brooks, commissioner brooks, or president brooks, as he is now known, is the western region vice president of government affairs for cbs outdoor, a leading global media company and is responsible for government and public affairs from california to texas for that company. he is also a member of the california international relations foundation. he provides assistance to the california state senate in furthering economic, environment, educational and cultural exchanges with foreign governments and citizens. president brooks also served as director of administrative services for the city of san francisco where he was responsible for policy and planning for 14 city departments, managing over 300 employees, and a budget of $100 million. please join me in welcoming president brooks. . >> thank you, susan leyall, and good morning, welcome here. before i start i want to thank our general manager leyall who has done an extraordinary job here at the san francisco puc and also i want to recognize two people that just walked in, our vice president commissioner ann (inaudible) and commissioner dennis

. >> brooke: (gasps) >> ridge: thomas, you know how gullible brooke is. >> brooke: oh!on't you tell us who she is? >> thomas: come on, it's a first date, okay? >> ridge: i'll open the door for you. >> thomas: brooke. >> brooke: okay. okay. go to your room. (giggles) thomas, have a wonderful evening. come on, let's go. (giggles) >> thomas: (sighs) >> dayzee: and make a cash drop

. >> brooke: (gasps) oh! >> ridge: where's my milk? >> brooke: (breathlessly) oh.ever mind that. i didn't make it to the kitchen. this is big! >> ridge: did you see who it was? >> brooke: (sighs) yes. dayzee. >> ridge: (mouths word) >> brooke: (gasps) thomas was kissing her! >> ridge: whoa. >> brooke: (sighs) >> amber: are you still open? >> stephanie: in your case, i'm not so sure. >> amber: and, uh, do you still charge only what a person can pay? >> stephanie: well, if i did, it would be the biggest challenge to my principles up to this moment. >> amber: (sighs) look, i don't like coming here like this, but, um, i didn't know where else to go. and in case

he singled out congressman brooks. without hesitation speaker o'neill looked at the president and responded this would be the worst thing you could do particularly with a fellow like brooks. jack doesn't get mad. he gets even. you don't even know if your throat is cut until you turn your head. that didn't scare carter. after his encounter with brooks carter just reached out to republicans who were more favorably disposed to the plan because it promised to reduce big government. carter the news republican votes he had to win enough democratic votes and obtain a coalition to pass the measure. democrats were scared by the point of looking like opponents of government efficiency so more moved closer to carter's position. one month after the election congress passed the measure carter wanted an even brooks went along with the bill with one minor concession that the administration gave him. the institutional as asian of human rights also generated excitement among many americans who had been disillusioned by the cynical poli

the decision to close glen brook and high school brook schools happened last night. we have come to west brook school. parents and teachers and kids here are just finding out they too could be on the chopping block. that is what the school board president proposed last night and he knows it caught a lot of people off guard. the question in all of this is how do you save $1.5 million? last night we told you on the 10:00 news that a four to one vote officially shut down glen brook and hull brook elementary schools. but our crew there also found out that that vote wasn't the end of the story. all of a sudden when the board started talking about what's next, discussions began about westwood elementary school. >> they didn't know they were on the radar screen necessarily. we didn't know they were on the radar screen. this is an evolving process. >> reporter: now a lot of this process is actually pretty confusing. but it all has to do with how to move these kids around now that these other two schools are definitely closing. the board president thinks shutting down westwoo

and hol brook.he vote on those schools came just after 10:00. and they voted to close them in a four to one vote in an attempt to closing $1.5 million budget gap. but it was after that vote that the board started talking about what's next they started talking about westwood elementary. >> all of the hol brook kids go to two schools. glen brook go to one. new twist is that valley view -- not valley view, westwood would go to one school, mountain view. >> reporter: it is all a little bit confusing. nothing has been decided. all we know though is that this is now on the table. there are doing to be mealings to discuss this. one on the 15th and one on the 22nd. things will move quickly. a vote is expected on the 22nd which gives this school and school community two weeks to digest this and react to it. i just talked to a teacher as she walked in here and she said it's all very upsetting. she said in part some of this makes sense if you talk about how kids move from school to school when you're talking a

. >> since 1955, glen brook middle school. one of this that is on to a the lists of possible school closings. and the possibility, the red and:brook middle school. holbrooke, and sold for broke and glen brook middle. and sequoia. steve lawrence has created another option to present to the board. with peter holbrook, and glen brook middle. with either does holbrooke and consolidate small or bicycles. smaller icicles. oh my gosh! and isolate two different high schools that are smaller. and no deadline has been set. parents of the school district are talking about a difficult decision of what to do with the school is closed. homeschooling, private schooling, or transfer to another district are the three options that they are considering. dave guingona, kron 4 news. >> a live look through san francisco. gorgeous, sunny skies but it is cooler. currently, 58 degrees. that is about 12 degrees cooler than yesterday. 51 this evening and upper 40's overnight. 73 and concord. and antioch, 71 degrees in livermore. still cool with and we s

you're back. >> steffy: brooke, you're still here. >> brooke: yes, i'm still here. >> steffy: wait, you guys are still together? i thought it would be way over by now. (banging on door) >> amber: coming. i'm coming. who could this be? oh. well, howdy, handsome.

marshon brooks taking over. getting the basket. scores the layup. providence within three. 20 seconds remaining. more from the friars. and brooks. where's the "d"? providence within two. seven seconds remaining. friars down four. and brooks was unbelievable. hitting the three in transition. providence is only down one. one second remaining. and missed the first. brooks, one last shot. it's no good. he finished with 52 points. 20 and 28 from the field. notre dame wins this one, 94-93. >>> you're up to date for now. and don't forget, for all of your highlights, join us on "the highlight express" on espn news. back to new york. >>> well, it's another case of mascot madness. and this one has a pretty mean right hook. >> we disagreed on this one. this is vanderbilt university. mr. c. was having fun in the crowd after last night's game. did you see that? he suddenly punched a student in the face, giving him a bloody nose. >> vanderbilt officials say the student is fine. and they're still trying to figure out if the punch is accidental or deliberate. you s

love you, brooke.he milestone of 50 and some new details about the cancer, but you know who else is turning 50, thex week? that's right. i'm leading the way for you. >> thank you so much for that. went from being the youngest person -- >> easy, tiger -- easy -- sam turns 50, you're the young one over there, juju. >> i'm the baby. >> all right, all right. shall get to sam? >> let's get to sam. what's going on in chicago? >> younger than springtime, george and robin. let's get to it. this major storm that's moving mostly across the country. i mean, three-quarters of the country will be touched in some way by this system. dallas from overnight thunderstorms to early morning snow. big-time thunderstorms, severe weather in houston now. oklahoma city near blizzard conditions. chicagoland picked up some snow and will have blizzard conditions. here is who gets ice out of this, a path of about 1500 mile stretch of ice. and we're talking about accumulating ice, in many cases about an inch thick of ice that will

the beautiful, the talented brooke shields is here. [ cheers and applause ] she's awesome.funny as well. we have the new hot guy, oh my gosh, from the upcoming movie "i am number four," alex pettyfer is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] watch it, higgins. one of my favorite judges on "top chef all-stars," gail simmons is with us. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be talking about -- this wednesday night, me and my family are actually judging an episode of "top chef," this wednesday at 10:00 on bravo. i'm a judge. yeah, i don't know. [ light laughter ] we'll talk about it. it's kind of a nightmare wrangling my parents in there, but it was very fun, and gail was a good sport to put up with us. yeah, and she's awesome. we have some great music from and you will know us by the trail of dead. [ cheers and applause ] they are going to be here tonight. but first, not a lot of things are certain in this crazy world. we scurry through life lickety-split from one fleeting experience to another, nothing seems sacred anymore. nothing seems permanent. and that's why this week at "late nig

diablo school board voted to close down hol brook elementary and glen brook middle schools. and a new school could now be closed. school board president's proposed closing westwood elementary, but there will be a commute meeting about that held first. >>> san francisco police hope this surveillance video will help them catch the attacker in this violent mugging that happened over the weekend. a concerned citizen rolled on this. this was not a random incident though. police say that man and that woman met earlier in the day at union square. >>> and in egypt, protesters now targeting the parliament building in cairo. they've organized this sleepin right outside the building. this was last night. they're calling on the nation's attorney general to investigate the wealth of egyptian president mubarak and his family. >>> on capitol hill some lawmakers are backtracking on calls to cut u.s. military aid to egypt. the u.s. gives about $1.5 billion in military aid to egypt every year. last week several lawmakers said they would not vote for continuing that aid, but now many of those

>> brooke: amber is pregnant with liam's child. you can't have a relationship with liam that doesn't include amber. >> liam: all-- all amber wants is money. i mean... (scoffs) she knows i'm with hope. that's not gonna change. >> brooke: i know that you two love each other. and i'm sure that liam didn't mean for this to happen. there's no doubt in my mind that this was all amber's doing. but it can't be undone. i think you should take a step back and reevaluate where this is going. >> hope: step back? you're telling me to break up with liam?

but brooks presented a new ordinance the city attorney has not reviewed.s said with it creating safety risks, it's time to create regulation. >> could have fire, burglaries, all of those things are impacted by cannabis being grown, and we have no regulation. >> reporter: the new ordinance taps the grows at 50,000 square feet and requires large-scale growers to have a dispensary where they are required to sell the majority to members. she says that rule will limit a grower's ability to limitity product. >> it makes it impossible to run an ordinary dispensary. >> reporter: the cultivation permit price of $211,000 is still being debated. some say the proposed new rules will snuff out interest. so no resolution. tonight the council agrees to continue this conversation at the public safety committee next week. live in oakland, jean elie, nbc bay area news. >>> well, coming up, another stunt pulled by charles manson. this one from behind bars. it has prison officials scratching their heads. >>> i miss my child's first steps. i didn't see him walk. i didn't see t

i want to give a big thank-you to linda brooks burton. [applause] because linda brooks britain last march invited me to plan this program, and i want to thank helen, who i work with in san francisco unified because she introduced me to bryonn bain, and she always introduces me to the various artists that come in to work in the school district. as i learned about bryonn and experienced his presence and i was thinking about putting together this program, it just clicked -- why not bring the two together to bring this link from the past unsegregated jim crow to what is happening in the 21st century and that has been happening? i think i was inspired by michele alexander's booke." >> it is my pleasure to say, ms. colvin, without you we would not be where we are. [applause] thank you for sharing your story, and keep telling your story because we need to know, and our children need to know, and our children's children need to know your story. and we want to thank our sponsors today. we have the san francisco unified school district. we have mar

>> holman: there's more from shields and brooks on the rundown.our "making sense" page, paul solman looks at times in history when economic troubles sparked uprisings. and jeffrey brown previews sunday's academy awards with new york times critic a.o. scott on "art beat." also there, you can learn about the short films nominated for oscars. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> lehrer: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are 11 more. >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on monday, we'll look at congress grappling with the prospects of a looming government shutdown. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, wh

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jason brooks. >> reporter: sometimes. >> really. jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. thank you. >>> well, there is an added perk from your morning cup of coffee. but it depends if you're a man or would. a new study out of britain finds that drinking coffee improves women's brain power in stressful situations such as tense meetings. it helps decision-making and memory but sipping a latte and capuccino has an opposite effect on men. it actually scrambles their thinking. [ laughter ] >> they drink whiskey instead. >> have a taste test in the newsroom and find out if that's really true. >>> hey, you don't have to wait until sunday to see some of the great new super bowl ads. we have a sneak peek at one of them right here. >> guys, give me a little space here? parked a little close. guys! come on, guys. [ laughter ] i got a meeting! [ laughter ] >> little trench coat. >> this ad is from career builders. those chimps are back making life hard for the working stiff. there is another one that's going to debut that's the new volkswagen beetle. and it's another one, as well. so

hari. >> sreenivasan: we have more with shields and brooks on "the rundown." and how much will medicaid costs rise in your state by 2012? we've crunched the data in a special series of graphics that break down the projections state-by-state. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll have the latest on the protests in the middle east and north africa. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: pacific life-- the power to help you succeed. >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that goes right to the heart of local com

karen dinen from brookings. your paper lays out several alternative proposals. we're going to see more alternatives laid out over the course of today's conference. all told, it seems like we might be a ways away from locking in on a plan. i was wondering if i could build on your last response. do you think this lack of a plan is hindering the mortgage market recovery, hindering mortgage origination and securitization while at the same time increasing the government's exposure to risk? >> i think the three things that are still in the way of broader recovery are, one, the economics of what the government is doing now, because what the government does now in mortgages is more attractive than what the market is willing to do, you're right. that's why we want to begin the process of changing the pricing and the ltvs conforming limits to help facilitate that transition. the second thing is lack of clarity about what the rules are going to be over the rest of the private market for mortgages. the act requires a complicated set of rule writing across the board. we're t

brooks are very important. i have always been perplexed by issues that are supposedly green issues and how they intersect or don't with transit oriented development as it relates to parking or transportation, if it is through the housing element or someplace else, i think that conversation needs to happen. i did not see language here that relates to shelters. until we come up with something that really is going to house homeless people, we will continue to have people that are facing struggles and economic challenges. i think there needs to be some examination unhook of what the shelter use means. especially now that we have laws in place that are so draconian, it might lead to where people that don't have a place to stay go. there is the issue of keeping shelters open, operational costs. keeping shelters open during the day, that kind of thing so that people have a place to go. that is kind of a complicated issue, and i will defer those types of questions to the coalition on homelessness and folks like that. i

david brooks, on the subject of egypt, fast-moving developments.hind president obama and his leadership here, saying he's handled it just about as well as he could have. >> yeah, more agreement between the republicans and the democrats than between the white house and the state department, apparently. sort of an interesting fight all week. the president really wanting to be on the side of the street, the democracy protesters. the state department wanting to be more slow transition. i would say one of the big news -- first the state department, i don't think hillary clinton handled this situation particularly well. i don't think what they were thinking, that mubarak could lead a transition into democracy, that the street would accept a slow transition. i don't know what they were thinking. secondly, i don't think the president -- i thought there were moments when he was superb but didn't really control his administration fast enough and really had to struggle to control the state department. >> mark halperin, there is a danger here that as this move

glen brook is one of the schools facing possible close sures. the school district is expected to vote on which schools will close next week. >>> solano community college has overcome it's accreditation problems. it was announced today that the accreditation association has taken the college off their list. they had to make improvements in student achievement, leadership and board relations. >>> in the last ten minutes, ktvu has positively confirmed the body of a 4-year-old boy pulled from the delta canal is that of juliani cardenas. the sheriff's department just -- has confirmed the boy's identity. >>> as china town celebrate it is lunar new year. the city cracks down on illegal garage dumping. why the next two weeks are so important to store front owners here. >>> and i'll show you which cities could obtain temperatures in the 70s. shift your weight forward onto the left foot. take the right leg up, holding the inner arch of the foot... introducing instant action alerts, only from chase. left arm up... manage your account and help avoid overdra

my name is helena brook and i'm director of the mental health board. with a group of people from mental health, we could collaborated and created the training that existed -- we co-collaborated and created the training that existed for the past 10 years. i applaud the continuation of training ever all the officers. the training that has been a collaborative effort between the police department and mental health has trained nearly 1,000 officers appropriately to help people with mental illness and help them get help. these don't make the front-page news. i want to emphasize that through the training from meeting the officers in the san francisco police department, we have a tremendous department that do care about the citizens of san francisco. during the past 10 years the department also funded research about the type of training and the type of calls that people get and the number of calls from people with mental illness. results show they found the training useful and led to a change in their attitude. many officers sate -- said it was the best train

here's jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. good morning, jason.e need some good news. >> yeah. good morning, elizabeth. market seems to be taking the egyptian unrest in stride for the second straight day. some very positive earnings are also helping the market propel forward. pfizer came out and said its profits quadrupled over the same quarter a year ago to 2.$9 billion. revenue up 6% to more than $17 billion. got a benefit from its acquisition of wyeth late in 2009 with the number of extra drugs on the market. also, u.p.s. was a beneficiary of a stronger holiday shopping season. its profit rose 48% to over $1.1 billion. u.p.s. is a good gauge for spending and raising its projection for this year ahead saying it will receive better revenue than 2007 when the recession started so good news there. gap north america is going to have a change at the top. its president of the past 24 years is going to be stepping down. gap north america has gone through a tough couple of years. in fact, its revenue in december was down 8% compared to a year earlier, w

. >> brooke: what? what is it? >> katie: an--an explosion. >> ridge: where? when?katie: uh, at amber's mom's trailer. uh, apparently, there was something wrong with the heat, and she went out to check on the propane tank, and it exploded. >> brooke: so is amber okay? was she hurt? >> katie: no. someone else. (sighs) >> ridge: tawny? >> hope: n

he gave a panel at the brookings institute recently. i have the privilege of talking to him regularly and hearing what he is working on. he is very much still part of the world of economics. alan, welcome. [applause] >> thank you very much, martin. you did not say that i have been around here for 40 years and one of the early members of the brookings panel on economic activity. >> i apologize for nothing. [laughter] >> if you go into one session today, with what the sessions were 40 years ago, you know how little we have learned. [laughter] >> you have not been coming often enough. that is part of the problem. >> all the rest of the seminar is devoted to the structure of mortgage finance. i thought it might be useful to spend a few minutes on what mortgage finance is ultimately all about. home building. the last 20 years have exhibited the longest uninterrupted rise in single- family housing starts and by far the sharpest collapse in the post-war years. starts in recent months have languished at little more than 400,000 annual rate, les

john braca e-mails in to you, do you think that the reform conservatives -- david frum, david brooks, etc. -- will remain relevant in the age of the tea party? >> guest: i think they're irrelevant now. i think david frum would have to jump off george washington bridge to the get attention today -- to get attention today, and david brooks already has. that wonderful interview in the new republic where he said, generally, i know more about political philosophy and policy than anyone i sit down with. generally, i know more, certainly, about political philosophy. but when i sat down with barack obama, barack obama had been in the senate one month, but when i sat down with barack obama, he knew more about political philosophy and about policy than i did. i knew that. and then i looked down, and i saw the wonderful crease in his pant leg as he sat across from me, and i said to myself on the basis of a crease in his pants, mind you, i said to myself, this man is going to be president someday, and he's going to be a very good president. and i said to myself, i said, what if barack obama had b

let's go to jason brooks with -- let's go to jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >> good morningwondering when is the second version coming out? the "wall street journal" says apple is already manufacturing the ipad 2 and we could see it in the next couple of months. some of the details regarding it, will it probably have a camera on it with a faster graphics processor and lighter and thinner. we don't know any of the details since apple isn't commenting but it's expected the price range will be between $499 and $829. hp is also looking at coming out with its own tablet device. probably based on palm's web operating system after hp bought palm last year. that announcement is 10:00 from the fort mason center and hl is expect to debut a tablet as well as a couple of new smart phones based on palm's operating system. fed chairman ben bernanke goes before the house budget committee today. it's going to be his first testimony in front of the gop- controlled house. not expected to alter any of his visions on the economy from just two weeks ago in the latest policy statement from the fe

david brooks already has. the wonderful interview in the new republic where -- i know more about political philosophy and policy than anyone i sit down with. generally i know more about political philosophy. barack obama has been in the senate one month. when i sit down with barack obama he knew more about the political philosophy and policy than i did. then i saw the wonderful crease that he sat across from me and i said to myself on the basis of a crease in his pants, i said to myself this man is going to be president some day and he is going to be a very good president. and i said to myself what if barack obama had been wearing pantyhose? what would our friends say about that? they are not relevant anymore. then brooks went on to say barack obama was birkie and and he knew edmund burke very well. win you write for the new york times you can say any preposterous thing and will be taken seriously at least by the editors of the new york times, not by me. >> host: from "after the hangover: the conservatives' ro

-- syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. david, let's just get right to it. who is in fact going to be the republican nominee for president in 2012. >> donald trump. we can stop our coverage right now. we hid the absurd moment. i thought the gerbel wheel was the-- . >> lehrer: what do you make of this. what is going on here? >> a couple of things are notable for the republican field as judy mentioned. it's completely wide open. there is no structure to the race this is not even a front-runner the way there has been with mccain and bush. and it's all very late informing i at this because the congressional election. i personally think they are really very few plausible candidates there are a lot of candidates but donald trump is to the going to get the nomination an michelle bachman is not going to run. somebody people may not have focused on was quickly seen there, the senator from south dakota, ascending to a senior position in the senate so he may want to stay but he is a smart guy, extremely good looking guy. john mccain a