brendon, you are in the center of this right now. when i was there, it's fascinating to see this unfold because the regulations are changing every single day. so it's incredibly hard to be a business owner in this industry. >> it is. the regulations in colorado are changing on a daily, weekly basis. it's one of the things that they are doing really well there. they are constantly refining the regulations to keep tight control over the industry as it transforms from an area of prohibition to a legal market. >> as a business owner, it's hard. some of the people we talked to said this was legal yesterday and it's not legal today. i have to change my logo. i have to move this. change my packaging. how do you keep on top of everything that's happening? >> well so we have an internal legal team and external legal team and we have people focused on lobbying and staying in contact with the regulatory boards to ensure that everything we do complies with local and federal regulations. >> what do you say to people who want to jump into this ind

end united players has worked with green door and grass roots all located in district 6 along with brendon's law firm who have provided the funds necessary to buyback illegal arms from our streets. the buyback will take place this saturday from 9 to 1:00 p.m. at united player's club house anyone turning in a hand gun a hundred dollars and assault weapon 2 $200 in compensation no questions asked. i want to that to thank our local district 6 medical marijuana dispensaries and united players in doing all the fund raising to make this possible as well as commander mike rudman for his support in helping us to navigate the logistical logistics of putting this on and for the ongoing work to wipe out violence in our community and build relationships between opposing sides and take back our community and dlz there's a lot of work that needs to be done i work forward to working with my colleagues and the rest i submit. >> thank you supervisor kim. supervisor mar. >> thank you madam clerk. let me ask colleagues if you will join me in closing the meeting in honor of an asian arts activist and long time

i'm brendon smekt a homeowner an on ralph street i'm not in favor anymore continuances on this i'm infavor of the they know going through i want to speak on behalf of many of the residents who's main concern at this point is the traffic coming on ralph street and florida this planning mrafrn can get proposed with the raised sidewalk that's great we're open for some other measures that includes the cobblestones mentioned in the package and even further narrowly of the entrance to ralph. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my i'm jessica spell your last name generally in favor of the development and happy about the intersection being made safer we're disappointed it the driveway on fulsome has not been cared considered when the last meeting end it sounds like you were asking for that to be considered i'm still not to hear if it's a safe location the intersection is more dangerous at the street so i guess that's all i have to say thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. and. >> i can say we were disappointed on the fourth at that meeting not much about the streetscaping i want to

. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm brendon smith on ralph street i just wanted to bring my voicen support ever asking for a continuance specifically open the placement of the driveway issue i'm no support of development project in general and we have had again religions with the developer it's been difficult to get the area of the planning commission as others have said an important document was just released we need time to properly respond to that it is any understanding that commissioner richards visited those sites very recently and was impressed by the amount of paragraph open ralph and i want to thank him for coming by in person to get a feeling for the situation on ralph and fulsome and i would i know there's a conflict of the lessor of two evils in terms of where the criteria is going to go but i hope the commissioners consider this on a case by case basis and appreciate our time in coming to the site and looking at it in person thank you. >> is there any additional public comment? yes, please come forward and line up on the screen side of the room. >> members of the comm

. >> reporter: brendon says the service is a waste of money. he pays $60 a year for the online subscription to x-box live. he had to settle for playing offline today. his family shelled out $400 for the console and bought this online exclusive game. >> my mother and brother both paid for it. they both work minimum wage. my family said is it broken? should we return it? but yeah, they were more disappointed than i was. >> reporter: the hacker groups claimed to have intended their attack on christmas night and this down time is the aftermath. there doesn't appear to be any connection between these attacks and the christmas day release of sony's film the interview. in san jose, betty yu, kpix5. >>> stocks are on a roll. the dow jones gained more than 23 points closing above the 18,000 mark again. likely fueling that rally, word ha holiday sales may have hit $617 billion. shoppers packed valley fair mall in san jose today. some looking for good deals. others returning their gifts. today marked the second busiest shopping day of the year behind the

. >> they both had stomach surgery doctor brendon o'connor with cooper hospital. they had a gastric sleeve operation, which is less complicated then gastric bypass. >> it is just a removal of a portion of the stomach. >> reporter: is what left behind looks like a sleeve. >> that is right. >> the sleeve operation is a procedure that is done with a minimally inn vase i have approach. we go in and rehave move approximately 80 to 85 percent of the the stomach, so this is designed to limit food in take accounts. >> reporter: also, say there is an adjustment but it is easy. now they are used to eating healthier smaller portions. tim who had the surgery first gets emotional when he talks about finally being able to do things with the children. >> i feel like i'm the dad i'm supposed to be. >> i wanted to try to get healthier for my kids. i wanted to be able to be there as they grow up. >> reporter: now trudy had her surgery in august. she and tim never had more than seven foster children at one time. they are now taking a break from fostering to focus on their health, ga

andave a brandon, brendon difference.ell the he calls us by what school we went to because he can't - the carlisle. tell.carry and no i'm not sure what they have. they might've had chocolate or gummies. >> kate with gummies. >> is that a candy bracelet? >> yeah, it is a candy bracelet. >> the report brought to you by dark chocolate cupcakes. here.rning i can't talk. i'm focusing -- the cupcakes look mighty good. stay with us. anotherhour of "bloomberg surveillance." >> we are on a sugar high right now. >> yes, we are. ♪ . . >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." blankfein tightens up the quality of debt collateral. this is oil. expect the unexpected. takes5, the year facebook over the known world of digital in this oil and crisis, saudi arabia is looking east 810 miles. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." we're live from our world headquarters in new york. it is tuesday, december 9. i am tom keene. joining the scarlet fu and brendan greeley. is being ledloff by the biggest drop in chinese stocks since 2009. shanghai confidence falling after the government tightens