tonight tech your vets climate change. -- investigates climate change.s science versus politician.ow what this is? it's a snowball. >> from a city in the crisis. >> neighbours were coming down. >> to the epicentre of a political debate. >> carbon pollution, co2, it's food. >> we go to the front lines of a debate that may not be decided. >> they'll raise the sidewalks. >> it's it feet >>> until it's to late. >> as mayor, i don't have the liberty or time to declat meaning. lindsay moran is an ex-cia . >> why is the issue dr crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist. >> why does the small segment of scientists i'm phil torres. 'm an entomologist. >> that was something else, a rush. that's the team. let's do some science. [ ♪♪ ] >>> welcome to "techknow", it's a debate that somehow is still raging on - is the climate changing, is man to blame and is there anything we cabn do to stop the disaster. most agree the answers is yes. that's most scientists, not all of them. story. >> at the c.i.a. i was trained to analyse complex and sometimes contradictory da

they know that schismimply refusing to say the words climate change doesn't mean that climate change isn't happening. [applause] [applause]. >> we do that in life make sure people are prepared for climate change. protecting the one planet we've got. is what we have to do for the next generation. i want my daughters not only to be able to enjoy this amazing view. i want my grandchildren, long time from now, to enjoy this amazing view. and their children and their children after that. that's what we do as americans. take responsibility and leave behind for our children something special. we are blessed with the most beautiful god given landscape in the world. it's an incredible bounty. [applause]. >> that's been given to us. but we've got to be good stewards for it. we have to take care of it. we only get to enjoy things like our amazing national parks because great americans like teddy roosevelt and marjorie douglas and a bunch of ordinary folks whose names are not in the history books. they fought to protect our national inheritance. now it's our turn to ensure that this remains the

or addressing climate change. what we've got to do is turn that around and show that we can match their sentiment with a free enterprise solution that actually works. and that's the other thing, ray. i think the reason a lot of conservative politicians have rejected action is because they just don't like the solution. if we can show them a solution that fits with their values they might be willing to entertain the problem. >> a lot of people have said this is costing us money in ways easy to measure and ways hard to measure. how could you haar rnessthe marketplace? >> if we can make it so the marketplace is transparent and accountable and there are no subsidies for any fuels so fuels are judged on their closest to actual price, then you have a true market price where the market will judge those prices and consumers will innovate because they have a price signal. this is what we conservatives passionately believe, that price signals work better than say government regulation or something like a cap and trade progra

requests 4 general areas that the changes were in first one is in the tenderloin district the option of going to west to polk or van ness in the park richmond district a decision how to keep the neighborhood together that gives two options changes to the southern and bayview district were around moving the line that had been proposed for 16th street to mariposa and small change for the mission and bayview that is basically, the bridge park that session that is in the mariposa utah street we'll go through each of those to refresh your memory we refer to this as sb 3 b. >> we number them all systematically so that's the proposed map to refresh your memory other than where you started in september we'll look at the requested changes in the data that coordinates to them the first, you'll see the tenderloin is west from the current boundary line and this one to van ness if you see on the bottom part of the tenderloin there is the carve out section for the city hall and the serving plaza in front of the of city hall with that equates to in the way of number this the dispatch of the number

this sample represents 3,000 years of changing of carbon dioxide. >> the equivalent change of greenhouse that happened in the last decade took thousands of years to happen when the earth was not being influenced by humans. >>> these scientists reflect the fact that 97% of all research published on climate change say it's fuelled by manmade greenhouse gas emissions. >> as scientists we barely agree on anything. to say 97% of climate experts say the climate system is warming today is phenomenal. >>> scientists aside some politicians are not buying it. >> it changes, it gets hot and cold >> but man made? isn't that the question? >> then why did the dinosaurs go extinct? dinosaurs aside, "techknow" went to washington d.c. where a herd of lawmakers don't agree with the scientists we interviewed. like republican senator jeff sessions questioning e.p.a. administrator geena mccarthy. >> would you acknowledge that over the last 18 years, that the increase in temperature has been very little, and that it is well below most of the environmental models that showed how fast temperature would increase

that is one of the things we are trying to change.e are trying to make it so that all of these private companies are a lot more liquid than they were back ten years ago when we had that big drought. we have a different kind of drought now, but a big drought of liquidity in small businesses. and these entrepreneurs were starving, but they had a lot of money on paper and they were trying to figure out how to get that money -- >> well let's spend a minute on that. i think what you're doing there, you have kind of broken off from draper fisher jergenson and started your own -- >> well it is a little different -- >> further out. >> draper associates and then i worked with -- worked alone for about seven years and then i brought in john fisher and then brought in steve jergenson, we ended up with a lot of great partners around the table and then i saw huge changes in finance and i realized that i had an innovator's dilemma. i had to decide whether i could change that big boat or i needed to step outside. >> that's where i'm going. you had a

they fight to keep themselves from changing. and we really need to change it.se governments are now starting to compete for the people of the world. and it's time to do it. so this is kind of a fun, interesting way to bring new ideas in so that everybody can see hey, well that's something i might want to back and i'm going to kick-start it myself with some money and some, i might put another initiative on the ballot. somebody comes up with with. >> thank you for coming in. good seeing you. >>> elsewhere in the markets, major averages are drifting lower today. dow and s&p down for the second day in three. nasdaq down for the fire department straight day. those major averages, still in the green for the month of april. dow is down more than 100 points after we saw the gdp print of .2% for the first quarter. all eyes now will be on the fed statement coming out at 2:00 eastern. meanwhile, shares of starwood hotels rallying after the company hired lazar to explore strategic alternatives saying quote no option is off the table. earnings in the latest quarter also bea

was it climate change? according to research published in the bulletin of the meteorological society, probably yes. and what about the winter of 2014, climate change or just wild weather? a study out of oxford university said that that event was probably climate change. california suffered through three years of debilitateing drought. was climate change to blame? probably not. california's drought, while extreme, is not an uncommon occurrence for the state. natural weather trends are the primary factors. still, extremes are becoming the norm. 2014 will go down as the warmest year ever recorded worldwide. for climate scientists understanding why is evolving with every event. california's storm of the decade may, in fact, be tied to a recently observed phenomenon known as atmospheric rivers. >> atmospheric rivers are here to stay. it's chalk full of water vapors, strong winds, and is carrying ten times the water. >> it seems to be very severe weather phenomenon. >> well, there is a lot to learn in terms of at

cory: keith alexander with emily chang.e will be right back. ♪ ♪ cory: i am cory johnson, this is the "best of bloomberg west." the department of homeland security's opening a office in silicon valley. lawyers from the department of justice have been at the rsa conference. emily chang set down with john carlin, assistant attorney for national security, to discuss the complex relationship between washington and silicon valley. john: what we see is value has shifted from the analog world to the digital world area he spies, terrorists, those who would harm us are seeking to harm us through cyberspace area that means my job is transforming to meet those threats. emily: who are you meeting with? what companies are you meeting with? john: so many people innovating on the security side. that is an important conversation to have and learn what they are doing to defend against attacks. we are also meeting with power and gas, small and medium-sized companies here, entertainment industry and others. the message is clear, you need to b

the names have changed. that critique has not changed for two plus decades. i don't know how much weight to attach to that. i don't see that as a major factor here. and the most -- among the tech companies that i know, the most ruthless growth hungry vicious competitors are also the ones investing the most in basic technology. >> so this is a hard set of questions. again i think there's evidence that historicically the major innovations have come from the newer businesses. then the second concern here is whether what the incumbents are trying to do. they have an installed base of products. this is a concern that's shown up in the economics literature and the popular press. are they trying to protect and grow their market share? back again i said maybe the goal now is not to be the next google but to be bought by google. and the question is what's google's goal in that? >> i spent half of my professional life here in washington and half in the private sector. i think you're right that perhaps that's the core market drivers of shareholder value of earning retur

climate change skeptics are not. so this is a quest to better understand both, to ask, could this really be the last generation to climb this age-old ice. or could the fire and teamwork that drives men up mountains like this be harnessed to save mountains like this. my name is bill weir, and i'm a storyteller. i've reported from all over the world. and i have seen so much change. so i made a list of the most wonderful places to explore right before they change forever. ♪ this is "the wonder list." all right, i'm coming up this rope. i probably shouldn't be up here. taking out the screw. i probably should tell my guide i lost one of his ice screws and can no longer feel my feet. this is a good way to find out how weak your left arm is compared to your right. oh, man. but no turning back now. i asked for this, asked to hang with real alpine adventurists. asked to taste their days of thin air and adrenaline, their nights of wine and glory, because some of them wonder how long this will last. ♪ they see the signs of a wa

modest changes on the salary and benefit side largely driven by two things one changes in cti and for the retirement board making a change in their pension return assumptions. the citywide operating cost increasing in early years and then flowing a little bit in the later years as a result of the adoption of new capital plan funding levels and the ict plan. then finally modest changes on the departmental side. the next few slides just go into a little more detail into what's changing. we talked already about changes on the revenue and fund balance side. we did the controllers office did hold their in fact economic briefing several months ago and that conversation with economist as well as other folks in san francisco experts in the issues that affect our city's revenues, those predictions and assessment are included in our revenue side. we've assumed particularly in the early years very strong growth in our most economically sensitive revenues, business, hotel and property transfer taxes. with reserves we continue to make more deposits to those things and significant fundings to mta i

we are trying to address those reliability issues through both capital changes and service changes adding more service. the second type of issue or citywide goal we are trying to address is improving pedestrian safety. we are implementing what's called vision zero on our major transit corridors with the goal, the city has a goal that by 2024 there will be zero pedestrian fatalities in the city. we are trying to address that goal on muni routes as well. there is a diagram up here of a couple people getting on a bus in the city. in the background, it has our tag line, we are actively working to create a safer more reliable and more comfortable transit experience. so, there is really five major keys or things that go into making a reliable transit system. i'm not going to touch on these during the rest of the presentation but i wanted to point out that municipaley -- muni is working on all five of these issues. if you don't have the operator you can't have the bus on the street. we mean, sf mta has done a pretty poor job the last decade of hiring and training enough operators to keep up with

and overirrigation may have changed.nal climate exhausted soils and causing nations to collapse. one of the problems is there's no place for people to go. the world is occupied. population is such that there's no room, oftentimes in places where water is secure. what you will likely see is movement away from coastal regions where sea level is an increasing problem. you'll see people moving inland, uphill towards cooler temperatures and fresh water reliance and reliability. they are the trance its we can see in the future. hydrologic circumstances, more variable and extreme. >> i'm wondering if the earth can afford, through action or individual national action, to cope with this, or is this kind of a bigger problem than we know how to fix? >> well, it's certainly going to challenge the way we organise ourselves globally. we are seeing this. the world health organisation is showing this an advancement widely in the developed world. what we see here is the fact that there's probably enough water op earth for all of us, but

. >> we are supposed to change in the image of christ, yes. >> he believes that change can come aboutough prayer? >> we believe if you pray for someone, they will change. >> we wrestle against powers and prince palties. >> reporter: during the fight over maryland's law, another pastor spoke out about what he saw as the church's bias and stood before the congregation marriage. >> you know, when i came out in support of the marriage equality, i didn't take the temperatures of the congregation, i felt it was the right thing to do for me as an individual clergy leader to let my voice be heard. i didn't want my silence interpreted as consent. >> reporter: after coates spoke, an interesting thing happened. other clergy told him he was committing clergy suicide, he found the majority was waiting for his message. >> when we profiled and changed the narrative on where the people were, and gave them an opportunity to raise their voices, and show the public a different picture of a black clergy lead who says, look, i support equal rights for gays and lesbians, that gave them permission to say "i

the world we need to change the behavior not divest in follows fuels if you want people to stop using plastic bags you'll change the behavior that is renewable so i think that spending our time discussing the divestment of follows fuels we should be looking at renewables but something we have to keep in mind the reason follows fuels are important the price per kilowatt oil but as technology advances and it will alternatives will become important financially viable and when this happens you'll see a shift in behavior i think we should think along and hard about changing behavior and making renewables more assessable by technology and looking at funds that can have a real impact and also, if there's a hand out of energy upstairs companies that are e depreciates violators there's risks associated that that it is professionally into their market price maybe it is not if we were more targeted instead of casting a wide net and throwing everyone you out i thought that was food for thought for the members of the public and the staff as we go to the progress with that i'll support it we need t

spend more money, change laws, change incentives, what would you do with everything people do in health care? we would have to follow your lead. elizabeth holmes: i would unequivocally make it clear that access to health information is a basic human right and i talked often about the fact that in california today i can buy a gun , i can shoot myself, but i can't order a pregnancy test. it is illegal, because somehow that information is too dangerous for me to handle, yet until we get to a point in which every person has a human right has the ability to get information about our own body, we will not change our health care system, because individual account ability can only start with understanding. i had the chance to do a lot of work in louisiana with some very sick communities, who are heavily obese. you hear people talk about folks who are lazy, that it was not the case. they had no idea what to do to change their health. if you can empower people with information, educate you take the first step in being able to facilitate change. today, in our country, there are 26 date in which it

there are also ingredient changes menu changes. of changes and protests with that. >> very interesting consumer news. joling, thank you. >>> we are waiting for defense secretary ash carter to step up to the podium. his very first news conference since landing the top spot at the pentagon. they are preparing for it about to begin. we will bring that to you live when we return. shopping online... ...is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers carpenters and even piano tuners... were just as simple? thanks to angie's list now it is. start shopping online... ...from a list of top rated providers. visit angieslist.com today. >>> russian president vladimir putin defending the decision to send an advance missile system to iran. that is a move the white house considers problematic. kevin corke live on the north lawn. what is the administration saying about the sale of the defensive missile system to iran by the russians? >> i like how you put that. so-called defensive missile system. the fact is they are not happy about

mark: it is a sign of change, evolution. the industry is changing. it is a sign that the technology is changing. it is a sign that there is the opportunity to do more and better if you are smaller and more nimble. the real test for technology companies is, how do they make sure that they stay on the leading edge, that they constantly have a product pipeline that will result in any more attractive products? emily: from a leadership perspective, we saw marc benioff. is there a changing of the guard happening? mark: i think it is possible that actually nothing changed at oracle. [laughter] i think that might have had to do with the number of papers that larry has to sign. the number of meetings he has to go to. but he does still have -- product development still works for larry. it will be similar for quite a while. emily: how do you see the digital payments and mobile payments race playing out? mark: what we see from our standpoint is, it is by far the most innovative and radical thing. it's the thing that will have a big impact over 20 years. apple pa

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obama says climate change can contribute to asthma deaths. it is the latest in the campaign to build support for his environmental policies. a coordinated effort by a president who's invested political and financial capital in building a green legacy. there have been major initiatives. new restrictions on coal fired plant emissions, increased fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks and tax credits for wind and energy. two sides to mr. obama, one that set lofty goals in a speech he made in 2013 at georgetown university. >> the courage is whether we will have the courage to act before it is too late. >> and another mr. obama who hasn't fulfilled the promise. >> opening up new lands for leasing and encouraging more fossil fuel exports. e-has been a real disappointment actually. we would have liked to have seen more considering his great rhetoric. >> siting natural gas and for the first time increases in crude oil exports, in response to the citiics the white house says the president's record speaks for itself. >> has the president been a d

changing what farmers ro grow and away we eat.ow the company's announced it won't buy chickens raised using human antibiotics. mickey d's, changing what people eat and how they eat it. in recycling and nutrition in many ways mcdonald's is a trend-spotter, what will this new policy mean to everyone who sells, makes and eats food? it's is "inside story." >> being a major seller of cooked food in the united states, mcdonald's watches trends closely. when the exan was company was bashed for wasted packaging, it responded with new packaging efforts and new messages to the public. when the world knocked the children's offerings, mcdonald's changed that. supersize me, its move to low fat milk when reporting and activists focused attention how cows were raised for hamburger meat, the company reduced the hormones in the meat itself. applause from some sectors skepticism from others, at a time when more and more attention is focused on antibiotics, what species of potatoes are used, it's a big deal. mcdonald's has announced that this year,

it will mean dramatic changes i'm not sure your presented for it today that's something - >> to go to that point if you move it to polk or van ness the federal building goes 0 into the tenderloin p there are significant demonstrations sometimes i've been a police officer going on 34 years sometimes the president is not a democrat so sometimes. >> of the united states. >> of the united states so sometimes the federal building is a bigger issue than other times we rezoning district every 10 years i'm saying experiencely the federal building is a bigger issue than the last 8 years. >> commissioner. >> so i'm looking at the maps are we fixed on the westerfield are we looking at different options of great southern. >> the real concern. >> there's multiple concerns and we'll address all of them in order misdemeanorly what we're talking about the border to larkin or van ness we have to the options and the data to support it the decision this commission needs to make is where the border is so this is the point of the conversation if there's any other questions about that further line we'll do

>> you can change what is then missing by changing the software, by changing what is projected and missing. so missing isn't a static installation. it is an installation that is going to grow and change over time. and she has worked to bring all of this information together from laboratory after laboratory including, fortunately, our great fwroup of researchers ers-- group of researchers at the california academy. >> this couldn't have been more site specific to this place and we think just visually in terms of its scupltural form it really holds its own against the architectural largest and grandeur of the building. it is an unusual compelling object. we think it will draw people out on the terrace they will see the big cone and say what is that. then as they approach the cone tell hear these very unusual sounds that were obtained from the cornell orinthology lab. >> we have the largest recording of birds, mammals frogs and insects and a huge library of videos. so this is an absolutely perfect opportunity for us to team up with a world renown, very creative inspirational artist and put th

the names have changed. that critique has really not changed as i have been reading it for two-plus decades. so i don't know -- honestly laura, i don't know how much weight to attach to that. i don't -- i don't see that as a major factor here. and the most -- among the tech companies that i know, the most ruthless, growth hungry, vicious competitors are also investing the most in the basic fundamental technologies. john: yeah. so, these are a hard set of questions like all the ones we're about today. but again i think there's evidence that historically the major innovations have come not so much from the incumbents but from the newer businesses. so that's kind of one concern. the second concern here is whether -- what the incumbents are trying to do, obviously -- they haven't installed basic products out there. this is a concern that is thrown up in the economic literature and certainly in the popular press, are they just trying to protect their -- and grow their market share? back again i said maybe the goa

that's the guy that-- that changed so many lives. that's the guy that it took lives and-- and injured people and carried out a heinous destructive act in the city of boston. >> reporter: officer donahue told us he has practically no memory of the shoot-out after the bombings but-- after the bombings. but he sphrfers severe pain as well as nerve damage. as for had if he wants the death penalty, scott he told us at this point he'd rather not comment. >> pelley: vinita nair thanks. rikki klieman has been both a prosecutor. a criminal defense attorney, and she's now our cbs news legal analyst. rikki, what happens next in this penalty phase. >> after the guilty verdict that we have heard we will move to a penalty phase next week. the government goes first, and the government will introduce evidence of aggravation. they have saved withins. they've saved little martin richard's mother martin richards died at the age of eight. they've saved the double amputees. we're going to hear horrific evidence about why he deserves death. >> pelley: the

. >> colleagues changes to the amendments. comments on item 3 of the consent calendar. we will go to public comment. any member that would like to speak come forward. we will close public comment. may we have a motion to approve. >> move to approve. >> seconded by commissioner cohen. >> we need a roll call vote for the first one. okay. on the consent calendar. commissioner avalos. aye. >> kim, abcent. maher, absent. >> four, state and federal legislative update. this is an action item. >> good morning, chair and members, mark wats representing sacramento. two items of interest. on the matrix we added constitutional amendment number 5 and relates to the voter threshold for local special taxes, not designating a purpose for the tax, but under any tax approved by the voters reduce the threshold to 35%. we are recommending support for that measure. another measure that was brought to my attention by staff to relay to you and ask for your action on is to reconsider ab 779, found on page 7 of the matrix. this measure has been a watch and we're asking for you to reconsider and

>> main change has been mainly the change in the race pulp. going from a community that was primary white to a community primary african american. here? >> this is my yearbook. i graduated in 1968. out of this 4,000 kids, there's probably 200 total african americans. it's primary all white. >> out of 4,000? >> out of 4,000. page after page, white white. >> lot of white faces? >> lot of white faces. >> mcgrath has lived from the transformation but devoid of conflict. >> how big a racial divide is there now? >> i don't believe there is any racial divide. you don't see a single street that has all white or all black. it's white black black white. >> you say there's no racial divide? >> i may be a fool for believing it but i don't see it. >> ferguson is divided. a lot of people don't want to admit that ferguson is divided or has been divided. you need to address the problem and not dance around the problem. >> what happens if you don't? >> it's a powder keg and one day it's going to blow a lot larger than it did in august and september. >> knockin

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charlie: he is committed to change. he is committed to change there. he is developing alternative energy sources. there are people who say they worry about a bubble in china. both in terms of overbuilding as they did. do you worry about that economic collapse? they've gone to double-digits to 7.4 economic growth. mr. paulson: i look less at the economic growth number. i look at the source of their growth. you mentioned they need less reliance on exports. they also need less reliance on government investment in infrastructure. what we have seen happen, which is disturbing, is we have seen a country that doesn't have a municipal finance system that works today. if it doesn't have the revenues they need they take someone's land and sell it. they finance it with debt and invest in real estate. debt has grown faster than the economy. that is on the one hand very disturbing. on the other the chinese leaders see this, and they are working to address it. what i look at is not the growth number, i look at what they are doing to get that growth. i would much rat

one says that it will change the world. >> it's huge. it's huge. it's going to change.s going to change people's minds. it's going to change the fans' minds and everyone is going to have to open their minds. >> reporter: yet for jenner trying to be happy as been a struggle since childhood. in these experts we are calling the early stages of transition sieged by paparazzi. >> everyone thinks they have seen changes, changes in your face. >> yes. i give them ammunition. okay? >> why? >> because i'm trying to live with myself. >> so this was you venturing out for yourself. >> absolutely. for nobody but myself. >> reporter: in to the rotor blade of -- >> yeah this is me venturing out, trying to be myself. i -- >> it looked as if you were daring them to -- >> i wasn't daring them. i'll give you that it may look that way. i wasn't daring them at all. >> now with the transformation underway some of jenner's goals are simple ones. >> having my nail polish on so long that it chips off. >> now men are putting photos of their painted nails on twitter. a sydney, australia radio stat

i'm emily chang.ere is a check of your bloomberg top headlines -- a futures trader has been arrested in the united kingdom for allegedly contribute into the may 2010 flash crash. navinder singh sarao is accused of illegal bait and switch practices to manipulate the market. criminal liar and commodities charges were filed i the u.s. justice department. they are seeking his extradition. bill gross says the 10 year german bond is the short of a lifetime. he joined "street smart" earlier today to explain why he is betting against german government bonds. bill: it's about five years forward in both germany and the u.s., but the yield difference between those two is about 200 basis points lower for germany. so equal quality, yes, but 200 basis points lower in germany. that says u.s. treasuries are a whale of a buy and german bonds are a whale of a short. i'm suggesting if you want to hedge, the best thing is to sell the german bond and by -- buy u.s. treasuries. emily: he says most investors want to wait fo

scientists predict that climate change linked to greenhouse-gas emissions will lead to changes in the global environment, including a rise in ocean levels. in developing nations, the majority of population growth projected to take place cities. many of these cities are situated in low-lying coastal areas -- eas most at risk for climate-change effects. balk: we know climate change will lead to sea-level rise, and that, of course, will affect coastal dwellers more than others. but we also know that it will increase storm surges and flooding coastal in nature. in fact, we found that coastal ecosystems were disproportionately urban and disproportionately dense in both urban and rural areas. and therefore, we became particularly interested in trying to estimate the population and the urban population that would be at greater risk of the conseences of climate change. narrator: deborah balk incorporates spacial data and methods to assess population characteristics and behaviors. balk: there's a disproportionate contribution of the causes of climate change coming from one set of countries, mo

happening enormous natural change and enormous economic change what do writers look for when they'relooking for a great story? conflict. and the earth is now going through these enormous changes which is actually changing the kind of constellation of powers and interests in financial calculations that we hear. so i took in carbon shock this kind of swrowrnny to different -- journey to different parts of the world where the costs and consequences of climate change are being experienced now, and i dug in very deeply into individual locations and tried to tell stories and told stories of farmers and their experience of climate change in the central valley. went to the amazon, i talked about the experience of climate change in the rain forest and i went to pittsburgh and a chinese city and also to the u.k. to talk about various cities. and so i've written this kind of episodic journey that i think gives you a snapshot into the fundamental economic challenges and changes of climate change and the points of tension in which the world is changing right now to the deal with this situation. >

i don't expect material changes as of now. so that change is more rather a formality.t expect -- that question going into june. they still need some time to understand the oil price dynamics particularly in the u.s. i don't think they had enough anecdotal evidence to basically determine and cement the position. francine: what is your take on the situation? we have been talking about the price in oil and shale gas. the over theory of course is the demand for gasoline in china is nearing peak and producers are concerned about this and kind of want to keep oil at a level where it is more affordable. what is your take on what is driving the price or oil and what is the range that you see it from here to year end? >> i think overall demand has been the key surprising element. demand was much higher than expected. we're not focusing on china. i expect strocker -- slowdown in gasoline and much higher consumption in the u.s. as well. that has actually fueled the prices from the bottom a bit. i'm a bit more constructive on the demand side of the picture. supply is still a conce

but it's that culture change and it's not easy to change. >> thank you for your comments. we are going to open for public comment. >> nick. >> in a dangerous metro plan, the san francisco metropolitan transit agency is proposing to cut the line to san francisco general hospital on the only bus line from the richmond haight and mission hospital. i encourage the council to oppose this. many senior and disabled have no other way to get the general. demanding that seniors and disabled get off the 13 to san bruno would expose this population to accidents and this should not happen. this is a gentrification and disability issue. sf mta is favoring a highly and illegal fashion the.com community at mission bay over -- seniors and low income who use the health services and general. to add insult to injury, san francisco health department staff have gone on record that there is a parking crisis at general cutting the 33 lean to general will exacerbate general's parking crisis. all of this at a time when san francisco general hospital is under going an unprecedented expansion. why no

in terms of cad cable .3 percent on both of those point one percent in the population change that's for the southern bayview switch search warrant mariposa part with the mission is insignificant to boyfriend there are 8 calls and we'll go over this in the operational consideration so moving the southern border it keeps the area between mariposa together you might not have heard it but we look at the long-term changes in the bayview you might want to consider moving south of caesar chavez that was in the discussions with the working group you have so do the redistributing it might come up 10 years from anyhow we want to point out the fallen bridge park that area from mariposa you talk about the 18 there are a few groups that come from bayview to that area that's been included with a bigger chunk to get that piece you're talking about under the 101 the bayview officers can't get to it. >> unless at the go over the freeway and up central. >> right but they'll have to come down to mission. >> not at mariposa but the dividing line. >> if mariposa is the dividing line and bayview has mari

man: china has changed.'s one of the most exciting places to be doing business in the world right now. narrator: these workers make almost half a million shoes a month but nike could have these shoes made anywhere in the world. why did they choose to make them here? the answer lies in a mix of local and global factors. the ctory is located in guangng province in southern china, near the capital, guangzhou, and about 100 kilomers from hong kong. and the proximity of hong kong is the key to massive foreign investment throughout guangdong province. people who work in the world economy who work in the global trading system, trust hong kong. they know what to expect there. they know they're going to have certain guarantees if they invest money and this is what is really driving this thing. it's that... it's that proximity to a system that they know and trust and feel very comfortable working in. narrator: the guangdong factory where du neng ji works is owned by a taiwanese company and operated jointly by taiwanes