mr. roberts and mr. katari. we have a few remaining issues with respect to the lease termination. it is the expectation those remaining issues will be resolved and the language finalized no later than friday at 12 o'clock. i've discussed that with mr. katari. the staff recommendation as the board understands it is to approve the lease termination subject to the ability to ratify the language provided that it remains substantially similar to the agreement before the board and we agree with that recommendation. >> sir, thank you. anybody else care to address the board? if not, we need to do the amendment first as described. there is a motion to approve the amendment. is there a second >> second. >> discussion all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? okay. [laughter] >> okay. the man is willing to wait three hours to tell us he likes [speaker not understood]. [laughter] >> i'm not going to stand in the way. >> okay. we have a motion to second on the amended resolution. all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? the ayes have it. thank you. >> item 10.8, revising the san francisco mun

mr. robert vogel, superintendent of the national memorial parks. [applause] >> good afternoon. on behalf of the national parks service, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the world war ii memorial, which is dedicated to the valiant soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines who fought in that war. as the superintendent of the national mall and memorial park, i have the true honor of serving as the custodian of this memorial. also ensuring that the story of the brave men and women who fought in world war two is told to the millions of visitors who come here each year. we are very pleased to partner with the friends of the national world war ii memorial in that effort, and i would like to thank general kicklighter for his continued friendship. we at the national parks share in your mission to ensure that the legacy and sacrifice of world war ii veterans are not forgotten. i particularly would like to thank admiral winnefeld for being here today. we appreciate all of your service. incredible service to our nation. we are very honored that you take time out of your very busy schedule.

mr. robert vogel, superintendent of the national mall and memorial garden.ternoon. on behalf of the national park service, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the world war ii memorial, which is dedicated to the valley of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who fought in that war. as the superintendent of the national mall and memorial park, i have a true honor of serving as the custodian of this memorial. and that ensuring that the story of the brave men and women who fought in world war ii is told to the millions of visitors who come here each year. we are very pleased to partner with the friends of the national world war ii memorial. and i'd like to thank general kicklighter for his continued friendship and partnership. we and the national parks service share in your mission to ensure that the legacy and sacrifice of world war ii veterans are not forgotten. i typically like to thank admiral winfield for being here today, and we appreciate all of your service, incredible service to our nation. and we are very honored that you take time out of your very,

mr. robert merry, the people of their president?>> i think people love the president and the presidency. but when they have a president that has not succeeded, the very unsentimental he cast them aside. that is our system. that is what they were invited to do a constitution. >> we have a short patience? >> we have patience, but the american people understand that the constitution paid them hiring and firing authority every four years. it was six or eight years, and there would be would be a lot more inpatient spray before yours is a good time frame. they can make comfortable judgments. >> how much control do presidents have over their own destinies and over what happens during their demonstration? >> a successful president may have a lot of luck, but by and large, success comes from his decision-making. failure may lead to problems, but nevertheless, failure emerges from decision-making. so i believe that they basically are the minutes of their own destiny. >> what about when it comes to terms? does not improve a president standing?

mr. roberts is seen as the voice of the eagle ford shale. >> the dow is continuing to hang on to a 26-point gain. we'll see you tomorrow. let's get back to headquarters, wapner and the fast money halftime. >> all right, carl, thanks very much. welcome to the halftime show. let's take a look at where we stand on this monday on wall street. modest gains across the board for the dow, s&p and the nasdaq. here's what we're following on halftime today. what's eating apple? fresh off its worst week in 2 1/2 years, where does the beaten down stock go from here? page turner, are barnes & noble shares ready for a breakout? one underperforming stock to overachieving traders square off in a halftime debate. but first our top story, pick 'em. we're scratching off the best stocks to own right now with the fiscal cliff looming. there's your lotto ticket right there. our traders for the hour, simon baker, stephanie link, joe terranova and jon najarian are trading the markets for the hour. joe terranova what are you scratching off? >> he's got to look at the consumer space. what's the fiscal drag going to b

mr. roberts: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. roberts: thank you, mr. president. let me associate myself with the remarks of senator isakson and thank him and all of my colleagues who have come to the floor to you'll jews, if -- to eulogize, if that is the proper word, senator dan inouye. the senate and our nation has lost an unsung hero. heroic in military valor, receiving the nation's highest honor, the medal of honor, seeking the truth during our most challenging times, a tireless guardian of our national security and champion to the men and women who put their lives at risk to protect the united states and whose legislative session achievements have been simply remarkable. all this from a man who always gave others credit and never sought the spotlight. yesterday senator john mccain from arizona, a hero in his own right, said the senate lost, america and especially his beloved citizens of hawaii, lost a unique, brave and wonderful legislator, a man who brought to this institution the most unique credentials, that senator mccain said and would argue

mrs. susan dent? - yes? - robert wainthropp.e echo. ( buzzes ) - oh, you're the reporter. - yes. ( seagulls squawking ) so i said to my husband-- oh, he's at work in case you're wondering. "well, having the roof sprayed from the inside seems a good idea." styroprotek protect were giving a good discount, and i always like a good discount. uh, sorry, sorry not--not so fast. my pencil's on fire. so this company, styroprotek, sprayed this plastic stuff all over your loft as insulation and protection? yes. well, it was fine at first. cost a few hundred. but what's money when it comes to your house? how much exactly? £417.67. is that exact enough? yes, thank you. when did the trouble start? well, i said to my husband "there's a funny, musty smell coming from somewhere." and when we went up to the loft to look, the plastic stuff was eating its way into the structure of our house. there was rain coming in. that was the smell...damp! ugh. we were devastated. it cost tom a lot of lettuce to have it put right. lettuce? money, lettuce. "a l

mr. roberts: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i have come to the floor to discuss legislation we could actually pass. i'm not talking about the fiscal cliff or sequester, anything quite so heavy. but, nevertheless, quite important. it's got bipartisan support, already been passed out of the agriculture committee, passed out of the house of representatives by 300 votes, but it has yet to be brought to the senate floor for debate. that debate could being over with in half an hour the majority leader talks about bipartisan support for legislation and hurdles to bringing bipartisan legislation to the floor. obviously we have them. but i want to remind the senate that this bill has already passed the house, as i have said, with broad, bipartisan support, and again with over 300 votes. that doesn't happen often in the house of representatives these days. and it passed out of the senate ag committee with bipartisan support, didn't even need to have a hearing. but yet the majority leader has not allowed this come to to the flo

mr. robert within super -- super opportunity of the national memorial parks. [applause] good afternoon.ional park service, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the world war ii memorial, which is dedicated to the value yent soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines who fought in that war. as a super about to of the national mall and memorial parks, i have the true honor of serving as a custodian of this memorial. and of ensuring that the story of the brave men and women who fought in world war ii is told to the millions of visitors who come here each year. we are very pleased to partner with the friends of the national world war ii memorial in that effort, and i'd like to thank general for his continued friendship and partnership. we in the national park service share in your mission to ensure that the legacy and sacrifices of world war ii veterans are not forgotten. i particularly like to thank admiral when field for being here today. we appreciate all of your service. an incredible service to our nation, we are honored that you would take time out of your very, very busy schedule. i under

mr. wainthropp. come on. ( doorbell buzzes ) robert!dwells have done a flit. i know that, but they'll set up again somewhere else until the police find them. when you wrote to me i was overjoyed, but you lied to me, kate. you didn't care what disease those animals brought into the country and you've cast a doubt on agnes stubbs' sanity. i'll make it up to her, hetty. it's a criminal offense, and you know it. and what am i going to do now? robert! wait. stop. janet, what is it? ( panting ) that company, styroprotek, their agents might've set you up. set me up? for what? libel. what? i've got the reports and balance sheets. they've sued people for libel a number of times, always provincial newspapers. it's not conclusive proof, but it's worth holding back from, isn't it? they've led me on? let me write an article based on lies? so they can sue the newspaper, yeah. that's disgraceful. someone should write about this. ♪ i never did get my lobster salad. let's go home, geoffrey. oh, sorry to scare you little lady. hey, where's that little gu

mr. robert latham, he talked about the environmental and historical preservation that in each and every caseenever you are dealing with an agency, every individual has to reinvent the wheel on those very fine consuming reports. it seems to me that fema could have a box that once someone has done that assessment, that also has to go through fema or another governmental agency. in regards to those reviews that can be used for everybody, instead of everybody reinventing the wheel. couldn't fema be the one to lead that charge? >> certainly something we have been working on. it comes back to how our authorizers have given us authority. we all have responsibilities and doing these reviews. since they all come from the original federal legislation, we are working on how we can reduce those findings. >> it doesn't make sense to me. you are all trying to work together. why did you come up with a master plan? >> we can and we have and we will take this back to work. >> mr. latham, you were the one that brought this up in your report. you want to respond that? >> i think part of the problem has been wh

mr. moscone. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is robert woods and i would like to say this, that it's not the candidates that i speak towards, the candidates are very much so qualified. i speak to the process in terms of how those names was developed. when the commission, the successor commission, have a meeting and no one shows up in the meeting is canceled and then you come here and you see people being nominated and the community have not been involved in it other than within their little close circles and i say to you that we look forward to them being on board but we question, we will question the decisions that they make because the decisions that they make will affect the community and since we did not have any input up front, we will question them and we will want to know why and who developed, who there in the car with in terms of who they make these decisions for. and that's what we have been missing in the community. we have not been missing representatives but we've been missing some type of tangibles that give the community some type of hope. right now, like i said before, yo

you know, because with the move to chicago it stopped being robert joffrey's company and it became gerald arpino's company. man: mr choreography in a long time. and i was home in texas, and then he calls. he says, "can you come back to chicago so you could work with maia? because i'm going to start to choreograph a pas de deux." i was like, "great. we need to do some work." arpino: with me, it's a collaboration. you work through movement, and it's that relationship between the artist and the choreographer that developed the art form, which is the important aspect of why you're there, working together. woman: i think mr. arpino's been a huge influence on me as an artist to realize that it's using one's technique as a medium for expression which all art is about. it's kind of to reflect our world back and to view it. to escape to some other place or to look at your life and kind of bring new perspectives. shives: it's a powerful piece, one of his masterpieces. i don't know if he knew it was going to be his last work. nobody knew. sagan: the slowdown was enormously painful. this was an energetic personality. lively.

mr. langvin? >> well, i would offer a response from another gun violence victim, robert young, a survivor of the stockton school yard massacre. he took a bullet to the chest and to the foot, and he's now a police officer in california and he says that definitely having more armed defenders at the point of a crime will increase everybody's -- all of the good guys' odds of survival and conversely decrease the bad guys' odds of survival. >> when we look at the harvard school of public health said and they did some crunching of the numbers said and they said this, quote, where there are more guns there's more homicide. >> that's simply not true. our fbi data and our national government data show that the higher murder rates, the higher violent crime rates are in areas where gun ownership is discouraged and carrying is either illegal or discouraged. i don't know what they were looking at at harvard, but that is absolutely not what the data show. >> if you also look at the top ten states across the country and per capita gun ownership. five of those top ten states also have the highest gun deaths per capita. h

mr. potter. that's in the sideshow tonight. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> robert bork has died the legal scholar served under richard nixon and fired archibald cox in the saturday night massacre. he then served as a circuit judge for the district of columbia. he was nominated for the supreme court by ronald reagan in 1987. it was opposed by ted kennedy who took to the floor with a strong condemnation on his position. robert bork was 85. we'll be right back. whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios >>> and if you just pull back from the immediate political battles, if you kind of peel off the partisan war paint, then we should be able to get something done. welcome back to "hardball." that was president obama this afternoon, actually, speaking about the fiscal cliff. on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, house speaker john boehner plans to send his so-called plan "b" for a vote tomorrow. plan "b" would keep bush tax rates for everyone making under $1 million a year. how does this d

. >> reporter: robert hoffman appeared in court wearing a t-shirt with a rooster on it with the boards born to fight in reference to cock fighting. >> mr. hoffman, did you try to sell government secrets? >> reporter: just a big smirky smile from hoffman who retired a year ago and is trained as a navy krip tow logic technician. the indictment reads hoffman had access to top secret information which could cause exceptionally grave damage to national security. on october 21st hoffman is accused of delivering secret information to people he believed to be officials with the russian federation on how to track u.s. submarine using the technology he learned on the job working for the navy. the information included the technology and procedures required to find the subs. hoffman delivered that information to fbi agents posing as an undercover operation. >> that was andy fox reporting. >>> now for a look at your friday weather, nicks meteorologist dylan dreyer is here with the forecast. it happens to be our favorite one. >> i know. it is a good day but, yeah, you know, yesterday was so much colder than it has been. we're actually starting to se

mr. president, think about that. robert dole, who was grievously injured in world war ii, spent more than two years in a hospital, he came to this senate floor, and the first speech he gave was on disabilities, and we needed to do something about it. he was here -- he led the fight to pass the treaty, urging republicans to support it. a few republicans greeted him as he was in his wheelchair here. they greeted this 89-year-old war hero, i repeat, patriot, who just last week was in walter reed hospital. then one by one, all but a handful of them voted against the treaty, ensuring its failure. but their professed reasons for opposing it had no basis in fact -- none. most republicans acknowledge that. some use an excuse, well, it is a lame duck. we shouldn't be doing it in a lame duck. i mean, wow ... and there's no justification for sending a message that every individual around the world who strives to lead a productive life in spite of a disability does not deserve the same justice treatment. there is a he no justification

together for lieutenant robert oh sullivan to be promoted as the permanent captain at the bayview station. we got a hundred signatures very quickly. >> (inaudible) on that? >> mr. davis and i discussed that that has happened. >> granted. thank you, chief, and thank you, mr. davis. >> the second thing that now captain o sullivan is the permanent captain at the station, we'd like him to stay for a while. i know with paramilitary organizations it's up and out but we think that would be counter productive in this case, he's been there two years, we work very well with him and we'd like him to stay. if that's possible we'd like that to happen. the third thing i'd like to mention is some calls for service data that i got from the turk street department of what are they called, you know, the custodian of records. first little packet here is about what we call mendell plaza, that would be between oakdail and palou and the 1300 block and 1400 block of mendell. in 10 months this year there have been over 2600 calls for service to that one block which we think is very high, considering the density of the neighborhood and for comparison in the second set of data here, i h

collector robert levy will become the president of the 56 electoral college. and i asked mr.to please step up and take this position and preside over the remainder of the meeting. >> thank you, madame secretary. i thank the college for the honor and privilege of serving as your president today. the floor is now open for the nominations for secretary of the electoral college. i recognize barbara hines of the seventh district for that purpose. is there a second? hearing a second -- are there any other nominations? hearing none, do i hear a motion that these nominations be closed? the motion having been made, that the nominations be closed, is there any objection to moving to an immediate vote? hearing none, all those in favor of william shillito as being secretary, say aye. the eyes have it. i ask that mr. schiller auto -- shillito step up here. i now open the floor for the nomination of presidential teller and vice presidential teller. i recognize barry terry for that purpose. >> [indiscernible] >> thank you. is there a second to those nominations? i recognize ms. hines. >> [i

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loved artist and is with robert crumb influenced generations of cartoonists and not only in the mission but throughout the city and born in new york to an italian artist mother mr. rod drying guess dropped his first name in favor of spain passionate about his latino heritage created murals with crumb in the late 1960's and 70s, in in addition, to zap economics his works include biographygraphy and dark hotel online graphic novellings, spain was working on a graphic story for the 2004 san francisco hotel workers strike, so, we would like to ask that we adjourn the meeting today in his memory. i also have another item as you know as a city, we have been working with other cities to deal with the issue of homelessness within our veteran population. we have been involved with the hundred days campaign to house veterans in 2012. president obama established a goal to end veteran's homelessness by 2015 which i think is doable and the department of housing and urban development came together to establish the hud slash veterans housing program which, is models after section eight and san francisco has received 500 of the vouchers to date. we have learned that our chroni

. >> joining us now from new york studios are robert and kim summers who were scheduled to pick up their child in january. mrd mrs. summers, it is heartbreaking and the first i saw of this a couple of weeks ago and this was brewing, i feared the worst. tell us where you are in your process and what is going through your minds right now? >> well, we are actually -- we have booked our flights. we were supposed to return to moscow on the 13th of january to peck up our son who is three hours outside of moscow in a baby house and on 12/12/12 we were blessed and officially adopted our son who we have named preston mackey summers and we were told that the ruling has changed and we were fully aware that we would have to now wait 30 days to actually bring preston home. and we were perfectly fine with that. and we have done everything that the russian government has requested of us. >> laura: of course. >> we have done parenting classes. we have traveled back and forth in country which, by the way, has been a fabulous experience for us. and we have just been welcomed by the russian people. >> laura: what is the status