vice minister of commerce to the podium, please. [applause] >> lt. governor newsom, mayor lee, counsel general, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. it is a great pleasure for me to be here to attend this seminar, " organized -- let me give a special thanks to the previous speakers who gave very warm and remarkable remarks. i would like to give special thanks to the state government of california and the municipal government of san francisco. i think without your help, this forum for the seminar will not be realized. i also believe that through the seminar, with both sides, which will enhance our cooperation between our two sides. for many years, national corp. always is a dynamic factor -- cooperation is always a dynamic factor. and the economic and trade relations is also under way because of this dynamic factor. we believe that through all the -- this is becoming more important. china and the chinese government attaches great importance to national corp. and to state corporation and city corp. -- cooperation between the two countries. this time, i

the chairman of the tschida chamber of commerce -- china chamber of commerce.nd from the china contractors association. and the president of the foreign trade and economic relations commission. and the deputy director general, department of commerce of the inner mongolia, autonomous region. the director of economic and trade office of [unintelligible] province. i would like to mention that locally, we have a city council member from fremont, ms. sue chan and supervisor malia cohen is in the house. thank you for coming. i remember not long ago when vice-president -- the vice- president visited the united states and i traveled to los angeles with our mayor at the time and what an event. and now a few months later, san francisco is probably hosting the seminar with the ministry of commerce. it shows that our golden mountain continues to attract chinese. has never stopped since the 1800's and because san francisco continues to be the city of innovation and full of peril spirit, we will continue to seek an inflow of inbound chinese businessmen and investors. may i i

the states can't regulate interstate commerce, only congress can. so our position on california has decided to get aggressive at determining who has presence in california, but that is in keeping with the constitutional provision. california is simply saying that if you have presence here through some interesting definitions, you got to collect for california. so it really doesn't interfere with interstate commerce, because they're considering anyone who has an affiliate there or a partnership in california to already be a california company. >> so two things, name a grew that's -- name a corporation that's a member of netchoice and are you -- so are you supportive of what california has done? >> our members are folks like e-bay, paypal, overstock, facebook, companies that -- >> amazon? >> amazon is not. companies that have platforms for everyone customers that enabled other companies to get online as well. california has taken too aggressive a step at asserting you have presence in california simply because you paid for an advertisement there. i'm

. >> guest: net choice is a coalition of e-commerce companies and online platforms. if you had the authors of our constitution in here today, they'd have said they were really worried 225 years ago about the colonies erecting tariffs and trade barriers to protect their own businesses, so article i in the u.s. constitution says that the states can't regulate interstate commerce, only congress can. so our position, california has decided to get aggressive at determining who has presence in california, but that's in keeping with this constitutional provision. california is simply saying that if you have presence here through some interesting definitions, you've got to collect for california. so it really doesn't interfere with interstate commerce because they're considering any who has an affiliate this to already be a california company. >> host: so two things. name a group that's -- name a corporation that's a member of netchoice, and are you, so are you sportive of what california has done? >> guest: oh, our members are folks like ebay, paypal, overstock, facebook --

so it doesn't interfere with interstate commerce because they're considering anyone who has an affiliate there or partnership in california to already be a california company. >> so, two things. name a group that's -- name a corporation that is a member of net choice, and are you -- so, are you supportive of what california has done? >> our members are folks ike ebay, pay pal. amazon is not. companies with platforms for ecommerce, that enables other businesses, and our position is california has taken too aggressive a step at asserting you have presence in california simply because you paid for an advertisement there. i'm gratified to see that california set a very, very reasonably high small seller exception, and they had to do a million a year in california and 10,000 a year through the partnerships and affiliates, and that level of small seller exception is insulating small companies from burdens they couldn't bear. >> mr. cross by, what's your group's position? >> guest: the retail industry leaders association represents retailers across the board, including the larger retailers in t

the commerce clause was not part of that agenda.again, in a story i tell in trenton, the idea that an individual mandate was unconstitutional was invented out of thin air a century six months before the law was passed. the individual mandate had been an idea pioneered by the conservative heritage foundation in the late '80s. dedicated been discussed and no one had ever suggested it was unconstitutional. now, you might think, someone might've noticed as if it really was unconstitutional doing all that time, but it was an example, i think and i believe roberts made, kind of a political frenzy, a kind of decide on the part of republicans to just defeat this law at any cost, at any price, and roberts said, this is a diversion from what we need to do as conservatives. roberts did not suddenly last june discover his inner moderate. [laughter] he is not a moderate. is not going to suddenly start siding with the more liberals in other cases. but in this case he preserved his place. he preserved the courts place, as a relatively neutral arbi

political association, citizens for better community, culture to culture, why in the chamber of commercenorthern care of -- kawai and chamber of commerce of northern california, northern california chinese athletic association, national association of american professionals, national federation of independent business, national federation of filipino americans, the filipino chamber of commerce, around of applause for all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. [applause] >> i am so glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressmen. he is representing the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives. in congress, he is a member of the powerful house appropriations and budget committee. share of the democratic caucuses, new media working group, house democratic senior went, and the original author of the equity and excellence commission now housed in the u.s. department of education. his district includes silicon valley, the birthplace of technology. mike has dedicated his life to public service and is lauded for his work on education

over $75 billion in commerce is done on the site a year. the new look comes at a key time: >> we really think ebay is a go- to destination for holiday shopping. they can find not only the things they know they want. but a lot of things they probably didn't think they might of wanted. >> reporter: and ebay is not necessarily talking about handbags and electronics. >> ebay sells about 10,000 automobiles a week on a mobile phone. >> reporter: which proves just about anything can be bought online these days. erika miller, "n.b.r.," new york. >> susie: tomorrow on "n.b.r." we continue our retail coverage, more people are going online to do their holiday window shopping, we'll show you what's driving consumers to make the switch. and we preview the vice presidential debate, with republican paul ryan's budget plan in the spotlight, will it be a game changer. when it comes to the a.b.c.'s of investing, too many americans are getting a failing grade. with tonight's money file, here's gerri walsh, president of investor education at finra, the indepen

government's going to do. >> you were at the commerce department. commerce department is always a mix of political and trade issues. how often does a decision like this preliminary decision like this made and then it ends up getting reversed? >> i wouldn't be surprised if the long run trend doesn't change anything at all. there might be an aberration for 30 days through the election, but look, if in fact the mexican tomato growers are always more efficient or effective, over time, they're going to dominate the market. >> i gree up in a part of florida when they say i remember when there were tomato fields all over here. let's move on to the election itself. you are an ambassador in the bush administration. do you understand the romney foreign policy? >> yeah -- i'm not a romney -- >> i know you're not. >> but here's the point. the world is better off and america's better off if there's leadership from the united states. >> you think rhetoric matters is what you're saying. the policy differences aren't much. >> might not be material much, but i think

who would be against commerce? we just said we are living in a world that has been overly come modified. where everything has been turned into a commodity value. people do not have the identities. we are world full of brands and no identity. you can read your entire life -- you can do your business and go about in the world using your credit card and never really look anyone in the eye. a world in which things have been comodified, things that should never have been. you cannot put a price on love. you cannot put a price on things that make life meaningful. but this isn't a consumer culture. even though we know we cannot keep it up. if the chinese adopt our lifestyle, we are all goners, we know that. it is not the third world anymore, it is the developing world. well, they are developing and they want things, too. the 21st century will be about competing for resources. there are not enough in a consuming world when there is no limit of appetite. it is a philosophic position. it would be interesting for people to li

let's see. >> one brain freeze can end your campaign. >> the -- umm. >> commerce? commerce.nd let's see -- >> rick perry was a serious contender until this debate. >> oops. >> forgetting is bad, and looking bad is bad. in the very first tv debate, richard nixon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him. nixon later said -- >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign managers. >> do you remember how high the podiums would be? >> days. >> we had days negotiating. >> the color of the room. >> what difference would it make to the candidate what color the room was? >> because in certain conditions, certain colors work for certain candidates. >> because mondale was shorter than reagan -- >> we wanted more distance between the two podiums. we debated between 7 1/2 feet and 9 feet for a day and a half. >> the first debate came, and reagan struggled. >> 2/3 of the defense budget pays for pay and salary -- or pay and passengers. >> he looked

in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news." >> this is bbc world news america reporting from washington. i'm kathy kaye. superstore and sandy ordaz as massive fatalities and flooding. >> the devastation is unprecedented, like nothing we've ever seen before. >> 8 million on the east coast are without power and the new york transit system suffers major damage. and with just one week to go until election day, how how the storm shaken up the presidential race? welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. it is called a super storm, and sandy lived up to her building. tonight, new jersey homeowners are still reeling from the massive damage. and millions on the east coast do not have electricity, and normally booming cities are at a standstill. 33 people have reportedly been killed. >> the destructive power of the super s

. >> three things that are gone, commerce and education -- what is the third one there. >> john: oneeze can end your campaign. >> commerce and let's see. >> rick perry was serious contender until this debate. >> looking bad. in in the first tv debate, richard nixon refused to put on makeup. >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> john: so they obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, beckel was campaign manager along with rollins. >> do you remember how high the podiums was going to be. >> we had teams negotiating. the color of the room. >> john: what difference would that make? >> in certain conditions, in certain colors work for certain candidates. >> because mondale was shorter than reagan. >> i remember we debated for seven and a half feet and nine feet for days. >> two-thirds of defense budget pays for pay and salary or pay and pension. >> he looked tired and ragged. the observation they spent too much time with 77-year-old guy trying to beat every factoid into his brain. >> they said reagan is too old for president. in the ne

i think commerce depends on it and i think people depend on it. nancy said it very well but let me just say what the ridership is expected to be. when this central subway opens in 2019 daily ridership along the third street line is estimated to be 43,700. this is expected to rise to 65,000 people per day in 2030. this project is estimated to have the second highest ridership per mile of all subway and light rail proposals seeking federal funding nationwide, and it will be the most happily used muni line. that's the rational for this project. no question it's expensive. it's worth it if people use it. it's worth it if they stay out of the automobile. it's worth it if it aids in creating space on our bus lines so it's a very important project. i am here to help in my way which is as an appropriator in the senate. jackie has helped in her way. nancy has helped in her way as a leader of a great political party in washington, so mr. secretary everybody that is here we thank you for our responsiveness. it's just great to welcome you here and go giants.

and the san francisco chamber of commerce and the market street association and the business improvement district and joe an hayes and mike from the building and trades construction council. anytime i get a chance to speak on the mta board i say i am so proud of what we do and we move 700,000 people in the city and it's a difficult task. we have a wonderful staff. we are privileged to have the talent of ed of course for his leadership and i couldn't tell you how proud i am to work with the people on the board of directors and christine, the newest member. and the other members and malcolm couldn't be here today but we are proud to work together on behalf of the people of the city and we are happy to have john fung head this up and behalf of the board and all of us and thank you mr. secretary. mr. administrator. senator feinstein, leader pelosi, congress woman spear and mayor lee and thank you all for being here and now it's time to make it official. it's sign that document. okay. [applause] >> thank you tom. and as we're getting ready to sign this grand slam document let me make sure we

hard -- use their expertise to guide you through the strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." hurricane sandy bears down on the u.s. east coast bringing with it walls of water and if he robberies winds. millions are in its -- and ferocious winds. nervous residents heed the warning to stay indoors. and with just weeks away until election day, sandy sends the presidential contest for a loop. no one wants to play politics in this storm. >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. hurricane sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the united states, is bearing down on the east coast. nine states stretching from north carolina to connecticut have declared a state of emergency. 50 million people live in the storm's path. usually bustling cities have been brought to a stand still. this is the scene in manhattan where a crane is da

"lo he visto por la commerce, por alla... cuando lo vio? yo lo vi anteayer..." el numero de victimas aumento... " me agarro por detras mi manoseo los pechos yo grite y pase como dos dias que me dolia mis pechos." hoy, la policia difundio un retrato hablado del rostro del sospechoso, un hispano de entre los 20 anos de edad... hay quienes dicen que no lo han visto " usted ha visto a este senor? no en verdad no,no lo he visto... " pero hay otros, como es el caso de esta senora, que dicen que la cara es familiar patricia gomez/reconocio al sospechoso "es conocido, yo lo he visto en la commerce y en la parada alla de la laundry. alli se pone a veces con varios bolos , con los borrachitos pues.." y no es la unica... cesar mendieta/ reconocio al sospechoso "no le voy a decir que esta aqui porque no lo visto por estos dias pero si es una persona conocida que ha frecuentado el area..." la policia aun no lo arresta pero estan vigilando de cerca este centro comercial de springfield... hasta que no exista el esperado arresto, mujeres caminando solas no estaran tranquilas..

chamber of commerce, spur, emeryville chamber of commerce, and east bay eba. thank you for partnering with us. i know i will miss some of you, but let me extend a welcome to the public officials that i have been alerted are here. from the city of san francisco, the director of the mta, the executive director of the port of san francisco, the director of the office of economic and workforce development, the director of business development, office of economic workforce development. from the city of oakland, council member, district 5, city administrator, the sick -- the assistant city administrator, the executive director of the port of oakland, and the chair of the port commission. i know i have missed someone. forgive me. if someone wants to send up a card, i will acknowledge your. there it quickly, just have to mention when i have this many people in the room, a few things about the business. we had a great year. everything that is supposed to be up for us is up. hopefully that is a good economic indicator. we are off to a great start in 2012. hopefully you

>>> she was a model aep e-commerce analyst. but she discovered her contacts had to be as hot as the clothes. us? plus, should you allow employees to talk politics in the workplace? ail that and more coming up on "your business". >>> hi there, everyone. i'm j.j. ramberg. welcome to "your business," the show dedicated to giving you tips and advice to helping your small business grow. in today's tech save ae world, new e-commerce sites are popping up every single day. but how do you make yours stand out from the rest in today rod kurts introduces us to content is king to brand new heights. ♪ ♪ >> i was walking down the streets of paris, and stumbled upon this tiny boutique in paris. bought a pair of shoes, not surprising. >> when former model and goldman sachs analyst returned from her trip, all of her friends were dying to get their hands on a pair of their own. but when they called the boutique, they were told the only way to get them was it visit the store in person. >> it boggled me that in the 21st century we didn't have a pl

let's see. >> one brain freeze can end your campaign. >> the- umm. >> commerce? commerce. let's see -- >> rick perry was a serio contender until this debate. >> oops. >> forgetting is bad, and looking bad is bad. in the very first tv debate, richard xon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him. nixon latersaid -- >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign magers. >> do you remember how high the podiums wod be? >> days. >> we had days negotiating. >> the color of the room. >> what difference would it make to the candidate what color the room was? >> because in cerin conditions, certain colors work for certain candidates. >> becauseondale was shorter than reagan -- >> we wanted more distance between the two podiums. we debated bween 7 1/2 feet and 9 feet for a day and a half. >> the first debate came, and reagan struggled. >> 2/3 of the defense budget pay and passengers.lary -- or >> he looked tired and ragged. the general observa

let's see. >> one brain freeze can end your campaign. >> the -- umm. >> commerce? commerce.ee -- >> rick perry was a serious contender until this debate. >> oops. >> forgetting is bad, and looking bais bad. in the very first tv debate, riard nixon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him. nixon later said -- >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign managers. >> do you remember how high the podiums would be? >> days. >> we had days negotiating. >> the color of the room. >> what difference would it make to the candidate what color the room was? >> because in certain conditions, certain colors work for certain candidates. >> because mondale was shorter than reagan -- >> we wanted more distance between thtwo podiums. we debated between 7 1/2 feet and 9 feet for a day and a half. >> the first debate came, and reagan struggled. >> 2/3 of the defenseudget pays for pay and salary -- or pay and passengers. >> he looked tired and ragged.

let's see. >> one brain freeze can end your campaign. >> the -- umm. >> commerce? commerce. let's see -- >> rick perry was a serious contender until this debate. >> oops. >> forgetting is bad, and looking bad is bad. in the very first tv debate, richard nixon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him. nixon later said -- >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign managers. >> do you remember how high the podiums would be? >> days. >> we had days negotiating. >> the color of the room. >> what difference would it make to the candidate what color the room was? >> because in certain conditions, certain colors work for certain candidates. >> because mondale was shorter than reagan -- >> we wanted more distance between the two podiums. we debated between 7 1/2 feet and 9 feet for a day and a half. >> the first debate came, and reagan struggled. >> 2/3 of the defense budget pays for pay and salary -- or pay and passengers. >> he looked ti

the fact that younger people who are more mobile oriented may not be doing as much commerce as theirewhat more demographically older and more wealthy peers are doing online can be as much of a generational transition about commerce going to mobile. again, not a google issue. >> right. john ford, they did pay $12.5 billion for motorola mobility. they're trying to make that work as well. we're about 90 seconds away from the reopening here. >> they are. that's going to be one of the things that gets a lot of focus because of the more than $.5 billion loss there. there are a number of issues on the cost side. investors wondering on how much of an impact we'll see like on cost per click. >> on the motorola, it's not really a loss. it's a write down on the cost of that. that could prove to be -- because they're acquiring a platform linked to android. they really are thinking about the next ten years of bringing together search on a mobile platform that they now currently own and control and write the software for one of the most ubiquitous mobile platforms in the world. >> we are waiting f

technology, health, academia, commerce, art, entertainment, and government. today, we must come together, not only in celebration, but an acknowledgment of the work that lies ahead. we understand that this is a global economy. the opportunities are ones that we can only surpassed if we come together. we can win the future if we dream together, if we work together. as a society, as an economy, the best is yet to comment. let me leave you with this last idea. every moment affords us an opportunity to change the world. let's seize that moment in each and every moment that succeeds that moment and let's do that together in celebration of our asian-pacific heritage and recognition of the great heritage as all the people that make up san francisco and california. we will truly honored this month, our heritage and our future. thank you very much. [applause] >> ok. all right. we have some competition on the stage right now. >> a couple of other people we need to thank. we have a bunch of co-hosts, the san francisco board of supervisors. a round of applause, please. [

the real issue is is that we need productive commerce over time not replacement commerce but long-term. we're talking about --. melissa: like how, lance. how can we do that? >> we need productive commerce. in the short term we'll get half a percent bump to gdp. long term it's a different issue. melissa: jeff, what do you think is the short or long term way we get the econo rolling again if it is not a big storm like sandy? >> really where does prosperity come from? not from deinstructing things and building them back up. it comes from getting together and getting good ideas to get things more productively. it will come on the investment side, melissa. that's what we're watching. investment activity in businesses suffered the last three or four years. that's what i look to come back for longer term growth. you need investment to have prosperity. melissa: jeff, you don't think companies will be out there looking everything that happened in the stm and invent new flood walls and invent new ways to generate power when the power goes out in your house or invent new flashlights for me to buy

all things that go along with e-commerce. if your company -- they are protecting these things and most of these fall under the [inaudible] they have to protect it. we have recently prosecuted wyndham hotels for the breach that they had four losing credit cards and identity and google just settled their lawsuits with the ftc. so the ftc is starting to use their authorities to protect e-commerce and that is part of the data and that lever exists, and i think you'll start to see industries changing the way that they are going about handling our data in the future. >> do think there is a place for a private right of action? or is that enough? >> there are class action suits. the most recent breach, i think, eat harmony, there is a class action suit for handling of the data. just one month ago. you are seeing the courts weighing in from both the citizens response and holding citizens responsible. >> hello, i cochaired the defense security task force with general williams and schlesinger i have been in the chief of naval operations