joe johnson, corner three. nets up five. steph took over the quarter. the alley-oop. curry 16-28.warriors go on a 28-9 run. 3-11. green in double digits. 22 points, nine rebounds. seven assists. warriors remain perfect. 26 in a row dating back to last year. >> raider fans got to see a meaningful game with playoff hopes since december 2002. bonus against their afc west rivals the chiefs. in oakland. tied at seven. chiefs driving. stripped it from travis kelsey. carr cashes in. 25 yard strike to michael cabtree. carr, two touchdowns. 20-14. carr hit and throws. the interception goes 66 yards to the two-yard line. macklin scored shortly thereafter. next drive. carr picked off again by oakland native peters. returned the 58-yards to the oakland 13. macklin once again. six more. alex under 62 yards. carr finished with three interceptions in the fourth quarter alone this one by branch, the former raider. 38-yard pick six. >> it's hard to win this this league. we know how. but we obviously didn't do that today. i didn't do good enough job for my team. >> i played a lot of football in my

joe johnson seals it as he throws up a shot and gets the foul. johnson scored 15 in the fourth quarter. nets 110-105. they captured five of the last six at home. >>> on the college hardwood, rutgers beat central connecticut state 75-59. florida beat liu brooklyn 89-84 in overtime to improve to 7-1 on the season. and flyers went to a shootout in philly and kyle opose sew makes a move to put the isles on top. moments later, they seal the victory. the islanders win 4-3 in a shootout and taken five of the last six. >>> in toronto the devils and maple leafs led to a shootout. toronto a sensational move. new jersey falls 3-2. >>> in football news, the giants placed tight end larry donnell and zach on season-ending injury reserve. finally the golden state warriors cannot be stopped. they are now a perfect 23-0 after beating the pacers tonight. clay thompson now ten trifectas, eight in the first half. as the warriors win it 131-123. absolutely incredible. i'm sticking by my prediction i made last month. the warriors will be 28-0 before losing to cleveland

it all boiled over in the 4th quarter when joe johnson elbowed jose calderone in the face. he was called for a flagrant foul and ejected from the game. right now it seems nothing is going right for brooklyn as the team fell to 5-14 on the season. >> we reverted back to how we were earlier in the year. we just not helping each other on either end of the floor. we can't win like that. >>> major league baseball's hot stove is really revving up with another huge pitching domino falling last night as zach greinke reportedly left the chance to return to the dodgers for a six-year, $206 million big deal. >>> while another team missing out on the greinke sweepstakes moved on today, according to reports the giants have inked samardzija to a five-year deal. the right-hander is the third mean big, this week. >>> to the college hardwood where it was a tale of two teams this afternoon. rutgers continues to struggle this young season while seton hall is starting to click as they met in the garden state hardwood. carrington coming through the lane for the one handed flush. he finished wit

rockets, on joe johnson bobblehead. brook lopez leading the way with 24. spin move. gets the floater to go. the rockets would make it interesting but on his bobblehead night, johnson had 13 points in the fourth, 110-105 the nets sweep their season series against the rockets. >>> the islanders may have seen their win streak end in ottawa. islanders had led by two but in the third, it ties it to three. converting for the isles here, he does. 4-3 the isles prevail. >>> we have the devils visiting the game, all tied up. round 5, keep it going. nice moves but he is denied by garrett spark. the leafs get the win. >>> after four straight losses the rutgers men's basketball team was pretty desperate for a win. even if it had to come against a team that was winless heading in. scarlet knights, rutgers making a move, he led the way with 18 points. late in this one, bishop daniels the takeaway, back for the slam. he had 17. 75-59 rutgers, back in the win column and uconn facing no. 6, maryland in a late game. terps are pretty good. the triple, maryland up 22-8 early. sterling b

quarter and off the jared jack miss, willie reed and knocking down the triple. 90 seconds off the joe johnson miss. jack coming up with an offen ve boheard and pl er er latd -- and later in the possession, brooklyn had a x-po t road win over the heat. in college hoops. rutgers finished up the non-conferenceursdy .y hosting umass, and big freshman of the week, cory sanders helped the scarlet kni ts blow it open with a terrific drive. he had 20. and they lit it up for downtown. cruises to an 89-66 victory. >> you know where that was? >> on the banks o the old --

finish, 14-0, third quarter and brooklyn going on the run, thaddeus young gave two from the top, joe johnson three of his own. and finally win ellington is going to pull up for three of his own, and 2, first quarter, matt dillon to win 111-105, the nfl reportedly investigating peyton manning's use of performance enhancing drugs that can do anything unless a criminal investigation results from the allegation. the drug ring supplied him with a g h in 2011 when he had a cold, that was a time during the lock down. the report secret recordings of charlie sly, a former intern, the call but claims completely fabricated. the statements are false and incorrect. and on newsstands here. muscle and fitness. what is happening is this is the muscle and fitness article in the back of this month's issued, friends saw it in phoenix bandit is out on newsstands. ben: this was not retouched or air rushed. this is all do. use starve yourself for this for a couple months. you were ready to go out and have a beer and eat some carbohydrates after this. duke: believe it or not, you actually go out the night before s

. >>> i'm expecting -- >> a joe johnson bobblehead give away. >> i knew that is what you would say. >> i can't top it. >>> nets earn the first win of the season over the rockets in november but it will be a different houston team they see in brooklyn. they are looking for a fourth straight win and the nets lost two in a row. the knicks hosted the mavericks. the two had not met night. he is striving to be like dirk. the two battled each other all night. mavs won the game. >> it was a lesson for me. i have somebody to learn from now. i have been learning from him. so, it was fun playing against him. >> well now to the crazy nfc east. the giants get a way to try to figure out the three-game losing streak when they travel to face the dolphins. as for last night, big blue and its fans have no choice but to be cowboys fans. the extra support seemed to work. dallas and washington battling it out. had the redskins won they would have taken a lead over the giants. in the final minute, the two would tie with under a minute. that was plenty of time for dallas to move into field goal range. dan b

trailed by 18 in the fourth, did brooklyn, but they cut the lead to two on this tough shot from joe johnson. he had 15. all five nets starters in double digits scoring. in the final 90 seconds, chris paul hits the floater here, pushing the lead back to four. paul had 14 points, finding blake griffin. that'll do it. clippers up six. they hold on by five, dropping the nets 105-100. >>> well, last night the warriors needed double overtime to beat the celtics and move their record to a perfect 24-0. tonight, right back at it. taking on the bucs in milwaukee. and look, they weren't going to go 82-0. gregg medicine onroe scored. 108-95. 24 straight wins. that's the second longest win streak in nba history. steph curry can't believe it. >>> heisman trophy had three deserving candidates tonight, though i think a fourth should navy was prepared to chop in quarterback keenan reynolds into manhattan tonight. dress blues, deserving of at least a seat. really feels like a missed opportunity, doesn't it? hard to argue with the final vote here. derek henry, the heisman trophy winner. all he did was accoun

in the second half, third quarter, thaddeus young gets three to the top of the yard and joe johnson three of his own on top of the yard, miami waiting, he hits three. that puts brooklyn not two, their first lead since the first quarter and net still on to win 111-one 05, monday night football bengals visiting panthers, two seconds left from each game. and tied at 17. brandon mcmanit is, go to over time, 45 yards, they get a chance because of the overtime rules, ready for the snap, hoping broncos will lose their last two games just in case but remember their playoff destiny, they are in the playoffs. the magazine cover on newsstands, mosul and fitness, i am not on the cover if we had a picture. juliet: i saw that one. you are in it, several, shockingly -- i was going to say shockingly exposed pictures. ben: there is it is. ben: no airbrushing, no auto tunes. ben: six weeks ago you took his vote. duke: it would take me two weeks. juliet: he built that one. duke: has a great build a. especially dieting. diet is the ecb%. ben: you ate grilled chicken and spinach. duke: it was portion control.

joe johnson will drive into the basket, they take down the rockets 110-105, rangers back in action in vancouver taking on the canucks at last night the islanders were in philly taking on the flyers. first period no score. buries it, the first rule of the night, 1-0, this one tied at three. right there, and gained it done, 4-3, jersey devils, toronto maple leafs, in toronto 45 seconds in devils grab the early lead on the power play, the seventh goal of the year by the still tied to the issue out, not three, that is your game winner, maple leafs 3-2 over the devils. juliet: thank you very much. ben: back to the weather, getting some comments about your outfit. someone said you were casually dressed and we said didn't you notice the bionic arm. >> meteorologist: i kind of like it. it makes me rethink the wardrobe thing. juliet: i have a question for you. you do look -- >> meteorologist: i wish i had this for halloween. juliet: you are a home improvement show guy. him is that guy? that you were talking about, curly hair? one of our offense, one of our buddies drew him. guy's name? do you

joe johnson and dubs up at the half. the nets took the lead in the third.e quarter. curry had 16 of 28 in the third frame. back up seven. the bench won this game. they go on a 28-9 run. green also in double digits. 7 of 10 from the field warriors remain per ect if. 26 in a row dating back to last year. 114-98 victory. raider fans had high hopes today hosting kansas city. this was the first time since 2002 the silver and black played a meaningful game in december with playoff hopes on the line. the raid -- a raider fan from kansas city in oakland. woodson strips it and returns it to the kc territory. great throw and better catch. 283 yards passing and two td's. but he got sloppy in the fourth. the interception and he returned it 66 yards to the two yard line. macklin scored shortly thereafter. a 58-yard return. alex smith 1k3 macklin combine for six more. carr with three interceptions in the fourth quarter and only six picks coming in. this off the hands of cooper to branch. the former raider. 38-yard pick six. 362 return yards. the raiders fall to 5-7. the

joe johnson high arking shot that's going to go seal the deal there and attack down roberts 110-105 out in vancouver last flyers in first. no score -- buries it. 1-0, all right this one went to a shootout tie at 3. first up he lights lamp there. and 4-3. all right new jersey devils visited toronto, and remember he's now boss up in toronto. 45 seconds in. play. in regulation, game is tied, and overtime tied so we have shootout, right there skates in. and that's your game winning goal. win it 3-2. mike all right over there? >> he's got that arm issue but we'll get to that in a second. dropping thing and can't pick it up. arm won't work. cool looking ship. >> kind of? >> like a stealth ship. largest destroyer built for u.s. navy and headed it sea for first time this week. captain of the ship james kirk. >> and james kirk -- exactly not the same james kirk that commanded uss enterprise in star trek that was james t. kirk. we don't know name of this gentleman. but the u.s. made its voyage monday. ship is expected to get tweaks before sent to the navy next 4.4 billion dollars -- it cost. load

by 18 did brooklyn in the fourth quarter, but they cut the lead to two here on a tough look from joe johnson. gets it around the rim and in. he had 15. all five nets starters in double figures. in the final 90 seconds, chris paul hitting the floater. that pushes the lead back to four for the clips. paul had 15 points. one of his 14 assists here, finding blake griffin. that jumper ends it. clippers up six. they drop the nets 105-100. >>> week 14 in the nfl. the playoff picture is a mess. the 7-5 jets host the titans this afternoon. the giants are one of three 5-7 they visit the dolphins in miami monday night. >>> the heisman trophy had three deserving candidates, though neighbor a fourth should have been there. it's hard to argue with the final vote. alabama's derrick henry the heisman trophy winner. the running back accounted for 42% of bama's touchdowns this season. he carried the tide to number two in the country. he edged stanford's also deserving chris man mccaffery. >>> meanwhile, keenan reynolds led navy against army. he passed the all-time division itouchdown leader with 85. scored tw

joe johnson driving to the basket. hockey. rangers. back in action tonight. last time the islanders were in philly. first the two goals of the night. this one went to a shootout. his first. doubling off in toronto. the devils grabbed the early leave of a power-play. this one also went to a shootout. maple leaves when it. that is a look at sports. coming up on "good day new york." >> what do we have there, jim? hoboken. what is his name? sinatra. he would have been 100 this week. rosanna: a fashion show. all right. our breakfast hours are simple: always. our lunch and dinner hours: same. our value menu is prettttttttttttty simple, too. denny's. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...isn't it time to let the... ...real you shine... ...through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. pdon't take otezla if you are all

>> i'm going to play a song for joe johnson. it's his last day helping me with traffic.apparently leaking stuff about colin kaepernick to the press. >> no you didn't, sal. >> yes. actually he's been reassigned, not for that reason. here you go, jj. jj and i have been doing traffic together for 30 years. >> one of the best in the business. >> not 30, okay. 25. whatever it was. in the '90s. jj, he's in the back there. brother, thank you very much. he's actually just going down the hall. i'm not going to get all misty eyed for that guy. good morning, everybody. this is highway 24 and it's free like a bird, getting up to the tunnel. free like a bird. [ applause ] >> thank you. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. it is moving along very nicely here coming up through the toll plaza. no problems getting into san francisco. and the traffic is also doing very well. livermore to hayward on 580, all the way to castro valley and southbound 880. this is the ten minute version, so you can probably go away from me now. let's go to rosemary. >> can we play it underneath the weather f

johnson's attention. this detail matched what happened at joe sonnier's. >> well, nobody knew that. we hadn't released that information. >> that -- that's huge. that's huge. he'd also used a gatorade bottle as a silencing device on the gun. well, once again, we hadn't released that information either. >> reporter: the guy's name was dave shepard. and that rang a bell. police remembered that when they interviewed dr. mike dixon. he said he knew a guy named daeeve shepard -- in fact dave had come by dixon's house the night of the murder. detectives learned the two were best buddies and business partners. >> i don't know why they're friends. i don't know how they met, but they are just good friends. >> okay. did he -- did he go into any other details about his contact with mike? how did -- why did he do this? >> paul reynolds said dave might have said something about a triangle, possibly a love triangle. >> but something happened between these two that made dave think that he needed to avenge mike. but he was going to pay m to do. okay. >> yeah. >> reporter: police now put aside any su

vice president joe biden, john kerry, secretary jeh johnson, loretta lynch, denis mcdonough, ben rhodes. andrea: the man is changed benghazi talking point deliberately to make sure it didn't look like our consulate was attacked under president's watch right before an election. so glad he will be attending. what will he do this time? they will come out and spin, take steps to defeat isis and iran deal is good? you can't believe a word that they say. this is classic political pr before holiday season, goes to hawaii, puts on the mom jeans. here it comes, everyone. just warning you. harris: details you gave, sandra, point to the fact this is almost a do-over again. some of those people were just gather ad few days ago before we got the update. curious to know how the president now, closer as we move to the time people will be traveling for this christmas holiday season in droves, how he is going to reassure everybody. we're watching for that out of corner of our eye. when it happens we'll bring it to you live. this is going on capitol hill. a hearing to find out how many of the san bernard

is this go johnson special back there. please, joe. joe.ou can stick around another week, joe, nice job. >>> we do have -- i know that. we do have a lot of cloud cover and some rain trying up. it is in -- it is making. it's trying. it looks pretty high-based. pretty thin stuff south towards sanoma county u. the possibility of some very light stuff here in the morning. or all, a lot of cloud cover. thirtys. a couple. but on this panel, it's 40s and 50s. overall, cloud cover will make for a mild day. cloudy to the north. our system will be here tomorrow as rain. but straight leg raising mild to the south. mid 60s down to san jose. all right. sal, 6:30. what do you have for us, sir? >> we don't have a lot going on when it comes to accidents. we do have some slow traffic trying to get to your destination. we're going to start with a look at the bay bridge trying to get to san francisco. this is a 20 to 25-minute delay. we have been looking at the east bay commute and the traffic is going to be slow. in livermore an earlier accident. sixty consc

joe biden and his wife went for bruce springsteen's "santa claus is coming to town." >>> i'm social media editor, britney johnson. if you are looking for an even wider variety of christmas music, head to our play list. all you have to do is search christmas play list in our app and share your holiday photos with us as well using the hashtag, nbc 4 holiday. i hope you7x all have a very my christmas. >>> it doesn't feel like christmas eve at all. q 60s to around 70 degrees now. we are going to whoever around the l the lower 70s. much of the rain will taper off after 4:00, 5:00. dry and mild. heavy rain here south of fredericksburg along i-95. headed for southern maryland and thunderstorms here near smith island. that's headed out on the lower parts of the eastern shore. there is more where that came from. if you are traveling today or live down towards fredericksburg, be on the lookout. so, shopping today, rainy, warm, temperatures in the 70s. returning on saturday. maybe a few more showers. still, no cold air in sight. >> chuck mentioned that it doesn't feel like christmas eve. heck, it barely feels like footbal

joe." >> republican leaders from former vice president dick cheney, to house speaker paul ryan, renounced trump's proposal. homeland security secretary jeh johnson told nbc's andrea mitchell trump's remarks are in his words irresponsible and un-american and johnson said they have the potential to hurt national security. a new national poll from "u sar usa today" and suffolk university finds trump leading the gop race ten points ahead of ted cruz. >>> virginia's governor wants to pump $50 million into dulles international airport. terry mcauliffe is hoping the money will bring more air travel business to northern virginia. dulles has seen a steady decline in passengers taking domestic flights. the $50 million would be included in the budget mcauliffe is presenting to state lawmakers next week. >>> this is chris gordon in baltimore as prosecutors rested their case today in the trial of police officer william porter charged in the death of freddie gray during a police van transport last april. today, prosecutors wrapped up their case with witnesses who testified that freddie gray's blood was found on the bench, seat belt and on the wall of the van.

republican congressman sam johnson, walter jones, joe pitts, dana rohrabacher, jim sensenbrenner, pete sessions and myself and democrats john conyers, bobby scott and maxine waters. this turned out to be one of the most popular votes i ever cast, especially with teachers. i have spoken well over 1,000 times in schools through the years and i voted against the bill in 2001 because i felt the teachers, principals and parents in east tennessee had enough common sense and intelligence to run their own schools and classrooms and didn't need washington bureaucrats telling them what to do the no child left behind law was a great overreaction to failed schools in some of our nation's biggest cities and it needs to be replaced. today i rise in support of the every student succeeds act so we can leave behind the no child left behind law. "the wall street journal" -- as a previous speaker mentioned, "the wall street journal" published an editorial calling this new bill, quote a bipartisan compromise that would be, quote, the largest devolution of federal control in a quarter severagethrism paper

johnson in for emily chang. you are watching "bloomberg west." mayorlgian capital's consulting the government officials. the country was home 24 people involved in last month's terror attacks which killed 130 people. biden willent joeident and prime minister. the obama administration pressing turkey to do more to tighten its border with syria. the white house has confirmed that president obama will travel to germany to meet with president angela merkel. he will become the first sitting to attend thedent world's largest industrial trade show. comedian will cause be is charged with indecent assault. prosecutors accuse him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home. consensual.as these are the first criminal counts against bill cosby.

morning joe" this morning, donald trump lied as he's done many times about french police and british police being afraid to patrol in muslim neighborhoods in paris and london. london mayor boris johnsonponded by saying, donald trump's ill informed comments are complete and utter nonsense. crime has been falling steadily, both in london and new york, and the only reason i wouldn't go to some parts of new york is the real risk of meeting donald trump. joining us now, the pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the new york times." we're getting a world reaction. >> there's a wave -- >> to a candidate in a primary field. not a nominee. it's a primary field. we've really never seen anything like this. british prime minister jumping in, mayor of london jumping in. >> it's astonishing how this has kicked off a wave of revulsion all over the world. the british prime minister, the fraench prime minister tweeted about this. in israel there were comments about how this was reminiscent of the beginnings of the third reich. the british telegraph had a conservative stayed newspaper had a quiz asking people, who said this, donald trump or hitler. and when "the telegraph" is doing that. j.k.rowling r

joe mills, one of the attorneys for the rice family. when we come back, we go to connecticut. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "is it because i'm black," by syl johnsonis is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a connecticut newspaper reporter has resigned after alleging gross misconduct by ownership on behalf of billionaire republican donor sheldon adelson. steve collins has worked at "bristol press" for more than two decades but i'm christmas eve he announced he is stepping down after was revealed the paper's owner, michael schroeder, ran a plagiarized article under a fake name to criticized a nevada judge who had challenged adelson's business dealings. schroeder is the manager of news and media capital group llc, a shell, do that recently bought a different paper, the "las vegas review journal." -- e collins said collins is the second journalist to resign over adelson's media dealings in recent weeks. the top editor of "las vegas review journal" step down days after the paper published an article in turkey critical of its new owners. for more we're joined by steve collins, the no former reporter for "bristol

joe johns, thank you so much. >>> on the heels of obama's address on terror, the department of homeland security secretary jeh johnsont his department will unveil a new national alert system to reflect the, quote, new phase of the terror threat. johnson said the system will reflect the current reality of when not having a specific credible piece of intelligence specifying a plot isn't the end of the story. joining me now to discuss, cnn military analyst lieutenant general mark hertling and cnn's peter bergen. why have this terror system that we've had in the past, right? >> you've seen several levels amongst american citizens about the terrorist threat between san bernardino and paris and the taking down of the russian metrojet airliner. it's the most lethal attack on u.s. since 9/11, and most lethal attack in paris and most lethal attack on aviation. so the government is trying to assure americans it's doing everything it can. sometimes the threat environment, you don't have particularly, you know, streams of intelligence that points to something, but you do want to say something to the public about needing to take,

mika and joe asked donald trump to lay out his plan to engage muslims in the fight against isis. but first, what homeland security secretary jeh johnsonhad to say to andrea mitchell over an hour ago about the countereffect trump is actually having on that front. >> i was at the mosque in northern virginia with people who, for the most part, american citizens. i said, we cannot vilify muslims, as your lead-in repeated. i also said to the muslim community, now i have an ask of you, if you see something, say something. mr. trump's proposal is a setback that takes us backward in the opposite direction. this is brad. his day of coaching begins with knee pain, when... hey brad, wanna trade the all day relief of two aleve for six tylenol? what's the catch? there's no catch. you want me to give up my two aleve for six tylenol? no. for my knee pain, nothing beats my aleve. i accept i'm not the rower i used to be.. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but i won't accept is getting out there with less than my best. so if i can go for something better than war

johnson from pob. i have written letters and i know you have a very astute excellent letter written to wow by mr. joe asaro who is here but because he was going be in court he asked me to give testimony to his letter. i don't know if you don't have copies of the letter i have extra ones here and happy to see they are distributed. joe pointed out and gave the best outline about the history, the charter and history of fairness given to all retireees at any given time and there are many points mentioned in joes letter in the history of it, but it in the conclusion which is on page 4 if you have that letter, it is very clear the city in the attempt to direct the retirement board to allow the fully funded requirement to be apply today the pre-1996 retireees are overstepping their boundaries by [inaudible] retirement board in order to satisfy private interest of the city. not only are they in violation of the charter, but the california state constitution as well, article 16, section 17 of the california state constitution states the retirement board and not the city has the sole and exclusive fiduciary re

johnson from pob. i have written letters and i know you have a very astute excellent letter written to wow by mr. joe asaro who is here but because he was going be in court he asked me to give testimony to his letter. i don't know if you don't have copies of the letter i have extra ones here and happy to see they are distributed. joe pointed out and gave the best outline about the history, the charter and history of fairness given to all retireees at any given time and there are many points mentioned in joes letter in the history of it, but it in the conclusion which is on page 4 if you have that letter, it is very clear the city in the attempt to direct the retirement board to allow the fully funded requirement to be apply today the pre-1996 retireees are overstepping their boundaries by [inaudible] retirement board in order to satisfy private interest of the city. not only are they in violation of the charter, but the california state constitution as well, article 16, section 17 of the california state constitution states the retirement board and not the city has the sole and exclusive fiduciary re

johnson: the car companies know this. different kind of notion how the economy works. when matt was talking to mark shields, they were talking about going into the business. joenyplace else it's a day's cap. we don't get to see that here. >> cap fair here is taken for granted. in san francisco, you can't find cabs. cooper is a godsend. i am taking a flight tonight. i am getting there very early in the morning and you won't find a cab. johnson: they are not the buy it and keep it types. the household formation of us have been very low. the number of people buying houses and starting a family, people are pushing that off and that's part of the issue. stephanie: they are backed with student debt. they are in start up environments with are not making billion comes good they don't have the money to buy things. >> i think that could be true for high-end items. year, it'sotography good for most occasions did you can rent it. you don't need to buy a $2000 camera for five days out of the year. is we havepart of it seen the pattern where even if they had the money, they would rather's it on a pair or a flight to an ecstatic -- exotic place. they would rather have insta

johnson from pob. i have written letters and i know you have a very astute excellent letter written to wow by mr. joe asaro who is here but because he was going be in court he asked me to give testimony to his letter. i don't know if you don't have copies of the letter i have extra ones here and happy to see they are distributed. joe pointed out and gave the best outline about the history, the charter and history of fairness given to all retireees at any given time and there are many points mentioned in joes letter in the history of it, but it in the conclusion which is on page 4 if you have that letter, it is very clear the city in the attempt to direct the retirement board to allow the fully funded requirement to be apply today the pre-1996 retireees are overstepping their boundaries by [inaudible] retirement board in order to satisfy private interest of the city. not only are they in violation of the charter, but the california state constitution as well, article 16, section 17 of the california state constitution states the retirement board and not the city has the sole and exclusive fiduciary re