mr. strauss? i am here to support the allocation of the 4.5 million dollars plus to keep this project moving forward and, the downtown extension and is the highest rail capitol priority after the central subway, and i am encouraged that we are not only pursuing as we must, plan a, as it has been called, but also, our investigating a plan b and plan c because of this is essential that we keep this project moving for ward. we are invested in the sales force tower and the rail terminal, and underneath it already. and the projects supported by this 5.4, million dollars, are consistent with all of those and i urge you to keep us moving forward, aggressively, on these elements and on this over all project. thank you. >> i want to say that i strongly support this allegation, i think that the tjpa staff could use more than this, but this is a good start. a word about grab. i used to run stud yz like this when i was at p engineering and i can tell you that if i had been 36 months into a study, with no numb

mr. strauss, can you tell us where it all started with you? strauss: i felt my first real brush with history back when i was a high school junior. i was a page at the united states supreme court. that was the year that john kennedy was assassinated. i remember sitting in the judges chambers. i was with justice brennan and justice goldberg and justice white when the news came. then within the next couple of days i watched on pennsylvania avenue as the funeral procession passed by. it caused me to reflect a little bit on the fact that this was the shining knight of my own parents' generation. through the rest of the 1960s while i was at harvard -- the same class that exploded in riot and the strikes. although i didn't participate in that i saw it and it saddened me -- i was well aware of what my peers were doing to attack the institutions of their elders. then as i wrote the book about how the vietnam war affected my generation, i saw really quite a tragic relationship developing between what we call the g.i. generation and the boomers. right aft

mr. strauss? i am here to support the allocation of the 4.5 million dollars plus to keep this project moving forward and, the downtown extension and is the highest rail capitol priority after the central subway, and i am encouraged that we are not only pursuing as we must, plan a, as it has been called, but also, our investigating a plan b and plan c because of this is essential that we keep this project moving for ward. we are invested in the sales force tower and the rail terminal, and underneath it already. and the projects supported by this 5.4, million dollars, are consistent with all of those and i urge you to keep us moving forward, aggressively, on these elements and on this over all project. thank you. >> i want to say that i strongly support this allegation, i think that the tjpa staff could use more than this, but this is a good start. a word about grab. i used to run stud yz like this when i was at p engineering and i can tell you that if i had been 36 months into a study, with no numb

mr. strauss? i am here to support the allocation of the 4.5 million dollars plus to keep this project moving forward and, the downtown extension and is the highest rail capitol priority after the central subway, and i am encouraged that we are not only pursuing as we must, plan a, as it has been called, but also, our investigating a plan b and plan c because of this is essential that we keep this project moving for ward. we are invested in the sales force tower and the rail terminal, and underneath it already. and the projects supported by this 5.4, million dollars, are consistent with all of those and i urge you to keep us moving forward, aggressively, on these elements and on this over all project. thank you. >> i want to say that i strongly support this allegation, i think that the tjpa staff could use more than this, but this is a good start. a word about grab. i used to run stud yz like this when i was at p engineering and i can tell you that if i had been 36 months into a study, with no numb

mr. strauss, what did you think of the west bank? he said, couldn't tell you. they said, no. couldn't tell you. he said off the record. >> they said off the record. >> i said i don't know why one though would want and it why the other one wouldn't just give it to them. i think of that when i think of the job of being secretary of defense or secretary of state today or national security adviser, and i want to close with each of you talking about this to give each a chance. is it not the worst time to be responsible for american foreign policy? that is somebody comes to you and says, martin, michelle, rob, be secretary of state. wouldn't you want to say i had me heart set on agriculture. that's the -- the cold war was all about managing power. the post cold war was all about american power. and the post-post cold war is all about managing weak in ours, allies and weak collapsing states. martin. >> michelle. >> it's about managing the chaos that is all around us in the world, and i think what i would say is i don't think the -- given our historical role, architect can the post w

mr. strauss. other any other members of the public that were to speak on this item? if you would like to speak, please, line up. >> hello. my name is david brin could i have been talking to various budget legislators but this idea of backfilling federal tax cuts with local and state taxes under ad hoc cowboy budget firewall. and read over the resolution. i just want to point out that if we are going to be collecting personal income taxes with managers have the right to collect him. we want the state to help us to do it. we want to require to be able to send the state here are local tax brackets and then have them include that on the state income tax form because otherwise it 20 another set of paperwork and people to be underweight or they won't do it in the first place. to add onto that the mileage be able to see her like to see san francisco have negative tax rates for certain income tax brackets. that way that the estate tax because the state currently requires us to collect 8% and a quarter sales tax. we should have some ways to reverse that. so we be could create

mr. strauss. other any other members of the public that were to speak on this item? if you would like to speak, please, line up. >> hello. my name is david brin could i have been talking to various budget legislators but this idea of backfilling federal tax cuts with local and state taxes under ad hoc cowboy budget firewall. and read over the resolution. i just want to point out that if we are going to be collecting personal income taxes with managers have the right to collect him. we want the state to help us to do it. we want to require to be able to send the state here are local tax brackets and then have them include that on the state income tax form because otherwise it 20 another set of paperwork and people to be underweight or they won't do it in the first place. to add onto that the mileage be able to see her like to see san francisco have negative tax rates for certain income tax brackets. that way that the estate tax because the state currently requires us to collect 8% and a quarter sales tax. we should have some ways to reverse that. so we be could create

mr. strauss? i am here to support the allocation of the 4.5 million dollars plus to keep this project moving forward and, the downtown extension and is the highest rail capitol priority after the central subway, and i am encouraged that we are not only pursuing as we must, plan a, as it has been called, but also, our investigating a plan b and plan c because of this is essential that we keep this project moving for ward. we are invested in the sales force tower and the rail terminal, and underneath it already. and the projects supported by this 5.4, million dollars, are consistent with all of those and i urge you to keep us moving forward, aggressively, on these elements and on this over all project. thank you. >> i want to say that i strongly support this allegation, i think that the tjpa staff could use more than this, but this is a good start. a word about grab. i used to run stud yz like this when i was at p engineering and i can tell you that if i had been 36 months into a study, with no numb

mr. strauss? i am here to support the allocation of the 4.5 million dollars plus to keep this project moving forward and, the downtown extension and is the highest rail capitol priority after the central subway, and i am encouraged that we are not only pursuing as we must, plan a, as it has been called, but also, our investigating a plan b and plan c because of this is essential that we keep this project moving for ward. we are invested in the sales force tower and the rail terminal, and underneath it already. and the projects supported by this 5.4, million dollars, are consistent with all of those and i urge you to keep us moving forward, aggressively, on these elements and on this over all project. thank you. >> i want to say that i strongly support this allegation, i think that the tjpa staff could use more than this, but this is a good start. a word about grab. i used to run stud yz like this when i was at p engineering and i can tell you that if i had been 36 months into a study, with no numb

mr. strauss. other any other members of the public that were to speak on this item? if you would like to speak, please, line up. >> hello. my name is david brin could i have been talking to various budget legislators but this idea of backfilling federal tax cuts with local and state taxes under ad hoc cowboy budget firewall. and read over the resolution. i just want to point out that if we are going to be collecting personal income taxes with managers have the right to collect him. we want the state to help us to do it. we want to require to be able to send the state here are local tax brackets and then have them include that on the state income tax form because otherwise it 20 another set of paperwork and people to be underweight or they won't do it in the first place. to add onto that the mileage be able to see her like to see san francisco have negative tax rates for certain income tax brackets. that way that the estate tax because the state currently requires us to collect 8% and a quarter sales tax. we should have some ways to reverse that. so we be could create

can't believe strauss said the following. "mr.oof that the incoming administration on subjects has had nothing to do with russia." all this debate about open hearings, closed hearings, what was seen, what was not seen, is that a possibility, if not that fact, about a crime? >> first of all, you have to subpoena and i would assume the trump white house would turn them over, all the obama administration records about these decisions. those are very strange decisions made early in january by the obama team. if they would allow gossip and things that were not proven to be spread widely within the intelligence community knowing they were likely to leak. why was i decided, who made that decision? this stuff -- i write novels occasionally about terrorism -- this is beyond anything i could have put in a novel. it's so bizarre that you would have this going on right now. frankly, they probably need three or four parallel investigations. one into what happened in the white house, one into the whole process of relationships with russia, but