at the time, we did not know what that would be, but we were assured that be substantial. we are getting there but are not quite there. the tiers are so big, we are not likely to go past the first one. the spirit of the compromise for the tiers to be tighter. the letter you received, but we suggest that every have, it would go up. it is up to you. maybe it would be everyone it mgd, but the jump from one to 5 does not seem very reasonable. for example, 4.5 mgb over, which is still not very likely, it would still be a certain percentage for the water, and we see that as possibly just the cost of doing business rather than a real deterrent, so we're hoping that you will move forward with a tighter tier system, and we are happy they are moving forward expeditiously. this is wonderful day with an item that we feel needs resolution. commissioner: if you are using over a certain amount, that is not 100%. president vietor: other any other comments on this item? >> president, members of the commission, we received a copy of the letter last night, and i have had a chance to sit here

pollution from modern weaponry we can go on and on what the public gets to know or doesn't get gets assured of is that your commodities will come here at a price that you can barely afford and we can certainly profit from. are you surprised. he's playing in the military intervention in libya let's look at nato established right after world war two to real or imagined counter soviet communist influence in the west due to so much corruption that happened by industrialists in the west. we might have. called the north atlantic treaty organization north atlantic that means western europe and print real terms where is the north atlantic treaty organization active today well of course it's active in the middle east it's active in central asia it's active in north africa. nato itself is a military and economic engine that does not want to. just because of the end of the soviet empire or its promise to exist it wants to feed itself as a military operation and as a as a bloodsucker of tax money it pays quite well to its upper staff and to its contractors and suppliers it's an industry that's a wanted

the turkish media said they know where my son is and that if i go on their show that they will assure a reunion. i want them to report where my son is to the turkish authorities. that is not something the american embassy has been able to help me with so i guess that little and it got kind of fills you in on my site. >> was there any attempt by the consular office in turkey to do a welfare whereabouts? >> i still have thankfully right now webcam access. i kind of have to put that on hold. i don't feel like that is an infinite resource so i'm using that when i have to have that. any time my husband threatens to take my son from -- to syria which is a border sharing country, i open the communication again so they know i'm ready to have that sent out as needed but no, i've not had a welch headquartered so far. >> as our ambassador in turkey raised your particular issue with the foreign ministry? >> i am completely unaware that is happened. >> you should not have to ask. >> i'm not aware at all if that is happened. >> mr. bermudez has that happened in her case? >> and actually to make her

what i asked of you and everybody on this -- in this illustrious group is what assurances you can give us that the decision making process on these difficult decisions are not going to be driven by politics. that has been the force that has driven decisions for so long in the city. greg wagner is a very smart man. i suspect that if we ask him what he would do, he would come up with something -- he would figure out how to fix the situation. the problem is that historically in the city, the decisions have not been driven by sound and rational decision making. they have been driven by politics like organized labor, everybody wants to get reelected. we need to believe that there will be sound and rational decision making with your breath of fresh air and this smart group of people. what assurance can you give us that is the decision making process that will be used to address the deficit? >> that is a big question. as you know, i am not a politician myself. my desire is that the board of supervisors return meat to the city administrator's job so that i can have five years of higher pay. i

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i can assure you of that. >> john, i don't understand this. people want to know whether their child is alive or dead or if their child is at the morgue. why respect they allowed to see who is at the morgue to identify bodies? >> they're told that the process requires them to do the paperwork first. one of the reasons we're told the governor is sending in extra personnel to help tonight, anderson. they went back in, they waited in line, filled out more paperwork today. they were told not today, not tomorrow, but might be as much as two weeks before they get definitive word. and they are just -- they say we're not just arguing for our child but the hundreds of others who just want a process, just want information, just want to be able to find out whether their son is dead or alive. >> i don't understand, they said it's going to take two weeks for them to be able to go to the morgue and find out whether their child is there? i was in sri lanka after the tsunami and they would photograph those people who died in the storms and loved ones could loo

i assure you, no matter how harsh the joke, they've all been vetted by the man at the top, chinese president. >> the purpose of the annual dinner, a fill lan thereon high pressure high pressure philanthropic one. aside from that, the dinner's program usually leaves room for a little ribbing or roasting of the president himself. >> this is the change you were talking about? mr. president, look at your hair. if it gets any whiter, the tea party is going to endorse it. [ it was definitely a funny dinner with seth myers. they're going to be coming here. they're expected to back here into the ronald reagan building in the next couple of minutes. donald trump will be here, jeremy piffen, serena williams. we'll keep an eye out for them. >> ken, thanks a lot for that report. >>> the district's taxicabs czar has been fired by mayor vincent gray but is not going quietly. the former d.c. taxicab commission chairman tells 9 news now tonight he was placed on 15 days administrative leave and not allowed to return to his office this week. he says in that office, a personal records that deal with his underc

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we're concerned many of us would hold the government to account if it changed its mind but we also had assurances that they were directly targeted at it and that wasn't part of the un security council resolution well it was all they because this is where the if you like the vagueness of the resolution kicks in because it does talk about enforcing a no fly zone and protecting civilians and using all necessary measures to implement the policy you could theoretically argue that all necessary measures includes attacking the command and control center in tripoli part is the political but i still am of the view that this was about regime change as much as about humanitarian aid but if you could argue that why couldn't you argue that so. ground troops is part of all necessary measures and it seemed such a powerful and and all encompassing for a while because i think the majority of people in this place who voted for the intervention and i respect that you did so warmly assumption that this was about humanitarian aid and nothing more and that it had the legitimacy of the un resolution putting ground troo

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. >> i can assure you, whoever takes his place he will be number one on our list. >> couric: and not even the neighbors knew that in the house down the block lived the most-wanted terrorist in the world. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. from the site of the deadliest terror attack ever on u.s. soil. president obama will be here later this week to mark the end of the hunt for the man who ordered it, osama bin laden, killed sunday night in his hideaway in pakistan in a raid by u.s. navy seals. pulling the trigger on that operation was one of theÑi toughest decisions the president has ever had to make. david martin is at the pentagon tonight and, david, based on what the president knew and didn't know, this was a very big gamble. >> couric: katie, the more you find out about this mission, the more you realize what a roll of the dice it was and how close it came to disaster. after months of studying satellite photos of the compound, c.i.a. analysts concluded ther

we're concerned many of us but hold the government to account if it changed its mind but we also had assurances that they wouldn't directly target athletes and that wasn't part of the un security council resolution well it was all they was this is where the if you like the vagueness of the resolution kicks in because it does talk about an force in a no fly zone and protecting civilians and using all necessary measures to implement policy and you could theoretically that all necessary measures includes attacking the command and control center and tripoli is the beautiful but still of the view that this was about regime change as much as about humanitarian aid but if you could argue that why couldn't you argue that so. ground troops is part of all necessary measures and it seemed such a powerful and then it's all encompassing for a while because i think the majority of people in this place who voted for the intervention and i respect that you did so warmly assumption that this was about humanitarian aid to nothing more and that it had the legitimacy of the un resolution ground troops and i think

we're concerned many of us would hold the government to account if it changed its mind but we also had assurances that they wouldn't directly target athletes integrate them in that wasn't part of the un security council resolution well it was all the way because this is where the if you like the vagueness of the resolution kicks in because it does talk about enforcing a no fly zone and protecting civilians and using all necessary measures to implement policy you could theoretically view that in a certain measures includes attacking the promoters and control center in tripoli it's debatable but i still am of the view that this was about regime change as as much. humanitarian aid but if you could argue that why couldn't you argue that sending ground troops is part of all that is very much as i mean it seems such a powerful and and all encompassing fray because i think the majority of people in this place who voted for intervention and i have respect for you did so warmly assumption that this was about humanitarian aid and nothing more and that it had the legitimacy of the u.n. resolution between gr

. >> i can assure you, whoever takes his place he will be number one on our list. >> couric: and not even the neighbors knew that in the house down the block lived the most- wanted terrorist in the world. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. from the site of the deadliest terror attack ever on u.s. soil. president obama will be here later this week to mark the end of the hunt for the man who ordered it, osama bin laden, killed sunday night in his hideaway in pakistan in a raid by u.s. navy seals. pulling the trigger on that operation was one of the toughest decisions the president has ever had to make. david martin is at the pentagon tonight and, david, based on what the president knew and didn't know, this was a very big gamble. >> couric: katie, the more you find out about this mission, the more you realize what a roll of the dice it was and how close it came to disaster. after months of studying satellite photos of the compound, c.i.a. analysts concluded there

was the plan all along and two i think most people would say no that would be a step too far we had assurances right from the beginning the new ground troops committed and as far as we're concerned many of us would hold the government to account if it changed its mind but we also had assurances that they wouldn't directly target the definition we're giving that wasn't part of the un security council resolution well it was all the way because this is where the if you like the vagueness of the resolution pics in because it does talk about in force and on the fly zone and protecting civilians and using all necessary measures to implement the policy you could theoretically offer you that when the story makers improves attacking the promoted and control center in tripoli is the beautiful but i still am of the view that this was about regime change as as much. humanitarian aid but if you could argue that why couldn't you argue that sending ground troops is passive or necessary measures i mean it seemed such a powerful and and all encompassing for a while because i think the majority of people in thi

we're concerned many of us would hold government to account if it changed its mind but we also had assurances that they wouldn't directly target athletes in the beginning that wasn't part of the un security council i think it well it was all the way because this is where the if you like the very midst of the resolution kicks in because it does talk about enforcing a no fly zone and protecting civilians and using all necessary measures to implement the policy you could theoretically if you all necessary measures includes attacking the quality and control center in tripoli part is debatable but i still am of the view that this was about regime change as much as about humanitarian aid but if you could argue that why couldn't you argue that. ground troops is part of all necessary measures and it seemed such a powerful and and all encompassing for a while because i think the majority of people in this place who voted for the intervention and i respect that view did so warmly assumption that this was about humanitarian aid than nothing more than that it had the legitimacy of the un resolution to gr

explain the connection between war and religious sacrifice i think it sucks to be a teenager you can rest assured someone is doing something about it their female president of the national youth rights association is with us tonight about so prospects for high school graduates in the obama economy i'm not sure which of the three different stories from the white house to believe but as far as i know in lot in still that and for some reason we're still talking about a man adam versus the man. as american still revel in the announcement of the killing of osama bin laden fears of blowback or sort of come to life i'm not passing any ties around bin ladin himself since he's certainly a bad dude it's not the big bad dude that our government has made him out to be in fact the f.b.i. never even listed nine eleven on its bin ladin web page because according to rex tomb chief of investigative publicity for the f.b.i. quote the reason why nine eleven is not mentioned on a song a lot of us want to page is because the f.b.i. has no hard evidence connecting the lot of the nine eleven but even if bin laden is th

we're concerned many of us would hold the government to account if it changed its mind but we also had assurances that they wouldn't directly target athletes and we're going that that wasn't part of the un security council resolution well it was all they because this is where the if you like the vagueness of the resolution kicks in because it does talk about and forcing a no fly zone and protecting civilians and using all necessary measures to implement the policy you could theoretically argue that all necessary measures includes attacking the command of the and control center in tripoli is debatable but i still am of the view that this was about regime change as as much. humanitarian aid but if you could argue that why couldn't you argue that sending ground troops is part of all necessary measures i mean it seemed such a powerful and and all encompassing for a while because i think the majority of people in this place who voted for the intervention and i respect that you did so warmly assumption that this was about humanitarian aid and nothing more and that it had the legitimacy of the u.n. reso

we're concerned many of us would hold the government to account if it changed its mind but we also had assurances that they wouldn't directly target that i didn't read anything that wasn't part of the un security council resolution well it was all they because this is where the if you like the vagueness of the resolution kicks in because it does talk about and forcing a no fly zone and protecting civilians and using all necessary measures to implement that policy you could theoretically offer you that in the story makers improves attacking the mold and control center in tripoli is the beautiful but i still am of the view that this was about regime change as much as about humanitarian aid but if you could argue that why couldn't you argue that sending ground troops is part of all that's the same as i mean it seemed such a powerful and and all encompassing for a while because i think the majority of people in this place who voted for the intervention and i respect that you did so warmly assumption that this was about humanitarian aid and nothing more and that it had the legitimacy of the un resolut

and that raises an interesting question, has she assured fox news she's not running, she's just taking this bus tour, or does fox news have a different standard for sarah palin than it had for newt gingrich and rick santorum? we spoke with another likely can date, minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann who says she can raise enough money if she runs and will make her final decision about seeking the republican nomination within days. >> it has absolutely nothing to do with me, it has everything to do with the american people and our economy and where we're going to go. and my decision about getting into 2012 or not is a completely independent decision. it doesn't matter if you get into the race or if anyone gets into the race, my decision will be made on whether i think it is the right thing at the right time and we'll let you know in june. but i do know that no matter who the candidate is on the republican side, that person needs to be elected because barack obama has not been good for our economy, and we have seen millions of jobs lost and they're not turning around, and the dollar

i just want to assure the members of the committee that at the sba we share your sense of urgency on that and the notion of constantly looking at how the programs as we get them out into the hands of small businesses, we are constantly looking at how those programs are being received and what tweaks -- what mid-course corrections we need to make. as we did in the 504 re-fi we acted quickly toward that. i am out, i'm traveling regularly -- since the first of the year, i've been to over half of our regions talking to hundreds literally hundreds of small business owners asking them about the small business act. we've had a small business jobs act tour, 13 cities planned, we were down to the last two cities. we are out and about talking regularly to small businesses and seeking their input on how we can do -- what we're doing better, how we can make these programs work more effectively for them. so i want to assure the members of the committee that we share your sense of urgency. >> we appreciate the effort. and we're going to be looking for some very clear results as the weeks and month

since the abduction, i've played with her to return a chilling back to the united states assuring her that there are no criminal charges pending for fear that she will not return under those conditions. on january 5, 2010, i was granted the privilege to see my children via skype. it was my daughter's fourth birthday. although it was very hard to see my children through a monitor, it was very satisfying to see them so happy to see me. my daughter, jade, look at her mother in hartigan said you are ever so softly something in japanese. when i asked her what jade had said, she replied she wants to be with you. the monitor emulate went blank. that was the last time i saw my daughter's face. feather at the show my parents flew to japan with the assistance of the united states embassy in tokyo. congressman smith and my attorney, patricia abbey, tried to contact her to see if they could visit their grandchildren. after countless e-mails and phone calls were ignored, the u.s. embassy was able to reach her. and she denied any access for my parents and she also told them to say that she was not

i will assure the banks there will not be any retribution by bringing this to our attention. i really don't know what else i can say. the examiners need to eckert -- exercise independent judgment. the bank management understands -- bank managers are not always right and there have been some big mistakes. hopefully we are through this but earlier in this crisis we have a lot of dramatic downgrades from supervisor ratings to ones that had troubled status. we are putting more of an emphasis on forward-looking camels and asking banks distress portfolios and conditions from a risk-management perspective. that doesn't mean if the economy tanks unexpectedly that they have to hold more capital. we want them to be prepared. >> i appreciate those comments but i really hope some of your senior management or whatever it can go into these banks. as my colleague from georgia mentioned, we have a tremendous amount of consent and cease and desist on the problem bank list that is still to come. this is sucking wealth out of these communities into the immediate right down, is doing a reverse s

>> i can give that assurance. i am sure that everyone in the house and the country would agree that scenes of people dressed in balaclavas in londonderry are completely unacceptable we have funded the psni appropriately. it is now properly devolved and working well, and i urge it to do everything it can to hunt down these people. above all, the words that should ring in our ears are those of the mother of pc ronan kerr, who said she hoped that this would not prevent more roman catholics from joining the psni and doing a great job policing northern ireland. >> does the prime minister recognise that lending to business by banks was down £3.4 billion last month in march, and that the construction industry was down in productive terms by 4.7%? does he see a connection, and if so, what will he do about it? >> my hon. friend is right about the figures today and that what is happening in the construction industry is disappointing. we need to get britain building again, which is why we are introducing the new homes bonus

you that your loved one is being properly cared for with the utmost respect and dignity and i can assure you of that. >> john, i don't understand this. people want to know whether their child is alive or dead or if their child is at the morgue. why aren't they allowed to see who is at the morgue to identify bodies? >> well, they are told simply that the process requires them to do the paperwork first, and that they would not get them in. it is one of the reasons that we are told that the governor is sending in extra personnel to help out, anderson. a they went back in and filled out more paperwork today and told not today and not tomorrow, and told as much as two weeks before they could get a definitive word for the morgue, and they are one, and they say it, we are not arguing just for our child, but for the hundreds of others. we want a process and information and just want to be able to find out whether their son is dead or alive. >> i don't understand -- wait a minute. they said two weeks for them to be able to go to the morgue and find out whether their child is there? i was in sri l

i think you all have a great sense of assurances as you're sitting there, more so than usual. you have a great sense of assurance spearheaded of think you feel threatened by anything that is going on here. and i guess you don't have a reason to feel threatened because of the way that votes lined up in this present congress. but i yearned for one of you to see what average people are going through. is to figure out some way in your mind, what can i do as a very large and profitable company to make sure that that bad thing doesn't happen to that person, losing health insurance or losing a unemployment insurance. the endless number of things that people have to worry about every single day. you don't have to worry about those. you have the money to have planes and our people don't. i want to stipulate that. and say one more thing. the greatest danger to this country right now other than the deficit is something called cyber security. we're writing of bill and the congress committee of the homeland's security is participating in that. he comes up with a solution that i hope we can

bye passing the legislation we will assure all moratorium impact of leases are extended to read the gulf of mexico was one of the most important regions in the country for exploration and development. it accounts for 30% of the oil produced in america and 13% of the gas produced in our country. just over year ago the president imposed a sweeping offshore moratorium. when the moratorium was put in place, thousands of pieces sat idle in the gulf while the lessee is continue to pay the expenses and the payroll of their employees. since the moratorium was lifted in october the operators have seen a very slow permit process for approval to go back into exploration. the department of interior has issued 53 shallow water and 14 deepwater permits since last october. the monthly approval rate before the moratorium was approximately ten shallow water and ate deep water every month. this year alone, over 350 offshore leases are due to expire. many of which have had not the opportunity to be developed because of the moratorium. i ever received a letter from stephen kriseman, president and ceo of the

fema assured them that they would be eligible for assistance. fema took pictures, they verified the damage. they gave her the paperwork, even kind of coached her through some of the paperwork, and they assured her repeatedly, assured them repeatedly that they would qualify for some assistance from fema. now, they did end up getting getting $27,000 for home repair, and that's exactly what they spent it for. they played by the rules, they filled out all the paperwork. fema was physically on their premises. they got their check, they put it right back into the house like they said they would do, and it helped them stay in their house. now fast forward three years, and we see that fema writes them a letter, what i would call a demand letter where they are requesting that they repay all of this money and that they have 30 days to repay the balance of the debt that they owe to fema. this, of course, is a big shock to them because they were assured repeatedly that they had a legitimate claim and that fema encouraged them to file this claim and they got

how can they give the house an assurance that the u.k. is actually prepared for the responsibility that comes up to -- >> i will look carefully what the honorable gentleman says 'cause i know he has a very deep concern about this trafficking issue, as many members in our house do. and, frankly, the fact that children and young adults are trafficked for sex and other purposes in our world is completely disgraceful and we have to stamp it out. as he said we have signed up with the directive and we were complying with the terms of this directive and we have to make sure we do everything we can to stamp out this repulsive practice. >> dr. julian lewis. [inaudible] >> although i have discussions on many issues with the leader of the opposition, the nuclear deterrent has not recently been one of them that is partly because the government's policy is absolutely clear. we are committed to retaining an independent nuclear deterrent based on trident. my right honorable friend the defense secretary will make a statement to parliament today to procee

unlike to assure everybody that tnc preserve the hole libyan territory. two days ago the last meeting which was convened in abu dhabi with 27 representatives from the western part of the country and the southern part of the country just traveled this morning to join the tnc to prove that this -- surpassing the libyan territory and regions. the second fanged, we started expanding the executive bodies of tnc to deliver every service and every commodity our people might need. we are facing some very acute financial problems because of the frozen assets we have in different european countries and the united states. i would like to seize this opportunity to call on the united states administration to help us, president obama particularly. has called for the end of legitimacy of the regime, that this regime lost its legitimacy in tripoli. this was inspiring to many libyan people that they are not alone and they're fighting a dictatorship. i want to thank him for that call and all the free world who stood by us and decided to fight against tyranny. if we move a

that is great, the assurance that we have. what i'm saying here is what about all the other elements that come up because it is evolving? how're we going to incorporate? should there not be another measure for us to be flexible to address those things? that is what i wanted to say. this is a great idea, and also there are other ideas. we can add policy directives instead of just having a grandfather. >> when we bring forward the recommendation, the formal recommendation to make the transportation authority, currently our recommendation would be to aid the transportation authority, when we do that in the authorizing legislation, i think we could add it in there. >> i think it is a great plan to make sure that we do that instead here. i like the idea, it is just that there are other ideas that i would like to incorporate in addition to what the commissioner has said. if that opportunity exists and the plans are dynamic and evolving, i'm just going to see how we can incorporate them there and then expand on what he said. what if

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i think that we should maybe have a short discussion, sheer or some other time, to assure the public that those trees that were identified in past programs have been worked on, so that this way it would give us peace of mind so that we do not have another unfortunate lawsuit. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon. my name this [unintelligible] and i would like to urge you to release the community opportunity funds at this point. our organization, as well as different fund best groups out there have been working in support of the opportunity fund for the last year. the first round was immensely successful. what this grant does is allow people to get excited about their parts, even though they may not have received grant funds through a total renovation funds. communities are coming out of the works. every workshop we have held, community members that have never been a part of the parks system in a formal way are coming out and offering additional money. it is a very exciting process. one that we feel very supportive of. once again, we really just urge you to go ahead

we need to have strict assurance that those things are happening. short of that, these detainees and up back in the battlefield. that is the worst thing i think that can happen in light of the threat that our forces are facing around the world with emerging threats. notches press not just trust that happen to make their way back on the battlefield because we don't have a clear detainee policy that is very vigorous in requiring the country certified the receipt of these detainees. i think it is extraordinarily important that these requirements stay in place. it is the only assurance that we have that countries like yemen won't be able to receive detainees back and we see this history of this. we have seen in afghanistan. we have seen it in yemen. i want to make sure we don't regress and we don't go backwards. this is counter to the efforts we have made to make sure that we have a very thoughtful, rigorous process for countries that would receive back these extremists. again we put so much effort into making sure we are battling extremism around the w

want to outline the proposals aimed at providing short-term relief for high prices at the pump and to assure -- ensure america's long-term energy security. these are the issues which have been discussed many times in these chambers. the time for talk is past. the time to act is now. mr. president, high energy prices today already are pinching pocketbooks of families and crippling our small businesses across my state and across this country. when i was home over the recess, i visited the roaded areas of alaska. these are communities connected by our highway and road system. from kinaei peninsula to fairbanks. gas prices were well over $4 a gallon. and as you can see by the poster next to me, they ranged from $4.15 a gallon to $4.35 a gallon. these prices might look good to some of my colleagues who saw gas prices over $5 a gallon in their home states, but off-the-road system in alaska, prices are much, much higher. the fact is, prices for gasoline and home heating oil never came down in rural alaska. they've been well over $5 a gallon for years. some places, such as anatubik pass, are nearly

"the new york times" further tells us today that republican leaders have, quote, privately assured wall street executives that this vote is a show. furthermore, they cite that an executive from the u.s. chamber of commerce tells us that, quote, wall street is in on the joke. the reality is that wh our colleagues on the republican side are trying to do is furiously try to deflect the public's attention from what they recklessly tried to do to medicare, by ending it, because that is in their proposal, in their budget. they are doing everything they can to try to get people to stop focusing on the fact that seniors are being asked to pay for this debt by getting less when it comes to medicare and certainly every single american as they age into seniority as well. mr. speaker, every family in america has to balance its checkbook. they have to do so responsibly. they have to pay the mortgage and pay their credit card bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. becerra: congress should do the same and this is not the time to play jokes. i urge my colleagues to vote no

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i can assure you that we work really closely together, which resolves a couple of major longstanding issues. what we may not have in height over the last two mayors, we certainly have in sight, and we have a tradition -- we certainly have in fight, and we have a tradition of fighting together. [applause] there are a couple of things happening in oakland that you may not have paid attention to, but in the in, asking you to invest in oakland in a different way. yes, i do what your dollars, it is no secret that oakland is the port city in the bay area. our report is pretty much back to pre recession levels and terms of imports, exports. we export about as much as we import. i had a stake in -- which is an organic meat producer based in oakland. this represents some of the changing american habits. this is very interesting, i have some relatives in china. they are worried about pollution and you have this growing market for california organic foods. that is amazing. i take bart all the time. in the global world, i would bet you that we are on more national papers in china then we were in

i wanted to let you know, my last conversation with the assurance team group -- shorenstein group, they are about to spend $80 million retrofitting even before twitter spends its money, which will be around $15 million renovating the space that they need. that is a million-dollar, plus another $20 million -- that is an $80 million commitment in the first year. i think that is a great indication. now we are seeing smaller businesses will be attracted. a burger place will be opening in august. i just had lunch with a commissioner at a cafe on sixth street. wonderful place. we will have a police substation on six straight. that will be open by the end of this year, early next year. we already have a commitment from our new chief of police that it will be staffed. there are a lot of things happening that will change the face of midmarket. again, it is job creation, jobs. there are so many other things we are doing that are job- creating. clearly, america's cup, very exciting. will produce the people's plan to move 200,000 people every day in 2013 towards the latter part of that year. we are

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