mr. whitaker? w i am a resident of the rincn hill neighborhood.prove this transit center district plan. i want to thank the planning department and the redevelopment agency. doing great job of involving existing neighbors. there is a blacksmith on fulton street, i think he has been working there for 40 or 50 years. pleases2nrh do pass it. i moved to the area to be able to walk and use transit to get around and get to work. i think that will be made even better with a plan. neighborhood operates -- it is my hope with the plan for the transit center district that that will activate the area in the evenings, on the weekdays, and on a weak case -- weekends. traffic congestion is the main challenge that we facek#mhu rig$ é

mr. tony whitaker from the payroll -- from the tax office. >> i apologize. thank you for waiting. we were downstairs with the mayor and supervisor avalos. mr. president, i think you know that for afternoon we reached agreement on business agreements with president chiu and the mayor. that is with conclusion and input over these five many months from the members of the business community. it is only with the support of the business community that the mayor and the board president and supervisor avalos came to this agreement. i want to thank the commission for its longtime advocacy of ending -- ending the payroll tax. and your work in the last few months in particular as we have worked to develop these proposals. none of this would be possible without mr. davis's work and the controller's work. he can go into the rate patrik -- great package that we hope will be before the board of supervisors mar. a couple of key features for the business community, i know you have been following this. the consensus measure does preserve the $100 million for small business. you'll be exempt from the

whitaker, cbs news, mexico city. >> glor: president obama marked independence day by calling for immigration reform. at the white house, mr. obama attended a swearing-in ceremony for 25 naturalized citizens. all u.s. service members. immigration, the president said, makes america stronger. >> as another step forward, we're lifting the shadow of deportation from deserving young people who were brought to this country as children. it's why we still need a dream act to keep talented young people who want to contribute to our society, serve our country. it's why we need-- why america's success demands-- comprehensive immigration reform. >> glor: this evening, the president hosted a picnic at the white house for military families. another innocent victim in the scourge of violence in chicago. we're on the ground with u.s. soldiers in afghanistan in one of the last major offenses against the taliban. and for the first time, an amputee will run at the olympics when the "cbs evening news" >> glor: this july 4 is the 11th americans have spent fighting in afghanistan. but even as we get closer to the deadline for withdrawal, the wo