mr. secretary, do you know there's a crisis of confidence in the u.s. is there any lesson learned from your tenure in the reagan administration that could restore confidence today now? >> well, put the end to the program, different from -- problems are different than they were then but have tax reform for individual taxes, in the 1986 model. do the same thing for corporate taxes. get the spending line pointing down. probably you need to say what is your aiming point. your aiming point is the amount of revenue that the tax system would produce at high employment. that's a good point to aim at. get this regulatory moreas under some control and you're in business. >> susie: mr. spec-- secretary, thank you so much. it's been a pleasure talking with you. >> thank you. those worries about greece and a default put the brakes on wall street's weeklong rally in stocks. let's take a closer look with tonight's "market focus." investors pressed the sell button today. all of the standard & poor's sectors ended in the red. the financials, energy and material sectors

mr. secretary. and thank you very much for both your leadership and those kind words. i, too, am very proud of the relationship that we've enjoyed over the last couple of years, and i'm grateful for your willingness to continue serving our nation. it's been a pleasure to be a part of your team as you navigate new waters here in the pentagon. and i'll say this, you're a pretty quick study. this can be a very difficult culture to master, but it didn't take you very long to figure out that bog can actually be a good thing, that mitts aren't something we use to take brownies out of the oven, and that man pads aren't hideouts we use to eat snacks and watch football. then again, i don't think we really ever held out any hope of fooling the former director of the c.i.a. the truth is, sir, you've already made an enormous difference, and our troops know that you care about them and their families, and they know that throughout these lean budget times, you will have their back. i couldn't agree more with you

secretary geithner and jacqueline. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. mr.. we will talk about the future of the postal service and with a reporter who just returned from afghanistan. a couple of live events to tell you about this morning. at 10:00 eastern, the joint economic committee holds a hearing on the federal debt in u.s. economy here on c-span. and on our companion network c- span 3, former white house budget officer alice rivlin testifies the for the senate budget committee at 9:30 a.m. eastern. to cut the deficit, president obama is calling for $1.5 trillion in new taxes as part of the $3 trillion deficit reduction package. speaking at the white house, he also said he would veto any plan that cut medicare benefits but did not raise taxes on the wealthy. this is 20 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. please have a seat. a week ago today, i sent congress the american jobs act. it is a plan that will lead to new jobs for teachers, for construction workers, for veterans, and for the unemployed. it will cut taxes for every small business owner and virtu

mr. secretary?iden, to president clinton, to president bush, to mrs. bush, to speaker boehner and senators casey and toomey and all the members of the congressional delegations, elected officials, but especially to the families today of flight 93 who have worked so hard to make this day possible. we join together as friends and as families, as citizens support from our memories and enduring monument to love, courage and sacrifice. in one morning, a turn of history and a rush of heroes forever changed this land and this nation, and this world. the battle that began six miles overhead ended with a roar of engines in this area behind us in the stony creek river. since that day, millions of americans have come to honor their heroes of flight 93. they have brought to this hallowed ground their pictures, their letters, and their prayers. and the people of this land themselves survivors and witnesses and first responders welcomed those who came. they helped us mourn. they helped us reflect, and they helped

mr. secretary, thank you very much. mr. vice president, dr. biden, president clinton, mr.money for this memorial. members of the national parks service and the national park foundation, all those who support this memorial, but most importantly the families of flight 93. laura and i are honored to join you in dedicating this memorial to the heroes of flight 93. when the sun rose in the pennsylvania sky ten years ago tomorrow, it was a peaceful september morning. by the time it set nearly 3,000 people were gone. the most lives lost on american soil in a single day since the battle of antietam. with the distance of a decade, 9/11 can feel like a part of a different era. but for the families of the men and women stolen, some of whom join us today, that day will never feel like history. the memory of that morning is fresh and so is the pain. america shares your grief. we pray for your comfort and we honor your loved ones. september 11th, 2001, innocent men and women went to work at the world trade center. they reported for duty at the pentagon. they boarded american flights 11

mr. secretary, distinguished guests and most especially families, friends and loved ones of those killedhalf of the 2.2 million men and women who wear the uniform of the united states armed forces. by passing my deepest condolences to you for the loss you suffered and the grief you still endure. no music can assuage, no tongue can express, no prayer alone may dampen the yearning that must fire yet inside you. lives ended in this place. dreams were shattered. futures were instantly altered. hopes were tragically dashed. you come here, we all come here to remember those hopes and to mourn and to honor. but the greatest honor we bestow, the finest tribute we pay lies not in our gathering. it lies in our hearts. it lies in our deeds. it lies in the manner in which and the degree to which we have preserved the very ideals that others tried to kill when they killed innocent men, women and children. i was struck by the words of a young woman who just wrote a letter to her dead father, a firefighter killed at the world trade center. dear dad, she said, i still feel your presence. you are with me

mr. secretary, could you work your magic? >> we will give this a speech read. all things are to be acted upon by a single vote. to approve an amendment for water conservation budget. to landscape programs with the urban farmers' support and authorize the general manager to execute this amendment to extend the duration of the agreement with no change to the value of the agreement. for the selection and award earthquake safety and emergency response find and planning support services, to a joint venture to assist with planning alternatives of the pipelines, tulsa, and related features. to authorize the professional services agreement. to approve the amendment no. 12 a grant funded agreement. water quality services for demonstration programs to complete additional water quality services associated with graf reporting requirements and other related tasks. to authorize the general manager to execute the amendment increasing the amendment with no change of the duration of the agreement. to approve the capital improvement program contract and a microwave upgrade to th

secretary housh: item number seven, a report of the general manager. >> we want to start with mr. rydstrom. we sold bonds last week. >> good afternoon. we went to market again last week and sold water revenue bonds. if i could have the commission secretary go to the overhead projector? a very successful sale, achieving $18.10 million worth of interest savings over the lifetime of the 30-year bonds for ratepayers. that includes refunding some of our 2001 and 2002 revenue bonds. competitively, we sold the bonds. once again, we have bank of america, merrill lynch the winning bidder. on the next slide, slides 3, you can see all three sales. some of the bonds were the largest, $603 million. we had several bidders, and bank of america/merrill lynch once again the winning bidder there. to help put this into perspective for bank of america/merrill lynch, they have been one of our largest buyers since 2006, and the enterprise has been selling a great deal of bonds. about $1.60 billion total they have purchased, including what they have just purchased. this bid was to fund our hetch- hetchy

secretary pacheco: ok, mr. pacheco, if you could have a vote? secretary pacheco: on the motion not to disclose, commissioner peterson, commissioner garcia, commissioner hwang, and commissioner peterson is absent. the vote is 4-0. director goldstein: which i am would you like to call next? -- which item would you like to call next? commissioner goh: item number six. director goldstein: all right, we will call item no. 6, katherine viranyi and khaled hegazy, on 829 geary street, with the reason of suspension of smoking in enclosed area without an approved exemption from dph. this is on for a hearing today, and we will start with the appellant. please step forward. >> hi, good evening. we are appealing the decision because we are in small business. my name is katherine viranyi. we are appealing this. we are a small business, unlike some that have restaurants or bars. we do not have anything else to sell. we opened this at the end of december 2008. there was an exemption for places that were prior, opened prior to 2009, december, which was the year.

mr. secretary? >> item #four. public comments. members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda. >> do we have any public comments? next item, please. >> the next item is communications. letter summary options and print summary is available for public review, as requested by the commission. items held under written report, this is the time to bring those matters up as well. >> commissioners, anything that you would like to comment or question? >> yes. we all received the letter on september 14, from the russian group association regarding the reservoir. >> the reservoir in question is down on bay street. we have not used it for a number of years. if you drive by it, it appears to be a part. if you drive down the street where the cable cars are, you can see that because the reservoir is not being used anymore, we have had discussions for years about what to do with it. typically supervisors in the area would like it to be turned into some kind of

mr. secretary. i wonder how you think the work you're doing here at this conference in san francisco will help put california back to work. >> well, having all of these ministers here to see this wonderful city and what's going on in the state and to hear yesterday from the governor what his priorities are for the environment, for the economy, for putting people to work i think is an exchange that can only help lead to an awareness of what other countries are doing, and an opportunity to maybe replicate some of these programs, some of these ideas, some of these opportunities. >> outside of raising consciousness, do you see any short term benefits from conferences like this to create jobs in california? >> of course. i think that the way other economies have created jobs and also taken care of the environment and also taken care of the people that are out of work, this sharing of ideas is not just that. it's an opportunity to take those ideas and implement them. i think yesterday's meeting was a very

mr. secretary, first of all, community colleges.e you trying to do and where will you get the money? >> we have the money. this is a hugely important investment, they're unrecognized gems. $500 million going out the to community colleges in every state with the public/private partnerships and where they're leading to real jobs. whether you're 18 years old, 30 years old, 58 years old going back to retrain, retool, green energy jobs, technology jobs, healthcare jobs. the country will get back on their feet, community colleges play a huge role. we're thrilled to make these investments in real public/private partnerships. >> we revealed today as part of the education nation experience, a new report which shows that at community colleges and four-year schools, students are increasingly not finishing. there are a lot of factors here. some of them are working and some of them have other economic problems or trying to commute to school or juggling to much. some of them, frankly, didn't have the qualifications and needed remedial help and be

mr secretary thank you very much for joining us good afternoon and a warm welcome from st petersburg. first of all i would like to congratulate you on the goldline award for the it's a great achievement for the russian filmmaking industry as well as for you personally. but before we start discussing the award in new dance that surrounded i would like you to comment on the latest news of the russian filmmaking community. after all so what's your take on this scandal around russia's pick for the wards i mean since. after the official vote the chairman of russia's oscar committee refused to sign the papers. how can that happen. what's your beyond that which you. i don't have an opinion on this issue really i wasn't aware of it before i saw it in the newspapers i didn't know about russia's nominating a movie for an oscar either i read about it later also in the newspapers and heard about it on the radio. i think what's happened is all down to how human nature decisions are taken by humans it must have been a personal conflict. anyway why do you think epic isn't fit to run for an oscar we

mr. secretary. >> thanks, mr. secretary. i was from the beginning a fan of the war, but i do not necessarily agree with the way it has been managed care and if you were the secretary at the time of the war and after, how would you have managed the situation differently? >> well, first of all, as an old intel guy, i would hope that i would have been a skeptic about the intelligence on the weapons of mass destruction. i think that to prevent a war, the threshold for information house to be incredibly high -- has to be incredibly high. in has to be basically, a lead pipe cinch. i do not single out those in the bush administration at the time. the reality of what a lot of people forgot is that everybody in the world believe that saddam had weapons of mass destructions. that is the only way it got past, with even the chinese and russians voting for it. and part of reason that the people believed that he had weapons of mass destruction is because he wanted them to believe that he had them. because he would rather risk a u.s. invasi

i also congratulate the secretary general mr. ban ki- moon for his reelection at the helm of the united nations. his efforts have strengthened the role of united nations. the question of palestine is intricately linked to the united nations, barring resolutions adopted by its various organizations and agencies and through ascension and lauded role the united nations relief and works agency in the near east which embody the responsibility for the plight of palestine refugees or the victim's of the catastrophe that occurred in 1948. we aspire for and seek a greater and more effective role for the united nations in working to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in our region that ensures ine unknowable -- the indelibl alienable rights and legitimacy embodied by the united nations. mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, a year ago, at the same time as in this hall, distinguished leaders and heads of delegations addressed the stalled peace efforts in our region. everyone had high hopes for a new round of final status negotiations whi

i also salute the secretary-general mr.t the palestinian state should have been established years ago. be assured that this support for our people is more valuable to them than you can imagine. for it makes them feel that someone is listening to their narrative and does not try to ignore the tragedy and the horrors from the occupation of which they have so suffered and it re-enforces their hope that stems from the belief that justice is possible in this world. for the loss of hope is the most ferocious enemy of peace and despair is the strongest ally of extremism. i say the time has come for my courageous and proud people after decades of displacement an colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering to live like other peoples of the earth -- free in a sovereign and independent homeland. mr. president, i would like to inform you that before delivering this statement, i, in my capacity as president of the state of palestine, and chairman of the executive committee of the palestine liberation organization submitted to his excell

mr. pacheco? secretary pacheco: on that motion to deny the rehearing, vice president garcia, president goh, commissioner hwang. it will be denied. commissioner goh: -- director goldstein: no further business. commissioner goh: we are adjourned. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> 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 is a great educational tool. since then, we

mr. secretary, i'll let you start. why do you see we're not talking about her enemy or threats to this country and western anymore? >> well, first of all, i respect them truly understand the question. >> tonight please, governor. >> i appreciate the thoughtful notes that question. the more appropriate response would be the attorney general. that said, i think depending on the mindset that you want to bring to the work to combat terrorism, and it continues to be a discussion, whether they should be treated in viewed as criminal says the administration generally does and i think that is reflected in a language they use. i don't agree with it. i did enough criminal defense work and prosecution work to appreciate the fact that most criminals they are prosecuted for defending chose not to -- prefer not to be cut and certainly didn't want to surrender their lives in their endeavor. so i do think that language probably reflects the mindset that is more appropriate to have the attorney general believes this country should deal

mr. reich, thank you for joining us. former labor secretary robert reich from iowa today.thank you, sir. appreciate it. >> thanks very much. >> you can watch president obama's speech here on cnn. our live coverage of the address begins with a special preview on "the situation room" at 6:00 eastern. at 7:00, you'll hear the speech. insight and analysis on "ac 360" right after. each of these photos was taken by someone on the first morning of their retirement. it's the first of more than 6,000 sunrises the average retiree will see. ♪ as we're living longer than ever before, prudential's challenge is to help everyone have the retirement income they'll need to enjoy every one of their days. ♪ prudential. bring your challenges. [ bell dings ] [ car door closes ] ♪ are you okay? yeah, i'm okay. and the truck? i got good news for you, kid. you're getting a new truck. what do you mean? i mean it's gonna cost more to fix than it's worth. besides, the truck's older than you. grab your stuff out of the truck and meet me up front. ♪ ♪ just fix it. ♪ >>> okay. the top republican candid

mr. secretary, not sir, she blurted out, "you son-of-a-bitch." and it was a stunner. i probably said, you have got a point. i have talked to my wife. she said, it never crossed my mind. we have been married 46 years ago. she knew where i was. i knew where she was. she had been at the defense intelligence agency, getting a briefing. and she did not have any doubt in her mind but that i had things i had to do. so, it was not a problem. tory clark was looking at it as a wife and a spouse. it was a perfectly understandable reaction, i suppose. i do not know what i said, but i think i said, you have a point. host: that is from c-span's "q&a." in 2002, the the "new york post" took a photo of some who lost fathers and mothers as a result of 9/11. e are getting your calls and reflections. the president landed a short while ago in lower manhattan. he is meeting with family members and a private ceremony, then will participate in the public ceremony. mike from toledo, ohio. good morning. caller: hi, peter. i know this is not the usual c- span "washington journal." i just got do

i also congratulate the secretary-general, his excellency, mr. ban ki-moon for his election to a new term at the helm of united nations. this renewal of confidence reflects the world's appreciation for his efforts which have strengthened the role of the united nations. excellencies, the question of palestine is intricately linked with the united nations by the resolutions but its various agencies and to the essential and largest role of the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees in the near east which embody the international responsibility towards the plight of palestine refugees who are the victims of the catastrophe that occurred in 1948, we aspire for and seek a greater and more effective role for the united nations in working to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in our region that ensures the inalienable, legitimate national rights of the palestinian people as defined by the resolutions of international legitimacy of the united nations. mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, a year ago, at this same time, and in thi

mr. secretary general to expedite transmital of our request to the scurebt coin council and i call upon the distinguished members of the security council to vote in favor of our full membership. i also appeal to the states that have not yet done so to recognize the state of palestine. ladies and gentlemen, the support of the countries of the world for our endeavor is a victory for truth, freedom, justice, law, and international legitimacy and it provides tremendous support for the peace option and enhance it is chances of success of the negotiations. excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, your support for the establishment of the state of palestine and for its admission to the united nations as a full member is the greatest contribution to peace-making in the land of peace and throughout the world. mr. president, i have come here today carrying a message from a courageous and proud people. palestine is being reborn. this is my message. may all the people of the world stand with the people of palestine as it marches stedfastly to its appointment with history with freedom, with independence righ

mr. secretary, and thank you very much for your leadership and those kind words. i too am very proud of the relationship that we have enjoyed over the last couple of years, and i am grateful for your willingness to continue serving our nation. it has been a pleasure to be a part of your team as he navigated the waters here in the pentagon, and i will say this, you are a pretty quick study. this can be a very difficult culture to master, but it cannot take a very long to figure out bog can actually be a good thing, that man paths are not hideouts that we find to eat snacks. i do not think we have ever really held out of fooling the former director of the cia are. the truth is he had made an enormous adverse and our troops know you care about them and their families and they know that throughout these lean budget times you will have their backs. i cannot agree with thinking and acting smartly as we make very difficult, very necessary fiscal decisions about force structure, personnel, and operations drisc. these must be strategy driven decisions. we must begin with a

mr. secretary, i'll let you start. why do you see we're not talking about her enemy or threats to this country and western anymore? >> well, first of all, i respect them truly understand the question. >> tonight please, governor. >> i appreciate the thoughtful notes that question. the more appropriate response would be the attorney general. that said, i think depending on the mindset that you want to bring to the work to combat terrorism, and it continues to be a discussion, whether they should be treated in viewed as criminal says the administration generally does and i think that is reflected in a language they use. i don't agree with it. i did enough criminal defense work and prosecution work to appreciate the fact that most criminals they are prosecuted for defending chose not to -- prefer not to be cut and certainly didn't want to surrender their lives in their endeavor. so i do think that language probably reflects the mindset that is more appropriate to have the attorney general believes this country should deal

mr. secretary, thank you for your leadership. mr. donahue, i agree with you could i think it is time to look at the gas tax. when people were voting, they have agreed to tax themselves for transportation. this is day 3000 company industry. it is about jobs. it is ironic. no, it is tragic. at a time when we have a lot of people unemployed, they need mass transit to get to work. tax drives companies away from this industry. we have invested more toward growth outside the u.s. than in the u.s. simply because the unpredictability of the short- term funding mechanisms that we are working with. again, i would like to ask the question -- i do not think washington hears us. i do not think washington is listening. use a talk to our elected representatives. what more can we do to get attention? >> i served in congress for 14 years. i do believe that your elected representatives have -- i do not believe they have all been back in their districts during the month of august. i know many of them have had town meetings and many have been listening

secretary housh: all this does is take into consideration. commissioner: thank you, thank you, thank you. president vietor: any other comments or questions? public comment? in favor? thank you. mr. housh? secretary housh: next item, to continue working on a community aggregation program and to negotiate contract with the parameters set forth in the term sheet parameters for contract negotiations, the documents included with the item. the attached resolution authorizes the general manager to continue negotiations for the power supply with terms and described in the attached, and submit the attached term sheet to the board of supervisors for their consideration. general manager harrington: good afternoon, commissioners. ed harrington. since we are towards this, we thought we should come back so that we would not be bringing a contract to you. what we wanted to do for your sake but also for the public to have not had a chance to look at this is to do a brief recap of how we got here, and then we would have mike campbell do a discussion about where we are with these negotiations, what the goals are, where we now are, and then have another come and talk about the parts of it. the fi

mr. secretary thank you for being with us. >> one man's crusade to honor all of the first reponders who lostttacks on 9/11. he's doing it one brush stroke at a time. we'll explain, next. kevin are you sure this is okay? in the distance: hey, yall! run! go! i was just going to ask what they were biting on. now's the time to save big during the fall hunting classic sale at basspro.com. check this out... boo-yah! shazam! h2...o! hydrolicious! magic bananas! it's our first one-click faucet filter that removes 99% of lead and microbial cysts. adios contaminos! the crib is already there. great. thank you so much. [ male announcer ] we provide great service, so you can stay you. holiday inn express. stay you. [ tv announcer ] today's trivia question -- what's the hardest play in baseball? the unassisted triple play. the unassisted triple play. [ male announcer ] stay smart and book smart. book early and save up to 20% at any holiday inn express. stay you. >> sean: everyone has a hero in his or her life. like the first reponders who lost their lives saving others on 9/11. with the 10th anniversary a