i think we'll do it in piecemeal form with continuing resolutions but any big efforts are really just not able to happen. >> it sounds like if that's the case, forget the last couple of months of coverage of these rolling fiscal cliffs. sounds like that's what we're in for from here on out. >> i'm not sure. i agree with tony that essentially republicans gave a tax increase to the president as part of the fiscal cliff deal at the end of the year. $600 billion tax hikes on the wealthiest. they view that as over. they've done their tax increase. they're not going to do another one. democrats absolutely refuse now to do any serious entitlement reforms. i don't think there's an appetite for brinkmanship we saw in the past. both sides want a continuing resolution done that keeps the government open starting at the end of march. we get to debt ceiling during the summertime and republicans won't raise the death ceiling unless we have cuts and democrats will revolt at that. i don't think that will happen. i think they'll find some way to raise it for another year or so in a way that's not terr

it developed piecemeal.it was not macro planned in any way. >> this looks like it was over the track, but it is not. >> you will find early reports of people saying it was a dog racing track. >> this is the racing track. this is on the southwest side. >> ingleside terraces. it is the same thing with the residents park. we will have a giant sundial with a reflecting pond. it has pillars around each end. it has an ionic column. it was supposed to be a commemoration of the panama canal opening. he had these girls dancing at the dedication. he had a baby being pushed in a carriage. the sundial was dedicated at night. it is kind of a strange little thing. it is there and you can go see it. this is another before and after shot that shows it around 1900. this is in the 1950's. they started carving away. that building is still there. it is where the lakeside district is. i like the rocket. a well-known builder in the area, an admirer of henry ford, the idea of getting this down, having an assembly line, build this

if we divide it piecemeal, a lot of people will be left behind, industries will be left behind. putting their best foot forward, trying to provide one shot at this. >> and janet napolitano is swearing in the 28 new citizens. again, we have 13 service members becoming citizens of the united states, as we have been to the ceremonies before, so emotional in terms of what's going on today, to have the president about to speak at the same time in a couple minutes, we'll go to that, let's say that immigration reform does pass here. new poll from latino decisions finds 32% would be more likely to consider voting republican, and the question when you think about the statistic, though, if these are voters that went democratic or went republican in 2012. >> well, i think what that says is that the latino community is far more than anything issue based. if republicans can cross the hurdle, pass comprehensive immigration reform, they can open the door to talking to latinos about issues they care about, the economy, education, health care, and the more that they can be seen as a part that's

later and get this seamless impression of this beautiful melody and harmony, yet, it is processed piecemealone of the sources of information of this is we have patients who are damaged in one focal portion of the brain and they lose one of those elements while retaining the others. they may lose rhythm or they will have to pitch and harmony. >> is it processed in real time? simultaneously? >> yes, but quickly. when i say later, later in brain time means maybe 1/30 of a second later. any second, it can be disrupted , and you to organic brain injury or trauma, it can be disrupted. it is remarkable. the player, at some level, perhaps unconsciously, are having to think about the elements unconsciously. >> i teach a lot of workshops and a lot of people come to play our master classes, they come with their own performance, arrangement. they are looking for feedback. one of the things that i always say, because, as a musician, we try to get everything at once. all of the elements. we tried to simultaneously get the rhythm, melody, the subtleties, dynamics, accent, all those things that make music

later and get this seamless impression of this beautiful melody and harmony, yet, it is processed piecemealone of the sources of information of this is we have patients who are damaged in one focal portion of the brain and they lose one of those elements while retaining the others. they may lose rhythm or they will have to pitch and harmony. >> is it processed in real time? simultaneously? >> yes, but quickly. when i say later, later in brain time means maybe 1/30 of a second later. any second, it can be disrupted , and you to organic brain injury or trauma, it can be disrupted. it is remarkable. the player, om

i have only looked at the plans and calculations what they submited in piecemeal. so, we've gotten incomplete information. >> okay. >>> they have not shared any of their construction planning which would be an assurance. >> thank you. >> i have a question as well, mr. su. so, given the building is three separate buildings attached with the same foundation, the initial plan was to actually replace all the foundation. so, would that be better or worse? >>> no, it's not three separate buildings. they act as one building. they are legally three separate properties. but if you replace one unit -- if you make one unit stronger, then you still have weakness. in this case the foundation is unbalanced as don had mentioned because it's a retaining wall. it's only favoring the center building. it is not favoring -- it is not balancing the other loads. >> okay. and then from the initial plan and the revised plan, what do you feel is the more solid of a -- >>> it is a matter of standard of practice. it is not one factor safety more than the other. what you look for is consisten

talking about little piece he of projects, which is -- could be problematic on another level, on piecemealing, then you are then -- we would then need to issue c-e-q-a determinations on each permit that is applied for. it depends what the project sponsor informs us about and tells us they are intending to do. >> sorry, thank you. public comment is closed. commissioner moore. >> i intentionally waited to speak last. i still sit here and don't have simple one sentence answers to the questions which have been answered by many, many people. in part, partially agreeing, three-quarter agreeing, not agreeing at all because while i agree with the attempt of the supervisor to wanting to simplify and clarify, the core simplification, clarification has not occurred yet because we have the highest paid experts, the longest people in the department, including our legislators in this room, and we still don't really quite know. we still have to very much consult with each other and it's perhaps and perhaps not. and i am kind of like, on the receiving end saying, i'm still not clear. [speaker not understood]

it had only been done piecemeal. it was a real revolution. >> i wonder if your research cam across. >> two is the? >> one of the most successful anti it simmering as in the british navy. >> but he was an officer. >> he was a maverick. some people wanted to sack him, but he actually produced a result. >> any other questions? well, thank you very much. [applause] >> for more information visit the of this website budiansky.com. >> the election is over. we have basically what we have before. other than the fact that we spend $4 billion to have our president be reelected, the senate remains in one party stands and the house remains an a republican sens. we have effectively gridlock. we have variations on these new terms like sequestered. the last week in washington they call this know that never came the snow-quester. things called the fiscal cliff which we thought that we would jump off of and i now runs the inability that come to compromise. nothing in the election change that. because of the way that nation is divided

. >> host: so you'd rather see a whole approach than a piecemeal approach. >> >> guest: absolutely always. and it's not, it's terribly complicated, but there are not that many pieces to the problem. but each piece is hard to solve. but the standards of security in the government level, public sector level and in the private sector level are absolutely critical. >> host: have you heard the argument that now that we have an executive order, why don't we leave it there and not legislatively? >> guest: it's nonsense. it leaves out all the standards, it leaves out all the training of people, it leaves out making americans aware that this is a terrible problem that we're facing and trying to get people onboard. what he did was really good, but it was wholly insufficient. and he knows that. he was trying to get us going. >> host: and so the one thing you would have seen, at least the version you would have liked to have seen what have included what? >> guest: what our bill had, basically, and that is standards. national institute of science and technology getting together which is not a regulato

attorney's office would ensure we discuss all these issues at the same time as opposed to taking a piecemeal approach to how we consider the academy art university. >> president chiu has made a motion. so we're all very clear on what that procedural posture is now, last week the committee -- excuse me. the planning commission recommended against grandfathering the brannan street property and last week the committee inserted -- we made an amendment to include a grandfathering of the brannan street property and president chiu has just made a motion to remove the grandfathering of the brannan street property. am i right about that? >> um-hm. >> all right. supervisor kim, did you have any comments on this issue? >> yes. i think academy is one of those issues that rears its head over and over again. and there are a number of kind of parallel discussions that are going on. those with planning and aau and the mayor's office. i think either way this negotiation is going to continue. i think to allow the greatest flexibility to planning and this negotiation and not kind of constrict or restrict their

really should if you're against it i think you should be against i don't really think you should piecemeal stick with your guns on this i mean maybe this is an improvement to something and and you're sort of only selling yourself this may lead to baucus even this is the one part of obamacare that really screws the health insurance companies or this isn't the purpose as there will be now must pay there were a number of ideas that were bipartisan ideas that several of us here probably might not have liked that were bipartisan west gracious rejected so they can claim down our throats the obamacare you should have exactly as they read it and now the republicans are now the republicans are saying oh it's expiring we don't like more of tonight's big picture well. let me let me i want to know what let me ask you a question. here on this board is we're having a debate we have or in. this space thing there's again we're in a situation where we talk about the name and we. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear o

it really just if you're against it i think you should be against i don't really think you should piecemeal stick with your guns on this i mean maybe this is an improvement to something and and you're sort of only selling yourself this is i mean the letterbox even this is the one part of obamacare that really screws the health insurance companies or is this isn't the purpose as there were a number of just hey there were a number of ideas that were bipartisan ideas that several of us here probably might not have liked that were bipartisan westray she was rejected so they can rule him down our throats the obamacare you should have exactly as they read it and now the republicans are now the republicans are saying oh it's expiring we don't like more of tonight's big picture will. do hack work. get caught lobbyists money and lawmakers are combined together. that's where the problem of corruption comes from . i don't know the document's. give up a smart look. there is also. another world behind that which is how to influence these situations to steer clear of provocations don't answer any questio

this failure, there wer e attempts to do piecemeal reforms crit. reforms butrtant not universal. george w. bush had other things on his plate. some singh exploited that he suddenly got interested in cynicse reform -- some gotted out that he suddenly interested in medicare reform. the medicare modernization act of 2003 is a huge giveaway to big farming and so on. it treats medicare part b with its donna holt. we will not get into that. that is what he did. at the national lover, the was no return to clinton's aspirations until 2008 -- at the national level, there was no return to clinton's aspirations until 2008. another favorite and most recent recipient of the pulitzer prize. there is mccain given a life line into the arm being sucked dry by those leeches labeled the insurance industry and hmos. perspectivekers analytically accurate. but barack obama backed into health reform, too. he was out distant early in his primary campaign by hillary and even by john edwards. so he had to catch up. by the time he was elected and have his chief of pfizer's -- chief advisors standing next t

and there have been, you know, it had only been done piecemeal before that. it was a real revolution. yeah. >> there was, i wonder if your research came across a guy named johnnie walker. >> johnnie walker. >> not the -- >> not the scotch. yeah. no. who was he? >> he was one of the most successful anti--submarine guys in the navy -- >> but he was an officer. >> he was. he was a maverick. he was fortunate, some people wanted to sack him a few times, but he actually produced the results. >> any other questions? all right, well, thank you very much. [applause] >> for more information, visit the author's web site, budianski.com. >> here are some of the latest headlines surrounding the publishing industry this past week. publisher henry holt and company announced that former secretary of state donald leads saw rice is writing a new book on democracy. a new release from the publisher said ms. rice will recount, quote: stories from her career and personal life to shed right on the essential questions of contemporary democracy. the book is set to publish in late 2015

will there be small piecemeal changes? of course we will.will see the kind of change that mayors against illegal guns are asking for? i don't think so and that's unfortunate. >> it's really unfortunate. i hope you're wrong on that issue. i hope the backgrounds checks at the very least are going to happen. you make great points about what controls all of approximate in that i just think the fear of the n.r.a., jason is so overblown. jason john john is at politics365.com. thanks for joining us. coming up, vast amounts of money is flowing into right wing think tanks for ideas that go to your officials who pass terrible laws to which you get stuck. >> from lobster pots to pot and lobster, maine is poised to become the next state to legalize marijuana. >> our cease the march goes on continues. we will be right back. billy zane stars in barabbas. coming in march to reelz. to find reelz in your area, go to reelz.com the battle against germs on hands usually ends with dry skin. but now with lysol you don't have to compromise. that's what we call hea

i'll take it piecemeal. >> there you go. >> i'll see. >> are you letting your daughter stay up and watch dvr it. she has seen me on tv. so many times. she is like, oh, whatever. >> old, hat, dad, please. >> -- and icarly and all these things. >> well, we are excited to have you here. >> i'm excited. >> beginning of a new era. we are fired up. >> i am fired up. thank you for having me, folks. >> keep the dial on there, please. i'll win you over sooner or later. i know it will take some time. i won't come on too strong. >>> let's talk about our top story and some of the stories we'll follow for you this morning. a terrifying scene in south bend, indiana. a small plane slamming into a neighborhood this morning. two people are dead. three homes are destroyed. >> also this half-hour, it was an important investigation that revealed the condition of the chicken factories that produce our dinner. now, a proposed bill may keep us from ever knowing what actually happens in the factories. >> in "the skinny" this morning, everyone has been speculating on whether duchess kate will have a girl or boy.

and there emerges potentially some outcry over that, then congress could address the things in a piecemealashion and see we that plan sort of manifesting itself. house republicans talking about passing a continuing resolution that would allow the government to have funding, particularly the pentagon, to have a wriggle room within the sequestration cuts when the government runs out of funding on march 27th. you know, if there are -- if there's a public outcry and so far we should say we don't really see it in the polls. we don't see people particularly paying attention and even he split of folks to let the cuts go in to effect so i think if there are things that caused a public outcry, those things will be addressed but not a grand bargain. >> jonathan, ken makes a good point there. why haven't taken to the streets? the president is out there two, three, four weeks making the case at pretty much every opportunity. why haven't folks seemed to respond this i'm? >> because as ken said, they're not feeling it yet. we have been through this so many times. with the debt ceiling, the fiscal cliff.

they're piecemeal.t happens is when you make a decision that makes one part permanent, the other part is not permanent. then both sides are backed in the corners. that's where we are with sequestration. what you've done is you have no way for either side to get out of the mess that they put themselves into and so you have no decision or you come with another band-aid that simply kicks it down the road and you don't really get a solution. that's what frustrates not only local officials but it frustrates our citizens, too. >> john: exactly. that's the joy of the two-party system. mayor of mesa, arizona and vice president of the u.s. conference of mayors, scott smith. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> john: of course, the university of tennessee is looking forward to something called sex week. don't worry. it is educational and like most education, it is about to lose its funding. >> john: wtf tennessee. we conclude with a story about health education and social responsibility. this sto

we're talking about a piecemeal approach here.is right, most cultural legislation in the history of the country has not come in one fell swoop. it's come a small bit at a time. >> civil rights. >> sure. certainly entitlements come to mind as well. the fact is, there is a period a few days after new town. where the idea of bringing back the ban on assault weapons would not have seen totally crazy. three or four months later, it's pretty clear that it's not going to happen now and the politics have not changed. time passes on, people move on, and we in the media cover other things and we're back to where we were prenewtown in a lot of ways. >> i think things have changed in this separates, it's safe to talk about guns, the president could mention guns in the state of the union. if everybody plays their cards correctly, we could see an expanded background checks, that would be a big thing. things have changed. >> it's incremental change, ruth. >> in two weeks we'll find out, we'll have the debate. ruth marcus, jonathan martin, thank

reformannot look at tax in a piecemeal fashion and. they will look at the entire tax code. >> i'm not asking how you do tax reform. this is a mathematical question. you just said $1 trillion from obamacare revenue is in your baseline. right? for starters? >> yes. withur budget is balanced that base line. >> we use the revenue line. we match the revenue line they project. the medicare savings. we heard a lot about that in the fall. people said it would result in a lot of terrible things. in your deficit reduction numbers, is it not? >> there were two things going on with the affordable care act. it reduced medicare providers by $716 billion over 10 years, but it used those savings to offset new spending in the affordable care act. savingsotes all of the toward medicare solvency. it does not allow the money to be spent twice a once it is offset for expansion. there is also a reserve fund in the budget resolution. it provides a mechanism, such as the congress chose, to go in and restore some of those. it would have the flexibility to do t

dollars that have flowed down, and rather, what i have seen from a state perspective as a lot of piecemeal equipment here and there, but i couldn't connected to the overall protection of either the state or the country. >> again, that was part of the purpose of laying out these national preparedness goals so that not just for you to see what the states were doing but the state could further on to see what was going on at the local level. >> and it was all coordinated to some greater plan to protect the homeland? >> so it would be better coordinated to address the risks in a prioritized way. >> i appreciate that. it's something i am new to this committee, but want to hear more about. i've asserted like to hear your perspective. >> i think senator heitkamp really captured the state of dhs's acquisition welcome which is they have a good policy in place. the key is really execution, moving forward. in addition to some of the statistics you mention, our review that we issued late in 2012 identified most of dhs's major acquisition programs lacked key documentation and that's fundamental to manag

i do not see a clear road map to any kind of piecemeal solution in the meantime.uest: it has been such an interesting week. this has come up out of nowhere. it seems that it was dead on top of the grand bargain. suddenly, it is that again. it is hard to know if anything will come of it. the president and his allies know that the only way they will get their revenues is to do a big deal in washington. guest: and to pick out five or six republican senator, which was why the dinner the other night was so interesting. if he can pass something in the shannon -- the senate, maybe house republicans can be convinced to accept something. it is still a long shot. host: let me invite the viewer is to phone in with their questions and comments to peter cook and rachel smolkin. republicans 202-737-0002, democrats, 202-737-0002 and independents 202-628-0205. bloomberg writes about the unemployment rate going down a couple aticks. -- of ticks. how significant are these numbers? guest: very significant. reporters that the numbers early. we shook our heads. it was a good report. u

this cannot be accomplished in a piecemeal, state-by-state basis.ost of the legal benefits of marriage come from the federal government. but me give you an example -- say you have a straight couple, from any state, they go to las vegas, they have a fun weekend in las vegas, they get married by an elvis impersonator and come home. that marriage is automatically honored in all 50 states. you take a gay couple in iowa who are legally married in iowa, and out of economic necessity, they have to relocate south to missouri where their marriage is not recognized. do they automatically become on married? do they lose the federal benefits under tax law and social security? how could that be constitutional? host: on facebook -- --on rights allen in colombia, maryland. what do you think? caller: i do not personally have a problem with allowing these freedoms. rules federal government with restrictions, i think i disagree with states choosing. we've got to get over. there are more important things to be talking about. for instance, he want to talk .bout equity

house leadership has not agreed if they want to move small piecemeal bills, maybe like a dream act or act jobs or border security bill. they've already done the stem bill. they did that last congress. andhey want to do that way kind of drop these little pieces at the feet of the senate and of ourwe've done part deal, you can either rectify the fivetion for four or million people or leave them in limbo and hold out for a comprehensive bill. that's the point where we get into a really interesting political dynamic and as somebody who enjoys the game of politics i'd be interested to play out.at would host: rebecca tallent, our guest, immigration policy directors at the bipartisan and former chief of staff for senator john mccain 2013 and through worked with him in previous years, as well, and helped draft reformtion legislation in 2006 and 2007. mike in miami, republican, thanks for waiting. ahead. caller: thank you very much. listen. i'm calling from miami but i work on the southwest el paso,articularly with schools, public schools catholicsed down, even private schools being closed dow

along with senator johanns and senator thune, builds off several amendments previously offered in a piecemeal fashion. we've wrapped them all together. each that should be enacted but combined in this bill represents over $36 billion in savings. by eliminating loopholes, duplicative programs, unnecessary bonuses, inflation adjustments and restricting lottery winners from receiving benefits, this legislation will instill and restore integrity, integrity to the snap program while still, still providing benefits to those truly in need. i really ought to repeat that. this restores integrity to the snap program while still providing benefits to those truly in need. i'm not proposing a dramatic change in the policy of nutrition programs. instead, this legislation enforces the principles of good government and returns snap spending to much more responsible levels. while saving over $36 billion, our legislation also makes commonsense and comprehensive reforms to the snap program, the food stamp program, that can and should be enacted immediately. over half of the snap food benefits in our country are