the first authorizes the sale of food and beverage from a kiosk outside the tower and authorize the [inaudible] shows and location. it will also authorize a negotiateated 10 percent cut of percentage rent to the rec park department by the lesee and provide a credit until the kiosk is up and running or the summer, which ever is sooner. by the number of amendments to the ordinance in addition to what i just presented. the first set are recommendations from the budget analyst and we are proposing to incompass the recommendations. the first is page 3 line 21 through 24. the department will evaluate the effectiveness [inaudible] make a report [inaudible] any future increase to the the mural staching credit shall be approved by the board of supervisors. the second on page 3, lines 24 and 25 and continues to page 4, lines 1 and 2, removing the amount of the credit may be adjusted by the general manager of there department if as a result of the future significant increase in siz aretership or [inaudible] the 10 tenant determines it must provide staffing beyond the staffing contemplate frd mur

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the transportation authority alter 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. come to the transportation authority offices to get more about contracting opportunity particularly for small and other businesses and thank you to you and your staff to our partners at the region and state and to the community especially our advisory committee and chair chris for their support throughout the year and look forward to 2016 and particularly to the new conversations will pressing funding conversation and ballot measures at the on top of the meeting that concludes my presentation. and i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> >> thank you, ms. chang and thank you for this terrific report schelgz. >> thank you commissioner wiener i want to talk about the conversations relative to the n tip program for the multiply implementation plan the general consensus was that that was going to be put on hold pending some additional community outreach and potential repurposing of some are all the fund i wanted to note that should be rescued in the annual report. >> thank y

the transportation authority alter 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. come to the transportation authority offices to get more about contracting opportunity particularly for small and other businesses and thank you to you and your staff to our partners at the region and state and to the community especially our advisory committee and chair chris for their support throughout the year and look forward to 2016 and particularly to the new conversations will pressing funding conversation and ballot measures at the on top of the meeting that concludes my presentation. and i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> >> thank you, ms. chang and thank you for this terrific report schelgz. >> thank you commissioner wiener i want to talk about the conversations relative to the n tip program for the multiply implementation plan the general consensus was that that was going to be put on hold pending some additional community outreach and potential repurposing of some are all the fund i wanted to note that should be rescued in the annual report. >> thank y

what do you think the reaction of the palestinian authority will be? >> i don't think there will be reaction. i think we will wait and see what is going to be the reaction from israel. the palestinian authority most probably would likes to that this is an individualistic event and it does not reflect a trend or it does not reflect a general phenomenon, because it's very, very rare that people in the palestinian authority or in the palestinian security in particular are involved in violent activities against israelis. >> will the palestinian authority be under pressure from israel now to crackdown even more on their people? >> exactly. that's the point. i think that israel will take advantage of this incident in order to increase the pressure on the palestinian authority and to try to i am perish on the international level by trying to say there is no need to have confidence on the palestinian authority. >> can israel prove that when security coordination continues between the palestinian authority. the security scoreddation -- in september, there was a

authorities have now lifted the alert. reporter: the two railway systems reopened in the early hours of the morning. people seemed to be heeding the advice of the various police chief and trying to get back to life as normal. but a heavy police presence remains in place. after the paris attacks in november, normal no longer means what it used to mean. i consider it realistic to take security measures and i'm glad. i feel pretty safe in munich. >> i'm afraid, but i haven't gotten any information on whether the terror alarm was exaggerated. maybe there should have been more of a police presence without shutting down the stations, but i don't know how concrete the whole thing was. that uncertainty is echoed by the authorities. first they closed down the stations and advised people not to gather in groups. then they said they couldn't find any trace of the supposed terrorists. once we were able to establish who these people are will we be able to check in on them. we have received nails. we can't see if they're in munich or in

the of the san francisco transportation authority i'm scott wiener the chair of the authority and we want to thank sfgovtv leo and phil for broadcasting today's hearing i want to also welcome our newest and returning member commission peskin so welcome commission and calling supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absence commission peskin and commissioner mondejar absent supervisor wiener present supervisor yee present we have quorum i thank you very much we'll now go to item 2 >> chair's report this is an informational item. >> colleagues i'm pleased to report a 5 year federal transportation bill that was passed and as i understand by the president on december 4th it is called the fyi americans surface transportation or fast act since 2005 we have a multiple spending bill to improve the transportation infrastructure xhourd our roads and bridges and bic and pedestrian pathway and transportation network we owe barbara boxer in the $3 billion bill although the telegraph hill bill lacks the dedicated funding source

certainly is a crime if you misrepresent something to a federal authority. but he certainly could exercise his right not to speak at all. you can look for sean penn, authorities can find sean penn, but does he have to cooperate? he has a right against self-incrimination and all of 0 the constitutional rights certainly that, you know, an american would have. so, in light of that without knowing more, fredricka, i don't see the criminality involved. >> matthew, you've heard on cnn here there are conflicting reports about whether mexican authorities knew about where el chapo was. before this "rolling stone" magazine went to print, so do you see conceivably that authorities would be able to track el chapo and sit on it for months before going in to capture him. to what advantage? >> if there were a tactical advantage that placed people's likes at risks, perhaps. he's known as one of the most violent and dangerous criminals in the worlden being wanted adds to that pie. there's a slew of people by their behavior sort of implicit in some sort of criminality because

re-authorization act of 2015, a long-term highway re-authorization and an esea re-authorization all of which demonstrate that authorizers have time for oversight. it's unclear whether hr-1610 does anything to actually strengthen the authorization process. as currently drafted, section 106 would actually preclude annual authorization bills like the ndaa and further diminish its oversight authority. besides relaxing oversight, biennial appropriations in particular would harmfully transfer powers away from congress to both the president and the bureaucracy. the constitution vests the power of the purse in this chamber, closest and most accountable to the people. biennial budgeting limits that responsibility. additionally, there are practical considerations which make biennial appropriations unworkable at the federal level. under an annual appropriations system making precise projections about agency needs is already difficult. formulation of the present budget begins 15 to 18 months prior to the beginning of the fiscal year. even on an annual basis, estimates of discretionary outlays and

at the world trade center, but the port authority has declined to confirm that. a spokesman said given the matter is the subject of pending litigation, the port authority is not going to comment. >> you're paying a lot of money for skilled labor to stand around. >> reporter: carol is a construction attorney and the president of the new york county lawyer's association. she says even if contractors absorb the cost of stand-by workers, it's likely they would just pass those costs on in the form of more expensive bid proposals. she says the port authority could have eliminated expensive idle workers by negotiating tougher deals with the trade unions. >> there's no question that if the port authority had sat down don't want to pay for all this stand-by time, that they would have been able to engage in some serious negotiations and would have had the potential to get some savings for the taxpayers. >> do you think taxpayers should be paying for these stand-by laborers? >> i think the contractor should be paying for it. why should the taxpayers have to pay for that? th

he has had the authority the whole time. he is just choosing now is the right time to use it >>> not haul executive orders are grand life changing, some are symbolic and some get struck down in court like the action on immigration last year. others are in hindsight embarrassing, like the decision to intern japanese americans in camps. what is the likelihood of an executive action or an executive order standing? how often do they stand or fail? >> presidents tend to get a lot of deference from court. this president has most of his predecessors have reached and others too. the most controversial part of what the president is talking about is expanding the background check system. what he is doing is he is regulating, he is doing a federal agency to create a new regulation or actually rather to change an existing regulation which defines what a business is and who qualifies for background checks. this is an issue that has stood the test of time. these regulations have existed for quite some time. it is pretty likely that they'r

the of the san francisco transportation authority i'm scott wiener the chair of the authority and we want to thank sfgovtv leo and phil for broadcasting today's hearing i want to also welcome our newest and returning member commission peskin so welcome commission and calling supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absence commission peskin and commissioner mondejar absent supervisor wiener present supervisor yee present we have quorum i thank you very much we'll now go to item 2 >> chair's report this is an informational item. >> colleagues i'm pleased to report a 5 year federal transportation bill that was passed and as i understand by the president on december 4th it is called the fyi americans surface transportation or fast act since 2005 we have a multiple spending bill to improve the transportation infrastructure xhourd our roads and bridges and bic and pedestrian pathway and transportation network we owe barbara boxer in the $3 billion bill although the telegraph hill bill lacks the dedicated funding source

mexican authorities would of course disagree. it is believed guzman is responsible for more than 30,000 deaths. now they're working on starting the extradition process but say they haven't taken a position on sean penn. >> meg oliver, thank you. >>> let's bring in cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman. good to see you. sean penn is obviously facing some public ridicule. this is the guy who's met with individuals or states who are hostile to the u.s., hugo chavez, raul castro in cuba, went to iran a decade ago. he faces that public ridicule he is unlikely to face legal repercussions, why is that? >> not only unlikely, he is not going to face legal repercussions. the reason is simple. we may believe in a moral code that says if you see something, say something. but that's not a duty imposed by there is no duty for sean penn to have to inform authorities when he is going to go meet even with someone who is wanted by the law. if it were a reporter who got this interview, who got to go on a plane and even was blindfolded, which penn wa

. >> a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale and deliver the house bond not to exceed money for the minnesota for a rental unit is alice griffith apartment t projects. >> colleagues ms. elizabeth from ocii to make a brief presentation on this item welcome. >> the floor is yours. >> good afternoon, supervisors elizabeth with the office of economic development ocii the resolution before you authorize the bond precedes to pay for the construction and related costs for alice griffith phase 3 an walker drive ma comic and other are the nonprofit housing development corporation and additional team meshes with the housing authority and other agencies at alice griffith the third phase of the redevelopment of 200 plus alice griffith site as a mixed income development with the hope sf consist with those principles no residents will be permanently displaced as a result of that cement development and the circulations will rain the same what 9 redevelopment is complete all 200 up unit plus will be replaced w with affordable units three hundred plus and inclusionary units and 200 and 37 workfo

or alleged authority.if congress won't act, i will, he tells us, seemingly oblivious, if not indifferent, to the constitutional restraints on his power. as many have noted these repeated usir pacings have serve to divert attention from a long list of domestic and foreign policy disasters. but they've also served fortunately to direct our attention to the constitution and to one of it bedrock principles, she separation of powers. that will be our focus today as we canvas the many constitutionalists of the past seven years. to do that, prefer bern -- more bernstein will speak for 30 minutes discussing the issues the book covers and then hear opposing commentaries on the book and then open the floor up to you folks for questions. i'll introduce each of our speakers before he speaks. david bernstein is a professor at george mason university school of law in arlington, virginia, where he has been teaching since 1995. he has written over 60 frequently cited scholarly articles, book chapters and studies, he is th

the transportation authority alter 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. come to the transportation authority offices to get more about contracting opportunity particularly for small and other businesses and thank you to you and your staff to our partners at the region and state and to the community especially our advisory committee and chair chris for their support throughout the year and look forward to 2016 and particularly to the new conversations will pressing funding conversation and ballot measures at the on top of the meeting that concludes my presentation. and i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> >> thank you, ms. chang and thank you for this terrific report schelgz. >> thank you commissioner wiener i want to talk about the conversations relative to the n tip program for the multiply implementation plan the general consensus was that that was going to be put on hold pending some additional community outreach and potential repurposing of some are all the fund i wanted to note that should be rescued in the annual report. >> thank y

i have worked actively on the defense authorization act. i would like to support it at the end if they would add the protection for the civil rights of americans, i would support it in a heartbeat and note one amendment i introduced to the nda that passed into law was in december a year ago. it was an amendment mandating that the soldiers murdered at ft. hood by has san would receive the purple heart. the obama pentagon fought tooth and nail against me, yet i was proud to get the support of both democrats and republicans. last april i was in ft. hood. to each of the families and soldiers i said thank you for yourselves and sacrifice, and i'm sorry it took over five years for your country to acknowledge you were fighting terrorists. >>> you've taken some real hits for your attacks on donald trump and the so-called new york values. i don't know if you've had a xlans to see them, because you've been on the campaign trail. here iss "new york post." they says cruz missiles and quote rudy giuliani as saying the country had gotten over this knee-j

he also authored "inside steve's brain."d to see you, leander. >> hi, fred. >> it's going to be hard to encapsulate it. what was it about the apple products and why was it steve job was so good at promoting them, making us all want a piece of it? >> well, it's a very -- industry, especially 30 years ago, 40 years ago when jobs got started. it wasn't for the rest of us. that was always his ambition to make technology accessible to everybody from a toddler to a grandmother. and he did it three times, four times, five times. all of these devices. he reinvented the technology industry amazingly and it was always with devices that are so easy to use, so intuitive, they were fun, and he, himself, is very charismatic. he's a great salesman. he was a great storyteller. and the products were really beautifully made and beautifully designed. they were second to up none. these are luxury products at more or less everyday prices. >> do you think it was part of his design, you know, or was it even his dream or hope that people would be s

. >> and i'll make it, it is really clear from just the staff in the transportation authority that the staff has a great everyone is working really arrested e hard to support our decisions i want to make sure that is pointed out that tilly with the leadership within the organization has been phenomenal as well thanks. >> great, thank you okay yes. >> ms. chang. >> thank you so much to each of you for those kind words i'm humbled and appreciative of our support with the recognition with the transportation authority to all the your staff and sales for giving us time and guidance and support mentoring letting us grow and make some mistakes along the way but the guidance when that happens to be improving our work there is room for feedback we're grateful for the leadership you provide on things like the vision zero initiative creating a treasure island mobility agency a computing u brand new role of 25 years we're striving to meet the community expectation as those policies get formulated make sure the impacts and investments are benefiting the whole community and understanding the weirder

authorities found more than 300 dogs... 250 cats... and 40 horses were being kept in filthy living conditions... many with no shelter. 3 capt. john kivetthoke county out here with open wounds, you've got animals out here with skin conditions animals that appear to be malnutritioned uh different things like that." the owners of the facility were arrested on charges of animal cruelty. the asheville humane society will work with authorities to help care for the animals until custody is determined by a court. 3 3 3 park ridge health is hosting a health seminar starting today. the creation health seminar begins at 6:30 this evening at the fletcher adventist church on howard gap road. this free seminiar will be held for eight weeks and is a faith-based wellness plan. it will include free health screenings and health information. 3 3 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more about what to expect in the next 7- days. 3 3 coffee prices are dropping. coming up... what's making >>holly: prices for coffee in

amber with transportation authority. the item before you today is simply as every year our state and federal legislative program. this is a program that general policy-based guidance that we also bring the matrix use to you every month on the specific bills that this program really informs the positions that we take in our overall advocacy at the state and federal level. with respect to the state mark watts is good give you a little more information about what we anticipate happening in 2016. but the big effort is around raise new revenues for transportation. will definitely anticipating in support of raising revenues, but also to ensure transit and transportation get their fair share of revenues moving forward. there is also policy initiatives. will be pursuing at the state level. probably most significantly, supporting sfmta's effort to get authorization for automated enforcement. basically, cameras see enforcement in support of a vision zero effort. russell going to be working with the other congestion agencies on ref

amber with transportation authority. the item before you today is simply as every year our state and federal legislative program. this is a program that general policy-based guidance that we also bring the matrix use to you every month on the specific bills that this program really informs the positions that we take in our overall advocacy at the state and federal level. with respect to the state mark watts is good give you a little more information about what we anticipate happening in 2016. but the big effort is around raise new revenues for transportation. will definitely anticipating in support of raising revenues, but also to ensure transit and transportation get their fair share of revenues moving forward. there is also policy initiatives. will be pursuing at the state level. probably most significantly, supporting sfmta's effort to get authorization for automated enforcement. basically, cameras see enforcement in support of a vision zero effort. russell going to be working with the other congestion agencies on ref

amber with transportation authority. the item before you today is simply as every year our state and federal legislative program. this is a program that general policy-based guidance that we also bring the matrix use to you every month on the specific bills that this program really informs the positions that we take in our overall advocacy at the state and federal level. with respect to the state mark watts is good give you a little more information about what we anticipate happening in 2016. but the big effort is around raise new revenues for transportation. will definitely anticipating in support of raising revenues, but also to ensure transit and transportation get their fair share of revenues moving forward. there is also policy initiatives. will be pursuing at the state level. probably most significantly, supporting sfmta's effort to get authorization for automated enforcement. basically, cameras see enforcement in support of a vision zero effort. russell going to be working with the other congestion agencies on ref

and together they travelled to mexico under surveillance by mexican authorities. penn would arrange this video interview and write an article for rolling stone describing the process as a clandestine horror show and encrypted messages. 2 it would be three months before they tracked him. if guzman's extradated to the united states, his admissions to penn could come back to haunt him. >> it's not clear that sean penn violated any american laws by this interview. it wasn't ethical but not >> and mexican authorities have started the extradition process to bring guzman to the u.s. to face drug charges. and meanwhile, they say sean penn had nothing s to do with the final capture of el chapo. >>> tragic news. a couple and their two daughters, 8 and 12, were killed when their house kexploded. . and it shook nearby homes. one witness says he saw flames shooting from the roof. >> to see fire that close, that big, the whole entire house, 30 feet high, it's like wow. >> authorities say the family dog made it out alive. the cause of the explosion is under investigation. >>> th

cap authority or simply replacing it? >> first off that audit was devastating devastating. no doubt that there's going to be a bill draft request or multiple bill draft requests that are going to dissolve the taxicab authority. move its responsibility to the county. specifically clark county or transportation authority. it takes legislative action, and don't think that the taxicab companies aren't going to fight that tooth and nail. they do have a lot of the political juice with the candidates. >> dissolving the taxi authority i can't see it happening because of their deep roots of nevada power. political power i mean. >> but if they took a lot of hits. price gouging. all kinds of things. do you think that's going to make a difference in the next session. while i wasn't intimately involved with like andy they were listening to the testimony and all of the different kinds of things and the credibility whether it was the nta or the taxicab authority or the new lyft. there was a tremendous amount of discussion on the validit

re-authorization act of 2015, a long-term highway re-authorization and an esea re-authorization all of which demonstrate that authorizers have time for oversight. it's unclear whether hr-1610 does anything to actually strengthen the authorization process. as currently drafted, section 106 would actually preclude annual authorization bills like the ndaa and further diminish its oversight authority. besides relaxing oversight, biannual appropriations in particular would harmfully transfer powers away from congress to both the president and the bureaucracy. the constitution vests the power of the purse in this chamber, closest and most accountable to the people. biannual budgeting limits that responsibility. additionally, there are practical considerations which make biannual appropriations unworkable at the federal level. under an annual appropriations system making precise projections about agency needs is already difficult. formulation of the present budget begins 15 to 18 months prior to the beginning of the fiscal year. even on an annual basis, estimates of discretionary outlays and

that will be the order. >> item 10. >> support the state legislation authorizing the use of annex speed enforcement on action item. >> colleagues comments or questions on this item seeing none, move to public comment any public comment on item 10 none, public comment is closed. and same house, same call? we'll take that without objection. that will be the order okay. let's go next to item 13 >> item 13 introduction of new items informational. >> colleagues, any introductions today seeing none, open up for public comment any public comment on item 13 seeing none, public comment is closed. and this is an information item item 14 >> public comment. >> in general public comment please step forward. >> a holy petitioners having completed the work of emotion of divided of non-holy mercy with the success and making success of holy people with wellness and kingdom so originally one sees holiness for the colortion of a firmerness for the nourishment of juva way of comfortable reform full of work one seize of levels and- one needs to know of chances for relationships and tommy for unity and obsta

so far we've not heard back from anyone at the taxi authority. but i have another report coming up later this evening. hopefully they'll get back to me before then. we'll be hearing from the owner of a cab company for his take on all of this. broadcasts here on news 3. i'm gerard ramallah reporting live. back to you. >> reed: we look forward to future reports. thanks. >> marie: that comes on the heels of news that the city council has approved a $50 fee for yuber and lyft drivers who drive once a month. the semi annual fee os top of the county fee and the state's requirement for a business license. >> reed: we have two big political movers and shakers coming to the valley tomorrow. republican presidential contender donald trump campaigning right here in our valley. then former president bill clinton will also be in town tomorrow rallying support for his wife's candidacy. the former president will headline an event at advanced technology academy. doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program starts at 7:15 p.m. >> marie: another wild ride on wall street

the first authorizes the sale of food and beverage from a kiosk outside the tower and authorize the [inaudible] shows and location. it will also authorize a negotiateated 10 percent cut of percentage rent to the rec park department by the lesee and provide a credit until the kiosk is up and running or the summer, which ever is sooner. by the number of amendments to the ordinance in addition to what i just presented. the first set are recommendations from the budget analyst and we are proposing to incompass the recommendations. the first is page 3 line 21 through 24. the department will evaluate the effectiveness [inaudible] make a report [inaudible] any future increase to the the mural staching credit shall be approved by the board of supervisors. the second on page 3, lines 24 and 25 and continues to page 4, lines 1 and 2, removing the amount of the credit may be adjusted by the general manager of there department if as a result of the future significant increase in siz aretership or [inaudible] the 10 tenant determines it must provide staffing beyond the staffing contemplate frd mur

i'm scott wiener the chair of the authority and we want to thank sfgovtv leo and phil for broadcasting today's hearing i want to also welcome our newest and returning member commission peskin so welcome commission and calling supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim absence commission peskin and commissioner mondejar absent supervisor wiener present supervisor yee present we have quorum i thank you very much we'll now go to item 2 >> chair's report this is an informational item. >> colleagues i'm pleased to report a 5 year federal transportation bill that was passed and as i understand by the president on december 4th it is called the fyi americans surface transportation or fast act since 2005 we have a multiple spending bill to improve the transportation infrastructure xhourd our roads and bridges and bic and pedestrian pathway and transportation network we owe barbara boxer in the $3 billion bill although the telegraph hill bill lacks the dedicated funding source we have slightly higher levels of money for the 56 y

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mexican authorities would of course disagree. it is believed guzman is responsible for more than 30,000 deaths. now they're working on starting the extradition process but say they haven't taken a position on meg oliviv, cbs news, new yorkrk >>> congressional investigators continue to pore over the latest batch of diplomatic e-mails from hillary clinton's personal server. the state department released about 3,000 more pages of clinton's e-mails while she was secretary of state. one of them is drawing extra attention. >> r rorter: republicans a aue the newly released e-mail proves former secretary of state knowingly shared sensitive information on her private account. in an exchange from 2011 a top aide alerts clinton that staffers are having issues sending her some talking points via secure fax. clinton responds, if they can't, turn into nonpaper. in other words, an e-mail. with no identifying heading and send nonsecure. the topic and sensitivity of the talking points aren't clear. that part is redacted. still, the repeplican cha

authority in this resolution is unprecedented and wise. we should not renew this authority. i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the letters from the ranking members and from minority members on the committee. >> thank you very much. without objection. i do appreciate the gentlewoman giving me these letters. is there further discussion? gentleman is recognized. >> with reference to 3762. a letter that was dreked to leader mcconnell and speaker boehner with copies to our minority leader, reed and pelosi. and it's from the american college of nurse midwives, the american public health association, american society for reproductive medicine and several others in the interest of time, i won't read them all, but i would like to lift one paragraph from the letter. it says policies that would exclude planned parenthood from public health funding would hurt millions of women and undermine health care access in communities across the country. approximately 60% of planned parenthood parents access through medicaid and title 10. in addition to those who rely on other essen

mediterranean executive authority. secretly without congressional authorization. the law says that when hostilities are involved they inform congress 1st is not given explicit approval. some people think it is entirely unconstitutional and that is not the argument the obama administration makes. legally the help. instead president obama's claim that bombing libya, killing people is not hostilities and the meaning of the act. this is ridiculous. people criticize the administration from the left or the right. as lawyers in the defense department, representing defense interests. you can do this. president obama went looking for some lawyer for some authority in the administration. they found a guy named harold koh former dean of yeah law school. he was known in the academic world for arguing the president cannot act unilaterally. even better, he argued that with president reagan bombing libya for 12 minutes that that implicated the war powers act. and somehow came to the conclusion that bombing libya for months at a time did not constitute hostilities and therefore t