host: we are going to welcome charles schmitz, a scholar and professor in maryland.ou for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: we want to focus on the situation in yemen. the latest from abc news and online at abc news.com. air bleeders same the saudi arabia airstrike led in yemen will continue until the shiite rebels withdraw and surrender their weapons. this morning coming in the final munication that was released earlier today. the second day of an arab summit taking place in egypt. the summit has been dominated by the situation and yemen. so many different players and all this. you have saudi arabia, the u.s. trying to negotiate a separate -- a separate deal with iran and iran involved in this conflict and yemen. guest: yes, that is right. it is complex. the real drivers are domestic. this had to do with the failure of the transitional government after the leader was thrown out in the arab spring. after he left, the tcc came in and with international backing put together a transitional program that was overseen by the president. the plan was to sp

it's monday march 9, 2015, this is the san francisco rules committee item one is roll call and order schmitz commissioner white is accused a little bit arrest commissioner president adams commissioner dooley commissioner ortiz-cartagena commissioner l. riley and commissioner tour-sarkissian arrest mr. president, we have quorum thank you well, welcome to tonight meeting so the first order of business on the agenda is general public comment this allows mustaches to comment generally on matters within the commissions purview and suggest new items are there any new items for consideration >> scott president of the small business commission california. >> hi scott. >> how you doing small business commission along with the federation of the and the handsomely has the ab 1280 what it does basically give a one-day tax holiday on small business right after thanksgiving for your information the tax state tax is 7 and a half cents and san francisco is 8 so san francisco tax on another quarter percent what the hope is that if this passes the state that we can get local jurisdiction the legislation does

it's monday march 9, 2015, this is the san francisco rules committee item one is roll call and order schmitzed a little bit arrest commissioner president adams commissioner dooley commissioner ortiz-cartagena commissioner l. riley and commissioner tour-sarkissian arrest mr. president, we have quorum thank you well, welcome to tonight meeting so the first order of business on the agenda is general public comment this allows mus

commissioner president adams commissioner dooley schmitz commissioner dwight commissioner ortiz-cartagena commissioner tour-sarkissian and commissioner l. riley. >> and with that we have a motion approving to move forward with the economic impact as so amended. >> perfect all right. on to the next agenda item item 5 director's report. >> i have a verbal report for you tonight i want to let you know that last week there were 2 events one with the s b.a. administrator i put the information in your packet at the last meeting in terms of the procurement workshop with the national gay and lesbian chamber of commerce and the golden state association our la concina mexican restaurant commerce on the supplier diversity with the employment and at the federal level this was well attended and our office was asked to speak a bit about the services that we provide and then i was also able to share that for our lbe certification a depreciation for businesses to be able to identify themselves as lgbtq businesses we don't give preferences at the federal level they'll base it upon the veterans and at the

first goal of the year for nate schmitz off the assist of nikki backstrom who is now the all time assistm. caps win 2-0. >>> coming up in mere minutes we've got a special game on overtime. i'll be joined by hoops junky holden kushner as we break down brackets straight ahead in about a minute or so. so stay tuned for that. >> we have to, of course. >> you got to get these babies filled out if you still do it this way. >> i need a little help. >>> let's briefly talk about the weather. >> we have a beautiful day ahead tomorrow, high temperatures returning to the 60s. we'll see a good amount of sunshine mixing with the cloud cover and very little wind. that was the fly in the ointment today, not an issue monday, tuesday maybe a sprinkle but mostly dry. >> that's the thing. we can sit outside as we fill out our brackets. thanks for watching. we'll see you back here tomorrow. don't forget you can al thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you we wouldn't know the incredible difference v

then, charles schmitz has the latest on yemen. as always, we will take your calls. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning on the sunday, march 29. congress is in recess for the next two weeks marking the start to the passover season. it is also the start of holy week for christians around the world. president obama and vice president biden will start the week in boston tomorrow for the ceremony of the opening of the dmk institute. we will have live coverage on our network. reuters is announcing that european diplomats are trying to break an impasse in a nuclear negotiations. that is our focus for the first 45 minutes on "washington journal." this question, should the united states trust the iran? (202) 748-8000 is a line for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. if you're an independent, the number to call is (202) 745-8002 . you can also comment on our facebook page or send us a tweet, @cspanwj. this story, just a few moments ago from washingtonpost.com saying iran may set new constraints in the nuclear talks, but is pushing back as to how long it

. >> reporter: domino's was immediately evacuating because the schmitz was allowed to stay open.g for veronica hanson arriving with her wedding party of 42 people. >> that's what everybody says. it's good luck for rain on your wedding day. >> sure but when it's raining bricks? >> you know seeing all the caution tape really throws it off. i'm glad nobody got hurt. >> l and i did a first inspection and deemed the building safe. so it was back to work making pizzas. as for what caused the collapse -- >> a direct correlation between you know these buildings deteriorating over time and the weather just played a role in the collapse as well. >> that's going to happen in a place like this. this is an old town. >> reporter: it has been about four hours now and still counting. again we're waiting for that cherry picker to get here so that they can actually get up there, make sure it's safe and then patch up the remaining bricks. of course, st. patrick's day coming lots of revelers out today. so it's not a very good night to have this problem. hopefully, south street here between seventh a

at the beginning of this proceeding, i quoted google's former ceo, eric schmitz, who once said the internet is the first thing humanity has built that humanity does not understand. this proceeding makes it abundantly clear that the fcc still does not get it. the american people clearly do. proposed government regulation of the internet has awakened a sleeping giant. i am optimistic we will look back on today's vote as an aberration, a temporary deviation from the bipartisan consensus that has served us so well. i do not know whether this plan will be vacated by a court reversed by congress, or overturned by a future commission, but i believe its days are numbered. for all of these reasons, i dissent, and i would like to take a moment to thank the hard-working staff of my office. matthew, nick, brendan, and all the others who have labored low these many weeks with a difficult item to deliver the products we delivered today. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i tried to keeps score on all the things i disagreed with that you said, but i have got you on my scorecard now as undecided but probably wave

then, charles schmitz has the latest on yemen. as always, we will take your calls. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning on the sunday, march 29. congress is in recess for the next two weeks marking the start to the passover season. it is also the start of holy week for christians around the world. president obama and vice president biden will start the week in boston tomorrow for the ceremony of the opening of the dmk institute. we will have live coverage on our network. reuters is announcing that european diplomats are trying to break an

margaret hamburg, outlining the agencies, schmitz during her tenure. after that, the discussion on iran's nuclear program. live at 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." >> barbara bush, daughter of george w. bush joins other governmental tonight to discuss issues that motivate their generation. they explore new ways so-called millennials are engaging in the communities. here is a portion of that at the roosevelt institute. barbara bush: i agree that there are problems with our generation. we are looking at new ways to do things and we are not necessarily trusting or in favor of the establishment are constitution. there is a research poll saying that our generation trust political institutions far less than generations before us. that can be really is concerning to folks. there has to be a change in the status quo in order to engage young people. think about this past election. a lot of folks talking about how millennial's did not turn out to vote, but we turned out in the same level of 2010. the problem is people do not hard to re

another look at it with charles schmitz. can find out more about these segments at www.c-span.org . we will see you then. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] ♪ ♪ >> this morning here on c-span, a look at the future of the u.s. postal service postal service. then a hearing on the tsa pre-check screening program. later, a hearing on commercial drones. >> this sunday on "q and a" erik larson on his new book "dead wake." erik.: the question gets complicated when the question arises, what actually happened to the ship. why was it able to enter without the detailed morning that could have been provided? this has led to some interesting speculation as to whether the ship was set up for attacked by someone in the admiralty. it's interesting. i find no smoking memo, and believe me, i would have. there was nothing from churchill to jackie fisher, or someone else, that said, let t

power grid, and steve nardizzi talks about the wounded warrior project, and charles schmitz talks about unrest in yemen. "washington journal," live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. announcer 2: this sunday on "q& a" we discuss the lusitania. author: why was the lusitania allowed to enter the irish sea without escort, without the kind of detailed warning that could have been provided? and this has led to some very interesting speculation about if this ship was set up for an attack by churchill or someone. and it is interesting i found no smoking memo, and believe me, i would have found a smoking memo if there was something from churchill or jackie fisher saying something like "let's let the lusitania go into the irish sea," nothing like that. announcer 2: sunday night on c-span's "q&a." announcer 3: next, president obama's weekly address. following will be the republican response and he talks about new legislation approved by the house this week to avert cuts to medicare-dr. payments -- medicare-doctor payments. president obama: hi, everyone. a few years ago, we passed historic wall stree

it's monday march 9, 2015, this is the san francisco rules committee item one is roll call and order schmitzcommissioner white is accused a little bit arrest commissioner president adams commissioner dooley commissioner ortiz-cartagena commissioner l. riley and