we are working with the bargaining units. we are having meetings with them. since we are still under negotiations with the bargaining units, we have identified classifications for those bargaining sessions. there will be some jobs in about 15 months and then some more about a year later. we are looking at all options for those positions, including matching up classifications at the housing authority with city jobs. and also while we are shrinking on the public housing side. we will still be managing about 1460 public housing units. but we will be growing on the public voucher jobs. some of those jobs will be to the voucher jobs, eligibility for example. >> so availability workers and property managers, what are the jobs we're talking about? >> and some maintenance workers impacted as well. >> so in previous years, i recall 2009, there were hundreds if not thousands of jobs of clerks in our human service agencies and as well as laguna honda and general hospital that were descaled. they were laid off and hired back at a lower rate. it was really terrible thing

and over a week we spent a letter to the bargaining units and a week after that sat down to have those meetings. to date we have had seven meetings with sciu and two meetings with special organization and three meetings with specialty crafts and to be specific about those employees that may be impacted. currently in negotiations still with all labor negotiations with the employees that work at the housing authority. we believe they have been very productive. we have a lot of work to do still. but to ensure transparency with everyone, we made promises and even items that don't need to be approved for action. we wanted to hear them at the full commission and at the recently established committees. at the residents of operation committee and finance committee. so that everyone has a chance to hear what is going on at the same time we do. just to conclude again, as we finalize the presentation. we should view this opportunity as one, that provides better housing for our residents. we are talking 27,000 residents that can benefit through improved living conditions through this program. and

with this rad program coming onboard, it's going to affect half of our bargaining unit at the housing authority. employees that are residents will be misplaced. and i want to say this is mismanagement. we as a bargaining unit took a 12% cut last june, and told if we do this, all of these variables would fall in place. and eight months later, we are told that didn't work. i believe in the 26 years i have been there, they are washing their hands of the heavy ticket items, public housing. before the asset management development came in play, asset management, which henry alvarez helped to establish with hud, and we were making our repairs. we were not hitting our scores, and when you don't hit your scores, hud doesn't give money. and you have to cut somewhere. all of them know what is going on. they are vague. we have been at the table for months. yes we have. and it seems like good faith, yes it does. but it's vague. because at the end of all of this in two years, people are going to lose their jobs. and the residents in public housing have become very familiar with employees. and you a

if player health is the issue, why is the bargaining unit just the scholarship players? at about the walk-on? the 20-plus walk-on players who aren't able to bargain and be part of the bargaining unit or the union as it's formed? so i think this is about the ncaa and if you listen to the northwestern quarterback, he has come out recently and said he will not be voting in favor of the union and the only reason he signed the union card was because he thought he could affect change with the ncaa. >> ian, would that be a more appropriate route? would that have a better effect if they were directly connected with the ncaa in trying to resolve these issues? >> look, i think it's interesting. you have a direct employer at northwestern and then you have the ncaa which in this case i think believes its some supreme entity that isn't subject to federal or state laws. and i think we'll see that play out here. there's pressure mounting on the ncaa from various fronts to address these real, very real issues that these players have. and this particular situation might create some of tha

and also our labor communications and work with our employees and bargaining units. >> mrs. smith, before you go on, is the slide set up to show the public? >> sfg-tv, we have a powerpoint. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i am new at this -- i wonder if this works. it doesn't. so the san francisco housing authority was established in 1938, under california state government code. it's separate from the city departments. and it provides housing subsidies for over 27,000 households. that's both with the housing choice voucher program and public housing. we currently have 5,372 public housing units that we are managing. that serve close to 10,000 public housing residents. the average household income is just $14,639. and the average rent that our residents are able to pay at 30% of their income is $312, which in san francisco, where the market rents are over $3,000 a month now, this is a very important resource for the city for low-income households. they could not compete in the market in san francisco. we also have 7,637 applicants on our public housing waiting list. and over 2

and also our labor communications and work with our employees and bargaining units. >> mrs. smith, before you go on, is the slide set up to show the public? >> sfg-tv, we have a powerpoint. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i am new at this -- i wonder if this works. it doesn't. so the san francisco housing authority was established in 1938, under california state

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trade union after the teams have appeared to have, tyler, effectively overruled three local bargaining units. back to you. >> all that earnings talk got my attention. what really got my attention, eight months until christmas, sir. i already bought your christmas. sheila with the market flash. >>> it's a big day for the home builders. dr horton and pulte, a tight supply of homes is helping them raise price. this suggests the market is gaining strength ahead of the crucial spring season. note the fixed year 30-year rates average 4.49% last week, down from a high of 4.8% in september. another indication that perhaps housing demand is picking up. tyler? >> sheila, thanks very much. >>> let's show you where we stand on an up and down day in the market. the industrials, dow up 20 points at 16,52 2. s&p, 1,881. nasdaq at 4,156. earlier today, up about 30 points. russell 2000, 1,14 the quote. up 1.92. peter, chief market analyst at the lindsay group and cnbc contributor is bearish. gentlemen, welcome to both of you. >> thanks, tyler. >> peter, let's start with you. you do not like the u.s. market.

they can use it against ukraine, as a bargaining chip with the united states, and it intimidates a country like moldova, west of ukraine, but has a tiny russian area. the medvedev visit, just as john kerry said, this vaccines of crimea illegitimate, the depp my minister traveling with medvedev tweeted "crimea is ours and that's that ." >> ifill: and he was promising everything to them. >> exactly. a wealthy oligarch said putin will scramble to make crimea into hong kong to compare it to struggling ukraine. >> ifill: so elections coming up in may. does kiev have any counterstrategy to keep any of this at bay? >> that is the counterstrategy. there's not really a legitimate president of the government of ukraine because yanukovich, the russian president, fled. so russia says, it's an illegitimate government, we're not talking to it. kiev, their strategy is a race against time. use eight weeks to get economic reforms going with the bailouts going, and, at the same time, bring about fair and credible elections on the 25th. they had a couple of good breaks this past two or three days. two of the

struggle, to reestablish its control over ukraine or to somehow set up a good bargaining arrangement that would bring the unitedto the table by taking crimea and annexing it the way it's doing in eastern ukraine doesn't make any sense. i agree that the united states and russia should have set down actually years ago, and hammered out an agreement that respected ukraine and its sovereignty, but i do really wonder how smart this is from the standpoint of russian foreign policy. >> how smart is its from the united states, do you think the united states is handling this well, do you think they should be more aggressive with their approach to russia now? >> no i don't. i think president obama has handled a very hard situation reasonably well. he knows perfectly well the united states is not going to go to war with russia over ukraine. he knows perfectly well the united states interest in ukraine are not as great as russia's are. trution to get -- trying to get the western alliance on board with sanctions is probably the best he can do. >> some suggest that the only way to handle president putin is to push harder aga

we know how difficult it is for the united states to negotiate, bargain and reach a different kind ofta, including issues between china and the u.s. and nafta. when we could guarantee once the bargaining finishes, he will be passed and can be taken into affect. look at the united states. we know the resident must get the trade authorization from the congress, -- president must get the trade authorization from the congress. so, we can see from this perspective china government can really provide strong dynamics for the past decades that have proven very successful exportation-oriented development. >> we have a lot to thank and the american friends, not only for establishing a dramatic relationship in 1979, during the carter administration, and is earth day happens to be october 1, our national day -- birthday happens to be october 1, our national day. we also think president clinton. that is very helpful other than the landmark entry in 2001 that helps china enjoy the frog leap when we entered into the wto, when 9/11 took place. you are pushing back terrorism, and you enjoy economic de

is jonathan pollard no longer the bargaining chip that the united states once had?bviously it is a chip that they will use going forward. >> they can use it, but you to have look at it in the context of the larger picture. how much his value is today, that is if he if his release is going to extend the negotiations, what are going to happen subsequent to that? >> i don't think much a big deal has been made out of his release, keeping him in prison. easy going to be, you know, par roled within a year, so why is it becoming so important? i don't think his release should be a precondition to anything, particularly since the negotiation is not going to really change much unless there's a change in attitude by the parties themselves, specifically netanyahu and abass. >> >> we are going to check temperatures across the nation. >> you can see a big divide between the midwest and southern portion of the plains with the frontal system and risk for severe weather. you go from 20's to 60's, ahead of where that front is in the sect tore of the warm air, you can see a big contra

we know that's how difficult it is for the united states to negotiate and bargain and to reach the differentkind of fta including even between china and u.s. and nafta. but for china, must to bargain and we can guarantee once the bargain finished it will be passed and it can be taken into effect. but look at united states. we know the president must get the trade promotion authorization from the congress and keep in mind, the senate essentially have the great power, powerful weapon filibuster. so we can see from this perspective the chinese government can really provide a very strong dynamic for what the past decade which have been proved very successful exportation oriented economic development. that's my -- >> we will include your argument as our discussion continues. weblog to thank our american friends, american government, not only for establishing the diplomatic relationship act in 1979 during the carter administration. by the, president carter's birthday happens to be october 1, that is our national day. but we also ain't president bill clinton for supper and the issue of human rights

united states first if you're an american citizen. i do not approve of what he did. >> he's long been considered a potential bargaining chip in these negotiations. and when john kerry, the secretary of state, evidently floated it some time last week, it really looked like it was a desperate move by the part of the u.s. to keep the talks alive. the talks are really faltering and so i think pollard isn't going anywhere any time soon. he evidently was coming up for parole next year. he waived his rights, but his release could be part of any future frame or peace framework if they get that. >> he is a very sick man. >> john, let me give you the other view. i was in the white house and they prosecuted him. they said this guy is a real snake. he wanted to sell our secrets, not just to the isrealis, but to others. a lot of this stuff he sent over a room full. a lot went to the soviet union. i have been told he did more damage to american security than robert hanson. it is right on the level with the rosenbergs. he got sentenced to 30 years. he is coming up for parole in 2015 and you should follow along. you should follow the law. >> it should be regar

the united states is going to keep calling on russia to try to live up to the terms of the bargain thatkerry and sergey lavrov struck last week in geneva in their talks. i do think lilet is right, the -- in a substantive way, the medium term is what's important. the problem is because of the uncertainty and anxiousness of places like united states markets, there's more pressure for this to be resolved quickly and that's what the administration has to cope with in deciding whether to move faster and much further in the sanctions front. >> all right, john, lilet, thank you very much for that. with about 30 minutes left before the closing bell, the dow is off by about 123 points. >> 123 points. nasdaq off about 70 or thereabouts. and the s&p by about 14. >> amazon is still dropping big time on wall street. easily the worst performer on the nasdaq 100 today. it's also the worst performer on the s&p 500. we'll check in for the latest on this stock. >> and we'll speak with the head of american electric power about our national grid. he's worried. know what the expes at your ford dealer think?

the most outstanding basketball player in the united states of america goes to bed hungry at mighnight. so players are interested in collective bargaining. >> the ncaa has not addressed these issues that the players are talking about. it's not about making hundreds of thousands of dollars. they want basic health care, they want some protections. they want their scholarship length and their academic achievements certainly recognized. and they need more help beyond their eligibility. why hasn't the ncaa done this? all they're doing is bashing union talk. >> well, i think you hit the nail on the head. this isn't a connect ticut problem. the basic issue is they're making money the way it is. they're able to exploit these kids, make millions between their tv revenues, their products, all of the jerseys that they're selling. and yet the kids get nothing. they don't even get enough food to not go to bed hungry. it's absurd. >> each state deals with labor differently. what do you want to do in connecticut? >> well, one of the things we're looking at is explicitly giving these athletes the right to collectively bargain. that's what they're askin

united states. former congressman allen west is here to talk about that next. jenny and sharon giving fans led more than bargained for. led more than bargained for. what led to a very when folks in the lower 48 think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. thousands of people here in alaska are working to safely produce more energy. but that's just the start. to produce more from existing wells, we need advanced technology. that means hi-tech jobs in california and colorado. the oil moves through one of the world's largest pipelines. maintaining it means manufacturing jobs in the midwest. then we transport it with 4 state-of-the-art, double-hull tankers. some of the safest, most advanced ships in the world: built in san diego with a $1 billion investment. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. and no energy company invests more in the u.s. than bp. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one m

bargained for. >> i never seen anybody clean like he cleans. @ñ >>> paul dixon's apparent breakdown turned out the be nothing more than a ruse to get moved to a better housing unitbut officers saw through the hoax, returned dixon to his cell. now he's on his way back to general population. and says he's changed his tune. he's also gotten his clothes back. >> i guess i was in the chicken soup, graduated back to the orange uniform. behaved. >> how does it feel to be in this? >> much better. i learned that if i ever do come back which i'm not going to come back to jail i'll do at any time right way and take it like a man. it's not worth it putting these guys through all types of hell, you know. >> dixon is in jail on a probation violation for third degree theft but soon will be going home. >> they granted me time served. and theater my natured my probation. so i'm waiting a little bit, probably another hour or so i should be going home, you know. and now i can see my kids. see my family again. and work my way up, get back into school and be successful and accomplish things in life. i'm too old to be coming to jail. so, its good advice don't come to jail. >> dixon's

bargaining power than individuals, even if a bunch of people were to band together. >> yes, the unions are owed billions collectively. they are well organised, they are putting up a unitedront and doing a good job of it. the individuals - there are 500 of them in comparison to tens of thousands of retirees. they are not owed a lot of money as far as the city of detroit's bankruptcy goes. >> at this point, is there a chance that they would be able to come together and be able to be a bigger power in this, get more of the money they are owed? >> it would be really difficult at this point. the quay bankruptcy works -- way bankruptcy works is you become powerful negotiators. now, there's a deal that's on the table, that the bond holders and the banks are reaching increasing numbers are reaching, and the judge will be very, very reluctant to disturb the deal, to benefit the small constituency that is not important. >> bankruptcy expert, thank you jared ellias, for being with us. >> thank you. >>> when we return - 30 years ago it was a virus only to be feared. how doctors found another way to look at h.i.v. and how it could save lives. . >> this is a completely different way

before the united states turns its attention in a more fundamental way in the eurasian theater, and that is why russia is trying to deal now, saying, look, ukraine his hands off. we need to bargainver this. there is going to be a lot of back-and-forth. but when it comes to further military moves on the scale of what we saw with crimea, we are more doubtful on that. we don't think the russians are going to move into mainland ukraine. >> i'm speaking with reva bhalla vice president of global analysis for stratfor. for the average ukrainian, what is life going to be like the next year, particularly given the demands from the international community for kiev to receive financial assistance? >> energy is the big issue here. it is not evidence that has promised raise the price of natural gas. -- that gazprom has raised the price of natural gas. in russia has no interest in negotiating with what it sees as a distressful and paralyzed government in kiev. the energy hit is going to be a big one. ukraine does not have good alternatives. there is always talk of reversing flows through slovakia to help ukraine get by, and there will be some limited measure of that, but it is not enough. not

bargain? >> taking a look at it as a result of the food safety modernization act that came through the government a couple years ago, it's just a general look at food safety in the unitedgeneral across a number of different industries, but also to increase awareness from the fda and trying to move towards a stance of prevention instead of reaction. kennedy: help me out, i know this grain is boiled, so it's not loaded with bacteria. are they worried the cows are going to get loaded? get drunk? or somehow they're eating something that's going to make them sick and we'll get sick from sickly cows? >> i think it's about traceability. there's no significant level of contamnants in the grain, it's considered microbiologically stabile to 170 degrees as produced at the brewery. it's a great food source, a very clean food source and works very well for the cattle industry as you mentioned. something that the brewers need to move on in order to keep making beer and something that dairymen and cattlemen need to feed the stocks. >> good for the cattlemen, for the brewers, and i imagine that most of the cattlemen are not the unscrupulous business people who want to drive their busi

bargain? >> taking a look at it as a result of the food safety modernization act that came through the government a couple years ago, it's just a general look at food safety in the united states in general across a number of different industries, but also to increase awareness from the fda and trying to move towards a stance of prevention instead of reaction. kennedy: help me out, i know this grain is boiled, so it's not loaded with bacteria. are they worried the cows are going to get loaded? get drunk? or somehow they're eating something that's going to make them sick and we'll get sick from sickly cows? >> i think it's about traceability. there's no significant level of contamnants in the grain, it's considered microbiologically stabile to 170 degrees as produced at the brewery. it's a great food source, a very clean food source and works very well for the cattle industry as you mentioned. something that the brewers need to move on in order to keep making beer and something that dairymen and cattlemen need to feed the stocks. >> good for the cattlemen, for the brewers, and i imagine that most of the cattlemen are not the unscrupulous business people who want to drive

bargaining, but let's dig deep on what's really going on. in 1990, the union representatives around 17% of the work force. now it's under 10%. union membership is sliding. otherwise, why would the unitedoup behind bringing the louis, getting them behind them. of course, liberals like harry reid are going to jump onboard because they're in bed with the unions. they need other forms of revenue because they're dying, so they look to college athletes. will it destroy college athletics? anytime you introduce this stuff in there, yeah, college at leads are going to say, look, i deserve more, i want more. >> he said something interesting, now they're going to reach out to other sports and women in sports. a friend of mine was talking to me about title nine, the impact on title nine, and by the way, i support this, but the question is, what about other sports in university? the fact is the football team does underwrite virtually all of those costs. >> i don't know if unionizing is the answer, however, i'm with you on this, surprisingly with the democrats on this one. the ncaa has become a huge money-making scheme. it was designed to enforce safety regulations. it has become anything but that.

units for jewish settlers as the cause of the impasse. >> that was the moment. >> he called actions by both sides unhelpful. each side says the other is not keeping up its side of the bargain. israel promised to release palestine prisoners, now it wants to tie that release to an extension of the talks due to end this month. the palestinians promised not to apply to join the unor other international -- u.n. or other international organizations, but went back on that when the prisoners were not released. john kerry faced failure and tough questions. many wondered why john kerry used so much of his own and the administration's prest eeg. >> john kerry doesn't do anything without barack obama's approval. it would be a question that the administration made a decision to devote time to the peace talk. it's easy to say john kerry is a fool. but it was the administration. >> david rowe suggests perhaps this attempt at peace is at an pd. >> if the ernst do do much they are blamed, if the americans do too little they are blamed. >> for an administration in the second term, time may be running out. >> negotiating teams met today trying to save the crumbling talks. they met the same p

united states of america. again, what is going on? what happened? we're losing something profound with that basic bargain we lose that values the built the nation to make us the greatest economic powerhouse in the history of the world. and this massive shift largely driven by the incredibly narrow mindset that presumes that wealthy investors are the sole drivers of the economy that all employees work solely by the grace of the shareholders. think about what i just said think about what i've saying. that is what today's republican party is all about. there was a bad 20 years ago to say this is not your father's oldsmobile. this is not your father's republican party. i am not making a moral judgment really. they are good guys with a fundamentally different view. the expression is the budget they just passed in the house of representatives that is the essentially the same budget they passed the last three years and the one that we litigated in the last presidential race. they say what they value. they value the things we value my dad had an expression show me your budget and i will tell you what you value.

united states especially given that. in washington foreign policy is often used as a bargaining chip for domestic policies so i'm sure yourcountry doesn't have many fans in washington pretty much like russia is it possible to actually build that productive relationship you said if you don't have the those. funds and. ability in trying to affect the american policies for sure so a limited compared with russia so the matter is not. what you can do or what you cannot do with us the matter is could you at any time at all be or. do the same thing as they do it we would look at what happened in south sudan they came and told that dan if he decided to secede from so that according to the good he went to we have to. we we have done that look at what happened in you couldn't when when the people decided what they wanted to know the worst so it's something that suits is a matter of double standards is not a matter of. we are able to to to affect the situation in this minister carter we have to take a very short break now but come back in addition to oil be warranted on was also about the relationship between religion and the state

when it comes to energy if this same thing was happening to the united states we absolutely would be using this as a tool as a bargaining tool or a policy tool to get. into the means that we are trying to achieve so you know are they using is it a tool sure and who wouldn't i mean that is one of their major leverage points all right charlie mcgrath journalist thank you for being with us here on r t it's always interesting to hear your thoughts. right now to eastern ukraine where anti-government protesters in several cities are braced for a crackdown as a forty eight hour ultimatum issued by the authorities in kiev it reaches an end in the city of lugansk negotiations with activists occupying a security service building brought no results with officials from the capital saying their demands are unacceptable earlier they warned that they would use a shoot to kill policy if the talks fail graham phillips reports from the epicenter of the standoff. in central advance could the s.b.u. building which has been occupied by ninety nine down pro russian side activists since sunday with goals and speeches demanding at the dinette

bargained for. drama . stories others who refuse to. face is changing. the picture. from around the globe. to me. the united states is in complete confusion about what it wants in the middle east anymore our main relationships are with israel and saudi arabia both powers. have wanted military leadership in egypt and that's been a driving force in this arab spring and america has fall in line with what the arab spring deedes bringing to shelter the ambiguous and indeed hypocritical relationship between western governments and the arab world on america's still funding the military and he said to me a simple single murderous on the. language . killing we kill with no intervention will kill some other. treatments good use good consensus you can. choose the opinions that you think. choose to stories get into the night choose the access to. i. think. i. like this news in the week's top stories from r.t. nato confrontation by cutting ties with moscow and flexing its military muscle on russia's doorstep. ukraine's interim government blames riot police for poles in february sniper fire deaths in kiev this hour we'll

bargaining chips, if they never get spent, presumably have very little value. has there ever been a time in your opinions when it would have made sense for the united states to say yes, the war is over, or is there such a time in the foreseeable future? >> is that for either or for both of those? >> yes. >> my own personal view at some point if we could reach her we're sort of the point where we were at in 2005 with a joint statement they came out of the early workings of the six-party talks, that yes, we should say we don't want you to have nuclear weapons and just sort of agreed that you won't. we need a peace regime to replace the armistice. yes, let's work on that. we need diplomatic relations between all countries concerned and some countries need energy and economic assistance, so let's work on that agenda. we've never been able to work out the problem of sequencing. i don't know many people in the u.s. who would argue that we shouldn't move toward an end of the war, which has now been going on for more than half a century, but when to do that is a big question and how do you sequence that with meaningful north korean commitments on denuclearization. and t