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the federal universal service fund the surcharge pays for the lifeline program tim griffin a member ofe two sherry foreign affairs and armed services committee. crazy this is crazy. we have got a costs -- accustomed to hearing this but for yearshad aa we have a reasonable lifeline plan where low income people could get a. land line. ago, actually as you mentioned around 2006, the decision was made to expand this program to cell phones. it is not just for those that we think of as welfare recipients, but if you have a whole list, there is a whole list of different programs, if you are on them, you get a free cell phones. lou: i am getting aggravated of hearing about someone else getting a cell phone because if you know the government is running it, it is screwed up. you proposed legislation to stop this, the kind of recession are you getting to that proposal? >> that is right. my bill says we will kill the cell phone component completely and take the lifeline program back to where it is just landmines because you do not have a lot of abuse without. you don't have people wanting ten-12 l

the federal universal service fund the surcharge pays for the lifeline program tim griffin a member ofe two sherry foreign affairs and armed services committee. crazy this is crazy. we have got a costs -- accustomed to hearing this but for yearshad aa we have a reasonable lifeline plan where low income people could get a. land line. ago, actually as you mentioned around 2006, the decision was made to expand this program to cell phones. it is not just for those that we think of as welfare recipients, but if you have a whole list, there is a whole list of different programs, if you are on them, you get a free cell phones. lou: i am getting aggravated of hearing about someone else getting a cell phone because if you know the government is running it, it is screwed up. you proposed legislation to stop this, the kind of recession are you getting to that proposal? >> that is right. my bill says we will kill the cell phone component completely and take the lifeline program back to where it is just landmines because you do not have a lot of abuse without. you don't have people wanting ten-12 l

we had in the past the the does from the lifeline transportation program.st year, we found it through the transportation fund for clean air. if the first time you from the shuttle project, you are cut some slack, you get to make some assumptions about ridership and how many vehicle miles traveled will result in improved -- improved air quality. unfortunately, the results came back to show the combination of the ridership and the trips do not meet the cost effectiveness threshold to the transportation fund for clean air, so we're not recommending it for the program. however, we have met with a foundation and this afternoon we have meetings with the municipal tradition agency to fund this with the remaining lifeline funds. those funds are state transit assisted funds. we are working with all parties to figure out how to do that and also how to relate this to the authority's bayview mobility solution study site. the authority is working with a number of partners and has a very strong link with the department of public health. commissioners are familiar with th

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, so find out what the income is so that we can then be on a lifeline. if you send me something and say, "what should i pay?" i would say, "nothing." i am serious. because you have been here 50 years, and i have been paying and paying, so do not charge me anything. i would say the zip code should be exempt. thank you. president moran: espinola, we are not old. we are chronologically gifted. >> ok, sweetheart. about the sewage bill, everyone get one, so that would be a way of getting information of getting something out, and thank you so much. you have a blessed evening, and i am going to go before they close the front door. president moran: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. first of all, a want to let you know that i am definitely in support of the project moving forward. i am not only a native san franciscan, i was also born and raised in san francisco. my parents came from another area and bought their first house about a four-minute walk from another address and about a six-minute walk to the plant. i have been exposed to that aroma, and i

we have this lifelines' council.e created a branch in our emergency operations center specifically to interface with the business community. we did this beginning in 2008. we saw during the h1n1 crisis how valuable that was. we had our eoc and the health department doc activated for about nine months. it was an incredible effort. one particular day, we had a conference call with the business community whereñr over 12,000 people joined the conference call. if we had not done that work ahead of time to pull the business community in as our partners in the response and recovery, we would not have been successful there. we also engage our communities in novel ways. the sf heroes iphone app will be coming out on the android quickly. we want to empower the committee. we want san franciscans to feel they have a role in recovery in response. we want people to be self- sufficient in those first 72 hours. you cannot rely on government to come in and take care of things after an emergency. we want people to be self- sufficient

but as a regular agenda item, we are going to have updates from the lifelines council, because the lifelines council meets about a week before disaster council, so it seems like a natural that we would get updated on the great work that you're doing there. so at our next meeting. and if there are other things that folks would like to see that we're not covering, let me know. we're trying to make this a little more interactive. i also -- you know, these meetings used to be an hour and a half. i think an hour is plenty of time. everybody's very busy. but, you know, we don't want people to sit here. we'd really like your input. so share your ideas, if you have anything that we're not doing that you think we should. so this is your opportunity to tell us what's going on in your world. are there any updates from councilmembers 1234 members of the board, are there things that you would like to share with us? yes. >> i'm with the building owners managers association. we represent the commercial office buildings downtowns, approximately about 200 of them. i'd just like to thank the fire department a

area the ministry of housing allocates millions to these outposts each year thereby giving them a lifeline as long as the government's policy of funding these outposts exists how can the matter be resolved well i may some difference in my report between settlement outpost because. of the government of israel of the settlement enterprise. i'm not sure that the international community or international law thinks the same on this topic but there's no question that. there is no question according to my report and to this supreme court of justice decisions that the outposts which are a beginning of settlements in the west bank are legal according to their internal law that applies here also to the. government of israel in the united states in response to the level of port said that it opposed settlement building now washington has made similar statements in the past but what action has the united states taken in order to force israel to stop breaking international law when i was commissioned to do this to do this to poor i think it was on behalf of the prime minister of israel to show the ameri

and gazans stand to lose their only lifeline to the outside world after war violence prompts egypt to seal off that massive smuggling tunnel network crucial to the blockade of region. telling them of the russian capital you're watching. a formal theory of foreign affairs minister could step into the breach and try to give the kiss of life to peace efforts in syria the heart of brahimi who has previously represented the u.n. of ghana stand in iraq will reportedly replace kofi annan as a special envoy to the war torn state stepped aside saying he lacked international support for hate me has his work cut out with no what up in violence on the ground in syria the army has flushed rebels out of a strategic district in the city of aleppo following intense street clashes argues it's on a boy because looks at exactly who these rebels are. the syrian uprising now is very different from what it used to be even a year ago and western media are also now waking up to the fact that not all who are fighting the syrian army in the north are really standing up for freedom and democracy just recently a

. >> and a lifeline for knight capital. it may come at a cost to existing shareholders. >> emerging markets continue to boost sales of cartier. >> and a new search for life begins on mars as nasa successfully lands its curiosity recover on the surface of the red planet. >>> and i have landed successfully in front of the dow jones stocks heat map. advancers out pacing decliners by a ratio of less of 6-4. signs of life in european stocks. we've got the ftse 100 up 2.6%. down marginally today. up four weeks in a row. xetra dax today starting off 11 points up. the krak down and the ibex is back up. big rally with banks on friday. there's a plan, creeping towards a plan in europe. employment report helping out as well. take a look at yields all-important yields. spanish ten year still around that 6% market. ten year spanish yields 6.813%. hasn't changed an awful lot before the draghi statement just often days or so ago. u.s. treasuries 1.55%. post-jobs yield higher. currency markets euro/dollar hit a four week high. 1.2361. the

and gazans stand to lose their only lifeline to the outside world after border violence problems egypt to seal off the massive smuggling tunnel network crucial to the blockaded region. it is good to have you with us on this friday here on our. researcher live in moscow a former algerian foreign minister could step into the breach and try to give a kiss of life to the peace efforts in syria lakhdar brahimi who has previously represented the u.n. in afghanistan and iraq will reportedly replace kofi annan as a special envoy to the water on state and stepped aside saying that he was lacking international support let's cross over now to peter all over here and get some details on this man the algerian foreign minister. well it's got to be the job one of the jobs anyway that nobody would want in the world special envoy dealing with the syrian the ongoing syrian crisis but it seems that the next man to take over the role from kofi annan is going to be but he me the seventy eight year old former i'll jury and foreign minister he does have pedigree when it comes to dealing with. seemingly. ongo

killed by militants it's also shutting down smuggling tunnels across its border with gaza a vital lifeline for many of the. small. these tunnels have been operational for several years ever since gaza was first put under blockade back in two thousand and six for many gazans there are essentially be only the lifeline they have with the outside world and that's why you'll hear many gazans saying that they feel that they were living in a massive prison we're talking here about everything about goods about items about people even food and fuel that are smuggled through this extensive underground network of tunnels into gaza carlow has voiced its suspicions that some of the militants who were involved in sunday's deadly attack were smuggled through these tunnels from egypt into gaza but it is still a highly unusual move to seal off the tunnels particularly under the presidency of the new egyptian president mohammed morsi who is a muslim brotherhood party has close ties to hamas which rules the gaza strip what's more morsi has said that he is committed to improving the lives of ordinary palestin

gazan stand to lose their only lifeline to be outside world after border violence bronze age and to seal off the massive smuggling tunnel network crucial to the blockaded region. coming out party talks to jill stein the us presidential candidate for the green party explains why she believes her country's political system is often similar to the tater ships washington wishes to bring down. my guest today is jill stein nominee for president of the united states with the green party thank you very much for joining me dr stein it's great to be with you can really really appreciate it thanks for coming i read you said you'd be the underdog candidate for the underdog voters who are these on the docket voters it's certainly most of the american public people are losing their jobs wages are declining millions have lost their home another million are in the pipeline to lose their homes this year the cost of health care is skyrocketing public higher education is increasingly out of reach we have thirty six million young people who are students or recent graduates who are effectively indentured ser

to sealed off over a thousand underground tunnels leading from its eastern region to gaza a vital lifeline for many in the blockaded region and then follows the latest escalation of violence and the security forces are trying to drive militants out of the area. but wednesday egyptian president mohamed morsi searches intelligence chief and the governor and also i know after a militant attack killed sixteen soldiers the closure the tunnels means more hardship for citizens of gaza who've depended on them for most of the basic supplies bodies paula slew has seen these on the ground routes first heard and explains know how volatile they are. these tunnels have been operational for several years ever since gaza was first put under blockade back in two thousand and six for many gazans they are essentially the only lifeline they have with the outside world and that's why you'll hear many gazans saying that they feel that they were living in a massive prison we're talking here about everything about goods about items about people even food and fuel that are smuggled through this extensive undergrou

born with millions and then when he strewed up in the company was nearly bankrupt he was given a lifeline a bailout and thanks to that bailout he's running for president today no one does anything alone alone in america we're all in this together. and when we do force people to do it alone we leave them behind to face economic disasters on their own without a lifeline and catastrophe often follows just look at what happened to norman rousseau or sergeant bales of a tons of. if only they could have gotten bailed out like mitt romney did and maybe they'd still be here their families and their friends still alive trying to live the american dream that's the way it is tonight friday august thirty first two thousand and twelve missed any of tonight's show you can now watch it in h.d. on hulu at hulu dot com slash the big picture for more information on the stories we've covered visit our website to tom hartman dot com free speech dot org and our to dot com also check out our two you tube channels there are links with thom hartmann dot com this entire show is also available as a free video podc