concludes my presentation i am open to any questions >> that is helpful. >> one question about dbs and i know that this is something that we start here in the conversation about in terms of lgbtowned firms, i know that they held a pretty i don't know if it is first of its kind, if not pretty close. very significant out reach meeting to lgbt, owned firms to encourage them to bit on transbay projects, and so, i am wondering if does the ta do encourage that kind of out reach to lgbt owned firms? >> yes, we do, the federal requirements do not classify them as business enterprises at this time. >> the federal government is about 30 years behind the rest of the country. >> yeah. >> but we can go above and beyond. and we do? >> yes. >> yes, vice chair we know that we got to look into that and follow that direction, thank you. >> thank you. >> great. thank you for the presentation. >> colleagues, are there any questions or comments? >> okay, in that case, we will open up item number three to public comment, is there any public comment on item three, if so, please come forward. hi. >> public co

exceeded the goal and committed to 13.83 percent commitment and dg the bid was 53 mill object and their db commitment was 3.93 percent. federal regulations require that either the dbe goal be met, or good faith effort documentation be provided that indicates that they in essence tried but could not make it for the specific reasons. we went ahead and reviewed all of the dbe goal information, and good faith effort documentation submitted by all of the three bidders. in our analysis welsh construction company failed to meet the dbe goal or demonstrate the adequate good faith effort. they were advised of that ruling and we had a good faith effort reconsideration meeting on november 27, 2013, they did not provide any additional information in writing at the meeting or anything that in essence made us change our decision. so in that regard, welsh construction company was a non-responsive bid and in researching the work with the legal staff, the california public code requires that we award the contract to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder and in this case, golden state bridge is that

exceeded the goal and committed to 13.83 percent commitment and dg the bid was 53 mill object and their dbent was 3.93 percent. federal regulations require that either the dbe goal be met, or good faith effort documentation be provided that indicates that they in essence tried but could not make it for the specific reasons. w

. >> you're seeing images db-tv. he credits his kids and says this isn't going to stop us. we're going to get through just like we did through the storm. >> my kids are so, so brave, my staff is so amazing. they refused to give up. even if it's not their own kids, they held them as if it was their own kids. >> got a couple of close calls on the roadways to share with you guys. we start in china. watch what happens. a girl and an adult on the scooter. tharp so close to that car. the little girl slides off the tire. >> it's just the hood, right? >> she did not get severe injuries. she only got skin scratches. they say she was okay after this. miraculously no major injuries. the car was so small, they were able to pick the car up and get it off the girl and rush her to the hospital. >> but she was pinned under that tire. it's amaze they go didn't run over here. >> we move to moscow. watch this trailer has it comes around the corner. >> oh, no. >> what was in there if. >> look at that. that big thing came out of the back of that trailer as it makes the turn but it rolls oaf and

we'll have detai db babe ruth. >>> vice president biden in china trying to smooth over tensions in thatl meeth

. -- will be ole db ed. it is literally paperthin. you'll have to go to our booth and see it. use phosphorous rather than semiconductors as an acting agent. so it is much greener. than any otherr in the market. >> what happened to 3-d? was all theon richer last year. >> it is still developing. -- 3-d television was all the rage last year. >> it is still developing. as 4 k develops, i think the glassesless -- that doesn't even sound right. tv without glasses will be more imminent. tv means whatof it has meant the last two years, which is getting bigger. and it used to be that we would say that 40 inch was the home. now we see the top of the market is 60 and 10 above an. inch and high0 definition tv. consumers have wanted the scale of tv and entertainment. ,vs used to be separate unconnected devices with an antenna or a cable connection. now increasingly they are internet-connected. that means the tv becomes a connected part of the home. access to all of your video services through apps. access to other content to devices in your home. so you can link your tv to your smartphone

we'll have detai db babe ruth. >>> vice president biden in china trying to smooth over tensions in that part of the world. he'll meet with china's president ping. the trip was supposed to be about trade. it is overshadowed since china expanded the airspace into territory that japan also claims. the move has even affected commercial u.s. flights throughout the region. you might recall a week ago the u.s. challenged china's claims by flying two b-52 bombers through the zone without telling china which is what china had requested of everyone going through that airspace. we also want to give you a quick update on the new york train derailment. the line should be getting back up to speed this morning. union representatives say he nodded off while driving when he came to. he apparently shut down the throttle and tried an emergency braking technique. his attorney compared what happened to highway hypnosis. that drowsy feeling you get sometimes when we've been staring at divider lines for a long time. either way, it seems like he might not have been fully focused. the investigation is on going.

the db not more expensive to get that make people reluctant to take the subway during rush hour. the chinese government that doesn't god eleven the cookies or transportation told about two point five billion dollars the keepers of ways to go about that undertaking million dollars. twelve the total up to preach about three billion dollars the daily passenger amounted to about eight million people the chinese government had added a touch more that the content or person. people talk about race and a pair for the beijing subway for a long time now that we've achieved that when a country that took up thirty three and arrived at the lefty which we didn't go anywhere that good yet upright. other stupid i want to know all of different types for subway fare the lower price ranges from thirty three and fifty cents for each one. the hike to get sprayed. the one dollar per single ticket. it is a much more but still more that they sleep right. a few chinese experts said that due to lower their prices and soaring number of people in beijing prefer taking the subway when they go out which incre

three db between kenyan sixteen times in the center of the korean comic ahead of the un security council vote the issue to sink into the forces there. witnesses reported heavy artillery fire thursday morning in several parts of the capital boundary as muslim rebels clashed with christian vigilante groups france has deployed two hundred fifty troops to the city to restore order don't try using him as man and his western counterparts and express support for the aspirations of ukrainian protest as it was in kiev during a meeting of the organization for security and cooperation. outside demonstrators remained camped out in tokyo. despite the cold weather. demanding change in government and the change in course the closer ties to hear their cry is ukraine as part of europe. pro eu demonstrators have been occupying the government district of the capital and hope that their protests would be heard nearby where osce foreign ministers were meeting. the news to come western officials attending the conference have expressed support for the protest movement. hints that the grounding german foreign m

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does it ever occur to you to say that lou dbs is right and that you should have stayed and changed historyaughter] >> even my wife agreed that 2012 would've been a tough time and it was probably unlikely that i would've ne through the republican primary because of the vicious way in which was conducted. also, i am not sure that anyone can you barack obama in 2012 because of the machinery that he had in place. lou: well, that is great and t's greatyou are thinking about this and considering it. and, m goodness, what a difficult decision it is for yo i'm delighted to hear that you are open to the idea. let's talk about a couple of quick things. and i want to get your impression because some of the conservatives inthe country are upset about this. and i personally think that returning to order makes this entirely worthwhile, and i applaud the republicans on that. so what is your thinking on this matter? >> well, i think you hit the right word. it is great symbolism. the bill did not do a lot and it didn't reduce the level of spending. and it didn't increase taxes either. there were three thin

we take a look at the constitutional, legal business and social issues tonht in "dbs law."eys ♪ lou: the latest season of duck -- "duck dynasty" set to premiere the 15th of next month. in a statement released from the duck commanders family, they say, we have had a successful working relationship with a and b, but it is a family. we cannot imagine the show going for it without our patriarchate the helm. we are in discussions to see what this ans for the future of "duck dynasty" the responses of the show standing behind the dutch commander. running the glory, ceo of such defense hijackers spension system said today that that dynasty leaves, his company will go with them. the other sponsors, by the way, their top tier sponsors, they have not expressed any willingness whatsoever to sea duck dynasty depart ways. joining us now, attorney. great to have you with this. criminal defense attorney. good to see you. let me start with you very quickly here. what is the illegality here? if the man is talking to gq abt his religion and then they say the hell with them? >> i don't think a

do not forget to db are the show. tomorrow. >> senate democrats joined with republicans to join in the distrust of the administration and foreign policy. the senate effectively taking the lead on iran urging sanctions in direct defiance of the obama white house. i am lou dobbs. lou: good evening. a major break in the ranks of the democratic party senate foreign relations committee robert mendez leads the charge for sanctions against iran. acting in direct opposition to the

it sounds like these db executives just felt like, this is a practice going on all over the world.ing deals because of it, right? certainly authorities reportedly, as you mentioned, they're looking at credit suisse and citigroup and goldman and morgan stanley. the idea, the reason to do it because you seem like everyone else is doing it, doesn't sound like a sound strategy, have you -- >> right. you could defend any kind of misbehavior by saying, well, if we -- i think about mortgage securitization. >> everybody was doing it. everybody had a -- >> we had to do it, too. >> i'm just following orders. >> what i'm saying, they're probably up to the edge. we have to give them -- as americans, we have to give them presumption of innocence. >> what is that? we have to give our national company the presumption of innocence? >> yes. >> tying back to what josh lipton was saying about whether this is a successful strategy, throw up the graphic about jpmorgan's place in the league tables when it comes to chinese m&a. they are now in the number three or four spot relative to even last year. now

program for this little piece or reduce a little bit but whether it's energy or education i think the db should be whether these programs or departments should even exist at all and you would just take the contribution corruption out of it. >> i think that is a great point. we need to have a more fundamental debate and i do think that one of the problems i talked about italk about in "exs that those republicans and democrats in the house have a system of so-called party do and they make it sound like a country club think what you've got to pay your dues in the country club. this is like a country club that you may not be interested in joining but you are going to join is basically how it works. you come into congress and you are given essentially a priceless and we print piece in the appendix in the back of the book so for example if you want to sit on the house financial services committee come in addition to your own campaign fund raising, you have to raise in that cycle have a million dollars to go to the party committee. if you sit on that committee and you don't raise that money and

they are going to be out without two dbs.his is the wrong week, jessica, to be without two top defensive backs going up against one of the most procelific passers in drew breeze. i believe jimmie graham, i think they will be successful. it will be a great night, probably one of the best games this week. again, we are talking about home field advantage, the importance leading into the playoffs. >> time for one more quick question. let's talk about the crazy week with mike tomlin. he says or he is under aggressive review right now for that play where he became the 12th man for the pittsburgh stealers, you will see right here. let's talk about what do you expect from him? talking penalties and forfeiting a draft pick. your thoughts on that? >> i spoke to a few guys who played with tom lin and coached with tom lin and say this is a character guy. it is not in his character to do something like this. >> that's first and foremost. no. 2, has come out and said, i typically watch the kickoff and punt returns on the jumbotron so i am

when you buy a service, up for netflix or the newspaper is more difficult to go in and db your accountnd a credit card charge will come the next year, i did sign up for amazon prime so these people -- charles: even though returns is a big deal with online commerce in general. the number of returns is 25%, 30%, astronomical. they won't go as far as to say i should everything out, why p the fee? >> they make it so easy to return items. simply go to the web site, click return, print out the label, easy to send back to them. makes it very simple. liz: people were getting really upset talking about santa's sleigh was delayed is worth citing the premise on private your gift don't get there on time? you got to wonder what is amazon going to step in and do the right thing and say we can't really promise quick turnaround delivery by christmas time? >> they saw a surge in the number of people in signed up and last-minute sales online so this may have been an anomaly is year, 39% increase the last minute of people signing 426 items being sold every second on amazon. i don't know that they expecte

and going against the dbs i worked against.day and doing some of the things i would do there. and do it on game day. > >> it started in houston when matt first started and on thanksgiving day. he will throw you the ball in tight spaces and you can go up in the air and get what is known as the 50/50 paul where the defender can get the ball equally and you are coming down with the ball. where earlier in the career you were not. >> how did you transform your game or winning the 50/50 battles more so in air now. >> it is seen more often. you can focus in on getting it while there is pressure in your face. >> that's the main thing t and figuring out the position that you need to be in to get to the ball. >> that's where you know, i have improved that. and it is, you know, being more consistent with being in position when i am understand pressure, you know, whether it is getting jammed on the line or whether it is off coverage. >> growing up in the chicago area. >> great basketball player and triple jumper. >> how good of a basketbal

db plans, if you look at the state and local set are our problems in a lot of ways i'm much more difficult effects. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. c mr. chairman. >> in 1983, when reagan and tip o'neill change the social security rules, they pass their world is that if you were born after 43 come your eligibility went from age 65 to age 67. i was born in 44, so is the first generation to lose a year of my social security eligibility. it's going to reach 67 in a few years. there are a lot of people proposing looking into the out years of pushing eligibility for children and grandchildren. what would be your position on that, mr. romasco? >> what we've advocated and had strenuously for over year as i congress nation out of the deficit to session and have retirement discussion. among the possibilities raising the age along with a series of others. we have to look for the financial issue, superbas and shall issue a loan-to-value issue. there's challenges of raising the age and one of the challenges is clearly very difficult to ask it coalminer to go down in the mine when he fixed jeter

finally, while the db engines do have advantages over the dc pensions that i outlined in my testimony, many of these advantages could be transferred. for instance consider the defined contribution plan which had shifted from the stock over time with investments in post and the low-cost index funds and at least partially and unitized benefits or retirement. such would address most of the concerns over the security today with very limited downside for individuals and no risk to the taxpayer. moreover all of this would be allowed under the current law. retirement policy has massive ramifications for the retirement securities, the federal budget and brought the american economy. it encourages americans to work and to delay retirement. such will enhance individual security as well as boosting the economy which is the ultimate source of the income for all of us. thank you for your consideration for. >> mr. baker for inviting me to speak here today. to make three main points to my testimony. social security is the main source of income for most retirees. second, it's projected to becoming an

program for this little piece or reduce a little bit but whether it's energy or education i think the db should be whether these programs or departments should even exist at all and you would just take the contribution corruption out of it. >> i think that is a great point. we need to have a more fundamental debate and i do think that one of the problems i talked about italk about in "exs that those republicans and democrats in the house have a system of so-called party do and they make it sound like a country club think what you've got to pay your dues in the country club. this is like a country club that you may not be interested in joining but you are going to join is basically how it works. you come into congress and you are given essentially a priceless and we print piece in the appendix in the back of the book so for example if you want to sit on the house financial services committee come in addition to your own campaign fund raising, you have to raise in that cycle have a million dollars to go to the party committee. if you sit on that committee and you don't raise that money and