do in this city, provide health care, public safety, fill potholes, and we need to continue to be proactivebout how we address the growth in these costs. one thing i do want to point out that i think is important, despite the challenges we face with the growth and these costs, despite the issues pointed to in the report, there are some really important things that the city and county of san francisco has done to address these issues. while we have continuing challenges, it is worth pointing out that there are some things that we have done that put us ahead of the curve on addressing these issues. just last june, the voters approved proposition d, a pension reform charter amendment that was put in front of them by the board of supervisors. it was put together in collaboration with labor, the mayor, the board of supervisors, and other stakeholders. i think that was a significant step. on other benefit cost growth issues, the city of san francisco has been a leader in health costs. we put to the san francisco voters a measure that helps us begin to fund our liabilities for other post employmen

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this is wonderful and this is like me being proactive. there are a lot of people who are proactive. i was wanting to ask something else. there was the federal funding for racial integration, there can be programs where there is the funding available for racial integration. i was wanting to bring someone by the recreational leader of chinatown, the work specifically with seniors. and they have a board of whatever -- the committee and parks and recreation. we have an adequate and out of presentations here. >> i am speaking on behalf of the chinatown community development center, and a little bit of background. i was working -- chinatown was listed as a high risk area -- a high-density neighborhood. the low-income neighborhood. 90% of the residents are limited by space. i want for you to be mindful that this hurts chinatown very badly. we're very lucky that we have held using this space. there was the most respectful organizations in the city. we are looking forward to the cooperation and partnership, and the continued benefit to chinatown. the lack of open space -- in the morning hours

. >> that means someone needs to be proactive about doing something different. >> both incidents happenthe edge of campus and the other on the eastern side by more park. authorities suspected may be transience and they school stepping patrols. >> the school is also working with san as a police to catch the suspects. >> meanwhile some arrests have been made in a number of high- profile crimes this year due to an unusual surge in tips coming into one east bay police department. kron 4 ticks look at this new trend. there's been a turnaround in the overall attitude in the community as a relates to people coming forward in helping investigators solve crimes. oakland police say tips of lead to many lesser-known case is being sold but point to a pair of high-profile crimes like the murder in oakland the town back in april after releasing the city of two suspects they were arrested following tips phoned in by the community. back in july the murder and a virginia man in town of line for a tropical go. oakland police arrested these two suspects following this video been released to the public. as

i want to thank the city attorney's office for being proactive. the strategy is the correct strategy and i think it sends a pretty good message to peachy andy that you cannot have your cake and eat it too. you cannot say something to the public utilities commission and then do the complete opposite. i think that this kind of discussion is more prepared in closed session. course we will continue this item. -- >> we will continue this item. >> item number8, public comment. would anyone else like to speak? public comment is closed. item number9. >> election of chairperson and vice chair person for a one-year term. this is pertaining to lafco's agenda. >> i have not had the opportunity to talk to people about this. in my opinion, given the amount of progress that has been made, it makes sense for us to have some continuity in the leadership in the structure of a lafco. i did make a motion to renominate the chair to continue in that capacity if you would except that. >> thank you. >> seconded. >> yes, i will accept an accord to helping to continue to s

. >> you have to be proactive. >> i would go in and check it out. >> reporter: we took our cameras toork place refrigerators, while most passed the visual test. this was disturbing. what is that mysterious yellow substance? the study included your office refrigerator may be dirtier than your office bathroom. >> with most office facilities i would say the bathrooms are a targeted area of cleaning because they need to be and they also need to have the refrigerator cleaned. >> reporter: scott pritchard studies patterns of disease. >> nothing is going to keep it bacteria proof. anything that can keep it contaminated. you wouldn't want your sandwich to be contaminated by somebody's week old spaghetti sauce. >> again, that was grant boxlatner reporting. >>> tropical storm earl made land fall in canada. bed bugs bite ba o to exterminators to a home infested. [ female announcer ] we know jerry brown was mayor of oakland, but what were the results? fact: brown promised to improve schools. but the drop out rate increased 50%, and the state had to take over the schools. fact: the city controller

. >> reporter: the various projects are intended to be proactive against radicalism, but they've also provoked controversy. several outsiders have accused the campaigns and their leaders of not being tough enough against extremism while some muslims fear it can give the feeling the problem is bigger than it is. >> some people said before you get going on tht, make sure it doesn't portray us all as being so-called radicalized, that's a danger as well. >> reporter: some have accused bray of perpetuating this. >> they say there's no problem, everything is just fine. well, everything is not just fine. >> reporter: american muslim leaders say their young people, like young people of all faiths, are trying to figure out their identities. and the leaders say, religion should a cultural relevant part of the x. islam a religion that has a book that is supposed to be universal and supposed to apply at different times. therefore, it's our responsibility to interpret the principles from the koran and the traditions of the prophet to america in the 21st century. and by and large that has not been

baltimore, this is heading towards you guys, so you might as well be proactive. at this time, i don't see any confirmation of the storm or a tornado on the ground, but it does not mean it cannot be hidden in one of those grain shaft. three storms that are fairly strong here. this one in the western part of carroll county and frederick county, this is the one that could possibly be a tornado, and there is a very strong one coming out of the central part of montgomery county. what did you directional movement. this one is going like this, this one the same thing, not towards westminster. 8 -- north towards westminster. three cells will watching this afternoon, developing along the warm front. any time you get a warm front, with an environment like this, a lot of times the storms end or testing. -- end up a rotating. i will send it back to sarah right out a look for reports of damage or confirmation. >> as we saw moments ago, capt. roy is the showing us an interesting vantage point of this storm from afar. tell us more about what you are seeing. >> we are over the in

. >> reporter: baltimore city health officials are trying to be proactive in the fight against bedbugs. they're holding a meeting here today at noon at the war memorial building in downtown baltimore. the goal is to map out a strap watch in the fight against bedbugs and answer the public's concerns and questions. the blood-sucking critters known as bedbugs turned up in a frederick county library, a worker returned books, found bedbugs in a pair of children's books. the county hired exterminators to make sure all of its libraries are free of the insects and in howard county, a couple has filed a $500,000 lawsuit over a bedbug infestation in an ellicot city apartment. the couple says they were forced to move out of their apartment and throw away most of their possessions. they filed a lawsuit on friday in howard county circuit court saying their apartment was never properly treated for bugs. that meeting as far as -- starts at noon today at the war memorial building. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> democracy 2010 coverage this morning: former preside

to find marijuana growth that is why they do helicopter surveillance every summer appeared to be proactive with the hopes confiscating. >> this is when we see the mature plant's. >> reporter: here is a description of the man who got away, a hispanic man and his 5- foot eight with brown hair and brown eyes. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> governor schwarzenegger leaves tomorrow with a six month visit to a shot. he discussed his trip today -- a visit to asia and plans to visit the shanghai facility during his tour. >> the point is to remain a leader in the global economy strengthening our economic and diplomatic ties is extremely important and absolutely necessary. >> the governor will plan the shooting -- plans to visit the shanghai world expo. he is also visiting south korea and japan or during his overseas trip and the private corporate-funded protocol foundation is paying for the trip. >>> the governor returned to sacramento for budget negotiations. the budget is now 70 days late. the governor attended a big five meeting with democratic and republican leaders. so far there is no

. >> reporter: baltimore city health officials are trying to be proactive in the fight against bedbugs. they're basically holding a meeting right here at the war memorial building today at noon in downtown baltimore. basically they want to map out a strategy to fight against the bedbugs and also answer questions or concerns that people might have. the blood sucking critters turned up in frederick county in a library there. the county hired exterminators to make sure all of its libraries are free of the insects and in howard county, a couple has filed a $500,000 lawsuit over a bedbug infestation in an ellicot city apartment. the couple was forced to move out of their apartment and throw away most of their possessions because their apartment was never properly treated for bedbugs. that meeting kicks off at noon today at the war memorial building. this is free to the public, but there is limited seating. you might want to get here early. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> are we bracing for an attack? intel agents overseas have uncovered a terror plot ag

looking back now, you would have had the assistance and guidance to be proactive as opposed to retroactive>> alzheimer's disease is now the seventh leading cause of death in the united states. those numbers are expected to mushroom as the baby boomers get into their senior years p.m. the alzheimer's association offers all kinds of resources, most of them are free. >>> when we return live, we'll go out to craig herrera and find out how long temperatures will stay s >>> and the classroom adventure that gets kids interested in learning. state is in a real mes. and i'm not going to give you any phony plans or snappy slogans that don't go anywhere. we have to make some tough decisions. we have to live within our means. we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approval. we have got to pull together not as republicans or as democrats but as californians first. at this stage in my life, i'm prepared to do exactly that. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area news at 5:00. this is not your normal festiva

i was not being proactive. i ways felt what it would have meant had not had tennis or education, how does. i would have felt. -- how does. i would've felt. the only way is to give a child tools for their future. at a set about building a public charter school, k-12, in vegas. i wanted to give resources, provide the resources, have accountability, and i wanted to give that opportunity to the children of society that are so quick to write off. i wanted to treat it like a laboratory. we are funded the lowest in our state and we get the worst results. i said if we could prove it can be done here, isn't that a case for how education can and should be throughout the country? tavis: you haveñ had your first graduating class. >> we have had two. tavis: every kid you have graduated has gone on to college. i think your face tells all. >> nothing i've ever accomplished on the tennis court hit me like it does when i go into the school and i see a kid having a future. when you see them walking across that symbolic bridge th

we need to do something to be proactive. thank you. >> thank you. a lot of what we're looking at in district 10 is not new. asthma has been there for years. what most folks do not realize -- those people that were working there were bringing these contaminants home. we see mesothelioma on the news now. the bottom line, that type of disease is something i've known about since the early 1970's, primarily because my family worked at the shipyard. they all died from it. the problem has been here for awhile. the problem is continuing, not just because we have the freeways, but when you think about -- this problem is going to keep coming as long as we allow 30 industry into district 10. -- dirty industry into district 10. i know we have waste-water plants there now. this bio-solids plant -- time is up. thank you. >> thank you. >> ms. smith. >> i grew up in the housing projects. in the course of one week, we were getting up at least once a week taking one of my brothers to a hospital because of an asthma attack or a bronchitis attack. we live right there.

. >> so being proactive in this is the critical key to success in removing barriers to meet your ada obligation. tom, one of your favorite elements here, we have a fire department pipe sticking out about 8 inches into the sidewalk. >> those are nasty. you can't detect them with a cane. believe me, there's no technology that would find that in time and you just get banged. apparently they are legal. >> well, if they are below -- what's the dimension, 27 inches? 27 inches, if they are below that height, theoretically they can be projecting more than 4 inches. but if they are above 27 inches up to a height of 80 inches, they are restricted to 4 inches projection from a wall. now, there's an easy way to solve this problem, an extremely easy way, and that's just to put a permanent little fixture, a pipe or something underneath at the ground level so you find that. would that work for you? . >> yeah. sure. then the cane finds it. >> another cheap and easy way to reasonably achieve some additional disabled access compliance for small businesses. it's not that you have to pull out the sprink

that's why they do helicopter surveillance every summer, to be proactive with the hope of confiscating marijuana growth today. >> the growth season is the summer. towards the end of the summer is when we're seeing the mature plants. >> reporter: police describe the man in his early 30s or 40s. he got away. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a grim search continues at this hour at an east bay landfall. volunteers will spend another two hours looking for the body of frederick salas. if they turn up nothing, they will be back at it at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. it's been almost a week since they started to look for him. he's been missing since august 26th. investigators fear he may be the fifth victim of a deadly rampage. efrain valdemoro is suspected of killing his father and three other people. he was shot by police during a car chase. >>> solano county prosecutors agreed to a request by ritenhouse's attorney to cut his bail in this case. police bound bomb-making materials at his home along with the body of his wife and her friend. ritenhouse is not charged with the deaths. >>> it

it should be proactive. mr. chairman, i support conducting this investigation and holding the hearing. i ve a concern that we're not always done in the most bipartisan and useful manner. september 9th i sent a letter to you stating that i thought the ceo of the fda, the commissioner of the fda, dr. margaret hamburg should be here to offer the agency's official testimony. she and the obama administration have repeatedly stated that food safety and the resources of the fda is a top priority and must be taken seriously, quickly addressed. in the 110th congress the commissioner was here four times and testified on food safety. the majority declined to invite a representative from the united states department of agriculture to testify even though the committee sent a document request to the agency, held a briefing and received thousands of pages of relevant information concerning their role in the regulation of these farms and this outbreak. staff has obtained and reviewed relevant and revealing usda documents, inclu

we're always trying to be proactive and doing what we need to do to protect the american people. >> let'sl and that's new aviation security guidelines. one of the things you're trying to do is convince countries to adopt body scanners we are getting at american airports. dubai said there are privacy concerns. italy is not thinking of going with them because of the long security lines they cause and question of whether it would have detected the bomb that there was in the underwear. are there the best technology to protect aviation? >> well, first of all, i think you've kind of mischaracterized what we are here doing. what we are here doing is making sure that there are security standards throughout the world that would allow for more information sharing and collection about passengers before they even get to an airport. but then there are all kinds of different ways to detect explosives. they can be explosive trace machines as we use in some airports. it can be canine teams. it can be ait machines, pat downs. different countries want to do different things but the standard needs to be uni

be proactive. are you registered to vote yet? register to vote. people in your neighborhood are registered to vote. get them out in droves and then stand peacefully arm in arm. i fear the trouble is just about to begin. and it will only get worse. the sting happens after january. if i'm right, there is not a lot of people in washington that will offer peaceful leadership. and our streets will not be peaceful. they will start protesting and agitating again. peaceful leadership role, unfortunately, i believe will fall on your shoulders. be ready to accept that challenge. >> glenn: all right. has anyone wondered why the media didn't wildly cover the president's huge political rally on the campus of the university of wisconsin madison this week? it was big. why did he do it there? it seemed like the perfect set-up for main stream media, barack obama with feingold. remember the wizard of progressive thought? founding member of crime inc., joel rogers hails in that's his campus. it sounds like progressive heaven. the lead? a lead feel-good story on ever

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we're gonna treat her like pam, get to know her, be proactive. oh and rename the company nationpam. oh, ooh. done. ♪ nationpam is on your... ♪ ♪ sam we'll make that work. >>> scare, lie, then rip off. the three-pronged sales technique congressman anthony wiener says gold line uses to its customers. glenn beck and others were forced to answer for their practices today. you might call it the project to restore honor to gold ped dlars. according to court records, the s.e.c. alleged they used deceptive messages to defraud 115 mostly elderly investors out of $1.1 million over 18 months. the case was settled and the men conceded no guilty and returned the money. a former gold line employee saying two men are training other salespeople for gold line and handling their biggest clients. in today's hearing, the executive vice president confirming that the men once under investigation are employees in good standing at his company. congressman wiener was interested in one scare tactic. glenn beck fearmongers in a web video for gold line. >> you see back in 1933, fdr said, we're going to take al

quickly came to realize i was reacting to a lot of problems and not being proactive.o change was to educate. and i felt like i had a lack of education in my life. with education comes hope and options, choices. you don't find yourself waking up in a life that you find yourself in. you can choose it. so, i said, what about the kids that aren't good at something and they don't have education and choice and the life they're waking up with means jail or prison? i built a k through 12 public charter school and the goal was really simple. in a state that graduates 50th in the united states, i wanted to supply resources, i wanted to have accountability with the resources and i wanted to deliver that to the children that society is so quick to write off. i wanted to say, what would happen? so, we had two graduating classes. i've been doing this for 12 years now and 100% of our graduates are onto universities, so -- >> jimmy: wow. [ cheers and applause ] >> really cool. >> jimmy: 100% is pretty good. i could talk to you about this for three hours and the story of when your dad

showing higher percentages or not, information beats ignorance and i really believe that we should be proactive rather than reactive. and reactive in this ase is trying to curb the events that are triggered from an unfortunate complication of things that are a result of exercise and having the trait. so to me i think this makes perfect sense. >> what do you say to those who have raised the concern that because the vast majority of people with this trait or with sickle cell disease are african- american, that obviously it's going to target that audience and you'll be sitting these players down and telling them that they can't take part in their chosen sports because of their disease. what do you say to those folks? >> well i don't think there is a case that you can't participate because i instituted when i became a head coach -- actually i was a head coach at howard university at one time for about four years. and then after i became the het coach at the university of rhode island and subsequently after our experience at indiana. we instituted the test. every player that was of color, and then e

also, we need to be proactive, and involved ina developing our training. we will gladly sit at anyone's tablem to help them out, and at anay carrier's table. we think we can get to that sweet spot. >> thank you.a we've got time for one more question. sir. >> ken hall, atlantic southeast. i believe the legislation that's been signed recently has a potential of putting all of us as a profession between a rock and a hard place when we encounter the pilot choice we all know is coming up. has anyone on the committee, or has alpha given any thought to how we're going to react to that? are we going to look at potentially changing our american business model, which is one of always hiring experienced pilots, and adapting a model that has been used with some success in europe of hiring pilots with zero hours, and creating mentored programs that get them from zero hours to a fully qualified crew member status? where does the panel stand on that? >> that's a very good question. oh, thanks, that's my question. you bring up a very, very interesting point, because wo

they are being proactive and offering money to employees who shed unneeded pounds but does dieting forlars really work? chris casey has tried to lose weight before but nothing ever worked until -- >> they said they were going to do a contest, winner take all to lose weight. so, being an it manager i'm your typical overweight guy. so i said why not. >> reporter: anthony created the fat so to fantasticco plan to help employees get in shape and improve lives. >> health companies did screenings this year and found we were generally healthy but overweight but motivated to do something. >> reporter: a third of u.s. companies are offering financial incentives or are planning to introduce them to help employees lose weight. >> the weekly prizes are a $25 prize of some sort. itunes card, store cards. that kind of thing as well as time off. >> reporter: in addition to cash or time off, some companies offer prizes or trips, a discount on health insurance premiums or a subsidized gym memberrer isership but do they work long term? this doctor has been studying weight loss programs since the ' 70s.

we're gonna treat her like pam, get to know her, be proactive. oh and rename the company nationpam.tionpam is on your... ♪ ♪ sam we'll make that work. >>> lone some roads declares a new wardrobe for the tea parties. >>> first, get out your pitch force. to cheryl erzdowski. pulled over by traffic cops. they asked her to exit the vehicle and walk a straight line. according to the police report, she decided she was supposed to do this as would a fashion model. quote, she walked up and down the line with hands on her hips three additional times and then offered to do a gymnastics maneuver and the traffic stop ended with her pleading with the arresting officer to read her her, quote, amanda rights. >>> runner-up, tokyo rose limbaugh. he said a judge in florida is hearing a legal challenge to health care reform. >> judge clyde roger vincent is a ronald reagan appointee. judge clyde roger vincent is an avid hunter, amateur taxidermist. do you know what a taxidermist is? that's right. for our liberal caller today, this is not good news. after a 2002 hunting trip during which he killed three

say is that there are -- there are constantly threats of all types that we need to be able to be proactived be proactive even when there aren't specific threats. >> the source for much of the intelligence on this plot is identified by a german counterterrorism official as a german citizen of afghan descent by the name of ahmed saidky. in the afghan-pakistan area. detained in kabul currently in u.s. custody and talking a lot. soss say sidiqi worked and attended hamburg where he attended the mosque, a meeting place for the men behind the september 11th attack. that mosque has since been shut down. t.j., back to you. >> jeanne, secretary napolitano wouldn't confirm a lot. i watched that this morning. are u.s. officials confirming or denying whether or not the latest series of drone attacks in pakistan that at all related to this latest possible threat in europe? >> reporter: we have talked to some u.s. official whose told us that there is a link. there has been a recent uptick in the number of these attacks, and they say this intelligence was one factor. not the only factor by any mean, but o

you made my life and joe's life a lot easier with being proactive and not reactive. thank you. it is an honor to be here with the school. thank you to the staff for putting this together. i do not think anyone else could have done a better job of putting this timeline together. it is worth reading. to my teammates to my left, it is an honor. joe and i have known each other for a long time. long before 9/11. i am the godfather of his oldest kid. if i would have known where he was, i would have been a lot more relaxed. lynn asked us to give an overview of what our roles were on 9/11. i'm a lieutenant-colonel in the d.c. air national guard and an at-16 fighter pilot there. on 9/11, my job was to be the lucky guy who got to go the fighter weapons school. the air force fighter weapons school is a lot longer, a lot harder, and we do not have volleyball like "top gun." [laughter] what that means is i am the squadron's chief tactician in chief instructor. i fly with the new guys, the old guys. i am the chief tactical adviser to the command structure. on september 11, i was not scheduled

we're gonna treat her like pam, get to know her, be proactive. oh and rename the company nationpam.... ♪ ♪ sam we'll make that work. interview with vice president biden ahead on "the last word," including the first comments on bob woodward's book "obama's wars" which takes us behind the scenes as the president maps the fight in afghanistan. >>> stephen colbert, the vice president weighs in and the dispute is the subject of tonight's rewrite. tonight we'll have a full premier week for you. tomorrow night, we'll be joined by levi johnston and former governor crist. wednesday, talk with axelrod and author bob woodward. thursday, megan mccain and morks mayor michael b back in our spotlight. the interview we taped earlier is the first since the publication of bob woodward's book "obama's wars." in bob woodward's new book, "obama's wars," you argued against the troop increase the president went with, argued for a different strategy than what the president settled on. what would the situation look like today if we had gone with the obama strategy -- the biden strategy. >> look, barack obam

it should be proactive. mr. chairman, i support conducting this investigation and holding the hearing. i have a concern that we're not always done in the most bipartisan and useful manner. september 9th i sent a letter to you stating that i thought the ceo of the fda, the commissioner of the fda, dr. margaret hamburg should be here to offer the agency's official testimony. she and the obama administration have repeatedly stated that food safety and the resources of the fda is a top priority and must be taken seriously, quickly addressed. in the 110th congress the commissioner was here four times and testified on food safety. the majority declined to invite a representative from the united states department of agriculture to testify even though the committee sent a document request to the agency, held a briefing and received thousands of pages of relevant information concerning their role in the regulation of these farms and this outbreak. staff has obtained and reviewed relevant and revealing usda documents, inc