we are a new union administration this year. we've tried to have a non-adversarial relationship with mta and have carried forth the philosophy of public service to the visitors and riders in san francisco but we seem to have a hard time joining minds or sharing philosophy of service first at the tim to the public. we bring this issue to you so you can be abreast of it and we are sure the agency hasn't notified you and we are 14 short days away from this time period and we don't know if there's been public outreach. we don't want our brothers and sisters of this city to be left out in the lurch where they don't have ability to use the transportation system for this period of time. >> president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> happy holidays to you, mr. president, and our board of supervisors. the things that we may agree on or disagree on, that's fine, that's beauty of free speech. i'm here representing the marina property association regarding proposal to build a restaurant at currently deserted degaussing station. my

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administration satellite. the picture shows the dark continent lit up by city lights. scientists unveiled this new image at the american geophysical union here in san francisco earlier this week. and a reminder, the bay area's favorite way to ring in the new year is fast approaching. the biggest parties and spectacular fireworks will year's live, hosted by catherine heenan and gary radnich.

new contract isn't settled. unions say it'll shut down the two largest terminals at the port where cars, farm equipment and cargo containers delivered. the port administration hopes a work stop age can be avoided. >> we are again hopeful that there will be an agreement before the deadline. we are going forward with our plans to accommodate if that agreement isn't met. >> reporter: the port administration is working on a back up plan. part of it would open two terminals only open during the week to business on the weekends. >> we want to make sure we can get as much cargo moving as possible leading up to the work stop age. . >> reporter: as issue are the usual wages and health care but one major sticking point is container rayalties. they were put in place in the 60s. both sides are supposed to meet saturday to resolve the issues. >> work interruptions happen nobody wins. >> reporter: that therewas an eight day work stop age over similar issues. that brings a hard reality to the port here in baltimore. at the port of baltimore. don harrison. abc 2news. >> this labor agreement affects ports all up and down the east coast and on the gulf. >>> maryland live cas

union dues are voluntary. >> tom: more bumpy skies for boeing's 787 dreamliner. boeing's much anticipated and high-profile plane was grounded last week, according to "the new york times." the federal aviation administration also has ordered that fuel line connectors on all 787s be inspected. analysts call these problems minor hiccups. but as sylvia hall reports, the dreamliner's profitability to boeing right now is raising bigger concerns. >> reporter: boeing's 787 dreamliner promises to use about 20% less fuel than other planes. that's a big deal for an airline industry struggling with fuel costs. so far, boeing's sold more than 800 of its dreamliners, but the project has been plagued with three years of costly production delays. the company is ramping up production on the planes, but some analysts don't expect the company to see a profit from the line until at least 2020. the reason? the dreamliners are probably sold at discounts, which is normal in this industry, but boeing's production costs aren't going down fast enough to match. >> assuming a 30% discount, boeing would have to deliver at 10% operating margin on the 787, which seems highly unlikely. that would take them through the next seven years

administration priority. it is now, and the clock is ticking on vice president joe biden's gun violence task force. mr. obama wants to announce new initiatives before his state of the union address in late january. >> there's no law or set of laws that can prevent every senseless act of violence in our society. we're going to need to work on making access to mental health care at least as easy as access to a gun. we're going to need to look more closely at a culture that all too often glorifies guns and violence. and any actions we must take must begin inside the home and inside our hearts. >> reporter: after congresswoman gabrielle giffords and 18 others were shot in arizona and 12 were murdered in a colorado movie theater the president offered up words but little else. now words appear to be yielding to action and impatience. >> i will use all the powers of this office to helped advance efforts aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. we won't prevent them all but that can't be execute not to try. >> reporter: biden wrote the 1994 crime bill that imposed the first-ever ban on assault weapons. that ban expired in 2004. mr. obama noted former president ronald reagan

administrators. arizona's even offering classes, too. the teachers unions are against the idea of arming faculty. but putting guns in schools is not new. in fact, 1/3 of all public schools had an armed staffer on campus during the 2009 school year. the nra's answer to newtown is to simply arm more teachers. >> i wish to god she had had an m-4 in her office locked up so when she heard gunfire she pulls it out and she didn't have to lunge heroically with nothing in her hands but she takes him out, takes his head off before he can kill those precious kids. >> this is the m-4 louie gohmert was just talking about. this is what he wants your child's teacher to carry around. he wants the principal to have this gun handy in the hallways. it's only been 13 days since the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. we've already started arming more teachers just like the nra wanted. >> we can't tolerate this anymore. these tragedies must end. and to end them we must change. >> what kind of change do we want? real change means arming teachers with more resources, not guns. let's turn to route conniff, editor for progressive magazine. will arming te

union than that is what that is just like if you live in new york or l.a. and saying you are going to pay taxes in that city. you might not like the administratione -- you will pay city taxes or you can move out of the city. you can change the process and get involved in the same way -- stuart: i understand point. [talking over each other] stuart: voting to make michigan a right to work state. that is the democratic process. that is what is happening here. >> these people on lawfully legally expressing their opinion today. we have a mess on our hands. stuart: let me throw this that you. in the last ten years the employment level, the number of jobs in right to work states has gone up 10%. the employment level in non right to work states like michigan has gone 1%. don't you think there's something to be said for being right to work in terms of getting more jobs to your state? good jobs at a toyota or honda? >> there is no more pro-business mayor in the state or the country but i can tell you as you know as a business reporter there tweet types of lies, lies, damn lies and statistics. i didn't make that up but i can show you statistics the other w

union and arms control in the 1980's and we looked through old office files. it is of great historical interest to us. my question is that in january of 1989 a new administration in and there are a number of people who had been playing a role in 1987 and 1988, yet there seems to be a real change in attitude toward the soviet union and it is always a lingering mystery to some of us looking at this. >> well, i was there. >> do you want to answer that? >> yes. you are right. because am the bush administration i negotiated one treaty and there were a lot of people befuddled by the fact that the new group in the white house -- and it was a white house group mainly -- and very good people, like brent scowcroft and arnie cantor, were taking a very skeptical approach suddenly to the russians and there was the view -- and i think that god bless him brent scowcroft really believed that ronald reagan got -- kind of fell in love with there process with gorbachev and that they aren't kind of clear minded and clear eyed enough about the russians. bob gates, who had moved over as deputy national security advisor, that little group kind of delayed the process, i would say, fo

union is an adjunct of the obama administration and the democratic party. megyn: lou dobbs, thank you. >> great to be with you. megyn: up next. one group of protesters taken to news. imagine rinsing to this all day at your home. all day long. the union says it has every right to do this in protest of something it's unhappy about. are they right? "kelly's court" takes up the case next. [sound of baby crying] >> i'm not apologizing. i'm in a holiday festive mood. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12ears. aids is strong. aids is strong. but we are stronger. and aids... ♪ aids is going to lose. aids is going to lose. ♪ but when i was in an accident... aids is going to lose. aids is going to lose. i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. s

administration is intent on unionizing so union bosses will [ inaudible ] collective bargaining. he was willing -- is willing to cause, quote unquote serious obstructions in the economy. he was asked on fox newsg to do that in order to get serious cuts to social security and medicare. bye-bye [ applause ] >> stephanie: senator lindsay graham. >> i met with jim demint this morning, and to say i was stunned is an understatement. he has always been a friend somebody i could count on. we have really enjoyed our time together. >> wait a minute go back. >> stephanie: once again, another stunned moment for me! vapors. >> we had some wonderful times together. >> something tells me that lindsay graham has clutched some pearls before. >> as god as my witness i will never go hungry again. >> compared to jim demint is a stark-raving mad liberal. >> stephanie: and senator harry reid. >> i have always liked the guy, and even though i disagree with so much of what he has done i appreciate -- i personally believe he does this out of a sense of real belief. i like jim demint and wish him well. [ inaudible ] >> stephanie: all right. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: stop it. stop it. he comes out of a belief that he de

new contract. since 2000 most city employees have agrowed to a 10% salary and benefit cut. last year the city and firefighters were unable to agree on a contract change. >>> dispute between hospital administrators and nurses union is at the heart of a suspected strike. the walkoff will happen at nine hospitals. nurses and x-ray technicians represented by the california nurses association will start the one-day strike on christmas eve. they are upset about staffing levels, het benefits, and sick days. >>> the body of a new that took a prank phone call at the hospital treating kate middleton is now in her native india. she will be taken to an indian church for mass and then to a catholic cemetery for burial. you are looking at video of the memorial service held for her in the uk on friday. she hanged herself on december 7th after being duped by two australian radio dj's pretending to be queen elizabeth and prince charles. >>> police shot and killed a gunman after he opened fire inside a hospital preponderate it happened saturday morning at the st. vincent hot in birmingham. he began shooting as police came off an else i have tar on the hospital -- elevator on the hospital's fifth floor. they are still trying to f

new york's capital city al albany this weekend on c-span2. and american history tv on c-span three. tonight on c-span two reagan administration officials recall the negotiation with the soviet uniones treaty. they talk about the u.s. health care system and later the house transportation committee hearing on high speed rail. on tomorrow's woo journal, u.s. news and world report business correspondent rick newman on the november jobs report. and a discussion about public health in america with national institute of allergy and infect use disease directer and cbc directer thomas. washington journal begins live each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> chief of staff had to make the plan for the innovation of japan without considering the atomic bomb. it was estimated that the land would cost 700 men with 250,000 -- be at the bko and 500,000 to be named. >>> as harry truman's grandson somebody in the middle. i have to -- i choose to honor both. both the sacrifice and sacrifice of american servicemen fighting their way through the pacific and i have a little girl like? who died as a result of the atomic bombing. it's unimaginable what that must have been like to be close to th

january 1989, new administration comes in and there are a number of people who had been, had played a role in 1970 -- if there seems to be a real change in attitude towards the soviet union. it's always been a lingering mystery to some of us. >> in fact, you are right. because i ate in the bush administration negotiated the s.t.a.r.t. i treaty and there was a lot of people, there were a lot of people befuddled by the fact that it was a white house group mainly in very good people like brent scowcroft and arnie can't who were taking a very skeptical approach suddenly to the russians and there was a view, and i think god bless him, brent scowcroft was really believed this that ronald reagan was kind of fell in love with this process of gorbachev and that they weren't kind of clear minded enough, clear-eyed enough about the russian. bob gates also, who moved over to national security. that little group kind of delayed the process i would say for about six months. the people let state i think were ready to kind of progress, you know, with what had been achieved toward the end of the second reagan administration. but it just really delayed things, because the person who turne