president and today, i'm honoring an out going member of our city family wells lawson. come on up. colleagues, i know many of you know and have worked with wells over time. i'm sure you're aware of wells was with the redevelopment agency and ocii since 2007 as a senior now a senior project manager with the redevelopment of hunters point shipyard with the candle stick park you know how critical this is the largest project happening in san francisco 10 thousand 5 hundred housing unit a third below market rate and a 3rd of redevelopment space and 3 hundreds acres of new parks and 11 though permanent jobs and new academic activity and wells unfortunately is leaving and going down cigarette to the other part of the state has played a critical roll in keeping the project a mega project to keep it moving forward. he's played a key roll from the negotiations every step of the way. the approval process the community process working with the advisory committee and drafting the benefits plan resulting in $83 million in benefits for san francisco. he played a key really in the adaptation of the

you see a theme here tests a coins we have another senior member he's refroej the bay area to wells lawson he exemplifies the passion the dedication and no stone was to be left unturned no task two small, no meeting he would refuse whether it was staffing the mayor or the lieutenant gavin newsom or in the community at maintained it's the skills and the passion and dedication that we see in mike and in, wells and our ocii staff so again with great sadness but great privilege to be able to introduce this item i'd like to ask sally of programs and project with our indulgence and this other members that are eagerly awaiting the other items she'll read the accomodation >> thank you, commissioners and staff and members of the public it's my great pleasure and sorry to be commending wells it's been an absolute pleasure i'll read do resolution wells lawson joined the agency in 2007 as the painting. starting in 2007 mr. lawson co- murdering the interdevelopment for the hunters point shipyard and the candle stick point activity need of the hunters view area together referred to as the project. the p

introduction to a project that was fast passed this is in big parts to the people we work with like wells lawson over the years he's been a great resource and knows about prongs he's been a great supervisor he'll be greatly missed. >> thank you any other public comment one more. >> vincent. >> doris vincent. ms. nixon told him to tell you she would have been here but i've made you some good i didn't and the plums is from my backyard i don't use any chemicals you need to wash them but they're wonderful and i wish you all the luck >> how can i get away from here without crying. okay anything from commissioners before we vote oppose the resolution and take a picture i have one >> commissioner singh i don't know too much to say but begin to know those guys i was one hundred then so (laughter) so we're going to miss you. >> i would add it that it's beginning to feel like our brain trust is hindu as i've said i've been impressed that the caliber of the staff and i feel a little piece of it is leaving it's sad. >> did i miss another party (laughter) i didn't get invited but i want to thank you. i was n

. >> i'll say i'm wells lawson i want to echo everyone they've stolen my material the depth of the analysis is quite awesome and i'm wanting to commend you for the time and effort it's an incredible commitment that's not lost on staff who also echoing katherine i appreciated your collaborative approach trying to understand what the initials are thank you for the details you've left the commission and agency better than it was before you came >> doris synsent again, we appreciate and we're very proud of having been one of the youngest members here and doing tremendous work i'm speaking for myself and ms. nixon i'll sure on and on other folks would have been here if they didn't have other things going on so here's our good i didn't bag. >> thank you all right. and thank you. we'll keep it brief it is weird i expect to be roasted by you guys and move into the rest of our agenda. >> why are you leaving us to go to planning that was reflected in the minutes and i still haven't got an answer. when we started as a commission the 5 of us i thought we'd be teeth for 5 years you've done an amazing jo

lawson. so, what's gotten the hold up? well, both parties have simply been jerks to each other. up barriers to a vote. even though they all wanted him. rotten, isn't it? so what finally provoked the vote tonight? well, with the murder of 298 people at 298,000 feet puts a huge spotlight and not a good one on the fact that the senate for only selfish political reasons had let this nomination just sit since may. now, as a politician, a all they did was want to mess with each other's heads. that's why it's been sitting. so senate majority leader harry reid what about him he? deserves most not all for this. his job is to lead. he does not lead. he spends way too much time at the senate podium with all of his partisan whoa is me stuff. think about it how you cannot lead and get a vote on an issue that everyone, republicans and democrats agree on? no wonder this country is such a mess. that's my off-the-record comment tonight. and coming up. the search for the missing pregnant wife of a marine. latest from ncis is next. test test >>> get ready to speed read your way through the news. n

lawson. enjoy the sunshine right now, and get ready for the super moon tonight. >> well, the moon is not outis, and so is auto a meala. this is a pretty rare thing. it happens, what, once every 12 or 13 months? >> well, on average, i would say, but we're looking at actually four super moons this year. i'm going to be tweeting out more information about this and post it on my facebook page. tonight you'll want to head outside and look up. now, right now i'm looking up, and there is? cloudiness out here, but these clouds, well, they're going to break up throughout the evening hours. the super moon means the moon is passing as close as it can to earth. this is known as paragy. the other, as it passes furthest away from earth it would be known as apojee. two new words in my vocabulary and yours. the moon overnight tonight will look 14% bigger. 30% brighter, and the moonrise at 7:44. i'll have more on the weekend forecast coming up in a bit. if you can't catch the full moon tonight, it will be just about as big tomorrow night as well, guys. >> all right. thanks. >>> the american soldier freed by

well be the most amazing food city in the world. with a nearly unimaginable variety of places stacked one on top of the other, tucked away on every level of densely packed city streets. at lawsonsaddictive egg salad sandwiches. i love them! layer after layer after layer of awesome. crowded eateries serving who knows what. but it all smells delicious and looks enticing. in the tiny almost micro-neighborhood of nakamaguro, tokyo, all is quiet. and amazingly for right here in the middle of this eye goggling, pinball machine of a city, green. yasuda lives near here and he loves this place. a low key joint to enjoy family meals and meet friends. >> i so much appreciate i see you and all of the people from the u.s. >> well, we miss you. >> i miss new york city. >> i'll tell you something really terrible. every relationship i've ever had with a woman, at some point very early on, i bring them to yasura in new york. and i would watch how they eat. if they talk too much, if they didn't understand how to eat sushi, if they did not eat the uni, we will never have a relationship. that's it. that's the end. they don't serve high-end sushi here. or elaborate kaiseki-inspired fare. it's almos

well thank you very much. i really appreciate it. [applause] >> "posterity" letters of great americans to their children draws on the correspondence of influential figures in the last 200 years of american history. dorie mccullough lawsonprovides biographical information on each of the writers of the 100 letter cited. in order to show the private family life of these public figures she added that divides the letters by themes such as love and struggle. included are letters written by fathers albert einstein william faulkner and george bush senior to their children. this booknotes interview was conducted in 2004. it's about an hour. c-span: dorie mccullough lawson, what is "posterity" about? >> guest: letters of great americans to their children": "posterity" is a collection of letters from great americans to their children. and the letters go from 1664 all the way up to 1998. c-span: why did you do this? >> guest: i did it because i am a reader of biography, and i -- whenever i'm reading biography, i love the parts about family and i love the letters. and i had read a collection of n.c. wyeth's letters and theodore roosevelt's letters. and when i had my own children, it was a book that i wanted to read. thought, oh, i

well. >>> d.c. doing away with styrofoam containers. find out how the >>> two people have been hurt in a wall collapse outside of baltimore. pat lawson muse is at the live desk with more. >> chopper 4 captured a med-evac. the home was vacant at the time. located about 15 minutes outside of baltimore, another person was transported by ambulance to the hospital. rescuers say they both are expected to be okay. at the live desk i'm pat lawson muse. >>> a new law in the district will get rid of styrofoam containers and add tax breaks for your commute. >> cleaning up our local rivers is the goal of the law. mayor gray signed it a few hours ago. news 4's mark segraves was there and has details on how this will impact you and business owners. >> there you go, ladies and gentlemen, another step forward for the environment. >> reporter: local leaders and environmentalists applauded the new law banning styrofoam products in the nation's capitol. small business owners who have to pay for more expensive containers point out this isn't the first time a law designed to help the rivers will impact their business. several years ago it was the bag fee