mr. brooks. any other member of the public that would like to speak? seeing none public comment is closed. i guess one question they want to make sure that we answer is in terms of agenda items for the joint meeting, can you give us a little more information what that will look like so that we have a better sense of what it is that we're going to try to accomplish? >> barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. what i am proposing and ms. miller and i have not yet had an opportunity to discuss this more fully. i understand the commission secretaries have talked and it's a to do on our list just to talk further. what we would like to propose is to address the time line for providing service, and to give you a flavor of some of the key steps, key activities that have to occur for us to be able to go forward, and to discuss the scope, geographic scope and size of the program and customer base we would be proposing to offer service to in the first phase, both through preenrollment program and the opt out portion of the program so it's those two prim

mr. brooks. any other member of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. madam clerk if you could call item three. >> item three community choice aggregation report and status update on cleanpower sf and update on california puc. >> and there are several reports and joint meeting that will be taking place and i will turn it over to the lafco staff and we were joined also by barbara hale. >> ms. hale will speak to the first item. >> commissioners. barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. since i appeared before you last our commission has authorized us to go forward with a communications, customer notification the taft order with the winning group and we will go forward with targeting the group and what factors that we need to take to add the boards communications and the focus rolling it out, launching the program to customers with service as earliest as july 2013. we expect to be before our commission on november 13 with a proposal for how to incorporate the direction from the board into the program, and the

mr. brooks that the onslaught of opposition that this campaign probably has to deal with will be very severe and i think certainly -- there is the ledgeally ballot in the bay and prop eight and there were ballots in the bay never counted and all of that and who knows? it could be true obviously. there is a website "change.org" and misinformed about shell oil and it's connection to this program and maybe it's not completely misinformed but certainly under lying there is no mention of clean power and how we have no currently and relying completely i will say hard energy sources and fossil fuels and that sort of thing, and even in my own personal campaign there was a hit piece that came out about how i was in bed with shell oil and nigeria and active vifts there and we know that is true and disappearing and what not and i don't think we should under estimate the type of political quagmire that this program will find itself in and the attacks are unwarranted and misinforming and certainly i'm not suggesting they're all coming from pg&e, but certainly there is a motivation to maintain the monopol

mr. brooks. any other member of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. madam clerk if you could call item three. >> item three community choice aggregation report and status update on cleanpower sf and update on california puc. >> and there are several reports and joint meeting that will be taking place and i will turn it over to the lafco staff and we were joined also by barbara hale. >> ms. hale will speak to the first item. >>

mr. harold brooks. thank you so much for joining us here it evening. >> thank you. >> reporter: while i have been manning the phones people ask if i make a donation, $1, $10, $500, $1,000, does every penny go to the american red cross? >> it does. and we are going to see to it that it's there to take care of the many needs of the people who are suffering as a result of this terrible disaster. >> reporter: when you see these phones or hear these phones and see these people working nonstop around the clock, are you amazed by the support of the bay area? >> i'm continually inspired and amazed by the generosity, the outpouring of love that comes from the people of the bay area. it's the most wonderful place on the planet. really proud to be here and to serve the communities here. watch how we serve the people throughout the nation. >> reporter: one thing that i have found true is people here in the west coast say we have earthquakes, harm in disasters. this is a natural disaster that happened on the east co

brooks. when will the minister publish them? >> mr. speaker, i think the honorable gentleman needs to change the record. >> order. questions for the prime minister. mr. ian wright. >> number one, mr. speaker,. >> mr. speaker, i've been asked to reply, the house will know my right honorable friend the prime minister is on the official overseas visit to the middle east. mr. speaker, the whole house will wish to join and contribute to the two british soldiers that were killed in afghanistan last week. lieutenant edward baxter and lance corporal of first battalion royal gurkha rifles. our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the brave servicemen. any particularly poignant we force all. we will once again are reminded of the remarkable job our armed forces do to ensure our safety and security. >> for the more the house will wish to join me in paying tribute to david black the officer shot and killed last friday. that's why right honorable friend the second state said in the house on friday, we utterly condemn this cowardly cri

>> he is a young reporter. 00 brook describes -- >> why was he on popular with mrs. lincoln? >> she never ceased to view him as a rival for her husband's position. she categorized seward as an abolitionist. she did not do her husband's position on slavery, but seward was an abolitionist. she comes from a southern background of slaves. seward, at one point, checks her desire to spend public funds for private purposes. there were a lot of reasons mary lincoln and william seward never hit it off. >> what else is important? >> the approachable, talkative, he is an incredibly -- he has a wonderful gift to meet the queen of england, or a common worker, and sit down and chat with them. >> when he was senator, what was the known for? >> mostly for the speech he gave against the compromise of 1850. he opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories and said those territories were dedicated by a higher law of freedom rather than slavery. it was an elegant, 3 hour argument for the immediate admission of california and against the diffusion of slave law comex get -- against

mr. boehner's conciliatory attitude reflects exactly as said, the politics of the situation, and david brooksad an interesting column saying not only irresponsible to take the country over the fiscal cliff, but it's bad politics for the republicans. i think that accounts for the mood of con vifalty and consensus. >> and the media says is bad politics-- >> speaking of that the new yorker had a blaring headline this week, is obama willing to leap off the fiscal cliff? let's hope so. take that for what it's worth. next on news watch, last thanksgiving, abo 2 million people tried to deep-fat-fry their turkey. 15 succeeded in setting their houses on fire. at christmas, the was a lot of driving ovee river and through the woods. and a lite bit of skidding on the ice and taking out grandma's garage door. so while you're celebrating, allstate will be standing by. trouble never takes a holiday. neither should your insurance. that's allstate's stand. are you in good hands? ♪ starts with ground beef, unions, and peppers baked in a ketchup glaze with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes sto

mr. levy, it's alina cho here along with brooke. i guess my question to you is this.se-fire has now been holding for some 16 1/2 hours, 2:00 p.m. eastern time, 9:00 p.m. local time there. they will have reached the 24-hour mark and the border crossings will reopen into gaza. at that point, as you know, the sort of more meaty talks will begin, right? what do you expect the demands on both sides to look like? >> i'm sorry, alina. i think, to be honest, what you're defining as the more meaty talks probably will not end up being that. i think the meaty stuff was primarily getting to a cease-fire. and although as you absolutely, rightly note, there are clauses in this agreement about opening up gaza. i think that will end up being limited. mostly through the egyptian border. there will be some easings on the israeli side. that will take time. it will be partial. we have not really solved the problem. the problem, both in terms of gaza as a place that's open to the world rather than a place that's blockaded. but also the bigger problem, gaza is a small part of the palestini

he's expected to be asked about the new criminal charges brought by rebecca brooks and mr.ameron's communications director. the prime minister will also give an update on afghanistan and you. live coverage from london at 7:00 a.m. eastern. more now from the atlantic aspen institute and the museum. up next, a look at the use of drones warfare. cybersecurity and the afghan war will also be discussed. >> depending on how you feel about drones, i can refer to them as the inventor or creator or grandfather of drones. among other things. he wrote a great thing, wire by war or war by wire -- oh, the art of intelligence. >> thank you all so much for coming. we are always enormously honored to have the washington vessel here. we coordinated counterterrorism efforts around the world. you can even more public this past year with a well-received book on the art of intelligence. behind those emerging from the world of shadows was a driving desire and ambition to educate american policymakers and especially the american public about the needs and uses of intelligence in our hyper connect

mr. loughner and wanted him to continue with the medication in prison for the rest of his life so he'll never forget, always be aware of what he did to these people, brooke, i spoke with mrs. stoddard and she said i do forgive him. we'll take some of the family members speaking if we can any minute. we'll be looking for that and take in it tucson. >>> in the meantime, we have more information about an incident last week here. two iranian military planes fired at an unarmed u.s. predator drone. the drone aircraft performing routine surveillance over the persian gulf whether the iranian su-25 war plane opened fire. barbara starr is in the pentagon. barbara, i know that there's a news conference. tell me what you learned. >> reporter: well, brooke, now that cnn reported the information, the pentagon for the first time is publicly responding to questions about all of this now that we have put it out there. it was last thursday just a few days, of course, before the election, iran took action that ratcheted up military tensions. two iranian su-25, pretty old russian fighter aircraft they have, went out in to the air space over the persian gulf and fired conti

mr. mayor. >> good to see you, brooke. >> mitt romney was in florida, first stop, this morning.'s play a little of what he had to say to floridians. >> he said he would focus on creating jobs, but he focused on obama care and that killed jobs. he was going to cut the deficit in half, instead he doubled t he said by now unemployment would be at 5.2%. and last friday we learned that it is 7.9%. now, that's -- that's 9 million jobs short. >> you heard the crowd. mitt romney listing reasons not to vote for the president's re-election. sir, in 60 seconds, i have a lot i want to get to with you, 60 seconds, give me to reasons to vote for barack obama. >> well, first of all, let me say this was from a person who was 47th out of 50th in job creation, a person who when he worked at bain laid people off, shipped jobs overseas, i think the biggest reason to vote for president obama is what we have what now 31 straight months of growth, the other reason is that 32 million people have health care, and that 12 million jobs will be created by according to moody's analytics in the next four yea

. >> brooke stoddard joined booktv at george mason university in virginia to talk about his book, "world in the balance." mr. stoddard was one of the authors appearing at the fall for the book festival, held annually at the university. this is just under half an hour. >> and you're watching booktv tv on c-span2. we are on location at george mason university. university. every fall for the book festival called fall for the book. one of the authors who was speaking at the book festival is brooke stoddard, and here he is this book, "world in the balance: the perilous months of june-october 1940". brooke stoddard, world war ii started about six months prior to your book. what was happening in europe in june 1940? >> the war had started in september 1939, peter, and germany had overrun poland. hitler's idea at this point was to invade france and knock britain out of the war thereby. with the intent later on to invade the soviet union. he hated communism. this is one thing that was really part of his agenda. he was actually going to invade france in the wintertime, in november-december. he had to put that off bec

brooks. ♪ >> opening for the president of the united states. it's jay-z revving up the crowd during last-minute campaigning in ohio. [applause] >> mr.bama needs all the star power he can get. this election is very, very close. americans are deeply divided on mr. obama's record and not sure they believe that america's economy is mending. >> we have made real progress, ohio, but the reason why we're sheer because we have got more work to do. >> the republican challenger was in ohio, too. mitt romney's supporters are energizesed. but do voters trust his pitch of markets to heal the american economy or sound a bit like the economics that caused the crash? >> talk is cheap but a record is real and it's earned. change can't be measured in speeches. it's measured in results. >> so the political future of barack obama now hangs in the balance. has he done enough to persuade voters he deserves another four years in the big house behind me or will he find his name added to the sorry list of one-term presidents. >> mr. obama has argued furiously for his second term and seems now to hold a narrow lead in the polls but the challenger, mitt romne

mr. boehner's conciliatory attitude reflects exactly as said, the politics of the situation, and david brooksn interesting column saying not only irresponsible to take the country over the fiscal cliff, but it's bad politics for the republicans. i think that accounts for the mood of con vifalty and consensus. >> and the media says is bad politics-- >> speaking of that the new yorker had a blaring headline this week, is obama willing to leap off the fiscal cliff? let's hope so. take that for what it's worth. next on news watch, >> i said yesterday we did not have the majority but we have the gavel. excuse me. we don't have the gavel. [ laughter ] >> we don't have the gavel. we have our own gavel. we have something more important. >> nancy pelosi seen earlier this week: surrounded by other women in congress making it known she will run to stay on as democratic leader in the house. so was it a senior moment or wishful thinking? >> i'll go with wishful anying. it's good news for those in the media who like to have nancy

mr. boehner's conciliatory attitude reflects exactly as said, the politics of the situation, and david brooksible to take the country over the fiscal cliff, but it's bad politics for the republicans. i think that accounts for the mood of con vifalty and consensus. >> and the media says is bad politics-- >> speaking of that the new yorker had a blaring headline this week, is obama willing to leap off the fiscal cliff? let's hope so. take that for what it's worth. next on news watch, an interesting moment from nancy pelosi. pelosi. >> gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. do you have the coverage you need? open enrollment ends friday, december 7th. so now's the time to get on a path that could be right for you... with unitedhealthcare medicare solutions and plans including aarp medicarecomplete, insured through unitedhealthcare. call today to enroll. these medicare advantage plans can combine parts a and b, your hospital and doctor coverage... with part d prescription drug coverage, and extra benefits... a

mr. mayor, good to see you. good morning. >> hi, brooke, how are you?m wonderful. >> i hear you're in new york here. >> for just a hot second i am. but let me ask you this. when you look at the timing of this report you'll be presenting today, you combine it with all these talks, negotiations with the fiscal cliff, is there any way to sort of tile this together, you know, the fight against poverty with sort of broader economic solutions for our country? >> first of all, it was great to see both mayor smith and mayor nutter together. a democrat and republican talking about fixing the debt. and, yes, it is very consistent. in fact, the simpson/bowles commission which lays the framework for addressing the debt does talk about some of these programs, child poverty. the need to make sure that we're making investments in education and infrastructure and r & d, but also protecting the safety net. whether it's child nutrition programs, the earned income tax credit, child care credit. making sure that we're protecting kids. as you probably know, this report talk

brooke? >> martin savage for us in cleveland, hope you got quality time with mrs. savage, mama savage.e appreciate it. thank you. >>> all the talk of election day, want to take you straight to virginia just outside of richmond. mitt romney speaking. quickly before we'ves drop here, let's let you know there's a heckler chanting climate change caused sandy. they were taken out. now with that, here's mitt romney. >> america will come roaring back if we do what we have done from the very beginning of the country which is to unleash the freedom and the freedoms of the american people and let them pursue their dreams so my plan is based on five key steps to get the economy going. you know what they are. number one, take full advantage of the oil, coal, gasoline and renewables. this is -- this is kind of our economy's ace in the hole right now because someone discovered not just how to drill in to the earth but then horizontally and tap in to pockets of oil and gas so we have more than we thought we had and by virtue of that technology we can have north america energy independence within eigh

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mr. walker, i want to know who is your top individual donor because to me whether it is brookings i feel we need to know where you are coming from. >> let me stop you there and then we will get you a question on the fiscal cliff. the comeback america initiative. >> guest: first time a political independent, have been for 15 years. i was reagan and bush and clinton appointee. the initiative is funded through several forces to the course's first a grant from the peter g. peterson foundation. second we have individuals of different political affiliations that make contributions and third i did it hit all of my speaking and writing fees that i received to the come back america initiative so those are the sources of funding. you can go to the web site which is keeping america agreed dhaka lord and you can find out all about the organization. we will be following a new tax return by the end of this year there will provide full and fair disclosure of all of that information so i would encourage you to take a look at it. >> host: does that help you? >> guest: at tolino. i want to know who is the

mr. stine, thank you so much. >> 47 minutes hear past the hour. let's talk weather, in addition to shopping. let's go to bonnie schneider with your thanksgiving day forecast. bonnie, good morning! >> good morning, brookeshopping and weather, those are two great subjects. i like both of them. we're looking at milder weather for this thanksgiving. so many places across the country. i wanted to show you the extended forecast. if you're planning a weekend in new york, for example, it will get cooler as we go through the weekend, but not by too much. that holds true for boston and even syracuse seeing highs in the 50s. for the parade this morning, right in the mid-40s, looking good, and the winds will be comfortable, which is great for the floats. but if you're driving in memphis this morning or if you're driving down in houston, i'm getting some reports on twitter that there is dense fog out there, so be careful. another thing to keep in mind are the strong winds through the plains states. wyoming, dakotas, gusts could get as strong as 45 miles per hour. so that may impact your travel, as far to the east as minneapolis. we're also looking at low clouds in seattle and that fog that i mentioned that could s

mr. graham said on nbc's "meet the press." quote:, >> host: here's our first call this morning. jared, republicans only, brook park, ohio.to the program. >> caller: yes. i'm a former party, well, a local official here, and i see what's going on, and the party's splitting again. ronald reagan said -- and they always want to quote ronald reagan -- but ronald reagan said do not speak ill of another republican, and we keep forgetting that, number one. number two, the reason we lost is because we didn't have a 50-state, as a former party chairman said, approach as obama did, okay? and we're not using a new technology. romney, i think there was prejudice in the party against his mormonism. i think a lot of us stood back as they did when mccain ran, you know in we were three million votes down, and i'd like to get to hear some of the republicans, what they have to say about that. i think jindal's going down the wrong route jumping on romney now, but we had these fractional primaries, and that really took a lot of steam out of romney, and it set us up. >> host: that was jared from ohio. to georgia now, charles. what's the name o