having the general administration of the city and competent professional management hand overlapping the mayor's administration's -- this is a great reappointment, and i know it is going to go forward unanimously. thank you for letting me speak. >> supervisors, first and foremost, let me say that mr. edwin lee and myself are very good friends, and i have known him for a long time. i have access to him, and if you know me, i say things after studying the issues. never once has mr. edwin lee not stopped and listened to me. having said that, let me explain a little bit about the position. when willie brown came, they changed the charter. before that, you have the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the city administrator who has power. now you know how that goes. so when you say you wonder why anyone would take that job, it is because someone twisted the wings of the city administrator. having done that, someone like edwin lee knows how to play the game. not only that, he delivers. this man, over the last year- and-a-half has brought a lot of those problems on track, dealing wi

the wake of safety concerns raised by a number of states and a probe by the food and drug administration. >>> generalcted to stock its option in what could be the largest ipo in history. >>> finally, twitter may have its critics but tweeting does pay off. kfc is offering a $20,000 scholarship to the high schooler with the best tweet. according to a new study, students who use twitter for schoolwork earned a higher gpa than those who didn't. so there you go. >>> coming up, uconn is streaking. a blue devil makes it look easy and this time the butler didn't do it. >>> plus, the denver nuggets had to use creativity last night to keep a pesky new york team at bay. >>> your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> a strong storm system is bringing severe weather and gusting winds to much of the east coast today. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." 3q lysol knows you work hard every day to help keep your family healthy, especially during cold and flu season. and lysol disinfectant spray is approved to kill more germs than any other brand, even h1n1. learn more a

raised boy a number of states -- by a number of states and a probe by the food and drug administration. >>> generaltors is expected to price its public stock offering after the bell today in what could be the largest ipo in history. >>> finally, twitter may have its critics, but tweeting does pay off. kfc is offering a $20,000 scholarship to the high schooler with the best tweet. and according to a new study, students who use twitter for school work earned a higher gpa than those who didn't. so kids, spend more time on twitter. i'm sure you love hearing that. >>> uconn is still streaking. a blue devil makes it look easy. and this time the butler didn't do it. >>> plus, the denver nuggets had to use creativity last night to keep a pesky new york team at bay. sports is straight ahead. to germany's nurburgring to challenge ourselves on the most demanding track in the world. with us, in spirit, was every great car that we'd ever competed with. the bmw m5. and the mercedes-benz e63. for it was their amazing abilities that pushed us to refine, improve and, ultimately, develop the world's fastest producti

. >> and the attorney general says the administration is "close" to decide where to try the mastermind of 9/11 and where the others will be tried. the attorney general announced last year plans to try him and the co-defendants in a federal courthouse in new york city but backed down after some, including the new york city mayor bloomberg and others criticized the idea. others have suggested that the suspect should face a miss tall commission at guantanamo bay but our next guest says that does not matter because the constitution is crystal clear on this issue. joining us is judge nap family. there -- judge napolitano. >>judge napolitano: there are no options. a founder was concerned, when they wrote the constitution, the ease which the king of england would try his political opponents in far off places where they could not get counsel and the crime was not commit sod they put that in the constitution. this is in the constitution. a person charged with a crime under this constitution shall be tried in the place where the crime is alleged to have occurred. the supreme court has interprete

general motors relaunch itself as a public company cutting stake by nearly half. what's more, american taxpayers are now positioned to recover more than my administration invested. >ng us now is jennifer granholm. what did it mean to your state? >> there's an old expression that says as goes general motors so goes michigan. obviously, this was great news for us. can you imagine what would have happened if the administration didn't intervene? there was a national -- an organization that issued a publication that described what would have happened and we would have lost 1.4 million jobs. what a horrible tragedy that would have been. instead, the united states did the wise thing and the taxpayers are going to be paid back and we have an auto industry that's lean and lighter and people are working and for the first time now since the year 2000, we've seen hiring in the american auto industry. it is really terrific. >> you make reference to the taxpayers being paid back. is it your expectation they'll be paid back in full and is that a fair barometer to evaluate this transaction? >> that second question is a good question, but obviously, everybody wants the taxpayers t

we've got the national security advisers and the secretaries of defense and generals from the reagan administration, the bush administration, bush one and bush two, as well as from the clinton administration and my administration, saying this is important to our national security. we've got the republican chairman of the foreign relations committee saying this is in our national interests to get done now. this is an issue that traditionally has received strong bipartisan support. we've gone through 18 hearings. we've answered 1,000 questions. we have met the concerns about modernizing our nuclear stockpile with concrete budget numbers. it is time for us to go ahead and get it done. my hope is that we will do so. there's no other reason, not to do it than the fact that you know, washington has become a very partisan place. this is a classic area where we have to rise above partisanship. nobody is going to score points in the 12 -- 2012 election around this issue. but it is something we should be doing because it helps keep america safe. my expectation is that my republican friends in the senate will

general motors. that led to the obama administration pumping $50 billion into saving general motors through bankruptcy. now some of that money has come back through this ipo. but for the president today to come out and say listen, we're on the path of all of that money being repaid, which is what he said at the white house, think about this. the u.s. treasury will need to sell its remaining stake in general motors at approximately $51 a share. right now the stock is at $34. it's going to take a couple years to make that money back, if they make it all back. >> talk about a long road back. phil lebeau, thank you. and gm's good day was part of a broad rally on wall street today. the dow finished the day up more than 173 points. >>> overseas tonight, there's high anxiety over the latest terrorism scare after a very suspicious package turned up at the main airport in africa. apparently bound for munich in germany. and the german people have been warned of a possibly impending terrorist attack. our own stephanie gosk has arrived in munich tonight and has the latest on the investigation. good evening. >> re

. >> it was a former four-star general brought into the administration in may, after the sinking of the south korean warship. there was perception from the president here which is certainly reflected in the newspapers that that incident has revealed a weakness in the south korean military. for the last few months, he has been working very closely to really sure the president's views on what needs to be done to change the military here. he believes in and more -- he is reported to believe in a smart military that is able to react much more quickly to any threats or provocation from north korea. he is stepping into the defense minister's job. he will have more of a chance to overhaul the country's national security apparatus. >> there is a sense that the tension between the country is still high, and there is little sense of it easing. >> still very high, and a lot of criticism of the government in the newspapers here this morning. criticism that the response was too soft and too slow on tuesday. it took 13 minutes for the south koreans to open up their artillery and fire back at north ko

the entire staff san francisco general, the doctors, nurses, administrators, officials, social workers, pharmacists, housekeepers, is workers, everyone -- there is just so many of you. i cannot say the mall. i want you to stand up, and we should applaud you for all the great work you do. [applause] stand up, please. they really do an amazing job. and we are all so excited because in this new building, we are even going to be able to do a better job. remember, we are not just here simply to celebrate a new building. we are really celebrating the health-care services that we are going to be able to provide to all san franciscans. as the only trauma center in the city, we will continue to bring life-saving trauma and emergency care. we will also deliver the best geriatric care and award winning maternal child care and so much more. the new building is going to be filled with original art for the entire community to enjoy. we are really trying to create an asset to the neighborhood and be a center for well this and -- wellness and be a healing environment for the patients, staff, and visit

general motors relaunched itself as a public company cutting the government's stake in the company by nearly half. once more, american taxpayers are now positioned to recover more than my administration invested. >> joining us now is michigan governor, jennifer granholm. governor, thank you for being with us. what did it mean to your state? >> well there's an old expression that says, as goes general motors, so goes michigan. obviously this is great news for us. i mean you know can you imagine, michael, what would have happened if the administration didn't intervene, in fact there was a national study -- an organization yesterday called the center for automotive research that issued a publication that described what would have happened and in america we would have lost 1.4 million jobs. what a horrible tragedy that would had been. instead, the united states did the wise thing and the taxpayers are going to be paid back and we have an auto industry that's lean and lighter and people are working and for the first time now since the year 2000, we've actually seen hiring in the auto -- in the american auto industry. it is -- it's really terrific. >> you{ make reference to the taxpayers b

arises from the people the more civilians die the more insurgents will be born and this administration the generals they know they'll keep feeding the massive military industrial machine because it'll keep them paid it will keep them in office and it'll keep the american people scared so hey why don't we just forget the words deadline timeline withdraw all forget they even exist in the english language because after this move we can be sure that all the meaning they may once have held has now been lost. still to come on tonight's show the media is having a field day over a possible missile launch near los angeles take a look at some of the best and craziest theories behind a launch in just a moment and then eagle activists are now being called terrorists stopping here in the u.s. i will speak with will potter a blogger for green is the new read after the break. are you. comfortable. just. observing. and scary cars. are included. a photo with the wow the lunar rover. news today. game flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations around the day. thos

. >> it is truly shocking that the obama administration through the solicitor general has taken the positiony access to the courts for arizona taxpayers and to support what is unequivocally a directÑiçó funding of religio private schools. >> more than the administration brief, president obama'sÑi cour appointments cgur" change the landscape on the issue of church and state. he replaced retiring justices john paul stevens and david sutter, the staunchest advocates of church and court sepation. it's a new court and this case could provide a glimpse of where the church stands on the issues. for religion & ethics news weekly, i'm tim o'brien. >>> in other news, close to 100 victims of clergy sexual abuse gathered near the vatican for a candle light vigil. they demanded the church do more toñr stop sexual abuse. they hoped to march from st. peter's square. some victims later met with a vatican representative who urged them to consider the church and ally in combatting abuse. now the author of the book "my jesus year." benyamin cohen. he decided to spend 52 weeks visiting christian churches in and

general david pet rayous. what should we expect from the administration's review of afghanistan war give us some si somein sitting is surgeon power. welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> so let's start. last week president karzai made the statement regarding u.s. and allied raids in the country. he said afghanistan is better off without this operation and afghanistans should do it. why is he making this case now when we have the taliban on the run? >> i think he makes a different case to different audiences without perhaps seeing that it's now a seamless hole and what you say to people inside afghanistan is also being heard by people heard outside of afghanistan and particularly by the allied commanders. my sense is the greater the involvement in decision-making, the better the end result. and perhaps the model used by general mcchrystal seemed to have been working extremely well, which was regardless of the big or the small question, he would always keep president karzai informed. so that it appeared as if he was making the decisions. >> right. >> and maybe general petraeus needs to set up that kind of relations

and i see jean casey, in general jones, 04 we even went into the administration -- and general john, before we even went into the administration, you tried to build up the economy in the palestinian territories, particularly the west bank, worked with dr. fayad to read it as how much money in loan guarantees? $70 million in loan guarantees. you just stood up a venture fund to go with it. do you want to say what that is? >> we are coming to our first close on a $50 million venture fund. we have just been excited about the amount of the attraction we have seen from the u.s. private- sector putting investment into the west bank. >> that leads to the question, is this good for the peace process, or is it in some ways, as some people fear, a way of helping netanyahu placate the palestinians and not get to a peace process? >> my view has not changed from when i was working with steve and secretary rice, i should publicly thank them for the opportunity, because it was one of the most interesting things i've ever done-certainly -- ever done at certainly add a short period of time. tony blair

the department of public works and the mayor's office on disability in the general services agency, office of the city administrator, and placing these funds in the controller's reserve pending issuance. >> good afternoon. this is an administrative process the board authorized the issuance of the 48 million certificates of participation to do the street improvements as well as the access improvements. also, we have the issuance of resolution supporting the supplemental appropriation but in this case, the project improvement was already in the budget so there was not an accompanying supplemental so we missed at in the delivery costs which would fund the reserve fund, catalyze interest them -- capitalized interest. we also are looking for changes in market rate conditions. this would be specific and adjustments would be made by the comptroller's office to change projected numbers this is the administrative process and i apologize for not having it come with a package. >> thank you. >> let's hear from the budget analyst. >> mr. chairman, supervisor elsbernd, as indicated on october 26th, the board approved an ordinanc

attorney general eric holder, i think, has a responsibility to investigate the former president. his attorney, and any other former administration official who played a role in all of this. president bush's new admission to this smoking gun, well, it's a whole new story, isn't it? but congressman nadler doesn't think that the attorney general's going to take any action. >> this is real, genuine, new information in your opinion, and you're asking attorney general eric holder to do this. do you think he'll do it, and do you think this is the smoking gun? >> well, it is a smoking gun. i'm dubious that he will do it because this administration, unfortunately, has taken the opinion that -- has taken the attitude that they're not going to look at any criminal actions by -- within the prior administration. they say, let's look forward, not backward. by that standard, no one would ever prosecute any crime. >> look, it's time for the administration and the white house right now to face facts and play hardball. let's face it, americans. while darrell issa and the republicans clogged up congress and subpoenas and frivolous hearings bush an

house altered report about the administration's moratorium on offshore drilling to make it appear that scientists support a six month ban. according to inspector general'sindings. the report says the administration did not violate federal rules because it had an apology and a publicly clarified the expert review. >> federal government is trying to snuff out tobacco use. larger graphic warnings including corpse's cancer patients and diseased lungs and teeth. right there on the package before you open it up. part of the fda's reduce tobacco use which they say is responsible for 440,000 deaths a year. new labels will be finalized by june and cigarette makers will have 15 months to comply. >> we will be right but the opening bell wall street right after the break. bay bridge toll plaza 626 jim pact already. people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! it's time for new school banking, bubbie. interest plus savings at capitalone.com. why earn bupkis, when your savings can earn three times the national average!! three times the national average!!! new school banking at capital one bank. with interest

generally turn out en masse in midterms. women and african-americans are trying to send a message to the national democrats and to barack obama's administration in general that they feel in a tangibility way that his policies have not -- in a tangible way that his policies have not trickled down to them. >> he inspired so many voters. >> absolutely. >> here's what else we are learning in terms of exit polls. this is from the "sacramento bee" that just broke. they did exit polls of just california voters. what they are finding in california is, this is from the "sacramento bee," california voters prefer insiders who can get things done over outsiders who can shake things up. so you look at brown and whitman. >> and boxer, as well. this is i think the advantage that they have is the sort of understand the political process, understand the major players in california politics and in national politics and how to get things done and so this becomes i think an advantage to those sort of older sort of traditional democrats. >> wouldn't it be interesting tonight? i can see the front page of the "chronicle" tomorrow with this story. california bucks t

ashcroft or attorney general gonzalez to be fired or to leave the administrationo it was quite political then. i would also say about mike gerson your first guest, juan, he is one of the most thoughtful and nonpolitical people that i know. he has been watching this development, all those things that you talked about develop over time. and i would tell you that i think that going back to last spring, when a former colleague of mine and i, we broke a story that said eric holder had not revealed that he had filed an am mick cuss brief in the jose padilla case which is also related to terrorism. so there has been a building call for him to resign. i personally never think it's my position to call for somebody to resign. i can see where it could help them make a pivot and a good one. >> juan: dana, let's stay with this case, this ghailani case. let me say he is getting 20 to life. is he going to super max. >> i heard you say that juan. this is what i think is interesting is that you talked about communications and the politics of it. so, yeah, we get to tell the world

then it will make the american administration look powerless and of course that will have a very bad effect for the next two years so there's a you know a general issue surrounding the credibility of the effectiveness of this administration there's also of course the broader issue of the nuclear arms balance with russia and indeed of collaboration with russia or the nuclear arms in general which presumably would also affect american plans as regards iran where the russians have been playing gave recently so there are quite important issues involved and it's not all surprising that clinton and gates and indeed all barbara pretty desperate all right dr dominic live in professor of russian government of the london school of economics thank you. with the u.s. debt now exceeding thirteen trillion dollars republicans were elected in midterm elections on a promise to reduce the budget with across the board spending cuts you know de implicitly exam to the defense budget promising to fund america's wars whatever the cost may be artie's a long list has more. with the u.s. debt in the trillions and the economy still in the toilet it's no surprise politici

general motors. he wants the obama administration to suspend the initial stock offering.payers could lose billions of dollars on the deal despite the word that gm is about a back on the road to recovery. nader is not the only one waving a warning flag. let's talk to dominic dovella. great to see you. general motors is moving ahead with a public offering expected to raise about $10 billion. treasury department would receive about $7 billion from the stock sale that would be followed by additional sales in the future. what about taxpayers, could we stand to lose billions of dollars? >> first thing we need to understand, we had this money at risk. we have already invested over $50 billion in general motors. we currently own 61% of the company. so that money is at risk. main question is how we get that money out. as taxpayers how do we get our money back. so this is the first step to get the money back by going public, issuing shares to investors out there, getting some of our own money back. >> julie: the stock sale is expected to occur on november 18th. government which we

out then it will make the american administration look powerless and of course that will have a very bad a state for the next two years so there's a you know a general issue surrounding the credibility of the effectiveness of this administration there's also of course the broader issue of the nuclear arms balance with russia i do deed of collaboration with russia on nuclear arms in general which presumably would also affect american plans as regards iran that it's not all surprising that clinton gates and indeed obama or a pretty desperate. stay with us here in our teen a few minutes we'll look at their stealthy sweetener the u.s. is offering israel warplanes in exchange for a new halting west bank construction but critics say the incentives won't solve issues that decades of talks have failed to deal with. but first the center of economics and power maybe shift. quickly eastwards to the asia pacific region that's the view of russia's foreign minister who's been in china for a three way meeting with nathan with of nations widely seen as shaking up the old order of global politics russia china and india are part of the increasingly influential bric g

we've got the national security advisers and the secretaries of defense and generals from the reagan administration, the bush administration, bush one and bush two as well as from the clinton administration and my administration saying this is important to our national security. we've got the republican chairman of the foreign relations committee saying this is in our national interest to get done now. this is an issue that traditionally has received strong bipartisan support. we've gone through 18 hearings. we've answered 1,000 questions. we have met the concerns about modernizing our nuclear stockpile. we have concrete budget numbers. it's time for us to go ahead and get it done. my hope is that we will do so. there's no other reason not to do it than the fact that, you know, washington has become a very partisan place. this is a classic area where we have to rise above partisanship. nobody is going to score points in the 2012 election around this issue, but it's something that we should be doing because it helps keep america safe. my expectation is that my republican friends in the senate will u

that it will make the american administration look powerless of course that will have a very bad effect for the next two years so there's a general issue surrounding the trade ability of the effectiveness of this administration there's also of course the broader issue of the nuclear arms balance with russia how do deeds of collaboration with russia or of nuclear arms in general which presumably would also affect american plans as regards iran that it's all it's all surprising but. gates of a deal barbara pretty desperate. political expert dr dominic levens speaking to r.t. from moscow and in a few minutes we'll look at what price the republicans are ready to pay to keep america's image as a superpower. its close ups and social spending to help america's shattered economy the massive military spending remains based on. the u.s. is desperately trying to revive the stalled middle east peace talks it's offering some early christmas gifts to entice israel into extending a freeze on building in the occupied palestinian territories washington's put twenty still fighter jets were three billion dollars on the table and a pledge to fight a

about it then it will make the american administration look powerless and of course that will have a very bad effect for the next two years so there's a you know a general issue surrounding the trade ability of the effectiveness of this administration there's also of course the broader issue of the nuclear arms balance with russia and indeed of collaboration with russia on nuclear arms in general which presumably would also affect american plans as regards iran but it's not at all surprising that. gates and indeed our barbara pretty desperate. political expert dr dominic leave in there speaking to r.t. from moscow well in a just a few minutes here we look at what price the republicans are ready to pay to keep america's image as a superpower which calls for a cut in social spending to help america's shattered economy the massive military spending remains fenced off plus. she noticed me and asked what was wrong and that's how we met everything i have now is thanks to her we report on eye doctor in moscow who is devoting her life to helping those that live in. on the. us is desperately trying to revive the stalled the middle east peace talks it's offering

out then it will make the american administration look powerless and of course that will have a very bad effect for the next two years so there's a you know a general issue surrounding the trade ability of the effectiveness of this administration there's also of course the broader issue of the nuclear arms balance with russia and indeed of collaboration with russia or the nuclear arms in general which presumably would also affect american plans as regards iran and it's not all surprising that. gates and indeed our barbara pretty desperate. dr dominic leave in there professor of russian government of the london school of economics he was talking to us just a bit earlier and in a few minutes we'll look at what price the republicans are ready to pay to keep america's image as a super power and which calls for social spending to help america. shattered economy the massive military spending remains fenced off plus. we'll have more details on the story to come in the near future but meantime the u.s. is desperately trying to revive the stalled middle east peace talks it's offering some early christmas gifts to entice israel into extending a freeze on bui