if not, in what ways has it not? i want each of you to comment. >> the administration probably has not gone to the outer bounds of what its constitutional powers would be. none of us know what those bounds are. the administration has taken a very restrictive standard. instead of saying that the only americans that could be targeted would be those who are senior operational al qaeda leaders, the administration could have said under the constitution that any american who had taken up arms against the united states as part of an armed conflict could be targeted. if this were a traditional war and there were german americans, we would not have said that the only german-american who had taken arms would be a person who was a senior leader who posed an imminent threat. the president would have broader authority. the administration understands this is a serious power they are asserting to kellen american. they have taken a limited reading. >> i agree. it is noticeable that the administration's formulation in the white paper

i do not say that is the only object, not at all. unless maybe. but i want to show that community and men. and i wanted to show the masculinity in the woman. >> humans and in passing just now farida kelfer, the was the beginning of the showing on the runway, models who were not typical of the models at the time. i am sorry to say that is this still true that we see so little diversity on the runways. it is really shameful. you have always thought their direct there are -- showing that there is a recurrence of the beauty from debra countries and origins. >> i was 11 or 12 in a school that was mixed. there were boys and girls. there was one girl i remember that was coming from the french colony. she was in algeria and came back to france. she had a very white skin. very, very white with speckles? >> freckles. >> freckles. more glamorous. glittering. but she was glamorous for me, sparkles -- no, freckles. sorry, i cannot say. [laughter] but she has beautiful red hair, light afro type but red hair. to me, i was like, oh, my god, she is so beautiful. f

tavis: he did not quite do that. he does not live in stockholm for no reason.he movie is called "searching for sugar man." the most talked-about docuntth the sound track went to number one. it is an amazing sound track, and before we get to academy award night, you might want to check this out so you will not be in the dark about what this project is about when the academy awards are upon us. congratulations, and whether you win the academy award or not, you have done a wonderful piece of work, and i am honored to have met you. glad to have you on. that is our show for tonight. as always, keep the faith. today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with the award winning writer on her latest book about haiti. that is next time. and we will see you then. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is right thing. by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s.

this is not the way -- so many of the are not in doubt of the was of the committee. the house was provide the chairman of the committee but punished breaches of order. we a moment ago did not have order in the hearing that room. members must provide in an orderly fashion. let me say, that was not a good accent. to the excellent points made from the gentleman of illinois. the way we resolve this is through discussion and deliberation about the issues, not by disrupting efforts. we will resume the hearing and the gentleman from california is recognized without penalty to the loss of his five minutes before that disruption. >> can i get eight extra minutes for this? >> may be. >> amount to associate myself from my good friend from illinois. i am one month, and is older than you, but that does not mean that there is any real difference in us as baby boomers. i do not want to exit the same without resolving an immigration problem that predated my entrance and did the gentleman's entrance into congress. they did not understand politics. i do agree we can get to a substanti

so, [speaker not understood] side car, tick and go, whatever, are not listed [speaker not understood] on the irs charitable organization website. and the puc has requested that the lift drivers produce their 10 99's during this rule making process. how do you get a 10 99 if you're not a charitable organization? i wonder about that. * also with this $1 million, a major accident can take months. as you know, you're an attorney, or years to settle. by this time these can be out of business. we've seen that before. you really have an responsibility to the public to inform them. enforcing your own rules. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> barry corn gold is the last person who turned in a speaker card. >> good afternoon, mr. corn gold. >>> good afternoon, barry corn gold, san francisco cab driver's association. i'm here to try to convey the absurdity [speaker not understood] going on law abiding cab drivers under your watch. you deregulated the cab driving in san francisco, you figured out how to extract the most money from our industry, roughly 15 to $20 million a year selling me * me

they decided it was not fair and was not equitable and was not going to assure them that the same type of problem would not recur again in the future. it seems to me it is better to focus on gathering the information, trying to work together to find the common ground on enforcement and the common ground on what to do with the people who are unlawfully present in united states -- then we can talk about the merits of that particular plan, rather than speculate about what plans might gather consensus and which ones might not. >> we hope the entire bill writing process is open to cameras and those of us who cover this so that we can keep tabs on how it goes. >> i am for that. i am for open disclosure, and i am for regular order, and i hope people will tune in when the judiciary committee takes up immigration reform legislation, which i would predict that we will do later this year. >> before we let you go, you're going to be focused on guns and violence and immigration on the years to come. -- in the months to come. we have heard mostly from this past week about the different things agenci

it's not a joke. we can the model of getting to place where we have our co2 commissions [speaker not understood]. we need to be the model. who the else heck is going to do it? i don't know what it's going to take to get the two sides to work together, but i really hope you can figure it out. my feeling is that with a high premium it's going to look bad. we are going to lose people that we don't need to lose. and if we are doing it unnecessarily because lpi is right and we can actually have a lower premium, then we should be pushing that envelope to get it there. and while right now, you know, a poll or survey is not the end of the world, people are hearing these numbers. you've got a couple thousand that's peel l who talk to their neighbors. you know my bill is going to go up. * 6 bucks, 120 a year, there are a lot of people who are still not affluent in this town. while we're saying people will go green or dark green, there are a lot of people who won't. i'm surprised in my conversations how many peo

guest: i do not and am not advocating it.host: they tweet -- our own people have no jobs and are struggling. our country is going broke and they want to bring in more -- we cannot afford it. guest: that is a good point. we need a growing economy. i should point out the economy in mexico is growing at a pretty rapid pace, double-digit right now. our economy is struggling. there are areas in our economy where we still need help. however, on the high-tech side we have a situation where we can bring in -- we are already educating a lot of people in the stem fields in the universities and forcing them to return home when they could be here creating jobs and helping the job situation. in the agricultural sector, in yuma, arizona, you have thousands of people crossing the border every day, rear working -- working the fields and returning the field. a lot of them are american citizens who simply live in mexico because it is cheaper. you have situations in agriculture where we still need labor. gueshost: you are on with senatr flake.

they could not be rebuilt because of the money not being there. no contract. no bank will lend money unless they know the money is there. now they know that people will be able to get back and get on with their lives. >> the vice president is going also. it is an annual conference. i i remember a few years ago, vladimir putin came to talk. >> what is your vibe about the president? >> i do not think it was his happiest day after the 60 minutes speech. >> why is that? >> i think he is one of the most likable and congenial men i've ever known in the united states senate, and i think chuck will agree. >> something rare, which is four democrats, four republicans, coming together. you all served years since senator schumer came to the other body, and the gang of eight started to come together. the friday after the election, senator lindsey graham gave you a call. on saturday morning. you saw him on your call sheet. you called him, and you said what? >> i said, "hi, lindsey." that was wonderful, and he said he had talked to john mccain, and my heart went pitter patte

it is not true. it is just not true. capitalism can work, but it needs to work in different ways that people believed it works. as advocates talk about it. so what i would say is let's figure out to connect these. cdfi's are creating opportunities where conventional, mainstream thinkers are saying it would not work. i was at a meeting at the federal reserve in washington, and all of the bankers got up -- not all, but somebody up and said if there are any deals out there, we would finance them, and the fact that we are not financing them is proof that we are not out there. meanwhile, we are doing billions of dollars per year. it is out there if you know where to look. this notion of a mining capital with justice is really this idea that we can demonstrate that capitalism can work in different ways. it can work in ways that are more sustainable, more just. >> this is part of the system we live under, that the big boys have hijacked the system. you can go to the federal reserve and say, incredulously, if there were credible

we don't when is not? >> but, at some point the balance sheet has to get pulled back in, if the correlation maintains, what are you going to do. neil: that is what the balance sheet hits fan. >> without a doubt, and to real estate marke just a second, if we look at real estate market, most of the money coming in righright now is investor money, just like it was in 2007, and 08, one thing we have not talked about is gas prices, they are up big and quickly, every dollar that goes into a gas tank cannot be spend in another part of the economy that makes the economy growth worse. that is a greater effect on main street and wall street. neil: you hear conflicted reports, that loans are not as hard to get as they used to be, but, there might be a some -- some element of truth. but all you need is the first sign there is a problem that lending tightens up like a drum? >> it does, i think we look at consumer confidence, a lot say that not a indicator, but it indicates psyche of what is going on with average consum

[speaker not understood]. >> it says they are open 4:00 p.m. until closing. business is open at 7 o'clock. is there a reason, is that 4 just a typo? >>> i believe they close at 2:00 a.m.. >> yeah, but when they open. the permit application says hours of operation 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.. >>> i've spoken to them, the couple about the security and it's provided around the building by the local merchants. >> oh, so the mall offers it? i'm trying to get the time right. >> i'll have lie on speak to totally clarify that with you. >> commissioners, i might just suggest that you might amend the condition to agree with opening hours to closing hours. >> i was thinking the same thing. >> it might move around, then you want security there all the time. >> is that okay with everybody? we'll amend that condition to say from opening until close. >> that works, okay. >> any other questions? >> have you had a chance to look at the doors into the singing rooms? are you satisfied with -- >> yes, there is actually one door i did

>> i am not denying it but i am saying that they have not confirmed it. it is not safe. is still smoldering. and it is too hot. and there could possibly be live ammunition. i do not know if they have another way to check but they are not going to enter the cabin. the report earlier that a body was found in sight were unconfirmed inside. >> reporter: do you think that it will happen tonight or tomorrow, that they will enter? >> i do not know, whenever it is safe. and there were several gunshots. >> reporter: do we know how that fire started, tear gas? >> it is not likely that there are going to release a detailed information about the fire or anything that they find in sight. and even then, how much information they will be releasing at that point. and i do not know about and the accomplice. or any information about any accomplice. >> reporter: cindy, can we be clear that was there somebody was inside of that cabin? >> absolutely. we believe that somebody was inside. the vehicle. and fled and then abandoned the vehicle and ran inside on foyt and went inside of this cabin

they are not stopping. and the world has put a lot of pressure on the iranians, clearly, through increasing the economic pressures that do have an impact there, but they have not had an effect on iran's behavior on its nuclear program yet. is there a diplomatic way out? oneapproach on the 5 plus was to say, we are prepared to offer you a diplomatic way out. he did not take it, the pressure will go up. and some of the members of p-5 plus one will be looking at military pressure, not just economic. inflation was up 30% for iran. and yet, you say it does not change its tune. it is not backing down on its nuclear program. is there something that the west can do, say, offer iran that would change the equation? >> there are two dimensions. one dimension is that there's not a set of inducements that will suddenly convinced the iranians to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons capability. there's nothing that anyone can offer that is worth as much to them as that. for offensive regions -- reasons as much as bein

most people do not say that they are not pay enough.ave supported in the past, if you think the federal government can spend your money better than somebody else, why not? social security is a good program in that sense. whether they will be added to the line, hopefully will solve or address as security -- address social security before people make anonymous donations to the program. caller: i would like to know why the representative and his cohorts, for the poor people that have no money, they want to cut their benefits. yet the ceo's of these large corporations are making millions of dollars for their salary. the government is subsidizing these big corporations, but no one ever says anything about that. as far as social security, i have paid into social security all of my life. i am sorry -- medicare. i have paid all of my life into medicare. i started working in 1965, and i have paid. so why is it you want to call it an entitlement? that is a debt owed to the people who paid for it. now, if you want to cut down on social security be

could not stop. did not want to stop. just kept going. told me that if we didn't stop him, he'd still be writing. but here, 6-1/2 years in prison. so, we sat on that house. we arrested him that day. it was a great day, it was a great time. got him put behind bars. did his fingerprints. guess what? fingerprints came back. i got hits all over phoenix. what the hell is going on? guy is just a tagger, right? no, he did six burglaries in phoenix and five burglaries in glendale by his girlfriend's house. 35 guns stolen. went back and interviewed him. where did those guns go? he sold them. to who? bunch of tagger buddies. so, it go and goes and goes. and now he's got 6-1/2 years for the graffiti. he's facing up to 8 years right now for the burglary charges. so, it's not just graffiti. b feet i'm telling you, please don't believe that. * what else did i want to tell you guys? there's something. just be careful with some of these guys, especially when you deal with them out on the street. there's a couple incidences where we caught people in the a

not as accessible as pros. not as immediate as video images. conveying something important, something deeper. >> i now use ink to keep record. >> sometimes our every day speech has a way of saying this is me ands that you and we're different. and i think poetry has a way of saying this is my experience and you can share in it with me. >> truth be told, i do not want to forget anything of my former life. >> she is the nation's 19th poet laureate. working out of the library of congress, her job this year is to spread her love of poetry. >> i actually get inspired. it helps me to write poems to be here. >> she describes her role as a cheerleader. >> in a former life was a cheerleader. it seemed a natural way for me to think about being excited about being something. being passion nated about something that means a lot to me that i would like to convey to other people. >> her father is white, her mother black. they had to leave mississippi in the 60's to get married. >> how do you think it affected you, the idea that your parents' marriage was a cr

to honor them we must not rest. we must not slow down. we must not stop preaching, and we must never forget where we came from. and so today as a test for celebrates its 40th anniversary we must look both backward and forward. like other social justice movements before us we have been fortunate to have a dynamic determined smart and passionate leaders willing to step forward to expose our nation's disturbing and painful gaps in freedom and then call on us to dig for our moral compass and push our country forward. leaders like del mar. in and phyllis lion who still carry on, despite the passing of del. frank kennedy, barrick lost and, if your margin. [applause] despite all their accomplishments i suspect not one of them would claim to have made the loan. in communities across the country they came together with lovers, friends carry compatriots in the struggle for human rights, they created families. chosen families. well the community suddenly did not invent the idea of a dozen family i believe through necessity and through our struggle t

not true. >> not true? >> the moscow times wrote a cutsie league and saying just in time for the fertility campaign comes the soulful singer boyz2 men. >> why didn't you tell us that before? >> i didn't know it before. >> you found out during the show? you know what he was doing all day? >> do you understand -- >> do you understand what i do during the show, greg? i do research. it is my job. >> you could have said, gutfeld, i did some research today. did you know this whole putin thing is false? no instead you are watching golf. oh my god. he almost had a hole in one. oh great everybody here is working and he is watching the golf. it is always my fault when i am the only one that gets the fact. that's not my fault. that's your fault because you could have gotten it sooner, my end from. >> didn't putin, didn't he chime in on this though? i read a comment though. >> i think he did chime in. >> he made it a story? >> i didn't say it was a story. i said boyz2 men were not there because of the campaign. it is a

brussels is not amused, not least because the euro crisis is far from over. now europe is looking for ways to more effectively track down and penalize tax dodgers. in italy, tax collecting is done by the finance police, the guardia de finanza. employees often used dubious methods when chasing down tax defaulters. the tax collectors work on commission. the more people they catch, the better for them. that is putting pressure on ordinary italians, especially small and medium-size companies. >> it was a spectacular protest against italy's new tax laws. the owner of a small beach bar scaled the dome of st. peter's basilica in rome and stayed put for some 24 hours. when he climbed back down, he was greeted by a cheering crowd. [applause] >> i really hope this tax issue is resolved soon and our small businesses as well as the whole economy can pick up again, at least a little. >> the tax measures by italy's technocrat government under the prime minister are another weapon in the country's never- ending fight against tax evasion. the so-called financial police is se

not not from my position at the agency nor the f.b.i. that i detect that there was any kind of obsession about iraq but it was clear of course after. the attacks of nine eleven that that became paramount making that connection it's interesting how anybody who goes against the grain or at the time even did was pushed aside even even george tenet when he wrote his book some of the storm when he did talk about the time at the white house in the days following the attack where i really go for pearl shoots and will saddam's got to pay and george looked at him and said what are you talking about there's no business there's no connection and i think if there's anything that we need to understand as a as a nation as a people we were lied to and and if we can get beyond that and if we cannot confront that lie and make people accountable for it then really. what are we here for a while is it a success is or to you know what is those who don't remember history of doomed to repeat what is what is the basis of our nation. and to some poor young man o

it is not about the doctors not been good. only 10% of americans get second opinions for medical care. we have seen that roughly a third of the time, a second opinion will change the diagnosis or your therapy. think about that. the difference between real operatives back surgery in boston and houston is tenfold. how can the exact operation occurred 10 times more often than another? it cannot be a tenfold difference. second opinions -- why don't people get second opinions? a minor procedure is a procedure for somebody else. if it is a procedure on you, it is not minor. that is the mindset. one of the things a lot of states is -- it is in 14 states and the district of columbia. it is basically the peace corps. the peace corps was created and the basic concept was take energetic college kids give them a month or two of training and take them off to botswana and build the dams. we take those same college kids and we put them through a month course about how to teach about health. we put them in school systems around the country. t

that has not been shown. all of the technical procedures were followed correctly as will be corroborated by the zoning administrator's testimony. i will not bother reading the five procedures that everything went through. >> just an over review. >> pardon me? >> are you, confused? >> the sole reason for the appellant's case is that they are not happy with the out come of the discretionary hearing and the wish to further impede the building process. the appellant's brief provides no new evidence and does not attempt to justify any zoning error or abuse of discretionary power. >> you should focus your comments on the denovo review. >> it means that we are hearing it fresh, it applies to the zoning determinations and which there is not. >> it is a building permit. >> i understand. >> so, i guess that i am not quite prepared. i will pull out my file on the, which you probably have a copy of that i attached which was the discretion review hearing. and the point there is that not to lose focus on the key element, w

not now. not later. not okay? the question is not, what your country can do for you. the question is not, who will save us. how are you getting by? [applause] >> i'll end with a love poem. >> my lover. who lives far. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and offers supper. in a bowl made of his breath. the stew has boiled and i wonder at the cat born from it's steam. the cat is in the bedroom now. muling. the cat is indecent and i whom trying to be tidy, i whom trying to do things the purpose way, i who am sick from the shedding. i, am undone. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and offers pastry in a basket spun from his vision. it is closely woven. the kind of container some women collect. i have seen these in many colors but the basket he brings is simple. only black. only nude. the basket he brings is full of sweet burdens and i eat even the crumbs. as am i have not dined for days. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and offers tea made from the liquid he's crying. i do not want my lover crying and i am sorry i e

people from not just the city [speaker not understood]. it would hurt discount builders, speedy hardware, hundley hardware [speaker not understood], providing full-time jobs to san francisco residents. but along with them, it would also severely hurt a great number of independent paint, electrical, house wear, plumbing, garden and nursery stores as well. these small businesses are the backbone of our city and to be completely frank, this area is already being served by quality small businesses. and the addition of an orchard supply here only serves to hurt those businesses, not improve access to residents. thank you. >> thank you. next speakers, shannon brundit, david peterson, jerry wolf. >>> good afternoon, my name is shannon brundit, i'm with discount builder supply. we are located a short distance from the proposed orchard supply. we carry the same products, similar products. we have the same size store. we have been a local family-owned company for over 50 years in san francisco. our staff consists of approximately 95% full-time emplo

we did not hear it last time. we have not heard it. >> as far as process is concerned. yes, miss barkly, we are ready to have you present your case. >> the form that is before this board have to say the procedural error one is that this is discussioned before and the other one is that the permit before you actually has a garage that was enlarged that should have had its notification. what we had agreed to was a set of plans that we cannot agree to. that is totally correct with all of the new windows, labeled and so that we know exactly the precise scope of the entire project. yes, we will receive a set of plans and consolidate a set of plans, friday at 5:30, after i already left the office and went back and work on it over the weekend. and then, the roof plan was handed to me shortly before 5:00. the project sponsor was asked to please continue this matter so we can a correct set of plans that can be submitted to the building department. because one of the issues is that last time they said that they would submit a set of plans to replace them. however the landing of th

i kid you not. months ago, however, the city approached him about holding off on building something a little suspect there. we want to know why these machines cannot be extracted in chinatown. it would save $70 million. the only explanation mr. funge has ever given is it would disturb the community and it is deeper in chinatown than it is in north beach. i don't accept those as valid explanations for why these can't be removed in chinatown. thank you. >>> hello, my name is nan wroth. i've been a 50 year resident of telegraph hill in north beach. and also i worked as a city planner in my working days. i'm now retired. i had some experience with environmental review. i first of all, because i might get cut off short here, i want you to understand i support not extending the tunneling to north beach and not extracting the tdms at the pagoda site. i also urge you to consider the potential extension to fisherman's -- to not consider the potential extension to fisherman's wharf until adequate engineering

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is that not right? >> that is my understanding. >> if the whole budget grew at the rate of inflation, we would not have a problem, would we? >> going back to the fundamental components -- >> i don't want to talk about that, i want to talk about entitlement spending. you said there is a $4 trillion goal. i said you have 38% or 39% growing at the rate of 3 or 4% a year. we have raised taxes, put caps on discretionary spending, entitlement spending is going to soak up all the money that you all are worried about and there is no plan for the president to deal with it. this isn't just the president's problem. i was sitting there trying to put more money in the higher education in the federally mandated medicaid was soaking up money that i would like to put in higher education. i would like to see a plan to do what his own bed commission said we needed to do. -- debt commission said. restructure medicare and medicaid and a way that saves in so that people can count on them have so they don't squeeze out of th

>> sometimes you do not. this couple got up, and it was the second to last saw where they were like, no, now i draw the line. two o'clock -- two hours into it. "i will not stay for the finality." shame on you. i remember that they took the program, and they slammed it. they stormed out, and i remember literally for getting my next line because i was keeling over, laughing at the fact that even their statement of discussed backfired. and i think that is like it. the others, they took joy in that type of response, because that is dialogue. that is creating a dialogue, that action. it was one of those theaters that was small enough where i could literally look out in the audience and see bono, who i actually sing about in the show, and george lucas. it was very surreal. tavis: cutting you off about whether or not you ever got any negative mail, asking about whether or not this made you come to terms in a serious way with issues x, y, and z. >> the process was a three-year, four-year process, where it made me str

[speaker not understood], asking us to put -- push [speaker not understood]. in one hand -- >> thank you, yeah. >>> i'll wrap real quick. they gave medallion to driver who didn't put them on the list and then punishing [speaker not understood]. >> thank you. >> thank you, sir. mary mcguire followed by bruce oka and then jacob madel. >> good afternoon, ms. mcguire. >>> good afternoon, mary mcguire, taxi driver. they are leasing the rent medallions to the cab companies. i'm concerned about how, how this will impact the service. now, it's a current standard of 8 wheelchair pick ups a month. that is not very many. if that is the standard, would that be for each driver or each medallion? and who is responsible for maintaining the standard applied to the ramp drivers themselves or the cab companies? currently the medallion holder is responsible for that. and what incentives would the drivers have to maintain this service, if they don't have the medallion any more? if the company is just going to hire lease drivers to do these -- to drive these ramp medallions, how w

not going to happen. [laughter] >>> [speaker not understood] is engaged with neighborhood activities and i've worked directly with her in some committee work. found her to be responsible, attentive, and 110% all the time in not just supporting her new responsibility as executive director of brava, but engaging with the merchants and neighbors in the mission district. and that sort of in community engagement creates more security than anything else. we've learned that on the alley when a community is engaged and loves the institution, then the community is going to protect that, not attack it. so, in brief, responsible, secure, interesting, engaging, and diverse, support them, please. thank you. >> thank you. next. >>> good evening, commissioners. my name is andrew woods with the san francisco international arts festival. i've worked in the mission for what's coming up fast with a quarter century soon. i've worked in the arts. i've also been a director of odc theater. so, i'm aware of what happens when you

homophobic, not bigots and not barking? >> my honorable friend makes his point very well. >> i very much support the bill, but i regret that it is being programmed. consideration should be on the floor of the house and there should be two days for the second reading debate so that those on both sides of the argument can fully express their views. >> my honorable friend knows that i take these matters very seriously indeed. we have to ensure that there is sufficient debate, and i think that we have made sure through the usual channels that that is the case. i hope that he will be pleased with the progress that we have made on that. >> i should like to make a little more progress. i will take some more interventions in a moment. some say that the bill redefines marriage, but marriage is an institution with a long history of adaptation and change. in the 19th century, catholics, baptists, atheists and many others were allowed to marry only if they did so in an anglican church, and in the 20th century, changes were made to reco

or not. even if it got solved, eventually or ultimately it would be pretty discouraging on people. you would be less productive. ships wouldn't get built as fast. you'd waste money because you don't know exactly what to expect. folks aren't sure. am i showing up today or not? if it's not a good way to run a business, it's sure not a good way to run a country. [applause] now all of you, the american people, you've worked too hard for too long rebuilding and digging our way out of the financial crisis back in 2007 and 2008 to just to see congress cause another run. -- one. the greatest nation on earth can't keep on conducting its business, drifting from one crisis to the next. we got to have a plan. we got to invest in our common future. our true north is growing an economy that creates good, middle-class jobs. it provides the people the skills it needs to get those jobs and making sure you're getting paid a decent wage to support your families. that's what we should be focused on, not weakenin

not a happy situation. however, there are some libertarian trends going on in america, some of which we noticed on election day. one of them is people finally starting to question the wisdom of drug prohibition, another form of central planning and intrusion into people's lives. two states voted to remove the criminal penalties of the private use of marijuana. possibly the first step to ending this century's prohibition maybe 100 years after we ended alcohol prohibition. i published a book last year it is an ebook. i can show you on the ipad. here's the cover of my book and one of the things i said was that "the washington post" did a poll of swing voters late in the election year. among other things they found out that the true swing voters, they were very picky. they asked people have you made up your mind? are you an npt? do you usually vote relationship or democratic? there was about 5% who are really open in any typical election. of those true swing voters they asked them true questions and 64% of them

known, not recognized, and frankly not always appreciated. let me get to my questions. i have been concerned for some time that there is a changing nature of the c.i.a. that instead of it being america's top spy agency, top human spy agency, to make we have no strategic surprises. that it has become more and more executing paramilitary operations. i discussed this with you in our conversations. how do you see this? i see this as mission creep, i see this as overriding the original mission of the c.i.a. for which you're so well versed and for a function of the special operations command. could you share how you see the c.i.a. and what you think about this militarization of the c.i.a. that's going on. >> thank you, senator. >> you might disagree with me and i welcome your disagreements. >> senator, the principle mission of the agency so to collect intelligence, uncover secrets to prevent surprises and be the best analytic component and do the analysis the c.i.a. has done well for many years. at times the president directs the c.i.a. to do cover

not a changes. not a chance. so let me conclude,man, impi saying this: this country faces the most difficult economic times since the great depression. tens of millions of working families, cernes, children are struggling every single day to keep their heads above water while the wealthiest people are doing phenomenally well and large mult inational corporations are enjoying record-breaking 3r069s. profits. and because all the money wall street has, they are investing in the political process, putting huge amounts of money, hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to elect candidates who represent their interests and not the interests of the average american. now is the time to have people in the obama administration who are going to stand with the american people, stand with workers, stand with seniors and have the courage to take on the big-money interests who are causing so many problems for our nation. in my view, jack lew is not that person, and i will vote against him becoming our next secretary of trea

not in my memory. >> not mine either. okay. and then with the firearm discharge review board, you included a list of the composition of that board. and i wanted to ask if there's any changes in that composition. i remember a couple months ago we did talk with the chief, some of us, about including someone from training and potentially from tactics. i wondered if that is in here. >> this reflects the current structure. so, there haven't been any changes. this varies a little bit from the general order because it reflects the change in the department command structure so the general order is a little kind of off, it's a little behind the times a little bit in that regard specifically. but as far as anyone else that we'd like to add, this reflects the current structure. >> i do believe someone from the academy has been at the last couple fdrbs. >> yes. and also, the range master is part of the academy in training. >> right. >> but the way you listed it, this is based off of what the dgo requires, correct? >> yes. >> okay, that's g

>> no i have not. but i have the name and number if you like. >> okay. >> and another one is the building, the building that they are trying to build a school in the city, for the third one, this will be the third one, so i got the third one. >> are these people that you went to directly and said, look, i'm operating after hours. and i'm doing this out reach, because this is part of me getting my permit. and i want to talk to you about having this after hours permit. here at our restaurant. or are these just people that you are associated with randomly that you are now going to use as a community out reach? >> i did not say anything about the permit. i just walked in and i said i would like to do something for you guys for your organization. and if you can, let me know if you have some events going on and i would like to provide you with food, meals or something like that. no, whatever, in terms of... now, no that was not said. >> all right. thank you. >> you are welcome. >> so, the reason why i questi

it is like the republicans do not understand that this is not a dress for her soul. it is a reality. it is now. it is urgent. >> we have seen a lack of consensus in every level. the republicans are ready for someone to stand up and say, wait a minute. lou: all of our colleagues on this network are sayng it. give us an answer. >> the democratiparty in 1984, they just got beaten by in the 1980s. and then they had one more loss in 1988 before they really woke up and change their children under the direction of bill clinton in 1992. it happened to republicans as well. lou: we will take our comfort in his report onight. judith miller, hank sheinkopf, thank you for being with us. coming up tomorrow, we will be joined by congressman nunes of california and ambassador john bolton. please join us, we will see you tomorrow goodnight, from new york. neil: all right, china. we are warning you. one more time wi this nonsense. maybe if you don't mind, it's not a big fine. after all,,you do own a big chunk of our debt. but it's enough. even though you are in your right to tell us t

you would not say that they are not musical.you have all of these people who are musical experts, disk jockeys, film supervisors, and they have what we would call musical sensitivity, but it manifests itself in so many different ways, the hunt for a gene is complicated by that. if you are looking for a gene that might give you blond hair, that manifests itself in different ways, but more less is blond hair. musicality is 10 or 12 different things. and to become a great musician requires different personalities. you have to be willing to sit in a room off for hours on end practicing, that kind of willpower, and you have to have a belief in yourself, certainly, for the first few years of musical training, it does not sound very good. you have to believe it has to amount to something. all of these things come together which complicates the search for a jeanne. >> i certainly lost a lot of hours in my life. >> how many hours a day would you -- would you say you play? >> it depends. it could be none, five minutes, four, five hours. w

why are we not doing this. neil: i think, you know, i think that restaurants, i don't know why i'm fixated on food. but if someone else pays bill you don't care, when i go out, let's say, you try the me, steve, even though i know you are cheap and you wouldn't do, that i would order two appetizers and the expensive bottle o wine. >> that is why do i not ask you out for dinner. neil: and i think that americas are -- americans are the same way, if someone else is footing the bill who are you to look at price of the bill. where if you have skin in the game, you are all paying than you are more cog my sent not only -- co coggie -- was not ony service but the tip at the end. >> it reminds me of atlas shrugs, everyone had to have a man in washington in that story, in a economy where big business have to depend on their man in washington, what does that do to the little guy, there is a antigrowth, anticoffnes anticom. neil: let me say it would not kill us to at least try to expand the pie a lit so that everyone pays i

he has not raised -- did not resign. some catholics are used to seeing an ailing pope, a frail hope perhaps, into the end of this life but not used to seeing a resignation. it will be very interesting to hear the news conference that is about to start in a few minutes, coming out of the vatican with father lombardi, the vatican spokesperson. i am sure he will give more details then. i think the speculation will go on. the question is, can really be simply health? which is very, very likely because the pope and is an elderly man. or other reasons pope benedict xvi felt it was for the good of the church for him to stand down. that is the phrase that has been used already, that it was for the good of the church and that he has made this personal decision. it will be very interesting to see what is said at a news conference. >> ok, barbara. we will be covering the news conference for our viewers right here on al jazeera. the state to the for that. in the meantime, barbara, thank you very much for that. let's bring in peter w

is not poverty. is not natural resources. is not degree of democracy or religion.olence against females. and when that gets discussed at all those meetings in switzerland, then the chiefs of state go then we will begin someplace. >> right. >> well, also i think that one of the stories in makers is the story of katherine switz we are who was the first woman to run the marathon, the boston marathon and she crashed it in '67 signing up for it, they didn't know, and then there was a great scene where they are like there is a girl in my race. five years later women are allowed to run the boston marathon. 40 some years later women are at least i think half the entries in most of the marathons around the world. so i think it shows to me that once you document the history, then you know to your question of is the 2 1st century the century of women t might be because now that the attention is there and the resources are there and the access is there. >> it's contagious. we do what we see. not what we're told. >> and if we see that it's possible and we're not crazy to think

[speaker not understood] the encroachment of the project would not [speaker not understood] and would not diminish the appearance of separation between the buildings. i should note that in a previous approval the commission granted an exception to section 146 which specified the project be shaped to maintain an angle sunlight access to preserve sunlight on the 2nd street sidewalk. the commission found that the new shadow created by this exception would be limited in area and duration. compared with the previous design, the current project involves only minor reorientation of floor plates primarily within the base and lower tower portions of the building. therefore the shadow conditions on adjacent sidewalks would not dramatically differ from those expected by the previous design. so, in summary, staff supports the requested modification of the previous section 309 approval to grant the new request for exceptions. the changes to the design are minor, and the building does not dramatically differ from the previously approved project. the project would redevelop an existing surface parki

>> you knew where you were not wanted. iyou did not go.e were playing music in those days, we could play music, but we could not go out into the audience. sometimes the dressing room was outside in the back. tavis: there were shows when they said you can perform, but don't you dare come in the audience? >> they did not say it like that, but we know that. >> you got the get your black behind on stage. come into the audience. >> i would speak to people every day, and they would not say nothing to mean like i was not even there. by the time i got ready to leave the school, people started speaking to me. >> i think i have asked this question unapologetically of every artist i have had a chance to have on my radio or tv show, but i have never talked to anybody from new orleans without asking their take on how the city influenced what they do and who they are. whenever you talk to anyone from new orleans, they are willing to admit the music i-- the city has played as much of a role in their musical development. part of it is just being in new or