increasingly under fire in a bid for a way out of a deadlock sound like veteran american diplomat robert blackwell for post partition of afghanistan as the best solution but as our military contributor explains the so-called plan b. is not going to save the situation for the u.s. . despite all the goodwill mr blair will to promote the defacto partition of afghanistan the whole concept is a nonstarter though i stand by his situation and alice's which has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the us policy in afghanistan has crossed a point of no return however i cannot support or subscribe to conclusions and recommendations that supposedly come from his impact on a salable analysis of the us policy in afghanistan their defacto politician is a nonstarter because it is a desperate attempt to address different audiences just in one position paper mr blackwell proposition is highly confusing and misleading for different audiences consider it for yourself for native afghans his proposition is it kin to covertly break up of the country for pakistani neighbors it amounts to the beginning of the belkin iza

paris blackwell will dunk it up top in a big hurry. blackwell dealing with a dozen. a matter of fact they won six out of seven. other locomotion cal did not feel much like playing defense tonight. washington 109-77 over the bears. sanford however delivers a winner against wazoo. stanford goes triple digits and the bears give way to the huskies. >>> fedex flies to golf too an executive bp for fedex shot of the day. nearly holds it, hits the cup. by the way it's steve marino and da points as your first round leaders. they are tied at 7-under. that's the sporting life for a thursday night. >> thank you. and thank you so much for joining us. good night. >> good night.

paris blackwell will dunk it up top in a big hurry. blackwell dealing with a dozen. a matter of fact they won six out of seven. other locomotion cal did not feel much like playing defense tonight. washington 109-77 the bears. sanford however delivers a winner against wazoo. stanford goes triple digits and the bears give way to the huskies. >>> fedex flies to golf too an executive bp for fedex shot of the day. nearly holds it, hits the cup. by the way it's steve marino and da points as your first round leaders. they are

blackwell from redevelopment.if there was a change or elimination of redevelopment, would we go back to the old zoning controls that are in those areas and they don't have an answer. the other question is, and that is a pre-existing redevelopment projects that might have been voted on that have not begun yet. the other thing that i think the distinction that the governor made recently is contrasting some kinds of redevelopment with others and my understanding as was pointed out just now is that redevelopment should pay for infrastructure, affordable housing, and affordable uses. we have used redevelopment in the right way and there are some locations where the funding is going back to find a privately- owned structures, which i think is probably something that might be well examined and to make a distinction between the types of redevelopment and what use is our most beneficial. >> i think that one of the interesting questions, since the increment beyond the base level is used within the area, there has always bee

our redevelopment agency, under fred blackwell's guidance, has proposed an alternative to the governor's proposal. that discussion was to happen today or yesterday at the governor's office. we will see the results of that shortly, hopefully. i wanted to announce a couple of changes for our legislative staff. anne marie had up that work. to help her, we made some changes that step will be working on legislative analysis. instead of having one position, we will break it up into three different positions. you'll see soapy hayward, erica starke, and erica lovejoy taking part of some of the responsibility. some of their time will be spent on neighborhood planning, and the other part will be focused on legislative work. i believe the land use committee nor the full board met this week, so there is no report for you. >> the board of appeals also did not meet this week. there will be out next week as well. >> historic preservation did not meet this week. >> with that, we are now at general public comment that has a time limit of 15 minutes. at this time, members of the public might address you o

please join me in about coming fred blackwell, the director of the san francisco redevelopment agency. >> thank you, gordon. good morning, everybody. just wanted to make a couple of acknowledgements the fourth saying a few words. -- acknowledgments before saying a few words. a number of commissioners are with us today that made significant contributions. leroy king is right here to my right. as well as the president of the commission, if any of you are missing, let me know and grab me. today is very timely in terms of the dedication of a building to mary ellen rogers. because of what we are going through as an agency. as everyone knows, she was a critic of the agency. she held everyone accountable at the agency. but she was also responsible for for reform at that agency. through this debate about whether or not redevelopment should exist, the san francisco redevelopment agency has been held up as a model. because of the way that it produces affordable housing in the city. because of what it has been able to do. the reason why this agency is considered better than others in the state i

paris blackwell's only bucket of the game, ties it at 36 to open the second half. st.clamps down the "d" from there. rob jones brings down two of his 18, as the gales looking strong atop the conference with the 86-68 win. >>> warriors courtside for a good one at santa clara. the blowout at the broncos. giving usd a 20-point second-half lead. santa clara fires up and somehow rallies back. evan gives the broncos their first lead. then another three secures the win from there. 60-56 the final. >>> pac-10 play, losing third straight 75-71 to washington state. stanford not looking much better up in washington. the huskies avenge their first pac-10 loss last month. isaiah thomas, no relation, putting up the long three. winning this one 87-76. >>> san jose state hosting nevada. adrian oliver with a big night. he posted 30. gives the spartans a lead with 124 to go. nevada ties it in regulation. and in ot, malik story helps them back up and head out with the win. spartans with a disappointing loss 84-76 in ot. >>> could be a dream at pebble beach sunday. steve marino, who has b

so he spent 10 months on the jail on blackwell's island which is a roosevelt island. and then sailed to england. he is, however, buried in queens. [inaudible] as a brick, i'm looking in. this morning on npr i am hearing so many stories that time has a sort of move forward. >> yeah. i mean, i do think there has been progress in new york. i really do. just to give you an example, in the late 1890s in the wake of an investigation of police corruption known as the likes of city and which, of course, my guys were all over the map, and administration was voted in. this administration actually did try to reform things. the police commissioner of this administration was theodore roosevelt, for example, and he tried to clean up the police department and succeeded to a limited degree. but i thought a better example of reform and his administration was a guy named george who was named commissioner of street cleaning. he did something unusual without. he cling to the street. we look at pictures of new york in the early 1890s, and the manure is literally shoulder high. he created

increasingly under fire in a bid for a way out of the deadlock song like veteran american diplomat robert blackwell propose partition of afghanistan as the best solution but as r.t.s. military contributor explains the so-called plan b. is not going to save the situation for the u.s. despite all the goodwill mr blair will to promote the defacto partition over afghanistan. the whole concept is a nonstarter the u.s. policy in afghanistan has moved in example leave from this snafu to full bar and has crossed and point of no return for native afghans his proposition is keen to covertly break up over the country for pakistani it mounts to the belt counties nation of the whole area starting from afghanistan on the positive side it's a wake up call to the united states commander in chief president obama but at the end of the day this plan b. is not going to save the day for the u.s. president because it doesn't address the most challenge that threatens not only afghanistan and its neighbors bought to the security of the whole world if the united states pulls out from the again a step then build turned into

blackwell made those recommendations. it's well-documented. >> it is not well-documented. i don't recall bremer ever suggesting that. until he was leaving office. and he raised the question, and we sent it to the joint chiefs and the chairman and the commander, and they looked at it and came back and said no, that's not the right number. >> ambassador blackwell made that representation to the national security council in september of 2003, i believe, with ambassador bremer standing beside him, documented in bob woodward's book. >> bob woodward wasn't there. >> so, you're saying it didn't happen? >> i'm saying, i don't remember what you're talking about. but i do remember, the question was raised repeatedly. do we need more troops? do we need fewer troops? where do we need them? and what ought they to be doing. that question was raised with the national security counsel, with the president, with the members of council, with the combat commander, with the joint chiefs of staff. and the way you characterized it was not quite right. you said they were reduced. in fact, they we

blackwell's only bucket of the game came at a good time. he tied it here at 36 to open the second half. but st. mary's clamps down the d. they go on a 45-28 run. rob jones brings it down for two of his 18 as the games looking strong with the 86-68 win. in pac-10 play, defending the pac-10 title are quickly fading as they lose their third straight to washington say the. stanford not looking much better up in washington. the huskies avenge their first pac-10 loss last month. thomas racked up 23 includes this long three. they win this onewoone 87-76. it could be the greens of dream at pebble beach here on sunday. the top four on the leader board have yet to win a pga tour title this sorry. steve marino still the leader of the pack after two rounds. let's head out to pebble beach. bill murray in a giving mood passing out the cupcakes. the elmer fudd cap. good luck so far. and he had the one shot lead in the amateur leading board. pitchers and catchers report monday. the giants matt kain in good ship. a one stroke lead at 12 under. on his heels

harris blackwell finished. 61-47. keep it moving. santa clara hosting 23 rank st. mary's kid cut down on the sugar. saying it for years. micky launching from way out. second half. driving. micky he's so fine. where is kevin? i need some kevin. i love kevin foster for santa clara but more from micky. his range is sick. the and the score late in the second half of that game is 58-49. close to that. hilarious individual wrote from land dry field. dressed up a a ploye at model sporting good to get customers the buy had jersey. check it out. >> no. 6. >> not a basketball fan. >> what? >> no. >> what? hot knicks here. no. 6. i know. i feel in you. i had a girl too she ran my life. cutie pie land dry fiel field. hottest rookie in the game. p.do you want some of this. >> go ahead. if patrick ewing. goal continuing. get that out of here. >> that's our report. nature line is next. see you again in one hour. abalone benedict

blackwell throwing down the and roll 61-47. at santa clara hosting st.ds cut down on the sugar. that's what happens. out of control. way downtown. where's kevin. i love his game. sweet in the lane. floater. had 25. mcconnell 25 as well. 65-59. play usf in a show down game on saturday. >> st. mary's rank 23rd. >> they are ounce snooing terrific. thanks larry. >> "nightline"up next. >> for all of us here, thanks for joining us everyryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryryry

our amendment is supported by ken blackwell and his been a great help to us. passed the bba coalition, americans for tax reform and the national taxpayer union under 60 class, the bba non-coalition and i could go on. all i am saying the same happy we have people thinking about it, people working on it and people want and nothing do with what is right. we've got to do it. we are never going to get this under control. >> i agree completely, but she will get a lot of support with interest percentages. >> remember, we are talking about revenues. we are talking about revenues. and we know what those are. >> i see that we are out of time. but the thing i would just like to say if they think need unanimity as to what it should be in terms of the language. never underestimate washington's ability to fix something until it is broken. [applause] >> yes, we are out of time. let us conclude with the following and that is not the current style of the tax limitation balanced budget amendment is under consideration so that we get the very best model possible given all the kn

two other specifics on that dude is for liberty and also the leadership institute led by morton blackwelln his website. they can put you in touch with sort of a do it yourself, start your own organization on campus with bylaws and all the things you think would cost a lot of money or take a lot of time to do. so leadership institute website, if you want to start to apply yourself, that's a great place to start. >> in addition, they do offer mobile apps that are downloadable on the website so they can look at those resources as well. yes. >> thank you. guys, i've been hearing a lot of generalities of conservatives and progressives or left or right, but i see it as an ideological question of you either believe in the federal reserve system or you don't. and right now, what i see very much like these four rows of mike's is three sides over there of the far, far left, the obama last in the newt gingrich right, which defends federal reserve banking and that is fine, but we need to get those people in the open to say we believe in central banking and have the opposition of no we don't believe i

the system launch director charlie blackwell thompson to decide.discovery flood director, stephanie still some. -- flow director, stephanie stillson. >> we will put a hold at five minutes. >> reminding the sequencer team to insert a hold at t minus five minutes. we will be coming out of our hold it nine minutes to enable the range safety officer and the team a few more minutes to work their problem. they are currently add no-go. >> two minutes remaining on are sold. -- our hold. are only issue is a red condition from the eastern range, the central command system of this leg is not operating properly and it needs to be for them to give a go for launch. >> one minute, 5 seconds remaining. >> go ahead. >> activation complete. copy? >> 55 seconds remaining in the hold. once again, we will come out of the hold at t- nine minutes. between now and then, if the range safety system condition is corrected, we will continue to countdown for launch. if not, we will hold at five minutes. >> 25 seconds remaining. >> tested few seconds away from resuming our coun

we have ken blackwell coming up. he is a member of the civil american union. he is quite the guy.r hands together. bu[applause] ♪ >> good afternoon. ladies and gentleman, we are at a point in our nation's 234 year history where we are facing an economic, moral, and security challenge like none other. with art that being what is, we have a situation and a problem that is a moral challenge. it is a national security challenge because of the people who hold our debt, china. it is an economic crisis when total government spending is 41% of our gross >> product. -- gross domestic product. as we are told in hebrews 12, 1, "there is a cloud of witnesses watching how we run this race, how we meet this challenge." and for such a time as this, god has blessed us with a set of leaders that are willing to tackle this crisis, these challenges, these problems. among the tallest, among the best-prepared is center mike lee from utah. -- senator mike lee from utah. he is a constitutional scholar. he is a superb lawyer. he is a grassroots, tell it like it is politician. he is a favorite among the t