mr. brooks, we have quite a few speaker cards, so i will read them. [reading names] and i understand that a lot of people checked the wrong box, so i will sort them out. mr. brooks. >> a lot of people raise a lot of issues about very serious environmental problems with this eir, so i would just focused in on the one that i have raised most recently that really needs to be pried open, and that has to do with the danger of the japan like tsunami coming from alaska, which is four hours away, and hitting our coast, and a tsunami of that size would be at least 15 feet or higher of the california coast, and in the bay, it would create a very rapid type in surge of at least two feet or higher. when staff was repeatedly pressed in hearings about this, and when an analyst was pressed about this, they admitted that a tsunami of that size has not been included in the design plan for this project. as a matter of fact, in the budget and finance committee, supervisor mirkarimi asked staff, i believe it was mr. -- what is the case with the tsunami danger, and he sai

mr. brooks. it is unfortunate that commissioner torres is not with us today. at the part where that we are investigating water supply options that helped more reliably serve customer needs during. the short fall or during emergencies and skipping to the relevant provision, the party's proposed to continue investigations and analysis in the development of the joint desalinization project. this was not in any way contemplated prior to this meeting? because i am seeing action, i am seeing a commitment to continue investigating and analyzing. is this still going too far from where you thought commissioner torres was coming from? >> it is possible that the commissioner would even be favre for this, but his opinion was that we needed to flesh out. also, your environment to a chair is not here, and i would think for us to move forward with this desalinization, which is a very controversial thing if not outright bad, i would want to see the full commission here and give us some time to get some public comment out here to say what we think about desalinization and then

mr. brooks. >> gooven, commissioners. eric brooks representing san francisco green party and the grassroots groom, our city. or the issue of ab- 76, this is very important. now that the sfpuc has decided for local reasons to pull back and not push against ab-976, what i have heard from people who are lobbying in sacramento on that, it is sort of giving a yellow light if not a bit of a green light to our opponents to move that forward. advocates don't see it as a big waste of political chips or resosses for the if you can -- for the sfpuc to write a letter. it has shockingly gained surprising tracks in sacramento that we did not think it was going to have. so we need the sfpuc to at least get back in the game to the extent it just sends a letter saying we are opposed to this so that the folks in sacramento are not misunderstanding the situation. thank you. supervisor campos: any other member of the public who would like to speak on item number three? seeing none, public comment is closed. on that note, i am wondering what

mr. brooks talk about a lot of different issues, but we did warn the bay area water stewards in 2004, and we have been meeting with them, and we have been very open. we have had these open conversations about water supply, where our next increments of water would come from, so there are no real surprises. now, we're just further refining those issues as we move forward. all of these things were in the programmatic environmental impact report of different alternatives, and one of the things we will be working on is what are the alternatives if we are going to make a decision about post-2018? commissioner vietor: thank you. that is helpful. commissioner moran: a couple of commons -- one is on the retail side of things, i have spent some time working with staff, understanding kind of the limits of what we are doing on the conservation front. at first blush, the active conservation numbers look a little small. what i have learned in that process is one of the reasons that those numbers look small is that we have done an awful lot through riding coats and enforcing codes, so we are getting sig

mr. brooks, before you leave, i can't resist take a little bit of a poke. i'm not going to ask you whether you would have diversions come out of the fish flows of alameda creek -- >> you can if you want. tress terse terse, but first of all -- commissioner torres: -- but first of all, welcome to the dance. i'm glad you're here. i'm glad you're focused. it should not be a surprise that this is an issue in this front of us. this is continuation of a long-standing project. we accomplish advance calendars so you can see it coming. you spend a lot of time in front of the commission so it should not be a surprise. that said, the issues that you raise i think are important ones for you to consider. i think the study and what follows from it is how those questions get answered appropriately and i will expect that we will stay engaged for some time. >> mind if i comment back? i think what came as a surprise is not that we're considering desalination but just since 2006 this has been on a low boil. like the letter says we need some information about san francisco's wa

mr. brooks. >> bring it on. >> kind of down. wow. >>> coming up on "the early show" safe landing.ce shuttle endeavour is on the ground for good. we'll look at what happens with nasa as it ends manned missions in july. >>> two years after the crash of the flight on the hudson, sully sullenberger talks with us. >> and we'll have an update on the situation in galveston after hurricane ike devastated the region. tourist season is kicking in. >> already hurricane irene season and we are still watching all these tornado and the flooding. >> yes. and they are predicting a rough season, too. >> all right. chris, thanks very much. we'll see you at 7:00. >> have a good show, chris, thanks. >> bye-bye. >>> a tougher crackdown on people who shine lasers at planes. today the faa will announce higher penalties up to $11,000. last year the faa received more than 2,000 reports of planes that were hit by those lasers. studies show green colored laser pointers cause a distracting flash of light and at close range they may cause temporary blindness as pilots' eyes adjust to the flash. >>> and today,

mr. eric brooks, he says the poll assumed higher rates for customers in all questions. the customers were not asked what the response to the program would be if it had electricity rates that were the same or lower than their pg&e rates. >> i can respond to that. we do not believe the program exists like that. there is no program that can buy wind and solar at the same price as brown power. if you are going to buy solar and 20 cents, you cannot sell it at 8 cents. it does not exist. >> therefore, that question is irrelevant. >> you cannot ask the question. you cannot provide the service. >> i am very disappointed by these results. it shows we have to do more education as a supporter of this approach. i do not know what other alternatives we need to pursue to make sure the people understand this is in their best interest. do you have any ideas? >> of course we have to do more marketing and education. with the people already with us, this would be the largest program in california by far on day one. marin county has about 9000 people. it may grow to 50,000. we're assuming

mr. brooks, talk about the power of the unconscious. tell mhow the power of the unconscious can be influenced and what influence do i have on it. >> i'm glad you asked that because one never wants to leave the impression that it is beyond our control. we have free will it maye more bounded than we thought but we certainly havehe ability to change who we are. but we do it in sometimes in indirect ways. you have the ability to choose yr environment. so if you can choose going to the marine corps or goi to berkeley, those will be different environments and they will influce you in different ways. you have the ability to choose-- . rose: but that's like understanding the impact, culture can have on you in choosing one over the other. >> right and once you go in the marine corps will you be influenced in ways you may t understand but will you be influenced. >> rose: because you have made a decision. >> a decision to go one way or the other. the other is to change your behaviour. one of the lesso of this research, onof the foundations of what

mr. brooks said, but here is the question, if you have my job, congress is an institution that has some -- >> it's not making them come and one of the reasons it is not making them is that especially in the house, every issue is seen as an ideological battle to be one rather than a practical problem would be solved. the budget is a resolvable problem and people seeking us through could come up with something and the fiscal commission did in the gang of six doing a tremendous job as well but there is no room in the house as we are now operating to actually have the trust is required to come to some common ground decisions and what we see on the political process has the capacity to do that is played out with health care. the laws passed by a partisan vote in the house in the dinner was repealed buy basically a totally partisan vote in the house when there wasn't the election, and the benefit of having some bipartisan body and is it gives some concrete signal to the american people and we probably got it more right than wrong and it gives a little bit confidence what we got wrong we would b

mr. brooks is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. appreciate your willingness to have this hearing today to focus on these issues but are of such great national important. my question is for either mr. down legal dhaka downing and ipod is speaking to the side that's the way my table is set up being a freshman with least seniority no longer looking at each other. after the chairman announced the subcommittee of the hearing he received the following letter from the state prisoner who converted to islam while serving a sentence for the sexual assault and minor. he now claims to serve as an diman to his fellow prisoners. the committee staff confirmed the authenticity of the prisoner in his letter and refer to the fbi. it reads, and by the way i had to miss a little bit, so if i cover things covered by a first please, let me know. quote come on in jail for eight more months and then i will be free. i am a muslim and i feel because of america's war on islam i am the enemy of the united states. quote, the profit said all muslims are one bro

mr. turner? >> good afternoon, supervisors. brooke turner

mr. brooks said, but here is the question, if you have my job, congress is an institution that has some -- >> it's not making them come and one of the reasons it is not making them is that especially in the house, every issue is seen as an ideological battle to be one rather than a practical problem would be solved. the budget is a resolvable problem and people seeking us through could come up with something and the fiscal commission did in the gang of six doing a tremendous job as well but there is no room in the house as we are now operating to actually have the trust is required to come to some common ground decisions and what we see on the political process has the capacity to do that is played out with health care. the laws passed by a partisan vote in the house in the dinner was repealed buy basically a totally partisan vote in the house when there wasn't the election, and the benefit of having some bipartisan body and is it gives some concrete signal to the american people and we probably got it more right than wrong and it gives a little bit confidence what we got wrong we would b

mr. emanuel. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name andrea brooks. i'm the director for paws, pets are wonderful support, and current vice chairman of the commission that we're discussing. which i have been on for the past four years. i'm here to speak in strong support for reappointing sally stephens. in addition to just being a really insightful commission member, she's also taken the lead on some very important issues to the community, such as the cat declaw ban as well as being very valuable as the chair of our commission. our meetings often deal with issues that the animal welfare community feel very strongly about and as such our meetings can get quite heated. sally halls been exceptionally at depth of making sure things stay on track while also being inclusive. in having worked with her for four years and also knowing her as a community activist for many more, i have always known thor do exceptionally thorough research on every issue and it's just very inspiring to see how invested she gets in everything that we're discussing before us. and sh

. >> i'm sorry for the pain the children, brooks and mr. douglass, continue to feel. can say sorry for the rest of time and that would not be enough. i could die a hundred times and it would never be enough to make up for what had happened. >> reporter: but then testimony that astounded leslie douglass and brought back all the horror. >> i had found out some things at the clemency hearing that i was not aware of. and so it kind of shattered my world. >> reporter: it happened at the very beginning, when the state brought those murder charges against ake and hatch in first place. they chose not to put leslie through the additional trauma of testifying about the rapes. after all, they could prove murder easily. and leslie never knew, not in all those years, that the killers denied raping her all along. then, hatch's clemency hearing. when with his life on the line, he stuck to his story that he had not sexually assaulted her. >> they had denied raping me. and so i think right then it just really threw me for a loop. i was only supposed to talk like 30 seconds and it ende

mrs. douglass and shooting leslie and brooks. sheriff lynn steadman led the investigation.riod of days and weeks? >> well, they left and a lot of this is according to their statement, they left through oklahoma city and bought beer in oklahoma city. they asked directions to interstate 40 east and they ended up that next morning in fort smith, arkansas. >> reporter: still in the yellow malibu? >> yes, sir. still in the yellow malibu with primer spots on it. they ended up there about 2:00 in the morning, spent the rest of the morning up until about 10:00 or 10:30 at the sheraton in fort smith, arkansas, on rogers street. they spent the night, and they walked to the bus station. >> reporter: eventually police managed to track down their yellow getaway car, abandoned now. but by then, they were long gone, had hopped a bus to memphis. >> they spent three nights there drinking heavily. they lost about a thousand dollars while they were in the motel as a result of a cabbie bringing a couple of hookers to their room and the hookers rolled them for about a thousand dollars. >> repor

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mr. james yorck. for the record, i forgot to mention, miss brooks, who is not here, has also withdrawn her application. >> my name is james yorck. i want to thank you for considering me for the animal control commission. for more than 35 years i have lived and worked in san francisco. from 1978 to the end of 2000, i owned a small business on fool moore street -- fillmore street that i think uniquely qualifies me for the expertise and per -- perspective that few others have regarding pets. i was a proprietor of handful of pet scores in san francisco that sold exclusively exotic birds. as a pet store owner, i experienced many different aspects of our great city. san francisco could call and complain to the health department about having birds in cages but simultaneously, in his column, herb king considered me and my store one of the ten best things in san francisco. last year when the issue of a pet ban surfaced, i was called into the fray by all of the customers, fellow shop owners and like-minded citizens and found myself rather fascinated with the whole thing. since i'm semiretired and don't work 60

mr. speaker. the there was a terrible explosion at the refinery in people brook where four people died and one person was seriously injured. would the prime minister join me in their colleagues and commend the safety word of the chevron in what is a pretty difficult industry? >> i would certainly do that. this was an absolutely tragic incident and on behalf of the whole house can i join him in paying tribute to his constituents and showing us our deepest sympathies to the families who have been affected and i'm sure there is lessons to be but i think there's a good safety record in an industry which are are some really inherent risks and i'm really very happy to discuss the issue with him. >> thank you, mr. speaker. prime minister, what does it say about our society when a bbc on child poverty ends with the words of a child when she says, and i don't want to grow up. >> well, it says, frankly, that we need to do far more to tackle child poverty, not just here in the u.k. but also around the world and that is one of the reasons why despite difficult spending decisions we have maintained the pledge to

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mr. mandela was just as excited to meet michelle obama as she was to meet him, brooke. >> enjoy the assignmente first lady of the u.s. there and the mrs. obamamania. nkepile mabuse for me in johannesburg. thank you so much. >>> and now watch this. >> i'm a logical person. and that was my logic. that's what i came up with. >> hmm. what he came up with. it's a plot that's got a lot of folks scratching their heads. have you heard about this today? this man is accused of robbing a bank for a single dollar. but it's not the money he was after. >>> also, it is the tweet that has lit this firestorm online. we're going to talk more about roger ebert's comment that got "jackass" fans fuming mad. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost

mr. weiner. >> are you talking to me, brooke?we have a blog, cnn.com/situation room. i wrote about anthony weiner a little bit. i made the point, sure, a whole bunch of politicians lie out there but most of the politicians -- and i've been a reporter for more than 30 years -- most of the politicians in washington, members of the house, democrats, republicans, they are honest, hardworking patriotic public servants who want to do the best they can under very difficult circumstances. unfortunately, some jerks come along and smear the reputation of so many others. but most members of congress, i can assure you, are working hard for their con city wents and hard for the american people trying to do the best that they can. and i can testify to that from my own personal experience working and covering so many of them over the years. i write about it. i'm curious what our viewers will think about what i write about. by the way, in "the situation room" today, herman cain is shaking things up in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. we've g