mr. andrews. you don't have had to have experience in the field but i do think there has to be a special interest that the candidate has. and ethics is something they want to decade their lives to. i think that if this gentleman had been named for the right fit. maybe in the end he truly is the best candidate we can have. i believe that the rules committee did work here and most of the time when the recommendation comes out of rules we support that. i think that's the right and appropriate way to handle such appointments. but i do think there are times when even though a vacancy has been opened and we have to go back and see if there's a way to reach out for more candidates. that's what i hope he happens here. it could be we come back to the same conclusion and indeed mr. that andrews is the right person but i'd like to take our time to get to that point. there are many things that are going to be happening with the ethics commission in the next if i months. there's a report that compares rules li

mr. brett andrews. thank you, sir. sorry, you're not going to get away -- >>> yes. >> i'm warmed up now. >>> i see that. >> okay. so, you know, i think a lot of my questions are very similar to what i was asking the previous speaker. i would like you to describe to me your methodical approach to, to ethics complaints. how do you begin -- how would you approach to begin to resolve these ethical complaints? >>> well, first, there is a procedure in place. so, it's important to make sure that the procedure for filing that complaint was filed properly. a lot like in managing an organization, there is a procedure for filing a complaint and that would be in written form. we would make sure that, again, it was filed properly. and then engage the, the complainant to find out exactly what it was all about, to get a full understanding of the particular complaint. i think after having a full understanding of the complaint, caucusing and meeting with the commission to have a better understanding if it has merit, full merit and if i

mr. andrews, amendment 25r1 by mr. andrews, amendment 32 by mr. andrews, amendment 96 by dr. heck, amendment 115r1 by ms. spear, amendment 116r3 by ms. spear, amendment 113r1 by ms. spear, amendment 126r1 by ms. spear, amendment 129r1 by ms. spear, amendment number 143 by mr. la nborne, 149r1 by mr. scott, amendment 176r2 by ms. duckworth, amendment 183r1 by mr. coffman, 186r1 by ms. shea-porter, amendment 273r1 by ms. davis, amendment 267 by ms. dixson. i move for unanimous consent to include full description. .. mr. chairman, to speak to 115 r1 , representative spears amendment in here, which discusses the whole issue of what is happening to people when they are separated from the service after they have been assaulted. and in many cases, the separation involves a less than honorable discharge and that moves forward with the victim and married td 14 as they move forward. i know we've accept dead and black report to take a look at how we handle those cases where these takedowns they have something in their record that is negative, like personality disorder or some of these i

mr. andrews has brought up an important issue. and i appreciate his response. it appears that the actual referal, the march, 7, 2013, task force letter to us, refers to the failure to respond timely which was addressed, the failure to keep withholding to a minimum by providing unredacted speaker cards which was the second issue with the concern of the memo and the third issue is the failure to justify withholding the redacted information, which i think is the issue that mr. andrews has just pinpointed. and on that, i am not sure that we do have an answer. i was there and i have a written explanation of why they redacted came in response to a complaint. and there may have been a general claim of privacy but that is not a citation of chapter and verse specifically. and privacy and there are pages and pages. >> we are not addressing this. >> mr. warfield. >> thank you. >> it is our turn to talk about this. >> looking at the memo is more helpful but to me it seems that the one that we are talking about now is the improper redaction. >> okay. >> that... >> right. >>

mr. andrews. we need additional information on the cost and get a briefing on that. this amendment allows this briefing requirement to stay there but my amendment would reverse the prohibition on construction until we get that information. that ought to occur concurrently. we ought to get the information while continuing to pursue the construction. i want to make sure that happens. i also want to make sure, too, as we understand that, that we also get information from the president. this perfecting amendment, we want to understand from the president what his plan is going forward with those detainees. i want to make sure we're able to understand that time and time again. the president points to congress and says listen, i can't do what i want to do because congress hasn't allowed me to do that. well, he's never reached out to this committee, come out to us with a plan. we want to understand what that plan is and my amendment would require the president to submit a plan, including the locations where he seeks to transfer the detainees that have been identified as too

mr. andrews amendment.t build permanent saudis to support detention operations at guantÁnamo. figure $561 million in the department of defense plan to spend on replacing existing temporary infrastructure to construct permanent facilities at guantÁnamo at a time when our country safe in the negative effects of sequestration, we should work to close unnecessary facility rather than additional fun to make it permanent. at a minimum, prior to proceeding construction of replacing facilities at guantÁnamo bay, member should have a full accounting of the cost required to keep guantÁnamo bay opened, including operations and future infrastructure investments. thank you and i yield back. >> gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. two brief points. number one, we need to have the barracks, medical facilities, et cetera regardless of whether there are detainees. we need appropriate facilities for folks. secondly, i don't think one can say this is how much it costs for a person fe

mr. andrews to the commission. >> (calling names) >> motion is approved. >> call item 34. >> the term ending to the pedestrian safety advisory committee. >> supervisor mar. >> i want to say i'm strongly supportive of both candidates especially with the work with seniors and disabilities. i want to speak in favor of beck i didn't i've known her for over 15 years. i'm confident she would be a strong advocates for seniors and folks with disabilities. in try san francisco style she's never owned a car. she currently resides in the aisle and she's lived in every districts. beck i didn't has had a perfect mix to be a strong advocate for the interests of the seniors and folks with disabilities to navigate the streets. she's got thirty years of experience working with seniors. she's with the fdr club. she's also a past president of the t w a retirees club. and thank you to the rules committee for unanimously supporting her >> supervisor kim. >> i want to express any strong support for both those advocates for the safe neighborhood and know a tremendous amount of safety for pedestrians. she's an advo

mr. andrews: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank my friend for yielding. first, let me say i think we all agree our service members who served at guantanamo have done a tremendous job and have brought great honor to our country. i thank and respect all of them. i believe there is unanimity here that if someone is a credible threat to the united states they should be detained, tried and brought to justice. the question is where to do that. why should it be guantanamo? do defendants have greater rights if they are transferred from guantanamo to a place in the united states? the supreme court has said, no, they don't. so there's no tactical advantage. are they more likely to escape if they're transferred to the united states? the history says no. the number of escapes from maximum prisons, supermax prisons in the united states has been zero. is it less expensive to hold them at guantanamo? most certainly not. the average cost of incarcerating someone in a federal maximum security, supermax prison is $34,000 a year. the cost to the taxpayer of incarcerating so

mr. andrews that requires a report on medical research information sharing. 48r1 by mr.anborn that -- [inaudible] amendment number 66 by ms. bordallo that would amendell jilt requirements for the defense experimental programs. amendment number 77 by mr. franks that would modify reporting requirements for testing and evaluation of electromagnetic pulse vulnerabilityings. amendment number 88r1 by mr. nugent concerning high-powered microwave weapons systems. 112 by mr. castro, legacy system requirements. amendment number 1 3r5, my amendment on the clip to graphic modernization review and advisory board. amendment number 37 by mr. kilmer to clarify report language on information technology exchange program. amendment number 155r1 to modify the mission analysis for cyber operations to include roles for reserve components. and amendment number 157 by mr. accuracy toe for the development and fielding of nonlethal technologies. >> is there any discussion on the end locke amendment? -- en bloc amendment? if not, the question is on adoption of the amendment offered by mr. thorn we

mr. andrew better known as drew howard. so mr. howard is a 91/81 mta manage and her a licensed engineer in the great state of california and he heads our division's project manage and group and we have the several of the folks here to be withdrew and could you stand? >> okay, thank you. >> thank you. >> and his distinguished career, spans over 22 years, and he served as project engineer and overhead engineer unit and civil engineer and project manager for many successful projects for the agency and he is certainly a gifted engineer and really to us at cpand c he is much more than that he is a talented writer and articulate and focused on producing quality work on time and under budget. and drew is a leader in his field and in our division, and he is an example for all of us at sfmta to follow and mr. howard and a person who leads by actions and snot not just his word. he is knockal and he has shared his knowledge openly and without reservation and with all of us who needed help, me included. he is a native san franciscan and who i

mr. andrews. >> mr. chairman, i want to echo what congressman whitman and congressman for a very sad about it we are quite have a permanent facility there. thornberry essmen said about it. we are going to have a permanent facility there. had five of the worst terrorists to ever hit this country on 9/11. we had the best prosecutorial team. we went down and talked to the prosecutor and he told us he would have had to guilty verdicts on all those five individuals within six months. this administration can then shut it all down, destroying work they had done for two years, all of the motions, everything they had to get ready for trial. it was only when we came and told them you are going to try these cases here that they then decided they would restart these cases and finally start to prosecute them. knowadministration did not what they wanted to do. goodead the way to have as down there and encourage members to go down there and see it. what we found out is the rich doing a good job housing these people. th

mr. andrews. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. andrews: i thank my friend for yielding and i'd like to thank and congratulate him and chairman mckeon and their outstanding staffs for first rate work and leadership on this issue. this bill is an example of a properly resourced and properly thought out plan that would serve the interests of those who serve us. as we meet tonight, there are america's best sons and daughters stationed around the world in dangerous and often lonely places who are defending our freedom and doing us proud every single day. i do believe this budget plan is one that gives them the tools and the support that they need and it has many good things to recommend it. but i wish it were actually oing to take effect. because the fact of the matter is, unless this congress acts, this plan will never take effect. instead it will be about $50 billion shy of the resources that we're going to debate and vote on this week. mr. speaker, i think the whole house would be well served by following the example by which this le

mr. andrews: mr. speaker, i deeply respect the authors of this amendment and respect balancing competing concerns but i respectfully believe they struck the wrong balance. one concern i have here is that money is fungible. food is not. the possibility of corruption occurring not because of the good-faith n.g.o.'s but because of some of the forces and the countries we are talking about is a problem. i believe the effect of this program would be to undercut our merchant marine activities, our agricultural exporters and ultimately undercut support within this country for a robust program of food aid to the rest of the world. the present structure of the program is inclusive. it builds support. i respectfully think this amendment would detract from that support. for that reason i would urge a no vote. yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield one minute to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern. the chai

mr. andrew said, let's kill up on my time. this is waste and we should not spend this money. thank you. >> mr. larsen from washing 10 recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i too am uncomfortable with the metaphor mr. andrews brought up as well as the definition of exasperation from a perspective of several on the committee. we've been through this several times. the appropriators have can be viewed to appropriate the money despite the prohibition from appropriated money in this committee. the language is not an absolute prohibition. it does allow the harvest it knowledge he asked her a period of 120 days has elapsed following notification to this committee of the planned to use the technology. i think mr. schuster has an appropriate offering built into the amendment as well. again, i encourage folks who have been here over the last two cycles dealing with this issue to support mr. schuster's amend it because it is a true reflection of some of the frustration expressed in a bipartisan manner from this committee on the program. thank you. >> the gentleman yield

mr. andrews. mr. andrews: i thank my colleagues. there is not acorn of our state that does not bear a manifestation of the greatness of senator lautenberg's career. some of the manifestations are functional and somewhat ordinary, bridges and exit ramps, but so many of the things are things of beauty and splendor. this is a person who risked his life for his country in the second world war and gave his life to the building of a successful business and building a great state and great country. we are profoundly saddened by his loss but hartened by his example and i thank he each of us for remembering him. our prayers to his family and thanks for a great life well led. mr. pascrell: frank lautenberg was my friend for 45 years. we drank the same water in patterson, new jersey. he was a person of very small means, when you look at his mom and dad. they worked in the factories in patterson, new jersey, as so many other people did. his father died when he was 43 years of age. he got sick from the jobs that he had, when there was no protect

mr. andrews: thank you, mr. speaker. i share with the author of this amendment the goal of clarifying and strengthening the time-honored writ of habeas corpus for all american citizens. but my concern is that sometimes by omission we limit people's rights. this amendment is very carefully but narrowly drawn in such a way, it begs questions about the exclusion of those outside the am by the of this amendment and -- ambit of their amendment and -- of this amendment and their rights. the gentleman, i know in good faith, is trying to promulgate an amendment that broadens the right of habeas corpus, but when compared to the smith-gibson language that this modifies, that it raises by omission an intention of the congress to narrow the right of habeas corpus, so although it is not the gentleman's intent i believe it is the effect of this amendment. and those that it should be strengthened and broadened should support the underlying language as i in fact do. i yield back. the chair: the question occurs on the amendment offered b

mr. andrews that extended limitation on amount available per contract services through 2015. call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] clerk report the tally. >> yes, sir, there were 37aye votes. 27 no votes. the. >> the amendment is agreed to. >> question now occurs on the amendment offered by mr. conway. >> mr. chairman, i would ask unanimous concept to withdrawal my recorded vote. we've had the vote before. so i will accept the result of the vote. >> it was -- that was amendment number 180 that did pass on a vote, and the request is unanimous request whether we do not have the recorded vote. no objections, 0 ordered. >> the question now on the amendment offered by mr. lamborn number 142. it was this -- this was the one regarding purchase of lease of elect call vehicles is available. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [call -- roll call vote [roll call vote] [roll call vote] clerk report the

so these things all go together, and i think they can work. >> andrew stephenson. >> thank you, mr.aker. we're delighted to hear my right honorable friend used them as an example of a great exporter ahead of the g8 summit. i warmly welcome what the prime minister saided the about the focus on jobs and growth. could he say more about the positive impact decisions taken at the g8 will have on manufacturers like hope technology? >> well, i won't forget my visit to hope technologies because it was really impressive to see a manufacturing business making cycle accessories, parts and, indeed, bicycles here in the u.k. when so often people think, well, all of this sort of manufacturing has gone offshore. no, it hasn't. some of the highest quality production is right here. obviously, these trade deals make a difference for manufacturing industries. but also we need to do everything else including keeping our own tax rates low which is what this government's doing. >> [inaudible] >> thank you, madam deputy speaker. now that the prime minister has had some time to reflect on his earlier remar

so these things all go together, and i think they can work. >> andrew stephenson. >> thank you, mr.speaker. we're delighted to hear my ght honorable friend used them as an example of a great exporter ahead of the g8 summit. i warmly welcome what the prime minister saided the about the focus on jobs and growth. could he say more about the positive impact decisions taken at the g8 will have on manufacturers like hope technology? >> well, i w't forget my visit to hope technologies because it was really impressive to see a manufacturing business making cycle accessories, parts and, indeed, bicycles here in the u.k. when so often people think, well, all of this sort of manufacturing has gone offshore. no, it hasn't. some of the highest quality production is right here. obviously, these trade deals make a difference for manufacturing industries. but also we need to do everything else including keeping our own tax rates low which is what ts government's doing. >> [inaudible] >> thank you, madam deputy speaker. now that the prime minister has had some time to reflect on his earlier remarks

and i will let andrew lee take over. >> thank you. mr. lee? >> good morning. andrew lee with the sfmta, i'm the lead transportation planner for better working street project. and i'm going to cover some of the initial findings that we've reached in studying some of the concepts moving forward. as a quick reminder, market street is an incredibly dense multi-modal corridor and we're asking the street to handle a lot of demand. you can see specifically where it peaks around the retail district around fourth and 5th street and there is limited right-of-way amongst all these competing modes. so, the basic question is how we are prioritizing amongst these modes, transit, automobiles, bicycles, taxis, pedestrians. similarly, mission street has the same sort of peaking behavior around the retail heart, however it does actually climb as it goes towards the embarcadaro and financial district and it's showing a lot of emerging growth that we also have to be accounting for. for the transit operations on both market and mission, we can see that the system is struggling. the

mr. stanzler. andrew, hi. skip the pleasantries. you have six seconds.rything's set for saturday.

mr. andrews: i think virtually everyone on our side of the aisle in this chamber would agree if the president wants to submit a treaty he has to follow the constitution to get it approve. i think all of us should agree if the president wants to implement a so-called executive agreement not subject to treaty confirmation, we should vigorously exercise our power of the purse and our oversight authority to make sure that that's in the best interest of the american people and if it's not, we shouldn't fund it. as the constitution gives us the prerogative. the problem with this resolution is -- this amendment, if it said, we call on the president to give us complete information about what's going on between us and russia, i would vote for it. but i can't vote for an amendment that has findings that are hearsay at best and inaccurate at worst. the word finding in the operation of this institution implies there's been a sober, thorough, factual inquiry as to what's going on. these findings are pure hearsay. they say certain members have read newspaper articles. that's interesting but that's not a fi

mr. andrews requiring a brief on commercially available meteorological data gathering and weather modeling technology amendment number 039 by mr. loebsack requiring a view of requirements for which there is no commercial source that can be performed in army arsenals. a name at number 040 by mr. loebsack increasing information of able to pentagon executive officers and program managers regarding the capabilities provided by on the arsenals for use when evaluating manufacturing requirements. amendment number 041 directing dod to them a standardized checklist of existing sourcing and management laws modeled after the check was already used by the army. it would not create any new laws. amendment number 069 enhancing repair america's efficient by ensuring non-vessels are considered as homeported and videos for purposes of repairs and overhauls but it also defines voyage repair. amendment number 07 by mr. wittman striking 12 billion projects in the uk. amendment number 072 by mr. wittman directing the comptroller general of the united states to provide the congressional defense committees and a

mr. andrews to require the cost given equal importance to technical and other criteria for defense contracts. amendment number 197 by mr. hunter to require a technical avaluation of the dcgs- program by the director of operational tests and evaluation. amendment number 221 by mr. garamendi and mr. gibson that affirms that nothing in the bill constitutes an authorization for the use of force in syria. any discussion on the amendments? the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. disturbed director for congresswoman gabrielle giffords, the national guard was placed on the border. all of the reports are that they were most effective in helping the border patrol intercept drug smugglers. i'm glad to see that the markup is going to address this issue. in my district, we represent 13% of the border, the southwest border. we also represent 38% of all drug cases and -- of all the drugs captured in this country. we need help, and the national guard in the past has provided it. i look forward to seeing them engaged to help with this. i want to thank the committee for accep

andrews? >> i am hearing mr. warfield what you are talking about and there is an assumption and the legal standing i will leave to the lawyers to really flesh out. but there is kind of an assumption that somebody works with good will and either agree with me or you will politely disagree with me. but you could understand with some caution to the not so private individual takes that information and something not so great happens with it within reason of redacting those addresses you are really protecting the privacy of a lot of folks and possibly mitt indicating some kind of harm that may come to them. >> this is a particular issue that has two sides to it that often can have a heated component to it and i appreciate that you will want to find either advocates on a particular issue or talk on the opposition about it but i will be nervous that my address is out there and people can have it and do whatever they wanted to it. >> first of all the sunshine ordinance and the record act have very specific statements in t

mr. andrews requires a brief on dod research in improving prostate cancer detection.mendment no. 61-r1, to direct the secretary of defense to sufficiently fund collaborative programs which respond to escalating suicide rates in combat stress related of arrests. r1, itent no. 62- expresses the importance of the department of defense meeting the deadlines to expand opportunities for female members of the armed forces. amendment no. 151 by mr. turner, requiring an eight-d incident reporting requirements in response to unrestricted reports that sexual assault in which depicted as the member of the armed forces. amendment no. 51-52, requiring a defense counsel with presence of counsel for the complaining witness or sexual assault victim advocate. amendment no. 153, places limitations on competing authority destruction, recording . court martial findings requires no. 172-r1 the independent panel established by the secretary of defense under this year 13 -- 13 on anyal year authority to prosecute such assaults and remove from the chain of command. i yield back. " the gentlem

she has met with andrew cars and had a very productive session with mr. cars to go through each of the violations and determine the steps required to clear each violation and also authorized the property management for elm to spend substantial time also clearing all violations, taking all steps required and obtaining all permits required. i spoke yesterday with the plumber to inspect the property and give us prices and he'll return to the property for additional estimates for completion of the work. it's the plan of mr. thomas to clear all violations. the department has been very cooperative and explained the steps required to clear the violations and they have stated the various penalties that we are appealing from are negotiable or up for discussion once the violation are cleared. i have spoke with mr. thomas to discuss the case. we believe we have made some extent moot some of the penalties that are here in this appeal. the one thing that we are confused about and we are having difficulty with were illustrated by some of the exhibits in the packet. i h

mr. morsi has been postponed to egypt. andrew was from chevy chase, maryland, and in the class of 2015 at kenyon college. >> susan saulny thank you for joining us. >>> the obama administration is playing down the damage done by the nsa leaks. susan rice, president obama's incoming national security adviser, says the damage from the highly-classified leaks is minimal. former nsa contractor edward snowden is on the run after leaking details of the program that targeted the online activity of millions of americans. snowden escaped from hong kong with the help of staff from wikileaks. now, on sunday morning, george stephanopoulos has an exclusive interview with wikileaks founder, julian assange. that's tomorrow, sunday morning on "this week." >>> more companies this morning are cutting ties with paula deen. sears, jcpenney, walgreens are dropping the celebrity chef. and deen is under fire after admitting in a court deposition she used racial slurs in the past. more former employees are considering a separate lawsuit accusing deen of

mrs. patriarch's bed and breakfast becomes an episcopal church called st. andrew's by the sea. so here it is in that incarnation. in the back there's a shed there. that's the sunday school, it says. you can see the fence. it was necessary to sort of fight the sand and keep it at bay. it's another pretty famous house on the great highway. it looks sort of like a mechanist myian temple or something. it kept being boxy and then growing. it's in the center here. it was made up of about four or five cars, actually. you could see people had different takes on it. some people liked to keep their cars very exposed and open. kind of have that old sutro land quality to it. so people could see it was a car. and others really rushed to shingle over or hide the caffers -- cars inside the architecture. this is the house on 40th avenue you see he has two cars. then he builds a more conventional little cabin on the right. again, it was sort of like you're showing off the cars. you don't necessarily need them. you could build a very small little cabin. the stars are made up, by the way. i just

andrew, mr.cnerney is waiting for your question. >> i don't want to relitigate the old 787 issues. one of the questions i have in retrospect, do you think that the faa was correct in how they approached the issue? meaning did they overstep? understep? given what you knew when you knew it. >> well, i think the faa and boeing share a view that safety for our passengers is the most important thing. and when you learn new information, you deal with it as best you can. and i think we would have liked to have seen the process move a little faster. but i think the faa did everything right. they put us through our paces. we reexamined the technology as we learned more. and we have a very robust fix and a next-generation battery system that i think is going to serve this airplane well for the future and other generations of airplanes. no, i don't have a quarrel with it. and i'm highly confident in the solution we've got in hand. >> reporter: you now have it back in the air. and you've had no incidents rep

mr. langone and andrew and going back and forth, was he artful and was bernanke intentionally saying things that were royali iroiling the market? this is a considerate man and he is tired of people saying i will do whatever i want and 100-year bond offering at 1%. that was wrong. he wanted to take some of the r irrational exuberance out of the bond market. >> and part of the issue, too, is that people say that bernanke has not been clear in what he is saying, right, in the most rekre recent appearance in capitol hill, and those who tweeted afterwards that he spoke out of both sides of his mouth? >> well, greenspan did it for ten years. >> well, in is within minutes of the statement. >> well, i think that the the market is not the market. okay. in other words, it is the real estate investment trusts, and the bond market equivalent so to the speak because they are not equivalent because you pick up 3% and lose 11%, and now the parlance which you have been saying all year is starting to happen. holy cow, how did i lose 10% on the bonds? i thought that you put the money in and get the 3% and th

. >> well, i don't know if i have the ability to do that, andrew, but yeah, mr.have got me. what do you want to talk about? anything? >> well shgs s, it is my issue morning and maybe yours, but eamon javers broke the story yesterday on the front page"wal and how do you feel about the issue of getting and allowing certain investors with a pay of fee to get more information than the others first? >> how do i feel about it? hasn't this practice been go g ing on -- i have heard as much as 20 years this is the case, andrew. you heard otherwise? >> well w i don't understand what the big whoop is as they say. >> well, why now? my understanding is in speaking to the traders who have availed themselves of the information or chosen not to, this is a standard practice for a long time. >> and david, can't comcast subscribers who have cnbc pay for that, don't they have access to your reports during the day? >> i don't -- i think that -- i don't know. i don't know. >> e well, when you break news, they see it on the cnbc, and the people who don't have cnbc, don't see it, do the

mr. appel. another stanford player drafted, outfielder austin wilson was selected 49th by the seattle mariners. andrew knapp drafted 53rd by the philadelphia filleys. serra high's jordan parqubeck. and mitty high graduate, alex balog picked seventh. >>> nba player, jason collins, taking a shot on the mound. he threw out the first pitch before last night's boston red sox game fenway park's first ever pride night. you remember last month, a former stanford star became the first major athlete to come out as gay. he has ties to boston. he previously played for the celtics. i read today that he is seven feet tall. i didn't know that. >> with an arm span like that, that is impressive he was able to get it over the plate. >> wing. >> it stretches on forever. speaking of forever, mike inouye will talk about our traffic >>> sometimes the drive takes forever. that fog that christina is talking about, that very thin layer. it is pushed down. that will be an issue as far as seeing the lights but not visibility on the brindge. the map shows you it is a smooth drive on the freeway. we are talking about the north ba