. >> i'm tim johnson with the san francisco planning department. a copy of the draft certification eir certification memo is before you. because we tended to bring this to you la 90 month there's some dates we'll correct. the defrost eir was published on miracle 13. a public hearing was held before this body on april 14th. the comment period closed on april 30th and the comments to respond to the document was published and distributed on october 30th, 2013. the elevations didn't find that the mremths of the project would directly result in visible effects but because this is part of the improvement water system the project would contribute to the invaluable program impact and it can't be - this significant level impact is related to growth emancipation proclamation document. due to the projects contribution to this un plaza valuable program impact the puc would have to adapt a statement pursuant to the california poly actress. should the puc choose to approve the project. the staff remedies that the consent of the report a adequate and accurate and

rockefeller is retiring, republicans think that one is in the bag in south dakota, democratic senator tim johnsonring. republicans think that one is in the bag. in montana, democratic senator max baucus he'll be ambassador to china. republicans think that one is in the bag that. would get them to 46. then what happens there? arkansas. senator pryor very vulnerable, a democrat. he won't welcome president obama. republicans think that's a great opportunity. they think in alaska, mark begich just said on cnn a short time ago, no thanks, mr. president, i don't need your help because you're wrong on so many issues. republicans think they have a good chance on that one. 48. then you look at the map from here, north carolina, that's a state kay hagen her first re-election, tough race here. i won't switch it but we'll leave that one. louisiana another one, a republican opportunity. they think they could have chances in michigan and iowa where you have retiring democratic senators. so the map a tough one. a tough one. also perhaps new hampshire. a tough one. but republicans do think they have a chance to

south dakota tim johnson retiring. the president's approval rating there 32%.here max baucus plans to step down and become u.s. ambassador to china, the president's approval rating just 33%. alaska, mark begich seeking a second term with approval rating just a pinch higher. congressman tom cotton, the president's approval rating 34.9%. fox news digital politics editor and host of power play. when you break down the numbers like that, chris, it looks like dicey road ahead for dems. >> certainly we've said this before, gretchen, it looks very favorable for the republican party to regain control of the united states senate, but we did say that in 2012 and certainly a lot of people thought it happened in 2010. what looks to be different, so many seats in red territory, like you described, that are traditionally republican on the federal level, or at least had become republican states on the federal level, tough places to hold. not surprising you're seeing that spate of retirements you listed through at the top as democrats didn't want to face tough re-election figh

baucus, tom coburn, saxby chambliss, tom harkin, mike levins, tim johnson, carl , jay rockefeller. nathan gonzales? guest: there are different reasons for the retirements. -- arer longevity senatety, he got to the and was saying this was not something that was as glamorous as of might see on tv -- as it might seem on tv. we're talking about the majority being in peril, echo were not for -- if it were not for some of those democratic retirements. because of these democratic retirements by the it increases the pool of opportunities for republicans, and really helps the math. gives them some leeway when it comes to gaining those succeeds. -- six seats. host: kathy is joining us from michigan. caller: thank you. good morning. to the candidate for the first congressional seat here in michigan. against mr. better mr. bennetshek. there's almost no and manufacturing anymore -- no manufacturing anymore, the vast majority of people do not have obamacare, and the best majority of the children on my child. they are not connecting with the constituents in this area. i substitute teach, so i'm a

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tim johnson is retiring. republicans think they get that one.na now held by max baucus, he's retiring. again, they think they get that one. then you're looking at other seats here. arc, an, pryor. the republicans think they get this. this will be a tough race. they think also they can get come up here to alaska. they think this one's gone. they think louisiana is a very good chance for the republicans there. democrats will disagree with those calls. that gets to you 49. retiring democrats in iowa, a retiring democrat in michigan, a vulnerable democrat in kay hagan in north carolina. would he have, there are many plenty of opportunities for the republicans to get it. is it easy? no. is it possible? yes. one other piece since we're using the word palace intrigue tonight, one other race to watch is the man who would be the republican leader if they can get the net gain of six assuming mitch mcconnell can win his own race. >> he's being challenged by a tea party supporter in kentucky. >> very low numbers back home. he thinks he'll survive the primar

baucus, tom coburn, saxby chambliss, tom harkin, mike levins, tim johnson, carl , jay rockefeller. nathan gonzales? guest: there are different reasons for the retirements. -- arer longevity senatety, he got to the and was saying this was not something that was as glamorous as of might see on tv -- as it might seem on tv. we're talking about the majority being in peril, echo were not for -- if it were not for some of those democratic retirements. because of these democratic retirements by the it increases the pool of opportunities for republicans, and really helps the math. gives them some leeway when it comes to gaining those succeeds. -- six seats. host: kathy is joining us from michigan. caller: thank you. good morning. to the candidate for the first congressional seat here in michigan. against mr. better mr. bennetshek. there's almost no and manufacturing anymore -- no manufacturing anymore, the vast majority of people do not have obamacare, and the best majority of the children on my child. they are not connecting with the constituents in this area. i substitute teach, so i'm a

baucus, tom coburn, saxby chambliss, tom harkin, mike levins, tim johnson, carl , jay rockefeller.han gonzales? guest: there are different reasons for the retirements. -- arer longevity senatety, he got to the and was saying this was not something that was as glamorous as of might see on tv -- as it might seem on tv. we're talking about the majority being in peril, echo were not for -- if it were not for some of those democratic retirements. because of these democratic retirements by the it increases the pool of opportunities for republicans, and really helps the math. gives them some leeway when it comes to gaining those succeeds. -- six seats. host: kathy is joining us from michigan. caller: thank you. good morning. to the candidate for the first congressional seat here in michigan. against mr. better mr. bennetshek. there's almost no and manufacturing anymore -- no manufacturing anymore, the vast majority of people do not have obamacare, and the best majority of the children on my child. they are not connecting with the constituents in this area. i substitute teach, so i'm aroun

anne that kristen batell, a detailee on tim johnson's banking committee staff be printed privileges of the floor today during today's session. the president pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i'm told h.r. 2019 is due for its second reading. the president pro tempore: the clerk will read the bill for a second time. the clerk: h.r. 2019, an act to eliminate taxpayer financing of political party conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative through the common fund administered by the national institutes of health and for other purposes. mr. reid: i object to any further proceedings at this time time. the president pro tempore: objection is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, i'm optimistic cautiously optimistic that the new year will bring a renewed spirit of cooperation to this chamber. it is really very badly needed. last year the senate passed a number of momentous pieces of legislation, including comprehensive immigration reform reform, a budget agreement, and a bill to prevent workplac

connection, if there even is one, between the killer, darren agular and these two vuk tims, brianna benlolo and tyler johnson, or even if the two victims have a connection. yet, we are finding that the gunman had a journal. what are police saying about the journal. >> reporter: let me back up to tell you, one of our producers spoke to a family friend to the shooter. the name is ellis cropper. who spoke to his mother this morning. what she said was that the shooter woke up around 5:00 a.m. saturday morning. he had a 5:30 a.m. shift at dunkin' donuts. she offered to take him. he said no. well, later in the morning, she went to that dunkin' donuts to check on him. the store manager said he never showed up to work. so she went home, called the police. at first, they didn't even want to check on that or come to her house, because he is 19 years old. but they finally did. they asked if he had a journal. she produced it for them. in it, apparently there were typical teenage writings about rejection from girls, some image issues. apparently, nothing about depression. at that point, she had also done the find my ipho

tim, let's get right to it. president johnson of his goal and the ten years after that speech, unemployment went from 19% to 11%. it is back up to $15% i should say the poverty rate, not unemployment. we should redouble our efforts to make sure our economy works for every working american. how do you think we're doing? >> senator rubio says the big government approach has failed. let's look at the stats. >> yes. >> when john f. kennedy became president 35% of american seniors were under the poverty line. 27% of american children were poor. 22% of all americans were considered poor. by 1973 when richard nixon changed his mind on the war on poverty, the poverty rate had been cut by half. between 1961 and 1973, we went from having 22% of americans living under the poverty line to 11%. >> i want to go to alexis on that. that's where the grass roots effort came in. >> i think it's important to remember that there were a lot of criticisms everyone of lbj's war on poverty coming from the left at the time. martin luther king jr. said it

. >> reporter: like any parents who lost a child, tim and mary ellen smith of johnson city, tennesseee struggling with grief. before their daughter taylor succumbed suddenly to pneumonia, the precocious 12-year-old did something remarkable. >> she had written a letter to herself and she would open it when she was older. >> reporter: they found it in a sealed envelope, intended to be opened ten years later. it was little girl's two-page time capsule list to herself, a thoughtful list of hopes and goals that the smiths decided to share by social media. how's life she begins to her older self, life is pretty simple ten years in her past. she instructs herself to go to college, maybe become a lawyer, stay close to her family and her church and closes with words her parents could almost hear her saying. >> it's been ten years since i wrote this stuff. stuff has happened, good and bad. that's just how life works and you have to go with it. >> reporter: the response to taylor's letter in e-mails and comments has been emotional and nearly overwhelming. >> letters from lots of parents who said

tim cook insists the company is growing and new products are coming. cory johnson joins me now from new york. i know you love apple metaphors. has the apple gone sour? how is it tasting to you? >> really? really? perspective is in order. we had a company that was near bankruptcy when steve jobs takes over. and now they have the biggest quarter in its history ever. selling more except for ipads than they ever have before and also the highest revenue before even after the selloff today. the lodges -- the largest market cap. so things look great but the question is what is going to happen in the future? we saw a sales rebound that looked like it was good news. a six percent increase and we saw three consecutive quarters of those increases and we saw a return to profit growth here the company is profitable year-over- year profits increased a little, one percent. when we look at what is going on with this business, we see them guiding toward a world where they are not selling as many phones in the current quarter as we might have expect them to. the shine is still there

you met johnson, fashion park, the entire william mcdonalds team, wsp group, sandas, and creek, thank you very much. the contractors, the builders and melanie and phillips, our land use attorney, tim ruben, the brokerage firm, elliot and english and special thanks to my partners from the corporation. jeff, our vice-president of development and construction services. carl brown, the project engineer, brandon hwang, director of development, and senior vice-president of development services, we live in a world today where there is business, there is civic responsibility, there is opportunity to create these amazing environments. the city of san francisco like any well intended entity, it will make a few mistakes here or there, but by and large, when you just as we all do as husbands and wives and parents, when you take a look at san francisco in the total context, i know of no place in this country that is this forward thinking, it's a liberal city that understand in order to have the money to do great things for citizens, it has to have a robust business climate. i can't think of a better place to be, it almost makes me teary eyed what we can do with this country if we had the same

>> analysts, tim ramie out there telling people today, this is no different than, say, a mead johnson, problems in china and paid a fine. so, you know, is this going to be a fine or some other quote/unquote payment that companies have to make, do to make this go away? no one really knows. i will say something interesting here. a lot of the companies, in fact, if you go back in herbal life's last call, we received new licensing. you have to be licensed in every province as a direct seller. we received licensing from these new -- licensing and the licensing is like a good housekeeping seal of approval. look at nu skin, talking about the same thing. how many licenses they have received, and because that, that should suggest that everything is fine. as you can see now, just having the license doesn't mean anything. >> it is not the good housekeeping seal of approval necessarily. i liked your point on mead johnson. in fact, pressing herb, later on in the show, talk about that company and whether or not nu skin could dough the same thing. stole our thunder even out in san diego. good work,

you met johnson, fashion park, the entire william mcdonalds team, wsp group, sandas, and creek, thank you very much. the contractors, the builders and melanie and phillips, our land use attorney, tim ruben, the brokerage firm, elliot and english and special thanks to my partners from the corporation. jeff, our vice-president of development and construction services. carl brown, the project engineer, brandon hwang, director of development, and senior vice-president of development services, we live in a world today where there i

tim engine that. left, we have a partner at steptoe and johnson and general counsel to the internet association.christopher, a professor of law communications and communications sciences at the university of pennsylvania law school. next, matt wood, and to his left is a partner at wilkinson here in dc. i would like to offer background rule andc's internet decision, and i will turn it over to questions for the palace. there has been an active debate over what is often termed internet or net neutrality going on for quite a few years. it is a debate that centers on whether broadband providers, companies who provide internet internet connections that people use to get online, or did they should be required to carry all traffic in a fundamentally neutral manner, without any kind of interference or favoritism, or whether imposing those kinds of requirements would be unnecessary or would impose actually harmful consequences to the carriers'abilities run their businesses. in december of 2010, after a long set of proceedings, the fcc adopted a set of rules on the topic which it called the open internet r

you met johnson, fashion park, the entire william mcdonalds team, wsp group, sandas, and creek, thank you very much. the contractors, the builders and melanie and phillips, our land use attorney, tim ruben, the brokerage firm, elliot and english and special thanks to my partners from the corporation. jeff, our vice-president of development and construction services. carl brown, the project engineer, brandon hwang, director of development, and senior vice-president of development services, we live in a world today where there is business, there is civic responsibility, there is opportunity to create these amazing environments. the city of san francisco like any well intended entity, it will make a few mistakes here or there, but by and large, when you just as

johnson talks about security concerns at the conference of mayors. we will hear how -- we will hear from bill shuster. then, south carolina senator tim remarks todeliver the republican national committee winter meeting. >> no matter what party they belong to, most americans are thinking the same thing. nothing will get done in washington this year. or next year. or maybe even the year after that. washington is broken. can you blame them for feeling cynical? the greatest blow to our confidence in our economy last year didn't come from events beyond our control. it came from a debate in washington over whether the united states would pay its bills are not. who benefited from that? about theked tonight deficit of trust between mainstream wall street. the divide between this city and the rest the country is at least as bad. it seems to get worse every year. 's obama delivers this year address. our preview starts live, tuesday night. followed by the response from cathy mcmorris rodgers. the state of the union, tuesday night, live on c-span. >> former arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate mike huckabee spoke at the annual . thi

you have heard tim cook hint about that, whether it is tch,vision or a wearable wa i do not think they will do well end.he low-and -- low- >> walter will be with us and cory johnson with us. >> there is disruption in media. we will take that up with walter and cory when we come back. ♪ >> welcome back. i am betty liu. we are back with walter isaacson west editor-at- large cory johnson. we were talking about innovation with apple and google, and within all of that you have to think about amazon, which is sort of an 800 pound gorilla in seemingly every industry. all, thes, first of book on him -- what is the book on him? >> in 1999 we are trying to figure out who should be person of the mag -- of the year at magazine," and people said should it be in the internet business, and i said he is in the customer business. amazon fixed a problem. they are innovative, and they execute. i think jeff bezos, i would never bet against him. >> totally. i really loved brad stone's book. speaking of which, what is the book on amazon. interesting, the people of amazon hated the book. >> including his wife. >> it is interesting to look at jeff bezos adulation of sam walton, and how