mr. harper's point i agree with what you said about transit and think about phase two and who is coming out from the basement. it might be 50% or higher of the people going to the shopping mall. that's the way in london, i can assure you. the only i think point i want to make and go to grand central and my advice is book a flight and go to manhattan and look at the new world trade center. you might find something that you like there. thank you. >> thank you. is there any other public comment at this time? seeing none public comment is now closed. i would like to move on the regular calendar at this point, but i have to apologize because i have to leave briefly for a mayor's press conference at 11:00 a.m. so if there is no objection from the board i would like to go to the action items first which i think will be fairly short before we move into item 8 which is the presentation and then our last informational item on the audited financial statements. is that okay if we move straight to the action items? so can we please go to item 9. >> yes item 9 is authorizing the executive director to exe

mr. harper, i am here today for the same reason that i was almost a month ago. going back to 2009, the sfmt, director as well as the mayor's city and county of san francisco, started appointing cronies to the sfmta taxi commission or taxi services authority or agency. and they have been advising you on the taxing matters on this construction project. people with no capacity whatsoever, in the taxi business and the attorneys from the mayor attorney office payroll some of them are in and out of substance abuse tanks on a monthly basis and have been giving you advice on what to do with the taxi business in the city and county of san francisco and on a transbay, joint power authority and i am here to tell you that i have started an investigation with the civil service commission. and to how the sfmta hires for the taxi business, as well as their own personnel and i have asked for an investigation of the civil service hiring practices of san francisco and almost how every department in this city can bypass the merit system and the civil service system to pick the pol

mr. harper from mississippi's. >> thanks for being here today. mr. shimizu it is a matter of safety and concern for everyone as a driver, families, children those that might be impacted. the propellant that is used the ammonia nitrate base base, when did you stop using tetras all moving to ammonium nitrate? >> i am not sure exactly which year. let me confirm. >> it was more than 10 years ago? >> yes. >> late 1890's? what is the cost difference first is what is used now how much does that affect the price? >> i don't think there is much difference but i don't know the actual cost. >> wasn't the first much more expensive? >> then why was the decision made to switch from one to the other if not for cost? to make the reason to change to ammonium nitrate is not the cost but because there are many other reasons. >> what is the propellant for the replacement air bags? those you manufacture now? >> the same that we used before. >> blm foresees changing that propellant as you ramp up that production at 450,000 per month? >> if we have to change the materials,

mr. cosby. that interview a dozen years ago said, she didn't want to go to bed with him and he blew her off." her publisher harperollins can confirm that no attorney representing mr. cosby tried to kill the alleged rape story since there was no such story or tried to prevent her from saying whatever she wanted about bill cosby in her book." here now with me, the woman in the room with janice dickinson, she conducted that interview-s my colleague fredricka whitfield. great interview. you talked to janice dickinson's ghost writer for the book "no lifeguard on duty." what did he tell you? >> that's right. i talked to pablo fenvez here in los angeles, and he said yes indeed, he and janice did talk about that alleged rape in 2001 when together they were writing the book. he said in graphic detail she talked about what happened. but he also said this is why that portion of her story, of her life story, didn't make it into the book. >> she thought it was innocent and she -- he told her he wanted to talk to her about her career in film and television. and it didn't quite -- that's not exactly what bill had in mind. and s

mr. clerk, do we have any other business before the committee. >> there is no more business. >> wonderful. >> thank you for coming, meeting adjourned happy holidays. >> hello, my name is jamie harper. in this episode, we are featuring the park locations in your very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. golden gate park's largest body of water is this lake, a popular spot for strolling and paddling around in boats, which can be rented. created in 1893, it was designed foreboding and -- for boating. it is named for the wild strawberries that once flores. a pleasant trail follows the perimeter past huntington falls, 110 foot waterfall. two bridges connect the trail to the island. the climb to the hills summit, the highest point in golden gate park at more than four hundred feet. you can get quinces of the western side of the city through -- glimpes of the western side of city through a thick trees. the lake is ada accessible. it has a peaceful atmosphere where you can enjoy a warm day. walk along the lake and watched many ducks, and swans, and seagulls. it is a tranquil spot to stroll, enjoy each other's company, and sail away. m

father's final arrival, coming through with a promise, he sends it off to the harper's, and the fact checker writes back and says, mr. early -- i skipped an important fact -- young tony said he imagined seeing neil armstrong walking on the surface of the moon and the fact checker writes back, mr. early, that mon was a waxing crescent. the adult tony early said this is the most powerful memory of my childhood. the one time my father actually came through. the moon was full. but then decided to check the records. the map was a walking crescent -- the moon was a waxing crescent. the adult tony early said even though he know the fact there is that the moon was not full, to this day that moon is very full in his imagination. he highlights in that moment for me the tension between history, the waxing crescent, and memories, that full moon. they're irreconcilable, and in summation for me, that is so much of the african-american experience itself. irreconcilable. so, crafting that book, that stretched me beyond my boundaries as a historian, was not a task that came to me just by myself. i have to thank my first editor at un

harper would be a civil peoplety in. >> yes, that we won't have to move to the justice department on that specific matter. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. the chair recognizes the gentleman from mississippi. >> thank you, mr. chairman. what is a reasonable period of ime to notify someone? >> automakers are required by law to notify nitsa within five days of either determining a defect or five days of when they should have known that there was a defect. under regulation, they have no more than 60 days to get a letter like this into the hands of consumers notifying them that this is an important safety recall and that they must take action. that said, even that 60 days to me is longer than i would like to see, which is why we have a vin took that every american can go to at afercar.gov/vinlookup. you will be alerted if there's a recall for your vehicle. you can sign up for added alerts from our app. >> it's important for the public, the driving public and passengers in those vehicles to know when there's a safety issue, correct? >> it's critically important. any recall is

mr. mcmillan. with all of those things going on, it became a case that was too irresistible to walk away from. lace in alabama which is where harper lee grew up and wrote "to kill a mockingbird." everyone's read it. it's a beautiful story. the people in monroeville love the story. , scout boo radley street street, atticus bench, all through the community. watching such an incredibly vicious prosecutors and take lace, one of the challenges is that we had narratives in american literature that we celebrate for the wrong reasons. we give out these awards, the atticus finch award, a very famous model that the legal profession has embraced but the truth of it is that tom robinson died in prison. he did not get justice. i certainly want more for the clients we represent than what atticus was able to get. changing that has been the real challenge. we spent six years trying to get mr. mcmillan off of death row. ourot bomb threats at office and we had people following us creating all kinds of hazards in this space where people celebrate the story of "to kill a mockingbird." >> what a story. what happened to walter mcmillan, the lies that w

mr. mcmillan. with all of those things going on, it became a case that was too irresistible to walk away from. lace in alabama which is where harper grew up and wrote "to kill a mockingbird." everyone's read it. it's a beautiful story. the people in monroeville love the story. , scout boo radley street street, atticus bench, all through the community. watching such an incredibly vicious prosecutors and take lace, one of the challenges is that we had narratives in american literature that we celebrate for the wrong reasons. we give out these awards, the atticus finch award, a very famous model that the legal profession has embraced but the truth of it is that tom robinson died in prison. he did not get justice. i certainly want more for the clients we represent than what atticus was able to get. changing that has been the real challenge. we spent six years trying to get mr. mcmillan off of death row. ourot bomb threats at office and we had people following us creating all kinds of hazards in this space where people celebrate the story of "to kill a mockingbird." >> what a story. what happened to walter mcmillan, the lies that were

harper of questioning this afternoon will be related to that. i think that we have to work more closely together to make sure that the american people are safe. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, and the chair recognizes the gentleman from mississippi for mooif fnts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here today. mr. shimizu, you know, this is a matter of safety and concern for for everyone as a driver and families, children, those that might be impacted can i ask you, the hiroshi shimizu the pro pel lant that you use that's the amoan yum nitrate propellant you use now, when as the decision made to -- and when did you stop using tetrizol and move to the ammonium nitrate propellant? >> i'm not sure, congressman xactly which year, but i elieve it was 2003 or -- let e confirm. >> it's been at least more than ten years ago. correct? >> yes. >> and maybe late 1990s. early 2000? what is the cost difference between the propellant in tetrizol versus what you use now? how much does that affect the price of an air bag? >> i believe to to my knock, there's not much difference. but i don't know the actual cost. >> but isn't tetrizol much more expensiv