every day that i drive by there, i think of marcus brooks store. if i see a sign on the door, i'm thinking, is that my 30-day notice? so, i really hope this is like a step in the right direction, that we can be at the table to provide more information, and to look at our history where we have to, you know, make it permanent. if it's not on 24th we're willing to look for somewhere else, but this has to be addressed immediately. it what devastating to he see the news last week that [speaker not understood] is closing, another sort of staple in mission. after what, 20 years they're going to shut their doors. so, i really beg you to look at this, to add the resource he to include us in the dialogue, and anything we can do to support it we're here. so, thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. welcome. >>> thank you, good afternoon, commissioner. my name is pete [speaker not understood]. i'm one of the co-owners of green apple books on clement street, been there since 1967. me and two other long-time employees bought the business from the

do think there's -- you know, the london program is innovative and certainly the recent case of marcus brooks, something similar actually happened there where there wasn't an agreement to allow time for the community to come up with the funding to purchase the building. that was ultimately, of course, not successful. but -- >> and the community arts [speaker not understood] trust is specifically to secure space for art organizations, correct? >> art, arts and nonprofit space. [multiple voices] >> and the mid-market? >> in mid-market, although caft is i understand looking at expanding its geographic boundaries. so, an example of a legacy business that might benefit from a caft type approach would be the rocksy theater which operates as a business is run by a nonprofit, is certainly a cornerstone of the mission that, you know, that is facing a lease renewal next year. where assistance with purchasing the building from a land trust and a combination of other types of [speaker not understood] might make a difference to making that transaction work. the cast is really a great innovative model we h

to analyze it all: brooks and marcus. "new york times" columnist david brooks and "washington post" columnist ruth marcus. mark shields is away. we welcome you both. so now that you've had a whole day to think about it, david, how is the president's announcement on immigration sitting? >> i've totally changed my mind. it's a great thing. (laughter) no, actually, it's terrible. first, constitutionally, my paper did a good story on whether this was constitutional, and the white house did get a vast number who think it was and wasn't. it's divided. those who think it was a grab of power are probably on the right side, but that's me, i politically. this period of gridlock is going to end some day and people will actually cooperate, they will do things, build coalitions, pass things by a majority vote by the way the constitution designed, but what happened last night will make it harder and push that date further on. the president will make passing immigration reform and other reform harder. the number one issue in this countr