peter is supervisor and senior adviser of the traffic and transport division at the chamber of commerce, amsterdam. they are partners with businesses and public authorities to develop a robust and economically healthy region. they supervise a team of professionals in the port industries, barge, rail, and road transport. sounds like mta. the chamber of commerce amsterdam is known as an element of innovative approach to connectivity and mobility. he is strong and establishing unique partnership to create groundbreaking solutions. he started a task force formability management for employers and employees to reduce car trafficked by 10%. -- he started a task force for mobility management for employers and employees to reduce traffic by 10%. >> i will give you the perspective of the business community in amsterdam. athis is the region of amsterda. this is the inner city of amsterdam, and the rest of the city are the suburbs. the whole city, there are 2.2 million people, but the real city of amsterdam, there are less than 800,000, which i think is about the same as san francisco. i will also

our chinatown chamber of commerce is here. and chinatown merchants association for their understanding, cooperation and joint effort to help the chinese community continue a long standing cultural traditional program. the chinatown sidewalk merchants display program from january 26th through february 9. as you may know that it is the chinese tradition and custom throughout the world, merchants would close their businesses for the first seven days to celebrate the chinese new year. that is why mayor lee announced today the sidewalk merchant day program. it's for the those in the bay area to come to chinatown and prepare for the chinese new year for their families' parties. under the leadership of our director mohammed, all the merchants have been well-instructed on how to comply with all the sidewalk rules. last year the pilot program, we had experienced some problems, but now we are confident that we will do a much better job this year and i can guarantee you, mr. mayor, supervisor, director, we will do a much better job. than

. >> sean: the president of the national black chamber of commerce joins me to excomplain why he's accusing the administration's policies the administration's policies of [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serus allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop these stop taking chantix and see your doctor right away as some can be life-threatening.

americans and we have the support of many local organizations, the chinese chamber of commerce, the chinese consolidated benevolent associations and many other national organizations and national leaders that joined asking the post office to consider doing that. we see the stamp as an important part of the american cultural heritage; chinese-americans are a big part of it. this is a special year, our twentieth year. i would like to introduce our mayor, ed lee, this is his press conference. mayor lee has been to many, many if not all of the -- in san francisco. in as many capacities as a public official in san francisco. mayor lee? >> thank you caludine for your work. from the first time when you

of commerce and the san francisco chamber of commerce and the market street association and the business improvement district and joe an hayes and mike from the building and trades construction council. anytime i get a chance to speak on the mta board i say i am so proud of what we do and we move 700,000 people in the city and it's a difficult task. we have a wonderful staff. we are privileged to have the talent of ed of course for his leadership and i couldn't tell you how proud i am to work with the people on the board of directors and christine, the newest member. and the other members and malcolm couldn't be here today but we are proud to work together on behalf of the people of the city and we are happy to have john fung head this up and behalf of the board and all of us and thank you mr. secretary. mr. administrator. senator feinstein, leader pelosi, congress woman spear and mayor lee and thank you all for being here and now it's time to make it official. it's sign that document. okay. [applause] >> thank you tom. and as we're getting ready to sign this grand slam document let me m

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we have asked as at city to step up with the chamber of commerce. they will be meeting with us to make an announcement on how the private sector will join san francisco government to host summer jobs for as many youth as we can. when we get our youth interested in making some money for themselves, we will be that much more responsible for their lives in the summer rather than hanging around and getting into trouble. that leads to partnership and education. there was a dispute with i said, school board, while you are being cut, these millions of dollars from the state and you're asking the city to step up on a rainy day fund, i would like you to consider not sitting on your vacant property. i do not know if you remember when occupy san francisco was here. i suggested this spot for 16th and mission street. that was one of their sites. how could you sit on a site for a decade that is right across from a bart station, walgreen's, in the middle of a community that has been demanding more economic recovery? how could the school district's sit on it? i sai

also in another case trying to attack critics of the chamber of commerce the chamber is also a client of hunt and williams so those are were potentially illegal and they were certainly the various deeds be. thought out at least in their initial conspiracy stage among the cyber security firms and a cut out for what were their clients for being bank of america and the chamber of commerce all definitely he's just the latest in a long line of people being attacked obama said he doesn't want to look backward to prosecute bush criminals but he's certainly looking backward to dredge up arcane piece of legislation to prosecute whistleblowers thank you so much for coming on would definitely be to pay attention this case christians storch who what why not work. this month marks the seventy first anniversary of a very dark chapter in american history page in our history books that is too often glossed over i'm talking about the forced internment of one hundred twenty thousand japanese people during world war two this tragic march shouldn't be discussed without giving it proper context the intern

the national black chamber of commerce joins me to excomplain why he's accusing the administration's policies of borderline communist in nature. air not going to want to miss that as "hannity" returns. they used centrum silver for the study... so i guess my wife was right. [ male announcer ] centrum. always your most complete. >> ab and welcome back to "hannity," he was once a supporter of president obama be, but not amenymore. weeks after a press conference on gun control our friends over at the daily caller caught up with harry alfred president and ceo of the national black chamber of commerce and asked what he thought about president obama's policies. >> he doesn't have a clue. he's never had a business. he's never had a real job. he doesn't understand how it all works. he's just -- as you know, i don't really support him too well and he knows it. and that's the badge honor. he's bad and i supported him, i voted for him first time around i had hoped because he is black, shame on me, he is not adam smith, he does not believe in capitalism the way america our founding fathers did it

chamber of commerce, the chinese consolidated benevolent associations and many other national organizations and national leaders that joined asking the post office to consider doing that. we see the stamp as an important part of the american cultural heritage; chinese-americans are a big part of it. this is a special year, our twentieth year. i would like to introduce our mayor, ed lee, this is his press conference. mayor lee has been to many, many if not all of the -- in san francisco. in as many capacities as a public official in san francisco. mayor lee? >> thank you caludine for your work. from the first time when you were in dc getting us excited about our national stamp; really our national culture could be reflected for everybody in america. this is a wonderful opportunity yet again and i know this is the sixth stamp? sixth in the second series. i'm glad to be joined the board president david chiu, our new supervisor norman yee district 7, and rod sengera postmaster general for the san francisco bay area. i see the wonderful beautiful designs that ken mack has for our stamp,a reflect

in central london at 10:45 cet. >>> the secretary of general of the international chamber of commerce in paris. a first on cnbc at clesk cet, 10:00 london time. >>> then a call on comcast shares after the now 100% owner of this company, they've announced they're buying the rest of nbcuniversal in a $16 billion deal. and i still want to say, i feel very comfortable about this. i feel very -- i'm sure you feel happy. good for everybody. >> they like us. >> g.e. stock was up -- >> i didn't like that g.e. stock was up, then i saw the reaction of comcast, all right, they're up, too. >> you, me, fantastic. we're very happy, brian. >> have to say that -- are you pained to say that i should say? >> i don't know. i'm paid, though. don't know if i'm paid to say that, but i am paid. right. have i done enough on that now? >> yes. >>> societe generale swung to a loss on the back of eurozone weakness and one of charges. coming in below expectations, the bank racked up a quarterly net loss of 476 million euros. on top of that, france's number-two listed bank had goodwill writedowns of $292 million m

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they are -- toyota, unitedhealth group, cq roll call, the hill, the us chamber of commerce, ford motor company, the national beer wholesalers association, the american petroleum institute, microsoft, and the newspaper association of america. thank you. thanks also to ted benson of cq roll call for providing the cover art for our program, and of course the mandarin oriental hotel and its great staff. we have a terrific program tonight, and when it is over cq roll call will keep the fun going with a fabulous after party. the band suspicious package will keep us going into the night. in six years from now, the washington press club foundation will celebrate its 100th anniversary. it began life as the women's national press club. the courageous women who came together in 1919 fox to -- fought to establish their place as professional reporters in a mail-dominated business. tonight we honor their courage and try to live up to their legacy in the 21st century. our mission is to carry forward our founding goal of equality, scholarship, and excellence in journalism. in keeping with that mission

the bill is putting pressure on both chambers of commerce by mid-april. republicans are expected to continue pushing the government to cut the fiscal deficit by reviewing social security spending. the budget is a lingering concern for lawmakers. they must come up with measures to resolve the issues of spending cutby ely mch. here in japan the jobless rate in december has gotten worse. the number of jobs on offer for people seeking work has seen the first increase in five months. the latest data from the internal affairs ministry shows unemployment for december was 4.2%. that's up .1 of a point from december. the number of people without a job increased by 70,000 to 27.8 million. those with a job fell 350,000 to 62.6 million. as for thehole of 2012 the job situation improved. the average unemployment rate last year stood at 4.3%. that's down .3 of a point from the previous year. the labor ministry announced that the ratio of job vacancies to seekers improved slightly in december. it says 82 position were available for every 100 job seekers. the weak yen an

the howard county chamber of commerce has launched a new venture to build relationships between the defense department of local contractors. sequestration is putting future government projects up in the air. >> 2/3 of our volume comes from the intelligence community. it is a huge impact. we're looking for some certainty. >> most of the companies we spoke to said they don't expect immediate personnel changes, because most projects are already paid for. the future is their main concern. still ahead, i will chat with jilliam michaels. she has a new book out that could keep you slim permanently. baltimore is under consideration as the site of the future as the site of the future olympic games. it's your last chance to get a $200 verizon visa prepaid card with fios internet and phone for business, both with 99.9% network reliability, on an unparalleled fiber network, for only $94.99 a month when you sign up online with a two-year term. plus a basic second line. order at verizon.com/rightforbiz, or call 1.888.774.4418 for other offers. hurry, this offer won't last long. ♪ >> the summer games in

chamber of commerce is trying to hire our heroes. it is taking place for veterans tomorrow from noon until 4:00. so far, hiring our heroes has held 14,000 veterans find jobs. >> now, sports. >> there are plenty of storylines for today's daytona 500. accident yesterday injured 33 fans. then there was patrick. someone forgot about the best driver of this generation. driving right here, bumping into david, that will start a huge rack. take it up now in the final lap. a familiar face. jimmy johnson, the five-time national champion, takes the checkered flag for a second daytona 500 victory. dale earnhardt jr. finished second. patrick came in eighth place. the bench press, vertical jump, and the shuttle run are all good. has the the-yard gas ---. you cannot teach speed. -- the 40-yard dash. and you cannot teach speed. the running back, chris johnson, was at 4.2 seconds. one of the top receivers in the draft, his speed could cement his status as a first-round pick. nearly 16,000 fans were at the comcast center today to watch maryland face d

governor, what do you make of that, and furthermore, we just had the chamber of commerce saying he likes this idea that at least both sides are cobbling together something that will move a lot of these folks to citizenship, and the chamber endorses that. >> well, you know, i believe that the people of arizona strongly believe that they need to get in the back of the line and do it the way that everybody else has done it. bottom line, neil, we know we need a work force, there could be work series saturday but not citizenship. i think the majority of the people do not support that, and it's going to be a hard push. i don't think any of it's going to happen until the border is secure. >> neil: there's so many compete ideas, marco rubio, and the president, and different players. but one thing that is consistent is this promise that the illegals who are here will simply have to move to the back of that proverbial line, but if it is an eight-year plan, as the chamber was saying, you can go through the process now as an outsider coming in, it could take two decades or more. so by definition at

on behalf of the society and our co-presenters, the san francisco african-american chamber of commerce, the bayview ymca, senator mark leno's office, the san francisco public library, and the mayor's office of neighborhood services, welcome to the 2013 black history month program. the 2013 black history month theme is "at the crossroads of freedom and equality, the emancipation proclamation and the march on washington." the society is the lineal descendant of the san francisco atheneum. it has been the only san francisco institution that is dedicated to documenting, preservinging and presenting true accounts of the history of people of african descent in san francisco. the society is a membership-based organization. without the hard work of our members and friends, the society wouldn't be able to present programs like today's kickoff. i'd like to take a moment here to thank members of our board of directors and the black history month committee who are here. amongst the board of directors members we have here today are dr. bill hoskins, and please hold your applause until i finish the

the howard county chamber of commerce launched a new group. with the threat of sequestration, these companies are concerned about their budgets. >> two-thirds of our volume comes from the intelligence community. it is a deal breaker for us. we are looking for some certainty. >> most of the companies we spoke to tonight said current projects are already paid for and they do not expect any immediate personnel changes. today, the obama administration addressed a growing threat to national security, cyber hacking. -- >> we do not have the money. >> president obama wants a deal that mix is budget cuts and tax revenues by closing loopholes and deductions. >> if we combine those, we can replace these automatic spending cuts that can affect first responders, the national health research we do. >> if we ran our businesses the way conquered -- congress runs, we would be out of business. >> we were cold tonight if congress cannot come up with some kind of deal by the end of march, we may be able to avoid some of these furloughs or job cuts. >> the baltim

the head of the iran american chamber of commerce has going into hiding. this is liz aiken reporting. >> if you've seen the movie argo you know that six american diplomatic personnel escaped iran by posing as canadian movie makers as they made their way through europe. here's our coverage as the world received word of their escape. >> when the iranian students took over the u.s. embassy, four embassy officials and two of their wives weren't in it. as the demonstrations raged in the street the six americans made their way from tyran to the american embassy. the time came this weekend. today canada's external flora mcdonald met to discus the escape. she said canada had issued passports to the americans and while the iranians concentrated on the elections the americans escaped to west germany. mcdonald had high prize for taylor and the canadians and americans who had kept the operation secret. >> there's no question in my mind whatsoever that had this story broken, the lives of our diplomatic core in tehran would have been in dangerous. >> reporter were unabl

the bill is putting pressure on both chambers of commerce by mid-april. republicans are expected to continue pushing the government to cut the fiscal deficit by reviewing social security spending. the budget is a lingering concern for lawmakers. they must come up with measures to resolve the issues of spending cuts by early march. here in japan the jobless rate in december has gotten worse. the number of jobs on offer for people seeking work has seen the first increase in five months. the latest data from the internal affairs ministry shows unemployment for december was 4.2%. that's up .1 of a point from december. the number of people without a job increased by 70,000 to 27.8 million. those with a job fell 350,000 to 62.6 million. as for the whole of 2012 the job situation improved. the average unemployment rate last year stood at 4.3%. that's down .3 of a point from the previous year. the labor ministry announced that the ratio of job vacancies to seekers improved slightly in december. it says 82 position were available for every 100 job seekers. the wea

one of the first things the technology companies did, because we do have a tech chamber of commerce of sf city here in san francisco, they led a national discussion on the web to join in the sandy hook promise that they personally were taking up this cause and using the web site to spread the information and word that sandy hook should never happen again and as they arrive on the scene of this national debate they are now turning their attention to the very cities that they are located in and realizing that in their home towns we've got this issue. but the technology companies are talking with each other, they are using that web site to have a national discussion so that's a great thing because more people who have the discussion and put in front of them kids whose lives need to be saved, families and safety, are going to be of great benefit of this. they are also part of the national effort with gabby gilford and mark kelly to, again, be part of those conversations and very difficult ones because many of them are company owners. they want to have those conversations with the nra indiv

of commerce's president did not talk back -- did not hold back/ >> we were hopinh after the fiscal cliff that things would settle down. they had time to do something about sequestration but they have not done it. shame on them. >> from government agencies to government and defense and contacting companies, howard county's work force relies on the $1.20 trillion spending the fed would have to cut if sequestration happens. more than 80,000 buttons work for government agencies or contractors. -- more than 50,000 workers work for government agencies or contractors. >> it is not just the big ones but the small ones that just deal with these businesses. >> howard county executive ken olman is working on putting together the county budget and years with job losses or furloughs would do. >> my biggest problem is we cannot keep lurching from one crisis to another. need predictability. i need to know what my dealing with apple local level? -- what am i dealing with on the local level? >> alman tells us if congress can i get a deal done at all this year, as many as 115,000 maryland residents of the

business groups including the chamber of commerce and some unions are coming together and give the illegals work permits. for the first time. work permits. now businesses always wanted that. unions have always opposed that. what's is going on here. is this a break through in this coalition for imgrag. >> they have been talking about some sort of guest worker permit. the key is to make sure they are not tied to those employers. it becomes like a debtor servitude. they are not locked into those employers. that's a key red line i would like to see. >> if you get verification. do you think we'll get an immigration deal this year? >> absolutely. zmu? i do too. i'm for it. i'm very much for it. pro immigration reform. a lot of people aren't. republicans are split. democrats are split. >> there's a consensus in the country people want this. the republicans and democrats. look at the majority of them. they do want this in the house and senate and the president wants this. so the balls are all moving and aligning together. i don't see how this can't happen. it would be bad for the president, bad for

an official german philippine chamber of commerce. in our talks, i stated that i am in favor of a free-trade agreement between the european union and the philippines. >> currently, a quarter of the population in the philippines lives in poverty, but the economy is growing fast, and there is an emerging middle class. the government is clamping down on corruption and hopes to lure more foreign investment, including from germany. >> take a good look. see if you like what we have to offer. please note that the country has been transformed. >> the talks focused on security concerns for german investors. the foreign minister's visit underscores the philippines' growing attractiveness in the booming east asian market. >> the focus is on southeast asia. the region is opening up and brimming with self-confidence. europe does not want to take a backseat. that is why the german foreign minister is thriving on this visit, to revitalize relations. >> some sports now. the british cyclist is on the fifth stage of the tour de qatar. >> he has one --

chamber of commerce. [applause] it was in 1997 that tom donohue became president and ceo of the u.s. chamber, and he has built the chamber into an unparalleled lobbying and political powerhouse. has quadrupled the chambers' budget and added hundreds of thousands of new members during his tenure, policy experts and legal advocates have helped influence regulatory agencies and politics and in the court of public opinion and governments around the world. one of his credibility is is the neck to identify key issues will ahead of the curve. he has aggressively against american jobs and growth agenda, a plan that -- advance the american jobs and growth agenda, a plan that includes rebuilding infrastructure, combating an avalanche of new regulations, protecting intellectual poverty, and reforming entitlements and tax system. under his leadership, the chamber has emerged as a major political force. as part of this bipartisan effort, millions of advocates as well as the chamber's federation of the state and local