aquí en capitol expressway ford.e precioso 2010 impala, están bien equipado. tiene aire acondicionado, es automático, tiene ventanas eléctricas, todo lo que usted necesita. y ¿sabe qué? se lo puede llevar tan solo por $149 down o $149 al mes. venga aquí a capitol expressway ford. llame ya. >> aquí en capitol expressway ford le ayudamos a ahorrar dinero con su gas y le ayudamos a que vaya a trabajar. mire esta fabulosa, nuevecita de paquete, 2011 ford ranger xl, edición especial. ¿sabe qué? se la puede llevar por tan solo $12,788. aquí en capitol expressway ford. >> y si usted ya está cansado de gastar dinero en la gasolina, mire nada más este precioso 2008 azul ford focus, y ¿sabe qué? está bien equipado. tiene aire acondicionado, es automático, tiene ventanas eléctricas, todo lo que usted necesita para ahorrar dinero es lo que a usted le estamos ayudando aquí en capitol expressway ford. le va a salir por $149 de enganche o $149 al mes. llámenos ya. >> y aquí en capitol expressway ford sabe que nosotros realmente nos

president ford would have been shocked by that. he knew that those characteristics, cooperation and compromise, is what made this country work. indeed, what it was based on -- our constitution is not a model for efficient government. it is a model to protect the individual against a government that tries to overstep itself. and it does that by setting up checks and balances everywhere. so it is easy to keep something from happening. to make it happen, you have to compromise. you have to cooperate. you have to work together. and gerald ford knew that. i used to watch him when confronted with a new and complex problem. he would sit there and he would dissect the problem. water the elements that absolutely crucial to making it a success? where the elements that we can -- what are the elements that we can offer to shift perspective so that we end up all moving forward -- maybe no 100%, but 60% or 70%? and the last thing i would like to talk about is ford and his pride in the federal civil service or federal bureaucracy. we have had a n

ford. the mta has no business signing a contract that rewards poor performance superviosr wiener -- proof -- poor performance. this $80,000 golden bears to -- we argue, plus the 1200 boaters -- voters -- argue that this is one. please agree with us. to the right thing. did the right thing for the city and for muni. chairman nolan: would any other members of the public like to address the board? simenon, public comment is closed. we should have talked about it in there, but in terms of going forward, are we ready to talk about that? >> we might want to ask if it is appropriate. chairman nolan: 2 we have legal counsel here? -- do we have legal counsel here? >> on the advice of counsel, i refuse to answer that question. actually, we will of more on that topic -- >> mr. chair, i do not know if this is permissible, but as a matter of personal privilege, one of our long time unique employees did want to speak -- one of our long time muni employees did want to speak on the items. i do not know if

is this the year ford will be ready to pay a dividend? >> we don't have any news about the dividend today, but we'll be reviewing that this afternoon. >> susie: thank you very much for coming. >> thanks a lot. you're welcome. thank you. >> tom: things also are looking up for general motors. g.m.'s pension plan is now 90% funded. the shortfall is less than $9 billion, thanks to an improving stock market. at today's shareholder meeting, the company said that's nearly half the deficit it faced in 2009. it's also much less than the $11 billion shortfall it had in the first quarter of this year. >> tom: stocks have some nice gains until we get you updated. let's get you updated with tonight's market focus. stocks couldn't hold on to their morning gains, falling in the last 90 minutes of the session. it was the fifth straight loss. here is today's trade of the s&p 500. buyers disappeared around 2:00 p.m. eastern time in advance of the speech from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. it was a broad-based sell-off, including energy. the intra-d

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

and gerald ford knew that. i used to watch him when confronted with a new and complex problem he would sit there and dissect the problem. what are the elements that are absolutely crucial to making it a success? what are the elements we can offer others who have different perspectives so that we end up all moving forward maybe not 100%, but 60% or 70%? and the last element i would like to talk about is ford and his pride in the federal system service or federal bureaucracy and we've had a number of presidents in recent years throw rocks at -- rock said washington and the director see as a bunch of self-serving diplomats who couldn't get a job anywhere -- bureaucrats, couldn't get a job anywhere else. our government is only as good as the people who work there, and i think we ought to be cheering them rather than pretending that they are people who couldn't get a job anywhere else. anyway, i think following on what steve said, president ford was somebody we could certainly use right now. now, let me turn to my a

from the start of trading and the ringing of the bell, ford's c.e.o. was touting the auto maker's new growth plan: ford will boost global sales by 50% in the next four years; one-third of the company's sales will come from asia; small vehicles will account for 55% of total sales by 2020; and the vehicle maker told analysts it'll cut its debt by $2.5 billion by the end of this month. earlier today, i talked about those expansion plans with c.e.o. alan mulally. my first question-- who's going to buy all those cars? >> when you look at the automobile industry and the consumer demand for cars, last year it was about 74 million vehicles worldwide. in 2020 it's going to be 112 million because you have so many countries now that are at place now where they're expanding

ford in his meeting next week. mr. ford always seems to read from a script. i would like him to ask kindly to be more extemporaneous next time. >> next speaker? >> no. moving on to item eight, citizens advisory council report. >> mr. murphy is here. good afternoon, mr. murphy. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman and directors. i'm daniel murphy, i'm the chair of the m.t.a. citizens advisory council. first of all, i want to extend the welcome to director ramos. welcome to the sfmta and also to invite director ramos to attend any of our c.a.c. meetings. all members of the m.t.a. board are always welcome at these meetings, and if you're interested in when they happen, they're on the m.t.a. website and also ms. boomer can direct you to the correct time and date and what's being discussed at those meetings. so welcome. we look forward to meeting you. >> thank you. >> i also want to express my thanks to executive director ford. it has been, as i was reminded before this meeting, 5 1/2 years. we have worked very productively with the executive director. we have made man

steven ford one of the president's sons and chair of the gerald ford foundation will make this year's awards presentation assisted by joe, executive director of the foundation. mr. ford? [applause] >> well, it is an honor to be here. i want to thank the national press club and the ford presidential foundation. we have some of our trustees here today. carla hill, jim canon, ron hill -- i saw red. he was over there. a fine group of trustees and i want to thank them. i want to thank the panel of judges that selected our winners. and i had a chance to read all the articles. we got some great, great winners here today. so, general, i want to thank you. thanks for coming and being our speaker. i have to tell you i was a young kid when dad was president. i was 18 years old and i used to go back and forth between the main residence and the oval office. i always told dad we got pretty good government housing. [laughter] >> i can remember going back that there was a lot of business going on in the corridors of that white house, but one of the friendliest people to the kids, the members of the f

ford created a post-war classic, the '49 ford.ny, and put it back on the map. by 1957, ford becomes the top-selling brand producing 1.68 million cars. its sales reach an all-time high 15 years later. after introducing a wave of new cars in the 1970s, '80s and '90s sales slowed down to the point in 2006, ford is forced to undergo major restructuring, and they mortgage all of the assets to raise $23.4 billion in credit to finance part of the operations. it reaches a low point the next year when ford reports losses of $12.7 billion, because that is where things really begin to turn around. under mulally who took over as ceo five years ago, ford has drastically transformed the lineup from big trucks to smaller cars. and that brings us back to today, and ford's announcement. it is a new direction that hopefully keeps them on the road, as we like to say, of success. so, should he stay or should he go? congressman anthony weiner admits he messed up, but he says he is not going anywhere. is that the right move? our stream team weighs in n

and gerald ford knew that. i used to watch him when confronted with a new and complex problem he would sit there and dissect the problem. one of the elements absolutely crucial to making success, one of the elements we can offer to others who have different perspectives so that we end up all moving forward, maybe not 100% 60 prison or 70%. and the last thing i would like to talk about is for did and his pride in the federal full-service or federal bureaucracy. and we have had a number of presidents in recent years throw rocks at washington and the bureaucracy as a bunch of self-serving diplomats who can't get a job anywhere or bureaucrats couldn't get a job anywhere else. our government is only as good as the people who work there. and i think we ought to be cheering them rather than pretending they are people who couldn't get a job anywhere else. by the way, i think following on what steve said, president ford was somebody we could certainly use right now. now let me turn to my assigned task. islamic let me sa

then the ford escape. and as they were looking -- >> reporter: we were digging, all the way to kansas city, missouri, to the ford plant. >> reporter: the door? >> comes from chicago. the door panel comes from illinois. the carpet comes from ohio. the seats are built right here. >> reporter: what about this back window? >> that comes from mexico. >> reporter: then it was onto georgetown, kentucky, the toyota plant. where the seats, make in kentucky, tires, south carolina. the seat belts, canada. and the radio parts? mexico. so, after seeing what's really under the hood, cars.com says if you really want to figure out just how many american jobs are created, you have to use this formula. first, they ask, are the cars assembled here? that toyota, yes. it takes more than 6,000 american workers to build that camry. that ford escape? yes, too. at that plant, 2,250 workers to build the ford escape. how much of the car contains american parts? that camry, 80%. the escape, 65%. and they ask, how many cars were sold

>> reporter: ford c.e.o. alan mulally is opening the supply spigot. in washington yesterday, he said the company's ratcheting up production in the third quarter. >> we are matching our production to the real demand, and it's very gratifying to see the ever-increasing demand for the ford product line. >> reporter: but despite help from ford, morningstar auto analyst david whiston is skeptical auto sales will reach 13 million units this year. >> high twelves to low twelves is still certainly a possibility. it really depends on how quickly can the japanese ramp up. and the good news is their-- toyota and honda's-- production resumption in the united states is coming back faster than originally planned. >> reporter: if fuel prices stay on the high side through summer, analysts think big sales of small cars could continue through the remainder of the year. diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," hodgkins, illinois. >> tom: meanwhile in japan, good news for auto makers and suppliers there. the bank of japan sa

you're looking at ford, the sole u.s. auto maker not to take a bailout during the hard times, share price in the middle of the range it's been in for the past year. what are your expectations? >> well, ford has been really beaten down vees avery the rest of the market. my expectation is we could get back up there towards that 52-week high. the reason is that ford is done well with with their fuel efficient cars, tom. in may, 74% increase in two new models and 32% across the board with all their fuel efficient small cars, but even the ex plosher last mob saw 135% increase. 47-mob high in terms of explorer suv sales. but the key here is that ford was just a problem in europe in the fourth quarter of 2010, which brought sales, sales were soft, but the stock never came back, too much concern oil prices, recession, global uncertainty, china. stellar company, i think they're going to take some share from toyota. >> tom: let me ask you about one uncertainty, the uaw union talks next month, the union looking to hike wages, maybe

american business and ford is the perfect example. the ford motor company was built on the u.s.iddle class and was built on the notion, henry ford doubled the wages in his factories because he wanted the workers to have the money to buy his products. >> they kept the middle class going and they sold their product to the middle class. >> and there's a really important shift happening right now, which is american business has decided, rightly, i think, in terms of the numbers, that the u.s. middle class is no longer its base. it's the middle class and the emerging markets and rich people in the united states. that is a sea change and it is having political consequences that i don't think we're talking about enough. >> which is why i'm working on a book called "capitalism is not patriotic." chrystia is right. all these companies are doing all the right things so that they compete in the world market. they don't need to be selling their products whether it's automobile manufacturers or anybody else to americans. >> somebody can buy them. pete, good to see you. thanks, chrystia and c

about ford when you go into a ford store we have our own ford credit company so we can take care of one-stopant to lease, buy, we can help you with the financing too. it's available. >> talk about where your growth is going to come from. you are looking at increasing your production by 50%. asia will make up a third of the sales. you're increasing the number of models in china and in india, but my buddy greg morrisson a producer in atlanta said are you expecting a global demolition derby? who is buying the dollars it's a growth industry. we're in about 74 million vehicles worldwide in sales and that's going to go to 112 million over the next few years. so, tremendous growth industry and as you pointed out, ford is really positioned well. for example, to your point, in india we're going to go from three models up to eight models, in china going from five models to 15 models by mid-decade. we are going to have 60 to 70% of the entire coverage of the market with ford. >> asians are generally smaller people than americans are, so we're probably going to get some design dictated by asians, smalle

if you are nat ford, do you not take the money that was in the contract? this has to do -- it's above national ford's position, his job. he got the money. it's a contract. he is walking away. he had a contract. there is something going on at city hall above that that's really the problem. >> but it's a public utility, not a private corporation. and i think that's where people are a little conflicted. all right, mike sugerman in san francisco, thank you. >>> meantime, over on the golden gate bridge, a head-on collision backed up traffic heading into and out of san francisco. the accident happened at 3:30 in the southbound lanes approaching the toll plaza. there were several cars involved but only minor injuries. the accident blocked all southbound lanes for 45 minutes and slowed traffic heading north. >> firefighter paramedics, who needs them? that's what a south bay grand jury is asking and it goes so far as to say that those emergency responders are in fact wasteful. len ramirez explains the call for reform. what's going on? >> reporter: well, firefighter

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.

ford brought his automobile into the masses.y putting people on the road in his tim lizzies he was putting the car before the road sort to speak. in 1900 there were only 144 miles of concrete paveed roads in the whole country. so almost all of america's automotive journeys were by necessity an adventure of the back road variety. in california one of the most challenging of those adventures came here to to yosemite. to the valleys of granite domes. everywhere americans drove their model t was a challenge. a test of their reborn spirit of independence. >> coming to yosemite was the same kind of adventure. you would have blow outs, you would have engine problems. one of the great things about these cars was that they were easily if i easily fixed. >> reporter: these were the dusty days. most people were born and died of 50 miles of their place of birth. these times were changing quickly. by 1913 the same year cars were allowed to enter yosemite valley, henry ford sold 248,000 model ts almost half of all the cars sold in america. th

i am not going to go to both the superintendent and matt ford. they have been proactive in which safety to school can be approved. i know sue is also here who works with transportation authority who actually places security officers on public transportation. obviously not all. but also works collaboratively. can you talk about your efforts and perhaps have you joined by director ford. >> well, i think it's a joint effort. it's always changing. and also the police chief, who we have a pretty tight relationship with the school district in terms of when things happen. we get on the phone and we're talking about what do we do? we have had to change starting times and ending time so they are not over lapping in different routes so we don't get different turfs. we have had to look at rerouting where kids have to stop to take another transit. those areas are safe. sometimes we have worked directly. they have put police out there and we always find hot spots that come up. you think you have solved it and then a new one pops up. the best help for us is to

america's business, and ford is a perfect example. the ford motor company was built on the u.s.t on the notion -- henry ford doubled his wages in his factory because he wanted the workers to have the money to buy his products. >> hthey kept the middle class going and they sold their product to the middle class. >> there is a shift going on right now because the americans have decided that the u.s. middle class is no longer its base. it's the middle class in the emerging market and rich people in the united states. that is a sea change and it is having political consequences that i don't think we're talking about enough. >> which is why i'm working on a book called capitalism is not patriotic. chrys tirks a is totally right and these companies are doing all the right things so they compete in the world market, but thi don't need to be selling their products to anyone else but americans. it's important they can sell them somewhere else besides america. >>> the government says there's no evidence that cell phones cause cancer. the companies say be careful. and my next guess says th

---aun no se ha anunciado quién sera el sucesor de "ford".incremento a las tarifas del agua potable de hasta un 14.3 por ciento.---el problema, aunque usted no lo crea, es que este ano los usuarios estan ahorrando liquido... para ser exactos, ellos estan consumiendo 35 millones de galones diarios menos.--esto ha provocado una caida en los ingresos, en momentos en que los costos operativos del suministro van a la alza.---esta contemplado que tanto las tarifas residenciales como las comerciales aumenten a partir del primero de julio. ---durante las vacaciones de verano millones de personas salen de viaje---y si en sus planes figura hacer una maleta y subir a un avÓn, jose velasquez nos da unos consejos para que usted pueda ahorrar dinero.. --la operacÓn "Ápido y furioso" fue "una falla colosal de liderazgo", asi lo considero un supervisor de la oficina de alcohol, tabaco, armas de fuego y explosivos de estados unidos. --tres agentes de esta oficina testificaron hoy en el congreso sobre el operativo que permitio la introduccion deliberada de arm

and the bulk of it is by ford, which is a non-bailout company. so however much we have spent has gone to protect about .4%. or .57 of chrysler. i just find it hard to believe that g.m. would not have survived at this stage of the game, you know, when car sales have been going up a little bit. this is all factualal, but i believe with dan that if we are going to credit chrysler and g.m. for saving jobs, we have to -- the fact that the pensions and wages have beenal protected at more than a competitive levelal suggests we have fewer jobs in the economy, because the worker costs of these is quite high. had we been paying them a little less, we would have been had more jobs. >> the whole purpose of the hearing today is for the american public to understand where their dollars have gone. i do understand what we're talking about. i just don't understand why are these double losses protected? >> i'm sorry, you're asking? >> i'm saying we're given -- we're willing to write off -- >> i think mr. at kinson explained it. the real issue would be the stock va

>> good afternoon, members of the board, executor ford. one of the non-profit parking corporations referred to in the audit. the board of directors has received a copy of the city services auditor audit. we appreciate the need to perform the audits on city programs. the board does not have -- excuse me, the board does have questions and concerns on a number of the issues and its findings. therefore, for the record, the japan center garage board would like to send our comments and response to the audit. at the same time, they appreciate the authority and his staff. we look forward to working with him to address our concerns as well as recommendations to the audit. since the audits do affect public parking corporation, we hope you will accept input from non-profit parking corporations in discussing any action that the board being considered to take in response of the audit. thank you very much.

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ford second in command at muni has resigned as well.carter row hand deputy executive director of the municipal transportation agency came to san francisco along with ford in 2006. he has no other job lined up from what we understand and does not get a severance package. >> getting a cab in san francisco was pretty tough task this afternoon. that's because they were all parked in frpt of city hall. pl taxi delivers to protest a new fee they have to pay to accept credit card transaction. if other businesses pay that end say they are being if hurt. >> there hasn't been a rate hike in about 8 years. and clearly gas has gone up. all the other expense have gone up. but we are not being compensated. >>reporter: spokesperson for the san francisco municipal transportation agency says the taxi drivers pay only a two percent fee on transactions but separate 3 percent fee is imposed by the credit card company to p someone saw the body just after 6:30 this morning. police had searched the same area late last nature after a fresh trail of blood had b

nathaniel ford will leave his post at muni after five years on the job.ontract expires so he's also getting a $400,000 severance package. ford has the highest salary of any city employee before you count in overtime. the "chronicle" reports while mayor lee never spoke out against ford publicly, he was a key behind the scenes player in his removal. part of the reason is ford had been publicly shopping for a new job. >>> tomorrow pg&e plans to conduct pressure tests on its pipeline that returns through union city in hayward. the pipeline runs on hespreian boulevard and west winton avenue. they'll pressurize it to a higher level than with natural gas. people may smell natural gas but it should dissipate quickly. after the section is monitored for leaks for eight hours, pipes have been emptied, dried and put back into service, any pipe section that does not meet standards will be replaced. >>> we're learning that two-thirds of studies on gas pipeline safety were paid for by pipeline operators or groups they control. that's what a "san francisco chronicle" inv

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

. >>> ford motor company has big plans to sell more cars around the world. ford says it wants to expand it's global sales by 50% by the middle of this decade. the boost in sales will mostly be through forecasted growth in asian. ford sold 5.3 million vehicles last year but wants to sell 8 million a year in the next four to six years, the detroit auto maker is expected to present its growth plan later today for investors in new york. >>> the latest aaa -- in illinois, indiana and michigan it's averaging $4.15. usually california gas prices are about 25-cents a gallon higher than any where. accept hawaii. >>> this is the second day of the worldwide developers conference in san francisco. yesterday apple founder steve jobs made a rare public appearance. today's highlights include an question and answer session. >>> as you can see we are following the search for a missing university student. the family just spoke out. at 5:00 we'll have all the latest on that investigation. >>> plus, a plan to shift thousands of inmates out of prisons, where will they go. our ne