next we'll hear from john thomas from dpw. >> good morning. john thomas public manager with boks department of public works. i have a few slides to highlight the levels of work we have under way by the department. focusing on the work demonstrated areas while coordinating with other city departments. these include sidewalk inspection, street resurfacing, curb ramp construction throughout the city and all of those while trying to implement the strategy and the better streets plan. in 2011 the road and pavement bond. the condition at that time was at 64 and we plan to make it 72 citywide and we have maintained streets at the good condition level. we have in the past year improved from 64-65. that effort that the bond addressed was to provide 3 years of increased funding over our standard levels from 2004-2011. we have jump started that process. it's an overall 10-year plan to bring us to that pci score of 70. we are in year two of the bond implementation. the next slide illustrates those projects. i gave you a handout that might be a little bit

exactly will this mean what exactly we're talking diamonds paintings metals and mice like it was john thomas he'll be out later it's a lot to get through but. the u.s. e.u. trade deal is worth an estimated one hundred fifty billion dollars for both parties but these huge profits could come at a cost to the average consumer and there are plenty of stumbling blocks holding up the deal since cars are what each side wants so the u.s. is asking for e.u. restrictions on genetically modified crops and chlorine water poultry to be caught to maintain intellectual secrecy for more access for u.s. service providers the e.u. wants the beef ban which was first introduced because of the mad cow disease to be lifted or reduction of terrorists on items such as cheese on the free flow of information is now let's dive deeper into the consequences of the deal with rodney shakespeare he's a professor of economics and he's based in london today this do one involve limiting health and environmental regulations to boost growth the question is how will this affect the average consumer that. it will not limit health

how much will go to certain neighborhoods, but it gets folding really into the presentation that john thomas was making a portion of his revenue for his program coming out of the general fund in the next year. we are looking at about $5 million for those programs. >> supervisor campos has a question. >> it wasn't' question for mr. strong, but i have a question once the presentations were done. one question i had and thanks to supervisor cohen for putting this item on the agenda. i think this is a very important discussion and very informative. the overall assessment of the infrastructure need that is going to happen because of development, when was that analysis conducted and how relevant is it to all that's going on right now because there is a huge economic boom. so i'm wondering if someone can address that issue? >> sure. good afternoon, supervisors. the need assessment was done as part of the eastern neighborhoods plan that was adopted in 2009. there was a needs assessment put together as well as the nexus study to support the impact fees and that identified the need globally and the imp

in broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm john thomas let's get right to our top story monday has it been declared.

i'm john thomas going to have you with us now according to the chemical weapons watchdogs newly adopted framework the most toxic arms in syria's arsenal are to be taken out of the country by the end of the year but the debate continues over what nation should host of the destruction of the more than one thousand tons of highly poisonous materials so far it looks unlikely that there are going to be any volunteers as our middle east correspondent reports. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has laid out a road map for the removal and the destruction of syria's chemical weapons the problem though is that they were banking on albania to take these weapons in and albania has since indicated that it will not be party to this this decision in this announcement by albania came as a shock to the united states and the european union of the union is seen as a very strong partner with a so-called and shakable alliance to the waste it is also a very poor country but there were wide scale protests in albania with people saying that they refuse to allow the government to be party

thanks john thomas are constants are forcing from geneva. ukraine has ordered a stop to preparations for an historic trade deal with the eu the sauce and peas rejected a bill that would've allowed jailed opposition leader yulia tymoshenko to travel abroad for medical treatments instead get as comprising the creation of the trial astro trade commission between ukraine and russia and the eu to see how small the opposition parents. as of six trips to the bill already rejected one. yet there. on thursday the parliament failed to gather the two hundred and twenty six votes needed to pass the motion with only a hundred and ninety five lawmakers in fever. the legislation would have allowed it you into a tinker to travel abroad for medical treatment. the weaker the signing of the landmark treaty creamy brie and new the opposition the ruling party is to be held responsible. it's the it spreads to get a call which is personal responsibility for stopping the movement of ukraine towards the european union. because unocal which didn't want to pull them a

there are four current supreme court justices, john roberts, john thomas, scalia, and ruth bader ginsburgho used to serve on the court. as a result of today's decision, obama is going to have to -- >> it's all over the country. it will be part of his legacy. >> okay, candy, let's make this point because to be fair, this is something that the democrats, i talked to richard blumenthal, democrat from connecticut. he said this is absolutely a step in the right direction. we heard from the president saying this is going to end the trend of obstructionism, but it was republicaned not too long ago who wanted the same thing, correct? >> yes, yes. we have a lot of bipartisan hypocrisy, during the bush administration, and we should say the democrats are right, it has certainly escalated during the presidency of barack obama. the obstructing judges, obstructing other nominees that have to go through capitol hill. but nonetheless, republicans felt very much the same way during a portion of the bush administration. and democrats were arguing against it. including those that you're hearing today arguin

don't have to join a gang to do it and that's what we that's what we need a revolution both thomas jefferson john adams and george washington all warned us they warned us if you read what they wrote when they created the united states they warned us that the downfall of the country especially john adams said that it would be when political parties take over the government well i think we're already there you're seeing it right now at its best or worst however you want to view it they put their parties first look at all the decisions being made in washington today they're not being made for the benefit of the united states of america they're being made for the benefit or of the democratic party or the republican party it's the two parties and then who are they be holding to their beholding to their money people the corporations show we are really the united corporations of america today not the united states of america that's the revolution i'm calling for but what i'm thinking is that america is number one consumerist country is on the revolution possible in such a society that some simple are on

company told to vote john dawkins comments during the week thomas of the attorney general because such controversy. he said he felt that they had crystallized matters that have brought home to him poem for this issue of the past has become a niece's that's quite a change but when he was working in northern ireland into cars and trains to become legal in belfast thanks for that the country could face our costumes christmas to the esb group of unions announced it would serve no such thing to austria to next week if no resolution instrument in the meantime industrial action could begin on monday the sixteenth of december it's been twenty two years since the last tsb strike but the next one could be less than a month away. this dispute centers on a one point six billion euro deficit in the esb pension scheme. unions believe the company is responsible for planting and told her that the company argues that following a major restructuring in twenty ten is the snow for the identity of eighty seven percent of stock of fact and just relaxing on the issue. today the group of unions met in dublin

nasty elections used to be back in the days of the rebel after the revolution in the days of thomas jefferson and john adams we've gotten a lot nicer nobody's dueling anymore no one's calling anyone a hermaphrodite like person and adams exchanged a little newspaper quip so we've really come a long way but ultimately you know there if there is division to speak of it's going to actually be enter a party division and not just relating to republicans but also democrats as well because you have a lot of purple state folks who are going to be coming up for reelection you had nate silver in the new york times say that the senate is going to be a statistical toss up at this point which it wasn't so certain just a couple of years ago so you have basically two different parties who are going to decide how to reconcile and then you have a course the libertarian movement which is kind of coming into its own not just as a third party but also within the g.o.p. so it's going to be very interesting there's always going to be division as there should be because when ideas compete people when some of the bases obamac

john f. kennedy. fox's cal thomas remembered the day. >> there are things called teletypes then where the news was printed on these rolls of paper. i ripped it off and gave it to the correspondents in the washington bureau and managed to save the initial stories that said, flash, president kennedy dead. >> that was a long time ago. david, what did you make of the friday television coverage? >> you know, the scene in dallas, the weather was so stark and gray and somber. it really was one of those sort of the heavens wept moment. and the way to cover that in the u.s. naval academy glee club, the way to cover it was to back up. let the pictures, let the sounds speak for themselves. almost no one did that. people had to talk. producers had to throw montages of images up there on the screen. fox really did the best when they backed off and let it breathe. they really did a nice job with that. cnn, second best. the worst, again, msnbc was the worst. abc was chatty time, too. i really -- it's so simple, howie, to do that on

elections used to be back in the days in the rubble after the revolution in the days of thomas jefferson and john adams we've gotten a lot nicer nobody's duelling anymore no one's calling anyone a hermaphrodite like person and adams exchanged in a little newspaper quip so we've really come a long way but ultimately you know if there if there is division to speak of it's going to actually be enter a party division and not just relating to republicans but also democrats as well because you have a lot of purple state folks who are going to be coming up for reelection you had nate silver in the new york times say that the senate is going to be a statistical toss up at this point which it wasn't so certain just a couple of years ago so you have basically two different parties who are going to decide how to reconcile and then you have a course the libertarian movement which is kind of coming into its own not just as a third party but also within the g.o.p. so it's going to be very interesting there's always going to be division as there should be because when ideas compete people when some of the bases

elections used to be back in the days in the rubble after the revolution in the days of thomas jefferson and john adams we've gotten a lot nicer nobody's duelling anymore no one's calling anyone a hermaphrodite like person and adams exchanged in a little newspaper quit so we've really come a long way but ultimately you know there's division to speak of it's going to actually be enter a party division and not just relating to republicans but also democrats as well because you have a lot of purple state folks who are. to be coming up for reelection you had neede silver in the new york times say that the senate is going to be a statistical tossup at this point which it wasn't so certain just a couple of years ago so you have basically two different parties who are going to decide how to reconcile and then you have a course the libertarian movement which is kind of coming into its own not just as a third party but also within the g.o.p. so it's going to be very interesting there's always going to be division as there should be because when ideas compete people when some of the bases obamacare is the

nasty elections used to be back in the days of the rebel after the revolution in the days of thomas jefferson and john adams we've gotten a lot nicer nobody's dueling anymore no one's calling anyone a hermaphrodite like person adams exchanged in little newspaper quips so we've really come a long way but ultimately you know there if there is division to speak of it's going to actually be enter a party division and not just relating to republicans but also democrats as well because you have a lot of purple states folks who are going to be coming up for reelection you had nate silver in the new york times say that the senate is going to be a statistical toss up at this point which it wasn't so certain just a couple of years ago so you have basically two different parties who are going to decide how to reconcile and then you have a course the libertarian movement which is kind of coming into its own not just as a third party but also within the g.o.p. so it's going to be very interesting there's always going to be division as there should be because when ideas compete people when some of the bases obamaca

where john roberts worked, clarence thomas, antonin scalia, ruth bader ginsburg were there before the supreme court. of those nominations, four were filibustered. what today's vote will mean is that three of those four will now get on the d.c. circuit. and that could have major implications for whether the laws that obama managed to pass in his first term are upheld. now that the challenges are starting to work their way through the court. >> dana, what about on the republican side? they're saying they're outraged by what happened. is this going to poison the well for future bipartisan agreements? >> reporter: it could. there's no question about it. even republicans who tend to work across the aisle like john mccain was telling me and other reporters today that it might be harder for him to do things like get treaties passed which require big supermajorities of 67 votes because of the fact that republicans may support the concept of the issue at hand but the might not want to give democrats a win after they've had their feathers ruffled. but the other thing to keep in mind is just sor

like you say, george thomas was laying out john f.n ranch and slowly this word trickled into that plane and you can imagine that day they had flown into dallas and they had watched their president leave in a limousine and now they're hearing over radios that he's gone. >> he's listening to charlie frequency on the radio surroundeded by $2 million of the highest tech communication gear on the planet. explain what he hears and what starts to happen. >> he can hear the secret service agents so he can hear the motorcade as it winds its way through dallas. what he immediately hears is the secret service agents saying to cover johnson. everyone has code names. all of the secret service agents have code names. johnson's code name was volunteer. he hears cover volunteer. he doesn't know why. he thinks at that moment that john f. kennedy's back had gone out and that the motorcade had to stop he had no idea at that point the situation. at that point >> you walk us through a lot of things, the zra ma on the plane when they learn the news, the pr

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> earlier this week the attorney for richard thomas filed a motion to move the case to juvenile. his attorney said he didn't think sasha fleischman would be hurt. >>> on this thanksgiving day there was substance for the body and soul. a sit down dinner for 300 people at the baptist church in oakland. many say it is a tradition to take part and they get as much as they give. >> i always think of ways of not only just feeding your body but giving back to other people. sometimes on faces. talking to them. finding out how their day is going. bring joy into their life. >> they delivered 200 thanksgiving dinners yesterday to sick or elderly residents. in san francisco, feeding those in need. looking ahead to the coming weeks and months and hoping they will have enough food to go around. ktvu's david stevenson learned, the raising economy is raising the rates of hunger. >> thank you. >> reporter: donors dropped off food at st. anthony's dining haul. >> i got to get back. put the bird in right now. >> reporter: most items are saved to serve in the coming weeks and months. today volunteer

politics arguably it went back to george maher john marshall i mean you know john adams put him on the court just just to thomas jefferson but in the modern era you said the first bush administration yes ok so under the reagan administration bork was filibustered i mean there were good reasons there were prominent arguments that could go forward to explain why he was the best i think it was a distortion but under the bush administration we went from a we're no longer going to make a principled argument about policy and we're going to go for gutter ball and that's what was done in the clarence thomas confirmation process both so low so in your world the democrats suddenly became political around here clarence thomas political you don't think it had the ring the bar it loring radar intense as i did are you glad clarence thomas was lowering it in you know his nomination after what he'd. been over at the department of education he got confirmed as chairman of the e.e.o.c. he got confirmed as chief on the d.c. circuit court all of us now he's no longer qualified and it turns out he's impeachable turns out all. there

johns hopkins. a lot of us got these ties. you have one. >> yes. >> bob turk has one. come over here, bob. >> tim williams has one. >> let me tell you about this one. this is made by thomas griffin. he's 11 years old. and being treated for cystic fibrosis at the johns hopkins children's center. he is such a good artist. this is called bringing home the tree. there's a tree in a pickup truck. good job, thomas. it's awesome. there we go. >> this, by the way. madison, is age 11. and the title of her tie is santa go green. >> i like it. great christmas gifts for such a great cause. awesome. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news. >> do you smoke crack cocaine? >> what does that mean? yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. >> reporter: a shocking admission. but he's not backing down. why toronto's mayor won't leave office willingly. >>> grilled again. what health secretary kathleen sebelius is saying about the botched rollout now. >>> i have one, too. it's by thomas griffin. ellicott city. bringing home the trees. we have showers and a cooldown headed our way. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. i wish i was made of money. i wish you were too. chances are, you're

politics arguably it went back to george maher john marshall i mean you know john adams put him on the court just just to thomas jefferson but in the modern era you said the first bush administration yes ok so under the reagan administration.

politics arguably it went back to george marr john marshall i mean you know john adams put him on the court just just to thomas jefferson but in the modern era the first bush administration yes ok so under the reagan administration bork was filibustered i mean there were good reasons there were prominent arguments that could go forward to explain why he was filibustered i think it was a distortion but under the bush administration we went from a we're no longer going to make a principled argument about policy and we're going to go for gutter ball and that's what was done in the clarence thomas confirmation process both so that are both.

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thomas. upheld racial segregation for a century. that century separates lincoln from john f. kennedy. when kennedy began to celebrate towhen kennedy began challenge white supremacy, the white south revolted. that revolved is what brought john kennedy to dallas that fateful day 50 years ago. his challenge to white privilege reawakened the old fault line in america, conservative fears of an overweening federal government. right-wing extremist did not kill kennedy, but his visit to dallas to try to appease them did. >> what was the nature of the anti-kennedy sentiment in the south? >> it is better to understand it less as anti-kennedy than anti- washington, anti-federal government sentiment. the two driving elements of american political history are how to deal with race and what role government should play in telling individuals had live their lives. this was the exact cause of the civil war. the same argument that animates civil rights throughout the 1960's, and it is really one of the tensions that drives american politics today. instead of new york or california -- >> at this republi

. >> oh, my john meechum's book "thomas jefferson, the art of power" is out in paperback.nd in washington, white house correspondent -- thank god -- for the associated press, julie pace. good to have you. >> so you guys aren't number one with a bullet yet, but you are close. right? >> i haven't checked the amazon rating. >> you said it was "killing jesus." krauthammer, man, he's selling books. >> he's doing well. >> i went to a bookstore. elm street bookstore. doing an vent in a week or two. they said charles krauthammer is kicking it, man. for me, he's always bipartiseeno and i can't stand you guys i'm glad he's doing well. >> conservatives sell a lot of books. >> with krauthammer it's thoughtful conservativism. a lot of books out there aren't thoughtful. this is rewarding that conservatives are coming out of their homes and going to bookstores and buying an intelligent conservative book like krauthammer's. >> are you saying conservatives are too pale owe litic for e-books -- >> what the heck? >> we're more communal. we love people. we love americans. we love walking down

john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the 16-year-old accused setting sasha fleischman on fire. richard thomas has been charged. he hasn't yet entered a plea. >>> it took four hours to read the names of all of the children in foster care in california. it was done during a vigil. activists are hoping to bring attention to the 33,000 children who are in foster care. the non-profit mission focus solution is one of the many that tries to match-up kids with adoptive parents. it should be easier now than ever as more and more same-sex couples and single parents want to help. >> you can learn more about fostering a child on www.ktvu.com. >>> winds will be picking up tonight. i am watching the area wheres powerful gusts could be a problem. >> we told you about the high school fight that is being investigated as a hate crime. after the break how this sent the is putting the battle against bullying back in the spotlight. >> elmo goes to prison. >> the magic he brought inside the gates of san quentin. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-

initiatives on the ballots across the country, martin wall, narrowly edged out john conley to take over your the boston outgoing mayor thomas 11 county voting down a proposal to secede from the state. results are still being tallied. and portland, maine voted legalizing marijuana, making it the first east coast city to do so. very interesting. we go to cnn political direct mark preston live in washington. mark, what does last night's election of ballots say about what's going on out there? >> well, it says thatteresting across the country not just new jersey and new york city. but let's start with the republican party, miguel, down in alabama. we were looking the a congressional runoff race between a tea partier versus an stabber republican. this was a race down there, we're looking the it because there was such a battle with gop with the tea party and the influence the tea aparty has over it. the establishment republican won. and for many republicans here in washington they're very happy. because had the tea partier won this runoff, he would have likely won the general election. he's a birther. can you imagine that, having

john roberts, ruth bader ginsburg, antonin scalia and clarence thomas, it's a farm team for the supremert. barack obama has had five nominees, four of them have been filibustered, three of them will now get votes and now presumably be confirmed. it's really a very important day. >> and it sets an amazing precedent, if you will, for those of white house have covered the united states senate, jeffrey, all of these years. the republicans argue that, what they were doing was no big deal, this court, this d.c. court of appeals, was really not that busy, that they didn't have that many cases, they didn't really need these new judges to be confirmed. what they were doing was not a big deal. what do you say when you hear those arguments? >> well, it had never been argued before that judges, who are authorized, there is a longstanding law that says each circuit has a certain number of judges, the senate doesn't decide which ones are busy and which ones are not. they simply fill the vacancies. this is what all presidents do. so the idea that a president couldn't fill havevie can't sean a court wa

thomas j. rooney to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. loving and gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. as the members of the people's house regather, we ask that they be endowed by you with wisdom and purpose to address our nation cing still. many wish to find work. we ask the blessing of those in the philippines and those responding to that great tragedy. protect those, especially americans, who work furiously to meet those great needs. and finally, we ask your blessing on america's veterans, may our nation be faithful to them, providing whatever their needs may be after they gave years of their lives in service rather than personal gain. they are an inspiration to us and we should not forget nor neglect our responsibility to them. may all that is done this day be your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the jou

john f. kennedy during this morning's ceremony? >> reporter: that's right, thomas. president kennedy was in fact the first president to sign into law the modern day presidential medal of freedom. sadly they were not live long enough to get to a war that the inaugural class was given that honor. but president obama two days before the formal 50th anniversary of president kennedy's assassination will in fact use this ceremony to honor john f. kennedy. you expect to hear some remarks about president kennedy during this ceremony. later this evening, the president will have a dinner at the national history museum here in washington, d.c., where they will in fact have every single living recipient of this award from years past who wants to attend and he will be introduced by president kennedy's grandson, jack schlossberg there. i also left out that in between this ceremony and that dinner there's a very special occasion at arlington, the eternal flame. president and mrs. obama will go there along with former president bill clinton and hillary clinton. and, thomas, as ever

thomas. ajority leader wineberg. joe, johnill, don curry, nellie poe, bob ith, mila, pat reck, peg chafer, wyatt erp. but the one regret i have is that jason o'donnell, who was my choice for the state party chair, suffered as collateral damage from treachery within the democrat exparty. we know that the political bosses could not suffer his presence as a leader of the party because they could not control him, a trait we both share. at the time, the party seemed about to implode and so even though we had the votes to elect jason as state party chair of the democratic party, i decided that in winning the battle, we would have lost the war as i believe the party was cannibalizing itself. so i took one for the team. the only problem -- i realized too late there was no team. to my husband, my husband martin, one of a kind. i often say that -- [applause] i often say that if he ran against me for anything, he would beat me. i thank you for your support and your love and your encouragement. to my children, i know ariella is here mitig

john boehner turning the knife, but he's not the one who put it there. we lead off with this developing news from the hill. hi, everybody, good morning. i'm thomas, with friends like these -- you know, when john boehner an bill clinton agree on something and it's that they disagree with you, you're in a bit of trouble. >>> first, here's what's happening this very minute. two congressional hearings into the issues with the health care rollout while the white house pushes back and pushes back hard against a "washington post" report that says the website is unlikely to be up and running by december 1st. but it's comments made by former president bill clinton yesterday that have speaker boehner and other republicans practically giddy. he called on president obama to help people keep the insurance they have, even if it means tweaking the law. >> i personally believe even if it takes a change in the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got. >> the unofficial secretary of explaining stuff sounding like a critic in chief. now, boehner isn't the only republican all to happy

onset, pulitzer prize winning historian john meacham, author of "thomas jefferson: the art of power." at the table. >> a lot to talk about today. >> a lot to talk about. bill crystal has a great piece in "the weekly standard." we could start there with richard or we could do new polls. gauging how americans feel about this presidency. >> why don't we talk about polls. i haven't seen them. how are they? are they good for the president? >> they must be good. >> are they good? >> they must be good for the president. >> i was thinking we could talk about iran. bill crystal. >> i want to talk about iran, too. >> he's got such a smart daughter. a new poll is gauging how americans feel about president obama one year after re-election. the pew research center finds the majority now disapprove of the way the president is doing his job. just 41% view the president favorably. that's down 14 points from last december. that's similar to his predecessor, george w. bush, at the same time during his presidency. presidents reagan and clinton both saw their approval ratings significantly higher during