thank you, dr. smith. >> thank you. i come from a background of having spent over 25 years in my career doing research on public health prevention. i recently spent three years working for the un commercial term nants of health to prevent and health strategies to one of the most effective strategies for affecting the consumable products that are harmful to health that being sugary beverages and doing studies in national institutes of health. when i speak about what we don't know about sugary beverages and taxation. i spent a quarter of my lifeworking in this area of research. i want to first speak to some of that, i think budget and legislative analyst report, i was able to read it. i think it's a wonderful piece of work. the ability to bring national and local data to bear is great. i want to speak to some things that are not in the report and that as your representative said, it's a very conservative report. and there are a number of aspects of what we know in the scientific community and the public health communities

. >> thank you so much, dr. smith. >> any questions? >> i see no questions, thank you. that's all of our presentations. i have a number of speakers from the audience. i'm going to call on them. beatrice duncan. people don't to have come up in this order, the presses of the san francisco board of education rachel norton. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is beatrice did -- duncan and a senior citizen and advocate for healthy living and wellness. as a member of two communities of color. i find this report timely, important and essential. scientific research data. which i hope will be able to contradict the current misinformation that has been printed in the written media. as the report indicates, the connection that sugar sweetened beverages has to chronic disease such as obesity and diabetes, seeing this increase amongst adults, children and youth, as a grandmother and great grandmother, i find this quite frightening. it is therefore that the current discussions that are taking place and i am thankful to be part of a stake holders such as shape up san francisco. the

joining me now are the producer and director of the film as and dr gregory smith from l.a. thanks so much for coming on both of you thank you thank you gregory let's start with you why does prescription addiction is such a problem in the u.s. what is it about this country that has made addiction so endemic. well that's a great question and really that's the question that we ask in the movie that. we're about five percent of the world's population but we're using eighty percent of the world's prescription hydrocodone which are in drugs like in norco and fifty percent of all the prescription drugs in general so this is just not happenstance this is a purposeful movement to get people to take medications and let's face it sick people are is a good business people that stay a long alive for a long period of time so when people stay alive and they have chronic disease these pills become the answer instead of just instead of a band-aid they become the answer for the problem sascha the u.s. is only one of two countries in the world other than new zealand that has direct to consume

so here in washington, d.c., we just have really cold, no pretty snow to go with it. >> dr. smith, continue your great work down there. look forward to visiting the zoo again soon. thank you very much for joining me. i'm joined by philippe cousteau, environmental impact environmentalist of cnn of course. what would you make of all of this? a lot of chatter as chad was saying about global warming what maybe happening here. you're from a very eminent family, have studied this kind of thing for donkeys years. what do you think is going on? >> piers, it's really important to remember that while the long-term trend is global warming, that the climate is warming, i prefer a term climate change. because it gives a little bit of a more accurate sense of exactly what's happening. long-term that the climate is changing, and growing warmer. but that can mean that in short-term trends that some places will get warmer, some places will get colder. ironically, the ocean's dry interclimate, ice caps melting, shifting the ocean currents, could be one of the things contributing to this jet stream

dr. laura smith who is a professor of health policy at ucsf who have been visors on this study and advising us on the impact of sugar sweetened beverages. at public comment i just want to acknowledge beatrice cardenas duncan who is a community leader and active with groups like shape up sf and the labor movement as well is here. breks board of education board of education president is here. and corner store coalition and an organizer with t ndc and todd davis who has been a great leader in our neighborhood as well. they will be speaking at public comment. we also have a number of other folks from different communities that will speak a little bit later. before i introduce the first speaker, i want to know if my colleagues have any opening remarks. >> supervisor wiener? >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you supervisor mar for your work and your partnership on this important issue. the coalition that has been forming in san francisco around the proposed sugary beverage tax is broad and deep. i will be honest that it is even broader and deeper than i thought it would be when we started this

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dr. ian smith is here. how to lose 20 pounds in one month. >>> the monster winter storm is the story of the day. that's where we want to begin with ginger zee, who has been in central park all morning long. wait, you're shoveling? ginger, what are you doing? >> there's workers out there to help you with that. >> just like so many americans, i thought, why not get a little workout this morning. how about the park? thank you so much, by the way, to all of the emergency workers who work during these storms. and all the folks who get us plowed and ready to go because what a mess it's been for millions this morning. we want to talk about the timing of the storm leaving, getting out of here. and we also want to get you into what is going to happen behind it. first, we have to see some twitter photos because you take them and we put them right on tv. let's look in chicago. that's a lake-effect snow band. i love when nick sends me pictures. thank you for doing that. i'm putting my shovel down. and queens, an update

thank you, dr. smith, for the truth. guest: go take a look at that book, "who stole the american dream." you will find a lot more of it." my daughter used to work in memphis for united press many years ago, thank you for the call from tennessee. host: pat, dallas, texas, independent color, hello. caller: your current speaker is doing a fantastic job. i think that the problem is income inequality. the first president bush was correct when he said economics was rude. since then the middle-class, many millions of americans have not been educated. you hear it on c-span every day. people call in, they do not even think what they talked about. they listen to radio talkshow hosts, and they believe that. they call and they talk about losing our freedom, losing our freedom. america needs to be protected. but we need more jobs. just like the speaker said. we need more construction jobs. we need more manufacturing jobs. but the programs do not allow that. deficit is ok. it will not affect us right now. but we need to plan to help r

dr. matt smith. very quirky, very young, very fun. he just did it on christmas day.rd sci-fi and why do you think that is? >> i think refreshing the show i think they added more budget to it. it looks cooling. it became much more of a fun-filled ride, think. plus the mythology. the person who came in to to the show, now the guy who does sherlock as well, that there's a lot of brainy weird mind-tripping stuff. it's not really for the kids. originally it was for the kids 678 now it's broadened up. >> up next, he's the new big shot. ♪ ♪ you're only human ♪ >> you eat meet a man who went from playing pa a know man to being in his band. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." well ladies, now there's big news in controlling your overactive bladder symptoms. the new oxytrol for women patch. the first and only over the counter treatment for overactive bladder. put the control back in your go with new oxytrol for women. now in the feminine care aisle. ♪ ♪ [ girl ] roses are red. violets are blue. splenda® is sweet. and so are you. [ female announcer ] just about anywher

dr. jeffrey smith says his emergency room in milwaukee has been nonstop. with this kind of cold if you're outside for just a few minutes, what can happen? >> really as little as five minutes there can be damage to the skin. that's when it starts with frostbite. >> reporter: look at these thermal images. all the red is heat leaving your body. if you're not bundled up, the heat begins to escape immediately. and look at how quickly frostbite becomes a reality. your fingers, red when you take off your glove. just one minute later, blue. the heat all gone. for some, there is no way to escape the cold. when it's this cold, how important is the job you guys are doing? >> it's very important. >> reporter: we got to ride along with these milwaukee police officers patrolling the streets, helping get those stranded outside to someplace warm. and giving out gloves, socks, and hats to those who need it most. and, you know, we mentioned those four people who died while shoveling. doctors say you really have to be careful. they say shoveling is just like lifting heavy we

ryan smith, abc news, new york. >>> and on this dr. martin luther king day, we want to take you live, now, to the memorial for dr. king. and tonight, we have a new tape to play for you of dr. king's voice. and we owe it, it turns out, to an intern at a museum in new york, who was so serious about an assignment to look through boxes, he found dr. king on a tape, a year before he told the world he had a dream. listen to him, on the way to the moment. >> negroes north and south, still live in segregation, housed in slums. >> reporter: on this new tape, the voice of dr. martin luther king striking the themes that would echo around the world, at that famous march on washington. like this one. he is starting to counsel against despair. >> and with this faith, we will be able to adjourn the counsels of despair. >> reporter: just as he would do, at the foot of the capitol. >> we will dig out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. >> reporter: and on this newly-discovered tape, dr. king cites an old slave preacher, giving this message to

i thought i should mention that helen smith is here, also blogs under the name dr. helen. she's a forensic psychologist, and after you go to his blog, you should go to hers. next. yes. >> i teach at emery, and one thing we're having now more and more is asian students from asia come and take full rides. i wonder that's going to be -- i don't know how common that is in other schools, but i wonder if that's going to bail schools out for a while. >> will well, they certainly hope so. and, indeed, my own sector of the academy, the bubble is bursting much her rapidly. it hit us first for a number of reasons. one is that there's been a general decay in the legal job market, and another is that people still see a graduate degree as more discretionary than an undergraduate degree, and there are just a lot of horror stories of people who have come out of law school and run up a lot of debt. and the response of a lot of law schools has been to create a lot of new programs designed to attract foreigners with money to bail us out. my guess is that that works to some degree, you know?

smith and wesson. >> i agree. >> i'm traumatized by bob. >> dr.if he were alive today may have been a republican. >> is your name kimberly? >> sorry. >> or k.g.? okay, so respect me, bob. i think that he would agree with many of the principles of the republican and conservative party, and we should have a whole segment on it. >> we have to leave it there. we'll say good-bye. we'll be right back, everybody. >> please. i tried depend last weekend. it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. unlike the bargain brand, depend gives you new fit-flex®, our best protection. it's a smooth and comfortable fit with more lycra strands. get your free sample at depend.com. test test @w@wowowpg÷÷owúç÷gçg for the new mattress models but sleep train's huge year end clearance @w@wowowpg÷÷owúç÷gçg is ending soon. for a short time, save hundreds on tempur-pedic mattresses. get the most highly-recommended bed in america at closeout prices. plus, get interest-free financing and free same-day delivery. why wait f

smith and wesson. >> i agree. >> i'm traumatized by bob. >> dr. king if he were alive today may have been a republican. >> is your name kimberly? >> sorry. >> or k.g.? okay, so respect me, bob. i think that he would agree with many of the principles of the republican and conservative party, and we should have a whole segment on it. >> we have to leave it there. we'll say good-bye. we'll be right back, everybody. >> please. >>> well, after that low life attack on dr. king, who can't speak back from the grave, let me go on to something that always makes me laugh, which is our neighbor to the north who continues to give us material. that, of course, would be mayor ford. mayor ford has had a number of things that he's said and done, not the least of which is smoke crack, snort crack, drink a lot, knock people over. but now, he's got a new thing going for him. he's now a reggae singer. can we go to the mayor singing reggae? ♪ [ bleep ] >> okay, so what do you think? did he do it better than i did? >> you do a better reggae than he does. >> he needs a b

dr. cornel for his testimony. chairman smithranking member lapinski and johnson, thank you for inviting me today. i am the vice president for academic affairs, and every -- and a will and june mechanical engineering professor. basically, engineering programs at schools that do not offer a phd. we have about 2200 students, which makes this a skull school but i did size college of engineering -- makes this a small school, but a mid size college of engineering rated r average starting salary is about $67,000, and the mission of rose coleman is to provide our students with the best environment of individual attention and support. we hire faculty members who have a passion for the technical field, but also a passion for students and undergraduate education. our goal is to graduate technically grounded, outstanding professionals. we do have a number of outreach activities i wanted to share with you. one of our most successful is called operation catapult. that is a three-week summer program. they come to campus and live on campus, and

dr requesting team? >> speakers who are opposed to the project. >> hello, thank you for this opportunity to speak and i'd like to thank michael smith for acknowledging my letter that i sent to him. my name is gary narimore, i have lived in san francisco, worked in san francisco for 4 years. i have lived in this neighborhood for 20 years. i have walked lampson lane and all the blocks around my neighborhood almost daily, i have enjoyed watching construction and remodels in the neighborhood and was pleasantly surprised and pleased with the tastefulness that's been done to date. when i saw the scope of this project and this huge box that was going to replace what is currently there, it was just unimaginable to me. i'm not objecting to the addition of a second unit, i think i'm all for -- i'm not anti-growth, i think development there is reasonable, but the current scope and size of this thing and the footprint is just beyond my imagination and i respectfully request that as proposed this be denied. thank you. >> thank you. any further speakers? >> good evening, commissioners, my name is jued igt lamb, i am speaking for the eureka valley association plan

smith and miss guma looked at other cities. we are trying to draw the best experiences and suggestions from not only dr. riter man in richmond and gale mclauk listen and el monte in the san gabriel valleyey to look at suggestions to help better craft policies in our cities. i also want to say that disparities that christina gupta are bringing awareness to our very critical areas and the maps showing that it's a citywide problem. but again, the funds as we come up with one proposal for the battle we are looking very carefully at targeting in the most appropriate and effective ways to communities that are the most that face the most health disparities. i also want to say how to report shows how urgent the report is before many of us and hope we move as quickly as possible because there is nothing more as local legislators as the health of our children in our community. i want to mention that the nation of mexico's focus on the environment cause by harmful drink companies and junk food companies is critical but our measure is a very modest one that is focusing on the harm created by that environment and re

smith: thank you very much, dr. harris. i would like to now yield my good friend and colleague from colorado, mr. lamborn. mr. lamborn: 41 years ago, the supreme court issued its tragic roe versus wade decision that legalized abortion on demand in the united states. since that ruling, there have been 56 million abortions performed. this practice remains one of the most common medical procedures in the u.s. it is perpetrated by a perverse logic that the life of an unplanned child does not possess the same value of that as any other child. as the parents of five children and grand parents of two, my wife and i understand just how precious each and every child's life is. i believe every life is a gift from god and i remain committed to protecting the sanctity of human life. today, i want to recognize the more than 2,300 pregnancy care centers in the united states and providing critical services and support for women who find themselves in unplanned pregnancies. sadly, many women facing an unplanned pregnancy in the u.s. are to

smith, and research and technology subcommittee chairman, dr. but shop, sent a letter to the white house requesting that mr. todd park, u.s. cto and healthcare.gov's steering committee chairman make himself available to the committee to answer questions regarding the security issues with healthcare.gov. by january 10th, last friday. the white house has ignored that letter that the committees request until just yesterday when it provided a last minute response that rebuffed this committee. let me repeat, rebuffed this committee. that letter did not come from the senate-confirmed president's science adviser to whom the letter was addressed, but from the politically-appointed ostp legislative affairs director. my question for the panel simply is this: don't the american people deserve answers from those who are in charge of overseeing the implementation of the obamacare web site's security protocol? after all, mr. park is the assistant to the president. as the chief technology officer of the united states and the chair of healthcare.gov's steering

dr. dennis lachemann is a relative hello at the american enterprise institute. he served as director policy development review at the aforementioned ins. he worked at managing director and chief emerging market economic strategist at salomon smith arnie and he has taught at georgetown and johns hopkins universities. welcome, dr. lachemann. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for inviting me to testify before this committee this morning. let me start by saying that u.s. monetary policy typically has significance effects on the list of the world. it does so through the rate that affects the state of the u.s. domestic economy as well as the manner which in us as capital flows from the united states to the rest of the world. be an usually large to brief u.s. monetary policy has been no exception to the rule. indeed, there's every reason to believe that the very large scale and form of the most recent episode of u.s. monetary policy e-zine has not worked in the usual degree to the rest of the world economy. since end to decimate, and decimate, and the massive easing of monetary policy by the federal reserve and other central banks of countries has resulted in substantial capital flows into the

dr. mark siegel earlier today, he's a member of the fox medical aid team, and he tells me if those doctors at john peter smith hospital in fundamentalist worth where it is all playing out wait a few more weeks until the fetus is at a viable state at around 24 to 26 weeks, it's possible that babe could be delivered by cesarean and live. right now the mother is at 21 weeks. however if there are alternative situations that we don't know about like an infection or interrupted blood flow to the fetus, the chances of the baby making it will be lower. >> every day at this hospital we have patients and families who have to make difficult decisions and in every one of those cases, our position is jps and the health care system does not change. we follow the law. >> the family's lawyer is not talking right now, they tell me they're waiting for their day in court now, shep. >> and this poor family caught in the middle of this decades long running battle between pro lifers and pro-choicers. >> there's been protests outside the hospital, a contentious issue as you can imagine and a lot of people are chiming in on social m

smith goes to washington, that there are senators rallying on the floor as a matter of principle, you know, senator cruz's fake filibuster reading drggs and ham. but turn on c-span2, and you're more likely to see an empty chamber. they're not debating. >> i want to jump in there because there are many cases where the courts will say, look, if it's a political dispute, we're not going to solve that. no matter where you stand on this issue, couldn't you make the argument that this is up for the senate to figure out? >> the senate has been making that argument, but what's interesting, if you look at supreme court case law, they have ruled multiple times in at least four cases while the senate and house can adopt their own rules, and they can call this filibuster rule a rule of debate, even though we know it's a minority veto, the supreme court has said you can adoct your own rules, you can't adopt unconstitutional rules. it is the duty of our courts to say what the law is and define exactly how broad is the senate's rule-making power. could they pass a rule that requires 99 votes to pass legislation? what about 67? now we're at 60 vot

sandra smith more on the potential pitfalls, ben ben willis on the stock exchange, and charles payne on the big push underway in new york city to tax the rich. and dr. ron paul on the healthcare storm that is brewing. sandra, big drop today? >> big drop today. leading to a lot of questions about whether or not that big rally in 2013 will continue. wall street analysts got it wrong, leading to investors to dismiss out on thal -- to miss out on the rally so wall street anists are bullish, calling on average for a 6% gain in the new year. one big reason is corporate profits on average are expected to surge 11%. that would top the 6% gain last year. now, while many wall street analysts are painting a very rosy forecast for 2014, they don't do this without identifying potential pit falls. one of those, notably is janet yellen. there's a lot of uncertainty about the fed. that plays into the picture. also got jobless claims numbers out today that did show a dip over the latest week, christmas week. but we still have unemployment rates hovering around 7%. that's a big uncertainty in the new year. but a lot of these analysts, their big pitfalls is, did the

dr. ruth. the academy nominations announced this morning. "american hustle," story about a 1970s fbi sting. "zero gravity" and "12 years a slave." that got nine nominations. and some big snubs. also joining us is christy smithcommentator. she's at the sundance film festival in utah. in terms of the snubs, what surprised you the most? oprah got a lot of headlines, tom hanks, as well. >> i would be remiss standing here in park city at the launch of the sundance film festival if i didn't talk about robert redford. he was a front runner going in, since "all is lost" premiered. everybody had redford as a lock. i was really shocked that he didn't get the nom, and everybody up here has been talking about it all day. >> dr. ruth, you know meryl streep. did you see the movie? >> i did. she did get nominated, and i'm very happy about that. because people my age, i'm 85, and look what's happening to your hollywood. they are now willing to have a few women of an older age, and not only play beautifully, that you can really see while you're sitting there, but also be nominated. i want her to win. >> it's her 18th nomination. >> i wish the movie "lone survivor" -- >> it's like a good year for movies. actual movies with p

dr. gilman is cooperating against martoma in what has become the largest insider trading case in history. greg kappes lost more than a half million dollars and has joined a class action lawsuit against sac. >> smithso you played in the market and you lost. happens to people all the time in the stock market. >> yes. >> smith: what was different? >> (sighs) it was gamed. and in hindsight, what we found out is that sac knew the hand before everybody else did, and acted accordingly. >> narrator: this is a copy of sac's code of ethics and conduct, obtained by frontline. in the industry, it's called a compliance manual. it spells out the rules prohibiting insider trading. in his 2011 deposition, cohen was asked by the plaintiff's attorney if he was familiar with sac's compliance manual. >> now, the sac compliance manual at the time provided that if you were in possession of material nonpublic information, you could not trade, period, correct? >> well, the way... >> is that correct? >> actually, i don't know what it says. >> okay, so at the time, you didn't know what sac's compliance manual said on insider trading? >> when it comes to trading, i rely on counsel. >> you know, you're talking about somebod

smith. she was in new york for two years before she went to hollywood. she had a contract at mgm studios. >> a question about her stepfather and the influence on her politics. dr. davis was very active in conservative politics. did that influence her? >> he was a republican. i think that did influence her. she married ronald reagan, and on their first date, reagan was discussing politics. and he's talking about communism. he didn't like communism. she was receptive to his message. >> how did they meet? >> it is an interesting story. this is hollywood in the late 1940's when there was the communist scare. it was after the end of world war ii. people were named for being somehow associated with the communist party. nancy davis, which was her name at the time, showed up on a "blacklist." she.new that that was not and that was as someone who was in hollywood that was part of the communist party. she wanted to get her name off. she told her good friend, who i believe was a producer, she said how can i get this done? they said ronald reagan as the president of the screen actor's guild. she said, as soon as i knew that, i knew who ronald reagan was. i said, absolutel

smith if college players should also have a union. >>> plus the concussion settlement and medical marijuana in pro sports. >>> and one pain reliever could be safer than the rest. dr that could be less rif yk for the rst labor union for athletes. they want to ensure safety and they want to be paid. >> reporter: for the last three years quarterback kain colter was a leader on the field at northwestern university. tuesday he led something very different. the charge to unionize college sports. >> student athletes don't have a voice. they don't have a seat at the table. the current model resembles a dictator ship. >> reporter: the nacaa is a multi-billion-dollar franchise. ncaa rules prohibit athletes from being paid to play, but they can receive compensation in the form of scholarships and living expenses. isn't that enough? >> not at all, and, you know i think we're very grateful for the education that we get and we put in hard work to obtain the degree at the end of the day. there are essential rights and benefits that we're missing out on. >> reporter: coulter says athletes are missing out on fully funded athletic scholarships scholarships, due process of ncaa vio