commissioner moran? >> thank you, mr. president, i want to make a couple of comments on item 5e which is the memo or the material we received on chloramine, most of the time we think of water supply is in is there enough and do we have enough to make it through a drought or meet our contractual obligations, this was a nice reminder that two of our fundamental roles are to provide portable water and sanitary sewage services and that those are the two bedrock of public health in this country and that we are the delivery agency for those two services. i just wanted to do a shout-out basically to the people in this organization who pay attention to those on a daily basis, they do an excellent job and i think the thoroughness of the material that we had presented to us is an example of that. it also asked that this material was in response to a request of some time ago with we first went to chloramine disinfection to be apprised on a periodic basis. they have asked that saying as though the implementation issues have been reso

commissioner moran? >> thank you. this has been a long time coming and actually, between the time that i stopped being internal manager and came back to the commission, the city had opted a policy that we should pursue cc a and that wasn't my policy, it wasn't the commission's poll sill, it was the city's policy and we have really been the designated implementing agency to see what had to happen to make that dream come true. as i took na on when i came back , i was basically agnostic on the merits of cc a and i set out two basic criteria for my support, one would be that we use program assumptions that were realistic and not just on our fondest hope but on something we thought we could asylums sdain -- sustain, and those risks be identified, those be disclosed and either they be mitigated or funded, depending on what was possible, in the course of the past several years, i think we've done that. the assumptions that we're using today are realistic, the risks have been mitigated, the board has funded those that couldn'

moran, mr. rangel, this debate is what is happening in the democratic party right now. 46% for going into action against syria on this issue, just striking at their bases, and 46% against. your debate was just saw is exactly essentially what is going on on the progressive side of things. >> but chris, sometimes you just have -- and charlie knows this, sometimes you just have to do the right thing. and he has done that many a time. there was 80% support for the iraq war when i opposed it because i felt just as strongly it was the wrong thing to do. and that is a residual effect of the iraq war. this is a very much about the iraq war. >> no president -- >> if we hadn't made that mistake. >> we'll have you back. back on again. >> no president since franklin roosevelt has abided by the constitution. and just because the congress caves in each and every time doesn't mean that caving in again is the right thing to do, jim. >> ah, charlie. >> we have to go right now. >> it's only the constitution. if y

. >> commissioner moran, do we have any idea of any economic value that may salvage? there is often -- for trees that haven't been consumed by have been killed, all right is some value for some period of time. >> we have planned an agreement with with the us forest, so we'll get an accounting of that at some point. >> i would suspect that the supply is high at the moment so the price may be high. but we should take it anyway. thank you. >> i have a couple of questions. commissioner king. >> assuming the $40 million and say that we would have to come up with that, say nothing the insurance -- nothing is covered, where would our potential sources be? >> luckily we do have some insurance so luckily we will have that avenue first. after that we'll look at where we have existing reserves, where we have existing appropriation and where we can temporarily borrow that appropriation without unnecessarily delaying or adding cost he is ska clags -- to any other project. we're going to ask you to weigh in before we decide on that policy. >> my second question is probably to mr. c

. >> commissioner moran. >> and torres and vietor is excused. >> we have approval of september 10, 2013. commissioners. >> i'm over approval. >> second. >> it's been moved and approved for the minutes of september 10, 2013. are there comments on the minutes. public comment is closed. call for a vote. >> say i. >> i. >> a pose. there's no opposition, the motion carries. >> next item is public comment on any item not appearing before the commission today. i have one speaker card but is there any general public comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. next item. madam secretary. >> public comment. >> oh, sorry about that. why don't you come up and say your name, please. >> thank you. i'll be very past. madam clark and i have met with you before. i'm wearing three hats today, one for the 12 member trust where i'm an advisory and vice president of the board and i've talked to you before. the last time i talked to you was before we went to camp. and you were there and leaving late saturday not knowing the fire had started. so the two things i want to share with you is the trust is goin

moran? >> obviously he has no interest in teaching.n fact, i think he benefits from his base being ignorant of the facts, frankly. that's why i think he's running for president. he has no future in the senate. his colleagues don't like him, don't trust him. so he's going nowhere. he's never going to get a piece of legislation passed after these kind of antics. but i think he's got a greater ambition. he's a very ambitious guy. we have to be very careful of him, treat him seriously. but we're certainly not going to learn anything from him. >> what is he -- i'm not getting two facial. people have their own secondary characteristics. but his way of introducing everything is to sneer. he sneers at people and sneers at the tv camera. what is he sneering at? what is he looking down as nose at, john? can you tell what it is? what is he condescending to all the time? his fellows, his colleagues, us? who's below him? >> obviously he's got a high opinion of his own intellect. usually when you go into the senate, you want to spend a bit of time l

. >> commissioner moran. >> we have a minimum qualm and approval the minutes. >> second. >> all right. that was very well done. >> all in favor? any public comments? . number 4 public comments on anything yes >> quiet group today. all right. item number 5 communications. i believe that mr. moran has something to say >> i have a couple of items on say advanced calendar we intended to have the water draft strategy and that was detailed because of the room fire do you have a date. >> next meeting. >> yeah, we, do it at the next meeting. >> and on the c i p-2 things. the report format is one we developed for the w and it worked really well, for projects that have defined scope and ending cost. we have continuing projects so we have an amount of money if we don't spend it this year we'll spend it next year and this reporting really didn't - it's not useful for that kind of project. one question is is our definition and use of continuing projects appropriate or should we have some other defines that says it ought to be tracked like a bonding inside project or is there other metrics. like se

i met art 16 years ago and i say this now, though commissioner moran was general manager at that time but i was told by my fellow commissioners that i wasn't allowed to like you, period. that's how we started our relationship and this is really true and i'll never forget our first meeting and art was there and i was there and i thought, what are these people talking about. i just couldn't follow anything. so over all these years, art and i became good friends and i admire you greatly. you'll be missed but i know we're in good hands. >> thank you very much. >> are you going to tell that joke again? >> no, i'm not going to tell the story. but thank you. i really appreciate the opportunity to get to know you and work with you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> for the record i was told to like you. >> commissioner moran. >> art and i go back a long time. we have been professional colleagues for a long time. that's a relationship that probably have made people nervous from time to time. we agreed some time ago, i forget when it was, but there was things we couldn't talk about and we h

moran: mr. speaker, this bill is an act of political theater. it attempts to cover up the underlying problem of a government shutdown with what, in essence, is a rhetorical gimmick. the bill claims to support our troops, which the majority knows that the minority party wants to do as much as they do. there's no disagreement in terms of the desire to make sure that all of our men and women in uniform and the civilians who work for the defense department and the contractors that contribute to our national security are all paid. we all want to do that. so why do we have this bill sne well, this bill attempts to reassure the public who might be confused as to what the adverse impacts of a government shutdown might be. mr. speaker, it's important that the public understand that even with this bill, what we will do tonight, what the majority will do tonight will nevertheless fail to provide the materials essential to support and maintain the readiness of our u.s. forces. i listed a number of activitie

abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran is in beirut with full coverage of the crisis in syria.hen a president speaks about possibility of taking america to war he addressing not just the nation but the world. i am here in beirut, a city wrecked by war twice in my lifetime. in lebanon, a country where the syrian civil war is already spilling over, refugees pouring in, the economy staggering, violence spreading. and just a couple hours from where i am standing syria and the horrors there. people here in the middle east who have seen so much of war over the decades are a lot like americans, they are skeptical about this crisis. they're anxious about it. so tonight in a make-or-break moment for him, president obama addressed all of these audiences trying to clear things up. make his case. and lead. president obama strode down the great hall of the was to talk to the american people about war. >> tonight i want to talk to you about syria. >> reporter: he had taken the long walk once before under very different circumstances announcing the killing of osama bin laden. >> tonight i can

. >> let's go now to terry moran, he's over in beirut, lebanon right now. terry, again, i was saying this is about u.s. leadership on the world stage. how will this speech be seen and these actions be seen tonight in the eyes of the world? >> diane, there are two things that you hear a lot in this part of the world. first you recognize the catastrophic calamity to american credible about the claims. people don't believe this administration when they talk about this attack an august 21 and they want to see real claims. the other thing is people in this part of the world respond to strong leadership. you hear around these words about obama that he's hesitant, indecisive, that he's been outmaneuvered by bashar al-assad. this is a real problem for the united states going forward to be clear backing up its claims with evidence and credible action as well. >> terry moran standing watch from the region. it's about 4:00 in the morning, a little after 4:00 in the morning in syria. we have no evidence that the president's speech was shown on television there. we will

commissioner. >> moran. >> the water strategy, i would ask that that be calendared at our next meeting at a discussion items. i've given comments to staff and i would like to have a more in debt discussion. >> without objection, so ordered. commissioner king. >> nothing. >> okay. next item, is there any public comment on communications. seeing none, public comment is closed. next item. >> item six is other commission business. >> commissioners. seeing none. next item, madam secretary reported in general manager. >> good afternoon, the first item we would like to give you an update of the rim fire. we want to update you at every commission meeting as we indicated before our focus in recovery mode and michael carlin will go over the details but we're looking at opportunities to really work with the other agencies to coordinate our efforts and look for opportunities where if we have to invest we want it to look for our partners who participated in the rebuild of our system to participate if there's any emergency work. so we're looking at providing local opportunities as we look at this di

. >> moved by commissioner moran, seconded by [inaudible]. >> everyone in favor, say aye. opposed? motion carries. >> item 9, approve an increase in the construction contract cost contingency for contract number wd2581 in the amount of 8 million 5495 thousand and an increase in the contract duration of up to 53 consecutive cal car days and authorize future modifications. >> my name is jif bajwa, the item in front of you is regarding the nit tunnel, in april of this year, you had actually approved a baseline in which this amount of 8 million dollar and 53 days was counted for. this is for you to transfer that approved money into the concession contingencies and authorized general manager so we can start using it and the use of that is when we came for the notice of change, we explained to you that these are the potential or pending change orders, approved change orders, i think was approved somewhere in april 12, so that's what this item is, i would be glad to give you the response to your questions and reasons for these changes, you already have been briefed by julie, the gas tunne

terry moran has that from beirut, lebanon. you've been reporting that syrian media is reacting to the president's surprising decision. >> reporter: absolutely, bianna. the bottom line from syria this morning is we won. there were church bells ringing out, prayers of gratitude, and the syrian government playing patriotic music. the syrian deputy prime minister said it was the syrian army that warded off the aggression that the u.s. planned. there is no question that this is a blow, at the moment, to president obama's credibility. and, as you said, it gives syria more time to prepare. we have been reporting that heavy equipment, missiles and tanks and launchers have been moved off of key bases. but that does leave the u.s. with a lot of tools in its tool box still. the destroyers and aircraft carriers in the mediterranean, b-2 bombers from around the world. and still plenty of targets. runaways, ammunition depots and bunkers, and, we understand, munitions factories. the delicate balance that the president has to strike is right

>> abc's terry moran tonight. terry, thank you. i want to bring in retired colonel steve ganyard, abc news military analyst. great to have you with us. and now that the president has put this to a vote in congress, put this off, have we just given the world and syria in particular the game plan here? will it be any different two weeks from now? >> david, i think the white house has been very clear today that the strike that was ready to go last night or the night before, the one that was approved by the president, is the same strike we're going to execute two, three weeks from now, when the congress gives its assent. >> but steve, doesn't this give syria similarly more time to prepare? >> david, it does. and that's a risk, that the syrians could come in and harden some of those targets, move them around, but general dempsey has been very clear with the president. he believes that the military might of the five destroyers that we have out in the mediterranean will be able to take care of whatever changes on the ground the syrians ma

caller: how are you doing today, representative james moran? i have a couple questions on what is going on -- going around on youtube, and most of the conspiracy internet websites. as a young individual -- i'm 21 years of age, and it came to me as kind of a shock that a lot of people are talking about -- which are currently representatives of the supposedly who are union recipients. how do you feel as are presented if that our country is run by the same people that are in a group that as was at all settler, as was -- as was adolf not name my -- name, but just by research i found out on my own. it is just confusing me as a young kid in florida struggling to provide for myself and my girlfriend. well, i would suggest you might want to broaden your research somewhat, sir. follow all of can the conclusions of your research. but even though i am disappointed with the u.s. house majority, and of course, the last, with pejorative comments, i was talking about, frankly, the republican leadership in the house, which has not been very successful in getti

and my academy mate, captain michael moran. may i please have officer brendan o'connor. sergeant matthew o'leary. officer mike palata. and officer adrian pane. may i have now officer jason robertson. sergeant sean ryan. sergeant kelvin sanders. sergeant jason sawyer. [applause] can i have officer pete sable. officer thomas smith. officer michael wolf. officer ronald laberto. >> mike wolf decided to be with his wife, having a baby and missed our ceremony. see if he ever gets anything again. >> and the silver medal awarded for the first officer on that night sergeant roberto. and although captain told the story as well could be told. i was there that night. and the story pales by comparison if you saw what these officers encountered. and the fact of the smoke and the rounds going through floors and ceiling and fire and all the buildings attached. i can assure that the shot taken that night by officer hines saved lives as well as all of these officers. [applause] and one person that is not mentioned in the report is captain jason turnis, i don't know if he's here. but he's

terry moran, abc news, beirut. >> certainly something the world is now watching. of course that brings us to our facebook question of the day. we're asking you, what action should the u.s. take in syria? we welcome your opinion obviously at wnnfans.com. of course, be sure to stay with abc news all day long, as we keep you up to date on all of the developments from syria. log on to abc news.com, any time. for the very latest. >> also from the mideast, seems former egyptian president mohamed morsi will be facing justice sometime in the future. egyptian prosecutors plan to try morsi for inciting violence among protesters while he was in office. morsi was ousted from office two months ago by egypt's military after days of widespread protest that turned deadly. no trial date has been set. >> for the first time in nearly three months, nelson mandela spending the night in his home. mandela, who turned 95 last month, was discharged from the hospital yesterday. he remains in critical condition. doctors say his home outside johannesburg has been modify so mandela can get th

i spoke with jim moran from virginia. you both must be hearing from constituents very worried. >> certainly in my district, all i heard was don't shut down the federal government and what are those people thinking? i respect my friend but respectfully disagree. if this is a matter of fairness, bring it up as a separate piece of legislation, to tack it on at the 11th hour and put a gun to people's head saying accept it or else is no way to run the government. >> jerry is right, shut down is not in anybody's best interest. all we have before us is what we have from house leadership. i am going to vote to continue to fund the government. when i have an opportunity with an issue of fairness, i am voting for favor of that. >> thank you for joining us, hope to see you live at 10:00. matt, when you threw to me, what am i continuing to hear? the shut down is sounding more likely. senate doesn't seem like they want to compromise when it comes to 'obamacare.' we are staying here to monitor this. >> great debate, will. stay with fox

we get more from abc's terry moran. >> reporter: looking confident, impeccably attired, president assad interview from the french newspaper "le figaro", that president obama cannot prove that the assad regime gads gassed its own people. we defy the u.s. and france to show us one piece of evidence he said. ever since the august 21st gas attack. the pictures of the victims especially the children have haunted the world's conscience. the rebels sought to exploit the strong emotions, kids at a protest holding signs urging a military strike. save the children of syria, one said. but in the damascus interview, president assad issued a dark warning. the middle east is a powder keg and the fire is getting closer he said. no one knows what will happen. everyone will lose control once the keg blows up. chaos and extremism will spread. the risk of a regional war exists. >> assad and his supporters clearly feel strengthened right now but they also know an attack by the u.s. and allies could still come. there is word that young people in damascus, supporters of assad are volunteering to become human

as a matter of fact, i signed on to a bill with my fellow congressman, jim moran. if there is a shutdown that the federal employees being given retroactively their pay. >> elijah cummings said there will be no -- >> all the talk going on. people like you and me hurt. to prove this, we sent don harrison out to measure their a he tight for this stand still. >> reporter: at the mission barbecue they show a lot of respect to the military and our government. they sing the national anthem every day at noon. instead of the bombs bursting in air, many are seeing the budget explode in

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i think commissioner moran was talking about the budget and the progress report and that's to say which projects or moving and available. we can reduce or reappropriate money like from street lights or reappropriate the power reserve and use those but that reduce your ability to - so last but not least, you know, we took a big hit but we're more resilient then we were before the power. i want to thank even the san francisco fire department and one of our liaisons was great. rec and park department and phil beginning berg and his staff were great to work with and their coordinating still by having the base camp for us was helpful. the department of emergency management, the control officer who is helping us with fema and then, of course, you being supportive of us throughout the whole incident you the board of supervisors and the mayor >> any questions. >> yeah. i'm sorry. so those power funding optioned is that a decision we're going to have to make? >> we're going to have to make the decisions we haven't land on a number yet but it's going to be in the 10 of the thousands of dollars. w