it is not -- it is not -- i don't think you can say whose side is he on, i don't think it is quite that far. but i think what is troubling, certainly troubling to me as an american, but i think it is definitely troubling to the american military, the diplomats there, they ask themselves increasingly, do we want this thing more than he does? you know. is this more important to us, to prevail here? than it is to him? and, you know, afghans will laugh, i mean they will tell you, you know, if the americans announce they are leaving on monday, president karzai will leave on sunday and be gone before the americans leave, you know, and so i think, you know, karzai is very difficult, you know, and he has his own reasons, of course, but and he is in a very difficult -- >> what is his game then? >> survival. >> rose: yes i know but how does he survive? by making a deal with the taliban or not? >> i think that is a good question. i think what -- i think what karzai has shown himself to be a master of is kind of tactical day to day survival. and one day that may mean making a speech in which you cr

and that is what she is -- that is what he is speaking to. and if you are asking for more than is required by law, you start to limit the rights of people. i do not know whether this is. that may be the discussion next week. i would like for to be clear that the substance of concern is not any thing that we are going to be able to address next week. this is a procedure about what we can do, the risks and the limits, and perhaps we could clarify this. >> this seems to not be the will of the commission to have the item on the agenda next week. we could have this in the form of a memo, to clarify what they believe is a reasonable scope for the following work. and then, if you want you to have a discussion at a later date. we kelly's to clarity about the scope of this. >> we agree with what the director has said, and given the most minimal additional alternatives that you need to analyze, we're looking at a day in january. >> there is the hearing with members of the commission -- as to exactly what is needed, and this was a lot more narrow. i sup

or is it pure ideology? is that what it is about? >> this issue is about the hypocrisy of the labour party. they set up that report he was in the cabinet that agreed to that. they're all now walking away from it. it is absolutely pathetic. >> the predict on page 118, table 4.21, that we will save $19 billion in -- 19 billion pounds in interest payments. of these the right choices? do we have this 19 billion to spend on schools, rather than putting in the pocket of private government or bondholders? >> he is absolutely right. this is one of the issues that is less commented on, but a very relevant. we are reducing the debt interest payments that we inherited from the party opposite. we had a situation where the debt interest, the money that we have to pay out to those we have borrowed from -- that bill is coming down by 19 billion pounds. we would otherwise have followed the leader baathist -- the labour's plan. we have other plans for taxpayer money. >> read the then lend to ireland to repay the ecp -- rather than lend to ireland to

a lot of the stuff that is passing as news is not news. sometimes it is wrong information. for instance, i got a text message on facebook. a friend of mine posted at 3000 people had died in a.d. from a hurricane. the reality is -- haiti from a hurricane. the reality is, only three people died. you need to get things right. we do not often have time to analyze. what we need to do, as old media, we need to do that right kind of journalism. >> we have 24/7, loggers, -- bloggers, iphones, witnesses on the scene, sending us photos. >> at the same time, it has reinforced our, i would say, brand. this makes professional journalism more important than ever. yes, bloggers exist,tweets. >> do you think reporters nowadays are trained as when you came up? you think so? >> yes. >> the job is easier. >> but at the same time, you have to give so much more information. i would not say it is easier. maybe in terms of technique. for a photograph, we do not need to go to the airport. you can send a photograph from their remote places. -- very remote places. being a journalist today, you have

that is why this building is eligible under the add minute code, and that is where they have applied and the money can go ideally into the building. supervisor avalos: supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. to the three of questions that have been asked, i don't think anybody at all is question a, the validity of the landmark and should this not be under the contract. it is just a question of the formula with regard to the property tax reduction and how that is justified so it doesn't seem so arbitrary. i don't think it is based on the cost of repairs and maintenance. but when we look at the other four properties, the highest property comes up to a 61% property tax reduction, and the lowest a 25% property tax reduction. so this problem would far exceed in the rankings so far that has been on roster of who would earn a significant reduction. we just want to make sure that there is something even-handedly applied in this early stage of us contracting important residences and buildings like this. >> supervisor, without the assessor's office here, all i can offer is that

there is a need that is great. we're thankful so far. >> and tonight a new armed conflict in korea. >> what is behind it? was it provoked? the story just ahead. q >>> president obama promised the united states would defend south korea against what the white house kaugs a outrageous attack. north korea shell aid smul i'll yanld and the president condemned the attack in an interview with barbara walters. >> south korea is our ally. it has been since the korean war. we affirm our commitment to defend south korea part that have alliance. >> and with more of the conflict now here is abc 7's laura anthony. there is evacuations from a south korean island two. south korean marines were killed and hundreds sent running to fr their lives. it comes eight months after a south korean war ship went down in the same area. killing 46 sailors. >> i think the big escalation. >> uc berkeley political scientist told abc 7 the latest violence could push them towards the negotiating table its like any war time situation. there is both

this is what opera is all about. was born into this world, my father was a voice teacher, and he gave me a sense of theatre, for voices, the love of vocal music, and just the backstage bug, just gets my blood going in a way that no other thing can. >> rose: i am pleased to have an anti-table for the first time, welcome. >> thank you. >> and here you are talking about your father. >> yes. >> rose: and a vocal teacher. you also were his accompanist for a while. >> yes. >> 12 years. i played for his students, yes. >> rose:. >> #02: and for him. >> and when you left, very do yoappointed. >> very difficult for me, actually. >> rose: for you more than him. >> yes. he didn't say anything to me. i had to leave the homestead and he knew that i needed to have other experiences, i needed to grow, but it was a very difficult moment, you leave the family business, i mean, we were a real unit for so long. >> rose: he was born in my p milan. >> in the south of italy in a village called franco miskano, the town is lodger than the to

what is at stake here is certainty, is stability, is the confidence of our people. maybe you do not appreciate the level of exasperation and uncertainty out there. one thing you can do is bring forward your budget next week. i will facilitate you by having the house said monday through friday so that the legislative process can be completed by government. that is constructive and that is in the interest of certain date, stability, -- the interest of certainty, the interest of stability, the interest of restoring confidence at home and abroad. what i do not want to see is what i heard from the minister of transport today. [boos and hisses] what the minister of transport was talking about was having an election of april or may. do have any concept of the reaction of uncertainty that that creates? i am telling you from my own experience here, it is perfectly in order for the government to bring in a budget next week, to bring in a slimmed down version of the key essentials of your finance bill and have them put through the legislative process that you regularly referre

this is not secret knowledge. it is common sense, which is one of our least common sense is. that is it. host: "prior to the usa invading, poppy was at its lowest production. get a clue." we go to joan in stillwater, minnesota. republican line. caller: my opinion is, why are we taking care of the whole world and why are we killing the cream of our young people and not taking care of our own country? our own country is going down the tubes. my children and grandchildren -- what are they going to have here if we keep in these foreign wars? host: "the new york times" writing about the situation in afghanistan and a profile of a british general majored nick carter. he will travel to lisbon as part of the nato summit next week. "general david petraeus, the commander of coalition forces, is moving to increase afghan police forces drawn from villages in southern provinces and employing the help of former commanders to recruit them, according to nato officials. previous efforts to raise local defense forces have failed mostly because of a lack of support in the communities and from t

defense is an aluminum fence. it is corroded. it is very easy to bend and break. we have asked them to commit to replacing the fence, and they have refused to do so. the plan presented did not present a firm commitment with a firm date to replace the fence. the plan it presented also upset in the future there would address life safety issues within 15 days. that is interesting. life safety issues addressed within two weeks. i do not think that is being a very good neighbor, quite honestly. i think if their power went off and there were not able to use their transmitters, they would be up there within an hour. we feel this shows a serious as regard to the community, and i feel it is inappropriate to reward this illegality in this regard with permits that allow these companies to do business as usual. i think that they should be forced to give firm commitments and change their site, renovate their site, so it is appropriate for residential neighborhoods and open space. in closing, we feel atc is in violation of their 2009 permit and have been irresponsible when lone

is not just passable that, is quite good. so if you hadn't heard it, now, you know, crab season in san francisco has begun. >> and there is a environmentalists came to the rescue of a sea gull collared with a beer can. the group wild rescue staked out the bird but hadn't been able to catch it until now. cut away the can someone forced around the gull's neck. >> difficulty is that it had been caught by someone and hurt. so this is shy of nets and approach. we had to try to find a strategy that is going to work. and it did, today. >> there is a number of collard birds sighted around half moon bay. rescue workers urging people not to try to free the birds but report to it experts. >> and still ahead tonight governor defends procedures but for many, it's getting too peshl personal. >> fall out from a carnival cruise line fire hits the pocketbook. why the price for some just went way up. >> and there is a world's biggest social network tries to become the world's biggest e mail provider. >> record warmth today. we can expect chang

it is is a bill. the display is taking place at 4 march 13th >> thank you >> it is a bill explain your fascination >> besides the fact that he's the accusal on get ever seen he teaches. kids can learn by watching. he is a smart muggy. >> while i never heard it said people study from curious george. i'd think you have not worked trip. go check out the exhibit. >> we will be back >> this is, i cannot tell. >> walnut creek. >> 0 walnut creek, good day. live from the bay area news station and this is kron4 news morning. >> hello everybody and welcome back. at a funny thing happened on the way to the polls in oakland. voters tried a new voting system and they got their first chinese and american it mayor. she is one to join us later this morning. >> also it speaking of the city, working in san francisco can actually be dangerous. they have one of the highest pedestrian accident rates in beat in thithe country. >> frog is between 3 and 7:00 p.m.. >> is that run all of the bikers are ed? >> after it worked d

if my man thinks the way he is going right now is going to work, it is not. and you cannot take the 70% of the people who disagree with you on an issue -- and the last i heard, 70% of the people have some problems with obama. once you start saying the 70% do not get it, give us the time of day over here. tavis: i was processing this as you said it. you were making comments about a comedian who would tell a joke that would go over the audience is head and pulling the audience, per for is a new. -- paraphrasing you. >> deep down, i think they knew there were not doing their job. tavis: i am not accusing you of ever thinking the audience were stupid, but some of that criticism was against you with monday night football. you were so over the head of those of us who watched football that we could not follow you. you did not think we were stupid, did you? >> i did a pretty good audition for don, who liked the idea of trying to recreate that. he gave me a little advice. in retrospect, i had two years i enjoyed. half the country headed my guts. at the beginning, prob

so the answer is in the problem with any transition is change is hard. you go through these periods where it is not working and it is not working out with the way you will do it is the successful politicians, advocates, activists who are going to be the people who create content that will give the impetus and political support for change. and global warming is a great example. we haven't built something on that that has been able to push us through and until we do we are not going to get anywhere. >> jonathan, let me ask you, being apolitical and let them marry while, and we have gone through the 2010 cycle, and as of four days ago we were in the 2012 cycle. do you see anything changing in terms of political media in the last two years or in the months ahead? >> i think it is definitely changing in the past couple of years. yeah and i think you have now political news captured basically real-time. the notion of watching the news at 6:30 at night or reading about it the next day a sort have gone. but, don't think that this is necessarily something that is

what we could agree on is that life is good. life is very, very good. tuesday, the turnout for american people, life is very good. on the abortion issue, which is a life issue that is very important to me, 30% said it was very important. more than 20 percent said they were pro life. the people will vote on tuesday were largely pro life. the pro-death people, which killed 52,000 babies. if we even chile are successful in killing all of -- if we are successful in killing all of the pro-death people there will only be pro-life people left to vote and that will be that. now, as far as tea baggers, it is insulting because the bag is something you throw away. obamacare, what is wrong with that is de stripped out conscience rights, the stripped out what bart's tupac wanted, and lippen steve -- stepped out what bart stupak wanted. but here is the good news -- like as good an america has become a pro-life nation. hallelujah, thing good. -- thank god. guest: well, life is good in america. that is certainly something to keep in mind. with many people having terrib

it is kind of like, what is spying, and what is not?host: chris, calling from jacksonville, florida. caller: thank you for taking my call. congressman hoekstra, i want to commend you for taking our calls. my point here is, why is it that we always seem to be reacting to the problems in government? if you look at the system, people call for medicare issues, and things like that. but there are a lot of things that need to be fixed in the system. these are the things that should be focused on, not reaction to when things happen. guest: he is exactly right. i came out of the business world. in the business world, you always want to be meeting. i work for a company that was a leader in its industry, from an innovative standpoint, and that was how we continue to be successful. when we started to react to the marketplace, we were not successful. the way the founding fathers designed the system, it is not to be leading edge. the need to get the majority of congress to approve it, and then the president signed off on it. historically, government

>>neil: and what is the spending? if that is right, but it is not. what is the spending? dollar you spend on unemployment benefits, you get back $1.65 dollars to the economy. it costs only $1 5 billion. we should find a way to pay for it but we are if desperate times and we need the benefits because the economy is not creating jobs. >>neil: assume you are right, you are not, but assume you are, that the jobless benefits are not worsening the benefit but it is improving, but the twist is getting worse and when we extend them, and i think we should do something to help those in hard times, but we have to find a way to pay for it because the magic that this is paying for itself and then some ain't panning out? >>guest: it is putting money back into the economy, back into the economy where people spend the dollars. people do not spend tax cuts that is the problem. >>neil: let business decide what they do. should businesses be the ones to see their taxes cut so they can hire the same folks? >>guest: billions have trillions on the books and they are not hiring people and they h

what is currently happening -- that is denser. i think it would have to be worked out, three-dimensional plan. it would be the approval for bayview hunters point. there is a continuity for developing a new neighborhood and connecting it back to the city. also physically, the day is important. one of the things that i have not seen in this work is the full integration with the effort currently undertaken by designing the candlestick point recreation area which i looked at a couple of weeks ago. i realize there is no common ground in using the same map or the beginning points. i strongly urge the department and the executive park designers to start having that dialogue and work with the same set of presumptions not only about where the park is, but also where mta is relative to the way and implementation of the line. and outstanding questions about what is now probably a venue that will develop candlestick park into something else that is not a 49ers stadium. having said that, i think there is support for this project. but a number

kathy bates is playing one. jimmy smits is planning one. they focus group test television shows, like they do with new car models. the companies that do that work are the same month that two mock jury trials. so your audience is also a jury pool. a defense lawyer are all the ones that you would imagine if you were describing gregory peck. someone with high integrity, someone who will do anything it takes to win. they do not have an expectation of what they need to look like. but those qualities seem to be universal. those have not changed. those are the same qualities they were looking for when perry mason was popular. old, traditional values. it seems to me if afl-cio can buy ad time on dodger games, i do not understand why public defenders cannot do the same thing. the last point i want to make, i served on the california judicial bench council on media. you may or may not know that newspapers are cutting back their coverage of court to all the time. the tradition of the journalistic way of getting your story out does not exist anymore. t

is that right? it is within the blue on this drawing? >> the original court was 6 by 14 and now it is 20 by 25. vice president goh: ok. thank you. >> can i make one comment? the sanborn maps -- commissioner garcia: i think your time is up unless someone wants to ask a question. >> i just wanted to say the sanborn maps are on file. president peterson: any questions for mr. sanchez at this point? vice president goh: i am looking for the sanborn maps. if mr. sanchez knows where they are in the brief, if he could tell me. >> i have one i can put up on the overhead. vice president goh: i was looking at that, and it looks as though the rear addition was a pop out, but the drawing the architect put up showed it going to the side property line. >> that is correct. what is currently there is the whole lot, and it extends past either wall of the neighboring properties. vice president goh: say that again? >> what we see in the plans here does show a setback from the side property line. what is currently there -- what was on the plans is a full two

that is why i think it is 2012.f you'll get most economic , state revenue really does not come back until 2013 or 2014. we've got a time of pretty sluggish revenue growth. then we are into 2015, 2016, and 2017, which if we get any revenue at all, we have got to use it to pay back everything we stole and borrow from the previous time frame. information management has not been of great. they have not done of dates on buildings and fleets and that type of things. -- updates on buildings and fleets and that type of thing. now the whole pension liability is around $1 trillion going forward. and that is not only that they did not put money in. a lot of states also barred from the trust funds. -- borrowed from the trust funds. when you add it together, you get a time of impact after the recession is over, and then the jobless recovery, and then trying to go back and meet the one that needs that you have not met before. unmet needs that you had not met before. then you have what you have taken from medicaid. that will be a

what is important for the country is that we bring this plan for word, that is credible, that it is accepted by people with whom we're dealing, acceptable to them, that we bring forward our budget and complete discussions. this country, in the last 10 years before this crisis, showed what it was capable of achieving in terms of growth rates. we overcame his or problems of under investment and underemployment in -- our own -- historic problems of under investment and under plummet in our own country. this crisis has hit the people part in many respects and people are trying to find direction and a weight forward, trying to plan for themselves and their families. it is a human issue for many people, a very human problem that is affecting many people. but we have to confront the problem and move on, and we have to be able to do that, and we can do that by having our democratic accountability as well, now and in the future. i don't want to get into that debate. that debate will be had with the campaign begins. today is about putting its best foot forward. here is what we need to do to put to rig

it is clear what is important. it is clear that it is important that we do this the best we can without impacting the budget. it is also really important for you to know that this is an opportunity for us to think differently about how kids do enroll. i would love to have the group consider what commissioner norton was describing. all we want to propose to schools is something that they can buy into. that is why we are talking about just those transitional grades. some schools are more ready than others to think bigger about this, and they will. and we have time between now and the end of the school year for those schools to be ready to think bigger. one of the things that is important to me is that we stop thinking about, like in the kindergarten example, one in each class. that is not good use of --, there would be something like clustering to consider, where you can do some co-teaching. there are many opportunities to put more inclusive practices in place by beginning this process. it is professional development

what is or is not authorized is a different statement. we have to be mindful. one thing i wanted to say about jeremy pose a question was, there are quite a few very good people in san francisco to go to if you want to legalize something that had been done without a permit in the past, or you want to get a permit for every model that was done or a bathroom that was added downstairs without a permit, and you feel like your uncle maybe was -- may have done it properly. oftentimes, it is no big deal. it is a good thing to do. there are many companies that specialize in doing just that. you can do that. it depends on your goal. if your goal is to sell the property or to avoid neighbor complete -- there could be two different goals with two different results, choices about how you go about taking care of the bathroom that you built in the basement without a permit, or you might do nothing. that may be ok, too. >> the question was focused related to value. >> ok. the hypothetical of a kitchen remodel, high-end to remodel that was done without the benefit of permit. wh

my expectation is that china is going to make progress on this issue. the president will be visiting me in washington in january, and our hope and expectation is that we will continue to see progress on this front. it means adjustment for china. we understand this is not solved overnight, but it needs to be dealt with and i am confident it can be. you know, i think what we will naturally see is a whole bunch of talented people rise to the top as they promote good ideas that attract the american people when it comes to jobs and investment and how to grow the economy and how to deal with our challenges. i think speaker pelosi has been an outstanding partner for me. i think harry reid has been a terrific partner in moving some very difficult legislation forward, and i am looking forward to working with the entire leadership team to continue to make progress on issues important to the american people. >> cheryl? >> thank you, mr. president. i'm hoping to get you in a little bit of a reflective mode. you spoke in your press conference in dc about your relati

so you see, this is not cruelty, and the other is cruelty. we think punishment is cruel. it doesn't matter how to kill. if it's executed by gas or executed by injection, by sword, it is cruel. now, what is the rationality of the punishment -- >> historically, you don't flog people to death anymore. you know, you regard that as cruel and unusual. you're saying it doesn't matter, that at the end of the day, if you inflict punishment, it's all the same? >> no, punishments are quite different. i want to say that cruelty is a notion which is not absolute. it could be cruelty in one society, in another, it is not cruel, as it is perceived in the other. >> let me ask you about democracy, because you say iran is a flourishing democracy, but not a liberal democracy. i want to see what you mean. because many of us look at iran and we see a country where there is a kind of facade of democracy, but you have a screening process, which effectively rules out any serious political opposition, because anyone who wishes to run who is not approved by the guardian council, cannot run for ele

there is no evidence that is true.we know that christian conservatives are an indispensable part of the republican electoral. the michael bloomberg constituency is a rounding error . somehow jesting the conservatives it would be electoral suicide. if you go around the country and look, fiscal conservatives means a lot of different things for different people. they tend to buy into those doctrines and vice versa. it turns out those people are completely useless when it comes to the economic issues. there are the numbers that the help the party. >> host: show in queens new york. go ahead with your question. >> caller: good morning, gentlemen. what you think the media says obama is biracial? >> host: what is the second question? >> caller: do you think obama disowned his mother? >> host: got the point. the issue of president obama as race, does it matter? >> guest: i think it matters, to be sure. i'm not sure it matters in the context of this caller. it is a great and wonderful fang . i personally probably would prefer it

because obama is commander-in-chief, this is his war.this is a scene in which lindsey graham, republican senator talks with obama about this and makes the point to the president that this is also the republicans war, not just the democrats war. a number of people have pointed out indeed that's true but it was republicans george bush started the war. unanimous, almost unanimous support from the congress. this issue of the draft is out there. i don't think we will get to a draft in the future, but i think one of the interesting things is, there's such a separation in the society, secretary gates gave a speech about this a couple of weeks ago, which i thought was quite good, that they're a group of people who serve and then all of us, they are our circus but we are really a where or committed to them at the level we should be committed. and i've asked people in the obama administration, what do we owe these people who serve? >> host: this viewer tweets mr. woodward, did you discuss iran at any time, iran and violent, and it is about iranian

that is bad but it is also an opportunity. the idea of blogging, the opportunity to step into this void in get your message out directly is incredibly important to your >> carol, what does blogging do for our public image? >> well, it may also get me fired -- [laughter] it is an easy way to publish. there are barriers to the press, but here is a little button that allows you to publish. if you can attract enough readers, you can get our message out. whether it is telling stories of public defenders in their everyday life, which i have done, but also use it to try to use it as an incentive to think about how we can think about the public defender's office differently. to change things, perhaps. it is still a new form of media, so we are just starting to develop some of the ideas on how we can use it. >> can you give us examples of how your blogging has affected the media's influence on the public's perception? tell us about your blog. >> the fact that i am here says something. i wanted to speak to public defenders. they were my

is here. the question is, will this latest round of g-20 leader toxic lead to any kind of a meaningful agreement? the memorial ceremony for the united nations troops who lost their lives here 60 years ago was a reminder of old, cold war divisions of the past, a stark contrast with the business of this summit, proposed to be all about overcoming divisions. the risk we face is that there is a wave of protectionism. countries that putting a trade barriers -- at start putting up trade barriers in using currencies as a weapon. that would be bad for britain and bad for the world, and i will fight it very hard. i will fight it very hard. >> among as the demonstrators gathered outside, there is concern the reality will be very different, this is a summit marked by squabbling and self- interest. it is not just the chinese that stand accused of manipulating their currencies, the americans are also in the dark for printing backed notes to weaken the dollar and boost their economy, of course, no one admit

this is the -- this is not the revised one.over the past three years, i have made a number of changes to the project to address the community concerns, other than 65 feet. this is in a tight zone. this is adjacent to the buildings and this is the one thing that i have held very firm on. there were concerns about setting a precedent. i will leave this for you. blocking the view from jackson street. i have said that this is not protected in the city. the building has been completely redesigned into a number of different forms with different color and texture, with multiple levity levels. and i have gone from 59 units, and now i am down to 38 units with the latest change. i have dropped all this below grade, and this has an eye scratched -- a nice garage. we have a lot of retail space on pacific avenue, and this is a great community oriented to small retail. we have seen a historic structure. they say that there is no shadow impact. i have gone ahead and made this. we see the revision at the sixth floor, to show the four will not

it may seem like it is longer but it is only because it is a close race. if it is not a close race?obody really cares. >> again, it could take a couple of days and by this is so we unique is for the first time it is a ranked choice for the first time. somebody back and forth because it has been such a close race. -so much back- and-forth-and a run off elimination and let me show you exactly how this works. here is a sample of a choice with the arrows, but three different columns for the candidates for mayors, listed. voters selector first, second, third candid it choices and the are tallied. a victory is declared, with 50-one and that there is no majority? the elimination process begins and that is how this works. step one = one is eliminated and the candidates with the fewest of the number one choice is are eliminated. boaset too, is that this vote will be transferred to their second choice. step three, a recount. step four, a deck door is required or a process begins, again. and step-for is a winner. and if not? this is will start again. >> our team coverage continues with oakland

the building permit is planning -- is with the planning department because it is not new for -- because it cannot move forward until this variances reviewed. the full scope of the development is something that would be able to be appealed that a future date. with regards to the variants that was applied for in 1989, granted in part in 1993, this is a completely new project. it was not contemplated in the 1993 variance decision. even if it was the same product, the law allows the application to be made again. iyou can, and more than one year later, and that is conceivably could get a different outcome in get a different decision -- and get a different decision. i think the appellant would tell you it is set in stone, they cannot do anything more to the site. that is not true, we have to review this on the merits of the project and move away from the previous variance decision letter. i think the private sponsor has addressed some of the unique considerations of the site, a top-loading a lot, the setback of the adjacent property that abuts to decide on the open space. there has been discu

this is the way it is.lso, everybody here is good things happening about them after they are dead. i have the opportunity to see this happen while i am still lives. i look at this award as an opportunity for me to find a place for my craft and keep the art program going. >> the director of the program address the crowd and ask for each member to consider donating funds to help save some of san francisco's most important neighborhood landmarks. >> as one of san francisco's living treasures, we respect you and, frankly, we are in off -- awe of your 50 years of tireless effort as an early art on from for north. >> i would like to be perhaps the first donation to our care and present you with a check to get the ball rolling. >> because i know that the arts commission is very sincere about this, i'm going to make a personal commitment of $10,000. [applause] >> what is significant about the program is the way it is set out allows us to treat the artworks that have the most need, the ones that our conservative hav

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is it actually useful in the way that it is set up? and is there any way for us to give feedback or get feedback? so what i am asking is a little deeper question than the general usefulness. >> i can certainly have someone answer your questions, but i think it is a good question. commissioner wynns: if we could just ask him. vice president mendoza: commissioner fewer? commissioner fewer: what kind of questions or the conversations right now. if that is ok with the chair. vice president mendoza: we will add this to our building and grounds agenda. any other questions for the board? superintended? seeing none, roll call, please. secretary: [reading roll] that is five ayes. vice president mendoza: thank you. item m is discussion of other educational issues. we have nine tonight. item -- we havwe none tonight. item n, we have nine tonight. roll call, please. secretary: [reading roll} thank you. vice president mendoza: item p is severed for speakers and immediate action. item w-7, commissioner norton or commissioner wynns? >> i was hoping t

certainly what the legislate is saying their priority is also.you know, there is a lot of uncertainty though around the state budget, and the policy question that you have to deal with and that the mayor has to deal with is how much can we afford to back fill when the state makes the cut. i think el probably agree with you that these families are some of the most needing of child care. what we are trying to do now is figure out where do we have open slots for kids? could we transition them into city-fund slots, and what might be sources of funding -- [inaudible] >> we will keep you updated on the progress of the conversations. >> that would be good. the impact to their lives would be great. supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i was wondering. are you referring to the full $3.5 million or to the $1.6 million? >> what i am aware of right now is the conversation is around $1.5 million. that is the part that the first five could be eligible to cover because it is only for kids who are between the ages of 0-5. what we are trying to

you know she is there where she is. what is your best advice to people starting to confront the fact that maybe grandma or great friand father needs help now. what do we do? >> get help y. have one other thing that is really crucial for me. that is that i was so in denial about how bad this was and i so much wanted her to come back to who she was. every day was so hard for me because she would be vague or she would be great. i was just in this roller coaster. when i found one of the particular caregivers that has a whole chapter to herself what she did is she fell in love with my mother as she is now and all of a sudden my mother was able to relax and no longer have to hold up this person. and i wastable relax. i am having -- her last chapter is as good for me as it is for her right now because i have accepted it. >> i wish we had more time talk about it. trust me when i tell you if you think is not going to hit your life chances are it is. there is also a website. >> and notes from the culinary wasteland is the blog si

that is a fact. here is another.'t narrow the gap between the rich and the poor by taxing the hell out of the rich and just giving it to the poor. look at the trillions we spent on the war on poverty. last time i checked, we got a lot of poverty. maybe it's time for washington to listen to, i don't know, washington. washington state. where voters a couple weeks ago shot down a proposition to impose the state first income tax on only the rich. yet far from rich voters, overwhelmingly rejected. you know why? because in that washington, they got and they get it. the problem isn't the rich. the problem is the politicians who constantly finger the rich to avoid anyone pointing the finger back at them. folks seem to admire the rich. i don't know about the politicians. now isn't that rich? and isn't this poll result rich? more than 2,500 of you responding so far to our du jour poll. should tax cut on the upper income be extended permanently, even if it means adding to the national deficit? 88% say yeah, extent

there is a rain is on the way. there is a large area to the north that is this afternoon pushing into mendocino county z by about 10:00 or 11:00, we'll see rain pushing into parts of the north bay. and it's going to be wet overnight and tomorrow. and into 40s inland now. milder than the 5:00 p.m. readings we've seen. and on we go to highlights. we can expect rain moving in and spreading south tonight. showers tomorrow, and snow levels by the way down to about 3,000 feet meaning there is a good chance of snow atop peaks. there is how things are shaping up on satellite and radar image. there is low pressure moving away now. there is a big cold air mass. and there is a our forecast animation at 7:00 this evening. by 10:00 tonight, maybe 11:00, we'll see rain pushing into parts of sonoma, napa and marin counties. so north way starts to get wet here. and there is some heavy rain. there is a little bit of a break, showers follow the front. some showers could be locally heavy around mid day or into afternoon hours tomorro

i think there is a sense it is a small subset of what is currently being sold. at a walgreen's in my district they ran out of clipper kurds within a few hours after it went on sale. i want to get a sense of how they are managing it. >> right now we have 88 vendors in san francisco. how we select those, first, we are trying to achieve geographic equity so that we have good distribution throughout the city. it is also important to know, we are helping people who really needed the service, including people with limited english proficiency. as well, in chinatown, we have 14 retailers offering clipper services. as i understand it, the top three sellers of the fastback are already benders and we are in the final stage of setting up. right now, the merchants in san francisco represents 75% of our retail. we think we are doing a good job because -- >> my main question is how this compares to buying a new the fast pass. it is significantly different. >> because our strategy, the retailer is just one of our tactics. you can get it online or you can go to the vending machi

it seems like this is an acceptable find of what is under the process and the question is, what happenswhen members here are involved. this seems like an interpretation question. >> a first, but i think today there was a originally emotion to consider nominations and potentially boat and appoint an interim mayor. the reason why that was premature is that we need to lay out a specific process by which we do this. it is my understanding that there are four authorities said could govern the process we are talking about. most importantly, the california political reform act is the body of state law that governs how we think about a number of issues and how nominations are made, complications that occurred when in nomination is made. the california political forma -- aligned this document is a very interactive way. i know in the draft, a number of those items are required by the california state law. others are required by the city charter as well as the board rules. i have zero perspective on what the process should be. that is a discussion that we have to have. if the board chooses to go a

he is going to stabilize where the senate is. the state houses democrats lost , the number of state house as republicans took over, and 10 or so governorships. the blue dog caucus in the house is cut in half today. there were around 56. now there are somewhere around 26 or 24. a huge shift. the blue dogs were such a force to be reckoned with in the last few years. hard to imagine the number is being cut back significantly. host: the anchorage daily news is reporting that right in favor murkowski and miller will quit. you know the status of that race? guest: i think they are probably sleeping right now. murkowski looks like she is ahead. they have not counted exactly all of the ballots. jim miller is behind. i think this is where people expected it to be the last few days. at least a murkowski will quokkas with republicans, she said that. it is just another fascinating twist. host: will she be welcomed back? guest: yes, by all accounts. she has not talked to the leaders, she says, shensi decided to run as a right in candidate but

there is no question governor romney is going to run.set up organizations all over the country and building a massive war chest because it will take about 150 million to defeat barack obama. mr. romney is a moderate conservative who would have to convince americans that is he a business guy that his expertise in the market place could turn the economy around. governor would most likely run as the ceo of america. the downside for romney is that he did pass state run health care in massachusetts and it hasn't turned out all that well. talking points believes the mormon issue isn't going to matter. romney is suspect among many conservative americans. palin is a champion for the many conservatives americans and seems to enjoy take the fight to president obama. america is obsessed with denigrating him. sarah palin would be the bold choice, mitt romney the safe choice. huckabee is a pop his who smooth style. despite a lack of money, the former arkansas governor is certainly a contender. newt gingrich is a wild card. a brilliant man but like sa

that is what they have to do. >> is your arm ok? ok. >> my name is carl. did the financial regulatory reform address too big to fail? >> are you referring to the bill recently passed by a congress? time will tell. i am a firm believer that too big to fail means you are too big period. the four largest financial institutions, and i am a representative, are larger than they were before the crisis. i do not believe having been a former banker that if you get to be a certain size and scope that you can follow the big bank or rule which is "and know your customer." that becomes quantitative analysis which i believe is where mistakes are made. personally, i would be in favor of breaking those institutions up and i have said so publicly. i do not think it is fair for them to be subsidized by the rates they are being paid on deposit money presently. when i say to break things up, that sends a shiver up people's spines. the work being done is to try to figure how they will conduct themselves according to different capital rules domestically and for the basel iii co

what is really important is he is five time world champion lumberjack. he runs and no one gives him the time of day. but he starts campaigning on national issues. do you know what happened to the guy who had been 1969 chairman of appropriations? he ended up retiring. just those four races show that we are going to win across this country. the thing i will tell you is republicans did not win the majority. democrats got fired for the same reason republicans got fired in 2008. we spent too much. stephen fisher told me he watched the country change before his eyes and was not going to sit and do nothing. that motivated people across the country. when you look at the freshman class, you have to go back to 1938 to find an election like this one. this is such an earth shattering. what is most odd to me is that the democratic party kept the same leadership that led them off the cliff for this election. those were just some of the recruitments. let me turn it over to paul to give some of the fiscal issues we are talking about. >> i do not think of myself as the m