. >> good afternoon peter cohen for the housing association a couple of items one is director ram we visited him to meet with our organizations it's come up on its 5 year mark and we had a lot of go feedback both from a policy and procure standpoint. it i wanted to let you know we are going to be talking about some work the staff might be able to do to look at the policies and purse and hopefully have an informational hearing with you next year january or february. but the timing is acquit for the united states give the information we talked about affordable housing and the eastern neighborhoods is not working from a stewardship. the quality of the issues how much of hopefully, you'll be supportive and interested in yourselves of hearing about that from the neighborhood. the second item continue to think about transit infrastructure fees there's been an issue with the t d f another amendment came our way were 0 we've been looking an office environment and the tech industry is different but the question comes to our minds as we look forward to a new kind of economy do we want to delin

cohen welcome to crossfire for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle u.s. president barack obama's public opinion ratings are in the doldrums now called a lame duck by many he may finish his days in office as one of the country's worst in least effective presidents how do historians and.

cohen welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle us president barack obama's a public opinion ratings are in the doldrums now called a lame duck by many he may finish his days in office as one of the country's worst in least effective. residence how do historians and the public determine the success or failure of an american president and why are some presidents rehabilitated years or even decades after they leave office. to cross-talk the worst american president's i'm joined by my guest samuel put to leakey zero in moscow he is the president of the preparing global leaders foundation and a visiting professor at georgetown university in washington we have doug weed he is a presidential historian and a former white house advisor to two american presidents and in boston we cross to robert near he is a core lecturer in history at columbia university all right gentlemen welcome to the program crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i'd like to go to doug first in washington you know lot of people when you look at presidents the h