is that intended as the literal truth in matthew and luke? the gospels give us one description of the birth of jesus. do archaeology and history give us another? joining us to answer these questions areu.s. open, the aute brand new "jesus of nazareth cunning of the and jeffrey sheler author of the brand new "is the bible truth?" >>> tell us what you think happened at bethlehem, jeffrey she'ller. >> well when we read two gospels, only two of the four gospels even talk about the birth of jesus and when we read matthew and luke, those two gospels, we are certainly presented with different details surrounding the story of the birth but despite the differences there are several things that clearly come through and those are the important aspects of the story. one, that jesus was born in bethlehem. to a virgin named mary. whose husband, joseph, was of the lineage of david. and this according to the writers of those two gospels was in fulfillment of the hebrew prophesies. so despite very clear and seemingly troubling contradictions in some of the de

. >> no, luke. >> luke russert! >>> taking it to the streets, vice president biden heads into virginia to make the case for new gun law. can a campaign-style push pressure congress to get something done. forewarned on the bayou. louisiana governor bobby jindal has tough talk for his party about what's wrong and how to avoid being stupid. that's his word, by the way. >>> and a deep dive today into a growing threat. find out why some u.s. troops are speaking french to fight terrorists. good morning from washington, it's friday, january 25th, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." i'm luke russert in for mr. chuck todd. vice president joe biden is taking the white house campaign to end violence into virginia this morning, a state known for its pro-gun tradition. biden will hold a roundtable discussion in richmond, with experts who worked on gun safety after the 2007 shooting at virginia tech. virginia's history of protecting pro gun rights legislation has been sustained under both democratic and republican governors. but s

luke, stand by for a second. we will go back to mike who is also getting information about speaker boehner. >> i'm sure luke has the same information. it comes from brendan buck, a spokesman for the speaker of the house, john boehner. he says the speaker and leader, the leader eric cantor, laid out options to the members and listened to feedback. the lack of spending cuts in the senate bill was a universal concern among members in today's meeting. conversations with members will continue throughout the afternoon on the path forward. again, everything up in the air there, as luke has been reporting. i just want to re-emphasize what luke was talking about in terms of the congressional schedule. the constitution says the new congress, the 113th congress will be sworn in on thursday. if you look at the procedures, everything that has got to happen if this new -- if this old congress, this existing congress is to pass this legislation, if the house were to amend it -- assuming. we don't know what they'll do. it sounds

luke russert and politico's mike allen both rejoining us. luke, to you. there were some protest votes. some of them were frivelous and certainly no coalescing around any real challenge. >> what happened on the house floor today is significant. the only time since 1913, when the house went to 135 members, you saw a second ballot at 1233. we came close today about john boehner having to be elect odd a second ballot. it did not happen. there was a protest against it. i counted 12 folks who voted against boehner, and there are some who abstained. >> just a second. i think they're about to announce the vote, luke. well, it looked as though they were about to. we'll break to hem when they give us the vote count. as you were just saying when i so rudely interrupted. >> not at all. that's what they try to do. they try to quiet everybody down in the chamber. here we go. >> the total number of votes cast is 426, of which the honorable john a. boehner of the state of ohio has received 220. the honorable nancy pelosi of the state of california has received 192. the h

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luke, it never stops being -- >> how are you? >> i'm great.reat. >> thanks for quoting jake sherman. he's a good american. way to quote him on the intro. >> you're welcome. luke, we know that nothing is secure when it comes to the house republican caucus. there is no deal until there's actually a deal. we hear that the vote on the debt ceiling is supposed to take place in this hour some time between 12:30 and 1:00. is it going to come to the floor? does john boehner have the votes? >> from where i stand right now, from my latest conversation with aides, they say they are moving in the right direction and they are confident they have the votes for this to pass. if it goes to the floor, they'll definitely have the votes. however, i urge caution, because even though this plan seems to have the support of the president, seems to be receptive -- harry reid seems to be receptive, you never quite know because of the 17 chuckle heads, known by more modest members, what they could do. i spoke to a few of them, and they said this is not a logical soluti

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luke, i want to get to you before we go to break in the next minute or so. if we do see an amendment made to the bill that came over from the senate 14 hours ago, is the senate there? they are in session, but will the members be -- can they be brought back in time to make this line in the sand as we know the new 113th congress being sworn in? >> reporter: in theory yes. the senate was in session today. i'm told a lot of the snaenator are very much still in washington, d.c. they just voted on this bill in the wee hours of this morning. it's hard to believe it's the same day, it's still the same day. assume the house amends it, does harry reid even take it up? it depends what the amendment looks like. if it's going to be a significant spending cut, you have to understand, these negotiations are like jinga. piece upon piece upon piece. if you take something out, the whole thing can fall apart, and honestly, a spending cut amendment, especially one that would be accepted by all house republicans or a lot of the house republicans probably would hurt and blow away

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new year, chris cillizza and our correspondents on the hill, kelly o'donnell from the capitol and luke russert right here on the set. thank you all very much. first you, kelly, the late-night deal that averted the fiscal cliff left a lot of things still to come. what's the next fight? >> reporter: well, in addition to everyone's body clock being a little off, they have to gear up -- it's so true. they have to now begin looking forward, and what you're hearing from republicans, for example, is to say, okay, the tax issue has been resolved. the president got a victory stemming from his campaign of making permanent the middle class rates, raising it only on the highest end earners, so the president can claim that victory, and they are ready to turn the page and follow up on something the president mentioned before he left for hid hawaii, and that is they need to look at things like entitlement programs, medicare in particular, to see if they can make changes that would reduce the deficit over time. so one battle down, another one commences, and we will see they'll fight over the country's

. >> luke we're going to have company. >> use the force, luke. >> reporter: folding chair, fighter jetsfle ball bats lightsabers. this is "star wars" all six of them on stage, low-fi in 60 minutes. >> we're cutting it up but with a lot of love. >> reporter: patrick gorman, the "star wars" obsessed director. >> it was a part of my being and soul in a sad way. >> reporter: the overenthusiastic cop. >> since i was a tiny girl i wanted to be taken off into space with han solo. >> i'm assuming you're also a nut case? i'm going to assume that for the sake of -- >> even if you have never seen "star wars" the story should get across in a bare bones way. >> reporter: every line in the play true to the originals. >> these aren't the droids you're looking for. >> he can go about his business. >> move along. >> iconic moments we try to hit every single one of those. >> like the luke and darth dad scene. >> i am your father. >> no! >> reporter: my personal highlights are jabba the hut and natalie portman padme. >> i truly, deeply, love you. >> since 1995 they have been staging on and off a 30 minute

my name is luke, i'm 41 years old.ve been married for 10 years and we've been together for 14 years. as a husband, he is very compassionate and loving. he's amazing. courtney is, wow, she's a very energetic person. she's very intense about the things and very passionate about the things she believes in. our family lives an organic, holistic lifestyle. we all enjoy living this lifestyle. my children embrace it. we're the miller kids. they're at a perfect age where they understand that we're trying to teach them a good thing to help live a healthy lifestyle. i wish i could keep my organic... mommy's not listening. sometimes i wish i could eat pizza. i wish everything was healthy for you. like all the cakes and stuff. and candy. or different kinds of ice cream. sometimes i wish i could have a whole big cheesecake. sometimes i wish i could eat all the food in the world and it wouldn't be bad for me. jake is outgoing, out spoken and fun loving. holly is my princess. she's like a little flower. at least, she kind of projects

i want to go back to luke real quick. i'm interested in what lesson house republicans took from this fight, because the last time that they tried brinksmanship on the debt limit, they got the sequester, the result of it was this fiscal cliff. it was a selfmade problem. is the lesson house republicans learned they should do it again, as damaging as that is to their reputation and the country? >> i think you have to look at this, it's not as intellectual in argument to a lot of them as we're making it right now. they honestly believe they were sent to washington, d.c. to cut spending by any means necessary, and i don't think the obama white house realized that in 2001. they certainly realize that now, more than ever, but that's the fortunes up against john boehner, eric cantor, kevin mccarthy. anything they learned is they looked chaotic and weak yesterday when they were going in two ways. basically becoming the laughing stock of the country. a lot of people left confused and even worried because of some weird inner party d

turn now to luke if you would. luke 21 and verse 10. here, as i said, we saw that in katrina and other things like that all over this earth and they are going to be much, much worse in this final event. my friends, you don't need to be discouraged, christ is coming. the christ of the bible is coming back as king of kings. you can be grateful for that. but, you need to do your part to be ready. you need to be doing your part to prepare because god warns us here, christ warns us beginning in verse 34, drop down to verse 34 if you are following in your bible, all involved in running around, having fun, making more money. everything but seeking god. it is going to come unexpectedly on the world. they don't get it. god help you to get it. a little trap like a little animal is trapped in a trap. we are to pray to god almighty with all of our hearts. we are to pray always, why? brethren, there is a way of escape. may god help you to understand. may god help you repent and turn to the true god of the bible and ask for his guidance and his help,

joining us now is nbc's luke russert live from capitol hill. >> welcome back, buddy. >> thank you.'m delighted to have you with us. if you had been responsible, luke, for leading an institution to an approval rating of just 10% last year, if you were deemed to be the most disliked member of the house leadership with a net favorability rating of negative 20, if you couldn't even persuade your own colleagues to vote with you on a fiscal cliff plan "b," would you, luke, expect to be re-elected or fired? >> reporter: well, me personally, martin, i have the benefit of not running for the speakership of the united states -- >> that's not an answer, luke. would you expect to be re-elected or fired? >> reporter: well, i would argue that the approval rating of congress is a bipartisan approval rating, but i think what you're seeing here today that happened in washington, d.c., martin, is quite interesting. speaker boehner got very close to having to be elected speaker on a second ballot. since 1913 when the house grew to 435 members, that's only happened once, which was in 1923. we looked l

let's start, again, with luke russert, and let's start with the democrats, luke, because are they, indeed, meeting right now, and if joe bide seven there, is his presence an indication that he thinks he has some convincing to do on this senate deal? >> well, chris, before i get into that i think we should say that father conroy, the house chaplain, just kind of gave us endorsement to the senate's passed bill saying, dear god, don't let an imperfect bill be run amok because of some political differences, someone trying to make a political statement. you usually don't see the house chaplain interjecting themselves into these types of negotiations. >> i don't know. the last couple of days what i have been hearing they have been wanting to get this done as much as any other american. >> so maybe divine intervention will be the end all be all, but you mentioned joe biden. we know his motorcade is on the way here up to the house of representatives. he is talking with the house democrats. they're meeting. presumably he is coming in as the closer. similar to what he did as his democratic colleagu

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i'm luke russert in for thomas roberts. the cliff averted. folks on the left and right are still up in arms, a bill this will keep the country back from the brink is ready for signature. that signing will likely happen in hawaii where the president arrived in just the last hour to finish up the holiday trip with his family. he left the white house right after the passing of the bill. >> a little less drama, a little less brinksmanship, not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. >> the republican-run house gave final approval by a vote of 267-167 but not until after some strong dissension from gop ranks. >> it's way past the senators' bedtime and they were blurry-eyed when they were reading it. we're trying to fill in the gaps of where they missed a few thing. >> i think it's unreasonable for senator reid to say that something produced by sleep deprived octogenarians is something we should pass within 48 hours. >> 85 republicans crossed the aisle to say yea. boehner turned a page in his statement saying, quote, now the focus turns to spend

. -- luke oil station. it was one of the stations taken over by luke oil o. so i fill my tank, and then i say to the manager what's this i hear about your working for the russ keys? [laughter] he's also very shocked. of course, he knows me by now, so we go through a little dance. um, well, one is a luke oil story which is a very different story because luke oil is a genuinely private company that emerged out of the ruins of the soviet union run by a entrepreneur who is, in fact, not russianing but azerbaijani who started his career in the -- [inaudible] when he was a young man, he was working on a platform. there was an explosion, and he got blown into the sea in his early 20s. he struck out for west siberia and tried, decided to make his fortune there. and he rose. and he rose, and he was extremely successful, and he became deputy minister of the soviet oil industry, but when everything started to fall apart, he thought, ha, this is my chance. this is my opportunity. and recreated the first private oil company. so that's luke oil, and it's quite a story. i'm

mike, luke, stand by. we are definitely going to have more on this. again, we are getting reaction to the bill on the house floor that passed in concurrence with the senate bill and to go to the white house. they have a deal. this about 40 minutes ago. 257-167. many congressmembers' excited, some are definitely not. we will have more coverage of this fiscal cliff negotiation and now the agreement here on a mess in d.c. we will be right back. wholesome noodles on spoons. a kite, a breeze, a dunk of grilled cheese. catches and throws, and spaghettio's. that's what happy kids are made of. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. ♪ i have direct deposit on my visa prepaid. my paycheck is loaded right on my card. automatic. i am not going downtown standing in line to cash it. i know where my money is, because it is in my pocket. i got more time with my daughter, we got places to go. [ freeman ] go open a new world, with visa prepaid. more people go with visa. >> with hotwire's low prices, i can afford to visit chicago for my first big race and l.a. for m

either way it is very very big news on capitol hill. >> all right, nbc news correspondent luke russertank you. >> thank you, take care. >> i know it is a day of football for you, but instead you're watching. >> i know congress got their act together quicker than the nhl, and the lockout, we want the classic back on nbc. >> there you go luke russert, stay with us. we'll bring you more live coverage, we're watching that for you. we'll be right back. russ either, russert test o hard on these issues for decades. mr. hoy . >>> well, off to the floor of the house debate, it continues in about 30 minutes, roughly in that time frame we could know whether there is a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. they're debating it right now. that will end in about 15 minutes, and then we expect a vote to begin on the senate floor, that bipartisan effort with broad support, at 2:00 this morning. joining us now by phone is ezra klein of "the washington post," and nbc political analyst. ezra you are probably watching this. and for many of us watching it if you will did you think it was going to come d

luke russert, thank you so much for that. we will of course be watching that. the latest of what's being offered to the gop conference. joining us now is jared bernstein. jared, always good to see you. what do you make of this latest development in the fiscal cliff discussions? >> who could have guessed the things we get screwed up at the house of representatives. right? i felt luke just gave a very youthful rundown of -- let me try to simplify this in a way that makes sense to me and hopefully some viewers as well. if this bill is amended, that is if there are enough republicans to vote for that 300-plus billion in more spending cuts, then this deal is as good as dead as far as i can see. because there's no way that -- it would have to go back to the senate. because the amended bill would no longer be the one that 89 senators voted for. and there's no way it could get a majority in the senate. the democrats at that point in the senate would abandon the bill. so if luke's suggestion that this does -- that the amendment doesn't get over the goal line, it doesn't

luke russert is there now. luke -- well, there we go. >> reporter: are we back here? >> there he is. luke russert. i hear you now. >> reporter: how you doing, sir? >> all right. >> reporter: how are things? >> have you seen a ton of tourists out here? >> there's ton of tourists, but thankfully the weather is not that bad. it's nice and sunny here. i'm going to show you what we've got. the capitol behind me. we will have an intense security presence here tomorrow so, if you're going to come use metro, 6,000 national guard troops are expected as well as 6,000 d.c. cops as well as officers from around the country. let's look at the preparations and what they're putting forward so if you do come to the inauguration you won't be in too much pain. over there a whole row of por a port-a-johns, more than last time and easier to access them. and then if you look all around here, the way in which the security is being done is very shall we say fragmented so you've got your holding pen here in front of me, the media down there further down the mall towards the washington monumen

. >> luke guffy, as modest as he is, received a shocking reply after he asked miss texas to a military ball on youtube. >> luke, get excited because i'll be able to meet you. >> i'm mara schiavocampo, and this is "early today," this, your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. it was a beautiful day yesterday. we'll start out with some fog and some cloud cover. wide range of temperatures. near 60 in college park. 37 in hagerstown. we will see a big temperature range today. near 70 itself the baltimore. there could be some thunderstorms tonight. stay with us. >> 42 degrees at the airport. >> a split verdict in the trial of an executive. >> it seemed like a dream. i'm not a part of it. i'm trying to take everything in. >> a media frenzy in new orleans. >> the ravens get ready for the super bowl. we are getting ready for some severe weather. >> we have a problem [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www

. >> luke guffy, as modest as he is, received a shocking reply after he asked miss texas to a military ball on youtube. >> luke, get excited because i'll be able to meet you. >> i'm mara schiavocampo, and this is "early today," this, your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> and here it is. take a look at this scene. emergency crews everywhere on the beltway at this hour. a serious accident involving a fire truck a tractor-trailer and an suv apparently. all but one lane of the outer loop blocked at route 50 in prince george's county. want to go to danella. >> this is a live picture of the accident scene right now. if you're taking the beltway. it was shut down at one point. this is inner and outer loop at 50. you can get by now but just the right lane is going to get you by. we're tracking this in the first 4 traffic office. what's happening is the crash reportedly involves a fire truck, as well as a tractor-trailer. it seems melissa mollet is standing by live at the accident scene. she's actually setting up her shop. here's what's happening. as we know, a fire truck, a

host: luke rosiak?est: people do talk about term limits any time to talk about this and sensuous -- incestuous buildup. they would get rid of good members of congress as well. caller: it seems there are a bunch ofviewers can go to washin times.com/bosses and look at the rankings. there tend to be a variety of reasons why they are on the list. sometimes they might be moving staffers to leadership offices, but most the time time it is these returning dynamics. host: darrell is on the line for independents owing from new jersey had caller: -- new jersey. caller: i am quite shocked by this report, and what i do not understand is how a person elected for a two-year term could be such a jerk, and why do we not hear about this during campaign season given that this kind of information you would think people would want to have an be able to exploit during a campaign bit? -- campaign bit question mark -- bid? guest: people to exploit these, and the fact that these people are in office for a short time, it is par

. >> my name is luke guffy. look at yourself. now back at yourself, now back to you. sadly, you aren't me, but you could be with me this saturday. >> he received a shocking reply after miss texas saw his old spice ask invite on youtube. >> luke, get excited because i will be able to meet you at the overton. >> jumping up and down in their shorts after hearing from miss texas. can you imagine that happening? seems to be working now. >> sack story. >> it seems to show if you put out a good youtube video and asking for a date it works. this won't be the last. >> swallow your pride. >> should try that. i have to put up 30. >> be nice if they got together. like a reality sh jiity show in making. >> i'm richard lui. this is "early today," this, your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> well, apparently for some men, valentine's day just doesn't come soon enough. dozens of japanese men lined up in tokyo to publicly declare or scream their undenying love. men often have trouble expressing their feelings shouting out to the world these men proved their passions

>> what are you hearing from folks, luke?king to some people who probably come from all over. what are they telling you about what drew them to the second inaugurati inauguration? well, it's interesting. a lot of excitement for a lot of folks here and a lot of it is two things. obviously president obama being the first african-american presence. there's a heavy presence of african-americans here who wanted to see this historic moment play out again. talked to one group who missed it four years ago. they want to be able to say to their grandchildren some day that they were able to see the first african-american president sworn in again. the other thing people who have never done it before. like they want to get it off their bucket list. almost equivalent that some day they want to see a super bowl in their life. want to come down to d.c. and see the inauguration. talked to a tourist group that came all the way over from kansas by the sculpture garden. that's why they were here. wanted to see inauguration, never been before and

a man, i will say, who does not really take a vacation, luke. you have been in the trenches this whole holiday season, my friend. >> yeah, but thankfully the united states congress, the 113th got off to a whopping start by taking a week off after they got sworn in, which is a welcome reprieve for a lot of us in d.c. >> bringing out the boat shoes for the new year. jerry side writing in the "wall street journal" what's lacking in congress is an attitude among the capitol's politicians that while acknowledging they have different views, they must agree that they need to solve problems despite differences. in the absence of a new center, there is a need for a new attitude." how bullish are you on a new attitude in congress? >> zero. i think that -- >> that's your percentage of bullishness? >> yes. had he absolutely -- ryan can tell you the same thing. here is the deal. everything in washington d.c. in the next three months is going to focus on this triple threat, triple crown, march madness, whatever you want to call it, debt limit, funding governm

happy luke today, right? i like this. >> luke's always happy. what's he got to be mad about? >> working on the hill, got a good job. he should be happy. but this is a serious issue, the sandy aid bill. in moments of disaster, americans are supposed to come together and take care of each other and the neighbors and somehow this bill has proceeded a lot more slowly than it should have. republicans are talking about it's pork laden. it is not really. there's 13 amendments there. talking about mitigating things of the future. a wall, dealing with secondary problems we haven't yet seen yet. this is about response, recovery and mitigating future problems and why? this is politicized, why this is something we're holding up and not pushing forward is to me one of the more disgusting things that house republicans have done in recent memory and i wonder if we'd be having the same conversation talking about disaster that happened in red states. >> hmm. well, i agree with you that it's been politicized to a disgusting degree and the shaming that republicans have endured over daring to vo

. >> luke, get excited.l be able to meet you. >> luke duffy is taking miss texas 2012 to the rotc military ball. the date arranged thanks to atube video. he thought it was a long shot and asked her to the dance. she was flattered and told him yes live on the evening news. . . we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. >>> is it a comeback? blackberry is trying to reinvent itself with the black perry 10. the phone has a new version and offers a touchscreen now and time outs a hub feature, bringing in all of your messages, e-mail, twitter, facebook linked into a universal in-box and that a lone sounds like a nightmare and light talk to pete anderson. you're working with developers developing apps for this thing and released in march and that is seems like it's a techy, and i am interested in it and that this is a prime opportunity to get into the space.

luke? was reading the palm beach post, and the columnist wrote this article about you where she said, "blanco's words triggered memories so vivid, so poignant, scenes of a childhood set in a cultural wilderness where cuban heartache meant american dreams." talk about that. what is that cultural wilderness? >> what happened -- growing up in miami back in the 1970s, which is certainly not the miami we know today, we grew up between two imaginary worlds. one was our parents, cuba, the nostalgia of the stories, the gossip, all the 1950s, the things that they were still yearning for. and the other part of it was sort of imaginary america. because since it was such a close-knit cultural community, where, you know, all my classmates were cuban american, the teacher, the mechanic, the doctor, so i really thought places like "the brady bunch" existed somewhere. and i thought, surely, one day, i'd get to america. so as we like to say in miami, it was kind of like a purgatory, not in the negative sens

nbc's luke russert joins us now live from capitol hill. he's following it all. luke, we understand that you've confirmed that a very special guest will be present when the democrats meet, when the house democrats meet. who is it going to be? >> that's right. for the first democratic caucus meeting of 2013 they'll hear from none other than vice president joe biden who will come here to capitol hill to brief them about the deal similar to what he did last night for his senate democratic faithful. he was really influential in helping get a lot of democrats to vote for the bill. it is expected he'll do the same thing today when he talks to his house democratic friends. now, there should be no surprise. nancy pelosi when the white house asked her to get votes she is very good at it. she got votes for the budget control act, for health care. there should be no reason she shouldn't be able to get the votes today. with vice president biden coming to capitol hill it rests the nerves of any anxious democrats who don't like the deal because they don't like the $400,000 thr

. >> reporter: a confession motivated by his 13-year-old soon luke, defending him online. >> i told luke, i said -- i said, don't defend me anymore. >> reporter: in the hour-long show on own, armstrong said he raced clean when he returned to the tour in 2009 and 2010, something he says his ex-wife kristen made him promise to do. >> and i never would have betrayed that with her. >> reporter: the u.s. anti-doping agency report on armstrong disputes that saying the likelihood of armstrong's blood values from those tours occurring naturally is less than one in a million. why would armstrong deny doping in his comeback but concede it in his tour victory? analysts say it could be to avoid potential prosecution. >> statute of limitations would have passed for certain crimes he might have then admitted. so he doesn't want to admit to something that might bring him into criminal prosecution. >> reporter: in austin, texas, armstrong's hometown there's plenty of skepticism. >> i don't think there's anything he can do to redeem himself in the public eye. >> reporter: armstrong said the lowest moment

. >> item 26 is the resident luke of holding the department of public works for disapproval and disapproval for the -- permit. >> supervisor elsburnd. >> thank you mr. president the committee had a very good hearing for this item and i was ready to vote for it until i got a call yesterday afternoon that they had not had the opportunity to discuss the issue with the department of public works and they have asked me to ask the board for another meeting continuianance to january 15th to make sure they are on the same page and the benefit i see here is that the constituent out here are hearing two different story and is so i want to make sure that they get the same story and so i make a most to continue this item to january 15th. >>> seconded by supervisor farrell, colleagues you may do that without objection january 15th. >> we want skip over our three prime minister special orders and our 4:00 p.m. special orders and has had to our committee records which start on page 19. mr. clerk if you could read items 44 through 48. items 44 through 48 is a motion conforming the mayor's appointment toeli

to go ahead and search luke 22: 22:36. christians are throwing this around like the last part of the second amendment, and they're saying that jesus is pro gun to modern day sword. what jesus is doing is talking about prophecy and being a criminal. when jesus throws down his line about buying a sword he adds that they only need swords because of the prophecy says that they're supposed to be criminals. for i say unto you that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, and he was reckoned among the

luke's in the mission district.e announcement is expected before a board of supervisors vote on march 12. >> this morning, the mosquito control district in marin will spray for mosquitoes. the park in san rafael and deer island in novato will be included in the treatment plant^. officials will use a helicopter to look for mosquito lavae. the speed they are developing is faster than recently. that could signify a more active mosquito season. >> california's relatively dry winter is affecting state water levels. the latest survey of the snow pack in the sierras is 93 percent of normal with heavy snow building it up in december but we have had little snow. despite the smaller estimate our water supply is locking pretty go. the snow pack will continue to build until april 1 and then melt. it provides a third of the state water supply. >> from a water standpoint and skiing and snowboarding standpoint we need more snow. a good storm would do it. >> they would love it. >> some of the resorts of grooming places this we have