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marc lynch, director of the middle east studies program at george washington university. he also writes a blog about the middle east for foreignpolicy.com. and hisham melhem, washington bureau chief for al arabiya tv, an arab language satellite news channel. thank you all for being here. there's so many questions at this stage. as we watch events unfold in egypt. let me start with you, hisham what contacts do we know are there going on right now between washington and cairo? >> there are contacts on the highest levels, particularly with the new deputy of pew barack and with the military. i would like to listen the conversations between robert gates and the minister. >> woodruff: the defense secretary. >> exactly, yeah. souliman and the others are very well-known to policymakers hear in washington. they've been involved in dealing with them on security issues, arab israeli conflict, combatting terrorism. so they know each other extremely well. and the united states can kin fluence the egyptian army. the egyptian army knows that they cannot survive without continuing that k

. >> the water improvement program and agreements 904, marc roche and control services for specialized corrosion control and authorizing the utility commission to execute this amendment for a total not to exceed the amount gov $2,959,998. >> are there any questions or, -- common sense -- comments? >> most of this is aimed at the transition to our operating of green energy water facilities for the new building. is that right? >> this contract is for the erosion -- for corrosion >> i will be back. >> is there a motion? >> so moved. >> next item. >> discussion and possible are shown to approve the selection and awarded professional services building commission in, monitoring, and performance optimizing and authorize the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to negotiate an exercise 3 professional services agreement for an amount not to exceed $3 million for seven years funded by water, waste water, and power enterprises through respective project funds. >> good afternoon. do you have any questions on this? >> are there questions emma -- are there any questions?

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holes to guard a sixty six and that puts him on eleven on the overall want to head of surprise package marc was bria the austrian maybe ranked four hundred seventy eight in the well but he's playing as good as the best at the moment bray a card in a sixty nine on saturday enjoying it this spot drop in for birdie and i skate over here in celebration because there is still everything to play for the guitar must. feel good. to good on the road. just continue more of the same tomorrow and hopefully you know you can pull it off in the states in the holes to go in the weather's going to turn on us a little bit so it's going to be a fight and. you know i'm just looking forward to. now in motor sports mcclaren are hoping to stick to the heels of red bull in the new formula one season with lewis hamilton believing brain power will be as important as horsepower mclaren the latest f one team to unveil their call for the upcoming season hamilton will once again line up alongside compadres on fellow former world champions and button both believe mclaren is well placed to take the constructors title red

. >> motion appointing supervisor marc, a term ending november 28th, 2011, to the california state association of county board and directors. >> is there any discussion regarding this item? is to any public comment on this item? public comment is closed. can we send this forward with recommendation? without objection. madame clerk, please call item number 3. >> item number3 is a motion concerning the employment of lesley cast to the port commission. >> can we please have miss katz come forward? thank you so much for being here. please introduce yourself to the committee. >> i am leslie katz and i am very honored to be here before you. hopefully, i will be able to serve on the port commission. i would like to welcome supervisor's kim and farrell. i am pleased that you are here and i wish you good luck. this is a tremendous opportunity for such an extraordinary city. supervisor elsbern, thank you for your service. i know that you are the elder statesmen here. thank you for taking on that role. [laughter] i did not say old. as you know, i have been a member of the board of supervisors in the past

. >> thank you, marc. i have a question from the audience about a burgeoning market. any avenues for san francisco medical cannabis dispensaries? open to the panel. >> in terms of financing? i can tell you what will be the licensing and zoning regulations, but i think i would turn it over to our financial institutions, in terms of -- in terms of the type of business that you would consider financing. >> we look at all kinds of business. we always want to see a business plan. we want to see the cash flow. just like the lady before, you can have a good plan, but if you do not have cash -- good credit is always important. people sometimes have no cash or they may have a cosigner or partner that could help. >> opportunity fund is a 51 say -- 501 c nonprofit and we can make the bay area a better place especially for low and moderate-income communities. some of our funding sources, like the sba, certain kinds of businesses we cannot lend to. adult entertainment, primarily, alcohol sales, and then there are some things that we decided we are not going to lend to. we choose n

. >> ♪ >> it's the new opera from the respected british exposer marc anthony turnage.said his wife suggested her as a subjects, at which point he heard music. >> i immediately saw that anna nicole had a voice and i could see her sanging -- singing onstage. there are plenty of real life characters i couldn't see. i couldn't see david cameron, for instance, singing. >> smith was working in a houston strip club when she met this man, a fun-loving october gentlemen narron billionaire. they -- 80-year-old billionaire. they came to enjoy each other. she found fame and fortune did not bring happiness. the man behind the controversial production, jerry springer the opera has written the words. did he see it as an opportunity to shock traditional opera goers? >> people confuse shock with surprise. the surprise is totally essential. i don't think it's a controversial thing because i think that's boring. >> i'm standing on part of the anna nicole set. it might look surreal but behind this commission lie as serious intent, and that's to bring a sense of urgency and excitement to t

marc solomon, mission resident, ground zero for ted next to have ways. i worked on the transportation plan for the western settlement. i associate myself with the remarks on community housing. never say never. greenhouse gas reductions. is there evidence in a full life cycle analysis that new san francisco housing, as built, competes with suburban sprawl? if someone is going to choose between a rincon hill condo and tracy, i do not think that is a realistic economic comparison. the land-use plans in san francisco were built at the height of the bubble. the presumed realistic economics were normative. it turns out there were an aberration. yet we are still dealing with state laws that were built when real-estate and money to invest in lobbyists. with current economics, or economics likely to take place over the next 20 years, that is cold water. how can we expect the city to reduce greenhouse gases when all tod is located within three blocks of an exit ramp of a highway? this department is planning to up-zone the area just south of the freeway under the t

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>tavis: how badly did johnson is his marc? for all that could have happened, and what should have happened during this time, he missed the mark how badly? >> he missed it very badly, from our perspective. for a good amount of time, johnson was thought of as a good president. right after reconstruction when the sort of southern, romantic view of what the old south was about, people saw him as someone who stood against the horror of negro rule. he was seen as a hero. it did not dawned on people, this guy screwed up. this was terrible. the reconstruction was not as historians portrayed it. he is not a hero. that was the beginning in the crack in the facade in the 19th and early 20th century, with johnson as he wrote. then other white historians began to reassess it. as we came to the civil rights movement, his reputation really chromatid. he missed the mark, and thurgood marshall said at one. , not talking specifically about johnson, but about reconstruction, if things had gone the way they should have gone, the plan to bring bla

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. >> the water improvement program and agreements 904, marc roche and control services for specialized corrosion control and authorizing the utility commission to execute this amendment for a total not to exceed the amount gov $2,959,998. >> are there any questions or, -- common sense -- comments? >> most of this is aimed at the transition to our operating of green energy water facilities for the new building. is that right? >> this contract is for the erosion -- for corrosion >> i will be back. >>

glove save by marc-andre fleury. take another look. hand-eye order nation. later in the second, mike knuble, shot, turned away by johan franzen. off the goal post. or past fleury, i should say. capitals win it 1-0. >>> that is all for your espn news update. i'm don bell. now, back to you. >>> here's the rarest sight in baseball this morning. that is cleveland ohio native justine siegel, as she became the first woman ever to pitch batting practice to major leaguers. it happened yesterday in arizona, as she took to the mound to pitch to her favorite team, the indians. on her left sleeve was a patch to honor christina-taylor green. that was the 9-year-old girl killed in the massacre in tucson. >> she must be excited about this. she's 36 now. this is her due. >> not done yet. she will be pitching at the batting practice for the oakland a's. so, congratulations to justine. >> a lot of people excited to see baseball season. that means spring is on the way. >> amen. >>> coming up, the latest on our top story this morning. a deadly quake in new zealand. dozens are d

. >> narrator: he knows gang leader jean-marc juste, alias grimo. he'd arrested him two years ago. grimo escaped in the earthquake. grimo and his followers have been terrorizing the neighborhood. beauvoir hopes the gang's weapons are still in grimo's house. the weapons have gone. grimo insists he's kept out of trouble since escaping from the penitentiary. >> narrator: beauvoir and the un withdraw, leaving the neighborhood to the gangs. besides grimo, the masked informer has pointed out five other men, but the names they give aren't on the list of escaped prisoners. the lack of records in haiti makes it hard for the police to establish anyone's identity. the men are taken for questioning. after the earthquake, foreign governments pledged almost $10 billion in aid, inspiring hopes that haiti could have a fresh start. but those hopes can't be fulfilled while so much of the country remains lawless. >> unless we address the issue of rule of law in haiti, all the efforts that the international community is doing now on reconstruction, on rebuilding, on development, the un peacekeeping mi

super bowl, he's still having a party and among the people invited, jennifer lopez and her husband marchony to watch the game. even j. lo says she can't believe it. they met the couple in 2009 but j. lo is not bringing anything to the party. she says the first couple probably has the food thing taken care of. with a full kitchen staff, you think they could bring some doritos or something. >> and half time entertainment with mark and j. lo, right? >> there you go. it still would be good to bring some onion dip though. >> i would think so. >> nice bottle of wine. >> they would go up against the black-eyed peas. >> they are serving black-eyed peas? >> sorry! >> maybe they are, who knows. you're supposed to serve those on new year. >> yeah, on new year. i don't think these a lunar new year thing, black-eyed peas. >> not typically. but it's fusion around here. why not. thanks for the red envelope by the way. happy, it's friday, been a long week. maybe it has been for you. looking forward to rest and relaxation this weekend. getting out in the sun, definitely what we have in store for you. fr

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they're having free workshops throughout the state to marcs you do fill them out right, that you gethe money that you should be getting. it can be intimidating for folks who maybe have never done this before. first-time college students. >> of course, and that's why we have this workshop. we clear all the questions that the parents ask. am i going to have to pay this back in a year, in two years, in three years? no. it's free money. that's why we have this workshop, and we have them from usually three to eight -- five-hour span so the parents can come after work and they're able to have their questions answered. we definitely take our time with them to make sure that they go without my unanswered questions. >> how safe are these funds right now? we know what's going on with sacramento. the state budget is what it is. we're trying to fiend every direction to pull money from. how safe are -- is the financial aid situation in california? >> specifically for the cal grad program which has been from year to year fluctuated in terms of its funding and ability to continue the program itself

it's going to be an absolute disaster for us foreign policy david if i can reflect on something that marc said to me we you know we all look comparably the same age here marks a little bit younger. but you know we've all been talked you know basically subliminally and very at the very least that you know these people can't rule themselves i think we've been all startled by that over the last two months i mean this the revolution pulled off in egypt is very sophisticated very mature population but knew exactly what they wanted to do they didn't need any outside help well in egypt first of all i would be a little careful we're still at the beginning of this story we're not even sure who the transitional period or even really into the transition we're really in the transition to the transition as far as iraq goes i think that was quite a vibrant democracy in the last few years yes it's messy yes they have problems forming coalitions. but you know that's democracy and they're learning and i think it's amazing how despite the tensions within the country the sectarian differences and so forth a

dollars a barrel mark still by rising demand and the tensions in egypt are nown business investor marc faber says regardless of global tensions all is likely to carry on going up over the next decade. if the global economy is stronger than is expected because the way some countries recover and the us recovers then the demand for oil will be very strong and all prices will go up and if i'm right and everything collapses in the world in the next five ten years then oil prices will go up because wars. traffic and shipping and so forth either way. you'll do relatively well in the next ten years. and i sort of look at the markets now u.s. markets have opened flat to negative despite news that u.s. jobless claims have dropped from the previous weeks. and european stock markets are mixed this hour the flitter is down more than a quarter percent this hour royal dutch shell slumped over three percent after a fourth quarter results meanwhile the bank is showing losses on the dax even after reporting a fifty four percent drop in the fourth quarter net profit to eight hundred thirty million dollar

dollars a barrel mark fueled by rising demand and the tensions in egypt renowned business investor marc faber says regardless of global tension oil is likely to carry on going up over the next decade. if the global economy is stronger than is expected because the western countries recover and the u.s. recovers then the demand for oil will be very strong and oil prices will go up and if i'm right and everything collapses in the world in the next five ten years then oil prices will go up because of wars and disruptions of traffic and shipping and so forth so either way in oil i think you'll do relatively well in the next ten years. and that's all the business news for this hour but you can always find more stories on our website that's our to dot com slash business stay with us. the more people we killed the has officers worried it's got to be like a game like to see who could kill the most people and the different ways you can prove maybe be killed maybe i can you know here's some sears you know where they have the most fears they will get the most fierce in trade you should be rich. wom

she also announced marc grossman as a replacement for richard holbrooke. >> welcome. i am jack wadsworth, a vice chair of the asia society. i am standing in for our chairman. he is out of the country today but since his very best. he is sorry he is -- he cannot be here. i spent over 15 years building morgan stanley in asia, and reflecting back on that experience, the asia society was one of the great sources of knowledge to me for understanding the culture of the region. first, let me welcome everyone on behalf of the board of trustees and staff to this very special program with the honorable hillary rodham clinton, secretary of state, to celebrate the legacy of ambassador richard holbrooke. let me add to that welcome a small group in san francisco who is live broadcasting from here. you might not be surprised to know, richard holbrooke was a great advocate of the dismal -- the digital age in moving this group into the modern era. i could not be more pleased to have our colleagues in san francisco live along with thousands of others on the web cast. much has been writ

because in the united states and around the world interest rates are not allowed to trade per the marc. they're kept artificially low to give free money to the speculators whenever they make a losing bet then the government bails them out and to pay for the government's bailout they put a go to the people through austerity measures are saying and greece are saying in ireland they put a gun to the people said with austerity measures to bail out the banks who were holding the government hostage so this is just easy money fueling worldwide inflation yes they're getting greedy they're forcing prices to go up to astronomical price levels i read a statistic somewhere of the number of people actually forced into poverty but that's yeah i mean this is really fantastic so continue on to get into the nitty gritty world bank warns of soaring food price dangers so apparently in the last year an estimated forty four million people have been pushed into poverty since last summer by soaring commodity prices robert zoellick the world bank president said food prices have risen by almost thirty percent

humanitarian assistance the person needed in libya it may very well be needed but second of all to see the marc rich the naturalist as a good idea going back to you know our founding documents reveal the declaration of independence and all of that but also for the first time to see the assistance of people to be democrats as a good strategic choice that is to say we will be better off the united states and western nations will be better off in the long term. if people are not subjected to autocratic rule if they have a voice ok but other credit rule automatically means instability and that helps nobody john graham very very interesting to talk to you today here in r.t. we appreciate your time thanks for joining us former u.s. diplomat to libya john graham joining us live from the usa thank you thank you. other news now julian assange is preparing to battle to overturn a london court's decision to extradite him to sweden but we can leaks founder insisted there was no truth to the sex crime on occasions against him and that there was not enough evidence to justify the court's decision came forwar

ok also his financial guru marc skies are examines how unrest in the middle east could hit a food prices it closer to home and the cars report coming up in just a few moments. i am asked times are this is the kaiser report you probably haven't thought much about eating plastic chickens eating plastic eggs or chilling down on some plastic rice we're going to be talking about that shortly but first let's bring in the state you see her skies there hey you know what the biggest story of course is this revolution sweeping the world revolutions the one in egypt of course everybody's looking for the causes inflation and the inflation of food prices is that the rising inequality reflected in the gini coefficient index here's some reasons that i'm going to look at first headline tony blair mubarak is quote immensely courageous and a force for good. yes he actually said this on the piers morgan show we're not going to actually listen to his words because i just can't stand listening to him but i'm going to say what i think he was actually saying mubarak is immensely courageous for looting so much

is made up of talk radio, cable-tv, fox news, talk-radio with shaun and eddie and rush limbaugh and marc levin and it is made up of the internet. it is made up of the wall street journal which is -- has created an antidote to the new york times. so there is a culture in our country, the american spectator at national review, commentary. we are creating a culture that is the culture smog. for now it is out there and we have to deal with it. it is the one point that the liberals never say anything against. i as an environmentalist of sorts have spoken against the culture smog and done my best to vanquish it. the people i just mentioned are vanquishing it. >> host: what is an example of the culture smog? >> guest: con the hundred anniversary of ronald reagan day, the culture smog has dealt with reagan as best it can. it dealt with him for his presidency, it dealt with him as an inalienable guns for the end of his presidency and now is trying to present ronald reagan has kind of a liberal. to stealth politician, liberal values. i knew ronald reagan. i had him in my house. i was in his house.

jennifer lopez and marc anthony will be there. i don't know who president obama is rooting for.ou can watch the super bowl here on ktvu channel 2. it starts right here. >> when sal gets to the party he can ask the president. >> yeah will you? >> i don't think i have to ask him. he's from chicago he probably does not like the green bay packers. just saying. >> especially this year. >> yeah. that would be like a giants fan rooting for the dodgers. >>> good morning, everyone let's go out and take a look at the commute now traffic is moving well on 24 getting up to the caldecott tunnel. no major problems on 680 either in this area. westbound bay bridge that traffic is moving along nicely coming into san francisco. and north and southbound 880 traffic is moving along very well. you know, i'm twitter and so is steve at sp weather. let's go to steve right now. >> sal, thank you that is correct. we get wonderful information. if you have anything you can write sal, traffic, or weather. we get patchy fog on the coast. we are seeing a similar pattern. higher clouds continue to spill down f