but muni's chronic severe underfunding is a key part of muni's challenges. we're at a crossroads in san francisco in terms of investing in our system, and to be frank, we're not meeting that challenge. and what i seen is that when it comes to any funding place, muni loses. it is not high on city hall's priority list for funding. and hundreds of thousands of people who rely on muni every day lose as a result. we see this in various ways, for example the free muni for youth debate is one example. the school district reduced its own transportation program and the city decided to make up for that cut by providing free transit. and where did that money come from? it came directly out of muni, not from another source, not from the general fund, it maim from muni. sfpd niedz funding for traffic enforcement, muni paid for it. we have opportunity to stop muni subsidizing large traffic impacting development in san francisco. colleagues i urge you to join me in supporting this critical muni funding. now when i'm done with my remarks today supervisor elsbernd will offer

>> and think we are underfunding it for many years.we underfunded it when we had surpluses and when we had a balanced budget, and in those years you could have said, we should increase it. i think now with these huge deficits, it is very hard to say that there should be a substantial increase of foreign aid when we're talking about going off the fiscal cliff and we do not have enough money to do some basic things with we should be doing at home. i think this is the worst possible time to do it. in general, we're underfunding in my estimation foreign aid. we do foreign aid because it is the right thing to do, but it is the right thing to do for the united states. we need friendly countries around the world, we need countries that emulate us. we have much to share, much to give to the world. i think it helps the united states. it also helps stimulate our economy. some of the aid we give is put right back into our economy. >> when we're talking about the fiscal cliff, we heard so much about spending and revenues over the next decade. is t

they are underfunded and we need to do something about it and the big thing here david, let's be fair and they are benefits that are promised to the employees and we nide to make them whole and they were promised in llieu of pay. >> mike, no one is talking about taking away what was promised. this was for new employees and going into the future. one of the things this will stop david is the way policians get taxpayers to sign off on the pensions. only so much in salary and we are going to make up the difference and benefits with investment returns . they don't materialize you get situations like california. in california they are shutting down entire strites. >> i think everybody we have to do something. powerball mania taking over the country. is the real story lesson on how to power dn the national debt. first, right here, you may not have won that big jackpot. informers had stocks that are profitable than the powerball in the trash can. john is 42. mortgage. married. two great kids. he wants to protect his family with a $500,000 term life insurance policy. what do you thinkit'll co

a very underfunded educational system. >> governor brown has indicated that he will be a check on legislative democrats when it comes to raising taxes. and the super majority could be short lived with several members leaving their seats in april, so there could be a rush to get things done once lawmakers return in january. in men to, ken pritchett, ktvu news. >>> president obama speaks about chemical weapons. >> there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> syria cently moved its stock pile of weapons. the president stole told syria's president the world is watching. secretary of strait clinton called it a red line for the u.s. neither she nor the president said what action the u.s. might take. >>> health experts say the flu season is off to its earliest start in 10 years and it is shaping up to be a bad one. the cdc said except every state except vermont is showing signs of the flu. they recommend getting a flu shot. there is a free clinic tomorrow. >>> scientist meeting in san francisco today unvailed a new technology that could help better predict storms. it keeps track o

our schools remain underfunded by 22%, but despite this we have to educating the whole child.ear, there is no extra money as a result of propñ 30. on our website we have included frequently asked questions regarding proposition 30 and district. for more information visit=;]!wt www.sfusd.edu. that i've received from the around prop 30. i also would like to share that as superintendent i often and members of the communityj direction of our schools. and while we are fortunate to feedback, one of the concerns i hear from many is whether or not standardized testing in math an? english has narrowed what and how we teach our students. question is#v÷ux]ú mastery of specific skills and subject materials align to state standardscñ?ñ? in math and englh that are assessed, usingdñ?ñ standardized tests are only a small part of what is being taught in our san francisco the greatest academic achievement gains in english ani math educate our students in much more than just english and math. they are committed to science and social studies, arts, and other enrichment opportunities for all of

muni blames years of underfunding for equipment that breaks down. critics would add that years of generous employee salaries and benefits certainly haven't helped. whatever the problems, muni still carries nearly 700,000 people every day. it is the country's oldest public transit system, too. so to celebrate, everyone can ride muni for free until 5 a.m. tomorrow. >>> not everyone was stingy with their money this holiday season. what's fueling a big boom in luxury car sales. >> and going retro, the new choice the dmv is giving you that will take you back in time. >> showers offshore in the bay area but for the most part just cloudy skies, one case in point there's san jose. but the clouds will drop a little bit of rain in the bay area tonight. we'll have the whole forecast for you after a break. ,,,,,, that an indian woman -- who brutally gang raped and then thrown from a moving bus -- died. old woman was move >>> we learned late this afternoon that an indian woman who was gang ripped gang-raped and thrown from a moving bus died. she was moved to a h

there are several problems one it's underfunded. with cancer being added it's going to eat the money right up for the medical care. number two is nothing has been paid out yet and it's through no fault of. she's been doing a wonderful job. the attorneys and the applicants themselves or not filling out the paperwork correctly so that's one of the short pause will have announced. we'll talk more specifically because i understand i mean not a dime has been paid out i think you know thousands i think go on something that i read fifteen thousand people have already applied for this money i mean what is the holdup here michael. i believe it's fifteen hundred people i'm sorry i have two hundred yeah i have applied and. you know they've just been. you know there's problems on the applications people didn't fill it out properly then include their medical history with it they didn't include their financial shortfall it's issues like that that they're running into problems with and is anyone doing anything to accelerate this process and yes of

know you get regular switchbacks, missed runs, overcrowded buses, all these things happen when we underfund our system. we certainly hope that you recognize the great work that has happened here that's before you, that we can take advantage of the opportunity and recognize that we have to do way more with a whole lot less, streams from the federal government and the state government have dried up or are drying up. opportunities like this, creative, innovative ways to find funding and support our system that so desperately needs it are going to be few and far between. so that much being said, i thank you for your time and your energy. i look forward to working with all of you in this, and in other transportation decisions to come. thank you. >> president chiu: thank you. supervisor wiener had some technical amendments on the floor. is there a to that? second by supervisor chu. colleagues, any objection to those amendments? those amendments are included. supervisor elsbernd. >> supervisor elsbernd: thank you, mr. president. before i address supervisor wiener, just to respond to director ramos

services through the veterans administration could have helped them but they're just understaffed and underfunded and so the volume of soldiers. just experience a dearth of service opportunities and options available to the v.a. acknowledges there is room for improvement there's also a need for the system to adapt and to recognize what are the evidence based practices that we need to assure are going to be available some health experts recommend focusing on prevention and drug screening many believe that in-patient care is an effective in the long term. some. of those services don't come cheap hospital rates per day range from one to five thousand dollars and it doesn't take long for those bills to add up and is that expensive service well not compared to the alternatives not compared to and stage disease and also to those some of the replications in the community. coming back from combat many service members and veterans battle addiction it's another huge burden that veterans their families and the taxpayers must bear in washington liz wall r t. so what's going on here why are men and women who

are just broken their states that are that are have their pension plans that are forty percent underfunded and you know i did the math and i point out the thirty you have to pay thirty thousand dollars per taxpayer in the contrary to bring the state pension plans up to speed so there's just there's problems everywhere and there's still people who are overpaid and still so i could be wrong kate could be right but i'm betting on america you're betting on america ok and then quickly before we go i guess just to sum it all up what do you think is your biggest concern moving into two thousand and thirteen because you are kind of a perma there and the thing you're most excited about. i'm excited about natural gas is still you give it away and you have cooties are still cheap and and here's a sector that are born everyone seems on interested in and at the same time in the same mouthful will say this is this is the energy that's going to fuel the future of the united states so i'm buying the equities right that seems pretty simple ok and what i really don't i going while the least exciting thing t

the majority are seville -- severely underfunded.i met the commander who did not have enough food and people were complaining how long will we continue like this? and it was well funded. so to portray themselves the leading the fight. they immediately rejected the coalition. was of concern but those few were saying they were beating the fight. the main fighting group said these people are minority. i know the journalists that have been there and that is true. but the challenges the moderates better severely and underfunded. and this group is funded. it largely depends. >> i just have to make one small point* right now may be the case and syria in title to support to be included in a group to provide resources because there is immediate need but that does not mean that they will maintain in the future so we need to be careful how we frame the issue of assistance to manipulate one direction n syria goes then. i think if you would get egypt it did say long road ahead but that does not make eight what could be of immediate use and need b

. >> it allows voters in their areas to be able to reinvest in a very underfunded educational system. >> reporter: governor brown has indicated he will be a check on democrats when it comes to raising taxes, and the supermajority could be short lived with several members leaving their seats in april. there could be a rush to get things done, once lawmakers return in january. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a teenager who was denied eagle scout status and kicked out because was gay attended a service as a special guest to honor him for integrity. >>> we had a calm and clear day today. get those umbrellas back out. i'll show you how soon our next round of rain will arrive. >> neighbors call it a crumbling i-4. >> taking three trips to steal from kids with [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] >>> new at 10:00, a bold thief targets a school in h

they have underfunded diplomatic security for years. woo need to protect them. >> senator gram wants to know what president obama's role was in the critical attacks were happening on the ground and pushing for more critical information and it was done by a mate on video means it is no longer. this should not having a surprise. we saw 20 insdents of 20 atax in and around benghazi and they will tell you when the population ket goes off of the streets something is getting ready to happen. what was our military poisture that could have been called upon to rescue those americans. could americans and terky or a naval vessel called upon to rescue americans that gave their lives. >> as i understand it. those people who were rescued have yet to be identified and given access to those individuals to ask them what happened. why is that happening. why shouldn't they be asked to come toward. >> they should be. we have been briefed, and briefed in a classified way and had hearings and secretary clinton is going to come to the foreign affairs committe

themselves, they will be giving to the institutions that help the communities that are so broke and underfundedneil: have you seen evidence of that, reported chips? >> right after hurricane sandy when we were all thanksgiving day and night working our way through wal-mart's across the country. people were buying one big gift, but for somebody else. not really shopping for themselves. in their religious institutions over the weekend. people were giving more spiritual organizations, habitat for humanity. %-in connecticut, all the people who are devastated across the country from natural disasters to man-made. it started with the collapse in connecticut of the bridge and the senseless killings on i-95 and the people drowning in hurricane irene and then the effects of sandy. neil: cumulative affect. >> where the consumer will have a conscience the same way the consumer had a conscience after september 11th, but much longer lasting this time. neil: i respect to the heck out of bernie, but maybe these type of soul-searching moments tend to be short-lived, may be going to the increased disaster nature

. >> it allows voters in their areas to be able to reinvest in a very underfunded educational system. >> reporter: governor brown has indicated he will be a check on democrats when it comes to raising taxes, and the supermajority could be short lived with several members leaving their seats in april. there could be a rush to get things done, once lawmakers return in january. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a teenager who was denied eagle scout status and kicked out because was gay attended a service as a special guest to honor him for integrity. >>> we had a calm and clear day today. get those umbrellas back out. i'll show you how soon our next round of rain will arrive. >> neighbors call it a crumbling i-4. >> taking three trips to steal from kids with special needs. >> it hurts us. it hurts all of us. >> in 90 seconds, what led police to an arrest, and the recovery of the teaching tools. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- ♪ you can stay in and like something... ♪ [ car alarm deactivates ] ♪ ...or you can get out there with your family and actually like something. ♪ the lexus de

now, both the military and the civilians or severely underfunded. it is a competitive, long-term, and cooperative short term. >> [inaudible] how have you learned about the civilian relationship and the military relationship? >> i think anytime that you can talk about this -- it is a great chance. first time i was in damascus. if [inaudible] >> so how was it a year ago? that is when i asked him. >> for the revolution? >> okay. >> with [inaudible] the internal organizations that they deal with -- so then, [inaudible] they are bonding with social situations, certainly it is equal to the forces and that each thing needs to be reiterated. it is kind of a important step [inaudible] the questions i have -- as you know -- very little experience on what would be the issues and other issues -- other things. until the first night i arrived -- [inaudible] the first time that they -- they had an agreement on the members. there were three components one of them they called the revolutionary [inaudible] people who organize the protest. but i am also -- the second

a new study suggests that underfunding and lack of focus could lead to nasa's demise.espite the mars rover curiosity and president's calls for manned missions to mars, nasa appears to be losing its edge in space exploration? we have tom jones, four times former shuttle as snow naught for nasa and planetary scientist. what do you think of nasa's problems? at this point there are no plans to return humans to space until 2020, is that right, tom? >> americans are renting russian rockets to get to the space station. five years until we get american rockets from florida to go to the space station and deep space returning to the moon we were last it there 40 years ago, that will be 2020 or beyond. jon: i remember growing up as a kid astronauts were my heroes. you could order a astronaut costume out of the montgomery ward catalog. i probably did, i don't know. so many kids were inspired to go after careers in engineering and aerospace and so forth by the space program. is that still the case today? >> i think it is still true. i was talking at a school this week. the kids wer

circumstances to talk about and to act around how we improve systems that for far too long have been underfunded and ignored. >> now, steinberg also wants the federal government to match every dollar the states extend on mental health. >>> a bay area gun buy-back program was so successful, there's now talk of using it as a blueprint for the country. cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez in the newsroom with details. joe. >> reporter: the organizers in oakland say they plan to take this thing statewide perhaps as early as next august with the financial support of cannabis clubs around california and then maybe even nationwide. they gathered some 300 guns this weekend and then since then 97 more including two machine guns. >> i think that people really, really, really are sick of violence in oakland and i think that this is a direct response. >> reporter: a few of days after the gun buy-back in oakland people say even more young people have come forward to sell back all sorts of weapons for $200 each. from handguns to rifles even one with a bayonet. many are more sophisticated than what the cops carry. >> am

medicare and social security are about $30 trillion underfunded. if you did what tip o'neill and ronald reagan chose to do, reform entitlements, we become the most dominant place on the planet pretty quickly. so what i would plead with the president to do is use this mandate. redo revenue, which we should. but what keeps us from becoming the country we want to be and damns the future generations is entitlement and spending. when i was 21, my mom died, when i was 22 my dad died. if it wasn't for social security survivor benefits, my sister would have never gone to college. social security is going to fail. when i was 22 we needed the 300 and something bucks we got a month. i'm 57, i have no kids, i could easily give up $400 in retirement from social security to help people who can't. >> as a reality for republicans is that president obama has won a second term. in many ways he won the argument. now i'm sure he's thinking about history and legacy and he doesn't have to worry about being re-elected. that gives you a power that you don't have in the fi

with one of the lowest credit ratings in the nation, primarily because our pension systems are underfunded. for more than four decades, republican and democratic governors have ignored the challenge as have many leaders in our general assembly, and now the responsibility falls on this generation of leaders to try to deal with a vexing situation where it would take literally one-third of our state budget to meet the unfunded liabilities of our pension systems. we cannot let that happen at the federal level. whether it's social security or medicare, we need to make the thoughtful choices, the thoughtful advances in these programs today that protect them for generations to come. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, we are here just hours before a looming deadline that is going to affect just about every american in some way, and i do believe that both sides of the aisle and both sides of the rotunda want to come to a conclusion that will keep us from having what looks like a complete meltdown