. >> the deputy city attorney robert brian and will provide the board with any needed legal advice and at the controls it the legal assistant victor and we are joined with the department who have the cases before the board tonight and scott sanchez and they are both representing the planning department and commission. joseph duffy is here representing the department of building inspection and actually he is not here at the moment but i believe that he will be here sthoertly and carly short is here, and the urban forester representing the department of public works and john, the manager of the public of works, and the street and the mapping and he is not already in the room i believe that he is joined and jarvis is here representing the san francisco transportation agency and division of taxis and if you could go over the board's meeting guidelines and conduct in the swearing in process. >> the board requests that you turn off all of your phones and pagers so that they will not disturb the proceedings and carry on the conversations in the hallway, the rules of presentation are as follow

technology safety group with mike denning, bruce, john daring and the technology people, matt, and brian roberts and so many more. it's time to enjoy this great wifi on market street and now we can relax a little bit guys, you've done it. please join me now. mayor, i would like you to activate the power on wifi market street. >> i know what you are all thinking. so we are going to put this back at candlestick park once the lights go out on monday just as soon as we do this. [ laughter ] 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. [ applause ] >> it's on now. >> >> >> >> >> if you have public comments to make make sure to fill out one of our comment cards on the desk. if there not there crystal is getting them and thank you to sfgovtv and 3 to 4 services for broadcasting this live to air to the public. we'll start this meeting with roll call. >> all right. councilmember curls. commissioner lee. commissioner joseph.

technology safety group with mike denning, bruce, john daring and the technology people, matt, and brian roberts and so many more. it's time to enjoy this great wifi on market street and now we can relax a little bit guys, you've done it. please join me now. mayor, i would like you to activate the power on wifi market street. >> i know what you are all thinking. so we are going to put this back at candlestick park once the lights go out on monday just as soon as we do this. [ laughter ] 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. [ applause ] >> it's on now. >> >> >> >> >>> i would ask that you shut off any electronic devices that may go off during the proceedings. if you wish to have a private conversation, please take it outside. if you would like to speak on any item today, if you can please complete a blue card. it will

technology safety group with mike denning, bruce, john daring and the technology people, matt, and brian roberts and so many more. it's time to enjoy this great wifi on market street and now we can relax a little bit guys, you've done it. please join me now. mayor, i would like you to activate the power on wifi market street. >> i know what you are all thinking. so we are going to put this back at candlestick park once the lights go out on monday just as soon as we do this. [ laughter ] 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. [ applause ] >> it's on now. >> >> >> >> >>> i'm nicole and lindsey, i like the fresh air. when we sign up, it's always so gratifying. we want to be here. so i'm very excite ied to be here today. >> your volunteerism is appreciated most definitely. >> last year we were able to do 6,000 hours volunteering. without that we can't survive. volunteering is really important because we can't do this. it's important to understand and a concept of learning how to take care of this park. we have almost a 160 acres in the district 10 area. >> it's fun to come out here. >> we have a park. it's better to take

technology safety group with mike denning, bruce, john daring and the technology people, matt, and brian roberts and so many more. it's time to enjoy this great wifi on market street and now we can relax a little bit guys, you've done it. please join me now. mayor, i would like you to activate the power on wifi market street. >> i know what you are all thinking. so we are going to put this back at candlestick park once the lights go out on monday just as soon as we do this. [ laughter ] 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. [ applause ] >> it's on now. >> >> >> >> >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that

technology safety group with mike denning, bruce, john daring and the technology people, matt, and brian roberts and so many more. it's time to enjoy this great wifi on market street and now we can relax a little bit guys, you've done it. please join me now. mayor, i would like you to activate the power on wifi market street. >> i know what you are all thinking. so we are going to put this back at candlestick park once the lights go out on monday just as soon as we do this. [ laughter ] 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. [ applause ] >> it's on now. >> >> >> >> >>> thanks for joining us on this beautiful december day to mark this ground breaking of the exciting new edition of the san francisco landscape. my name is mike sanford. i work for the reality corporation. it's my pleasure to be your mc today. on behalf of reality and all of our partners and this development project. welcome. i was talking to my daughter this morning, she's 4 years old and she says to me like most days, "daddy, what are you doing today?" actually i have a very exciting day. we are meeting with people this afternoon and most importantly i g

story we're following this morning, brian roberts and nbc universal making a deal with the conferenceings d? a very big conference for those in tech. that is more in just a few moments. ♪ >> lululemon founder may have put his foot in his mouth. not a yoga move. an interview he did with trish regan last month. >> frankly, some women's bodies do not work or it. >> they do not work for the pants? >> they do not work for some women's bodies. it is about the running through the thighs. comment, buttrue not popular. now he is stepping down as chairman. julie hyman covering the story. it isis change means removing a wildcard. this is not the first comment he has made. he has made comments through the years. he has made comments like this historically. christine day, who has been ceo, has said she would be stepping down as soon as they found a successor. here have been reports that has been popping into the office sort of meddling in the company affairs. this removes that as well. remember 2007-2008 for the ants that claim they have special benefit because they were made with seaweed and not

will hearinue, we from brian roberts, chairman and ceo of comcast corporation followed by robert marcuspresident and ceo of time warner cable. after that, our discussion with matt woke up to my president of the american cable association. >> you said that television will change, tv, video more in five years than in the last 50. what are some exhibits of that? >> we truly take on demand. so we started with some content on a tv set. we now have 40,000 shows on demand. we have 30 billion downloads of on-demand in 10 years. good two tablets and phones and we want to be able to integrate the web as well as tv, as well as ratings and twitter and facebook and social media. it is just exploding because of the technology options we have as consumers and different generations of consumers have different passions. so we have to keep it really .imple we have to recognize that we are not all the same. so why do we just give one experience? of the a program guide show today versus one guide and give six guys. when just for kids. one just for sports. when just for movies. -- one just for kids. one jus

. >> brian roberts of cantor etail. fulfilling your wildest party desires for the right price. they host parties from around the globe. bloomberg got a plus one for a ehind the scenes look. >> imagine it and we'll deliver it. that is the motto behind one of the world's most prestigious events, penguins in the pool. they have already made that happen. >> we are the ones with the access, the connections and the tenacity to find it, get it, deliver it. >> caroline is the company's co-founder and prides herself on being able to do the impossiblings including getting pop stars to play at your party. >> as soon as you start bringing in major label artists, it will cost $1 million or more. >> yep. $1 million at a party. sounds extravagant. well, not for everyone. hurley says business is growing and when it comes to hosting parties, people are always trying to outdo their neighbor. >> there is definitely an element of competition. fairly broad. people like to celebrate and in celebrating, it is a statement about who you are and in some cases it is a statement of how much money you have

as we continue, we'll hear next from brian roberts, chairman and ceo of comcast corporation followed by robert marcus, president and coo of time warner cable. after that our discussion with matt polka, president of the american cable association. you said that television will change or tv video will change more in five years than in the last 15. what are some examples of that? >> guest: it's really, well, we take on demand. so we started with some content on a tv set. we now have 40,000 shows on demand. we have 30 billion downloads of on demand in ten years, but where does that want to go? it wants to go to tablets and phone, and we want to be able to integrate the web as well as tv, as well as ratings and twitter, facebook and social media. it's just exploding because of the technology options we have as consumers and different generations of consumers have different passions. so we've got to keep it really simple to way more complicated, and we have to recognize we're not all the same, so why do we just give one experience? take the program guide. so we showed today rather than one

as we continue we will hear next from brian roberts, chairman and ceo and then you will hear from marcus the ceo of time warner >> you said the video will change more in five than in the last 50 years. what are examples of that? >> we take on-demand. we started with some content and now we have 40,000 shows on-demand. we have 30 billion downloads of on-demand in ten years. but we have want to go to tablets and phones and integrate the web as well as television and twitter and facebook and social media. it is just exploding because of the technology options we have as consumers and different generations of consumers have different passions. we have to keep it simple and we have to recognize we are not all the same so why give one experience. take the program guide we showed today rather than one guide there is six guides. one just for kids. one just for sports. one just for movies. take the kids you have preschool age or a 10-year-old. parents know if they click 10-year-old these shows are guides for 10-year-olds. having that information available for a conversation with kids is nice. if

we're joined by brian roberts.e had such a late thanksgiving, cyber monday is coinciding with the first monday of december which is traditionally the biggest ordering day online? >> very much so. everyone has just been paid the final paycheck before they can feasibly order online to guarantee delivery for christmas. a lot of people have been in the stores, black friday. general christmas shopping anyway. also as well, the sunday newspapers pretty much on a global basis are full of recommendations for decent gifts for friends and family. so lots and lots of impetus behind cyber monday in terms of being one of these massive days. >> do we still need something like cyber monday? we've had black friday, this whole shopping weekend. surely now it's a point where ordering online or going to the stores, we do it all the time. >> yeah, i think -- >> i say next year we don't need to calling it cyber monday, do we? >> a lot of ecommerce businesses or multi-channel retailers have improved their offer, made it a lot more sophi

brian schactman up next. he's filling in for thomas roberts. what do you have? >> mimosa, bloodies and brunch.here. >>> all right. agenda for the next hour, it's the grinch that stole christmas for 1.3 million americansen unemployment benefits due to expire tomorrow. there the will in congress to something about it? which states will be hardest hit? we covering that at the top of the hour. >>> marriage equality on the march with two big rulings in two big states. guess which high court will soon be looking at this very divisive issue yet again? >>> and christmas cruise ship trapped in ice off the antarctic coast. the chinese ice breaker rushing to get to them has run into trouble of its own. a live report on that and more in three minutes' time. >>> hi, everybody, brian schactman here for thomas robert. bye-bye benefits. just three days after christmas, hundreds of thousands of americans will lose their long-term unemployment benefits. the funds for the federal aid program, created during the recession, run out tomorrow for roughly 1.3 million americans. another 1.9 million will lose their ben

comcast's brian roberts and at&t's stephenson. the meeting will discuss issues having to do with the nsa surveillance program and the impact on technology companies that comes a day after a federal judge said that the program almost certainly violates the law. it's weird. >> the judiciary is weird. and it's funny the way one judge can see one thing and one judge can see -- and to interpret the law, it's -- you would think it would be objective, but it's not very subjective. that's why very activist judges are the ones that worry me and scare me. and that's why we have a system of higher and higher appeals. hopefully the best ones are at the very top. >> that's what this does, basically pushes this to the supreme court, stops that process so the supreme court can weigh in on what's happening. >> it's pretty neat the way we do it. people complain about appointments getting held up and things. but there's a lot of due diligence done. when you get into a place where it really matters what you decide, hopefully your opinions and how yo

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ty >> how surprised were you when john roberts became the chief justice? >> brian, the most interesting thing about that is they were close friends. michael is now the general counsel of boeing, on the fourth circuit. the e no idea whom president would pick because they're so smart and they are the same person and i think they the same way. so i was pleased for the country the r of them would be chief justice. i thought it would be liddy be use i thought it would perceived that michael would be more conservative than the chief justice is. when roberts came out. and especially in the civilian's i think his genius showed. and sebelius, a very controversial dele cigs. the were disappointed when obama care provision came down. now its's a train wreck. the end game liberalism. to study l be able that for 100 years. saying what's right for the country, and ultimately what i considered to be the off course correction e're on for writing that course. so it's a brilliant piece of work. >> how much involved were you in the romney campaign? >> i had no involvement in the camp

brian rooney reporting live from los angeles. thank you very much. >>> earlier i spoke with robert spencer.e and his wife, actress, alfrie woodward set up an organization in south africa. they talked about mandela's image as a humble man. >> nowadays, we think of him as this sort of universally adored and respected figure. you know, the west -- the united states and our allies only came around to that position fairly recently. so some of the languages used in describing him now is certainly apt. he was a man of peace and a man of principle and all that, but a couple of times i heard people talk about his life being a study in humility. although he understood humility as a virtue and even practiced it in aspects of his life, this was not a humble man. one of the things that is getting less mentioned now, and you know, it's somewhat appropriate, i suppose, is just how enormously powerful he was as a personality and how it goes beyond courage. he had a kind of resolve that very, very few people have. the fact he was already negotiating with p.w.bota who is one of the most racist afrikaner you'

. >> in san francisco stanley roberts, kron4 millnews. >> new this morning. brianfor least another season. he signed a one-year, $10 million deal to return to the dodgers. wilson returned from its second atomic john surgery to post a 0.66 era in 18 games. >> sunday's 49ers, seahawk's matchup features two of the top young quarterbacks. reso will senussell wilson vs colin e pernick. kaerpernick with 22 starts since taking over for alex smith/here. 15 wins and seven losses. this year may have taken a little step back. with wide receiver michael crabtree back and that could change quickly. wilson meanwhile has taken off in his second season. >> the raiders are back east summit with 81 bowl game against the five and seven new york jets. the cold weather should not face of the rookie quarterback. he grew up in scranton, pennsylvania and played his college ball at penn state. here will be facing a pretty battered the jets team. the raiders will have a golden opportunity to pick up their fifth win of the season. >> common number kron4 morning nils. the reader's of time mag

robert with goldman sachs. just upgraded it in november. i think there is a lot of wind behind their sales. >> brian kelly?queen trade. she said it takes you all that you can do to stay in place. >> you're going to have to drill it. an awful lot of oil in the u.s. just to keep up with the declining well rates. that is the way to go. >> i didn't think that was going to where it got. >> you didn't this so? >> not at all. >> that's what b.k. does. he brings things in that you wouldn't think about. >> tim? >> ccu, chile's large's brewer. this is a trade for 2014 because in 2013 there was a lot of issues around this company making a bad acquisition. they are the dominant beer producer in a market that had a lot of pressures. it's a great long-term pick. i would look at this one. >> jim? >> exelon. that is one ugly chart when it comes up. tax law selling has been going up. look at that. ugly ugly. >> all right. i'm melissa lee. thank you so much for watching. we will see you back here tomorrow at 5:00. a full day of trading and a regular show tomorrow. in the meantime, don't go anywhere. mad money with jim crame

brian stelter. i know i wasn't the only person stunned when this story came out thursday, robert levinson went missing in iran nearly seven years ago. the american government always said he went there on a private business trip but that was not true. he was a contractor for the cia. rogue group within the agency sent him there on an unauthorized mission. reporters found this out yearning, the associated press, "the washington post," the "new york times," abc news. the government urged them not to reveal what they knew. for years everyone agreed but this week the associated press and "the washington post" decided to go with the bombshell story. >> stunning disclosures about an american who disappeared seven years ago. >> robert levinson a retired fbi agent. >> the secret and unauthorized cia mission inside iran. >> a secret unauthorized mission from the cia -- >> matt appuzo was one of the associated press reporters who broke the story and here with me now. did i get that right in the intro? >> absolutely. >> take me back to 2010 when you first learned about his true identity and what led up to this we

the federal reserve, alejandro my mayorkas and the nomination of robert wilkins to be the judge of the circuit court of appeals and brian davis are owls priorities for us. mr. davis' nomination has been pending for two years. the senate just move quickly to confirm sarah sewall, and sarah bloom rask into be second in command at treasury and mike connor at interior. sloan gibson we must focus on to be deputy at the veterans' affairs department and rick engler at the chemical safety board. madam president, christmas is one week from wednesday. we have a lot to do. we could complete all of our work by thursday. by friday, by saturday, by sunday, by monday, or tuesday. but finish it we must. i've lined out what we need to do, and it's up to the minority to determine what if anything they're going to stop us from doing. i'm happy to be -- work with them on time but there are certain things as i've indicated, mr. president, we have to get done before christmas. would the chair announce the business of the day. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senat

roberts brought up, if you discount products you ruin the brand. are retailers shooting themselves in the foot with all these discounts? >> they sure are, briand it. once you think a price is only a price until you fet a discount the price doesn't mean anything. there is no price value continuum. i will wait for 30% off. i will wait for 40% off. i will wait for 50% off. products do not have any value. that destroys brand values. adam: what will happen between this moment and tomorrow? are we going to see a rush of shoppers going in thinking they're getting even better discount and they will get the discount? bruce first, then brian. >> they will think so because they will not go into the stores without them. that is problem. become as self-perpetuating cycle. i will only shop where i get a discount. i will go to the store where they give me the most discount. you have to get going. you will grab the discounts. that is why they were email bombing you by the way, they're hoping in the last moment you will be desperate, you will take discount and run. adam: brian. >> no dice. here is real deal. inventories continue to rise. rising second week. c

robert griffin iii is the inactivity third string quarterback, who would have guessed it this summer when he was in every other tv commercial? what washington football legend brianchell always said, if you don't take care of your business on the field first and foremost, the intoarmts are note not going to come. . >> for $7 million, that way he can sit on the beach and collect his money. >> thanks very much. appreciate it. in detroit one of every five houses is vacant. at 75,000 structures, tearing them down has become a top priority for city officials but some entrepreneurs have another idea. david hawkins reports. >> where some people see trash others see treasure or in the case of these abandoned houses a lumber yard. >> the lumber that weet get out of these old houses is commercially unavailable, it's beautiful stuff. >> chris rutherford founded reclaim detroit, to salvage wood from houses slated for destruction. >> when i first saw this lumber i said, we got to do something, got to be saving this and putting people back to work. >> it costs about $9,000 to demolish a house. many have been stripped by scavengers who steal copper pipes. most abandoned houses

robert levinson, now accusing the u.s. government of not doing nearly enough to find him and secure his freedom. brians is here with much more on this. good morning, brian. >> reporter: in the wake of the disclosures that levinson was working as a cia spy in iran, his family tells abc news this morning they're demanding a meeting with the new head of the fbi to push for a greater effort to seek his return. with no proof he's even alive since this video was made three years ago. >> please help me. >> reporter: bob levinson's family said they feel the u.s. abandoned the former fbi agent. but secretary of state john kerry denied that in an exclusive interview on abc's news program this week. >> to suggest that we've abandoned him or anybody has is simply incorrect. and -- and not helpful. >> do you believe the iranian government is responsible for his disappearance? >> i think the iranian government -- i can't tell you what happened or how the sequence was. but i think the iranian government has the ability to help us here, and we hope they will. >> reporter: in iran, the foreign minister denied to cbs t

brian. >> thank you very much, maria. monday morning nfl highlights. let's go to the game where the new york giants were taking the washington redskins last night. robertad a good game. he had his team rolling, up 14-0. paulson made it 7-0. you'll see later on with under two minutes to play, giants up 21-17, rg ii, giants take it away. the giants win 24-17. sorry, chris wallace. college football, one of the most stunning final moments in the history of college sports. auburn, alabama field tkpwoeg. listen. >> 56-yarder. chris davis takes it to the back of the end zone. 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55. davis is going to run it all the way back! going to win the football game. auburn is going to win the football game! they ran it back 109 yards! holy cow! >> it just gives you chills to listen to it especially when you consider alabama was supposed to be a shoe-in. auburn gets the victory but they would not become the number one team in the nation. the two top spots, ohio state and florida state. the way it looks now they'll play for the national championship in the b.c.s. soon they'll have a final four. auburn number 3. what a stunning finish. >>> emb