today i would like to bring up a member of my commission, president of our commission, and that is ryan brooks. mr. brooks, commissioner brooks, or president brooks, as he is now known, is the western region vice president of government affairs for cbs outdoor, a leading global media company and is responsible for government and public affairs from california to texas for that company. he is also a member of the california international relations foundation. he provides assistance to the california state senate in furthering economic, environment, educational and cultural exchanges with foreign governments and citizens. president brooks also served as director of administrative services for the city of san francisco where he was responsible for policy and planning for 14 city departments, managing over 300 employees, and a budget of $100 million. please join me in welcoming president brooks. . >> thank you, susan leyall, and good morning, welcome here. before i start i want to thank our general manager leyall who has done an extraordinary job here at the san francisco puc and also i want to re

, david meltzer, melissa charbonneau, susie defrancis, rachel ray, edward donohue, april ryan, and finally, brooke stoddard. [applause] today is the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated haiti. , claiming more than 200 lives and destroying many homes leading more than 1 million people homeless. many asian families one year later still need food, shelter, and sanitation. survivors are living in tent camps marked by disturbing reports of violence. debris clogs the capital of port-au-prince. he conditions have sparked a tougher accountability for how funds are spent. today's guest is essential to patient relief efforts. as prison and ceo of the american red cross, gail mcgovern had a largest relief organization. last week, the red cross announced that so far it has spent or signed agreements to spend $245 million on haiti recovery efforts, more than half of what it has collected. haiti as a test -- is a test for the american red cross. when she took the job in 2008, mcgovern was the seventh ceo in seven years hired to restore the red cross' tarnished reputation. the marketing and fun

boehner is a key to met but ryan understands this that. he has spoken it brookings all the separate his material. people don't weigh like a solutions but they are real solutions and he is a real leader and i think he will force the house and forced the house leadership is necessary to do something serious. the most important thing potentially is the republican party. the situation is made for republicans to do what they want to do which is reduce the size of government. they love to vote for increased spending but intellectually republicans talk at nothing about smaller government and what better situation to actually do it than the one we are in now? at their indications on the other side too. i think one of the most important is the rule that which is passed in the house that republicans republicans favored a'lafonte. i think it would take a mathematical genius to figure it out out and what they figured out is if you increase spending by a trillion dollars that really is a trillion dollars that will increase the deficit but if you cut taxes by a trillion dollars t

april ryan, white house correspondent and washington bureau chief of the american urban radio network. and, finally, brookeone year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated haiti, claiming more than 200,000 lives and destroy more than a quarter million homes, leaving more than 1 million people homeless. many haitian families one year later still need food, shelter, and sanitation. survivors are living in tent camps marked by disturbing reports of violence. debris clogs the capital of port-au-prince. haitis conditions have sparked calls and critics are tougher government about donated funds are spent. today's guest has been central to haitian relief efforts. as president and ceo of the american red cross, gail mcgovern has the nation's largest disaster relief organization, one that raised nearly a half billion dollars per patient assistance. last week the red cross announced that so far it has been or signed agreements to spin $245 million on haiti recovery efforts, more than half of what it has collected. haiti is a test for the american red cross as well. when she took a job in 2008, she was the seve

april ryan, white house correspondent and washington bureau chief for the american urban radio network, and finally brooke year anniversary of the earthquake that deaf -- devastated haiti, claiming more than 200,000 lives and destroying homes, leaving 1 million people homeless. many haitian families still need food, shelter, and sanitation. survivors are living in tent camps, marked by disturbing reports of violence. debris clogs the capitol much port-au-prince. tougher accountability on how funds are spent. today guests are crucial. gail mcgovern heads the nation's largest disaster relief organization. one that raised half a billion for haiti assistance. last year the red cross announced it has spent $245 million on haiti recovery efforts. more than half of what it has collected. haiti is a test for the american red cross as well. when she took the job in 2008, mcgovern was the charity's seven ceo in seven years, hired to restore the red cross' tarnished reputation and bottom line. one the most power women, the marketing and fund raising effort slashed to cut the charities $2 million debt working to gain