mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. 75 years ago, president roosevelt signed the fair labor standards act written in part by senator hugo black of alabama who actually used -- sat at this desk as he was writing the minimum wage law and some of the fair labor standards act legislation in the 1930's. this legislation ensured that american workers would receive a minimum wage and work reasonable hours. we know what that's done for families in this country. we also know that the minimum wage hasn't even been close to keeping up with the cost of living, with inflation. we also know a number of other things, mr. president, about the minimum wage. minimum wage is now $7.25 an hour. many of -- many of minimum-wage workers working -- making $7.25 or $8 or $9 an hour -- less than we want to raise the minimum wage, too, so all would get

mr. brown, we are looking at the situation in colorado as well, can you give us some perspective for first responders, it might be hard for people to understand but they do have trauma in these incidents, too. >> yes, they do. first responders respond to very bad scenes, motor vehicle accidents, there's occasionalling hom siesdz in communities but the -- homicides in communities. but many have not had to deal with issues like sandy hook. going into a school and viewing the carnage that happened that day, not surprisingly that was a little too much for some of them to be able to handle. >> and so what is the impact on someone like officer bean? how much is his life affected by this? >> oh, it's affected in every way, from how he manages to pay his bills to how he relates to his children to the impacts on his social life to the effects on his marriage and his home life. it's impacted every component in his life in a negative way. >> and there are others as well, who you say have not maybe publicl

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. 75 years ago, president roosevelt signed the fair labor standards act written in part by senator hugo black of alabama who actually used -- sat at this desk as he was writing the minimum wage law and some of the fair labor standards act legislation in the 1930's. this legislation ensured that american workers would receive a minimum wage and work reasonable hours. we know what that's done for families in this country. we also know that the minimum wage hasn't even been close to keeping up with the cost of living, with inflation. we also know a number of other things, mr. president, about the minimum wage. minimum wage is now $7.25 an hour. many of -- many of minimum-wage workers working -- making $7.25 or $8 or $9 an hour -- less than we want to raise the minimum wage, too, so all would get a raise -- we know that many of those workers work in the fast-food industry. the c.e.o. of a fast-food corporation makes, we figure, about $8.7 million a year. while his average employe

thomas hurdle after that collision the other night with mr. brown of the kings, he's going to miss a month. led all rookies of the nhl. the sharks team will host dallas later on tonight. >>> from that a to baseball. former a closer belfour faces the baltimore orioles. trouble is they pulled a two year $15 million offer off the table citing they found some issues with him. he said i'm 100%. more on this later. meantime curt suzuki leaving oakland for a $34 million deal with the minnesota twins. he did two tours of duty for the twins will be catcher spot after joe maller moves to first base. that is sports at this hour. just a couple of days away from the last regular season event for the 49ers. >> thank you, vern. >>> here's a look at stories trending this morning. bart labor unions and management reached a tentative agreement on a contract item. >> it happened early this morning in utah. gay couples are getting married after a judge said a marriage ban was unconstitutional. >> also interpreting, memorials will be held in the u.k. and u.s. marking th

increased ad and a few a couple of weeks ago service say the crackdown is the result of a rift between mr brown's government instituted couldn't influential muslim. i don't on tuesday morning know i haven't taken a day. it occurred to me to take it that i'm not sure that the product of that type of love. he told them that it does to reply to continue the would keep it that the case the missional kill. shipping charge. i have to admit that in current parliamentary immunity. but the home opener in charge and to read it what's that going to compete with the help so we could have become a paean to remember last week that followed it to haiti the ballroom and took its current seat of the buying group ltd chief. all of your show. he told the teacher to open it. okok own shadow the cat the parliamentary immunity i know. blue blob last night too. which one to howl. last night and then the technician put it in the morning. shoot that intention of going into the palm to the school the two minute due to kick it in the temple of doom okra curry. the message of acceptance and she was he in his first christmas

. >> thank you, good evening, mr. brown, hello. >> hi. paula brown, and i would like to use the overhead please? >> as i always come, this is my son. he was murdered august 14th, 2006. and i still have no justice, and the perpetrators are still out doing what they want to do. i know that i am going to put the names of them down and i know seven of them in jail, and one of them is dead. but, some of them are out still, living their lives the way that they want to and having children, still not doing for what they have done to my son, especially thomas. the shooter, and he shot my son. many times, harris moffit was there and i send word to him in jail he said that he was there but he said that he did not shoot my child and i don't believe that. i still want justice for my child. i have this because the mayor said again, i know who killed her son, killed her son, he said, on thursday, the da knows who killed her son. the police know who killed her son. he is serious, they can name names, and identify individuals, and even list addresses. peo

i cam as the japanese had much to contribute if you have read mr brown has a lot of experience in disposing of old chemical weapons and has adequate technology. so i think japan can contribute to the abolition of the arsenals in terms of its human resources and funds immunization will receive the nobel peace prize at a ceremony on tuesday. i can i say yep thought it would be difficult. like achievements to be publicly recognized because it stars often worked in sea kayaks. a generation ago people used magnetic tapes to store music and other types of day that since then you wear for men such as cds and dvd have taken their place. now engineers in japan on greenfield the technology up to date an hp of our weekend time and that explains. one school of the most sophisticated matter to take the camry call it the same amount of the day as i found to be the keys recently many banks and hospitals have become due a finger stick a mosey and still have ip companies such as google. some cities also use this method addicted to back up to a facilitator. was it that ensues of the prefix to as the sensor d

mr. willy brown a and mi tried to get legislation through, the first time they put the bill up it was a joke. what is wrong with those crazy people. the next year they put it up it wasn't so funny. the next time they put it up they finally got the divestment bill passed and that was the beginning, the greatest pension funds in america pulled out their investments in africa and that was the beginning of the unfolding of the economic viability of south africa and the movement began in california. so it's only fitting to do this commemoration here in california because i say that we were able to do that in california because willy brown was a veteran of discrimination and knew what it 'd take to get the world to listen and they had the courage to do it so i give them accolades, as well as mr. nelson mandela today. [applause] naacp expresses deep condolences. we all feel a great loss of a great leader like mr. mandela. you know, when he began his movement with the nac we felt like it was a model that the naacp had set forth. we were right there arm in arm with him to try to end the discriminatio

mr. brown: i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: i thank the presiding officer. i'm here to join my colleagues in asking for unanimous consent to pass -- which we will do later -- to pass the tax extenders act of 2013. the bill will do number of important things, including particularly importantly for my state extending the health care tax credit for the hctc. it's important we extend it for workers and retirees who lose their jobs and benefits due to no fault of their own. extending it -- extending ht -- ctc preserves for people in my home state of ohio who worked hard and played by the rules, know, understand and trust. these tax credits are set to expire in just two weeks at the end of the year. while affordable health insurance will be available on the health exchanges, one of the most important things about the affordable care act, obamacare, extending the hctc to hctc ensures that retirees who have already faced a number of transitions can keep insurance that is familiar to them while they learn about new options. extend

. >> mr. brown, you've heard all the testimony today about what people think should happen to you.o you want to have happen? >> i understand i resists law enforcement. and me being back in that will room for two weeks, that really got to me. i know i tested like positive for marijuana but that's something i did like back in july. and i thought i was going to be clean by the time i came to court. >> i know some people might say using a little bit of marijuana isn't like shooting somebody but at the same time, do you understand the significance of that one use of marijuana what it had on your family and your life and frankly, on the underlying charges that you already had pending against you? >> well, i take full responsibilities for my actions and i just feel like i let them down, you know? like miss sarah and bob and my mom. i just want to like go home and take care of my responsibilities. >> roderick, do you rememberer judge bonaventure ra asking you about taking a drug test. >> yes, ma'am. >> do you say you probably should be clean, something like that. >> i probably should. >> s

mr. brown, you're doing a great job. it didn't out to be true. a heck of a job. >> exactly. >> that picture was release bid the white house. it became a lasting image of george bush isolated at 35,000 feet. not paying attention to the suffering under the plane and in the country. and just a final point. his staff then and now say it's the moment where he lost the country nap people no longer thought he was a good manager and no longer thought he could be trusted to represent what was going on in the country. he really suffered from that. that's part of the story of the second term. >> you talked about the curiosity of clinton. how would you apply the phrase to george herbert walker and george w.? >> well, curiosity. i don't think either of them have a lot of intellectual curiosity in the sense of trying to find out things outside their orbit. the advantage president bush the father had. he had vast experience in a lot of things. he had been a businessman, an oilman, ongoing china. he was director of central intelligence. he had been the head of t

mr. brown was trying to give the president a c. this more like a d+ frankly.americans who voted for obama two times are thinking but they are afraid. stuart: you just said a lot of luck folks who voted for the president twice are now beginning to think like jim brown thinks. is that true? >> members of my family have said they felt like it was a historic opportunity to vote for him the first time. now they are regretting that vote. yes, absolutely. even the congressional black caucus has said he had the chairman, the past chairman, you know what he said? we have to get this guy really did and we hold him accountable because if hillary clinton were in the white house right now we would be marching and storming the white house if black unemployment was this high. they have admitted they reelected the guy because he is black, now they will hold him accountable. representative said the same thing. stuart: you're welcome back any time on this program. you have 10 seconds for the last word if you want it. charles: i would say one thing for republicans who sincerely

first off, emphasizing the comments mr. brown the main source of an average and monitor income. and secondly even more important source as a result of the disappearance of the benefit pension plans i want to comment recently on proposals to change the index format for social security and switching to the elderly consumer price index is very much in keeping with the original intent of congress and i would argue the opposite would be chain price index basically when you cut program. i want to quickly make a couple comments. raking member toomey said it was cash negative. in fact, that's not the case. it is the bonds held by the trust fund under the law. a business adventures income would not be considered cash flow negative if i put in positive territory. another point i want to make quickly in terms of the tax increases, it's important to realize two points. one is the extent to which the shortfall facing social security is dead distribution income of the last three decades. wage income is covered by the cap after the greenspan commission. we now cover less than 83% of wage incom

mr. gordon brown. >> mr. speaker, 51 years ago directly across from this house in parliament square standing in front of the statutes of -- [inaudible] lincoln and general -- [inaudible] and with his friend, oliver, nelson mandela asked the question when, if ever, would a black man be represented in that parliament square. and that day in june 1962 was an important be one. his first visit to london and possibly his last. because he was on the edge of being arrested, imprisoned, put on trial twice -- once for his life -- and then spent 27 years incarcerated. so it was a great privilege on behalf of the people of britain that i was able to unveil in 2007 a statue to the first black man to be represented on that square, nelson mandela himself in the presence of nelson mandela and his wife. and that statue of nelson mandela stands there now and forever. yes, his hands outstretched, as the prime minister said, but his finger pointing upwards as he always did to the heights. the man most responsible for the destruc

mr. baker? >> thank you very much, chairman brown, senator toomey for inviting me to speak here. i want to make three main points of my testimony. first off, emphasizing the comments mr. or chairman brown made at the beginning that social security is the main source of income for most retirees. secondly, it is projected to become an even more important ,ource in the decades ahead primarily as a result of the disappearance of defined benefit pension plans, inadequate replacement a 401(k), and stagnant wages. third, briefly i want to comment on proposals to change the index asian formula for social security. i would argue switching to the elderly price index is for much keeping in context with congress and argue the opposite with the chain price index as a way to cut the program. first, i want to make a couple of comments quickly that ranking member toomey said social security was cash flow negative. that is not the case. the portion of cash flow interest on bonds followed by the trust fund is under the law. a business that had trysting income and a beacon sitter cash flow negative

mr. baker? >> thank you very much, chairman brown, senator toomey for inviting me to speak here. i want to make three main points of my testimony. first off, emphasizing the comments mr. or chairman brown made at the beginning that social security is the main source of income for most retirees. secondly, it is projected to become an even more important ,ource in the decades ahead primarily as a result of the disappearance of defined benefit pension plans, inadequate replacement a 401(k), and stagnant wages. third, briefly i want to comment on proposals to change the index asian formula for social security. i would argue switching to the elderly price index is for much keeping in context with congress and argue the opposite with the chain price index as a way to cut the program. first, i want to make a couple of comments quickly that ranking member toomey said social security was cash flow negative. that is not the case. the portion of cash flow interest on bonds followed by the trust fund is under the law. a business that had trysting income and a beacon sitter cash flow negative

ensuring that the hope he gave lives on for all of those whose liberties and rights denied.l gordon brown. >> mr. speaker, 51 years ago, directly across from this house, standing ent square, lincoln of the statues, and general schmaltz and with is friend oliver tanbull, nelson mandela asked the question -- when if ever would a represented in that parliament square? that day in june in 1962 was an important one. the first visit to london and possibly his last. because he was on the edge of arrested, imprisoned, put on trial twice, once for his then spent 27 years incarcerated. it was a great privilege on what have of the people of that i was able to a statue to the irst black man represented on that square, nelson mandela himself in the presence of his wife.dela and elson mandela stand there now and forever. his hands outstretched but his finger pointing upwards as he always did to the heights. man most responsible for the of what people thought was indestructible, the system, the man who taught us no injustice could last forever. greatest mana, the of his generation, yes, but across the generati

mr. chairman, thank you very much. i want to thank senator brown for calling the hearing and the work he and senator toomey did to bring this hearing about. i wanted to start with mr. romasco. i had a couple questions prepared, but your opening statement, the way you personalize the, sometimes a kind of testimony we don't hear too often in this room. i wanted, if you could, i know this is somewhat of your answer probably is dependent on some of extrapolation may be. if you could reject to the present scenario you describe that your mom was facing, how do you compare what your mama spacing in terms of the dependent the end social security and the effectiveness that it was whether when a 33-year-old mother would face today. are you able to do that? >> it's hard to do that, but i can tell you that if we look at the circuit dances, if that were happening today, i suspect we'd have to raise the finding a job and pay the rent. as it three decker house, working class and the part about him. the economic forces in the late 40s and early 50s weren't lavish,

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mr. gordon brown. >> 51 years ago, directly across from this house, in parliament square standing in front of the statues of gladstone, lincoln, general smarts, with his friend oliver temple nelson mandela asked the question -- when, if ever, would a black man to be represented in that square? 1962, that was an important one. his first visit to london and possibly his last. edge of being arrested, imprisoned, put on trial twice, once for his life, and then itnt 27 years incarcerated, was a great privilege on behalf of the people of britain that i was able to unveil in 2007 a statue to the first black man to be represented in that square, nelson mandela, in the presence of him and his wife. it stands there now and forever. his hands outstretched, as the prime minister says, but his finger pointing upwards as he always did, to the man roast responsible for the destruction of what people thought was indestructible, the apartheid system, the man who taught us that no injustice can last forever. nelson mandela, the greatest man of his generation but across the generations, one of the most coura

schumer, feinstein, murray, sanders, king, franken, harkin, murray, warren, whitehouse, blumenthal and brown. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection so ordered. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 1882, a bill to extend the exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits, that the bill be read three times and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: mr. president, i understand and appreciate my colleague's commitment to this particular issue. however, this is just one of many tax provisions that will expire at the end of the year. in the past the senior s

mr. mandla that went ahead. >> brown: penelope andrew, pick up on that we talked about that at the beginning of the show as well, just with the country today with continuing problems. >> i think that unless the country addresses the question of pov the, all the benefits that the truth and reconciliation commission made possible, i think is likely to fail. so i think that the truth and reconciliation commission was very important because it allowed the country to-- and instead center issues of forgiveness and reconciliation. and i think that nelson mandela, the person of nelson mandela used humility in his commitment to a really democratic south africa. that would be lost if we don't address that fundamental question about poverty. but i also want to say that nelson mandela as a leader, his humility has been such an example. and his ability to tolerate this viewpoints that are different from his. his ability to reach across the aisle. his ability to forgive others. i think is such an important lesson for us. an i think south africa really needs to take on board now the fact that he has died b

mr. sweeney, i'm not going to go through too many questions for you. i should point out for the record senator brown may not know this, but mr. sweeney went to the greatest undergraduate institution in the world, wally cross. >> with a name like sweeney, that's shocking. >> i have four daughters, mr. sweeney. i'm just realizing with your chart, when you indicate generation y .78 to 80. our oldest daughters and generation y in the next three or millennialist. in the chart you have on gen y tells a lot a threadbare, meaning their potential or likelihood of saving is not very high up on the scale. what would you say to both the gen y and younger folks at the millennialist? what do you have for them? >> bow section is surprising. >> so i can tell my daughters. >> i'd be happy to calculate as well. two things. we were surprised to find gen y was so red because there's so much more time to correct the trajectory they were on. >> explain red again. >> it meant they were not on track to recover are covered henschel expenses. to be drivers. they're not saving enough. the second big drivers the goalpost has b

mr. council general -- [applause] >> thank you so much program director, former mayor brown, the current mayor of san francisco, ed lee. thank you so much for having extended an invitation for me on behalf of south africa to participate in this vote, the commemoration and the celebration and the honoring of the late president nelson mandela. former mayor brown, i couldn't agree with you more when you said in your opening remarks that nelson mandela would have loved to hear the young people who can sing. and i wish to extends my appreciation to those angelic voices here. they sang it so well in the way he wanted. you will forgive me for impersonating him. i love to do that. when he visited these shores in 1990, soon after his release, this activists who hailed from south africa, he had assembled and they sang the national anthem of south africa. us as black people, we had our own national anthem, and then wanted south africa to reconcile as a nation, he pleaded for the conclusion for the national anthem of white minority regime anthem that stemmed from south africa. so this where to send

brown. >> did you see that mr. boehner re-enrolled as a candidate. they had a picture up there in ohio.here was talk that he was going to retire. and that some of his senior staff had already left and gone to so-called greener pastures. it doesn't look like that. looks like john boehner will be around. >> at least two to four more years. if nancy pelosi is not speak. >> i know. i used to interview her. thanks to robert and steve. pretty pithy stuff. now, big event in washington today also a major story on wall street. government regulators approve the volcker rule. cnbc has more. stay with us. we're "the kudlow report". across the country has brought me to the lovely city of boston. cheers. and seeing as it's such a historic city, i'm sure they'll appreciate that geico's been saving people money for over 75 years. oh... dear, i've dropped my tea into the boston harbor. huhh... i guess this party's over. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive,y first. i saw my doctor. a blood test showed it was

brown says this photo of the meeting is one of his favorites. >> mr. mandela inspired me as i suspect he has inspired many people to do what you think is the right thing to do. maybe not political, because i don't think nelson mandela was ever really political. >> and before being mayor of san francisco, brown spent 30 years in the assembly and was speaker in 1986. that is when california became the largest government in the united states to devest from south african investments because of apartheid. the state pension and university fund sold more than $11 billion worth of securities as a result. >>> none of this was easy. mandela's activism took him from life in prison to leader of his nation. in 1944, he was 26 years old when he co-founded african national congress. after a 1960 massacre of protesters by police, he sought foreign military training and wasimprisoned when he reentered south africa. resulted in a life sentence which kept him behind bars until 1990, and as we just mentioned was elected president in 1994 in which was the first election in

brown: thank you, mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent that on roll call 640, if i have been present, i would have voted yes, i wanted it included in the record. and i want to state for the record that i am very disappointed that in the bill, that we did not include unemployment insurance -- unemployment insurance. i think it's criminal that the people -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady's statement will be ncluded in the record. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask permission to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm going to ask our north carolina colleagues to join me here, along with the dean of our delegation, mr. coble. mr. speaker, our colleague of many years, mel watt, has just cast his last vote in this body. mel watt, the representative of the 12th congressional district, from charlotte, north carolina, has just

. >> brown: on an upbeat note, mr. obama suggested 2014 can be a breakthrough year for the economic recovery. >> the economy is stronger than it has been in a very long time. our next challenge then is to make sure that everybody benefits from that and not just a few folks. >> brown: and on iran, he again defended his decision to negotiate with iran on ending its nuclear program. >> i've been very clear from the start, i mean what i say. it is my goal to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. but i sure would rather to it diplomatically. i'm keeping all options on the table, but if i can do it diplomatically, that's how we should do it, and i would think and we lose nothing during this negotiation period, precisely because there are verification provisions in place. we will have more insight into iran's nuclear program over the next six months than we have previously. >> brown: president obama and his family leave for their christmas break in hawaii tonight. >> woodruff: we'll return to the health care issue and

mr. biggs. >> thank you very much, chairman brown, members of the committee for the opportunity to testify with regard to social security, pensions and retirement of the american people. first, social security benefits are more adequate

mr. levinson's case in his phone call with president rouhani. >> brown: in the meantime, levinson's health and whereabouts remain unknown. joining me now to discuss the new revelations in the associated press report and the decision to publish is the story's editor, ted bridis. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> so who is robert levinson and what does it now a father was dmoing iran. >> robert levinson was a former fbi agent. hes with an expert. he was brilliant there money laundering expertise, russian organized crime. he had a number of areas of expertise. when he left the bureau to make money to help fund his 7 children's college education, he reached out to the cia which fapped-- tapped his expertise and brought him on as a contract officer. >> he roached out to the cia but it -- but he worked for part of the cia and the other part of the cia didn't know what was doing. >> that's right, the cia is divide mood operators and analysts. operators run the assets and the spies out in the field. and there's a very specific reason for this they're very good at their job. they have established pr

mr. robins. member s of the public, let's hear from the member s of the public. >> good afternoon, miss brown. >> hi, thank you commissioners and director ruskin, i'm sally brown, administrative assistant for supervisor breed. supervisor breed is very much aware of the safety and transit impacts on these large corporate busses. the transit impact, these large tour busses through the alamo square neighborhood, it's been a constant struggle for the community. it's not a safe virpb environment for the pedestrians because of the wide turns the busses need to make. also noting the safety of the idle wild students, traffic has to go around the buses in ood lane and what we also have been seen and told idle wild students are actually stepping off the streets into the crosswalks and the traffic does not have a few of the students going into the streets and they can't see the traffic coming on, on-coming traffic. so it's also, one of our biggest complaints in the office, in the district 5 office, is of course muni and time of muni running. and for the hayes 21, we've been getting several complaints that t

mr. producer and learn how to march and salute and carry flags. i think brownuld be good, you know, brown shirts. >> i'm sure mark levine's awaiting my interview tomorrow night with the president. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> radioactive material that was stolen from a truck in mexico has been found outside of its container. >>> and an arctic blast of winter is sweeping across the rockies and midwest. parts of minnesota saw nearly 3 feet of snow in two days. the storm is blamed for six deaths. >>> vice president biden is in china meeting with leaders there over a disputed area of airspace. >>> welcome back to "hardball," coin him the turn around man perhaps, and with more good news about enrollment numbers the president continued to play offense on health care. >> i've acknowledged more than once that we didn't roll out parts of this law as well as we should have, but the law's already working in major ways that benefit millions of americans right now, even as we've begun to slow the rise in health care costs which is good for family

brown act. for the record i'm here to speak in front of inform of this commission i've been a city receipt for 45 years mr. thank you, your honor man please direct our words to the entire commission >> i will lower my voice. >> thank you. >> i speak on behalf of people that live in the city of san francisco i don't speak on behalf of myself. a lot of people contact me and want to know why i'm the only commuter speaker in front of of the forum and i appreciate their contacts because no one addresses issues that are directly involved if the city of san francisco. you talk here and compliment one other about the great job but the public pays for this and you don't understand that on any base whatsoever. i don't bring up things that i make up on my own. things that are never discussed in this commission. the last time i brought up on and on a newspaper article that was not discussed and now i bring to your attention out of the paper i don't necessary favor political comments because they backed the black panthers at large but they come up with various articles that no paper will publish. decembers issue taxes