also harlan kelly, assistant general manager san francisco public utilities commission, junior partnerour keynote speaker today. [applause] dr. veronica honey cut with the san francisco community college. a member of the board of education. dr. moses is with us. commissioner linda richardson is with us also. one of the things that is significant -- i mentioned that reverend dyson is the first woman ordained in the baptist church in san francisco, in 1982. it is also very significant that this year -- we should also be aware this is the 160th anniversary of three of the leading religious institutions in the african american community. the zion church, of bethel, and third baptist will all be celebrating their 160th anniversary this year. these churches were established two years after san francisco was established. thank you for joining us. [applause] the other thing i would like to speak briefly on is the fact that we celebrate black history month annually. black history month was started under the auspices of the association for the study of african american life and history. it was d

also harlan kelly, assistant general manager san francisco public utilities commission, junior partneroner linda richardson is with us also. one of the things that is significant -- i mentioned that reverend dyson is the first woman ordained in the baptist church in san francisco, in 1982. it is also very significant that this year -- we should also be aware this is the 160th anniversary

today harlan says once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of shattered after. trying to corporations are all day. the death of two foreign journalists in syria intensifies pressure for international involvement in the conflict but inside the country many fear such calls are just fueling the violence that's about it terry in chief is to head to syria to negotiate a livery of aid to the conflict torn country. election fever grips russia with political activity reaching a peak at the presidential poll four separate mass rallies are taking place in the capital this thursday in favor of the government and against it. and the largest rallies taking place at moscow's main stadium where more than one hundred thousand people have gathered to show their support for the current prime minister presidential candidate. who addressed the crowd just minutes ago. plus concern over the effectiveness of sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program grows as terrans biggest partners in asia resist

and it's now talk to harlan green who is the editor of popular economics dot com greece says it's met all the e.u. demands but now the dutch finance minister is calling for constant monitoring of greek finances does that suggest there's a suspicion that greece can't really fulfill all its pledges once it's got all that money. i'll tell you this they're using the wrong vehicle for this all. basically have the rebuilding of greece and it should be the i.m.f. that is running the program now the european banks the i.m.f. how's knows how to redevelop the country recants and to in greece's case they've lost productivity they've lost what we call economists call aggregate demand by just demanding austerity without a plan for recovery it's a plan for recovery that's missing that i haven't seen yet so bailout money then from the i.m.f. would be acceptable and would be effective. well the i.m.f. is the one that knows how to how to construct a redevelopment plan greece is sliding very quickly into being a third world country and the i.m.f. knows how to deal with third world. greeks themselves ar

this kind of crimes with this kind of dodgy the situation there is no hole in this for any god with harlan's causing even more violence syria seems to find itself in a vicious circle with little hope of finding a way out. or if notion r.t. damascus syria the syrian insurgency is being aided by foreign powers pursuing their own agendas in the region that's the view of award winning investigative journalist ross baker. we're seeing a similar pattern to what we saw in libya and that is this the western countries clearly want bashar assad out just as much as they wanted khadafi out and we are seeing this introduction of tremendous amounts of force very skilled sophisticated operations like the assassination of the cleric like the assassination of a general the other day in damascus very skilled operatives are bringing this battle right home to assad and that is not the sign of a traditional peaceful uprising that's not to say that there are not a large number of people in syria who would like to get rid of assad but i think that that sentiment of part of the population is being dramatically help

eventually clear the latest hundred thirty billion euro bailout but at the cost of imposing further cuts harlan green from popular economics dot com believes the austerity without a plan for reviving the economy is futile. they're using the wrong vehicle for this all. it basically has the rebuilding of greece and it should be the i.m.f. that is running the program not the european banks the i.m.f. how's knows how to redevelop the country reconstitute increases case they've lost productivity they've lost what we call economists call aggregate demand by just demanding austerity without a plan for recovery it's a plan for recovery that's missing that i haven't seen yet if you just call for hysteria the u.k. . kills it it kills the economy merkel's counterpart gearhart schroeder you know the socialists that was voted out by her has said this stead of austerity they should be giving them more aid to help them rebuild their economy i mean i doubt even every one in germany agrees with shortly why believe it's running the economy. to the afghan capital now where one u.s. soldier has reportedly been kil

>> reporter: gene hazard is a well known political activists in oakland he rejects a second -- >> harlanakland food pantry declares he will not run for mayor. he also says hazard's petition is flawed and could be vulnerable to a reelection for quan. >> he said don't worry about it, i have it under control. you just do what i tell you to do. >> reporter: one issue is that money will be a key to a campaign. $30,000 to get a measure on the november ballot. >> i think we're more than half way there. >> reporter: where's the money coming from? perhaps from people like jerry rogers, he's the former owner of oakland's most loved businesses. drey er's ice cream. insiders say he can be quick to raise any money. >> i feel sorry for jean quan. i didn't support her in the election, i supported don perrata. i think don would have been a stronger mayor. but i think she's been ineffective. >> reporter: the deyer circumstance oakland finds áeupls in will probably be easy to raise money for a recall campaign. but finding a qualified candidate to run for office is a problem. will he run for his seat? >> r

>> sure for restore our future which is again supporting mitt romney we have businessman harlan crow where i used to report. he gave i believe $500,000. and there are a whole variety of other corporations -- >> he is a businessman. what kind of business does he have? >> he runs crow holdings which is an investment company and a real estate company in dallas which has investments all over the place throughout the united states. but, you know, we look at some of the other super pacs rick perry who of course is not in the race right now, he also had a similar situation where he was receiving six and seven-figure sums from a lot of powerful business people. one of his donors was the president and owner of the houston texans football team. so there's some pretty prominent business people and americans who a lot of folks would know. >> i so appreciate you laying it out a bit for us. it really adds to the conversation we're having tonight which started with the proposal to stop the congress or those who are running from bending their decisions, as he says towards the money, and that's reall

when earlier i spoke to harlan green from popular economics dot com and he believes more austerity without a plan for reviving the economy is futile they're using the wrong vehicle for this all. basically have the rebuilding of greece and it should be the i.m.f. that is running the program out of the european behaves the i.m.f. thousand or so to redevelop the country reconstitute in greece's case they've lost productivity they've lost what we call economists call aggregate demand by just demanding austerity without a plan for recovery it's a plan for recovery that's missing that i haven't seen yet if you just call for hysteria the u.k. . kills it it kills the economy merkel's counterpart her sure you know the socialists that was voted out by her. instead of austerity they should be giving them more aid to help them rebuild their economy i mean i've been everywhere in germany agrees with shortly what i believe is running the economy and that was holman green editor of popular economics dot com who believes the bailout will bring greece very little benefit. the west and britain of warning is

today harlan says once again flared up. the images cold and seeing from the streets and chatting. for a short. leg . pretty. much. free. to be over for your media project. the tea party dot com. us. guys it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight because of three very special states wisconsin missouri and made as you were last week we told you about the foreclosure fraud settlement with five of the biggest banks of america j.p. morgan chase city wells fargo and ally financial were all ordered to shell over twenty six billion dollars money that was supposed to go to helping those families that were kicked out of their homes from two thousand and eight thousand and eleven or that are majorly underwater now as i said last week and i will say again that twenty six billion dollars will hardly put a band-aid over the massive foreclosure problem in our country or the people that are hurting as a result but three states who decide to step in and actually use those funds to balance their budgets and not act.

and harlan crow and crow holdings $300,000. he's no slouch in the department. he's got the global casino magnet who has given $10 million to newt's super pac just in january. we don't see that contribution in this filing because this only covers what happened back in december up to the end of the year. so we'll expect to see those numbers in the next disclosure report from the newt gingrich folks. guys. >> eamon, thank you so much. straight ahead as ty and i continue, it's rally time today. the markets made a slow but steady move upwards in january. the economic data though in the past couple of weeks has been a bit soft. so we have a new month and a new question. can the economy keep this rally going or not? >> and why don't we take a look at how some of the s&p sectors are trading today. look there. all of them are green, led by financials with a 2% gain. and the worst of them, utilities, it is still up .5%. >>> welcome back to "power lunch." i'm philip lebeau. we have some more details from american airlines about the proposals in terms of restructuring the

the roemer case opens with a quotation from justice hard harlan's dissent: the constitution neither knows or tolerates classes among citizens. those words now are understood to state a commitment to the law's neutrality where the rights of persons are at stake. aren't you flying in the face of that? >> your honor, if there are no rational reasons to distinguish between citizens, then the constitution does not permit the law to distinguish between them and treat them differently. >> the proponents proponents oft initiative in colorado made the perfectly logical argument that all they were doing was leveling the playing field and just kennedy said that's not right. that's not correct. >> your honor, it wasn't right. they were doing much more than that. they were essentially opening gays and lesbians to private and public discrimination, and disabling any governmental body from intervening in that private discrimination. as justice kennedy emphasized, in common, order, everyday civic life, from banking, to hospitals, to hotels, to common carriers, all the ordinary pursuits of civic life, hom

than 130 million credit cards by hacking into five major companies' computer systems, including 7-11 harlan payment systems, and the hanover brothers supermarket chain. finally, an unclassified report by the intelligence community in november 2011 said that cyber intrusion against united states companies caused untold billions of dollars annually. that report named china and russia as aggressive and persistent cyber thieves. modern warfare is already employing cyberattacks, as seat in estonia and georgia. unfortunately, it may only be a matter time before we see cyberattacks that can cause catastrophic loss of life, whether by terrorists or state adversaries. our enemies are constantly on the offensive, and in the cyber domain is harder for us to play defense than it is for them to attack. the hard question is what do we do about this dangerous and growing cyber threat. i believe the comprehensive bill that has been introduced, the cybersecurity act of 2012, is an essential part of this answer. i would like to speak briefly on the cybersecurity information sharing built that i introduced on