the brand drugs goes off patent, you get a variety of generic companies. it's per missibility and for all genarks to enter the competition, correct? >> for the first 6 months, the first generic manufacturer to challenge the patent has exclusivity for 6 months. this is very important because this was created by the hatch wax man act in 1984. and it creates a 6 month exexclusivity for the first generic company because we want judge nark companies to come into the market. after 6 months, the generic drug goes from being a monopoly product to a commodity. get lots of hopefully lots manufacture coming in producing quality generics. that works in consumers benefit because it's competition and the ability to say no to one manufacturer in favor of another for price concessions&that's how consumers interests are served. congress established an effective patent life for a drug. when that expires, there is a real value opportunity through generics, through the availability of quality generics for consumers to take advantage for their own economic and health purposes o

later general gates was given command of the army in the south and there in the south general gates fought the battle of camden, one of the worst defeats the american army ever suffered. what made it even worse is when the smoke cleared from the battlefield at camden, general gates was not there. he had retreated about 50 miles to reorganize. he was replaced. general green took general gates' place in the south. gates was in the south. washington disliked him intensely, but gates was a powerful politician and he managed to get reinstated as the commander of the army at newburg without washington's consent. the congress appointed him and sent him to newburg telling general washington, you may use hip as you please. so general gates arrived to be the actual commander of the army. washington, of course, commander in chief, but gates being the general in charge at the encampment. the men in the encampment, of course, bored, not much to do, about 7,000 soldiers. there they began to build their huts at a place called new windsor, the new windsor encampment. they built about 700 wooden huts, neat

the year? huh? well, because this general built the army of the potomac, not once, but twice. this general infused it with a spirit that would carry it through three successive commanders. this is the army that took the most casualties, this is the army that took lee's surrender. and i believe as their first great commander, mcclellan helped that to happen in that first year of 1862. so, if we could find a copy of a "time" magazine -- for 1863, i think you'd see george mcclellan as our person of the year. thank you very much. [ applause ] [ applause ] i think we have time according to wade for one quick question. susan? >> isn't it true that after the war ended when someone asked general lee who his favorite general was on the union side that he said mcclellan? >> i'm not so certain that it was his favorite general. i think at one point a lot of confederates thought he was the most dangerous. the most dangerous of the federal generals because he had a more fulsome understanding of the art of war as had been explained by prince chamonix of the napoleonic school. general lee late

the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes a syrian crisis is seen by some as an attempt to tighten the screws on russia and china. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses over the bloke's future this. crusade against greece. and the russian airwaves flooded with pre-election campaigning positive coverage of prime minister. is criticizing unfair advantage over the other presidential candidates. present time. warner. prices have more. news and much more twenty four hours a day this is out. the u.n. general assembly is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria the document apparently echoes the one vetoed by. the security council in early february. human rights chief said the inability of the body to take action on the syrian crisis has handed president carte blanche to execute an all out assault all the decisions at the general assembly and not legally finding some believe the vote could be used in a tent to put pressure on both russi

. >> i would like to respond by saying that by limiting assets, at no time with the general fund required to cut programs. we are talking about piers 30 and 32, the amount relating to 29, and the financial tail, which is another way we can get that out of the document, so we have effectively limited the places they can go, and we have eliminated places they would not have expected it would pay into this particular transaction. >> it ends up with resources we can tap into. you say these are the assets we can recover. that is it, so the risk is on the authority if they spend what is recoverable. supervisor kim: i am glad those questions are asked. i want to ask again, you are calling this a functional gacap. >> yes, it is a functional cab. >> could you talk about what that means? >> what it means is that it serves the same purpose as a hard cap, because it provides a bucket by which the authority will be reimbursed, and once that is emptied the authority has no other sources under this agreement. >> just so i have some comfort, as the authorities and above and beyond their actual cost -- if

. >> there is the sale of condos, but it will not be at the expense of the general fund. cracks in no way with they have an actual claim -- >> in no way would they have the authority to draw from the other sources to? >> not under this agreement. supervisor kim: is there a cap about how much of the bond proceeds, or is it about any of those we are putting forward today their mo? >> i got this one. it is all of the net proceeds issued. >> is any and all proceeds? >> the concept is the infrastructure financing district revenues would accrue annually for a time. they would be captured under a bond issuance of the front end, and the net proceeds would be in this bucket. there would be a collection the exceeds that because you also have to provide for coverage. it is not all, but it is the majority. >> my understanding is the funds, the dollars that come out is also depend on -- intended for other uses. is that correct, or is it for the expenses by the havana authorities raided by the event authority -- is it for the expense of the event authority. >> it is dedicated to infrast

they do already, which is why we are doing so well in the generics. quote we are ahead with independent voters and seniors are coming back to was based on the rise in budget that bans medicare. not just and medicare but tax breaks to oil companies. host: are you expecting more retirements? guest: it is impossible to predict. in california, for example, republicans have had a slew of retirement as a result of the new landscape. look what is happening in florida. as we speak, you have republicans running away from their districts. you need a scorecard to figure out what republicans are running were. they are literally moving out of their districts to try to run and more favorable district. there is no question it is fluid, but it has all been factored into our strategic plan. when the 25 seats to take the house. we know where they are and it will be close. host: if you made up in illinois what you lost in north carolina for redistricting, does that mean that some democratic incumbents can expect less money? they cannot expect as much support? guest: i wo

put to the test as the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis group is seen by some as an attempt to tighten the screws on russia and china. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses it looks future this presses ahead of its prosperity crusade against reluctant greece. and the russian airways flooded with pre-election campaigning positive coverage of prime minister vladimir putin is this unfair advantage to the other presidential candidates. plus freezing temperatures that makes crossing crops so that's why it's warning of skyrocketing prices and business concerns the minutes. about that with well these are much more twenty four hours a day this is out of the u.n. general assembly is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria the document apparently echoes the one vetoed by bus this morning saying that the security council in early favorite. human rights chief said the inability of the party to take action on the syrian crisis and handed

but gates being the general in charge at the encampment. the men in the encampment, of course, bored, not much to do. about 7,000 soldiers. there they began to build their huts at a place called new windsor. the new windsor encampment. they built about 700 wooden huts, neatly laid out for the winter encampment. and there they took up their quarters. what do you do with an army, this kind of situation? you drill and drill and then you drill some more, you build more huts, you build roads, you have to keep them busy but it wasn't working very well. so chaplain evans decided, let us build a temple of virtue. so in the middle of this encampment the soldiers went to work to build a temple of virtue, a gathering place where the men might come on sundays for religious services and where during the week the administrative operation of the army took place. but clearly all of this make-busy work was not doing much for morale. and washington remained deeply concerned about the murmurings that he heard in the army. in philadelphia, congress decided or

the u.n. general assembly is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria the document echoes the one vetoed by moscow and beijing at the security council an early favorite the u.n. human rights chief said the inability of the body to take action on the syrian crisis and i'm the president carte blanche to execute an all out assault on the decisions of the general assembly and what legally binding some believe the vote be used to put pressure on russia and china is an essential explains. this meeting has definitely last in the entire day we've been hearing speeches from dozens of countries that started early in the morning and of course this comes only a week after a double veto from russia and china blocked an arab and western backed resolution on syria at the security council so what we saw was an attempt from the saudi arabia and qatar to. go to another body of the united nations in attempt to find some kind of just decision there even though the general assembly j

[laughter] >> actually, in the agenda, you will notice that there are no items for the general managers' report. we can move on. waxed thank you. we have a full agenda today. we have some time constraints as well. what i would like to do is try to get to the budget section, i would like to wrap up that business. >> all matters listed here in the consent calendar are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission in will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items. first, the sunnyvale sewer tunnel project, second, approval of the right of way services, up three, the selection of the amount ford group for system development and maintenance of meter data management system, and the hunters point reservoir upgrade. e, except the work performed by the monterey market -- mechanical for waste water enterprise. f, except work performed by hardy pipelines for waste water enterprise. g, approve the plans and specifications and award wastewater enterprise renewal and replacement program funded in department of pub

the u.n. general assembly about to vote on a syrian resolution and backed by the arab states and the west this while violence in the country escalates as a high ranking religious leader is gunned down in damascus reportedly for his pro-government stance. fears a pending confrontation between tell of even take wrong bro following reports that iranians are arrested during recent thailand bombings were targeting israeli diplomats. after this fulfills the last to be used by a lot of demands but many greeks feel the nation won't work cover from austerity measures that harm their health care system but leave the military unscathed. midnight in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story a new showdown is expected at the u.n. general assembly later on thursday as the members are set to vote on a new resolution on syria the text sponsored by arab states and supported by a number of western nations could turn up the heat on the assad regime i'm joined now from new york by our teaser

the projected general fund and in balance for the current year is estimated at $129 million. this is $129 million more than we anticipated for the current year. revenues have improved by $122 million compared to what is projected in the budget. fortunately, it is due to economic activity increasing, improved outlook for all of our property taxes, transfer taxes, sales taxes, hotel and business taxes. we do have some uncertainty, still. the impact of the dissolution of the redevelopment agency into the city assuming the successor agency, appeals are still backlogged and the value of the refunds are not known. there is still potential for fluctuation in general tax revenue, but we hope that future fluctuation will be to the positive. the outcome of the state's ability to investigate the in- from services program and the medical rates are pending in a lawsuit. it we might see reductions from the state in this fiscal year that we are not certain about. looking at this $129 million fund balance, we see that the city wide revenue surplus is $122 million of that amount. we need to p

olivia rosane is going to read from a section about the general assembly, the first general assembly in zuccotti. [applause] >> as the time for the first general assembly approached, a group of 40 or 50 gathered to figure out how to run it. finally, marina, marissa, and a few others had been in the general assemblies, which is where they plan the occupy wall street action, agreed to facilitate it. marina recalls, it was beautiful and powerful. we started with megaphones and they didn't work very well. we were standing in the center up on one of the benches, and everyone was standing around the mass circle. so we have to in two directions. after 10 or 15 minutes we put the megaphones down, and i spoke to the people in front of me using the people's mic, which is something we practiced in training tonight's previously. i have participated in it and see me use in seattle in 1999 wto protest. but i thought of it as something useful on the streets for communicate information. i hadn't thought of as a way of conducting an assembly. but we are standing in the center of a group of 2000 people

the. plane has been handed down from generation to generation there are very many music players here because this place. is a well known village and. the road that ran right through the village used to be called the shackle road. to siberia as a result. of the. if this road formed a link between russia's capital and its siberian parks. it connected the country's western and eastern region it's. russian poet alexander pushkin once travelled along it it was used by stage coaches with. linnet could be has been at the head of the golden oldies district for several years during this time he's been able to restore a dozen historical landmarks. we marry from the western bank of the volga are not great in number there are only fifty or sixty thousand of us in the world these days that is why we seek to stick together in order to safeguard our language culture and of course the land where we live in realistic is to be missed must be one or the burial site is the only one of its kind in the gorn about risk region cattle breeder's of and in the rainy and tribe were buried here in the second millennium

correspondent in williams says the action on syria is pushed through the u.n. general assembly it could have unwelcome consequences for some world powers. the arab countries in the western countries want to show that they're doing something. if they were serious then they would have pressed for a special general assembly an emergency special general assembly meeting under the uniting for peace resolution and this you may remember field rich with i really was the form that the u.s. and britain used to fight the korean war in the face of a soviet veto in the early fifty's since then it was resurrected by the palestinians to bypass the american beat up in the security council and that's a resume is why it is not being invoked now because i used the phrase a non-binding resolution a resolution to stop the state of israel partitioned it was a general assembly resolution that was not binding then where do we go from there. what we have is some towers say that resolutions they like are binding a resolution they don't like a non-binding. the president of the general assembly c

it now makes up less than 2% of the total general fund for the city. over the same six years, that has grown by 22%. the result of that has -- we are digging ourselves into a whole. the analysis recently published in the report identified the recreation and parks department is now running a product offering deficit of about $35 million a year in order to sustain the care that we need an. new data we have to present to you is, in a recently completed a report with the parks alliance, we learned 91% of likely voters in san francisco strongly believe the parks are very important to their quality of life in san francisco. we also learned 80% of voters want to see the city put more resources into our parks systems, not less. further cuts to the recreation and parks department budget are running against the will of the voters. for six years and beyond, we have been digging ourselves into a $30 million-plus whole. the first thing you do when you find yourself in a whole is to stop digging. we believe the city should cease its cuts to the general fund allocati

put to the task as the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis the move is seen by some as an attempt to heighten the screws on russia and china. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades of confidence collapses over the blocks future this as the e.u. presses ahead with its austerity crusade against a reluctant greece. and with the russian airwaves flooded with pre-election campaigning positive coverage of prime minister vladimir putin is criticized as an unfair advantage over other presidential candidates. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's good to have you with us two pm here in the russian capital twelve noon in damascus syria but we begin in new york with the u.n. general assembly which is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria the document apparently echoes the one vetoed by moscow in beijing at the security council in early february and a general assembly meeting on monday the u.n. human rights

close to the task that the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes with the syrian crisis the move received by some of us how to tighten the screws on russia and china. europe gets heydrich yet another wave of downgrades of confidence boxes over the box future business as the e.u. presses ahead with its austerity crusade account of the increase. and with the russian airwaves applauded because reelection campaigning positive coverage of prime minister of led you to fit criticizes an unfair advantage over other presidential candidates. plus freezing temperatures that much draw some cost to the exports more than a scar rockets and prices will have more not in the sense once again it's. three pm here in moscow the start she coming to you live from the snow with our top story this hour and the u.n. general assembly is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria the document apparently echoes one vetoed by moscow and beijing at the security council in early january and a general assembly meeting on m

system improvement from did -- improvement program funded agreements to under 25 and authorize the general manager of public utilities to read advertise the request -- re-advertise the request and return to the commission with a recommendation for award. >> does anyone have an item that they would like to sever from the consent calendar? seeing no one, is there a motion? >> second. >> any discussion or public comment? all of those in favor? >> aye. >> those opposed? the motion carries. >> regular business. item number nine, discussion and possible action authorizing the commission president to execute an employment contract between the san francisco public utilities commission, acting on behalf of the city and county of sentences go, with ed harrington, as general manager, on terms consistent with the existing contract with extending the expiration date from march 16 of 2012 to august 31, 2012, with provisions for further extensions by mutual agreement to no later than december 31, 2012. >> the contract expires on march 16 in he is set to retire by the end of august. i have spoken to the m

close to the task that the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis the movers leave by some as an attempt to tighten the screws on russia and china. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades of confidence collapses over the blocks future this as the e.u. presses ahead with its austerity crusade against a reluctant greece. and with the russian airwaves flooded with pre-election campaigning positive coverage a prime minister of lead zero proved it criticised as an unfair advantage over other presidential candidates. plus reason temperatures that medrol some crops with exports warning of skyrockets and prices we'll have more on that and the substance once the minutes. is three pm here in moscow the start coming to you live i'm just now with our top story this hour and the u.n. general assembly is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria the document apparently echoes one vetoed by moscow and beijing at the security council in early february at a general assembly meet

>> the generic is one of the most certain indicators of success or failure in history. in 2006 when we were in the minority we were up about five points in the generic and we won. in 2010 when we were in the majority the republicans were up about five or six in the generic and they won. so it is a good indicator. right now as you said we're up in every single generic ballot so we're in a better place than anybody would have thought we would be. but we're not there yet. optimism isn't going to win an election. i have a respectful disagreement with your analysis but whether you're right or wrong is almost irrel vapt. this is february. what counts is where with will we be in october and november? we need 25 seats to take the house back. i've never guaranteed that we're going to be at 25, 30, 20. but i guarantee that this is going to be a very, very close election. the raiser is going to be sharpened or dulled by the quality of our recruits. we've outraised the republicans by $7 million for the first time in history, from a minority party. and by the messaging at the time.

destroy the whole generation of young people and their dreams destroy. the whole country we know that it is. a day that we have no signs that. we cannot continue like that because the government is following actually increases the day instead of finding a solution at the heart of activists claims is there a solution that they've noticed there. he for the best part of five years now and the time taxes have risen incomes have but the country's deficit only seems to grow and in this austerity cycle is something sought by an increasing number despite the governor wallace would follow but what. exactly. is the default default is going to be good for us but there's going to be a better solution. for now relative calm has returned to the streets of athens smashed buildings have been patched up the signs of damage swept away but the simmering discontent hasn't been forced medicine appears to bring nothing but pain many are continuing their. treatment greece athens. for the spite to greece of passing its harshest austerity package yet there's no guarantee it will

we'll give you the lowdown on the biggest foreign play on the generics. >> one of the biggest generic drugmakers of them all, watson pharmaceuticals. the ceo joins us for a cnbc exclusive interview, coming up, after this. stay with us. >>> u.s. markets ended to up p side, even though european markets were down. gap reported after the close, numbers better than expected. that was for the quarter. the problem is, the guidance for the year is just about on the disappointing side. let's just say it's roughly in line with expectations. i think people were expecting a little bit more. that stock is not doing much in the after hours. finally, i want to note, home builders have returned to positive territory, a bit today. a nice move to the up side. they had been going sideways. tomorrow is a big number. we'll get january new home sales. we're expecting spring home buying season to be pretty strong, so we'll look for some kind of hint that that might be happening. back to you. >> thanks, bob. big pharma has a big headache. as many brand name drugs are going generic in the next few years. and

alexander hamilton was given the task to write to general washington. hamilton and washington had a tortured relationship. alexander hamilton arrived in america just before the revolution, timing is everything. went to college, became a lawyer, and then the war broke out. he joined the army, became a captain in the artillery. distinguished himself, very fine soldier. came to the attention of general washington who invited this young man to be his secretary, which he accepted. and he served washington until one day at headquarters washington was going up the stairs, colonel hamilton was coming down the stairs. the commander in chief said to the colonel, colonel, i wish to see you immediately. the colonel responded, i'll be with you in a few minutes, sir. not the right answer to the commander in chief. washington turned on hamilton, berated him in front of his fellow officers. hamilton then resigned as secretary, returned to the army, and later distinguished himself at the battle of yorktown, which brought him back to some degree in washington's good grace

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put to the test as the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis group is seen by some as an attempt to put the screws on russia and china. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as competent collapses over the bloke's future century presses ahead of its austerity crusade against greece. roughneck wait for that it with pre-election campaigning positive car produced this precise number vaunted video of the presidential candidates. and online twenty four hours a day for watching r t the un general assembly is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria documents echoes the one veto moscow and beijing at the security council in early february un human rights chief said the inability of the party to take action on the syrian crisis and handed president carte blanche to execute him without the sort of decisions are. not legally binding some believe a vote for us in an attempt pressure on russia and china to see. this meeting has definitely lasted the entire day we've

we talk about as a cradle to grave approach as far as wanting to go after the next generation of white -- of ratepayers and water users to folks in the public to elected officials so when you turn on your tap, you understand it is hetch hetchy water and an asset we need to protect and value. as you think about the power enterprise, when you are in the airport, it is powered by the puc. there's a lot of talk around how do we ensure the public, the investments we're making to the city agencies, whether it's around the school district or department of environment it's tied to getting our message out to the type of work we're doing in the community. there will be greater attention in that area. the last part is run workforce development. jobs are a huge party out of the mayor's office and a huge priority for us. it is increased emphasis on how we leverage and amplified jobs opportunities as relates to the puc. this slide talks about the accomplishments for the last year in legislative affairs. most of you have been briefed on these. some of them are concrete legislation we helped co- spons

regarding the difference between the u.n. general assembly and u.n. security council what's the point then i mean if the u.n. g.a. despite having a lot more numbers has a lot less power than one of the actual point of today's meeting are they just trying to send a message are they trying to put pressure on russia and china what do you gathering is the point of all this. good luck the scene from what we understand the message the point of this really is to send a symbolic message to the syrian government more so than russia and china because we've been hearing all of these countries make speeches today see it saying that the syrian government is committing atrocities so really this is another opportunity for those who do support regime change on the ground to send out criticism towards the syrian government but many experts are saying really but the fact that in this symbolic diplomatic gestures being attempted at the united nations does not really mean much because any sort of document is not going to help stop the crisis on the ground unless it pushes

plan and the priority policies of planning code section 101.1. item no. 6. francisco general plan by adding the glen park area plan; and making findings, including environmental findings and findings of consistency with the general plan and the priority policies of planning code section 101.1. supervisor wiener: this neighborhood began a lengthy process, that i have to say i have been involved in a number of labor brought that this and this is the most thorough and inclusive neighborhood process i have seen. there was a high level of anticipation in terms of public meetings, breakouts, brainstorming, not just people listening to what is going on, but people putting their ideas in, back in 2003. there was a lot of clamoring over the years about when it would move forward. well, it is finally moving forward. this plan would allow for some very positive changes to the zoning. to allow for smarter development patterns and a more transitive focus for the neighborhood. funding permitted, monday assisting some of the transit problems in the area, around the bart stations at the diam

well the u.n. general assembly today set to vote on a resolution that condemns the assad regime in syria the west and several arab countries are calling for the syrian leader to step down blaming him for the brutal crackdown and deaths of over five thousand people now today's vote in the general assembly is mostly a symbolic one while it's not binding it does a strong message that reflects world opinion well today's vote comes after china and russia vetoed a similar resolution in the u.n. security council a move which has infuriated other members well to bring us the latest on the developments out of the u.n. are to correspond marina joins us now live from new york. so what is the latest over there. well the latest. in just a few moments i have to say we will be seeing a vote the vote is actually taking place right now shortly within the general assembly on this draft resolution which you just referred to which essentially backs the arab league plan that calls for syrian president bashar al assad to step a

i don't think he's a strong candidate in the general election. i really for the sake of the country which is to say for the sake of beating obama wish we could wrap it up and begin the era of good feeling among republicans again. >> i think one of the issues here is the fact that she says mitt romney is the most conservative. he comes from massachusetts. he was the governor of massachusetts it is a liberal state. every one of the candidates has issues. every one has baggage. the problem i have is we find it hard as republicans to elect those that become moderate to liberal side of the party. newt gingrich is grass-roots wing. that concerns me. the reality is if we are not all together in november barack obama will win the presidency. >>> rick santorum said tonight in colorado we are not going to win this election if either of these two guys is nominated we will lose let me assure you. th then he went on to talk about the poor comment as a number of places been taken out of context. what person running for presidential office says he doesn't care a

the attorney general didn't like it. the attorney general said that the hearing was fair. i believe he believes he was treated overall with respect by all the members. but it was tough. it was a tough hearing. this is a tough subject in which 2000 weapons have gone walking, gone missing. they're now in the hands of drug cartels. and americans and mexicans are less safe. so i think for a tough hearing it was done generally well. one of the things i need to make you aware of is every member of congress, left and right of me on the dais, has an absolute right to use their five minutes in any way they see fit. so that's something that members who come before the congress understand. and sometimes it's tough from the other side of the aisle, too. >> chairman issa, as always appreciate your time tonight, sir. >> thank you, john. >> take care, sir. >>> former house speaker newt gingrich says he's staying in the race for the republican nomination all the way up to the party's convention in august. the former speaker is banking o

i have not said the attorney general knew. i certainly have, and i think many of us are making the point, that people didn't know that should have known things that, in fact, were trying to find out where the failures were made other than the local level which we have begun describing in the case of the acting and it's in his testimony obviously which will not be in the entirety made available today. but the acting director, in fact, is culpable for not knowing more of what a director should know or insure that people know that may stop this. so i join with the gentleman in saying that, in fact, it does concern me that someone who is supposed to direct over 1800 individuals did not know that this, in fact, involved gun walking. but, remember, on february 4th, well after many of these events, the attorney general's office prepared a document and gave it to us which said we never let guns walk. that is of concern, too. and the committee is not shy about having additional hearings. the attorney general made himself available at th

actually, more catholics support it than the general population do. when you say catholic voters only 45% of catholic voters support that, and there is the political problem going into this re-election, isn't it, mark? when you take a position that is only supported and it's a very close-cut thing, only supported by at most 49% of the population, highly controversial, that seems to be a very risky proposition to be taking into an election. >> well, it is, lawrence. to be bluntly practical about it, we're talking about states like ohio, particularly the cincinnati area, barack obama carried hamilton county, which is cincinnati, being the first democrat to do that in more than a generation. we're talking about lack ka wan na county in pennsylvania, and scranton. they're not looking anywhere near that in 2012. in michigan, in wisconsin, you know, it's really just sticking it in the eye of catholics. saying what you believe, what your creed is, what your mission is is unimportant, and that you must swallow that or stop doing what you -- what defined you as

put to the test as the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis the movie seen by some as an attempt to tighten the screws on russia and china. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses over the books future this presses a head with its austerity crusade against greece. and with the russian airways flooded with pre-election campaigning positive coverage of prime minister putin is criticised as an unfair advantage over the other presidential candidates. plus there are also markets kick off the trading session in the red with the r.t.s. losing more than half a percent we'll have all the figures for you in business in twenty minutes. internationally you can comment twenty four hours a day this is r.t. the un general assembly is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria the document apparently echoes the one vetoed by moscow and beijing at the security council in early february the u.n. human rights chief said the inability of the body to tak

the first is general services, then manager, and then public comment. >> public comment. >> thanks. i will get to my script in a moment. let me start with options to reduce the 30%. considering this is the first time i have seen this, i am reacting to a and we are all in support of the prepayment from moscow, however it can manifest itself. we were already sort of barely doing this as effectively as it began. the property sales, that is a question of time and when they book, i am not sure there is an idea to sell more surplus property than we already have in the works, unless i missed something there. the water transfer, you heard it on that -- i don't have a strong view, i think that relates to the general water supply issues and if that is deemed deferrable, that will be it. i think we need to hear more and the next couple of months from modesto and turlock. the main replacement that is important to increase our work there, i think we have gotten behind and that is part of getting back to a state of good repair. hi am with differing that based on the water supply needs that the nee

item number 11 does have an update to the delegated authorities of the general manager and staff. i could not tell from this who have approval authority over subsequent changes. >> subsequent changes to the guidelines? >> yes, to the guidelines. >> to the guidelines portion? >> i will let you. we would come back to the commission for any changes to the delegation to the general manager, or four changes in fees, because i do not feel it is within my authority, as real- estate director, to make that determination. >> i just want to ask, just to see, can you describe nuts and bolts? >> yes. we developed these real-estate guidelines to replace and out of date many will that my staff tells me was based upon a caltrans manual. there are changes in policy, changes in modern practice. we developed the realistic guidelines to respond to the four audits in the department that had current impacts and are still not finished. we took the 1999 manual, extracted policy, and left out the operations. my staff and i are now drafting an operations manual that is not finished, because i wanted to have