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without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, natalie larson. [applause] natalie: i think we will have to put adam on the family payroll. [laughter] gosh. i aspire to live to maybe up to half of that. first, i want to thank adam for helping me though that -- the past couple of weeks pulling the slides that mount vernon has in the archives. i also want to thank amanda isaac, who let me read her account book report here on file. also to susan scholer, who has a deep and abiding interest in everything textile. the steady of furnishing textiles is important because it provides a wi -- a window we make to make our living spaces not just attractive, but more comfortable. not everyone had these choices to make. during the colonial period, most people lived on pallets or low post beds and sat on relatively few people even had a ofmpse at the grandeur anything like this bad on the left in england -- anything like this bed in england, much less slept on anything like it. easy chairs were few and sofas even rarer. although george washington owned several d

ladies and gentlemen, natalie larson. [applause] natalie: i think we are going to have to put adam on the family payroll. [applause] ice aspire to maybe live up to happen -- live up to half of that. like to thank adam for pulling mount vernon slides from the archives. i also want to thank amanda let me read her report here on file and also susan andler who has a deep en abiding interest in all things textile. and it would like to thank the curator for giving me a cure -- getting me a tour of the mansion and america's favorite house. so, the study of furnishing textiles is important to historians because it provides a window into the world of housekeeping, home management, and insight into the choices we make to make our living space is not just attractive, but more comfortable. not everyone has the choices to make. in fact, during the colonial. -- during the colonial area most and satlept on pallets on benches or on upholstered chairs. few people had a glimpse of anything like the grandeur of the bed here on the left, in

larson. are there any questions for mr. larson?eeing none, is there any public comment on this comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. mr. clerk, next item please. >> clerk: item three, chair's report. >> chairman peskin: thank you colleagues. in late october, i had the pleasure of well coming the self -- welcoming the self help coalition for the focus on the future conference. they have approved measures to fund transportation improvements. the theme was the power of partnerships, a fitting message given that it takes contributions from all levels of government to plan, funld and deliver -- fund and deliver transportation infrastructure. since the mid-1980s, california has been proving itself a leader in self help. revenue sources make up 75% of transportation revenues in the bay area. at a time when the federal tax bill contemplates removing funding for commuter benefits, rolling back incentives for alternative fuels and cutting funds for affordable housing, we must continue to be a leader in self help here in san fran an

in new york, i'm brett larson, fox news. >> done your shopping yet. >> no.omorrow. >> how about you yes. >> i'm almost done. >> good for you. >> i'm almost done. >>> pair of retail chains are stepping open around the clock for last minute shoppers looking to knock out those christmas lists. kohl's and toys r us will stay open for 24 hours for customers who missed online shipping deadlines. tomorrow is expected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year with over 126 million people expected to hit retailers nationwide. >>> the traffic app waz is giving users christmas gifts. the worse time to travel that was between 3:00 and 5:00 today. the best time actually christmas day. and for a short time, you can have liam neesen direct you over the river and though the woods to grandma's house. his voice will be available for guidance on the app through january 14th. it all ties in with the release of his new movie the commuter. >>> it's something many iphone users have long suspected and many are not happy about this at all. >> i knew this was happening. for

we can put those on screen, judge thomas, judge joan larson and diane sykes as well. >> all of thoset of the president's list of nominees that he put out during his nomination to be president, they show diversity. the first s. asian on his court of appeals, justice joan larson, one of the state supreme court justices now a federal judge, judge diane sykes, recognized as someone who is a leading conservative jurist and judge hartman who sounds like one of the finalists for the spot so any of those would be excellent choices to open on the supreme court. heather: apologize for the construction that you powered through it. appreciate it very much. 20 minutes until the top of the hour, trying to take advantage of deductions before the reform bill takes effect but the chaos for nothing? politics collided with controversy with the nfl national and kneeling protests. dominating the headlines of 2017. ♪ >> welcome back to "fox and friends" first, many people scrambling to prepay 2018 property taxes, maybe they shouldn't. tracy is here to explain, talking about this this morning, teresa in th

[applause] textile historian natalie larson describes how various beds owned by george washington at his mount vernon home or on the battlefield affected his social standing and wealth. beds were a luxury item. even the wealthiest americans had to contend with various discomforts, including bedbugs. this talk was part of a mount vernon symposium am exploring the various places -- symposium, exploring their ears places george washington lived and visited. ini'm associate curator here mount vernon. it is my pleasure to introduce an individual whose work you have all seen but may not recognize, natalie larson. natalie is the unsung hero of american house museum, and of mount written -- mount vernon in particular.

this is a tribute to "the room", brie larson was excellent in it. >> yeah, but that's "room".is "the room" the it's not the worst movie in the it's a b from 2009. >> but you loved it. >> i loved it because of acting achievements like this. >> ooh. >> i did not hit her. that's not true. i did not. oh, hi, mark. >> yeah,ne. so this is so bad, they use it film to teach whatnot to do in film school. >> oh, wow. >> quite an achievement. to monday or the cinematic masterpiece, james franco plays the star and director in the disaster artist. i'm great at reading the prompter. he plays the writer and drerkirr of "the room." >> i hit her. >> no. you want to change the line? >> you're doing great, man. we'll get there. >> action. action. action. action. >> i can't hear in here. >> say action so i can hear. >> okay. >> it was really great. people really don't know how this movie was made and if the actual they probably ended their career out of sheer despair. it's killing it, 95% on rotten tomatoes. the movie was >>> this morning on "world news now," the verdict is in. >> an illegal immi

larson. good morning. i am john larson representing district 7. i will present the cac report today. item 67 on the again -- item 7-up date on the san francisco management study brought concerns about the use of the hov lanes. they questioned the issuians of the clean air stickers on the use of the lanes giving increasing popularity of the vehicles in the bay area. there was concern that private shuttle buses would reduce the lanes effectiveness. this concern was more voiced during the public comment when private commuters buses were held up for the transportation not open to everyone. starting with number 8. the cac recommended approval for the prop operation of the prop k funds. item 9 approval of the local programming, partnership program or lpp formula program funds for street re-surfacing and exchange of lpp funds with prop k funds for the managed lanes. expressing the appreciation the funds could be used right away for street improvements. item 11, the 2017 san francisco management program raised questions about reporting the findings given

first, i want to bring in matt larson for more.we understand it, we knew they were reaching a settlement but the terms of that settlement we know. walk us through the turns. erms. mark: i have had not a chance to look at the terms. western digital sandisk was disputing that toshiba has the adequate rights to sell interest in a joint venture between western digital and toshiba. may have been in litigation in california state court, arbitration proceedings that were set to conclude in the first quarter of next year right around the same time as the sale needed to be completed. it was in both companies best interest to bring this lawsuit to a close. it looks like they were able to reach a deal. the details of that deal are being released now.it has been rumored that the companies were getting close to some kind of agreement. it looks like the agreement was approved. lawyers have been able to draft up legal documents. both companies will be better off in putting this dispute behind them. emily: what is the significance of this in the c

bret larson here to try to make it all make sense. anchor for fox news headlines 24/7 and a buddy of mine. first of all in laymen terms what is bitcoin? >> it is digital cash. it is what is called crypto currency. it is something that is sort of in the ether of the world. you buy a bitcoin you will not get an actual coin that you take, you will get a percentage of something that has value to it. julie: okay, you take your money out of your bank and you put it in an account with bitcoin? >> right, you would go to bitcoin exchange, kind of the same way you go to a bank and you'd open bank account and put cash in it and the bank would take care of your cash and make sure that it was safe. with bitcoin you go to bitcoin exchange, you put your money into that and it gives you a certain percentage of a bitcoin. let's say they are $10,000, you will put $10,000 and you have a bitcoin and now you can go spend it, what's interesting about the crypto currencies is you can spend them fractionally, so it's sort of like in the dollar there's 100 pe

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larson speak yesterday and they talked about the monuments giving people access today, so they can raise cattle, people can hike and bike. . . out of them. it is important people realize and work to keep the places in tact. here is more on the chopping block. there is 27 in total, these are just the first two. concerned about this >> can you talk about the economic aspect and expand on that? >> guest: absolutely. the author recreation industry is very involved in the issue. several of the big companies have put up what is on the front dapage of the website yesterday and today, one of them says that the president is feeling our land. the recreation industry is very open arms about this and very upset. because they make a lot of money off of people and go and buy hiking inequipment, camping fishing, etc. on the other side, people say that, critics say that the main economic driver of this land should be mining, grazing, more extractive industries. so you have tension between the two. >> host: can they coexist? >> guest: that is a good question!yes. the lands are made for multiple years.dep

larson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for one minute. mr. larson: i thank the gentleman and seek unanimous consent to submit for the record the congressional budget office accounting of the 25 million dollars -- $25 billion that will be taken out of medicare. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. larson: it's hard to be here today as we approach ristmas and not look at this bill and knowing that we have honorable members on the other side who this christmas will be sitting with their relatives, their family members, their mothers and fathers, their brothers and sisters and to know that this creates not just the $2 trillion debt but the pay-for, the pay-for out of the medicare program, an automatic cut of $25 billion and a plan that was never debated. it fulfills a grand vision of grover norquist and the ideology that you took a pledge to. well, what about the oath of office and a pledge to the constitution and standing up for the people of this nation and the very elderly at this christmas and throughout the year who will need our

the need for the proper resettlement of migrants a view shared by international relations professor larson. because you're getting a number of reports from credible sources including u.n. agencies that there are a systematic abuses there that is in there and i think it's clear that there are italy has to do in the european union has to say well we're not going to send these people back to libya and we're going to find some way to give them a cease haven whether they're whether or not they are economic migrants or if cities isn't is not right that countries in major powers. destabilize situation and then later on complain that. there are mass migration movements from war and other difficulties. now promoting pace that was the declared purpose when donald trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel but so far there's been nonstop violence across the region. well trump's decision has been heavily criticized by european and arab officials but that doesn't seem to trouble the u.s. leader this kind of mopping expects. now that time of year in which israel celebrates hanukkah and this com

not elliott larson. not any of that. she volunteered to come to these events because she wanted to be seen with the congressman. it wasn't about sexual harassment. she volunteered to do it. so was that illegal for her to come to these events? did that violate wage, hour, employment laws? absolutely not. that's the baseline. nothing that the congressman did with regard to this woman was inappropriate. the only thing that is inappropriate is her seizing on her five-minute opportunity to get her name out there and to be the face of a movement that she doesn't deserve to be the face of a movement given the fact who i talked to and what they say about this woman and about these allegations. ok. reporter: just to recap, you were addment that he wasn't going to step down. now he says it's -- mr. reed: i was addment washington not being the arbiter of that decision. we're not going to let washington decide that. the congressman will be the one to decide that so, you're right. i was addment and i still remain adamant based on my

not title vii, not elliott larson, not any of that. she volunteered to come to these events because she wanted to be seen with the congressman. it wasn't about sexual harassment. she volunteered to do it. was that illegal for her to come to these events? does that violate wage employment laws? absolutely not. that is the baseline. nothing the congressman did it in regards to this woman was an appropriate. the only thing that is inappropriate is her seizing on her five-minute opportunity to get her name out there and be the face of a movement that she doesn't deserve to be the face of a movement given the fact that who i've talked to and what they say about this woman and about these allegations. reporter: you were pretty adamant he was not going to step --n, but now you are saying why is that? mr. reed: i was adamant about not being the arbiter of that decision. washington will not decide that. the congressman will decide that. i am still adamant. based on my last conversation with the congressman, that is a decision he is going to mak

larson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for one minute. mr. larson: i thank the gentleman and seek unanimous consent to submit for the record the congressional budget office accounting of the 25 million dollars -- $25 billion that will be taken out of medicare. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. larson: it's hard to be here today as we approach ristmas and not look at this bill and knowing that we have honorable members on the other side who this christmas will be sitting with their relatives, their family members, their mothers and fathers, their brothers and sisters and to know that this creates not just the $2 trillion debt but the pay-for, the pay-for out of the medicare program, an automatic cut of $25 billion and a plan that was never debated. it fulfills a grand vision of grover norquist and the ideology that you took a pledge to. well, what about the oath of office and a pledge to the constitution and standing up for the people of this nation and the very elderly at this christmas and throughout the year who will need our

joining us now is matt larson, what do you make of the legal direction today?kingk they at where the company is and apple's dispute in their licensing business. they have been saying we have been hit pretty hard, there is a lot of cash am a table we are trying to collect. thes not indicative of value of the company. you are seeing additional value there if you can clean up legal overhangs and it is a good time to put a bid in. i think it is wise for well, to send those off. emily: how would it proceed? broadcom is looking to insert members on the board of directors. there is a vote in march and we will see how that plays out here it we could the additional interest in qualcomm's board that will try to sway shareholders and it you may see additional bids to move forward with the takeover process. legal talk about the pressure facing qualcomm from apple, from the ftc, and other legislators. matt:welcome is under tremendous pressure right now. there is a lot of scrutiny. there are allegations that qualcomm overcharges for its chips because it supposedly has some k

the clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank jessie larson and leo from sf.gov tv for staffing meeting. i would like to apologize for the late started of this meeting. >> mr. clerk, do you have any

brett larson breaks down the very latest.>> reporter: snapchat is unveiling a redesign. it lets users send messages and photos that disappear after they are seen. they will separate poles made by friends from content created by publishers. you open it up you will see your camera so you can quickly snap and share a photo. your friends content will appear on the left. the right side will be the discovery platform where publishers push out content for snapchat. the change can be summed up by saying they are separating social from media. blurring the lines between personal and professional has been an interesting internet experience it has also produced some strange side effects like fake news. the feature will expand to include more produce content as well from various media outlets and from verified celebrities. they say they will review the content with a team of human curators which will give the app a role in judging what is appropriate for the site. they announced the changes after disappointing financial news. despite a huge/when they went public they have since strug

joining us now is joining us now is matt larson, what do you make of the legal direction today? think they are looking at where the company is and apple's dispute in their licensing business. they have been saying we have been hit pretty hard. there is a lot of cash am a -- of cash on the table we are hoping to collect. it is not indicative of the value of the company. so from a broadcom perspective, you are seeing additional value there if you can clean up legal overhangs and it is a good time to put a bid in. i think it is wise for qualcomm to try to fend those off. emily: how would it proceed? matt: the way things are shaping of now, qualcomm has rejected the bid. broadcom is looking to insert members on the board of directors. there is a vote in march and we will see how that plays out. we could the additional interest in qualcomm's board that will attempt to sway shareholders, and then you may see additional bids to move forward with the takeover process. emily: now talk about the legal pressure facing qualcomm from apple, from the ftc, and other regulators. matt: qualcomm

matt larson for us in the newsroom. thanks for breaking it down.acebook is changing its tax structure. the company will start to pay taxes in the countries where sales are made rather than funneling through the irish subsidiary. facebook has come under pressure for its tax practices, specifically routing u.k. based sales through ireland. in the states, it is locked in a battle with the irs which may cost them more than $5 billion, plus interest and penalties related to the irish operations. joining us now is sarah frier who covers facebook. it seems like it would make sense they would pay taxes on which the sales are generated, right? sarah: it does make sense but these companies exist on the internet. they have been able to be very creative about where they decide to book that revenue. most of the advertising revenue will still be routed through ireland, but this is a big win for the individual countries, for italy, germany, france -- places that will collect taxes from facebook. emily: in many cases, the actual tax rate for facebook -- in one cas

and i'd like to thank jesse larson and nona mallconian for staff north meeting. do you have any announcements. >> silence cellphones and electronic devices and copys of documented should be submitted to the clerk and items acted upon will appear on the january 92,018th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you mr. clerk. please call item number 1. >> an ordinance with the code to establish the tenant assistance fund for hazardous housing and to allow eligible tenants to vacate issued bit department of building inspection or fire department to receive financial assistance for the fund for up to two years. >> great. unless there's -- i'm just going to make a few opening comments and call up members from the mayor's office and department of building inspection, fire department and our human services agency and city attorney's office all who have worked on this fund. back in the beginning part of this year as many of you know but this is also just for the general public's knowledge we discovered a hazardous situation and we had 30 individuals

we want to thank the clerk of our committee and jim smith and jesse larson at sfgov tv for streaminge meeting. do you have anything else? >> items, aed upon today will appear on the december 12 board of supervisors agendun

the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, jesse larson and i cannot read it. we record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available online madam clerk any announcements. >> silence cellphones and electronic devices and completed speaker cards to be included as part of the file to be submitted to the clerk, thank you. >> before we begin can we have a motion to excuse supervisor ma leah cohen and katie katy tang from this meeting. >> motion passes. >> no object object. >> madam clerk can you call item number one. >> clerk: declaring a homeless shelter emergency and authorize ing the direct offer public work to improve facilities and the director of the department of homelessness and support of housing to contract for homeless services and officer services to protect the health, safety and welfare of individuals effected by homelessness and all san francisco citizens. >> we have jeff kazski department of homelessness and department of public works here to present. >> good afternoon, supervisors, jeff, director of the department of homelessness and supp

and you can see this house lost, then we move a little more to the left, thank you, tom larson, my cameramanking with us all day, those houses destroyed. but fires can be very whimsical. so up above you see the nice stately tudor survived this. and how they spread you can see the faint embers in the air, those start blowing through. 150 structures damaged so far. 45,000 acres burned. we understand one of the casualties is an apartment building in a small psychiatric facility. chance rode it out. describe for us what the scene was in this foothill neighborhood last night. >> last night around 11:00 i kind of went out to the car, and came back in and just over the ridge up there you see kind of an orange glow. i went back inside for about five minutes to get barbara. and we come back out and it's just a bright red and starting to see the flames over the hill. so we got everyone up, packed our stuff, then we left, and just got out of here as soon as possible. >> you are going to leave again? >> yeah, there is just too much smoke. so we'll stay at a hotel another night. >> reporter: great thank

brett larson hosts fox news headlines on sirius xm and he joins us tonight. public view searching for ufos. what started this program? >> it seems to be harry reid started it back when he was the majority leader in the senate. he threw a couple million dollars towards the project, about $22 million. not a big chunk of the defense budget. little enough that it didn't go noticed until just recently. they said they stopped it in 2012, but in that short amount of time, one of the things that we saw, we definitely saw this, the video that i believe is playing right there on the upper right corner, of these two fighter pilots who see this unusual phenomenon that is flying around in front of them. when you listen to these guys, you initially hear them say there's a whole bunch of them, and if you watch that little object in the middle of the screen, i'm an airplane enthusiast, that doesn't look like anything that i've ever seen before unless there is some new kind of drone that can fly at 20,000 feet. what is so cool about this, at least from my perspective, is that

we want to thank the clerk of our committee and jim smith and jesse larson at sfgov tv for streaminghe meeting. do you have anything else? >> items, aed upon today will appear on the december 12 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> ok. thank you. item number one. >> an amendment to implement charter section 16.129 providing that the city should maintain street trees and be liable for injuries and property damage resulting from the failure to maintain trees and making appropriate findings. >> thank you. i will turn it over to supervisor sheehy. >> thank you. good morning, colleagues. today we're here to consider an ordinance amending the public works doed implement charter 16.129. in november of 2016, the voterses paed proposition e which provides that the city shall maintain street trees and thus is liable for injuries and property damage resulting from the failure to maintain street trees. prop e passed with almost 80% of the voter's support and set aside $19 million a year to run this program, which went into effect july 1, 2017. thus public work code needs to be

the clerk today is victor young and i would like to thank jessie larson and leo from sf.gov tv for staffing the meeting. i would like to apologize for the late started of this meeting. >> mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. silence any devices. >> supervisor ronen:. call item one. >> clerk: an site business license for beer at 2149 chestnut street for necessity of the city and county of san fran. hillary ronen hi. >> good morning. inspector nelly gordon with the san fran police. you have a pcn report from marina theater located at 2149 chestnut street. they have applied for a type 40 license and this would allow them to sell beer. there are no letters of support or protests filed with abc. they are located in plot 507 which is considered a high-crime area. they are located in census tract 128.00 which is an undue concentration area. northern police station has no opposition. the following recommended conditions, sales service and consumption of alcoholic befrnss shall be permitted between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. each day of the week. all sales of alcoholic befrmgs for