do you know what i mean, tariq? >> tariq: yeah. think you're saying you want to slow jam this news. >> jimmy: that's right. i want to slow jam the news and i'm not the only one. [ cheers and applause ] >> hello, i'm brian williams of "nbc nightly news," and the host of an hour long special this sunday called "taking the hill: inside congress." and yes, i too want to slow jam this news. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: hit me, fellas! ♪ ♪ with the deadline to reach a deal looming this tuesday democrats an republicans ♪ ♪ find themselves at a stalemate over the nation's debt ceiling that's the cap on the amount of ♪ ♪ debt our government can borrow ♪ >> aww yeah. [ laughter ] ♪ i can't get no sleep at night because of all that moaning and groaning on capital hill ♪ ♪ obama's on his knees begging for compromising positions ♪ ♪ you know what they say anytime democrats and republicans come together someone's getting screwed ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ somebody's getting screwed ♪ >> yeah. ♪ it's all right it's all right ♪ ♪ see, plan after plan keeps gettin

i would also like to say that whenever -- the one thing tariq whenever -- the one thing tariq has done is he has opened up a

tariq, want to measure that out?e one. [ audience oohs ] >> jimmy: nice. >> i can't have you beat me, i'm going to totally lose my street cred. >> jimmy: oh my god. >> my hillbilly cred. >> jimmy: in the horseshoe committee? >> yeah. uh-oh. [ audience oohs ] >> jimmy: i get one there, tariq? >> it's good. >> jimmy: yeah? >> 2-1? >> jimmy: two to one. [ applause ] >> let me ding one on here. ♪ [ audience oohs ] [ light laughter ] [ cheers ] >> jimmy: good put on that one. >> that was good. >> jimmy: i didn't get one. >> good rotation. >> no good. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what are you saying, man? come on man. >> i think he's measuring wrong, by the way. >> jimmy: no. >> you're supposed to measure like that. you go out like this. >> you want to throw horseshoes? >> that's not how we play horseshoes in philly, man. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, that's not how we play -- that's the way we play here man. indoor horseshoes, different rules. >> this isn't 40 feet. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it looks like it on camera. [ laughter ]

. >> i'd like to thank tariq mahmoud for sticking his neck out and declaring the strike we're in the middle of right now. it's a real testament to what one person working his rear end off can do. he has given real genuine voice to the real genuine frustration that cab drivers feel out there. and i appreciate that very much. i would also like to say that whenever -- the one thing tariq has done is he has opened up a discussion or room for a discussion about what an idiotic idea it is for the cab industry to be used as a revenue stream by the sfmta. this cannot last. it won't last. i would like to leave this for mr. ramos' welcome. i would like to say whatever happens in regards to the sfmta and the cab industry moving forward, i'd like to put in a good work for christiana. i'd like to see what she could do if freed from this idea that the cab industry should be enslaved here. >> next speaker, please? >> john hawn. herbert winer. >> good afternoon. i hope that the -- >> state your name for the record. >> john hawn, san francisco cab driver. and i hope that the board of directors would

blamed israel secret service mossad for involvement and that could again be the case according to tariqa political commentator in tehran. iran has just carried out an operation against the. backed. militia group in kurdistan pay jack which is really really very badly and iran has just taken over three of their bases so it was to be expected. but whether it's going to in any way impede the run in nuclear program i don't believe that that is the case because knowledge is something you can't kill at the been this is something that the enemies of iran will have to buy a trial the i.a.e.a. has not come up with a single speck of evidence that iran has deviated from its its peaceful nuclear activities it is a nuclear energy program given the shia appetites of the east and the west for energy resources of iran once iran's energy resources have finished we have to look to the future are we going to be dependent for our fuel rods on the west or the east of the going to chance it or not and we've decided not to do so. now the u.s. has moved a step closer to defaulting on its debts the latest round

tariq fraud largely worked basic tart and certain nondiscrimination cases.ose are the areas taskforces prioritize to the executive order in areas we coordinate with financial fraud coordinators in the city are the areas we highlight and push out to get the maximum deterrent value. >> if you can answer this question, how often do the different working groups at the task force meet? >> that is hard to answer. it depends on the working group. for some of them like the securities and commodities fraud working group, which is shared by pre-burner and the southern district of new york, the enforcement with the sec, david meister, director of enforcement at the cftc as well as lanny brewer, you know about each of them post-meanings in a rotating basis in the last one was hosted by the chief in new york a couple weeks ago. that group, because of its size. as he noted, we didn't start prosecuting in november 2009. as a group that's working together for some time. they meet regularly, typically two to three months, but they also have individuals who are at a lower lev