nation pose how much power does it pose when the united states and the united kingdom my own country when they wanted to go to war in iraq when they felt that it couldn't be done through the united nations security council because of a veto from france and and other countries they just wanted to alone and they bypassed the united nations and the nations could do nothing whatsoever so it may be a talk shop and it may be a talk shop where certain small countries can feel their work for that particular five or ten minutes that their leader speaks but in reality in terms of influence and power they have none whatsoever when you think about that thomas when you the great powers have no use for the world body they just say well we'll go on our own and there's good and they can do it with impunity. the question is why did the united states and the united kingdom go to the security council in the first place there would have been an additional legitimacy had the security council approved they're going to war they did not that is the way the charter was written so that the major powers have a

the overriding policy statement, what is a good unit, what is even a small a good unit? i believe that this design, and i'm not talking about policy, does not meet the minimum requirements of functioning units from the bedroom discussion in which commissioner miguel take off to the elevator exiting discussion i mentioned on the ada general safety. it just does not work. in the attempt to meet the exposure units, which was an awful lot to decide on, the court judge has been made slightly -- the courtyard's have been made slightly larger. in the process of increasing the courtyards, the average unit i see are small. it is 20 square foot there. we are dealing with units that are average too small. when you have the smaller units and bicycle parking right outside your window, if you have them on the grounds, one of the units to see where the bicycle parking are right into the window, you are checking into a suburban motel where you have to keep the windows drawn all the time in order for those people who continue to pick up their bicycles, which you would like to use it for

into one legal unit. much of the permit has already gone forward from the city on this so it would seem to me

decrease the number of studio units from 48 to 43 and maintain the number of 1-bedroom units at 19. ex granted the commercial space to 535 square feet. a dedicated space in the garage for car share parking. rearrange the bicycle parking by moving its bases closer to the residential entrances and exits. modify in the exterior design by replacing the proposed windows with those featuring ray mutton pattern similar to those on the building. placing glass awnings on the grounds for commercial and residential entrances. the department has not received any public comment on the project and recommends approval with conditions that the proposal provides 62 new drilling units, including nine on-site affordable units and provides a new commercial space. the product meets all applicable requirements of the planning code, except for one, for which a variance has been requested. in it meets the policies of the general claim. i would be happy to answer any questions. thank you very much. president olague: project sponsor? >> good afternoon. i am here on behalf of the sponsor. we have tried to add

by unit. much of the work is systematic. our engineer is here. he could speak on behalf of that. commissioner peterson: i would like to hear that, because it is unclear to me. >> i am the project engineer. i am a licensed professional engineer. it is my opinion that this work is too cumbersome to be done unit by unit. in everyone's interest, the best way to do it quickly is to vacate the building. the issue, the code issues alone -- is building needs to be upgraded. all this needs to be upgraded. it is a fire hazard. remember the case at the fillmore. we do not want that to happen here. we need to write down all the ceiling and dishes in the building. -- rip down all the ceiling finishes in the building and install the surfaces. this needs to be done in one go, not unit by unit. commissioner hwang: don't you do one piece at a time anyway? >> that is the quickest procedure. commissioner hwang: you could take down three units and then the next three units. >> to get rid of all the house of this

i personally do not see that changing unit size, changing unit numbers, is a deal killer for me. i am actually quite impressed. i am going to make a particular emphasis in saying that. this unit does a careful and thorough job of delivering a smaller global units at high quality, starting on the small and at 130 square feet, and going up to one bedroom units in a manner which creates highly livable space. that is a complement to the architect. the question i raised with the planning department was are we consistent in the way we are looking at ground-floor retail, with iraq the last two or three years we have been putting the emphasis on being 15 feet. that has happened in the market octavia plan. that has happened with specific detail studies on upper market street and the castro. that has happened again in the eastern neighborhood. we have taken this discussion to literally every other product. this particular project, which can slightly before these other major discussions, is not quite as consistent with the delivery of a 15-foot ground-floor retail height, which actually --

they were never separate units. we purchased it as a single residence, lived in and from 1996 forward, and in 2008 and 2009, the unit was placed on the market. it was approximately 2950 square feet. we were looking for another,, and it fitted. we entered into an agreement to purchase if during the entire process. it was described to us as a single residents and as a matter of fact, it was believed to be a single residents by chicago title, by the company that opened of the escrow. there was a single price paid for it. the real-estate appraisal that was submitted said, per legal description lived the original report, the subject units as separate parcel numbers. we had no idea that it had not been legally merged. as a matter of fact, they signed the disclosure statement to us in which he said that the unit's work combined and that all necessary permits have been obtained. we bought the unit, we hired an architect and hired a contractor. a permit was issued by the city showing no separate kitchen either before or afte

start a war with united states and to be honest i think the united states government is also trying to back down a little bit from the accusations directly against iran if you listen to thought to dianne feinstein's interview i believe it was on sunday she said point blank i have not seen any evidence that this goes to the higher echelons of the israeli government she only said within the quds force implying that there is rogue elements within it now. if they were if it was sort of more like the two thousand and three buildup to the iraq war you would see a lot more accusations that the iranian government i don't think were saying that well do you think about that now if you let me is a. rogue elements inside of the ranch let's see if it is even worse isn't it. so right now i think as i said earlier i think that's so that's my real question is if this if this happened as described where does it land within the iranian government is this kind of a self starting member of the goods force but i also have to respond to the allegation that this is somehow like a build up to iraq i think the

of the united nations. consequently you go she would move on these basis. member states one. occupying the territories of another un member state that hell is tying done. and moreover getting international recognition it would determine all borders which are the nineteen sixty seven borders which include east jerusalem and. in this case any further negotiations between the two parties should be based on the legitimate right of palestine it's independence. hence years a core issue for us since it's new commitments if any goes to be held between the parties in the future if it. i mean best or mr. palestine will get even members status it will give you rights is it true that the first thing palestine will do is to see you israel to take israel to the international court this is true and no this is not. we don't plan to use the international organizations to change the israelis so this is possible is it possible. this is all right that we have the right to do that. but if your question is whether we are going t

there may be secondary market units. on the new units, i do not think there is anything near that. many of the existing condo projects have sold out. as far as new units, there are not many available. otherwise, i think it is a good project. the other things -- i agree with commissioner moore. a 15 foot height on the front, on the retail -- i know it means redesign and would change things around, but it would certainly fit in better with the entire broad street of van ness. also, commissioner moore mention shifting them around so the living units would provide eight lit beacon to the street in the corner at night. that might be doable. i like both of those suggestions. i think that is pretty much it. thank you. president olague: i am really satisfied with this project. i remember it was 2007 when it first came before us. was it the building -- was it a nautical designed initially? was a the trader joe's project? was it a different one? i am satisfied with the exterior of the building. there is not much of a change. this is not a deal breaker for me, if other commissioners feel stro

to the united states. according to the complaint filed today in the southern district of new york, he is alleged to have orchestrated a $1.5 million assassination plot with gholam shakuri and other iranian co-conspirators. now, the quds force is a unit of the iranian revolution yaer corps. it is also suspected of sponsoring attacks against the coalition forces in iraq and was designated by the department of treasury in 2007 for providing material support to the taliban and other terrorist organizations. the complaint alleges that this conspiracy was conceived, was sponsored and was directed from iran and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law, including a convention that explicitly protects diplomats from being harmed. in addition to holding these individual conspirators accountable for their alleged role in this plot, the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its actions. the two are charged with conspiracy to murder a foreign official, conspiracy to use a weap

the united states sees itself as part or first among equals.of a larger coalition to make things right for people around the world. >> a partner. thank you so much. much more ahead. now a check on wall street as we move towards closing bell. hampton pearson has the market wrap. >> hello, martin. here is a look at how stocks are doing with about 15 minutes left in the trading day. volatility in the markets and the dow is up and s and p up six points and the nasdaq down about 4.5 points. they are looking at the events in libya and impact on oil. there is a sharp reversal on when the oil trades pushed prices to more than $89 a barrel, the drop undermines two weeks of the 19% price gain. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. the markets never stop moving. of course, neither do i. solution: td ameritrade mobile. i can enter trades. on the run. even futures and forex. complex options? done. the market shifts... i get an alert. thank you. live streaming audio. advanced charts. look at that. all right here. wherever "here" happens to be. mo

to reorient back, so as we do that i been looking at units, he would be the units that would be able to operate? we've got units in the right now, so first of all its identification of units, and then changing their training regiment back here. sat with her head trainer, that's our premier training area, and sat with ahead of training for the marine corps and said look, as we look at reorienting, that's going to need a different kind of trend. it's going to require more operation, more combined operations, and some of it is kind of the bread-and-butter of the marine corps pre-9/11. so we are we doing to rebuilding our training packages right now in anticipation of probably next year taking the first units and putting them into this training regiment, getting ready to go back to the pacific. >> that's interesting. this will have to be carried out in a time of less money. it seems to me that the public is not yet engaged in dialogue as the pentagon have to cut at least 450 billion, and perhaps more after the super committee. it seems the american public might want to be engaged in a di

it is not too late for the united states. i know that together -- together we can takthis nation back and we can restore it to the foundation that the founders so brilliantly dave and fought and boldand gave their liveast measure to secure for us. i thank you. [applause] >> congresswoman, we are privileged to have you tonight. what would you specifically do to prevent abortion on demand and tibet -- and defend traditional marriage. >> on abortion on demand, i would be fully supportive of a federal constitutional amendment to define life beginning at conception. i believe in life from conception until natural death. i would support all pro-life language that comes across my de. i recentlyntroduced be informed choice act so that everyone prior to having an abortion would have toisten and see her unborn baby before making that all-important decision to choose life. [applause] it is also very important for everyone in this room to know we already have taxpayer funded abortion. obamacare, pour the first time in history, gave us ta

to cause harm to the united states. now, that brings us to a question of the real problem which is the border. the u.s. border with mexico and its ports is a national security issue. it is not an immigration issue, that is a completely different issue. it's a border security, national security issue. last year from the, i believe the same report that you have provided, there were 663 individuals from special interest countries that were captured by our law enforcement. now, special interest countries, those are countries where terror organizations originate. saudi arabia, pakistan, afghanistan. that's where these 663 people were from that were captured by our law enforcement, trying to come into the united states. and they weren't coming over here looking for work that americans won't do. they were coming over here for mischief reasons. and that's because the boarder's open -- border's open. the world knows, if you can get to mexico, you can get to the united states and that was the plan in this bold endeavor to commit

both of them decided they would use the united states, but even if united is made that difficult, theywould find a way to reach around the united states either through morocco or romania, but they found a way to reach out to each other. i can't say that about the palestinians will miss attacks that exist today as compared to the 1970s here to view at the white house engage to the respect its sides with guides viewing to make concessions that are necessary to reach an agreement. a summertime in hebrew is give-and-take. it's not u.k. that we take. and the bottom line here is that the matter what the israelis will say about accepting a two state solution, something that happened in the last decade, that the united states has endorsed the last decade. the matter with united states senator with the israelis say, it seems to be insufficient, excuses seem to be made for not wanting to come to the negotiating table. in the last point i want to make because i know time is running, the speech that abbas gave at the u.n. to this past week ago, nothing could have been more angrier or more hostile

it would give the united states leverage to go back to the united nations.not in some of the other plots conducted overseas, is there some reason to do it here, would iran gain politically or was the calculation this is a place they thought they could pull it off? >> this is a radical group of people. the major story, in looking at government of iran over the last two years, is the increased radicalization of the government. ahmadinejad, believe it or not, an odious individual, is not part of the radical element in that government. the qud force, the revolutionary guards are. they are increasingly powerful. but they're isolated. most of them never traveled much around the world. and obviously, they have taken on, i think, more than they're going to be able to digest in linking the united states and saudi arabia, provoking an instantaneous crisis. it may be now that iran becomes the most important, most difficult foreign policy challenge on our agenda for president obama and his administration and the republican candidates debating tonight. these are charges

united states and iran have a long history. even before uncovering the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador the united states designated iran as a terrorist country. reports that iran is vigorously pursuing nuclear weapons and alleged ties to al qaeda additional reasons why the united states should pay close attention to iranian activities. however recent remarks by some of my republican colleagues as well as this morning suggest the alleged assassination attempt represented the crossing of a red line by the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism against the united states and israel and claims sanctions are not working may be premature and could inflame an already -- furthermore they -- currently awaiting trial is accused of attempting to enlist a mexican drug cartel member to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. although some have made the point that capitalize on a possible alliance between iranian and mexican drug cartels the facts indicate otherwise. we must be careful to stick to the fact

what is the united states really number one. on shelves. where nobody can come close to our level dominance of. food growing oil production. human capital with only one thing. and not just. problems on the left to the insiders and the insiders on the whole are committed to the u.s. empire. and to run the world. they want to prove threats and so long as the leaders in the us are hard to committed to the use of the current weapons the rest of the world is going to keep theirs or get their. and the prospects for human survival are not are you. and others i've been using in the searching of this university for three years. and i've learned over the stranger the employer to use the system and enjoy it when it is the lighting weapons for the rifle. i think it's absolutely wrong for any university to be involved in making weapons of mass destruction weapons that are illegal under international law weapons that by any definition of morality are immoral weapons that kill indiscriminately weapons that could destroy civilization and they i seriously t

what are we doing wrong in the united states?re not number one, we should be because of the power and the money that we spend. what can we do to improve? >> i think that it's true. it's an enormous challenge in our academy to close the gap between what we export and import. it was 500 million dollars last year, which is exactly the budget that mr. duncan had for the whole country. we have to develop an innovation industry in this country, which has to include one quarter of the students of this country which are latinos. these students have to graduate from university. 20 years ago, this country was a leader in access to the university. we have a great number of people with university degrees, but the rest of the world has increased that level and we haven't. our greatest challenge is to achieve enrollment and graduation among hispanics latinos. first of all, they must learn english at such a level that they can have access to all subjects. this shouldn't be something that isolates them from access to learning math, technology en

the biggest difference between mitt romney and president of the united states, the president of the united states has unleashed its campaign strategy already and that is to divide america, to tell americans who are not doing well right now and who are scared, that the pie of america is so only so big and if you want more, you have to take it from others. i know that mitt romney believes that the american pif can be grown bigger, that it can been infinite size because of the american inji knew tea, effort, and character. that is what this is about. that they want to believe that somebody's future can be greater, not trying to did i vice an ever shrinking pie among the american people. it's been, really in the end, an easy decision for me. i know that america needs a new course and i want it to be with the person who i believe will be the best person to lead america on that course and that's governor mitt romney. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, chris. let me turn to questions that you have. mark? >> the perry campaign in the past has approved that and what do you think of the

also, up at the united nations. susan rice, the ambassador to the united states, has been meeting with members of the u.n. security counsel. we understand those meetings are over and she has been doing the same thing. essentially, explaining how serious ly the u.s. the u.s. views this. these are countries that want more information. we're told that the state department offered to do it right from the beginning and several countries have taken them up on id and specifically, we have china has wanted more information on that. you can imagine because china has a lot of trade and economic interest with iran. russia is the next one. ditto on that. they have a lot of economic interests and finally, the last would be turkey, which would be a major player in the world. these teams, we're told are made up of senior officials. how it was supposed to have gone down and how the case was made by the government. >> jill, you know, here's what i don't understand, the target of this alleged plot was saudi arabia's ambassador here i

and the united states. judgment day for ukraine's democracy that was how some dubbed events in a key of court this week where former prime minister yulia timoshenko was awaiting the verdict over her alleged shady dealings in a gas deal with russia supporters took to the streets in her defense before being dispersed by the police. three months of nonstop protests surrounding the case culminated in the biggest reminder yet of the orange revolution the two thousand and four uprising which made him a shango a household name. now as then there were tens of thousands in the streets naked anger and even naked activists this group staging another topless demonstration against all sides in the dispute. the main drama was inside the court especially after the judge's controversial verdict is when the court has ruled that the demand of not to mention kill is guilty under article three six five point three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences have to seven years imprisonment and denies of the right to work in

units.the ground floor character of the building is active and commercially oriented along south van ness avenue. curb cuts are minimized to one parking access point for the entire project. and the project exceeds the minimum open-space requirement. thank you very much. that is my presentation. and i am available if you have questions. president olague: thank you. project sponsor? >> good afternoon, president olague and commissioners. dade silverman on behalf of the sponsor. -- david silverman on behalf of the sponsor. as kimberly mentioned we were before you on april 10, 2008, with a proposal to construct a car wash at this site. many of the current planning commissioners were in attendance for that 2008 hearing and may recall it. at that time the commission rejected the car wash and requested that the sponsor return with a residential project for that site. the site has been vacant for more than seven years and is now under a new ownership. the project is 40 units and has been well receive

out on obsoleted on al green island they were talking about the basic childbirth revolution in the united states which is called occupy wall street america is wrong thousands of people marched through the country's main cities protesting against corporate greed social inequality and big money moving before the demonstrations began several weeks ago and although they are no sleep peaceful several hundred people have been arrested around the country the protests have spread outside the u.s. the planning of europe and asia what's the latest from the occupied wall street spotlights to you it's only the end of the story. the occupy wall street movement started just over a month ago with a thousand participants marching through new york people's anger was aimed at the financiers who the protesters believe caused the recession but got away with it by being bailed out by the government. the movement's website says it was inspired by the arab spring which initiated a series of revolutions in north africa this year. by wall street slogans targeting economic. and corporate greed if he had to have gr

into one legal unit. much of the permit has already gone forward from the city on this so it would seem to me that this is something that we should do. commissioner borden: i agree with commissioner moore and commissioner antonini. i have a question for staff about the annual filing that happens with live work. i dunno if the zoning administrator can answer that, but who lives of those records? >> we will have to take additional research and get back to you on that. >> there is an issue not just in these sort of buildings, but not filing a final occupancy. what are the requirements around that? people can move in, but you never have to file a certificate? >> deregulation of the building department, they allow temporary certificates of occupancy which you typically see in larger construction. and they're moving people to lower floors, you have a temporary. commissioner borden: there is no deadline? >> i think i have requirements, but it is the building code. commissioner borden: i think it would be useful

or done in the united states by the federal government? the way they are trying to solve the crisis of confidence is to essentially tell investors to the greatest of their ability that you will not lose money under any circumstances, and that the taxpayers cover it if you run into this. is that not the case? >> that is certainly the case, and that's particularly relevant for the creation of this fire wall that we have discussed. i think the problems in europe go well beyond the construction of the fire wall. there needs to be a fundamental economic reforms in a number of countries in europe, greece been the most prominent example, a consistent massive fiscal consolidation with rooted reforms that restore dinism to the agreement economy, ultimately, the european crisis can want be resolved -- cannot be resolved until countries around europe are able to convince markets they are going to be able to achieve the miscall adjustments and the economic reforms that restore stainability. >> if i may, mr. chairman, just a quick point. one of the pro

>> when that is going on in the units? >> given the type of seismic work is contemplated. >> i think it would be in the basement or garage aboat that point. i have seen people living through that before. i have seen people living in their houses. they tend to not use that room for a while. it all depends. i think the engineer might be better speaking about that, but i have seen people living through construction, and i have seen people moving out. if you are going to take it off throughout the entire unit, there is no way you can live there. that is when it becomes really uncomfortable and dangerous, and sometimes you may have to move the kitchen cabinets out of the way, so you lose your kitchen, but it is more of an inconvenience. >> the issue having to do with plumbing and electrical, a representative for the appellant suggested it was possible to bypass. there is some way to do all the work and continue to supply tenants with plumbing and electrical. >> i have seen that you can bypass a circuit and use a different circu

look at the case of iraq united states accused you rock. having nuclear arms an attack dog the didn't have nuclear arms and surely the united states knew that you wouldn't have attacked it if it didn't have nuclear arms but on the other hand north korea actually developed nuclear arms and the united states negotiated so the demonstration to the world is that having the nuclear weapons makes you a lot sing for from us threats from the kids of the world actual attack. what is the united states really number one. on challenge. where nobody can come close to our level of dominance on a level where. food growing oil production. human capital is only one thing and that is the. problems are left to the insiders and the insiders on the whole are committed to the us empire. and to run the world. they want nuclear threats. and so long as the leaders in the us are are to committed to the use of nuclear weapons the rest of the world is going to keep theirs or get their. and the prospects for human survival are not great. almost out of engaging in the s

colombia sits with the united states on the u.n. security council and chairs its iran sanctions committee. colombian troops have served alongside u.s. troops at war and colombia has been training militaries and police around the world in counternarcs and counterinsurgency. as five former commanders of u.s. southern command have said, and i quote this agreement will meet our duty to stand shoulder to shoulder with colombians as they have stood by the united states as friends and allies, end quote. . i urge my colleagues to support this important agreement and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: i'm privileged to recognize mr. pascrell of new jersey, a distinguished member of our committee for 2 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pascrell: i want to challenge just about everything that my very good friend, mr. camp, laid before this house. first, let's talk about the numbers. the updated report that

if individual units are sold, the units have a reassessment. if it is not individually sold, we do not get a reassessment. that means that the city is being cheated. that is a huge issue. we need to get on top of the final certificate of occupancy. i think the other issue that came up is maybe the requirements, the law should be amended in san francisco. they are not residential. there has been a major implications in terms of revenue through the city. now, the mass. if you're having some follow-up discussions, that should be the question you should ask and the city attorney's office should be involved in. i am getting some things straightened out rather than continuing to push things under the rug. this has to be part of the solution. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i would like to tell you about the memberships of the planning task force. as you know, the task force was created by the board of supervisors. 26 identified in the legislation, one each by the director of the planning department and the transportation authority. three

russia and the united states are no longer a strategic rivals. they no longer pose strategic threats to one another as we did during the cold war. this is a point that needs to be stressed, particularly given some of the rhetoric coming out of moscow. russia is known othe longer thec core that it has been for the last 300 years. you can make a good argument that all those states are more dynamic politically, economically, and demographically down russia is itself. we see the chinese penetrating into central asia commercially. we see the growth and radicalization of movements that penetrate into central asia and the caucuses. russia does not reliably control the north caucasus let alone the southern caucasian states, no matter where its military forces may be. even despite the current disarray in europe and all the questions about the future of the european union, it is quite interesting that the ukraine is toward europe quit despite what moscow has done to push it in the other direction. russia faces a time where it needs to create stability alon

libya is united in time of war. gaddafi gives them time to form an alliance and face his weapons and anyway have been united to fight the regime. they will build their own country and they were not permitting it to take over. >>> and the women and the children and the people have one thing in mind that to change libya. and to change libya's image that was destroy. and because of this, they are united not to allow extremist who they are to take over. we are not going to change dictator ship. libya is a conservative side. but it is a moderate society at the same time. >> you think the people have the patience to wait for the changes. once the eeuphoria settles down and news of gaddafi. they will expect to see immediate changes. if they don't happen, you think that people are patients and not fight amongst themselves to get it going. >> libya has been patient for 42 years. and they have to be patient with this new government. i depogree that expectation is high. but libya for the first time in 42 years. they are out. a