to my left is deputy city attorney robert brian. he will provide the board with any legal advice tonight and at the controls is the board's legal assistant victor pacheco. i'm cynthia goldstein, the board's executive director. i am joined tonight as well by represents of the department that have cases before the board. in the front row is corey teague, existing zoning administrator also representing the planning department and planning commission. jeff was here

to my left is robert brian and will provide the board with any legal advice tonight and mr.oldstein, the executive director. we are joined by the city department sthav cases before the board. scott sanchez is here, he's the zoning administrator and represenng

to my left is robert brian and will provide the board with any legal advice tonight and mr. pacheco the assistant and i'm cynthia goldstein, the executive director. we are joined by the city department sthav cases before the board. scott sanchez is here, he's the zoning administrator and representing the planning department and planning commission. joseph duffy is here. perfect timing. city and building inspector representing building inspection and john is here manager of the public works bureau of street use and mapping. mr. pacheco at this time if you would go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the swear in process. the clerk requires that you turn off all cell phones. appellants have seven 7 minutes for their cases and 3 minutes for rebut amounts people affiliated must include their comments in the three 3 minutes period. members who are not affiliated have up to three 3 minutes to address the board and no rebuttals. to assist the board in the accurate representation of minutes, members of the board are asked but not required to submit a speaker card. speaker cards

to my left is deputy city attorney robert brian. he will provide the board with any legal advice tonight and at the controls is the board's legal assistant victor pacheco. i'm cynthia goldstein, the board's executive director. i am joined tonight as well by represents of the department that have cases before the board. in the front row is corey teague, existing zoning administrator also representing the planning department and planning commission. jeff was here a moment ago i'm sure he'll be returning. he is the building inspector representing the building inspection. also joined by [speaker not understood] bureau of street use and mapping. mr. pacheco, at this time if you would go over the board's meeting guidelines ask then conduct the swearing in process. >> board requests that you turnoff all phones and pagers so they will not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. the board's rusev of presentation are as follows. appellants, permit holders and department representatives each have 7 minutes to pre

you listen to -- we had brian roberts, also, talking about it and one point of view that i have to payor cable boxes. why can't reed hastings pay for carriage and faster speeds? it is an interesting issue. how important is the internet and internet connectivity to the country? is it a utility? i think a lot of it is posturing possibly on netflix's side. at the same time, it's correct. i mean, even though, there should be access to, you know, good streaming, it happens they use 34% of the pipes right now. >> right. >> this weekend it's going to be 900% or something like this. >> yeah, probably. it's interesting because when you listen to brian roberts talk about the deal they struck with reed hastings and netflix and says it gives more control over the medium. the intermediary and the technology and where it streams through. >> right. >> upstream and i'm just wondering, if that's actually true, can netflix in this situation be blaming verizon for this slow streaming or the crowded network? >> they can. they want to call attention to the issue and legislation around it. they want, you kn

brian roberts scores. yankees in the lead at 3-0.core. >>> according to the nfl network. marshawn lynch told two teammates last year he might consider hanging his cleats up if the seahawks won the super bowl, which of course they did. he reportedly managed his money very well and wants a new contract. he may even leave the game period. >>> to the ice where the sharks must have been watching in amazement if watching at all. team teal have the l.a. kings 60 minutes away from the sweep. they skate again at staple center. kings shooting for their second and third season. second overtime, kings on the rush. the shot is deflected. alec martinez, scores on the rebound. kings with a 3-2 victory take the series. a former junior shark playing in northern california. the l.a. kings hoist the cup for the second time in three years. more news coming up after the break. >>> it's got to be the world's most valuable scrap paper, and it's going on the auction block next week. it's a stamp printed in 1852 in british guiana. one owner was a murderer, j

brian roberts joins us now for insight. so let's start with the merger and the logic behind it.rst announced, i've seen it go various ways. some people suggest it is an attempt by two businesses that are in danger of being outflanked by other players in their spaces coming together.in a defensive move . other say this is an aggressive move bring together electronics and mobile in a way that harnesses the internet of things. how which are characterized it? >> the latter camp. there will be some defensive issues. there will be some cost savings. i think there are also some logic in terms of having greater leverage of supplies. i do not mean by forcing prices down. by encouraging supplies to be more collaborative, perhaps even some exclusivity. this strategic point of view. the connected home is big thing. they are driving this in their stores already. effective smartphone already has become the center of the universe for many consumers. that will only continue. be able toou will control your security cameras, central heating, your oven and your refrigerator, all of the stuff from

. >> matt: here's brian roberts now with runners at the corners and nobody out.arriott is in his second stint in the royal bullpen after being recalled from omaha on may 25th. he had some opportunities to close ball games with the triple-a club. just in case, greg holland is getting loose in the royal bullpen behind him. >> eric: marriott hasn't given up a home run yet.iot hasn't gi a home run yet. but always around the plate. doesn't have overpowering stuff. >> matt: roberts behind 1-2. tigers and red sox are in the bottom of the seventh inning with detroit still on top by four. we started talking about that little hiccup that the tigers had earlier this week, losing five in a row. you talk about how it was a portion of a greater slide for them. if nothing else, it gave the rest of the a.l. central a little light at the end of the tunnel. in the minds of so many, the tigers are the class of the division. cleveland, kansas city, the white sox are better than some had them advertised. even the twins up from a down couple of years. keeping the central division tigh

in comes brian roberts. the yankees go on to blank oakland 7-0.avid phelps and two relievers combine for a two-hitter. >> despite this guy's outfit, the tigers were not at at&t park. they were tied 2-2 in the fifth. buster posey scores to make it 3-2. but sergio romo could not provision the two-run lead in the ninth. the soft single to center drives in a pair. the rockies score five times in the ninth and stun the giants 7-4. >>> four years ago in south africa spain got by the netherlands 1-0 to capture the world cup. yesterday the dutch had a chance to get revenge. we go to salvador, brazil for the long-awaited match. the spaniards strike first. 27th minute, a foul in the box. the penalty kick and he buries it in the back of the net. the dutch tie it newspaper the 44th minute. he launches himself and scores with that header. the netherlands would break it open and win 5-1. argen robin with the fancy footwork. both robin and van percy had a pair of goals. it's spain's worst world cup defeat since 1950. >> playing in the rain, mexico took on camero

in comes brian roberts. the yankees go on to blank oakland 7-0.cher and relievers combine for a two-hitter. >>> the tigers were not at at&t park. they were tied 2-2 in the fifth. buster posey scores to make it 3-2. but sergio romo could not protect the lead in the ninth. he drives it in. the rockies score five times in the ninth and stun the giants 7-4. >>> four years ago in south africa spain got by the netherlands 1-0 to capture the world cup. yesterday the dutch had a chance to get revenge. we go to salvador, brazil for the long-awaited match. the spaniards strike first. here's the penalty kick. buries it in the back of the net. the dutch tie it newspaper the 44th minute. he launches himself and scores with that header. the netherlands would break it open and win 5-1. robin with the fancy footwork. both robin and van percy had a pair of goals. it's spain's worst world cup defeat since 1950. >>> and cameroon was in a group a match-up. mexico finally bricks through in the 61st minute. it is put in and that would be the game's only goal as mexico

there are two that are mentioned by a guy named brian roberts. he is a big venture capitalist. the insurance industry. describe how tech changes might really change the way insurance works. >> well, let me talk about the other one, david. david: spot pricing. >> remind me what it was. david: spot pricing. >> spot pricing of medical services. this is a really great one because there is so much unused infrastructure in medical technology today. you think about how expensive an mri machine is and how expensive mris are but that mri machine is only used about eight hours a day. imagine if you had a market that ran 24/7. you would have people willing to get an mri in 2:00 in the morning at discounted price, 57% off. maybe i won't and maybe you wouldn't but would be a lot of people out there. that is what brian is talking about. the internet facilitates a market like that. david: is he putting money into specific technology that would accommodate that trend? >> yeah. brian was is with a premier venture capital film called venroc. it was started to invest rockefeller money back in the

. >> yes, that is right, we started it in 2008, brian roberts, todd tee haiahrt who i at the white house of making health care available and creating a platform to allow the employers the lower the cost of care by providing completeq transparenc on the cost and the quality of what you are buying when you buy it. >> and so your big customers are the big industrial companies like the xdg.e.s and the wal-mas of the world? >> yes, the big can customers are the fortune 500 and the self-insured and the enterprises because we are paying $26 billion in health care. >> wow. so if i'm an employee of one of the companies of walmart, i can go on the website and say, mri is going to cost me this at this place and this at that place, so i know that where i can get the best care for the best price? >> that is correct. that is the beginning of the journey in health care can. you can get the cost, and the quality, and if you are the benefit leader and you want to lower the cost and provide good services, inform the employees about the choices they have, and design the benefits and provide them with platf

means going up not just against the entrenched interests in congress but les moonves, andiger, brian roberts comcast, they spent tens of millions of dollars in washington, that is a tall order. likelynot saying it is to be successful, but on the side of companies that could be hurt by this are microsoft, google, amazon, apple, and huge companies, much bigger than the companies you mentioned, that run cloud computing operation and think their future is in the cloud. everything they do has been thisht under cloud by decision, which does an insufficient job of saying why cloud computing should not be subject to the same thing as aereo. >> how will this play out practically? bring the first case against a company involved in cloud computing and what might it look like? >> hard to say that i can give you a possibility. i am a software company and i see people pirating my software and storing current copies of software on a cloud computing company. and then distributing them from a cloud computing account. the cloud computing company has no idea what is on its service. cloud computing companies do

. >> as brian roberts said on this program last week, that's a business position you can understand why thank you very much for joining us. rich greenfield on netflix and pandora. >> when we come back the chairman and ceo of interactive brokers one of the richest people in the world, weighs in on the markets and tells us what he thinks about high frequency trading. later on blackstone's global head of real estate responsible for taking names like hilton and la quinta public, joins us. dow down about 19 points. back in a minute. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ ceos from the world's major exchanges gathering in new york today for sandler o'neill's global exchange conference. bob pisani is there live and spoke to the ceo of interactive brokers a little bit ago. >> i did. always great fun, carl, to talk to thomas. not only is he a trading legend but claims to have the best trading techno

what brian roberts has done at comcast is smart scaling. that interests key.f cash expenditures to build out those with high band width and serve those customers. a lot of those transactions make sense to get to scale. >> competitively, you are good with it, you are okay? >> yes. again, what the consumer is looking for is very, very good coverage if wireless, deep into buildings, not missing any calls, not missing text message kind of thing and media business, they're looking for lots of programing, lots of content. then, of course, they're bringing telecom systems like comcast, so i think it makes a lot of sense. >> long term, i don't know what that is, five, ten years, do you think we will be able to get brond band speeds today wirelessly everywhere? so you will be able to get tv completely without wires? >> well, i think in all of the let's say 250 major smsas, the metropolitan areas, i think, eventually, yes. trying to bring that band width dmeep buildings is a challenge. you have to do a lot of wifi link up, wireless is complicated in that regard. they wi

robert frank will post the billionaire city "match game." brian, you and i are the contestants.x as the company that's all about printing. but did you know we also support hospitals using electronic health records for more than 30 million patients? or that our software helps over 20 million smartphone users remotely configure e-mail every month? or how about processing nearly $5 billion in electronic toll payments a year? in fact, today's xerox is working in surprising ways to help companies simplify the way work gets done and life gets lived. with xerox, you're ready for real business. and life gets lived. (man speaking chinese) >>> all right. well, just how rich are the world's billionaires? enough to swoop in and buy and entire american city. redfin looked at billionaires' net worth and the cities they could buy. let's play "who wants to buy a city?" contestants brian and mandy today. let's start with the richest family in america, the waltons. can you guess which city they would buy? seattle, boca, or dallas. mandy. >> okay. >> mandy! >> okay. let's say dallas. >> wrong. bri

to look at the seven stanley roberts cup in getting a white glove treatment. last night it was a rangers who brianboyle scoring a short-handed goal to give the rangers the lead for time. then the kings will answer back little later in this shot was forced overtime and the second overtime. all this cortines giving the kings the victory right there. justin williams win the pacific caught ndp. the kings rulers of the nhl again. heading the third round of u.s. open car has a six stroke lead record breaking 10 under par. phil nicholson made the cut even with yesterday's overthrust 73 trees 13 strokes back. and does not look like he has a hit for this weekend. 16th cameral sink another long birdie putt he shot another 65 and that's what the reasons hall record. world cup defending world cup champions spain pulled by the netherlands five the one in the fiat bottle gourds or saucepan a world cup since 1950 the dutch their blue rabin then percy and our general and all scoring twice as the netherlands crush spain in the rematch against allies world cup final mexico by the way off to a good start winning its

brian sweitzer. sh is this is this a wake-up call for america? when are we going to learn? >> when are we going to learn? >> do we remember when roberte floor and begged us not to go to war in iraq. he warn d us that iraq is fighting iran. iran is the most dangerous actor in the middle east. he said the enemy of your enemy is your friend. stay out. don't go there. if we would have spent a fraction of the money that we spent by going to war in iraq on bidding alternative energy, wind turbines like the one that my grandfather and father had on their farm 80 years ago, if we would have built the wind turbines, 20 to 35% of the cars could be running on electricity today and we wouldn't be importing a barrel of oil. we made a mistake back then. let's not make a mistake this time. listen, ed, we didn't leave the stone age because we ran out of stones and didn't leave the bronze age because we ran out of bronze. we'll leave because we have a cleaner and we have a more stable energy supply right here in america. >> well, governor, the thing that frustrates me is that solar technology is rapidly advancing and it's almost as if the country is

>> well, twilight star robert pattinson reportedly taking over the role that ford played in a revamped series. so long, solo. brian as well. the video of the five detainees released having a happy reunion. new reports say they are already free to move about qatar. maybe the president missed those terrorists could very well go back to fighting against america and go back to terror. so now what are our options as far as tracking them down? did we make a good deal? jack devine ran a task force in the c.i.a. he has brand-new book that chronicles his years in the c.i.a. welcome. >> thank you. >> you're no strange tore this region. you, along with bob gates and others, were the ones who destabilized the soviet when is they were in afghanistan, right? >> well, i think we played a big part for sure. i think the struggle in afghanistan was one of the major contributors to the fall of the soviet union. so yes. >> give us an idea, if not specifically, roughly, what five higher ups in the taliban now rereleased into that region can do. >> i think the problem in their case is they're not foot soldiers. foot soldiers if they re