and for -- >> some of that's earmarked, though. >> for the first five years, half of it is earmarked for green jobs, environmentsal things, and it looks like the legislature wants to put that into energy retrofits for schools. but going forward, it's not earmarked money. >> so, the supermajority and the potential budget surpluses on the horizon a year or two out, does this give jerry brown like a new life politically? does he -- you know, what does he do with it. >> a new life, but not a blank check, maybe, yeah. >> had he lost, he might not have run again for governor, and that would have been a huge rejection of everything he had argued for, that you could bring sanity to the process, people are reasonable, they'll find a middle ground. all that would have been in ruins. and i think now -- and obviously, it depends on his health, now that we've learned recently about his prostate cancer, which thankfully, they caught early. you could see a scenario by which he runs for re-election and he wins quite easily. i mean, i've been wondering, given these democratic shifts which have been u

jack loved your marks -- earmarks. [laughter] everybody, including myself, used to line up and talk to jack about your marks are -- earmarks. the lincoln movie talks about lincoln sending people up to the hill to basically hand out earmarks in order to get their damn vote. that's why one of the reasons they may be having a tough time on capitol hill is because they don't have earmarks to hand out. but jack knew how to do it, and i've never seen anything like it. when the defense authorization bill used to come up, and he used to, the appropriations, i mean, all these appropriations bills used to go on, they used to be amendments, the used to take days. i used to share some of the discussion on the floor of the house on these other bills. but when the defense appropriations bill came up, jack had basically distributed in of earmarks that that bill took about 30 seconds on the floor. so he understood it what it meant, but more quickly, he did in a way that benefited in particular the men and women in uniform. he was tota

i would hope if we did pass this , these earmarked uses, it could be modified at such time as the city might allow for more general uses in all of these named ncd districts. is that what you're telling me? >> yeah, i think the intention is to allow offices on the second floor. it just is a matter of getting that legislation, drafting it, introducing it and bringing it forward. >> what i'm hearing is if we were to pass this today and then this would be done in more of a blanket way, then it would apply to any of the named ncds if this legislation was passed through. we wouldn't have to revisit each one of them and pass, and see if they would be willing to accept that? >> commissioners, if i could, emory rodgers, planning department staff. the director asked us to look into the issue of office and neighborhood commercial districts. it could be a little bit controversial because it was originally purposely excluded from neighborhood commercial districts, but we feel that the office district has been pretty constrained downtown and south of market. and we're not talking about large office

in there is $1,100 ,000,000 of tax expenditures, tax earmarks spending by any other name. guess what? 20% of the american people use 80% of it. who do you think that is? that is you and me and the guys with money. only 27% of the american people itemize. that means three-quarters of the american people never heard of those goodies. so if you want to get something from the rich, just go in to the tax code and start ripping. you don't have to call at it tax increase. it will take time to do. that is where you get your scratch. >> bret: there is so much talk about taxes but little talk about spending or cut to spending. george will wrote spending the main culprit because the federal revenue is $2.6 # trillion. spending is $3.76 trillion. we're spending $987 billion more than we would be if we increased bill clinton's last budget for inflation. and population growth. >> you can't tax your way out of this hole or grow your way out of the hole and get double digit growth for 20 years. you can't cut spending out of the hole either. you to have a blend. i agree with is that totall

. >> earmarks are hogwash. that's fun to say. but what do you know? turns out the congressman wanted to bring home the bacon. then progress report scott tried to direct federal dollars to projects back in south carolina. he signed a letter to the energy department to quote express our support." look. there's his signature. and the company he pushed for ended up getting half a million dollars from the energy department. did congressman scott think we wouldn't notice that he bashes earmarks in public but still tries to send the pork home? that's hogwash. nice try. but we've got you. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day men's 50+. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put

- based on the testimony or public input we received today, it appears that the moneys will be more earmarked for the improvement of portsmouth square. so i wanted to get confirmation on that. and or whether there are -- will we be looking at a community process of down the road where people from the china town community, all the different groups in the china town community will be making input in terms of open space needs. >> thank you, commissioner for the question. i apologize for not clarifying that in the beginning. we would conduct a community conversation around how to prioritize these dollars. and in the intervening few weeks between the planning commission's action and now, some of the conversations have begun informally. obviously portsmouth emerging as an important part because it is the largest open space in the area. and is this in many ways a center of the neighborhood. yes, we would conduct a full community process, like we do for other capital colors. >> commissioner, i just want to supplement that a little bit with a reminder of the roll of ipic, which is an inter-agency quas

for example, one of the early earmarks involved an arena known as unmanned aerial vehicles. i happened to be in the middle of that. the air force at the time was not interested in aircraft that did not have a person sitting in the seat. uav's caused a revolution in the way we deliver intelligence to an aircraft. they are now on the cutting edge of tomorrow's air force. it is important congress has its voice heard. i did not presume to know we were right. i did know there had to be some alternative avenues. within the intelligence arena, we had a chance to look closely to unmanned area vehicles. it seemed to me this could be a pathway to revolution. it would not have happened, had congress not been involved. >> we could probably offer some examples from the other direction, so let me understand how does the public get best served with the competing forces that all want their program to continue? their district to be served. >> it is a big part of our job. it is an appropriators responsibility to be involved in that fight. it involves both oversight and insisting that money be

jack webb earmarks. everybody including myself used to line up and talk to jack about earmarks. and i have seen that, but lincoln talks about them in the given up the hill to basically hand out your marks in order to get the vote. that's one of the reasons they may be having a tough time of capitol hill because they don't have earmarks to hand out. but jack knew how to do it and i've never seen anything like it. when the defense authorization bill used to come up, the appropriations bill, all these appropriations bills used to go on, east of the amendments coming is to take days. they used to share some of the discussions on the floor of the house on this other bills. when the defense appropriation bill came up, jack had basically distributed about earmarks. the bills took about 30 seconds on the floor. so he understood what it meant, but more importantly he did it anyway that benefited from in particular, the men and women in uniform. he was totally dedicated. having been a veteran himself, having understood what it meant to go into battle, he really understood what men and wom

this is just earmarks by any other name, and it's spending by any other name, and it's $1.1 trillion a year. and only 20% of the american people use 80% of the stuff in that tax code. does that give you the wake-up call who is gimming the system? we got rid of all that and give people from 0-70 grand, 8%. 70,000 to 210,000, they pay 14, everything over that, 23. take the corporate rate from 26 to 36 and not tax them twice when they bring it back. and when they bring it back, when the democrats-- as err skin says a democrat-- they'll just use it for dividends to buy stocks and he said at least they'll be using it in the united states of america instead of sticking over there. >> jon: or thaidged of they could use it for bonuses. >> they'll do all that. >> jon: between and you i, and you're a republican, between and you me, they really are the crazy people in this one. are they not? >> no, the aarp spss are the crazy people. >> jon: don't say that because i just joined. you can stick around a little bit. we're going to talk more with senator capitol hill kennedyicism. we'll be right ba

. >> it was 71 years ago today, we'll show you how the bay earmarked the anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor . >> a 21-gun absolute to honor survivors of the attack on pearl harbor. today is the 71 assist anniversary of that day. there is also a wreath laying ceremony to mark the lives lost. more people mark third degree day by lighting the beacon. there it is at dusk it was lit and it will shine until dawn. it was turned off on december 8th, 1941 after the attack so it wouldn't be a guide for enemy planes. it stayed dark until l 1964. we've posted pictures of the attack on our website ktvu.com. >> mark ibanez has the day off so we welcome joe. >> yeah, the oakland a's continue to evolve in this baseball off season. brandon mccar thi has agreed to a two year kranth with the arizona diamondbacks. he was hampered by injuries last year. the most severe when he was hit in the head with a line drive and underwent a two hour surgery. last month, he was cleared to begin working out again and resuming his regular off season ri routine. last night further nonstraited what difficult times

the money had been earmarked for pedestrian and cyclist safety. >>> let's go to traffic with sal. hey, sal. >>> once again we are looking at the golden gate bridge and check it out it looks like they have reopened most of the lanes south and north and you might see some lane workers in the lanes so just be careful if you come up on that and also with the bay bridge, that looks good coming into san francisco. it is always surprising and there are no problems getting into san francisco right now. if you are driving that traffic is off it a good start. let's go to steve. >> i always want to know where they are going, sal. >> they might be going. >> good morning, we have mostly clear skies, ukiah has some fog, more on the low cloud deck and this system is up there. it is the cold air behind that and the pattern is changing and the problem is -- well that is not a problem but the challenge is how much rain will we get and how long will the cold air last. i think santa clara valley and parts of the east bay get the sun but brief rain on wednesday and much colder. if there is any availab

. >> the government responded by earmarking $210 million for three new ships and equipment. but chinese vessels keep up the pressure near the senkaku islands and the dispute looks like it could drag on and that puts more burden on the aging ship and stressed out crews. >>> lawmakers in the u.s. senate have offered japanese officials reassurance on the senkaku islands. the sena they unanimously im -- approved a key defense bill saying the territory is covered by the u.s.-japan security treaty. the senate approved the authorization act for fiscal 2013 and sets the framework for the defense budget and has been amended to state the u.s. acknowledges they administer the senkaku island and states they take no official position on the sovereignty of the territory. the bill also reaffirms the u.s. commitment to japan under article five of the bilateral security treaty. that part of the treaty says the american military will defend japan in the event of an attack. the senate stance is identical to thest u.s. government's official position on the senkaku islands. analysts say the bill

for the siblings of children at that school. >> krystal, earmarked your unborn. >> we're host all the way around. >> you know, kim, i don't have any kids but i care about toure's and krystal's. >> that's nice. >> thinking about what you said and identified there's a squeeze just in terms of, you know, okay, you're in the right kindergarten. you need the right grade school and high school and something else that jumps out at me and all the stories of people with wealth and people with family connections. the story that always jumps out is donald trump's son-in-law. he used to be my boss i guess. but this is a story that -- >> nothing to do with the story. >> always bothered me. there was a chapter in a book written about how he got in harvard and basically they said academically unqualified and the father gave money to harvard and gets in to harvard and thinking of whether it east krystal's kid or toure's kid but does the right things growing up to position themselves in to harvard, how big of a problem is it buying a way in or legacies, you know, the children of alumni and maybe not t

prop b, 195 million dollar general obligation bond measure earmarked to provide renovations and improvements to our city parks. one of the reasons why that is so important to us here in the council and also to the mdc, these renovations advance access in the facilities. this is the way that we get to renovate recreation centers and playgrounds and bathrooms and trails. it was important for our transition plan work to have this funding source. that was a successful outcome. one of the benefit of the bond measure is that these improvements that have been taken place, different recreation centers, it was more accessible disaster shelters. these rec centers are on the list of available shelter site. back in 2005 we first started the survey, a lot of them were not renovated and are not successful. as would go back one by one was added to the list. that has helped us a lot with the 2008 measure in going forward with this 2012 measure. prop c, affordable housing trust fund. as you know, when governor brown eliminated redevelopment agencies statewide we lost huge resource for affordable housing cons

. >> reporter: the government responded by earmarking $210 million for three new ships and equipment. but chinese vessels keep up the pressure near the senkaku islands. the dispute looks like it could drag on. and that puts more burden on japan's aging ships and stressed-out crews. >>> populous. prosperous. pushing ahead. china's rise brought it wealth, power, and problems. an income gap divides its people. pollution threatens their health. and disputed seas strain relations with its neighbors. find out about the challenges china faces on "newsline." >>> the leaders of most countries envy china's growth. it set a dip of below 8% for the first time in years. ai uchida joins us. >> a lot of people when they hear china think manufacturers, partsmakers, clothesmakers, toymakers. they export many things to the world and that's exactly what's slowing down, exports. china's government economists say they expect their economy to grow less than 8% this year. it would be the first time in 13 years that growth in the country has slowed if their forecast is accurate. a representative of the chine

there are no more earmarks, not $20 billion of earmarks. you can't say i'm going to take that bridge away unless you vote for this project. we saw jayne baohn boehner play hardball yanking them off the 5678d committees, but evidently the speaker does not have that kind of swag. i want to put this in context. the national debt in this country is $16 trillion. john boehner and the speaker -- john boehner and the president are $4 billion -- $400 billion apart. that's a ten-year figure. it gets to the point it's almost ridiculous. now i think the republicans are losing leverage. if we go over the cliff, all the pressure is going to be on them. the president is going to get the extension of the debt ceiling. the republicans may not get what they thought they were going to get in terms of entitlement reform and curbing the growth of entitlement, modest though that may have been in some people's eyes. so i think it's bad news all around for republicans at this point. the chips are certainly down here, mike. >> gentlemen, if you wouldn't mind stayi

and again i'm like her, i like earmarks. but this is not an earmark. this is a process that has gone through step after step, everyone in my state, republican governor, republican delegation, alaska -- democratic delegation, all altogether here as an important role heemplet and this takes nothing away from superstorm san dix we recognize -- all of us on this floor -- how devastating that was. but this was also a disaster in a different making. and i've been -- as a matter of fact, i was in mass at the request of senator kerry as the chair of the subcommittee on oceans and fisheries and listened about the many species that are devastated and the quotas that you're now facing. so this is not only critical to be done now, its also -- the amount of money is so small and the act is significant when you any the thousands and -- when you think about the thousands and thousands of jobs impacted. and my state, that one extra step, truly about food and survival for the alaskan native community in the winter months of not zero temperature, not 10 above, but 40 be

mismatch between the two sides of the government insists it's treating grace in the area seriously and his earmarks money for infrastructure projects targeting the northeast in particular but a legacy of letdowns has left many northerners less than an seized. this is this is. a complete shambles so all in it together all the nation divided one thing seems that with many predicting an increase in unemployment and a triple dip recession for the ek the challenge of the year ahead looks to be testing times for everyone surface. of the comet just ahead for you in the program here and we do continue with our end of year review today our looking back at the much of the exclusive interview program hosted by the world's most wanted with of course the one and only julia. you can tell. in the blink of an. anthropologist in those days. different food. different animals. but what about. my journey began in two men but the big city was all shiny. scrapers and shopping much like any other prosperous. so i decided to. a small town just outside. dumplings came from here to dominate the russian cuisine but only in s

. >> in addition to the station in martinez, the others earmarked for closure are in walnut creek on hawthorne driver, loafer, and clayton on center avenue. >> this will leave clayton with absolutely no fire stations in our city. >> the stations were marked by contra costa county fire officials to save $10 mall year. officials warn that if a park tax measure failed last month this would happen and the measure did fail. >> we're at a place now where we don't have an awful lot of options available to us. >> fire officials say they made decisions based on call volume at each station and proximity to other stations. firefighters say closing the stations will increase response times. >> we'll have to reconsider our tactics, maybe not go in because when you go into in to do an interior fire attack, you need to have necessary backup on the outside. >> supervisors asked the fire chief to come back with more information on specific stations and possible alternatives. >> it's most likely that there will be some closure, whether that means full or partial closure, i think it's too early to tell

. >> in addition to the station in martinez, the others earmarked for closure are in walnut creek, lafayette and clayton on center avenue. >> this is going to leave clayton with absolutely no fire stations in our city. >> the stations were marked by contra costa fire officials to save $10 million a year. officials warned that if a partial tax measure failed last month, this would happen, and the measure did fail. >> we're basically at a juncture now where we don't have an awful lot of options available to us. >> fire officials said they made their decision based on call volume of at each. firefighters say closing the station will increase response time. >> we'll have to reconsider our tactics, maybe not go in because when you -- when you go in to do an interior fire tack, you need to have the necessary backup on the outside. >> the supervisors asked the fire chief to come back with more information on specific stations and possible alternatives. >> it is most likely that there'll be some closure, whether that means full or partial closure, i think it's too early to tell. >> the board of supe

mismatch between the two sides of the government insists it's treating grace in the area seriously and his earmarks money thing infrastructure projects targeting the northeast in particular but a legacy of letdowns has left many northerners less than an seized. the government this is going up and this is a way. of it is our. it's a complete shambles so all in it together all the nation divided one thing seems certain that with many predicting an increase in unemployment and a triple dip recession for the way the challenge of the year ahead looks set to be testing times for everyone so r.t. sunderland. the french embassy in the central african republic has been attacked by protesters surging paris to intervene to stop a rebel advance insurgent reportedly control vast parts of the country and are only seventy five kilometers away from the capital the u.n. has ordered its staff out of the country due to the unrest lawrence freeman of the executive intelligence review magazine believes france though will only worsen matters if it intervenes these developments do not occur overnight this is big group th

mismatch between the two sides of the government insists it's treating grace in the area seriously and his earmarks money thing infrastructure projects targeting the northeast in particular but a legacy of let downs has left many northerners less than and see what we're saying is the government this is going auburn this is going. it's a complete shambles so all in it together or a nation divided one thing seems certain that with many predicting an increase in unemployment and a triple dip recession for the way the challenges of the year ahead looks to be testing times for everyone so r.t. sandland. got plenty more stories for you just ahead in the program we continue with our end of year review today artie's news team looks back at the launch of the exclusive interview show hosted by the world's most wanted whistleblower aside which. it sounds like a dragon crashing through the forest but it is in fact technology versus trees and would you believe it this machine can fail and strip hundreds of them each day going to which or when building this facility we wanted to use advanced technology that woul

. >> and while we're earmarking money i would totally support that and i feel that we should train teachers in digital media. you can't teach cooking out a kitchen, so we need to bring digital media into the classroom so people can practice in the environments they're in all the time outside of school. >> and i would say that having listened to the word "media literacy" as far as back when i was carrying 3-inch quarter cassettes years ago and it was a great job. it really was. to teach media and digital literacy out of context is a fool's error and we have the boring curriculums in the world and teaching it out of the context. >> we have to stop blocking. >> yeah. i don't know. >> somebody -- okay. >> teachable moment. >> i hear everybody talk about -- >> thank you. >> yeah. so i have learned the phrase "teachable moment" since becoming a resource officer and i try to incorp rat that with a discipline situation and i try to use the teachable moment with the parents as well so you can move forward all together instead of just making everybody upset. >> i have some comments actually respondin

two years ago, you will remember that santa clara voters decided to earmark redevelopment tax funds for the new stadium. but the funds were eliminated by the state and the money was given to schools instead. the 9ers and the schools eventually decided to split the funds. but now a judge will rule on who gets the money. >>> oakland is keeping the extra cash from overpaid parking tickets. that's according to a new report from the city auditor. last year the city made $316,000 just on overpayments. state law requires cities to reimburse people who pay their parking tickets twice by mistake. >>> a vallejo teen shot by a life-long friend wants him to know he is forgiven. 18-year-old cody hassler says his grand sammy turner is battling mental illness. three weeks ago they got into an argument. that's when turner a hunter shot hasser will in the back, then turner found himself in a standoff with police. hassler reached out to his friend right after his surgery. >> cody, i love you, bro. i forgive you, bro. i love you. everything is going to be okay. >> turner eventually turned himself in. hass

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government has all kinds of earmarked moneys for minorities and women, particularly women. they don't have the money to market those opportunities but they're there. i think there's all kinds of opportunities where there's small business loan, government contra contracts, there's all kinds of things, other ways she can det money right now without giving up a piece of the company. >> this is going to be a war. knew get the last word. >> if i sold out early on i wouldn't have made the money made. i think those of us that know a certain market, she knows her market and extending it. usually when you know your market really well it becomes universal. knew don't have to be in the government to get the money. the private equity. i think she gets a lot better advice if she goes to an angel. >> we will leave it there and love a panel that disagrees with each other. thanks. >>> another company is seeing rapid growth thanks to a '50s pin-up star. bettie page clothing has come a long way since we last reported on them. the vintage clothing line based on the iconic model has added stor