mr. lawrence. >> ladies and gentlemen, commissioners, good afternoon. i welcome this opportunity to speak here today. basically i have to say this. i believe this is a big horse and pony show; you have implemented your strategy. cabdrivers are getting phone calls whether they will accept every value for 150,000. -- --- you inherited a taxi commission, you do not inherit proposition k. you are taking away what is the taxi drivers pension and lifetime income. with no compensation. you have given them a kick in the ass with no compensation. that is what you intended to do today. it's already been implemented. your big meeting here today is awash. it was my hope that when mr. reiskin became director they would have erased what one of the most corrupt men in san francisco did. you are converting pensions of taxidrivers into your own income. you will give free bus rides to children by using medallions that you will sell. what is all that about? if you look back at the history of this commission, you look back over the 5-6 years, the last 3-4 years when it inh

mr. lawrence badiner in terms of the specific request to you. you reiterate to you in your letter of determination what the request was, and it's pretty much the same in both letters in the sense that they -- if i could paraphrase it the request was -- the planning commission's approval process in the 1950's for that subject property. all right. the september 11 letter you went beyond that request, and it appears there are probably a number of reasons they wanted the letter that way and give you substantial amount of paperwork to lead you in that direction. isn't the main issue here not that history, but the fact that you really have an enforcement issue? >> i don't quite understand. >> some time back in the late 50's or 60's somebody had lots that were correctly done. >>i think it's important to take the planning department resolution out of this because that was for one particular project abandoned. >> no, no. the final one that allowed them wanted to create three equal lots and that was approved, but now you have implementation from that of t

mr. lawrence karnow, we have a bit of a wet start but things are looking up. >> yeah. things are looking up nicely if you are traveling now. i think things are drying out nicely, too. high-def doppler radar showing you things quieting down. of course, we had a lot of activity early on today. a lot of rain showing up outside, some gusty winds overnight. but pop-up showers over the mountaintops but otherwise we're drying out, beautiful clouds cumulus clouds floating on through. temperatures right now running into the 60s outside. fairly mild right now toward mount diablo. some of the clouds continuing. otherwise, we're drying those things out and looks like tonight we could see some low clouds and some fog. going to have to watch out for that. but dry days are ahead for the foreseeable future. we have a trough along the west coast here bringing with it the cold front that brought the stormy weather. but high pressure sneaking in behind it now. so as it builds in, we are drying things out for the remainder of the afternoon and it looks like the days ahead. showers moving

mr. lawrence badiner in terms of the specific request to you. you reiterate to you in your letter of determination what the request was, and it's pretty much the same in both letters in the sense that they -- if i could paraphrase it the request was -- the planning commission's approval process in the 1950's for that subject property. all right. the september 11 letter you went beyond that request, and it appears there are

mr. lawrence badiner in terms of the specific request to you. you reiterate to you in your letter of determination what the request was, and it's pretty much the same in both letters in the sense that they -- if i d

mr. lawrence karnow? he is over at the auto show. looks like he has a new ride. >> reporter: hey, guys. just pulled in here. just getting out of my car. what do you think about this, guys? not a bad ride huh? this is the mercedes sls what a fantastic car! this looks like the batmobile! >> lawrence, you cannot get out of a car like that the way you just did. [ laughter ] >> is that right? did you see my back? >> yeah. >> you have to be cooler about it. >> reporter: you can do whatever you want in a car like this. this is just a fantastic automobile. you can't see it but you know what? the speedometer up to 240 miles an hour. and now, we have that need for speed here in the morning. at the auto show, you're going to see so many different unique fun cars. not only slick cars like this mercedes but you're going to see the chevy volt, the leaf, a lot of the new technology that's being used in many of these cars here at the auto show. there's some 600-plus cars out here so hundreds of cars to see and you would think on thanksgiving maybe folks stay home? but apparently tens of thousands of pe

mr. lawrence. we're going to pull you out of your chair now and put you to work because we have snow in the sierra and might have some in the bay area, believe it or not. >> yeah. we are seeing flakes over the tops of the mountains. looks like unsettled weather overnight. even some thunderstorms rotating on through. things settling down a little bit. the main focus further south and the south bay here seeing some scattered showers now towards san jose 101 also in the santa cruz mountains. we have had reports of a few showers there. you get one of these thunderstorms rotating on overhead you can see some hail and, of course, a couple of snowflakes. it's very cold outside. lots of snow in the sierra nevada. 3500 feet, snow down to 2500 and we continue to see more of that cold air off the coastline. so more showers in the forecast as we head in toward the latter part of the day. still broken clouds over the bay. not too bad. things may settle down a bit. chance of showers coming through. temperatures

mr. lawrence karnow says, the storm door is open in a big way. >> i don't think we are going to see floodingns but definitely concern. the hillside has already come down and they will have half in. of rain tomorrow. this is the last day to weatherize. we have a series of storms lining up in the pacific. it's quiet this morning. temperatures in the 40s and 50s, patchy fog in the north bay valleys so watch out for that but you see that low off the coastline. those spinning clouds around are going to slowly slide in our direction throughout the day today so some increasing cloud throughout the day but staying dry. that will change later on tonight into tomorrow. temperature-wise not bad. near 70 in morgan hill. 68 san jose. 68 degrees in cupertino. east bay well into the 60s by the afternoon. so sunshine and a mixture of high clouds on the increase. 68 in oakland and 64 degrees in sausalito. this is all about to change. the rain is coming. we'll have more on that in a moment. right now let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> there is a problem near that 92/101 interchange. they were doing ove

mr. mayor. willy was just telling me that lawrence who works with us in new york has been in line for how long? >> upper east side. two and a half hours now. proud to be there. >> two and a half hours? >> why is that happening? >> that could be her excuse. she could be at a spa. >> she could be getting a facial. >> there does seem to be a lot of excitement in this campaign, and -- >> this is about as close as it gets. you can look at the polls and you can look at the enthusiasm, and you can look at the democratic numbers in the polls and you can come into any interpretation you want as a result of this election. anybody that thinks they know the result right now i think is fooling themselves based on partisan interpretation, feeling, i believe romney's going to win. i've been out there in five states campaigning for him. my voice is gone. i think i've given 30 speeches in the last four days. i spent yesterday in pennsylvania unexpectedly sent to pennsylvania with your old colleague bob urlich and norm coleman. enthusiasm in pennsylvania seems over the top. these republican, you know, they've be

lawrence. >> as a director when you have someone who relates personally to the material as mr. de niro and i do through our families and family experiences that made him bring it with an intensity. and extraordinary performances. mr. cooper was being reintroduced to the world. i started the movie on his back because i thought as with christian bale, we sat at the table with him, people didn't realize that was him in "the fighter." they said "that's christian bale." by the time the camera wraps around, i don't think people have seen into his eyes in a movie. he's a very complicated character here. >> rose: this was before "hunger games" came out. >> yes, and we saw her taking off as -- you could see "hunger games" coming like a tsunami as we were shooting our film. >> this is where these two characters -- he's in pursuit of his wife. he meets her and they start to want to compete in a dance contest. here's the first meeting. >> what meds are you on? >> me? none. i used to be on lithium and seroquel and abill phi but i don't take them anymore, no. they make me foggy and they also

mr. garamendi: he's almost as associated with ohio as new york. isn't he on the border out there somewhere? ms. kaptur: there's the st. lawrence seaway that connects it all as it flows into the atlantic ocean. but many of us have come through very difficult campaigns in this political brother of 2012. but what is wonderful about serving with the three of you is you keep the focus on jobs in this country and the importance of making goods in america and where wealth is really created. how we do that as a country. and what it takes to build a great country. i look at the st. lawrence seaway and i think about dwight eisenhower, a great general, led our forces in europe, and came home and decided that america needed to create the st. lawrence seaway so that we would unlock the potential of the upper great lakes and lower great lakes and you say to yourself today, with some of the limited thinking that some exhibit, of course no one in this chamber would ever be accused of that, right? but could we do the st. lawrence seaway again? i had the great privilege of traveling out west and i think i have probably been in every state, almo

lawrence smith and i'm the interim commissioner of the massachusetts department of public health. i have to also begin by saying that my -- victims and families affected by this tragic outbreak and to mrs. loveless is moving testimony strengthens my resolve to ensure that no other family has to suffer what she aptly described as the heartbreak. as a mother, pediatrician and the public health leader i've devoted my life and career to protecting health of others. these events have evoked in me the same sense of outrage they do for you and the rest of the public for. for many of you i know this hits close to home. for the past two months our department along with the fda have conducted a joint investigation of new england compounding center, the source of this devastating fungal meningitis outbreak that has sickened hundreds and killed 31 people across the country. we have also investigated and shut down necc sister company. necc knowingly disregarded sterility test prepared medicine in unsanitary conditions and violated the pharmacy license endangering thousands of lives as a result. necc there is the responsibility for the harm they have caused with these actions. i was given the respon