lee atwater. atwater is a guy who comes out of thurmond's political shop, yeah, that really has a huge influence on gop politics in the 1980s. runs george bush's campaign in 1988. so i don't talk about haley barbour simply because this is really about, it's about thurmond's and his influence. i'm certain haley barbour and strom thurmond met many times but they were, ever coming out of different states and they weren't -- [inaudible] >> well, but atwater was haley barbour's age. they were the same generation. and thurmond had an important, i mean, thurmond was around a long time. 48 years in the senate. but it's more about the fact that haley barbour is a mississippi rather than south carolina. that he wasn't in this book. any other questions? thank you all again -- yes? >> i have one question. you were criticized by a man in "the wall street journal" "wall street journal" -- >> oh, i'm so glad you brought this up. [laughter] i didn't ask them to ask this question. >> his name is lee -- >> lee edwa

my brain doesn't stop therethv i wanted to look atwater taxi as a resource. [speaker not understood]. i want to talk to them more extensively about next year. this gives us plenty time what water taxis mean by the time it is open in 2017, 2018. >> thank you. i just want to say i think this is a truly critical part of this development as we move forward and i appreciate the work that is happening in this area. i know that supervisor wiener has some questions, but i just want to make sure that we continue to look at this, one of the top concerns of course are we going to be able to [speaker not understood] to meet this need and how do we serve it, but also not impact other parts of the city as well. and then how can we also enhance some of the existing issues that already exist in the neighborhood even without the warriors arena that have safety issues, the bike access as well as other public transit. you i really look forward to working with you and the mta as we move forward with this. i believe supervisor wiener has questions as well. * >> thank you, mr. cha

ultimately dismiss is menorahs to a large extent this is the only water at lee atwater strategy of work the refs of you know become the ones who define the terms of debate in america. i just don't know why we have more strategy but this is nothing like that however i'm fine with the heritage foundation or any organization being quote more powerful than government because the government should not be the most important most significant influence that happens in our lives but but should be in a visual activity of people that's what should be well you don't ever get out and start to this senator we should so we're seeing you as an individual should be more powerful than the government certainly certainly their responsibility should be you know as an individual should be more powerful than any corporation in america certainly the individual tell me how that works the individuals ought to be the primary liberty in. that we are promoting and here you are using a number of ways but are you trying to lay all of us i am ranting of there's no such thing as society let's go back to the question of

it happened at the dole frozen plant near atwater.released about 100,000 gallons of ammonia last night. merced county deputies evacuated several nearby homes as a precaution. but everyone was allowed to go back home. >>> it is 7:24. the world series champion san francisco giants are welcoming the return of mark co scutaro. he agreed to a three-deal, $20 million contract. he was the mvp in the national league series championship. and he smacked the winning hit, game 4 of the world series, leading to the sweep. the giants originally offered a two-year deal but when another team wanted to sign him, the giants guaranteed a third year. >>> all right. 7:24. watching the traffic this morning, the roads are wet. you have to be careful drive, everywhere, tara. >> definitely, it's really the storm that wreaked havoc on san francisco. we have so many accidents to tell you about. it will be a little confusing here on the maps. we have a lane blocked here. 280 southbound at john daly. another one at hickey boulevard. look at this stuff. right lane

we also need to share the development atwater bill. i know you had a hearing on that.e need to move that forward. that provides areas where we can help with the necessary infrastructure to deal with flooding and storm damage. it introduced the water infrastructure resiliency sustainability a such as reducing flood and vulnerable communities. it deals with those communities at sea level issues. sea levels rising and we have to do with that in the way we provide support to our local communities. as i said before, our first priority is to help affected communities and individuals to get the help they need. i would commit to addressing the problem or frequency of severe storms increasing and we can double fortunate click the safety that is posed by the storms. long-term safety must be her focus of where to protect our natural environment and the safety of our citizens. >> thank you so much, senator. while senator vitter is here, she and i discussed bringing the bill forward within the first 30 days. that is our goal. so we really are going to work and we've been working on