when people were tearing down my pictures, valerie brown, all of them. and here he is. i use the overhead again? this is political. what about the fire chief? she beat her husband. she had heard kids crying. what about the fire chief? is it because of her gender? violence is violence. why are you going to do it to one and not do it to another? this is what you are doing to our kids. you get the people, but you do not get the real people. president chiu: thank you very much. are there any others that would like to speak during general public comment? at this time, public comment is closed. madam clerk, could you please call our special it

and i'm vice chair of the international economic development task force and the chair, valerie brown, gives her regards. she was unable to make it today. and i would like to acknowledge larry, our ceo, and also, stephanie osborne from naco, who really does so well in keeping us appraised of everything we need to know. and if we could i'd like to start on the left-hand side and ask our task force members to introduce themselves. >> alameda county, california. [ inaudible ] director of u.s. droft affairs for u.s. secretary john rice who you hosted last month. >> yes. we enjoyed having him in columbus, thank you. [ inaudible ] tom freeman for remember trade commission from riverside, california. [ inaudible ] >> thank you very much, in the interest of time i think we'll go to our main attraction today. we are really honored to have united states trade representative ron kirk joining us today. i almost called you mayor kirk because, of course, ambassador kirk used to be the mayor of dallas, texas. and he has done so many things, actually, he's really done it all. he's been very successful

when people were tearing down my pictures, valerie brown, all of them. and here he is. can i use the overhead again? this is political. what about the fire chief? she beat her husband. she had heard kids crying. what about the fire chief? is it because of her gender? violence is violence. why are you going to do it to one and not do it to another? this is what you are doing to our kids. you get the people, but you do not get the real people. president chiu: thank you very much. are there any others that would like to speak during general public comment? at this time, public comment is closed. madam clerk, could you please call our special item, items 3 through 5? clerk calvillo: the board of supervisors has agreed to sit as a committee as a whole forepersons looking to the amendment for the america's cup project and related transactions and a proposed resolution of intent to form the waterfront infrastructure financing district. best -- president chiu: thank you. we are here to hear about the america's cup as well as the intent to form the waterfront district. why do we

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. >> supervisor valerie brown has championed the project. >> when things happen in terms of redevelopment we were a gas fnlt -- we were a gast. we thought there is no way they can stop this. >> a committee whose job it is to salvage projects and clean up legislation to undo what has been done. the oversight decision specked in in late april. abc7 news. >> the oversight committee vote on funding is scheduled for tomorrow with a final decision expected next month. >>> state highway 12 in solano county will be closed inter -- intermittently. cal trans is installing the new center divide posts between rio vista and the city. the highway will be closed in both directions for 10 minutes at a time so expect delays. >>> in san jose today, a fundraiser was held for a young man hospitalized after being involved in a traffic accident. a san jose shark joe pivelski helped raise money for his 12-year-old neighbor. colin montgomerie was hit by a car. friends, family and community members got together to raise money to help with his medical bills. >> it is a sad story. it puts into perspective how fast

. >> supervisor valerie brown has championed the project. >> when things happen in terms of redevelopment minutes at a time so expect delays. >>> in san jose today, a fundraiser was held for a young man hospitalized after being involved in a traffic accident. a san jose shark joe pivelski helped raise money for his 12-year-old neighbor. colin montgomerie was hit by a car. friends, family and community members got together to raise with help with his medical bills. >> it is a sad story. it puts into perspective how fast life goes. it is great to see the community and the neighborhood pull together and help out. >> colin requires around the clock care because of his injury. >>> a couple in britain got an unexpected guest at their wedding yesterday. who did she think she was? we well, the queen of england, of course. the monarch dropped in moments after they tied the knot. the couple says they disints -- they didn't expect queen elizabeth to show up but when they found out she was going to be in manchester on the day of their nuptials they sent her an invitation. >> we are just working class

columbus, and i am the vice chair of the international economic development task force, and the chair valerie brown gets her regard. she wasn't able to make it today. and i would like to acknowledge our ceo and also stephanie osborn from naco who does well in keeping us apprised of everything we need to know. and if we could, i would like to start on the left-hand side and ask our task force members to introduce themselves. >> [inaudible] yes, we enjoyed having him in columbus. thank you. >> the community of economic development. >> [inaudible] [inaudible] in the interest of time i think we will go to our main attraction today. we are really honored to have united states trade representative ron kirk joining us today. i almost called you mayor kurt because of course ambassador kirkes to be the mayor of dallas texas, and he has done so many things. actually he's really done it all. he's been a very successful attorney, and he was the texas secretary of state under governor ann richards, and we are very proud to have him now talking to us today about trade. he has really exert an unprecedented level

columbus, and i and vice chair of the international economic development task force, and the chair valerie brownes her re. she is unable to meet today and i lived like to acknowledge larry, our naco ceo and also stephanie osborn who really does well in keeping us apprised of everything we need to know. and if we could, i would like to start on the left-hand side and ask our task force members to introduce themselves. [inaudible] for the u.s. commerce secretary posted last month. >> we enjoyed having him. thank you. >> [inaudible] >> it's good to see you. >> tom freeman. >> and dennis come also not a member -- [inaudible] [inaudible] >> thank you very much. in the interest of time, i think we will go to our main attraction today. we are really honored to have united states trade representative ron kirk joining us today. i almost called you mayor kirk because investor kirk used to be the mayor of dallas texas, and he has done so many things to be actually he's done at all. he's been a very successful attorney, i mentioned mayor and he was the secretary of state under governor ann richards. we are