we are a new union administration this year.ve 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 name is victor pr

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drone attacks, a new york judge rejected a request by "the new york times" and the american civil liberties union to obtain the obama administration legal justification for such strikes used to kill the suspected terrorists overseas. >>> the united nations said the death toll from syria's 21-month-old civil war is now more than 60,000, that's even higher than estimates made by rebel groups during the syrian army. >>> interesting in buying a civil launchpad. nasa is selling space in the building first used to put together saturn v rockets for the apollo program. >>> and for the first time, astronomers studying a newborn star got a first glimpse of the planet forming around it. there's a giant gas in the disk of materials surrounding the star and using gravity surrounding the gap help the star to grow. >>> well, the first day of trading for 2013 had stocks on a tear following the fiscal cliff deals on capitol hill. the dow opens at 13,412 after surging 308 points yesterday. the s&p shot up 36. and the nasdaq leaped 92. overseas, the nikkei was closed for a holiday, but the hang seng rose 86. the fiscal cliff deal isn't all good news

union would fall apart, even though it wasn't very likely the u.s. would fall on its debt, i think that lifted markts a lot. >> meanwhile, new appointments in the obama administrationn friday. i want to ask you about his successor. he's certainly served during a tumultuous time. >> if i'm going to give him one grade, i'm going to give him an "a." are there things he could have done better? >> yes. do i want to relive the financial crisis and try out my theory? no. i thil nk he has to give credit the economy is moving back on its feet. we're still huge on employment, we still don't have a clear path to fast growth. it's very much unfinished business. >> jack lew, what's your tame? >> i don't know him, maria. it's hard for me to have any personal judgment. i have to say i was surprised by it. as a complete outsider, i don't know. there's a little bit that president obama doesn't know what to do and not so much to give him new direction. >> pleasure having you on the program. >> thank you so much. >>> up next, we're "on the money." how would you feel about taking an $11 million pay cut. >> i think it's appropriate. the board had a very tough decision to make. >> my co

after a federal judge ruled the obama administration is under no obligation to publicly disclose their legal justification. the american civil liberties union and the new york times had filed a lawsuit under the freedom of information act demanding u.s. government disclose the legal basis for launching drone strikes overseas. the suit was filed after the u.s. kill the american-born cleric anwar al awlaki in yemen despite having never charged him with a crime. in upholding the obama at the ministration's right to secrecy, u.s. district judge colleen mcmahon expressed misgivings about the drone program itself writing -- the alice-in-wonderland nature some of the first details have emerged on the white house's effort to tackle gun control in the aftermath of last month's shooting massacre in newtown, connecticut. the washington buzz reports the task force overseen by vice- president joe biden is mulling proposals include some reinstatement of the expired ban on assault weapons and high- capacity magazines, universal background checks for all gun buyers, a database to track the trajectory arms nationwide, more detailed mental health checks, and harsher pen

senior administration officials tell us the president is likely to unveil his new ideas to reduce gun violence next week. the president will push his gun control agenda in his state of the union address next month. in the meantime, we're learning some specifics about what that program is. the president wants congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 and extend criminal and mental health background checks to firearms sales at gun shows and through private dealers. vice president biden has devoteed this week to hearing from all sides, including the n.r.a., tomorrow. >> we're here today to do with a problem that requires immediate action, urgent action, and the president and i are determined to take action. >> reporter: he met today with victims of gun violence and gun control advocates and said the political climate will never be the same after the newtown massacre. >> i've been doing this a long time. of all the tragic events we've endured, i don't think anything has touched the heart of the american people so profoundly as seeing those young children not only being shot but riddled with bullets. >> reporter: the white house is also looking at ways to

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the state of the union could begin a trend that would indeed suggest this administration will change its dance and maybe press the green button over at epa that fires off a fuselage of newnfirmed, secretary of state john kerry could decide the future of the keystone pipeline. a spokesperson said that officials will not make a decision by the end of the first quarter for this year to allow or deny that approval for the keystone pipeline. back to you. tracy: hits keep coming. rich edson, thank you very much have. i'm sure bundles of regulation. ashley: all green. i think of green, money going down the drain but hey. it is $114 billion question that is plaguing u.s. banks. we'll have the details on that next. tracy: plus nasa spending millions on an inflatable, or expandable space lab build by bigelow aerospace. the company's founder, robert bigelow is here. so cool. first as we do every day at this time of day, let's look how oil is trading. pretty much flat. $96 a barrel. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you cho

union address before congress. thank you. lisa, thank you very much for that report. >>> the obama administration may be stepping up its push for some form of new gun control legislation. but will the president be able to rally the support of congress? most importantly, the american public at the same time? we'll dig deeper with our chief political analyst gloria borger. here's what the president recently said on "meet the press." i'll play the clip. >> we're not going to get this done unless the american people decide it's important. and so this is not going to be simply a matter of me spending political capital. one of the things that you learn, having now been in this office for four years, is the old adage of public opinion. without public opinion there's not something you can't do and wut it there's very little you can't get done in this town. i'm going to be putting my full weight behind it. >> now, remind our viewers why so many democrats have been reluctant to even talk about gun control over these past several years. >> yeah. it's almost 20 years, wolf. it goes back to 1994. that was the big election which republicans took control of t