mr. walker for mr. seat 4. so we do have two more seats. supervisor farrell? >> given that i wasn't here last week i would defer to my colleagues. i was impressed by those who came out and spoke today and thank you. and mr. mauroff, i'm glad to see has been mentioned, but i am happy to defer to my colleagues for seat 2, i think mr. rita evans would be great for the bart riders' interest, especially someone riding [pwa-rlt/] everyday to the east bay and i think you would be very well-suited to that see the. which only leaves one remaining see the, seat 1. >> again, i think any of these individuals would do a great job for see seat 1 and it's hard to choose, but i will say nicole agbayani for see the 1. >> we have a motion for nicole agbayani, the manager at the excelsior action group. so we have nominations for each of the six seats and it's great to see such an interesting around the balboa station to make sure that we're dedicating the interest and attention that is needed. so i just wanted to again repeat the motion that we have before us. we have nicole agb

mr. walker newman, and miss jacqueline liu and city of san francisco would like to recognize the honorable mayor of san francisco, the honorable david chiu, chairman of the board of supervisors. >> he's also our district 3 supervisor. >> the honorable menea cohen, the honorable ciel ping, commissioner cecilia chung, may woo, eileen lee riley and mr. carezza, san francisco unified school district. >> we'd like to recognize our guest from the consulate, education councilor from the people's republic of china, mr. bernhard able, consulate of germany, the honorable nagesh naharabi, india, the honorable dennis garrison, consul of lithuania, consul of madagascar, mr. victor flores, from e

mr. mauroff and we have william walker. >> i'm sorry, that is mr. hogan. sorry about that. >> seats 1 and 36789 >> hello. i live about six blocks from balboa park and homeowner and have been in the neighborhood for about six years. we formed a group of neighborhoods called the friends of balboa park playground. a lost family families with kids in the neighborhood that resulted in about a million mrs. dollars of renovations to balboa park. the playground, the skatepark and other improvements that have benefited our community. on behalf of the neighborhood and a homeowner and someone really interested in improving our community and making sure it meets everybody's needs. i have been involved on a social service level boys and girls club and have built partnerships to get things down and would love to use that experience. just our commitment to the neighborhood and community to serve balboa park. >> thank you, mr. mauroff, you applied om for seat 3, would you like to amend that? >> i thought seat 3 was the most approximate. >> we heard from mr. walker already

mr. walker is here as well. [applause] with any educational institution that has value as our city college, not only did we work with those that are currently involved with them, but we worked as a city family. there is no way to express at this time the need to have this a family together to support our city college. so also i have representatives of the comptroller's office, then rosenfield, mickey callahan, the human resources divisions that are here today, nadia from our public financing, and certainly kate howard and the budget staff, all here to help me help the city college to make sure they continue in the best tradition that we have in our city. after all, they need our help, our support. they will not be able to accomplish it all by themselves, so no less than any other educational institution. they cannot do it alone. certainly, i get that message from hydra a lot. working with her on the board of education, as well as her being at the city college at this time, and then with our community assets, rea

mr. walker newman, and miss jacqueline liu and city of san francisco would like to recognize the honorable mayor of san francisco, the honorable david chiu, chairman of the board of supervisors. >> he's also our district 3 supervisor. >> the honorable menea cohen, the honorable ciel

mr. walker serves as the deputy assistant secretary for aging, advocating on behalf of older americans. now this new federal agency will seek to enhance and improve a broad range of support that individuals may need to live with respect and dignity as full members of our community. this needs to go well beyond health care. it includes the availability of private housing, employment, education, meaningful relationships, as well as social participation. in addition, we will be working with the centers for medicare and medicaid services to develop, refine, and strengthen policies that promote independent living among all populations, especially those served by medicaid. we would also look with cms to promote home and community-based services and support. last but not least, i will be remiss if i forget to mention that may is also the time of the year when communities across nations come together to celebrate the older americans month. the proud tradition that shows our nation's commitment to recognize is the -- recognizing the contributions and achievements of our seniors. the theme for th

mr. walker is here as well. [applause] with any educational institution that has value as our city college, not only did we work with those that are currently involved with them, but we worked as a city family.

mr. walker. i wanted to know if you think whether or not the president will probably have to lower his threshold to people that are making somewhere around $200,000 a year. i don't think that what he said during his campaign is going to actually cut its. what is your view on that? >> i think over time they have to look and define what the middle class is and one of the frustrations that i have and many americans have is the cost of living is different in different parts of the country. it costs a lot more to live in the tristate area in new york, new jersey and connecticut than in southwestern virginia. so in the final analysis i believe that we need comprehensive tax reform that will do several things. will get more people paying income taxes under a more progressive tax system because right now 46 don't pay income taxes. it will increase the effective tax rate of the wealthy but for a comprehensive tax reform, not through adding on new rates or alternative minimum taxes and will minimize the bu

mr. walker here. >> i have one question. you're mr. fix the debt.ing and you find out president obama wins or you find out mitt romney wins. who -- who comes up with a solution? what actually happens? is there something where you actually find a solution at the end of the tunnel here? >> we have to. we'll find a solution in the face for crisis and we'll prevent a crisis. here's my view, i think the american people have to rally around the result. i think the president has to show extraordinary leadership because that's what's been lacking for ten years. it's been lacking. look, only the president has the pulpit and the president needs to call for congress to not take a break until they've dealt with the fiscal cliff. >> whoever gets elected. whoever gets elected they need a former unity candidate and president obama will have to re-shuffle his candidate. >> did you watch mcconnell and reid on 60 minutes together? >> i did. >> and? what gives you hope that the u.s. senate, no matter what, will get anything done? >> the reason being is that the presid

mr. walker. jay leno, i have been on the program a dozen times. i don't really know jay. respectful to me. nice to me. >> great guy. >> bill: he does a fine program. but you feel that he has changed a bit? >> he has changed. he has let us down. weed all started literally in the last same five year period. 30 million people are not out of work. 30 million people are just in between jobs. [ laughter ] you are not drowning, you are just in between land. [ laughter ] >> bill: you came one leno? >> and then jay worked for me as a writer, along with david letterman and many others. louie anderson and a lot of other people. >> bill: where were you when he was writing for you. >> on our show in los angeles. >> bill: how did leno change. >> he changed in terms of bringing on new talent, which is that spot which is johnny carson, jack parr, steve allen. he has not broken in his 20 something years on the air, he has not broken one major act. >> bill: you know, it's a different time now andaj the ratings pressure i bs so intense. >> jay is numberre one. do whatever he wants. >> bon j

mr. walker. jay leno, i have been on the program a dozen times. i don't really know jay. to me. nice to me. >> great guy. >> bill: he does a fine program. but you feel that he has changed a bit? >> he has changed. he has let us down. weed all started literally in the last same five year period. 30 million people are not out of work. 30 million people are just in between jobs. [ laughter ] you are not drowning, you are just in between land. [ laughter ] >> bill: you came one leno? >> and then jay worked for me as a writer, along with david letterman and many others. louie anderson and a lot of other people. >> bill: where were you when he was writing for you. >> on our show in los angeles. >> bill: how did leno change. >> he changed in terms of bringing on new talent, which is that spot which is johnny carson, jack parr, steve allen. he has not broken in his 20 something years on the air, he has not broken one major act. >> bill: you know, it's a different time now andaj the ratings pressure i bs so intense. >> jay is numberre one. do whatever he wants. >> bon jovi ride in

mr. walker, i want to know who is your top individual donors? to me, whether it is heritage or bookings, i think we need to know where you are coming from. guest: let me stop you there. we're talking about the fiscal cliff. caller: i'm a political independent and have been for 15 years. the comeback initiative is funded through several sources first. we get a grant from the peterson foundation. we have individuals of different groups. i dedicate all of my riding fees to the comeback america initiative. those are the sources of our funding. you can go to our website which is keepingamericagreat.org. we will be filing a tax form that is disclosing. host: does that help you? caller: no, that is a big spin. who is your top donor? guest: i just told you it is a foundation, the peterson foundation. we have other donors as well. all of my speaking and writing fees, which are several hundred thousand dollars a year, go to the nonprofit. that is the source of our funding. host: tell us to pete peterson is. caller: during the nixon administration, he has

more now on her sry from nbc's kristin walker. >> mrs. kelley, how are you doing? >> reporter: jill kelley was well known in social circles around tampa. she and husband scott, a surgeon, threw lavish parties at their ten bedroom home that sol for $1.5 million in 2004. they had top notch catering. a couple about town. >> jill was all the smiling, vivacious. >> reporter: aaron fodoman publishes tampa bay magazine. the kelleys frequented the magazine's pages. >> there was always a bevy of people around them. it would seem like no matter where they went people enjoyed talking to them, being with them. >> reporter: and they were often seen hob knobbing with top litary brass, connections jill kelley made while organizing social events at nearby madill air force base. >> she is a deep down good person. >> reporter: she and her brother is rushing to her defense. federal authorities are investigating thousands of e-mails between kelley and marine commander john allen. quam says they are only good friends. >> all i do know is my sister didn't do anything wrong. i know that

mr. walker, i want to know who is your top individual donors?whether it is heritage or bookings, i think we need to know where you are coming from. host: let me stop you there. fiscalalking about the cliff. guest: i'm a political independent and have been for 15 years. the comeback initiative is funded through several sources first. we get a grant from the peterson foundation. we have individuals of different groups. i dedicate all of my riding fees to the comeback america initiative. those are the sources of our funding. you can go to our website which is keepingamericagreat.org. we will be filing a tax form that is disclosing. host: does that help you? caller: no, that is a big spin. who is your top donor? guest: i just told you it is a foundation, the peterson foundation. we have other donors as well. all of my speaking and writing fees, which are several hundred thousand dollars a year, go to the nonprofit. that is the source of our funding. host: tell us to pete peterson is. guest: during the nixon administration, he has a significant exper

mr. walker, i want to know who is your top individual donors? to me, whether it is heritage or bookings, i think we need to know where you are coming from. host: let me stop you there. we're talking about the fiscal cliff. guest: i'm a political independent and have been for 15 years. the comeback initiative is funded through several sources first. we get a grant from the peterson foundation. we have individuals of different groups. i dedicate all of my riding fees to the comeback america initiative. those are the sources of our funding. you can go to our website which is keepingamericagreat.org. we will be filing a tax form that is disclosing. host: does that help you? caller: no, that is a big spin. who is your top donor? guest: i just told you it is a foundation, the peterson foundation. we have other donors as well. all of my speaking and writing fees, which are several hundred thousand dollars a year, go to the nonprofit. that is the source of our funding. host: tell us to pete peterson is. guest: during the nixon administration, he has a s

mr. robin walker, this house should support both sides. also, increasing accountability of palestinian organizations to the u.n. >> whether it would mark a step towards depends on what would happen next. and as i mentioned earlier, there is a sequence which they have hope for the future ,-com,-com ma that is what we are trying to provide for, assurances that we have asked for so that we can maximize the further progress being made we can only answer his question pearly when we see what happens next. what i am interested in is what he said to the israeli government -- what is he doing to prevent a threat about being carried out? >> we are very clear and we have been clear with israel already. they say that we will not react in a adverse way of passing of the revolution. does that show that bullying and threats actually work and send out completely the wrong message to all israelis and palestinians who seek a peaceful resolution? >> welcome i do have some differences about that. it is not just about the messages. it is about how do you get t

mr. romney. let me ask you this. can scott walker -- i'm going to call it his machine, that may be unfair. he pulled out tremendous, tremendous votes in the milwaukee suburbs. he did it twice. once in 2010, then earlier this year in the recall. will governor walker's group in the suburbs carry romney through? is that where it's going to on be? >> sure. larry, that really started in the november 2010 election where ryan set up excellent party structure. that's just been fortified over the recall election. and you know, there have been a lot of the outside groups also coming in here really doing excellent work in terms of micro targeting of voters. our early get out the vote effort was really targeted toward casual voters, people who don't come out all the time, versus democrats who are trying to get out people who are going to vote anyway. i don't pay attention to polls. only 9% of people are responding to polls. take a look at the exit polls in the recall, that race was supposedly too close to call, yet governor walker bested the recall by 6.8%. so i'm just telling people in wisconsin, pay

mr. conservive. so he was given some latitude. george herbert walker bush, president 41, facing the deficits, really ballooning deficits of the time, unprecedentsed deficits could lap rated with democrats and some republicans and passed a tax increase. he paid dearly for it. the country got fiscal health. out of it. but he paid. he got a primary challenge and he got the wrath of a lot of the base of the republican party and he lost reelection. bill clinton then came and again to restore fiscal, the sustained fiscal health increased taxes without a single republican voting for it and what happened, he paid a price. democrats lost control of the congress and for-- after having it for 40 years in 1994. and the lesson that was learned was learned by bush 43. who came and cut taxes twice. now under bush 41 and clinton, we had sustained economic growth and fiscal sanity. >> woodruff: with higher tax rates. >> with higher tax rates. under bush 43 with two tax cuts we had an economy in tore pur and doubled the fat debt. and but it's become, david can explain t

mr. mimms. >> any discussion with the commission or any public comment? seeing none, does someone want to make a motion? >> commissioner walker. >> move to approve. to support, or whatever vernacular is. >> second. >> possible action item, yeah. >> okay, is there a second? >> yes. >> we can do a roll call vote. i'm sorry, on the wrong page here. president mcdahr think? >> aye. >> vice president mar? >> yes. >> commissioner clinch? >> yes. >> commissioner lee? >> yes. >> commissioner mccray? >> yes. >> and commissioner walker? >> yes. >> the approval is unanimous. the next item on the agenda is item number 5, discussion on progress of recruitment for executive search firm regarding hiring of a permanent director for the department. >> thank you, madam secretary. we have in front of you which was just distributed there, if you'll bear with me i'll go through everything and give you a road map on how this process has done. we have some good news in the sense that approximately over two months ago we sent out for the vendors from that, which we updated. at the end of i believe last month i think we had the time frame for the vend

mr. stein. >> lindsay, one question. >> lindsay vaughn, olympic skier. >> [beep]. >> this is hilarious. >> sorry. we have to interrupt really quick. >> what? >> hey, johnny, can we talk about your parents for a second? >> what happened? >> johnny walker'sents went out for halloween. the dad dressed as dax and the mom is charles. >> your dad rocks. >> your parents are fun. >> yeah, they're great. >> guess what i got charles! [laughter] >> great. >> who's the boss now? [laughter] >> here's the boss. oh, gosh. >> coming up -- >> there's this adorable monkey in the san francisco zoo that everybody believes is like the good luck charm for the giants to win the world series. >> the rally monkey is an angel thing. >> where does the rally monkey live? >> on the big screen. >> jessica. she's a playboy model. jessica's hot shower. >> oh, my god. >> no one showers like that. >> she does. [laughter] >> "tmz," brought to you by centrum. >> coming up -- >> alison hanigan. i got it when my internet here was faster than at my office. [ man ] i got it when i uploaded a gigabyte of photos. i literally wanted to say "did you see that?" [ male announcer ] when people switch from cable to verizon fios there comes a moment when they get it. the difference 1

they expect walkers the united states senate, to work like "mr. smit-- towork like mr.smio washington. we're not getting rid of that with regular filibusters but we're ge getting read of it wita motion to proceed. the senate isn't working. apart from senator mcconnell and his troops, basically everybody in america agrees the senate is not working. and the senate, as in any human snurks there will always be plenty of blame to go around. let's call it like it is. two longtime senate watchers -- thomas mann and norm ornstein, one representing a pregnantive think tank, another a conservative think tank. "we have been studying washington politics and congress nor than 40 years and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. in our past writings we've criticized both parties. today however we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the republican party." mr. president, i didn't make that up. they wrote it. two of the foremost congress watchers this country has ever had. that's what they wrote. objective outside observers are calling it like it

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mr. tuttle and others were there when the president of the united states was there, at the time president george herbert walker bush and our beloved bob dole was there, and it was a great moment for all of us. it was a great moment for america. it was all of us doing something contributing in a small way to make better the lives of people who otherwise may have had great, great challenges in having the kind of lives that we want every american citizen to lead. i believe that this -- this treaty, this action is an action conrad and -- add qad and important followup. because i don't think -- yes, there have been problems with any legislation of the sweeping magnitude and scope of the a.d.a., but i don't know of anybody who doesn't believe that it was a magnificent success and an enormous contribution to making the lives of our citizens with disabilities better than they otherwise would have been. so wouldn't we want that same thing to happen to everyone in the world? wouldn't we want these children that are going through such difficult times in their lives, wouldn't we want those who have been wounded and maimed

mr. sununu and his remarks on president obama? guest: governor sununu is a knowledgeable former governor of new hampshire. he was chief of staff for herbert walkeren doing quite a bit of television on behalf of the republican party. a very smart man, very well respected. certainly, anyone in politics who is on television a lot and is commenting sometimes may or may not say something that they regret. i am not going to judge each one of his remarks, but -- host: has it had an impact on the new hampshire voter? guest: is very well-respected in new hampshire, which is maybe one reason why he has been up front for the republican party. he is among people in new hampshire would tend to listen to. the senator is very popular, and our outgoing governor, the president pass campaign used him in advertising because he is so popular. he has been on the stage with the president. they are using surrogates like that. i think that the president's campaign is very smart to use some of these people like the senator, who is more of a centrist democrat, favorable with independent voters you asked about. if you are a new hampshire voter and you are watching televis