next over the administration section and we're basically proposing to leave the staff in in the administration section the same. the notable change is, that as u mentioned, there are 2 1/2 f.t.e.'s allocated to the administration section that went to zoning administration with the remaining offices within that section, the director's office t two people that are in the department's legislative affairs program and there is a new position, item three, that was approved in the budget last year. the chart shows that going to 100% and funded for 3/4 of the year and funded for a full year next year. and administrative services includes finance, accounting, budgeted contracts, dpragrants, payroll, the i.t. shop will remain the same. and we have the three support positions for the two commissions. and the next step is we're currently developing on a number of funding options to present to you that will bring the credit and revenue side of the budget into balance, and we'll be presenting that to you at the next commission hearing. i advised that you schedule as little as john indicated he will be out n

and the obama administration and they showed the striking similarities between both administrations when it comes to foreign policy. we definitely need more programs like the one here like the young turks that actually call obama out on it because like i said all those voices we used to hear have disappeared and i think so much for joining us. thank you. now to look at the obama administration's actions of going against his own words and promises that's disappointing but is just one element in the vindication of the last administration now we can look to the courts since the obama administration isn't doing anything to prosecute those who committed torture or approved it since they did. rather keep people indefinitely detained than have to talk about what was done to them out in the open there are organizations like the a.c.l.u. to take those fights on and yet just yesterday a federal appeals court ruled that the government can continue suppressing transcripts and which former cia prisoners now held a get well described abuse and torture they suffered walls in cia custody so does tha

during the bush administration, our relations with russia deteriorated. well, yes, they did deteriorate because of russian aggressiveness, russian threats to cut off oil and natural gas to eastern and central europe and the flow through to western europe, this drive to reassert russia's role in the former soviet union, russia is a flying political air cover for iran and north korea's nuclear weapons programs in the security council. and the administration's response is to sign the new start treaty as part of the recent policy. when asked, what have we gone from russia for this reason policy, the answer is, we got the new start treaty. so it is a completely circular form of logic as the russians behavior in a nearly a belligerent fashion. i response is to limit our offensive nuclear weapons capabilities in a way that constrains us, that is not equally constrained russia. russia has its legitimate defense needs, as do we. russia has, by my count, and treaty ally in the world, belarus. no, congratulations. we have got a nuclear umbrella to protect our friends

we want to work with the administration and with the congress and to reconsider that. that has long-term adverse implications for our economy and ability as an industry to create the hundreds of thousands of jobs that we could do if given the right opportunities. we believe that focus should be done and more of an oversight when and non-partisan way. energy shouldn't be partisan and impacts all the fuss. we are consumers of energy, everyone here is impacted by oil and natural gas and you consume it, so we ought to look at it from that vantage point. the second aspect that is critically important, as i mentioned in my remarks, we are truly at a crossroads. we have an opportunity in this very difficult economic environment to create additional well paying jobs. the jobs in the exploration production side of the leal and natural gas industry pay twice with the average american job pace. those are the types of jobs we need to create. it requires nothing more than the political will to get access and opportunity to create american energy on behalf of all americans. >> state

the administration will look to a third-party country to take them in. the wikileaks documents contained very interesting discussions between the united states and foreign leaders where the u.s. is trying to control them to take these prisoners. -- cajole them to take the prisoners. most countries do not want to. this has been an indication of the obama as administration lack of persuasion with the u.s. allies abroad. host: new york on our republican line. good morning. caller: obama says that he wants to close down guantanamo. what other countries have said they would step up and take these prisoners? what are we doing? so we are shutting this down, what will become of these people? guest: the obama administration wants to close down the detention facility at guantanamo. there are two separate things. there is the guantanamo bay base the u.s. has had on cuba for, i think, almost one century and there is a detention facility. they only want to close the facility. the base will not go anywhere. the other countries, some of them go through rehabilitation pr

so, at the lame-duck clinton administration didn't respond and then the new bush administration didn't respond partly because they didn't happen in their watch and they didn't and osama bin laden took lessons from that. when they were preparing the 9/11 attacks one of the things i try to see in the book is that 9/11 was a strategic hill year for al qaeda. obviously the time it seemed like a big success, but it was a casual success but not a victory because they didn't achieve any of the rules of the organization. but one of the things that al qaeda said post facto many years leader is in fact 9/11 was cleverly conceived to get the united states to invade afghanistan, we believe them to death. that is a post facto rationalization. what they really expected is the united states would pull out of the middle east, you know, the saudi regime and the mubarak regime in egypt would then crumble and they would get to live and democracy and around the middle east. well none of that happened, and they didn't -- and the lack of response to the cole meant that they fought the only kind of response

but it seems that the administration is in the process of doing that and i think the administration isoing as well as it can. >> the administration, though, yes, it's a difficult situation but the administration is trying to say it's been a coherent policy and coherent, we approached the mubarak for 30 years the same. let's remember in 2005, condy rice went to cairo and gave her cairo speech and confronted the regime of egypt and saudi arabia and said we need reform and said all these years we have been pursuing stability at the expense of democracy. we've gotten neither. we did not see that the president -- >> the other thing what president bush said at the time infuriated mubarak. >> she got heat for her speech as well. >> chris: but then the bush administration backed off. >> this administration has been slow to act to the event and said foolish things but they are moving. friday night, president obama said i told him, president mubarak, he has a responsible to deliver reforms. secretary clinton told you 36 hours later we're urging the mubarak government which is still in power to d

ray perry and the obama administration. -- governor rick perry and the obama administration. guest: yes, texas gov. rick perry seems to have no qualms. he seems to almost be relishing during down the gauntlet and having this fight. it ties in nicely with a potential presidential bid ambitions. 17 states are fighting these regulations. they do not want to go along with them. but 16 of them at the same time are saying, until these lawsuits are settled, we will go along and work with the epa. we will try to comply so that if the lawsuits are settled in the favor of the government, the states will already have their regulations in place. those states are kind of walking the line, going both ways. texas has absolutely refused to comply. and we are looking at a situation where the epa will probably end up stepping in and taking control of part of the texas state environmental agency and running the greenhouse gas permit program within the state. the state of texas and rep. are sort of throwing down and saying, don't mess with texas. the state government is taking over. all of this r

on the schedule a bill reauthorizing the federal aviation administration. debate on that is expected to begin today. also possible this week, a bill on small business programs. the senate is in live today beginning at 2:00 pm eastern. >> at strategies of favorable public perception of the health care law. we'll first hear from presidential advisor stephanie cutter who has been leading the obama's communications operations. and she was promoted to a leader policy role in the white house joining her at the forum was a democratic poll sister who also talks about messaging strategy and recent data of the loss provisions. they spoke at the group families usa. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> we're delighted that you're all here. we have a wonderful program this morning with two terrific guests. we're privileged to have them here this morning on bright and early on saturday. i'm going to introduce the two of them. we're going to -- the first half of the program we're going to hear mainly from stephanie cutter. i will introduce her here in a moment. stephanie has

we talked about the good and that the administration did in your view. should president bush be credited for the fact there hasn't been a major terrorist attack on american soil since 9/11? >> guest: sure but he should be discredited for a fact that 9/11 happened. this was the largest mass murder in american history. you know, president george w. bush and condoleezza rice and people in the administration were getting a lot of information about the possibility of a major al qaeda attacked. president bush took the longest presidential vacation in three decades in the summer of 2001 despite the fact he was getting information. condoleezza rice testified before the 9/11 commission that the government was a battle station between the summer of 2001. it wasn't. the historical record shows i did some very simple, just look at the public statements and private actions of all these people and the bush administration and in their private meetings and their public statements the threat didn't really register because it didn't fit with their world view. they were con

and promote the opportunity for the administrative staff. so it's both between the position that is between administrative staff and a planner i. and it essentially some of what will happen -- it has little budget impact because the administrative staff will be converted into that position. commissioner borden: and i was really interested in hearing about the better neighborhoods program strengthening the existing neighborhoods program. when is that -- when do we think we're going to be doing workshops on that? >> what was your question? i can't catch that. commissioner borden: the better neighborhoods program strengthening neighborhoods in community discussions in established neighborhoods. can you talk about the timeline for that and what you kind of envision? >> i can. i also maybe as they responded to the earlier part of the question, but in the work program they do staff the japan town effort. so i don't know who was around when we started the better neighborhoods planning process some years ago, but the real purpose of that is to go out

even if it is largely symbolic, are there cautionary messages to the obama administration in this upcoming vote? >> i think it gives us an opportunity since the house is chosen to do this as their first order of business rather than work on jobs and the economy, which the american public has said is clearly their number one priority, it does present an opportunity for us to remind people what the new house leadership and house member majority is voting to take away. the kind of freedom that americans are just beginning to realize, where they can loosen the chokehold of insurance companies and began to make more choices and connections. seniors would lose the annual wellness check up that just begins in 2011. they would not have an opportunity to forgo copays for preventive care. young adults would never be able to keep their children on the family plan which lots of families have taken advantage of. small-business owners would have to give up their ability to keep their employees in the health insurance market because of the tax credits offered. we can have a conversation reminding people

we will pull out all the stops we can to help the administration get the votes to pass these bills. we also strongly support the transpacific negotiations to expand trade with some of the fastest growing asian countries. that's where our opportunities are, and let's not overlook america's largest commercial partner, the e.u.. this month i'll be travels to dublin and brussels and switzerland. one key objective is to advance the idea of simply eliminating all tariffs on goods in the $600 billion trade relationship. an independent study found that doing this would increase transatlantic trade by more than $100 billion in the next few years. we think it could also jump start global trade negotiations and set the stage for similar agreements with other partners. we also need stronger global rules as well as more effective enforcement to address the rampant theft of intellectual property in boast the digital -- in both the digital and physical worlds. this is an issue that units business and labor, republicans and democrats. no one wants our intellectual property stolen. consumers should

i told the president i'm happy to serve as ambassador to italy in the second administration. [laughter] >> i'll do it, ok, all right, you got me. i'll do it. >> do you think you will be back here in the second term? >> one of my next tasks is to make sure that he has the ability to make some of those decisions. >> what did the administration make of the unusually public way that the israelis asked for the release of jonathan poll ard just today and -- pollard and is this decision being taken in the context -- >> obviously the state department answered this yesterday in saying they received the request and they'll take a look at it. i think it is important to underscore that mr. pollard was convicted of some of the most serious crimes that anybody can be charged with. >> yes, sir. >> your use of social media platforms like twitter and youtube to what degree can you gauge its effectiveness in terms of bypassing us? >> here is a great misnomer -- social networking and using those types of tools, i don't look at it where i can now talk to people and you guys, i'm going to go aroun

it should go to the city administrator, and it should go to the city administrator wrote, and when a new one is elected, it should go back to that position. what we have seen here is not necessarily a debate and ideas on people, but this political posturing, which, quite frankly, is not to the benefit of san francisco, so i would like to applaud supervisor dufty and the president of this board for the stance that they have taken. thank you, thank you, supervisor daly. president chiu: are there two seconds to that? seconded by supervisor mirkarimi and supervisor chu. the question has been called. madam clerk, madam clerk, madam clerk. supervisor alioto-pier: it is hard to lose a vote, supervisor daly. president chiu: madam clerk, if you could call the roll on those who have been nominated, the first one being sheriff hennessey, unless anyone would like to withdraw any of the nominations. supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: i do not like the way this is degenerating. there is a lot of intrigue that seems to be piled on by whatever is being brokered, but in this case, i think th

if you are hurting the administration, either stop hurting the administration, or leave. >> chris: we've got a couple of minutes left. i want to ask you both the same question. the tea partiers -- and we're going to talk to two of them in a moment who were elected -- with not very happy -- and i'm going to talk to both of you as members of the republican establishment. they said you made too many deals collectively in the lame duck session, you added trillion dollar of debt, voted new money, billions of dollars for first responders, you reinstated the estate tax. there are no tea partiers in the house republican leadership. question -- i'll ask you first and then you -- did you get the message or did you fail to get the message that the voters sent in november? >> i think the big message was we need to cut spending. and you're going to see that happen. a year from now -- >> chris: added $1 trillion to the debt. >> no one wanted increased taxes and that would have been the a terntive had it not -- alternative had it not happened. we'll cut the size of government and cut deficit on the spe

in both the first administration and the clinton administration in an event at the nixon center in whichitary to military relationship between our two countries. here is part of a statement. back in the upper talking about multiple relationships as though it can somehow resume to deal as an equal under these circumstances with the world's best come without losing face. much of what you described is what you would expect from somebody who hasn't yet proven themselves. the chinese navy has been a coastal defense force. now they are over there in the gulf of aden, but they're getting miniscule experience. their senior leaders are largely what we would call potential in terms of their world outlook because they haven't had the exposure for the contact with the advanced militaries of the rest of the world that you would expect. so my own defenses if we want this military to military relationship to develop, we can have a great leap forward. we have to make incrementalist types. we have to deal with each other in ways so that they can gain confidence that they can do what does in the types of

and that it's also the evolution that the obama administration is under going. it's from that point of view but they're both germans. >> charlie: they me we want to restrain them or not. >> the chinese pride themselves on connecting the dots. so there can be situations when the united states has glorified things. at the same time they are not bothered with the design at all but very domestic pressures have come together. like seek the dalai lama and objections to the currency all within a month. so chinese say well it's obviously part of the design. that's why they believe in china. and someone the other day told me when president obama went to asia last year, he made a speech or a statement saying we are going to asia. now you and i know that it was done with sort of a standard campaign speech. and also it was something that was said to the europeans where they believed that europeans had felt neglected. but the ancients didn't fell neglected or they didn't know we left. when they say we returned a number of seemly people in china took this is a challenge. that

the benefits in monetized form. as someone who goes -- i was a former administrator during the clinton administration i did cost-benefit analysis. look and both sides of the equation. during the obama administration and the bush said ministration, file reports to congress in which it monetized and quantified and monetized the cost and benefits and consistently over time, demonetized benefits exceeded the cost by a substantial amount. consistently producing benefits for the economy and our society. we cut back the rules, we lose the benefits. second, not all rules, not even all major rules are like a. into our tenth exempts the migratory bird because without that rule, you can't shoot the birds as they fly to and from canada but there are lots of other rules. the regulated entities want pan i have given my written statement. there are rules that give life to programs. programs like agricultural subsidies, small business loan guarantees or medical reimbursements. without the eligibility and accountability provisions which come in the form of major rules you don't have a program even though congress has authorized it or m

the financial crisis began during the bush administration. the bailout was a bipartisan bailout of the financial sector. the stimulus package that was passed in 2009 was intended to help get the economy back on its feet again. i believe that without that, we would have had much more severe.. host: did the stimulus work? guest: i am more skeptical. the administration made estimates initially that without the passage of the stimulus, and employment would reach 9%. in reality, with the passage of the stimulus, it was at 10% and its state around that level for a very long time. what is interesting is that if you actually read the literature on this, the language in the journal is nowhere near the language that comes out of washington. there's a ton of disagreement about the effectiveness of fiscal policy and stability of fiscal policy. when all of that is condensed in the process and put into the language of politicians, it comes out as stimulus works. i am skeptical. host: a twitter fall or would like to a lightning round and whether use a good o

in gaza, and now with the end of the bush administration and the obama administration, we've a preference for order. and so there's still been that preference for order fearing, as mark says, legitimately things could get worse. and so i think obama is still a little-- a little inheritinging that tradition. the only thing i would say is that the people out on the streets, you know, there's always the threat oh it is the muslim brotherhood that is what the autocrats always say but if you listen to what the people on the street are saying, they are for economic opportunity, they're for democracy. they're for living in a dynamic society. and so i guess i wish the administration would be a little more forward, even more aggressive than they were tonight in saying yes, they're right. they are not only right but they're probably goinging to lead to a better middle east. >> but mark, isn't it unusual for president of the united states to get on the phone with the president of an independent nation and say here's what i want to you do mr. president, and then go on national, on his own national te

i think that's what you're seeing in the administration. ce to ride. >> i read in the newspaper today, they didn't say intervene militarily. he implied we needed to do more than just speak out. he didn't tell us what more. i don't think we're going to send in the third armored division. into egypt or anywhere else now. >> george? >> picking up on what martha said, we have seen regimes more or less successfully overturned. generally, the very aspects of the society that bring about an upheaval like this no parties, no press. the one institution that brings order is the military. the archetypal modern institution. order was restored by napoleon. we night see bonapartism in egypt. >> do you suppose mubarak is letting some chaos reign right now so that some egyptians embrace a restoration of order? a martial law. is it possible that mubarak is doing that? >> it's entirely possible. if that is the case, what happened in tunisia proved a failure of that strategy. we had a similar thing. after the president of tunisia fled the country there were ba

so i think the administration is walking a very fine line and doing a good job with it so far, trying to support the protesters and at the same time not inserting themselves into the middle of a very fluid and very dynamic situation. >> charlie: and we conclude with sir anthony hopkins about actx act -- acting and about the jesuit faith. >> i said i was thinking about going to church and he said why. think very carefully before you do that. he said what's your problem. i said i feel lost in joining the human race. >> charlie: a look at the unrest in the middle east and a conversation with the legendary actor when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: we begin this evening with a look at the unrest in the middle east. the egyptian government banned all demonstrations after yesterday's unprecedented nation-wide protest. four were killed in the violence. small groups defied the ban today as they challenge the 30-year rule. many say that the protest in egypt were inspired by the popular vote that toppl

and now the obama administration's argument of justice we've also seen push back strong pushback in the cases of mcquire and he's you know they're filing their requests for he's purpose and the obama administration is fighting knows so it's extremely frustrating. the challenge that we all might in the courts and on behalf of victims of torture we haven't seen that in u.s. courts and that's why we're going to do things like well we'll see if you have any luck in spain catherine thank you so much for joining us. thanks very much now before we go it's time for our tweet of the day a defense department lawyer was asked today of dr martin luther king jr were alive would hander stand why we're at war and laura said yes the king would understand the we live in a complicated world which got us thinking would what.

because, while he is certainly not pro american-- and you heard him criticizing the administration in that interview-- i think he is somebody who could put a government together. >> schieffer: let's talk about what he said. he's talking about mubarak has to go. that's the only way. he thinks there can be a transition. clearly, the secretary of state is walking a very fine line here. clearly, the administration fears some sort of void developing if, if mubarak does go. >> that's right, bob. i think the administration has two fears. it explains why they have not urged president mubarak to leave. they've walked right up to the edge, but not quite said it. the first fear is the power vacuum that will lead to more looting and chaos that you've seen. that could create an opening for the muslim brotherhood or another islamist group to step in in some way. i think their second big fear is that, if the united states appears to be the puppet master here and pushes mubarak out and things go wrong, it will have happened on president obama's watch. if he emerges with a government that, for example

he was tapped by the clinton administration to serve us well in being a western regional director and in doing so by initiating great efforts in addressing critical housing needs in the valley and in the western addition. he has provided the kind of leadership that we need over the last of never months that leads up to the voters that get to decide who the elected mayor should be. having this ability to provide a foundation and to find a grounding that helps also unite the city is white i would really put forward enthusiasm. >> this is not someone who's an expert in one area or another area but an expert in a variety of areas. more important, someone who has been hands on in city government for well over 20 years and someone who has shown throughout their career that they have their support across the political spectrum. supervisor daily said in one of our first discussions that we need to nominate someone who has the ability to reach across the lines. -- supervisor daly said in one of our first discussions. jetblue and he was subsequently appointed by mayor avenue sen. -- mayor gavin

part wjla.com -- the whole inclination on this administration's part is to promote from within. bill daley breaks with that tradition. bill daley is from chicago, but was not part of the obama camp. he opposed barack obama in the 2004 senate primary. he backed a perfectly good candidate, respectable, able candidate, and only backed obama after the primary. he brings insight skills that outside skills. -- inside it skills and outside skills. tom donahue of the chamber of commerce -- wow. he has his ego in check. >> he is the proverbial grown up. >> he is a grown-up. >> robert gibbs is leaving. what would you be looking for to replace him? >> somebody nicer. >> somebody with a sense of humor that does not get the president into too much trouble, because he reckoned get you into trouble. the best -- because you can get you into trouble. the best secretaries, mike mccurry, had a sense of humor. they also were able to defuse -- >> they did not take themselves too seriously. >> marlin fitzwater was good, and so is mike mccurry, you are absolutely right.

as you are aware, the president has asked the administrator lee said jackson to head a task force. she has been set up to make progress in an interim basis. she is leading that effort involving other agencies and the states. they will have a major role to play and the restoration programs. specifically one of the areas we point out is the alleviation of the so-called dead zone in the gulf of mexico. this has to involve management and regulation and pollution sources. it is an area much larger than was actually affected by this oil spill on an annual basis. if we're going to restore the resilience of the gulf oil spill, this is one area we should undertake in this restoration efforts, and the epa has a leadership role in that regard. >> to be clear and contrary to my initial assumption going into the issue, we believe secretary jackson made a quite sound decision in the way to use dispersants in the way that she did. >> >> thank you. i'm from blue bird news. the recommendation, how does this compare to how secretary salazar said we will do? >> secretary saws are made recommendations

the obama administration pulled out all of the stops for jintao's visit. also went out of the way to stress the importance of the relationship. >> at a time when some doubt the benefits of the cooperation between united states and china, this visit it also a chance to demonstrate a simple truth. we have an enormous stake in each other's success. >> break down the numbers. why is china considered to be so important? >> it is simply a matter of size. in 2000, the economy of china was smaller than the economy of california. today the chinese put out their numbers this week, china is three times the size of the california economy. this was very much about doing business. my favorite line was the president said to jintao, we want to sell you all kind of stuff, manies and cars and software. it is hard to imagine that when kissinger and nixon went to china that today they would imagine that today it would be are they stealing microsoft word, or would they prefer to buy from chinese companies than american companies. gwen: we appear to be in debt to china. is that

people forget how powerful howell -- how powerful the city administrator is. when you were mayor, it is critical to have a friend as the city administrator. i think that he should exercise his full power. i am reminding him of the charter. and he has been a friend over the years. he is someone that i respect. it is an amazing thing to reach out across the political divide. this is unbelievable how often we agree on things. you tend to get into the personality process which is the real divide which add to the end of the day is pretty trivial. he has done a remarkable job to transcend and build bridges. this is the most important and valuable asset even if people disagree, they trust. i don't think that anyone question the integrity as ed and his capacity to call balls and strikes and to be judicious and thoughtful and to respect everyone's points of view. those are remarkable skills. he has got it all. what a gift it is for me as one of my final tax in this role to have as a small part of the legacy to say hey, i actually appointed him to that term. i am looking

the up side of all of this is that the successive u.s. administrations have invested time and money and prestige promoting the regems. then when somebody like must be barke doesn't know if he wants to step down or stay, beginning to promote an environment in which the united states can have some sort of clarity in the future fthe -- of the countries, i think that's the up swing. chris: let's talk about our interest. when the stock market opens, what are they going to say? instability, the worst word in the world. >> absolutely. that's what the united states is concerned about. but beyond that, even when we look at election this is,year this year in egypt, there's a lot that has to be dfe onor that to work out in american -- in america's best interests. part of that is to build up a middle, some kind of middle ground to the egyptian democratic system. you have the muslim brotherhood and the army on the other. chris: the question, economically again, our country depends on oil more than any other country in the world. it comes from there. >> the bottom lin

the obama administration is reacting cautiously. nbc's mike vicara is at the white house today. mike? >> reporter: tonight the white house called for restraint in egypt while insisting that the time for reform within the egyptian government is now. outside the white house -- >> stop! >> reporter: a few protesters gathered in a show of solidarity with those in cairo. inside the president met with top members of his foreign policy team after speaking with president mubarak by phone friday night and publicly urging him to enact immediate reforms. >> what's needed now is concrete steps that advance the rights of the people in egypt. meaningful dialogue between the government and its citizens. >> reporter: mubarak's move to oust his cabinet did not go far enough. the state department spokesman tweeting -- but while the president has sided with the protesters in their call for greater freedoms, he has stopped short of backing demand for mubarak's ouster. >> if mubarak is going to survive, the united states can't do too much to an tal nice him. because he is going to be our partner hop