. >> united public workers for action. i wanted to talk about the ongoing retaliation by the mta against drivers who make sexual harassment complaints. also, to make osha compliance pier the problem of the health and safety on the buses, lack of proper maintenance. these workers have been victimized by the mta. in addition, the mta has been cited by the sunshine commission for not providing documentation. we feel the mta is covered up systemic violations of rights of the employees and retaliating against making health and safety complaints. that has to be addressed. there is also the issue of outsourcing by the mta to non- union people, jobs such as video equipment, and they are lying to the public about the outsourcing, which is illegal under the contract that these unions have appeared that needs to be addressed. when city employees can do the work, why is that big outsourced by the mta? i believe it has to do with nepotism and the need -- the want to go non-union. i also want to talk about proposition g, which has had a

some state legislatures that you think you similar things we are running an independent after a united public and a public report where we are asking the thirty five members of congress to declare their retiring publicly disclosed any negotiations there that they're they're taking place right now with lobbyists and if they choose not to do that we tend to definitely go after them more and demand that they do this because right now you know with such a weak system of laws the only thing the public and us pressure these people individually to sort of do the right thing and let everyone know what the conflicts of interest are so it's not happening to secret so you think that there needs to be more transparency more disclosure and less of a motivation for somebody to from going into congress to the private sector and lobbying congress and absolutely i mean as long as you know individual members of congress i think need to take the initiative to be as transparent as possible and not try to be corrupt morally corrupt in this sense but i also think that at the end of the day when you're in a system

. >> steve zeltzer, united public workers for action. proposition c was supposed to defend the interests of public workers while making concessions, and change the health care structure. but we have learned with the redevelopment workers giving laid-off is including in proposition c is a clause getting rid of reciprocity, so public workers from san francisco could not transfer out and keep their health care benefits and their pension. workers to transfer in from other public agencies would not be able to use reciprocity. this is a serious attack on public workers. the cost did say with the board of supervisors you can accept reciprocity from the supervisors. this raises serious questions. why would the board and the mayor supports a ballot initiative, and specifically a consensus about initiative, that a tax the benefits of public workers throughout the state? who messed up? who forgot to read it? we complain about other legislators who passed legislation that have not even read. apparently in san francisco we have the same thing happenin

. >> reporter: last year, council president jack young brought the tournament to baltimore, to unite public and private school players on the diamond. it worked. this year, some big names, like o's hall-of-famer, chris foils and jackie robinson's daughter sharon robinson, are teaming up to help. >> they have to develop this strength of character and make some really positive leaders in their community. >> they have no idea right now what is in store for them. i think it's going to -- just going to help the competition to try to get to that game. >> reporter: that's because the championship game will be played at orioles park next month. >> it's going to be an experience of a lifetime. i mean, it's everybody's dream. >> reporter: this year, though, the tournament has a twist. the city wants wants to spruce up its fields before the game, so it launched a fundraiser, called growing the game and raised $83,000. until the orioles added more money to the pot. matching dollar for dollar. [ applause ] >> it's not just the field. it's also the equipment. we have to think more about the equipment and

. >> reporter: last year, council president jack young brought the tournament to baltimore to unite publicte school players on the diamond. it worked. this year, some big names like o's hall-of-famer, chris foils and jackie robinson's daughter, sharon robinson, are teaming up to help. >> they have to develop this strength of character and make some really positive leaders in their community. >> they have no idea right now what is in store for them. i think it's going to -- just going to help the competition to try to get to that game. >> reporter: that's because the championship game will be played at orioles park next month. >> it's going to be the experience of a lifetime. i mean, it's everybody's dream. >> reporter: this year, though, the tournament has a twist. the city wants to spruce up its fields before the game. so it launched a fundraiser, called "growing the game," and raised $83,000. until the orioles added more money to the pot, matching dollar for dollar. [ applause ] >> it's not just the field. it's also the equipment. so we gotta think more about the equipment and how we can

the civil division of the department of justice, ed mierzwinski, program director with the united states public interest research group, known as pirg, and peggy shanks is a senior examiner of the maryland attorney general. with that i turn it over to chuck. >> thanks, mike. as my panelists take their seats here, i'll begin with an observation. who among us hasn't at one time or another thought, gee, wouldn't it be great if i could go out and start my own job? maybe it was a fleeting thought but i suspect if if we tack a poll of consumers many of them think they have within them some place the ability to make it on their own, to start their own business. to at the very least go out and do something that will make them extra money. in many instances it stops right there. consumers think it would be nice if i had my own business, but they pretty much stop at that point. and in times of financial anxiety when people are feeling anxious, feeling uncertain, i suspect at times, for example, when people are thinking that their job is at stake, they think they need a little extra income because they ar

more use of public transit in tokyo, i believe, per year than in the entire use of public transportation in the unitedtates. so public transportation in tokyo is exceptional. we're talking about something like 40 million individual rides per day. narrator: japan is a mountainous country roughly the size of california. this physical geography has contributed to densely populated cities, and made japan one of the most highly urbanized countries in the world. over 80% of its population lives in urban areas. tokyo is japan's largest city. as the capital, it is the focus of most legal, pitical, and economic activities in the nation. most large corporations have their headquarters here. everything tends to concentrate in tokyo. 32 million people, or one out of every four japanese live within a 30-mile radius. while tokyo casts a large shadow, it covers only three percent of the total land mass of japan. land prices here have skyrocketed. a booming economy in the 1980s and early 1990s saw profits go into r, contributing to a bubble of inflated values. affordable housing was in short supply. more and more peo

every floor, it is an elevator building, so every floor and unit has to be accessible from the public spaces, correct? >> what the code requires typically in california is that every unit has to have a clear path of travel to the front door of the unit, as well as through all public areas of the building. within the unit, a certain percentage of those have to be outfitted with grab bars and additional clearance required for floor accessibility. >> that is important for a big building and high rise because you have to lay this out exactly right. the plumbing has to be in exactly the right place, the walls have to be exactly right all the way up or you did not meet the very critical tolerances. it is a real challenge to make sure it is exactly where it belongs. >> we're talking before about post tension slabs, which are a wonderful tool for reducing concrete in making buildings lighter and less expensive. but you need a precise path through the slab. those openings for plumbing, electrical, etcetera, have to be designed have time. once they are there, you cannot change them a lot. some

if you said how much land do you have in the united states on public lands and then took your percentage of what is leasable and then took your percentage of what is drilled, you'd give the people of this country a better picture. i'm not an expert on on shore but i am on offshore. 2% of the ocs is being drilled. do you agree with that or not? yes or no? >> we've made available 75% -- >> that is not what i'm asking. >> we are not leasing areas where there is no oil -- >> what percent of the entire ocs of this country is being drilled on right now. >> let me take that, david. >> march rirks senator landrieu, the fact of the matter is there are tens and i think maybe it's -- it is over 30, 40 million acres we just did in the one lease sale. there's more that will be leased. the lease sale i did in december -- >> when ymr. secretary -- >> when you make available tens of millions in lease sale -- >> mr. secretary -- >> the fact is we are moving forward with a very robust -- >> we are never going to get, in my view, mr. chairman, we're never going to get clear as long as we continue to talk a

last but not least, general holder, i'm going to ask you some questions about your public integrity unit. i'm going to give you full credit for dismissing the case against senator ted stephens when you learned of the corruption within that division of your department. i'm going to ask you questions because the report will be public within days, and if there is anything that you should take as your major responsibility, it is that the public corruption unit and the department of justice is fair and even-handed and clearly that was not the case in the prosecution of a great friend to many of us and a great patriot for our country who unfortunately was very badly abused by the department of did dismiss the case when you learned of the misbehavior, and i gave you credit on the senate floor for doing that and will again. but i do want to ask you about the report when we have time to ask questions. thank you. >> mr. attorney general. >> thank you. chairwoman mikulski, ranking member hutchison, other distinguished members of the subcommittee, i thank you for the opportunity to appear before you

now, vulnerable units include marketing, public relations and research. in sunnyvale abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. and there is more maneuvering in the domestic violence trial of san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. the latest is an effort to move the trial out of the city. and there is that may delay jury selection, postponed after the lawyer for mirkarimi's wife appealed a decision allowing a video of her injuries to be used as evidence. >> there is an onslaught of coverage but he is entitled to a fair trial. >> to make sure there is a jury that is unbiased. >> former san francisco chronicle editor phil bronstein talk bid phone with mirk ream ease's neighbor before she turned the video over to police reportedly showing lopez's bruised arm. >> israeli president kicked off a four day visit today visiting face book and google but this morning toured ibm in san jose. he'll meet with tech leaders and this is the first time a sitting israeli president visited the bay area. there tone courage research in israel. >> and israel's prime minister is in the

the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states. the publicrt program continues its 30-year legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. >> this project was completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artist's early enough in the process that they could work with the architect said that the work that is completed is the work that really helps complement and instill the space as opposed to being tucked away in a corner. >> be experience begins with the glass facades that was designed with over 120 laminated glass panels. it captures the experience of being under or over clouds when flying in a plane. depending on the distance or point of view, it can appear clear for more abstract and atmospheric. the subtle colors change gradually depending on the light and the time of day. >> i wanted to create an art work that looks over time as well as working on in the first glance. the first time you come here, you may not see a. but you m

thus, the public integrity unit in the main justice was in charge of the case with the chief of the section and his principal deputy significantly involved. they were involved in the drafting of the indictment, they prepared memos for leadership of criminal division, and at the briefed the division's leadership on the progress of the case. numerous e-mails reinforce the fact that public integrity viewed themselves as the final authorities. indeed, shortly before the case was to be indicted, the front office of criminal justice criminal division main justice made the principal deputy public integrity the lead trial attorney. nevertheless, the report seems to minimize the responsibility of the public integrity for the failure of the case. the second chief -- section chief claims and the report seems to accept that he was cut out of the supervisory chain of command and the deputy chief claims that she will with drew from supervision over the prosecution team because she didn't want to the cause dissension among the team. question, does the chief -- doesn't the chief of the section that wases i

if you said how much land you have in the united states on public lands and then took your percentage of what is leasable, and then took your percentage of what is drilled, you'd give the people of this country a better picture. again, and i'm not an expert on onshore, but i am on offshore, 2% of the ocs is being drilled. do you agree with that or not? because those are the facts. >> uhm -- >> 2% of the entire ocs, yes or no? >> we've made available 75% of the reserves. >> that is not what i'm asking. >> we're not leasing areas where there is no oil offshore. >> what percent of the entire ocs of this country is being drilled on right now? what is that percentage? >> i'll take that, david. here's mary, senator landrieu, the fact of the matter is that there are tens, i think it's, maybe it's -- it is -- it is over 30 million, 40 million acres we did in the one lease sale. there is more that will be leased. the lease sale i did in new orleans in december, i think was 38 million acres, about 2 million acres of it was leased. >> mr. secretary -- >> when you make available in one lease sale

this is one of the next hope projects that will be transforming more than 600 public housing units into a mixed income community with additional retail and open space. as this projects and other hope projects go, it is important to ensure that the needs of the residents in the surrounding community are met. today, where representatives from the mayor's office on housing and the project sponsor to provide the board with an update on the status of this project. we also have several community members here who will share their perspective on the importance of revitalizing the site and some of the challenges in completing a project of this scale. this project is still very much in the early ages. if you would like to hear from the project sponsors, how they are going through the community process, this is identifying what some of the challenges would be. first off, we will have the mayor's office of housing and mr. olson lee. >> i appreciate the opportunity to come before the board of supervisors about rebuilding the potrero property. at the conclusion of the presentation, the staff of both

within days, and if there is as your major responsibility, it is that the public corruption unitnd the department of and clearly that was not the case in the prosecution of a great friend to many of us and a great patriot for our country who unfortunately was very badly abused by the department of justice. but i will say you did dismiss the case when you learned of the misbehavior, and i gave you credit on the senate floor for doing that and will again. but i do want to ask you about k questions. thank you. >> mr. attorney general. chairwoman mikulski, ranking member hutchison, other distinguished members of the subcommittee, i thank you for the opportunitfor ur continued support of the justice depant i look forward to discussing the president's fiscal year 2013 budget for the department and build on what i think is our extraordinary record of success. now, the president's budget proposal demonstrates a clear commitment to advancing the department's core missions an augments our about to fulfill our most important obligation. that's to protecting the american people. despite the

on this, the united states and the public of korea are absolutely united. >> north korea says it's planningunch a rocket-powered satellite next month, not a missile. south korea says, regardless, the technology being used is the violation of a u.n. security council resolution. >>> and two weeks after a u.s. soldier allegedly kills at least 16 afghans, the united states government makes a payment of $10,000 to each of the afghan families. a u.s. official says the money is not compensation, but is meant to help the victims. sergeant robert bales is charged in the kandahar killing. all of them civilians, most of the victims children. >>> i just want to say to the people of louisiana, thank you

unite. the american syria public affairs committee says a solution is not enough. >> all the crimes and offgain -- and massacres and -- anybody who has in the shade of humanity left should have no problem issuing a resolution to condemn bashar al-assad. a resolution is not gone to do much. he will not be stopped by a resolution. he needs actions. >> what kind of actions do you mean? are you talking about something more in the lines of what we saw in libya? >> absolutely. why has the world waited more than a year to do something practical? in the case of libya, it was within weeks. less atrocities. it makes us not believe what is going on. the action we are looking for, bashar al-assad is not going to be stopped unless the force is used. the united nations, the united states, europe, and nato should arm the syrian people to be able to defend themselves. defending oneself is basically a god-given right. you have to allow people to defend themselves. either you come and defend them, the way the u.s. and nato did in bosnia and cause a vote, or allow them to arm themselves. not to do either one

i will list the public benefits according to my personal priorities -- pedestrian opening of jackson and pacific to the waterfront once again. 33 units of affordable housing during a time of diminished resources. funds for the port to repair historical buildings and rotting piers. in a public park for children. parking for the public since they will soon remove the parking raj at howard street. substantial an ongoing revenue for the city, and, of course, the construction employment. as you listen to testimony, you will note that had appeared to be the driving force for the termination of this budget. the golden gateway tower east directly across from 8 washington rises 270 feet above the waterfront with the stepping down to soften the image. this very tall, double loaded corridor apartment house will be more and dental by the step down a bit from a building here everything around is below 35 feet. if you average the house over the entire site, you will find the average reaches 37 feet. this is not a gigantic, i- blocking project here the project consists of a team of esthetically driven architects and planners who will provide the ci

units. the epa posted a chart and the doc is showing six separate with logan failing the standard five out of six times. well, we've told the public that the new unit max standards would not prevent new units from being built but yet your own data seems to show that the very units would fail a compliance test. am i wrong on that? >> yes, i believe i disagree with you on that, sir. the mercury and air toxic standards are based on achievable technology for the best 12%. they look at individual contaminants, like mercury, arsenic, acid gases individually. and one of the concerns is looking at condensable versus total particulate matter as air pollutants. so we believe that they are achievable and that the standards meet the requirements of the clean air act in that regard. >> okay. back to logan. is it not accurate that they thought they failed five out of the six tests? >> sir, i can certainly look at the individual data you are citing but the low implant, it's a well-performing plant in new jersey. >> all right. thank you, madam administrator. that's one out of three totally unrelated questions but one of them is -- i remember exac

in the film area where there's a lot number of public housing units. you know, they strugglele with a lot of these things. issues that seem to be present in the mission. i'm hoping that although the mission is the pilot program, that the conversation, you know, children zones their family zones can sort of become a city i'd conversation. because i again i thought. there are pockets of familys that are placing several challenges. on the mission there's been a large number of displaced latino families. so my last -- the last information they understood that i received with that in the mission the number of latino families has not increased. >> has not? >> it's remained about the same and that many latino families have relocated to the tenderloin, south to market area. >> to the bay view. >> around into the bay vue. what i do like about this program is that it's prom prehensive. >> i see that sheryl davis is here. so i think it's a conversation that needs to happen in all the neighborhoods. so hopefully, you know -- >> yeah, we are building the housing pe

in the film area where there's a lot number of public housing units. you know, they strugglele with a lot of these things. issues that seem to be present in the mission. i'm hoping that although the mission is the pilot program, that the conversation, you know, children zones their family zones can sort of become a city i'd conversation. because i again i thought

the supreme leader says the election is crucial because it comes at a time when the public should unite in the face of stronger pressure from western nations. he appears to be gaining the upper hand. people have been critical of president ahmadinejad because western sanctions are hurt the domestic economy. most prodemocracy reformists are not running in this election. strict regulations by authorities are working to keep them out of politics. the overall results are expected to come out as early as this weekend. iran is expected to take an even tougher stance against western countries if conservative hard liners expand their hold on power. that would make resolving concerns about nuclear ambitions even more of a challenge. >> russian prime minister putin who is widely expected to win sunday's president election says he may be ready to discuss ways to settle a decade's long territorial dispute with japan. putin told foreign media in moscow on thursday that he wants to resolve the conflict in a way that's acceptable to both russia and japan. he said the two countries need to boost economi

civil division of the department of justice, ed mierzwinski, consumer program director with united states public research interest group also known as pirg and peggy shanks who is senior examiner of the maryland attorney general. i turned it over to chuckle. check. >> who among us hasn't that some time or another thought wouldn't it be great if i -- it was a fleeting thought but if we took a poll we would find many think they have within them some place the ability to make it on their own, start their own business, maybe not the next bank but they will do something that will make some extra money. in many instances it stops right there. consumers think -- it pretty much stops at that point. in times of financial anxiety when people are feeling anxious and uncertain i suspect when people are thinking that their job is at stake and they need extra income because they're not getting the hours they used to get and they are facing extra education costs and worried about medical bills that they may be facing or realizing for example that their retirement doesn't go as far as they thought it would. the