. >> good afternoon, mr. wade. and good afternoon. >> there is another presentation being loaded and as soon as he is done, i will get started. >> okay. so good afternoon, and director, today's wsip quarterly update covers june first to june 30, 2014. so i am pleased to report that the over all wsip at the end of the reporting period was 83 percent complete over all that is 81 percent at the regional level and 96.5 percent at the local level. and this pie chart shows that the main activities in the program continue to be in the construction phase with over 2.8 billion dollars in construction, representing 17 projects and we have completed 63 of 83 projects, in the program. and there is only two projects remaining in the preconstruction. and we do have a number of accomplishments to report, and that can show, and that show the continued outstanding progress in the program. and in particular, we have completed the permitting on one of the last projects for the pipeline upgrade and we should proceed on two projects in

francisco chamber of commerce but their proud you have we, in fact, had a consensus let me trolley mr. wade rose who is representing the san francisco chamber of commerce. (clapping.) >> mayor ed lee and supervisor kim and supervisors we the business community are police department mr. reginald that a single ballet measure had been appearing in november to ask the folks of san francisco whether or not they want to support an expansion and growth in the minimum wage. the issue about the discussions we were involved with and have been involved it come down to the observation that a compromise is a precious idea that has to be experienced to be healthy that we think that the consensus built up around this measure residents will be voting on we've reached the compromise. one of the kind of facts of san francisco which is not well understood because we're bless to be a headquarter city and a huge amount of high tech are coming in is that 80 percent of the 6 hundred thousand people who are employed in san francisco are employed by small and medium businesses businesses often less than 20 people,

mr. wade. >> dan wade, to address your question, i want to point out that this item as well as the next two items are contractual agenda items to conform to the revised wsip that was approved in april. so you approved schedule and budget revisions to the water improvement program and this item to allow a record to continue work on the project as part of that revised. >> when you say when the tunnel is coming into service? >> this tunnel is coming into service this fall and it's going to be a milestone for the wis sip and change the level in terms of seismic and delivery in reliability. there is going to be continued work to tie up all the loose ends after it goes into service this fault and establish of completion will finish this year. it takes time for these projects to come to final closure. as reported in the past we did have different conditions during the tunnelling of the project, we had gassy tunnel conditions at the time the project was bid, we knew there was potential gassy condition

. >> mr. wade, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> very informative. >> so, the next report that i have the water supply out look, and mr. ritchie will present that. >> all right. >> okay the team is finished with the work. steve r. cri. hie, the direct for water and i will have the updates, i will move into those and i have skipped a couple of these slides that we have seen before to cut right to the chase and this is the slide showing the reservoirs and as you note the hetch hetch is 90 percent low, and it has been coming down as the summer progressed and there is no inflow and that will decrease until the following and into the next wet season that we get. we expect to be around october first at about 250,000 acres in the reservoir, on that standard operating procedure for this kind of year, again the water bank number is low, 37 percent and it is low but that number has been coming up and it is actually come up about 13,000 acre feet as we have steadily put the water into that from the cherry

wade? the folks who endorsed -- >> the folks who endorsed me -- [talking over each other] >> we are now at the moment of closing statements. mr. gillespie, you're first. >> i have laid out my agenda as i have all across the commonwealth. i want virginians to know. i want voters to hold accountable on the same where i'm asking them to hold mr. warner accountable for saying he would be an independent voice, but voting a majority of the time the same as president obama. for him saying he would be a fiscal moderate, but voting to increase our taxes. and for saying he would never vote for a bill that would make us lose our insurance and that we could keep it, but he voted for obamacare. and i can understand that, but governor warner would not recognize senator warner today. that is why many virginians support me who have supported him in the past. he is not comfortable defending the votes he has cast. he talks a lot about the jobs he had before this campaign trail. i'm proud of my career. mark is proud of doing a job that makes of the richest member of the senate. my time in the private sector will enable me to stand up against sp

mr. thomas. the poem is called "omaha beach." ♪ >> when we went in the beach had been taken. the living fought on. the dead forsaken. we were dropped into water up to our shoulders. we wadedn. a group of green soldiers on to that thin strip of beach. so many had tried to reach. they were the ones who went in first. among the machine gunfire and shell bursts. they went to watery graves. sinking beneath the waves. the water was red. red from the dead. red from the dying and agony crying. those who made the land were not able to stand, we fell on the sand, writhing in pain, screaming for help in vain. every advantage was on the hill. they killed our men at will. the rain of death from the cliffs never stopped. never stopped. but we, we just kept coming in from the sea. wave after wave. as far as you could see. sheer courage and determination. not believing they were done. dictated the victory that day. others in the future will say when they stand on that mighty hike and look down on that thin strip of beach they will say i don't see how they ever did it. they fought for every inch of it. up the fortified walls, over those cliffs so tall. i'll never forget that beach. i'll n

wade. >> that's sproort decision i am running for the united states senate, senator. the right to the life movement. >> i will go through your view. 123467 we at the moment of closing statements. mr. gillespie, you are first? >> thank you again. i have laid out my positive agenda for economic growth as i have done all across the common wealth because i want i want voters to hold me accountable and mark warner voting 97% of the time with obama for saying he would be a physical moderate but voting to increase taxes by nearly a trillion dollars and debt by $7 trillion, fors saying he would be pro-busy but supporting job killing policies like a carbon tax and for saying he would never vote for a bill that we would be losing our insurance if twenty to keep it but voting for obama care. oil talked about more jobs for our fellow virginians mark talked about his time as governor, mentioned it 5 times by my count, i think, 10 years ago. i can understand that but governor warner wouldn't recognize senator warner today. that's why i have so many supporting me today who supported him in the past. uncomfortable defending the votes he has cast as a senator. he talked a lot about the jobs he ha

wade should be overturned. >> yes, i believe. >> i'm sorry. the answer is yes. i believe unborn children should be protected. >> thank you senator graham. senator graham. thank you very much mr. chairman. i want to thank you for having thetopic. i would like to join with the recommendation that we have a hearing on my bill which is the unborn child protection act 1670 and have a joint vote on the senate floor and see where everybody falls out on it because it's a subject worthy of debate. let's see if we can find some kpl common ground about how all of these laws work. is it your understanding that 1670 would prevent a ban on 30 trimeter abortions that protect with exceptions the life of the mother and rain and incest. >> 1670? >> excuse me. the other one. 1696. >> the one today. >> yes, ma'am. >> i'm sorry. >> yes, this bill would limit -- it would prevent a ban on abortion in the last trimester. it would pre -- >> do you agree with that? >> the bill has provisions that track the constitutional standard that do say that post viability, there needs to be an exception for a woman's live and health as the supreme court has said. >> so could a state pass a law that banned abort