brent mcdonald, come on up. >> good afternoon, committee. my name is brent mcdonald, the architect for miss kristina baker. i am here to answer any questions, but i think nick explained everything. >> thank you very much. is there any additional public comment on item no. 1? please come forward, if you have public comment? >> good afternoon. thank you. [speaker not understood] the land use -- of the city plan progress step-by-step -- such a match of this trend because i must say of all people -- it's making it better. [speaker not understood] >> is there any additional public comment on item no. 1? seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ] >> colleagues, could i have a motion to forward item no. 1 to the full board of supervisors with positive recommendation? >> second. >> without objection, that will be the order. madame clerk, could you please call item no. 2. >> a hearing on the transbay transit center and downtown extension platform compatibility. >> thank you, supervisor kim is the author and i would like to add my name as co-spo

bunch of cross currents today, pharma m&a, weak mcdonald's sales in focus, oil is below 65, a new five-year low as morgan stanley cuts its target for brento 70, down from 9 pa. ten-year hugging 2.3 after the jobs number friday. markets slipping after weak overnight data. present hitting new five-year low. the dow as we said within nine points of 18,000 and retreating today. >>> merck buying cubist more than $18 billion and cash. comments late in the hour. >>> mcdonald's delivers another weak number. sales missed the street, down 2.2% worldwide. more than that in the united states. we'll get to all of that later on. >>> but first up, dow and s&p, each posting a seven-week winning streak since late november of last year. blue chips within 48 point of the 18,000 mark. futures falling on disappointing chinese trade data. japan's economy shrank more than initially estimated in q3. crude falling to that new five-year low. morgan stanley cut its forecast, oversupply to peak in the second quarter next year. but in their words, guys likely to get worse before it gets better. >> once again, i mean, here's -- here we go. they're weak, thoi this is

bunch of cross currents today, pharma m&a, weak mcdonald's sales in focus, oil is below 65, a new five-year low as morgan stanley cuts its target for brent