i'm glad johnson city and city of palms to see some relief from its government c to four hundred and fifty people bust out on monday but at present thus the humanitarian operation had a bizarre ending with one hundred and fifteen and disappearing from tacoma boy. i'm on the operation had been extended up the lines on as a most reached agreements with the syrian government and the ceasefire to allow affect patients have held up the little episode five the mom's sense of it the second round of peace talks is underway in geneva on the battlefield atmosphere is the stanzas of a head start on monday hit to lead to lift and civilian casualties were reported. it is not acceptable that the division would send its own mitigation that all these while it is getting all the people in syria. this must stop. we asked me to not think you need to get to know something about the nicosia to since he was struggling with rogue units and apartments in a position is that islam's have different agendas. islamic extremists were banned from attack on them. i liked village mom in which fourteen people reporte

we had six urologists in johnson city and a quarter of them said i'm out of here, i'm retiring. they all took medicaid in town. every single one. they shared the load among audible them. what happened was when those elingses -- urologies -- urologists quit, the other ones had so many patients lined up, they stopped taking medicaid. now what happened is you have to go to the emergency room and be admitted to the hospital. we have to see anybody that comes in. so stuff that wouldn't be now gets much more expensive because they have to be admitted -- knitted to the hospital or they have to go 100 miles to knoxville to be seen have a have -- should health incidence plan like i have. i absolutely agree with what he's doing, we just didn't include it in our bill. >> but it's a great wedge issue because we know that medicaid is draining state budgets. it's a great wage issues -- issue to make the case to the people that government didn't just show up in obamacare, it's been moving toward a one-payer system for a long time. >> in my state they're estimating we will take $192 million new

maureen, johnson city, tennessee "bill, you threw soft balls at the president, you are losing your edgetman ufrd, outtalk -- outmaned outslicked." >> now to the left. mark from minute, "let the man finish a sentence. your style didn't make the president look bad, it made you look bad." "vicky in oregon. "whatever the equivalent of the lombardi trophy is in journalism, you just won it." "bill, congratulate, you were fair, polite and asked all the pertinent questions. the president was not able to answer any of them definitively." "dan said "bill, you demonstrated a respect for the office yet exposed the president for side stepping the questions." "and bill, the interview was outstanding you spoke the truth to power." and there is a poll on this topic, please grade the interview with president obama a to f. >> before i interviewed the president, lots of people were asking if i was nervous and i told them the truth. no. i can't remember the last time i was nervous about anything ever. that's because i have adopted a zen philosophy. i just do the best i can. that's it. i don't second guess

we have a va hospital a mile from my front door in johnson city tennessee and you have my commitment and i wrote down your advanced appropriations. i couldn't see why we wouldn't do it. i think it makes absolute sense to do it with a whole budget, get it done in one years. the va was a good start and it shows us that the veteran

today, the families of the oftims, briana benlol college park and tyler johnson of ellicott city. >> they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> we saw it on the news and we only live about 20 minutes from here. we literally come here all the time, it's crazy. her per 10 or -- her paternal grandparents have been to the mall. >> it is sad. people i've really been affected by the shooting. >> in addition to the moment of silence and condolence walk, people were allowed to leave flowers at a mall fountain. to goe is too short around the world angry. >> late this afternoon, a skating event held at nearby centennial park to honor those two victims lost in the senseless shooting. stay with abc 7 news and wjla.com as we follow the investigation into what led to the shooting. for now, we are shifting our focus to the weather. a beautiful start to february. enjoy it while it lasts. monday morning, the commute could be interesting. steve rudin explains. >> a lot of changes as we move through the next 48 hours. the temperatures outside of the belfort furniture weather center, not so

we have a va hospital a mile from my front door in johnson city tennessee and you have my commitment and i wrote down your advanced appropriations. i couldn't see why we wouldn't do it. i think it makes absolute sense to do it with a whole budget, get it done in one years. the va was a good start and it shows us that the veteran shows the way advanced appropriations work. i support that and the frustration i have here is the billion dollars we spent. last year about this time chairman remembers this very well, where we couldn't have an integrated electronic health record where the va and dod -- we flushed a billion dollars and still can't make it work. that's something that i think -- this is my sixth year here. i cannot understand in today's technology why a veteran service member can't lead and electronically transfer their record. it hasn't been explained to me. it is coming down. i salute the secretary on that. he has a real commitment to that. the two things that i really am passionate about are homeless veterans. i think it's heartbreaking when you see a veteran sleeping under

phil roe, a fellow ob-gyn from tri-cities, tennessee, former mayor of kingsport or johnson city. we can do it and we will do it. but, mr. president, you said if you like what you have, you can keep it. you also said if anybody, member of congress, has a better idea, bring it to you. and you will consider it. well, i've mentioned two bills here tonight. we have other ideas and you have 2 1/2 years, almost three years left in your second term. you want a legacy, we're going to help you have a legacy. and a good one. but you've got to work with us. it's a two-way street. and with that i'll yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: members reminded to direct all emarks to the chair. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, for 30 minutes. mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it's an honor to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the house of representatives, in this great deliberative body that we are part of. and i appreciate the delivery of mr. gingrey a little bit earlie

we have a the hospital a mile from my front door in johnson city, tennessee, were i live and get my commitment. i wrote on your advanced appropriations. i couldn't see why we couldn't do that. it makes sense to do it. i think it makes absolute sense to do with the whole budget. get it done in one year and refined at the second year. the va was a good start. it shows us that the veteran shows the way advanced appropriations work. i will support that. the frustration i have here is the billion dollars we spent. that's $1 billion. last about as i where in the veterans' affairs committee, chairman remembers this very well where we could have an integrated electronic health record whether va and dod talk -- we've lost a billion dollars and we still can't make it work. this is my sixth year. i can understand in today's technology why a veteran servicemember can't leave and electronically transfer the record. it hasn't been explained to me. i think the backlog of claims has been well discussed. it is coming down to isolate the secretary on the. he has a commitment to the. the two things that i really

city, they of johnson mayor used a self-insurance plan.s is a way that you could basically get the insurance company out of it and decide what your organization wants to revive for its employees -- once to provide for its in place. -- wants to provide for its employees. and that is and that is included in your plan? guest: the law is working fine. host: there are republican proposals for the affordable care act that are being debated within the party. when will this take place? guest: i think it will be fairly soon. i am going to leave the c-span studios and go to the national press club next and we will discuss dr. tom price's bill, this bill, and the senate bill, the republican senate bill. there will be an interesting discussion if people want to tune in on that. host: when do you expect whatever the republicans pick to come down to the floor for a vote? guest: i can't predict. i would prefer sooner rather than later. host: republican phil roe, -- congressman phil roe, republican from tennessee, thank you for being here. appreciate your

the company is in talks with nine american cities for its next round of fiber installations. cory johnsonin provo, utah, the only city other than kansas city where the service is already online. has been google's experience? it's the most exciting thing to happen in kansas city since the 69 super bowl. provo is wondering if they are going to get the same results. those results being increased business opportunities, consumers having a very different experience where they communicate a lot more and be more socially involved because they've got a superfast internet. to atually went and talked local business person here and listen to what he had to say. or maybe don't listen to what he had to say. but what he said was is rolling out slowly. said someople -- he people don't even know how they are able to access it. we have talked to people who -- is thethe service same thing from going from dial-up to dsl. google has a unique set of skills to deploy here that is going to help them create a service like no other. company is in talks with nine u.s. cities. what will this mean long-term for the

he chose michael jordan larry bird magic johnson and oscar rabin city as his top four. twice in the tent then confidently proclaimed that he too would one day team for the top four players in history. whatever needs to be seen but he certainly build a large pays for itself so far. and reading all of that there is wednesday stopped epl match up sparse pay tv time and are scum some rather seventy five to sixty eight but now let's get to the game of the night it's the mold is steve is going head to head with the tcc he just felt either one per cent of the pace as the cc takes the seven point lead at the half but molded smell to combat the hype about dancing and gets twenty one of his twenty four in the second half and a comeback to win ninety two eighty five. from year to sportscenter this has been stated sent to baghdad denied for the latest in the world of sports. each. the lending in the east coast regions must be wondering if it will ever stop snowing after seven straight days of snow but by that if relief is on the way by turning things over trike and bow down at the

for seven jeers j johnson showed his city and the beatles connection to the world.ithout his city, the world would never have known hits like "penny lane", there's little doubt the band changed the city. it's clear from the moment you check off the plane to a moment you check into the hotel. >> they may have travelled par and wide, concurred america and changed the pop music landscape. in the hardy northern england town they are four local lads who made good. >> without questions, still strong. that's the show. headlines after the break. we'll leave you with these pictures. >> you're watching al jazeera live from new york. food regulators issued a major meat recall. inspectors found millions of pounds of beef from a plant shipped without proper inspections. >> greater rights for same-sex couples. attorney-general eric holder says federal benefits given to straight couples will be given to gay couples. >> hundreds of syrians running to aid convoys. 600 have been evacuated despite attacks on aid agencies. the u.n. says with security concerns it will not stop deliverin

city. orie johnson and i spoke to steve brown. >> we asked people about the world they want to see. r four percent are interested -- a 44% registered in a driverless city. they want a city environment they can hop into a car and it takes them to a destination with no human behind the wheel. i doubt it will happen in the next 10 years. of the compelling view future. there is less congestion. self driving cars tend to be safe there -- safer. >> the number of people in america who are not young people who are not getting it drivers licenses. a that about the notion that sharing economy? is there a shift in the wind people look at the desire to drive a car? older havey age and been sold the american dream of a car being a symbol of freedom. if you are a millenial, you arm less likely to see it that way. you have to pay insurance and taxes. resource, cars spend 22 or 23 hours a day doing nothing. bolan deals are more -- millenial's are more disposed to sharing cars. happening only in cities? what are the trends in the suburbs? -- where focused about we live, the rest of the country still

city. our cory johnson and i spoke to steve brown. s the futurist at intel. >> we asked people about the world they want to see. 44% are interested in a driverless city. they want a city environment they can hop into a car and it takes them to a destination with no human behind the wheel. i doubt it will happen in the next 10 years. it is a compelling view of the future. there is less congestion. life is more convenient, self also, driving cars tend to be safer than human driven cars. >> the number of people in america who are not young people who are not getting drivers licenses. is that about the notion that a sharing economy? is there a shift in the wind people look at the desire to drive a car? >> people my age and older have been sold the american dream of a car being a symbol of freedom. if you are a millenial, you are less likely to see it that way. you have to pay insurance and taxes. you have to park it somewhere. of a sharing economy, the idea of sharing this expensive resource, cars spend 22 or 23 hours a day doing nothing.

. >> reporter: for seven years jay johnson has been porudly showing his city and the beatles connectionvisi visitorst says without his city the world would never have known pits like pen elaine or strawberry fields. >> we have a saying here in laver pool that was it was little pool that made the beat examples not vice versa. >> reporter: there is little doubt the band changed this city profoundly. it's clear from the moment you step off the plane to which you check in to a hotel, this is beatles territory. they may have traveled far and wide, concurred america and changed the pop music landscape forever, but in this hearty northern england town they are firstly four local lads who made good. phil, al jazerra, liverpool. >>> as always thanks so much for watching al jazerra america, i am morgan radford. "listening post" is coming up next. remember for news up dates throughouted day you can head over to aljazerra.com. >>> hello. you are at the "listening post." this week, it's a war on terror. you are either with us or against us. those are the marching orders. for the news media in egypt,

johnson runs a laundromat called the city of london and he welcomes chinese hot money or money that's been stolen to be laundered in london that's his job. i don't know there's must be a name for it worries you know a poor plan or something that is basically a large amount of service for chinese kleptocrats they could port on the forefront of course johnson so now here they're coming to a place where there is no crackdown on corruption and we're going to look at a few headlines here and alice's lawsuits over for x. market face uncertain future so we know that the key benchmark rate is the foreign exchange rate at issue in lawsuits is known as the w m reuters fix which is set at four pm london time it is based on actual trades in order rates recorded primarily by borders during a one minute fixed period w. am a unit of state street corporation then calculates a benchmark using the median of the reported trades so contracts around the world are based on this london fix here on these four x. rates and they've been shown to be rigged well the u.s. regulators are going to find these banks

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. >> cory johnson, bloomberg, park city, utah. >> i've been to park city once.is pretty cool. >> oakley was very much in fashion about 10 years ago. then they went out of fashion. they are coming back. receiver she is italian. listen to her. >> we get policy decisions from the e.c.b. and the bank of england in a few hours. >> here is jonathan ferro talking about italians that we should listen to. >> it is a carbon copy of the last quarter. the start of the quarter, a weak inflation number. everyone comes out and think what is is the e.c.b. going to do? today a couple of people are talking about a rate cut but they have to start with the inflation story. the e.c.b. will be talking amongst themselves. what do we do about it? >> we have to watch for the bank of england because he has a tricky situation where he has to acknowledge strength and talk down interest rates going up. >> we're likely to get more of that in the inflation report next week. for me, the e.c.b. is the dominant story today, particularly on what they can and can't do. is it going to be a rate cut

johnson. here's a we got today in tech. google dishes fiber. this search giant wants to replace the cable guy and will do it one city at a time. and building manhattan's brand-new neighborhood. and in motors, tesla's road to efficiency with a plan to create the largest battery factory in the world. we will take you there. and in sports, the tar heels. how some of the athletes at university of north carolina never had to open a book. and brick by brick, lego. it's more than just toys. more tension in the ukraine. curiously, it's not in kiev. that is the scene in front of the parliament building in the ukrainian peninsula of crimea. overnight, 120 militants took over the parliament building and raise the russian flag. the group is allowing deputies to enter the legislature for a possible vote on the status of crimea. the peninsula is in the south of ukraine, population 1.9 million. grammy is part of the country, but governs itself as a semi autonomous state. it is also home to russia's black sea fleet. >> we are dedicated to the integrity of my country, and we will do everything we can, everything possible, and we will use all t

sort of doubt or hesitation and that is very annoying now mayor boris johnson claimed in a press release that it's funds in the city of london contribute three billion pounds a year in tax. of course at the same time we've learned about all the scandals of libel or forex p.p.i. the gold fixing scandal. and all of these other you know crime spree that's gone on so how do you balance how to see a balance of what you think about this idea while they are committing fraud daily it's a species laundering money for mexican drug cartels but we need the tax revenue your thoughts well i think if we were better collecting tax we would be quite so dependent on the financial sector that as you say is already cheating us now steer the bonuses not just not the pay but the bonuses of two hundred thousand city people could have brought every single person in london who can't own property pay up to the london living wage said two hundred thousand people bonuses could actually have. ainge things the three quarter million people actually meant that they could contribute to the economy be out of poverty pay tax themselves say there are

drilled just since two thousand this is more people than live in michigan or new york city report also found that in johnson county texas alone more than thirty nine hundred wells dot the country of the county excuse me and some ninety nine and a half percent of its fifteen thousand residents live within a mile of a well like many places across the u.s. and johnson county is now basically one big drill site not surprisingly the fossil fuel industry is pushing fracking hard to gas is even a friend in president obama who touted natural gas as the bridge fuel in his most recent state of the union address. and all the above energy strategy i announced a few years ago is working today america is closer to energy independence then we have been in decades. one of the reasons why is natural gas. but extract it safely it's the bridge fuel the power brew all due respect to the president fracking is not so numerous studies have shown that it contaminates drinking water threatens public health and in some cases even causes earthquakes if any industry in our country needs regulation is the fracking industry but thanks i

. >> reporter: for 7 years, jay johnson has been showing it to people. and without his city, the public would never know penny lane or strawberry fields. >> we say that it was liverpool that made the beatles, and not visa versa. >> reporter: but there's little doubt that the beatles changed the city profoundly. it's clear from when you step off the plane to when you check into a hotel, this is beatle's territory. they may have traveled, conquered america and changed the pop landscape forever, but in this hearty england town, they are firstly four local lads who made good. aljazeera, liverpool. >> the florida mansion where notorious gangster, al capone died, is back on sale. it's going for 8 and a half million dollars, even though the current owner bought it just 6 months ago for $7.4 million. thank you for watching, and stay tuned for aljazeera. plus many people are now convinced that twitter can help them make money in the stockmarket. we'll explain. i am ali velshi. this is "real money." this is "real money." you are the i

. >> reporter: for seven years jay johnson proudly has been showing his city and the beatles' connectionitors. but without his city the world would never know hits like "penny lane" or "strawberry fields." >> there is little doubt the band changed this city profoundly. it's clear from the moment you step off the plane to when you check in to a hotel, this is beatles' territory. they may have traveled far and wide, conquered america, and changed the pop music landscape forever, but in this hardy northern england town they are firstly four local lads who made good. phil ittner, liverpool. >> more news coming at the top of the hour. i'm del walters in new york. for updates throughout the day go to www.aljazeera.com. this is a live look at sochi, russia, right now where it is almost 8:00. there are three events taking place. the u.s. has won two golds. is. >> welcome to al jazeera america. these are the stories we're following for. >> you this is a worrying area. >> asking questions about the chemical spill and the lean up remembers but today uncle sam begins treating same-sex couples as oth

city. it was glorious. scarlet fu and adam johnson are with us.y liu is with us. >> it is 25 days to spring. the polar vortex is back this week. just without was safe to be outside. >> i know. i was wearing a t-shirt and shorts this weekend. -- did anybody have a myspace account? the cofounder of myspace is joining me. he has moved onto other things outside of myspace after it died on the vine when it was bought by news corp.. your governor david paterson up tooin us. is teamed create a new company called the jobs channel network. to gete as social media people jobs in the united states. >> it is time now for our morning at numbers. futures are up five. a downgrade from apple. this is not a standard brokerage. the share prices down a quarter of one percent. >> that is about as close as it gets to avoid. deal between comcast and netflix where netflix is going to pay comcast in order to be assured that it will get bandwidth so the movies are clear. comcast is up one and one half percent. netflix is down because it is paying money. it is curious they

johnson. here's a we got today in tech. google dishes fiber. this search giant wants to replace the cable guy and will do it one city at a time.manhattan's brand-new neighborhood. and in motors, tesla's road to efficiency with a plan to create the largest battery factory in the world. we will take you there. and in sports, the tar heels. how some of the athletes at university of north carolina never had to open a book. and brick by brick, lego. it's more than just toys.

mayor boris johnson says his city is pulling all of brit april with it, meaning good news from the u.s. a u.k. report says the two countries do about $200 billion worth of trade and have a trillion invested in each other. >> jeffreys brieing in shaw the head of a business association says american ties are a major part of the comeback. european business is an important part of the recovery story, if you look at the numbers on u.s. investment in the country, historically, actually on any basis, in any year, u.s. investors are the most significant in the country. 25% of all investment comes from the u.s. every year it's the leading source of investment. >> there's a major free trade deal in negotiations between the u.s. and the e.u. which could be worth billions more revenue, it could be in jeopardy if the uk votes to leave the european union. >> if you make a long-term investment and rely on access to the european market for the products, you will think twice about coming to a country which may not probably but possibly may about not be in the european union in five for 10 years. for on

cities. we sent cory johnson to find out how it's going. how did they get google fiber?think high-speed internet, you don't think of provo. an interesting story. it talks a lot about this boom in technology. it is wired for optical networking during the.com bubble . the fiber was not a successful business for them. it was difficult for them to get the benefit of that. we went to google, which was starting to roll out fiber services. they did a test program in kansas city. handed over their fiber problem to google. listen to what the mayor had to say yesterday. >> everybody's excited. everybody sees a movement in provo. every discussion was about google. application -- provo is a city that loves startups. it was a perfect match for google. the speed of the fiber in every home seems to be a perfect match. they expect real change to happen because -- it is hard to imagine how much faster this internet speed is. as much as 100 times faster than what people tend to get with dsl or even three times with a cable modem can get. >> how much of a catalyst can google fiber be for b

city recovers. ♪ >> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergencyanagement. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborh

locally as david johnson had been stopped by guardian short time earlier david jones in the living dead weight on and on for a number of years which means it's going to move back to the city in december and has been staying at the local boston. just when an item. mr johnson drove a taxi initially for a milk company and will reach the oven until just after six o'clock that evening he was approached by kat be about the routine road traffic issue and bridge streets. i suggested that i would be good at all towards o'brien's bridge at six twenty emergency services were notified that he was seen entering the river. a full scale search and rescue operation was launched involving been opened and that i'd like for them because they're pretty corrupt in love with dad the fire service personnel. i marinated the forty three year old was five strokes to go with that. his body was recovered from the water and taken to goal university hospital where he was pronounced dead. post more examinations can get there today. it's standard practice for daddy to contact the ombudsman commission following an instant from members of the forsythe interaction with somebody prior to the dentist the mat

city. i'm tom keene. with me, adam johnson and alix steel. jeffrey hayzlett with us as well.uting editor. but get right to it. >> let's get to the main event. 10.2 million americans are going to be tuning in sunday night. about downton abbey. splendoris in its full . a magnificent home. here's the thing. if you have fallen in love, there is a family that lives there. --re is a real life family we are joined by the true lady of the house. joining us right now. what a pleasure to have you here. >> i don't have the striped suit on. >> but you have your red and white stripes. >> what's it like having your living room on global, must-see tv echo >? >> it's quite surreal. a lot of americans think they know our home. >> we do. >> it has been an amazing ride. so lucky. we have become one of the most famous thousand in england. >> in france, the properties collapsed because of the success of the show. you're rebuilding the castle. >> i hope were not rebuilding the castle. going.keeping it that is the main thing. not stop and drop it and sell. we have been having weddings, conferences

happened to our country well some of that reflects you know a divided city roosevelt had massive democratic majorities in a crisis johnson had massive democratic majorities and you know post kennedy assassination so they had opportunity that obama had in his first couple of years where he did big things and hasn't had since and so this state of the union i think reflected a very diminished presidency and a very different vision from the battles of the last years and a divided congress because he knows nothing's going to get out of this congress. what was interesting to me is the president's speech was in the run up there was a lot of talk about inequality we're going to focus on this this this is going to be the populist speech we're going to continue this theme against the right wing and against republicans and it pretty much got scrubbed out of the speech there was one section where he said look we have this recovery but incomes are stagnant. inequality is growing not enough people have good jobs and not enough people are working at all. but the reason he gave for that was what i call passive voice populism it was well

city. it is important to recognize lyndon johnson and his kennedy comes to dallas.indeed, kennedy tells the florida senator and his memoirs three days before coming your he's going to insist in sydney transit. john, the governor of texas and a protÉge of sean and his son be daley plaza. when the kennedy advancement, notably jerry bruner does not like the 120-degree turn into -- into the daley plaza requires a call with the chief executive in danger says he told the president he does it our way at the invitation is rescinded and we don't want it. now some people say, okay, why would lyndon johnson put his protÉge, his man in the death car with john kennedy or he gets shot. the answer is the morning of the assassination, lyndon johnson goes to the hotel room and says i've got a great idea. but then, right in my cardinal had his arch rival in democratic politics at the center. so it is very clear johnson create the opportunity to kill john kennedy. i think that there is -- the cia and the mob have worked together seamlessly in the efforts to assassinate castro. this is

city. i am tom keene. joining is adam johnson and olivia sterns.off for figure skating lessons. howard oort, gamco chief executive officer has been in the markets and optimistic. ard ward. >> current-account deficit right and -- widening to a new record on new imports. this is adding to the prime minister's challenges as trying to -- as he tries to drive the recovery. importing more energy. another big story we're watching coming from europe, swiss voters approving immigration curve that threatened to hurt the economy. we heard about that from hans nichols and we'll talk about that later in the hour. mortgage delinquencies and mba mortgage foreclosures. the big news, 10:00 tomorrow firstg, janet yellen's testimony before congress since confirmation. after the bell we will hear from l'oreal. president obama meeting with the french -- french president. there forig symbolism the french president to travel to monticello. >> a big fan of the french. >> it is about four blocks down from --[inaudible] it is like 10-12 feet up, it is like this is where tho

users position concerning the expansion of the city and county center that finds the above ground uses unacceptable. thank you >> thank you chairperson johnson i'm andrew robinson i'm the director of the yerba buena project. i'm here to speak in favor of the project. we know that context in which the moscone expansion would take place and has expanded in the past. we think the howard block could woman a theatre stage particularly that the breakdown of the block between folsom and howard which is fenway we've heard from our community for a street light plan that the blocks don't offer social interaction. we see the exciting stunts and want to see the benefit that moscone succeeds but the neighborhood succeeds as well. he want to see moscone reach out to the neighbors they've been responsive. if security issues can be addressed if the bridge go really opens up the children's creativity museum we support that. thank you very much. >> (calling names). >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. i'm john president of todd could and it was one of the community organizations involved in the original moscone collect group that adapted the conventio