we have three storefronts the face clements' street. i want to support the appeal. i feel that the ramp and the fence represent a major alteration to the traffic on our block and will impact our retailers in a big way. we also have had to lower our rent for the three retailers in the last four years, three years. because of the really poor economy, they are hanging on by a very thin thread. changing the dynamics of the bloc will change the traffic, most definitely. there is a lot of foot traffic. there is a lot of foot traffic in front of our buildings, and retailers depend on it. by putting a fence along the parking, people will definitely walked behind the car's on a very busy street. this will create liability for the city. a mother or a baby buggy gets run over, the city will be responsible for this because they allowed this ramp to be built. there is a high school right around the corner and every day at 3:00, a port of children, they are not young children, they are teenagers, come pouring out of the high school. they will hang out on this fence. this will imp

. >> it would involve permanently having 11 clement, combined with 9 clement, having -- >> we can come back and revisit the issue. right now, we're talking about -- how long is the railing? railing in areas that at this point, we don't need if you can solve the problem through warping a sidewalk. the former bookstore has now been combined with the other. >> that is correct. >> originally the building was five storefronts. it seems like a more elegant solution to this given that the facts have changed and there is no occupant of the third the store. >> it is occupied, but combined with -- actually it is 9 clement and 11 clement combined. >> from the department of public works again, you have seen me in my discussion, they will also be an evaluating what can and cannot be done. for the commission perspective, the remainingç doors, the areaf sidewalk replacement would match the construction grant in terms of the square foot area because of the ramp requirements and the extension that they need to do that they normally wouldn't. ultimately, the department received this request from the ap

clemente's body was discovered in the hudson river a week later.ronically, the dirge -- digital record may also help ra vi's defense. his attorneys are expected to use clemente's own online postings to show that he did not feel intimidated. >> doesn't seem so bad, laugh out loud, he chatted to a friend, after he realized he had been spied on. >> reporter: the night clemente took the train to new york, darvin sent a text that said in part, i have known you were gay and i have no problem with it. i don't want your freshman year to be ruined because of a petty misunderstanding. >> that was erin moriarte reporting for us. an lifts say the charges against ra vi are unusually harsh. >>> the music group sugar land is firing back after a lawsuit claims they are partly responsible for a deadly stage collapse. seven people were killed when wind gusts toppled the stage at the indiana state fair last year. in court documents, the band said it had nothing to do with the venue construction. and that the winds were an act of god. fair officials recently testified

clemente's body was discovered in the hudson river a week later.he tragic outcome puts this man's actions in a harsher light. law professor. >> when you talk to people on the street or go on the web, it's still often perceived as ravi did something that caused clement to kill himself. >> how unusual is this amount of digital evidence? >> i think it's unusual that so much of the evidence is going to turn on tweets and facebook. >> his defense is also expected to rely on the digital record, using clement's own online postings to show that he did not feel intimidated. doesn't seem so bad, laugh out loud, he chatted to a friend after he realized he had been spied on. shortly after clement posted his goodbye on facebook, ravi sent a text in part. saying i have known you are gay and i have to problem with it. and i don't want your freshman year ruined because of a petty misunderstanding. >> he probably never had a chance to read it. sadly, these were two young men, >> they were roommates, shared a room for three weeks and did most of their talking to oth

and clement st. -- on balboa st. and clement st. since refocusing on contiguous commercial corridors, we are focusing on geary boulevard to apply the ordinance west of the masonic to 28 avenue. we are still keeping the rest of masonic, moving a couple blocks east because it will not be a continuous commercial corridor. this legislation, first, it will activate the ground floor, which will bring life to the shopping clusters. it will provide an incentive for taller and more gracious ground force bases. this legislation will help to emphasize some important design elements and ensure that commercial course provide lively stretches in the neighborhood. this is inconsistent with the historical commercial corridors in this neighborhood. i would like to conclude with a summary of public comments we received. we received one comment before the comment period ended and four more afterwards. they are concerned about the adverse impact of this ordinance on the boulevard between -- on geary boulevard between pa

prosecutors say clemente suspected he was being watched and reported it to the university. that's when way says she was questioned by campus police. but while talking to them, she said ravi was text messaging her. >> did you tell them we did it on purpose? i think he thought we were going to get in trouble. so he kind of wanted to make it seem more like it was more of an accident. >> that was christine sloan reporting. another rutgers student also took the stand today, saying ravi encouraged several people to tune in the night he streamed clemente's encounter online. >>> former penn state football coach jerry sandusky will have to wait a little longer before his day in court. his lawyer has asked the judge to push back the start of the trial from may until july, saying he needs more time to prepare. sandusky is charged with sexually abusing several boys he met at his at-risk charity for youth. 450e denies any -- he denies any wrongdoing. >>> a major announcement from safety regulators. starting soon, all passenger cars will come equipped with rear-view cameras. >> advocates

the defense attorney saying ravi never cyberbullied clemente. do we know how the defense is going to explain the web cam set up to record him. >> what you have is a case of a young man who was worried about the older man that tyler was bringing into the dorm room, and perhaps that's the reason why this web cam had been set up. i think from the prosecution, it's very clear. what they're going to argue is that the evidence will show through twitter, through witness accounts, through the web cam, that this was harassment, that ultimately ended in a young man's death. >> jason, appreciate the reporting. >>> a 360 follow-up. has a medical mystery been solved or at least is it over? there's a major update on the teenage girls in upstate new york who developed symptoms similar to tourette's syndrome, but we have a look at the other stories we're following. >> at least eight people were killed and 27 hurt in afghanistan as protests continues for a fourth straight day. the fury is over the burning of korans by nato troops. president obama has apologized

minds that are really worth revisiting today we begin with another look at my interview with jeff clements from just a few weeks ago is the co-founder of the organization free speech for people jeff is leading the charge against corporate personhood an issue that is now at the forefront of debate in america take a look. for tonight's conversations and great minds i'm joined by jeff. jeff is the former assistant attorney general of massachusetts and has been fighting on behalf of people business and the public interest for more than twenty years currently he's the co-founder and general counsel for the organization free speech for people which is a national nonpartisan campaign with the mission of overturning the supreme court's citizens united decision and fighting back against corporate personhood this is a movement that is nearing a tipping point in america as tens of thousands of people rallied in front of court houses across the nation earlier this month on the two year anniversary of the citizens united decision to protest corporate personhood and too much corporate influence in our d

before that the paul clement. paul clement is the former solicitor general under president george w. bush. he is arguing for the 26 states challenging the president's health care law saying that the obama administration offered no limiting principles on what products americans could be required to buy. and, of course, the product required by under the health care bill is insurance. but neal katyal saying that individual mandate was one of a comprehensive reform to address what he says has been a national crisis of 50 million americans without health insurance. again, arguments before the u.s. supreme court that will take place in late march over the course of two days here in washington. and we're told from the "washington post" website that a court decision is expected sometime in june. you're listening to washington today. senator richard burr joining his colleague tom coburn who is a medical doctor, republican from oklahoma unveiling what they call the seniors choice act that would help america's seniors by bui

clemente killed himself after his roommate used a web cam to spy on clemente's sexual encounter with went on line to invite others to watch a second encounter. here's how lawyers for both sides opened robbie's trial today. >> these acts were purposeful, they were intentional, and they were planned. and i would suggest to you that beyond that, they were mean-spirited, malicious, and they were criminal. >> the state of new jersey is represented by the county prosecutor's office want you to believe, want you to believe, that this man is a bigot, a homophobic, a hateful anti-homosexual, anti-gay person. >> sunny hostin is our cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor. we heard sort of the thesis for both sides. prosecutors say this absolutely was a criminal act. the defense says, yes, it was immature of him to do this, but this was not a crime. who has the most convincing argument, do you think? >> i think it depends on the char charge, brooke. i don't think there's really any question in terms of the invasion of privacy count. he's been charged with 15 counts altogether. i think ther

the defense attorney saying ravi never cyberbullied clemente.o we know how the defense is going to explain the web cam set up to record him. >> what you have is a case of a young man who was worried about the older man that tyler was bringing into the dorm room, and perhaps that's the reason why this web cam had been set up. i think from the prosecution, it's very clear. what they're going to argue is that the evidence will show through twitter, through witness accounts, through the web cam, that this was harassment, that ultimately ended in a young man's death. >> jason, appreciate the reporting. >>> a 360 follow-up. has a medical mystery been solved or at least is it over? there's a major update on the teenage girls in upstate new york who developed symptoms similar to tourette's syndrome, but we have a look at the other stories we're following. >> at least eight people were killed and 27 hurt in afghanistan as protests continues for a fourth straight day. the fury is over the burning of korans by nato troops. president obama has apologized to

he twice focused his computer camera at clemente's bed when clemente had a man in the room. second time posting on the social media site, twitter, yes, it's happening again. two days after he discovered that ravi had spied on him, clemente took a train to new york city. at 8:42 p.m. he left this message on facebook. jumping off the george washington bridge. sorry. law professor poirier says it may be a reason he's facing unusually harsh charges. >> when you talk to people on the street or go on the web, it's still often perceived that rah-rah i have did something that caused clemente to kill himself. >> reporter: ironically the digital record may also help ravi's defense. his attorneys are expected to show clem plenty's own online postings to show he's not intimidated. doesn't seem so bad, laugh out loud, chatting to a friend after he realized he was spied on. an e-mail was sent, i know you are gay. i have no problem with it. i don't want your freshman year to be ruined because of a petty misunderstanding. tyler clementi most likely never got a chance to read it. >> erin mor

apparently tyler clemente was open about his orientation. he had depression issues too.ill zero in on those two issues, and when he talks about a hate crime and we talked about this before the start, and that's the witnesses that first came on board with the prosecutors said there was no -- nothing by the defense. >> the first few witnesses say i never heard him utter any bias comment, an anti-gay slur. >> but it doesn't automatically happen that people just utter those comments. it is not that easy for the prosecution or the defense. that's not enough to sink the prosecution. they have to show intent. why broadcast that? why send that out? if it is not to humiliate him? >> i acted remotely. it was on my computer so we could watch what was going on in the room. he said "i only did it because i was worried there was a guy, a stranger in the room and i was worried about my belongings." i don't know. isn't that a stretch? in dorm rooms people come, people go. that doesn't seem to pass the smell test. >> although there might be some legitimacy to what he is saying. that's wh

and make it more of an attractive and active area, not just around theory -- geary, but balboa and clement as well. it is really great to have her here. >> thank you, supervisor mar kurri and good afternoon. i wanted to make sure to be here to support supervisor mar's legislation. this is the type of thing that while sometimes it might seem insignificant, we think it will have a tremendous impact on our commercial corridors. the commission originally heard this matter when i was part of an initial piece of legislation. i am here to say that they are in support of it carried this is the type of thing that we think maintains our viable financial corridors and supports our historic -- where we see the vibrancy is where we see a commercial properties that have at least a 12-feet in terms of the commercial space to. when a development comes in to the commercial corridor, we want to make sure it mirrors what is existing along with the heights for existing faces. that is important for the viability of our commercial corridors. it achieves many of our goals so we are very pleased that the supervis

tyler clement's parents say they would like to hear an apology from their son's roommate.f convicted, the roommate could face up to ten years in prison. that's news 4 at 4:sao. >>> news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> a deadly crash, the driver driving 100 miles an hour, into a fast food restaurant. reaction from friends and family. and the history of her speeding violations. good evening. i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm jim handly. it's our top story tonight. we know the name of the woman who died in that high speed violent crash in landover. prince georges county police tell us 29-year-old helena smith was killed and several others were injured when she crashed her vehicle into the kentucky fried chicken on martin luther king highway last evening. darszcy spencer joins us live from the accident scene with the exclusive story of one of the witnesses who was within inches of being a victim

c-span: to san clemente? >> guest: to san clemente. and i we--i was in--doing another coverage at the time for mccall's magazine on mrs. nixon. and so while i was there in the house, i--i--you know, they were going to go on the beach, and i asked if i could go along and do some photography. and they said yes. and it was drizzling, and so mrs. nixon had on a raincoat and a--and a scarf, and--and they had this umbrella. and it was very warm--very warm view of the president and the first lady's relationship that most people, obviously, were not aware happened. c-span: where was this taken? >> guest: this was also at san clemente. when i had finished the beach shot and i had done some pictures inside the house, and then he asked me if i would do a photograph of him and the first lady on this bench that overlooked the pacific ocean, because he said it was their favorite bench and they spent a lot of time there together, so it had a lot of meaning to them. it had a lot of meaning to them. and now, to me, it also has a lot of meaning. c-span:

tyler clemente and ravi didn't know ocho other before they started going to the university. or four weeks in, one night, clemente sends a text message or says he wants to use the room. ravi sets up a camera and then proceeds to watch what you described as an intimate encounter with another man. in addition to watching that, he shares it with friends, tweets about it, texts about it and days after that, tyler clemente committed suicide by jumping from the george washington bridge. so he faces 15 counts in addition to innovativasion of p, witness tampering. if convicted, he faces ten years in prison. >> thank you so much for that update from the courthouse. >>> now to other stories people are are talking about right now. he was accused of drowning his new wife while scuba diving in australia on their honeymoon. 34-year-old dave watson relieved after the judge dismissed the case saying it would be impossible to prove murder beyond the reasonable debt. the fathers had very different reactions to the ruling. >> conclusion that dave did nothing to harm his wife. >> we're disappoin

. >> next, jeffrey clement argues the supreme court citizens united decision was flawed and outlines a plan to reverse it. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you again, caroline and michael, for your leadership. i get to warm up the crowd for jeff and i merely had the to do it because i'm really proud to be here for the american way with all of you because we have a real battle on our hands. saturday was dhaka to year anniversary of the ghastly citizens united decision, and i hope that it actually was the point at which the court went too far and will provoke a public reaction that we can take advantage of to try to restrict the extraordinary explosion of the corporate power that the court has been stepping with smaller steps towards in so many decisions along the way, but the citizens united decision was really extraordinary. it's basically a capsule they did by the candidate mitt romney's comment that the corporations or people. no, corporations are not people, they don't have a soul or conscious, they are a mechanism by which people organize their behavior. but they are

when i first met with nick down here, we agreed that this particular part of clement street is fairly- at the end of the street, it has much less traffic. we think of the busy activity along other parts, and there are very few people going down the sidewalk. i have been there many times and i have not seen a lot of foot traffic. we did look at other options, and i am showing you on the screen here. we also looked a five-foot wide walk away. >> that is the same solution as moving the walkway somewhere else. the 1906 drawings you show how, it could have been area to use, but when was that modified to bring entry to the storefront to the property line? that is normally how it is solved in the vestibule area. >> i think there was a step there, even in the 1906 plans. [talking over each other] i don't actually have that information. the other option that we did look out was warping the sidewalk, but we did not brought it up, it is just part of public works. we talked about what the slope would meet the. part of public works doesn't come around to this solution because they are resistant to

sot clemente carrasco "yo anteriormente me atravesaba a cierta hora, ya ahora ya me da miedecito salirlli pasan unos poco drogadictos". ---la agencia dice que muchos de los desamparados tambien se han estado baÑando en el rio guadalupe y que han causado accidentes ya que atraviesan la autopista 87 a pie para llegar de un campamento a otro.. "usted viene manejando, usted no espera a que esa persona salga corriendo y alla es igual, si alguna persona se resbala y se va para abajo, ese es el problema para esa gente". caltrans coloc varios avisos advirtiendole s a los indigentes que tienen hasta hoy para desalojar el area y que van a limpiarla hasta que quede vacia.. pero algunos residentes creen que tambien deberian de ayudarlos.. sot alicia hernandez "mejor deberian de conseguirles algo donde puedan vivir ellos, donde puedan quedarse ellos la noche". cg mayra tostado noticiero telemundo 48 entro a uno de estos campamentos y logramos hablar con una persona que vive dentro de el.. sot tim de la rosa "i have nowhere else to go.." tim asegura que el operativo en contra de los indigentes no so

clemente later jumped off the george washington bridge. she only saw two men kissing.he lawyer repeatedly stressed his client was only 18 years old. robbie faces three crimes including a hate crime and could be sentenced to 10 years in prison. >>> refuses to let michael jackson out on bail. he could be dangerous if he practiced medicine. jackson died of a powerful an esthetic and was given the maximum four year sentence. >>> dna testing to solve a canine problem. the owners want to snow which residents aren't picking up after their dogs. they will have the dna put on file to match anything left behind. they think the new procedure is a bit extreme to fine for not picking up after their pets will be $200. >>> well, a baltimore hungerversy. national attention as a kitchen nightmare. kai jackson shows us about the hung trademark. kai? >> reporter: going on national tv was the last thing she wanted to do and perhaps the best thing she could have done. it's all cafe on gordon ramsey's nightmares shown inside the restaurant. the show throws up a heaping helping of a way to i

also tonight, you'll hear from the brother of tyler clemente, the rutgers university freshman who killed himself in september of 2010 after his roommate allegedly web cam to watch him having a sexual encounter with another man. tyler jumped off the george washington bridge. james clemente, his brother, talks about what he believes happened in the days and hours before his brother's death. also, the inside story of the carnage in syria. >> thank you very much. >>> well, it was a perfect storm. terrible, terrible storm of te coincidences that led to the death of love. it's what they argued in court today. it was opening statements. prosecutors say that he kicked down his ex-girlfriend's bedroom door, banged her head against a wall and left her bleeding. he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and they say he was too drunk to plan love's death. great to see both of you. we appreciate it. we have some e-mails, paul, i want to start with that we'll put up back and forth talking about potentially him saying i should have killed you last night and her saying you should have killed me and t

without further ado, i give you jeffrey clements. [applause] >> thank you, senator whitehouse and michael and caroline. before he goes too far, i have here -- already got a book already. this doesn't cost as much but it is clearly more valuable. it is the constitution. free speech for people and includes the declaration and the gettysburg address. [applause] senator whitehouse saying he was warming up from a leader like the garage man who comes on after bruce springsteen. i'm just going to waive for a minute here. i don't usually do readings of my book because it is not that kind of book. i will talk about that in a minute but near the end, a out the history of where citizens united came from and this corporate doctrine came from and how it came up in the chamber of commerce, very select group of the largest corporations in the world to literally transform our social/political and legal structure and i end with quoting senator whitehouse. i'm not sure he even knows this unless he read page 142 already. because he went to the senate f

. >> warping the sidewalk would only solve the -- it wouldn't solve the entrance for 11 clement street. >> my last comment on that was in could be that one of the doorways may have to have a combination between warping and recess. >> or given the current condition where you only have one tenant, you don't have to improve it at this point. when the time came, come back and reapplied. i also recommend getting planning involved because they have done a lot of work on sidewalks of late. to the extent there is an internal solution, but i think they can give you a quick input. >> commissioner garcia mentioned pricing. i don't have any questions on that. what is it that you want them to do? >> and don't cook the books on may, but if it is onerous, it might affect my personal decision to find out that it is costing even more than $100,000 because you seem to think that is the only solution. i don't disagree, but i would like to consider the other option. what it would cost to flatten the floor and the costs involved in that. if it is $100,000, i might go the other way. that is why i am interes

i was at fourth avenue and clement for 30 years. a represented many small businesses. i met luke o'brien in this regard a number of years ago. he is very hard worker. i think you all know that. he is pro-small business and he will support a vast array of small businesses, not just one kind. i have found him not to be a partisan person. he does not take sides. unnecessarily. he has -- he is very smart and he has a heart. i hope you will support him for vice president. thank you. >> i am chairman of the san francisco coalition for responsible growth. president, commissioners, i would like to welcome you to the commission team. commissioner dwight. congratulations, commissioner clyde on your recognition this evening. thank you. i have come to support this evening luke o'brien for vice- president. for small business commission functions as the central point of information and referral. for entrepreneurs and small businesses. you need a strong team. commissioner o'brien brings a perspective and experience through the wide range of different businesses that he has been invol

would like to thank the department very much for working with the supervisors in order to include the clement and balboa areas. i particularly mention of balboa because that is often forgotten as a commercial district in richmond. this is going to work. i have full confidence that the entire area will, over years, nothing is going to happen tomorrow, but over years, improved itself from some of the very low rise one-story, sometimes to stories, but a low ground floor that make it very difficult for retail establishments to deal with their patients -- with their patrons. i am very pleased with this. commissioner fong: i think this is a great area to promote activation, pedestrian priority, to get folks on the street. spending more money. they have done a great job there. there will help activate that on the sidewalks. i am supportive of this and i think, from a small business and large business perspective, this is something we should look after the rest of the city and. i'm glad we are tackling these one at a time. i am supportive of this, particularly the proposed legislation. commissioner a

famous poet clements all of really here. who are loving. and legions happened to russia do you remember how they spoke each. of us will remember koichi sending a good poem if i was so do we remember those lines not. even your idea here near moscow gets just as our ancestors boy. people there if you look at russia it's all about you. we will prevail. thank you. i promise about giving a speech to his jubilant supporters that are packed this week he stadium in moscow ahead of the presidential elections of course he gave a confident speech there saying we need to tackle a lot of challenges for a better future we need to cherish russia with the talents of our people and we will prevail the bat speech of course very much in front of his supporters that illusion if he stayed in the bows and one hundred thousand people we estimate in that state you know turned out today to hear prime minister vladimir putin speech of. course will be having a lot more on this throughout the day here on the. steps down from the podium from what was a triumph and tens

he accompanied to san clemente aboard air force 1 and organized the research and writing. >> good morning, everybody. i would like to thank the nixon library and the staff for their hospitality in welcoming the group today. also i want to acknowledge the editor of the companion to richard nixon project. the work turned out nicely. my task for the project was to assess the bigraph cal coverage from 1913 to 1945. focused on the accuracy and reliability of the work and look to see if bias was apparent. in the early works, the statements are unattributed regularly. my chapter was organized chronologically and works spanning from 1952 to 2009 for the companion. i am looking at trends in bigraph cal coverage of richard nixon. the first full-length biography was fining quaker and he wrote 1952. he was a former publicist and whittier college graduate. the work was never published. the only ones were in the special collections. he cooperated with gardener and author with nixon's family they are significant covered for the first time. this included the personal biography and family background. the