. >> thank you, board president, wong, my name is charles smith. i'm the attorney. i represent the lucky group. we appeal the notice of violation in the finding that lucky check cashing was operating without the required conditional use authorization. the predicate for that finding for the finding z a was that this business was a new fringe financial service therefore requiring such a conditional use authorization. our argument as setforth in our brief and as i will articulate here tonight is that this business not a new business and had operated continuously without disruption in that location for almost 20 years. i have a map which i hope will display. may i use the overhead? >> yes. >> i have extra copies that would be easier for the commissioners to view them. >> i would like an extra copy. >> there are six there. as our map sets forward. the business was operated at location no. 1, 4929 mistreat from 1984 to july of 1998. it moved to mission street which operated until july of 2007. the history of the maendz -- amendments to the substitute -- statute which are

in terms of blogs, reading whent i read charles smith, the economist, and i've watched tv affiliatedith russia today. and i also watch noam chomsky and bill moyers on pbs. on our facebook page -- comments coming to us on twitter. facebook is a good place to get immediate information on something very local like a fire or lockdown or a bad accident. tony, columbia, illinois. how do you get your news? caller: thank you for c-span. my news like everyone else. i am sitting here right now looking through all the channels, msnbc, fox news, c- span. it seems to me you do not really get any news anymore. you get everyone's opinion. the only place that you get any real news is on c-span, free- speech tv, link tv. if you listen to one news channel, you think the way they do. you have to be able to get all the channels, use your brain, see what is going on, and make your own decisions. host: here are more comments on facebook. comments toe your morning on facebook and twitter. we will keep taking your comments as we transition for the rest of the show visiting the d.c. bureau of the yahoo! news

smith, thanks very much. charles krauthammer's reaction to the importance to benghazi. next on the run down, bernie goldberg on how the network news covered the benghazi hearings hearings >> bill: impact segment tonight. we asked bernie goldberg to watch how the benghazi hearings were covered by the network news. on cable we can tell you that the live hearings were carried for one hour:48 minutes on fox news. 17 minutes on cnn. and zero minutes, nothing on msnbc. one footnote i'm not surprised by msnbc. what does surprise me is that nbc doesn't just spin off that channel. make it a liberal concern, take it out of the news division because it obviously doesn't do news. on the network news front. nbc, abc, and cbs did not lead with benghazi last night as the factor did. they led with the cleveland abductions. as for time, brian williams gave benghazi three minutes, diane sawyer 2:24. scott pelley 4:41 seconds. in the morning, "the today show" gave benghazi 3:17, and, remember, "the today show" is on for four hours. good morning america spent less than a minute on benghazi

smith, thanks very much. charles krauthammer's reaction to the importance to benghazi. next on the run down, bernie goldberg on how the network news covered the network news covered the benghazi hearings hearings woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for the world. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. if you're caring for a child with special needs, our innovative special care program offers strategies that can help. clusters of pustules, pimples. i had this shingle rash right next to my spine. the soreness was excruciating. it was impossible to even think about dancing. when you're dancing, your partner is holding you. so, his hand would have been right in the spot that i had the shingles. no tango. no rhumba. you can't be touched. for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com >> bill: impa

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optionsxpress by charles schwab. ♪ ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me.a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] >> welcome back to "squawk box." you're in summit jim, sometimes. let's get to the new york stock exchange. your neighbor how often do you see the -- he's around. >> not enough. not enough. he's one of the great ones and we are within a few miles of each other. he has been helpful to me since he was running the high yield in gold and i was to put clients in stuff. what? are you kidding me? stop it cramer. here's how it works. the guy has been an inspiration to a whole generation of young people. >> you be know what the consensus would have been. the market's gone up 45%, 50% since i said it the first time and the consensus would be we've had our move and he was more bullish in this conversation than he was the first time around. >> it was moving everything. the whole country. the world, actually moved especially with his comments that the end of qe-3 will be bullish. the deficit's coming down and more money than people realize. as long

charles: revival of groupon, facebook's phone is way off, and all in biz blitz. tobin and gary smithith brothers, groupon shares soar 12% after they respect net lower losses, reported lower losses than street thought but still down since the ipo, gary, is groupon back? >> i think they are making great spreads, i have one rule of thumb, charts or no charts if i don't personally use the product or pay for if it, i don't look at it, i never used groupon, i know people that do, i know my daughter does, maybe it is not my demographic. >> what does that mean? you own their different stocks? you go to the store, you come back, you do netflix, come on, groupons, we are so loved, and they were over loved then they were over hated they had almost 2-dollars a share on cash, someone will have to figure out what they are worth, i think it, it is maybe worth 8 bucks. >> how do you come up with 8 bucks. >> multiple of cash flow, you have to discount, blah, blah, blah, they are getting killed in europe, if you bought it three days ago sell it today. >> have you used groupon, toby? >> i am a very dis

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smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] >>> if not for the actions of charlesamsey and another neighbor, the three women may still be in that house. here's more of my exclusive interview. >> so you called 9-1-1. how fast did they get there? >> because i said moron. i said hey, amanda berry is right in pront front of me right now. i told them. white tank top, nice tennis shoes, ponytail. what else? oh, right. she's panicking, idiot. pit yourself in her shoes. i just said amanda berry. >> when you first saw her and she said the name amanda berry, it didn't register? >> no, i had forgot. bro, this is cleveland. since they haven't found that girl and i guess, stopped looking for that girl, we figured that girl met her demise. so berry didn't register with me until i was on the phone, wait a minute. i thought this girl was dead. >> what does it feel like to have been living next to this for a year? >> see, that's why now i'm having trouble sleep. see, up until yesterday, the only thing that kept me from losing sleep was the lack of money. do you understand what i'm

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