gerald ford, mrs. susan ford. >> mr.ers harry reid, mitch mcconnell, and nancy pelosi, members of the senate and house of representatives, governor schneider, dr. kissinger, mr. ambassador, ladies and gentlemen -- on behalf of my mother, i extend my congratulations. your statue is wonderful. mother and i are so grateful to you and special gratitude also goes to governor schneider and the people of michigan. and it to the u.s. house of representatives and the senate for making this remarkable tribute to dad a true reality. the rotunda has been a part of the ford family for decades. as a young girl, i accompanied my dad to the capital on weekends and as we played hide and seek in this very room and in statutory all, four hours. in 2006 by returned under very different circumstances for dad's state funeral. when our -- when the last of our family gathered in the rotunda, it was a time to remember and they tied to say goodbye. those were very difficult days. but we drew strength and comfort from many kindnesses from the hous

long partnership with ford. last week at google's developer conference, they showed off what they're doing with ford. and i think we're going to get to the stage whereby you can go buy your ford car. but who do you want to do your software inside? is it microsoft? is it google? that's going to become quite competitive. >> i think it's possible. although with a car manufacturer, they want to have control over what's in their car. >> very early on in the process? >> they want to make sure that they're not having driver distraction. that they don't have the, the flat lent noise application on the system, et cetera. >> you must be worried that google is starting to breathe down your neck on this. if you look at driverless cars and you look at them doing what they're doing with ford. telling you about traffic jams, giving you alternative routes to get round traffic problems, that kind of thing. >> microsoft has been in this market a while, we're excited that google is in this market. >> that's a stock answer. >> mayb

gerald ford, mrs. susan ford bales. >> mr.connell and pelosi, members of the senate and house of representatives, governor snyder, dr. kissinger, japanese ambassador fujisaki, ladies and gentlemen. on behalf of mother, i extend congratulations to sculptor brett grill. brett, your statue is wonderful. mother and i are so grateful to you and special gratitude also goes to governor snyder and the people of michigan. and to the u.s. house of representatives and the senate for making this remarkable tribute to dad a true reality. the rotunda has been a part of the ford family for decades. as a young girl, i accompanied my dad to the capital on weekends and happily played hide and seek in this very room and in statutory hall. for hours and in 2006, i returned but under very different circumstances for dad's state funeral. when our last of our family gathered in the rotunda, it was a time to remember and a time to say good-bye. and those were very difficult days. but we drew strength and comfort from many kindnesses of both the house

ford for five years. i'm not blaming mr. ford. i'm blaming his staff members because i am the only african-american media person here. and yes, i do want our african-americans to hear what comes from this man. i think he's doing a wonderful job. but yet, by his staff or whom ever having a disconnect for me to have the opportunity to interview, to talk to this man. i think it's really disingenuous of his staff. so i'm not here to basher mr. forbes but i am here to request an opportunity to talk to mr. ford to give his interpretation and what he plans to do. we do have a lot of african-americans that are drives,. we want to tell you our story. but yet i want to sit down with mr. ford first. get his i'd. -- forgive me for my attire. i would like people to hear your story. this is ace and i'm on the case. >> i know it's kind of hard -- >> could you state your name? >> walter paulson. >> ♪ they really want to meet you mr. ford want to meet you mr. ford and it takes along mr. ford they really want to see you really want to be with you r

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

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

executive director ford: good afternoon. as is customary with the first meeting of the month, the first item on my report is the recognition of employees who have distinguished themselves with their fine work and contributions to the agency. our first goes to jerry wong -- gary wong. he is in the cable car division and has been with the agency for 33.5 years. he is an exemplary cable car director with an outstanding record in terms of customer service. he has impeccable attendance. he maintains an excellent safety record with no avoidable accidents for the last 23 years. his outstanding customer service skills are highly praised by dispatchers and fellow peers. his words of wisdom are, "treat people nice and they will treae" gary will retire this june and we wish him a prosperous and healthy retirement. here to present the award is john haley, our director of transit services. [applause] >> thank you. i will point out one thing. gary is, in addition to a successful record, is a practitioner of his words of wisdom. he has han

at gerald ford, mrs. susan ford bales. ,> mr., a leader's members of the senate and house of representatives, governor snyder, dr. kissinger, mr. japanese ambassador, ladies and gentleman, i extend congratulations to the sculptor. your statue is wonderful. mother and i are so grateful to you and special gratitude also goes to gov. snyder and the people of michigan and to the u.s. house of representatives and the senate for making this remarkable tribute to that a true reality. the rotunda has been a part of the ford family for decades. as a young girl, i accompanied my dad to the capital on weekends and happily played hide and seek in this very room and in statutory hall. four hours. in 2006, i returned under very different circumstances for dad's state funeral. when the last of our family gathered in the rotunda, it was a time to remember and a time to say goodbye. those were very difficult days. but we drew strength and comfort from many kindnesses of the house and senate members and from both sides of the aisle. in particular,

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although she's a ford employee she has never driven -- so we put her to the test. vanessa did well.vigating her way through the colorful cones. but when her instructor told her to drive while texting, the trouble begins. >> going really, really slow. >> yeah. >> you know, driving distracted i definitely felt more impaired. i wasn't focussing on the road ahead of me. i was looking at my cell phone and trying to change the radio. and -- it didn't give me the opportunity to focus on what was coming up. to the point that i -- ending up blowing through a stop sign which is an eye opener. >> next we asked vanessa to try her hands at navigating through a skid. >> you want to go left. which way do you turn the wheel? >> right. >> have an's took the wheel. with a little help from juan she was driving like a pro. >> that's where you want to go. >> in addition to safe driving instruction, ford offers new safety technology. it is a feature that allows parents to limit a young driver's speed. it makes you want to wear your seat belt. >> you don't have your seat belt system on the radio will be m

ford want to meet you mr. ford and it takes along mr.ord they really want to see you really want to be with you really want to meet you ford and it takes a long in the bus oh, it comes so long oh come along they really want to see you ford want to be with you ford but it takes so long ♪ and there's a fancy beer bottle. ♪ see, i was born revelling man trying to make the m.a.c. the best i can. and i saw some drinking in the back of a bus doing lots of graffiti and lots of stuff and they don't want to see them end up on the wrong side of the law and you'll text it over what you saw city i was born a rambling man trying to make the city the best i can and they're always having a good time on the back of the bus jam bling and doing lots of stuff make it better soon you can ♪ ♪ thanks. >> directors this is completion of public comment. moving on to your consent calendars. items on the consent calendars. a member of the board which is to have an item considered separately. no members of public has indicated to have an item separate. >> all thos

ford became our 38th president.nted to be was speaker of the house, where he served for a quarter century. and now visitors to the capitol building can see evidence of how beloved he was in the house and in his home state. tom brokaw has the report tonight. >> reporter: it's often said gerald ford was the right man at the right time for a wounded nation reeling from watergate. >> our long national nightmare is over. >> reporter: being the right man at the right time started early for gerald ford. in 1934, he was a starting center for the university of michigan football team and close friends with the only black player of the team, a gifted athlete named willis ward. >> back then, you were subject to being ostracized if you became too involved with blacks. that was a test to jerry despite that. he was a man even though he was only 17 years old. >> reporter: in 1934, the visiting georgia tech team refused to take the field if michigan started ward. steven ford, the president's youngest son, said his father was outrage

president olague: duran ford followed by joseph quigly. >> i'm duran ford and i live on 20th street at 4437 and as a happy owner and resident of that block, i have a lot of happy memories in my back yard with my three boys, my family and my kids. it's like a little oasis for us, a little place to get away. and due to the unique top oggra if i of our lovely city, we are dug into the hill behind us. dirt, concrete walls. we're in. and i have done my best to improve it, adding decks, planting, the natural light that does make it over their house now doesn't reach the grass six months of the year. the entire back of our house is going to be in the shade. my personal philosophy is pro-development. they should be allowed utilize their property, expand on it, make it better. but i do think that needs to be balanced with the neighborhood, the compact nature of the living arrangements of san francisco and everyone else's needs, too. i feel this project is a bit unbalanced and it satisfies their needs but leaves us kind of down in a dark hole and without a lot of recourse but with this big monol

executive director ford: we are getting a lot of practice at this. the next presentation will be regarding islais creek motor coach facility. chairperson nolan: vice chair lee had some concerns. vice chairperson lee: there was initial presentation given when chairman beach was chairing that. there was talk about relocating kirkland, but there was never a formal analysis or plan, or the cost impact. looking at the packet again, i still don't see that being addressed. executive director ford: what we plan on bringing to the entire board is a strategic look at the entire mta as it relates to real estate, property, and facilities, looking at our 20- year plan in terms of rider ship, fleet management, and so on. we are not actively discussing any sale or development of the kirkland property. as we know things now, what we clearly see in terms of limitation on storage or vehicles going into the future, which can ill afford to talk about any facility being let go at this. we wanted to bring a package discussion that not only included kirkland -- it is overs

our building is located 37 feet away from the ford's building clearly providing a.m. will opportunity for air. regarding massing, the fords who live downhill state they support mr. haaser's ex cavings plan. i object to this. this plan suggests building and installing property line windows below grade on our north property line under an incorrect assumption that the ford's property line is 7 feet below grade but it is 2 feet and has a retaining wall with a five-foot fence on top of that. this will eliminate any windows on the top of the building. the windows on the south side for both floors of the lower unit would be nine foot below grade or directly face the haaser's property line wall. windows at the rear of the building would be below grade and would have limited access to direct light. while i do respect the desire to protect what they feel is their business interests and investments they are asking we compromise ours. we are entitled to the same rights and privileges that they have and we should be able to enhance our homes. please support our project. thank you

ford. this is the third year that we are doing a pilot. the last year you may remember the reported back and it was pretty successful. the muni travel times on the 39 bus decrease significantly, and the writer ship has gone up almost double. the level of congestion in the entire area has decreased significantly because now there is no incentive for a line of vehicles cued up on telegraph boulevard to get up to the top of the parking area. we would recommend making this permanent this year. but the recreation and park department, who own the facility above, asked us to do one more year of trial. they have a change in vendors at the coit tower and wanted the extra year to be able to analyze the data for the sales volumes and so forth. we accommodate their request. in terms of taxes, -- of taxis, the parking is restricted to residents with rpp permits, but taxes are allowed to pick up and drop off. it has not been an issue for the last two years. >> i do not think this issue is so much that he is dropping -- i do not think there is any disput

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, everyone. welcome to city hall. the great city hall of san francisco. [applause] we have been busy this morning but it has been a pleasure all morning to greet so many people love the city. i cannot think of another 10 people who love this city. i want to thank each and everyone of you because your volunteering -- i know that word. volunteer for one of the greatest cities in the world. what you will be doing, sacrifices in time, interactions with you, with various commissioners, it will be a wonderful experience, one that many of you will continue to do, and some of you about to do for the first time. i see former supervisor bevan dufty is here. david from the department of the barnett. emily. commissioner shorter, thank you for being here. bruce, thank you for being here. tom, roberta from the mta, thank you for being here. please forgive me, i am still young. [laughter] i have so many others servi

executive director ford: this is a presentation related to our capital investment program. the board has shown some interest in our operating budget. we will bring to use some of these capital projects, because there are literally dozens of them. we have a quarterly meeting with the fta that lasts three or four hours. i will convince these presentations we do and bring them to you so you get updated in terms of our capital program. the people who will be presenting to you is our central subway project manager, followed by project manager for church and dubose. she will be followed by our project manager on islais creek. >> good afternoon, and directors. i am the central subway program director. as mr. ford indicated, the major capital programs are presented to the federal transit administration region nine deputy administrator on a quarterly basis. the presentation i am about to deliver to you is an abbreviated version of last month's quarterly question patient -- presentation. central subway construction commenced in february 2010, which utility relocation for the station

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.

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

you change 6,000 votes in ohio and ford wins. huge change 3500 votes in hawaii or mississippi. he wins the electoral college. he loses the popular vote substantially. has a playful note i have a congressman named al gore saying this must never happen again. sometimes you can't resist. you got to go with this. and the national security adviser suggests unlike carter, ford didn't have vietnam thanks or pay a price for arrogance. so maybe this buying monarchy is eased out and maybe instead of the ayatollah and meets an untimely fate for reasons i choose to clout in mystery maybe it is a much more moderate guy who takes over in iran. that changes a lot and also means when the hostages are seized that is wrapped up in five days so there is no -- i have 14 years of my life to figure out. the problem for ford or anyone who is president back then, the economic calamity of the 1970s was baked in the cake. it happened for structural reasons. the great stagnation makes this case which means that in 1980 ronald reagan who was undeniable, he is no longer running against an unpopular democra

go to ohio if you change 6,000 those that year ford wins ohio. change 3500 in hawaii are mississippi and ford wins those and wins the electoral college. losing the popular but substantially as a playful amount of gore, jr. says this must never happen again [laughter] sometimes you cannot resist. then what? i interviewed brent scowcroft to suggested for did not have the vietnam and extend did not feel the u.s. had to pay a price for its arrogance so maybe the dieing monarchy is these out and maybe instead of the ayatollah we team the untimely fate maybe it is much more moderate and that changes a lot and on the hostages is received is wrapped up in five days. [laughter] that means i have 14 years of my life to figure out but the problem for ford is that to the economic calamity of the late '70s was baked into the cake. it happened for structural reasons. which means in 1980 ronald reagan was undeniable and no longer willing to run against incumbent but to succeed against the unpopular republican and in 2008 to when you try to succeed it is almost

the chevy volt, the chevy cruze, and ford has the ford focus and ford fusion. what does chrysler have going for it? >> chrysler has a combination of vehicles. certainly the chrysler 300, that is new this year, is one of their trademarks. they also had the jeep grand cherokee, as i mentioned, the dodge durango, and the new 500, and the cabreolet that launched this week. it can help chrysler with their car-truck balance. >> susan>> susie: that fiat 500 is ahead in italy, but shown in the showrooms here in the u.s. is this the kind of car people want to buy? >> the ones we're getting are in tuluca, new mexico. but they're made in italy. it is the kind of car people will have as thar second car. i have been driving one all week, both in l.a. and here. it is a lot of fun. it is a lot safer and has a much more stable stance than i expected it to have. and it is really a show-stopper. >> susie: looking at u.s. market share, g.m. is number one with more than 19% of the market, followed by ford, toyota, and honda. and then chrysler was under 10%. is chrysler in a positi

. >>> keeping you safe in the car, ford's new in-car monitoring system. we have a live picture of the bay bridge this morning. we'll check in with mike in a minute. >>> welcome back, it is 4:42. they are doing more construction on the bay bridge. a giant clamp will be placed today. more coming up throughout the morning. >>> in the meantime, police in oak larnd are investigating an overnight shooting that involved at least two people and an officer. christie smith is live there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. oakland police are still closed. they are waiting, going to tow some cars away from the scene. tape is still up. investigators are way down at the other end of the block working this morning. it's an officer involved shooting. officers telling me one person has died. a third person they were looking for ducked into a backyard. police searched for him and did find him. this is just below interstate 580 near fruitdale. it happened around 10:15. they may have been serving a search warrant or gotten a tip something violent was happening.

ford is standing by each recall, promising a repair.he actual harness of the fuel tank around the housing unit gives way. >>pam: stake asiastay cation >>pam: samantha hayes has more >> the american is planned that florida is the number one destination for the u.s.. california is second in the new york, north carolina and texas. travelers going outside the bahamas is a top choice and also north to canada. europe is also popular with italy, the united kingdom and france in the top five. the increase is a good sign because people have extra cash to spend on a vacation. they're not getting any trouble breaks. gas prices have eased a bit. they're not getting any travel breaks. the airlines have already had multiple price increases over the past couple of months. even higher prices are not stopping americans from going to the beach. allison cox in york >>pam: 2011 will graduate with more debt than before the wall street journal released its finding that when you add up the student loans, and their parents loans. the average senior this year w