thank you, both mel and reuben. commissioner walker: commissioners, it really has been a pleasure serving with both commissioner murphy and commissioner hechanova. the issues we deal with at this commission are vitally important to the future of san francisco. even as we have possibly disagreed on approaches and strategies, the conversations and dialogue that we have actually had at the commission and one on one has given us solutions that work best for the city of san appearances go. i will miss you. i hope you come back and visit. you have done amazing service to the city of san francisco, and you should be proud as well as us of the service you have offered. thank you very much. it is much appreciated. we look forward to -- i look forward to working with you on many things in the future, so thank you. commissioner lee: there is also one past commissioner that is not here today that i would like to at leacknowledge and recognize, and that is our chris romero. i would like to thank chris. he is a friend of mine. i

that's two of you now who have brought up the quote from jennifer reuben, washington post, the paper's sort of conservative columnist. santorum has very little basis for legitimate complaint. virtually the right wing beats up on his opponent from his policy to his wealth to his rhetoric. the disciplined romney team might have a voodoo doll or in private, but the candidate rarely wastes time talking about the media. and what santorum says in his private settings, the words seem jarring, the fault is with the candidate. if they didn't could have his words, i guess he'd complain about that, too. the thrust is, is he too whiney. >> and in fairness to santorum doing the best to talk about the economic program and a piece, entitled my economic freeman agenda on monday, doesn't mention satan in the reports anywhere in it. on the other hand, he never fails to chase after rabbit when they dangle is in front of them. >> jon: some would call that conviction. >> and it's not surprising that the liberal media doesn't like it at all. but what has changed, i think that monica and i on the right on th

he was just a wonderful commissioner, wonderful friend, and also reuben. reuben was my vice-president for a couple of years, and i enjoyed working with him. kevin. enjoyed working with him. also warren mar. i have a lot of great memories. i remember when president who was president -- he was on the commission for two or three years, and when he left -- i remember him saying to me, "i have been on this commission for four years, and you know what? i feel like i have not achieved a god-damned thing." i could not relate to that kind of statement. i think we have made some remarkable achievements. commissioner walker deserves a special mention because we were at loggerheads so often. however, as you all know, i prefer to look them in the eye. if i had anything to say -- she is not here today, so i will leave that alone. the sweetness in parting is the extra time i will have to be with my wife, my daughter and my new chocolate lab. there are no shortcuts to any place worth going. you make a difference. i want to thank you all so much. commissioner hechanova: th

but reuben cruz who we last saw in a similar situation -- >> 17 stab wounds. and i came out with none. >> is now making himself at home on the sensitive needs yard. >> s.n.y. is just a name for -- honestly, i don't even know. you know? i love it. i honestly do. this is the first time that i could choose who i want to talk to, who i want to play basketball with. honestly, it's just a whole change of scenario. a whole change of lifestyle. it's better. honestly, it's a lot better. you know? this right here, as you can see, it is the same as general population, and the same people play basketball and people working out and people running their own program. they don't have to go through all of that other [ bleep ] that we used to go through before. it's very muff different and a setting that you need to get adjusted. from what i understand, they say there's child molesters and rapists here, but i haven't encountered one, and not that i am looking for them, but i would rather not know who they are, you know that. is basically it. i just socialize with the guys i kno

. >> jimmy: yeah, well then he's paul reubens. >> well also -- >> jimmy: did he switch?ce. when we were at judges table, he would get really into analyzing the food, and all of a sudden he forgot to be pee-wee herman and he would be paul reubens. and he'd be like, "yeah, you're right i really --" and i'm like, "hey!" let's here it. [ talking over each other ] >> jimmy: "what were you saying pee-wee?" "[ clears throat ] well i was saying, i think it was a little dry." >> right. [ laughter ] yeah, exactly, and we'd have to remind him. [ cheers and applause ] but that's actually, that's what's cool about this show, is that, you know, we get these amazing guests, like you guys, and charlize theron. >> jimmy: well i had the best time ever. >> well, because they're fans of the show, i mean, you know. >> jimmy: but you work so hard. i mean, people don't know what goes into that. >> it's a commitment. you have to eat a lot of food. and by that time it's usually good. but i mean, it's like a two-day shoot, right. >> jimmy: but the eating, and i mean, and it would start early. >>

this is our rube: we do our own -- reuben. we do our own sauerkraut. this over here is our jacked up roast beef. >> what's jacked up roast beef and why do you call it that? >> it's a funny story. our plumber that was helping us renovate came up with the story. they all have great stories. >> tell me what's on this one. >> that's our turkey avocado, red onions and our special sauce which is a lemon basil and lettuce. >> that looks like some whole grain. >> a multigrain bread which is fabulous. >> we've got about a minute left. if you are not into the whole ncaa tournament thing or you're a sports watcher and plunked in front of the tv, you want to do something a little more gourmet, kim will tell us what this is. it smells fantastic. >> this is our vegetable soup. we make it fresh every morning. we saute the olive oil and put in all the vegetables. we saute it and ad -- we have some vegetable stock. it's vegan, vegetarian so it covers all the bases. we just keep adding stuff and let it simmer. i made a pot and brought it today so everybody could try tha

but to my great surprise, "the washington post" blogger, jennifer reuben write this week, speaking oficare reform plan, no matter how many times, liberals repeat that ryan's reform plan, it isn't true and the misrepresentation is so egregious that one can only conclude that it's the honest analysis of the plan. >> and here is what nancy pelosi had to say about the health care law, listen. >> we knew what we were doing when we passed this bill, it is iron clad constitutionally. what happens in the courts is another matter. but, we believe that we're in pretty good shape going into the court. >> who wants to explain what she means by that. >> gregg: she herself said we'll have to pass the vote, but let me make a point. there's a legal argument and financial argument which is are well patched out here and medical argument, ignored except for a few people like me, writing for the manhattan institute medical progress. and the number by the f.d.a. is down by almost two-thirds and new medical devices down by 40%. in the middle of the discussion over health insurance, the reality once they go

my name is reuben hechanova, and i'm here in support of the nomination for thekarnilowicz. -- henry karnilowicz. and it is begun his knowledge of the permitting process that helps small businesses

i served as president myself and have served under nell, -- mel, reuben, frank -- i think that is it so far, but it is vital that there is a working relationship between -- especially the president because the president does really carry the commission's communication to the department. i want to just say that since commissioner mar has been vice- president and now took over as president since the new commissioners got appointed, he has done an amazing job of reaching out to other commissioners, to staff, trying to take up the slack in the transition as we became a new commission. in that light, especially since there has not been a president from the appointees of the board of supervisors since i was president many years ago -- so in the light of and in the spirit of working together and really coming together to move this department forward, i actually nominate warren mar, who is currently vice-president, as president. commissioner mar: thank you. i accept, i guess. that is there a second? >> i second that motion. commissioner lee: and can i speak? i have given this a lot of though

among the guest speakers was robert reuben who served as treasury secretary. he spoke about the pressing need for an agreement on reducing the debt. the progress wouldn't come until after the november elections. >>> welcome to the economy summ summit. thank you for being here. i'm going to resist asking you my first question what that choke was that you just shared. >> i suggested that you ask the first question which is a better fly fisherman. paul or me? >> and his answer? >> we each had a different answer. i said me, and he said he. >> i think this is an interesting time to be having a conversation about the economy because how much has changed in terms of the perception of the landscape. if we were having this conversation at the end of december or january, it would have been darkness all around. the euro was on the verge of breakup. in the united states, the economy seem ed to be barely growing. possibly on the verge of another recession. the fiscal picture here was all screwed up. we had enormous question marks about the extension of stimulus tax cuts. a

. >> in a little while we'll have larry somers up here, bob reuben will be here. one of the people who's coming up is the one that has the key job now, which is jean sperling. jean was profiled in the post the other day and looking at the jobs and infrastructure proposal that they put forward, and as i dug into it, it looked like a lot of those pieces were things that you and austin goolsbee had worked on, thought about sometime earlier. my question is do you think the president is three years too late with his jobs and infrastructure proposal? would you have sequenced some of what the obama administration put forward differently? would you have done more in jobs and infrastructure on the front end and less resuscitation? >> i would like to say if i was president of the united states i would have figured this all out and would have had a sophisticated program. we haven't got that kind of a problem. what we have is the backlash. it's like a tsunami hit us in the financial system. it did a lot of damage. we've now got to recover from that. the tsunami was debt. debt

like reuben stuttard is going to sell a lot of top 40 records.will call her the big beautiful blond bomb shell from baltimore. hallie day ♪ [ music ] >> marcusly start with you is this the blond that genie was referring to as far as who you are smitten with? >>> i mean i tell you i think she has a sultry voice i think that you know you have to give her the local love i just think that whole package as she goes through she is not going to be the one that gets kicked off tonight but as she goes through as they develop her voice i am very interested to see what she can do from that jazzy sexy adele maybe more of an edge if she loosens up a little. >> and will she have that flexibility she definitely has a look that is marketable. i have my eye on her. >> we had adele in two years ago on our show to perform that whole torch song thing katie perry, lady gaga all of a sudden this girl with a voice absolutely amazing people may be surprised she may be around awhile but marcus the point you made, she needs to bring something contemporary. >> also when yo

albright, a former weapons inspector -- entitled starving iran will not free it, and also, jamie reuben. great to have you with us. what he said about president obama. >> i think he was allowing some room. a clear indication for iran that negotiations is their preference. they constantly say we won't negotiate under threats. when you start stepping back from the threat of war, that's an opening and i think the he wanted to signal that. that they are open as long as these threats are stepped back from. >> do you think there will be talks and breakthroughs especially with this whole issue of preconditions? it makes a lot of sense that iran would say get out of my business if i want to have nuclear power. a lot of countries have nuclear power. why should that be a precondition? >> i think there's a lot of smoke being thrown in people's eyes. let's start with prime minister netanyahu. the israels want the world to be talking about the possibility of a nuclear strike. they believe and have said candidly, the more that seems real to withdrawn iran, is greater the chance this can be revolved w

fran townsend, james reuben, good to have both of you with us. i appreciate it. let me put the first question to you, jamie. obviously the optics are this are not good. it's hard to imagine this was a purposeful thing said on an open mic. >> certainly not. no president talks about elections having an impact on american foreign policy. you don't say you might not be able to do something now that you can do later after the election. so certainly this is an unfortunate development. but i think if you put it down to the fact the president didn't want this to be heard and look at the substance of missile defense, i think it's fair to say if the president is re-elected, his version of what we should do in the area of missile defense is different than the republican version. so if he wins the election, he will have in a sense a mandate to pursue his approach to missile defense, which is more flexible than the republican version. >> and, fran, it's interesting. obviously we had a sound bite of the president there in 2009 when he seemed to be a little bit more of a stickl

, that are winning on a weekly basis, like the dario franchittis, the tony kanaan, and you add in reubenacello who will bring in the credibility of who we want to really deliver as the superstars. >> the horrible death of dan wheldon, i watched you after that, and you guys had your own investigation. what -- and some people said, hey, this could really be the end of where you guys are going to, so what -- where are you now? do we learn anything from that? do we become better, and where do fans go? do you get more fans, same fans? how does that work? >> i think it was definitely a learning process for everyone involved in the indy car world and the eyes on indy cars starts the new season, it's a difficult off-season when you end your last race with a tragedy. but i think we've had better communication between the drivers and the team owners and the engineers, and what we've tried to do is really try to set ourselves up to understand and work together on everything, not only safety, but competition. >> sure. >> and that's what we're really focusing on. >> well, have a great season. >> than

. >> jeff reuben joins me now, an economist and the author of "why your world is about to get a wholeot smaller, oil and the globalization." jeff is in toronto where by the way one spends a lot more money for gasoline than they do in the united states. jeff, good to see you. you just heard america is not moving the needle on consumption. i mean the bottom line is it's been stagnant for a while. might grow a little bit this year, might not, who knows. what's causing this? >> well, in fact, america has actually reduced its consumption of oil in the last five, six years by about two million barrels a day. unfortunately what's happening is that the rate of reduction of oil consumption in the united states and canada and europe is a fraction, only a fraction of the rate of increase of oil consumption in places like india and china, so that world demand keeps on growing. we're almost up around 90 million barrels a day. and while we can find supply to meet that demand, that supply only comes at triple-digit oil prices. >> all right. so let's talk about 1998 when oil was $12 a barrel. are we

if the 1960s radicals, abbie hoffman and jerry reuben got famous because being flamboyant and media-savvy they would look a lot like andrew breitbart. he was idealogical mirror image of them. extremely creative around creating web sites adam mentioned. and energetic and frankly gutsy and courageous. for example, having broken the anthony weiner texting story last summer, when weiner was holding a press conference, who was there to show up first, but andrew breitbart. that is kind of guerrilla teeter we saw from the left in the '60s moved over to the right. jon: we have video of that event t was sort of extraordinary. see if we play some of it here. anthony weiner was to have a news convince to -- conference to explain this controversy on twitter. he had sent some photographs of himself to apparently his entire twitter feed when he thought it was going to one person. andrew breitbart was there and wound up center of attention. let's play a clip much that . >> you know what i would be accused of if i released this photo, i'm doing this to save his family, okay? if this guy wants to start fi