i would like to ask ms. lee and others from burma super star to come up. i will start to read this. favorite spots, one of the tastiest spots on clement street, is burma superstar. i am honored to celebrate with everyone here for restaurant appreciation month. it is a fantastic restaurant in the richmond district, with the delicious food they offer and signature dishes like the tea leaf salad. it is no wonder there is always a huge line of people waiting to get in, but it is worth the wait. they contribute to the divorce culinary tradition of clement street and all of san francisco. it is a destination for not just locals but people from out of town. it is appreciated for a relaxing atmosphere. servers are always happy to help you choose the best out of a long list of dishes, from stir- fry is too rich curries, too deep-fried fritters and salads. they have been running the place since 2001. it has been on clement since 1992. it has been a bright example of a successful local family-run business in our richmond district. they have three locations in the bay area. the company also run

ms. jackson-lee, for her five minutes of questions. >> madam chair, i think it is appropriate to thank you for your continuing persistence. we have been on this journey, i believe, for a long time. and in your leadership i think we can count, if you will, tens upon tens of hearings on this issue. to the gentleman who are gathered, thank you so very much for your presence here today. and i have to express, mayor bloomberg, a sense of pride having first started out my educational tenure at new york university for a brief period of time but certainly having the great affection for this city. but proudly now with the city of houston, expressing a great sense of pride in the greater houston partnership, their leadership and jeff moseley for frankly taking the lead. i will answer the question, congress should do something. lamar smith knows that we set together on this committee, myself as the ranking member. and lamar smith during that time as the chairman on the subcommittee on immigration. and frankly, we should have done something then. it is difficult to bark and have no teeth. and congress

ms. stokes are there any other items before us? supervisor mar: with no other item before us, the meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> ed lee was kind enough to accept my request that he continue as a city administrator in san francisco. his term now officially will be longer than mine, regardless of my win for the lieutenant borders race or not. ed lee is one of the best and brightest in city government. since he took the helm as city administrator, he led our efforts to create the 10-year capital plan. he has led our efforts in organizing and reinvigorating our birds the prepared this recovery plans. he has been a great steward in these times of economic constraints, helping us become more efficient in terms of the governments of this city. he has been on the forefront of our efforts to reduce our vehicle fleet, green our vehicle fleet. he has proven remarkably adept at working with everyone in city government regardless of their political ideologies, political backgrounds or agendas. he has great support of the community and broad support in the private sector as well. i cannot imagine anyone better, anyone more deservin

ms. jackson-lee, for her five minutes of questions. >> madam chair, i think it is appropriate to thanyou for your continuing persistence. we have been on this journey, i believe, for a long time. and in your leadership i think we can count, if you will, tens upon tens of hearings on this issue. to the gentleman who are gathered, thank you so very much for your presence here today. and i have to express, mayor bloomberg, a sense of pride having first started out my educational tenure at new york university for a brief period of time but certainly having the great affection for this city. but proudly now with the city of houston, expressing a great sense of pride in the greater houston partnership, their leadership and jeff moseley for frankly taking the lead. i will answer the question, congress should do something. lamar smith knows that we set together on this committee, myself as the ranking member. and lamar smithuring that time as the chairman on the subcommittee on immigration. and frankly, we should have done something then. it is difficult to bark and have no teeth. and congress h

i will meet with ed lee and ed harrison on the parcels that you are talking about that could help us with parking. supervisor mar: i just want to thank ms. brown and mr. updike for being here, also a time line for setting up the cac. i feel strongly committed the- based people should be at on that committee in addition to small farmers. i know the history of the farmer's market is a grass-roots effort. it is challenging for us to have a people's farmers market. also for small farmers to have a chance versus the big grocery industry, who was opposing this. i hope that comes from the cac and this remains the people's farmers market. supervisor maxwell: in discussing the cac, they plan to have farmers and people who live around the area, maybe beyond. it needs to be bigger than nine. this is a huge city, historical place, people really love and are dedicated to farmers' markets. it will probably be bigger than what we talked about. we definitely need people who live around, maybe beyond. thank you very much. we will talk again at our continued meeting. supervisor mar: we are continuing this item until -- what was the date? to the call of t

ms. whitman and anyone who may have been offended. still, the whitman says this isn't the end of it. they are scheduled to face off in their final debate next week. lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >>> in hungary, two more victims from that flood of toxic sludge were found today. this brings to seven the number of people killed in this disaster. meanwhile, hungary's interior minister claims that pollution levels in the danube river have decreased, though not all environmentalists are sure of that. the torrent of waste water came from an aluminum plant that reached the river after a dam broke. >>> from south america, word tonight that those 33 chilean miners trapped for two months now may be brought to the surface within days. rescuers say the shaft they've been drills could be completed as early as tomorrow. but then comes the business of deciding who comes out first, and who comes out last. our own kerry sanders is at the mine tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. i'm here in what they call camp hope. this is main street. just a short time ago they rushed up to meet with the first lady of chile as this is getting ever so close. t

lee fisher and rob portman meet in their first televised debate, the fighting to replace senator george voinovich. of the poll shows ms. portman leading mr. fisher. both political report and cq politics rate this race. this is about an hour. here is your moderator, diane larson. >> good evening, everyone, and welcome to tonight's debate. i am your moderator. gentlemen, thank you so much for being here tonight. eight newspapers make up the organization sponsoring tonight's debate as well as two others. both campaigns have agreed to the format of this debate, and it will feature questions from our four panelists. panelists include -- thank you all for being here tonight. each candidate will have two minutes to respond to questions posed by the panelists. the other will have one minute to respond to those answers. lee fisher won the coin toss it to go first and will begin this evening with 82-minute opening. >> ohio, washington, main street, wall street. export goods, export jobs. i begin this way tonight because this is a very clear choice between someone who has traveled ohio fighting for the people of ohio, and someon