaugusta who married john glover. glover was the first mail to live in the house. shortly thereafter, a big feud broke out with the glovers about augusta's inheritance because she had lent him money. the sisters claimed that was her inheritance and he was claiming that was just a loan to cover the political campaign. the feud got some nasty they got kicked out of the house excommunicated from the family and she never returned. edith married late and made a gentleman even older general henry corbin, a civil war general, so imagine how old he was in 1901. one of the interesting things about edith in 1901 was she still had not received her inheritance. one of the things in the mother's w

some type of security checkpoint for people entering to attend the conference, approximately 50 attendeesthey definitely thought it was a possibility, but i don't think they knew there was an absolute plot or they would have thwarted it before it got this far. >> interesting the level of security was there and they screened people inside yet they hold it in front of a cafe or inside where is there a large glass window and the gunman just simply shot from the outside/in. >> right. he was trying to work his way in. i think you can ask some questions about that security and i'm not sure how it was set up. i haven't seen any reporting to indicate exactly how the checkpoint was set up to protect people and check people that were going into it, or to deal with someone who went from the checkpoint from the outside as he did in this case. you have three wounded police officers, you have one person killed right at the location of the speech, and you wonder why one person was able to come fire 30 shots and escape basically, apparently leaving that site unharmed, but leaving three people wounded and

. >>> well the 87th annual academy awards are this sunday even though many of the attendees will go homeees never go home empty handed. there's always that swag bag with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. deputy awards and feature editor jenelle reilly breaks it down for us. good to have you here. >> thanks for having me. gerri: $167,000 the most ever. what's so valuable in the swag bag? >> well some of those prices might be inflated, because when i actually look and break down what's in the bag, i notice it's like $5,000 for a family portrait, you could probably, you know go to the mall and get something cheaper. [laughter] there's a lot of artwork, also valued at $5,000. some of the most interesting items, there is a $250 laser vibrator, actually sounds a little terrifying to me. there's actually a $250 vaporizer. i don't know, you know what they think academy award nominees are doing in their spare time. and then my personal favorite it's a gift certificate valued at $20,000, and it's an opportunity to have a life coach come meet with you and teach you -- this is a direct quot

i will say anecdotally, as i spoke to attendees, scott walker is somebody who they're really excitedi think the question is going to be whether or not he can sustained that. this is a really long -- we are months away from iowa. i think the question for him is is this the right time to be at the front of the pack? >> thank you both for your time tonight. >>> be sure to catch abby on "the cycle" weekdays at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> coming up the first lady's campaign turns five and big stars are coming out to celebrate. >>> plus it's the age-old fight, celebrities versus the paparazzi. how taylor swift made them take a belly flop. >>> and we'll talk about those llamas on the loose. need we say more? it's all in "conversation nation." meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century

the national governor's association at the white house, that is not an accident and at few of the attendeesave their sights set on the white house. and to explain it former vermont governor howard dean and former chair of the dnc and fonder of democracy for america, good day to you, governor. >> thanks for having me on. >> great to have you here. and let me start with what people are saying about another governor chris christie. is that he's gotten caught in the bubble. he is more of a front-runner than he is and he can walk around and expect support from the party rather than asking for it. i don't think these are criticisms, governor that are unique to him. can you help us understand how these early pre-campaign periods work and whether you think people in both parties are sometimes susceptible to hearing their boosters or their inner circle so much they lose track of the wider race and reality? >> i would say all of the above. at this point of the campaign there are jockeying and behind the scenes to put the candidates at a disposition. and i've said this for many months about chris chri