sider? >> thank you for the opportunity to respond. first, just to reply to mr. gladstone's good-natured remarks about what the planning code does and does not say, i would quickly mention that planning codes section 311, subsection c, subsection one does require compliance with residential design guidelines, which mandates the 15-foot setback. there it is. secondly, with respect to square footage, possibly and misstated something. i am not sure. the point of which to communicate is that the square footage of the home as established by criteria lengths would be unaffected by the reconfiguration to address at the commission's concerns. let me back a second, if i could. one of the things that struck me during public comment was the tone of the commons. -- comments. it is refreshing to hear from a group of people that are enlightened about the character of their neighborhood and change to their neighborhood, the maturation of their neighborhood. i cannot begin to articulate how unusual that is. it is to be cherished. with that in mind, i need to address some of the

sider? this appeal concerns a permit that was an over-the-counter approval by the planning department and the building department as well. it is not subject, a deck of this type, nor the interior improvements -- they are not subject to neighborhood notice. the view issues, property value concerns, and loss of privacy -- only the loss of privacy is contemplated by department policies, and then only in an adjunct capacity. the proposal is not extraordinary or unusual. the loss of privacy is something typical in a dense urban environment like san francisco. the discussions just now by the project sponsor with respect to privacy screens i think are intriguing. beyond that, i would reiterate there is nothing about this proposal that strikes us as extraordinary or unusual. the permit is right. in absence of compromise by the parties involved in measures that could be taken for mutual benefit, such as a privacy screen, we would urge you to uphold the approval of this permit application. commissione

sider, would we expect to see drawings in a situation like this with a second story deck? >> i think there are two issues here. the first is the plants that were reviewed and approved when the permit itself was approved. there certainly were plans included. our staff would not have issued an approval without plans. the second issue and the more critical one tonight is the presence of those plans at this hearing. based on my understanding of your procedures and policies, it is pretty unusual for an appellant to not provide those or not look to provide those. i cannot offer any more insight. commissioner fung: i think it is more the permit holder would provide it to us. >> i stand corrected. president goh: thank you. >> no further questions? the matter is submitted. commissioner fung: we want to start? -- do you want to start? president goh: no, please. commissioner fung: part of the issue here is that people got used to their rear yard and privacy for all the years they have lived there. the problem is blending in those concerns with what is basically a" compliant solution

sider you purchase something online well if you violate those and the justice department considers that a violation what's even worse if you violate the computer fraud and abuse act you're not just facing trouble from the feds but this law also allows private parties to file civil suits as well so now we know what's at stake let's focus on the senate judiciary hearing which discussed increasing that penalty of the violation as i said earlier the obama administration is the one that would like to see the violators face a felony that's a move the white house wants to tighten controls over the internet for the sake of cybersecurity but a lot of committee members pointed out today the widespread method of violation could cause more trouble than it could good then there's al franken and patrick leahy are worried that the current state of the computer fraud act already reaches too far leahy was quoted as saying we want you to concentrate on the real cyber crimes and not the minor things now the committee has yet to vote on this legislation but one can only hope of the questions about the broa

they had as south siders season tickets to the chicago cubs. that made the walls something of an anomaly among south siders and it probably helps explain why ann is able to work so well across the aisle here in the senate. politics wasn't discussed much in the wall home but ann developed her own interest in politics at a very early age at every level. in the eighth grade, she became the first girl ever elected class president at st. alexander's grade school. that same year, ann wall became the first girl in her town to serve as mayor for a day. she won that honor on the strength of an essay that she wrote. ann attended high school at one of the most remarkable south side institutions, mother macaulay. a terrific catholic girls school, which usually fields one of the best volleyball teams in the state, and ann went to this school run by the sisters of mercy where she was elected president of the student council. it was in that south side chicago high school that ann wall started to go astray. while her colleagues and friends in high school were

with more on that and the reaction in india, let's cross to sara sider in new delhi. it's hardly surprising. it sounds like robbing the poorment. >> reporter: it's a really low number according to the krit cr. when you look at how much it costs to live in delhi and mumbai. what's interesting is we're not seeing a major reaction from the everyday average citizen, namely the people who would be affected by this if the legislation goes through. part of the reason for that is it has not gone through, it's proposed legislation for the food security act that's been submitted to the supreme court. people are not affected just yet. however, what we're seeing is a big reaction from those who look at policy. we're talking about academic, we're talking about former ministers. we're talking about intellectuals and we're talking about economists. 25 well-known economists and academics have written to the planning commission who came up with the new numbers that determines what the poverty level is, what the poverty line is. and they've said, this is absolutely unacceptable. now, w

bill, given that the president is not going to turn into a conservative supply sider overnight. what could he said thursday night that could work to help with the economy, realistically that he might say? secondly, do you see this as an economic speech or more as a political speech to try to set the terms of the debate for the 2012 election? >> on the latter question, it is a political speech clearly and obviously. even the white house makes clear this is an attempt to layout an agenda much which the republicans won't accept so the obama administration can try to blame what will be a slow, unfortunate economic results over the next year on the republican congress. i think it is mostly a political speech. there will be some things he will propose that i suppose the -- that i suppose might pass. i don't think he will do any major reforms needed to get the economy going. >> chris: such as? >> fundamental tax reform, entitlement reform. all the things that need to be done to change what is a bad economic situation. >> chris: mara, we have at least the outlines for the obama jobs pla

i am a supply sider, if you will, and i really believe the tax cuts we put in, in fact, kept the economygoing even deeper into the hole as a result of -- >> the prescription drug benefit which costs potentially down the road trillions of dollars, did you ever think that should be justify set with spending cuts in. >> the original plan was that you would grant the prescription drug benefit in return for congress in acting reforms in the medicare program. we got the prescription drug benefit and so there were places where the system didn't produce as much as we had anticipated or hoped from the standpoint of savings, but i think with respect to the wars and the war on terror and the threat that we inherited that we had to face, that we had to deal with, we didn't have any choice but to spend a lot of money. >> there was a lot of money on that but other expenses. looking back, is there anything you could have done, should have done to avoid that during the end of your administration? >> there was a lot the president put in place and ben bernanke -- >> the t.a.r.p. program. >> the t.a.r.p. p

find a way to address those concerns and at the same time not let people off of the hook who are in siders in particular cos. the key thing of this term is -- who are insiders in particular companies. the key thing is not to let off of the hook somebody who works at the irs, the social security administration, you name it, or some bank, to go in, take information, and misuse it for some other reason. a clear policy statement, maybe that would be helpful. >> i think you are better off doing it by yourself rather than congress looking at a moving line. i have gone well beyond my time, which i have been able to do because nobody else was here, and i want to express my appreciation for the work that you and the secret service are doing in this area and to you, mr. baker, for the work the department of justice is doing and for your long and very meritorious service to our country in this area of national security. as you know, i continue to believe that we are sorely under resources to in this area -- under resources to -- resourced in this area. putting this up against, say, the drug enforceme

. >> so, you, you're an upper west sider, you were on the upper west side when you had little child whoer, which is the place if you're on the upper west side where your kid learns to swim. i wonder why we can't have something like this. >> exactly. every time i walked into the jcc i would feel welcomed and always asking myself, why don't muslims have the community facility like this in new york to serve everyone, regardless of faith, regardless of religious belief and that was the evolution of this project. >> so, that was your model. your model was a place that the jewish community puts up in new york that everybody can go into, but it's associated with them because they've provided the space. >> right, right. >> and that's exactly what park 51 is going to be. it's going to be based on islamic valus and heritage, but open to all people regardless of faith, lack of faith. it's here to serve new york. >> the photo exhibit you're launching is not something specific to muslims? >> no, i think the photo exhibit is really specific to new york. and a year ago i met danny goldfield and he sha

upper west sider? >> yes, you know, hash smoking brooklyn hipster. -- is that's what's going on here? >> come on, man. so listen -- >> there's going to be vegetation growing in central park for the next month. >> fair point. look. really? barack obama wants to take the top tax rates on the wealthiest americans back to the levels they were at during the clinton administration. that is what charles krauthammer contends makes him a deep redistributionist who wants to transform american society. he's talking about putting a couple of points on the upper income tax bracket. it seems they're overblowing to claim this guy -- it's ridiculous. >> right. this idea -- >> it's ridiculous. >> soaking the rich. come on. we've got a decades worth of evidence. >> yeah. >> why do i say that? >> we have a decade's worth of evidence that there is class warfare being conducted in this country. >> there are more in poverty than ever, the wealthiest are wealther than ever. >>> i standby everything charles krauthammer said. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [ dog barks ] [ birds ch

my first term i did everything that the supply siders would want. i cut taxes 99 times.ned? we still had the highest unemployment rate in the nation. know why? because it wasn't about that. what it was about was that america's economy has changed. the structure of the economy has changed. >> right. >> because of globalization. and we need to develop solutions that will make a business case for businesses to choose the united states and that means an active government and not a passive one. >> so, dan, how difficult was it for you to write this book with your wife? were there times that you two yell at each other a lot, scream? >> what are you talking about? >> this is my swedish wife. very calm all the time. extremely steady. >> never raises her voice. >> we went through an awful lot in the eight years jennifer was -- how happy are you that it's over? >> extremely happy. totally relieved. i used to say there were nights when i would wake up. jennifer was sleeping and doing this. and i had this sense she was pulling ten million people up a hill. >> yeah. >> it's a pretty