so thank you. >> hello, my name is paul mcdonald. there is very little i can say in 120 seconds to change everybody's mind to make the sign and pass the bill, but i am here to say i was in auckland when they had the america's cup and i got to see their fixed up waterfronts, with bustling businesses and restaurants and condominiums. we have an opportunity here to make this incredible city incredible on a global set scal. i know you have the city's best interests at heart, but i want you to look at this on a global scale, so you can see this is an opportunity for the entire world to look at what we have here and not get too caught up, and have a little faith we can pull this off. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. next speaker? >> good afternoon. i am with the u.s. japan culture trade network. i'm here to speak on behalf of the ideas of oracle racing be amended so the arts and entertainment component of the 34th america's cup will be led by the san francisco arts community. this amendment needs to take place before going to the comm

david santorey, javier florez jach berkowitz, john platt, paul mcdonald, stephanie dalton. >> a lot of issues have been discussed of hard work. one of the issues we worked on for six months now is local hiring and prevailing wage. there has been progress but this is the nagging stepchild of this project that we cannot seem to resolve after 16 or 17, this might be the 18th revision of its workforce plan. has no support in the community. we have heard from dozens of folks who want to use the local hiring policy. moreover if you can go to the overhead. i will give this a shot. right there, i want to go back to the day when america's cup agreed. there is some great points are returning to this original document. in the original document can see highlighted america's cup open plywood regulations. that is the local hiring a law that passed the week prior. the community's local hire urlacher it is what we want and proposed in a change 24 hours ago. we got a change five minutes ago. 24 hours is a lifetime in this process but we proposed a community amendment to the development agreement. you m

paul's cathedral in london. >> ♪ >>> in 2008, more than 2,000 people gathered in santos plaza. singer country joe mcdonaldang them in woody guthrie's song, this land is your land. >> ♪ guthrie recorded the song during the second world war as his response to berlin's god bless america. many see it as the hard times that gripped the nation. as the stock market again tumble and the nation faced a economic crisis, guthrie was honored in the bay area as their words spoke to american's resilience during the tough times. the party that had been the roaring 20s came to a halt, and the gloom that lingered grew into the recession. their story was immortalized by signs of wrath. woody guthrie's music captured the spirit of those who lived through those times. >> as i was walking, i saw a sign there, and on the sign there it said no trespassing. but on the other side it said nothing, that side was made for you and me. >> reporter: woody guthrie's granddaughter and john steinbeck's son were together in the bay area. the two reflected how in these uncertain times, people are looking back ward to the old messages. >> it

bob mcdonald the development of virginia in third place then paul ryan, house budget chairman lot of highly qualified can't dade for vice presidents. >> harris: thank you very much. back to governor palin we'll have much more from the governor tomorrow on "fox news sunday" when she joins anchor chris wallace for a special one on one interview. don't miss that, check your local listings for that. president obama stepping up pressure on congress before it expires. you may recall in december, an agreement to extend the tax cut for just two months was reached. both parties wanted a long term deal but could not come to an agreement how to pay for it. in his weekly address today mr. obama calling on congress to keep the tax cut in place for the rest of this year. >> congress needs to stop this middle class tax hike from happening. period. no drama, no delay and no ideological side issues that have nothing to do with this tax cut. no is not the time for self inflicted wounds to our recovery. >> republicans using their weekly address to blast the president's 2013 budget which the white house

paul's report. among them, meals bought at a mcdonald's in new hampshire, a truck stop in iowa and circle k in kansassupplies from dollar tree. the report also shows he paid 102 separate tolls on the new hampshire turnpike. talk about details, right? >>> well, a political odd couple is forming in the republican primary race. mitt romney and ron paul. a new article suggests both candidates could benefit from the pairing. "the washington post" amy gardner wrote that article. amy joins us from las vegas. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's get to first up what you think mitt romney can gain in an alliance there. i mean, he hopes to attracts paul's loy, shall we say, bloc of voters. i've heard if they don't vote for paul, they aren't going to vote for anyone. is that true? >> that's been the narrative for much of this year, but the fact is ron paul has done a great deal of work actually building his organization inside the republican party. and this is one of the things i explored in the artarticle. it suggests he's not interested in boy kolting the convention, running as a third-party candidate. his

paul wagner live tonight. >>> baltimore county approved a measure protecting transgender people from discrimination. the measure comes nearly a year after a woman was viciously beaten at a mcdonald's in rosedale. baltimore city, montgomery and howard counties also have transgender protections. >>> a scary scene in prince george's county. a car fell off its lift and landed on top of the man working on it. the man remains in serious condition tonight. >>> an update on the earthquake damage at the national cathedral. officials said today they still need more than $18 million to restore the building. they've already raised $7 million. plenty more needed to fix the pinnacles and cracks in the buttresses. the cathedral suffered more damage than any other building in d.c. during the 5.8 quake in august. >>> one animal lover is angry enough to kill. a protest for animal rights lands her in jail. even other activists are surprised by that. >>> you may love food trucks but would you give up your parking space for one? a look at that debate heating newspaper d.c. >>> a little touch of early april out there today. our temperature got up to 63 degrees. more spring fever coming your way in a co

paul volcker. defending the volcker rule. >> two market darlings, apple and mcdonald's fighting back over criticism on questionable business at what point does either controversy take its toll on their respective stock prices. we begin with corporate news. avon reporting weaker than expected q4 numbers. shares down 7% in the pre-market. company dealing with a short fallout from internal bribery investigation in china in 2008. if they were going add to their troubles this is one way to do it. >> tupperware and herbalite has had great success with this model. there's a big gap of leadership at the top. surprised that the board kept the dividend given the huge falloff in sales. this is one of those where i got caught up in. this is one of those situations where you could buy it because of the yield. can't buy yield at the fundamentals falling apart. this just a cautionary tale. >> why did you think you could buy this stock when there's an investigation going on. we don't know -- before the investigation. >> one of the things i've learned is that the moment you have that investigation just run, just turn tail. but there was a