i am also joined by a representatives from paul mitchell, the environmental consultants for the project. some folks are trickling in right now. the item before you today is the public hearing on the draft eir for case 2010.0493e, the james r. herman cruise terminal and northeast wharf plaza. staff came before you on july 7, 2011. the historic preservation commission had a hearing on august 3. there was no public testimony at that hearing, and they continued their discussion until august 17, next week. today's action is a public hearing on the adequacy and accuracy of the affirmation contained in the draft eir, and we ask that comments be focused on this. the draft eir the significant and unavoidable impact related to noise and air quality. the draft eir found significant impacts that could be mitigated on cultural resources, noise and vibrations, when and shadow, biological resources, technology and water quality and hazardous materials. there will be no decision today to approve or disapprove the proposed project. that hearing will follow the final eir. we are here today to receive com

paul and bachmann had the energy here today. >> ron paul has bragging rights, a committed base. >> absolutely. andrea mitchelle to keep covering this because there's a lot to go to. you are watching a special primetime edition of "the daily rundown." we'll be right back. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. you had me at "probiotic." naturals from delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. >>> welcome back to a special primetime edition of "the daily rundown." the results are in. michele bachmann first, ron paul, a very close second. only less than 200 votes behind bachmann in somewhat of a distant third coming in, rick pawlenty. i'm joined by andrea mitchell and former republican national committee chairman michael steele. just to update you, we calculated the write-ins. our friends haven't yet, but we kno

paul? don't tell me he's no fun to play with. >> welcome back to "morning joe." 7:00 in the morning here on the east coast. mark halperin is still here with us. andrea mitchellp. dan senor, great to see you, again. and reporter alex wagner. hello. >> hi, willie. >> andrea, are you obsessed with paul ryan? >> obsessed. i wake up thinking of him. i think it is late in the game. i think this is the field and we are kind of getting caught up in our own, you know, the media process. jon stewart wasn't right about that. >> dan is not so sure. between ryan and chris christie, do you see one of them getting in? >> this's room in the race for one more person to get in. there's still time to do it. there's enough energy and enough fund raising capacity still sitting on the sidelines to quickly mobilize. it's not going to be easy. it's hard to put together these national organizations quickly. one reason romney is the front-runner is because he's done it before. he never shut down his doors. we are in a unique moment. there are a lot of people standing around saying is this it? september will be interesting. if no one else gets in in september, three debates, perry wit

. >> meanwhile, paul mccartney says he will contact them over that hack. all right. >> wow. andrea mitchellom there? so far they have stabilized the murdock regime in this country.t the major interests here are affected. that has not happened so far. >> and this hacking though -- i don't know -- he's admitted it, right, this guy? piers guy. >> i don't know he has admitted. >> he said he never illegally hacked but he listened to the phone message. >> maybe he didn't write the article. >> maybe he's friends with paul mccartney. >> maybe we've made a mistake. >> and paul said hey, piers listen to this deeply personal -- >> put him on speaker and played it. >> what are you talking about? andrea, i don't know if you know this, andrea is hosting the 9:00, the 1:00, she's got the 2:30, the 4:00, a hardball -- what else? >> overnight shift. >> the 9:00 and 1:00 -- this is a great warm-up though. >> thank you so much. >> let's just pick an hour, what do you got at 1:00 today? >> at 1:00, hilda solis talking about the jobs numbers and we'll talk to tom brokaw. and we've got julian tet from the "finan