director ford: good morning. i would like to call to order the april meeting of the transjay joint powers authority. >> i would like to note that director cohen will not be present. [roll call] mr. chairman, you do have a quorum. director ford: thank you. let's move on to the next item. >> item 3 is communications, and i know of none. director ford: ok, no communications. let's move on to the executive director's report, item five. >> should we call item four? director ford: new and old business. go ahead. >> any new or old business? none? >> good morning, directors, members of the public. we continue to make progress and i still on schedule on the construction document -- which are still slated to have those 100% completed by the end of this year. bus ramps -- design team is reviewing the structure. the design of the rams. on the bus storage, we had a public meeting with the community to present an update and get feedback and lay out on the sound walls. next month, we will be presenting to the board some images

in ford's case, we do not have any direct ford operations in japan. but clearly many of our suppliers, down through tier two and tier three, get components from japan. we've been finding alternative sources. we've been using our production facilities, and moving down times around to make sure we didn't run out of parts. and so far, so good. we were able to meet our production commitments in the first quarter, and we're also increasing production in the second quarter. >> a lot of people are already talking about $5 a gallon gasoline. what impact will that have on your sales? >> i think the impact will really be be in the balance of the portfolio. we'll end up selling more small and medium-sized vehicles. susie, as we've talked in the past, we took this point of view nearly five years ago, that we all were going to pay more for energy going forward because of the demand being let out of the asian pacific economic growth. that's why we committed to a full family of vehicles, small, medium and large, and our commitment that every ford vehicle would be be

director ford: ok. let's close public, and moving -- move on to the next item. >> item 7, authorizing the executive director to execute a contract for additional construction services, increasing the contract by $223,800. >> directors, steve will report on this item. >> again, turner construction. this item is made up of five smaller changes, including one for existing conditions that were unknown. there's foundation law -- there is a foundation wall on the way to the shore in wall, so we needed to reengineer that and demolished part of this unknown wall, and forseen wall. there was also some diesel- soaked asphalt planks and subsequent soil contamination that needed to be removed. some fence lines that were not in accordance with what the original bid documents had in, and at the beale street bar and grill, in order to maintain additional pedestrian access, we asked evans brothers to replace the paving that was not originally part of their contract. finally, we have asked evans brothers to pave a north

ford recalls more than a million f-150 pickups to fix defective air bags. they came to congress full of hope and energy, and after their first 100 days... >> it's a frustrating process. >> couric: and the l.a.p.d. out in force for the first time at dodger stadium since a giant fan was nearly beaten to death. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. he was america's top air traffic cop, but that is over. he is out. hank krakowski was forced to resign today as head of the air traffic organization after a number of controllers were caught sleeping on the job. not only embarrassing but, of course, dangerous. f.a.a. administrator randy babbitt said today this conduct must stop immediately. but wyatt andrews reports that might not be as simple as it sounds for the men and women with one of the highest pressure jobs around. >> reporter: with the f.a.a. deeply embarrassed by the sleeping epidemic, it's trying to assure the public of safety. the five

gerald ford case and played too much football without a helmet. didn't matter he had gone to yale law school or was the world's leading expert in the u.s. budget having served on the appropriations committee. >> host: and the best athlete in the white house. >> host: they contended he was a stumblebum. ronald reagan, characterized as an amiable dunce. and then people read his letters and saw that this man was knowledgeable and while not a micromanaging, a strategic leader. and a superb and i lease successful strategic leader. george w. bush was described as not curious, not knowledgeable, end he had gone to harvard business school and yale and was clearly is an intelligent human being. i didn't know the man, worked with his father in congress but i didn't know george w. bush and i watched him as a president and he clearly asked penetrating questions, he worked his way with foreign leaders in a skillful and engaging manner that developed relationships that were constructive for our country and yet people made fun of him. all of those presidents. by

, but as a ford white house. and he needed to make enough changes in the cabinet and the staff that people would see him as stepping forward with a new team. he opted for continuity, and paid a penalty. >> do you think he shouldn't have? >> i don't. i think he should have made enough changes. he changes. he was such a decent, kind man. he said i don't want to let anyone go and have it appear that they did something wrong, because there were a handful of people who did something wrong in the white house. it was not a large number and they were truly wonderful people there. pat moynihan was there and alan greenspan was there, and george shultz was there. they host of -- dr. stein and dr. whitman, and so many people, wonderful reputations. and gerald ford just could not bring himself to firing anybody. he just didn't want to do it. because he felt it would be a tarnish on their -- >> unlike him. you later in this book, relayed a story about how the elder president bush, george h. w. bush, went to the cia in 1975. do

. >> ford has posted its best third quarter -- first quarter profits in years. quite a turnaround from when the company was on the brink of bankruptcy. >> rising petrol prices are fueling this change. sales rose to $33 billion. >> we have clearly been increasing market share based on the strength of our product line, and our other fundamental part of our plan is to match with real demand, and we are seeing more demand for the product line. >> they kept up the pressure on rivals, ruling out new models. for years, ford and the other big sioux american auto makers were openly reliant -- the two american automakers were openly reliant on profits. this year they are selling midsize cars like this new taurus. the sticker prices are not getting smaller. they are helping the carmaker cope with the rising cost of steel. >> in our case, we are growing the strength of our products. we are improving our quality, so between the commodity of producers and our suppliers, and we will share in dealing with those commodity increases. >> there are more tough times ahead. gm and ch

let's give it up for director ford. jim dierck is a principle, but not only a principle and an educator. he is someone who designd and developed innovative concepts where there was an incident that involved safety. for the work he was recognized at the national principle of the year. and he is somebody who is on the ground and has worked to empower young people at his school. he took his school from a different circumstances to be one of the highest performs school districts in the state. jim dierck. margaret brodkin is the director of the department for children youth and families. i emphasize that because it is one of the most critical agencies in the city and county. margaret was a former director the colman advocates who is responsible for many of the children and families here in san francisco much he served as director. including the another and leader of a campaign that results in a children's fund to provides funding to 220 program ares and serves 30 thousand children each year. margaret is a passionate person.

the throw home is bad and ford gets the giants a win.e is is a deem on on wheels, 3- 2 is the final. >>> starter brandon mccarthy struggled for the first time with the a's. alexei am a reese is making his major league debut, on the very first pitch he sees rips a two- run double. mccarthy gives up 14 hits, allowing 7 runs, a's lose 8-3. >>> lakers and hornets, kobe bryant, how is the left ankle. looks pretty good on this nasty jam. 19 points for kobe t lakers win 106-90 and take a three games to 2 lead. >>> all quiet on the 49ers front in santa clara. players were allowed to return to work with the lockout lifted. some players did, just not in the bay area, players could not discuss contracts, reed a play book or even lift weights including shake weights while the nfl appeals ruling, confusion over the bizarre situation starts the top 5. >> a little weird. it's like he was sneaking into the club or something like that, and they knew that you weren't supposed to be in there but they haven't done anything about it yet so -- >> kobe is part

the poles, hungarians and czechs will never yield. >> host: so in your version, ford recovers and ford remains president. >> guest: yes. he gets just enough votes, a few thousand to change ohio and wisconsin, and he's president. >> host: but you make him, you almost make him wish he hadn't done it. it's a most undistinguished president. >> guest: well, certainty are republican party wishes he didn't because, first of all, second terms never go particularly well with. but my theory is while he -- i interviewed brent scowcroft, and i said, what do you think? he said carter had vietnam angst, he felt we had to pay a price for our arrogance. ford didn't have that problem meaning he would not have let the shah fall that way. so i construct a more -- this is relevant to you, as you know -- i construct a scenario -- >> host: built on an enaccuracy, i -- inaccuracy, i might add. >> guest: well, let's find out. this is good. the ayatollah meets an untimely end, so when the hostages are seized by the followers of the imam, they're cleaned out in five days. >> host: right. >> guest: now, a man is

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director ford: all right, that concludes the business of the authority. we will see you next month at our next meeting. meeting is adjourned. >> good morning. there is nothing like san francisco on a beautiful day like today. there is a lord of above because we have been praying for sunshine all week long. so thank you. [applause] thank you all for coming out to our ceremonial groundbreaking, which we are calling our first game here in san francisco. this is going to be our eighth school service cafe in the usa. we have four, going on 5, in canada. we are delighted to be part of san francisco. we have a big customer base, and we are pleased to be able to serve them. i have the honor of introducing our ceo, but before i do that, let me introduce mayor edwin lee. he is out here to join us today. [applause] they i say thank you to all of you distinguished guests, those of you that came in from out of town -- friends and customers. we really appreciate you coming out today. without further ado, may i introduce our ceo, the ceo of savings. [applause] >> good m

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good news for ford. lower part of your screen you can see that the dow jones already heading higher. >>> all right. we'll smile and say good morning to you. thank you for joining us here on the ktvu morning news tuesday april 26th. i'm dave clark. >>> good morning. i'm pam cook. time now 6:30. in the news for you right now. >> tourists in mexico were shaken out of bed after a moderate earthquake. that magnitude 5.7 quake happened just a couple hours ago in acapulco around 6:00 a.m. local time. no damage or injuries reported so far but the shaking was strong enough to send tourists into the streets as a precaution. acapulco is busy right now with people visiting for spring break. >>> time now 6:31. back here at home new this morning police in antioch made an arrest in a deadly shooting. a 26-year-old antioch man was shot and killed at his own home on pine nut way last night. he was the roommate of the suspect's ex-girlfriend. police say that suspect showed up with a gun around 9:30 last night. he started

ford didn't have that problem meaning he would not let the shah fall that way.o i construct a more -- this is relevant to you as you know. i construct a scenario --. >> host: built on an inaccuracy. >> guest: let's find out. this is good. so the ayatollah meets an untimely end under a tunnel and a more moderate leader takes to your and when the hostages are taken out by an imam and a man koppel held a show called "american held hostage." . >> host: frank reynolds was -- >> guest: so they still cancelled the show. >> host: but i don't get a show on cnn. >> guest: just so the viewers understand my theory is they cancel the show. >> host: all right. >> guest: and so koppel goes to cnn and becomes a show and cnn hires jerry springer. >> host: they are almost there. >> guest: and the reason i did that is one, i didn't want to life and death matter involved invite kennedys and also the notion, the underlined notion the butterfly effect and you change this much and everything changes so there's economic calamity at the end of the '70s which i believe --. >> host: look,

ford. hopefully mr. ford is watching. now we will hear from our police department. >> [unintelligible] as you have seen with the trends, -- better? supervisor campos: yes. >> the police department has made huge cuts in the number of overtime hours of the last four or five years. from 300,000 hours in the fiscal year 2007, and we are projecting 86,000 hours for the current fiscal year. if you have any questions, we would be happy to address them. supervisor campos: supervisor farrell? supervisor farrell: how are you doing it? we're seeing other lines and other agencies, what ever the best practices are from your point of view, i think we would run -- we would love to learn. >> team met -- the main difference is we have been able to pull on duty resources for events in the community, where other departments are required to have an individual at a specific location for a specific amount of time. it is really shifting

now,. >> host: now in your version ford recovers. ford remains president. >> guest: he gets just enough votes to change ohio and wisconsin and he is present. >> host: but you almost make him wish he hadn't done it. i mean it is the most undistinguished president. >> guest: certainly the republican party wishes he didn't because first of all second terms never go particularly well but i fear he is that -- i interviewed brent scowcroft and i said what you think? carter had vietnam angst. he felt we had to pay a price for our arrogance. for didn't have that problem meaning he would not have let the show off all that way so i construct a more, this is relevant to you. i construct a scenario -- >> host: built on an inaccuracy. >> guest: well, let's find out this is good so the ayatollah meets and untimely end in a tunnel under the sand. when the hostages are seized by the militant wing, the followers of the imam, they are cleaned out in five days. now man named koppel is hosting a show called america held hostage. >> host: frank once was

late 90's at you and i were like let's go by in car with ford.ince then it's been a struggle, they lost a lot of money. ford is the best american company as far as general motors and chrysler how much debt to have, how much money they borrowed. it's a great quarter. americans are going for smaller more fuel-efficient vehicles. >>pam: americans are thinking more about buying american as well. >>rob: i absolutely think americans are more conscious of that. keep in mind the japanese tsunami there's going to be a disruption at toyota and honda that will continue to help for. ford stock is under role and that's great. coffee prices are soaring, bad weather. the average joe, the weather in brazil is stronger or hotter cold, too much rain or too little rain to try to play that. it is no companies like starbucks are going to have a tough year because they're not going to raise prices because people don't have jobs. >>pam: inflation in general. u.s. special seminars coming up? >>rob: a lot to do it, it's a good chance to get in the community. i'm in berli

they don't think that ford's going. yes, he is. ford's speed scores two of the giant's three runs.son saves it and the giants over the pirates. >>> the a's lead baseball in earned run average. that means their pitching is great. mike scioscia leads the lead in giving science. and here we go. conner jackson a home run. and the a's have a 3-2 lead in anaheim. again, the a's great pitching but they don't score enough runs. brandon mccarty can't make the play. and the angels roll it up from there. hank con denver a blooper. and the earned run average is going up. and as we said, the a's don't have a star in their line-up. what is matsui doing? has a lot of press following him but that's it. con denver off mccarty. the angels beat the a's. >>> when the lake verse to, yep, charles barkley said that kobe limped in and once the game started didn't limp at all. but going for his sixth championship which-- which will tie michael jordan. he just got off and got off at 19 points in 29 minutes. they didn't have to play a lot this evening and mont day williams and the hornets lose 106-90. that s

darren ford nearly won the game on his own, tied at 2 in the 10th.d true on the pick after off attempt, flies to third putting himself in prime scoring position. two pitches later, sanchez grounds to second, walker gets the out at first, making him pay, throw home is bad, ford gets the giants the win. brandon mccarthy struggled. second baseman's first major league at bat goes for a 2-run double. mccarthy gives up 7 runs on 4 hits. a's lose. lakers and hornets game 5, kobe bryant had a bum ankle which looked good on this nasty dunk. lakers win and take a 3-2 lead in the series. black hawks blocking dapper, chicago tied it with two minutes to go, but vancouver takes care of business. burros scores the game-winning goal, sharks play the red wings who last played last week. >> could be tired. >> all right. >> bruised and battered. >> vancouver. >> all right. see you at 11:00. i am a sneeze whisperer. i am an allergy analyst. bermuda grass. ragweed. willow. i am a dander decoder. chihuahua. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about allergy relief.

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when ford swaps your ride, you tend to talk about it. mallory, you were driving a what?? ford fusion. my gas mileage is awesome. cuz i'm always in the car and driving everywhere. mallory, mallory... bit of a hugger. i really like finding things along my route. find shoe stores. destination shoe store. you guys must be fun to ride around with. swap your ride and get a fuel-efficient ford fusion with 0% financing plus $500 cash back. we're going shoe shopping today. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, everybody, welcome back. [ cheers and applause ] this week -- this week has been quite a journey. right now, i'm being best friends for six months with one person. his name is stephen colbert. [ cheers and applause ] and as best friends sometimes do, he donated $26,000 of my money to the charity donorschoose.org without consulting me first. [ laughter ] i didn't know anything about this. and -- but according to stephen this is the sort of thing best friends do. i didn't have the $26,000 on me. so, i turned to you guys. the fall-pals. the fallonites. [ cheers and applause

ford's f- series pickup is the top- selling vehicle in america.o recall more than 150,000 of the trucks. but on thursday u.s. safety regulators said that ford will add to the recall because the trucks' air bags can go off unexpectedly and injure drivers. a. as a top official overseeing air traffic control says he has resigned following reports of controllers of falling asleep on the job. he has submitted his resignation, they plan to review their entire aircraft control system after what happened yesterday. a medical flight, last night carrying a sick patient was forced to land on its own in reno. this plane was unable to get in touch with the tower. take a listen, 20 minutes it can reach him. >> (inaudible) kron4 to our clearance, we have a sick patient we have to land. they're not entering the phone line either. we'll go up there and check the tires. we need to land. >> landing is that strong rask. >> darya: demanded there was 16 minutes around certainty to be exact, this is the sixth sweeping controller incident that the faa has reported this y

please welcome the chairman of the gerald ford presidential foundation, steve ford. want to thank the cooley law school and the grand rapids foundation for putting on this program. dad, if he were alive today, would tell you that this is what he wants from the museum-library foundation, to critics situation where this place becomes the town square where we all come together and discuss ideas, one side versus the other, and we find out what we think about different issues. the topic tonight, ethics, certainly is a moving target. i am not sure i am qualified to be appear. i guess, to sort of drop a the drawbridge to my soul, 18 years ago, i can look back on my life and ethics was certainly a big part because i come at that time, was struggling with alcoholism. i found myself in many situations that i would look at today and think that is not ethical behavior. and i come here today with my own stories. but i am glad to say, 18 years later, i have 18 years of sobriety through the grace of god and a great 12 step program and a great mother who helped me get through that p

." >> susie: if you drive a ford f-150 pickup truck or lincoln mark lt, your car may be headed to the repair shop. ford today expanded the recall of those vehicles, because the airbags could deploy due to a short circuit. back in february, ford told federal transportation officials that about 144,000 vehicles would need to be fixed. today's recall ups that number to just over a million. the trucks involved were model year 2004 to 2006; the lincolns, model year 2006. >> tom: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: quarterly results from bank of america, along with the march reports on consumer prices and industrial production. also tomorrow, our "market monitor" approves of the government facing its growing debt problem. he's randall eley, president of the edgar lomax company. >> susie: call it the incredible shrinking big box. electronics retailer best buy is going to open up smaller stores in the next few years in an effort to be more competitive. on the drawing board-- stores with about 10% less square footage than they have now, and stores that only sell mobile devices. best buy w

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the one commonality that the children at therapeutic school and the professionals at the betty ford center had in common was no clue about feelings and how to be aware of their feelings and how to address them. what mr. dierck has done is one of the things that we as educators, it's the one thing we have missed. it's the absolutely one thing we missed to teach our children to recognize and be aware of their own feelings and work with children with similar feelings. we can teach them all the math. we don't have clue one to teach them how to feel and express it appropriately. it's the same thing i start with in in-patient or out-patient. how do you feel and how do you express that. the sel is very important. social, emotional learning. one is illinois, they have laid out an entire track. the teachers have to be taught before they graduate and become certified. and texas just recently passed the law, every middle school and high school student has to go 3 anger management and emotional training before they leave school. what makes more sense? how do live with yourself and others at the same t

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see how ford kicks it into high gear to start 2011. >>> fighting blithe. neighbors in a bay area city are fed up with run down foreclosed properties. the two part proposal that could finally make banks pay attention and clean things up. >>> hear how broccoli provided a new breakthrough in fighting skin cancer. >>> a sex offendser could be talking to your child online and no one would know about it -- a sex offender could be talking to your child online and no one would know about it. how government wants to introduce a bill to change that. >>> another air traffic controller has been fired for sleeping on the job. the federal aviation administration says the latest termination involved an air traffic controller on boeing field in seattle who fell asleep twice in recent months. the hiring followed several publicized incidents. >>> the ford motor company reported its best fourth quarter earnings in more than a decade. and the best first quarter since 1988. ford says the increase is due if port for sales of their fuel saving vehicles and buyers going for more

and so far, the disaster doesn't look like it will dent ford's bottom line. the automaker has idled plants and cut back some paint colors to deal with a parts shortfall. in recent months, ford sales have been on a roll. it outsold rival general motors in the u.s. last month for only the second time in more than a decade. >> susie: this year's tax season is in the home stretch. federal returns have to be postmarked by monday. but we have a few more tax tips before then. here's kevin mccormally, editorial director at "kiplinger's personal finance," with help on decisions for roth conversions. >> last year was a big one for roth i.r.a. conversions. it was the first time folks with incomes over $100,000 were allowed to convert traditional i.r.a.s to roths. and anyone who did can split the tax over their 2011 and 2012 returns rather than paying the bill with the return due next week. no matter when you decide to pay the tax, you must report a 2010 conversion on your 2010 return, using form 8606. in general, this is an either/or deal. either pay the tax on the full

to learn more about ford's driving skills for life, visit our website at teenkidsnews.com. and i'm on the road to becoming a better and safer driver. >>> schools are facing tough budget cuts across the country. some of them have been forced to eliminate so-called non-essential programs like music and art. but as hanna reports, there's an organization that wants to pick up where the schools have left off. ♪ >> rosie's broadway kids was started by tv star rosie o'donnell. she saw a need in her community for more theater and music education. >> not like when i was a kid in fifth grade and we did "the king and i," and i had drum lessons. the arts programs have been gutted. >> reporter: so rosie's organization started sending actors and musicians to new york city schools to replace the missing program. >> we are currently in the public schools in our program that's called ps broadway. and it serves over 1,500 kids. >> reporter: for 15 weeks the students learn about music and dance. the students who excel in class receive a special invitation. >> we take those kids who are super

and ford. and speaking of ford, its c.e.o., alan mulally, joins us to talk about those results and the company's outlook for the rest of the year. >> susie: more fallout from the japanese earthquake for vehicle maker toyota. domestic production plummeted last month, falling by almost 63% due to plant and supply chain problems after the quake and tsunami. the slide has now put the world's largest automaker at risk of losing its top spot and falling to number three after general motors and volkswagen. >> tom: expect a new gaming system from nintendo some time next year. the company is working on a successor to its groundbreaking wii console, but it did not say what capabilities the new system would have. nintendo has dominated sales of video game consoles and sold 86 million wiis since launching it in 2006. plans for the new system were announced as nintendo seeks to reverse a slump in profits. the company's annual earnings dropped for the second straight year as sales declined. >> susie: as we m