mr. brooks had asked us to do on improving the energy efficiency and efficiency of the operations of the america's cup venues. we're the power provider at many of the venues, so the america's cup will have access to that clean power we have been talking about. we have some creative ideas as to how to help the program meet sustainability objectives that

mr. brooks had asked us to do on improving the energy efficiency and efficiency of the operations of the america's cup venues. we're the power provider at many of the venues, so the america's cup will have access to that clean power we have been talking about. we have some creative ideas as to how to help the program meet sustainability objectives that are articulated in that plan. >> the cruise ships are a big deal because of the missions. >> we have been in discussions with members of the team looking for other opportunities along the port to offset emissions like that. we look forward to coming back with some solid recommendations.

mr. brooks had asked us to do on improving the energy efficiency and efficiency of the operations of the america's cup venues. we're the power provider at many of the venues, so the america's cup will have access to that clean power we have been talking about. we have some creative ideas as to how to help the program meet sustainability objectives that are articulated in that plan. >> the cruise ships are a big deal because of the missions. >> we have been in discussions with members of the team looking for other opportunities along the port to offset emissions like that. we look forward to coming back with some solid recommendations. >> thank you. >> any other comment for communication on staff reports? >> the next item is a happy occasion, we are honoring a leading member of the community and a very important community organization for providing service as well as adopting a schedule of regular meetings. if i could call mr. de los rey to the podium, the manager might like to make a couple of brief remarks. >> the advisory committee was established to bring in our efforts to provide opp

mr. brooks. >> good afternoon. eric brooks, representing the sand for cisco green party. -- representing the san francisco green party. talking about the build out fo a clean power csf, -- for clean power sf, when we met with south, we said we would step up to the play to help fight for these increases in. not only because of some kind of cynical tit-for-tat, but because getting renewable energy in the city, getting cca to work properly, is dependent on making sure we are paying cost. conserving electricity is less dependent on getting people to pay real costs for electricity. we have

mr. brooks. >> good afternoon. eric brooks, representing the sand for cisco green party. -- representing the san francisco green party. talking about the build out fo a clean power csf, -- for clean power sf, when we met with south, we said we would step up to the play to help fight for these increases in. not only because of some kind of cynical tit-for-tat, but because getting renewable energy in the city, getting cca to work properly, is dependent on making sure we are paying cost. conserving electricity is less dependent on getting people to pay real costs for electricity. we have done that on water for decades. we need to do it with electricity. the other key reason that we, as advocates, are ready to step up, and we want to make sure we can step up, is to make sure that the task order for the scoping for the build out of work is fully engaged within the next couple of days so that we are under way. fully fleshing out all of the locations in the city, including city college building, hospitals, etc. where we c

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mr. brooks the entirety of calendar 2011.ter: and you separate yourself from anything that he may have done, correct? >> correct. reporter: for some reason subpoena powers were not used as the committee investigated this case. also there is another federal investigation still underway. the u.s. attorney is also looking into these allegations, but no word when that case will wrap up. in the newsroom matt ackland, fox 5 news. >>> the man who launched this congressional probe now appears to be looking to crack down on what he calms croniism. chairman darrell issa -- calls croniism. chairman darrell issa wants background checks on certain district officials including those appointed by the mayor. >>> the fbi released surveillance video of russian spies busted in the u.s. last year. we'll show you them in a few minute. >>> and owners of the new iphone complaining about their battery life, but a quick fix can earn you extra time. tonight's top five coming up. [ boy's voice ]  hi, samantha. [ girl's voice ] hi todd, do you wanna b

>> mrs. brooks did discuss the settlements or the arrangement with mr. clifford which was a commercial arrangement, i think, for services in the future, but not in any great detail. >> she didn't seek your authorization, did she seek your views? >> no. it was discussed with me in general terms but not with full day-to-day responsibility. she could make those judgments. >> and did you know who max clifford was? >> yes, i was aware who max clifford was. >> did you ask -- [inaudible] >> the question with mr. clifford, there had been a previous commercial areapgment some years earlier with mr. clifford, i was told, which was around publicity for the client or the like, and it was desirable to enter into an agreement like that for the future. that would be a good thing to do with mr. clifford, and with respect to any specifics about the litigation, it was just seen as rather you take a commercial arrangement with mr. clifford going forward which was in both parties' interest, and rather than have an acrimonious litigation, i wasn't -- >> i've got this austral

mr. brooks the entirety of calendar 2011. >> reporter: there is another federal investigation still underttorney is also look into these allegations but no word when that case will wrap up. in the newsroom, matt ackland, fox 5 news. >>> the man who launched the congressional prone is now looking to crack down on what he calls cronyism. he wants the district to conduct background checks on certain district officials including those appointed by the mayor. >>> a floating dorm for a university. >> the move for hundreds on if a cruise ship has been delayed -- onto a cruise ship has been delayed now. find out when they might have a chance to go aboard. that is up next. next.  [ female announcer ] from the very first moment we arrive... we're on the move. ♪ and we don't want anything, ever, to slow us down. so it's surprising that most women aren't getting enough calcium. but thankfully, with over 25 great flavors, like strawberry cheesecake and blackberry harvest, only yoplait original gives you 50% of the daily value of calcium and vitamin d in every cup. yoplait. it is so good. >>> a

>> mrs. brooks did discuss the settlements or the arrangement with mr. clifford which was a commercial arrangement, i think, for services in the future, but not in any greatetail. >> she didn't seek your authorization, did she seek your views? >> no. it was discussed with me in general terms but not with full day-to-day responsibity. she could make those judgments. >> and did you know who max clifford was? >> yes, i was aware who max clifford was. >> did you ask -- [inaudible] >> the question with mr. clifford, there had been a previous commercial areapgment some years earlier with mr. clifford, i was told, which was around publicity for the client or the like, and it was desirable to enter into an agreement like that for the future. that would be a good thing to do with mr. clifford, and with respect to any specifics about the litigation, it was just seen as rather you take a commercial arrangement with mr. clifford going forward which was in both parties' interest, and rather than have an acrimonious litigation, i wasn't -- >> i've got this australian

>> mrs. brooks did discuss the settlement, or the arrangement, with mr.uture, but not in any great detail. >> she did not seek your authorization? did she seek your views? >> no, it was discussed with me in general terms, but not from an authorization perspective. as the chief executive of the business with full day-to-day responsibility, she could make those judgments. >> did you know who max clifford was? >> yes, i was aware of who max clifford was. >> did you say, "well, he's not a member of the royal family, either"? >> as i recall -- i will tell you exactly what i knew -- there had been a previous commercial arrangement some years earlier with mr. clifford, i was told, which was around publicity for clients or the like, and it was seen that it was desirable to enter into an agreement like that for the future and that that would be a good thing to do with mr. clifford. with respect to any specifics about the litigation, it was just seen as taking a commercial arrangement with mr. clifford going forward, which was in both parties' interests, rather tha

>> mrs. brooks did discuss the settlements or the arranment with mr. clifford which was a commercial arrangement, i think, for services in the future, but not in any great detail. >> she didn't seek your authorization, did she seek your ews? >> no. it was discussed with me in general terms but not with full day-to-day responsibility. she could make those judgments. >> and did you know who max clifford was? >> yes, i was aware who max clifford was. >> did you ask -- [inaudible] >> the question with mr. clifford, there had been a previous commercial areapgment some yearsarlier with mr. cliffordi was told, which was around publicity for the client or the like, and it was desirable to enter into an agreement like that for the future. that would be a good thing to do with mr. clifford, and with respect to any specifics about the litigation, it was just seen as rather you take a commercial arrangement with mr. clifford going forward which was in both parties' interest, and rather than have an acrimonious litigation, i wasn't -- >> i've got this australian vo

mr. brooks, for five minutes. mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. oslam lives in alabama's fifth congressional district. he is a father who loves and cares very much about his son. at his request, let me share with you and the american people the plight of his son, hamash kahn. mr. kahn is an american citizen who, thanks to the obama administration and the united states government, has been wrongfully held for over a year and a half in pakistan prisons without indictment for a specific crime or trial. this is hamash kahn's story. he's lived in america since he was 10 years old. he earned a bachelor's and two masters degree from georgia southern university, following graduation, mr. kahn worked for citibank in pakistan. in 2003 the musharraf government had him lead the bank. unfortunately, the musharraf government fell in 2008. as is often is the case in the world, a new government regime means that appointees of the last regime has trouble. in kahn's case, the new government issued an arrest warrant on suspicion of corruption and corrupt practices.

mr. brooks: thank you, mr. goodlatte. mr. speaker, america faces a financial threat of historic proportions. it has one basic cause. we suffer from unsustainable budget deficits that threaten america with insolvency and bankruptcy. we've seen what's been going on in europe with greece, with paris from a few years ago, with rome, with riots in greece. there's even been fatalities. all these relate to the financial stewardship of their governments. i hope that with the remarks i'm about to share that the people of america will have a better understanding of the deficit situation we face because given that understanding i have confidence, mr. speaker, that the american people will cause washington to do the right thing. so a little bit of history is in order. i've got a chart here, united states annual deficits, the last balanced budget we had was $128 billion, fiscal year 2001, a democrat president, bill clinton, a republican house and republican senate. since that time we had 9/11, we've had wars in iraq and afghanistan, you c

brooke. if the but if i say west coast girl mr so the presidents have signed a declaration on your asian economic integration and you have been anonymously approved as they had of the region economic commission i don't know if that would be appropriate to congratulate you but at least i think i can address you as the head of the commission we all know that integration course is work better when the world economy is growing but the world economy is on the verge of recession today i'm either washing or below it's not as i mean goods effects why is it so important to launch the common economic space today that. it was very quite often it's not up to you to choose when to do certain things in fact you can always find certain factors either internal or external that my prevent you from doing something big positive and serious i think that everything that this next level of integration involves is a logical continuation of the consistent purposeful efforts of the part of the leaders of the three contracts you mentioned the crisis are still in the negative because as is taking place around or even withi

>> i wouldn't find that surprising by this i mean brooks as well as mr. baker and certainly in rebecca brooks' case she could do my freeing land because they denied that e-mail or that the ever had one become more than one journalist and of what became of absolutely obvious they kept it in april of this year and i could go on and on. >> we get picture of your view and you are entitled to your view and the people entitled to your view that the question is does the basis of your understanding have an evidential foundation? >> ivies told by a former senior employee of the news international it would be wrong for me to announce his name because this is confidential but i would be happy to write it down to you, sir. >> you got it from the source and you can't go beyond it. >> i'm very confident i was told the truth. >> fair enough. the full idea was a very serious issue mr. max mosley. to refer to another piece in the daily mail which is a shivering title that hands down has shown no balance and another example of comment rightly or wrongly on the decision. >>

brooke, welcome to the program. you look delightful as always. is mr. cain being targeted unfairly, and if so why? jill i think the compare -- >> i think the comparison to clarence thomas is immature. there is an obvious distinction. there were fbi documents that were leaked. there were people testifying under oath about every last detail. when it comes to cain we have a campaign bump. it is completely immature. and if this is the best they can do attacking the credibility, i am not worried at all. >> i know you have serious issues with herman cain which you have discussed here many times. but the scandal doesn't seem to be damaging him. clearly there is something indestructible about this man. he is intensely likable. >> he is. there is no question about that. the thing that really concerns me about this isn't there is no allegations that i have no reason to think that, but if you are running for president of the united states of america and you have a couple of sexual harassment complaints, how are you not ready for that to be asked, and why do you expect it to come from an opposition research?

mr. reid can pull something through here, bob cusack of the hill, nice to meet you, thanks for coming on. >> thanks, brooke. >>> it is the story a lot of you are still talking about tweeting me about it through the last 24 hours. the story is this, this young girl, they kills herself after years of sexual abuse. she left behind words of pain, suffering and secrets all over her twitter page. coming up next, you're about to hear my emotional conversation with this young girl's mother. she talked to me about this investigation, including why the mother says police essentially ignored her daughter. stay right there. this silverado. i'm a big hunter. oh, what do you hunt? deer. fish. fantastic. ♪ [ male announcer ] this holiday, chevy's giving more. now qualified buyers can get 0% apr for 72 months on a 2011 chevy silverado. or 0% apr financing for 60 months plus no monthly payments until spring. ♪ >>> a lot of you tweeted me, in fact, still tweeting me now about the story of 18-year-old ashley bilisano, sent out 144 tweets in the course of six hours last monday detailing years of sexual abuse, the pain it caus

mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate the illinois bowling brook high school football team on winning the class 8-a championship on november 25. the coach led the team to a record breaking season of 13 wins and one loss. this accomplishment by the raiders marks the first state football championship for bowling brook high school. despite the absence of their star linebacker, the raiders overcame five turnovers and won the championship game by a score of 21-17 against the top-rated loyola academy. each player demonstrated a tremendous level of dedication and hard work, including seniors antonio morrison and robby bain. other stars was junior aaron bailey who scored the game-winning touchdown and senior darryon rhodes who sealed the game with an interception. mr. speaker, our community is very proud of niece accomplished young athletes. once again, i'd like to congratulate the bowling brook high school raiders on their win and wish them continued success in all of their future endeavors. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina rise

virginia, brooke, where herman cain refused to answer questions about these allegations of sexual harassment that go back to the late 1990s but have recently cropped up. and we tried to get mr. cain to answer some questions for us. i don't know if we can play a bit of that sound here, but the sound -- >> we have got it. we have got it, jim. >> dose seem to lose his cool. let's play it in just a few moments. >> let's roll it. >> let say one thing, i'm here with these doctors and that's what i'm gonna talk about. so, don't even bother asking me all of these other questions that you-all are curious about, okay? don't even bother. >> but are you concerned about the fact that these women do want to -- >> what i did say? >> are you concerned about -- >> excuse me? excuse me! >> there you go >> so obviously, brooke, a different posture from herman cain, he's been known throughout this campaign as somebody who is sort of laid back and has an easy going style out on the campaign trail. that was very different today. he had security guards pushing reporters out of the way, he was refusing to answer questions all of this. the main question that was being asked of him, brooke, to put i

mrs. fine. ed, thank you. >>> next on reporter roulette, karina huber at the new york stock xhoong. we are less than 60 minutes away from the closing bell. a pretty huge day for the markets. >> absolutely, brooke. stocks have been hot, hot, hot today, the dow is up by more than 2.4%, the nasdaq it and s&p 500 doing even better. what we're missing today is a relief rally on the back of the strong outcome for the thanksgiving holiday. over the weekend, europe didn't implode like many feared so we're seeing a bit of cautious optimism coming out of europe that's helping the markets today. >> we saw record-breaking sales for black friday. what are expeexpectations for t cyber monday? >> more than 200 million americans hit the stores or shopped online, more than half of the population here in the u.s. total spend over the four day reached a record $52.4 billion. opening on thanksgiving day itself was a winning strategy despite some of the backlash we saw from store employees and facebook groups. more than 20 million shopped online or in stores on thanksgiving day, up 40% from last year. you can bet more stores will do it next year. as far as today, $1.2 billion in sales online. this means a lot of p

brookings institution. they had been holding and all the discussion about iran's nuclear program and proposed sanctions, and mr. donilon's comments and speech should get underway shortly, introduced by strobe talbott. spent the afternoon everybody. welcome to all of you. i'm strobe talbott. it's a great pleasure on have all my colleagues at the brookings institution, not just welcome you but to welcome tom donilon. as you know, times responsibilities our global. to wit, he has just come back and no doubt is fighting the jet lag still. from a nine day, three trip, three country trip to asia, during which he conducted, along with the president of course, numerous bilateral conversations i think touching on the relations between the united states and 23 other countries. his title features the words national security. and that means that there is particular focus coming from him and his office on the issue of how to prevent a proliferation of dangerous nuclear technology in general, and have to deal with the iranian threat in particular. now, this is a set of issues that has received a great deal of attention, pub