katherine sharp. we are very excited today to have a press release from the mayor and have him join us. this has been an amazing experience for those of us from the very beginning. we look forward to sharing that story with you. without further ado, mayor lee. >> thank you, katherine. thank you very much for being here. i wanted to join this great moment of celebration for fibrogen, which is more than a serial. that was what i first thought when i saw that name. i want to congratulate fibrogen and all the companies that have spouted up. i had -- the creation of this experiment with bioand life sciences here in mission bay. now a few years later, it really began in 2009 where there were five companies that started in this building. today, there are 23 of these microbusinesses that are doing biotechnology research, clinical laboratory research as well as applications for that. right here, the three areas of work that they're doing. they told me they're here because of the talent, the graduates coming out of berkley and stanford and the school systems are really feeding the kind of talent that they

the part i can attest to is that katherine has kept me calmed down at various times about this project, and that's her job in part, which is no fun. i think that pat kontraneo, our v.p. of finance, has been a leader and facilitator across the entire spectrum of activities, and pat is very self-afacing and doesn't seek to credit himself. but i know what he does and he does a lot to make sure things get done right in this program. so thank you, pat. when we started, we came from south san francisco, and we came here because amgen, who competes with us in the markets, and jenentech were fighting over space there. there was a period of time when the rents in san francisco were higher than the rent here. the total cost here was still higher, but that one moment, i knew only happened once every couple decades. and so we jumped on it. we got our board to agree to let us come peer. the shorensteen family built this building. they did a very, very good job, but when we got here, we were alone and it was an economic crisis, a period of time. and we had this idea that if we had a quality building

whole damn deal, let me begin by saying not many people have famous greek -- great uncles but katherine has, chronicling the life and i am not sure how i am supposed to describe ball because in this book is a catalog of things he didn't like to be called. he was a lobbyist, he was the fixer, he wasn't influenced polar, by suspect he would agree and probably take great pleasure being identified to might as one of the truly great and iconic figures of american politics during the last chunk of the 20th century. many of you may know bob strauss, work for him, work against him, miniet probably been cultural by him and certainly in salted which was a compliment of sorts and no doubt as my friend was telling me earlier have your own stories surfaced throughout his career but whether or not you have ever met here, known him in any capacity at all you will get to know him very well or better by reading this wonderful book, the whole damn deal. through research, interviews with key players including the protagonist coming along with the hard work necessary to write a good book, katherine has capture

katherine has proven to be one of the important network hubs, and she deserves our thanks for that. so congratulations. >> i think with that, that concludes the scheduled speakers. but now i'm going to open this up to any questions that we might have from the press. ok. with that, i would invite you to either stay out here and special outside or join us inside. i believe we do have some treats in there. and fairly shortly after a few minutes, we are going to take the mayor on a tour of a couple of the labs and give him an idea of what this really looks like. thank you all for coming. [applause] ♪ oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. o say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ ♪ >> [speaking foreign language] ♪ [singing in fo

katherine has proven to be one of the important network hubs, and she deserves our thanks for that. so congratulations. >> i think with that, that concludes the scheduled speakers. but now i'm going to open this up to any questions that we might have from the press. ok. with that, i would invite you to either stay out here and special outside or join us inside. i believe we do have some treats in there. and fairly shortly after a few minutes, we are going to take the mayor on a tour of a couple of the labs and give him an idea of what this really looks like. thank you all for coming. [applause] >> that afternoon, i would like to call the november 8 public utility commissions and to order. commissioner moran commission. >> here. >> the vice president is out of the country. commissioner caen. >> here. >> president vietor:. >> here. >> commissioner courtney:. >> here. >> we have the minutes of the october 25 meeting before us. any additions or corrections to those minutes? >> so moved. >> second. >> we have one speaker card. >> ok, public comment. >> good afternoon. commissioners, gene

. >> reporter: katherine has been taking shooting lessons.d to be the better shot. reportedly prince william's christmas gift to kate this year might be a puppy hunting dog. >> if kate can cope with christmas with the royal family she can more or less cope with any event. >> reporter: the public eager for details of this long holiday at home with the queen. no pressure. for "today" michelle kosinski, nbc news, london. >> well forget the pressure. i would need a nap after that. they look like 48 hours of nonstop. >> they started out with drinking. that might not be a very good combo. >> they lost me at having to wear the tux. >> oh, yes. >> do you dress up? >> everyone in our family, you know, sits back on the couch, watches the movie, maybe opens a button or something. >> i'm going to turn into jeans as soon as we're done here. >> pajama jeans? >> yes. >> all right. >>> besides the rockefeller center christmas tree nothing captures the christmas spirit here in new york quite like the classic department store window displays from snowflakes to

. >> reporter: katherine has been taking shooting lessons. be the better shot. reportedly prince william's christmas gift to kate this year might be a puppy hunting dog. >> if kate can cope with christmas with the royal family she can more or less cope with any event. >> reporter: the public eager for details of this long holiday at home with the queen. no pressure. for "today" michelle kosinski, nbc news, london. >> well forget the pressure. i would need a nap after that. they look like 48 hours of nonstop. >> they started out with drinking. that might not be a very good combo. >> they lost me at having to wear the tux. >> oh, yes. >> do you dress up? >> everyone in our family, you know, sits back on the couch, watches the movie, maybe opens a button or something. >> i'm going to turn into jeans as soon as we're done here. >> pajama jeans? >> yes. >> all right. >>> besides the rockefeller center christmas tree nothing captures the christmas spirit here in new york quite like the classic department store window displays from snowflakes to sho

katherine has more and it seems like the headline is there are lawmakers asking for more urgency on thisat's right. after a damning report from the international atomic energy agency on their nuclear program, they complained the administration is not moving fast enough. >> after the ieua report, your sense of urgency should have risen to our sense of urgency. we're not seeing that. >> the clock is ticking. published reports say we have about a year. now, when are we going to start our sanctions regime robustly? >> the frustration is that sanctions may be slowing iran's progress toward a nuclear weapon, but not stopping the regime and in the process, the iranian people are feeling the impact of those sanctions? >> shep: as that goes on, there is great disagreement between the white house and the congress on this, right? >> that's right. two senators, republican and democrat, are sponsoring an amendment that goes further in penalizing iran than president obama's recent executive effort. in an effort to choke off the money for the nuclear program, the kirk-menendez amendment bars any u.s. f

katherine has hosted episodes of court tv signature prime time series the system and numerous other specials such as the jury speaks with dominick dunn, osama bin laden on trial and safe passage, voices from the middle school part of the networks' public affairs and initiative choices and the consequences. prior to joining court tv, catherine incurred the report for fox news channel. our nightly our program during which she interviewed the leading newsmakers of the day. catherine currently manages her own production company and communications developing television film and a documentary projects and now may i welcome with great pleasure catherine crier. [applause] >> television has been very good to me. it's been about 18 years on abc, fox, court tv but i wanted to do all the way back to probably five or 6-years-old and i've gotten to the point now i think it is genetic. i remember during the 1960 elections are doing with family members about politics, so much so that my step grandfather would pretend to fall asleep so i would shut up. [laughter] obviously i didn't have a clue but as long as

has expeer yepped an incredible hardship. we have been alternating with nevada between number one and number two with the cities hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis. the great attorney general of nevada, katheriner quite some time and most recently and yesterday, in fact, we announced a joint investigation agreement where we are joining forces around our targeted investigation and so we have each independently been doing this work and we are collaborating and sharing intelligence, sharing witnesses and documents and the subpoena power that we each have to focus on the need for accountability and consequence for wrongdoing and also to make sure that we are doing a full and fair investigation so that we can be sure that when and if there is ever a discussion or we come to a point of reaching a settlement, it will be fair and it will be proportionate to the harm that each of our states experienced. >> and the harm that your straits experienced have included the practices by the leaders moved these mortgagers out to things they didn't know they were getting into. then the component people in trouble on their mortgages are falling prey too all sorts of scheme he is being offered them with the notion

our business desk has more on that. >> katherine, last month the government ordered a ban on rice sales in eight districts and now the agriculture ministry has decided to buy up all of the rice in these districts. are the ban was imposed after right recorded levels of 500 per kilogram. safety standards have been lowered to 100 per kilogram. the ministry says it will buy up all of the rice under the eight districts as well as any other crops shown to be contaminated under the new standard. the ministry will ask tokyo electricower company the operator of the fukushima plant to pick up the bill. it estimates that it will have to buy about 4,000 tons of contaminated rice. the japanese government is also set to sign a currency swap deal with india. it is another move to prevent europe's credit turmoil from harming asian financial markets. sources say japan's prime minister will agree to the swap at a summit with his indian counterpart. the two leaders meet in new delhi on wednesday. the swap agreement is expected to help shore up the rupi. the indian currency weakened as foreign investors pu

. >>> coming up, the fashion industry has a reason to thank the duchess katherine. >> coming up. iful ♪ you're beautiful ♪ you're beautiful ♪ it's true >>> this is -- that's your song, as well. the whole show, that is an homage, play list of sunny. >> i love you. >>> kate middleton might be the future queen, but she has king midas' touch when it comes to fashion. >> everything she wore turned to gold for retailers. as nick watt reports, much of it is affordable even for us commoners. >> reporter: the duchess, scientific, almost is, kate wears a dress and it sells out. online, in store and anywhere, the princess wannabes can get their manicured hands on it. kate donned this $275 reese creation to greet the obamas, the website crashed. this one $310 in store. the duchess effect, immediately selling over $1,000 on e-bay. whatever she wears sells fast. this burberry trench sold out within hours. but she gained the most from her royal blessing. reese has shrugged off the chill of recession and seen sales soar by $50 million. so fashionistas might get snippy. >> i think sometimes the pr

. >> the story has created quite the conversation on our facebook page. katherine says i'm a christian and embarrassed a christian group would protest over an ad for a muslim reality show. >> jr says if the home depot pulled ads from a hispanic show? >> some changes ahead for drivers as the california department of insuressan tries to get the word out about low-cost insure jaynes. starting tomorrow the program will be more efficient and accessible and get more drivers insured. >> something on the order of 15% of the cars you see on the road are uninsured. that's close to four million californians without auto insurance. it's a problem for them because they run the risk of having an accident and not having coverage and it's a problem for us who have insurance because when we run into someone without insurance we don't get the recovery. >> you must be at least 19, be a good driver, in good standing, for three years, drive a vehicle worse less than $20,000 and meet certain income requirements. only 11,000 californians are enrolled in that program. >> tonight, an organ

she has questions about the questions of democracy. welcome to newsline. i'm katherine kolb ash i in tokyo. she's making the first visit there by a u.s. secretary of state in more than half a century. it marks a significant shift in u.s. policy. clinton will meet during the day with the president. she's expected to talk about how to promote democracy in clinton will push him to free all political prisoners. she spoke about her hopes for the trip while in a stop in south korea. >> i am obviously looking to determine for myself that on behalf of our government what is the intention of the current government with respect to continuing reforms, both political and economic. >> the government of myanmar has been taking encouraging steps toward democracy. leaders released about 200 political prisoners in october. it's believed hundreds more remain in detention. >> clinton will meet with the pro-democracy leader. she hopes clinton's presence will spark reform. she appeared in a webcast of the think tank, the council on foreign relations. >> i hope that secretary clinton's visit

katherine, my niece is a premed student who has already done volunteer work in africa and wants to gowitters out there. i love the kind program founded by lawrence. it's the best gift i've bought. alley van zee says i wasn't in the christmas spirit at all. then i watched the last word. how can you not be infused by the spirit of giving when you see those kids. and in case you were wondering how cool the k.i.n.d. fund is, i just gave 30 kids in malawi school desks. you can, too. he is the creative director of milk studios, the place where "vogue" shoots its covers. you cannot get cooler than that. i have not asked minute to redirect their charitable giving from something that they consider more worthy or to give more than they can afford. and i can never thank them enough. patrick tweets, lawrence disabled military vet donating $75 to kind. you moved me to tears. no small feat. thank you, sir. and a civilian working for the u.s. navy, i couldn't sit here another night without helping those poor kids. so we donated $100 to k.i.n.d. fund. i'm not sure how long i will be working for the n

katherine sharp. we are very excited today to have a press release from the mayor and have him join us. this has been an amazing experience for those of us from the very beginning. we look forward to sharing that story with you. without further ado, mayor lee. >> thank you, katherine. thank you very much for being here. i wanted to join this great moment of celebration for fibrogen, which is more than a serial. that was what i first thought when i saw that name. i want to congratulate fibrogen

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foreign bank library in the katherine anne porter room and we are talking with the university of maryland professors who are also authors joined by a history professor jon sumida, who has written this book, "decoding clausewitz: a new approach to on war." professor jon sumida, who was coral clausewitz? >> he fought against napoleon and the entire and first as a teenager in 79 these leader to be made great officer in the battle in 1906 and was subordinate to the chief of staff of the army and was a participant in the reform of the prussian army after its three defeat. in 1812 he resigned the commission because he disagrees with the king in terms of their decision to be an ally of france and invade russia, so he goes over to the russian army and serves as an adviser to the czar and is attached to senior russian commanders in the battles of 1812 with at the retreat of the army when it's retract in the late fall of 1812 and goes on when they say it changes sides to fight the great battles in of bolten and walton and in the 1850 campaign. so he is a very experienced officer will. after the war he is appointed to head the prussian war college, and from the team 18 to 1831 he

katherine middleton. in london the ceremony is broadcast live around the world. may first. has been assassinated. in pakistan. july twenty second norway a terrorist bombing in the government center in oslo and a shooting at a political youth camp at least seventy six people dead anders behring breivik a thirty two year old right wing extremist is arrested and charged with both attacks. october fifth steve jobs and american computer engineer inventor and businessman. recognized as a pioneer and the visionary of the personal computer revolution after a long struggle with cancer. october eighteenth israel and the palestinian organization hamas carry out a major prisoner swap in which the captured israeli army soldier. is exchange for one thousand and twenty seven palestinian and israeli arab prisoners held in the israel. december eighth the e.u. summit that comes together to face the ever deepening crisis is so widely seen as ineffective the single currency powerhouses france and germany fail to come to terms on a strategy to stabilize and save the euro. december fifteenth the united states formally

has ever happened to katie. >> meg is one reason katherine adopted her daughter. >> i have this amazing daughter in my life thatldn't have. i have this amazing beautiful sister in my life that i wouldn't have otherwise. i think adoption should be something on everybody's mind. >> of course, katherine heigl is one of many celebrities who have chosen adoption. mariska hargitay adopted a baby boy. and viola davis adopted a baby girl. >>> let's go to samantha harris in the "e.t." control room. >> babies could be in the future for kaley cuoco who is engaged. first off the "big bang" star is hosting the people's choice awards on january 11. only "e.t." can take you behind the scenes of her official photo shoot. here's the confetti. >> kaley is pretty in pink. she proves why she's so funny when we asked about hosting the show for the first time. >> i'm hosting? my god, they don't tell me these things until the day before. yes, i'm hosting. i don't know why they asked me. they're crazy. >> could be kaley, they asked you because you're a nominee for favored tv comedy actress. >> amy, vixen under those layers of wool and

maryland, in the katherine porter room, and we're talking with university of maryland professors who are also authors. we are pleased now to be joined by history professor jon sumida, who has written this book, "decoding clausewitz," a new approach to on more. professor sumida, who was carl levin clausewitz? >> he was a prussian officer who fought against napoleon in the words of the french revolution and by becky first win in action as a teenager in the 1790s. later rose to be a made great officer, was present at the great battle in 1806. was a subordinate of the chief of staff andy army, and was a participant in the reform of the prussian army after its great defeat. in 1812 he resigned his commission because he disagrees with the king in terms of the decision to be an ally of france, the former any. so he goes over to the russian army, serves as an advisor to the czar, and is attached to senior russian commanders, fights at some of the great battles of 1812. it was at the retreat of the french army when his trap in the late fall of 1812 goes on when the prussians changed sides to fight at the great battles, and then in 1815 campaign, the waterloo

in law, kith rin refuses to fix saddy's dress and saddy has to wear it to school like that the next day which embarrasses her. madison and katherine had a flirtation going on his sister in law is a few years older than him. next day madison feels sorry from saddy he decides he will sew up her sleeve for her. so this happens walking to school. slowly, saddy unbuttoned her dress and let it fall to her feet. she watched her brother sew because his fingers were stiff and cold and would not move he jabbed them again and again and when the blood came he sucked it until it was gone much the stitches were jag ed some tiny dots some long lines. the sleeves tucks too far in so the sleeve cuffed high on her wrist. material bunched at her neck giving it a hump. she had a lopsided look but smiled at her brother. all that morning madison watched his sister where she sat with the younger children her sleeve a bump on her shoulder. he thought how it used to be when they lived in town with their own man. a lot of the time it was madison and saddy alone in the house. mark would get money and their dad would go off on a drunk. mornings then the sun

katherine hoover. and >> i speak before you wearing two hats. my first is representing the passenger cruise industry. most of my professional career has been in the professional cruise industry. i am happy to be back in my native san francisco. in my role as a marketer, one of the things we did was market research, and there is no question that we have one of the most desirable sports to visit. i was blessed to travel the globe on passenger cruise ships and can say there are four or five gloria's ports in the world, one of them being in san francisco, hong kong, sydney, vancouver. one reason i am in support of america's cup, and i am not a small boater, but i am in support of sleep week because of the partnership and the results to have a proper professional passenger terminal. sadly what we are operating wilson is embarrassing ways of standard, and one of the benefits is going to have a fantastic, compliant, ecologically sensitive port facilities. just go down to the port and take a swim. come down to the court sunday when we have a passenger ship, and you will wince. i admire the speed these partnerships have been evolved. the secon

right back. 0ñ@Ñ >>justine: the former illinois governor robin cooley of its has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. katherineells us what the judge to pay harsh stance. >>catherine: as he left his chicago home for court, someone asks him if he was up here to show remorse and have been a tough three-year battle for the former illinois gov. it was not until today to to put on leave for his crime saying that he had made terrible mistakes. among his 18 corruption convictions, the explosive charge that he tried to sell, or trade the senate seat that president obama left behind when he left for the white house. the judge said today when a governor goes bad it tears the fabric of the state. he gave the 54 year-old democrat 14 years. >> this is the time to be strong, this is the time to fight through adversity. this is a time for me to be strong for my children, be strong for my wife and this is also a time for a wife and i to get homes of the we can explain to our kids what happened and what all this means and where we're going from here. >>catherine: some argued that the sentence was too harsh that prosecutors wer