klein. mr. klein: thank you, madam speaker. as we've been discussing, this is a travesty of great magnitude. the chinese government has shown over and over again its lack of respect and dignity for human life and certainly someone who has such great respect in the academic community and worldwide is a leader in the views of nonviolence to be locked up and put away when the rest of the world recognizes the importance of his respect and his leadership in this important endeavor is obviously more than disgusting. we have an opportunity today to create a resolution and speak on behalf of the united states and our people who we believe are human rights and the respect should be given to one who won the nobel peace prize. madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey. mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. i yield four minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. rohrabacher, ranking member of the foreign affairs on human rights and oversight and he, too, has been outspoken on

ezra klein, columnist for "the washington post" and karen finish ne, former commune kalgss director for the democratic national committee. let's all listen to what robert gibbs will to say today. >> the framework that the president introduced a little more than a week ago has, as you heard others say, has been changed to add the energy tax credits that were important to the president and a number of democrats. so i think the senate's going to pass that and that's going to be the basis of which the house takes up that legislation. obviously, we think it's also the basis for what will become the agreement that the president will sign. >> ezra, is this going to be easy, as robert gibbs is trying to make it sound? >> nothing's ever easy. what the house wants to do, actually, is vote on the tax. they want to take that out and bring it back to '09 levels instead of where it is now in the compromise, which is 5 million exemption, 35%. if they do that, senate republicans will not pass the bill. they'll go back to the senate. they won't pass it. right now, the important factor here is that repub

klein is very deserving. she was born in poland in 1924 and was taken prisoner when nazi germany invaded poland. after being separated in her parents, she spent the next six years in concentration campless. six years. in 1945, mrs. weissmann was forced to walk 453 miles in a death march were women were subjected to execution. mrs. weissmann was one of less of 120 women who miraculously survived the death march and was liberated by the u.s. soldiers. one of the soldiers who was there to liberate the women was lieutenant kurt klein. they soon fell in love and later married. mrs. weissmann klein has worked tirelessly to teach tolerance and combat hunger. she has written multiple books about her experience as a holocaust survivor. and to this day she works to promote tolerance and educate people about the horrors of the holocaust. it is with great honor i commend her on being selected to receive this award and thank her for the work she has done. at this time i'll verve the balance of our time. the speaker pro te

klein, give us the straight-talk. the american people want to know if we're advancing properly in afghanistan. what's your take, what did you see? >> well, there no such thing as straight-talk about afghanistan, for god's sakes. it's an incredibly complicated problem and it really isn't the problem. the problem is next door, it's pakistan. pakistan is a country with 80 nuclear weapons and a history of army coupes sometimes islamic islamic coupes and islamic army coups and we have to try as hard as we can to stabilize the region. it's very hard. it's very complicated. but to just get out is not an option that the point. >> why isn't it? what would happen if we did get out? what if the president came out after this review today and said you know what we're going to be out of there in six months. what's wrong with that? >> what's wrong with that is that that the taliban/al qaeda would come in killing an awful lot of people especially women and they would have a base from which to attack us again. it would also destabiliz

. >>> reporter: it's not unusual for lisa klein to find bags of baby clothes on her front porch. it happens daily ever since she first collected new and gently used clothing for victims of hurricane katrina. >> i sent one email and within four days i received 200 tons of baby clothes on my front porch. >> reporter: she quickly found she wasn't the only new mom who wanted to pass along their nice baby clothes and realized she could fill the need locally. so she started a nonprofit called loved twice. >> each box has maybe three blankets, 10 pairs of pants, 15 onesies, a board book, socks, little mittens. >> reporter: her basement is command central. it's where she sorts, folds and packages all the items a newborn would need the first year. >> they may leave the hospital and go to a shelter or a safe home and they might just leave the hospital with nothing because the hospital issues-- might leave the hospital with nothing but a hospital-issued blanket. so get a box from "loved twice." >> reporter: lisa and a network of volunteers help collect the clothes and distribute them weekly

and time magazine's joe kleine. first up, the president's tax cuts deal. may turn out to be a textbook turn of the corner for a president sorely in need of one. he's got a very big advantage for 2011, a new abc news-"washington post" poll shows americans favor obama to make progress on the big issues facing the country. more than they favor republicans to do it. but he still needs working partners. another new poll, this one from nbc, shows the democrats out there are eager for democrats here in washington to help the president. 6 3% of democrats polled say they support more deals with republicans, despite those house democrats voting against the tax cuts deal. but just 47% of republicans tantwheir leaders to keep compromising with obama. howard, it's so interesting. the democrats come out of the election, they realize they lost, i gegs. it's time to deal. republicans come out of election, we won, no deal. >> that's what the numbers show. but i think the imperative is for the next two years is going to be the president trying, and i think more than we migh

and let's turn to rick klein, our washington editor, who is following every step of this. and we were talking about all of the political theater this weekend. democrats fighting for tax cuts only for the middle class. something they knew wouldn't get anywhere, but listen to democratic senator mccaskill with this directed at the tea party. >> they need to pull back the curtain and realize that you've got a republican party that's not worried about the people in the tea party. they're worried about people that can't decide which home to go to over the christmas holidays. >> clearly some democrats very frustrated about this. so, who won, who lost here? >> reporter: this is a significant win for republicans, david. president obama has been clear that this was a critical position, and he is caving on it, allowing all the tax cuts to be extended. he wanted them to expire for the wealthiest americans. so, this round goes to republicans who wanted them across the board extended. >> but the white house will argue they had to do this to extend unemployment benefits. >> reporter: tha

now on what is a very busy weekend in congress, let's go now to our seen wore washington editor rick klein. rick, they call these sessions lame ducks for a reason. usually not much gets done. this time seems to be different. why? >> reporter: nothing motivates the mind of the majority than knowing you're about to be in the minority. all the long deferred pieces of sledge slags, democrats realize it's now or never, so things are moving fast. >> about a month and a half ago, the president admitted he had been shellacked in the midterms. he seemed to be at something of a low point. now, he seems to be on a winning streak. what changed? >> reporter: obama 2.0 really looks like the beta version from back in the campaign. the president, in all of these areas, he's working different coalitions and rising above party labels. to actually get things done. the result is some big victories in areas like economic policy and social policy and foreign policy and national security. and he's done it sometimes with the base, sometimes against it. working a lot of different angles. >> but is this model, this

let's go now to our senior washington editor rick klein. rick, let me pick up on what david was just saying. why will the democrats continue to make all this noise if this thing is pretty much a done deal and there's no chance of even making any changes? >> reporter: this is about pride right now, dan. for so many democrats, several that i talked to on capitol hill, said this is like adding injury to the insult that they just received to voters. to have the president go behind their backs and negotiate a deal without their participation, even before republicans take over control of the house, is just a big sting for them to take. that's not going to change. they are still not going to be happy with how this went down. but the key will be for speaker pelosi and her fellow democrats to find a few things, there's some talk about the estate tax, maybe some new jobs initiatives, that democrats can say, we went to the president, we got something out of this, they can go back to their base and say, negotiations were fruitful, we were at that table

glen klein, welcome to you. this was a long time coming. give us your reaction to today's action. >> thank you, jeff. right now i'm still seting in a little bit. but i can tell you right now that the members of the feel-good foundation and myself were ecstatic that we'll be able to bring home this bill to 9/11 responders. we've been waiting so many years for vin day indication. >> brown: what kind of illnesses and problems is this package designed to address? remind us what this is about. >> it's going to address all types of breathing problems, asthma, lung damage, post-traumatic stress disorder. gastrointestinal problems, the whole gamut. as far as i know, i believe that things could be added on as time goes on, different types cancers that pop up and things of that nature. >> brown: and you yourself experienced a lot of this, right? >> i have some lung damage, i have scarring and food you'lls on my lungs, i have exercise induced asthma, gastrointestinal problems, and post-traumatic stress disorder also. >> brown: the compromise hammered

that was not happening. >> reporter: but chancellor kleins view is different. >> i think we should be candid about it and say that this dislocates teachers and the teachers do not like it because if i come in and start a new school, that means you have fewer kids and if you have fewer kids, you need fewer teachers. and i think that's what the push-back is about. it's a game about who has the power. >> reporter: it didn't take the court long to decide the matter and it ruled in favor of the union, putting a temporary halt to school closings. >> what the courts said was you can't close the schools without coming up with a good plan for what to do with the kids who are displaced. and i think the department of education did not think carefully enough about what would happen to those kids. >> we've created over the course of the years the numbers of seats we've shut down. i think the numbers are clear and i'll be happy to get them to you. i think we do have the seats and the capacity. >> reporter: but the criticism is that you didn't have a plan. >> we may not have done our job thoroughly

klein has taken over the discovery cafe at the children's museum. the least you have before you is a 15-year lease. it would commence on march 1 of 2011 and terminate on february 28, of 2026. there would be one potential five-year extension for the operation of the boat rental, food and beverage, and a small retail concession. the minimum rent would be $140,000 per year. the percentage would be $33,000 to -- 33% of boat rental fees, 10% of food and beverage revenue, and 7.5% of retail revenue. the 33% indicates an increase of 2% over the existing rental -- existing percentage rate for boat rental. that is important. the boats are the largest revenue source. to get any increase from the boat revenues and concessions will significantly benefit the city's bottom line. the 10% of food and beverage is a decrease from what we currently get. that is because the economics of operating a full service restaurant verses a snack bar, where you don't have a lot of labor, you don't have a lot of proper. 75% -- 7.5% of retail. one of the things we are really excit

." >> en cinco de los ocho estados que obtuvieron mÁs asientos al congreso, la klein ganÓ en la ÚltimablaciÓn hispana que por lo general tiene mÁs tendencia a votar por los demÓcratas. blanca rosa, univisiÓn. >> gracias. el presidente asegurÓ hoy a los hispanos que su gobierno seguirÁ dando prioridad a una reforma migratoria. la reuniÓn fue a puerta cerrada pero la casa blanca emitiÓ un comunicado que sostuvo que la reforma serÁ prioridad en la prÓxima sesión del congreso. >> se comprometiÓ a continuar utilizando su presidencia y rechazando medidas antiinmigrantes que se genera en el prÓximo congreso, que se pueden generar en el prÓximo congreso de los estados unidos. >> el presidente le prometiÓ a los legisladores republicanos reunirse con ellos el aÑo que viene para trazar la estrategia les usarÍa para promover reformas de inmigraciÓn. -necesaria. >> preocupante advertencia a los estadounidenses sobre terrorismo. choque entre vendedores ambulantes y policÍa en mÉxico. los deliciosos rollos de canela pillsbury tienen el calor y aroma de lo recién horneado. con los productos pillsbury

. >>> let's turn to msnbc contributor ezra klein. good evening. >> good evening. >> let's start with the mr.ess in the house as opposed to the mess in the senate. >> they were going back and forth on rules. they're fighting over the estate tax fix. it's very important to realize how cramped a debate this is. what the democrats want is an estate tax with a $3.5 million exemption. what the republicans want is 5 million. if nobody does anything, the estate tax that comes in is 1 million. that would raise 700,000. what the democrats want is closer to what the republicans want than what would happen if we did nothing. there is a lot of sound and fury in the house over a deal that isn't that different. over an amendment that wouldn't change the house that much. what's going on now is a debate over rules. originally, we'll have a rule in which you had to vote on the amendment. if you voted for the amendment qualify then the tax bill was passed. first you could vote on the amendment and then the tax deal separately. >> what's the big deal on

my book home this weekend -- i was riding my bike home this weekend at night and tried the new by klein's in division street, the physically separated lines. it has been six or seven years since i have ridden my bike on division street. those physically separated lines made such a difference. there were some bicycles in that little stretch and it was such a great connector. it closed a little gap in the route there that made it what normally would be a scary situation, and make it pleasant to ride those two blogs and turn onto 11th. that got me thinking about the increase we have seen in cycling of the past five or six years. it is a large increase. i think in the last five years, a 30% increase. chairperson nolan: at least that. there is a memo going out to the board to give you an update. i believe it is on my desk not to be reviewed and signed. it may have been signed already. it outlines the significant progress we have made with the bike plan. we're well ahead of schedule of what was initially in the bike plan. that will also cover the particular improvement. director brinkman: it ma

today will be ever known in san for the cisco as judith klein day in our city. there you are. finally. thank you, judith. [applause] thanks for everything you have done. we are proud of her. she is not going far. barbara garcia -- angela manchin barbara garcia. she is the new health director in san francisco, and if anyone really wants to know how she got the job, the interview consisted of one question -- you think it is the -- one of the biggest health departments in the world, and we can talk about cultural competency and all the issues of primary care, long-term aging and all those things, but all that i already knew. i cared about one thing -- i said i'm out of here. not particularly because i want to be out of san francisco but because i want to continue to serve and my time was coming up, and my passion is this thing called project homeless. she said she knows and she committed to making sure it continues well past my time, so, barbara, we are holding you to that. i want to know this is going to continue on. i also want to thank our homeless czar, the person we call and

creating a network of moms helping moms, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to lisa klein kelly, cbs 5. >> lisa puts in about 50 hours a week of work. that's just herself. it's funded in part by some small grants that are going to run out next year. without more assistance, she may have to close down. if you can help you can find a link to love twice on website works click the cbs 5 connect at the top of the page and then jefferson awards. >>> not one, not two, but a series of storms heading to the bay area. when you will need your umbrella. the details as eyewitness news continues on cbs 5. ,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] little oliver had a fog horn nose. it shattered his tissue with hurricane blows. no person or place was safe from the spray. but his mom had new puffs ultra soft & strong to save the day. with lotion-free pillows to cushion the force. puffs holds up better than value tissue of course. next time oliver blew his horn, he reached for puffs ultra soft & strong. a nose in need deserves new puffs ultra soft & strong indeed. when you prefer a lotion tissue, try puf

. >> reporter: it's not unusual for lisa klein to find bags of baby clothes on her front porch. it happens daily, ever since she first collected new and gently used baby clothing for victims of hurricane katrina. >> i sent one e-mail out and within four days, i received 200 pounds of baby clothes on my front porch. >> reporter: she quickly found she wasn't the only new mom who wanted to pass along their nice baby clothes and realized she could fill the same need locally. so she started nonprofit called love twice. >> maybe three blankets, 10 pairs of pants, 15 onesiess a board book, socks, mittens. >> reporter: her basement is command central, where she sorts, folds, and packages all the items a newborn would need the first year. >> maybe the hospital, might go to a shelter or to a safe home and might leave the hospital with nothing besides the hospital-issued blanket. so they get a box from love twice. >> reporter: lisa and a network of volunteers help select the clothes and distribute them weekly to over 30 local shelters, clinics, and safe houses. >> i can't keep up with the

ezra klein is an msnbc contributor and reporter for the "washington post."zra, let's talk through the policy of this. you had a fascinating interview over the weekend with an economist from the bush era days. glenn hubbard. and he had some interesting takes on what should happen with tax policy going forward. tell me about it. >> sure. so glenn hubbard was the first chairman of the council of economic advisers. he helped write the tax cuts. he said, you know, i wouldn't support a permanent extension at this point. i said why not? they're yours. you should like them. he said, you can't decide what your taxes are going to look like until you decide how big government should be. he said if we're going to have a government like the one barack obama and the democrats prefer, we can't have the bush tax cuts. they don't raise enough money. if we were going to have one like george w. bush had, we also can't have the tax cuts. >> did he say that? the size that bush had with the medicare prescription drug benefit. for instance. set the costs of the wars aside for a mi

karen hunter, "the washington post" ezra klein and sophia nelson. is this a done deal or could the house have something to say about this? >> they could have something to say about it. the odds are it's more of a done deal than people are letting on. with the deals it's wise for the two sites to build and something to, negotiated up or down a little bit so people feel like they've got something. there's talk of green energy tax credits, pelosi wants them, that's a get she can bring to her members. i do not expect it to change dramatically in the coming days. i think the smart money is that it passes. >> is this the best deal the president could have gotten? >>> >> i don't know. a bunch of millionaires making decisions for rest of us and i'm sick and tired of -- >> middle class americans voted in those. >> howard dean is not an economics expert. he's a doctor. and a lot of these folks are making decisions based on political positions not based on what's best for the american people. >> i hear this a lot, i think a lot of smart friends, i have a lot o

in the start of the holidays, a lot of happy young faces and klein memorial church in san francisco this morning carried that's for volunteers gave away 7000 toys to children from all over the bay area. this morning's line was the longest in recent memory. some families started lining up as early as 5 in the evening yesterday. in order to get christmas presents for their children. a live look outside at traffic in san francisco, what a mess it is. the top of your screen traffic highway be headed toward the lower deck of the bay bridge, that's the tail light tuesday. barely moving. the bottom of your screen southbound highway one moving toward the peninsula, and moving quite slowly at this hour. we'll be back there's much more. in the buzz, lindsay loan and is in trouble again. the actress is accused of hitting a staff member at her rehab center. the woman who works at the betty ford center, said low and that factor is going to file charges. it should not only denying it, she said it was a staffer who attacked her. not clear whether this will be considered a violation of the probation. sh

was unconstitutional and the judge agreed saying in part a individual's intention to purchase or the klein to purchase health insurance from a provider is beyond the historical reach of the u.s. constitution. he said it is not a case about health insurance or health care but all about liberty. >> the individual mandate is unconstitutional because ordering americans to buy health insurance, as the bill does, is beyond the congress' power under the commerce clause. and two, that the bill is not saved by the taxing power congress has by applying a penalty to those americans who do not buy the government mandated health insurance. >> now, this is all along way from being over. from this point what happens next is the case has to be heard in the fourth circuit court and if it is successful there t. it will go to this u.s. supreme court. the process could take up to two years if not longer. virginia leaders are calling on the justice of justice to expedite this because they say it is of national importance. >> very clear. the virginia attorney general knows he has a fight on his hands? >> he cer

. >> reporter: council member larry klein has killed the idea and says the court, which will eventually have just four homes, was way too small for a tech giant like packard. >> we've got to be honoring mr. packard with something much larger, a park, a library, a major street if we had one, that didn't already have a name, things of that nature rather than a court. >> reporter: the city is reviewing its naming procedures and the packard corporation had no comment. >>> it's official. you can finally say good-bye to those loud tv ads. when you will start seeing and hearing quieter commercials. >>> what if every face looks the seam. to some people it does. the condition that is not as rare as you think. >>> how low will it go? temperatures near or below freezing tonight. take a look at some of the current temps right now and stay with us. your pinpoint forecast as "eyewitness news" continues right after this. the law. the president signed legislation from palo alto congresswoman anna eshoo >>> yeah, yak jacking up the volume on television commercials will soon be against the law. the presi