you are on with richard norton smith. caller: good morning. my name is earl gordon. good morning. i have been a firm democrat all my life, and i just feel we was looking more at obama when he first got in office, and the way he cut people on disability with the cost of living raise, and a lot of things that are uncharacteristic for a democratic president. he let a lot of people down, you do not promise things you cannot deliver. he did have a chance to deliver. as a president, i go back in history and i look at a lot of presidents that did the things they say they were going to do, , george bush,agan george bush junior, people are down them, but when you look at them they did not hurt anybody. the rich.ed out he bailed out wall street. there are a lot of people very upset with obama, and i feel that after a time his rate will go down even farther, and i feel and if the president lies puts your hopes up he should be impeached. guest: i do think it is interesting at what point you rate this. the shared rescue, if you will,

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host: richard norton smith, i will let you jump in here.not going to try to argue her viewpoint. i would be interested to know what it was about the nsa that disturbed her, and led her to believe the president had been less than honest. host: do you think that might be an issue that is remembered most? internals oft the the polling -- president has dropped most sharply among many of his own former supporters, particularly younger voters. i think the nsa cuts very sharply. host: nsa a very big story of 2013. what are you going to remember about 2013? guest: i'm a biographer. to twong to say goodbye very different giants of history, each in their own way demonstrated against the cynicism of our time, that individuals can positively the course of history. what is margaret and one is nelson mandela. -- one is margaret thatcher and what is nelson mandela. i'm going to say hello to pope francis. each asks about president obama and his qualifications. wouldn't you agree that mr. obama was probably the least qualified candidate for president in the

and miss norton? >> yes, except abstain on 1, 312-10 b4. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. all right, we are now on item p, consent calendar resolutions severed for board discussion, there are none, this evening. >> item q, may i hear a motion and a second please on 1312-10 sp 1 and endorsement of creating a world class and city wide arts education center to be located in the center of the civic center artistic hub at the 135 van ness block site to continue the support of the goal of equity and access for arts education for every student >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. >> this item, will be referred to a committee of the whole meeting, in january. >> mr. superintendent. >> i would like to point out that this continues the theme of the effective use of our properties. >> thank you, mr. superintendent. >> okay, we are on item r, board members' proposals for first reading. i am going to... >> no there was no, yeah. and okay, so i am going to do the quick ones first and then there are several that we are going to ask for the votes to sus spend the rules. so, may i hear a

yes. >> and nis norton. yes. >> seven ayes, thank you. and all right we move on to item n m, discussion of educational issues wait a minute. i wish, right? oh, we can come go. there is another special item order of business. >> may i hear a motion for the district,pursuant to the requirements of the california education code, offer for sale to the city and county of san francisco, acting on behalf of the san francisco lviayor's office of housing and community development, the properties located at 1950 lviission street and 1101 connecticut street and receive fee interest title to the "central freeway parcel en from the city and county of san francisco? >> move. >> second. >> thank you. >> mr. superintendent, may we have a reading of your recommendation, please? >> yes, and to do the reading, i would like to ask for david golden to do the reading. >> good evening, commissioners it has been quite a while since i have spoken before you let me preface this for those of you who have been on the board before you, because i have been appearing f

carranza. >> thank you, president norton and good evening, everyone. i have a few thoughts to share this evening with everyone here, present, and at home. first and foremost, i hope that everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving and a nice thanksgiving, but for this evening, as many of us know, many of the jobs in this country are being created faster than they can be filled and more than 50 percent of all future math and science occupations will likely be in computing occupations but fewer than 3 percent of students graduate with a degree in computer science, here in the unified school district, we know this and we take the lead to help the students in science and engineering and math and what we call the stem and we add the arts to our work, which we call steam. and we have a thriving career, this week we are celebrating the science and education week in an hour of code and many of the high school computer classes are opened to drop in and learn the science and computer programming for science. the hour of technical is happening and, teachers danny tan a

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president norton? >> thank you, supervisors, i want to comment four taking up this issue. i don't think i could be further appalled by this condition and the doctor's presentation really appalled me. this is a crisis in san francisco and across the country. i think it's really important for us to do this. i want you to know that i have introduced a resolution, that will be voted on by the breks e board of education on january 13th, and i'm hoping my colleagues will support it and i'm hoping that i can pledge the district's full support in getting this education campaign and passed by the voters in san francisco. i think that i also want to say that i am very agnostic as far as the proceeds how the proceeds of a revenue measure would be provided and i think they would be directed in various ways to physical education and public activity and so i'm going to leave it to your wisdom to figure out how to divide that up whether it goes to parks or schools. the important thing is to encourage a decrease in consumption of these beverages and bring about a healthy encouragement for

host: richard norton smith, i will let you jump in here.est: i'm not going to try to argue her viewpoint. i would be interested to know what it was about the nsa that disturbed her, and led her to believe the president had been less than honest. host: do you think that might be an issue that is remembered most? internals oft the the polling -- president has dropped most sharply among many of his own former supporters, particularly younger voters. i think the nsa cuts very sharply. host: nsa a very big story of 2013. what are you going to remember about 2013? guest: i'm a biographer. to twong to say goodbye very different giants of history, each in their own way demonstrated against the cynicism of our time, that individuals can positively the course of history. what is margaret and one is nelson mandela. -- one is margaret thatcher and what is nelson mandela. i'm going to say hello to pope francis. each asks about president obama and his qualifications. wouldn't you agree that mr. obama was probably the least qualified candidate for preside

in reply single to use is to be extra vigilant john got me on tees the former norton air corps has been sentenced to twelve months in prison for sexual assault of a teenager in the nineteen nineties. john murray has a c3 and from greg wrote in court. tonight the characters. john reached the tomb was in hurry teens when he first sixty days notice her. she said to him can have the outgoing child involved in everything to an angry teenager constantine accounts with everyone. marie sentencing hearing this morning she told judge jonathan is on the cause her to use him as a former norton air corps and a strong meant to intimidate her. she got scared and worried she would be believed it to cool for fifteen years before she realized it is a secret she couldn't carry any more. it is quite upset. i think it's good that many expect the defense. then again two of the people that it was just a pretend to be found guilty and he had helped to put them. in the mall today was the thought that was without a note of the office about twenty people believing that he does not change a cyclone larry was found

peter, from eric mar's office and i just want to thank the board and president norton, and commissioners wynns and haney for introducing this and we have an exciting opportunity to mitigate the serious health impacts but also to raise $30 million that can be used to help to make the food more affordable in the schools in the neighborhood and make physical activities put the rec director back in the parks and so i want to make myself available as you continue to write this legislation to hear your input and the board's input and we will go to the student advisory counsel on monday and we are talking to the city. please let me know if you have anything that you want to share with us and thank you for your consideration. >> thank you. >> i have a number of cards, we have four minutes total for hearing testimony on the first reading, and i am just going to call a bunch of names and when, yes,? >> total of five minutes for first reading, for all first readings, but there was one so i gave him a little bit of time i am going to give four minutes to everybody else. >> okay. so i am going to cal

and miss norton? >> yes, except abstain on 1, 312-10 b4. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. all right, we are now on item p, consent calendar resolutions severed for board discussion, there are none, this evening. >> item q, may i hear a motion and a second please on 1312-10 sp 1 and endorsement of creating a world class and city wide arts education center to be located in the center of the civic center artistic hub at the 135 van ness block site to continue the support of the goal of equity and access for arts education for every student >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. >> this item, will be referred a

i appreciate your time, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. you have a great holiday ahead. >> same to you. >> all righty. >>> the minimum wage is going up in more than a dozen states this week. with that momentum, does it have a shot on the federal level and will income inequality fuel the 2014 elections? our strategists will discuss all of that next.    do you like to travel? i'm all about "free" travel, babe. that's what i do. [ female announcer ] fortunately, there's an easier way, with creditcards.com. compare hundreds of cards from every major bank and find the one that's right for you. creditcards.com. it's simple. >>> to "politics now" where senator ted cruz said he plans to renounce his canadian citizenship. his lawyers are working on the paperwork and in 2014 he hopes to just be an american. cruz was born in calgary, but since his mom is american, he's held dual citizenship. gop rising star says the move does not necessarily of anything to do with presidential aspirations. >>> anthony weiner is making a comeback,

. >> sitting there in that locker room i was down there with chico norton. it was a thrill. >> while everyone agrees the stadium is outdated, people who work there understand why people are getting so sentimental. >> it's like the house you group in, it may not have been the prettiest house in the neighborhood, but those are your memories. >> not that bad out there right now. >> not that bad. temperatures around the 50s in san francisco today. a bigger drove drop coming for wrowr wednesday. 56 san francisco right now. mountain view endland east bay, it's a cool one upper 40s low 50s. another spare the air day in store for tomorrow. over the last two days we've watched high clouds move right across the bay area into nevada. a system moving in has been feeding was those clouds. we have a system bringing us that on shore breeze. that on shore breeze is going to improve our air quality. behind it will be breezy as well and it will clear out the air. high clouds continue to pass through, it's wednesday night into thursday. you can see here around the bay area, no

allen dayton is norton's uncle. >> they're deeply in lochlt i got my wedding announcement a couple daysy're scheduled to be married january 4th. >> the search was expanded. about 60 people are combing grounds. five aircraft and two helicopters are now in the air. they brought in high tech equipment to help pinpoint the plane's path. >> it has a capability to bring in is from civil air patrol in wyoming which has forward-looking radar. it detects temperatures on the ground and can detect temperatures anomalies. >> reporter: command staff will decide the status of the search tomorrow. vic lee, abc7 plus. >> and still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 major efforts to get beached whales back into the weather. >> plus, for helping out a charity. >> radio active material that could be in the wrong hands in mexico. >> this is in berkeley. mcarthur maze is backed up, very slow. traffic moving from left to right is on i 80 headed towards berkeley. it's a parking lot. right side of the screen, folks heading back towards san francisco or 580 moving faster. back with more to thosuffered in silence... hop

delegate eleanor holmes norton was a protester who helped spur support for government reform in that country. today, she said his rise to lead the country was a victory and inspiration for anyone, anywhere. >> there's not a lot to mourn if you consider the life he lived and his gift to the world. we always mourn for the passing of one of the great men of our time. in south africa, they are dancing. they are jubilant because they understand their freedom is a straight line from his sacrifice. >> norton also said she plans to take part in the observances to honor his work. pope francis sent a telegram to the current president of south africa. he expressed his condolences and prays his example will inspire south africans to put the common good before political aspirations. italian newspapers and tourists are expressing their respect for mandela and sadness at his passing. you can read what former u.s. presidents and current congressional leaders are saying by going to www.nbcwashington.com. you can also see photos of mandela from throughout his life. >>> still ahead, making another step

brad norton and his family arrived to help other family members on the hunt for the downed beechcraft. they have been missing. >> there's a lot of family members and support and probably another six, seven of us that will go up tomorrow to help out. one rescuer has been searching all day with the brother of the pilot that's missing. >> the family wants to stay positive. they are hopeful, but it's been three days now, it's tough. monday aircraft searching the area thought they found a signal from the plane's locator transmitter box, now they think it was a false signal. >> today they are not getting it. we haven't ruled out that it's not an elt. but we're looking at other options may have been a false signal. >> the last 24 hours have had fine weather. planes were able to stay up most of the day searching for the missing plane. they focused third search south of cascade. we have cell phone pings up to a certain point and be the radar information from salt lake city up to a certain point where he disappeared. >> a toughcation with the elements and tough terrain. a lot of planes and heli

. >> good evening president norton and superintendent and exceptionally aging less than and cooper logan. i want to direct your attention to this process report. as we begin i have a few introduce comments i'm the superintendent from the department. thank you for the opportunity for sharing this progress report. i said to start by offering a special thank you to dr. elizabeth for bringing this is u.s. sf. behavioral response is a major coordinating services to address the identification of african-american students in special education. they've tripled to the student department due to the critical residence provided to school communities through this department. in addition the focus of the departments and programs has been to view the support we offer students and families through a a lens of traumatic awareness and restoring the practices. this focus lions perfectly with the implementation plan and it's the reason we embrace this. speaking of the staff last year, i lived in denial of claude i can't see retirement. i honestly started to panic i wouldn't find anyone to lie down the work

thank you, president norton and members of the board of education and everyone both present and at home. good evening. tonight i'd like to start off by celebrating the winners of the first impact and innovation waurtsdz the q t e a waks was passed and supports those wards and this was designed as a collaborative effort. the impact awards specifically aimed to recognize the strategies that impacts student achievement in our schools including the english electrons are awe aligned are with our qualities. etch winner shared awareness to help build student staff and more importantly community. 29 applications for innovation wards from over 40 schools in our district. we had 70 applications and once they were scored and the points tallied and the names revealed ultimately the top 10 applications were selected. this evening i'd like to congratulate you all and closing the achievement gap for our students. those strategies and practices will be shared across the district. that will take place in the next few months and will be an opportunity to learn the strategies and a practices. ladies and g

norton norbellis owns one of them, the medicinal marijuana grow house doubled production in anticipation of influx customers. each rfid tag will be entered into the federal database. to allow tracking from seed to sale. >> our seed the to sell system will be an rfid system, the same sort of system that walmart uses for inventory. they will be able to walk in and with a beam of the gun, understand and log for the inventory in the particular facility. >> his security is tight too, as money and product exchanges hands. >> anywhere there is a plant there has to be a camera. >> arbella says the state will be able to look too. >> they will are able to log in, know what goes in, goes out, ensuring that there is a closed use of growing and distribution. >> business owners in other states -- >> i wouldn't have guessed in a million years that the food i put on my table is eventually funded by medical marijuana. >> this disofltion the material out of the plant material. >> like vanilla, mint and this cayenne pepper. >> you literally dump this into your machine and you end up with that? >> yep. >> b

commissioner and vice president and any other members of the board that have comments >> no president norton i was listening in the back and appreciate you coming forward with all the details. if you came forward with all the good stuff you'd leave and we you wouldn't know the details and the struggles. the details and united states challenges i appreciate your sharing that. thank you rile appreciate that. and then i really appreciate my colleagues here wanting to take some action. we listen a lot of presentation in that mode and we hope something happens but you'll hear from the board of education tonight some action and some definitely placing. i'm laborer around the room and people are nodding their heads that will be part of the activity. i want to commend you again not on sitting on stuff that doesn't work but bringing it forward for families that want to be part of the community but role value everything that comes from all the history. by the way, when this is shared out at any time a beautiful thing. i'm so great deal of you came forward with the sharing and struggles and challenges.

delegate eleanor holmes norton is proposing to overhaul the service top to bottom before we're facedanother navy yard. >> this is a failing that is ongoing, that it continues 12 years after 9/11 is outrageous. we cannot have hybrids who don't know what to do when somebody comes and starts shooting a gun. >> reporter: a federal protective service spokesman says the agency actually agrees with the recommendations and is trying to determine if contract guards need more training on active shooters and security screening, but part of the problem here may be that the agency has about 13,500 private guards and for the whole country fewer than 1,000 wholly trained police officers. >> in other words, they need the private guards to shore up their forces. >> congress thinks it's saving money. >>> a break-in at a d.c. public school has residents shaking their heads tonight. computers and other electronics were stolen from the savoy elementary, but with some newly released surveillance video you may be able to help crack the case. andrea mccarren reports from the 2400 block of shannon place in s

. >> president norton. >> the board of education, and the san francisco unified school district want to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of kenawalker who at 22 years of age was killed on sunday, december first in the san francisco bay view district. he went to precidio preschool, argon elementary and roosevelt middle school and lincoln high schools sxl on to city college. mckein. na will be missed as he leaves behind his father and mother and his mother is one of our employees of our early education sites, two of them and an older brother, and everybody knows him as ob and his older sister obma and as well as scores of family and friends. and all attend, jones memorial united methodist church and all of the children, went through our san francisco public schools. his sister who has sent me this message to tell us about her little brother. the thing about life is that it highlights how ironic everything is. this came especially to be true with the death of my brother. ekena a child of nigeria parents was a proud san franciscan through and through and he was complex in a

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