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should take them the better part of the day to clean this up. at that time we'll have the road shut down from skyline to john mccosker. >> it was cleaned up in a few hours of work but we have more rain on the way so they'll keep an eye on the area. 7:06 right now. we'll be back in a few minutes. we're keeping an eye on traffic. there is none right now. traffic is very, very a lot. in san francisco, now that it's just starting to get light out there, 46 degrees, looking for a high of 53. we'll be for a high of 53. we'll be right back. [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. >> about 60% of us tomorrow will receive at least one gift card. it's expected over $1.7 billion worth of gift cards will be unused in 2013. t

to? >> hi. i am darren from at&t. we are studying that location. we don't have one location. we have a few options and we have actually talked to brad about possibly other port properties that could house that house, so we don't have one site. we have several. >> great. and do you want to throw in a chain link fence for mr. boss? >> i don't think that's is what he's talking about. >> oh walls -- >> any other questions from the commission? if not all in favor? >> aye. >> okay. resolution number 1290 has passed. >> item 9c informational presentation in the fiscal feasibility analysis for pier 70 term sheet with limited incorporated. >> director moyer given the time of the hour i was just wondering whether we should postpone 9d to another meeting? >> that is at commissioner brandon request that we get it done prior to november 6 election. >> i'm okay with it. are you okay with it? i think that would be great. >> all right. thank you. >> good evening commissioners. i am kathy from the ports and planning division and handling the pier 70 historic buildings and i'm going to go throu

we were trying to close at 2:00, mr. king was very... we actually requested if we could continue to operate until we could get the permit done. >> he said no you should close at 2:00 but we do not have a problem with delivery or take away foods. >> that is what we were doing. >> i am new to this industry. >> that is your answer? >> that you were doing only take away foods? >> that is what we were working on and as i said earlier, the indian food is complicated when it comes to if you take an order... >> sir that is not the case. do you remember me coming to your establishment? >> yes, i do. >> you were given a notice of violation on october 16th and when i was there, which was the following month, i am sorry, which was the following week, you were still operating people were sitting down, and there were open beer bottles at 2:30 in the morning and open bottles of wine behind your bar and you were still serving food and allowing people to come in and sit down and sit at the tables and eat. so you acted in defiance of the notice of violatio

but we have video to show you of idle ski lifts at sugar bowl. squaw rally reports high winds might keep them from opening. >> let's get the latest from the weather situation. >> they do have a wind advisory. they receive up in sierra nevada three to 10 inches of snow. here is a look as we pan around here, still have clouds, moisture coming out of the clouds. another live picture from our camera, we're looking out above 8,000 feet. yes there is snow on the round. it's been raining so far today. let's check out live doppler 7 hd. scattered showers have been picking up just east of winsor. some moderate rainfall north of santa rosa. you can see yellow showing up here. and so watch out. we're not done yet with scattered showers. in the east bay, fremont lighter returns. lighter showers around mission boulevard so hang on to umbrellas. we have another storm coming. hey rain, wind sunday morning. i want to show you storm came through dumping heavy rain on us this, is storm two that is moving out. storm three is developing coming in for weekend. so if y

congress goes back to work in a few hours. at the last minute, the vice president is getting involved. we're going to have the latest on those talks ahead. >>> right now, at 6:00, here it is. already 2013 in auckland, new zealand. this is a live look there right now. they are the first to ring in this new year. >> exciting. >> very exciting. happy new year. >> happy new year to you too and everyone out there in new zealand. >> beautiful fireworks. it's 6:00, 6:01. it's pretty chilly here. if you have to go to work this morning, bundle up for your commute. storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson has the forecast. >> bundle up for sure. the current temperatures there. but look at the windchill readings. they're 5, 6, 7 degrees lower than the actual air temperature. it's not taking much. only a wind of 5 to 10 miles per hour. for this area now, it's a westerly wind. again, it's bringing the numbers down. sandy spring windchill reading at 22 degrees. east into prince george's county, around largo, you're feeling like 23. 21 right

to come. we've looked at plenty of rain over the past four days. santa rosa, one of our top cities picked up over 5 1/2 inches of rain. san francisco, not too far behind. 2 1/2, to get down to the south bay, gilroy, 2 1/2 in san francisco topping out right at -- san jose, rather, at 1 1/2 now. we are watching more rain with this next system as you menged, diane. it's going to be very powerful. flash flood watches do mean that flash flooding is likely tomorrow. we're going to be telling you how much rain is going to fall. another thing that's very important, those rivers have been rising. we're going to detail all of that coming up. >> thank you, anthony. as you mentioned, people in the north bay are preparing for this north storm as potential flooding in some areas. the national weather service issued a warning today projecting that the napa river will rise two feet above flood stage by tomorrow afternoon near the towns. and today in downtown napa the river is running. it took about 12 feet. that is well below flood level of 25 feet. that change can

inland 40 to 47 at 7:00, hanging around 60 at noon low to mid 60s 4:00, 50, cool around 7:00, the coast we are starting with mainly clear conditions, mild at the coast, 52 to 56 this morning upper 50s to near 60 noon high clouds and sun and warm for the coast thanks to a land breeze, low to mid 60s, you will fall back to near 50 mainly clear sky by 7:00. we'll talk about rain in a few minutes for tomorrow and wednesday. first traffic. >>> beginning to bunch up east shore freeway past 580 junction glimmering of headlights is the emergency between 580 and 80 slow there. things ease out a little as you make your way past university into the bay bridge and macarthur maze. here's what it looks like behind toll, minor delays for cash paying folks, no metering lights yet earlier stall incline section that cleared, you may find a little sluggish traffic towards the tunnel. off of the bay bridge 80 westbound skyway at 9th, stall blocking right lane there to the dumbarton bridge westbound at tolls new reports of accident in the median there as you make your way from newark towards the peninsula.

it's not exciting to most people -- or at least i hope it isn't. >> commissioner schmeltzer. >>i hope you come talk to us about it anyway. >> yeah. >> i do believe that for me that the vote on community choice aggregation was one of the most important votes that i cast as a member of the board of supervisors. i think in the scheme of thing what is is happening with the environmental needs of our city, country, world, that that's one of the most important votes and i think history will show that would not have happened without your involvement so i think it's very, very exciting and i'm very proud of you, and what is amazing about supervisor olague when it comes to these kinds of issues she's always gotten it. it's never been difficult. it was an easy sell, so thank you very much. why don't we pick up items eight and nine together. >> item eight public comment. item nine future agenda items. >> so this is the opportunity for the public to comment on the jurisdiction of lafco not on the agenda and any future agenda items. >> eric brooks local green party and local grass-roots or

as their bodies are taken to the hospital one at a time. >> i want to bring in chris jansing who is in you have, unfortunately, covered several stories like this one. i know you were in colorado, you have been at the scene of a number of these shootings. talk to me about the mood there among the journalists and reporters who are on the ground there. is it as it is here, is there this cloud of gloom as well that looms there? >> reporter: i think the thing that struck everyone is -- what is so different about this, craig, is the ages of those 20 young victims that most of these shootings took place in a kindergarten classroom. those identifications haven't been made. we are obviously talking about 5 and 6-year-olds. that's probably why we have seen so much international media as well. and also, the chilling accuracy of the shooting. i was thinking about columbine which was the first mass shooting i went to. 13 people were killed there. but 24 survived. in this case, of course, 28 people were killed, including the shooter. and there is only one survivor. you know, i also am -- i have to s

we expect jay carney to step to the podium. atent we expect to get latest news from him on the fiscal cliff negotiations, meeting between the president and john bain are and as well as any statements to what transpired in keck cut. we'll bring you to either location live when we see anyone step to the podium and to bring you the news. >>> we turn to capitol hill now. another big week that happened over last few weeks is superstorm sandy. there is new questions about the $60 billion spending bill aimed at helping communities devastated by the storm. some lawmakers are slamming pet projects tacked onto the bill, they call it, those pet projects saying they have little to do with the storm and don't like the price tag. doug mckelway is live in washington with more on this. doug what is this all about? >> reporter: the senate is expected to take up the supplemental spending bill at 2:00 p.m. and we expect to hear some republican opposition as you said. with democrats in control and nature of the hardship in new york and new jersey and

that garage you willly spread to the south at 9 -- gradually spread to the south at 9:00. ould plan on a wet morning commute. today, though, after the cold start, temperatures recovered nicely in the mid- to upper 50s, increasing clouds, the chance of -- the chance of a shower in the north bay. it looks like a pretty active weather pattern. rain and wind for your friday, more rain for saturday morning and possibly a stronger storm that could pay us a visit by sunday. >> okay, mark. >> what's happening now after two abandonedded horses were found in -- abandoned horses were found in monterey county? >> reporter: we're in concord this morning where police are looking for an armed robbery suspect. we'll tell you about the morning that's being told to shoppers today. >> reporter: we're live in san jose, where santa's elfs will start handing out toys to needy families in the next hour and a half. this may look like a lot but we'll tell you what the charity still needs. >>> welcome back. 8:29. some new warnings for some east bay holiday shoppers. ktvu's brian flores is at the sun

los angeles, san diego, new york to look at how they are provided budget analyst services. so, i think it's from the comfort of actually having a contract that you could then further direct me to provide that information to the committee. >> okay. and if we were to go forward with an rfp and eventually that rfp would have to come back for approval, could we have it be flexible such that if there was a decision by this body at a later time to actually do a contract, any type of proposal we would be flexible enough to make sure that contract is not existing at the same time as we bring in folks? >> yes, supervisor chu. there is currently in the contract the ability to cease contracting with the joint venture at the board's convenience. we would, of course, have something in the new contract once approved for that same convenience for the board should they choose to go in that direction. and, of course, we would dovetail service -- we would allow for the dovetailing of services to occur if the board chose to bring the house. >> okay. for this item, i'd like to hear from my coll

to dump your positions at a moment's notice that's what's going on and invest to communicate the idea that at the worst is over now that's not the case what's happened is that the investment community has learned to live with this chronic problem and they've learned to they've been trained like pavlov's dogs to to jump at whatever little nugget at the e.c.b. east and the i.m.f. give to the investors and so that's what's keeping things more or less on an even keel it's become a chronic problem but that doesn't mean if you have a crime accounts that doesn't mean that you can live forever with this part of cancer at some point this cancer is going to kill you and so it seems to me that we're getting to that you know and the problem with people like me who analyze this on a realistic basis is seven keep saying the sky is falling the sky is falling and the sky never quite falls which is very frustrating for us but the fact is the fundamental problems of the eurozone are still in place and insolvency is still the only the only end game for this part go down i will leave it there thank you v

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>>> developing news -- investigators are at the scene of a homicide in san jose. you. >>> you may have to pay more at many east bay stores tomorrow and you may not know it until you check out. >>> and we're live in washington watching last-minute negotiations for the fiscal cliff -- at noon. >>> it appears that an agreement to prevent this new year's tax hike is within sight but is not done. >> a little more than an hour ago, the president said he's optimistic that the u.s. economy will not go over the fiscal cliff. that's one of the top stories this noontime. good afternoon. i'm david stevenson. >>> we begin with developing news at this hour. san jose police are investigating the city's 46th homicide of the year. it happened at an apartment complex on lewis road off monterey highway and janine de la vega joins us from the scene. janine, we understand police may no who may be responsible -- may know who may be responsible. >> reporter: that's right. they have two adult males detained and they are questioning them and treating them as persons of interests. homicide detectives are here at t

to me when you look at 500 that low was 505 there is nothing below that until 450. this could start to cres sendo. i do not want to play with apple options. the premiums are too high. you will not make money on a directional basis. >> what are you using? >> a put spread. apple makes up about 17%. of the top eight technology names in the basket make up 55%. my guess is that some of the apple negative sentiment could actually move towards like google, amazon is still up a lot. oracle is up a lot. i want to use a put spread in the qs. >> so dan is bearish. he is buying a put spread one of the most common strategies. it is always good to crack open the play book and review the structure. buy one put and sell a lower strike put of the same expiration to cut your cost. how do you make money? you want the stock to fall to the strike of the short put where you make the most money and where your profit as a capped. >> we would not short this stock here. the way that stock moves from 505 to 590 in a week and a half is danger time. i want to use the k. the q was at 65. i paid 5

at 65 and over. that is a huge population. i'm trying to look at issues of senior nutrition programs, alzheimer's research, but even housing policies that allow our buildings to become more senior- friendly. i guess we are calling it developing an aging-friendly city. we are also looking at how to support senior services and unique neighborhood by neighborhood programs called aging in place or village models that allow people who are older or seniors getting older to be able to support each other and to stay in their homes and communities longer so they can be contributed to the community as long as possible as opposed to institutionalizing them, which costs quite a bit more. so i'm looking with senior group's ideas of how to create more aging in place programs neighborhood by neighborhood as well, but i think those are the key issues. i am also, kind of as the father of a 10-year-old -- i have anxiety like other parents right now as we apply for a middle schools for my daughter. as a member of the school board for eight years, i know that

to prevent more mass shootings. 7 a.m. senator boxer will talk about new legislation. atrats calling for ban on assault magazines. 8:45 president obama will outline steps his administration will take to tighten again restrictions. the president is putting vice presidented by anyone charge of that effort. in connecticut today, more funerals. teacher vicki soto will be laid to rest today. parents will bury more children, 20 young students were murdered. the school which served kindergarten through 4th grade will not resume classes until after winter break and not at sandy hook. to make survivors comfortable, a tall order. >> [ inaudible ] [ rd time going through all this. >> reporter: so is the entire town. the entire country, two 6-year-olds were buried yesterday their funerals were held back-to-back at the same catholic church. as for the investigation into the shooter adam lanza, cnn reporting toxicology tests are underway to determine if he took medication prior to the murders. investigators still trying to retrieve useful information from his smashed computer. katie m

we are now on item 4 which is general public comment up to 15 minutes. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on ie steps of interest to the public, i need all of you to please sit down. we have cards that we are going to go through first so if you could take a seat. >> thank you very much. >> at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on the agenda with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. i have two cards to start with, richard fong and then paul manning. there were cards on the table. if not,, if you just want to get in line as we have two cards. richard, come on up. >> good morning, commissioners, commissioner fong speaking again, i had the pleasure of attending the palace of fine art community meeting on the 12th and i thought they were going to do pretty good work, so in retrospect, i look at it and

there's no proof at the time, but it's come to be a tradition at least from 1933 to the present those words have been added at the end of the oath. this is 1929. and on the left is chief justice william howard taft and he is administering the oath of office to the new president herbert hoover. taft is the only person ever to be both president and chief justice to it and he actually made a little mistake that year. he was apostasy preserve, protect and defend the constitution. but he said preserved, maintain and defend, and this was a mistake that was actually discovered by a little 13-year-old girl listening to the inauguration on radio in her classroom in the state of new york. she's the one who brought it to everybody's attention and they checked it out and she was right so that was a mistake in the oath fish for years ago you may recall that when chief justice john roberts administered the oath to barack obama on generate 20 if to thousand nine there was a major problem. the major problem consisted of the words that he said. it is supposed to say i will faithfully execute the offic

so locking forward to at least i weekend temperature rise. mperatures really rise up and we are headed to temperatures into the 60s. so not bad at all in term of that. so just be prepared. as far as your seven-day forecast is concerned, we're headed with a little bit of wet weather on sunday and then we are into the 60s. >> let's check in with julie wright on the traffic. >> southbound 270, also an easy start out of germantown headed out towards the lane did you vied. on the top side of the play, the out are loop flowing nicely trying to get past colesville road and headed over towards bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. affic. >> if you've got a billion dollars to spend, a group of former nasa executives is forming a tour company to take people to the moon. there is a song we were singing with this. the have a indications will not start until 2020. the company golden spike estimates a two-man mission will cost about $1.4 billion. so start saving up. >>> who has that kind of money? >> none. >> if i knew you could get there,

you want to look at the separation to see if it's even, is it the same distance at the bottom as at the top, but that's another indicator of how damaged buildings are. this one looks fairly even, but when you get closer you can tell with the racking on the bottom that this building was pulled away. liquefaction, liquefaction is a term they use when the ground is loose. usually when structures or infrastructure is built on sand or land fill, something that's not solid, what happens is in shaking, during an earthquake, the earth that's very loose, that sand or land fill, acts like water. this is sand, sand and water coming up through a hole. in japan, all these buildings were built on liquefaction. i forget what year this was, but it was one of the bigger earthquakes. 7 story buildings built on liquefaction. the amount of time the earth shook, the earth became liquid and as it became liquid, the building sank into it until it stopped. when it stopped it just fell over. light damage buildings, superficial damage, broken windows, some plaster that might be cracked but basically a light dama

a little hard to take him at his neck? that's my "two cents more". that's it for tonight "willis report." thank you for joining us. don't forget to tape the show. if you can't testify. have a great night speak you can ev come everybody. a state department report leaves more questions than answers on why the united states failed to act on the diplomatic mission in libya on the 11th of september. the lack of security at the benghazi compound, senator jim frisch that the obama administration fell short in more than one respect and had more than enough time talk about when it began. here's a recent senate foreign relation hearing with twos top state officials. >> i look at those people streaming through the front te in benghazi. that wouldn't have taken that much to stop that attack, if indeed they would have responded to immediately. again, you are looking at film, and i understand it's a lot more sterile than actually being there on the ground of the time, but when people are coming through the gate armed, it's time to do something about it. nothing was

at 3:15. he is going to address this tragedy. we also just found out a short time house speaker john boehner ordered the flags on capitol hill at half staff to honor the victims and you can see there the flag not at half staff but some point here that flag and all of the others on federal buildings in the nation's capital lowered to half staff. dr. ian smith joining me now on the phone. dr. smith, i understand that you are from newtown, connecticut. for folks not familiar with that small town, what can you tell us about it? >> i'm from danbury, connecticut, right next to newtown. you know, the reason people are so shocked by this is this particular area in fairfield county is such a bucolic and rural and peaceful area. it's one of the places where people in new york city particularly want the move to because great school systems, lots of grass. in fact, my wife commented seeing the video how big the school was for just 600 elementary school kids. sandy hook is a small village which is part of newtown. it's a place that for when i

temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s at the coast. 60s bay, dry and mild low 60s inland. >>> game time 5:20 in the middle of your afternoon commute expect delays on 880. live look at bay bridge toll, metering lights on traffic very slow towards the macarthur maze this is your waze app heading into the antioch or out of antioch area slow traffic first report of a stall at g street on westbound 4 this is a live look at the macarthur maze 580 approaches, slow, 80 sluggish, 880 not bad arrival to the bay bridge. 580 out of the central valley westbound 4 commute and east shore freeway leading into the macarthur maze is about 30 minutes from the carquinez bridge. much better than yesterday. >>> thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news which continues in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic duringk sickness. but is the duchess really better right now? what does her long road ahead look like? and decisions looming for prince william. does he return to the army? or stay by her side? >>> also, millionaire software titan arrested

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we don't want them to be victims of irrational and abusive lawsuits. and at the same time, we want to give them the help that they so well deserve. and, so, with the extra monies that we have, with the extra monies that supervisor chu also had and making sure that we used it wisely, we decide that had we would create this a-d-a small business access program in conjunction with asian neighborhood services and northeast credit union. we would not only provide some free assessments by certified access specialists that would come out here to the commercial corridors like irving, like noriega and taraval in our investment neighborhood strategies, they would offer these free assessments that would do the inspection and allow the small businesses to understand what all the challenges are. so, it begins with that assessment. and then with the monies that we do have, we wanted to follow-up with our sf shines programs and other programs that we have and offer a combination of grants and micro lending loan programs that are available to these businesses so they can make

i do want to look at what was done in the past around fiber and communications and so i think that would be important to have as part of -- at least for consideration, what has been done in the past and what we have done as a lafco towards that end. i know that we probably have something in your office that might be there and i see hope is ready to weigh in on this. >> commissioner schmeltzer. >> it was a lot more recent than 10 years ago and when it happened it was in the context of the google proposal to provide free wi-fi so that's when laugh. >> i remember it around 2006 or seven, yeah. >> >> yes. >> it's on the lafco website and you will see there is a report in there but i'm happy to get you a print out if you need one. >> thanks. >> one thing i would ask as we are putting this together is one thing that we know happens in city government is issues come up unexpectantedly and there are some other thing that comes up, so whatever we adopt of course hopefully is subject to some modification and i would simply encourage all of the commissioners to make sure that if there is anything e

still moving at speed on 95. on to 395, no problems. 270 at 109, still moving at speed into montgomery county from frederick county. back to you. >> thank you. it's coming down to the wire on capitol hill. four days until the fiscal cliff. lawmakers are no closer to reaching a deal. however, president obama hopes to change that this afternoon when he meets with congressional leaders. now more. >> in what is seen as a last- minute attempt to reach a deal president obama meets at the white house with senate majority leader harry reid, house minority leader nancy pelosi, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and house speaker john boehner. have four dates to reach an agreement, but the u.s. economy would go off a fiscal cliff. that's when automatic spending increases and spending cuts would take effect. -- a deal will not be easy, because both sides are involved in a high-stakes political blame game. >> we are here in washington working while the members of the house of representatives are out watching movies and watchi

the fourth generation ipad starting monday is going to be at $399. plus they'll throw in a $30 itunes gift card. i've been trying to make calls to figure out what the nature is of this promotion. what i gathered is this isn't something apple is pushing at all which probably means walmart is using this as a loss leader. given the china news, you might be tempted to interpret this purely as a negative. but to me, it also sounds like it's something about supply. walmart feels like they've got enough of these new generation ipads and iphone 5s that they can offer these discounts and get people into stores. they're saying on the ipad, this starts on monday and they're suggesting it will run through the end of the year. i don't know if they'll have enough supply for that to continue. i guess we'll see. definitely an interesting development. >> john, is this more of a walmart story than an am story? when we see the discounts, isn't walmart footing the bill for this essentially and not apple? >> that's definitely what it appears to be. still, we've only tende

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>> i think that it is something that we ought to take a look at and make sure that whoever we bring on board will be in line with what we are thinking moving forward and so, i think that it is important, and in that regard to be able to have the engagement of more members of this body than not. >> thank you. >> and commissioner, weiner? >> yeah, and in fact, it may be... and again i would probably this is probably guidance from council that we need in terms of as we go through the hiring process, whatever the structure is, what the public and what is not. public. and assuming that it is significant, portion of it will be public, which may or may not be the case, but if a meaningful portion of it may be public. it may actually make sense for the committee to consist of five, authority, five commissioners. and our committees typically consist of five and are given the importance of the decision, i think that the broader the base the better, i am not definitively advocating for that, and i have an open mind on that and i just want to put that out there so that we are all thinking about wh

at ruxton road. southbound traffic starting to build into town. king at ok on 295 down towards 32. 50 at sandy point running smoothly at the toll plaza to and from the eastern shore. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now we check in with john. >> thank you. we take a look at the camera. there is a cloud deck overhead with a weather system approaching. the temperature is up at ocean city. the temperature at the airport is 35 degrees. the barometer is dropping. most of the rain will be from new england to the great lakes and into the pacific northwest. the seven two-thirds of the country look dry. 70's in dallas. more on our local weather as we go into the weekend coming up in just a few minutes. >> 33 degrees at the airport. a few from space shows a remarkable perspective of our island in the cosmos. >> we would like to see your holiday decorations. send us a picture of your decorations and lights. >> you may have heard the end of the world has been predicted by the mayans. the australian prime minister is buying into the prophecy. >> if you k

it's another shot at the middle class in order to protect the richest. >> so when you take a look at how this is starting to unfold, it doesn't look like a deal is anywhere near close. i mean, we're at a stalemate with the days down to what, 18? what does this say to the american people? here we are, we're having a discussion about gun laws. if we can't get our act together on our, you know, fiscal house in order in any way, shape, or form, how are you going to get anything done on gun laws? >> well, it's going to be hard to get anything done on gun laws. it's going about the hard to get anything done on anything when you have a tea party that continues to run the house of representatives. the american people -- we just had an election that was about solutions and compromise. and only weeks after this election, the republicans have reverted to their natural form, their fundamental dna, which is obstruction and cliffs. this wouldn't happen if we had a democratic majority in the house of representatives. >> will plan b pass tomorrow, congressman? >> i don't know. i know that the speaker