crowley's remarks put him in direct confrontation with the pentagon. that prompted a response from president obama at a friday press conference. >> with respect to private manning, you know, i have actually asked the pentagon whether or not the procedures that have been taken in terms of his confinement are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards. they assured me that they are. >> reporter: crowley wrote in his resignation letter, "my recent comments were intended to highlight the broader, even strategic impact of discreet actions undertaken by national security agencies every day. given the impact of my remarks for which i take full responsibility, i have submitted my resignation." crowley also raised eyebrows with reports of this tweet comparing the devastation in japan to the unrest in the middle east. secretary of state hillary clinton said this about crowley's departure. "it is with regret that i have accepted the resignation of philip j. crowley. p.j. has served our nation with distinction for more than three decades. i wish him the very

crowley gets the boot after he speaks out against the inhumane treatment of bradley manning so has obama approved torture and condemned speaking out against it then all eyes are on japan as video continues to come out after the earthquake struck the country will bring you all the latest and we'll look into the confusing information from the mainstream media regarding potential nuclear meltdowns massachusetts residents listen up there's a new option for voters if you're sick of being labeled as a democrat or as a republican we'll give you details on the newly formed pirate party and why this group could soon become popular and states all across the country and the latest battle on capitol hill is all about money the g.o.p. makes of farm statement regarding the debt ceiling well find out what the threat of defaulting would really mean for the u.s. and is hollywood to blame for the growing us on the phobia in this country we'll speak to a man who says that we can just look at pop culture from the nineteen eighties to explain the radicalization hearings today we'll have those stories and muc

crowley: will the gentleman yield? mr. rigell: no, i will not. the gentleman's question is not germane. and account for more than 75% of new job growth. and according to a study by the small business administration, the cost of complying with the tax code is 66% higher -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman refuses to yield. mr. rigell: these reporting requirements are a classic example of laws that are passed by people who have no clue what it means to go out and to create a job, to put appreciate cap -- precious capital at risk. they're met by people who are have never met with a banker and been told by a banker, no, i can't help you. this bill, h.r. 4, is a step in the right direction to help our small business owners. i strongly urge my colleagues to stand with me and vote in favor of it. i yield back and thank the gentleman for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: after continuing to be amazed that the gentleman from virginia s

crowley. . mr. crowley: i'm a bit disturbed as well by the description of individuals we're talking about, as though everyone is trying to scam the system. i would point out in the bill support ised last year bipartisanly, with every republican but one in h.r. 994, in a bill we passed to eliminate the cliff and eliminate the possibility of a massive increase in taxes on the middle class, so we already addressed this. what your bill today will do is put that back in place. and i would just ask my colleague, mr. camp, what is it about the example i gave that's wrong? what is it about the example of a family of four earning $88,000 a year and based on their prior income taxes are eligible for the tax credits in the next year, assuming, as they do, because they live a pretty dull life, a pretty hard life, trying to maintain their home, get their kids a quality education, at this point, maybe one of their kids is in college already, and by the way, they're probably accessing the child tax credit. they pr

crowley should have actually resigned as he there let's take a look e.j. crowley resigned his post state department spokesperson yesterday this just coming after his comments saying that bradley reading's treatment is stupid counterproductive and ridiculous you know what the state department thinks about this but a d.c. residents let's find out how to productive probably stupid you're supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. and so i don't think that that is indicative that he is being considered innocent until proven guilty if he's already being tortured everybody could have their day in court and could be treated with dignity or were you surprised to learn that he was in solitary confinement had been forced to strip naked and had been essentially tortured does that surprise you. well it doesn't surprise me considering all that happened with you know iraqis and you know finding out that those who were put in jail were treated unjustly and they were you know the same thing happened with them so it doesn't surprise me the government cover that up and i

commissioner crowley: we love enterprise. [laughter] >> item 9a, request approval of a minute to sidewalk, aerospace, and curb space encroachment policy and subsequent amendment to delete the aerospace encroachment permit requirement portion of the policy for those buildings on the south side of jefferson street between powell and height -- hyde streets. >> good afternoon. for the record, i'm susan reynolds, director of real estate for the port of san francisco, and am here today to request an amendment to the sidewalk, airspace, and curb space encroachment policy passed by this body in june 2006 and amended in march 2007. the march 2007 amendment address how fees were calculated and called out property owners as the responsible parties for obtaining permits. the policy applies to those properties on the south side of jefferson street between powell and hyde streets. we are not talking about very many properties. it is approximately four blocks. the buildings are not on port property, but the sidewalk is. if you recall the in

crowley. . mr. crowley: i'm a bit disturbed as well by the description of individuals we're talking about, as though everyone is trying to scam the system. i would point out in the bill support ised last year bipartanly, with every republican but one in h.r. 994, in a bill we passed to eliminate the cliff an eliminate the possibility of a massive increase in taxes on the middle class, so we already addressed this. what your bill today will do is put that back in place. and i would just ask my colleague, mr. camp, what is it about the example i gave that's wrong? what is it about the example of a family of four earning $88,000 a year and based on their prior income taxes are eligible for the tax credits i the next year, assuming, as they do, because they live a pretty dull life, a pretty hard life, trying to maintain their home, get their kids a quality education, at this point, maybe one of their kids is in college already, and by the way, they're probably accessing the child tax credit. they probab

crowley has resigned.e after he caused a stir with comments about the suspect in the wikileaks case. crowley described the army treatment of bradley manning as ridiculous and stupid. manning is being held in solitary confinement. in a statement yesterday crowley said he took responsibility for his remarks and given their impact has submitted his resignation. >> a hacker group called anonymous released documents about bank of america this morning. they say the e-mails expose corruption and fraud at the largest u.s. bank. the documents concern improper mortgage processes at the bank which were used to foreclose on homeowners. anonymous supports embattled wikileaks founder julian assange who was forced to shut down his site after being arrested on suspicion of committing sexual assault. >>> we'll take a quick break. we will have your weather forecast in just a bit. first, though, this is the "cbs morning news." from nasal allergy symptoms. they can hit you year round... indoors or out. achoo! oh to have relie

crowley is not some sort of you know east coast liberal hippie running around and trying to stop wars anywhere he's a democrat but he is he is he has spoken out from the harshest terms against bradley manning and against wiki leaks who do you think that he was speaking for when he called this treatment i'm just stupid and. which is why i thought i mean so do you see a split within the obama administration on this bradley manning case well brought obama picks and chooses certain spots to look tough on foreign policy to look for him on immigration to look tough on issues that he's actually. genuinely weak on and bradley manning is the is the you would say michael would say unfortunate victim of this he's the exception that proves the rule in the broad obama i'm weak on foreign policy. play he's been used as a scapegoat he said i would be tough tough for being on bradley manning look out of it look at who we're going to lock down in quantico so i'm not you know i don't know the the specifics of the case i don't know how much they know about what he's done and they may feel he has more in

commissioner francis crowley. item two, approval of the minutes for the february 8 meeting. >> so low. >> second. >> motion -- all in favor. item three, public comment on executive session. public comment on executive session? item four, executive session. >> so move. >> all in favor? executive sessio. >> commission voted to approve 4a1a and moved not to disclose any other matters discussed in executive session. >> item 6, please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar some producing devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound producing electronic device. please be advised that members of the public have up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the port commission adopts the shorter time and any agenda item. >> moved in light of the popular loss of a quorum to public testim

crowley stepping down over comments he made about the treatment of bradley manning and we asked you at home if you thought the crowleys firing that the president obama had taken ownership of manning's treatment while the quantico and here's what some of you had to say and i got to say it was not very kind to the president raj let he responds i grew up learning that a man is innocent until proven guilty but with mr mannix treatment it seems as if he's guilty until he's proven innocent his treatment is that of a convicted terrorist shame on the obama administration doug kaiser replies it appears that president obama is trying to get alignment behind him by firing all those who are speaking out against it that's one way to do it mason sky says everyone keeps waiting for the president to speak on a bradley manning case when he's going to speak where is he on this issue i think his silence speaks volumes and jerry marielitos sounded off on facebook saying obama is continuing the worst of bush's policies and even expanding saw he hasn't been a leader he's been more like a dictator now as alw

crowley he was fired at the as the spokesperson for. secretary of state clinton for saying that bret bradley manning's situation is confinement circumstances not not that he's there or how he's being treated or ridiculous counterproductive and stupid or you've commented on this i was wearing well you know it's true it's true that i believe that the truth shall set you free but mr crawley's case and also got him fired and we should take note of that as we persist in our efforts to address the plight of private manning but we should also express our appreciation for the unfettered honesty your p.j. crowley who in a moment where he was called upon to give an assessment of what exactly the way he saw it he did and so we. be grateful for that. congressman as to say thanks so much actually i don't so you are great having. in an office building here the wisconsin capitol volunteers are ramping up their efforts to get signatures to recall republican senators who approved walker's bills one of those republican senators randy hooper may have othe

crowley after barack obama spoke about it finally the new york times decided to editorialize it finally people have decided that it's really going on but is it still just a couple hundred people that really care enough to come out and protest only. it's not all on our own at firedoglake we've organized more than fifty thousand people in support of bradley manning and there are tens of thousands more across the globe more than thirty cities around the world held rallies for bradley manning yesterday in show solidarity and what we're seeing now is quite different than when you first started covering this story back in december when very few people actually knew let alone cared about the conditions in which bradley manning was being very unjustly held in which he is continued to be held we're seeing now something that is that is waking up and that frankly for bradley manning's abusers as well as president obama who with one phone call could stop this torture it's too late for them to contain this the momentum is building and it's a matter of time for this to really pick up a lot momentum t

crowley called manning's treatment quote ridiculous counterproductive and stupid and was forced to resign. well meaning scott or denounce the pentagon for stripping his son of his clothing and forcing him to stand at attention naked i mean it's shocking enough that i would. come on you know our silence as a family and say you know this you know you crossed the line this is wrong protesters here denounced obama and say guantanamo bay has been brought to virginia they say the president can do better than simply trusting manning's jailers i've been saying probably in confinement and i can tell you probably is not doing well but if i could see really getting excited. to believe that i think whistleblower daniel ellsberg responsible for leaking the vietnam war logs known as the pentagon papers called manning a hero i want his sample if courage for other people. the more that other people realize. the descriptions which are gone to give us the word of being a traitor. to have you know the truth. appreciate it but everybody that we. were before being arrested it with thirty five others for refus

crowley has quit following criticism he made over the treatment of bradley manning the soldier who is awaiting trial for allegedly supply a vast trove of secret information to weekly leaks the senior aide is believed to have resigned under white house pressure after telling its small group at a university that fly that manning's treatment was ridiculous counterproductive and stupid private manning is confined to a window that cell for twenty three hours a day and does not allow the people of blankets at night at a press conference on friday president obama showed john let's turn to the point that manning was being mistreated and that the pentagon had. it's a row will build several hundred homes the church settlers in the occupied west bank the announcement came a day after five israeli settlers are stuff to death in their home two children under a baby were among those killed with palestinian extremists expected palestinian leaders have refused to continue talks with israel until new settlement construction which breaches international law is halted. by you're watching r.t. live from

not a person that i'd like to promote at a press conference today president obama was asked about crowley statement and you know what he's that he said i've asked the pentagon if the procedures are appropriate and meet our standards and they said that they are you know and maybe you shouldn't be asking the defense department or the pentagon mr president maybe you should tell them what you think is appropriate or not based on your knowledge of the law based on sound logic based on your humanity and if you think that what's being done to bradley manning is just fine and say take the responsibility you're the president of this country so please just act like it. the lovely ladies. thank you christine happy friday everyone and happy happy hour. you know we're girls i don't know if you guys ever experience this but i'm pretty sure that most young boys always fantasize about their teachers when they're in class and this next story actually brings it to life there's a teacher who now is being asked to leave her job because apparently fifteen years ago she was a porn star she went under the porn

crowley. mr. crowley: i thank the gentleman from colorado. the speaker pro tempore: gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. mr. crowley: i rise in strong opposition to this rule because hidden deep in this bill is language that indeed will increase income taxes on middle class american families by thousands of dollars a year. my republican colleagues claim the bill is not a tax increase on the middle class. they argue grover norquist says it's not a tax increase. they say democrats have, and i quote, decided to dance the washington two-step, unquote, claiming this bill contains a new income tax on working families. well, hearing all that i have one simple question. if the republican plan is not a massive new income tax increase, then why did the republican majority refuse to allow a vote on my amendment which i offered? my amendment simply said that no section of this bill would take effect if it raised taxes on any american family of four earning less than $110,250 a year. that's all it said. it just makes it clear you can't

commissioner crowley: second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> item 3, public comment on executive session. any public comment? the motion to >> move to disclose that the commission voted to -- in support of the settlement and move not to disclose any other items discussed in executive session. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> item six, please be advised that the ringing of and use of pagers and similar sound- producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device. is that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter time on any item. item 7a, executive directors report. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us today. >> i have a very brief executive director's report, but it is laced with sad news. this young man here has decided to re

and geri crowley. at every meeting, i see her. i do not know whether -- where she finds the energy. i hope i can grow up to be just like you. [applause] and kimberly ellis, a fellow member of the california bar, and honoree barmalia cohe -- on area of -- an honoree of malia cohen. next. carlina hanson, honoree of supervisor mirkarimi. next, we have eileen hanson. i would see her on every street corner. she is amazing. thank you. next, we have anella manuel, supervisor kim's nominee. are you still here? might have been distracted by all of the relatives. next, we have dobrynin, supervisor -- deborah niemen, supervisor wiener's nominee. >> [inaudible] and a woman near and dear to my heart because my grandmother was an immigrant from china, although i'm fourth generation on my grandfather side. an honorary from district 7. [applause] congratulations. and supervisor chi's -- supervisor chu's honoree. congratulations. she just announced that there are civil service discounts. does that extend to state employees as well? great. finally, we have the jacqu line zapata chavez, supervisor ava

crowley is now out as the state department's chief spokesman. he resigned yesterday after describing the military's treatment of the main suspect in the wikileaks case as both ridiculous and stupid. crowley made those comments about army private bradley manning last thursday. >>> now, to an embarrassing blunder by a tea party favorite, expected to make a run for the white house. minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann, got her states mixed up when she told a crowd in new hampshire, that they should be proud of their state's role in the war. >> you're the state where the shot was heard around the world, at lexington and concord. >> the first shots were fired in massachusetts. oshe later went on facebook to acknowledge the mistake. she noted that new hampshire should still be proud. >>> plenty of office time today will be spent pouring over those ncaa march madness brackets. this year's number one seeds are ohio state, kansas, pittsburgh and duke. now, pitt is 1 of the 11 big east conferences that made the deal. that's the most of any conference.

another three were hurt when a second tornado hit the town of crowley. >>> log like that we are -- nothing like that here. let's check in with mark tamayo. you said we might need those umbrellas tomorrow? >> yeah, that's a pretty good bet. rainfall rates will increase as we head into the overnight hours. a lot of this not reaching the ground, just some clouds in place is gonna take its time for the cloud deck to lower. we have the dark shades of green and the rainfall will be on the increase for the next few hours, especially tonight. that's all reflected in your forecast. light rain tomorrow. still some scattered showers in the afternoon hours. the extended, partly sunny skies and mind conditions. here-- and mild conditions. here is the rainfall areas, up tort north. within this flow this is an atmospheric river. this will be the key factor as we head into early tomorrow morning. in fact, we'll park it to the north. ex-pect takes for tomorrow -- expectations for tomorrow, rainfall, about .25 in the south. the heaviest cells they are expected first thing tomorrow morning. from 4:00 a.m. to

crowley: on the point of order, madam speaker, specifically. let me just clarify for high friends on the other side and our side, to all members of the house, that the house rules, clause 5-b of rule 21, states the passage again of a tax increase needs a 3/5 majority of those present for passage. if we are changing the tax rate or the brackets of individuals, i know it's not, again, comfortable, but as the example i laid out in the debate which was not refuted by anyone, if an individual earning $88,000, a family of four, receives a $250 bonus, that would require them to pay $4,460 in tax, is indeed a new tax. and therefore should be subject to this rule that we would require 3/5. i know it's hard because that's the difficulty of this. in changing the tax rates. it should be difficult. that's the rule to make this bipartisan we do this together. a 3/5 vote. madam speaker, we are changing the tax rates, we are changing the brackets and therefore this rule ought to be imposed. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from michigan wish to be h

particularly in my district who i would want to think about honoring but it is my honor to ask jerry crowley. jerry, you are a true treasure to san francisco. for those of you who do not know gerry, she's the neighborhood activists of neighborhood activists. she serves for four terms for the neighborhood dwellers which is one of the moster fective associations in the city. she was the found turnover san francisco neighborhood network pulling together neighborhood associations across the city to fight for what is true and special about the characters of our neighborhoods. she's someone who's delivered time after time for our northeast neighborhoods. for example, she helped to rehabilitate pioneer park at coit tower. she fund raised the -- fund raised "the telegram hill." it captured the histories of doeses of italian americans living in north beach. she's someone who not only served as a leader and a board member of countless organizations like moist of the honorees today. but she's someone who has been a political force on her own. she won several elections to serve on our city's democratic

assistant secretary of state philip crowley updated reporters on thursday. it became clear last november north korea was operating a new facility in yongbyon. u.s., japan and other nations has urged security council to make a statement condemning the north. they say the facility violates past u.n. resolutions. discussions have been stalled because china remains cautious on the proposal. the u.s. statement is apparently timed to increase pressure on the chinese government. china holds the rotating president of the u.n. security council this month. >>> a shocking story out of western japan. police have arrested a 20-year-old university student who is accused of abandoning the 3-year-old girl. the body was found at a supermarket. the victim became separated from her parents and brother inside a store. surveillance footage showed the child entering the rest room alone followed soon afterward by a man. police apprehended a suspect who matched the appearance of the man in the video. they found the body in a ditch about 800 meters north of the supermarket. they lat

in crowley, three high school students suffered minor injuries at a waffle house when a window was blown out by the tornado. but the most serious damage was in rayne. >> down the street over there, there's a house that has something that went through the roof it looks like. and o'reilly's, their roof is almost completely gone. the windows are shattered. >> they suffered extensive damage to the northern part of their town. >> reporter: police evacuated thousands due to ruptured gas pipes. >> there's a number of houses and businesses that are downed and/or damaged. >> reporter: tornado watches were in effect in louisiana, mississippi and alabama throughout much of the afternoon. in new orleans, two inches of rain fell in just one hour, forcing the cancellations of some mardi gras festivities. in the midwest, more rain. in ohio, residents were cleaning up from flooding earlier in the week. today, more flooding. >> we're really hopeful it won't reach the full peak of what we had earlier this week. but we do expect some re-flooding to occur as the river drains. >> reporter: in russell's point

commissiioner crowley: second. commissioner brandon: any opposed? >> ok,>> move that we reconvenen open session. commissioner brandon: all in favor? >> aye. >> move that we've not disclose any of the items discussed in closed session. commissioner brandon: all in favor? >> aye. >> please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound footing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other such similar sound- producing electronic device. please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make her and in public, on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter period on any item. item seven, executive director's report. >> good afternoon. welcome to the meeting today. this is a short meeting by an exciting meeting nevertheless. i do not have anything written, but i do have one piece of news -- sad news for the port, which is t

pool and playing catch up the only change to that list coming in the final podium place for robert crowley it's just the jump of two hundred twelve point five meters in the east of the third but it is dominant austria who further tighten their grasp at the top of the world cup right. now young basketball fans got a treat in moscow on friday as a limp it jumping on former soviet star bonus made a trip to one of the city's academies most of this year's european championships richard pump or fleet was there for us. it's the thirty first of august will be a proud moment for this man out of the subform is as his natively freeway near most european basketball championships for the first time since nine hundred thirty nine hundred four much younger star says it will be a great honor for roberts good boy lithuania is a country where possible is the number one sport that we manage to sell fifty thousand tickets in just two hours and there are none left it's a great honor for us to hold this is a move try to put on a great show but a lot depends on how the lithuanian team plays. promoting the event