i hope in the planning and implementation of this, john haley and the operations group will continueto provide service elsewhere in town because this clearly will not be the only event happening. one of the reasons i have not been involved in planning here is there is capable and competent staff from mta and other city departments and planning. thank you. chairman nolan: anyone else here? just the board. this is informational today. >> this item will be coming back in february 7. chairman nolan: this will be the ceqa report. thank you very much. >> it would be appropriate as you move into closed session whether to do so. chairman nolan: any further discussion? we're in closed session. thank you. >> 10 minutes. >> public comment on closed session. >> once again i note that one of the closed session matters involves an employee in a settlement. i would hope that the board in closed session would be asking careful questions about the hr policies and practices and management and supervisory training as to avoid such settlements for employees. this is the fourth settlement that i am aware

for that i just want to play briefly what governor haley barbour told john king about forgiveness. >>ardon in the state is to give people a second chance who have repented, been rehabilitated themselves. i'm comfortable that every one of them have repented, redeemed themselves and deserve a second chance. >> do you believe in that concept, that someone who commits a horrific crime may be rehabilitated and may deserve a second chance? >> you know, i'm not contesting the wisdom of grantding to whomever. our issue is whether north the constitution was followed. you know, in our two previous constitutions since mississippi became a state, the government had full authority to grand pardons. apparently they abused that authority. so the people took it back. they put in a reservation that required that no governor shall issue a pardon until it has been published in the local newspaper where the crime occurred for a period of 30 days. and apparently all but 22 of the 203par dons that governor barbour granted did not properly publish. in fact, 56 of them didn't publish anything. so we're sayin

for that i just want to play briefly what governor haley barbour told john king about forgiveness. >>f pardon in the state is to give people a second chance who have repented, been rehabilitated and redeemed themselves. i'm comfortable that every one who were mansion inmates were rehabilitated and have redeemed themselves, and they deserve a second chance. >> do you believe in that concept, that someone who commits a horrific crime may be rehabilitated and may deserve a second chance? >> you know, i'm not contesting the wisdom of granting to whomever. our issue is whether or not the constitution was followed. you know, in our two previous constitutions since mississippi became a state, the government had full authority to grant pardons. apparently they abused that authority. so the people took it back. they put in a reservation that required that no governor shall issue a pardon until it has been published in the local newspaper where the crime occurred for a period of 30 days. and apparently all but 22 of the 203 pardons that governor barbour granted did not properly publish. in fact

on john king usa program here's what haley barbour said. >> the power of pardons is to give people aave repented, rehabilitated and redeemed themselves. >> they say that is not the case with har ary bostick who was arrested for driving under the influence last fall. it was his fourth dui. investigators say he was drunk when his truck slammed in to charity smith's car. she was killed in the crash. she was just 18 years old. still being investigated but he was drunk. bostick was in jail after the accident when the governor signed his pardon on a previous dui. we talked to charity's mom last week and she said she never heard from governor barbour and never got an apology. an open invitation stands for the governor to come on this program. just as we have been offering for the last couple of weeks. we are joined right now by ed. you were able to get a glimpse this to how the case will be argued tomorrow. how dud does the governor's side plan to defend its decisions. >> reporter: there's two main points that stick out from the brief that was filed in the supreme court here in mississippi

got the support of nikki haley, lost south carolina. has the support of john mccain, isn't really making much of a play for arizona. he also has the backing of chris christie and donald trump. how much do endorsements matter for mitt romney? >> well, the way you put it, not much. >> well, i would -- >> i think they do matter. look, a lot of people overhype what endorsements really are all about. i mean, in fact, they don't even go to what they're really all about. they're really about organization and structure on the ground, maybe some money, that may come in, that the flow in. but this is really about how you get that individual, particularly somebody who's the governor of a state or who has a very important network of activists, that they can tap into. that's really what those endorsements serve. now, from the media standpoint, it's great pr, good stuff for us to sit and talk about and to make the comparison, well, they endorsed you and you lost their state. and there's a real question, the governor of michigan is coming out today and is going to say nice t

>> amazing someone as seasoned a politician as haley barbour is has not talked about this issue very much. he was on john, but we had plenty of experts who say that the idea of so-called crimes of passion mean you're not going to ghit other crimes is just not true. and calling these crimes of passion, some were premeditated, well thought out killings. >> the interviews he gave early on was before you really got a chance to unravel. there's 200 pardons, a lot to get through. it's taken a while to unravel all this. all the interviews he's done, he's done early on, glossed over big picture ideas as to what he was thinking. there are much more specific questions we have at this point and obviously, you see the way he's reacting to them. >> we talked to a number of family members and you talked to victims' family members, who want answers. what do you think they want to hear? what do you think they want to ask the governor? >> they want to sit across the table from him and even if it's an answer they don't agree with, every one we've spoken to, we want him to look us in the eyes and tell us why he did this. i

haley in south carolina and others have. so they're clearly working on this issue. >> thank you, john.hanks for our politico briefing today. always good to see you. >>> and coming up next, violence in afghanistan, iraq, and syria. former u.s. ambassador to nato, nicholas burns. plus, former congresswoman jane harman from the wilson center. >>> topping the headlines right now on "andrea mitchell reports," seven u.s. marines were killed overnight when their helicopters collided during a nighttime training mission over the california desert. it's not clear yet what caused the accident, which ocurd over the border. as anti-american protests spread, a pair of u.s. soldiers were shot and killed today. multiple reports blame a man wearing an afghan army uniform for firing the fatal shots. it's not clear whether he was an actual soldier, a trainee, or perhaps a taliban insurgent in disguise. at least 11 people have died in demonstrations after it was discovered that copies of the koran were burned at a u.s. base in bagram. president obama sent a letter to president karzai apologizing for the i

haley's endorsement and went winless in minnesota, colorado, and missouri after the most recent republican governors in those states gave him their respective blessings. but enough with the real news. i guess johnnew of new hampshire. he endorsed romney. he won new hampshire but that's a no brainer. let's gather around the water cooler to show how the president is showing off his lungs again giving an encore. ♪ i am so in love with you >>> he's got a pretty good voice. last night the white house hosted a blues concert. the iconic rolling stone front man mick jagger, 50 years in the business, by the way, perform, "i can't turn you loose." buddy guy challenged president obama to sing "sweet home chicago." oo come on. >> i heard you sing al green. you started something. >> you can do it. >> come on. whoo! ♪ baby, don't you wanna go ♪ come on, baby don't you wanna go ♪ ♪ same old place, sweet home chicago ♪ >> not bad. it's been just over a week since she swept the grammys, and after last night's brit ceremony adele had a few more awards to take home. last night she was honored with the coveted album of the year, but before she could finish her acceptance speech her time was up and here's what happ

haley's comet. we've had a lot of great representatives in the senate including john kyl, john mccain, barry goldwater, and they have all served distinguished careers. host: you are well known in congress to be against earmarks. i want to get a response to an article in "the los angeles times." host: how do you square that with the guy you are supporting? guest: every state has a lobbying effort in washington, whether it is through congressional representatives or a regular office setup by the government, private industry, or whatever else. the question is, are you looking for earmarks, which by definition circumvent the normal process for doling out federal funds, or are you looking, like arizona, for a greater share, a more appropriate share of transportation funds? we are a donor state. we give a lot more in the gas tax then we get back, but arizona is getting -- arizona seeking to get a greater share is not arizona seeking to get earmarks. up best president, but this is my problem with the republican party as i see it right now you have a tendency to overreach. i'm trying to understand, i agree wi

haley barbour. he is expected to the stage in about 15 minutes. 1:00 eastern time. let you know earlier we heard from ohio senator robb portman and colorado governor john hickenlooper and the mayor of louisville, kentucky talking about local and state action to improve manufacturing. we also heard from the heads of several corporations including dow and boeing. and you can find all of those discussions and sessions online. just go to the c-span video library. a little bit of news today. a number of budget proposals for 2013 coming out. president obama announced the main points of his budget proposal for 2013. and there are more to be unveiled later today. the state department announces details of its proposal at 1:30 eastern time. we're going to have that live on c-span3. the defense department's budget with speakers from the army, the navy and air force. they will take reporters questions and that defense budget announcement will start at 2:00 eastern and that is going to be on our companion network, c-span. looks like folks are starting to take the podium here at the manufacture you ares discussion. >> i want to give you a couple ground rules for the lunch. we're