jack kemp would have horrible fights come in, with bill graham and others and then they would come together and they would come up with a tax reform plan. they would be constant battles on the budget. there were a lot of different ways forward and the conservatives we believed even into the '90s come in 1994, we always talked about alleges the laboratory of ideas. you talked about the market place of ideas. we always talked about three -- the free market place of ideas. would close the doors, we did go down stores, we would debate nonstop among ourselves until he came up with the best plan for reform to move forward. that's just not the case anymore. in washington, d.c., if you get off the path a little bit to the right or a little bit to the left, the there's an ideological witch hunt that people suggest you are insufficiently conservative and insufficient republican. that's the easy part. that's the 90% party. that's a record low party. you go outside of this city, that i love and that i love living in and i've loved working in, but politically go outside of the city and the republican pa

seismic retrofitting as president mccarthy january 28th there will be a trade fair setting at the bill graham center to have people to raise questions again about what they need to do if their qualified and in the pool for mandatory retrofits but i thought you might like to know as of today we've accepted of 5 hundred and 9 of the screening forms that's been returned and we have released one hundred and 81 that have been found not subject to the mandatory retrofitting. we've rejected 61 which have some error and huey mr. be back to us and we have 18 file permits and 8 permits where retrofitting work maybe flaw. we've been notified that 3 retrofit jobs have been completed. as far as i, tell we're on schedule or he'd of schedule given the screening forms don't have to come back to the department until the middle of september. that's it. thank you, mr. strong >> i'm sorry sore. commissioner mar >> have we heard anything from councilmember kersey office i heard hesitate working r with legislation about the tic. we received a notification for a march 13 update hearing with the boards government au

i was astonished at the comment likely we should tear down the bill graham auditorium and his comment was that will never, ever happen and he said it was a piece of garbage and he's been significant to our city a state senator and judge he's just being flippant about it but at the same time it is how the public sees our historical upper fantastic and it was followed up up in socket site or curb site and there were many, many comments from the public on this blog but, yeah tear that thing down and who cares. i don't know what to say we need to continue to promote what we do. from my clients there's fears about being considered historical because we night packing pick at the size and essentially they think we're going looking at the leaves instead of the effort. so i'm sorry we weren't in session at the time i think a letter to the chronicle or directly to the chinning cop from this commission to express our shock and dismay he cares for our historic buildings so little might be something we consider to do but i was outraged at taking our history away >> commissioner johns. >> at one po

. >> reporter: a sea of dreams, organizers converted san francisco's bill graham civic auditorium intosy playground with art, and of course, thousands of balloons. >> these are people that put their entire year, they think about it 365 days a year and as do we, and then there's a one-night payoff. >> reporter: akworth's party represents his first major event in the historic armory since dumping more than $3 million into fixing up the drill court for the wood floor and sound installation. he said so far he's learned a big lesson about throwing big parties. >> this is stressful as hell putting something like this. on my e-mail has never been so full. >> going to be a great party. >> reporter: joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >> that was pretty fun. nbcbayarea.com is your home for new year's eve. click on the button at the top of the page and see how people are celebrating new year's all over the world. >>> an engine fire prompted the evacuation of a delta flight today at san jose airport. passengers were evacuated safely and fire officials say the flames were confined to one engine. th

bill: that was lindsey graham after the report said the benghazi attack could have been prevented.illary clinton is said to be writing a book as a way to shoirp her legacy before the 201 elections. -- before the 2014 elections. i think this is fascinating. you are framing your legacy several years out when you are already getting pushback from the other side? what does it play now that this senate report is on the table? >> the most significant thing about the senate report is it was issuered in a bipartisan way. we have seen these charges before and confirmed these findings. it was a lack of security and the state department did not authorize increased security in spite of the requests from ambassador stevens, particularly around the 9/11 date. what what he knew, and what he hadn't had was democrats joining republicans in this condemnation. hillary clinton who has had a long tenure in public life. many people would say a good one and historic one. her most inept decisions of her political career happened in the wake of benghazi. avoiding the news shows in the wake of benghazi and

>> well, he'll veto the bill and it will go back to the in the and folks like lindsey graham said they bill. it will put u.s.-eastern relations into a very serious fragility. it will remind people when bill clinton -- >> do you think they would have the votes to override the veto, that 67? >> well, i think as ali said they have 47. ultimately when you have ten committee chairs who said for vital fascial security reasons, it's wrong to proceed. i would hope they wouldn't have that number of votes and have a healthier discussion. one of the few things people are talking is military intelligence issued, it has been reported they have said they see deep strategic change in iran. this is what israel military intelligence is saying. when you look at that you say, why are these senators marching off to basically knee cap the president of the united states in up with of the most important strategic leaps this nation could make that would really give the entire world a kind of new direction, a few way to shape gravity, it would be a remarkable thing for the senate not to do that. but when we se

bill, that certainly is passing on the state level. and it's also passed in the house. and senator lindsey grahamenate. so we expect to see a vote on that in the senate. i would say that it is exactly the crooked line that the partial birth abortion ban took when it made its way winding through courts and through state legislatures and finally being signed by the president. >> so much of the same track there. we know recent polling on the 20-week ban which is fetuses can feel pain at 20 weeks so banning past that point. in a washington post/abc news poll, 56% said they supported it at 20 weeks. a quinnipiac poll says 60% of woman support it from that point forward. reverend, can you agree with that kind of limit? should there be unfettered access? >> we don't believe in unfettered access. we are in favor of the 24-week ban that is currently the law of the land after roe versus wade, as are the majority of the people in the country, including a majority of people of faith. people of faith know that we need to look at these very difficult decisions with compassion and as a pastor and a person who r

common ground provisions like the 20-week bill passed by the house of representatives and been senator graham in the senate that goes to where are. 65% of americans and that is saying that a baby in the fifth month of pregnancy, sixth month of pregnancy when a not can feel pain is omething that the bulk of americans support. one gislateively, that's area. abortions, on government funding of abortions, they're all areas which a great american people believe that the conservative -- is al conservative position the right decision. >> are you concerned about republicans who say that some of too divisive to run on, that they should -- that should stick more to fiscal issues rather than some issues?onservative >> its's an interesting selection because the idea that win on the ans something sues is that is been allowed by the data coming in out of the elections. that is, the republicans are losing on the economic issues. the very sing with groups that they -- that they need to reach out to. young people, with women, with the bulk of the is with hat they have he idea that the american public think th

lindsey graham. 300 point question. new york city mayor bill. time. it's elizabeth warren. 300 point question. told you these are the hard ones. former governor of virginia bob mcdonnell and his wife tuesday charged with illegally accepts gifts from this -- >> johnny williams. >> correct, and casey, instant bonus question. if convicted, mcdonnell could face imprisonment, first governor active or former to receive prison time since whom? >> oh. i don't know. >> need the answer? >> no answer. >> rod blagojevich. >> of course. >> no penalty. 300 point question. in an interview published in "gq" magazine, singer performed for president obama days before the election says he might have won wisconsin for him. >> katy perry? >> with confidence. it is correct. it is katy perry. 300 point question. john boehner this week said he is not yet endorsing anyone for the -- >> jeb bush? >> but he thinks this man would make a great president. jeb bush. 300 point question. the wife is to voluntary submit as the husband ises to lovingly lead and sacrifices. >> hu

and he said if you don't vote for this bill your constituents are going to be so mad at you because this is going to be the most popular entitlement or to graham in the history of this country. he looked me in the eye. the guy was defeated that november but they really believed, so how many of us think is this bill more popular than it was four years ago? is it going to get worse? let's talk about that. what were the promises they made it's going to reduce your health costs by $2500 a year. lower cost for individuals and lower costs from the government. the plan will not require cuts. if you like your current health plan you can keep your current health plans of this was the data taken two years after the law passed. and already 72% of people said it was false to say that it's not going to add a dime to the federal deficit varied it's false to say that you're going to be able to save $2500 on their health care. it's false to say it's going to lower costs. the one thing that people still believed as of last year, if you like your health plan you can keep your health plan. 72 -- max 62% of people still thought that was the one promise he was goi

overe are common groundspr provisions like the 20 week bill that was passed by the house off representatives and beenpresents introduced by senator graham in the senate that goes to where 60, 65% of americans are.aying six month of pregnancy when a child can feel pain is not something that the bulk of caoricans support. so legislatively that's one area. sex selection abortion, government funding of abortions, all areas in which a great majority of american people believe that the concert social conservative position is the right position. >> host: are you concerned about republicans who say that some of these issues are too divisive to run on? that republicans should stick more to fiscal issues rather than some of the social issues conservative issues? >> guest: it's an interestin question because the idea thatat republicans win on the economic issues is something that has been -- based on the data coming out of the elections. that is, republicans are losing on the economic issues. no, losing with the very groups that they feel the need to reach out to. young people with women, with hispanics, that the bulk of the problem they have woul

bill: i'm waiting to hear what they say about all this coming up in a moment. lindsey grahaminterview with roll call last night, he said the world is blowing up. the world as i know it was not remotely described by the president. explains to me what happens if the syrian conflict goes on another year and assad continues to win. iraq is disincident greating to your point. the whole region is moving toward chaos. we're doing nothing. we're talking about limiting drones with a question mark. you said currently, and tragically, there is no u.s. comprehensive stratgy to defeat al qaeda. why is that the dayscase and how much of a risk is that? >> it i was totally the case and totally irresponsible that it is the case. the fact of the matter we have a military tactic called drones to kill al qaeda leaders but we have no comprehensive strategy to defeat al qaeda in the long term, partnering with our allies, doing things we did post-world war ii like with idealogical threat of the soviet union which is similar to the idealogical threat of al qaeda. we formed alliances, partnerships, s

there are common ground provisions like the bill that was passed by the house of representatives and introduced by senator grahamamericans are saying that a baby at six months of when a child can feel that theyt something can support. abortions funding of -- there are arguments in which the great majority of the american people believe that the conservative position is the right position. host: you concerned about republicans who say that these issues are too divisive to run on? stickepublicans should more to fiscal issues rather than some of these social conservative issues question . guest: the idea that the republicans went on the economic issues is something that is based on the data coming out of the elections. republicans are losing on the economic issues. they are losing the very groups that they feel the need to reach out to. hispanics --ith the probably have is with the that republicans are out of step with the concerns of working people. their greatest problem is in the economic area, not in the social issue area. the groups that they want to reach out to tend to be more conservative on social issues t

bill makes strong investments to support our national guard. i know that i'm a cochair of the national guard caucus along senator lindsey graham. i think he would agree with me how important that investment is. and it overturns a provision in the bipartisan budget act that would reduce cost-of-living adjustments for medically retired service members and survivor benefit plan recipients, even paves the way for congress to repeal the reductions for all impacted military retirees. now, this bill is not exactly what i might have written, chairwoman mikulski would have written, what any one of us would have written if we could write it alone. but after years and years of gridlock on appropriations, we wrote a bill that can pass, so there are compromises. there are programs that are not funded at the levels many of us wanted, including some provisions important to prplt prplters. i'm disappointed -- important to vermonters. i'm disappointed because of budget caps we were unable to make larger investments in the byrne justice program, a juvenile justice program, which continue to face deep cuts year after year. i'm disappointed the om

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bill now that threatens to derail these talks, il veto it. >> the president wasn't shy about telling congress they weren't getting in the way of diplomatic progress that's taking place. in response, lindsey grahamn'tshite about letting everyone know he didn't own a dictionary. the senator disagreed with the president's position saying, the world is literally about to blow up. there's no exaggeration here, folks. lindsey graham literally has no idea what he's talking about. if he thinks he can tackle foreign policy before tackling a middle school language arts lesson, he can keep on pretending. [ coughs, sneezes ] i have a big meeting when we land, but i am so stuffed up, i can't rest. [ male announcer ] nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don't unstuff your nose. they don't? alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a decongestant. [ inhales deeply ] oh. what a relief it is. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and grows more

bills that you cosponsored. i couldn't be more grateful, and i know the people of new jersey are grateful for your leadership. senator linder see graham of south carolina. -- senator lindsey graham of south carolina. jack reed of rhode island. blumenthal of connecticut. senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. lisa murkowski from alaska. ron wyden from oregon. susan collins from maine. and senator debbie stabenow from michigan. obviously, senator menendez was our leader on the democratic side, and we would not be where we are today without his leadership and without the commitment of senator harry reid, who from nevada but recognizes that he has a flooding problem as well, that this is not just a coastal issue that stood up early to tell us if we can build a strong coalition, if we can build 60-plus, he would help us to get to a point where we could actually have a debate on amendments, vote them up and down, and then move this bill with the strongest vote possible to the house of representatives, where i'm proud to say there are 131 cosponsors on this bill. and that number is growing every day because as people hear about what's h

graham. this is another senator, good friend of his who is also fired up. senator john mccain will be with us shortly. bille down the nra. that is what he says now. do the violent movies that he has made undermined that message? we'll debate it. martha: the latest on obamacare numbers. megyn kelly joins us to find out why the white house may be stretching the truth in a pretty big way. >> the numbers matter. the numbers matter. if they don't have the right numbers the whole law is imploding which may be happening right now. we don't know because we can't get straight figures. ♪ [ chicken caws ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. eartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! bill: the faa investigating united airlines flight, heavy turbulence causing five flight attendants to be treated for injuries. the flight was from newark bound for beijing. that's a long flight. it experienced 30 seconds of violent turbulence. all the passengers, they're okay, but five injured flight attendants were treated for b

graham with rigid spending limits that leaves a candidate helpless against millionaire opponents and independent spending. as a result, advocates are typically recommending different policy. in new york, and in all of the federal bills under serious consideration, the sponsors have moved away from the spending limits and its dead they use outlook financing as a slur and then the use matching funds to to people who raise money from small donors. i am not looking for analysis of one system. i am looking at the reasoning underneath, the lessons for the future. for example, for the reasoning underneath, i was impressed by the way michael decided to work way law isough the structured for incentives and candidates. that is not how political scientists have written about it in the past. that is the right way to go about it. to explain what i have learned, i am going to spend most of my time -- i will be happy to talk the excellent chapter on engagement and participation. thisow i want to focus on issue of how candidates spend their time as a way to get at the question that concerns me. begins by saying that most candidates have too much to do and they do not have enough time to do it, and that is clearly correct. the quest