. >> } item 18 an ordinance authorizing sexual harassment a lawsuit filed by ctia against the city and county of san francisco filed on july 23, 2010 in the united states district court northern district of california entitle identified the ctia, the wireless association v. the city and county of san francisco. >> supervisor >> avalos. >> thank you, president chiu. colleagues i will not be supporting the settlement and i i believe that the rules was around free speech rights and the city's neat to prove without a shadow of a doubt, cell phones being harmful to people's health, as well as the fcc ruling that that happened to be the case as well. i can't support the settlement based on a ruling that i believe was way too extreme and so therefore, i will be voting no. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you, mr. president. i certainly share the comments by supervisor avalos. i am completely opposed to what the 9th circuit has ruled here. with that said, the unfortunate thing is that the ruling by the 9th circuit from a legal standpoint i don't know that we have any ability to really alter the

the ctia is forcing this agreement upon the city, the city passed it unanimously and we have a right to know. i would also suggest that you should not go into closed session because the settlement is already publicly available. thank you. >>> good afternoon. thank you. my name is tony stein, and i have a ph.d. in environmental engineering and i work for the state of california in the department of general services and environmentally preferable purchasing. i worked three years in the department of public health and environmental quality. i'm here to tell you that it is so important for the local government that you are to be aligned with the federal government's work and the federal government ha on its own website, sec website, everything that is in the signage that is in the right to know. and we really need to pass the message along to the public for public health service, to provide them with the information that is aligned with our federal government. it is so important for us as local agencies to inform the public and what is the fcc puts right into the phone. here's my iphone

john ford has more now from the annual ctia wireless convention in las vegas. >> this time it's going to go -- >> when disaster strikes, communication is a lifeline. people need their smartphones to keep connected to the outside world and stay on top of the latest developments. that's led today's relief organizations to try supplying more than just water and shelter. these days, disaster relief means taking care of your technology, too. this is the american red cross's new prototype. inside, you can charge your gadgets by usb and you've got wifi. the red cross currently doesn't have the wireless power stations. the organization plans to have about two dozen in service by year end. >> it's important when your life has been turned upsidedown to have contact with the outside world, know there are people out there that are caring for you and wanting to help you. >> to be prepared, shoppers can find a few gadgets that can be extra useful during disasters, this one uses solar power to charge phones and tablets. less than $150. when the sun isn't out, there are external batteries from compan

he was the head of ctia. i would agree with blair on everything. he is a very sharp guy. where the bodies are buried, in terms of getting an agenda done, getting things through the commission, which can be complicated. the commission is an area where a lot of different inference -- interests intersect. the power has gravitated to the commission. it makes it very complicated. guystrikes me as a kind of who will know what he wants to do and it's going to know how to get it done. as a republican, are you supportive of this nomination? >> whether i supported are not does not matter. tom is clearly qualified for this job. he has earned the trust of the president and a lot of other groups and individuals in this town. i don't think there's any doubt about that. he's got some big challenges ahead of him, probably one of the most collocated things the commission will deal with in the long term -- obligated things that commission -- obligated things the commission will deal with in the long term is television auctions. those auctions are going to be very complicated. there's a lot

when i was counsel on the house commerce committee, he was at that time the head of ctia. i would agree with blair on everything. he's a very, very sharp guy. you know, one saying that comes to mind, tom knows where the bodies are buried in terms of getting an agenda done, getting things through the commission which can be complicated. the commission is the place where a lot of different interests intersect, and particularly as congress finds it increasingly hard to legislate in this area, a lot of power has gravitated to the commission. so it makes it very complicated. there are a lot of land mines. and tom is the kind of guy, it strikes me, he's going to know what he wants to do, and he's going to know how to get it done. >> host: as a republican, are you supportive of this nomination? >> guest: whether i support it or not doesn't matter. i think tom is clearly qualified for this job. he's earned the trust of the president. he's clearly earned the trust of a lot of other groups and other individuals in this town. i don't think there's any doubt about that though. he's qu

jon fortt is at the ctia mobile market place in vegas and joins us with more. jon?it's a new and important battlefront here for companies like apple and samsung. i'm not talking about phones like this galaxy s4, i'm talking about $50 smartphones. i know that sounds crazy. it used to be, you couldn't even get a feature phone for that. but now companies like media tech, qualcomm are really going to battle in india and china, trying to get this entry-level emerging market consumer. and that is a magic price point for them. those low-end emerging market smartphones actually are kind of like the iphone 3gs, a little bit more like that phone. they're really a couple of generations old, often running android 2.1. that's several generations ago. but for the consumer that's getting the first smartphone, who's got a really lowal vi compared to your typical iphone and samsung s4 buyer, it's a hung and important change. now, take a look at apple stock. just in the last earnings call, tim cook was talking a little bit about this trend, saying that in china, the iphone 4, the old

jon fortt is at the ctia conference with some answers. >> maria, very important topic.re with a prototype of their new emergency response vehicle. it's got wi-fi on board and power strips to help people charge up their phones. that's how essential this kind of communication has become in situations like this. they have 300 vehicles total. these prototypes are just beginning to roll out. a couple things i want to point out. one, there are solar options for charging your phones in an emergency. of course, that wouldn't help in a tornado-type situation where you don't have a lot of sunlight, but those are less than 200 bucks. you can get a charge from the sun. i talked to a duracell executive here who talked about exactly why this is so important in the age of gadgets. take a listen. >> because batteries are so limited and limited and the gap between the phone's performance and what the battery isable to provide is only increasing, then having actually an infrastructure, think of it like atm machines, for example, or gas stations. >> duracell's looking to get charging stat

couple years and went into the business after the helm of the cable association and wireless group ctia. meantime, i just got ahead of myself on the mark zandi stuff. president obama is expected to nominate melvin watt to lead the fhfa, the regulator that oversees lending giants fannie mae and freddie mac. did i -- what did i say? he is a democrat from north carolina who served in the house for 20 years. he will replace edward dimarco, who was appointed by george w. bush. this is where you're supposed to say, honey, come watch "squawk" immediately, this is big. >> that's right. honey, get in here! dimarco's leaving! they're putting watt in, right? the fh? fh -- >> fhfa. >> all right in other political news it was a primary in massachusetts yesterday, apparently, setting up the race for the u.s. senate seat formerly held by john kerry. democratic u.s. representative ed markey, well known to anyone in telecom, and republican gabrielle gomez won their primaries. the two will now face off in a special election on june 25th. senators up there are like -- remember, we had to deal with scott b