right now one-third of the united states is overweight, one-third so piece. obese. obesity is leading the epidemic of diabetes. right now 10% of the cost of health care in the united states is secondary to obesity, and the projections are in the next ten years that that will go to 20%. so we will not control the cost of health care in the united states unless we control the pandemic of obesity. so again, we figured that we needed to begin to address this. so we started out with food. we took the trans fats out of all the food we serve in the hospital. we made 40 changes in the cafeteriases of the food that we served. we took the candy bars out of vending machines, the sugar drinks out of the vending machines, and then we turned to exercise. we gave our employees free curves, free weight watchers, free yoga, free access to our gyms, and over the last two years we've lost 330,000 pounds. [laughter] it's a start. [laughter] but, so these, i think, represent an effort that you can also take out into the country, and we need to begin to address these. let me just for a mo

it is always is the gateway of the united states to china. as the economic and trade cooperation between china and the united states and california deepens, now we believe that trade and investment keeps growing. china is the third largest export destination for california. many multinationals like hp, intel, cisco, and chevron are doing well in china. they're making money in china. at the same time, as the close relationship is going on, many chinese companies are working in san francisco in california. i would like to name a few. the tsl, ciuts, just to name a few. these are successful chinese companies working here. as the american companies in china, the chinese companies working in california in san francisco are also making contributions to job creation and the development of the economy in local areas. we're thinking these are very good signs. as the previous speakers mentioned, we paid a visit to the united states last february. governor brown proposed that we set up a working group for the u.s., a state, and china provinces to coopera

feet, the units in that project -- [tone!] they sell at $199,000 to $250,000 per unit. a point of information, that is equivalent to 120% of ami. that is a crucial affordability gap not addressed. these units can do that. it is a good concept. i hope you will support it. thanks very much. >> thank you. any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is known. commissioner? >> i am interested in this legislation, particularly as it pertains to new construction. given the old housing stock, it is hard to understand. it would require for me more examination to approve it for existing and new construction. in new construction, this has many years of support by the aia. it might have been interesting to hear housing designers to deal with it on a day-to-day basis describe to us the advantages of having this type of new control. they would say yes because it gives them more flexibility to do affordable by design and deal with lot circumstances and other requirements in a more creative way. i am not as much concerned about mor

it puts the united states in a position where we don't want to be. it puts us in a position that we cannot challenge what the chinese are doing. the chinese have a cybercommand dedicated to stealing military secrets from the united states. they hacked into lockheed martin. i'm sure if you represent major companies you have been hack today. what the chinese have done with that is they are able to steal with the click of a mouse something that cost us years and hundreds of billions of dollars to develop. estimates are that the chinese have stolen and had access to 1 to $2 trillion of our critical infrastructure and intellectual property and military develop. lockheed can spend years and billions to develop a new stealth bomber. the chinese click the mouse and before you know it, they've got exactly -- they look exactly like the model they rolled out by the chinese rolled it out in advance of ours and more cheaply but it looks like ours. we are not in a position to challenge a lot of that. because you don't pick a fight with your banker. now where are we

well i agree that africa has increasingly a strategic importance to the united states but let's get some facts straight first for example if the pursuit was rid of terrorists was merely a cover for pursuing and defending oil interests the u.s. would certainly not have gone to back to bring about the independence of south sudan where eighty percent of the sudan's oil reserves are found and which goes almost exclusively to china the interest would be far more in the western part of the cause of the cotton in nigeria algeria where the u.s. does purchase its oil on the weapon sales certainly the u.s. is a major arms. source of arms globally but for most african countries u.s. arms are not affordable u.s. systems are too complex in fact the u.s. military in a number of cases has sourced weapons for allied countries to the former eastern bloc or even look at china as a source simply because those weapons are far more affordable ok to their demands mind can you explain to my audience what the mission of africa are is africa what is its mission the u.s. the mission of the u.s. africa command is

if the united states were to become a party to the convention, it could participate in the internationally recognized process for claiming extended continental shelf and the rights over oil and gas which would provide legal certainty for accessing and developing those energy resources. without this clear claim, our company would not find investment conditions favorable. finally, we turn to manufacturing. as many of you know, rare earth minerals are critical to a large part of modern manufacturing. rare earth minerals are an essential component of communication systems and defense control systems and missile defense control technology and other weapons systems. it includes the breath of their scope of rare either mineral use and it's in electronics and in computers and cell phones and all of the advanced weapons systems, some of which i named. today, my friends, china controls about 97% of the production market for these minerals. can anybody in their right mind suggest that the united states is safer and our companies are advantaged sitting in a situation where you can't invest because you

it is about audiences in britain or the united states. we have this extraordinary privilege of the license fee and other funding that enables the bbc to be a strong, robust journalistic organization. that is what we do. we tried to get -- we

we are sovereign nation in the united states. we all need to cooperate as neighboring countries for the security. not just of our region but the security of the entire world. we work closely together. i want to say i am proud of the service, work very much on our behalf to protect our country and i will tell you one thing about immigration as well. i had the pleasure of naturalizing many immigrants who serve in our armed forces and became united states citizens. we deal with immigration, it is a huge complex matter. >> host: wish we had more time because callers are interested. thank you for being here as we close. the book is called "the shadow catcher: a u.s. agent infiltrates mexico's deadly crime cartels". lots of edge of your seat stories in this book.

this is an important anniversary for the united states, the united kingdom and canada.lly my friends governor o'malley and mayor rawlins blake for organizing this commemoration. in many ways it helped to define our young nation and gave americans a sense of unity and independence. it made an icon of the flag we fly and gave us the national anthem we sing. enduring symbols of our democracy. the end of the war laid the foundation for the growing relationship between the united states, the united kingdom and canada. bonds we now celebrate as the str strongest of allies and closest of friends. as our three nations mark this milestone, i'm confident our alliance will abe a force for good and together we will leave this world a better, safer place for generations to come. >> now the secretary of the united states navy, ray mapis. >> governor o'malley, senator, the entire maryland congressional delegation, madam mayor, to the ambassadors from the united kingdom and canada. i have two observances for you. one is that i had the privilege of participating in the normandy 68th ann

of the units. i might note that as of today, no permits have yet been filed to correct the notice of violations, to either remove them or to legalize the units. >> what are the nature of the complaints? >> the conditions of the habitable spaces, lack of smoke detectors and so forth. commissioner clinch: how many units are currently permitted? >> the legal use of the building is for two units. >> i have a question. on your report, it says there is and an improved second means of egress. >> there is no second means of egress. it is a converted apartment house. the only path of travel is through that walkway, through that sad walkway. that is the only way in and out. >> when you go straight back, does it go into a backyard? where does it go? >> i have not been to this property myself. as far as i know, my understanding is it just goes straight back. there is no second way out of the property other than retracing steps back to the front entrance. >> and even though you can go forward or backwards in tha

right now, 1/3 of the united states is overweight. 1/3 is obese. esity is leading the epidemic of diabetes. right now, 10% of the cost of health care in the united states is secondary to obesity. the projections are, in the next 10 years, that will go to 20%. we will not control the cost of health care in the united states unless we control the pandemic of obesity. so, again, we figured that we needed to begin to address this. we started out with food. we took the trans fats out of all of the foods we served in the hospital's. we made 40 changes in the as of the food that we serve. we took a candy bars and sugary drinks out of the bending machines. we turned it -- we took the candy bars and sugary drinks out of the vending machines. we turned to exercise. we have lost three and a 30,000 pounds. -- we have lost 330,000 pounds. it is a start. this represents an effort that you can take out into the country. we need to begin to address these. let me just for a moment tell you a story. i think he will understand the reason for this story. 2 1/2 years ag

we certainly know that canada, the united states and the uk.ce the end of that war have worked together in many, many conflicts as allies. we worked together in the first world war. we were foeg in the second world war and we were in korean and we are together and remain together our leaders today at the g-20 meeting are discussing how to keep our word safe with the conflicts in syria and their looking at what the positive results were in working together in libya and we are also together in dealing with the potential threat of nuclear capacity in the country of iran and what it may represent in the middle east and security that is so good to us. for canada it certainly is interesting to look at the comments of the former president thomas jefferson when he predicted a country of only 400,000 people in dealing with the country of the united states with 7 million people. then it was only a matter of marching into the neighborhood of quebec to have victory. so this was -- we were able after this war to identify our character of being able to have

it puts the united states in a position where we don't want to be. it puts us in the position where we're not able right now to challenge a lot of the things the chinese are doing. the chinese, for example, have a very large cybercommand in china dedicated to stealing intellectual property and military secrets from the united states. they've hacked into the pentagon computers. they hacked into lockheed martin. i'm sure if any of you represent any large major companies, you have been hacked, too. what the chinese have done with that is they are able to steal at the click of a mouse something that's cost us years and hundreds of billions of dollars to develop. estimates are that the chinese have already stolen and had access to $1 trillion to $2 trillion of our critical infrastructure and intellectual property and our military development. so for example, lockheed can spend years and billions trying to develop a new stealth bomber. the chinese click the mouse and then before you know it, they've got exactly, it looks exactly like the model that we were

the purchase deal in the united states ever. there are multiple. the we that he has defined his own legacy producing the u.s. mother terrie footprint from the muslim land dismantle the al qaeda organization beginning to shift the debate in the muslim land from the foreign policy for interests in the muslim world of the united states is not an enemy state i think is a legacy will have nothing to do in the middle east think barack obama will be seen as the first president who is a pacific ocean president ultimately will be seen and basically the president that shifted if from europe and the middle east and asian president as opposed. >> host: he has an amazing moment with the arab spurring to show the world a different face of what the u.s. involvement in the middle east could look like. do you think that he is going to pull that off? >> guest: his role frced barack obama's hand. the last meeting was -- the why is the least and the following day you should see the editorials not the story and other newspapers he welcomed and embraced of a speech in th

well i have no idea interestingly just a couple days afterwards i was doing some of my work at the united nations and i was looking at the human development report and it dawned on me that the data to compare the united states to other wealthy countries is readily available you can look at it you can see how we're doing and from there you can identify if we're doing better or worse and in the areas we're not doing as well one of the lessons we can learn from other countries so when you do the comparison what you find is overall the united states doesn't do that well on health safety democracy and equality we get some of the lowest rankings for education roughly in the middle but one of the disappointing factors is we used to be one of the best in most of those categories in the case of social mobility you found that america is not the land of opportunity it promises to be as a matter of fact you say countries such as canada and germany. we rank better than america what exactly did you find out this is what i found to be one of the most surprising results of the book i grew up believing in

the growth of the latino community in the united states is the largest minority group in the united states. its voting power has been increasing tremendously and i do think that looking at south of the border there are opportunities, positive opportunities that benefit this country by a closer alliance and closer relationship. as an example, i don't think americans truly understand the significant changes that have occurred both domestically and internationally south of the border that would benefit paying more attention. as an example, the evolution and the strengthening of democracy in certain important large countries in south america and central america mexico, colombia, brazil. you know, we have cemented the space ideals of a space form of government, and coupled with that has been the growth of its economy and in fact in certain countries, you know, mexico and brazil as an example a naturally their growth has been greater than the united states. welcome here in the united states the growth of the latino community has also been quite impressive and latinos are beginning to take more o

right law in the united states when it comes to guns how powerful is the lobby. well you know i don't know that i'm the i'm the person that's the expert just speak on that i'm mark maybe a better person to speak on that but i do think that when we look at the politics let's just take cars and guns and we look at the at the politics of regulation well in california for example fairly recently we we increased the regulation of driving for fifteen and a half you can get a permit sixteen seventeen years old below eighteen years old it's a regulated system and it's a gradual system and you don't get handed the keys on your sixteenth birthday and those regulations were adopted in a reasoned and reasonable environment where the issue of safety was debated and statistics were looked at and we have a very different system of driving for sixteen eighteen year olds now than we did when i was sixteen years old but the question is about the gun situation why can't we have the same reasoned debate and moving forward on on on changes in the law and policy and regulation based o

that they will have a new constitution and democratic elections everything will be monitored by the united nations and specifically by un special envoy kofi annan is also planning to visit syria and for talks with both sides but the bottom line right now is that the international community was able to reach this understanding it's vital for this unity to be sustained and even if some new interpretations do appear then it's all inked in this document some of syria's opposition groups have already rejected the proposal of the syrian national council described it as a waste of time ruling out a new rule of power sharing settlement involving president assad. and i think the country that. syrian opposition has already criticised harshly and agreements reached by world powers they we can't engineer to beg to be able to and the ongoing crisis the sixteen month loan crisis here in syria we've been hearing from both syrian national council turkey based opposition umbrella and free syrian army military we offer the opposition that can be no solution unless president bashar assad steps aside we haven

addressing the ongoing issue in syria the united states has been quite eager indeed to have president assad step down now in the past twenty four hours and washington seems to have changed its mind saying that perhaps assad can stay but with the transitional government still though what do you think the fate of assad will be well it's an interesting question actually kofi annan himself was asked this question at the media conference following the meeting in geneva and let's listen to what he had to say. yes. i guess you can't really put it better than this around him so but the bottom line right now is that the international community was able to reach this understanding it's vital for this unity to be sustained and even if some of the new interpretations do appear then it's all inked in this document that is you're going to spin off i spoke to him just a bit earlier in the program. some of syria's opposition groups have already rejected the roadmap describing it as a waste of time and impossible to implement his mirth was inside the country and is more on the reaction to the internat

all these global institutions were led by the united states. the world series sounds global, it's not. it is a world institution. >> when they start breaking down, we have to remember that it was tactful and not because it was reality, right? they get it and they understand. but the underlying balance of power no longer reflected the us-led thing because of the demise of the other. in the last 30 years, that was the long-term shift, and did not sufficiently great indifference. at some point, the shock would hit. do i think that this is a story about the united states not doing it? partially it is. it is not a story about the u.s. decline. >> you think the situation is temporary? >> not necessarily. i think whether or not you believe u.s. is in decline is relevant. in other words, i don't know how many of you think -- let's take a vote. how many of you think the u.s. is declining? >> thank you. >> the large majority. >> how many do not? three okay. about 60 or 65% believe we are in decline. we are good. i think it is irrespective of where you com

israel strikes unilaterally or the united states and israel, or the united states strikes and everyone blames it on a united states and israeli coalition. but the important thing is, we have to avoid using military force, if at all possible. on what is frustrating as an analyst, we have sanctions and they take a bite, we hear, soon, from the white house. and then they say they will increase sanctions and it will be biting. we should have started the sanctions 2 1/2 years ago. we know how bad it is if iran gets nuclear weapons but we do not have an effective plan. >>shepard: but i read from this analysts that iran having a nuclear weapon would not be the end of the world; that iran would then be more of a stabilizing nation than it is now. i'm not sure how many people subscribe to that notion, but it is out there. >>guest: it is out there. i don't think iran with the country regime necessarily having nuclear weapons would be an absolutely untenable situation. the problem is, what happens if this regime goes and a worse regime comes to power. we saw that with egypt and the whole arab spr

in the united states the issue of whether or not democrats are considered strong on national defense and security is one of the issues that's always played well for republicans and so showing this macho image and the image of. going to stand up to and kill these terrorists whoever we call terrorists is. it was i think it was being it was leaked in order to make him appear stronger not. weaker and and frankly. you know there's there's a lot of. in relate or in opposition to invading a country you know doing as targeted ok you're saying you're saying this is a security policy i'm not cheap chris if i go to you in london a lot of the information that was leaked i guess was leaked to you guys because a reading of your work is quite fascinating is this you know why if they you know spoonfeeding the media everyone smile they'll say something of course is the most secret program in america but it is same time that kind of want to brag about it and from your research in your writing it looks like they're quite proud of what they're doing. there's very little that secret apparently the war in

by the united states. over the last, turkey has cut back on oil imports from iran, in i think may, it was down to it was down from -- 270 barrels per day in may and in june -- no, in april, and then in may, it went down 180 barrels. there was a significant decline. this is because of turkey faces real pressure. okay. i've got less than that. on the united states on sanctions and turkey would be a price. turkey is talking to saudi arabia some of the caucus states about finding alternative sources of oil. you see this tension brewing between the two because of the failure on nuclear talk to make success and iran's stubbornness to find a solution. and the syria has complicated as a third in the triangle of relations. a revolutionary guard commander charged earlier this month that tour key was part of a regional alliance with saudi arabia and -- taking orders from the united states and israel in a plan or grand design to oust the syrian leadership. a prominent revolutionary guard leader called turkey a strategi

maeemnhi u c s china's falling below the world average in terms of water units. this is actually led to some very aggressive action by china. one of the big stories that has tended to hit the newspaper wires quite a t is thi speereho river out of india. and there have been some public announcements by both the prime prie ofndow india and t they'll work together but the need for fresh water in china is very clear and very well-known lot of rivers are polluted and not enough water to support the population. and this graphic tells that quitearly. il demands. the united states on the per capita ince basis consumes nine times that of china, and you can see here the picture is not looking much better for china as time goes on. prtio tesc ojons of supply -- projections of demand that china has over the next several decades. unsurpringly, similar picture in copper, i picked copper because copper is tos portt milhach sothiee. ouan here, versus mine supply, not enough copper for china. this has led china to aggressively go to different reon aund tor ut aa,on ,y home country

unit four which was not operational at the time right now it's thought that hydrogen gas generated in one of these other operating units wundt through three somehow was vented in by a common route into route four into unit four and that's what caused the explosion the universe this is the explosion house number one that was number one ok and the it's remarkable the. the end that spent fuel pool of at the top and you know four is still there kevin. the the building is. listening. is that the yeah it has been since almost the beginning of the catastrophe so it's described as listing the new york times last week called it tilting there's actually two bulges in the walls the exterior walls of the building which is not a good sign despite all of this tokyo electric power company assures everybody everything's fine except when a high level government minister went there at the end of may it was disconcerting that he said to the press that we're following him around in radiation suits all this is a good structure it's good up to a six point zero earthquake well that's not what's being dis

it's the who governs in the united states? is it the sovereign people or is it a political elite in washington that is completely independent of the voters ability to control the quantity of money in circulation? >> over here. >> why were we taken off the gold standard in 1971? >> well, i suppose someone would say it wasn't a true gold standard. anyone? >> you just said it. sir, the move off the gold standard had been in the works for a while. the united states had begun to run deficits in its international payments late in the 1950s and into the '60s. then the dollar was defined as a weight of gold of 1/35 of an ounce of gold, the definition of a dollar. and year by year, foreign central banks, which alone could exercise that right to redeem began to redeem. and for a full ten years before the united states suspended the gold convertibility of the dollar, before it went on the pure paper system for that full ten years, the government was -- was continuously -- it was an exercise in continuous improvisation to try to fend off t

that is how he got to the united states. it was only when he got here that he came up with the idea, you know that statue are was going to build in egypt, it really needs to be in new york harbor. >> i love hearing about his journey. in a way, it had even more richness then toqueville's journey. he went from east and west, and he is really seeing america as something much more progressive and done what france have to offer a this time that he came to see this as the only possible true home of the statue. i love his account. i read that the rocky mountains were terrifying because he had never seen anything like that before. >> there was a group of people, they loved america, but it was a theoretical thing. they had never set foot in the united states, and what they knew they read in books, and in some newspapers. when he came here for the first time, he figured out immediately the statue was going to go up. he found the island where he was going to put it. he did not have any takers. no one was interested in this. here was a g

the smaller size efficiency units would still be subject to the same requirements as existing units. lastly, the other concern was, what is the expected cost of these units? a quick look at the existing pool of efficiency units shows this type of housing may serve market rate and affordable income levels. there are efficiency unit provided at the market levels

gross income and latin america has outpaced the united states. the latino community is now a major demographic factor in the united states. we want to give a look at how latinos look at foreign affairs and what value add that we bring to the debate. >> to emphasize this initial mss the latino perspective is critical. we think given the perspective of where there has been so much migration and transnational traffic of people that have come back and forth is critical. my experience has been a are running large companies around a world and as i think about the united states and what are the drivers of success and with the story here that is really important to every american, it's about our trade and economic flows between us and across the americas. just to give you a few quick data points -- i think let trade, i think about datapoint to my think but they apply, as to what jobs created in the u.s.. when the we think about an exciting story, most of us have a picture -- you will see a story today about china. you will see a story about india. one of

there she had the opportunity to hear the opinions of vietnamese leaders about how the united states should face china over the issue. the united states says it wants maritime disputes settled peacefully through diplomatic means but at the same time, it is stipg its ability to respond to the expanded military activities of china. one priority is intensifying surveillance of chinese military vessels. as such, the u.s. navy has decided to employ its most advanced unmanned surveillance aircraft to the region. still under development, the nq4c triton will be based in guam and should be fully operational by the second half of 2015. the triton flies at an altitude of 20 kilometers, much higher than most conventional aircraft. it can collect intelligence across vast areas and will be able to closely monitor the movement of chinese military vessels. >> the reality of it is increased attention to the asia-pacific and increased attention to the rise of china. there are many ways to accomplish that. one way is to shift combat forces obviously. another way, obviously, we're talking about today is

>> the harvard hospital unit? >> oh, the harvard hospital unit. i had made -- i know now. i had made contact with a great many of the hospitals and field units because i was always accepted there. the nurses were there for one thing. they were used to the fact there are women in this world. and that they can have a part in the war, too. an

the u.s. supreme court's 2010 citizens united decision. of us have watched with deep concern as the consequences of that decision play out this election season. unlimited and often secret contributions to organizations known as super pacs are pouring into our election system and literally drowning out the voices of ordinary americans who don't happen to be millionaires or billionaires. and instead of a system where candidates exchange ideas and share their vision for a more prosperous country, the citizens united decision has unleashed a relentless array of attack ads and the american people have no idea where they're coming from or who is footing the bill. and this sort of unlimited and secret influx of cash is raising the specter of corruption in our elections. and, frankly, mr. president, i'm worried that we're entering into an era of politics that we haven't seen since the watergate scandal some 40 years ago. there is hope, however, because despite what i thought was a misguided decision tied to citizens united, the supreme court did u

drive for regional dominance when the united states dignitaries or those from the western powers go to afghanistan we always see a spike in violence we saw the same in iraq hears ago and i think that this is part of a broader campaign to legitimize the u.s. military presence in afghanistan remember this is a very unpopular war despite what the obama administration may say and they need to find reasons why they can stay why they can legitimize their presence in a war that's now going on into its second decade the united states has been able to justify a military presence to surround iran to export the afghan war into pakistan to destabilize a region that it sees as critical to its future power projection into central asia afghanistan is one part of a broader campaign a campaign to prevent the chinese from consolidating power in south asia a campaign to to project us hegemony for the next few decades and so in that sense the afghan war has been successful though on the surface it does seem that the united states has failed. now seek a look at some other stories from around the world and

ambassador to the united nations? >> those conversations are private, no, i have not confronted them with that particular question because the question is clear to me. >> rose: the british ambassador -- >> we talk all the time, we talk all the time. >> rose: but this is diplomatic conversation among us, even privately, we cannot really spill sort of -- >> rose: but what are you saying? >> well, what i am saying is that definitely the situation in syria is excessive, because it is seen as containing very high geo political sex, the, sex sex steaks, stakes, cut off iran, it would correct the geo political, unwanted geo political consequences of removing saddam hussein, it makes israel feel safer if things go right, on that end if things go wrong then everybody may feel less security, including israel. and this is one of the reasons why we do not subscribe to this kind of policy, and the problem, and all the have toes and the whole confrontations in the security count is i was trying to say that, with all of the have toes