united parcel what has i call a high-quality problem.flagging the preannouncement, shows unequivocably that the real issue was a real mistake from a company that doesn't make many. they didn't there would be nearly as much business as there would be before the christmas holiday. to quote that release, on december 23rd, u.p.s. delivered more than 31 million packages, the most ever, and 13% over the prior year peak day. this year's highest delivery day occurred six days later than expected, and was 7.5% greater than planned, end quote. a perusal of the u.p.s. website tells you all you need to know about what happens. on december 16th of last year, u.p.s. issued a release entitled, quote, u.p.s. kicks off peak week, where the company said, quote, driven by the growth in ecommerce, u.p.s. expects to pick up more than 34 million packages today, monday, december 16th, and expects to deliver 29 million globally on december 17th, a record for a single day. but the record day didn't come on the 17th. it was nearly a week later, on the 23rd, and w

watch as this bird chases a united parcel service driver around a rival truck. finally, the u.p.s.r takes refuge. might call it wildlife refuge in his own truck. >> oh, boy. we don't know if he ever made the delivery. it's the time of year when delivery drivers may be hoping for a bottle of wild turkey for christmas. and instead, this man is a victim of fowl play. how many puns can we work in to this? >> you have the moves. all right. >>> for some of you, local news is up next. >> for everyone else, we'll be back with some cures for your >> for everyone l be back with some cures for you the length of 146 football fields... they can see the light of a single candle. your eyes are amazing. look after them with centrum silver. multivitamins with lutein and vitamins a, c, and e to support healthy eyes and packed with key nutrients to support your heart and brain, too. centrum silver. for the most amazing parts of you. smoke? nah, i'm good. [ male announcer ] celebrate every win with nicoderm cq, the unique patch with time release smartcontrol technology that helps prevent the urge to s

rked on capitol guest: yes host: it goes on to goldman and united parcel service all of this coming in to the ways and means committee. does it work? guest: when you think about it talking about trillions before and now thousands. these are very small amounts of money. just tokens of appreciation or respect to the chairman. i really don't think they influence him in any major way. what -- from where i i think there is too much mphasis on the influence of contributions and not enough on lobbying. that is many multiples. host: what is the difference getting a check in the mail and lobbying? me just -- most tax issues -- there are tax see on television all the time. what is the rate. and there is partisan politics. and that is what usually dominates the headlines. that is only the upper crust of what is going on with tax policy. beneath the radar we have hundreds of issues in every tax are technical, that at the staff level, that are -- you have to hire these al lobbyists to do types of things. so when you are talking about he details that matter to companies, they might i'm be $5 details

united parcel service slumped 3% after warning investors of lower fourth quarter income. had to hire more temporariry workers than planned. the dow is up, 35. the nasdaq being dragged down by a weak report from intel, down 10. the s&p down 2. >>> we want to have another check of our breaking news in redwood city. you are looking live at a machine shop at douglas avenue and bay road. there's a fire there. it's gone to six alarms now. so a huge fire response. there were heavy flames earlier just a lot of smoke right now. no injuries have been reported. we have two crews covering the story and sal is keying an eye on traffic. its not far from -- it's not far from 101. we'll continue it bring you live coverage throughout the "mornings on 2" news. >>> google is working on smart contact lenses. the prototype appears to be like any other contact lens until you look closely. there are two twinkling glitter specks and has a tiny antenna. they work together to monitor glucose levels in the tears of the diabetics. if the lens make it to the market, it could mean that diabetes no lon

part of that treaty granted a parcel of land to the united states known as the northwest territory. ohio. in 1803, ohio was admitted as our 17th state. but it existed without a state flag for almost 100 years until an architect named john eisenmann came up with a most unusual design. >> the ohio flag is the only state flag of the 50 that is not a rectangle. it's a swallow-tail flag that we usually see on a boat. what it is is it's a pennant, but it comes to two points. and they chose that to be distinct. they wanted ohio to look different from all the other state flags, and they certainly achieved that. they chose to use the red, white, and blue of the american flag. several states have done that. but they also achieved simplicity by putting the letter "o" in the canton of the flag. and the letter "o" has two meanings to people in ohio. it's "o" for ohio, but also it's the buckeye state. >> buckeyes are round nuts commonly found in ohio that native americans thought resembled the eye of a male deer, a buck. 13 stars are clustered around the "o," representing the original 13 states.

the un says the first food parcels for ten days was delivered. the united states has told syria to take immediate action to comply with the united nations resolution to remove its chemical weapons materials the talks are still is due to be destroyed under an international deal. when i state is concerned that. syrian government is behind in delivering these chemical weapons precursor materials up on time and with a schedule that was agreed to syria house made the first batch of chemical weapon material eyes of the country up to transporting it from two sites to the port city of attack yet on to a danish vessel. a statement by the us to the chemical weapons wants talk in the hague said. just four percent of the chemicals to clarify syria had been removed. we didn't go to court in italy is reinstated the guilty verdicts against amanda knox unwrap a late selection for the murder of meredith has to be the ultimate stake in the us was sentenced to twenty eight is in six months in jail in iraq since the lecture was given twenty five years members of the ketchup on

west and it pedestrian views or walkway on the east that divides the parcel which you've heard about in the past. it includes units above ground retail and this is increased to one hundred. there will be a one hundred and 6 bicycle parking spaces. this is 3 hundred more spaces than the parking requirements. there will be open space areas. the project is very centralizing located for transit and spop spop. you'll have a stop flovr in front of the building and a 5 minute walk to a cal train and they'll be able to take advantage of the bart shuttle. when the project is open the new children's park will be half a block away and will be up and running when the project opens it t it's doors. i want to invite kevin heel review the design with you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. chair johnson and director. i've kevin from david barker architect. i wanted to introduce a few people in the audience. we have a couple of folks from our officer we have our architects and engineers so everybody has turned pr as you know block 7 that's the team up there. they've obviously - it works now. beautiful. block 7 is bounded by 4 and

west and it pedestrian views or walkway on the east that divides the parcel which you've heard about in the past. it includes units above ground retail and this is increased to one hundred. there will be a one hundred and 6 bicycle parking spaces. this is 3 hundred more spaces than the parking requirements. there will be open space areas. the project is very centralizing located for transit and spop spop. you'll have a stop flovr in front of the building and a 5 minute walk to a cal train and they'll be able to take advantage of the bart shuttle. when the project is open the new children's park will be half a block away and will be up and

so i think the emerging market will still and always be a story that is part and parcel to a growth theme in the unitedthey do well. we suffer, they suffer. >> well, i think -- >> bigger than that, sean. i think what is going on here is that our fed has changed the policy and it's hurting these guys; right? isn't it just that simple, sean? >> it also hurts. our stocks have gotten overvalued. they needed a good slam. this was a good excuse. the world bank, the imf, all of them have upped the 2014 growth forecast. i think 2014 is going to be fairly robust economically or at least a lot better than 2013. gerri: the stock market actually, david nelson, follow? and the market was out in front of the economy for so long. >> well, you are talking here in the u.s.? >> yeah. i think it's too easy as far as overseas point to the fed. and yes, the emerging markets are important to us. they are very -- i think there's more going on here we need to be cognizant of. we should take a breath. use it as an opportunity to upgrade the port portfolio. get rid of the trash. gerri: take out the trash! time to take out the t

parcel developed. we reviewed it under sequa and because there's no change the total number of unit constructed on site this is consistent with what's in the u r. so overall staff recommends the approval under the amendment. we feel this will allow for an economically project to be banishment and this supports the block and accelerates all the vertical development in the north. it will strengthen the economic basis and bring more revenues that will support the taxed under the resolution raw. also, we keep the intent on the site so we'll stay as closely as we can to the o pa, however, they don't propose any caps for the project. the final step i'm assuming if you approve the project it will be continuous on the board of supervisors and department of of his opinion. because of the requirements and the board of supervisors 2 hundred and 15 dash 12 if there's any change to the housing program and noted to be you approved by the board of supervisors this determines it meditates the threshold. it will get based onto the board of supervisors once it goes to the board of supervisors it will be e go to the over

francisco unified school district acquired a parcel on 950 mission street so that the mayor's office of housing would be able to consider a hundred of 15 affordable units. that was a great idea. i couldn't be happier that we are starting to look very closely to what properties are under utilize. the second thing which is also addressing that very same issue is what's happened at the board of supervisors. i do not want to jump ahead of rogers who are report on it but i'm delighted that there were three items of issues of affordability in san francisco under protection under the ellis act eviction. i couldn't be more pleased to hear that during this time of year. >> commissioner antonini? >> yes, article in today's chronicle by the title of it is very good affordability must be tackled by the entire region. unfortunately while it is thought fully written. the solution he proposes in part are not really in my estimation a solution. he talks about other parts of the bay area becoming more dense and attracting some of the people that want to come to san francisco because we've asked them to come here and live in less space. to take public transit to locate