i was one of the youngest members of the federal assembly at the time when we had it with the slovaks' together. i also was in new york as the concert general in 1992. all of these experiences helped me to sort of be able to combine my diplomacy together with the practical style of management that i used as a mayor. because as a mayor, you ought to fix things -- you have to fix things. you are expected to bring results. and diplomacy is sometimes not that easy. and you need to combine.com -- combined some things. you cannot be so impatient. but at the same time, as a diplomat, i can still draw from the experience because if i talk to people, i talk about things that they deal with here in america. i have to be such a diplomat who spends all of his care only only in the close-up world of diplomacy. >> what is the big lesson that you have learned? what would you label it as? >> i think you need to bring results and to work hard in order to show something that you can touch with your own hands. >> mr. ambassador, thank you for visiting today. >> thank you so much. >> for information abou

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but quite frankly that was a week he says because federal law only requires final assembly to mess domestically he claims that can be done in the sections of the old plant. >>> if you're sitting under count in your day and day out tried to find work and find out that part is building a bunch of cars in another country and he would say why couldn't i have that job. >>> a job that is gone to the company with controversy reason wrote reports says there install faulty parts. >>> it is frustrating and very much so there is more issues because their american friends in south korean. congressman john put some pressure on march 2nd buy and build american but supervisor hagerty wants to take a step beyond he wants congress to look into blocking publicly funded projects in dollars going overseas. robert plows thank you. >>> a wheelchair-bound man died after he was struck by a a lot light rail train that happened just a 41130 this morning at the civic center. it's that exactly clear how that man fell on the tracks. investigators clouds and a surveillance videos. >>> at this point is still being ruled to b

federal law only requires final assembly domestically. say the work could be done locally in unused sections of the plant based in fremont. >> there's a chance and popular services chinatown restaurant will not be closed for good. the restaurant shut down over the weekend over violations including various city departments but this morning in sectors from the health and fire and police departments don't up lovers got a jump start on breakfast. >> i guess so. they camped out for the opening of the new crispy cream. that is in concord, doors open in the willows shopping center less than 10 minutes ago and as you can see there is a whole lot of people waiting for donuts there. one original glazed doughnut is about 200 cals and has about 12 g of fat. but when you're eating doughnuts, who cares ... >> i had to crispy cream don't us yesterday. that was 400 cals. >> they melt in your mouth. they are delicious. 5:51 a.m., another black eye for the new orleans saints. >> new allegations against the [ male announcer ] with all your car does for you,

there are several locations set up where you can walk in as long as your federal returns are finished. we saw the assembly line of people processing paper he returns. 25% of taxpayers mail it in. if you need help here's advice for you. >> come into any one of the 12 branch offices around the state and bring a copy of the completed federal return and their w-2s and we will i file the maryland return. >> branch office will open at 8 and we have a link on the website abc2news.com if you need more information. >>> well, say bye to best buy in hunt valley and at the inner harbor. if you went by yesterday you saw both locations shut down. it was to tell the employees both stores are going to be shut down for good on may 12th. and if you went back today you saw both stores opened with sale prices. it's rough couple days for the company. first the boss stepped down as the board looked at his personal conduct and online sales have eaten away at profits and best buy doesn't want to end up like circuit city. >>> big news from the preakness. a race of arabian horses on the third saturday in may. united arab emrit cup

federal return is completed. this is on -- we saw an assembly line of people processing the returns. 25% of taxpayers need to mail it in. if you need help here's useful advice. >> come into any one of the 12 branch offices around the state. and bring a copy of the completed federal return and their w-2s and we have i file the return for them. >> the branches opened at 8 today and tomorrow. and before the tuesday deadline, we have a link to our website, abc2news.com and you can find a enough to -- number to call if you have quick questions and to find closest locations to you. >>> all right. organizers of the boston marathon are telling some of the runners that they should skip the race today. they are worried the runners won't do well in the 90 degree temperature. the weather that's forecasted for today is expected to be very hot. they are trying to encourage runers to stay home and allow qualifications to carry over to next year. for those who do run race organizers say they are prepared. >> we have begun the process of ramping up more water, more ice along the course, more medical treat buses, increasing the si

funding the project, the report finds the 68 billion train relies on federal funding, but the chairman of the rail project told the assemblycommittee today it is not uncommon to launch projects such as the bart extension to san jose without all the funding in place. >> we didn't know where all the money is coming from. they still don't know where the money is coming from. it was part and parcel of the transportation world that people don't know these things now. >> the legislative analysts recommend that lawmakers approve only minimal funding to continue the stages. >>> and a san jose woman sentenced to jail for stealing jewelry. sandy contreras went to schools and asked for children to take off their necklaces so they could admire them. they say she replaced the jewelry with cheap costume jewelry. >>> and a bill that would lower penalties for cocaine and heroin possession in california, clearing the first legislative hurdle. the bill was approved by committee today, making possession of cocaine or heroin a misdemeanor rather than a felony. it would reduce probation costs and jail terms. >>> and new data suggested some dog

. >>> federal agents say they seized about $75,000.30 money and $8 million in property. assembly of the they are personally this entertainment has deep roots in vallejo and police say some of their associates also have deep, pass dating back to the 1980's involving violence takeover robberies and murders. some are asking people not to rush to judgment if you're doing wrong he deserved to the time but if you're being unjustly charged then that is unfair associates it with his and tim or not available for comment however some of them tweeted that they want to see their friends released a preliminary hearing a hearing is set for may 4th in fairfield and juan jones for cbs five. >>> the merit touts it as a success is called the 100 blocks program and is supposedly can take a bite out of crime in some of oakland's worst neighborhoods as robert glass learned fighting crime in one area and has actually fueled violence in several others. >>> i want to commend to what they've done i've seen it in little girl at guy shot sell i am forever the block. >>> 91% every speaker the public safety

locations out there where you can walk in as long as you use your federal return and have it completed and get your taxes done. this is the assemblyof people processing the paperwork in the course of the weekend. you have 25% of taxpayers that need to mail it in. >> you can come into any one of the 12 branch offices around the state, and bring a copy of the completed federal return and their w-2s and we will i- file the maryland return for them. >> so the branches open at 8 and you can stop by before the deadline tomorrow. we have a link at our website if you need more information, abc2news.com. >>> best buy is saying bye to the stores in hunt valley and inner harbor. they were closed on saturday warning employees of what's to cop. they will close for good -- come. they will close for good on may 12th. within the last week, the boss stepped down as the board started to look at his personal conduct and the online sales amid lowering profit. >>> celebrating the centennial of the titanic is a journey that has so many people captivated. >> two vessels sailed to the site where it sank remembering those that lost their lives. a hundred

the maryland general assembly may increase penalties to crack down on cigarette smuggling. >>> federal prosecutors are asking the jet blue captain who suffered that mid air meltdown to be held without bond. pilot clayton osbon had his first court appearance yesterday. he is charged with interfering with a flight crew. last week he started acting erratically on a flight from new york to las vegas forcing emergency landing in texas. he says he did not intentionally act violent toward anyone. the judge is expected to rule on the bond issue on thursday. >>> it's a pretty good time to be an airline passenger. despite higher fares and new fees an annual survey shows airline performance has steadily improved over recent years. in fact, over all quality is at a 22-year high. richard jordan tells us which carriers are the best and worst in the rankings. >>> the research looked at 15 of the most popular airlines. there were a few that came up short but overall a big impro improveme improvement. flying the friendly skies is actually getting more friendly. a new report says the nation's airlines a

also relies upon every other federal agency, like the post office and others where federal employees work, to assemble and submit the retirees ' paperwork in a timely and efficient manner. but as we have seen with the occasional snapshots that have been taken, some agencies literally have a 30% to 50% error rate in submitting the background materials for the retiree so that o.p.m. can appropriately process this -- process the paperwork. and part of the goal of this postal reform, i know, is going to be to encourage some of the voluntary retirements in the postal system. again, why this amendment is so timely. meanwhile, the retirees wait and wait for benefits, benefits that they have earned and unfortunately benefits that they can't get access to. we continue to hear from recent federal retirees who literally spend eight or ten hours a day trying to get through on the customer service line to find out where the benefits are. i'd like to share a few examples of what we're hearing. we recently heard from a retired colonel from williamsburg, virginia, who wrote when i retired in march, 2011, and at the t

federal level should not be expended trying to go after these individuals. i think it is important for the board of supervisors to take a position on this very important piece of legislation. we thank assembly number amiano for his leadership. it is great that a member of san francisco continues to mp

federal level should not be expended trying to go after these individuals. i think it is important for the board of supervisors to take a position on this very important piece of legislation. we thank assembly number amiano for his leadership. it is great that a member of san francisco continues to champion civil rights at the state level. we hope the state of california can have the protections we have in the city and county of san francisco. supervisor avalos: today, i am submitting a request for a hearing on the creation of the office of early childhood education. colleagues, you may remember that in late 2010 the budget analysts have done an audit on functions of the early childhood education system in san francisco show there is a great need of greater consolidation to make sure we are using our funds wisely if there is greater transparency between the departments and how they work. it was proposed that there be a consolidation of the functions in the office. it was proposed in 2010. i was chair of the budget department at that time, but was not ready to pull the string. i have not had a thorough work on that. i have spent the last year working with the directors of the human services

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assemble is not violated. second reason is the employer or federal government poses as having their password, they can impersonate and it is a two hive way exchange of information so that somebody who is completely unrelated to the employment now is communicating with an impossible ter. that is another -- impossible tore. the other reason is to avoid liability by learning information that may then cause them to take actions that would violate a protected group. so there are three good reasons to do this. we have precedent in our law and it is the employee polygraph protection act of 1988. we said we aren't going to allow as a condition of employment the use of lie detectors. you can use background checks, references, there are plenty of vehicles to check out someone's references but we aren't going to allow lie detectors and should not allow facebook passwords be given up as a condition of employment. >> the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado deserves to be heard. the gentleman is recognized. mr. perlmutter: we don't allow polygraphs as a condition of employment. let's use

assembly comes back for a special session to change the budget. >> so you just got done with this year's taxes maybe just paid some money to the federal government, well, now, brace yourself for what may be coming next a tax hike nearly a half trillion dollars, some are calling it tax mageddon unless congress works to stop it, it will hit all tax payers of all income taxes the average bill will increase $3,800 as the child tax credit is halved marriage penalty comes back and the dividend tax pushes above 39%, among other changes. >>> on the campaign trail mitt romney marked tax day with a picnic table discussion in a beth earl pennsylvania park he laid out ideas to kick start the economy and slammed president obama on his economic policies the top two elected republicans, john boehner and mitch mcconnell came out and officially endorsed him as the gop nominee. >>> president obama will be come paining in ohio and michigan today, he is expected to focus on job creation, the president is also urging congress to give regulators more power to crackdown on price manipulation in oil markets by speculators, this is the white houses latest response to cr

assembly, outside of boston we broke ground on last month. >> at one point you told me you felt things were so tough in this economy that without federal moneyuld be difficult. we're to the point where projects make sense without federal money. >> well, listen, it depends on the project. certainly federal money has not been a big contributor to what is happening in the development world. but you need the right marketplace where demand exceeds supply. >> talk about those two developments. why are those areas able to support all new expansion of retailers? because a lot of areas across the country we wouldn't think they can support. >> a lot of the areas of the country are not. there hasn't been a time when i can remember that there has been such a bifurcation of opportunity and no opportunity. if you're talking about the suburbs outside of washington, d.c., which we are incredibly concentrated in, we own -- we own on rockville pike, which is the prime shopping area over a million square feet within a mile in four different shopping centers. and the development that we're doing will be completely different type of product, residential over ret