shell shock petition that she signed inner ror, august 12, we received correspondence from energy shell america regarding the energy supply agreement, august 12, we received an e-mail from the san francisco league of pissed off voters, that's their official title, asking for approval of cleanpowersf, august 13, this morning, we received correspondence from senator mark leno, senator steven lee and ammiano regarding of cleanpowersf, august 13, we received a letter from ibw1245 in opposition, this morning, we received correspondence which i placed on your desk from the law offices adams, broad well, joseph and car doze sa on behalf of ibw1245 and you also received an updated list of 379 individuals that signed the sierra club petition in support and 379 as of this morning and also four phone call that is i received this morning, so for the record, i wanted to put those in. >> [inaudible]. >> and that's all. >> this is regarding billing, i can give this to mr. raoes? >> he's in charge of billing, he would be happy to receive that. >> i have a question on one of those communication that is i would

the contract that we are negotiating with shell, north america is for 100% california renewable standard energy as you know and it is i believe you'll see a letter in your packet that we're trying to put additional confines to encourage the use of union facilities energy production facilities. that is only a contract for 250 to 30 megawatts of energy, the initial vision of cleanpowersf is for almost 250 megawatts of energy, the entire load of the non-municipal build rinsing san francisco is over 500 megawatts of electricity consumption at its peak, there is a lot of room for this program to grow and where we want to take it is local renewable generation that creates good, green jobs, local green jobs. what we need to do is establish a rate base so that we have some leveraging ability to do that local build-out. your staff has done a good job of bringing the price down so people won't opt out of the program that people can afford to stay in, pg&e have resources to garner from their huge rate base in order to develop a small amount of renewable energy. woe need to have a competitor to that

approved the, i should say authorized the general managers' signature on a contract with shell energy of north america. that contract would identify shell or cnet as the city's procurement agent for about 30 megawatts of power on california's energy market. at the same time, the board of supervisors -- sorry -- approved of several program elements and pretty much gave us the go ahead to implement the program. where we're at today is we do have a program design and i've been working on it for the last four months since i joined the commission. and what we need right now in order to move -- >> i'm going to ask you to pause for just one moment. commissioner king had a question. >> sure. >> well, a couple things. if we can't get the powerpoint going, then we should at least -- if that thing can just pick up the page -- >> the pictures. >> right. you should put the page on the projector. and the other thing is if we're going through by paper, you need to say which page number you're on because i'm getting confused. >> okay, sorry. >> i know, but i was on page 3. see, i was confused. see, i have to say that

action is not limited to an adoption of a not to exceed rate, today the commission chooses shell energy north america for a segment of san francisco customers, the commission today also can convince the city to purchasing a product that consists almost entirely of renewable energy credits, these decisions are subject to ceqa because they will result in a reasonable foreseeable effects on the environment. as we explain in our letters, today action may increase the city's reliance on ghg emitting and toxic air pollutant emitting by switching to l,

action is not limited to an adoption of a not to exceed rate, today the commission chooses shell energy north america for a segment of san francisco customers, the commission today also can convince the city to purchasing a product that consists almost entirely of renewable energy credits, these decisions are subject to ceqa because they will result in a reasonable foreseeable effects on the environment. as we explain in our letters, today action may increase the city's reliance on ghg emitting and toxic air pollutant emitting by switching to shell, the city wishes to [inaudible] resource portfolio, shell's portfolio that has a higher of known fossil fuel projection than pg&e, shell's non-fuel resource mix [inaudible] credits. today's action may also result in changed rates of air pollutant emissions from existing fossil fuel facilities, by switching to shell, the city changes the source of generation for sf customers from facilities that serve pg&e's load to facilities that serve shell's load, that different facility may be operating on the margin to facilitate the city's demand, this changes the ra

if we open up america's gas, oil, shell and those unleash that power that we have -- we lessen our dependencyreign oil. it's good for foreign policy and job creation for americans. >> what's the percentage of blacks in north dakota? >> if we did it in ohio, detroit, pennsylvania. >> they're doing it in texas. >> it would create jobs. so many opportunities for all americans. there is your answer. >> i want to add one point. i lived in atlanta. the day i arrived in atlanta, my first day on the air i got a call from maynar, d jackson. i got to know andrew young, josea williams. martin luther king's driver. i got to know these guys. what they did many the face of such hostility is an amazing profile in courage. what they did made this country better. >> absolutely. >> the president gave a good speech today, bob. one of the best speeches i have heard him give. >> talk about entitlements. unfortunately president obama has only expanded entitlements to make whites, blacks, hispanics more dependent. it's not helping anybody. you and i know more could be done in washington, d.c. it's cultural. when yo

complete cessation of drilling in the so-called miracle shale plays out of north america which is the only place that shell plays are really being prosecuted this. and the rest of the world operating on conventional oil for the most part as is the u.s. and i mean to put it in context with the us getting maybe a million and a half barrels per day out of shale plays nothing to sneeze at but it's it's really a drop compared to the more than eighty million barrels a day of oil that's being pumped out consumed worldwide obviously if we did have a dip in prices we would see ultra deepwater drilling stop we would see shale play stop we would all of a sudden run into a supply squeeze so the price of oil is really telling us that yes supply and demand are kind of balanced out here and this is what the price has to be the world is still not producing substantially more oil than it did in two thousand and five china's consuming more and more every year so is india that's the nature of the situation so if anything the emergence of the shale plays in all of these heroic drilling efforts tell me that peak oil is a very

sharing contracts allowing companies such as royal dutch shell and bp to tap into mexico's oil and gas reserves. some of the largest in latin americatch shell up by 1% and bp trending higher to the tune of .5%. >>> the former algerian oil minister has denied any wrongdoing after the country issued an international arrest warrant against him. he faces a probe which focuses on contract awarded by algeria's state oil company to a site. the warrant is part of the wider corruption investigation into suntrack where he was company president between march it 2 001 and 2003. >>> libya's deputy oil minister says workers striking at key crude oil terminals have agreed to end two weeks of action. exports are expected to resume as early as this thursday, however, strikes continue at other key ports. brent is steady after coming under pressure in yesterday's session. brent is currently up by .8%. >>> still couto come, we'll spe to david bermingham who was extradited to the u.s. on charge of wire fraud. with potential arrests making headlines, we'll ask him to weigh in on the debate over extradition. that's at 11:10 cet. german stocks leading the

america? >> we see it as being -- shelling legs and strength.in my 35 years in the industry, i have seen every recovery of private construction of really fundamentally coming out for residential. we don't participate in residential. residential is a leading indicator of things to come. it's about 12 to 18 months out before you start seeing the private not raise growth. optimistic. charles: you're a great person to tell us about it. an amazing track record. thank you. appreciated. >> thanks. charles: when we come back, where to put your money ahead of tomorrow's open, and we all need savings for retirement. i'm betting that many of you don't even know where they get started. we will get help from one of the most popular online brokerage sites. streisand at three times fast. fidelity investments is next. ♪ charles: don't stash your cash. tonight we are showing you how to start saving for retirement right away. joining me now, executive vice president of retirement and ms the strategy's. you have three bullets for us, and i want to talk about it. p

. >>> san francisco shelled out nearly a half million dollars to attorneys and planners for the america's cup. city documents showed the $482,000 bill was for the cost associated with putting on the large event. but far fewer have attended the yacht races along san francisco's waterfront. the chairman of the organizing committee says had they known it was going to be a smaller event, the costs would have been lower. >>> army private bradley manning faces three decades behind bars for the largest release of classified material in military history. a judge sentenced the former intelligence analyst to 35 years in leavenworth for turning over thousands of documents to the anti-secrecy website wikileaks. the 25-year-old will also be dishonorably discharged and forfeit all pay and benefits. prosecutors pushed for 60 years arguing the sentence would send a message to other soldiers. >> i think the judge considered his age. i think the judge also took into account the fact that he seemed to apologize not so much for what he did but for the harm that it may have caused to the country. >> manning w

about exxon, its rival, royal dutch/shell shocking many with a 2 billion dollar wright down tied to north american shale. the massive charge is a rarity among the america'se industry. shell did not say where the write-down came from. it has shale assets all over the place, california, texas, wyoming, kansas, ohio, pennsylvania, and british columbia. let's look at oil prices. they're soaring well above $107 a barrel, almost touching 108 bucks. fox business's phil flynn from the price futures group is on in the pits of cme. china data giving crude a big boost? >> i bet you shell looflt money on the cheap -- lost money on china natural gas prices as will. it is manufacturing numbers begins the job numbers. we saw a big surge of manufacturing jobs. that helped the unemployment number. that means people will drive more. u.s. gasoline demand, the main driving force right now in the world for oil, especially with china slowing down. the other interesting thing, we're still continuing to see spotty exports out of libya. that is really playing havoc with the brent wti spread. that spread of course, come into gone back out to over $2. it is also driven up u.s. gas

america. texas. that truck now a burned out shell, the driver dead, investigators saying he was heading west in grandh a guardrail, landed on the turnpike below, the crash shutting the highway for hours both directions. no one else was hurt. >>> pennsylvania. two boys in danville credited with saving their dad's life. he had a seizure and collapsed on the family vacation. six-year-old marky called for help. >> i told mommy, daddy isn't normal. >> the three-year-old sprung into action. help arrived to take dad to the hospital who has several broken bones. no word what caused his seizure, he is awaiting test results. meantime, he is just proud of his kids. >> very nice. >>> wisconsin, happy national mustard day. people heading to national mustard museum in middleton to celebrate the taste of the yellow topping. >> so many varieties, flavors, textures. >> 4,000 hot dogs served with mustard from all over the world. more than 450 different kinds showcased. >> goes back a long way, unlike ketchup, mustard has character, class, flavor and it's good for you. >>> and from mustard to dogs of a different kind,

there's the amazon founder shelling out $250 million for "the washington post." 1% of his personal fortune. as our jim accosta reports, billionaires have gone shopping in america's newsrooms. >> watergate brought down a president. >> have to get something on paper. >> but it made a newspaper. a triumph not just for reporters, bob woodward and carl bernstein but also for the family that owned "the washington post" lead by it's publisher kathryn graham now the legacy in the future of one of the most important newspapers rest in the hands of one billionaire, amazon found jeff b bezos. gives new meaning to the term -- >> just follow the money. >> the "post" now follows other major newspapers. "the wall street journal" bought by murdoch and "the boston globe." >> i think what people are forgetting when we're talking about billionaires taking over the media, that's not exactly new. >> william randolph everyoherst how wealth -- >> i expect to lose a million dollars next year. you know, at the rate of a million dollars a year i'll have to close this place in 60 years. >> something bezos has in common. remaking the selling the news is next. >> bezos can spend an enormous

taxpayers shelled out more than one hundred million dollars for non-lethal aid to the syrian rebels the opposition includes al qaeda linked groups so america's intervention in syria it might mean the u.s. will be helping someone they consider their sworn enemy and the seizure can explain . major aspect that's close to impossible to prevent in the syrian crisis should it get even more chaotic and unpredictable with the u.s. and western outside military involvement the likelihood of empowering al qaeda already a very powerful force in the country experts left and right are warning that the west would be fighting alongside group members in syria who at home are seen as its own main enemy in the war on terror the opposition in syria is far from unified political force al qaeda members form a large chunk of this opposition attempting to get assad to step down concerns were high before that western ammunition would end up in the wrong hands because there's no way to selectively support one part of those against assad's government and not another the fear now is that u.s. and western military escapades would in force not just a vague opposition it

shell station on the expressway in sunnyvale $289,000 ! we continue on abc7news.com. see you at 11:00. >>> good morning, america. and breaking overnight, golden ticket. at least three people waking up brand-new multimillionaires this morning, after an all-out frenzy coast-to-coast to buy tickets for the almost $500 million jackpot. >>> also breaking overnight, a raging wildfire out of control. home after home burned to the ground, as firefighters are injured and the inferno blocked people's escape route. >>> and usher speaks out for the first time about his 5-year-old son's terrifying accident in the family pool. why he says he's overwhelmed right now, as his custody battle with his ex-wife now heats back up. >>> i've been daft punk'd. >> is stephen colbert really angry? or did he just pull off one of the more elaborate stunts you'll ever see?

conscious and under the lead core and shell program builders are freed from being the font of all or how their tenant will actually use the building so the bank of america tower puts up a bunch of recycling signs to get certified to brag about it and then have the traders move in and gobble up this thing heaps of energy by writing floors of servers and computers twenty four seven. it was even a lead platinum certification and is one of the least environmentally sound buildings in this city. league might have started with great intentions and potential but like everything else in corporate america businesses have found a way to exploit it and to use it to their advantage not the environment once again corporations in america manage to turn something with good potential into just another tool for their own greed standard tonight let's talk about that by following me on twitter at the resident. that does it for now for more on these stories recovered go to youtube dot com slash r t america or check out our website r t v dot com slash usa and you can follow me on twitter sam sachs and don't forget to tune in tonight at nine pm for larry king no special gues

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in a first on cnbc interview earlier, the ceo of shell peter voser weighed in on the operation in north america clearly a revelation in the united states. and for that matter also in canada. but i'm of the opinion that will impact the energy situation in north america, but i think the rest of the world still needs the oil and the gas from all the other countries and areas. and they will be growing. so we have all the emerging markets. there is a certain hype in the developments outside north america. these are early days. gee logically we think they are there, but we have to do the exploration work first and see it in some parts of the world, the operating costs are much higher than they are in the united states, for this type of unconvention unconventional. i think this evolution cannot be exported from the united states and i think the oil for the middle east and the gas is needed in the emerging markets and therefore i'm more on the optimistic side that both sides need to be developed and will have its place in the long-termer term energy picture in the world. >> that was the thoughts of the

but back to law school in the egg shell plaintiff and someone so delicate and anything could destroy them, that's not americat becomes a slippery slope. those resident in cities that may be sanctuary citizens are all aspiring citizens. that's what they are striving for and why not use the word to describe them broadly. and when it comes to the brown bag term, there were brown bags before african-american decided to have paper bag parties and test your skin color and there is a real need to have a conversation about colorism and class within the african-american community, but banning the term "brown bag" doesn't come close to addressing it. it doesn't nothing but put critics on the other side of it. saying i will not listen to this. this is beyond the pale. this is out reasonablingous and ridiculous and too sensitive and that shuts down conversations and shuts down people from listening and that is the risk that these folks in seattle are going down. when they put the bans and have them to be so sensitive. you will have people reject it and say no, i can't go there. brown bag citizen. >> and adam you are sha

the amazon founder is shelling out $250 million for the "washington post," a paltry 1% of his personal fortune. as our jim acosta reports, billionaires have gone shopping in america'sewsroom." >> reporter: watergate brought down a president. >> have to get something on paper. >> reporter: but it made a newspaper. a triumph not just for reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein but also for the family that owned the "washington post" led by its publisher, kathryn graham, now that leg gas sin the future of one of the most important newspaper rests in the hands of one billionaire, amazon founder, jeff bezos, a stunning $250 million deal that gives an all new meaning to the term -- >> just follow the money. >> reporter: the post now follows other major newspapers. "wall street journal" bought by conservative media titan robert murdoch and "boston globe" purchased by red sox owner john henry to be snatched up by the super wealthy and perhaps the "new york times" could land in the portfolio of libertarian billi billionaires, robert and charles cope. >> i think it's not exactly new. >> reporter: william hearst came from family that made its fortune mining. the classic fil