that does not get into what the t newier saves us or what the contributions will do for us long term. this is a measure that i could not be more proud of. i want to thank the mayor for his steady hand in guiding this process. warren for his steady hand, president chiu for participating in those meetings. i had to the attorney's office and to those members of the board who co-sponsored it. that is a great sign for the electorate. they recognize a comprehensive consensus approach is the best approach. to those of you who are not yet there, i look forward to seeing your names there come the day wwe vote on this. supervisor avalos: by will like to congratulate supervisor elsbernd for his great work on pension reform as well as the mayor and staff. it is significant that we are able to get where we are at on this measure. a consensus approach is the right way to go. we need to make sure that as we are making our prospects for covering our pension obligation much more sound, that we could have broad support of the board of supervisors. we could show that to the electorate. i think the proce

>> it also hurts us in long term ways. we have used redevelopment of the correct way. the governor knows that. he knows there are other things to gain by this elimination. in that dialogue and, i have asked for a lot of device. with all of the changing term limits, and who do we talk with? he says to be bold, talk to people you ordinarily won't talk to. and to build allegiances as mayor. for this great city, i can pick up the phone and call people and loss angeles, all of the mayor's. that was his first device. yet the 10 biggest mares together and start forming allegiance. when you put that together, you have a powerful voice of there. they listened across aisles. we have most of the populations of the states. that was one good advice. don't form a wall even if you disagree. just because we are kind of more blue in san francisco. >> a lot more blue. >> a lot of our investors, they are republican. i was laughing about it because it was kind of this irony where the only investors that are trusted us are putting their omaha, we are trying to convince a democratic brother

. >> we have set a path that will lead us to long-term economic growth. and so our task is to not panic, not overreact pb. >> reporter: a plea for reporters to hang in, even though the recovery has stalled. steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. the night sky over northern rhode island turned orange after an eight alarm fire erupted inside a historic mill. rhode island and massachusetts fire companies were on the scene as the inferno deputied the factory once used to make world war ii attack boats. the massive fire on the seven acre site caused power outages and forced officials to evacuate the area before it was brought under control. >>> the warship connected to the burial of osama bin lad sn back in american waters. the uss carl vincent docked in u.s. waters receiving a hero's welcome from about 100 greeters after its historic mission. trillion ship refused to release any details, but did say the mission was conducted in a manner that brings pride to the nation. >>> the u.s. ge

that afghanistan can't turn into fertile ground for al-qaeda or another organization to threaten us long term. that's really what the afghanistan piece of this is. >> i'm going to very rudely interject which is euphemism for interrupt here on the hill. all right. we're trying to create conditions, of course, where afghanistan can't become a safe haven, but it seems that pakistan is a relatively safer haven already. >> and that's where, first of all, targeting significant leaders in those other organizations, the afghan taliban, the haqani network, which in many cases are pakistani partners, problematic, which is a part of this, and the strategy is intended to buy space so there can be political reconciliation across the board. that's not an insignificant -- >> all right, admiral, it seems we're approaching pakistan with a very limited sort of counterterrorist strategy when we're implementing a counterinsurgency strategy over in afghanistan. we have our uav's, much reported that -- >> i think -- >> yes? >> i think our approach with pakistan has been to engage them to try to partner with them,

share with us our long-term outlook for the gentleman. knees economy. >> i tend to think it is seriously overstated and we have a lot of positive factors going forward and the most important factors has been, is that we have been suffering very serious deflation, which is the by-product of sharp appreciation of the japanese currency. the japanese to be very strong, the japanese are very expensive compared to the rest of the world that, provides the sharp downward pressure of wages the last two decades. talking about the yen, the stop of the yen appreciation, it is remarkable last march we have experienced that sixth time of the g-7 coordination intervention, which the minister of finance never expected. the reason i think is very important and the most important reason is that global authorities especially u.s. authority really needs japan for a strong recovery of economy so that we gain japanese presence in east asian region so that it creates a very strong i think counterpart with china. >> you mentioned intervention in the currency mar

it can sound like a bad thing but it can actually work in our favor because that does make us think long-terme research, combine that with our risk-averse nature and you're setting yourself up for a very feminine temperament but that leads to long-term investing success. >> absolutely. you're doing that much more homework. meanwhile, the wild ride investors have been on the last few years has had a pretty severe impact on the retail investor. what's the state of the female individual investor today? >> well, i think just overall i don't think there have ever been enough women investing in the market and i think that probably holds true again today. women -- it's really important for us to take charge of this. we all know the statistics, that women work -- during our working lives we make less than men, we tend to live longer, so we're faced with making do for a longer period of time with less money. one study i saw the other day said by the time a woman turns 64 the amount of money she will have lost out on attributable to the pay gap alone is $430,000. which is just a staggering number. the

second, we feel is ill advised to use 20 years of long-term debt to pay for short-term readiness. and understand what the gentleman said earlier about roads and the difference of sweeping the road, but to us, that is a meanness factor. third, it costs $83.4 million dollars -- {chime} supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker, please? >> good afternoon. my name is douglas. i have lived in san francisco for 59 years. i would like to thank supervisor farrell for having this hearing. i think it is long overdue. even with my college education, some of my folks back east overwhelm me when they talk about financial subjects like this. basically i rely on their interpretations rather than my own knowledge. one thing that bothers me -- when i looked at this item, there was only one sponsor. if i remember correctly, there are supposed to be to other supervisors who have the reputation -- two other supervisors to have the reputation of being fiscal watchdogs. i would like to pose the question for the record whether the two of them are in support or whether they have no opinion on t

the using that strategy long term is going to be helpful -- do you think the strategy long term is going to be helpful? >> it depends on what you are talking about. i have believed us relations improve and as the country's become -- i have to believe does relations and -- i have believed as relationships improve, they will become more dependent on each other. i believe there is a whole set of issues in the world -- environment, energy, cyberspace -- that can only be dealt with on oracle basis. the traditional national rivalries and -- now dealt with on this basis. the traditional national rivalries and what is needed is to develop a sense then joint solutions are necessary in these problems, and in these problems, the united states will express its views on human rights. if you read my book, you will know in a number of places i have said human rights are an essential aspect of the american way of thinking of the organization of government, and these cannot be contained by international frontiers. i think that is a direct quote. tavis: when you think about the future of china with regard

used for long term civil service in over forty countries the largest fleet of t. you one said she is still in washington and in two thousand and seven they've russian transport minister igor leviton called c. one thirty four an old and outdated and should be replaced by superjet one hundred or its foreign logs with five years and these are twenty eight crash records including the recent one for this plane obviously more information for you this hour moving so nato has continued its raids on tripoli launching another missile strike against a compound in which they have been officials claim at least fifteen people died including three children that time comes just twenty four hours after the alliance has admitted to killing up to nine civilians in another last try on a neighborhood in the capital on sunday or should blamed on a technical failure maria finish and reports now from tripoli with something images you might find disturbing. to. mohamed that heard his extended family used to be one of the biggest in the neighborhood and they table mean killed five of them

long term economic growth. >> we have set a path that will lead us to long term economic growth. and so our task is to not panic, not overreact. >> there is growing evidence that the american public isn't feeling the president's optimism. according to a new "washington post," 59% disapprove of how the president is handling the economy. >>> new allegations are against anthony weiner from women who claim they had sexually charged internet and telephone relationships with him, a porn star in a las vegas black jack dealer have both talked with pop culture news sites. republicans increased their calls that weeiner resign. nancy pelosi has called in to a formal investigation. the photo fallout appears to have already had an impact dooming weiner's run for the office of new york city mayor. >> something about these politicians, they feel that they're entitled to do whatever they want. >> i don't think we should be waigsing our time and energy on this when we've got 9.1% of the public not working right now. >> an crdrew breitbart says he a photo which would end the congressman's career i

we want to do things that will help us in the long term, not just solve next year's problem, but alsout us on a solid footing for the next five years to come. >> so at this time i'd like to ask each of the department representatives here if you could identify yourself and speak for just a moment on some of your agency's priorities during this budget period. why don't we walk to the end and start with the m.t.a. >> good afternoon, everybody. i'm from the m.t.a. and unlike most of the city departments, we actually have a two-year budget. so our budget for 2012 is not being opened up. but as you know, we've had some service lux reductions, and we'e working hard to put service back. we've also got some -- we're trying to address, of course, the central subway project, not in our operating budget, but the capital budget, but working to add pedestrian and bicycle improvements to the city. we do have a closed budget for fiscal '12, but includes service reductions in there. we have a slight increase for fares in fiscal '12. it's about a dollar increase, most passes are $2 increases, but that'

luke's hospital a vital part of cpmc in san francisco will help us ensure the long-term viability of st. luke's. with that, i will encourage and continue working with you closely to make sure this happens. president chiu: our final question today will be presented by our colleague from district 11. supervisor

luke's hospital a vital part of cpmc in san francisco will help us ensure the long-term viability of st. luke's. with that, i will encourage and continue working with you closely to make sure this happens. president chiu: our final question today will be presented by our colleague from district 11. supervisor avalos: thank you for being here. my question is related to the commercial corridors and cleanliness of our commercial corridors. i know merchants are responsible for the upkeep of the sidewalks in front of their storefronts, but we have also had a commercial corridor program that has been strong for at least a few years. i know we have had to pull back on the program doing extra cleaning work along the streets. but as we pull back from the work in the mission district and excelsior, i'm sure it's the similar thing in other parts of the city, we have not been able to keep up with the amount of trash that has been accumulating. we spoke earlier about ideas you might have and what ideas he might express and how we could have greater upkeep? mayor lee: the short answer is that you

huge impact not only on the relationship with afghanistan, but also their the relationship of us long-term. >> mr. larsen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks for sticking around and helping us out to understand the president's announcement last night. admiral mullen come in your cv said we're going to continue to build a strategic target ship with afghanistan, one based not on the military footprint but a mutual friendship. i think if there's something lacking in the president's speech last night was further defining what that relationship is going to look like. i wrote a letter to you, secretary flournoy a few weeks back on the very question about but the transition from troops to trade as a shorthand does in fact look like. i think we need to maintain a substantial commitment to afghanistan, but it's going to change and not to nature and i think most americans wanted to change in nature. that's not a matter of a drive down. it's what does that look like in the future. i'd be curious in hearing about what the relationship is in fact look like. what does the strategic readership with afgha

we wanted someone who would work with us for the long term. the other thing we wanted to do was look at a contract in strategy. one of the things we have learned here is that we want to be more inclusive free we want to look for opportunities to bring contracts down to making sure people with small businesses can participate. that's one of the first things we are going to do on this contract and we are going to work with aecom and parsons to help us identify the opportunities to do that. it's a whole bunch of other lessons learned. those are some of the things we have learned. there are a lot of things we deployed for the end of that we want to pull in early, like risks. we want to assess risks early. we want to do that early. there are a lot of things we are going to apply up front. commisssioner caen: i can certainly say that parsons has been a wonderful partner. it might be good to continue on. president vietor: commissioners? comments or questions on this? before we open it up for public comment, is there a motion to approve this item? >>

all indicates that we have set a path that will lead us to long-term economic growth.e unemployed looking for work, every morning i will think how to get them back to work. some cut in the lame duck session, the payroll taxes, the tax breaks for business investment and plants and equipment. all of those things have helped. and one thing i will be interesting in exploring with the members of both parties in congress, is how we continue some of these policies to make sure that we get this recovery up and running in a robust way. we then have a set of long-term competitive challenges that aren't so different from what germany or any advance country is having to go through in the 21st century. where we have emerging markets becoming more competitive themselves, and we will have to step up our game. making sure our school systems are working well, and have the best trained in the world. and making sure we attract businesses to our shores. and the system is complex and transparent and getting a hold on our deficit in a way that is balanced and sensible. we will have days whe

. >> we have set a path that will lead us to long-term economic growth. and so our task is to not panic, not overreact. >> reporter: a plea for supporters to hang in, even though the recovery is stalled. that "washington post"/abc news poll found president obama running ahead of most possible republican candidates, but not one significantly perhaps. he's tied with mitt romney, seen as especially strong on the economy. i'm steve handelsman, news 4, capitol hill. >>> loudoun county welcomed royalty today. prince henrick of denmark paid a visit to ashburn this morning. there wasn't a whole lot of pomp, but there was a big focus on the environment. the prince was at the american headquarters of the danish firm mil-tek. they make eco-friendly trash disposal equipment. the prince helped them debut a new machine that reduces waste from polystyrene, a packaging material that doesn't break down in landfills. >>> thousands of people have been evacuated in alpine and grier, arizona because of the massive wildfires burning. the 365,000 -- 365-square-mile fire has sco

those are things that help us long-term and create a well- trained work force. one of the things we did early on was to generate a strategic marketing plan to assess virginia, our own self report card if you will, to say what are we good at and then build economic policies and incentives around it. we figured we were good at technology, aerospace, tourism, and things like that. even while we are cutting in other areas, we worked with the general assembly to generate tax credits and other incentives. we created money borrow offices in china, india, and the u.k.. i think you have to be there and look people in the eye and ask for the deal, just like you do in business. we are doing a little bit of international travel. we created a job as commission to get top leaders of business at the table with policymakers and say what is working in what is not working. tell us what we need to do better in virginia and then we implemented a number of those over the last couple of years in our general assembly session. we are trying to reestablish a good manufacturing base. i t

. >> we have set a path that will lead us to long-term economic growth. but we have still got some enormous growth to do. >> bill: president obama meeting with german chancellor merkel today. there is very bad news for the president in a new abc poll. we have the numbers and some of them are shocking. >> the media says breitbart lies. breitbart lies. breitbart lies. give me one example of a provable lie, one? >> bill: the guy who broke the weiner story andrew breitbart has been savagely attacked for doing. so mr. breitbart will be here. caution, you where to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. do you want the federal government to give you stuff? i will deal with that question in the talking points memo which tonight will be in our third segment because we are packed this evening. all right? first up, we have brand new political poll and it's very interesting. according to an abc "the washington post" survey. presidentpresident obama's bouns g

afghanistan cannot turn into fertile ground for al qaeda or another organization that would threaten us long term. that is what the afghanistan piece of this is. >> we are trying to create conditions where afghanistan cannot become a safe haven. it seems that pakistan is a relatively safer haven already. >> targeting leaders in the other organizations, the afghan taliban, with our pakistan the partners, which is problematic, is a part of it. what the strategy is intended to do is buy space so there can be political reconciliation across the board. that is not insignificant. >> it seems we are approaching pakistan with a very limited sort of counter-terrorist strategy when we're implementing a counterinsurgency strategy over in afghanistan. >> i think our approach with pakistan has been to engage them, a partner with them, support them in training so they can deal with the threat that is internal and external to them. that is a difficult strategy and execution because of the history, lack of trust, we left them for. >> in your estimation, we can never send in enough american troops to afghanistan

. >> we have set a path that will lead us to long-term economic growth. and so our task is to not panic, not overreact. >> reporter: a plea for supporters to hang in, even though the recovery is stalled. >> "the washington post"/abc news poll found president obama running ahead of most republican candidates but not one, significantly perhaps. he's tied with mitt romney, accident seen by many republicans as especially strong on the economy. i'm steve handelsman, news 4, capitol hill. >>> white house officials say the menu for tonight's dinner is focused largely on local ingredients, including vegetables and herbs harvested from the first lady's garden on the south lawn. that menu also will include ravioli made with maryland crab. >>> traders on wall street extended the losing streak today. the dow closing down 19 points, finishing at 12,070. nasdaq down a point to 2701 and the s&p 500 closing off a point to end at 1284. the market started losing ground after federal reserve chairman ben bernanke acknowledged an economic slowdown but didn't offer any furthe

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all indicates that we have set a path that will lead us to long-term economic growth. but we've still got some enormous work to do. >> ifill: but among the american people, pessimism appears to be winning out. a "washington post"/abc news survey published today found that while 42% of those polled say the recovery has begun, 57% see no sign of a turn- around. the president acknowledged the frustration but said the key is not to panic, not to overreact. >> we're going to have some days where things won't be going as well as we like. there will be times when we're surprised with better economic data than we suspected. we are on the path of a recovery but it's got to accelerate. >> ifill: republicans on capitol hill and on the presidential campaign trail say the president has only his own policies to blame. in chicago g.o.p. candidate tim pawlenty said mr. obama is satisfied with a second-rate american economy. >> president obama has had three years to turn things around. all we have to show for it now is $3.7 trillion more in debt and climbing, nearly two million fewer j

we have set a path that will lead us to long-term growth but we have still got enormous work to do. >> to turn around the economy, president obama needs to stop fighting on republican ground and go on the offense. he should stop arguing about how much to cut and start arguing about how best to create jobs. all right. now, let's have a conversation about that joining me now is richard wolffe, msnbc political analyst and former bush adviser, mark mckinnon who is founder of the no labels group. mark, i will start with you, i just don't get it. i mean, just tell me, what is it? how can this last ten years of tax cuts be such a disaster economically and republicans with a straight face can tell us the anticipate is more tax cut? >> let me say a few things. first from the no labels point of view and current budget debate, i support our view, which is that everything should be on the table and everybody should be at the table. but on the issue of the bush tax cuts, you know, there is a conventional notion that the fiscal melt down that we experienced was a result of tax policy when that wasn