maxine was the first one we read her in school we knew of her. she was not out there like anny tan was when she wrote the joy luck club. so much of it is timing. it meant all the history and the voices before then had been silent. my generation of writers came in and we heard stories of women and men and the family of a different generation. a lot of us had been writing about that because they were silenced for so long. i am involved with the book prize. it's a pacific rim book prize in which books come from asia and all over the pacific rim. in the last 11 years it's been a prize we read so many books that have come from voices of new writers. i'm always amazed and they are writing different storers i wrote when i started. all the people have come through now. if you look at the list of indian and japanese authors and chinese authors it's now we are very much diverse. i think for a long time we weren't. i thank you for that question. if i keep going i will never get another question. [laughter]. >> thank you for samurai's garden. i read it had i

representative maxine waters is a democrat from california.he will be ranking member of the financial services committee. welcome to both of you representatives. thank you for joining us. congresswoman maxine waters, can we start with you and just ask you, at this point, we have been trying to figure out who won this battle and who lost? did anyone win? >> absolutely. our middle class american taxpayers won. with this agreement that the president signed, middle inkuks taxpayers in america won't have a tax increase. as matter of fact, they will have a permanent tax break and billion airs and millionaires of the country will have to pay their fair share. we did increase their tax rate. so if anybody won it was middle class people who work everyday, raising their families, sending their kids to school, and just trying to have a descent quality of life. they absolutely won last evening. >> congressman kingston, you hear a plea like that, and it makes people wonder, why did you vote no? what was your vote process and what do you want to see happen

i want to bring in congresswoman maxine waters. happy new year. >> happy new year to you, also. >> let me play be a clip of your colleagues reacting to this. >> it was because of the action of the senate that we found ourselves here on new year's eve that we had to take this action. the house is saying no more. >> compromise and solutions, that's what the house wants. it was house democrats who stopped us from going off this cliff. >> a lot of finger pointing we've heard over the last several hours, a lot of the blame game and frankly a lot of complaints as you well know. how would you describe the mood on the hill this morning, congresswoman? >> well, it's a bit early yet but as i left last evening, we democrats were pleased that we were able to protect the average american family in america. this was not difficult. we did not get everything. yes, we did kick down the road the spending cuts and some other things that have to be considered, but we did protect the american taxpayer and we made sure that they didn't have a tax increa

and maxine hall health clinic is currently under design and will be moving into construction very soon. we'll be starting work soon on barrier removal work at the san francisco generate hospital in the emergency room area, clinic and patient restrooms. and bibeding 89d at san francisco general hospital got a makeover at the parking lot. most important we're moving forward with the el elevator modernization project. it's going to be providing redundance amongst the three elevators in case one has to be taken out of service for repairs. the lethalon of honor underwent a makeover. golden gate park repaved manufacture their multi-use roads. and we finished the accessible passenger loading work at the school district. that was the subject of lopez lawsuit. we're go to be doing some phase 2 work for the cultural center and the mission cultural center for latino arts. that concludes my director's report. thank you for your attention. >> thank you, carla. moving on to item no. 6, new time sheets and payment processs for ihss. we have a presentation by megan elliot. in-home supportive services

new city office for the city of orinda, maxine health center for the city and county of san francisco, laboratory and office for alameda counties, [speaker not understood] ranch in [speaker not understood] for unified school district. el cerito [speaker not understood]. enclosed are copies of the complaints against american mechanical services of walnut creek. this information is a matter of public record and is evidence of american mechanical services of walnut creek violation of public work laws. this information is for you guys. >> thank you very much. mr. dell kelly, what is the process we follow for prospects that don't follow the prevailing wage? >> i would probably want to have noreen to maybe jump? in on this. one issue is standing. * so, one issue is does the union actually have standing in complaining on an award. so, that's the first issue. the second is we have to have a due process making sure the allegations are true and i think that we are in the process of looking through that. i would probably defer to is ivy here? maybe you can come up. >> there isn't a process where

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within the canadian political environment the there are certain politicians maxine bernie other members of the conservative government who are you know raising the issues and and. and i think that's leading to a a legitimate debate say that look we've been through some pretty wild times here you know there the role of monetary policy the role of fiscal policy and how you know how we manage these things if if the fed itself and if other central banks are engaging in unconventional policies as we've seen then we are certainly and now at a point where probably there's a lot of scope to put a lot of issues on the table and i he's now based in canada which is why we made that comparison there out savage there with that interview and also still ahead as the taxicabs system is modeled with regulation we check out a market antidote involving innovation in transportation we'll speak to cartoons goes c.e.o. after the break but first your closing market numbers. so fall used to troll cities. to make cyclists. has changed his life and the world around. by giving. hope. to so many children. nicholai

maxine walker's security gate was locked when a man rang the doorbell at her home in east san jose tuesday afternoon. >> he said is michael home. i slammed the door. but i had no idea he'd gone next door. i thought he was really looking for a michael. >> reporter: turns out the man was looking for an opportunity and when walker's neighbor did not answer the door, several suspects broke in. the woman hid in a bedroom and called police. >> yesterday was a busy day for burglaries, specifically in east san jose. >> reporter: four robberies in three hours in the foothill divisi division. in three of them burglars crossed paths with the residents before police could arrive. >> and at least one there were several firearms were stolen so now we have five more guns on the street. >> reporter: two under aged suspects were busted with stolen property and taken into custody. >> that juvenile was in possession of l some of the stolen property from the house, located the second juvenile that was on probation for burglary, surprisingly. so we got both of them off the stree streets. >> reporter: they're o

>> stephanie: maxine not happy.rnia. >> stephanie: here is some more awesome inauguration news. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: not only the sexy liberal show. [ inaudible ] will serve as the poetet. he is the first gay hispanic american individual to recite a poem at the inauguration. he will also be the younger to recite a poem ever -- >> a gay poet! what? [overlapping speakers] [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: that was a good joke. >> that was like you went to an accredited university. [ farting sounds ] [ laughter ] >> stephanie: okay. max in chicago. >> caller: erma gurd! >> stephanie: that's right. go ahead. >> caller: i just wanted to respond to the caller earlier. i'm a lawyer in chicago and in 2005 the republicans ran through a bill that gave blanket immunity to all gun manufacturers. they are completely non-responsible for anything that their products do. >> stephanie: wow. that does not surprise me. all right. dale in arkansas. >> caller: yeah, how are you doing today? >> stephanie: good. >

well, this is-- it lit everybody on fire on a bipartisan basis, but on greta wire, congresswoman maxineers is ripping them apart as a lot of people are. did anyone force aig to take the bailout? >> no, that's one of the main arguments that the government made. no one forced aig's board back during the the financial crisis to take this bailout. they chose to take it, they chose to give the government an 80% stake. they chose to pay this loan with a high interest rate. no one really forced them to take it and that's sort of what the government says, it was entirely their choice. >> now, the government's out of their 80% stake, is that right? and what was the interest rate? >> the interest rate was pretty high. i don't feel the exact percentage, but the government itself has said that it was punitive and it was meant to be a punishment, it was meant to punish aig for getting in that situation where it had to be bailed out by taxpayers in the first place. >> did anyone feel like after all the american taxpayers, thank you, pr campaign and now we're sort of kicked in the teeth after we rescu

. >> i give one minute to the honorable maxine waters. >> thank you very much. i am so proud of the members of this congress from both sides of the aisle who have been real advocates, who have been on television, who have been fighting, members on the opposite side of the aisle criticize their own leadership for the delay. ladies and gentlemen, i am from california. i have witnessed earthquake disaster. i have been involved with trying to help with katrina and making sure that the people who were the victims of katrina were compensated, were taken care of. this is unconscionable that this has had to take so long. i watch congressman meek up in rockaway, i watched the people who cried, i watched the people who begged for help, who begged for assistance. this is so late in coming so i support this bill today. i am one of the co-authors of the flood insurance reauthorization bill along with ms. biggert who reauthorized flood insurance for another five years. let'sput the money in it, do what's right, let's take care of the disaster. >> gentleman woman's time is exp

host: maxine offering her political opinion. guest: first and foremost, you are right, ohio eliminated its estate tax. it used to have an exemption of only about $385,000, one of the lowest in the country's estate death taxes. but ohio is one state that is repealing its estate tax. here in our neck of the wisdom of virginia no longer has an estate tax, while the district of columbia and maryland do. as a result, people are moving from d.c. and maryland, crossing the potomac river and taking up residence in virginia in anticipation of the death and estate tax. as far as income tax in ohio, you have township taxes in addition to the state income taxes. there is a very interesting wrinkle or sometimes it is better to file separate then -- separate than file joint returns. host: "the new york times" has a piece that talks about the high earners, but it says the legislation approved by both houses of congress would increase taxes on people with incomes that are not quite as high as well, because the bill includes language that begins

. >> i give one minute to the honorable maxine waters. >> thank you very much. i am so proud of the members of this congress from both sides of the aisle who have been real advocates, who have been on television, who have been fighting, members on the opposite side of the aisle criticize their own leadership for the delay. ladies and gentlemen, i am from california. i have witnessed earthquake disaster. i have been involved with trying to help with katrina and making sure that the people who were the victims of katrina were compensated, were taken care of. this is unconscionable that this has had to take so long. i watch congressman meek up in rockaway, i watched the people who cried, i watched the people who begged for help, who begged for assistance. this is so late in coming so i support this bill today. i am one of the co-authors of the flood insurance reauthorization bill along with ms. biggert who reauthorized flood insurance for another five years. let's put the money in it, let's do what's right, let's take care of the disaster. >> gentleman woman's time

. >> i yield one minute to the ranking member of the financial services committee, the honorable maxine waters. lex recognize for one minute. >> i am so proud of the members of this congress on both sides of the aisle who have been real advocates. you have been on television, and fighting. i am from california. i have witnessed earthquake disasters. i have been involved with trying to help with katrina and making sure that the people who were the victims of katrina were compensated, were taking care of. this is unconscionable that this has had to take so long. i watched the congressman and walk away -- and rockaway. i watched the people who cried and begged for assistance. this is so late in coming, so i support this bill. i am one of the co-authors of the flood insurance reauthorization bill. .et's put the money in it let's do what is right. let's take care of this. >> the gentlewoman's time has expired. one and a quarter minutes remaining. new jersey has two and a quarter minutes remaining. >> i yield myself. >> it is 70 days. unprecedented that this region has not been treated like t

. >> host: thank you maxine from colbert, oklahoma. do you know where colbert is?> guest: i'm not sure. ting kind of goes back to the book of the tramming i did of american compassion. one of the things that he phrases in that book is how do you get people to motivate to enhance and better themselves rather than become dependent? greating dependency, and undermining self-reliance actually hurts people and doesn't help them. helping people who actually need your help and not creating dependency and undermining it is a great way to be compassionate. so we can do both. we can do it the right way. the question when we go to do it -- like i said earlier if you want to make something affordable and expensive, have the government make it affordable. because we're not very effective at what we do. and we end up in the name of doing good with pure intentions undermining our future. and that's what we have done on many of the programs. >> host: senator, is there a third book coming? >> guest: maybe. but probably not going to be anything about politics. >> host: what is it go

to the ranking member of the financial services committee a fighter for the people, the honorable maxine watts of the state of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. waters: thank you so much, congressman meeks. i am so proud of members of congress of both sides of the aisle who have been real adro cats, who have been on television, who have been fighting. members on the on site side of the aisle criticized their own leadership for the delay. i am from california, i have witnessed earthquake disaster. i have been involved with trying to help with katrina and making sure that the people who were the victims of katrina were compensated, were taken care of. this was unconscionable that this has had to take so long. i watched congressman meeks up in rockaway, i watched the people who cried, who begged for help, who begged for assistance. this is so late in coming. i support this bill today. i am one of the co-authors of the flood insurance re-authorization bill along with mrs. biggert who re-authorized flood insurance for another five years, let's put the mon