it also bumps up service hours from 6800 with 7400 with base larkin and consr. vation corps and adds an additional 730 hours with ran doll. ~ randolph. [speaker not understood]. it reduces the indirect cost which the commission was concerned about from 15 to 11%. port staff did some due diligence regarding this indirect cost rate looking at controller's guidance. other city contracts for similar services and found that 11% is reasonable and also that this contract will dedicate a higher proportion of the budget to youth salaries and supervisor salaries and a lower percentage administrative and direct costs and other city contracts. so, we feel comfortable recommending this. regarding the contract term, we have first proposed a four-year. we are instead recommending a limited one year contract with the terms starting august 2013 as soon as we can get the contract executed, to 2014. we are proposing to start a new rfp concurrently for youth employment around about october. we'll be here asking for permission to advertise so that we can have a new contract up and r

president barack obama has been meeting his national security visor advisors to consr his options.efense minister says that they're ready to act ton barack obama's orders. >> barack obama has asked the defense department to prepare options for all contingencies. we have done that. again, we are prepared to exercise whatever option if he decides to employ one of those options. >> obama has said any use of chemical weapons in syria would constitute the crossing of a redline. but washington says it still needs proof chemical weapons were used in this recent attack. evidence is strong from pictures and testimonies from witnesses. now the organization doctors without borders say hospitals hs it supports in damascus treated many patients with neuro toxic symptoms on the night of the alleged attack. the aid group says 355 of those people died. >> pinpoint pupils, access saliva, respiratory distress, convulsions, all that point towards the use of a neuro toxic agent. >> during a phone call on saturday, british prime minister david cameron and u.s. president agreed that the suspected attack