chris nelson. calvin snyder, andrew john stone, don garrigan. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is bobby powell. i've been a member of local 16. i've been assigned as a steward for the last five years with outside lands. to make it short and sweet, i'm very much in favor of this extension and i support everything that they've been doing for the last five years and i'd love to see it continue. thank you. >> thank you. >>> hi, my name is ken besser, i'm a resident of the city and county of san francisco. i live in mount davidson. i actually represent a business locally here called cresco equipment, we've been in the office [speaker not understood]. we supply the equipment for it, done it for many years.

. >>> hi, my name is chris nelson and i'm a resident of the sunset and i have been living in the sunset for the last five years. i am a wine maker by trade here in san francisco and i'm a very big fan of the wine festival. never seen anything like that at another festival. they really bring together some great wineries and i think it's truly a cultural experience when you look at it from that side. i will note i've never poured my wine there so i'm not biased, okay. but they really have done a great job of expanding the whole festival. i've always either walked, biked or taken muni. i've never seen any problems. i realize there are -- the ng has been full of people, but they're all going to the festival and it's been a very good experience. it's been very positive. i've never had any problems in nigh five years and i really hope that you continue to expand the leasing and let this go for another eight years. thank you. >>> hello, my name is tia [speaker not understood], from the [speaker not understood] foundation. we are in support of extending the eight year contract with outside land

nelson. >> yeah. >> stephanie: annie says steph tell chris we're listening to your podcast on your new app. [ bell chimes in maui. [ applause ] >> there you go. >> stephanie: i didn't play poker at willie nelson's. i lost a quarter in a slot machine in vegas and that was the end of my gambling career. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: i told you they were nice enough to invite us and we thought -- woody harrelson and owen wilson and kenny chesney are coming and roleland and i were like that's a little rich for our blood. we got to get on the road gin. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: see what i did there. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and we also made fun of al-roker who -- >> he crapped his pants. he admitted it on tv. >> stephanie: arty in texas. go ahead. >> caller: hey, listen, i love you and the mooks. i think you are all so smart. but i wanted to tell you one thing, and call you out on it. three times this morning on talk shows i heard people talking about al roker already. >> stephanie: yes. don't laugh. >> caller: bless his heart. you guys are like a mensa show with fart jokes. [ farting sounds

you know, in 1960, and, chris, you know this, when nixon ran away from the word conservative, he was a modern republican, maybe he was even a liberal republican, nelsoner was a liberal republican. conservatives said we're progressive, we're a third way party. and somehow or other, what the president did today, and it wasn't a call to go back to a previous time, it was a call to go forward on the basis of these values, the values that we care about one another, that we work for one another, that we stand together and that there has to be fundamental fairness of the society. i think that's why the speech will endure. i think it's an indication of where we're going to go in the next few months. and i have to add one other thing, i know good lines when i hear them. instinctively and innately, i wish i had written them. >> i love your jealousy, thank you, bob schrumm. >> it's not jealousy, it's aberration. >> up next, a look back at the many firsts during president obama's first term. >> and this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it

nelson from nebraska is out. conrad from north dakota is out. warren is in. baldwin from wisconsin is in. chris murphy, a progressive from connecticut is in. others making interesting statements on guns lately, a prairie popular who fights for the little guy. we are thrilled with the composition of the new senate. one of the little factoid for you, you know, about two years ago, the blue dog caucus, the conservative caucus in the house, had 74 members. going into this congress, this week, there's 14 members. meanwhile, the progressive caucus expanded, and people supported this election cycle, raised money for and made millions of phone calls for were elected. there's a crop of awesome people in the house and senate, and i think that's inherently that we'll have more of a push to the left, i guess, but really to the center of the country if you look at the polling. >> host: if barnny frank is a seat holder for john kerry, if he's secretary of state, what do you think that does to negotiations over the next budget battles? >> guest: oh, well, i don't think it's that different from john kerry, but

nelson, both retiring. and because the bill to avert the fiscal cliff did not address spending, the new congress will be fighting the exact same battle as the last one. maryland congressman chris van hollen is the top democrat on the house budget committee. >> the inalkt to get a house congressional agreement means we're going to be dealing with these budget issues in an on again off again for months to come. >> they're going to have to vote for some time in next couple of months to raise the debt ceiling. and the truth, anthony and norah, the fiscal cliff was relatively simple to solve. if congress has trouble with that, how are they going to tackle more difficult issues they say they want to work on like immigration and tax reform? >> good question. thanks, nancy. >>> president obama signed a bill into law after returning to vacation in hawaii with his family. chip reid is live in hawaii. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony. this is the president's second visit. he was here for christmas and rushed back to washington for the battle over the fiscal cliff. now he's back on vacation after what the white house believes was a major victory. that victory was crowned l

ben nelson both retiring and because the bill to avert the fiscal cliff did not address spending the new congress will be fighting the exact same battle as the last one. maryland congresswoman chris van hollen is the top democrat on the house budget committee. >> the inability to get a comprehensive agreement means we'll be dealing with the budget issues on an on again/off again basis for months to come. >> reporter: that means there are a couple more cliffs coming. this new congress is going to have to vote sometime in the next couple of months to raise the debt ceiling, and the truth, anthony and norah, is that this fiscal cliff was relatively simple to solve, if congress had so much trouble with that how are they going to tackle more difficult issues that they say they want to work on like immigration and tax reform. >> good question. nancy cordes thanks. >>> president obama signed a fiscal cliff legislation into law wednesday, after reyou nighting with his family in hawaii. chip reid is traveling with the president in honolulu. chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony and norah. this is the president's second visit to hawaii this holiday season. he was here for