road -- newport, rhode island, and was passionate about what the america's cup in to the community for so long. i did not think the documents that we have that we were successful in putting forth to the ellison people could have been successful without supervisor ross mirkarimi. [applause] supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, everybody. what he did not tell you was that i'm not allowed back into the state of rhode island, and they are not happy that they see me as the trading our homegrown interests. i am proud, as an early supporter, of trying to bring the cup here to said francisco and wearing my other hat on the transportation authority, in rising to the challenge that i think the san francisco can do what no other city in the united states has demonstrated for a high-profile sports event. if you really put into this frame, after the olympics and after world cup soccer, the america's cup actually grosz's -- is the third-highest grossing per dollar value of an important international event. with that distinction comes an incredible infusion of population that will certainly want to enjoy

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and to a big east coast attraction, newport, rhode island, visits are down 30%. >> and so, now, the president is looking at the possible causes of the high prices. emily schmidt is in washington with details. good morning, emily. how is the president doing this? >> reporter: good morning to you. the president is getting the justice department involved in this. that's because gas prices are now about $1 a gallon higher than they were this time last year. at that rate, filling up a mid-size car just once a week, would cost an extra 900 bucks a year. with gas prices at a nearly three-year high, commuters are now feeling the number crunch. >> 50-mile-plus round trip, over $110 a week. easy. >> reporter: the nationwide average is $3.84 a gallon and climbing. >> everybody complains. but they know it's not -- you know, they know we're not the cause. >> ridiculous. and i think president obama should be addressing this with his re-election campaign. >> reporter: the president is doing just that. yesterday, he announced attorney general general eric holder will put together a task force to investigate

what an army of lobbyists paid to buy off lawmakers and a lot of holes in the corporate tax code in newport and as pulitzer prize winning writer and economist david cay johnston points out it's the secret that republicans don't want you to know. this is pretty simple stuff and we now know that supply side economics doesn't work that it in fact the phrase supply side was invented by a guy named jude wooden ski who is not an economist he was a republican strategist. the whole thing i thought the whole thing was a hoax george herbert walker bush called it voodoo economics at least in the primaries he was running against ronald reagan he at least had the good sense after he was elected president after eight years of records reagan taking us from less than a trillion dollars in deficit to over three trillion dollars of deficit you know saying oh well you know we got to make the economy look good you have give me three trillion dollars i'll show you what it looks like to live large anyhow george herbert walker bush at least had the decent sense to raised taxes a little bit but really now is the t

so consequently i made my living in the clubs in the early '60s and eventually got to newport where if singers. but all along the way, i'd be-- been meeting people like tom paxton and eric andersen and bob dylan and joan baez and mimi farina and dick farina, who became a very good buddy of mine. and peter, paul, and mary, before they were peter, paul, and mary-- when they were peter yarrow and mary travers and noel stookey. but we all felt, as i did at that early time, that we could make a difference and that music would change the world. and i believe it did. mary always says, "yes, we thought it would change the world, and it did change the world." certainly there were a lot of taboos that were broken, a lot of things from the '50s that changed-- the illusions about america's invulnerability. the war went on for far too long. but perhaps if there hadn't been all those voices behind the peace movement, it would have gone on longer. who knows? i can only say that the-- the passion and the music were a great and driving force. and i've always felt that it was a privilege to be a part o

generational level of support because growing up in southern rhode island where southern rhode island newport was the host of the america's cup for 53 years out of a 150- year tradition, of course, that enthusiasm is compounded once we knew that mr. ellison had won the cup, the san francisco should pounce on the ability to try to become the host here. naturally, we wanted to do everything we possibly could to work together as a city family to extend our families to secure that particular right. needless to say, the people of rhode island are a little bit upset with me, and i and my home town, as my mom likes to remind me. i'm sort of kidding. they said the politics thing does not work there. come back home. that idea is completely off the table. as it relates, i think, to index steps, we are very appreciative of the fact that the city family came together in what was amid very extraordinary circumstances. the board of supervisors, supervisors, room 200, as well as with the private sector to be able to proffer what seems to be the strongest deal that will possibly could devise in meeting a dea

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we were going to a fund-raiser and went to the airport for i got in the car and we drove to newport.ad to stop at the hotel. and had to do some press so i stayed outside. it was a big crowd. we stayed a half-hour it rarely happens that there was the third guy in the car. i knew who he was. he sat in the jump seat it was only a five minute ride to the house to this party broke this is 1976 mr. president i will go here, and there, a campaign here and alaska so we get to the house and he got out of the car. the president grabbed my arm and said who is that guy? i city is the secretary of the navy. he did not know who he was. , a lot of those funny stories have happened. he is a favorite of mine. i am biased. very biased. i thought kennedy did not have enough time an office but was very charismatic and a lot of people got inspiration from him. there are so many of who you could look to of different qualities in different areas to emulate or respect or fall in love with. many people on a local level were heroes who have done jobs. people who make decisions and lower very honorable. i will

ruth joins us from newport, florida. welcome to the conversation.aller: thank you for taking my call. i had a couple of comments here. i was wondering why are you allowing companies like general election who do not have to pay taxes when all the things are made in china? it makes no sense to me. and you have all the small businesses started up under another name so that they can get tax credits for small businesses. and why are we in a war that we cannot even afford? what are we doing over there when there are some of the biggest dope peddlers and the world. they do not pay taxes than they do not do anything for this country and they sure as heck did not put money back into our budget. they do not do anything. they save all their money and they get all of these tax breaks and buy more cops, more property, or everything, and meanwhile in the middle class we have to pay for them that do not pay any taxes at all. i want to explain this one to me. host: we should point out that she is a republican. guest: well i share her dismay when i found out as well

michelle from newport, ky, the democrats' line. what do you think of the reelection announcement? caller: it is not a big shock. i do not know why this is something for us to talk about this morning, but, okay, it is interesting. i agree with the last couple of callers. i wish you do coverage on the governor of florida. he had a medical business that did drug-testing, switched it over to his wife. all government workers now have to be drug tested every three months by his company. host: we talked about that last week. caller: i must have missed that. i am happy that obama is running again. if the republicans are going to give us donald trump, i think we should probably win the reelection, but if it is mitt romney, i think you'll be closer than we think. i think he has done most everything he said he would do. this is one of the hardest times i have seen the president getting so many problems from so many directions. i think he has stayed calm and ceo of -- and cool. host: a look at what is ahead for the speaker of the house john boehner and the republicans, democrats in the senate

ruth joins us from newport, florida. welcome to the conversation. caller: thank you for taking my call. i had a couple of comments here. i was wondering why are you allowing companies like general election who do not have to pay taxes when all the things are made in china? it makes no sense to me. and you have all the small businesses started up under another name so that they can get tax credits for small businesses. and why are we in a war that we cannot even afford? what are we doing over there when there are some of the biggest dope peddlers and the world. they do not pay taxes than they do not do anything for this country and they sure as heck did not put money back into our budget. they do not do anything. they save all their money and they get all of these tax breaks and buy more cops, more property, or everything, and meanwhile in the middle class we have to pay for them that do not pay any taxes at all. i want to explain this one to me. host: we should point out that she is a republican. guest: well i share her dismay when i found out as we