mr. givener and sticking around with us and our clerk of committee. thank you victor for your work. i wanted to talk about a few things i was excited about with our budget. in total we're saving over $40 million with $20 million in the first year and approximately 15 in the second year. and with those savings we're able to do so many things that are going to benefit the residents here in san francisco. we funded all of our hiv, aids federal budget cuts. [ applause ] >> we've been able toll add all of our -- we've been add the gardeners for our city parks and open up a park in every district. and homeless prevention service for the most vulnerable. and hands ongoing for infrastructure city wide with record levels of capital spenting at $2 million in direct children services and $2 million in work force training and 1.5 cost increase for our city service providers. all the while maintaining the mayor's priorities as well as ours in public safety and providing fire academy and police academy classes and contribute to go the budget reserves. i want to thank all the committee members and

mr. chairman, given that the closed session was canceled that concludes it for today. >> thank you very much. test, test, test, test, test, test, test >> good morning, everyone welcome to the board of supervisors finance committee special meeting for june 17th. i'm supervisor mark farrell joined by erick moore and other supervisors. i'd like to thank the clerk mr. vic as well as the members of sftv covering this meeting mr. clerk do we have any announcements >> yes, please silence all electronic devisess. items acted upon today will be acted on today's agenda unless otherwise stated >> just to give the public a announcement we're going to take care of some budget things first. we have time constraints i want to make sure we call everyone up in order so people can go back to their day jobs >> item number one technology to enter into the 7th amendment into the radio project between the city and a motor role to $8 million. >> marble who is here. so mark if you would come up and just speak about this item and then we'll take comment >> good morning. thank you for the report deborah. so this cont

mr. chairman, given that the closed session was canceled that concludes it for today. >> thank you very much. [dog barking] [rocket whistles] [boom] >> good morning, tuesday is june 25, 2013. my name is john avalos, the chair of the authority. we are joined with us by our clerk, erika and would like to thank sfgtv staff for broadcasting today -- jessie and charles. could you call the role please >> commissioner avalos, present, shoe present; kim, absent; mar present; tang present; yee present. we have quorum. >> thank you. could you call our next items. >> approval of may 21 minutes. >> opening public comments on minutes. no one coming forward. closing public comments. if you could call our next item please. oh, sorry. madam clerk, could we have role call? >> campos, absent ; chew, i ; commissioner mar, i; tang, i. item passes. >> next item please. >> chairs report is an information item. >> on may 30 we held a board workshop on the san francisco transportation plan which provides needs for the city's transportation system. the plan is in its final stages of development. coordination with lo

mr. chairman, given that the closed session was canceled that concludes it for today. >> thank you very much. with its elegant rotunda, the reflecting waters of the sub rounding lagoon and fraying rant eucalyptus trees, special dates and memorable proposals. it is the perfect picnic spot to relax with that special someone by listening to water and fountain in the lagoon and gazing as the swans go gracefully by. beautiful to view from many locations along the lagoon and inside the columns is an ideal place to walk around with your loved one. the palace of fine arts is the most popular location in the city arts system. reservations for weddings and other events ar . >> this class is managing a disaster. what happens and how do we fit in? emergency operation plan, everything is going to go through the mayor. you have the office of emergency services, everything is supposed to come together over on turk street. that's where the ham radio base station is going to be. that's where they will have a set up. they will be communicating with all the different emergency response districts. that's where

mr. clerk. colleagues, given that supervisor wiener is stuck in a board meeting -- we can and then dismiss those departments. -- so mr. clerk could you please call right now items six and seven. >> clerk young:( reading agenda) >> why don't we have our health service system up. >> good morning supervisors -- acting director of the health services system. we want to thank you budget analyst team for their very thorough and thoughtful work with us and we are happy that we have come to an agreement with the budget analyst on our budget for next year. >> supervisor farrell: thanks ms. copy (sounds like) >> mr. chairman mbers of the committee on page 6, recommended reductions total -- approximately 53 percent, or 111 427 would result in savings to the general fund and for 14-15 the recommendation is -- and of that amount presently 123,147 would result in savings to the general fund. >> supervisor farrell: thank you mr. rose. any question for mr. rose? can we accept without opposition? so moved. (gavel) up next do we have the sheriff's department here? sure, bree here from the sheriff's department. >>

mr. obama said he didn't want to be intrusive given mr. mandela's fragile health. on sunday president obama is set to visit robben island, where mandela spent much of his imprisonment. >>> the vigil continued outside the hospital. mandela remains in critical condition, mandela's former wife winnie mandela said there had been what she thought was great improvement from a few days ago. and she spoke to reporters about all those who are thinking about mandela. >> on behalf of the family, we just want to tell you how grateful we are, and we had no idea of the love out there for us in our particular situation. and if sometimes we sound bitter, it is because we are dealing with a very difficult situation. >> winnie mandela today, outside of nelson mandela's former home in soweto. >>> tonight there are report that's an american citizen has been killed during an outbreak of violent clashes in egypt, though the state department says it is still working to confirm those reports. nationwide protests against president morrissey are planned for sunday, and tonight the u.s. is w

mr. rudd has given -- been to the governor general and been sworn in as the prime minister. he will go to parliament this afternoon and make a statement to announce himself as the new prime minister of australia. the opposition will have the opportunity to offer a no- confidence vote if that is -- and if that happens, we will have more interesting things going on. the opposition wants to get this to an election so the australian people can vote. nothing is impossible here. >> will this sin leadership change, make a difference for labor in the upcoming election? the party looks set for deceit but it is -- for defeat but it is bad for labor. >> the polls have been showing that julia gillard was behind the opposition leader. rudd as the kevin new labour leader was a last- ditch effort by the party to throw competition. the opposition leader has been speaking and he sounds a little bit more nervous. he is calling for a new election day. he wants to know when he is going to the polls and he sounds more nervous than under julia gillard. it does look as though mr. abbott will win t

mr. william cash. >> given the need to improve recognition of the role of women in the developing world, especially in the context of health, education, water and sanitation, business, and all other matters. we take a positive interest in my gender equality bill which is coming forward and will he note it is already supported by a wide range of people? i will start with my honorable friend of bill. >> is there a bit more about it? >> i will study the bill. special not what we do not expect them to produce. an excellent idea. cochairing a high-level panel about the future of development area i wanted to ensure that gender equality was put right up there for the millennial development goals. some extra ideas for how to bring this to life. >> in 2010, the prime minister stated "we actually make sure that neither the budget or the spending would result in increases in child poverty." the number of children in poverty rose by 300000 and is still rising. will he admit that he was wrong and his policies are to blame for smart -- to blame? >> we were to increase the child tax credit. -- ane an i

mr. chairman. financiaa conditions have tightened in the last few weeks. particularly, givens, could that affect the recovery in the housing market? >> yes, rates have, some. that is in part due to some more optimism. it is in part due to receptions of the federal reserve. the forecast, the minutes subjective for this meeting were done with full knowledge of what happened with financial conditions. rates have taken some. other factors have been more positive. i think as far as the housing market is concerned, we will want to watch that. one important difference now is people are more optimistic about housing. that compensates to some extent for slightly higher mortgage rates. in terms of monthly payment on a house, the change we have seen so far is not all that dramatic. yes, our forecast to factor that in and iffinterest rates go up for the right reasons, that is both optimism about the economy and an accurate assessment of monetary policy, that is a good thing. it is not a bad thing. >> mr. chairman, yoo have always argued that it is the stock of assets that the federal res

is not, this right here -- [laughter] >> as you can see, the president gift.ng given a it says "mr. president, number 44." the supergift from bowl champion ravens. a frantic search in philadelphia. firefighters are searching for anyone trapped under the rubble of a building collapse. they believe it could be 10 people so far. five people have been taken away on stretchers. fire crews say the building next door to the one that fell was undergoing demolition when the collapse happened. we will bring you the latest as it becomes available. it looks like president obama is coming through his battle with the number of scandals unscathed. at least that is what the numbers in the latest nbc-wall street journal poll is adjusting. tracie potts is in washington with a breakdown of the report that was just out this morning. >> the president's personal numbers are actually holding steady as by the fact that americans do have concerns about inse recent controversies his administration. despite a significant drop in support long -- among independents, his favorability ratings and job approval rat

mr. connelly's testimony especially given you were not rebutted and the agent retires with a nice full fat pension. that's the thing about this. we were talking about how we game out whitey is one thing. it's what this says about the justice department. it's the fbi. >> i agree. the institution, corruption that source. is it -- you think it's lunchtime now? >> now i think it will be interesting to whitey on the run for sixteen years, he's finally caught living in a rent controlled apartment in santa monica california where he was living for fifteen years. it's a crazy story how he's caught. it's actually, you know, an former neighbor who lives in, you know, a former misiceland who lives in santa monica several month after year and back home, she's watching a cnn n report on the latest combine to find whitey. she recognizes the wanted posters on the, you know, of him and his girlfriend. he knows them because kathy, his girlfriend, by all the accounts a lovely woman. a complete, you know, it's whitey years old never have done the horrible thing. he loved animal, and she was feeding stray cat

mr kraft or the ring. i do remember some souvenirs were given if it's of such great value to mr scrafton his team i would ask of factories to make a very good and expensive one for him out of the first missile and with a good stone. thank you also some big economic announcements made by president putin to see address the business elite at the forum with russia signing off on president a deal with china and his business correspondent kelly pill because the latest on that later in the program. the mass unrest in brazil turned deadly today an eighteen year old demonstrators died in the state of south polo after a car crash there a barricade what started as a rally of a transport fees is now snowballed into a one million strong protest engulfing more than one hundred cities across the country president deborah who sifu scam sold her trip to japan to hold a version of meeting with the country's key ministers following the most violent night of rioting over eight thousand police officers have been deployed to read nearer being time out of a football match there when activists attempted to advance to the city hall

mr. chairman. given my success today, i'll ask my cosponsors, mr.>> strike glasswork, mr. chairman. >> i yield my remaining time to mr. gibson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, this is due at 1251 language in the bill with regard to syria. the chairman can correct me if i am wrong, but the intent of the language was to show support for friends and allies in the region with regard to securing weapons of mass destruction, specifically chemical and biological weapons in the event we need to move in that direction. when you take a look at the language here, we've done more than that. i have concerns with the language. i want to thank the chairman. you have addressed the most concerning port that nothing in this bill authorizes the use of military force, sought to express my appreciation to the chairman for doing that. if you look at .8 in 1251, should they employ assets, president should write a sensible budget. be supportive of the budget if their action. my issue is that only implies the decision to make and that's our to make. thank you for

mr. snowden should be given his due process in our court. first of all.the end, by the time when this is treated as a foreign-policy matter and we have to consult beijing, i am sure that possibly, like it or not, diplomacy between the u.s. and china will kick in. >> i want to thank you both for being with us. charles mok thomas city councilmember, member of hong kong half legislative council, former president of hong kong information technology federation. also honorary president of the hong kong information technology federation. also tom grundy, thanks so much for being with us, hong kong based activist who organized the rally on saturday in defense of edward snowden. before break to mow we turned to laura poitras, e person now known as the new york times described her, the pivotal connection between the former government contractor edward snowden, the writers for the guardian, and the washington post, who published his leak documents about government surveillance. laura poitras had a byline on two of the key articles about the ongoing nsa revelation. s

mr. william hague. >> -- william cash. given the need to improve recognition of the role of women in the developing world, especially in the context of health, education, water and sanitation, business and all other matters which affect initiation in this country, will my right honorable friend take a positive interest in my gender inequality the which is coming for today and will he admit his are supported by a very wide range of people including water aid, great initiative and others'? >> well, i will study my honorable friends bill closely. it's not the bill that everyone -- >> lets you a bit more about the bill. i think the primers a will tell us. >> i will study the bill, not the bill we expecting to produce but i think it sounds like an absolute excellent idea. about the future of development, i wanted to make sure the gender equality was put right up there in the replacement for the millennium development goals and it is there and i think is bill might be able to have extra ideas for how to bring this to light. >> thank y

>> they have to respond within one year after we have given the notification. >> okay. commissioner mr. mccray? >> commissioner mar? >> of those properties identified are they on the website? >> it's pretty much finalized. i'm waiting for the okay from patrick and tom to publish it. >> the list has been created and was done in conjunction with my staff. it's several different databases. we have a few spot checks right now. i envision this list will come up around coordinated around the time the notices are sent out. >> mr. chung, thank you for taking on this job. i think you are really suited for this job and the man we need for this. you are going to get a lot of, i think that 5 phone calls you will get is going to be a lot more. is there anymore questions? >> thank you so much both of you for this. it's really important to save these buildings and make sure they are going to be with us for a while. >> one more thing. there is a neighbor next do who is voluntarily doing this as well. special inspections is taking time to get the letters back to get the final. that's a little spiel. wh

mr kraft or the ring. i do remember some souvenirs were given if it's of such great value to mr scrafton his team i would ask the factories to make a very good and expensive one for him out of the first missile and with a good thanks and here i'll tell you we'll be bringing you more from the forum with our correspondents who were across the latest developments there and meanwhile the so-called friends of syria group they're set to meet in the qatari capital to discuss their joint military support to the rebel forces and as the west mulls over providing weapons to the syrian opposition political analyst and not a walk in fields they should think twice before making that kind of decision. i think the worst is not really learning about the consequences of arming people this is by no means. the struggle in syria in fact it's going to do quite this has been all along you know since the early eighty's. because the object is arming those people have got nothing to do with the real objective is to get rid of a government that doesn't obey what the west or the united states says. or not all the answers yet to be deci

mr kraft or the ring. i do remember some souvenirs were given if it's of such great value to mr kraft under steam i would ask our factories to make a very good and expensive one for him out of the first missile and with a good stone. thanks well there were some also other big economic announcements by by president putin too as he addressed the business elite at the forum with russia signing off and president to do with china his business correspondent kitty pilgrim got less on that later in the program indeed. the second fatality case is now being reported in clashes rocklin brazil an eighteen year old demonstrated died in the state of south park when a car crash through a barricade what started as a rally over transport fares is no snowballed into a one million strong protest more engulfing more than one hundred cities across the country present day most of scam sort of her trip to japan now to hold an emergency meeting with the country's key ministers following the most recent night of violence and over eight thousand police officers have been deployed in rio de janeiro ahead of a football match there when

mr kraft or the ring. i do remember some of the news was given if it's of such great value to mr kraft and is to him i would ask our factories to make a very good and expensive one for him out of the first missile and with a good strong thank. you know make announcements made by president putin to his interest the business elite in the forum with russia signing off and president to do with china because it will be later in the program artie's capability will be across the full year. is focusing on brazil and a lot going on the second fatality now reported those clashes that have been rattling brazil the first victim was an eighteen year old demonstrator who died in the state of paolo when a car crash through a barricade what started as a demonstration over transport as now snowballed into a one million strong protest in both the more than one hundred cities across the country president temaru surface has held an emergency meeting with the country's key ministers following the most violent night of rioting over eight thousand police officers being deployed to rid the janeiro ahead of a football match. when a

mr. snowden? will he be given asylum? hard for me to see any state seeing a sufficient benefit in granting asylum to him. to do it. this is a case that matters way way, way more to us than it does to anybody else. my suspicion is the obama administration doesn't want to look like--my suspicion we'll see a deal cut. we'll see a deal cut where he can eventually make his way back to the united states. >> john: by make his way back, you mean return here and spend the rest of his life in prison. >> something like that. >> john: lucky guy. i think you're right. i think he does have a case for asylum pointing to the treatment of bradley manning but i think you pointed out astutely it will be hard to find any nation-state willing to anger america that much. when we come back we'll go to david sirota of sol so of salon don't go away. (vo) later tonight current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that t

mr. chairman, given your views on qe, how do you analyze what ava is doing in japan?hich they have to deal. remember that it's a very significantly aging population. that out of necessity, you're building and long-term assets begin to fade because you need buildings when people -- when the population is expanding. and so my view there is the fact that they have been able to keep their rate structure down -- remember, jgbs were yielding well under 1% when the rest of the world was reeling 3 and 4. and the reason they were able to do that is a very large amount of savings in society. and they were running consistently current account surpluses. they could control their interest rates internally because the marginal pricing was internal in japan. and they kept it that way. the current account balance is gradually deteriorating. and at some point they are going to have to start to borrow abroad. and when they do that, then they're dealing with a marginal rate, which is very significantly above where it is in japan. so i think they have a structural problem there in which

dispute saudi arabia tends not to be anything like as unhelpful as iran does but mr dalton why would you punish any given country whether it is iran or not for its geopolitical stance on certain issues with something so basic as its right to our pursue scientific exploration and i think you would agree with me that physics is a day forefront of scientific progress so why would you deny any given country this right just because you don't like that policies or that politics for that matter. well your question is absurd the fact is we're not denying scientific and technical process to iran that is pure iranian propaganda what we are doing is saying that until iran has negotiated a settlement as part of which it adopts the additional protocol to its safeguards agreement and probably outside the framework of the nonproliferation treaty agrees to some restrictions and limitations temperate in the temporary in nature to civil nuclear program then it cannot expect to have the full and free and unfettered aspects of its rights under the nonproliferation dog and this is this has been a western line of rhetoric for

mr. chairman, given my success i think i'll ask my co-sponsors to present this. but strike the last word, mr. chairman. >> i yield my remaining time to mr. gibson. >> the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. chairman, does have to do with section 1251 underlying language in the bill. -- thegard to syria chairman can correct me if i am wrong. i think the intent of this language was to show support for friends and allies in the region with regard to securing weapons of mass destruction, particularly chemical and biological weapons in the event that we need to move in that direction. the you take a look at language here i think we have done more than that. i have concerns with the language. i want to thank the chairman. i want to address the mokes concerning part of this. the clarification that nothing in this bill authorizes the use of military force. i want to express my appreciation to the chairman for doing that. 0.8 in 1251 it says -- the president should sit -- the president should provide a supplemental budget to congress. i would be supportive of the

yet they are given the reinvestigation of mr. snowden. how does that happen? >> excuse me just one moment -- michelle? >> it is our understanding that the periodic investigation was done in 2011, which would have predated the initiation of our investigation. >> when did you initiate your investigation? >> later in 2011. >> yet this agency, if i'm correct -- i believe it was in one of your opening statements -- they do about 6500 -- 65% of the 75% that was contracted out? you said 75 -- i can look it up, but 75% of the are contracted out? is that not correct? >> that question is probably best answered by -- i understand the number varies on whether you're talking about all investigative products or those which include significant fieldwork. >> ok. merton? >> they conduct 45% of the overall contract workload. >> very good. i'm going to go with you, mr. lewis. in my opening statement i touched on how much classified data is being generated and maintained with an increasing number of folks with access to that data. dod currently accounts for a vast majority of tha

mr. sanchez, in terms of the amount of time given, everyone has pressing other work, would two weeks be enough time for to you sort out the calculation? >> no, unfortunately the staff planer who process this is out on vacation. i'm going to be out myself next week. it might be toward the end of june or july if that's acceptable. >> okay. >> bear in mind. there has been too many meetings on this case. i don't want this to drag out. if we need to have absolute verification on the height, i would like to have a decision made as soon as possible. >> is there an issue with the timing in july? >> i have a problem with anything that is passed july 7 because i'm scheduled for rotator cuff surgery so i won't be around. >> unfortunately our meeting calendar that we have an available june 5, 19 and the next one is july 10th. june 19? okay. >> not a pretty calendar for us. it's not. >> okay. if you would move it to whatever date you choose i would ask for to you specify if anything you with a want to report back to the board. >> i would like the pages on the calculation. we are going to allow very little

two others were convicted and -- two owners were convicted and given prison sentences. in the city of mroy in rio state. -- of -- hearing forretrial the five detainees accused of planning and aiding the 9/11 attacks goes on in guantÁnamo bay. the lead defense lawyer for the alleged planner, khalid sheikh mohammed, says the commission that was set up to try the detainees is a fraud. more from guantÁnamo bay. >> khalid sheikh mohammed, the thewho says he plans september 11 attacks, is back in court for a pretrial hearing. they could face the death penalty if convicted. david nevin is mohammed's lead defense attorney. he says the military commissions which were set up specifically to try going, detainees does not present american values. >> i cannot represent someone when i am not allowed to talk to someone about their defenses. that is not representing them. i don't know what it is, but it is not representing. >> the u.s. government disagrees, saying the defendants have the same right to access evidence and confront witnesses. nevin wants more on the condition of treatment, where they have

they're under investigation, usis, but yet they're given the revision of mr. snowden. how does that really happen? excuse me just a moment. >> if you would, please. >> absolutely. that's why they're here. >> michelle? carry on. >> it is our understanding that the periodic investigation was done in 2011, which would have predated the initiation of our investigation. >> when did you initiate your investigation? >> later in 2011. >> okay. yet this agency, if i'm correct, i believe it was in one of your opening statements, they do 75% of the -- is contracted out? , that? or they do 56% of the total contract of investigations? >> you said 75 -- i can look it up, but 75% of the investigations are contracted out. is that not correct? >> that question is probably best answered by -- i understand the number varies depending on whether you're talking about all investigative or those which include significant field work. >> usis conducts 45% of the overall contract workload. >> i touched in my opening statement about how much classified data is being generated and maintained with

mr. kaine: madam president, given that --. the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: given that no member of this body made an amendment to request such a provision and offered it for a vote, either during the budget committee deliberation or on the floor of this body when we were debating the budget, i consider the request basically an effort to modify the budget after if vote is done and therefore i reject the request and i ask -- request an opportunity to comment additionally. the presiding officer: does the senator object to the request as modified? mr. kaine: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. is there objection to the original request? mr. lee: madam president, in that case, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: i would like to comment on my colleague's characterization that members of this body want a back-room deal because in that characterization my colleague neglected to make clear to certainly people in this gallery what happens when there's a conference report. since march 23, we

given this governmental threat. mr. speaker, no american should be forced to choose between their conscience and their livelihood. no american should be forced to choose between their faith and their job. no american should be forced to choose between their deeply held, reasoned beliefs and the law. it's a false choice. it's un-american. and it's wrong. now i want to thank my colleagues who have joined me tonight to share other stories of americans who are deeply concerned about the impact of this mandate upon them. but who also i think are going to discuss the very purpose of our government which at its core should be to protect the dignity and the rights of every person. beginning with the fundamental right of the reasonable exercise of conscience. mr. speaker, this is not some theoretical debate. this is about the preservation of our way of life. the ability to work as we choose, the ability to serve as we see fit. with what should be support from our government. with that said, i'd like to call upon and yield time t

mr. swope would that has given this is an example. turkey today i call it mr. swill but that the biggest prison for journalists in the world. according to reporters without orders it's a record 154th and three places above the elastic tatar ship in europe which is belarus. that is what is happening today in turkey. so in my opinion and i didn't hear that from the european union in their message. what is happening in turkey is the constant abuse by an excessive state. i thought the majority, system in which decisions taken by a majority are always more important than the rights of minorities. always more important than the rights of individual people. it's a trend going beyond turkey into russia and i should even say to hungary. now we are talking about turkey and erdogan, let me be clear i'm not questioning and i'd don't ask you to question the democratic mandates of the electorate government of turkey. what i'm questioning and what i'm asking is that you stand up against deterioration of the democracy that is becoming more and more what i call a demagogue and

the list of pretty closely and it is fairly similar to what was originally given at the board of supervisors. >> thank you, mr. yee, any other questions for director yee? if not, let's have a discussion, could i have a motion, please? >> yes. >> motion to approve. >> second? >> second. >> okay. >> discussion around this? board members? any discuss discussion. >> i know that what i am feeling is that i know we have had discussions with the office of hope and i know that we have had discussions with the coalition and we have said that there are certain things that we can do to help make sure that before a ticket gets or before a vehicle gets to the status where it will get booted or towed there is the opportunity for us to bring that to the attention of mr. dufty's office and perhaps intervene before that happens. or get his office to intervene before that happens. >> yeah, that is correct. and i think that mr. yee made reference to this as well. and i think, that first of all i would just acknowledge that you said that this is a very difficult issue, it is most difficult for those who are vehicularry housed wi

important to have san francisco so say that lgb couples need to be given this opportunity >> colleagues without objection this resolution is adopted. mr. clerk call item thirty >> item thirty is a resolution to transfer the type of 21 from fetter street and in district 3 for the cafe for the necessity of the city. >> colleagues this is a resolution occurring a liquor license transfer - oh, i'm sorry. >> this is item thirty. >> my apologies. i'll save my remarks >> same house, same call. item 31 was referred without recommendations. this is the on sale general license from 493 district street would serve the public. take it away. thank you, mr. chu. we have two for consideration in front of us. the liquor license when this item first came to committee the police department recommended this approval because they had only heard from the opponents. at committee at the neighborhood services and safety committee a few weeks ago we heard from tremendous support. and i appreciate the committee pit this forward to the committee and the colleagues i've circulated this to those by the police department and my office to be recommended. those are

or will be given. mr. cassidy: this is what is broken. this is our coast line which is melting away. this is what increases our risk. we've lost the land mass equal to rhode island in louisiana. now, the money that is received, our share, will go to this but it is not adequate to rebuild this coast line. and the other thing which is broken -- mr. farr: you've lost the coast line why? mr. cassidy: because we channeled the mississippi to create navigational services for the rest of the inland nation. as you channel that mississippi, the wetlands lost the nourishing settlement that comes to them. mr. farr: and those are the states that have also in-state waters onshore and offshore drilling? mr. cassidy: yes, absolutely. mr. farr: which are very lucrative revenues for the state? mr. cassidy: all i do is ask for a same deal that every other state has. no. every other state of the interior gets 50% of the revenue. other coastal states, for example, california, have no cap on the amount of royalty sharing they

mr. hughes was given whistleblower protection and was called to testify before the senate judiciary committees. and what he had to say was, the fbi didn't treat me right. >> the filmmakers are submitting a petition asking for the ntsb to reopen the investigation based on what they call new evidence. do you think that that's a legitimate request? is there any value whatsoever, do you think, in reopening this case? >> well they're free to you know, any citizen is free to ask the ntsb to look at an investigation again. the investigation is never officially closed. but they have to have new evidence. and frankly, i listened to their press conference, i've seen their movie, there's no new evidence. this is simply they don't like the interpretation or the analysis that was given to the existing evidence. that frankly is not enough. >> what do you account for all the individuals who say they saw something heading towards the airplane? >> that's a great question. and we wrestled with the eye witness issue for a long time. here's what we know for sure. we know precisely when the event began. the data