. >> my name is julie sullivan representing the action coalition. we believe this will bring enormous benefits to the entire city. in spite of all the controversy, what is being discussed is a simple land-use question. should lot 351 remain a parking lot or not? if not a parking lot, what should it become? the opposition comes from a small group of people, mostly white and upper-middle-class, that have lived in the neighborhoodr

sullivan with your cnbc market wrap. the dow closes up 97 the s&p 500 up 14 closing above 1300 for the first time since july.he nasdaq is up 41. fourth quarter earnings from goldman sachs beat lowered expectations. the investment bank cutting compensation by 21% helped offset a slowdown in trading and a short time ago online auction site ebay reported earnings in revenue that exceeded most estimates. shares are indeed higher in after hours trading. that is it from cnbc first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> back to "hardball", one of the biggest stories for monday night's big debate was newt gingrich's exchanges about race with debate moderator juan williams. gi his comments at the debate weren't the first time in this cycle that a republican presidential candidate used what many believed to be and i believed to be racial code or dog whistle to appeal to a certain type of voter. let's watch. >> president obama is the most successful foodstamp president in american history. >> i don't want to make people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. i want to give them the opportunity