could be without power for a very long time. >> reporter: no arrests have been made following the metcalfeident. they promised to beef up security such as more security cameras but hill's bill, 699, goes a step further. requires to restore power quickly if an incident happened. as utilities work with law enforcement and chp if a breach occurred and ensuring ensuring resources are not affected. >> we learned during the san diego blackout of 2011 that many municipal water pumps do not have back-up generation in case of an electric outage. >> at best case, metcalfe was isolated and orchestrated by domestic terrorists that could happen again. in case the worst case did become reality, hill is banking on his hill keeping pg&e on its toes. >> if we're watching it, they'll do it. the problem is the culture has not allowed them or forced them to make those changes. >> reporter: in hunter's point, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> was at the press conference this morning but did not comment. >>> today was the anniversary of the tibetan uprising. today's events kicked off with the flag raising ceremony at berk

director metcalf director reiskin director harper director harper you have a quorum >> thank you very much and the first item on the agenda is communication none. >> none that i've with your of. >> and thank you new and old business directors. seeing none. executive di

also the members of the public of the public and director metcalf. director reiskin. director harper that's 4 i's and item 7 is approved. that item 8 is the minutes of the february 24th meeting >> so moved. >> we have a motion and second. >> any members of the public. >> director lee. director reiskin. director harper. that's 4 i's and the minutes are approved >> okay. then we're adjourned. >> that's concludes our

metcalfe. he is the adjunct professor and executive director of the collaboration on government secrecy at the washington college of law of -- uncertain the washington college of law at american university. and he is the former director of the department of justice office of information and privacy. i'd like to thank you all for joining us. i'd like to give each of our five minutes to make your opening statements. your complete written testimonies will be included in the record. ms. bennett, please go ahead. [inaudible] >> i think your mic might not be on. >> there we go. so thank you for the opportunity to speak about reintegrating the freedom of information act and for your unwavering commitment to protecting and strengthening the public's right to know. my name is amy bennett and an assistant director at openthegovernment.org, galicia more than 80 organizations dedicated to openness and accountability. currently the foia is anything but an efficient toll from an effective dose of the public

also the members of the public of the public and director metcalf. director reiskin. director harper that's 4 i's and item 7 is approved. that item 8 is the minutes of the february 24th meeting >> so moved. >> we have a motion and second. >> any members of the public. >> director lee. director reiskin. director harper. that's 4 i's and the minutes are approved >> okay. then we're adjourned. >> that's concludes our >> we are approving as many parks as we can, you have a value garden and not too many can claim that and you have an historic building that has been redone in a beautiful fashion and you have that beautiful outdoor ping-pong table and you have got the art commission involved and if you look at them, and we can particularly the gate as you came in, and that is extraordinary. and so these tiles, i am going to recommend that every park come and look at this park, because i think that the way that you have acknowledged donor iss really first class. >> it is nice to come and play and we have been driving by for literally a year. >> it is kind of nice. >> all of t

. >> it comes after a sniper attack at the metcalf station in april. 17 transformers were hit by gunfire. no one ever claimed responsibility for that. >> in that particular attack at the metcalf station, caused over $15 million of damage. the question is, is this an act of domestic terrorism? joining us is state senator jerry hill. number one, what is your concern here? do you believe like some other this was a planned attack? >> it's not just me but a lot of others do believe that. yes, it was a planned attack. when you look at the research that was done since then, the investigation, there were over 1,000 rounds of high powered ak-47 type ammunition. no fingerprints on casings. rocks piled in certain locations so people could get reconnaissance done. and there were signals during the night so they could start and stop and when the police started to come they stopped. it was really a planned attack >> it underscores that pg&e alone just here in northern california, one of many utilities in the state have something like 18,000 miles of wires. a lot of those you see down highway 5, high o

also the members of the public of the public and director metcalf. director reiskin. director harper that's 4 i's and item 7 is approved. that item 8 is the minutes of the february 24th meeting >> so moved. >> we have a motion and second. >> any members of the public. >> director lee. director reiskin. director harper. that's 4 i's and the minutes are approved >> okay. then we're adjourned. >> that's concludes our >> the meeting will come to order good morning, everyone this is the san francisco transportation authority plans & programs committee this is the meeting of tuesday, march 18, 2014. our clerk is erica chang could you please call the roll >> supervisor breed. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor yee. (laughter) >> thank you i'd like to thank jessie larson and others for brooet us on sfgovtv. >> item 12 the citizen's advisory council report. >> i know that supervisor kim was going to make comments about the unfortunate news of joseph passing. actually, i was going to do any memoriam at the full board meeting i was hoping after the committee report we co

director metcalf director reiskin director harper director harper you have a quorum >> thank you very much and the first item on the agenda is communication none. >> none that i've with your of. >> and thank you new and old business directors. seeing none. executive director's report i pronounce >> good morning directors and must be we'll be talking about our regular update on construction and bid results today. i have a report on the archaeology find on the construction site and a report on our partnering efforts my colleague will report the financial reports >> good afternoon director sarah those are your standard quarterly financial reports through the first two quarters of the fiscal year we're within budget of 31 percent of expenditures and revenues through the first two quarters the second reports is the status of kraktsdz and show you dbi and f b e fist we're at the $131 million no pavement to the fte contractors and the third is the earnings report as noted we had treasurers that were maturing at the end of february those are very invested in treasury and we transferred money.

liz: metcalf's law, okay. >> we look for opportunities like that in the market.et's talk about another trend and this is a trend, when wilbur ross notices a trend i will invest, i listen because he has been right more often than he has been wrong. he is interested in lng, liquified natural gas. he sees all the natural gas we have, all the research applied to liquified, finding cheaper ways to liquify it and changing laws that would allows to export that lng. is that a trend you think we should should be thinking how to invest in right now? >> that is a trend we've been focused on quite some time, primarily the globalization of natural gas as an energy source, going back to eight or seven years ago, natural gas was a stranded commodity, often flared at the wellhead as they produced oil. in the united states, we have abundance of resources as far as natural gas which most people have not even, the most significant thing about the united states natural gas production is that it has been up 21% since 2008. at that point in time we have stopped really focusing on find

also the members of the public of the public and director metcalf. director reiskin. director harper that's 4 i's and item 7 is approved. that item 8 is the minutes of the february 24th meeting >> so moved. >> we have a motion and second. >> any members of the public. >> director lee. director reiskin. director harper. that's 4 i's and the minutes are approved >> okay. then we're adjourned. >> that's concludes our >> welcome to "culturewire." today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it

-- at the bank and often -- has been dismissive at best and often truly insulting three -- daryl metcalfe blocked his colleague from speaking on the floor of the house. their policies and goes these remarks. -- echo these remarks. they have gone as far as trying to codify these discriminatory views and legalize hate by allowing businesses to refuse services to lgbt americans. jill miller said, i believe if you are a private employer, you have the right to do with your what -- what you want. one thing that was abundantly clear in 2012. the candidate send message do not speak to the most important issues to young voters. the autopsy report says, we do not see a party that is welcoming and inclusive for all voters. since the autopsy report, the gop has failed to move to becoming a more inclusive party and moved in the opposite direction. there was the passage of the bill that cut education spending by $500 million over two years. a georgia senate candidate said, i don't see education in the constitution. they continue to advocate for policies that directly undermine the needs of young americ

for those still without coverage nancy metcalf of consumer reports has some simple advice. " forget abuot the website. go to the exchange and you'll be able to find somewhere to see an actual person." president obama is having privacy talks with top tech leaders. the president met friday at the oval office with 6 business owners including eric schmidt of google. and mark zuckerburg of facebook. zuckerberg recently expressed frustration with the president over what he calls damage by the government. tech firms fear people won't use products if they fear there is cyber snooping. worldwide there is an outpouring of concern for the families of those on board malaysia airlines flight 370. now -- questions are surfacing about the legal aspect of this tragedy. under an international treaty, the airline is required to send families financial restitution for between 150 to 175 thousand dollars. but relatives of the victims could sue for further damages. cnn reports it will be difficult for malaysia airlines to prove it took all necessary steps to prevent the incident. it also reports the victims f

former chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission considers that april 16th attack on the metcalf station target practice for what he believes would be a larger terrorist attack on this country's power grid. now, that attack took place early in the morning. at least 100 shots fired. spilled 52,000 gallons of oil. knocked out 17 transformers. more than $15 million in damage, almost a month to repair. pg&e was able to avoid a blackout by rerouting power. but hill is critical, wondering why the security cameras pointed in towards the property instead of out to catch the yet to be caught attackers. also wonders why it took an hour and a half for an employee to arrive to unlock the gates for the sheriff's deputies. >> what i'm saying about pg&e is they had a vulnerable system. they didn't look at it in a way that it was a threat, that there could have been a threat to that system. it's a remote area. most of these substations are in remote areas. so what i'm saying is we need to nut place things that will ensure that this can't happen again or it can't be more permanent. >> there was a

restore power faste. 17 transformers were knocked out and telephone cables cut during the attack on the metcalf substation. officials have not determined whether it was a terrorist attack or an act of vandalism. senator hill calls the attack a wake-up call. >> with the oakland a's future home in doubt. we know the a's will be at o.co for the 2014-15 season. if the team doesn't extend the lease the team may host games at san jose municipal stadium t home of the minor league san jose giants. it holds 4500 people. a fraction of the coliseum. in the past seven years the a's have seen a lot of growth in ticket sales. last year an average of 22,000 people went to each game at o.co. >> it would be uncomfortable. definitely. it would feel like we're playing in modesto again. >> it would be a temporary solution until the a's make a move to a new ball park. the team considering building a temporary venue near the earthquake new stadium. if they build it people will come. >> certainly. especially for baseball. i want to check in with meteorologist christina loren, light showers for our morning start. >> y

seriously, it's okay, the order "okay" for metcalf the world's okay expert is the versatility.it? >> it's an adjective. you say, this is okay. but it's also a noun, i gave this my okay. >> i love that. >> it's also a verb, i okayed it. it's also an adverb, she did it, okay. >> he drives okay. >> yes. also an interject. okay. >> where did this word come from? for years it's origin was a linguistic mystery. one theory, it came from the greek phrase orla kola, all good. then the word oket which sounds like and means okay. president woodrow wilson reportedly thought it was the correct spelling of the order and would okay documents with okay. finally, the most famous okay origin story was reinforced in the 2012 academy award winning movie "silver linings play book." >> you know the term okay comes from? >> no, no i don't. >> well, mark van buren the president of the united states is from kinderhook new york he was part of the men's club called old kinderhook, if you were cool you were in the club, they say that guy is ok. >> really? >> not really. so not okay. the real story of okay

fromank you, tom metcalf, the merck billionaires -- from bloomberg billionaires.air moving and shaking, bob benmosche a. total compensation for the year, 14 point $8 million, 40% higher than one year ago. been on a roll, posting a $9 million profit in shares rose 45% in 2013, all of this one year after repaying the government for the biggest bailout in u.s. history. bob -- i -- bob and sheri took over aig in 2009. we'll have more on "in the loop ." ♪ >> you are watching "in the loop ." statementitted in a that it failed to act on early warnings of a cyber reach. that -- breach. that is a story we brought you yesterday. target had the right safeguards in place but missed their own warning signs. james foster,by ox.nder and ceo of zero f great to have you on the program. you read through the article. being that you work with many companies such as target, are you surprised that they were, essentially, as we described in this article, asleep at the wheel for almost two weeks? they are in a tough spot. i am not surprised. they put a lot of the pieces of the puzzle int

a spokesman for on the metcalfe said the chancellor was in regular telephone contact with russian president vladimir putin and with ukrainian politicians to try and prevent any territorial division of ukraine and a meeting with the eu commission president jose manuel barroso found some eco called on all sides to find a peaceful diplomatic solution to the crisis. apple also praised political reforms announced by the new interim government in kiev. and she said that your pet a historical responsibility to support the country. and we're joined now by our correspondent in brussels care and health care and it seemed like washington and moscow are on a collision course over that situation in ukraine was just leave your animal situation. the piece here and there in a very difficult to position because she opened one hand one student had to negotiate to de escalate. but you've also took me a position he as he had the fun they said the unity of the sovereignty and also that air time out and take a teal signed up to ukraine is in cotton and they cannot them now and that's to be attached and they also

therefore, i urge a measured approach when evaluating our next steps in response to metcalf. erecting barriers at every transmission substation and surveillance of every inch of transmission is -- is just not feasible. i'm concerned that these types of measures will potentially cost billions of dollars with little impact. there must always be -- also be a balance between the measures related to physical security and the costs that would likely be passed on -- through to consumers. on march 7 the ferc used the grid lee re-liability of congress established in the 2005 energy policy direct by directing nerc to establish standards addressing physical vulnerabilities to better protect our nation's power grid. nerc has 90 days to develop its proposed standards through a collaborative process. the proposed standard will be reviewed independently before it's submitted to the ferc. mr. president, our energy policy act standards are foundational. constant information sharing between government and industry coupled with alerts for rapid response are also key tools for dealing with the c

this bill is a response to what an attack on piccinni's metcalf near san jose last year.tack caused 15 kron4 million dollars in damage. a former federal regulator has also called the attack the most significant incident of domestic terrorism. >> this week marks 55 years since the uprising against chinese rule in tibet. to commemorate this event, san francisco supervisors was speaking as city hall this morning that follows a march and rally that will be held as the chinese consulate. >> immigrants student organizations will hold a press conference in san jose state university to show their support for local families whose loved ones will be returned to the united states from mexico. participants will cross the national border from mexico to san diego in support of the bring the home campaign. a group participate in a border crossing were either deported or forced to leave the united states. >> the new agencies are reporting their families and friends of the missing malaysain airlines jet passengers from beijing arrived at the kuala lumpur international airport today. they

to a shootout for the winner my name is eddie metcalf. i enjoworking in my yard and you know, i can't. i can't do that any more,'cuz i'm missing most of my lung. they did a cat scan of my kidneys, no more kidney stones. that's the good news. "but, we found a spot on your lung." that frankly scared the "hell" out of me. i hadn't smoked in 22 years. how could this happen to me? he said, "well, you know about radon gas?" we'll... you know, i heard about it. he said, "well, the second leading cause of cancer" "in america is radon, 22,000 people a year die from this." i literally left the doctor's office, got a test kit, put it in my house, and our result was 39.8. the upper limit is 4. we got to get this fixed. that was on a monday, and on wednesday, our mitigation system was up and running. well, i think everybody should have their house tested. we'd never know. we'd still be living there. i could get another tumor from it. right now, it's changing my life. think it's weird to collect air? you wouldn't think so if you saw what your lungs col

which are more important which have the alarmer-type transformerrers that you talked about in the metcalf center there, there are more the of those in the united states. exactly how much security has to be at these facilities, what are the risks involved and what are the costs that are involved? because at the end of the day, the customers have to pick up those costs. so that is a material question as we look at exactly what the decisions need to be around these facilities. >> now an energy department deputy assistant secretary who was briefed on this study responded by saying that electric systems are designed to be resilient. and it would be difficult for attackers to disabled many locations. they are talking in this report about nine locations that would need to be disabled in order for there to be these massive blackouts. are they underestimating the possibility of the attacks? >> well, i think they're accurate when they say it would be difficult. but the question is, when you say it's difficult, does that mean it's impossible? no, it's not impossible. so we need to do the best job th

my name is eddie metcalf. i enjoworking in my yard and you know, i can't.sing most of my lung. they did a cat scan of my kidneys, no more kidney stones. that's the good news. "but, we found a spot on your lung." that frankly scared the "hell" out of me. i hadn't smoked in 22 years. how could this happen to me? he said, "well, you know about radon gas?" we'll... you know, i heard about it. he said, "well, the second leading cause of cancer" "in america is radon, 22,000 people a year die from this." i literally left the doctor's office, got a test kit, put it in my house, and our result was 39.8. the upper limit is 4. we got to get this fixed. that was on a monday, and on wednesday, our mitigation system was up and running. well, i think everybody should have their house tested. we'd never know. we'd still be living there. i could get another tumor from it. right now, it's changing my life. i'm ama dates. 234* tonight's headlines, developing news in milpidis. police waniver who driver who sped away after hitting a pedestrian. the victim suffered serious injur

while trying to restore power faster. 17 transformers knocked out during last year's attack on the metcalf substation. and officials have not determined if it was a terrorist attack or vandalism. senator hill calls the attack a wake-up call. >> new developments in the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet. crews are expanding the search area, there are reports of new debris in the ocean. bob redell joins us with the latest. >> the head of malaysia's civilian aviation authority calling this an unprecedented aviation mystery, it's three days since flight 370 vanished and there are no signs of the aircraft. this morning as you mentioned they are expanding the search area to include land areas, land now, while they will continue in the south china sea. there are new reports of debris out of saigon, nothing confirmed whether it's related to the flight but ships are on the way. in the past several hours they did spot a yellow object floating off vietnam but turned out to be nothing. the oil slick off the coast of malaysia, test results indicate it's not related. experts believe it's possi

the bill is a response to an attack on pg&e's metcalf substation near san jose last year. that attack caused $15.4 million in damage. a former federal regulator has called the attack "the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred" in the u.s. and warned that, if replicated, could cause a much more significant blackout. >> construction begins this week on the marin "smart" rail line. the new train will carry people between santa rosa and san rafael. the plan is budgeted at 103- million dollars. to renovated existing tracks and build three new >> this week marks 55 years since the uprising against chinese rule in tibet. the commemorative events, san francisco supervisor john avalos will speak as city hall this morning. that is followed by a margin rally at the chinese consulate. a candlelight vigil was also plans for this evening. >> thousands of people are still without power in north carolina this morning after a powerful winter storm pripet right now, more then 65,000 customers do not have electricity. some of them have been

and -- at the bank and often -- has been dismissive at best and often --ly insulting three daryl metcalfe blocked his colleague from speaking on the floor of the house. their policies and goes these remarks. -- echo these remarks. they have gone as far as trying to codify these discriminatory byws and legalize hate allowing businesses to refuse services to lgbt americans. i believe ifaid, you are a private employer, you have the right to do with your you want.at one thing that was abundantly clear in 2012. the candidate send message do not speak to the most important issues to young voters. says, we doreport not see a party that is welcoming and inclusive for all voters. report, thetopsy gop has failed to move to becoming a more inclusive party and moved in the opposite direction. there was the passage of the bill that cut education spending by $500 million over two years. at georgia senate candidate said, i don't see education and because the solution. -- in the constitution. they continue to advocate for policies that directly undermine the needs of young americans. republicans have vot