chairperson nolan: i would like to welcome the acting executive director on behalf of mr. ford. >> please be an fis that the use of cell phones or any similar sound-producing electronic devices are to habited at the meeting. anyone who has won going off may be asked to leave the meeting. please be advised that phones set on vibrate cause microphone interference. the board respectfully requests the beset in the off position. chairperson nolan: is there a motion to approve the minutes of the last meeting? all in favor say aye. >> there are no communications at this time. chairperson nolan: i would like mr. rowe him to give us a brief report on the cable car operator who was severely attacked. mr. rohan, if you would? >> on sunday, november 14, at approximately 8:00 p.m., police were called to the 1300 block of mason court in assault on a cable car operators. the victim was an employee for 12 years and still is an employee. the agent was being transported to san francisco general hospital. at the time the incident happened, the cable car was stopped, which in to go out of service

it prison since the annual -- we present the annual wrecker o award to mr. ford.

it prison since the annual -- we present the annual wrecker o award to mr. ford. he would have undoubtedly taught him with wise counsel, guaranteeing him success in his district commission. as he watches this d.v.d., we are certain he will see a reflection of himself. "under the wheel," november 16, 2010. here is a copy of the dvd. chairperson nolan: thank you. >> ann marie hodgson, followed by charles rathbone. >> as a recent resident to san francisco i knew i would experience inevitable parking tickets. this is not a complaint. after doing some research about the parking middle unofficial rules, i find they are incredibly hard to fight and given out very liberally because of that fact. it makes sense for sfmta. it means increase revenue for the city. i hope in coming and giving this, not to complain, but to suggest the board discussed different policies for handling of parking tickets, or more broadly how it does business. this -- is this a message san francisco wants to send to citizens and visitors? it makes sense. give up tickets as many as possible since it

acting on behalf of mr. ford today, i will be presenting the executive director's report. the first item on the report -- this week the "chronicle "ran an article about the central subway and its funding shortfall of $37 million. for the most part, the article was on target. there are points of clarification i would like to make and bring to your attention sir you can understand the progress the program has seen over the last year. the funding shortfalls in the early stages of major capital programs of this type are a normal occurrence. two years ago, the funding gap for the central subway program was six under $50 million. staff has been working diligently with our funding partners to seek additional sources of funding and to date has been very successful in reducing the gap from six under $50 million to the $137 million that was in the -- from $650 million to the $137 million that was in the report. we were briefed on the agency progress in closing the funding gap, and our plans in seeking new funding sources going forward. i understand what resulted from that meeting is

in terms of what we were seeing in the first quarter, while we owe mr. ford a get well recovery analysis, there is a sense of urgency. i can see two things on the trend in terms of where citations are going. on the one hand, and we will support this where there are numbers in the breakdown categories, but you could say that the actions that this board and administration have taken from a transit first perspective are working. getting people not to drive as much as they did, regionally with actions that occurred back in july with traffic reductions in the bay bridge crossings, as well as some of the losses on downtown parking as a result of the terminal and other projects , there were indications that we were looking out from a policy perspective over a period of over time -- and we are in the process of working with the finance people to do a price analysis. there has been a steady escalation in the price of various types of finance. we are trying to see if we can come up with some plasticity analysis -- some elasticity analysis. there are some policy factors

mrs. fordg around in the west wing, shaking hands, saying good-bye. we walked by the cabinet room which was empty. this male domain. mrs. ford, who had a twinkle in her eye, said i've always wanted to dance on the cabinet room table. she took her shoes off, jumped up, struck a pose. i took a picture. she jumped back off, kind of brushed her hands and said i think that will do it. >> reporter: david val degrees really got to know the whole george h.w.bush family. >> there they were with, you know, george and barbara bush. they were all just having that private moment one morning. you know, i was fortunate enough to be there. >> reporter: robert macneily remembers the dignified bill clinton. >> my favorite picture is him at the door of the oval office but it captures this energy. he comes off the page at you. >> reporter: and the president who could bawl out aide george stephanapolous. >> this is bill clinton. this is part of who he is. but if i take it and he sees me take it, i'm not going to ge

. >> mr. ford decided the time has come to ditch the wosh as though it has become an embarrassment to him. >> he was challenging him on the issues i think ford deserved to be challenged on. >> he thought reagan was appe appealing to a particular kinds of anti communism which did not seem to reflect the realities of the situation. >> i was not as negative as a lot of people were on that reagan challenge. partly because i felt we needed to go through that kinds of process. it was vital in terms of getting ready to run in the fall. >> it would be a roller-coaster ride for reagan and ford pushing anti communism and fiscal restraint reagan stead you willy climbed in the polls so high it seemed like he might sweep the early pram marries. >> he went into new hampshire he was going to win he lost. went into the next and he lost. the next one and he lost. >> fourth one he lost. the 5th one he lost. it was gone. ford was going to win it and walk away with it we could we do? >> went to florida and wisconsin.

mr. director? director ford: we have had an issue concerning our systems, and i have asked a man to briefly give you an overview of the three main causes of these delays. the three main causes of these delays are disturbed blocks in the subway, and damaged or severing of the peace signal cable loop, and failure to receive automatic train controls signals, so what i am going to ask john to do is verbally give you a quick update on those three particular ims,e impact that they have, what causes those failures, and then what s the game pla resolve them, and, in fact, one of the three issues that i have described as lready been solved with software, but at issue are aware, over the last 1.5 munn spam a two months, there has been an inordinate number of these delays. we have been on top of them and are working closely with manufacturers and consultants reduce of the st. john, could you briefly walk me through these three items? >> ok, just to give the board some context, around those three points, since we have resto

to report here on the right hand side of your screen those taillights headed to tailor city no, mr. fordin either direction across the span.nice,r your sup on ride on the golden gate, a lot of space between cars on the span, checking a live road sensors note from scott marin county the ride is in the green. san francisco, no proms to contend with probably a ghost town. this headlights' headed southbound without any problems, if you're headed east bound it is also a nice easy commute. james. >> thank you, or developing story the preliminary hearing continues today in the richmond high school the gang rape case. the story got national attention when the 16 year-old girl was attacked by several people on campus during a homecoming dance, seven defendants in the case most of them teenagers they all face charges of rape, assault, robbery. and all except one face enhancements that could result in life sentence if convicted. graphic testimony was given yesterday by the first officer on the scene as he described the girl's condition when he arrived in fact he said review for soccer he thought sh

mr. world champion. a ford you moments after that more players arrived in the five fans went crazy. i spoke to cloudy ross who was let go by the marlins. this is what he had to say. >> what does it feel like to be champion. >> it's a dream. >> did you think you would win two out of three in texas. >> we were hoping. we did it. anyway we could do we wanted to do it we wanted to win at home but. this is great. >> this has been an incredibly >> year. lookit these fans. i feel like a world champ that's all it is a. >> to and half months ago i didn't think i would be here to be in this situation right now to bring it back for san francisco means the world. >> you know what darya ross is the boss but to the wife she says load up the eschew the and let's get going. we spoke to the bat boy and now he's in equipment manager we will get his sound bite. >> you think they could finish gave today. can they shape now. creche >> >> ken. i don't know of anybody would recognize brian wilson. he just waved in the early talk to anybody. would you recognize him without his >> >> off with the bears for

brandy cried and ford, i suspect they are. mr. #1: brandy by the way, i don't know anything about this. but i know brandy kept getting 10s and my daughter said brandy keeps getting 10s. i am going to ask governor palin. >> she can dance better than bristol. but there is something about going for the underdog . a lot of americans are going for bristol and keeps trying, they will not go for general motors. people are resenting the favoritism. >> bristol palin and the car chase . the reason they call you man. he is a rock star. you don't get it? >> we'll put you in a van and run you off of the highway. democrats praising. ipo and saying the bailout work . biggest cheerleader for the bailout. the president is about to address us all. first the guy who voted for it. bob stupak. good to have you. >> good to be with you. >> getting word of it. >> the car chase. >> i know. i am not sure. we can't find this guy. >> being a former police officer it was appropriate for me to be on the show when you had the chase on. >> we don't know what ha

mr. singe back in january when he got stabbed on state street. i have appeared here twice. director nolan and executive director ford indicated we should do something. we should get a report. that was never calendared. nothing was done. it is only a matter of time before someone gets killed. i think you might want to begin to regulate that, even if it does not come directly from tax. i will get you copies of this petition which are being signed by san francisco cab drivers to keep the regular dispatches in the calves, but in addition to put in a centralized gps dispatch with real-time notification to all drivers and all 1500 cabs in case anything happens. this is a photocopy of a sample copy, because i am having trouble putting it together this morning. however, it is getting signatures. we have tried to give you a grace period to 2014, just like to introduce the hybrid, so you can calendar this, get public information, and go for it. i don't need to have on my conscience the death of another cab driver because you did not regulate proper security procedures. thank you very much. you will get copies as soon as i can

mr. speaker, the prime minister used to think that trust mattered. what did he say in the ford -- in the forward. we both wanted britain where our political system is looked at with admiration, not anger. does he not want the anchor there will be among constituents of all the people on those benches? does he not understand the anger that will be felt in sheffield, in east wing, in all of those constituencies about promises made and promises about to be broken? >> along those the miliband wagon. he talks about trust. what did he write in the labor manifesto about the report that he set up? they have completely broken their word. the point is there is a debate now in britain about how we get strong universities and people able to go to them without being put off. that is what we're proposing. that is what he is opposed to. he should listen to his trade and industry secretary that one, who was part of the brown process, who said this, "the truth is there are many elements to the brown plan. you only pay when you are earning about 21,000. brown is essentially right." 1 and join the

ford next, boston. this is a call from ed on republican line. your own. >> caller: good morning, mr.woodward. >> guest: good morning. >> caller: the russians pulled out of afghanistan after nine years. and if it wasn't for charter wilson maybe it would've been longer been longer. so between the russians, we are at nine years, 18 years. are we fighting a war or are we fighting a culture? and what are our chances of winning a battle with a culture? >> guest: that's an interesting question. i don't think we have a battle with culture that i think it's a battle, it's an overhang from 9/11 because the taliban provided sanctuary to al qaeda and bin laden. that attacks of 9/11, in part, only in part, came from afghanistan. but al qaeda is not in afghanistan in any significant way. so in a way, and this is vice president biden's argument, you know, why don't we just focus on the cancer, the problem, pakistan. this is an interesting point is the intelligence people get into this, in the book, trying to say what do we know about the enemy. one of the first rules of war is know who the enemy is

. >> we have a bue ford escort for you, mr. seinfeld.he hell out of this. >> that woman in that movie "waiting" was a nasty complainer. how do you get good customer service. >> margaret and amy is the ceo of successfulkids, inc. the initial frustration is getting somebody on the phone to start, because you're constantly pushing one and one and one and by the time you get to a human being you'relready lathered up and upset. >> that's when you get to a human being. you know it's bad when you scream at a computer generated voice. >> you have to keep your cool. i get it. it's hard sometis. >> when you finally do get to that person is to make it clear to him or her that you're not blaming them. they didn't cause your problems. they're the ones to help you fix it. so if you start, you know, in a calm way, you have made them more of an ally and not your enemy and get better satisfaction. >> sometimes they don't seem that interested, though. they're just not. you get that feeling sometimes, right? >> yeah, y do, but i think that as we alway tell

more complicated than we can imagine mr mcmahon thank you so much for joining us my pleasure well just ahead on tonight's show the neo cons are back artie's kalen ford will tell us what's on the agenda for the a group and how they plan to quote restore america meanwhile george w. broke ground on a new presidential center today so we'll have the details about the project and what that all means after the break. wealthy british style it's time to explain the next go. to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy is a report on our. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing operation to rule the day. does the name james blunt bring a bill back in two thousand and five the musician out of britain released an epic pop ballad channeling the hearts of ladies around the world with two simple words your beautiful. well it turns out that james is more than just a pop artist with one annoying hit black actually used to be a soldier for nato when they were involved in kosovo he was a cavalry officer heading up about thirty thousand troops you may h

mr. speaker, of course, i agree with the honorable lady that both companies are outstanding companies. the difference, of course, is that the decision -- the announcements to provide a lone shekell ford masters was made 11 days before the election was held when there was no money in this year's budget to make that promise. it was a promise made by the previous labour government knowing that the check would bounce. we have made a decision on west land in light of our difficult controversial decisions to make sense to the public finances. that's the difference. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the deputy prime minister may be aware that in response to the comprehensive spending view the three most senior officers announced a wage cut of 27% in contrast the chief constable of lang shire police have all the of the pto's redundant. does my right honorable friend agree with me that the chief constable should support those pto's? >> i want to hear the reply. the deputy prime minister. >> certainly, of course, we welcome the decision of the council and its executive directors to reduce the council's wage. that's why my right honorable friend the community's secretary has called on all local author

mr. sosa is gone. we are confident in saying he is no longer amongst us. >> reporter: police say sosa may be driving a gray 1997 ford ranger pickup truck with a double cab and a white camper shell. if and when he is caught he will face a slew of charges. the young girl who's age and name has not been released was treated at a nearby hospital and has been released. they really couldn't been able to identify sosa without her help. we're live in berkeley tara moriarty. >>> there is snow on some of the bay area highest peaks this morning. i want to show you mount hamilton in the south bay. you can see a blanket of snow. once the clouds cleared just after 2:00. up to five inches fell on mount hal imton over the -- hamilton over the weekend. >>> blustery winds blew the snow sideways. part of interstate 880 looked like a bit of a parking lot. an entire lane of traffic had pulled over so drivers could put on their chains. now the chain requirement caused some drivers off guard. >> it's a lower snow level. that's what is causing people a bit of a surprise. it's more of a january snow level than november. >> just a reminder c

mr. good wrench. they got rid of that brand oovps. they're narrowing the focus. it's going to almost be valued as much as fordink after today. >> very interested to see how much money taxpayers get back. >>> still ahead, voters hoping for change. we'll break down the results of our latest poll next. >>> first, what do house republicans and roger maris have in common? the answer and more ahead on the daily rundown. wall street is getting back on its feet. but the financial landscape is still full of uncertainty. in times like these, you need an experienced partner to look out for you. heads up! and after 300 years we have gotten pretty good at that. >>> sarah palin's new book has not even hit stores yet, but the details are starting the leak out. >> when it comes to at least some matters, it appears she'll pull no punches. norah o'donnell has the story. norah, sarah palin book watch now. there's always something with her. >> i know. this is going to start turning into a daily segment. sarah palin has this new book called "america by heart." in it she settles old scores with levi johnston. she praises her daugh

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mr. trump. he knew it for several reasons, production reasons and common sense and he just allowed all the contestants to call me a liar when they were being deceitful and let the fordmen come back into the courtroom and as they were lying, they ruined my name and absolutely no way i was going to sit back quietly and allow that to happen. >> do you regret doing the though. i don't regret doing the no because i think i conducted myself properly. and i was very surprised at the way that i was fired. i thought that that was inappropriate. but, i don't regret it at all because it's opened up so many incredible opportunities and so, i don't have any regrets about actually doing the show. >> you have some really guess, kind of tough feelings about donald trump though. you went into it thinking that he was this very organizationed ceo and didn't come away with the same point of view? >> no, absolutely not. the reason that i left my job as a prosecutor, the jobs that i absolutely love was because i admired mr. trump so much and had so much respect for him. when i looked around him and saw how he was treating us and when i watched him completely not care about the truth and

mr. dick, then by all means continue, but try and tell the truth. >> narrator: often, the attorney didn't accompany joe to his sessions with ford or the prosecution. >> i didn't need to be there. joe was already committed. and again, my position in these things is that my presence could hinder joe more than help him. it's up to him. "once the decision is made that you're going to cooperate, mr. dick, then you, mr. dick, have got to continue to sell yourself. if i'm there and you're looking for me... to me to give you answers with a nod of my head or shake of my head or something, that destroys everything. you've agreed this is what you want to do, go do it." >> narrator: after months in jail, depressed and confused, joe began to believe the police theories. >> after giving the detectives the names that they wanted, it became a natural thought to me that i did this. >> narrator: joe's growing belief in his guilt would prove crucial for the case. then, two months after his arrest, eric wilson's dna came back negative. so detective ford went back to joe to ask for new names. as usual, joe complied. he gave a new statement in which he claimed that the

mr. sosa is g one. we're confident he's no longer amongst us and we're working hard toward his capture. >> reporter: they believe he could be driving a gray pickup, a camper shell, ford ranger. they believe they could not have identified the suspect out the victim. they are calling her heroic. one of the things we'll be f inding out is whether the two knew each other. if caught, he faces charges of sodomy, rape. >>> a benicia man is in jail this morning, accused of molesting his girlfriend's 7- year-old daughter. police arrested 40-year-old n ester james garcia yesterday. garcia lives with the little girl's mother. the girl told her mother that garcia touched her i nappropriately. he's being held on $200,000 as the police investigation continues. a ma principal county man convicted of star everyoning it's 19 -- starving his 19- month-old to death and a busing others is being released from prison today. they will continue to monitor him after he's free. wright was a self-professed lead he after cult-like family that included five women and 13 children. he served a minimum time of a 16-year prison sentence. >>> we've just learned this morning that a toddler has died af

ford and lincoln. all of those together was making sure we had a plan and stuck to it and executed it. >> host: who is mr. deeming in playing a role? >> it is somebody who has written extensively on continuous improvement in the business world, and i think though i underscore it was coming up with a game plan that put the focus on all of those areas mentioned that was the most important going forward. >> host: from missouri, john on the line for democrats. >> caller: yes, i have a comment about the guy that i think he called from new jersey talking about competing with china. the thing is we need to quit worrying about competing with china. there's no way to compete with them, and we need to focus on just getting us back to work, and, you know, let the rest take care of itself. >> host: one of the things that just to draw out of that is i think we're at a place in this country now where manufacturing matters again. it's important here in the united states when you look at manufacturing it's millions and millions of jobs, about 70% of the rnd from this country comes from manufacturing. we're in a teachabl