and i was on vacation and check my blackberry and read a rick unger e-mail while on vacation. >> you are never on vacation. >> you work it anyway. nine out of the 10 are checking their work phones. any time to rejuvenate and comeack ragged. >> we need that vacation time to work better. >> when you say economy you arealking about gdp. good or ill it is major transaction. have everyone never talk a day off and work 60 hours a week. steve is protesting that. >> there is it a correlation between vacation time and increased productity. a 2010tudy show that americans fe refreshed and better about their jobs coming back it is important to take eaks throughout the work die. >> center to tell you, i don't think i had a year where i used up all of my vacation. most of us love our jobs enough that we are working into our vacation time all of the time. >> absolutely . that's what makings the united states so great. like to work. tom brady and payton man aaron rodgers don't want to leave the field or lose their jobs. why would we mess with something that makes us the envee of the world. >> the yo

germany had highest vacation days n eu . they are most productive. >> they make good cars, the geans. >> and the gloth grated is-thirds of our own . once upon a time they were a low tax regime and hours were higher. taxes on work you get less of it >> europe has legally man dated vacaon . we don't have that here. >> i hope we are not on the ai in france and germany. you are killing these poor people. >> they are killing themselves. look a their numbers. want you want to have them. >> they are happy except for millionaire necessary france. >> whi is why they are leaving for belgium which is a tax-haven. 75 or 85 percent. ments to work there? last word from steve. a push to ring in the new year with a mileage tax. will it drive your economy off of the cliff? >> and collegesashing in. they are collecting more application fees and not application fees and not letting more students in. [ malennouncer ] it's tt time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you realld

[clock ticking] >> we have eight weeks of vacation. >> eight weeks of vacation? >> eight weeks, yes. >> like most frenchmen, marchand has no guilt about taking so much time off. in fact, it's the law. full-time workers in france are guaranteed at least five weeks vacation and a maximum 35-hour work week, with no paid overtime allowed. and not everyone is thrilled about working even 35 hours. >> the aim is to keep your job without working. >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm leslie stahl. in this episode, we'll examine our relationship with work. how much is too much, too little, and who should decide? but before we look at the hours we spend on the job, we'll look at how employers tried to influence the way their workers act off the job. as morley safer reported in 2005, that cigarette or drink at home, that political candidate you supported, even your eating habits are coming under the scrutiny of your employer. if your boss doesn't approve, it might even cost you your job. >> anita epolito and cara stiffler were considered model employees at weyco, an insuran

need to make a policy decision about the vacation before we bring discussion of value to you. it appears stakeholders are little more important than others. it appears this could be a bit of a gift of the city treat to the p -- street to the poc. it's this authority decision to take one for the team and help out the city agency on an important project. that's a policy decision for you to make. we should be open about that rather than hiding and claiming that it is simply a transportation planning because it clearly isn't. thank you for listening. >> thank you any other member of the public who would like to comment? seeing none, we will close public comments. cohen you like to come back and perhaps maybe share any response to the comments that were made now about understanding about the land and how that's being used helping come up with option one? >> sure, thanks. i think these are important question and we've been working through the pc you saw there and that vacated piece of property. the vacation of that northeastern portion of quint is more recent addition to the connect

you have a right of 8 extra days of paid vacation to make up for the days you were ill on vay -- vacation>> any time you go on vacation and get sick you get a do over. >> if you say i have a cold i had the flu they have to give you that back somewhere else. >> if you have a doctor's note it's not too hard to pay a doctor to give you a doctor's note and said she got the sniffles when she was snorkeling so she needs another 7 days of vacation. >> in italy if you start a business keep it small up to 10 workers you have flexibility. if you hire an 11-th employee you must submit an annual self assessment to the national authorities outlining every public health and safety hazard? >> yes. we are not just talking about how you deal with workers moving heavy machinery. it must also include how to deal with specific stresses related to perhaps your age or gender. it has to include the name of the doctor who informed the assessment and showed howitt tallian workers worked at companies with 10 or fewer. >> if you have a 16th employee you have to have union representatives to fulfill union duties. >>

weird getting more and people want more like a guaranteed vacation. >> absolutely. we work too hard. france and italy six weeks is normal. john: america does not have mandatory vacation but we have 170,000 pages of federal rules and they keep passing more. it shows how america has recovered since the great depression. to sit out this graph from dan mitchell because of these rules add this up and the government spending, tax increase coming can understand when our entrepreneurs think i do not want to hire people then i want to keep my company small then i am stuck with a mandate. i am worried we become like you're up at the same time that model is falling apart. john: we did have these laws but not as many. >> as much as seven like the regulated laissez-faire economy just make sure you have enough breathing room to prosper. over time if government grows faster than a private sector that wedge means the burden of gdp, it is not like one straw causes it to collapse, but there is a tipping point*. are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i don't

weird getting more and people want more like a guaranteed vacation. >> absolutely. we work too hard. france and italy six weeks is normal. john: america does not have mandatory vacation but we have 170,000 pages of federal rules and they keep passing more. it shows how america has recovered since the great depression. to sit out this graph from dan mitchell because of these rules add this up and the government spending, tax increase coming can understand when our entrepreneurs think i do not want to hire people then i want to keep my company small then i am stuck with a mandate. i am worried we become like you're up at the same ti that model is falling apart. john: we did have these laws but not as many. >> as much as seven like the regulated laissez-faire economy just make sure you have enough breathing room to prosper. over time if government grows faster than a private sector that wedge means the burden of gdp, it is not like one straw causes it to collapse, but there is a tipping point*. are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i don't kn

because you're on vacation. oh, yeah. that's right. reach down and get me a nice, juicy night crawler. here. you do it. a little squeamish, huh? no. i just don't want to be part of killing one of his creatures. think i'll use a lure. any luck? not even a nibble. my friend's a little bitter. how about a cup of coffee? that sounds good. you go ahead. i'll talk to earl about his great fishing spot. i'll clean up and meet you in the restaurant. sure you don't want coffee? no. you go ahead. see you later. i don't want coffee, i want fish! mark's the fisherman. i'm along for the ride. there's something calm and peaceful about boats. you're lucky to live here. it is lovely. occasionally i take it for granted, something i thought i'd never do. taylor, my ex-husband, preferred city life, one of the many reasons we're not together. are you married? no. got my lunch ready, louise? it sure is. i'll get it. if he doesn't catch a fish, he'll probably throw himself off a bridge. earl, how you doing? hi, there. how are you guys? we're just fine. my fr

we found out from planning that the vacation of public right of way is typically in contradiction to the general plan and therefore they requested us to go through this major encroachment process. the department in its evaluation does not believe this would necessarily be an appropriate permit for either the city or the applicant specifically. this permit will only grant a license to the property owner to maintain this and it would definitely place a cloud on the title, which may impact future sales and/or refinancing of that property. >> supervisor wiener. >> thank you. this matter is sort of perplexing to me in a number of ways and i don't know that you are going to necessarily have all the answers. are you here for this matter? is anyone from planning or dbi here? >> i don't believe so. >> i'm just curious to know how this happened. i mean i guess, from what i understand, when the plan was submitted the property line between the private and the city's property may not have accurate -- apparently did not accurately reflect reality and i know that it's not like a surveyer goes out f

as in: use your vacation days... or lose it all.ake reid of expedia for some travel tips. good to have you on the show this morning. you look awfully cool. > > [laugh > > thanks for having me, and you are absolutely right - a lot of americans are losing it, and they are not taking their vacation days. we want to help travelers feel comfortable booking that trip and taking advantage of the vacation days they have. i certainly did that. i am down here in miami beach, fla., at the palms hotel and spa, taking a little vacation from the rainy seattle weather that i am getting used to now this winter. > other than where you are right now, what are some other great locations, some last- minute deals? > > we are seeing a lot of travelers on expedia book in three places: doing what i did, which is to come to the beach, get away from the cold weather and escape and relaxe. there is also a big trend of ski vacations, taking advantage of lake tahoe or vail, colorado, and really getting away with the family. and then of course, it's the holidays

weird gettinmore and people want more like a guaranteed vacation. >> absolutely. we work too hard.nce and italy six weeks is normal. john: america does not have mandatory vacation but we have 170,000 pages of federal rules and they keep passing more. it shows how america has recoveredince the great depression. to sit out this graph from dan mitchell because of these rules add this up and the government spending, tax increase coming can understand when our entrepreneurs think i do not want to hire people then i want to keep my company small then i am stuck with a mandate. i am worried we become like you're up at the same time that model is falling apart. john: we did have these laws but not as many. >> as much as seven like the regulated laissez-faire economy just make sure you have enough breathing room to prosper. over time if government grows faster than a private sector that wedge means the burden of gdp, it is not like one straw causes it to collapse, but there is a tipping point*. are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i don't know. this trendline is

weird getting more and people want more like a guaranteed vacation. >> absolutely. we work too hard. france and italy six weeks is normal. john: america does not have mandatory vacation but we have 170,000 pages of federal rules and they keep passing more. it shows how america has recovered since the great depression. sit out this graph from dan mitchell because of these rules add this up a the government spending, tax increase coming can understand when our entrepreneurs think i do not want to hire people then i want to keep my company small then i am stuck with a mandate. i am worried we become like you're up at the same time that model is falling apart. john: we did have these laws but not as many. >> as much as seven like the regulated laissez-faire economy just make sure you have enough breathing room to prosper. over time if government grows faster than a private sector that wedge means the rden of gdp, it is not like one straw causes it to collapse, but there is a tipping point*. are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i don't know. t

weird getting more and people want more like a guaranteed vacation. >> absolutely. we work too hard. france and italy six weeks is normal. john: america does not have mandatory vacation but we have 170,000 pages of federal rules and they keep passing more. it shows how america has recovered since the great depression. to sit out this graph from dan mitchell because of these rules add this up and the government spending, tax increase coming can understand when our entrepreneurs think i do not want to hire people then i want to keep my company small then i am stuck with a mandate. i am worried we become like you're up at the same time that model is falling apart. john: we did have these laws but not as many. >> as much as seven like the regulated laissez-faire economy just make sure you have enough breathing room to prosper. over time if government grows faster than a private sector that wedge means the burden of gdp, it is not like one straw causes it to collapse, but there is a tipping point*. are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i don't

>> no, congress will take a vacation the next week. they love vacations. will not affect any future vacations at all. >> there should be a political cost for taking a vacation. >> we should do like we do when we elect a pope. stick them in there and just have them meet until white smoke comes out. but in the meantime just lock them up and have them meet. >> actually, the cardinal, that's probably more than the congress is. when it comes to reaching a consensus. >> locking people in a room and telling them they can't leave until they get a deal sometimes works. >> absolutely. give them bread and water. >>> to afghanistan where violence is plaguing the transition. a suicide car bomb at a u.s. base today. a u.s. contractor killed in kabul on monday. when erin was in kandahar, a bomb killed a u.s. service member hours after she and leon panetta left the base. one of the film makers behind the documentary has seen the violence firsthand and is out with a new ebook, the world made of blood. it is inspired by his experiences in war-torn countries. recently, erin

again, a lot of people are already on vacation this trading day ends at 1 p.m. today. so we only have a half day of trading, but the market is down and worries about the fiscal cliff and as we mentioned before, perhaps worries about impending strike with longshoremen along the east coast and the gulf coast, so we'll keep a sharp eye on that. let's check the price of oil, it's down as well today. off about 50 cents and it had been off 30 cents and continuing to go down again, perhaps because of concerns about a slowing economy, if in fact, we do go over the fiscal cliff. well, since the the horrific shooting in connecticut we've heard lots of ideas on how to keep our children safer, but what do the people really want? scott rasmussen joining us now with a look at his latest polls on these issues. scott, good to see you. in general, i imagine the move in favor of gun control is increasing, correct? >> it has. in fact. 47% say they want stricter gun control laws at the highest level of support we've ever seen. 55% want to see a ban on assault weapons or semi automatic wea

weird getting more and people want more like a guaranteed vacation. >> absolutely. we work too hard. france and italy six weeks is normal. john: america does not have mandatory vacation but we have 170,000 pages of federal rules and they keep passing more. it shows how america has recovered since the great depression. to sit out this graph from dan mitchell because of these rules add this up and the government spending, tax increase coming can understand when our entrepreneurs think i do not want to hire people then i want to keep my company small then i am stuck with a mandate. i am worried we become like you're up at the same time that model is falling apart. john: we did have these laws but not as many. >> as much as seven like the regulated laissez-faire economy just make sure you have enough breathing room to prosper. over time if government grows faster than a private sector that wedge means the burden of gdp, it is not like one straw causes it to collapse, but there is a tipping point*. are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i don't

weird getting more and people want more like a guaranteed vacation. >> absolutely. we work too hard. france and italy six weeks is normal. john: america does not have mandatory vacation but we have 170,000 pages of federal rules and they keep passing more. it shows how america has recovered since the great depression. to sit out this graph from dan mitchell because of these rules add this up and the government spending, tax increase coming can understand when our entrepreneurs think i do not want to hire people then i want to keep my company small then i am stuck with a mandate. i am worried we become like you're up at the same time that model is falling apart. john: we did have these laws but not as many. >> as much as seven like the regulated laissez-faire economy just make sure you have enough breathing room to prosper. over time if government grows faster than a private sector that wedge means the burden of gdp, it is not like one straw causes it to collapse, but there is a tipping point*. are we five years away from being greece or italy? twenty years? i don't

need to make a policy decision about the vacation before we bring discussion of value to you. it appears stakeholders are little more important than others. it appears this could be a bit of a gift of the city treat to the p -- street to the poc. it's this authority decision to take one for the team and help out the city agency on an important project. that's a policy decision for you to make. we should be open about that rather than hiding and claiming that it is simply a transportation planning because it clearly isn't. thank you for listening. >> thank you any other member of the public wh

initially the option one, berm would have included the vacation of the piece of quint street, that is directly at the tracks in order to do the berm but that additional piece up on the northeast portion was added. the reason that was added is actually twofold, one, to facilitate potential staging of both projects concurrently. the berm or bridge replacement project and the connector road project. vacation of that area allows potentially more staging for both of those projects to happen together and minimize that gap in construction time closure. it also does facilitate the poc's master planning process. as i mentioned earlier, working with the poc as one partner in looking at what other funding options are available to reduce that prop k request or how the pc can be involved in this process moving forward. that is something we will plan to work with pc on and come back in the spring with a more detailed plan of exactly what that could look like. >> i know that we had spoke about this not just a couple weeks ago, not even earlier, maybe about a month in a half ago. this was mentioned a

as you may know the president will vacation in hawaii. the budget mess is delaying departure from washington. the michelle and daughters may travel tomorrow. watters beat them. he landed in honolulu earlier this week. ♪ ♪ to say on a bright hawaiian christmas day >> obama is a hawaii guy. is he vacationing here. >> i think there is pride. >> i like him. it's like let's get down. let's do it. in worries. here, let's go at it. >> are you going to be all right. >> yeah i'm getting excited. >> i don't give a [bleep] >> obamas are vacationing at this multi-million-dollar estate. secret service occupy the homes to the left and the right. usually a typical day for the president on vacation go work out in the morning at the marine base and golf and shave ice. the area that he is staying at, what's the reputation there. >> it's really high class. good security down there. >> president obama is vacationing just a few houses down. >> if you want to go in and out of the neighborhood bs are what does that mean for you guys? >> we will have it be searc

the president cut short his holiday vacation.days to reach a+%sxç deal before mandatory budget cuts and tax increases kick in on >>> netflix wants to get into the social networking game. >> new ceo of yahoo plans to make appearance at upcoming electronics show in las vegas. >>> goodÚç morning ellen. >>> good morning. the big consumer electronics of -- marissa mayer, a lot of hope she is expected to be there. she is an ing partiesanaÑ, one-on-one meetings trying -- trying to reestablish the sometimes rocky relationship that yahoo has had with 17 minutes into the trading session little change, we are seeing gains, for the dow, for the nasdaq as well as s&p. bloomberg index has been in the negative since we opened, a lot of wait and see about what is going to happen now that the president and congress are returning to washington today to deal with fukushima daiichi -- to deal with the fiscal omq= cliff issu. retailers are doing a better job of controlling inventories, macy's and abercrombie & fitch don't have as much merchandise le

younger again vacation not into organized religion. parents and grandparents were, they're finding other ways to get fed spiritually n our culture i think there is a suspicion of institutions beginning with governments and education and filtering into religion as well, thirdly boy say is this, maybe institutional religion is not serving spiritual needs of people like it needs to. people are looking else wrchl we have to accept responsibility for that. that is our fault. if they're getting bad preaching they're not being inspired. guess what? they're not going to go forward. >> great point. i heard a great homily on christmas eve. i loved every minute of going to mass. great to hear a good homily. >>. >> it's a challenge for churches to rise to the level of giving people what they need spiritually. we're not just sexual and rational beings we're spiritual beings. it's hard wired into who we are. whether it's the author great piece from "new york times" she fell away from her faith and finds her way back into a church and wanted to recon

. >> then of course, the whole irresponsible actions of both sides going on vacation. there have been suggestions, notably by warren buffett that congress should not get paid and not have health insurance until they come to an agreement. >> i think there is a lot of negotiating behind the scenes, maria. staffs are meeting almost constantly. but you raise a good point and interesting point. the optics as washington likes to call it, of going on vacation when you have a fiscal cliff looming, if you don't have an agreement are simply awful. boehner has already told the republicans that nobody is going on vacation until this thing is settled. i think the democrats are probably going to say, pelosi and reid will say the same thing for the democrats. i wouldn't be surprised if congress stayed in session maybe all the way until the 21st of december. this is going to be not to put too fine a point on it, a cliff hanger with regard to the fiscal cliff. i think there will be some movement. in other words, they will not go on vacation unless there's some agreement about what a fr

before you have handled this. >> he has a vacation already planned? >> i know he does. >> there's simply no middle ground here at all. >> will the president stay in town through the course of these negotiation? >> meanwhile the president wants to spend $4 million for a vacation at the end of the year in the midst of what is a huge crisis. >> compromise is impossible. >> the president is going away for christmas. he's going to hawaii for 20-something days. where am i going to be? where are my neighbors going to be? we aren't going to have a place to call home. >> all that can happen and all that will happen is one side will concede. >> will the president stay in town through the course of these negotiations? >> you are going to enjoy your holiday in hawaii. aim going to be here with no lights, no electric, no plumbing, what am i going to do for the holidays. >> what obama wants is a confession. >> should anyone in washington be going on vacation in the middle of this fiscal crisis? should the president be jetting off to hawaii? both sides created this

. >> president obama is cutting short his christmas vacation. he is leaving hawaii tonight so that he can be back in washington when congress reconvenes tomorrow. >> laura: so we should believe that by leaving his island enclave that the president was making some big sacrifice for the country? i'm thinking washington, crossing the delaware on a bitter christmas night 1776 before going on to defeat the british in two major battles, that's sacrifice. i, for one, never understood how in good conscious any of these politicians would think about leaving town with so much riding on this cliff hanger? shouldn't they get their work done before they leave town for a break? that's what's expected for most working americans but then again washington politicians have rules of their own. people whose salaries that we pay are called public servants. meaning they verve us. not the other way around. we don't work to make their lives better. they are supposed to make ours better. the operative word here being work. so much doesn't seem to be working though at al

small comfort for those sick passengers on the high seas. >> a horrible vacation for so many.was last night here on the air that we learned of a loss. the death of general norman schwarzkopf. the story behind the nickname that he didn't like. he was a four star general after his tough talk and the action that followed. his troops louding rocky forces from kuwait in 100 hours of the first gulf war. the general known for his swift victories didn't like that nickname, preferring the one his troops called him -- the bear. while he was tough, he had a gentle side, honest and candid in this moment with barbara walters. >> were you ever scared? >> sure. i've been scared in every war i've ever been in. >> if you could meet saddam hussein, what would you ask him or say to him? >> get out of town. >> a west point officer and decorated graduate, he spent his entire life in the army. when saddam hussein invaded debate in 1990, stormin' norman became a household name. >> as far as saddam hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operati