cheng. today's meeting is being broadcast by s fgtv staff of jessie /hrar sin and coal man. thank you for your service. madam clerk, would you please call the roll [roll call]. >> very good. next item please. >> march 25th 2014, this is is national item. >> we can go with the public comment on the minutes. any member of the public would like to comment. seeing none, we'll close for the comment. >> let's have a roll call vote [roll call]. >> minutes passed. >> great. let's go on to our next item, please. >> item three, treasury report, this is an information item. >> thank you, ms. cheng. colleagues, i begin our report this month in recommend /pwrapbs of joseph flanagan who passed away in early march. many of us knew him from district 6 as a community leader who was thoughtful and looked out for others, especially the seniors and disability community. i know commissioner kim will have remarks as well later on today. let me just say that joseph will be missed by all of us and we honor him toda

. >> good morning tilly cheng executive director. my report is on your desk. it's only been a few short weeks but we've got a full report for you today at the federal level we noticed that the house of representatives passed a 2 year budget agreement which reduces the likely hood of another shut down which is always good news and shows highway programs however will not be subject to can you cuts. it is positive. at the state level cap and trade discussions continue. the legal hurdles have been cleared or 2 of them have been cleared and there also appears to be an expected state budget surplus so renewed energy and see if the governor might be will to repay some of the cap and trade funds so we'll continue to work with the san francisco city family and folks around the state on that effort. here region ly the cap and trade discussions will be happening tomorrow at mtc continuing on the framework that was introduced last month that we discussed in my last report talks about a very significant investment in the 3 major transit operators bart and muni and ac trans

cheng. we're going to go now to doctor rod when, victor rodwin is a professor of health policy and management new york university's wagner school of public service. his work -- starting health care systems abroad with a special focus on france. professor rodwin held that a signature at the paris, in 2010. thanks for much for being with us. >> thank you, senator sanders, and distinguished members of the committee. good morning to all of you watching on c-span. my name is victor rodwin. iowa state on the french health care system. that system is a model of national health insurance that provides health care coverage to all legal residents residing in france. it is not, i repeat, it is not an example of socialized medicine like cuba. it is also not a national health service as in the united states -- united kingdom. it is also not an instance of a government run health system like our excellent veterans health administration. french national health insurance in contrast is an example of public,

as you know colleagues after a vetting process we appointed tilly cheng to her executive director positionlook forward to discussing later on our agenda. 2013 also was a big year for local and regional transportation planning with the adoption of plan bay area the first regional plan to respond to statewide policy and investment policies that tie trapgs transportation to housing goals. last month brought conclusion of the mayor's task force report and much needed revenues for transportation and we'll continue to discuss and shape as we move into the new year and on today's agenda is the adoption of the san francisco transportation plan or sftp and it's our city's strategic transportation blue print that sets our investment priorities for policy discussion for years to come i want to thank staff and our sftpc and

. >> la oficina del médico forense, ha identificado a la vicitma como yini cheng . >> el incidente ocurrió >> las autoridades continuaban vigilando el hogar 24 horas después . >> (hablan en inglés) . >> la familia tiene un historial de violencia, nosotros hemos respondido en muchas ocasiones . >> la policía sospecha que phen escapo en su camioneta, pero antes le removio sus placas y las dejo en la casa reemplazando por unas de papel . >> es dueño de dos armas de fuego una de ellas en su casa la otra la utilizó para matar a su mujer . >> (hablan en inglés) . >> la pareja tiene dos himas, una de 14 años la otra de 8 que no fueron lastimadas. >> y fue precisamente la hija de 14 años quiÉn encontró el cuerpo sin vida de su madre , la policía ha estado llamando al teléfono del sospechoso, el tampoco se ha comente,unicado con sus hijas, reportando en vivo flavio regresamos con ustedes . >> ♪ . >> esta madrugada un hombre murió arrollado , la portavoz de la agencia indicó que se desconoce la razonp or la cuial la víctima se encontraba en las vÍas ferrias . >> miéntras tanto en santa rosa, la poli

the sf county transportation authority, my name is john avalos and i am the chair, and our clerk is cheng staff

the sf county transportation authority, my name is john avalos and i am the chair, and our clerk is cheng and recognize the work of our staff at sfgtv who are broadcasting today. >> avalos? >> present. >> breed? >> present. >> campos? >> present. >> chui. >> present. >> cohenn. >> present. >> farrell. >> absent. >> kim? >>

the sf county transportation authority, my name is john avalos and i am the chair, and our clerk is cheng and recognize the work of our staff at sfgtv who are broadcasting today. >> avalos? >> present. >> breed? >> present. >> campos? >> present. >> chui. >> present. >> cohenn. >> present. >> farrell. >> absent. >> kim? >> here. >> present. >> commissioner mar? >> mar, absent, commissioner taning? >> present. >> commissioner weiner? absent. >> yee. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> item two, approve the minutes of the january, 28, 2014, this xanax item. >> any comments or questions on this? seeing none, let's go under the public comment on item two, and seeing no one come forward we will close public comment, and could we have a roll call vote, please? >> avalos. >> aye. >> breed. >> aye. >> campo

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to drop a major part of integration is alleged on that trade practices one political analyst joseph cheng says it's clear what your priorities lie. it's practical and almost admitted to making the ice of western governments to praise this meant that it is an obvious these doctrines not to allow human rights issues to the fact that coach trade and investment rules. it is keen competition among european countries. so it is the diplomatic community it's a general tendency not to go to hop to it in a tiny hint there are indeed human rights criticisms of time now so i still had business ties coming up in aussie internationally scenes of revolution accept stability the two planned different vegetables during his guards and parsley garlic different kinds of greens. my god will continue for awhile so the sensible pictures will be helpful. protests in kiev on the vegetable garden right institutes and so what i said to have lost it. determined to see things worse. the ad who knew i was. right from the sea. tonight was the picture. the importers twitter. the animal. the un i am . to all the internat

cheng. we're going to go now to doctor rod when, victor rodwin is a professor of health policy and management new york university's wagner school of public service. his work -- starting health care systems abroad with a special focus on france. professor rodwin held that a signature at the paris, in 2010. thanks for much for being with us. >> thank you, senator sanders, and distinguished members of the committee. good morning to all of you watching on c-span. my name is victor rodwin. iowa state on the french health care system. that system is a model of national health insurance that provides health care

. >> i will start by first thanking cheng li and the entire center. this is -- if this is not the best collection of china policy scholars in the united states, it might be here in universities and around the world. this is an extraordinary group of people, including the director, and his predecessor directors, two of whom i see in the audience. it is a great group. we are delighted for them hosting this event. and the hospitality they showed to me and my family two years ago when i spent three months traveling through china in preparation for a book. we are celebrating a major -- not just transition, but transformational event of 35 years ago. and today, we are really blessed and honored to have two transformational figures in this sport that we hold very dear. in 1979, ping-pong gave way to basketball. after the ping-pong exchanges, they were basketball exchanges that followed. i think cheng li touched upon the fact that basketball is the second most popular sport in china, behind ping-pong. it dates back to the late 1800s when the missionaries that

ceo john cheng and team have been touting blackberry topnotch security software. clelo says if the u.s. government can switch to samsung, why shouldn't any security that's concerned make the switch. blackberry does report earnings one week from today. expect questions about blackberry's contract with the government to come during q&a. >> 47% market share five years ago, 1%, 2%. >> 1.6% in 2013. pretty mind blowing to see that chart. >> that is mind blowing. seema, thanks very much. have a good weekend. sue, down to you. >> here with the nyse with the latest action on the floor is bob pisani. we lost considerable amount of strength in this market, bob. now we're only up about 45 points. >> back to the open, we had a slam bang open. and take a look at the s&p, sue. hit an historic high, intraday. we're at the lows for the day, essentially. 1878 is when we need to have a closing high. we were there earlier, but not right now. let's take a look at the stocks that are moving. we've got a deal in the media space today. media general is buying lin media for 27.82 in cash

working in a chemical plant to make rubber materials, cheng mingling.in pennsylvania since 2010. she was back to the united states when she got on that flight. and this man here, an oklahoma city resident. family and friends hoping for his safe return. we hope that gives mean to get 239 passengers are all with unique stories. >> we're hearing some of the heartfelt prayers and wishes on social media and videos as well. nick valencia, thank you. >>> following another big story for you, by the way, in just hours, crimea is going to vote on whether to succeed from ukraine and rejoin russia. that strained relations between washington and moscow. we're going to break it down. what does this mean. we'll take a closer look ahead. but first -- >> sex trafficking is big business in the u.s. one study funded by the justice department found it generates nearly $300 million a year in atlanta alone. this week's cnn hero was lured into that world at 18. but now, he's helping other people escape through her nonprofit breaking free. please meet vinita. >> prostitution h

as i think cheng li touched on, basketball is the most popular sport in china, perhaps other than ping-pong. there are more people to play basketball in china than there are people in the u.s. over 300 million people playing basketball. it dates back to the late 1800s, when the missionaries that sounded basketball in america through the ymca took it all around the world. in china it's a cold, and even during the cultural revolution -- it took hold, and even during the cultural revolution, when other activities such as art and music and literature that had associations in the west were banned, basketball was not. it could be found on courts and in alleyways all across china. we saw that ourselves two years ago. we arrived in beijing and mark. -- in march. we went to the forbidden city. after you go through the font eight -- front gate, there is a basketball court. there were army boots lined up on the edge of the court and on the court was a three on three game of people's liberation army members, all wearing nike and adidas and american brand shoes that were probably made in china, of cours

estonia joined cheng, which is vie d free travel in euri te.u sub whet a series a of -- visa black list. estonia's list included all these natioes and they coulds io shi tan ng, coulds ist go to lo. couldn't do anything. that was europe's -- it was triou. woulrm, of the decline in -- there's -- when britain, i think, privately -- may have been one reason w, r he was dior rated so sharply. these european structures do work and have to be seriously incodigenient for the bad guy. we sho wod do more of it. so we're starting from a very low base. i have every reason to be whec notatient and disan npointi ic opinion in europe is now starting czechistophobeic. i won - say russiani thobeic - they have so many coming to visit and so much cultural interchange. whecf you ltellss at the pvers . and h poll on russia's image in the world, its shows even in germany ogitl rating of putin of 70%, which is -- it was down to 20% in 2007. good job, vladimir. well done. ic oan nion is really twitc, r now about russia, and the elite to some extent, whether it's s n