. >> stephenson? >> here. >> commissioner wa*ld?. >> commissioner wan. >> here. >> and as a point of order, arce has appointed gravanis for this meeting due to his absence. and the next item on the ago ahead agenda is jennifer kas, and the director this is a discussion item. >> this is on, great. wonderful. >> well, good evening, everyone and good evening, all of you. and this is a wonderful opportunity for me to introduce to you somebody you have known perhaps, for years. but she is taking on a whole new level responsibility in the department, jennifer cast has been with the city for 13 years and before that, she has worked for elected officials in a number of public service capacities throughout the country. and we are incredibly lucky to have somebody of her caliper at the department of the environment and we have always been lucky. when i thought about who would make the best fit for a deputy director, in light of the fact that nobody can replace david osmond and that is a given that we know. i thought a lot about the fact that

commissioner stephenson? >> some of the questions, could we have the different labels for the different fuel types? stead of trying to reduce the over all number to make it work for everything? >> you are saying like a different label for the diesel verses gasoline? >> yes. >> yeah, i suppose that would be up to the policy makers to decide what the best way to do it was and i think that eyer original thinking was simpler was easier and better to have just one label so that we can save on the printing cost and design costs and confusion, but, yeah, i think that is a decision for the policy makers to decide, if you want to have the specific customized labels for each of the fuel types. >> we don't have that many, that would be a a little better. one thing that i just wanted to jot down this is something along these lines and each gallon of this fuel that you use, produces an average of whatever, we say that the thing is, 20 pounds of, and co2, the gap, and something as simple as that and with the food note of t

stephenson says at&t cannot make these investments without knowing what kind of rules we will govern under. radioshack backtracks on its plan to be open all day on thanksgiving. the electronics retailer plans to open from 8 a.m. until midnight. will now close between noon and 5:00 p.m. after an outcry from employees. radioshack is trying anything it can to pump up sales after posting 10 straight quarterly losses. now to our lead. twitter is hosting its first ever analyst day as a public company ceo is pitching his latest plan to investors wary of declining music growth and a revolving door in the top ranks. some of the key announcements, twitter is unveiling an instant timeline feature so you can see what is going on on twitter without having to figure out what is going on first. it says twitter is now measuring impressions from syndication partners, announcing it has about 185 billion of those impressions every quarter. improve searcho moving into consumer video. that company says it has 500 million users who visit the site every month. the studio, here in we have been following thi

. >> david stephenson who is a liver transplant and alyssa hughley. thank you for being with us. thank you for being with us. i'm pat lawson muse. this is "viewpoint." stay with us for news 4 today. >>> coming home busy travellers are headed back from a long holiday weekend but especially frustrating for one group of travellers. >> a warm up under way as we take a live look outside. soak in the sun while you can when it comes up. not going last for long. >> what we're learning about what led up to a local student's thanksgiving day murder. >> good morning and welcome to "news4 today". i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. >> right now we're watching the skies and roads on one of the busiest travel days of the year. more of you will be flying today than any other day of the year. now according to aaa 46 million americans are traveling this weekend. that'she

implications around censorship and so on but the economic considerations are this -- at&t's ceo randall stephenson is ready to spend tens of billions of dollars rolling out next generation fiber in 100 stcitie in the united states. he's hesitating whether he'll get his money back-charging premium services to companies like netflix and because this law, if it passes, is that, you know, at&t wouldn't be able to do that. so he won't invest. >> it's already had an $18 billion impact on our economy, bill? >> well, the brand theory seems to be that obama bet on world domination is going to seize every inch of the internet and censor it. i'm not that afraid of that particular outcome. we'll see something much more moderated, price regulations and those rare instances where the cable provider, as in my neighborhood harks a monopoly. not so bad. >> point is obviously not happening overnight a government takeover, mike ozanian, but incremental. when has the fcc ever made an organization more efficient? we really want the fcc to start regulating the internet? >> no, david. it's a bad law. all we have to do g

. >> commissioner stephenson. >> yes. >> commissioner wald. >> yes. >> commissioner wan. >> yes. >> a motion has been approved, the resolution has been approved. >> great, next item please? >>discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors (bos) on bos file no. 141094 [environment code greenhouse gas information labels for gas pumps]: ordinance amending the environment code to require service station operators to place labels on gas pumps advising the public of the amount of carbon dioxide generated by burning a gallon of fuel and making environmental findings. >> and in your packet is a copy of the ordinance and the digest sponsored by the director, and speakers pollock and legislative aid to supervisor john avalos and a discussion and a possible action item and we do, and i do have a statement that our commission president joshua arce asked to be read and he is not able to be with you for the discussion but he did send a statement but that is supervisor avalos ordinance to acquire greenhouse gas information labeled for the gas pumps and a strong pr

. >> stephenson nyes. >> wald. >> yes. >> wan. >> yes. >> approved. >> i want to thank everybody who came and spoke and everybody who has worked so hard on this and the similar measures in other areas. >> and next item please? >> director's report, updates on the department of the environment and administrative and program operations related to budget planning, and clean air transportation climate, energy, public out reach, education and environmental justice, habitat, restoration, >> is that all? >> and green building, and >> this is an information item. >> i promise that i will not go through all of that, you do in your packet a list of just the key items that have been going on. i want to call out just a few things of some that are in the report and some are, sort of my own thoughts. and the first thing that i want to note is that we had thought that today we would be doing my performance review. and we decided as a commission that because both the president and vice president of the commission were not here that it would be better to wait until they come back so we will be doing

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interesting conversation with randall stephenson recently, where facebook jumped to one of the largest providers of video on the internet because of the als challenge. people figured out how to upload video and train themselves. they gained a new functionality. i think a lot of the world outside of the technical people kind of think that the hashtag is a key slip with a #. they don't really understand what that means. opportunity tof get the common computer user interested in this technology. >> there is so much excitement around technology ipo's, particularly consumer facing ones. then they have so many users and such great possibilities for profits, god forbid even profits themselves. from your perspective, covering ipos as you do, is there still excitement about the consumer-facing technology company? >> there certainly is. you look even outside the technology space at consumer restaurants, at fast food restaurants. though stocks have been tremendously well this year because people know about them. for thesier businesses vast majority of people to understand. that does not mean a bi

that is ironic, the state lost clout when he was elected after stephenson was convicted for a felony.his is a reality. >> reporter: republican challenger dan sullivan is lot less visible. but getting big name help. texas senator ted cruz, a tea party favorite is with him in fair banks and mitt romney in the state. romney beat obama by 14 points in alaska. >> he's running a disciplined campaign. they have been successful at managing his time in front of the cameras, because with a novice candidate you want to be careful to avoid overexposure. >> more votes have been cast. and republicans outpaced democrats. but that is not a big surprise considering that the gop has a 2- 1 registration over the democrats. the largest group of them are nonpartisan. those folks will be deciding who goes to the senate in alaska. julie. >> dan springer, thank you very much. >>> growing concerns of voter fraud. they are accused of breaking the law to make sure they come out on top. eric shaun has the story. and voter cases are popping up and in tennessee, charged with finding votes. and state representative

thank you very much, john stephenson, president and ce of at stephenson company capital management. >> where do you see the price of crude headed from here? we've been getting your tweets over the last hour. nadara tweeting in, i think oil will quickly drop to see 65. then as margin calls hit down to $53 before at least a 10% bounce. so louisa, we've been getting many tweets this morning, people see the price of oil dropping even further from here. >> i haven't seen a single person writing in saying oh, i think oil will go back up. >> maybe it's part of this kind of -- it doesn't have to stay at 50 or 60 or 70, right? there's a new normal taking place, a bit of rejigging. also an attempt to let the market reprice itself to get the demand balance right, too. but at the same time, the market mechanisms are sorting stuff out, as well. >> it's good for the consumer. it's driven gas prices down in the u.s. that potentially means more money in consumers' wallets. that doesn't mean that they'll spend more of this holiday shopping season. that's what the retailers hope, at least. >> we would

rebecca stephenson, with a lew look at how far and how low. rebecca. >> as we look at the temperatures, 40° below average for parts of wyoming into colorado. and as we move further into the midwest, you can see temperatures 20° below average as this cold air mass is settling in and going to stay with us for some time. as we get to the next would days, this cool air, cold air moving to the east, slowly easing its way to the east coast. so it won't be quite the blast with the wind for places on the east coast. but as the wind dies down and skies clear, we have got freeze warnings going out in the south, across texas, including dallas, temperatures into the mid 20s, for several hours early thursday morning. this will include even parts of alabama into louisiana and just the very northern, northwest portion of florida, too. this is where temperatures will be dropping down into the upper 20s, to low 30s. a little bit more mild as you get closer to the warm water of the gulf of mexico. nonetheless, it's going to be a cold night overall, especially n

there as a crash south 880 at stephenson that has moved to the shoulder without much of a disturban disturbance. the route through the south bay just starting to slow down, 101. no big surprises there. predictable pattern. the curve as torba linda, a little glow to the light, may be a little fog close to highway 101. typical. seasoned it back to you. >> thank you, mike. new ramp meters will be on this morning along highway 101. the meters will be activated along northbound 101 between highway 92 and candlestick point. the lights will be on a solid green for drivers to get used to it and they'll cycle to red and green in the afternoon commute and then the morning commute the week after that. >> time right now 6:10. not the treat within bay area child was expecting. a disturbing discovery inside a trick-or-treater's halloween back. >> and oil prices fall again. what it means in the world of politics coming up in business. >> are you feeling lucky this morning, do ya, clint eastwood style? right now the jackpot sits at $321 million. >> voters will decide on several close races on this election day

president obama's economic adviser, betsy stephenson, tweeting this, and i quote: did you know that morelf of minimum wage workers are women? it's time to raise the wage. and info attached saying this should surprise you, but when you look at this, not too surprising. more than half of minimum wage workers are women. tweeters quickly catching on to this and blasting right back, did you know that more than half the population are women? hashtag not news. aren't there more women in the usa than men? so wouldn't that make perfect sense? another, so if i'm against the minimum wage increase, i'm sexist? and finally, oh, betsy, you're just the kind gruber loves. and another: the administration hopes voters are simply too stupid for all these latest so-called irrelevant facts. where was she going with this? i had a tough time understanding it. >> well, it's pretty clear the politics of the current administration are to focus on women as a subset of voters that they want to appeal to. this has been a tactic they've been using for years, but really the pattern that i see connecting the obamacare

meteorologist rebecca stephenson is here with that. rebecca. >> so big a travel day and people want to get here and there and see family members for the holiday. we've seen a lot of travel plans, drop off three to four hour delays, most at newark new jersey, two hours in the airlines getting out. we had a nor'easter, or an area of low pressure track right up the coast. it moved a little further inland. because of that we had warmer conditions along the coast and colder air didn't funnel in. the amount of snow we got, for most areas, in higher elevations, however we had it from new hampshire to maryland, new york, rain/snow mix even sleet at times. of the snow continues further to the north and it's coming down heavily at times. you can see temperatures well above the freezing mark. we're expecting though to continue with areas of snow inland and areas of rain tape offering off tonight. >> all right, rebecca, thank you. this storm is happening on one of the busiest travel days of the year. jonathan betz has more on that. jonathan. >> jo

rebecca stephenson is here with the details. >> it's literally a round of cold warm area and rain. as it moves in, what we are concerned about it the rain fall packed in the storm. estimates now, we have half an inch of rainfall. as it approaches, all this water will come and get absorbed into the snow pack. it's very specific areas that had intense snow bands. anywhere from four to seven feet of snow. the snow will absorb that first, and then slowly begin to melt. we'll have problems with the massive chunks of hardened snow and ice, sliding off roofs as well, as the temperatures are getting to be 20 degrees warmer than they were at this time last night. right now, 58 in cleveland, 59 in pittsburgh. it's an idea of what the warmer air is doing as it moves in. already, there's an ice jam in some creeks, blocking drainage systems and the creek rising quickly. flood warnings in place. then we add in the wind, they are going to be up to 60 miles per hour. that will help the snow melt faster. >> we'll keep an eye on that. >> thank you. coming up on al jazeera america. democracy in actio

shortly after sailor james stephenson returned to his hometown of of columbia tennessee, he and his mother local shop to pick up a radio she had left for repair. when the white owner told her he had sold it, her son stepped in. an argument turned in to a fistfight and james pushed the man through a plate glass window. james and his mother were soon arrested and jailed. that afternoon as people left the segregated balcony of the local theater, they noticed a white mob gathering in the town square. as evening fell rumors of lynching spread and the mob grew. inthe small black neighborhood called mink slide people shot out the streetlights, locked their doors and posted guards on their roofs. when four policemen walked in to the darkened neighborhood shots rang out and they were injured. the sheriff called for help. the state guard and highway patrol ransacked local businesses, seized arms and beat and arrested more than one hundred african-americans. when it was all over twenty- five were charged with attempted murder of the four policemen. when two defendants tried to escape, they were beate

stephenson treaties to come to terms with who was where so that the united states could assure safe passage for the northern route of the railroad coming through all the way from chicago to minneapolis to puegot sound, seattle. so, there was a treaty in 1855, but that treaty was not really about land, although the government has afterwards used that information they gathered to say who was where. the people who are the ancestral people of today's little shell tribe were party to that gathering. and rather than the negotiation, there really wasn't a negotiation for a tre treaty r s rights. it was the native people telling the federal government, we are here, they are over there and this is disputed land. and so that the government got a sense, this is where the black are, this is where the crow are, the flat-head are on the other side of the divide. >> the shishonee are down south. and people got a chance to say, this is our territory. and their head chief, a man by the name of brok"broken arm" si it as a quote/unquote witness. but they weren't part in the eyes of the federal government, at

randall stephenson on the latest news on the internet. thank you for being with me. time for "varney & company." stuart: good morning, everyone. here is how it goes. we cut emissions. they can increase the emissions until 2030. we have walked in higher utility bills. a breakthrough on climate. bonnie and company is about to begin. ♪ they are down. not that much, but they are down 65 points. citigroup, jpmorgan, bank of america. they have been fined collectively. the feds say that these things need to do a better job of detecting bad behavior by rogue traders. all of the stocks are down one percentage point. the price of oil at $77 right now. all downhill from there. now we are hearing that senate democrats are thinking about improving the keystone pipeline during the lame-duck session. do not look now. down a fraction of a penny. there are some individual stocks that are moving today. here they are. yahoo! goes shopping again by bright role. what do you think the price was. yahoo! at 49 right now. that is a new high. up to 116 right now. we've were sold on single day

i think randy stephenson committed the air of saying what he thought out loud.ing, all of us have talked with cable operators and they have all said the same thing -- if not neutrality is not fall on the right side of the argument, they will literally have to rollback on some investments. that is not untrue. randy just happened to be the one to speak that out and was slapped on the wrist for that and had the fcc say i am sorry. cox communications being sued by two music publishers, alleging the company deliver the turned a blind eye to you legal downloading by's -- legal downloading by customers. >> we have seen them go after but can theypster, go after a cable company? what at&t is trying me.how cox is not -- excuse knew about what was going on with these individuals, -- >> they should have shut it down. >> right, exactly. to them for trying, but will people ever stop stealing music? >> no. they need a new model. >> they need something. >> if someone can get the milk for free, they will get the milk for free. , developinggopro its own line of consumer drones to

>> it is easy to dismiss for stephenson said as grandstanding. >> i have heard that from other cablere. both sides. it isnson's argument that very hard to invest if you do not know the rules, is a perfectly legitimate and reasonable argument. hand, the timing of it, to say, within days of president obama's statement, that we are withdrawing from any further expansion hand, the timf , looks to be a little bit of political showmanship. think, in essence, what the fcc did, or the doj in this case, incipient doing the records, is to say, we will call your bluff. we want to see, is is actually politically motivated or is this substantive's -- financial analysis that led you to believe it is no longer wanted to expand? >> do you think a republican-controlled congress will be able to do something more to the fcc? we know that this trend has been going on for quite some time with net neutrality. could we see a republican-controlled congress say to the fcc, you have completely overstep your boundaries and we will completely rewrite what you can regulate. ? >> you could, but i do not think you

but stephenson is a hot-button guy.kind of statement basically says, we're not going to put as many people to work if you do this. it's a real shot across. >> meantime, front page of "the washington post" goes into a meeting with wheeler, the chair of the fcc, saying that he does not -- he wants a more nuanced approach than the one the president has laid out. >> i think that everyone was looking at the fcc before the president got involved. president, he's in climate, right. he's in net neutrality. and immigration. he's obviously taking the big democratic win last tuesday and really gone for -- the republicans won. >> there is a sense -- in fact, "the post" quotes an aide saying the president relishes the net neutrality debate because he feels it's a fight with republicans he can win from a populous standpoint. >> i think everyone wants a "w." in the end, he needs a couple ws. he's not in the playoffs. this is an easy one to pick. the american people, when you sit down, what do they want? they want netflix and they want