and that's true for every company in the chamber of commerce wants worldwide so immigration is part of their dna of recruiting talents to get the worldwide talents that are competent. i want to break in the african and latin america and our businesses to be represented all over the world because our sdm dna is about being a national city. san francisco has always been a part of the conversation about immigration and this is a time of very unique opportunity time where congress has this one's in a lifetime ability to make the updated changes. we need to reflect what our business you demands are going forward to hopefully reflect the need to bring people out of the dictate area of undocumentation and into the lime light and have them fully participate and as mayors and major cities across the country we need that comprehensive immigration reform. we have other things to talk about on the aspects of that. but i'm pride to join our homeland security to make sure that we are talking about this and sending a message to congress and all our representatives. our country to be fully covered we

thank you greg costco and bob and all of the members of san francisco chamber of commerce for extendings invitation and it's great to see a lot of the officials and the department heads to make sure and insure our cities skews. before i get started i want to take another moment to acknowledge and thank the men and women who over the past several weeks fought california's third largest wildfire the rim fire up in yosemite. and among those fighters the fire was our san francisco firefighters who stood alongside other fire department's across the country navigate over 5 thousand people fighting the fire. and, of course, the staff and crews of the public utilities commission helped and that helped and water industry. i'm proud of their work and while we're grateful everyday for our first responders who risk their lives to protect and serve and for our police officers and firefighters who lost their lives years ago it's important we reflect on that. and certainly for our city. we've had our own including the rim fire the police and, of course, the fire department were there the first respond

and the carl bishop group is very important working with our chamber of commerce and the other nonprofit. a simple answer is jobs. the reason i'm working on immigration reform. i used to be a civil rights attorney and helped folks to 0 reunite with their families. but at the time the direction connect to the history of the city being a city of immigrants 35 percent of all the small businesses in san francisco was owned by an immigrant. our whole history this city's been built on good immigrants who found ideas and employed others. and today that story has not changed. i think that the businesses in succeed if we have good sound business policies but we make sure there's comprehensive immigration reform. because we've he learned over the years is that there are millions of people in the state of california and undocumented folks in san francisco that are not part of our official economy that are hiding. because of fear that will not participate in health prevention because of fear. because of that we have to have an immigration policy it is forward-looking and make sure there's a path to

not mine alone on the commerce necessary and spending causes. what bothers me is not that robbers chances vote. justices do that regularly. instead, his tax section simply does not compute. even justice ruth pater ginsberg has expressed tac skepticism, quizzical about his theory when she read a summary of for a partial dissent from the bench. the regrettable inference to draw is that rarest decided he needed to uphold the law while not expanding federal power and succeeded in squaring that circle with a ruling hinging on a head scratching tax on an activity, a piece of legislation know congress will have passed. the sad thing about this episode is that he did not have to do what he did to save the court. for one thing, obamacare has always been unpopular, particularly the individual mandate which even a majority of democrats in a national poll on the eve of the ruling that was unconstitutional. for another he only damage his own reputation by making this move after warnings from pundits and politicians this tracking down the law would be conserv

americans were too busy building railroads expanding commerce overseas, or creating new industry.he years after the civil war saw a continuing expansion of the american economy. although this prosperity was interrupted by periodic slumps few people seemed to worry. didn't the economy always bounce back? on the eve of world war i, economists had no theory to explain recurring downturns. why not? we asked some economic historians. the bubbles, the panics, the convulsions, revulsions, crises, gluts, they were noticed back in the 1810s, but the idea of a cycle-- good times and then bad times-- took a long time until it reached the level of the professionalists. they were just beginning to be professional economists. it took a longer time until people began thinking there was a mechanism that turned one into the other. i think the economy was just more resilient in the 19th century. a lot of thought didn't go to explaining a problem when they didn't see a problem. wages would adjust much more quickly in the 19th century than in the 20th century. interest rates would adjust, so no sense

and use it to either browse or transact on the favorite e-commerce site. that's a tremendous opportunity. and an opportunity of a very different nature to the one we have seen in europe or in the u.s. in the last decade. >> who is winning out? is it the pure e-tailors or bricks and mortar guys, are they fighting back? who is doing the best out of this? >> that's the $1 million question. and as we look at the bain report, we come to the conclusion that both models can win, whether it is pure plays, the e-commerce players, and the bricks and mortars retailers that embrace e-commerce as an additional channel. and this is what bain, we call omni channel. and some of these retailers are actually massively investing and growing their e-commerce distribution to access the customer in a more effective way, more quick way, and more cost effective with a i. >> at the end of the day, what drives a purchase decision. if you're a chinese consumer, is it service, is it brand, or does it just come down to price? >> yeah, we did that piece of research, ross. we talked to

protective encoding tools that are used by businesses, banks, social media and other kinds of online commerce. for example, it's often assumed that when you purchase a product online or bank online with a secured and locked h.t.t.p.s. connection, you have protected your password and financial information. but the news reports say the n.s.a. can unlock that information. nicole perlroth is a cybersecurity reporter with "the new york times."

chamber of commerce, that's not your local chamber of commerce back home.clarify that for once. that's a big lobbying organization that supports big industry. anyway, just tell us, narrate this story henceforth now congressman. what's going to happen in the next couple of weeks in terms of government shutting down, possible default on the national debt, economic chaos, dow jones dropping, 401(k) shrinking. how far are we going to go into this midnight until somebody from the right blows a whistle and says enough. >> the problem with washington, the polarization is not about democrats versus republicans, it's about republicans verse republicans. until one side or the other wins that civil war in the republican caucus, you will continue to see what you've seen. chaos, confusion, crisis, slowdowns, shutdowns, being willing to harm the economy in order to advance a specific political right wing ideology. so one side or the other has to win the civil war in the republican party or democrats have to take back the majority in congress in 2014 and that's exactly wh

the commerce clause applies to interstate commerce, commerce or trade occurring between the states, notintrastate commerce. commerce within a state. that commerce which is within a particular state is not subject to congress' authority in the commerce clause. and what roscoe fillburn argued through his lawyer was that the wheat that he grew in excess of the national wheat production limit never entered interstate commerce because it never entered commerce at all. you see, roscoe fillburn used that wheat entirely on his farm. he used some of it to feed his animals. he used some of it to feed his own family, and he reserved the balance of that grain to use as seed for the following season. and so on that basis, he said look, you can get after me for any reason you want. you can get after me if you want for violating this wheat production limit, but the fact is this law can have no application here because this wheat never entered interstate commerce or any other form of commerce. it never left my farm. interestingly enough, the supreme court of the united states saw it differently. the su

there's the designed limited government with the enumerated powers, and interstate commerce met commerce that happens between the states redefined that so that basically anything that happens, breathing, existing, you know, even expiring counts as a form of interstate commerce, so we've kind of stood that on its head, and the other part of the constitution we've stood on its head is it somehow is seen as illegitimate for the federal courts to strike down laws that federal laws that are outside of the enumerated powers under the constitution, but it's per -- perfectly okay using the 14 #th amendment to strike down state laws that don't touch on any constitutional provisions. i would like to see us move to a point where the compensation of the federal judiciary was such that it was more active in restraining the federal government. i think there's two problems with that. one is that a lot of even qualified conservatives because they have resisted for so long judicial activism and overturning the state laws is reluctant to move against federal laws, particularly federal laws that have stron

this was a route for commerce, connecting asia and curope. -- europe. so it is not only the concept of the new silk road. a clear road map involved and that includes connectivity. it is seen as crucial timing for the development of the eurasian economy. representatives are more than 75 countries. we are expecting changes among eurasian countries. and facilitation of trade and commerce in specific industries like energy, resources, high- tech, and equipment manufacturing, among others. >> our reporter at the venue of the asia economic forum. it has been held every two years since 2005. this year's event attracts a large amount of attention because of the new silk road. let's make sense of these issues and to walk restaurant coverage is our guest from the peking national school of development. before i get to the silk road, talk us through the forum itself. since 2005, this is the fourth edition. what has this forum achieved in the years it has been in place? >> the economic forum is part of cooperation and organization in a sense that it is an economic p

and don't forget the chamber of commerce has become much more active and conservative in recent yearsthey've opposed obama care, fought the president tooth and nail on budget policy. here they're saying, look, we can fight about obama care some other time. don't shut the government down. there's word late tonight as the speaker tries to bring forth yet another condition laden spending bill, continuing resolution, that he's facing revolt on both sides. he's facing a falling away of conservative support who know longer think what he's trying to do is strong enough and confrontational enough, and a falling away of support from moderate republicans who went along with the last one sort of, but are real sick of the thing now especially now that the chamber of commerce have gotten involved. i think the president's statement today was forceful and politically effective. and i sense things shifting a little here. the problem, though, is that speaker boehner is now completely lost it. he's a weak character to begin with, completely lost control of the caucus. it's not clear where he can go fro

build things but this is really not only going to be the core of much of our transportation and commerce in the bay area but i believe a symbol. i was teasing a negotiation times reporter he picked the best place to come to. i'm hoping we'll of move up a rank and the ability to walk out and symptomlize the commitment that the elected officials and m t c official just wave our hands. and other people to realize this is not an oakland project but i'll also call it the oakland that is a of the bay bridge. but it's speak symbol and lastly on a personal note ed lee and i joked about this. about a one hundred and 50 something years ago there was a very famous picture of another great transportation and i'm not talking about this 77 years ago i'm talking about the trans conditional railroad came together. and in this picture of asian america studies i know that the bankers in the middle then the irish workings and the chinese workers who did the most dangerous part of it and today two chinese mayors are going to be bringing it together here in san francisco (clapping) and so on a personal note

government said a guy growing grain on his own land for his own use was subject to the interstate commerce because he was affecting the prices in effect at that time. so the commerce clause has been used to aggrandize more and more federal government getting in the business and doing whatever the heck they want to do. it's a terrible thing. justice roberts when he imposed obamacare on us calling at it tax, nowhere is in there, in the law it says it's a tax. he invented that. >> eric: i read this often. i'm still looking for it. >> in ten years the federal budget doubled. there is a belief government can do whatever they want if they get votes. this is not a democracy. this is a republic. they turn them in the bankrupt retirement programs like social security that make up the trillions in unfunded liability for country. but now as well. is government limited? it doesn't look like it based on what is going on in dc. >> eric: i want the producers to roll the clip of president obama, before he was elected. he warned to us change the direction of america. he was elected anyway. take a listen. >

e-commerce is a huge opportunity to find the things she wants. she also wants a little more advice and authority. she wants to know what she is spending her money on is worth the investment. >> she wants a value. the high end retailers like a saks or nordstrom has been reporting mediocre sales. is it so fractured they are shopping online? >> we see it as an opportunity to direct them in their shopping habits which is where our shop bazaar venture has come into play. we're able to dial down the season and break down a list of what our readers should be buying and they are really responding to that. >> trina you've been expanded. you have gone from eight boutiques to over 30. you're working on selling your brand in asia and the middle east by 2015. what have you done to position your company for growth? >> it's really about identifying who we are as a brand and how we differentiate from others out there. we try to get the message out we're from california. that's different. we do print and color and we have an optimistic vibe that we believe repres

commerce. it was astounding to me. but the worst case, i think, was the voting rights act case. [applause] that passed congress overwhelmingly, i think it was unanimous in the senate and 330 some odd votes in the house. if anyone knows about the voting rights, how it affects the system, i think the elected representatives have an appreciation of that, that the unelected judges don't have. and yet despite the overwhelming majority in congress that passed the voting rights act, the court said it won't do. the formula is out of date, so congress would have to go back and take this -- the voting rights act passed originally in 1965 on johnson's -- during johnson's tenure. it was renewed by nixon, ford, both bushes, and it was the second bush, it was the most recent extension. but the court said it won't do. so i think that's an example of striking down legislation on a subject that the people in the political arena are better informed about than the court. >> i want to ask you about all of those re

the commerce department reporting retail sales rose just .2 of a percent. >>> who says you can't flyly anymore. for a short time thursday, united air lines have giving away tickets for free -- or kind of close 20i9. passengers reported buying tickets for 5 to $10 before united shut down its bookings. the airlines said it accidentally filed fairs for zero money. and it is considering what to do about this. >>> trader joe's is the latest company to cut workings from its health care program. it is shifting to health exchanges under the affordable care act. the workers will receive $500 to help buy coverage. >>> an extraordinary funeral for a man who died more than two centuries ago. that story still ahead. >>> to recap our top stories, rescuers trying to reach people in three colorado towns cut often by massive flooding. thoughs have been forced to flee their homes. >>> and two towns devastated by last year's hurricane sandy have to rebuild again. live pictures of the aftermath of a fire that raged along the boardwalk reduced dozens of businesses to rubble. it is mostly contained now. t

second, adding the financial component, making transactions which we have built into the mobile commercetform with the hierarchical structure from the top down, enabling the city to actually manage all of their own financial transactions. from ticketing, reservations, permitting, just about every component you can think of, of interacting with the city as a business itself, which most people -- which is kind of a big differentiation factor in developing this. so, as far as creating access to the public, using the open data sets, and creating exposure to neighborhoods that you probably traditionally didn't even think were there, we realized there were 1200 different facilities all through the park -- all through the city as we were going out to explore. and upon our own discovery, and i being a local native, i didn't know about 800 of them. so, as we move forward into the future, taking this, working with some other departments like san francisco arts, we're creating access for people, creating efficiency with the government being able to manage transactions, creating a platform for peopl

it's a youthful bridge 3 will connect our communities and allows our commerce to continue and everybody it's a gorgeous piece of public art. every time we see it whether driving across it, whoa whether looking at it from the shore our spirits will soar as it does for generations our generation and those who come after us. it's my pleasure to introduce assemblywoman nancy skinner (clapping) >> good afternoon distinguished guests officials, elected and others and my constituents. it is a wonderful day and i'll i'm so thrilled to be here. i want to thank mayor brown and, of course, other senators that - and the other officials who figure out so hard to make that a beautiful world-class structure that rivals the golden gate bridge. as a san franciscan native i can say that. i feel like i've come full circle as my father and grandfather we deserve the whole bay as he does the world-class bridge. now we're standing in my colleagues district who is from district 18 and allow me to introduce my other colleagues - apologizes assembly members himself mark levine the tenth district and assemblyman

and so just again kind of for our concern is we don't see the need for commerce to happen. are we going to be able to facilitate those needs. what are our priorities for our buses is it a priority for businesses to be able to get is it a propriety to have bicycle paths and we may not be able to facilitate all of those. so i'm not much has been said around the deliveries but one of the things you know that comes to my mind of a tool we may use i know there's federal regulation that obviously delivery vehicles are not using the delivery zones and their you deliveries are at the top of the block and they park at the bottom. i you know that sfmta has had conversations about applying those conversations to our loading zone vehic

we have a lot of organizations from fisherman's wharf and chamber of commerce chinese chamber of commerce and academy of art and a managers organization, board with a lot of organizations with the broadway corridor and the elementary school. we also have an opthere. we have an open dialog with all our community members. we serve our city here in the central and also our seniors. those are pictures of the tea with tom on the upper left and our beat officers helping to serve lunch. to the right is the annual thanksgiving luncheon given by self help and on the super sunday in the china center where we serve food and give a little bit of take about the blessing scam and we passed out those bags. we've gone to a global police method right now. earlier last year there were many seniors who were getting scammed, you know, by those crime rings from china and we were trying to combat that. we went through a big education process and the chief went on tv and went to the collin show on chinatown in chinese language and we called up hong kong and asked him what worked best and the hong kong police ha

it's a youthful bridge 3 will connect our communities and allows our commerce to continue and everybody it's a gorgeous piece of public art. every time we see it whether driving across it, whoa whether looking at it from the shore our spirits will soar as it does for generations our generation and those who come after us.

were did they say, that it was much more likely, i think the statute violates the commerce clause of the constitution. so i will drafted in dealing with now. if he worked on an opinion, he realized that this was another issue and that is our issue. and we hadn't really thought about that. he hadn't thought so dramatically about it and he had not told his colleagues what his views were on the tax issue as they were developing. so they were surprised on this tax issue. and i think that that is the more plausible account. it's not that he said this whole thing is unconstitutional on every ground that has been argued and communicated a sense that he thought it was unconstitutional, mostly on the commerce clause grounds. then worked on the other issues. >> host: you also point out these particular issues raised in this case were not one that conservative legal scholars have spent a lot of time thinking about before. did you think that that made it easier for some to deviate from the other conservatives on the court? >> yes, if we go back to what we were talking about earlier, about politi

well, small business is commerce, right?t is very difficult to that cut back on the reach of the commerce clause, and i think it will not have staying power. >> what do you mean? it will be overturned? >> yes. we will get back to where we 1930sver since the late when economic and social legislation recognizes the congress.ain of the to youras you may be particular state, there are so many things in this highly industrialized world that states cannot do, that have to have a national solution. nationaloint about the solution was another example of you being a good originalist. use of the framers of the constitution were concerned about the collective action problems in the article of the federation, and wanted to empower congress to act when states were unable to coordinate their actions together. you do believe the commerce reading will be overturned eventually. are you concerned in the short term it might lead to invalidation of other economic legislation, environmental laws, health and safety laws? >> i'm hopeful it will no

the report was made by a team from the department of commerce when congress demanded more informationwhat was the great depression costing the american economy? led in part by the auto industry, the economy grew rapidly in the 1920s, generating more jobs, more income, and more free time. as long as the factories were humming, there was little concern about how well the nation was doing economically. but when the bottom dropped out in 1929, congress wanted to find out how bad things actually were. as lawmakers passed new deal programs to end the depression, senator robert lafollette wanted to measure the nation's economy. the greatest economic crisis in our history is a grave national emergency, which makes it imperative that we fight the depression on all fronts. congress must formulate a sound program to this end. lafollette's senate resolution directed the commerce department to estimate national income for the three previous years. dr. carol carson has studied the developments of national income accounts during the depression. you could look down your block and see that people were