this is piers 27, 29 is the large triangular pier, and to the right of that is piers 23 and 27 respectively and pier 29 is the proposed america's cup village of 2013, so it would be the center of where the visitors and spectator activities that are programmed and approve bid the america's cup event authority. as if you are familiar with the facility, this does involve quite a bit of construction and it has been coordinate and in a phased mannered so that the first round of improvements brought around by america's cup is supportive of the proposed improvements related on afterwards to the pier 27 cruise terminal that dan will talk about further in a moment. essentially what that involves is creating a major spectator gathering area at the tip of pier 27-29 that generates the need to open up that area that is largely covered by pier sheds now so the proposal incluz the full demolition of the existing pier 27 on the diagonal and a portion of the pier 29 historic shed that has been spliced through when pier 27 was built to create that opening at the outset. and during the races which have a ful

this is "piers morgan tonight." >> piers: bill, welcome. i feel -- you are such an institutional guest for larry before. it's the first time to have you here. >> it's great to be back in the time slot. >> piers: i thought about the ways we could start this. i think there's probably nothing more pertinent, i would say, than the state of america's death. debt debt. >> sexy topic. >> piers: it's the key issue to me. if america goes bust, that's it. >> it's astounding to me that we're actually having an argument over whether america should pay its bills. >> piers: i totally agree. >> it shows you where the insanity has gone. i don't think people realize it because they don't follow it, especially the people who are pushing to hold the line. so what if the debt ceiling -- i think they think it's money we haven't spent yet. that if we just cut it off, starve the beast, everything will be fine and we'll get our fiscal house in order. no. this is money we already spent. george bush and the republicans, they sat down and ordered a lot of food. then

pier 1 is doc at the moment, and we have also designated pier 50 a critical facility. when something happens, port needs to help start helping with inspections and removing debris and other items as needed. so, we have limited qualified staff to do these inspections. " we will be doing first, if something happens, we will be inspecting all of the critical facilities first. once we're done with the critical facilities, will be moving onto priority to facilities -- priority two facilities, which are in densely populated areas. priority three facilities, which are not as much high importance, not in densely populated areas. we have only maybe 10 qualified staff to do these inspections, and we have 3 koehler coatings. one means it is green, which is safe to occupy. the other means it has restrictions. red means the facility is not suitable for occupancy. so only people with certain qualifications and certifications are allowed to do the stabbings. -- are allowed to do these taggings. ewe have 39 piers, but if you include all the substructures and buildings, we have close t

for the pier 70 contract. it was a very discreet task, and to answer your question, that is based off of that experience and something similar to that. i think your point is well taken. >> my experience is there has to be some sort of went up for them to understand and maintenance, and addition to be about to respond to the special circumstances. >> it is not a large sum of money for all of the work we have between now and then. bu>> having been on both sides f this process, and that many of the contracts, many of the contractors recognize public agencies did not have the same kind of funding as the private sector, and they recognize that in their response. it does not go as far as many of the responders would recognize. >> my only point today, is this going to be sufficient funding. i think it is good to try to work these issues through. >> and it was a big stretch for us to come up with that much money. i will say for your benefit and the public's, if it proved to be too little and we are able to find other

whereas, by way of example, pier 9 we have a high occupancy rate and we charge $360. >> so pier 80, the use requires you to arrive in your vehicle? >> no public trash -- no public transportation. >> pier 9 is covered office space, right at your front door, premium parking. >> i think the rate should go higher. >> next year. did that answer your question, commissioner? >> is there any public comment on this item? ok, thank you. >> item 10 a., request authorization for award of a contract for professional services for master planning and preliminary design of the proposed pier 70 crane cove park project in an amount not to exceed $708,835, funded through the 2008 proposition a, clean and safe neighborhoods parks general obligation bond. >> the site is located, generally, between mariposa street and 19th street and is approximately 7 acres, as designed by the pier 70 master plan. funding for the design services it is through the 2008 clean and safe general obligation bond fund. on december 14, 2010, the port commission authorized the release of a request for proposals for the services. gen

>> piers, piers, piers, come on. you're super smart. here's the deal. it's like saying i believe in god because i don't want to go to church because i hate organized religion. what a line. the justice system is made up of people. people have faults. it's not perfect. when i tried cases in intercity atlanta for a decade, i went to every jury trial, knowing it was paelinthsh w n' abo who terathi. why do you think that? >> one juror voluntarily quit her job and doesn't want to go home because she is afraid. afraid of what? no one has said a word to her, never had a threat. did she voluntarily leave her job, or is she going to do a tell-all book? i would inspect her motives. not a lot of jurors or several jurors that were hounded out of their homes. that's not true. number two i don't know who the legal experts you've had on are, but having tried over 100 cases and taken guilty pleas in thousands of cases, and argued before state supreme courts, i would be willing to suggest that your experts are wrong, because under our law, circumstantial evidence is deem

and pier 31 and 32 was a disaster. they gave up on it because it was too expensive and we had to comprise. a lot of people are saying we gave it away. we department. we had no other way to form this and besides larry ellison taking over and he was smart because i predicted he would okay san francisco because this is the only city to see the race from the land. no other city in the world and to watch that on television and this is why i knew we would be the recipient of the race. all power to everybody and let's go ahead and make this thing happen. and this will bring in billions for the city. this is what we need. we don't need condoses. we need people like this to get involved and bring huge revenue to the city. president olague: thank you. is there additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini. commissioner antonini: i just had a couple of questions i guess for mr. martin first. thank you for an excellent presentation and not to throw cold water on what is going to be a treme

the first, ab-418, regards pier 7-0 and the trust status out at the pier, at the other bill is regarding the cruise terminal and the sites that will be in the america's cup. just as background, the port works with legislature, in conjunction with the city legislative committee. this is the group convened by the mayor's office, and generally puts together all of the specific needs that the city looks at, what is planning to move toward it at this time, and we are part of that process. ab-418 is really an administrative trust bill. it is a trust exchange mechanism. at this map shows the report that port staff that did a number of years ago about the trust status of the area components of pier 70. many of the pieces of property were acquired with the original grant. many of them were acquired afterwards, specifically the shipyard, which support purchased for $1. each of these parcels, some of them were filled land, some of the more i planned. -- some of them are upland. they have specific stories that affects their legal status. when we are going through our normal process, we have a couple

>> piers, piers, piers, come on. you're super smart. here's the deal. i believe in god because i don't want to go to church because i hate organized religion. what a line. the justice system is made up of people. people have faults. it's not perfect. when i tried cases in intercity atlanta for a decade, i went to every jury trial, knowing it was a crapshoot. knowing it all depended on the jury that i put in the box, the 12 i put in the box. and oh, that's old. but it was a scary thing for me, because i was always convinced that i could lose the case and there would be a miscarriage of justice. and there was one here. does that mean i don't believe in our justice system? no. to believe in our justice system and hold it dear, you accept it warts and all. >> i've made it very, very clear in my coverage of this, that i just don't know anybody who would not report a missing child for 31 days. that alone is appalling negligence and i don't really buy into the post traumatic thing. some experts believe this has been done before. i don't believe that. i'm total

>> well, piers, number one thank you for having me. i guess that at this point, knowing that tot mom has walked free leaves more of a sense of extreme disappointment, a feeling of being let down. because those of us that have devoted i would say my entire adult life to public service -- well, since the murder of my fiance back in 1979 -- to see a miscarriage of justice in a system that we hold so dear. i mean, piers, the justice system is something that i've held onto and believed in since keith's murder many years ago. and to see it fail is deeply upsetting to me. amidst claims that she's fielding million dollar offers and is considering plastic surgery and marriage proposals, it's very upsetting, piers. it's extremely upsetting. >> i mean, here's the thing, nancy. playing devil's advocate here. because i could tell the packs are running high. >> of course you're going to play devil's advocate. [ laughter ] >> i know what that means. [ laughter ] >> well, listen. i mean, you had an extraordinary run of success covering the trial. you

who is piers morgan? >> kid rock is the quintessential all-american rock star. this guy by his own admission has taken every drug known to man. he's slept with most of america, and he's fought everybody that gets in his way. when he turns 40, there's another side of kid rock i find equally compelling, and which i hope to unravel for you tonight. this guy, as a human being, is

>> probably, piers, but, piers, i want to make a point that i think is incredibly important.there are two versions of this story. there's the version that we as the public, the nation, actually the world got involved in. we saw everything. but they didn't prove that she killed and particularly in a premeditative fashion her child. >> brad conway, finally, do you agree with dr. drew there's really no way pack for this family in terms of any relationship between the parents and the daughter? >> probably, piers, but, piers, i want to make a point that i think is incredibly important. there are two versions of this story. there's the version that we as the public, the nation, actually the world got involved in. we saw everything. we reviewed everything. we had access to the occupants, discovery. florida has very liberal discovery rules. the jury saw a very different view. the jury saw let's say about a tenth of what we saw. and that's why i think they came back with not guilty virks. what i was surprised was i really anticipated an aggravated manslaughter finding and a guilty ver

>> piers, number one, thank you for having me. i guess at this point, knowing that tot mom has walked free leaves more of a sense of extreme disappointment, a feeling of being let down because those of us that have devoted i would say my entire adult life to public service, well, sin the murder of my fiancee in 1979, to see a miscarriage of justice in a system that we hold so dear, i mean piers, the justice syst system -- to see it fail is deeply upsetting to me. add midst claims she is getting million dollar offers and plastic surgery and getting marriage proposals, it's upsetting. >> here's the thing, nancy, playing devil's advocate here. i can tell the passions are running high. >> of course you're going to play devil's advocate. i'm ready. i know what that means. >> listen, i mean you had an extraordinary run of success covering the trial. you made it your own. hln had a fantastic ratings. >> whoa. whoa. wait. wait. wait. wait. i didn't make anything my own. this story is not my story. this story is caylee's story. and i remem

time, piers, to get this done. it has to be done by tuesday and they'll stretch it out until the bitter end, saturday, sunday, asian markets will again open sunday night east coast time in the united states. monday in asia already, the u.s. markets will reopen monday morning, so this clock is ticking, and as you know, for six straight days the markets in the united states, wall street has gone down. the worst week in more than a year i hear in the united states. that could be the tip of the iceberg if they don't get something resolved. i suspect that as the clock keeps on ticking, tomorrow and sunday, harry reid, mitch mcconnell, two leaders of the senate, they will forge some sort of compromise, eventually when all is said and done, although it will be tough going until then send it back to the house, i suspect they will send it back to the house and a coalition of a lot of democrats and some moderate republicans, probably not a majority of the republicans. if it comes up for a vote, they'll pass it, and this cris

>> probably, piers, but, piers, i want to make a point that i think is incredibly important.there are two versions of this story. there's the version that we as the public, the nation, actually the world got involved in. we saw everything. we reviewed everything. we had access to the occupants, discovery. florida has very liberal discovery rules. the jury saw a very different view. the jury saw let's say about a tenth of what we saw. and that's why i think they came back with not guilty virks. what i was surprised was i really anticipated an aggravated manslaughter finding and a guilty verdict on the four counts of lying to the police. so my surprise was in the manslaught manslaughter. but the jury has spoken and what you have to respect was what they saw, what they did, and the fact that they followed the law as the judge read it to them. that's the basis of our system. and like it or not, the jury has spoken and we've all got to live with it. it doesn't mean that they found out the truth. >> yeah. that is -- yeah, that is the system. but as we've been hearing all night, it'

>> i'll tell you this, piers. you need to look over at the senate, you're talking about a group of individuals that under the leadership of harry reid have not passed a budget which is a constitutional responsibility, in 820 days. we have sent them over now two very viable and sensible plans to include the boehner plan, not 100% plan i would have liked to have seen. i made a compromise, and one to see us take care of our responsibilities. for me, about a 70%, 75% solution. the people we really should be looking at are the democrats. we continue to present viable alternatives and proposals. >> recent polls show 64% of the public are in favor of raising taxation to get us out of the incredible mess. are you? >> well, it's kind of interesting that you say 64% are willing to raise taxes when we know that 47% of wage earning households in america don't pay taxes. i would challenge you on the number. and i'd had several telephone town hall meetings, i've been here in washington, d.c. and never have we had less than 72%

>> they are not exorbitant at all, brother piers.evel of taxes now compared to where they were in the 1960s and '70s, it's very, very low. but the issue is this. when you give a priority to the interest of corporate and wall street, then you don't give a priority to jobs nor do you give priority to the kind of issues of poverty that we're talking about. >> and it doesn't have to be either or. can be and should be both and. we have to look out. the rich have to pay their fair share. and i know a lot of rich people who are willing to pay their fair share. and the poor have to be looked after. one is happening. the other is not. and that's what we're saying. this gap between the have gots and the have-nots cannot continue to grow without signs of anger in the streets. >>> when we come back, i want to hold a gun to both your heads and say, which of the republican candidates, if you had to, would you vote for in the next election? >> ouch. >> as we stand. >> ouch. the eagle flies at dawn. the monkey eats custard. price-line ne-go-ti-a-tor

you know, piers, people always talk about closure. and they throw that around as far as cindy and george anthony they have closure it's all over. there is no closure. it's like breaking your arm. and you never get it set. but you learn to flip a pancake or sweep the floor. not the way you did before, but in a different way. yes, it affected my life. i went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. in fact, the word marriage would actually give me -- actually physically have a shake when it was brought up. and i remember it was like a dark swirl after his murder. i couldn't eat. i couldn't drink anything. i lost down to about 89 pounds. i dropped out of school. i was at my parents home. i couldn't stand to hear the tv, the radio in the car. i couldn't stand to hear a clock tick. it was just too much. and i ultimately -- i went to go stay with my sister in philadelphia. she was a professor at the warten school of business at that time. i would sit on a park bench and watch students go by whil

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we're looking out at the pier here. it appears that pier 7 where they are doing a wart rescue right now. it's unclear what's happening. two people are involved. looks like police on scene. it appears someone may have fallen in on pier 7. people are going around to see what's happening, trying to help. there is -- >> a couple of divers out there trying to help. >> pier 7 in san francisco along the embarcadero. and now they are trying to get a ladder -- just within the out of the shot. chopper 5 is following what looks to be one person floating on their back as they get the ladder down in there. but pier 7 right along embarcadero in san francisco. and it looks like that person is getting some assistance over to the ladder. see if they have enough strength to get -- it appears they don't have a shirt on. >> this is a rescuer and somebody in water possibly who had been in some kind of danger possibly fallen overboard there but they are getting on the ladder and hopefully being pulled to safety there. >> we'll get details as

>> first time on the navy pier for the fireworks on the fourth of july >> did you go to the bonds onuly 3rd before? >> just drove it today >> have a good time? have you been out here all day long? >> all day long have been a great time >> look at their territory right there that is their territory and cupcake, you guys came in from rockport? >> yes we try to get off camera >> sorry we got you, excited about the fireworks? >> they do not have them anywhere, we are looking for to them for awhile >> in july and to thank you happy july 4th to you this is the east end of the navy pier very crowded and everybody is having a great time so we are looking for to get back to you guys >> looks like a great night and looks like they have begun just about four minutes ago the fireworks began live shot from a peak year we will have a full recap to see the fall show coming up at 9:30 p.m.. getting ready for a big fireworks show and naperville in this hour as well celebrated not only the fourth of july but the four day long ribfest 14 competitors vying for the best ribs, the honor went to johnson's

>> reporter: it's been a wild day up here, i'll tell you, piers. it all started when the house republican leaders, they abruptly stopped debate on this bill that they thought they were going to have enough support for because they didn't have enough support. and then hours of behind closed doors, arm twisting and trying to round up the votes around this bill as they continued throughout the evening to say that they still intended to have a vote and then abruptly just a little over an hour ago, i would say, republican leaders came out and they said they were not going to have a vote and that they'd be continuing their negotiations and they'd come back in tomorrow morning. so what really we're now learning has been happening behind the scenes at least in part. we've learned from a house republican source. is that they're trying to win over some of the undecides of some of the no votes amongst the conservatives in their party. what they were discussing at one point was trying to tweak the bill in order to win over conservatives who are unhappy that th

piers morgan tonight starts now. for the first time in the history of our country unless there is a compromise or they accept my bill, we're headed for economic disaster. it's time for republicans to step forward. there's been some movement today. as i indicated on the floor, i was having a meeting in my office this afternoon with some splun and that fell through. as they were walking into a conference, three republican senators said they were interested in my bill, interested in compromise. they need to step forward. muns are blocking -- republicans are blocking their ability to kproomize, refusing to negotiate with us. all they do is talk, enough to get done. the house will hold an up or down vote i'm told on my proposal. we should be allowed to do the same. that's all we're asking. it's time for us to be adult. it's time to come together and compromise. it's what the american people want and what we need to do. senator durbin? >> i'm sure you recall the speech that was given to the american people on monday night

pier 39. what is going on from pier 39? >>reporter: thousands of people have started arriving this past weekend to see what is showwhat is known as the largest fireworks in this section of california. many people are lining up to see this show. back out here live this show will take place off the embarcadero. this sea of people began at 9:30 and all these fireworks will be shot on the bay burkbarge this job ominous is seven california resident here it is what he said. >> many have been cancelled and we always heard that this was an amazing show what some would a seventh to drive up for this holiday in check it out. usually it is overcast and cloudy but today it is great. >>reporter: if your planning to come out here now? these crowds are enormous! i would highly recommend public transportation there is absolutely no which will find public parking. reporting live, reggie kumar, san francisco. kron 4 news. >> the berkeley marina also be and the other hot spot. people are already starting to gath