mr. smith: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. gerlach. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. gerlach: i rise today because every now and then we're reminded that there are still people around the world fighting fiercely to secure the same individual liberties and foster the very same democratic traditions that americans have been blessed with for nearly 238 years. during the past three months, hundreds of thousands of ukrainian citizens have taken to the streets of kiev and other cities in protest of a government that's ignored the woifl the people and steered the country away from closer ties to democratic allies and supporters. the initial response from the ukrainian president was brutal. government forces attacked protesters, resulting in five reported deaths. furthermore, they enacted harsh new laws aimed at snuffing out dissent by making ate crime to protest against the goth. thanks to the vigilance of my colleagues and the u

army on a post and 21 soldiers tied in the incident, a memorial service has been held in kabul and mr. smith has this report. >> reporter: the killing of 21 afghan soldiers as they slept at a remote out post is the worst blow to government forces in years. and would have had little chance when their base was over run by what the government says were hundreds of taliban fighters. >> translator: the attack was

mr. kevin smith. [inaudible conversations] correcting, mr. keith smith. mr. burton smith. ms. julie e. iken. ms. roberta catherine and mist late -- missed rachael lagard. [inaudible conversations] ms. liz simon. [inaudible conversations] mr. and mrs. john goldman. >> the honor roll and mrs. harold rogers. [inaudible conversations] mr. and mrs. jack smith. patrick. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the hon. and mrs. mike donovan. [inaudible conversations] mr. and mrs. joe been some. [inaudible conversations] the governor of kentucky and mrs. bashir. >> misters steve it plans -- it steve clemens. it. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> mr. anderson this is steve holland. it jeff zucker and steve holland , longtime white house correspondent for writers. again, you're looking at the arrival of the guests that began around 6:30 p.m. this evening in an area known as the bookseller. they then moved upstairs for a reception and then took a trolly a short distance on the south side of the white house for the actual debtor itself. the state dinin

mr. kevin smith. correcting, mr. keith smith. [inaudible conversations] >> and mr. perkins smith. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> ms. you did when is there, ms. judy milligan. [inaudible conversations] >> ms. roberta catherine and ms. ms. rachael divine. [inaudible conversations] >> ms. liz simon. mr. mark hyson. [inaudible conversations] >> mr. and mrs. john goldman. >> in honor of president obama's visit placed throughout the white house. some events have already taken place. the president's visit it yesterday. and today we cover the on arrival ceremony, a joint press conference, and along with the state dinner coverage here on c-span2. >> the hon. and mrs. harold rogers. [inaudible conversations] >> mr. and mrs. jack smith. [inaudible conversations] >> mr. herbert jelly. [inaudible conversations] >> this is mike donovan. >> mr. and mrs. joe benson. >> the governor of kentucky and mrs. bashir. >> mr. steve claman's. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> mr. and mrs. steve holland. >> the secretary of as -- transportation. >> ms.

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. for my opportunity to present this amendment to h.r. 3590 today, the sportsman heritage and recreational enhancement act. as a member of the natural resources committee, i couldn't be prouder of the work we have done to continue to protect our sportsmen's -- sportsmen's ability to enjoy the outdoors. as such i'm honored to offer my amendment that would ensure that sportsmen will continue to be able to use motorized vessels in the ozark national scenic riverways. a national park contained wholly within my congressional district in southern missouri. the ozark national scenic riverway sass popular destination in missouri for fishing, gigging and trapping. these activities have traditionally been undertake bin individuals and families for generations. an economy has arisen in my district selling boats, motors and other products to folks who want to gig, fish, and trap within the rivers. recently the national park service has been discussing closing down areas of the park to motorized ves

sewell, mr. smith, appreciate both of your being with us and helping us to understand a little bit more about the food stamp program and what it means to real families. >> thank you very much. >> coming up next, her bones are brittle but her spirit is unbreakable. how one brave teenager is fighting to do what her body cannot: live strong. >> no doubt about it, innovation changes our lives. opening doors ... opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> the struggling midddle class >> we just can't get ahead... >> working longer hours, for less pay. >> people are struggling everywhere. >> school loans... morgages... inflation... taking it's toll... >> we live paycheck to paycheck... >> now in a continuing series, join ali velshi as we follow families, just like yours, as they try to get by... >> we're all

mr. smiththe speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: i want to thank the former chairman of the science, space, and technology committee for yielding me time. h.r. 2431, the national integrated drought information system, nidis, re-authorize act of 2013 makes minor improvements to the nidis program and helps establish better drought forecasting and coordination. i'm glad that the spines, space, and technology committee's chairman emeritus, congressman ralph hall of texas is the lead sponsor of this bill and original author of the nidis in 2006. i thank the gentleman for his persistent leadership over the years on this issue. recent droughts in texas and around the country have been severe and the nidis program has helped states and local governments and farmers and ranchers and others monitor and predict drought conditions. more than a third of the united states is currently experiencing moderate to severe drought conditions. by some estimates the historic drough

sewell, mr. smith, appreciate both of your being with us and helping us to understand a little bit more about the food stamp program and what it means to real families. >> thank you very much. >> coming up next, her bones are brittle but her spirit is unbreakable. how one brave teenager is fighting to do what her body cannot: live strong. >> fault lines hard hitting... ground breaking... truth seeking... al jazeera america's breakthrough investigative documentary series. >> this is where colombia's war continues... >> decades of violence... familes driven from their land... >> we have to get out of here... >> now the people are fighting back. >> they don't wanna show what's really going on >> fault lines columbia: the fight for land only on al jazeera america real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> every sunday night al jazeera america brings you controversial... >>

mr. smith, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, chairman terry, ranking member schakowsky, subcommittee members, staff, ladies and gentlemen. i want to thank you for the opportunity on behalf of trustwave to provide witness testimony on this important issue related to data breaches. i'm a former part of the violent crimes section. my law enforcement part includes prosecution of credit card fraud, access device fraud and counterfeiting. i left the justice department in 2000 to join trustwave and now compliant services and technology service. i serve on the team as senior vice president and i was general counsel for 12 years. businesses and government agencies hire trustwave to protect their sensitive data and reduce risk. trustwave have customers ranging from the world's largest businesses and small and medium sized companies in many countries. we deal with ethical hacking, security research and we also train law enforcement on how to investigate network intrusion and data b

mr. kevin smith. [inaudible conversations] correcting, mr. keith smith. mr. burton smith. ms. julie e. . liz simon. [inaudible conversations] mr. and mrs. john goldman. >> the honor roll and mrs. harold rogers. [inaudible conversations] mr. and mrs. jack smith. patrick. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the hon. and mrs. mike donovan. [inaudible conversations] mr. and mrs. joe been some. [inaudible conversations] the governor of kentucky and mrs. bashir. >> misters steve it plans -- it steve clemens. it. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> mr. anderson this is steve holland. it jeff zucker and steve holland , longtime white house correspondent for writers. again, you're looking at the arrival of the guests that began around 6:30 p.m. this evening in an area known as the bookseller. they then moved upstairs for a reception and then took a trolly a short distance on the south side of the white house for the actual debtor itself. the state dining room and east room not able to handle the 350 guests to honor the french president. so this is

. >> my dream came true after all these years, after 18 years of trying to find mr. smithith. we had. >> reporter: she learned that he was a civilian contractor in vietnam. her mother his house cleaner. they actually lived in his apartment. the one with the balcony on which this picture was taken. the one kim was able to return to recently with her son. but not all successful searches are satisfying ones. kim also wanted to find jim smith's relatives to thank them and learn more about the man. but jim's one son, for reasons not entirely clear, has declined to meet with kim. still, kim is happy to have learned what she did. for one can't know how long a journey has been unless they know where it started. >>> from a story that spans the world to one that grew right in our back yard literally. we're talking about a giant sequoia tree more than 100 years ago. the land is now a national historic site. the tree, well, it's in trouble. and one man is leading the charge to save it. at the intersection of al ham bra avenue and highway 4, the john muir historic site is a wonderful s

then the old guy was a local talent and mr. smith our awesome, amazing, dumb witted mr. believed in our spot and wanted to work with us. >> amber, i want people to take a look at your commercial, because i really loved this one. it is called cowboy kid. >> oh, thank you. >> boys, can i get some help? >> i don't know. can you? >> i guess you don't want doritos. ♪ ♪ >> i love the mom in the background going, yeah, score. so what do you get as runner up? >> the runner up gets $50,000. so not too bad. we'll be sharing it with 30 of our friends that worked on our commercial with us. >> and a best friend for life. >> yes, yes, bff. >> both of us actually get to go and work on the set of the aven injuries which starts shooting in march in london. so that's incredibly exciting. >> do both of you plan to have a career in advertising? is that the goal. >> i will have a career in wherever life takes me. i want to direct feature films. i will go wherever i can go creatively. right now, i am currently loving making commercials. it is fun to tell a story in 30 seconds. >> yes. >> ambe

. >> i've been talking to mr. smith are i want to express at the staff level we felt the proposal was meant to be a backstop the first effort is to get the funding and the second it the budget analyst report that and only then the i f d what have the kind of improvements that the board wants to have available to it but to have the resolution to urge the port to eliminate the i f d screening from the final agreement that comes forward. we're electrotrying to come up with the financing if that's of interest to you we'll welcome the amendments to the resolution >> a thanks mr. benson. >> i don't think at this point, i'm ready to have language to put in the resolution and i'm wondering if we forward it to the full board without recommendations and work on the lapsing that can be added i'll be okay with that. tights a lot of work my office is busy to spend time doing that but that's an approach i feel more comfortable with. but again, if we can provide in the resolution some direction and that can provide sentiments take the

mr. keith smith. >> mr. burton smith. >> ms. edith windsor. >> roberta kaplan and mrs. rachel levine. [inaudible] >> mark hicing. >> mr. and mrs. goldman. >> mr. and mrs. duggal. >> mr. and mrs. chuck smith. >> mr. herbert jolie. [speaking french] >> i am the token french member of the u.s. delegation. i am happy to celebrate. the honorable and mrs. mike donnellan. >> mr. and mrs. joel benenson. >> the governor of kentucky. mrs. bashir. >> mr. steve clemons. mr. andrew oros. >> doing great. >> what is the french connection? what is the french connection. >> you just get it by looking good. ok. [ambient chatter] >> do you parlez any french? >> i do not parlez any french. >> mr. and mrs. steve holland. >> the secretary of transportation and mrs. anthony fox. [camera clicking] >> mrs. elma goldman. mr. drew. >> mr. and mrs. joseph blunt. the honorable stacey abrams. >> she is doing an incredible job. my name came from france a long time ago. i think the french are way cooler than we are. and they certainly have better gossip. [inaudible] >> ms. julia louis dreyfus. mr. william louis drey

mr. smith, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. fitzpatrick: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and insert remarks extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. fitzpatrick: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he he wishes. mr. fitzpatrick: mr. speaker, president washington once said, the willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of earlier wars were appreciated by our nation. there is no doubt that we appreciate the service and sacrifice of each generation of veterans. from our original veterans, patriots, to those who landed at normandy during world war ii to present, we as americans and as lawmakers are fore

and mrs. smithbest known for her lead role in "juneau." she made a major personal announcement. >> i am here today because i am gay and because -- [ applause ] and because maybe i can make a difference to help others have an easier and more hopeful time. regardless for me, i feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility. i also do itselfishly because i'm tired of hiding and i'm tired of lying by omission. >> ellen paige there. many in the hollywood community and others congratulating page immediately. her next project is a drama called "free held." based on a gay couple whose benefits are frozen after one is diagnosed with a terminal disease. >>> just when you thought that miley cyrus couldn't get any raunchier, she launches her bangers tour. she launches the show with the tongue, plenty of innuendo. the shocking moment came when one of the dancers came out in a bill clinton mask. cyrus then did her best virtual imitation of monica lewinsky. the performance is getting a big reaction. >>> to

hey, mr. smith. want to try out my time machine? it runs on doritos. [ barks ] sure. so now what?whole bag in. okay. yes! it's really working, jimmy! [ humming, thumping ] [ humming ] [ thumping ] this is the greatest moment of my life! get out of my yard! [ birds chirping ] jimmy? you're so old. [ crunch! ] it's the future! ♪ [ male announcer ] a man. ♪ a man and his truck. ♪ a man, his truck, and a very eligible bachelor. ♪ and bated breath. ♪ and lonely hearts. ♪ and romance in the air. ♪ i believe in miracles ♪ since you came along and hello, ladies. ♪ oh, kiss me ♪ you sexy thing the new chevy silverado heavy duty. strong. for all the roads ahead. are you ready for the biggest concert of the year? stay tuned for bruno mars with special guest the red hot chili peppers in the pepsi super bowl 48 halftime show. get hyped for halftime. >> today's game on fox is sponsored by doritos. doritos thanks all our fans who made ads for this year's super bowl. and by beats by dre. hear what you want. >> joe: we continue on super bowl xlviii, 5-0, the early lead. the safety, a win for the d

mr. smith, a member of the judiciary committee and chairman of the science, space and technology committee. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: i thank the gentleman from virginia, the chairman of the judiciary committee for yielding me time. -- pport h.r. 2804, acheesk the alert act. one of the biggest concerns that i hear from texas employers is the avalanche of unnecessary federal regulatory costs. regulation redirects scares capital to compliance with the federal government. in fact, the small business administration has determined that federal regulations cost the economy $1.75 trillion each year. his commonsense legislation is regulatory relief bills that the judiciary committee has worked on in recent years to protect businesses. i authored two of the bills that are included in h.r. 2804 and appreciate they are being considered again this congress. the alert act adds transparency to the regulatory process. it strengthens existing laws in order to prevent federal

mr. smith, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, chairman terry, ranking member schakowsky, subcommittee members, staff, ladies and gentlemen. i want to thank you for the opportunity on behalf of trustwave to provide witness testimony on this important issue related to data breaches. i'm part of the -- a former part of the violent crimes section. my law enforcement part includes prosecution of credit card fraud, access device craud and counterfeiting. i left the justice department in 200to join trustwave and now compliant services and technology service. i serve on the team as senior vice president and i was general counsel for 12 years. businesses and government agencies hire trustwave to protect their sensitive data and reduce risk. trustwave have customers ranging from the world's largest businesses and small and medium sized companies in many countries. we deal with ethical hacking, security research and we also train law enforcement on how to investigate network intrusi

hard to say that taking the steps very tasty indeed commentator john white thinks britain's policy mr smith contributed to a rise of extremism is here. this alarming connelly pants is entirely predictable and i think the house to be taken seriously this is official but disasters polish people by the turkish government which take up to city over the last two years which is nothing escapes to instability throughout the region and within that instability has going on pearl street in the light in idyllic you fall into the contest all the petitions city governments on all antagonistic. he actually received. as to defeat this maligned idyllic because it isn't clear because the danger that not only to the sitting government entire region. but increasingly to the west. two people in the west. a british couple facing a battle to avoid extradition to the us charged with embezzling more than a million dollars the toolbar teased us are silly or they'd rather take their own lives and leave their families. one morning fourteen months ago a life changing knock on the door with two policemen who called me

dear president fond and mr. smith, i have been a resident here more than 90 years. i live 4 houses up the hill from 4546. i know the house and know it needs to be fixed up. i also nope the owner and know what she is proposing. the house is similar in size to other homes in our block and i am pleased it extends back only as far as the house uphill from it. i support the plan she is currently proposing. next is a letter from mr. jay allen. dear mr. fong and commissioner, i have reviewed the proposed addition at 4546 19th street. i use thorpe lane daily. appropriate for the site and the neighborhood. the neighborhood has an incredibly broad mix of architectural styles and this proposal, which is tasteful and attractive, is quite similar in style to at least two remodels recently completed. it appears to me the only neighbors who are requesting discretionary review of the project and are frankly agitating many others not really in the neighborhood are those who are concerned with how it will impact their view. while they may claim the proposed structure is inconsistent

mr. smith, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, chairman terry, ranking member schakowsky, ladies and gentlemen, do what you think for the opportunity a path of trust way to provide witness testimony on this important issue related to data breaches. my law enforcement experience in this includes investigation prosecution of criminal, credit card fraud, access device fraud and counterfeiting. i left the justice department in 2000 to join trust wave in compliance services and technology company. i couldn't reserve on trust wave's executive team as senior vice president and general counsel for 12 years. business and government agencies higher trust way to fight cyber crime, protected and reduce risk. trust with its customers ranging from the world's largest multinational companies to small and medium-sized businesses in 96 country. we specialize in the following areas. compliance and risk management, manage and cloud-based secure the services of the threat intelligence, ethica

mr. stu smith. >> and, madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the board? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] [adjourned] >> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we

sucked into this stereotype of od mr. smith, the truth teller from kansas, comes into washington how he can't stand and washington and its slimy politicians who only re-elected. he's he's been part of the public policy process off and on in washington since about 1970. write your you column and where can people see it today? it's truthout.org a non for profit website that carries articles presumably stuff that's too hot to handle n the mainstream media and u go to truthout.org it's there. >> yeah. >> you said tkpwaeutsz -- i'm going to read back what you wrote -- what moved you to write that? a good deal ere's of hypocrisy regarding who it is the sacrifices and who doesn't. united states and he public in the united states to almost onditioned have a knee jerk reflex of we which is e troops, fine, but who are we actually supporting? who benefits? who loses? bucks have a g wards? a who has to contest veterans disability rating? higher unemployment for heir age and demographic than the rest of the population at a high unemployment

mr. tommy smith and on behalf of supervisor avalos for the late mr. pete seger. >> is there anymore business in front of the board. >> that concludes our business for the day, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the monday, january 27, 2014, meeting of the small business commission of the city and county of san francisco the meeting is called to order at the 2:08 p.m. roll call commissioner president adams. commissioner dooley. we have a quorum with 5 commissioners. general public comment. any public comment? for this period during the meeting is limited to 3 minutes unless established. the speakers are not required to state your name for the record. this will help to have the speaker cards that are to the right of the electorate turn at your early opportunity. >> any members of the public that want to bring up my items not on the public agenda seeing none, public comment is closed. this is for the minutes this is an action item >> move to approve. all in favor, say i. any notices. item 4 pr

mr. keith smith. >> mr. burton smith. >> ms. ith windsor. [ sounds of camera clicking] roberta kaplan and mrs. rachel levine. [inaudible] >> mark icing. >> mr. and mrs. goldman. duggal.nd mrs. raj >> mr. and mrs. chuck smith. [speaking french] >> i am the token french member of the u.n. delegation. i am happy to celebrate. >> mr. and mrs. jewell benenson. joel benenson. kentucky.ernor of mrs. bashir. >> mr. steve clemons. mr. andrew oros. >> what is the french connection? >> you just get it by looking good. ok. [ambient chatter] do you parlez any french? z any french.rle >> mr. and mrs. steve holland. >> the secretary of transportation and mrs. anthony fox. [camera clicking] >> mr. and mrs. joseph blunt. brams.norable stacey a >> she is doing an incredible job. my name came from france a long time ago. i think the french are way cooler than we are. and they certainly have better gossip. [inaudible] >> ms. julia louis dreyfus. dreyfus.am louis >> mr. jonathan levine. mrs. emily levine. ms. bonnie porta. >> the governor of tennesse

mr. stu smith. >> and, madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the board? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] [adjourned] >> do you know know your greg giving hurts from your wifi you may think that computers are kufz but when you know what you need it gets easier. a computer is made up of many different parts and each part as a specific job the k public works u is the brains of the compute. it's where all the work is done. current computers have multiple coarse it means it has multiple k public works ushthss working together as one. it hold all the information in the ram or hard or hard drive. it's the short time working memory for the computer interest it stores information while the computer is on >> the k f u is banning information backyard between the ram and the faster your programs are going to be run. if the hard drive can be cared the long-term america and you, store documents and movies >> the internal hard drives allow you to expand the hard drives. once you get on l

>> they were sucked into this stereotype ofood mr. smiththe truth teller from washington,g into which he can't stand, and how much he disdains washington and its slimy politicians who only want to get reelected. he has been a part of the public policy process off and on in washington since about 1970. >> where did you write your comment and where can people see it today? .> it is truthout.org >> what is truthout? >> it is a not-for-profit website that carries political thatles, presumably stuff is too hot to handle in the mainstream media. >> so you just go on truthout.org and it is there somewhere? >> you could do a search on the site. >> you said -- i am going to read back what you wrote -- gates has contributed to the selling of confusion in the minds of americans >> what moved you to write that? >> i think there is a good deal ishypocrisy regarding who it that makes the sacrifices and who doesn't. i think the united states and the public in the united states almosten conditioned to have a knee-jerk reflex of, we support the troops, whic

mr. stu smith. >> and, madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the board? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] [adjourned] announcer: b dreams and good grades aren't enough to get into college. there are actual steps you need to take. finding someone who can help is the first and most important. for the next steps, go to knowhow2go.org. [train whistle blowing] global warming. [whistle blows] some say irreversible consequences are 30 years away. 30 years? that won't affect me. [brakes screech] >> you're watching quick bite, the show that has san francisco. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we're here at one of the many food centric districts of san francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. a cross between castro and gastronomic. the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. >>

army on a post and 21 soldiers tied in the incident, a memorial service has been held in kabul and mr. smiths report. >> reporter: the killing of 21 afghan soldiers as they slept at a remote out post is the worst blow to government forces in years. and would have had little chance when their base was over run by what the government says were hundreds of taliban fighters. >> translator: the attack was organized from the other side of the border and it was very intensive. and the one army defended their country until the last drop of their blood. >> reporter: the defense minister accused of foreign intelligence service of helping plan the attack and did not name pakistan but the inference was clear. 18 afghan soldiers have been killed in combat with taliban and measure of the challenges this army faces as it looks after security of its own country without the help of nato forces. the air support nato would have once provided was not available this time. and the son imir had been a soldier more than three years. >> translator: . >> he was the only bread winner his father says. there has been an

i have a two-part question for mr. smiththe marijuana being grown and he who is doing the growing? >> guest: in colorado if you sell it you have to grow it yourself. it's a law that's fairly new up there so there is no separation. i think the state feels like it has better control if they know the people are selling it are also growing it so if you sell it your responsibility is to grow it yourself. >> host: steve in aden ohio, independent caller. >> caller: hi there. i spend 20 or smoking marijuana and stopped five or six years ago and i feel a whole lot better. in every way since i quit with the real question is why do we want to smoke at? put some pot in a pipe and you smoke it in 45 seconds later you were intoxicated and you are that way for five hours. it's like putting -- that filters the rest of the world. it affects every part of your body. i know why i did it but i don't think it's healthy and that's going to be the question. why do we want to escape? >> guest: that is exactly the part of the question of the rush to

mr. tommy smith and on behalf of supervisor avalos for the late mr. pete seger. >> is there anymore business in front of the board. >> that concludes our business for the day, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. hub. >> hi, i'm jean yes my name is jean and sometimes, people call me sir, girl. san francisco has served our sewer system and it's no square feet it's a matter of time. that's why we're planning major upgrades public health depends on it that. see how this important work is done. i was fascinated by it. we're going to creek. i would recycle you to come up and see the sewer system in minnesota that's why we see this through the plant. a lot of people don't realize how much work sgo goes into cleaning the water were. we offer free service to san >> so what brought you out here for the bike ride today? >> i grew up in san francisco but i have been living in new york. i wanted to see what san francisco is doing with infrastructure. >> cities are where people are living these days. the bay area is doing a lot with constructi

. >> i agree with mr. smith. it will be yet another layer of security that is important. >> thank you for your questions, i yield back. >> you are only going to get two extra questions. my question will be for mr. mulligan on specifics about and when you last did them before the breaches were discovered. notnt you to answer it neiman marcus or target specific, but what is .ppropriate for audits with that, as i understand the process, the norms that you do audits throughout the year on , how oftenty systems do you do those? when was the last time an audit was done on your security before you discovered the current hacks that include password integrity and possible procedural >> it certainly starts with the pci assessment. we had that performed by a third-party. we had an assessment against it is an00 retailers of our security program. >> when was the last one done and does it also include password integrity? can't give you the exact date of the last one. it would include passport protection. i would be happy to giv

mr. tommy smith and on behalf of supervisor avalos for the late mr. pete seger. >> is there anymore business in front of the board. >> that concludes our business for the day, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco local agency formation commission. today is january 24, 2014, >> i would like to acknowledge our clerk of the committee, lisa miller. i don't have our sfgtv names here, but i would like to thank them for their assistance today. call the roll. >> avalos, present, commissioner breed, campos, present, mar, present, schmeltzer absent. we do have a quorum. >> thank you. let's go to the next item. >> the election of the chairperson for 2014. okay colleagues we have before us a position for local local agency formation commission. i actually do have ain't in continuing as chairperson for local agency formation commission and just want to put it out there. if others have an interest as well, i would like to hear about that. and interested anyone interested in being a vice-chair y

the washington seen on tv these days, it's not "mr. smithashington" where one good man fighting the forces of dark and evil. >> i like to get them said this time, sir. and as a matter of fact, i'm not going to leave this body until i do get them. >> reporter: and it's not the "west wing" where there's a whole team of good people fighting the forces of dark and evil. >> never doubt a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world. >> reporter: no, it's frank underwood, played by kevin spacey, embodying dark and evil. scheming his way to the top as house majority whip. >> no, i revised the parameters. >> which is lying. >> which is politics. >> reporter: he's a puppet master politician, pulling all the strings, even killing to get what he wants. >> there is but one rule, hunt or be hunted. >> reporter: capturing, perhaps, a certain mood on the loose in the culture at large. >> we have an entire political movement, essentially based on suspicion of government. the tea party, congress is constantly setting new records for

. >> mr. smithess.org reported that at least 26 kids and teenagers have died in florida in "stand your ground" cases. i know you want to try to repeal the "stand your ground" law. what are the chances? >> repeal, the chances are slim. we are working in the senate on some reforms to "stand your ground," putting in some legislative intent to give florida citizens a guide path and judges of what's acceptable behavior, what is a "stand your ground" case? we're looking at amending the immunity parts of "stand your ground" as well as clearly defining what's an aggressor because as you clearly see with this jury taking so long in a case that most of america thinks should be a slam dunk that there are some problems with this law. so we're working hard if not to repeal -- which i think we clearly should -- but at least amend it to give some direction to floridians, to judges and to future juries. >> lisa, is it fair to say -- i've watched every moment of this trial -- but no gun was ever found and no one oth

mr. stu smith. >> and, madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the board? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] [adjourned] >>> >> >> >> february 6, 2014, >> >> >> good afternoon, welcome to our rules committees meeting for thursday february 6, 2014. i'm supervisor yee and i will be chairing this meeting. to my left is supervisor campos and katie tang who will join us. lisa miller is our clerk. and we would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, jessie larson and joshua alexander and record eefrp of our meetings and make the transcripts available online. are there any announcements? >> yes. please turn off electronic devices. if you wish to speak, please fill out a card. >> >>supervisor norman yee: madam clerk, please call item 1. agenda[health, business and tax regulations codes - safe body art]1304021.ordinance amending the health code by repealing miscellaneous sections relating to tattooing and adding article 40 to require body art practitioners to register with the departme

mr. stu smith. >> and, madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the board? hat concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for today. [gavel] [adjourned]

the washington seen on tv these days, it's not mr. smithashington, where there was one good man fighting the forces of good and evil. >> i'd like to get them set there time, sir. i'm not going to leave this body until they are set. >> reporter: and not the west wing with the whole team of good people fighting the forces of dark and evil. >> never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world. >> reporter: no, frank underwood, played by kevin spacey and embodied the force of good and evil. scheming his way to the top as majority whip. >> you did that? >> no, i revised the parameters of my stance. >> it's lying. >> which is politics. >> reporter: he's a puppet master, pulling the strings and killing to get what he wants. >> there is but one rule, hunt or be hunted. >> reporter: capturing perhaps a certain mood on the loose in the culture at large. >> we have a political movement based on the suspicion of government. the tea party congress is constantly setting new records for unpopularity. it's a moment pe

mr. smiths to washington with the perfect intention of not knowing anybody, meeting anybody, negotiating with anybody, writing any real legislation that is going anywhere and collecting 170 a year and spending a lot of staff money on people who write your right-wing speeches for you. >> and having great health care. the other thing -- >> i forgot the free plane ride every weekend to go back to where you're supposed to be representing. >> he comes to washington to do absolutely nothing on purpose. the folks who would elect him are people who want someone to come to washington to blow the place up, to stop it from doing anything that it's obligated to. >> milton wolf. watch this guy. don't vote for this guy necessarily into a war between the far right and the mainstream right. when the news broke, the more mainstream, that's the nrsc, the national republican senatorial committee attacked wolf saying, once again, it is clear that there are a few select groups and organizations like the senate cons