suppose the bay, that came out of eugene gartland's pocket. so the port may not have to spend even $1 on the property. as you can see, a great deal of the waterfront itself is not in the trust, according to this that -- map. whereas back plans are shown in the trust. that is why this property was calling for the change. here is why -- what we think the trust should look like on the property. had the green area is what, at the end of the exchange, would be in the trust. one is in yellow would be out of the trust. and when we take this trust out of the land through the exchange, we would be worth -- removing all of the restrictions imposed from the burton act. those lands could be sold by the port. they could be leased to private owners and they could be used for any purpose presidential, commercial, office, thing that you are typically prohibited from doing on trust land. the green is maintain the existing ship facility, series of waterfront parks, along with a couple of key street access ways that allows the public to get to the waterfront und

eugene robinson encouraged the president to throw the long ball in his remarks next week. i said if he throws the long ball, he's ceding to the middle ground, reasonable ground, to the intransigence and becomes part of the intransigence. would you share that? >> unemployed voter, as well, and the middle class is struggling. there is no question that we've got an economic divide in this country that the president ought to be able to easily identify on the campaign trail, but he's got an image problem right now. this white house has got an image problem right now that they don't fight hard enough. i think a lot of these job fairs taking place, these congressional members are hearing the same thing. i heard it yesterday down in new orleans. they do want more out of the white house when it comes to fighting, but fighting the republicans on what they're trying to do to middle class families. and i think that's where the level of frustration sets in. >> congresswoman what specifically would you like to hear from the president? are you looking for words, actions, a combination of

i agree, it was eugene that said this. if you were scoring it at the time, okay, bob -- michele got the exchange in those debates, 2007, particularly that one debate. i got a sense it exposed some real weaknesses. romney and perry, essentially, the play book on how to go after her. assuming, maybe he wins the stronghold and gets his mojo back and he is able to get out of the show. if that doesn't happen, though, i would not be provided the blueprint as to how he sort of threw himself on the grenade and tried to stop her if you were romney or rick perry. >> this is a very important point because i think for the men on that panel taking on the only woman on the panel is difficult. it seems that romney will want him to stay on as long as he can. >> i want to point out what michelle said about tim's record is accurate. the raising of the taxes and the budget issues that he's had, and i thought polenty seriously misrepresented himself tonight. he kicked a lot of cans down the road and penciled a lot of stuff out that was not tr

eugene robinson, and rob christ christie, welcome to you both. >> good evening. >> eugene, he got osama laden, he pulled the trigger on the somali pirates, he doubled down in afghanistan. what else did he do here? lots of stuff. he's been pretty good, it seems to me at sending troops overseas to do things. by traditional republican standards, how is obama doing as a war president? >> well, what he has done, i would say, ron, is neutralized the traditional republican attack on democrats that they are wusses who can't be trusted to defend america or project american military force the way republicans would. clearly obama is knolls hesitant to do so, and he's clearly rather skillful at doing so, because he's had these successes. i think that's the major political impact. >> ron, if george w. bush, or for that matter mitt romney had somehow nail osama bin laden orring flying those drone missions over pakistan, what would republicans be saying? >> i'll give the president all the due in the world. it was an important mission, and whether that's president obama or any president, i will give hi

right now joining me, eugene robinson. eugene, i'm glad i could persuade you to talk about this, thank you for being here. >> it's good to be here. >> how does one prove that you are in love with america? >> well, as you know, the traditional way, and actually the surist way is with a bumper sticker. see, the president has this new bus, right, the souped-up bus, he could put a really, really big bumper sticker on the back that says i heart america and everybody would know. >> when rick perry said this today, particularly with a follow-up question, i don't know, you're a good reporter, go ask him. it struck me when i saw it as old school, the return of orly taitz, the respectable right might be over now, might be embarrassed by. but we saw carl rove, others on the right, upset about what rick perry said about bernanke, nobody peeping about this, does that mean it's back for the campaign? >> i'm not sure it's actually back. it might be in rick perry world, right? he's in the -- in the past two days he's demonstrated why peop

eugene gartland. he first served as a port commissioner from 1972 through 1974.ou then became an executive director. unfortunately, he passed away this past july 23 after a very long illness. he is survived by two daughters and four grandchildren, and numerous friends throughout the city. at his request, a very small funeral. you may know that he was appointed by mayor dianne feinstein. at the time, he was a maritime attorney and was the senior partner at a law firm. he was then general counsel for a major maritime organization. during his tenure as the port director and at the commission, he did a lot of amazing things. first and foremost was the purchase of the bethlehem shipyard, which is now our longest serving west coast shipyard, which we are extraordinarily proud of. by doing this, he was able to ensure we had a thriving ship repair industry here in san francisco. it has obviously gone on for decades after that purchase, and it employs approximately 400 skilled union workers. so that is a great and lasting feet. in 1986, he negotiated a new agreement with

eugene robinson. >>> recent chief of staff was said to "make things up." ♪ >>> back to "hardball."the "sideshow." first up, fed up. that's how one of michele bachmann's recent chiefs of staff describes his sentiment after repeatedly having to take the backlash of bachmann's tendency to make what he calls or what he considers blatantly false statements. there was the issue of obama's $200 million trip to india last year. not true, and a staple in many of her speeches that obama has added more to the federal debt load than all the other presidents combined. that's right. all 43 of them. well, the former aide expressed frustration in a "wall street journal" interview saying "it was simply not true, and yet i could never get her to drop that line." well, the piece points out that when it comes to staff, bachmann has an unusually high turnover rate. >>> next up, in the midst of a dismal employment, florida governor is reaching out to voters and taking a trip down memory lane once a month. scott will take a day off from his group that electoral duties and take on the employment at a loca

veteran mike murphy, nbc news political director chuck todd, columnist for "the washington post," eugene robinson, and senior political reporter tracking the republican field for "politico," jonathan martin. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning from iowa. big political weekend as we cast the republican race for the white house. news this morning that former governor tim pawlenty who came in a distant third in the straw poll in iowa, held a conference call with supporters moments ago and told them he plans to announce this morning that he is dropping out of the race at this early juncture. joining me fresh from her iowa straw poll victory, republican presidential candidate, congresswoman michele bachmann of minnesota. welcome back to "meet the press" and congratulations. >> thank you, david. thank you. >> here is the headline in "the des moines register," the sunday edition -- "bachmann takes first," one of the big headlines in a busy political weekend. are you now the front-runner in iowa? >> oh, i'm grateful that we won the straw poll, but we see this as just t

and eugene robinson of "the washington post."uck todd traveling with the president in iowa. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the cc. and every volkswagen includes scheduled carefree maintenance. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the volkswagen cc sport for just $289 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. >>> upset of rick perry running in the race. let's try that again. >> it's a room full of young people and you're like, there's a new presidential candidate. please, ladies, keep your tube tops on. >> reported in the early days in the texas state legislature, rick perry used to wear his jeans so tight that his nickname, i'm not making this up, was crotch. ladies and gentlemen, item number 77 on my bucket list is the president of the united states named "crotch," wouldn't that be apaezing. >> welcome back to "morning joe," a gloomy day. >> rick perry, good in jeans. >> yeah, yeah. >> cle

joining me now, eugene robinson. willard, thank you for being here tonight. mind if i call you willard. >> i do actually. mitt romney is thurston howell iii, does that mean jon huntsman is the professor, because he believes in global warming and he believes in evolution, then michele bachmann could be maryann, sarah palin, of course, is ginger. >> wait, wait, wait. you've got ginger and maryann backwards. >> do you think so? >> i totally see bachmann as ginger, but keep going. >> no, but there it ends. who's the captain, who's gilligan? >> well, the skipper is hard to say. the thing is, if you think -- if you're thinking about this in terms of pure impression, ron paul is the skipper, don't you think? >> yeah, i was thinking ron paul for gilligan and newt gingrich for skipper. >> that does put rick perry in the position of being gilligan, i'm afraid rick santorum will sue me for even saying that for being religiously offensive. >> that's a given, so we won't go there. >> a three-hour tour. now we've done it. can a candidate turn a rich guy caricature into a s

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joining us now to help me is eugene robinson, pulitzer-prize winning columnist for "the washington post" and msnbc contributor. can you help me with this? >> take a deep breath. you and me, we'll find the aerosmith tour bus and we'll take a trip. we'll take a nice drive, and it will be beautiful and it will be fine, rachel. >> even though i trust you and love you, gene, i am not getting on a bus with a mirrored ceiling and leather sofas. it's not going to happen. >> oh, darn! >> i know that the criticism of the bus is stupid. but i'm wondering here if there is something salient in how phrasenly brazenly stupid it is. does this reflect a cockiness of being sure you're not ever going to be called out for it? >> i think it reflects what we've seen since president obama took office, which is attack, attack, attack, on everything, everything, everything, even if all of the presidents did it, even if somebody else made the decision. attack him. and, you know, just chip away, chip away, and frankly they haven't mattered -- it hasn't mattered yet that you call them out on it and right, but it w

joining us now, eugene robinson, msnbc contributor, great to see you, gene. >> great to be here, chris. >> am i being hyperbolic, is this something you knew and -- or is this the way the system always works? >> it has certainly escalated, chris. look, this government, our political system has always worked best with a tight deadline. things tend not to get done until they have to get done, but you're right this is different. there was a familious quote from rob emmanuel when he was chief of staff a couple of years ago to the effect that what a shame it would be to waste a crisis. well, the republicans have learned never waste a crisis, just make the crisis and use it to an advantage. they seem to be perfecting the technique technique. >> what episode, two aspects, substance of what the actual deal that was struck and passed by the house today is, then there's a process by which it produced. i wonder, what do you find most ominous about how this whole deal went down? >> how much time do we have actually? if you want to talk process, look, if you reward hostage takers, they take more hos

. -- eugene robinson. we've had a rock-n-roll day here. halo barbour accusing the liberal media of taking rick perry to task. i know the governor, we all know that a lot of republicans have been voicing concerns about rick perry and if he's ready for prime time. >> if he continues to put it on the media, men it was republicans karl rove and other republicans who were complaining about perry's language as being not presidential. it wasn't presidential. let's face it. if he keeps shooting off from the lip that way. he's going to squander some of this early buzz from the nomination. >> what do you think about the state of the race right now? is this it? is this the field? do you think there's time for someone else to get in? >> there's probably time for someone else. i wonder who that would be. i take chris christie at his word that he's not running. sarah palin continues to suggest. i think it's difficult to credit that. this is probably the field. if you were going to bet on a potential nominee, you wouldn't really put down a lot of money o

we have hurricane eugene continuing to head away from land. but mexico, caribbean islands, up towards the gulf coast states too we're looking at scattered showers and thunderstorms. plenty of wet activity going on here. now for the united states and in towards canada too. it's this area right along the border seeing a lot of activity. tonight watch out for severe storms. large hail, strong thundershowers. possibly tornadic activity. watch out if you are going to be in the area. highs, too, will be warm again for a lot of the eastern united states. 42 in oklahoma city. even up to 36 in d.c. as for europe, a little bit of a rain band forming towards east and heading into russia. isolated heavy showers will be possible here as well. out towards the west, a new system is starting to leave the peninsula towards france. this will include pockets of heavy downpours as well as showers. showers tonight for the british isles but that is going to be heading out from the north and looking at dry and calm conditions for central europe and berlin's high com

also to the south hurricane eugene, now a major hurricane. system will weaken as it moves to cooler waters. some high clouds from the system, you may start to notice drifting over the bay area bit end of the weekend. we'll watch that closer to home. now, you can see the thunderstorms in the sierra last couple of days finally heading off to the east. we'll plan on pretty nice weather around lake tahoe. heat to the south, palm springs 112, 85 in los angeles through the central valley, 76 for san luis obispo. monterey low clouds and mist this morning and sunshine at times for the afternoon. 93 around sacramento. bay area temperature 80s around san jose, 67 for san francisco, 73 in oakland. north bay seeing highs in the 70s to low 80s from healdsburg south. today the warmest for a while as the sea breeze kicks in and we cool off for the first of august. laura. >> thank you very much. 5:19. now that nasa's 30-year space program is history, it's focusing honest next big mission, jupiter. they are putting finishing touches on a spacecraft that will

you -- eugene's catholic church. the driver was arrested later that evening. >> palo alto police released surveillance photos of a man suspected in a series of recent nighttime burglaries. the crimes date back to 2009, and police believe a single person is responsible for at least ten burglaries. the suspect appears to be singling out small restaurants and salons and enters through the rear door or window. >> up to 900 school kids are admiring their new backpack tonight, courtesy of an event at oakland city hall. the fourth annual attend and achieve back-to-school rally brought people out. the rally offered work shouppes an attendance and academics and drove home the message you must fin asia project after starting one. the spokesperson for the rally says positive reinforcement to youngsters can produce amazing results. >> it's very important to support. the more you put in, the more you get out. so we're trying to do our pout putting in. >> alan: the event targets low income youth of color who are at risk of droppin

my name is eugene. i represent a condominium one block from the brickyard. it seems ironic earlier you had a hearing that a noisy bar could solve its problem by closing its doors, and here you have a relatively quiet arbar. the word patio strikes me as odd, because it is really a deck, and access is really through french doors, and every time the door opens or closes, that is when the noise is going to come through. the neighborhood has been very amicable working with the brickyard, and we are happy it is such a thriving establishment. it strikes me on debt in an earlier report they are going to close the doors at -- strikes me as odd in an earlier report they are going to close the door at 7:00. doug -- the door at 10:00. i think this is the situation where status quo is appropriate. >> next speaker. >> carry morrison. i have lived here for 35 years. i would like to thank members of the sport. clearly, you heard the community. -- members of the board. clearly, you have heard the community. here we are with the brickyard saying we have done nothing wrong. th

looking at me, stop giving speeches. >> eugene robinson. i won't. >>> up next, the truth comes outa former michele bachmann aide quit because of her tendency to make things up. ooh. that's next in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] want a better way to track what you spend? pnc virtual wallet now comes with spending zone. it organizes all your spending, including your pnc debit card, credit card, and your bills. so you can view them by category... or by month. you can set a budget... and it'll even alert you when you're getting close to the amount you've set -- and when you've gone over. spending zone is built to help you keep better track of your spending. experience everything virtual wallet has to offer at pncvirtualwallet.com. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> back to "hardball." now the "sideshow." first up, fed up. that's how one of michele bachmann's recent chiefs of staff describes his tentment after repeatedly having to take the backlash of bachmann's tepdancy to pake ma he calls blata

from maryland, right with me and eugene, columnist for "the washington post." two people i trust.et's start with this. why doesn't president obama act like a democrat and start creating public service jobs? the talk of the deficit, reality of adding $1.7 trillion to the deficit scares democrats out of being democrats? >> way we get the government rolling, talk about investing and not just reducing spending. >> why are we doing the other? >> i'll have this argument and debate with our democratic caucus and with the president. now's the time to spend money. infrastructure, big words, roads, bridges, water and sewage systems. put people to work. 150,000 bridges that need repair in the country. >> go down to richmond and look for the bridges below code and all the roads that have potholes and all the system, water systems and sewage systems out of dates and putt them on local television. one name standing beside fixing these things. his name is eric cantor. give it to him. like i did in my old days. my job working for tip o'neill. thinking of thing like that. >> no. look, this is a co

if you are watching us on kntr news source 16, eugene, oregon, many styles of dance are featured in america. a tribute shall we dance is your pacific event of the day. if you want to do a little swing dancing, i cans to you around a bit. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. it turns out being an overnight teen sensation does have its drawbacks. rebecca black says she had so much teasing at her anaheim high school, her mom pulled her out of school and is now home schooling her. >>> a petition on change.org is calling on pgs to say better and ernie are gay. >>> finally, tv guide reports ashton kutcher taking over for charlie sheen on "two and a half men" is the highest paid actor. tmz says it's $800,000 to $900,000. regardless, that's still behind sheen's former salary of $1.2 million an episode. and they're all making peanuts compared to simon cowell who owns and appears on "the x factor." he's laughing all the way to the bank. >> it all kind of makes sense to me. better and ernie did share a room together. >>> this comes to us from news center 1 in rapi

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eugene robinson. great discussion. >>> libya leader moammar gadhafi may be -- talking about weasel words. may be preparing to flee the country. wellance okay. he could be gone in a matter of days. that could be news. we'll find out in a couple of days. this is "hardball," on on msnbc. >>> back in '83, ronald reagan's nerd year in office, 9.5. reagan set off on a 25-day vacation to his ranch in california. 25 days. not 9 that this president is getting. presidents have always been taking vacations and complaining about it -- we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almo

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possible i would have frames and in fact just about a mile down word is where we used to hop out of eugene and we would hide in the bush is the way for a train moving just slightly slower than this. i mean my buddies would load all of our stuff on i'd carry my dog underneath my arm. and we'd take the train down to san francisco. that used to be where all the tree sitters from paul creek we used to go on vacation. we live in a world that's forgotten how to survive without industry we've forgotten how to be a part of nature and because of that we've lost a piece of ourselves we have a system of government and an economic system that is not a magically impossible the whole theory behind capitalism is infinite expansion infinite growth of profits and you can't do that when you live on a planet with finite resources what happens if we don't resist is we completely lose our souls whether you're using legal or extra legal tactics to. resist corporate dominance and government oppression and put a stop to climate change those it's justifiable resisting this is justifiable. when nine eleven happened

eugene robinson. great discussion.. >>> libya leader moammar gadhafi may be -- talking about weasel words. may be preparing to flee the country. okay. he could be gone in a matter of days. that could be news. we'll find out in a couple of days. this is "hardball," only on msnbc. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business -- it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities, so we're helping them with advice from local business experts and extending $18 billion in credit last year. that's how we're helping set opportunity in motion. >>> president obama is on his first full day of vacation. he is being criticize sides for his trip. >>> back in '83, ronald reagan's third year in office, 9.5. reagan set off on a 25-day vacation to his ranch in california. 25 days. not 9 that this president is getting. presidents have always been taking vacations and there's been compla