the chamber is made up of 1500 members and some of them are small retailers and small restaurants that see competition from formula retail. at the same time, as was brought up here this afternoon, our concern is that controls allow for appropriate regulation within the law. that san francisco not go down an anti-competitive path. no. 1 that is illegal. not well-defined necessarily to-date by state law, but it is there. there are cases around california and the country. because i think the issue, you bring up super dooper. we all like it and it's an expanding change, but you know who won't like it? some competitor hamburger store whether they have nine outlets or 12. it's not any of us or it's not most of the neighborhoods, the residents. it's time and time again, neighborhood character being used as an excuse to argue against a particular competitor and that is something that we have to be careful about and with any new change by the board of supervisors sometimes, they are franchisees, to give them a fair chance through the cu process and not have two arms -- both arms tied behind the

the biggest problem is small businesses like mine small businesses as a business that has one hundred employees but there's a big business and that category of small business. i suggest if there's anything that come out of that maybe we can have a new federal category for small business that diversifies the mom and pop and micro business from the educator of small business that exists today because we fall through the cracks >> thank you so much for here today. >> next speaker. >> (clapping.) good afternoon honorable supervisors i appreciate the chance to be human resources. i'm not rep anyone. the things - >> ma'am, could you pull the microphone closer to our mouth. >> is this better. anyway. i've heard look good researcher today but in terms of not being able to afford anything but sugary drinks and carbons i'm poor. we raised our 9 children without drinking soda and none of them have diabetes and yeah. sugary drinks are not only the only contributor to diabetes. i mean i like to drink beer and wine i can't afford that and if i looked soda i wouldn't be able to afford that. where i

so this is a big challenge for these small businesses, and i think as advocates of small business, we have to be concerned about that. >> commissioner yee riley. >> yes, this minimum wage is mandated for employers in san francisco? >> that is correct. >> now i know you all know there are a lot of people that commute from other cities in the bay area to work in san francisco? >> right. >> so one of the reasons why they wanted to raise the minimum wage because they can't afford to live in san francisco. would this really be benefit san franciscan residents or are we raising the minimum wage and they still live out of san francisco? >> ted egan has presented data on the percentage of minimum wage employees who are residents of the city as of today. and it ranges from 75% in certain sectors or in the 70% range in restaurants actually, down to lower numbers in various other sectors. i think that again the challenge of looking at the numbers as they exist today does not take into account the acceleration of people being pushed out of the city. and i don't mean by evictions, but just by peop

their learning process can help your small business succeed, coming up next on "your business." >> small businesses revitalize the economy. >>> hi everyone. i'm jj ramberg and welcome to "your business." we all make mistakes, ask any successful entrepreneur and they won't have enough fingers and toes to count all of the bad calls they made. but what you do with those mistakes makes all the difference. we met two entrepreneurs who started a company selling shaving products, who instead of beating themselves up over wrong decisions used them as teaching moments. and while their bottom line took some hits it was part of the learning process. ♪ >> we've been told more than once that if we knew what we were getting into we probably wouldn't have tried. >> we made the decision we were going to enter this for better or worse. >> men's line j paul may have entered crowded field in 2007, but for founders paul and paul, that was no deterrent. >> our products really are targeted for those guys that do have thick beards like myself. and my business partner paul strong has very sensitive skin. we fel

business -- the small business tissue of ocean avenue. we just don't want an expansion and proliferation of these kind of uses on ocean avenue. but maintaining the diversity of the uses. i remain available for commissioner questions. >> any commissioner comments? so you have reached out to ocean avenue? that is good. >> and they have endorsed the legislation with a letter i can provide to commissioners. >> it's pretty clean-cut. >> i have seen -- [ inaudible ] are you proposing to have the conditional use? >> correct. >> so yes the legislation would create a conditional use requirement for any new medical cannabis dispensary that is seeking to locate within 500' of an existing cannabis dispensary and currently the way the green zone, the areas where cannabis dispensaries are allowed along ocean avenue makes this an automatic conditional use since it's only in a two-block radius. >> so far from a school? >> right, very limited area. >> and the merchant association and the neighbors support it? >> they are supportive. >> we do know that you

gerri: i know a lot of small business owners out there. small bank operators are going away.ind the right loan. mark, appreciate your time, have a great weekend. >> thank you, gerri, you, too. cleanup under way in the lone star state after four tornadoes touched down in north texas yesterday. the tornadoes and heavy thunderstorms caused damage throughout the state. homes and roofs damaged, including two homes completely destroyed and hunt county, texas. nobody was hurt and no word on the cost of the damage. take a look at the cars parked at a walmart in denton, texas outside dallas. look at the holes in the windows. unbelievable! that's hail smashed through the car windows. tornadoes spotted in missouri yesterday. national weather service getting reports of a damaging twister with quarter-sized hail spotted near washington, missouri. reports in arkansas, kansas and oklahoma hit with large hailstorms. here it comes. coming up later why, a smoke detector feature that allows consumers to wave to turn it off? it's working too well. >>> why one baseball field walking on the field

their learning process can help your small business succeed. coming up next on "your business." >>> small businesses are revitalizing the economy, and american express open is here to help. that's why we are proud to present "your business," on msnbc. >>> hi, everyone, i'm j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business." we all make mistakes. ask any successful entrepreneur, and they won't have enough fingers and toes to count all the bad calls they make. but what you do with those mistakes makes all the difference. we met two entrepreneurs who started a company selling shaving products, who, instead of beating themselves up over all their wrong decisions used them as teaching moments. and while their bottom line took some hits along the way, it was all part of the learning process. >> we've been told more than once that if we knew what we were getting into, we probably never would have even tried. >> we made that conscious decision that we were going to enter this market space for better or worse. >> men's skin care line j. paul may have entered a

and steve strauss is the senior small business columnist at "usa today." great to see both of you guys. >> good to see you. >> great to be here. >> 4r09s of books between you two. >> how do i turn my social media followers in to loyal customers? >> i love this question, mike, because you can spend all of this time getting this question. you can spend all this time getting followers, but if they're not customers, what's the point? >> you have to recognize the vast majority of people following you are just free loaders, coming through and going by. you have to pick out the ones who are loyal customers. first of all, you have to identify who they are. the trick is give your group a name. jimmy buffet did it with parrot heads. those are the people who loved his stuff the most. once you give them a name and they start using it, that's your local group of customers. second, ask their permission to market to them. get their e-mail address, address, phone numbers. and third, give them exclusive offers, stuff specific to them that they can get that no one else can

also in their 10th year, small business week as you know provides a showcase for city's unique small businesses. similar legislation waiving [speaker not understood] co-sponsored by different supervisors over the years. 24 merchant's corridors are hoping to participate by presenting each of the city's supervisorial districts. we're thankful for pro local who helped with the outreach who helped to in crease participation to such a high level compared to previous years. as you know there is one merchant area that couldn't participate and that would be june 21st, the castro merchant [speaker not understood]. supervisors respectfully request your support of legislation to benefit the small business groups. thank you. >> thanks very much. supervisor avalos? >> thank you. i'll be supporting legislation and i've been a sponsor in the past. how is it ocean avenue is not on here? it's been typically on here year after year. is it certain district? >> sir, i'd have to check our partner for pro local as i mentioned did the one on one engagement due to our staff in the office. i'll report back t

all it's a small, small world ♪ ♪ it's a small world after all it's a small, small world ♪ [ cheersl -- even out in outer space. nasa astronaut, rick mastracchio. he's a veteran of three space shuttle missions. he is aboard the international space station since november 2013. thank you, rick. and thank you to the young people's chorus. >> it continues. i mean, wow. >> it is a small world after all, right? thank you. you guys sounded great. we want to thank everybody for taking part of this. it was really amazing. it came to life because of you. go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! to find out more about how you can celebrate "it's a small world" by uploading your version of the song. >>> ginger? you want to talk about the gorgeous weather in new york? >> the perfect weather. in case you missed it, these are the dolls that are actually from the ride. >> really? >> you go around. nobody told me not to. they are the ones that sing "it's a small world," in their language. just a little piece of home. we want to give you a worldwide forecast on this special day. how about we check that

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completely consistent with the actions that we're presently taking and i think it would be fine for small business commission to go on record as making those recommendations and i will of course carry those to the various forums, including the minimum wage task force. >> perfect. so do you want a motion? >> i would like to move that. >> commissioners, this is agendized as a discussion item only. so no action necessary. >> we'll formalize it and take action next week. >> okay. >> and i will let you know if this list should be modified in any way, increased or some of these items -- some of it is just finding out what is legally possible to do? and or practical? so i will work with director dick-endrizzi to make sure that the list that we present next time is this plus or minus whatever else needs to be on there. >> great. thank you. >> next item. >> item 7 director's report. discussion item. >> commissioners, due to the time, i don't have anything substantial to report. so i'm not going to provide a full report today. >> item 8 president's report, discussion item. >> i don't have anything

no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is.his is what membership does. >>> if you're on a limited budget i always give people the advice, get the prototype made and make sure it can be mass produced. and that is the most important place to put your money. there, and also in the packaging and the marketing of it. you've got to be different. you've got to make it stand out, and worry about the patent and protecting yourself later. you've got to spend the money to be first to market. >> let's catch up now with what's hot in the world of entrepreneurship with three things you need to know about small business this week. the weather finally got better in march, and so did small business confidence. the nfib's small business optimism index was up two points last month to 93.4. the survey also showed an upward trend in expected sales and future demands. another survey showing that despite fears about the affordable care act, small business hiring remains steady. payroll services surveyed 3500 firms with 300 or fewer employees. 26% of

world. >> it's a small, small world ♪ >> reporter: it was 50 years ago today it's a small world debutedork world's fair. a creation of walt disney, it found a home at disneyland in anaheim in 1966. >> there's so much that we share that it's time we're aware ♪ it's a small world after all ♪ >> reporter: marking today's 50th anniversary of it's a small world richard sherman, he and his late brother robert wrote the song. >> that's what it's all about. it's a small world after all. >> reporter: since 1964, a billion people have seen the attraction at disney's five resorts around the world. at disneyland in anaheim the song plays 1200 times a day. >> it's a small world ♪ after all ♪ >> it's a small world after all ♪ >> every time you talk to somebody about it's a small world, you see it in their eyes. they become a 6-year-old and remember holding mummy's hand going on that ride. >> reporter: it was disney that put this unicef round the world sing-along project together to mark the 50th anniversary. >> you could be in the bush in the out back of australia in the jungle of the middle of afric

>> small businesses revitalizing the economy and american express open is here to help. that's why we are proud to present "your business" on msnbc. >>> hi there everyone. i'm jj ramberg. welcome to "your business." data, for any one who is not into crunching it sounds like a scary word and sounds like something for big companies with big budgets. you know what, it is not. we all have information hidden in the data we're collecting on customers and it's a matter of figuring out how to look at it and what to do with it. we found a corner bar in san diego that has done a great job at both collecting data and then acting on what they learned. just a little research has resulted in a big increase in revenue. >> here in san diego's famous gas lamp quarter is a bar called the tipsy crow. >> we bring a lot of people in here and all we focus on is hospitality and people having a good time. >> frank miller is the manager. and he's discovered that making sure people have a good time takes a lot more than just a cold beer and a bowl of chips. >> we're not re-creating the wheel with

the nfib's small business optimism index was up two points to 93.4. it showed an upward trend in future demands. another survey showing despite fears about the affordable care act, small business hiring remains steady. cbiz payroll services certified 3500 firms with 300 or fewer employees. 26 of those companies added employees in march, 20% cut jobs while about half were holding steady. and maria con temporary ra sweet was sworn in by vice president joe biden as the new head of the small business service. she was born in mexico and immigrated to the u.s. when she was five. she formed the pro american bank which helped fund hispanic owned businesses. >>> swag, whether you know it as souvenirs, free gifts or promotional products, no matter what you know it as, it can't be beat when it comes to getting the new business of clients. we headed over to the advertising specialty institute's whacky product show to get an up close look at the latest unique items for promos with a purpose. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to the asi show. down these rows you'll find all the t-sh

>> it's small. (laughter) it's small for anybody. well, it's small for anybody. you got a better chance of being a surgeon or a -- you know, statistically. >> reporter: whether or not he makes the tour, dan's experiment could shed light on an age-old question -- are elite athletes

the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ? >> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywher

little guys who do what the bankers don't, small community banks and their important place on the main streets of america. i am ali velshi. this is "real money." ♪ >>> this is "real money." you are the most important part of the show. tell me what is on your mind by tweeting or using facebook.com/alivelshi. china's economy is slowing down from the torrid pace. if you listen to some people, falling. it's not. china remains extremely attractive destination for businesses and invest whorz take a long view and want a piece of the action. ors who take a long view and want a piece of the action. we learned chinaas gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity grew 7.4% in the first three months of 2014. now, this 7.4% is compared to the same period last year. >> growth is pretty good. but it's down from 7.7% which took place in the last three months of 2013. 2-4 is the first quarter of 2013. 7.4% is the slowest growth recorded by china in 18 months. china's real estate sector is struggling. there is reduced investment in stuff like machinery and buildings. but hello! as t

it is still a very small business. on the flipside, pet food express, a company that is revered by its customers for customer service and its outreach to the community and all that it does for charity was denied access. and a company that started here in san francisco, albeit it moved out of the city. so i don't think that we can say that the good ones will automatically get through and the bad ones won't and that the small ones are really small or the large ones are really as large as they seem to be, because they are not. so to your point, yes, we need to fix the process. because what we are doing here, much of this debate center s around how to avoid the process because it's so onerous, as are so many things in san francisco? i don't see like we are doing about the process, but we are talking about the gates, how to get around it or avoid it? >> i just wanted to say that you are certainly welcome in this recommendation in response to the report, to say regardless of whatever gates we need to set up, this also, too,

enterprise program was established and it's really intended to expand contracting opportunities for small businesses in the city. prime contractors so the main contractors applying for contracts may be given business accounts for being local enterprises. then, in addition to that additional benefit the contract monitoring division actually gives sick subcontinent goals for approved contracts. through the life of the contract, so by the end of the contract that subcontracting goals must be met. then in addition to that port staff is really starting to monitor overall local business enterprise contracts. so, in addition to watching our subcontract use you see all the reporting on how much money is not going to prime contractors as well. so [inaudible] is really looking out for the life of eye contact our meeting of contracting goals,, but i want to engage in a conversation with you that includes the amount of money going to the ponds. primes. for the newly awarded contracts of their 5 newly awarded contracts totaling $1.818 million. one of these is large enough and so within the requirement

this is a pretty small town. the commitment to the town, you can say those in words, but will be saw the people do was try to figure out how to make their sustainable and built for a future where they could create a family life that usually meant small town life where you know your neighbors and everyone is watching out for one another. that was a definite aspect of it. town,e the assets of the take advantage of them and build them up in a modern way. in maine it was all about being a town that wasn't really living up to its ability. there are going to make that into a world-class port. >> they are the main depot for shipping pregnant cow from texas to turkey. it is a long story. [laughter] >> go ahead. >> eastport has 1300 people. every one of whom looms in our imagination. the first night, they are doing this production of the glassman manager. the guy selling tickets was the editor of a local newspaper, which is thriving. >> the stage manager was the barista at the coffee shop. >> the people who urges making i

even a small impact. when you have a small u-6 unemployment rate of 13% or 14% it makes a huge difference. we are right now at kind of the break even before falling back into a recession or, god forbid, a depression. any little thing like this, i don't think obama care is a little thing, can have a huge impact in centers teetering down. >> gary is so smart. he uses things we don't always understand. but you think the unemployment rate and the under employment rate -- david, what do you read about all of this? are you seeing any job losses from obama care? >> well, i think it can be simply looked at. if you look at the numbers of jobs created under bush for eight years, that was 1.1 million. and that was of course without any health care reform. with health care reform, you've seen in the last 48 months, straight 48 months, you've seen 8.7 jobs created. so just taking those numbers, i think it simplifies it for us all that even with obama care, you still have job growth. i would ask anybody, you know, woul

documents are approved. the 3rd type of use that we have worked very hard to create at pier 70 are small maker type uses. one of the changes we have that right now the spaces are huge and we have a lot of historical constraints of cutting them up so we looked upon as many small existing structures as possible. were also look at some opportunities for temporary container or other type structures in the courtyard where you could have uses that are smaller, that our local, that are affiliated for example sf made and they would be faced with 50,000 square-foot space. instead they maybe have 1000 square-foot space. so this a picture of a small space of a protocol 1414 product. b became [inaudible] which is a local boutique and it is uninsured and their shirts in the back warehouse their shirts and so their shirts. and it really been a huge part in turning around the block in the epicenter of where a lot of the [inaudible] had happen and change the way the community sees this portion of downtown [inaudible]. that's great a lot of the small combined spaces as well. if something we can continue

business definition to focus on our small businesses in our community, arts san francisco businesses. again, here are some of the pictures of the site. with the approval of this rfp we will issue the rfp come hold an open house for anyone that wants to come and visit, and see what the opportunities look like. we are going to take our time. we have, i am working on putting together a community selection review panel that is comprised of hopefully, representatives from every quadrant of our led community and cbo community that are business owners and business consultants that can make sure that whoever takes this space is going to be successful. so it's going to work for all of us. so, i will be back before you once we have received all of these proposals, reviewed the proposals, and will come back with a recommendation for your approval. >> so moved. >> 2nd >> public comment? >> regina [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you pres. katz and commissioners and dir. moyer. i'm happy to be here this afternoon to give our support for the great work that susan has done with this space and the co

the wings been refused on companies big and small. i'm using these tools to gain access to the left. friends and likes to get the contacts that will cost of living can expect the actual truth to both the companies are laying in it. the creation was then known as pontiff the visiting my front and on the base to see what's what it's up and coming young mutants. i mean. it is also the global capital funds the country is where the pores to the world. it's also completely on the robo middletown. it uses digital media and smart phones and computers. the muscle condition is doing business we contacted eighteen kicks always been one of the companies agreed to assume. we set off to oxford it wasn't easy. he states he had to use. finally we found plenty in small streams on the outskirts of dhaka wouldn't want to switch the summer ninety company has announced six story building. the most were from twenty nine year old. and to students. he employs twenty people. bring to the conditions. it shows us how easy it is. i do want to stay with us here a

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even small cap companies have some overseas exposure.ou go through sectors would be industrials. we like industrials. we like technology. they have a lot more overseas exposure, do well when economies are improving, when rates go higher. the once we don't like are consumer staples and discretionary. liz: that is interesting you say that, because utilities and telecom done well this year in the broader market. >> right. that is the reason why they have done well where interest rates have actually gone on where most people anticipated rates to go higher. our forecast is for rates to go higher. they're really expensive group. they're domestically focused. same for domestically focused. don't have international exposure we're looking for. consumer discretionary same situation. very expensive. have worked since the bottom of '09. look expensive. the revision trend actually gotten a lot worse, a lot worse than it had been in the past. companies have been missing numbers in that space. so sort of like, more global cyclicals versus dough es mick

mike heard dozens of roman bakers can now be seen on the streets of the six thousand small problem with the local police station according to leaked internal memo d and nine personnel of the sixth on the small orchard to find roman family sleeping in the streets and systematically take them the move has sparked outrage in the neighborhood. simply threw them on his history that's constantly having bag is on every street corner. to be a bit too late. but sweet enough to share a sense of humanity. you can see him yet just because it's not scale everyday. it's disgusting meal. the district near admits he alerted the police chief about a massive influx of roman families in the area usage is selected last week talking about the social problems caused by human heart in the same time that all cases of anti crime. mom on the sincerity and damages in common is that eternal quite the context of the organized crime that's what this is unacceptable and we must deal with it to the west can be considered too small to track his progress is the one that is good. critics denounce the memo was encouraging

have industrial uses, large industrial uses. we have office use. we have restaurant uses them we have small maker type uses and accommodate all those together. then we have commendation of public space and private space. there's major balancing act between things like loading and public areas, but it's up there with extremely focused on that the transaction documents cover and that the community have been very involved in and that ought not to talk about. following are just a few examples of the kinds of uses we put into other projects and which may be indicative of the kinds of uses we would see at pier 70. in terms of industrial which is many of the buildings on the south side, this is a picture of the project called [inaudible] that we did in 2009 and 2010. this would look like when we acquired it had a lot of the same problems. this would've looks like today. this tenant is a donkey and goat their winery and this is a page of the interior of their space. this is one set of industrial space the micro to pier 70. one aspect of the way they operate which also seems like something you would

i go in the city because i like the small businesses that san francisco offers. i understand the opposing side to having the store but i try to focus on the positive and the fact it creates so many jobs. san francisco is constantly going to get global traffic the tourists here. someone was speaking earlier and said this is the unique city because of the water on both sides we're not a normal city. i don't feel that the small businesses would suffer as much here because this is a tourist city san francisco is unique there maybe change everywhere but i support this and still go to mom and pop shops along with chains. i think having them here create more jobs so far people who need them to better the situation that they're currently in like those that i work without in the street. thank you >> next speaker >> i'm ann i'm a resident in chinatown and many elderly and for them to shop in the big and larger labor store to beau things by one stop. also a big store like walling ground or target and safest way would save our money in town by - also a large store places wou

the house small business committee heard testimony for manufacturers and consumers about the trade-offs of said technology, including its potential for making firearms. the hearing for march is an hour and 10 minutes. >> i will go ahead and call the hearing to order. the ranking member will be delayed for just a little bit. we also have a vote coming up at any moment, which will delay the hearings lately, which i apologize for that. we never know for sure when they scheduled vote and unfortunately the schedule right middle of her hearing. we will go ahead and get started and see how far we can get before they do call that vote. 3-d printing is a process of creating objects from a digital model. particularly layer upon layer until an object is sworn in today we are here to how 3-d print team is pretty much premiership all across the country. the technology has been around since the 1980s and has traditionally been used by large companies for rapid prototyping. the last 10 years from a 3-d printers have become more affordable, opening door for smaller businesses notch printer is to begin

a $1.2 trillion tax on our small businesses, killing jobs, and turning small businesses. i am standing up for economic freedom. with united states is 12th, i understand rankings. -- 12 behind estonia, something is wrong. for ourg to stand up religious freedoms. this administration continues to assault those religious freedoms protected by our first amendment. they are going after a second minute rides. they're going after our fourth amendment rights. i believe that standing up for freedom is the calling of our time. join me in this effort. i need your help. i need your support. i am asking for your vote on june 3. i am asking for your prayers for my family. god bless you and may god bless the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. our next candidate is joni

and i want to thank you for incorporating the small businesses into their work that's important to be inclusive when we do this type of work. more than anything please continue to be patient my drive slow past the cone and make sure when you see flashing lights please give them more room. it could save a will and that life could be yours. thank you for including us in your program >> thank you, very much. we're glad to have our leadership to keep our economy moving forward. and as i'm sure you're aware of the transportation authority is committed to the small business and the dbi firms are a valuable connection in terms of community bansz based economic development. we were very happy to see the golden gate bridge had not only met the goal with a 13.8 participation moreover it's a great team built on a longer relationship. that speaks to the district of the folks at the top. one of our golden gate bridge team builders is owned by clifford bickering it's located here in san francisco and specialize in concrete work and other things. please join me and welcome mr. cliff birch >> (clappi

string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music) >> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san fran

, shaky boat. >> small, shaky boat. >> what you don't want to see when you're on a small, shaky boat that is a 16-foot long great white shark that's very close to their boat, circling their boat. 9 news says the shark was bigger than the boat. >> what? >> they fed it. they tried to pet this thing. you can see how pumped up these guys are. >> bros. >> that's australians for you. they live on a giant continental island full of weird animals. that's how you live. >> at one point started chewing on their boat. >> what? >> they had to slap it on the head and make the thing swim away. >> that is a small shaky boat. >> that's a big, humongous shark. >> yeah. this is south of the gold coast in australia. after they slapped the giant great white jaws their buddy's boat was behind them, shannon ryan, his boat was sort of the next target for this thing. >> this is right out of the movie. >> the funny part about this video, all the guys in the video are like not like -- you know. >> because you wonder they don't fall in the water they're safe. >> they were eating the boat! >> he didn't eat the b