mr. ellison? >> well, you know, i think that one factor is technology. you know, anybody, even an obscure little known pastor like terry jones can do something incredibly inflammatory, get it on youtube, and all of a sudden, he's an international celebrity. that is one element. but then, there's another one. i think there is anxiety and frustration in the country. there are some politicians who believe that it's to their political advantage to identify scapegoats and try to turn americans on americans for their own political advantage by pandering to our worst instincts and fears. and then i also think, you know, you can't deny that, you know, the criminals and the murderers who did this thing to our citizens on 9/11, you know, they did associate themselves with my faith, islam. that's unfortunate. nothing in the islam i know or the overwhelming majority of the muslims i know but they did make that connection so a lot of americans are just... they don't know anything about islam. i recommend that americans go out and get with your churches and your synag

mr. ellison, find out how you can segue from the short term.ermine what he is going to do with a lot of the pier's land. these people should be talking to him, to see what happens in the short term. he has until 2013, getting environmental reports together -- that could work. >> thank you. any other public comment? thank you. >> item 10 a, a request approval of term sheet for seawall lot 351. >> good afternoon. my name is jonathan stern. çi would like to apologize that this item was calendar as an action item.

mr. ellison, find out how you can segue from the short term.ermine what he is going to do with a lot of the pier's land. these people should be talking to him, to see what happens in the short term. he has until 2013, getting environmental reports together -- that could work. >> thank you. any other public comment? thank you. >> item 10 a, a request approval of term sheet for seawall lot 351. >> good afternoon. my name is jonathan stern. çi would like to apologize that this item was calendar as an action item. port stop respectfully ask you to hear the status of this project. we will bring this back at a later date for requesting action for from the commission. -- action from the commission. i would like to talk about where we are in the process after selecting a developer in the rfp process, signing an exclusive agreement with them. we have been working with a developer on a proposal, financial proposal, used proposal, which would essentially be wrapped up into a term sheet. that would simply describe the basic elements of a project, economic

mr. ellison would like to have the race held. >> san francisco, close to home, right?> absolutely. 5:50 now. a look at our forecast. the week cooler. >> absolutely. a little cooler. especially some areas in our inland neighbors. but it won't stay that way. warmer weather on the way. we'll talk about that before some rain may possibly dance around the north bay throughout the weekend. 5:50 this monday. good morning to you. we're looking from downtown san francisco. right along the embarcadero all the way back to the port of oakland. notice how you can see some clouds but they're not very heavy or thick i should say. not hanging very low. don't have a lot of moisture in them. a pretty dry commute for all of us. los gatos about 49 degrees. we have some low to mid-50s in the north bay valleys with mid to upper 50s for the rest of us. around the monterey bay we have cloudy conditions and temperatures holding around 53 to 54 degrees even as you head inland. we'll see sunshine just about everywhere this afternoon. hotter at the coast but pockets of it from time to time and th

mr. ellison: thank you for the recognition. in this time of debate around taxes and taxation, it's hard to figure out what's really true. republicans say this, democrats say that. let me tell you what's actually the fact. the fact is that the republicans want to give the top 2% of the wealthiest americans tax breaks that would add $700 billion to the deficit over the next 10 years. they are saying they are going to stop tax cuts for middle class people unless the top 2% get their tax cut that would add $700 billion to the deficit. now, that's not fair given that middle class people have faced foreclosure, they have faced drop in home value, have faced unemployment, have faced so many difficult economic hurdles. why do we insist on giving 2%, top 2% a huge tax break that they don't need only if we give the top 2% that tax break? middle class people need relief. middle class people need it now. thank you very much. .=%q%=9 the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? the gentleman i

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mr. hurd few. he resign from h p one month ago suddenly after' investigation into his pe relationship with a contractor turned up questionable expenses. now at the time ellisonsaid it was one of the worst decision in recent business history. now he says oracle intends to capitalizes on h p mistake. >> all right. hope you are enjoying a nice day off this labor day. long weekend marks traditional end of summer and with it the end of the busy vacation season. san francisco is a tourist mecca of course for people around the world. but as vick lee explains, business is still off. >>reporter: san francisco 7. 8 billion dollar tourism industry is taking a crooked road to recovery. people are still coming to the premier tourist destination for the same old reason. visually stimulating. a lot of culture. cable car. very nice. walk over the golden gate bridge hotel occupancy increased every month since last year but visitors are not spending as much money. tyler still works for fisherman grotto no. 9. he says in the good old days at lunch time the banquet room would be filled with visitors from tour buses. he's definitely noticed individual tourists eating more cheapl