mr. preston and i spent time yesterday talking about the palmer decision and whether that should be a precedence in this decision. i want you to talk about that and why that is not a reason that suggests this agreement would be unforcible. >> yes, the palmer decision, as you know, deals with a different situation. it deals with the law of general applicability. >> can you explain what that is? >> it's a city ordinance akin to our b.m.r. program, affordable units, and requiring that developers, in the future, when they receive development rights from the si that -- city that they basically are required to adopt a certain amount of b.m.r. while we've looked at that decision and read it and considered it in light of all the advice we've given to you today and in this matter, there are pieces of that decision that inform everything that we've told you about today. however, that is not a decision that deals with the development agreement or replacement rent control under the agreement. supervisor mar: in any conversations with the developer, i have repeatedly asked the city attorney's office as well

mr. preston, this is not a joke. we are coming to get you. this is obligatory. you are. that will save everyone a lot of trouble. preston would find himself at the door of the prosecutor's office here in perugia where he thought he would spend a few minutes answering just a few questions. >> i had never understood how brutal -- psychologically brutal an interrogation is. you feel absolutely helpless. >> and the chief interrogator was and is? >> giuliano mignini, this prosecutor. let me tell you something, he knows exactly what he is doing. guilianio mignini was the prosecutor for both the monster and the amanda knox cases. just like amanda's interrogation, preston also says he was asked to imagine scenarios of how the crime could have occurred. >> i was terrified. i thought these people have the power to put me in jail for the rest of my life. >> preston says he was questioned for two hours. he left the meeting and wrote everything down, including the time he went in and the time he left. that's why guilianio mignini's recollection of that meeting with preston i

preston and was married much longer to him than she was married to grover. she lived a long time and in 1947 she met president eisenhower at a fancy dinner and she was identified mrs. thomas preston it so he had no idea who she was then they started to talk about and said you know, i used to live a washington. he said really quote? where? [laughter] so only then that francis identified herself as a former first lady but to her credit she agreed there should be an account published of what happened 1893 on the night up. so finally he broke the embargo to publish the account of the operation on the saturday evening post producing he would go to a medical journal to talk about this amazing achievement but instead i interviewed a couple of pathologist researching the book and said why do think keane did this article in the saturday evening post and nodded journal of medicine? >> like all doctors he had a big ego and wanted everybody to know and it was the most popular peat -- periodical in the country so that was a place to brag. the account came out and it did indicate edwards 24 years after the fact as 83 roach finally edwards reputation as a truthful correspondent

mr. mark preston. so mark, do you think he's going to talk about the past week and what's happened?rance. >> i'd be really surprised, don, that he actually addresses the turmoil about his campaign in the last four or five days. as you said, all of his senior staff have resigned. they were upset with him because they didn't think he was as dedicated to this presidential campaign as he should have been, specifically raising money and going out and meeting voters. i don't think he's going to do it tonight. do you think that -- america loves a comeback story. i've been saying it all week. do you think he can relaunch his campaign and be successful and it and that's going to be important? people will be listening tomorrow night's debate to see if he references that. >> that is going to be the focus for nug noou newt beginning reg tomorrow night. can he repoot booth? can he relaunch? absolutely anything is possible. we saw john mccain go through a terrible shakeup in 2007. he went on to get the gop republican nomination. but it's going to be difficult. >> there are comments i'm being told

mr. mark preston.he past week and what's happened on this? this is his first appearance? >> his first public appearance, really be surprise that had he addresses the turmoil that's faced his campaign in the half furr or five days. as you said, all the senior staff have resigned. they were upset at him because they didn't think he was as dedicated to this presidential campaign as he should have been, specifically raising money, and, two, retail politics going out and meeting voters, but i don't think he'll do it tonight. >> do you think that america loss of a comeback story? i've been saying that this week. do you think he can relaunch his campaign and be successful at it and that will be important? people will be listening to that tomorrow night during the debates if he references that. >> yeah, and, again, that is going tonight focus for newt gingrich tomorrow night. can he show he's not been knocked off of his feet for what's happened over the last four or five days. can he reboot and relaunch? absol

mr. mark preston. have you ever seen anything like this? what does this mean for him? >> very rare.cain who eventually went on to win the republican presidential nomination, he had his whole staff quit, or a lot of senior aides quit. but to have newt gingrich come back from a mediterranean cruise and have his staff leave calls into question whether he is actually dedicated to running a hard campaign, raising money, doing retail politics, and his senior staff didn't think so. >> i bet a texan with some swagger is probably going to benefit from this, right? >> if he decides to run, and we're talking about rick perry, the texas governor, yeah, he has that swagger, that texas swagger. doesn't do well in a cnn opinion research poll with republicans nationwide by and large, only 40% of republicans want to see him run, but here's the deal. for rick perry, he does very well with tea party supporters, he does well with social conservatives and in a primary that's important. >> this is just the beginning, but what's on the line for the other candidates here? >> let's tick through them quickly

mrs. thomas preston. so eisenhower had no idea who she was. and they began chatting, and at one point they began to talk about washington, and she said, you know, general, i used to live in washington. and the general said, really? where? [laughter] eisenhower was quite embarrassed by that. but francis, to her credit, agreed with keane that there should be an account published of what happened on the oneida. so keane finally broke the embargo and published an account of the operation in, of all places, the saturday evening post. now, you think he would go to a medical journal to talk about this amazing achievement in american medicine and encology, but instead he decided to publish anytime the saturday evening post. i interviewed a couple of pathologists researching the book, and i said, you know, why do you think keane did this article in the saturday evening post, and the pathologists said, it's like all doctors, he had a big ego, and he wanted everybody to know. and the saturday evening post was the most popular periodical in the country, s

mr. mark preston is sitting right here. herman cain is coming up in the polls.people are interested in him. who would have think a virtual unknown. people are interested. i want to hear what he has to say and really know what's behind his popularity. what's behind his popularity, mark preston? >> a strong conservative with a great story. mark just summed it up, the voice of reason off to my left. >> when he was here in atlanta, he gave that speech. i listened to it. he definitely gets the crowd fired up. he has a way of ad libbing and getting the crowd energized. you never know what he's going to say, which is also very interesting as well. >> that is. and there's a difference, though, between getting a crowd revved up and drawing people into the polls and having enough power, really, to win and become the leading candidate. i think he's sort of trending right now. in order to hold that, he will have to do a lot more than get the crowds fired up. >> don lemon and mark preston by his side there in new hampshire. thanks, guys. you can watch the debate here 8:00 pm

mr. russell is the author of "savannah: a history of her peoples in 1733, a comprehensive book about his hometown. it's about 40 minutes. >> preston is a man of many parts; physician, painter, historian and writer. he even finds time to play golf. since preston retired from medicine after 30 years at memorial hospital, his paintings have appeared in regional art shows and in homes throughout the united states and be europe. and europe. as well as here at the fair and at the morris museum in augusta. his book, "the low country: from savannah to charleston," contained 85 of his paintings which capture the mystique of the region. preston russell along with his wife, barbara heinz, who's with us here today -- if you could stand up? [applause] co-authored "saw van that: a history of her people since 1733." and his most recent book is "lights of madness: in search of joan of arc." his pending work, i guess this means you're working on it now -- >> right. >> deals with france's involvement in the american revolution and the father and son relationship between george washington and the young marquee delafayette. dr. russell, i will also p

mr. preston called it. the clear cutting of the 1,500 rent controlled units. i'm still not convinced that it's not too risk withy and it's not a rock solid guarantee that those units will exist for the future. i feel that a lot of the speakers have raised questions about the need for rent controlled housing. i'm acknowledging the positive aspects of the project but i feel it's too risky for those units. so i will be voting against the motion and still feel we need more time to fully vet this project but i do appreciate supervisor wiener's proposal. if there are no other comments, could we have a roll call? supervisor elsbernd is here as well. supervisor wean summer >> on the motion of items two through five to the full board without recommendations. supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: aye. >> supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: iowa. >> supervisor mar? supervisor mar: no. the meeting at 2:00 p.m. today. thank you so much, everyone. any other items on the agenda? >> no, there are no further items. supervisor mar: so with no other items, the meeting is adjourn