i don't know that we had a houser has mayor quite the way we have with mayor lee. for many of you, probably know this since the day he was in law school, representing tenants in chinatown, to make sure their living conditions were what they needed to be, he has been there from the very beginning and from the day and well before, no one had to explain to ed lee what affordable housing was for or why it mattered or what was important about it or why you needed to support it? so we have done something unbelievable in san francisco this past year under his leadership; which is despite the fact that the state has seen fit to remove literally a billion dollars in affordable housing funding from the dissolution of redevelopment agencies, no other mayor, no other board of supervisors stood up and said we're going to change the story. so with our board's leadership and with the mayor's leadership and with the support of many donors and many committed political folks, we passed an unbelievable measure that will provide funding for affordable housing here in san francisco. it

don houser of the international speedway corporation, the owner of nascar, says faster tax write-offs will lead to more investment in stadiums. >> it's not a tax break. what it's doing, it's creating shovel-ready capital investment in communities that desperately need jobs. >> reporter: for many in congress who had sworn off pork barrel spending, these middle- of-the-night tax breaks represent new levels of pork. cbs news, washington. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is out of the hospital after being treated for a blood clot in her head. she was smiling when she walked out of the hospital along with bill and chelsea. doctors say mrs. clinton will be find. even while she was in the hospital, she was on the phone talking with her staff. >>> on the other hand, coming up, a mom and dad woke up feeling groggy. they had themselves drug- tested. what they found out has the whole neighborhood talking. >>> the bay area tv station that al-jazeera just bought. coming up. >>> and the final farewell to a beloved bay area museum before it packs up and heads out. >>> so long for now, as far a

charles houser has been cheeft center since 2005. >> there is a perception, even among law enforcement agencies, that if you send a serial number from a gun up here that we prug it into a computer and the name of a gun owner pops out as if there's a national registration system. there's no such thing. >> reporter: no such thing because federal law prohibits the creationave national database of gun purchases. that ban was first slipped into an appropriations bill in congress in 1979 and became permanent law in 1986 in a law sponsored by two strong supporters will of gun rights, idaho republican james mccliewr, and missouri democrat maryland volkmer. the ban on a federal gun sale database has been strongly supported by the powerful national rifle association. the nra told us it is opposed to any registry of law-abiding gun owners. so workers here are left with an antiquated system to trace 350,000 guns a year, requiring them to review by hand, tons of paper records and 500 million entries on microfilm. critics say it's the law enforcement equivalent of the horse and buggy. >> i'm calling

dan houser of the international speedway corporation, the owner of nascar, says faster tax write-offs will lead to more investment in tracks and in stadiums. >> it's not a tax break. what it's doing is, it's creating shovel-ready capital investment in communities that desperately need jobs. >> reporter: for many in congress, though, who had sworn off pork barrel spending, these middle-of-the-night tax breaks represent a new level of pork. earmarks used to come from an individual member of congress, but, anthony, tax code changes are more likely to come from lobbyists. >> mason: wyatt, wasn't tax reform supposed to be part of resolving the fiscal cliff? >> reporter: it is supposed to be long term, anthony, and now this is going to complicate that. remember, the idea behind tax reform is, you lower rates for everyone but you pay for that by closing loopholes. last night, congress just added $70 billion worth of new loopholes. >> mason: extraordinary. thanks, wyatt. wall street was not very concerned about what was in the deal, it was just happy there was a deal. on this first day of tra

. >> brian: here is the surprise, randy houser is here live to perform it next., bill hemmer. >> i do own a cowboy hat. does that count? >> brian: that does count. we'll talk about that on the radio in a little while. >> see you then. we are minutes away from hearing secretary clinton's explanation for the first time on what happened in benghazi on september 14. we waited for mounts for this. -- months for this. what i think the viewer will find striking is not just what she has to say about the murder of her ambassador and three other american, but also in light of the news of the last months, how relevant this region has become. elusive and growing threat of al-qaeda. we'll see you in 11 shortqu minutes live here. n® liquid fora soothes your throat on contact and the active ingredient relieves your cough. robitussin®. don't suffer the coughequences™. >> gretchen: it's the number one song in country radio right now and it couldn't come with better timing. how country feels nome a hit song, it's also the name of randy houser's latest album, which came out yesterd

>> hule houser, the california giant died at age 67. he is the tall guy with a my microphone the size of texas and he would do interviews with people who owned talking wagons and stuff like that. great guy. he is dead. i'm sad. >> he was great. jason, upcoming gigs this week? >> i will be at stand up new york on thursday night at 8:00 p.m. i will be wearing my glasses which i was told cuts into my ethnic humor pretty well. >> really? good to know. bill anything you want to plug? >> yes, if you are like me you are super straight and love chicks and love beer and you love cars. but you are excited about hbo's "liber raw chee" join me on twitter hash tag liberachos. it is cool dudes who love all things straight, but can't wait for michael douglas in sequence. >> back to you, greg. >> i will be there. report tomorrow night just before mr. bill. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> i have been in a meeting with my correction officers. inmates coming up to them and telling them exactly where they live. that's not acceptable to me.

>> it was billed to me by the staff and houser and anita lowey as wastewater treatment for sueage which i think is legitimate concern. melissa: $600 million? does it cost that much? >> in the brooklyn area of my district and the queens area the waste treatment area overflowed into homes and a terrible, terrible crisis. there may have been other areas where the wastewater treatment facilities overflowed. it hit, sandy hit 24 different states. certainly new york, new jersey, connecticut and pennsylvania more severely but they were affected threw the area. and of all the areas i am concerned about is the wastewater treatment that is really a health hazard. melissa: for sure. a what about the $15 million going to nasa? nasa wasn't in the path of the storm. it wasn't impacted. that is another one people are kind of hung up on, saying, when you have people again who are out of their homes, who are, you know, trying to figure out how to repair where they live and get their belongings back in order you're giving 15 million to nasa? >> that was in the path of the storm. one is a nasa facility in

but what i do like, still, is wire houser, you take a look at that one. another 52-week high today for wy. you take a look at deltic, a timber company. whether you want to go with forest products, which i think everybody on the east coast knows that all the rebuilding that's going to pull demand for that, i think those are plays that will continue to play out well into this quarter. >> all right, let's move on here and talk about boeing. big we bound in the shares on hopes that the trouble with their dreamliner is just a battery issue. our own tim seymour was ahead of the curve yesterday. take a listen. >> that's right. it's really a good place to actually get involved in the stock. this is a battery issue. they will figure it out. i'm not making light of air safety, but this will not drive people away from buying boeing planes. the cycle and the backlog is very good. >> you were a reluctant bull on this, but you were a bull -- >> i was being pushed. but ghon sense here said that, the faa, if anything, may have acted a little soon here. if you talk about

over the years in this country the houser market. >> it does.ce right now in the housing market. lending is still very tight. there's still a lot of pushback in terms of appraisals and making sure the seller and buyer match up on things and the banks. so there's still some trouble there. however now there's not a lot of inventory. folks are moving back into the cities. we'll see what the spring holds because more people will be selling. >> poor apple. wow. poor company. they're practically broke. >> the love affair. wall street's love affair with apple is over. now they're moving into the complacent marriage mode. >> wow, okay. >> which is everything's fine. here's what happened that's really interesting. apple, the second highest quarterly earnings in the history of american business. ex on u exxon used to hold that when oil prices were so high in 2008. they still missed expectations. wall street wanted 14 million. here's the thing here's. why the profit margin is being squeezed. for the first time apple has new product on the market, ipad mini

. >> gretchen: randy houser. three seconds away. >> brian: see you tomorrow.ill: we want to begin with a story of the day and a fox news alert. for the first time since the terror attacks in libya, attacks that hit on september 11th more than four months ago. state state will face questions from in a hearing that will begin at any moment -- secretary of state hillary clinton. the brutal hurd of our u.s. ambassador that night and three other americans. good morning, everybody. it is topic a today. welcome here to "america's newsroom". martha: a lot of tension in that room. we've been waiting for this for a long time. i'm i'm martha maccallum. good morning. for more than four months the families of four americans that were killed are looking for answers. they hope to get some of them as this moment unravels right now. we're looking at the scene on capitol hill where she will face grilling from the senate foreign relations committee moments away. bill: we see her for the first time. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on the hill. this hearing will beg

i'm going to turn to terry think houser. terry is with the colorado association, on the leadership council and is author of one of our papers. terry, there is a conundrum your paper presents. on the one hand, it's all about trying to build markets in the concept of protecting endangered species. yet those very markets are built on the foundation of a regulatory statute can't endangered species act. so how do you see the blending of those two concepts on the one hand market and on the other hand, regulatory foundations that make them possible. when i call in people, please do stand and wait for the mike to come to you so we can hear you and catch you live on air. >> thanks, lynn. it's a really good question and they question all of the sinister and have been interested in what would be here or we struggle with the notion of how to re-create those win-win situation. i think you've accurately captured the notion that the time is now. there's a time for discussion and a time for action. i think what our membership, what producer

later, houser speaker john baier met with the new jersey delegation about funding saying the should be the first priority. after a day of heated remarks about not considering a disaster aid spending bill, there will be a vote after all. carrie young is joining us. what happened? >> they are moving ahead. the most urgent need is flawed programs which is going to have some trouble. we will see that on friday. and they're picking up the rest of the package on january 15. >> why did they not schedule a vote before the end of the congress? >> they expected to go back to this in january. there was a lot going on behind the scenes. >> she started to talk about how it will work going forward. can you elaborate? what is happening next? >> the most dire need is expressing the flood program. maybe around -- that was the same that president obama was requesting. they will come back in -- on the 15th. there is a two-part bill. and $27 billion in the first charge -- tranche. a larger bill with long-term recovery money. >> the senate has passed a disaster relief bill. will congress have to start the