thank you. >> next speaker, if you're ready. >>> commissioners, i'm john goldman, principal of goldman architects, the architect of this project. i'm here just to note that the drawings that you see in front of you represent a project that's now complete. originally there was going to be a fellowship hall down where the school is going in. so, i'm here just to say how well this new use works in the building because the fellowship hawes has a series of french doors providing direct access to the courtyard. the place is flooded with daylight. ~ all the kids and parents who visited enjoyed the space. i think it's a really good use of the church. as chris pointed out, the space is under used during the week and this creates an opportunity for the parents in the neighborhood, which is greatly under served by this -- by pre-schools, which i'm sure kathleen will speak to. so, i'm here just to say that the architecture supports the use as well. if you have any questions about the plans, i certainly can answer them. >> thank you. >>> hi, my name is kathleen muldevan. i'm the owner and founder o

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the lunch is at john goldman's home. the more intimate one is at a venture capitalists home in the valley. >>> it may be too early to talk about the 2016 race. in washington, d.c., they wrapped things up with a 2016 presidential straw poll. the winner is kentucky senator rand paul. 25% of the vote for him followed by marco rubio. it's a reflection of a party trying to reengineer itself with voters. sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich echoed that. >> we are not here to rebrand the party. we are here to rebuild a country. >> the republican establishment is just plain wrong about how it approaches politics. >> donald trump, jeb bush, mitt romney and paul ryan spoke at the conference. it was just as striking who wasn't there, new jersey governor, christien kaft christt invited. >>> journalists have been in roam during the process of picking a pope. today, the pope held his first press conference and done something no other pope has done in recent history. he cracked a couple jokes. jay gray has more from rome.

scheduled to attend two democratic fund-raisers in atherton the following day, a lunch at the home of john goldman, part of the levi strauss family, and a brunch. >>> two employees at the popular music venue ash kens that have been upgraded to stable condition after being shot during a robbery. the music and dance center is near the corner of san pablo avenue and gillman street in berkeley. investigators say two men came in about midnight and demanded cash. two employees were shot. an employee said ashkenaz may have been targeted because of an increase in events to celebrate the nonprofit's 40th anniversary. >> as maybe more people have been coming into the space, they see the money. and we're pretty casual here because we're community-run. we don't -- no one feels a sense of needing to police anybody too much. maybe people who come, they just see there's a lot of people and they just think it's a club like any other mace. >> one suspect is behind bars, the other has not been caught. >>> more than 300 weapons are off the streets tonight. >> after a gun buy-back event in fremont today, and it didn'

. >>> supervisors, i'm john goldman of goldman architects, and i am here to speak about 340 11th street which is the only project in western soma which is grandfathered in by the planning commission that needed to be grandfathered in as a pipeline project. it was proposed to be housing above commercial for the block of 11th between folsom and harrison. we had a very illuminating meeting at supervisor kim's office with members of the nighttime entertainment industry. we learned much more about their concerns. i have been meeting with my client for the past couple weeks since the meeting and with encouragement on my part convincing them there is a need for office on that block of 11th. they have now decided to change the housing use to office. and, so, i just wanted to let you know this. you know that we are behind your proposed amendment which actually eliminates the ground traffic clause. the wmuo zoning for that block of 11th being the only wmuo zoning near that western part of the western soma plan. actually, i think works to my client's advantage and they're going to be looking forwa

his last fundraising event will be a lunch at the home of marcia and john goldman, which will cost $1,000st tickets. obama last visited the bay area in october. the mars rover curiosity is in action again after being sidelined by back-to-back computer problems. the six-wheel rover fired up its onboard laboratories and analyzed a sample of rock dust over the weekend. it had been unable to perform science experiments since late last month after experiencing a computer memory problem. mission managers say curiosity will work for a week before it takes another break. in sports. tiger woods is the world's number one golfer again after completing another victory at bay hill. woods captured the weather- delayed arnold palmer invitational. closing with a two under 70 for a 13- under total. this marks woods' eighth victory at bay hill. including a u-s open. the victory puts him back at the top of the world rankings for the first time since 2010. up next is the masters in two weeks. may be his new girlfriend is giving him some good luck. coming up on the kron four morning news. we continue coming u

dinner on april 4th, they move to a $32,000 a plate brunch and then a luncheon at the home of john goldmanompared to the others tickets there are just $1,000 per person. >>> in cypress residents, protested a plan this could drain their bank accounts under the plan the government could seize 10% of savings accounts banks have been closed but there has been a run on atm machines. >>> jerusalem, preparations under way for president obama's visit his first to israel he is scheduled to leave tomorrow. while the signs are out in israel that is not the case in palestinian territory. protestors tore down a billboard with the president's picture. he is expected to meet with israeli and palestinian leaders but not offer a grand peace plan. >>> in canada police arrested four people wanted in a daring daylight escape from a prison outside montreal yesterday. two men hijacked a helicopter and forced the pilot to fly over a prison where they dropped down a rope. two inmates climbed onboard. three suspects were captured and another arrested nearby. >>> incredible stunt captured on camera. why they decide

dinner on april 4th, they move to a $32,000 a plate brunch and then a luncheon at the home of john goldmanhat event is a bargain compared to the others tickets there are just $1,000 per person. >>> in cypress residents, protested a plan this could drain their bank accounts under the plan the government could seize 10% of savings accounts banks have been closed but there has been a run on atm machines. >>> jerusalem, preparations under way for president obama's visit his first to israel he is scheduled to leave tomorrow. while the signs are out in israel that is not the case in palestinian territory. protestors tore down a billboard with the president's picture. he is expected to meet with israeli and palestinian leaders but not offer a grand peace plan. >>> in canada police arrested four people wanted in a daring daylight escape from a prison outside montreal yesterday. two men hijacked a helicopter and forced the pilot to fly over a prison where they dropped down a rope. two inmates climbed onboard. three suspects were captured and another arrested nearby. >>> incredible stunt captured on

goldman, for example they've had members of both political parties. johne democrat, and. >> john: the paragons. >> yes i think they split the difference but they probably skew republican. >> john: still? i think the democrats will just have to try to beg for campaign cash even harder from the wall street criminals. kevin roose business writer. i'm glad they're doing well, but i wish they would not have had to layoff a lot of people and take our money to do it. coming up, we have a real democrat, a real republican, and a real me. that's next. break the ice with breath-freshening cooling crystals. ice breakers. >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint"." today senator rand paul got his jefferson smith on and did a real actual filibuster. it was amazing to watch. on facebook michael dillon brennan wrote, i don't like him and most of the time, he's he's a tool. he has a point. i totally agree. michael, rand paul certainly has a point. and he certainly can be a tool. but when you want to fix things, sometimes, my friend, it takes a tool. if you have a comment for th

goldman raising the target. will the rest of wall street follow and up theirs as well. the march of the banks. much, much more on today's power rundown. >>> power run down with bob pisani, johnney. let's talk about goldman sachs. raising the year end s&p target to 1675. that's 100 points higher. like the annual march of the penguins now, folks, will other wall street banks start to follow goldman's lead and take it right off the cliff? what do you say, john? >> i think absolutely. we're in a situation where the economy is improving. earnings are going to do better than people pecked. remember shs we had a lot of negativity about what was going to happen this year. we're in a situation where if the economy doesn't do better than we get more qe. if it does improve, then the economy sim proves. earnings are better. everything goes up no matter what. >> bob, goldman is not the only one who has done it. other analyst, independents and others have done the same thing. >> key thing is gdp numbers were raised. retail sales numbers were better than expected. i think john's right. they'll do that with s&p numbers, although i haven't seen a lot. the only other one is isi. they had 1668

because we've crashed the economy he told me in no uncertain terms john paulson has run manager pop and grayle lloyd blankfein of goldman sachs admittedly cooked the books in greece to crash that economy they made bets against the economy ensuring that it would crash now the private equity vultures are there to pick up the assets for pennies on the dollar it was a leveraged buyout of a country the greek people are now lost or sovereignty and they're now essentially debt slaves to hank paulson his buddies and these private equity firms that are now picking up the pieces for pennies on the dollar again typical mobster behavior totally condoned by the i.m.f. e.c.b. and these other global organizations. unbelievable and max i can't have the max kaiser in the studio without talking scandal i mean you just said as this article talk about the latest person and located and this phone hacking scandal and london oh this is great because tina waiver who was a former editor of the sunday mirror told me in two thousand and three that she and piers morgan were using phone hacking to extort stories from people and there's a collusion

john whitehead, a very much former co-chairman of goldman sachs, former deputy secretary of state said this is the amazing story of how hank greenberg, considered to be one of the best c.e.o.s of his era built a company that rose from $300 million to $180 billion and sadly lost it due to a series of politically motivated charges that's from john whitehead, who had problems with mr. spitzer as well. he's one of the major figure in 20th century american business and a man of strong principals who never waivered. this shows his thoughtful views on the uphefl of his era the anor mentioned maria bart romo, the a.i.g. story is a tale of hank greenberg at the centerer of international business for decades, built a global powerhouse not without controversy and conflict is must reading for anyone in business. you wouldn't disagree with that, would you? >> nope. so what do r you proudest of in your life? is it building this company to where it was? beyond family? >> rose: obviously that's part of it. we've changed the insurance industry in that period of time and we opened markets throughout the

a member of the banks and wall street goldman sachs you know they paid some debt to elaborate to get into the euro and then made bets against greece later then john paulson made bets against greece a hedge fund manager later isn't a financial warfare and shouldn't there be some a way for a country like greece to seek recourse in the case that they've been attacked in this way your thoughts the things back their mobile parties are such just two sides you know the good guys and the bad guys so to speak i don't think germany wants to destroy greece germany wants to help greece but they're doing in a very you know a hard way they're yet let me just cut it because you know they're buying these assets now for pennies on the dollar race the private equity funds i was there when steve forbes was down there shopping for for assets you know during their when the tear gas was flying in the international chamber of commerce so how much my question is isn't there a bit of a controlled demolition aspect to the way greece spell group. that max but i would lay out all of germany's feet because number john paulson and john course are going to blow up on others yo

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opening up for public comment, timothy thin, steve griffin, john goldman, kathleen mull duffin, and kathrin nemeth. >>> hello, thank you for letting me speak. my name is tim thin. i've lived down the street from the church for 25 years. they've been an excellent neighbor and did a good job of reaching out to the neighborhood on their previous project. i have consulted with a number of neighbors who could not be here tonight. their main concern is actually the traffic situation. the change of child care facility from 15 to 45 kids is tripling the capacity of that facy. there is no parking, there is no loading zone. and, you know, it's changing the church from a church to a day care center to a school. and as i understand there is no staff to manage the drop-offs and pick ups. the neighbors have concerns.