i think that would probably -- mr. lee: that -- commissioner lee: that will work. commissioner sullivan. commissioner sullivan: we get communications from the public every month about the park. we know on a few occasions we'd like to have that come back for a hearing. maybe it could be the genre port next time but in the near future, i'd like to know what is the plan for a hearing of that? mr. buell: -- president buell: i would say to the degree you can get out and see the site, i think that's one place where it's going to help. >> commissioner sullivan, are you looking for an update on the hearing or the hearing itself? commissioner sullivan: several of us asked for a public hearing on the topic, there's confusion as to whether it was ever approved. we've all said we would like to have a public hearing, but there hasn't been any evidence of that -- of that happening. i'd like to know, what's the plan for the public hearing. >> any public comments on this item? seeing none, public comments closed. item 20, new business. commissioners? public comments? seeing none,

supervisor dufty: thank you for being here, mr. lee, on behalf of the bureau of environmental health management. we have heard support for this legislation. i just want to add, since supervisor alioto-pier cannot be here this morning, she asked that i offer some words in addition to the value of having restaurant appreciation month. i certainly think it gives all of us in our districts an opportunity to celebrate the importance that restaurants play to who we are, the identity of the city, a an attraction that an attraction that people from all over the world come to visit for. i think this is a good way to a acknowledge the work that restaurants have done for the city. we established rating systems, a lot of requirements that they have met us on. i see that stephanie is here from supervisor alioto-pier's office. if you would like to add some words -- >> thank you, supervisor dufty. this is just supervisor alioto- pier's idea to recognize the restaurants and the vitality that they contribute to san francisco. it is a symbol ordinance.

the clerk: mr. lee of new york moves to recommit the bill, h.r. 847 to the committee on energy and commerce with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith -- mr. lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. >> i object. the clerk: in subparagraph a of section 3312-c-1 of the public health service act as added by section 101 of the bill, strike the payment rates that would apply to the provision of such treatment and services by the facility under the federal employees compensation act and insert payment rates equal to the payment rates for similar services under parts a and b of title 18 of the social security act. strike title 3 and insert the following and make such changes to the table of contents in section 1-b as may be necessary. title 3, repeal of certain spending provisions and patient protection and affordable care act. section 301, repeals. a, in general. the following provisions are hereby repealed. one, subsections a, b, c, g, h, i, j, k, l and m

commissioner sugaya: yes, i would like to thank mr. lee, some of us who are more or less regulars here probably noticed we chitchat on occasions between items or during items, and i can't reveal the content of those discussions, because it might affect some of you. but, anyway, i will miss that and wish him well. president miguel: commissioner moore? commissioner moore: commissioner lee has definitely kept us on our toes. he also has a great sense of humor and while that has not always been displayed in front of everybody, he has had us chuckle quite a bit. so thank you bill, it has been a very good time. president miguel: commissioner borden. commissioner borden: the same to you commissioner lee as the youngest person on the commission here, i haven't had nearly as many jobs in city government and commissions that you have had, but it never ceases to amaze us how many different roles you have played in city government over the years. i want to be thank you for your service and hope i see everyone in september. commissioner lee: just one r

discovery representatives said they had been aware of mr. lee for years but never took his demands seriously. >> tom costello, silver spring, maryland, just outside the washington, d.c. border tonight. tom, thanks. >>> some mixed news on the u.s. economy tonight. first the bad news. auto sales plunged in august from last year which was propped up, remember, by the government's cash for clunkers program. toyota sales were down 34%. honda down 33. gm down 25. ford down 11. chrysler managed a 7% gain only because their cash for clunkers sales were so weak last year. the good news, manufacturing business grew in this country in august for the 13th month in a row. wall street was happy with that stat and the dow soared nearly 255 points on the day as a result. >>> overseas to iraq where today inside one of suddam hussein's old palaces, the official handover ceremony as u.s. forces stepped back into a supporting role now and let the iraqis officially take the lead in their own security. vice president joe biden, defense secretary robert gates were the

maybe mr. lee. but it went on for years. how do you design buildings? how do you design buildings to not have wind effects? winds were another big issue for the planning commission. and so -- and in the end they said we are protecting, under 146-a, new montgomery street and second street, a conscious decision, and they said -- and it's in the code and there's a map in the code. i don't have it right here. this is the plain and that's how you get this done. so it's not just a pyramid. it's kinds of sloping on one side. it's not -- as you go up, you protect second street. they weren't concerned about protecting the west side of the building. they were concerned about second street. and i'm sure one the staff people can pull that up and-shot to you. i don't have the code with me. thank you. commissioner borden: maybe you could talk about the discussion that you had at the planning staff and why you -- i mean, i know that they grouped the building to be more responsive to the historic building next door. i personally don't like big podium buildings, so i li

mrs. kathie lee gifford to south park. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. mr. garrison! stop! leave us.e have begun. but, mr. garrison... she's not really kathie lee gifford. she's some kind of alien. thank you. i love you all. [ gunshot ] [ all gasp ] [ screeches ] see? i told you. mm! well, this is going to put a damper on the day. let's have ice cream, everyone! [ cheers and applause ] beefcake! now, that's what i call a sticky situation. [ laughter ] but the monster outside couldn't be mr. garrison 'cause mr. garrison used a gun. oh, yeah. live from burbank, it's... tonight, jay's special guests include... and the comedy of mrs. crabtree. and now here's your host, jay leno! just relax, sweetheart. you're gonna kill out there. kill who?! oh, that's great. use that. honey, d-do you need anything? just give me another one of them roofies. sure. mr. mackey: o-okay. l-let's try to calm down, m'kay? this type of thing happens all the time. what do you mean? how often does an entire third-grade class go missing? well, 99% of the time when a child is missing it's because they've run away, m

lee. so please let me introduce to you a good friend of mine and a great person, and a great friend of the asian american community, mrapplause] >> well, thank you very much for that glowing introduction. yes, that's right. born and raised right here in san francisco. i have to tell you a couple of things here. it was not quite what you see here on the stage today back when i grew up here. back when i grew up, we celebrated the first asian police officer. think about that, how far back that goes. we celebrated the first asian bus driver. so think how far back that goes. these are some of the paths that we have crossed, and we have made such gains. today it makes me so proud to see the number of supervisery positions, and elected and appointed officials as well. so celebrate a heritage and to celebrate our community is wonderful. one day i hope to see an asian mayor of san francisco. i think that is going to happen soon as well. born and raced here in san francisco. a graduate of lowell high school. it was a great city to grow up in. i have to tell you a quick story here. when i went to elementary school when it was ca

are the cause of all economic problems now i am going to talk them i'm going to talk to mother jo mrs lee's up all about this essay which she has to say about this i don't have the spectrum the under twenty five's you've got unemployment rate above twenty percent in the under twenty five age bracket this is a lost generation this is this is the worst employment environment i think in forty years right and so you've got a whole generation now coming into the workforce when there is no work to be part of the force. how is this how do you see this in new york and around the country i mean what is happening with this new generation i would imagine you're almost a part of that new generation yourself joe isn't all yeah it's kind of a real bummer for this generation i mean obviously the job market is pretty terrible but you know young people you know i know a lot of people in this generation a lot of them have taken out realistic amounts of money to pay for college to get a degree that never really had great employment prospects even in a good economy. and you know i think there is something to t

. >> as we heard pierre thomas allude to, that mr. lee had just come off a probation for the 2008 disturbance outside of the building of discovery. there were so many red flags. anything more that could have been done to prevent this from happening, chief? >> i'm not sure that there would have been. i think the folks at discovery had prepared very well for any type of emergency situation. their security was aware of mr. lee. he -- they, of course, had not seen him for a couple of years. but they were aware of him. in fact, immediately, when he came in, very quickly identified that he was the individual who was involved in this incident. >> and how did your officers come to the decision to ultimately take him down? >> in this situation, the hostages who were tremendously courageous throughout this incident, were in grave danger. we had s.w.a.t. officers that were very close by, unbeknownst to the suspect. s.w.a.t. officers heard a shout. they heard a pop. they were unclear if that was a gunshot or if it was the suspect detonating a device.

mr. kennedy, rhode island, ms. jackson lee, texas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house the following message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, section 202-d of the national emergencies act provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency prior to the anniversary date of the declaration. the president publishes in the federal register and transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance to this provision, i have sent the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit or support terrorism is to continue in effect beyond september 23, 2010. the crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001, and new york

the security guards working at discovery, i think still had the information, including a picture of mr. lee at their disposal. we were very quickly aware of who we were dealing with. >> this is an incredibly scary situation, obviously. especially for the folks involved. two employees and a security guard held hostage. they were able to evacuate the building. even after the suspect was killed, as you are looking at two boxes, a couple of bags, thinking that there could be explosives, at what point did you know, though, that, in fact, everyone was safe? >> well, it took a while. the -- when the suspect went down, first thing we needed to do was -- after we made sure the hostages were safe, was to -- determine if there were going to be any explosions. during the negotiation was the suspect, we saw him with a switch, appeared to be a switch in his hand. it had a little wire coming out of it which may have indicated that it was a -- a radio switch to explosive device. he would take a pin out of the switch and put it back in and occasionally. so the first thing we needed to do was to ensure that

the discovery channel says they were aware of mr. lee's complaints, but never really took his threats seriously. natalie? >> tom costello in silver spring, maryland. thank you, tom. >>> two sides that have been at odds for generations are coming together today in washington, working towards the ever-elusive mideast peace. benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas are holding face-to-face talks after meeting with president obama at the white house on wednesday. the president is hoping for a peace agreement within a year and says he is cautiously hopeful. >>> we're following a developing story right now out of the gulf of mexico. there's been another oil rig explosion, this one about 80 miles off the coast of central louisiana. everyone on the rig is accounted for, but there are reports of smoke and fire. the rig is owned by mariner energy. >>> and do you know what day today is? it is 9/02/10. and the beverly hills show is celebrating the day. the city and fans of the series are throwing a huge party with big-name celebrities and a food and wine

mr. moke lee and having worked -- mr. smoke lee and having -- mr. moakley and having worked with that staff, that's something that taught sophie a great deal because joe moakley was a man from whom i learned a lot and i know others in this body who had the opportunity to serb with him and staff members who had the opportunity to work for and with him learned as well and so i would say that those 10 years of service in mr. moakley's personal office played a big role in creating the kind of spectacular public servant that sophie has been. i want to join in wishing her well, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves her time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. dreier: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i might consume. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and i want to begin by expressing appreciation to my good friend from rochester for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and to say that, not surprisingly, i, and i believe that based on the facts, t

mr. lee, there is a financial motive here -- certainly, there is a financial motive here. there has been more reliant on medications, and often in an inappropriate way. host: the fda is looking at this. from your vantage point, what do you think some of their conclusions could be? guest: the study shows an increase that brigade back to studies that were done privately in the 1990's -- ? could date back to studies that were done privately in the 1990's. they're looking at the indications for these and these medicines prescribed. right now, the main categories are bipolar disorder and a autism and aggressive behavior. host: when you take the age range from eight two two, say, 16 or 17, -- from age two, to say, 16 or 17, what impact of the half on their development? guest: we do not know the impact on bree development for those years. and we also -- brain development for those years. i think we would like to see a greater reliance on psycho social interventions. host: if you have a toddler that has social issues or attention issues, what advice you give the parent? guest: fin

. >> the gentleman from new york mr. lee. >> thank you. and mr. secretary thank you for coming before us today. i wanted to start off by addressing two issues which are near and dear to me based on my background in manufacturing and in seeing what has transpired with manufacturing in this country over this last decade and its demise. i know last week you were in front of the house ways and means committee regarding the undervaluing of chinese currency and you expressed concern similar to that that the currency reform for fair trade is not a viable option because of the belief that it may not be wto comply nt. at the same time, you said, quote, the administration is using all the tools available to ensure that american firms and workers can trade and compete fairly with china unquote. it's been apparent for years that china's currency is pegged to the u.s. dollar and it is severely undervalued. yet the administration refuses to officially list china as a currency manipulator and based on yours and ambassador kirk's statements also refuse to discuss

lee? >> present. director ohka? >> present. >> mr. chairman, you do have a quorum.nnouncement of prohibition of sound-producing devices during the meeting. please be advised the devices are prohibited at the meeting. any american responsible for a device going off may be removed from the meeting. please be advised that sell phones that are set on vibrate do cause microphone interference, so the board request that they be plasted in the off position. august 3. chairman nolan: motion to approve? all in favor say aye. >> item five, communications. there is one that i am aware of, mr. chairman, before i turn it over to you. please be advised that the closed session discussion with mr. forge has been continued to a future meeting. so that is off the agenda. chairman nolan: if anyone -- is anyone here to speak about the parking meter issue, with the bagging? >> >> that item has removed. think director lee suggest we send that out to the governance committee so that won't be on here at all. this board will have a workshop on september 21. that will be an all-day event star

jackson lee: mr. speaker, thank you so very much for the opportunity to address this house on an important issue that will be confronting this congress today, and that is the recommitment of the american people to a dream and a challenge of john f. kennedy. today we will re-authorize the nasa re-authorization bill, if you will, or the authorization bill to be able to commit america's future to science and technology. although i would have advocated stronger for the work of the house and chairman gordon, i believe that we have the opportunity now to save jobs and to promote science and technology and to provide for the creation of the heavy lift launch vehicle and stop the termination of the work force -- technical work force and contractor jobs that are all across america, from mississippi to houston, texas. in addition, this funding will support the development of commercial crew services. although i am concerned about the heavy emphasis on commercialization to the exclusion sometimes of human space

jackson lee: mr. speaker, i thank the chairman very much for presiding over this very important legislation. as i've noted, any number of bills have been very constructive. i thank the manager, our friends on the other side of the aisle, i thank in particular ms. harman. the collaborative effort between energy and commerce and the veterans committee. this bill modest in funding. modest in funding. $5 million per year between 2012, i believe, and 2015. makes an important step toward the value that we place on our service men and women, one, we thank them while they're serving and we make a commitment to thank them when their service is finished. my state happens to be unique in having the highest percentage of returning soldiers in particular from iraq and afghanistan in the state of texas. in addition, many of you are aware of many of the bases in our state, but as well you are aware of the horrific tragedy that occurred at fort hood just a few months ago and of course coming up on its first year, rec

mr. perfect back in near-perfect form. jorge cantu taking a seat. the rangers had their ace, cliff lee going.s threw everything they had at him, plus other project i'lls. a piece of the bat nicks cliff lee in the ear. and we'll have to wait two more games to claim the division. from the days of run dmc to the we believe season, we saw about it all, and everything except the championship. always very entertaining, and word is new ownership is changing course while eating the final $6 million as keith smart will take over. nelly head coach 30 years. over ten of the years with the warriors. good for 1,333 victories. the most in nba history. what do you do when you take over for the nba's most winningest coach? you focus on the good, and do you that by wednesday. he is going to be part of this lake of goobers expansion. i'm excited. yes, he's expected to get a multiyear deal. the announcement will be made official on monday. back to baseball, and the question of night. what's worse if you're a major league pitcher? making your debut and getting rocked by the first two batters you face? or is it b

mrs. dufty and turk. all of us who understands what it takes to run a great city. a big round of applause for ed lee. ed this would not have happened today if not for ed lee. ed lee, thank you very much. [applause]. the only change today that i want to -- >> what if you could make a memorial that is more about information and you are never fixed and it can go wherever it wants to go? everyone who has donated to it could use it, host it, share it. >> for quite a great deal of team she was hired in 2005, she struggled with finding the correct and appropriate visual expression. >> it was a bench at one point. it was a darkened room at another point. but the theme always was a theme of how do we call people's attention to the issue of speci species extinction. >> many exhibits do make long detailed explanations about species decline and biology of birds and that is very useful for lots of purposes. but i think it is also important to try to pull at the strings inside people. >> missing is not just about specific extinct or endangered species. it is about absence and a more fundamental level of not knowin

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chairman, lee hamilton, issued another report that i must say was pretty much overshadowed by the koran-burning controversy, so i want to put the spotlight on that for a minute. basically, you and mr. hamilton concluded that we have failed to anticipate the real danger we face now from home-grown terrorists. you went on to say in the report that terrorists have found our achilles heel. just how serious is this, and what do you actually mean by that? >> we think it's very serious. we think it's a growing threat because the strategy has changed. it's much more difficult for al qaeda to maybe have a great big attack like 9/11, so they're plotting smaller attacks. they're using non-traditional people to try to do them. so, the best non-traditional people they can get, frankly, are american citizens, people with passports, people who can travel back and forth. people like the person who tried to blow up the bomb in times square. they're recruiting these people every day over the internet. they're taking them to places, not necessarily in afghanistan, but somalia or yemen for training. they're trying to get them back into this country to do us harm. we think that's a real threat that we

mr. pallone: i would like to yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for as much time as she may consume. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much. i want to thank the manager of the bill, chairman pallone and thank the author and if you will, visionary of the bill, mr. stupak and mr. whitfield for their leadership. i are rise today because this is interesting and important bit of legislation as it relates to physicians under the injureed -- under commerce and h.h.s. it helps determine who might be an addict and helps engage the medical profession to end or stem the tide of prescription drug abuse. drug abuse. interestingly enough, in this legislation, there are privacy provisions, which i want to applaud and to say to all those who may be listening, this is a lifeline to stop the prescription drug abuse through legitimate medical resources and professionals and as well for those who are legitimately ill, prescription drugs are prescribed and they find themselves addicted. when i left texas

mr. >>> now to extraordinary wildlife event. biologists thinks the sea mice melted early leaving the animals no other place to rest. lee cowan is in alaska. good morning. >> reporter: we're about 300 miles above the arctic circle this morning and this is where the walrus are gathering, some 20,000 of them at one point over the course of the summer and scientists are saying this is a gathering that is so large and so unusual that scientists are now worried about the walrus's safety. it's the end of summer along the north slope of alaska and in the tiny village of point lay, they wait for the ice to return. the tundra is usually already frozen by now. but instead, children are playing in the lagoon bare not. innocently oblivious to what it all may mean. >> scientists tell us that there's global warming going on. >> reporter: do you believe them? >> yeah, i believe them. >> reporter: leo ferrera, the tribal president here is worried that the -- they worry about the most recent resident who is need the ice to survive. the pacific walrus, who normally rest on ice sheets floating out at sea. they're unable to find refuge eve

colleagues, rick san tell lee was one of those who plained about your policies early, some of the government interventions. here's a question he submitted on the issue of spending. >> mr. president, if i was to ask an investor, would he invest in a company that for every dollar spent it had to borrow 42 cents, i think that investor would think long and hard. now, if you look at the amount of money the government takes in and what we are spending, those are pretty much the numbers for our government right now. does it bother you that 42 cents of every dollar we are spending is borrows, even understanding that we have to spend during tough times, how long can the u.s. continue to spend in that fashion without potentially hurting our long-term financial health? >> well, it bothers me a lot. it bothered me when i was running for office and it bothered me when i arrived and i had a $1.3 trillion deficit wrapped in a bow waiting for me at the oval office. so the answer to rick's question is, we're going to have to do something about it and we have to do something about it fairly rapidly. the first thing you do when you're in a hole is not dig it deeper. that's why this tax

mr. brown's office." "oh, very well, thank you." to me that's acting. there's no difference between that-- meryl streep is watching this going really? >> reporter: pretending may come naturally to jamie leehter of screen legend janet lee and tony curtis. but her real life is unlike anything she'd imagined. at what point in your life did you realize," i have achieved what... not only what i wanted to achieve but what most people don't in this world?" >> i didn't want to achieve anything. that's like the last thing that... i'm not a dreamer so i never had a wish list. >> reporter: not to be a best selling author, but her latest children's book published this month is her ninth. not to be an activist. or a pitch woman. or even a wife and mother. >> jamie lee curtis. >> reporter: and not to be an award-winning actress. so she's made some 40 films. her latest you again a comedy about lingering high school hive al res hits theaters this week. >> it's fun. >> reporter: you get to use your cheerleading skills. >> exactly. go gators, go, go, look at you. >> your character in the movie says nobody gets through high school unscathed. >> reporter: did you? >> no. no. i found high school to be a horr

lee curtis. brit doggone funny. >>> and it's iconic comeback of "the bre "the breakfast club." the reunion, tomorrow. we're looking forward to that, around we, mrhe breakfast club"? >> do you. >> hey, let go of robin roberts. our audience wrapped around the entire studio today. i've always said, shamelessly, if you put my name on a sign, i've got to -- who's birthday is it? >> mine. >> tell me your name. >> stephanie. >> we don't do numbers. let's just say 22. >> 22 is good. >> 22 is good. >> the whole family? >> yes, michael, benjamin, my husband mike. >> nice to meet you guys. let's get to the boards. one or two things we want to talk about. there will be heavier rain. looking at an inch, maybe 2 inches of rain. isolated 3. and all the storms moving offshore. by the way, the temperatures are getting warmer. just in time for fal >>> bright sunshine today with a refreshing north wind dropping the humidity. 56 degrees in winchester and mostly sunny and near 80 this afternoon. >> and i say this with all due respect, it is the corner of the studio, it's the best legs in television going on right here, ladies and gentlemen. i'm just going to say it