, members of the community who are here, can continue to engage in constructive dialogue around, mr. joycetioned, around finding ways to continue some of these uses that i think ultimately it will require some kind of legislation that looks at permitted sites and some of the blighting issues and definitely issues on open space. the city really is, i think, challenged in many ways around that issue. >> supervisor olague, i just wanted to thank you for bringing this forward. thanks for the presentations from ken rich and also from the mayor's office of housing ultimately and ms. yunga. i did want to say i do support as much money from the true up as we can get for affordable housing development. and i see the hayes valley farm, but also just the transformation of a former freeway area into more livable areas of the octavia boulevard plan. and i wanted to also say that i see the hayes valley farm as a catalyst not only for an area that used to be a freeway on ramp, to more of a greening and an open space. and i am hoping that with the new housing that's developed, that supervisor olague's off

mr. cadden we just heard from joyce lovelace. joyce lovelace was the first one who was found to have died of fungal mention -- fungal meningitis from one of your companies products. he was a judge, he was a husband of 56 years. he was the father, grandfather and was greg getting ready in two years to leave the bench so he could go into law practice with his oldest granddaughter. there are a number around the country who have either died or become terribly ill as a result of your products. the chairman talked about some of the findings that they found just this year in your company, the greenish black matter inside the files. there were also things like a leaking boiler next to the clean room that created a pool of water which creates a breeding ground for bacteria, and air-conditioning system that turned off at night despite requirements that the clean room had a consistent temperature. your own environmental monetary program showed levels of bacteria and mold in the clean rooms between january and september of this year. when fd

. >> we're now ready to have our first panel mrs. joyce lovelace and the wife of the late honorable lovelace. serving as a circuit judge for the 40th district and was the first confirmed death as a result of begins she begins heard testimony on lake to loathsome the 10 to amend that represents the first but also ranking members wheat appreciate you being here to investigate this issue. i feel fortunate to be with her today as the constituent because ever since i have been a member of congress they have been good friends of mine and living in all but a kentucky. if you look at the individual life it makes a difference. married almost 56 years, i he died september 17, from complications from the steroid injection causing fungal meningitis which is the focus of the hearing. he was 78 but most people thought he was 50 because the walked for miles everyday and a judge and also as a chief prosecutor for the county attorney and was involved in every aspect. we will all miss eddy and never forget him but i want to thank joyce for sharing their sto

mr. elijah cummings, joyce, i will be on your board until the questions will come from me for the future of us. i am glad you are there. you bring energy to a very important problem of safety for railroads, and i appreciate the work you have done here. angela was sitting in the corner, mr. chairman is the one who wrote that article and i have winter for this hearing this morning. [laughter] she is already asking for another interview. >> what i would like to start with and talk about this morning is that i have been amtrak customer is a state commissioner of transportation. >> instead of using an ambulance or a very high cost and truck was right to begin with. part of the reductions in cost savings. it contributes to the revenue as a result of that. what a customer needs to ride amtrak or any other service for the future -- you really have to spend a lot more time and a diagnosis than you did in the execution. how do they do their jobs, should they be done differently for the future. we have made some changes on an interfaces. [inaudible] why do we have that kind of a impact. my perspect

i was the ranking member and joyce worked with myself, mr. oberstar, and we had great cooperation from both sides of the aisle. we passed the legislation called pria, passenger rail investment. authorization for passenger rail, which is right now the guideline we go by and the authorization. if it wasn't for her dedication, commitment, and incredible knowledge. i just think of the knowledge that will be lost when she leaves her position, we couldn't have achieved that. so, joyce, on behalf of the majority side, which we have had the privilege to have you working with us, and again from mr. cummings and the minority side, we are just eternally grateful. and we are paying a little special tribute to you today. and thank you again for your service. god bless you. >> i thank you for scheduling today's hearing. following the release in 2005 by the g.a.o. of a report entitled "amtrak management systemic problems require actions to improve efficiency effectiveness, accountability" that was the name of the report, i was asked by then ranking member o

mr. boardman, the highest percentage of increase in ridership is in states supported routes; is that correct? >> yes. >> okay. and next year according to preya, it is next year isn't it, joyce that the states will now have to step up to the plate and pay a full support; that's correct, mr. boardman? >> under the 209. yep. >> under 209; right. and that actually will help your bottom line pretty dramatically. it's about $100 million a year some of the calculation in the range; is that correct? >> yes, i think it's within in the range. i think it might be a little bit different. but that's correct. >> and he sits behind you with a smiley face was quoted in the article to say it's important to help make states make the case for amtrak so legislature will invest in that. that's one of the reason to hold your feet to the fire to make your passenger rail service a cooperative effort with the states attractive, and looking forward to working with you, but again, we have a change in that activity and we'll have to see how that falls. the other positions are they all full of vice president manager, mr. boardman? >> the general managers, one of them is a vice president, that's the nor

mr. president,yumn to call roll. president)n)ng jrstv)já chan, present. commissioner kingsley, present. commissioner turman/?5)qzg] here. with have the cheese of police and directors of occ;e=8÷u ms. joyce>> welcome to the wednesday, november 7,um scheduled san francisco police commission meeting. we have ióa with matters involving patrol specials, and we have some closed session matters involving discipline. without further ado call line item 1, the concept calendar. >> received and file action. request of captain david las ar to accept gifts of sevenb approximately $875 for use of the san francisco police activities league law enforcement cadets$(vn >> supervisor chiu: do you have the memo in your child from the captain regarding thevd4&, pal? any questions regarding this? any public comment?ú>bt1+ regarding this? do i have ap 1 motion? >> i move that we approve. >> second. >> please callvcun: item 2. >> general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdi

cheryl: charlie gasparino is now reporting that tom joyce would be the ceo of knight capital. dennis: here is a juicy tidbit. mr. grasso would return as an unofficial advisor. charlie will be on later this hour to tell us about it. stay with us. ♪ [ abdul-rashid ] i've been workg since i was about 16. you know, one job or the other. the moment i could access e retirement plan, i just became firm about it -- you know, it's like it just hits y fast. you know, youtart thinking about what's really important here. ♪ >> and nicole petallides live on the floor of the new york stock exchange. every 15 minutes, we do stocks now. look at the dow jones industrials. not too far off of the highs. you see we were in the red and that we got some positive commeets from john boehner, u.s. house speaker, john boehner. talking about reaching some sort of deal. now we just heard from president obama who talks about extending, obviously, the tax cuts for the middle class. yesterday, when we heard from harry reid, that made the market sell off. these comments are market moving events. dennis: thank you. as for oil, it has been in th

mr. caden we just heard from joyce love laste. joyce love lace's husband eddie was the first one who was found to have died of fungal meningitis from one of your company's products. he was a judge, he was a husband of 56 years, he was a father, a grand fadsfather, he was getting ready in two years to leave the bench so he could go into law practice with his oldest granddaughter. and there are a number of other victims around the country now who have either died or become terribly ill as a result of your product. the chairman talked about some of the findings that they found just this year in your company, the greenish black foreign matter inside the vials. there were also things like a leaking boiler next to the clean room that created a pool of water which create as breeding ground for bacteria. and an air conditioning system that turned off at night despite requirement that is the clean rooms have a consistent termite. your obe environmental -- temperature. your own showed vile yative levels between january and september of this

joyce love lay. she is the widow of a long-time circuit judge in kentucky who died after receiving injections of back pain medication produced by the new england compounding center. mrssaid she wanted to put a human face on the statistics associated with the fungal meningitis outbreak. listen. >> i can't begin to tell you what i have lost. my soul mate. my partner. words don't -- can't describe. >> the panel also heard from f.d.a. commissioner margaret hamburg as well as interim commissioner lauren smith of the massachusetts department of public health. shep? >> shepard: jonathan serrie in atlanta tonight. fox has been skunked. a skunk took out a colorado springs fox television station for almost an entire day. a worker at the fox affiliate there says the skunk probably made its way into the station in search of a warm place. he says some of the wires may have shocked the animal and the skunk did what scunks do. the spray so spousal it apparently shorted out the transmitter. the worker had to brave that skunkiness to get everything back up and running. seems the new laws in colorado are in order tonight. you probably shouldn't wait six years to claim a winning a mill

mr. olson of the counter terrorism center as well as the number two of the fbi, sean joyce, and in that waye will be able to cover that. it is also my intention that this has not yet been announced to talk with general petraeus, director petraeus. this ties into his trip that he made just before all of this broke to some middle eastern countries, including libya. this afternoon, i will be meeting with the ranking member, our vice chairman, saxby chambliss. we will go over the plan, we will both meet with mr. morell, and we will proceed. >> mike morell is the acting director of the cia now. do you have indications from general petraeus, even though he has resigned, he will come forward and testify about the benghazi affair before your committee? >> well, i believe he will. i think he's a responsible person, and i believe he will come. and so we are going to try to set that up today because his view as someone who was actually there, this is according to mr. woodward who was actually in benghazi, who actually spoke to people who went through the incident, i think that's important for us to he