levin, is recognized. mr. levin: how much time is on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, has 14 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, has 13 minutes. mr. levin: we have 14 1/2 minutes? the speaker pro tempore: correct. len levin i yield three minutes to the gentleman from maryland, the ranking member on the budget committee, mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minute. mr. van hollen: i thank my colleague and, ladies and gentlemen, this is a political stunt. i just heard our friend from texas on the republican side say republicans wanted to tear up the credit card. it was just a few weeks ago when the republican budget passed this house all but four republicans voted for it. let me show you what that did to our credit card. here we are. we are about $14 trillion in debt. the budget, all but four republicans voted for, takes us up toward $23 trillion, $24 trillion in debt. $8 trillion increase in the national debt by passing the republican

sharon levine. >> sharon levine, we are joined by vicki got lick, senior policy attorney for the center of medicare advocacy. are thru? >> i am. good morning. >> vicki, do you have thoughts on what we've been saying so far about the cost implications of by lodgics versus traditional drugs or any aspects of the conversation thus far? >> i have a lot of conthoughts about your conversation. cost is a very important factor and cost very often will cause the population not to be able to afford the drugs. even if they have drug coverage for a biopharmaceutical, very often the copayments are so high that people can't afford the copayments. people are bankrupting themselves in order to get these needed medications and it would be very useful if they could in fact have a generic version if a generic version were available. and in some instances where there are generics available, but people cannot tolerate the generic we have the opposite problem. have you somebody who needs a brand name drug but the person is on a health plan that only covers a generic drug. again they have no insurance for the

your thoughts on carl levin's accusation the lloyd blankfein was lying to his clients was he lying to congress both respect to his clients and those are some points that were brought up by levin and also in in math article there was an issue around certain deals for example with hudson where goldman in order to get clients to buy those deals indicated that it would be taking a position on the side of those same clients within those same deals so hudson deal for example was a one point two billion dollar deal goldman was going to take a sliver of a six million dollars position in that deal and because of that that was one of the sort of carrots the bait to bring clients into the deal and as the documents show and as the order cool mentions it turned out that goldman had a two billion dollars short position against the deal so it's sort of like there was this little teeny carrot and then there was this whole dumping of sludge on the other side and the clients who came in were caught in between and there was a number of deals for which that was the case and different in different ways so

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topic eight is rega -- topic a is regarding miss levin 's appointment. she illegally obtained her office in violation. additionally, i reviewed the minutes of the commission meeting on december 16, 2009. the minutes state that the commissioners all agreed to make appointment for a deputy director of administration. the language states that subject to the approval of the commission in the budgetary and fiscal conditions of the charter, the director shall have the power to appoint or removed at his or her pleasure of 21 deputy superintendent and no more than two assistants. you have a legally appointed mr. levis. levin. quite frankly, the department does not need a deputy director for administration. the director is in charge of administration and should not need another deputy director on top of the other three that are provided. additional requests as to why the specific language of proposition g was not codified in the charter. i believe that does not change the legality of the language. i'm curious to know. commissioner lee: i wanted to give you as muc

levin: i used my full two minutes? i did. i yield another minute to mr. -- a minute and a half to mr. blumenauer of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: the gentleman said it right. there are no federal funds for abortion under the hyde amendment except in the case of rape and incest. what this is about is how families spen their money and small business deals with insurance. it's part of a continuing republican assault against people with whom they disagree. it continues to -- continues the sad spectacle of using the internal revenue service, not just the use but abuse of the i.r. stomplet attack people with whom they disagree. remember the spectacle of the ways and means hearing where they drug aarp before them and tried to have an investigation because they disagreed with them on health insurance. yes this would put government between doctors and american families. but it's not just about abortion urn the hyde amendment. remember, there are some people who are against the rape and i

at the same time, this is a subtle point that senator levin didn't get into. if people read that report, they will see it described. is the effect that goldman's marks, the marks on the securities that it had in the market is -- it's marks were lower than every other firm. if they are saying the security were trading at 100 or 98, goldman had them trading at 50 or 60, or the same time they had the short on from which they would benefit. those marks not translated into the market. these are not stocks traded on an exchange where the differences in price 1 1/16. these are lightly traded securities that don't trade and trade by appointments. goldman says 50 cents, merrill lynch says 95 cents, then they have a debate. the rest of the market had to admit that goldman was right about the marks. goldman had the short on, lowered their marks, made a ton of money and the effect on the book, putting bear stearns, aig, they would have been got out of business anyway. as i say, they exacerbated the decline of all of their competitors. goldman put on the trade in the decem

of its troubles and the hearing from the committee last april, the sec lawsuit, even with senator levin's report which came out last week that has referred to the justice department and number of gold and executives from the prosecution, perjury, even with all of that, goldman is still i think the envy of the few firms that exist on wall street and and really other financial institutions around the world still in fi and ed meijer goldman sachs. and i think that how they got to be in that position despite all of their existential threat along the way is the story of the book and so while they don't start off a ruling the world to think it is safe to say that even and despite the air as they suffered and looking at sebastian for the moment the of risen to the remained out of wall street and so they sort of rule the world of wall street and hal they got to the position is what this book is all about. >> host: okay that is convincing and i can definitely see that. that is what i was thinking when you talk about ruling the world is more political power, and there has been and the element of th

at the same time, and this is a subtle point that even senator levin didn't get into but the financialrisis inquiry commission did, is the effect that goldman's marks, the marks on the securities that it had in the market, its marks were lower than every other firm. trading at 100 cents or 98 cents, goldman had them trading at 50 or 60 cents at the same time they had this big short on. and those marks got translated into the market because these are not stocks that are traded on an exchange where, you know, the differences in price are one-sixteenth of a dollar or a penny or whatever it is. these are lightly-traded securities that rarely trade, don't trade on an exchange, trade by appointment. so if goldman says they're worth 50 cents and merrill lynch says 95 cents, then they have a debate. but eventually, the rest of the market had to admit goldman was right about these marks, so goldman lowered their marks, made a ton of money and had the effect of putting bear stearns out of business, putting aig out of business. there are lots of otherrens reasons, they would -- other reasons. the

hook especially after a damning report coming out of a senate subcommittee chaired by democrat carl levin this this report confirms what we also expect to crimes took place on wall street and no one has been the elder accountable i say he writes in a recent piece in the rolling stone and the people versus goldman sachs their own usually scathing bipartisan report provides a panoramic portrait of a bubble era that produced the most destructive crime spree in our history a million fraud cases a year is how one former regulator puts it but the mountain of evidence collected against goldman by love in the small fifteen desk office of investigators details a gross bald faced fraud delivered up in such quantities as to almost serve as a kind of sarcastic challenge to keep to the curiously impassive justice department stands as the world's most important symbol of wall street's heiress aristocratic impunity and prosecutorial immunity produces the crash of two thousand and eight it was time for this case to commence is it time for goldman sachs to face the american people in a court of law for wr

carl levin says criminal charges can be levied against goldman sachs. on that, subpoenas could be dropped by the truckloads but the justice department still seems reluctant to move forward. assuming the viewers today have not read the article, lay out your case in short form. >> the levin report is a 650-page document, and to put that into as short a hand as i can possibly make it, they're saying that late in 2006, goldman sachs realized they were sitting on a time bomb of toxic mortgage assets that they conspired to unload those assets on their clients and then bet against them at the same time. and then later on, the report also sort of lays out that in the process of investigating this issue, the senate questioned goeldman. they had testimony in congress and it lays out that goldman lied about it -- >> lied to congress. megan joins us. has matt laid out a convincing case? >> if you notice,e eliot spitze didn't secure a lot of subpoenas despite the convictions he laid down. he got settlements from some firms. it wasn't clear the firms had done anythin

we have senator carl levin, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee saying the same thing.what is the truth? >> we won't know the truth till we get the hard evidence, and i think it may come out from the materials collected from the compound where bin laden was killed. or unless the pakistani authorities come forward with what they can find on who, if anyone was involved in protecting him or hiding him in abbottabad. >> woodruff: i apologize, i misspoke, carl levin, chairman of the armed services committee. are you saying it's truly up in the air? >> it's possible, but how it could stay secret through schngz of personnel at the i.s.i., through changes of government is a great mystery, given that pakistan has failed to protect many other secrets of this kind in the past. >> woodruff: it sounds like you're skeptical. >> i would wait to see the evidence, yes. >> woodruff: grerng what about you? how do you read this? what do you think is the truth? >> i think at this point it's almost too early to speculate. if i had to bet right now, i certainly don't think that the intelligen

levin, is recognized. mr. levin: mr. speaker, i yield myself one minute.ion, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. levin: bringing up this bill in this fashion is a employ so egregious the republicans pleaded with washington not to take it seriously and risk our economic recovery. if republicans were being truthful, they'd admit their looking for political cover, but in their doing so, they risk blowing a whole in our nation's economy. they'd acknowledge that the time something an effort to change the subject, less than a week after their plan to end medicare, they were dealt a major setback by with the voters whose democratic winner will be sworn in tomorrow. . to act in good faith. to solve our nation's fiscal problems, the republicans should focus on the employ, but on the budget notion -- ploy, but on the budget notions. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, is recognized. mr. camp: at this time i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the g

carney served as a law clerk to judge levin hicks campbell on the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit before entering private practice. she's been admitted to practice in seven courts including the united states supreme court, the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit, and the u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit. she's a member of three different bars, the massachusetts bar, the district of columbia bar and the connecticut bar and has also served on the board of directors of the national association of college and university attorneys. this is a superbly qualified individual with a broad background and a host of different legal -- in a host of different legal fields which she will bring to the bench. i think most significant of all, and she obviously impressed both parties on the judiciary committee, she's balanced. she's open-minded. she will -- she will adjudicate according to what president levin called her firm ethical and moral com compass. therefore i hope there will be a strong vote of support to send susan carney to the seco

levin: i used my full two minutes? i did. i yield another minute to mr. -- a minute and a half to mr. blumenauer of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: the gentleman said it right. there are no federal funds for abortion under the hyde amendment except in the case of rape and incest. what this is about is how families spen their money and small business deals with insurance. it's part of a continuing republican assault against people with whom they disagree. it continues to -- continues the sad spectacle of using the internal revenue service, not just the use but abuse of the i.r. stomplet attack people with whom they disagree. remember the spectacle of the ways and means hearing where they drug aarp before them and tried to have an investigation because they disagreed with them on health insurance. yes this would put government between doctors and american families. but it's not just about abortion urn the hyde amendment. remember, there are some people who are against the rape and i

. >> reporter: harvie levin's website and tv show tmz is all about cutting stars down to size. >> mosts street in hollywood, sunset boulevard, whoo! >> all right. >> reporter: sunset boulevard has come a long way since norma desmond's close up. the drive-through where paris hilton got a dui. the fried chicken place where brad pitt's first job was to dress up in a chicken suit. >> exact place where hugh grant made the worst decision in his life. >> reporter: which is probably why hugh grant thought no one would notice that he picked up a hooker here while he was dating elizabeth hurley. >> you see a celebrity, i want you to shout, there's a celebrity out there. >> reporter: the unmarked gyms where they work put. >> it looks like a regular house. >> reporter: they point out the swanky apartment buildings where the stars live. >> evander holyfield lives here. >> reporter: but linsey lohan recently moved out. >> you don't have that. >> reporter: and there are the five-star hotels where they make their sex tapes. >> you got any sex tapes? >> reporter: the four seasons beverly hills where th

. >> pamela levin. there is not any real remarkable difference between our projection from last month to this month. the revenues come in strongly. primarily, the revenues are in charge for services, but there are the licenses -- the apartment licenses and hotel licenses that come in with the property tax have come in a little stronger than we expected. and we are still showing savings in several areas of expenditures and ending up with a year-end balance similar to last year -- i mean last month. i will be happy to answer any questions. commissioner murphy: have we brought back any new people in the last 30 days? >> we have brought back one payroll per cent, but the mayor's office has released the rest of our requisitions except for the housing inspector positions, so we will be posting those positions up on our website, and those are mostly clerical positions at this point. we are in the process of hiring could we will mechanical engineers. they did interview for that position on monday, and i believe

when they became teen years old lori levin had to take care of their mother and father, monday became the most important thing in their lives. it was not affection. >> one time i call someone robbing someone, it was the ninth store, it was terrible i do not want to talk about it, idaho that oakland gets better. >> of police are investigating a rape, a 17 year-old girl said she was a salted by a man that has worked for a sub--that has worked as a substitute employees. for the school district, this apparently happened here at the school sports field. the superintendent said that i must stress until the investigation is complete we are dealing with the allegations. a handful of seniors at so cal high school in santa cruz county will not be going to their prom, they may miss the graduation ceremony is punishment for the behavior associated with a white supremacist group. rob fladeboe reports on what they are accused of doing. >> tense but calm is how one student described the atmosphere at so cowhide school on friday. many students wore white shirts on thursday in support of the handful o

i talked to senator levin and i know he is trouble but yet he did make negative show last april of the goldman team, but i think he is onto something quite real that remains desperately unsolved and needs to be before we figure out what we want wall street to do. we want them to serve bus. it could do well by raising capital for the rest of the country to allow the companies to create new jobs or provide m&a advice to those who want that. more like a utility. we can live with those but when the dax like a casino casino, one way or the other it is not good and that is the debate we need to have but unfortunately that is not the debate we have had. >> host: it seems quite unresolved and taxpayers are still miffed about having to bail out the firms in the middle of doing that. not good for the country any way. thank you very much william for europe in wonderful book the best of luck to you. >> thank you for having me. had. [applause] of. >> thank you for venturing out on this rainy spring evening. i think i will start off by quoting roach remarks to the effect before i begin talking i hav

. >> reporter: liz levin with liz levin interiors in georgetown transformed the grand foyer and stairg we started with in this space, because it is a foyer and a two-level entry space, the walls are a big part of the main design element. so we have a large scale pattern that was hand-painted. it goes both levels, and it's subtle, but reflects light and this particular piece is made out of razor blades. it is made of metal, and as you can see, captures and reflects a lot of light here. >> reporter: levin says the foyer was also a big task, because as the entrance of the home, it must flow with the other rooms. >> one of the biggest transformations in the house was watching the living room happen. patrick sutton was the designer of this space, and i was watching it from the foyer, of course, working on my space. we both have tables and chandeliers, yet both rooms still a very different effect while still working together. this table features a beautiful white finished wood. it's almost a driftwood finish. and ours is very dark and slightly smaller, but you can see the chandeliers allow

. >> ibm jeffrey levine. i have been a 20 year resident of san francisco and a neighbor of the brickyard on union street for about 20 years. i 100% support the management and the establishment of the brickyard, and all of the issues are positive in the neighborhood. fahey. -- thank you. >> this reminds me of what i experienced in chicago. i lived across from a german bar, and i love the hollering. just by sitting in my apartment, i was able to know when there was a home run or a score. it was great. and now, a live across from a theater, and it reminds me help quiet of the neighborhood is, a in a really wish the theater would put in an open window, and that which i consider the lecture series, and that would be a good thing . i think rowdies' boards bars are a thing . -- icing browbeat sports bars are a good thing. -- i think rowdy sports bars are a good thing. >> the brickyard is frequented by many people, and i serve on the board of directors of a group, .and many of our constituents in the brickyard is a g

. >> reporter: harvey levin of tmz says the first clues came from what shriver was saying. >> maria has been talking to friends about this over the last couple of weeks. and that's when all of this started to seep out a little bit. so, she herself has been talking. she's been flirting with divorce now for awhile. >> reporter: schwarzenegger is used to ignoring the cameras buzzing around him. so, that cold stare that greeted today's posse was nothing knew. now, his children, all five of them are going to have to develop the same skill. >> i will tell you that the mother of arnold's love child has a price on her head as does the child. and i would guess for the paparazzi who gets the first shot of them and is able to identify it, we're talking half a million and a million dollars. >> reporter: these pictures were taken yesterday outside about l.a. restaurant. hours before schwarzenegger went public with the story. he and his eldest daughter, katherine, just finished a father-daughter chat. today, 21-year-old katherine schwarzenegger tweeted "this is definitely not easy." her 17-year-old b

carl leavve levin described the relocation plan as unrealistic. they're asking the u.s. defense department to reconsider integrating futenma into the air force base also in okinawa. they want some units to be transferred to a base in guam. the japanese government maintains there is no reason to re-examine the katena integration plan, which has drawn local opposition, as well as repeated objections from the u.s. military. it will closely watch how the u.s. administration responds to the latest request. >>> u.s. nuclear regulators say the situation at japan's troubled fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant is unstable but not cause for undue concern. on thursday the nuclear regulatory commission held its first hearing on the nuclear accident in japan. the executive director for operations bill borchard said while conditions are not entirely stable they're not changing at a pace to cause concern. he said the fukushima plant still faces problems. >> there's the natural challenge that -- they're now entering into the rainy season, which will just complicate more the activities

celebrity gossip harvey levin weighing in with inside information. >> maria has been miserable in the marriage for years and made that clear to people who knew her. part of the reason was the womanizing. it's not this one incident that set her off by any means. >>grant: 8 say five years ago arnold schwarzenegger was having late nights with office staff at his santa monica headquarters. >> they would come in in the middle of the night when he was there at 1:00 a.m. and stay on for hours behind closed doors. >>grant: part of the fallout the head of the democratic party in los angeles said they want an investigation into the scandal. eric bowman said he wants to know if arnold schwarzenegger used campaign funds as part of the cover- up. >>pam: you will see more as this unfolds. kimberly has a look at what the former governor's children are saying about the news. >>kimberlee: 2 of the children had. his tweed read some days you feel like playing, some days you want to quit in just a normal for a day, yet i love my family till death do us part. from the daughter catherine, she said this is

levin: i used my full two minutes? i did. yield another minute to mr. -- a minute and a half to mr. blumenauer of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: the gentleman said it right. there are no federal funds for abortion under the hyde amendment except in the case of rape and incest. what this is about is how families spen their money and small business deals with insurance. it's part of a continuing republican assault against people with whom they disagree. it continues to -- continues the sad spectacle of using the internal revenue service, not just the use but abuse of the i.r. stomplet attack people with whom they disagree. remember the spectacle of the ways and means hearing where they drug aarp before them and tried to have an investigation because they disagreed with them on health insurance. yes this would put government between doctors and american families. but it's not just about abortion urn the hyde amendment. remember, there are some people who are against the rape and inc

celebrity gossip experts like tmz's harvey levin with what they claim is inside information. >> mariain this marriage for several years and made that very clear to people who knew her and part of the reason was the womanizing. so it is not this one incident that set maria off by any means. >> tmz says as recently as five years ago arnold schwarzenegger was having late night visits with office staffers at his santa monica headquarters. >> they would come in almost in the middle of the night when he was there and 1 a.m. in the morning and stay there for hours behind closed doors. >> we have been seeing showers all day and continuing with the wet weather at the current hour. more weather straight ahead. >>> kron 4 programming is sponsored by home depot. >>> all the wet weather here in the bra area -- bay area is turning to snow. we go up to the mountains to show you the conditions there. >> reporter: take a look at this. snow was blowing sideways at blue canyon coming down hard. check it out. driver senior coming down the hill on 80 were faced with almost whiteout conditions and were hap

michael levin. and 70%, 70% of the log on stgate and sfexaminer were positive. there are people out in the viral world who insult god. the insult, don't take it personally. 75% and the ones who insulted you, i defended you because people can spin. and some of the stuff that was spinning, i was googling, here are the facts. welcome and welcome and every officer on the force. biggest joke, i see the beat cup. clyde, has it happened yet, because they think i know. i said not yet. when's the press conference? when's the press conference. i had a friendly bet. i got lots ofwelcome, and enjoy. >> any further public comment? hearing none, item number three. >> reports and announcements. we have the report on crime statistics, review of recent activities, a special compliance, and more. >> is time to get to work. >> i am happy to report the crime is still trending down. that is significant. it is over 20%. this was driven by drops in auto thefts and auto burglaries. this has been driven by drops in auto thefts and auto burglaries which are down 26% and 28% respectively.

i think that's going to happen. >> reporter: as park rangers go, tmz's harvey levin knows his animalsat's your favorite part? >> reporter: a bunch of clubs i never can get into. >> can i just say? you're right. >> reporter: hey. but at least now i know where they are, which counts for something. for "good morning america," david wright, abc news, hollywood. >> leave it to tmz. there's a lot more on "nightline" tonight. you can take a virtual tour of those locations on our website, abcnews.com. >>> we were talking about tuesday, the "consumer reports" study on which diets were most effective? and elizabeth leamy got out the calculator to find out. >> reporter: the diet plans can cost $200 to $600 a month. so, we wanted to try them. we conducted informal tastings of jenny craig, nutri-systems and smart ones. you've seen the commercials. >> 30 pounds in 18 weeks. jenny worked. >> reporter: heard the testimonials. >> i lost 40 pounds and gained confidence. >> reporter: you haven't tasted the food. >> i love the convenience factor. i'm a very busy woman. >> reporter: so, we tried it for yo

celebrity gossip experts like tmz's harvey levin with what they claim is inside information. >> mariaeen miserable in this marriage for several years and made that very clear to people who knew her and part of the reason was the womanizing. so it is not this one incident that set maria off by any means. >> tmz says as recently as five years ago arnold schwarzenegger was having late night visits with office staffers at his santa monica headquarters. >> they would come in almost in the middle of the night when he was there and 1 a.m. in the morning and stay there for hours behind closed doors. >> we have been seeing showers all day and we spend a lot of time together. well mainly in traffic. i'm serious. we've been together, what, a super long time. true. and at first it was all business, you know, i'd take him here, i'd take him there. everywhere. and over the years, we've really bonded. sure. why else would you always buy me chevron with techron? 'cause we need gas. i think it's more than that. i think that you care about me. you're a good friend. best friends? um, uh, yes, best frien

>> my name is toby levine. i am the co-chair of the central waterfront advisory group. this all is fascinating, of course. but i think one of the things that this young man -- that his staff does -- really provide an outline for the public. the public is often very unhappy about this and that. the tremendous benefits that are going to occur in the long run because of this. everyone knows we are right to have a cruise ship terminal, this and that. but these changes in public transportation can have a huge impact. think about the changes for fort mason. this is actually a decent transportation coming in there. think about if the hospital gets built on van ness ave. right now, van ness transportation, although they have nice buses, they did not come very often. maybe there will be changes to support the hospital. it would be created to have these kinds of lists, and it would help to answer some of the people that complain all the time, are naysayers in the project. i do believe we will benefit enormously. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? >> if i could just