mr. funning test you have an expressive resume. i have some concerns about your attention 50 periods of time you've only attended 4 of the last 7 meetings. this is a very important commission not only to san francisco but with some of the challenges we face we need people who are exempted and actually engaged that shapes things that happen around the city and country. i wanted to give you an opportunity to provide united states with an explanation as well as what might be different in moving if we decide to reappoint you. >> the reason i was absent because i had to travel to 2k3w5ud mall for family matters. i have some people's my family, relatives, their >> yes. >> i have folks that are ill and one of the times i missed because i was in washington as well. that's the reason other than that over the last seven years i've been there constantly and trying to do my best >> i have something to add. >> i'm sorry, i ask give you an attention but commissioner president chiu tests has not missed mid meetings and we have commissioners that

mr. mayor you're having fun (laughter) >> it's really important and a i would is that. >> about with respect to, you know, i'm very fortunate to trying to develop in san francisco this is a wonderful city and the current leadership and certainly the past lisp has created a great approach. as some of you know, we have great assets like candle stick but prior to joining the private sector i was in the public sector and i had a unique advantage point. i was city manager of city of oakland for awhile and i was the director in the city of a.m.ville and i was leading portions of this city and i'll tell you that there is at least in those days it was very little regional thinking going on. and in reading the metropolitan revolution. >> let's talk about the examples of ohio they realized they couldn't go it alone and how they came together e together. >> so northeast ohio like a good portion of the midwest sprrnsz xrrnsz the instructions but they see still had tremendous assets in the production economy. that is essentially an innovation economy; right? because they were building off their major ins

they don't include faith-based organizations in those things be fun. mr. green wanted to make a comment. >> yes, sir. thank you, mr. chairman. i also want to thank mr. bass again for allowing me to be here. i want to add an amen if i made to what you said about the faith-based initiative. they not only help after a disaster, but also before. i had seen evidence of it because they know what the vulnerable hour. they know where the help is needed. they are intimately familiar with the people in the neighborhood and they can do an awful lot with the evacuation process. when people have to shelter in place, and that is usually what you finally hear from a shelter in place. there's no more we can do, given the hurricane, in our case, or the typhoon is so near and that we have to just stay where we are. when that happens, it is peace institutions, the state-based institutions that are still there. we leave, but they write these things out. as soon as it's over, they know exactly where to go to render the most aid. i would just like to give my compliments to you

mr. binks" is really fun, about the making of mary poppins and how its author was really difficult when it think that "12 years a slave" will be able to do well when it we get into award season and the golden globes and as course? >> i think so. it's done well. over $30 million. and i think it will continue to do well as it wins awards. but i think it's going to be between "12 years a slave" and "american hustle." >> that the oscar race? >> i think so. we'll see both movies doing really well because they're both really good. >> if you have to see one film over the holidays, what would you recommend? >> that's a hard -- "american hustle" i think is the one to see. i think that's the one most fun. >> do you agree? >> i have to see "wolf of wall street" and "anchorman 2." >> i don't know how you do with this children. >> please, it's called babysitters. >> priority. i might get to see "frozen." that's my big night at the movies. >> wow. >> it's good. disney animated movie. do you like animated? >> yeah. >> you need adult time. you need to get away from the kids, get the babysitter, get the mo

mr. smith and jessica from counter paul. it's so fun to be able to kind of switch roles as our arts community grows. i remember going to the intersection of the arts and now they are here a block away at 5 m and dr. cohen is now the director of yerba buena center for the arts. that is community begins to evolve, we are here growing the job sector here in mid-market. in 2011 when the mayor held a press conference across the street, we had the highest vacancy commercial rate in the city. what we are seeing now at mid-market is that everyone wants to be here now. of course what that means that everyone wants to be here, what does that mean for the arts community that has always been here. this is going to keep artist and the artist organization here. it was great to work with the california community loan funds and the office of economic development to make this a reality. over the past couple of year with hard work and procuring money and property owners we were able to procure these sites to ensure the arts remain here permanently. this

mrs. obama ending the fun and 'between' her husband and the danish leader.. >> catherine: coming up at 6 -s 'selfie-gate' have any political implications for the president? we'll be talking about that. >> pam: the obama administration says the pace of the health insurance signups picked up last month. the new national total of close to 365-thousand people is less than one third the number officials had been aiming for. >> pam: >> pam: a report from the health and human services department says that more than 137- states. that number is up from fewer than 27-thousand in october. >> pam: 14 states running their own sites -- including california -- enrolled more than 227- thousand. that's up from 79-thousand in october. >> pam: a couple of new polls say that hillary clinton and chris christie are now deadlocked for the 20-16 election. in one of them - the former secretary of state gets 41 the new jersey governor gets 42 percent. >> you will see a rush coming up monday last week they said 27,000 people went on in one day so that its a good sign but with short of what they need to do. >> to me,

mr. dick for the day. >> pretty cool. >> it's a fun program. >> i went to parkmead by the way. kindergarten, first, second grade, hung in that cafeteria in walnut creek a couple of years ago. many years ago. [ laughter ] >> many, many. all right. >> last cool about your school? email your nomination to us at coolschools@kpix.com. we may come and feature your school here on the show. >>> 5:19. the 9ers only have two more games at candlestick. wait until you hear what devoted fans are shelling out to say good-bye. >>> and i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, jim harbaugh with a very rare admission. and the nfl brings the hammer down on a head coach. we'll show you why coming up. ,, yes you did. yes you did. no i didn't. no i didn't. yes you did. yes you did. no i didn't. no i didn't. did not. yes you did. [ male announcer ] find some peace this holiday. get an 8 piece meal, any recipe, with a dozen cookies baked in-restaurant. the kfc festive feast. that's a lot for just $19.99! today tastes so good. ...this one's the busiest.9.99! house... so you want it to be the cleanest. that's w

fun. thanks to mr. lee. and tonight they are saying thank you to him. 14-year-old christian says merry christmas to the host of this festive event. he'll be adopted next month after waiting five years for a family. what are you looking forward to? >> having a mom and a dad that can support me and school and -- just having fun with them. and spending time together. >> jennifer's adopted little jackson last month. she's impressed with winston's decision to help the foster children. and says we should all do the same. >> if you're able to, there's so many kids out there that need to be adopted and they bring joy to everybody they touch. >> our future is our children. you have to do what is right for them. >> good for winston. good for him. that was wofl's keith landry reporting. winston, i am confident, will eventually find the right person. >> please, after that story and what he did, he's going to get many proposals. think girls will be calling him, going, hey, winston, you're a good guy. >> kind-hearted pers

mr. butler, i didn't mean to make fun of your hero. >> everything you are and everything you have is becausef that butler. >>> it was one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, "the butler" inspired the true story of a white house butler that served eight presidents. >> when we started working together on "precious," i came in as executive producer because i wanted to lift that up as high as i could. he said to me, you know, i'm frustrated, i'm frustrated with you. you're frustrated with me? >> you don't say that to oprah. you don't even wear shoe strings. how can you say that to oprah. >> he definitely did. i'm frustrated that i wasn't acting and i needed to do it. right? >> she was so magnificent in "the color purple." >> that was two decades ago. >> you were amazing. it was one of my favorite movies of that time. >> would you like to work for me, be my maid? >> hell no. >> what did you say? >> hell no. >> really. in that performance it's embedded in my head and you get frustrated that she's sort of doing her oprah thing and i want her to do my thing. so i stopped her. >> it w

fun. brianna. >> thank you, mr. president. on the debt ceiling, your treasury secretary estimated that the u.s. government will lose its ability to pay its bills come late february or early march. house budget emptyee chairman paul ryan said republicans are going to decide what they can accomplish out of this debt limit fight -- his words. will you negotiate with house republicans on the debt ceiling? >> you know the answer to this question. no, we're not going negotiate for a congress to pay bills that it has accrued. here's the good news. i want to emphasize the positive as we enter into this holiday season. i think congressman ryan and senator murray did a good job trying to narrow the differences and actually pass a budget that i can sign. it's not everything i would like, obviously. it buys back part of these across-the-board cuts, the so-called sequester, bus not all of them. we're still underfunding research and education and transportation and other initiatives that would create jobs right now. but it was an honest conversation. they operated in good faith. and given how far apart the p

fun. >> someone might be smoking something funny on the show today, mr.hter ] >> well, as soon as juan adopts me, i'm going to be okay. the ice in the north, in the arctic is up by 60% over last year. it shows you how much the guys know. nobody really knows. you know, whether patterns are so diverse. they can't -- weather patterns are so diverse, they can't do it with a computer model and they are guessing at best. ice up % from last year. this is all -- >> so, john -- go ahead, john. >> all the greens have is emotion. every prediction they have made about humans' impending demise has been wrong since the environmental movement was called the ecology move in the the 1950s. reality, the more fossil fuels we have used the better man's life, all man's life has become. and in reality, this bleak impoverished dystopia is the green adjustive. they talk about earth hour. everybody turns out the light. don't eat meat. don't run gas. don't use electricity. this is their objective. everything we love about christmas is the decation, the light, and the food. that re

mr. butler, i didn't mean to make fun of your hero. >> everything you are and everything you have is becauseutler. >>> that was a look at five of "new york times" film critic tony scott's best movies of the year and tony joins us now. i can't wait to hear about this. okay. best one. >> best one for me was "inside louie davis" the cohen brothers film about struggling folk singer in 1961 in new york like two days before bob dillon shows up and changes everything. the music is fantastic. the performance by oscar isaac who did all of his own singing and playing is phenomenal. it just kind of won my heart. very sort of, you know, melancholy film. >> justin timberlake is in it. >> john goodman. and usual sort of cohen brothers tricks. so the story you think is going one place or no place in particular it ends up coming around to something else. >> this is a reality check. how far are you in the take for the cohen brothers always >> not always. i loved "a serious man." i would be interested in all of their films. i liked most of them. lot of their movies have struck me too clever, too much about th

mr. t shot. it was so much fun.r to the white house after the carters. she really you said the game and it was really amazing and so many trees and everything was gold. and it was really great. >> well, and colleen, talk about -- how do the different first ladies -- how do they choose the themes? is there an attempt to sort of tie them to something that's going on in the year, or to the first lady's personalities themselves. how do they come up with the themes? >> i've seen both. lots of times the first ladies' personalities will come through. mrs. obama try to say pick something meaningful. one year simple blessing. she wants us to remember what's important about the holidays. but also, like during the carters, there was a recession going on. and, you know, energy was really pricey. and their christmas card had them all wearing hats at christmastime. and they decorated much more simply. so sometimes the economy is reflected in the decorations. >> what about jackie kennedy's involvement in all of this? >> well, our

fun. >> okay. where does it go? let's see if she knows. >> reporter: mr. dick even got us involved. >> michelle, what is your name? >> michelle. >> reporter: he is so popular, every year parents pay $125 for their kid to be mr. dick for the day with all the money going to the school fund. >> give them a set of keys, a full master set of keys, no matter what grade they're in kindergarten through fifth, and then we come here and we start to work. >> reporter: emily is today's lucky winner. before school, she got a donut and then went to work. >> we gone into the lunchroom and cleaned up some of the -- brooms. >> can remember somebody's parents calling me after they were mr. dick for the day and they said oh, this is incredible. i can't believe i got in and got to clean up, somebody threw up in room 2. >> he teaches them how to play instruments, gives them t- shirts. good for that. he gave me a t-shirt that the kids get when they're mr. dick for the day. >> does he run out of material? >> he never runs out of material because the kids have no filter. so they just you know -- >> all goofy and having fun. >> very good.

it's like jim always makes fun of how i'm mr. optimism.ed him this week i said the greatest thing happened it's just a boot. just for weeks not for months. >> you jump off this box and landed wrong or what? >> yeah. there's this box that you're supposed -- >> so what happened? i'm doing an interview here. you're with this trainer and there's a box. >> yeah. >> you jump up on that box. now what would you -- >> i'm trying to avoid that part. >> what part did you break? did you fall off the box? >> yes, i did. >> you twisted it. >> a little bruise. little ankle bruise. in a couple of weeks -- >> it's an ankle thing. >> it's a great sport. >> it's a broken -- >> box jumping injury. all too common. >> we heard that so much. how sad. i think actually you can check this out, i think more people get injured in that than in automobile accidents. >> is that true? >> it is true. >> fact checker. >> not hard. >> come on. i'm just joking. >> i don't smoke cigarettes. we don't talk tobacco. >> people do believe that. >> do they really? >> if it's on the

and when treating it like it is fun to have a right now and will be keeping your pasta mr as well staal report on the secrets of making a good brush and wine. i knew i knew i would ch is you i hate to be in doubt. i really think the olympics have lost all meaning. and yesterday was the cold war it was like a battle between two ideologies taking place the abstract at the nineteen thirty six olympics pseudoscience their self proclaimed security was put on trial for the whole world to see what the olympics having the majority of the country's honor of participating here now horribly horribly bland one could argue that they become a great way for cuts to show lawful excuse to pull up some infrastructure. i think this is a big misconception the rectitude of the olympics in beijing yet china is willing to help the last twenty years but the deal if it really teach us anything about this country with a radically different political system where the doctor age and culture of the way the thinker the way they live nope nothing at all. all we saw were some flags and some pandas that rather unique s

mr. obama, sasha, malia, welcome and merry happy holidays. >> we're still having fun, a little wet but still fun. >> our main job today is to light the national christmas tree and so we're going to need a little help from you to count it down. we're going to start at five. >> yeah. let's do five. >> since it's a little wet we shouldn't start at 10, all right? so everybody ready? five, four, three, two, one. [ cheering and applause ] >> merry christmas! ♪[ music ] ♪[ music ] >> she's a 20 time grammy award winner and a presidential medal of freedom recipient with an honorary doctorate of harvard -- >> so aretha franklin is getting ready to come on, the queen of soul, but the main attraction there, the fir adorned in all those beautiful l.e.d. lights is all aglow. we want to see the queen. is she coming on a sleigh? >>/there she is right there it looks like. >> oh, there she is. ♪ joy to the world the lord is come let earth receive her king ♪ let every heart prepare him room and heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing and heaven and heaven and nature sing ♪ joy to the world and men t

mrs. claus at school. yes, she was. >> school was so much fun.s, there was tons of cookies and cupcakes and cakes. >> santa's got to maintain his figure. >> there you go. >> thanks for helping out the big guys. we appreciate it. >>> just ahead, two of the stars of nbc's upcoming live broadcast of "the sound of music." but first, these messages. ♪ as your life and career change, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust your retirement plan along the way, rethink how you're invested, and refocus as your career moves forward. wherever you are today, a fidelity i.r.a. has a wide range of investment choices to help you fine-tune your personal economy. call today, and we'll make it easy to move that old 401(k) to a fidelity i.r.a. for those nights when it's more than a bad dream, be ready. for the times you need to double-check the temperature on the thermometer, be ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. be ready with children's motrin. for hollywood's biggest stars. let's have a look. who is it for? it's

what's in our courts and by the to get a modest more fun with that if you need to support most in most cases deal who commanded big. bum why did you fall for mr morsi farmers. if. you. let her down. live. this is not what this device was this in existence first somehow we have to look at the sleeplessness that somebody had to leave after i mean the only senator democrat to this is how i look up to is this. slim in almost every woman i met. this is if it was worthwhile it did come to light it's a double that is that is because we would markets is good when you do this and lots of the. ballots and the profits to come back to that have to feed lots of and then we don't have good markets. we apprehended the government to stop imports and advice from from abroad when to stop and. right now as now we're putting it in that we were like it's like. according to the regulations we come over streets the imports of certain items in the country but even then the globalization that we couldn't restricts them petition all these are goose foremost concern competently the one of the area we don't get access is also that because the government does not subsidi

fun loving moment he had as president. because this was in 1974. and of course he was out later that year. he was playing happy birthday to mrs. and i think the expression has to do with look, i can actually do this. i can do something that is musical. and it was a fun moment. >> you have been the witness to so many moments in history. do you sort of look back and pinch yourself, think gosh how did that happen? >> that's a good question. i give a lot of talks to young people. i look at the photos, i look at the pictures and can't believe i was the one that took them, in all these great places, and all these great people. being in the front row of history and being a witness and a chronicler. >> when you came in you were taking pictures with your iphone, talk about the book you're getting ready to do. >> well, one of the things i'm doing, my day job cameras, i use canons because that's a professional camera. but the iphone camera has been another way of seeing things. every day, everybody out there, can be a photographer, can be a witness, and take photos. the quality of the iphone i found to be exceptional. and so what this do

mrs. obama. >> i'm here! >> very funny stuff. in the skich, they made funwomen in the cast, but now the famed executive producer and creator, loern michael may be trying to change that. nischelle turner is joining us. the so-called secret auditions. what are you hearing, what are you learning? >> i'm not sure if i would call them secret auditions. they just weren't open to the public. lorn michaels, the executive producer of snl, has auditions through the year with hopefuls around the country. he did tell the "new york times" he's had several auditions over the past few weeks. the auditions we're talking about took place december 1st at the famed groundly's theater in los angeles. he says by january, he is committed to adding the show's first black woman since maya rudolph left in 2007. the pressure isn't just growing on snl externally. it is internally as well. jay feral and kenan thompson got a lot of attention for publicly talking about the lack of color on the show. he said he didn't want to dress up in drag anymore so they needed to do something about

mrs. obama had a little christmas fun.. it's moved online in 1998. no secret about this message from edward snowden, the nsa leaker, delivered a traditional alternative christmas message to the united kingdom, assailing the level of global surveillance. >> a child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. they'll never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves, an unrecorded, unanalyzed thought. and that's a problem. because privacy matters. privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be. >> the uk's channeled for alternative christmas message has been a tradition since 1 93. thousands of christians packed the town of bethlehem in the west bank for christmas eve celebrations. a top roman catholic leader in the holyland said the message of christmas is peace, love and brotherhood. >>> very merry christmas to you all. i'm miguel marquez in new york. >>> welcome back to "new day." if you are a fan of good movies, this time of year is what you've been waiting for, fo

mr. burke for five minutes. >> before i ask my questions, merry christmas. who was your father who served on the committ >> let me get to the non fun part and go to the questions. mr henry chow of cns when he was here several weeks ago in response to a question from congressman gardner of colorado, made a statement that 40% of the computing system hadn't even been built yet. what he called the back end hadn't been built which i assume would be the accounts payable, accounts receivable, income verification, things like that. could you tell us what is being done to get that ready by january 1st? since almost half the system hadn't even been built yet? >> i am not exactly sure what he was referring to but i can tell you where we are in the bill. the emphasis was getting the consumer facing portion ready for october 1st. as you know that didn't go so well. the financial management system which is getting the insurance companies their money for accelerated tax credits and cost sharing is due to go into effect in mid january. there are also other pieces of the puzzle, not income verification at the front end in order to qualify someone.

fun loving. how chicagoans like to think of themselves. >> the coach propertied mr.bama with his own bears jersey and talked about how many didn't celebrate the chance. >> we are proud that you honored us. 26 years after the fact and administrations, but thank you. >> obviously the individuals on the team were legendary. sweetness himself to the fridge. how did they go from this sedate team photo to carrying the coach off the field after a season and a super bowl win. why was it only one win? my next guest tracked down the coaches and the players for his new book, monsters. the chicago bears and the wild heart of football. i am joined by the author of that book. rich, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> we are here and talking more football. i am usually doing a lot of politics. i'm going here with the claim that it saved the city. let's start with that. how did the bears team save the city of chicago? >> it's a big sports city much bigger than any other people. the chicago cubs had last won a world series in 1908. i was raised by a guy from brooklyn where

mr. speaker. we all like to have a little fun at time at someone else's expense, the clothes they wear, their hair, or simply their family life, all of these things are often poor people to make remarks on, but have we ever really thought about the impact a particular comment has? when is funny no longer funny? when does fun end and intimidation start? the dictionary has a clear definition of what bullying is. it is up to a lack of understanding about what bullying is and impact of addiction -- in march, 2013, government research percentage found almost % of children and young people say they have been bullied at school. being a bully often starts at an early age. something i can relate to. [inaudible] [inaudible] -- each and every one of us to support an anti-bullying charity. thank you. [applause] >> just before i call someone for the west midlands, i want to welcome my colleague [inaudible] -- now the third motion of the day relates to combating youth unemployment as print on the order papers. i call and ask you to welcome from the northwest of england mr. stephen adkins. [applause] >> thank yo

a senator: or more than have fun, engage in real mischief and real harm to american citizens, senator. mr. chambliss: you're exactly right. and obviously we know what that would lead to. those hackers that are attacking america today are getting proprietary information as well as financial renumeration unfortunately in too many instances. and to open your book, open yo your -- your personal information book to the federal government is something that rightfully in my mind has the american people upset and is a provision in this health care plan that certainly is not popular and is something, again, that, you know, as nancy pelosi said, let's pass it, then we'll read it and we'll figure it out. well, here we go again. it's another provision in there that nobody knew anything about. we had no debate, as the senator from mississippi referred to earlier about another issue on the floor of this house -- floor of the senate regarding having to provide personal information. mr. wicker: well, if i can -- if i can underscore that, there is no question americans, because of -- of the snowden matter

i'm going to have fun with my questions. thank you, mr. chairman. >> the opening statements have been made by the members. i will now introduce our panel of five witnesses. and the first is mr. douglas holtz-eakin, president the american action forum. mr. joe baker, president of medicare rights center. dr. bob margolis, ceo, health care partners, co-chairman. ms. marsha gold, senior fellow, mathematica policy research, and mr. jon kaplan, senior partner and managing director of the boston consulting group. your written testimony will be made a part of the record. you have five minutes to summarize your testimony. at this time the chair recognizes mr. holtz-eakin for five minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you chairman, ranking member pallone. let me take this opportunity emphasize a few points that are made in a written statement. first i said and pointed out by the chairman and others in opening statements is that medicare advantage is a valuable and popular part of medicare. nearly 30% of beneficiaries voluntarily enrolled in the

fun. here's the point. even though it will be a friendly interview, how do you not ask, mr.sident, what do you say to the millions of americans that you promised could keep their plan and keep their doctor and we are going to save $2500 per family per year. what do you say that either lost their plan, lost tear doctor or are paying more? don't you think it had to be asked? and it wasn't. >> look, i think it's a question he's been asked before. it's a question -- >> no, no. igor stop. >> he apologized for it. >> what do you say to the millions of americans that got cancellation letters? >> to them i think i would say you're in a market where you are being cancelled and dumped all the time. now you will go into an insurance exchange, a private insurance exchange where you will get subsidies for coverage and comprehensive insurance that will be there when you need it. >> mr. president, you promised these people. you made a pledge, a vow. they trusted you. >> yeah. >> what do you say? >> sean, i agree. overly broad political statements are dangerous to make in police car. he kno

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