Alfred zacher presents his thoughts on why some president to succeed while others feel during their second terms in office. This is about 45 minutes. The afternoon and appreciate you being here for less event this event that we can credit cspan2 for being here. We are familiar with the faces phase past is prologue which is amazing on the wall of the national archives. We have heard the phrase history does not repeat itself, it rhymes. This afternoon with your assistance, i will attempt to apply the prologue to the history of the second term but i simply do not understand history writing so that one will not be ignored. We are once again facing the challenge selecting our president when the winner is too close to call. We do not expect to witness an election won by a landslide. Some will look lonely on the times when one candidate dominated the political theme. Lyndon johnson nearly beat Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon overwhelming george mcgovern. In each of those elections on of the
Meeting good morning. Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors budget and Financial Committee for november 6, 2013, im mark farrel and im be doing this meeting and i want to thank Supervisor Scott Wiener for joining us and supervisor mar and avalos will join us in a while. I want to thank victor young and the sfgtv covering this. Mr. Clerk do we have announcements. Yes. Be silent. And phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Itemed acted upon today will be on the agenda unless otherwise stated. Okay. So we have one relatively longer hearing and we have a number of items before that, so well get going with the hearing and the resolution that i sponsors. Clerk, call item number one and 1. Item number 1 hearing to focus on the overall trends in hospital pricing, the rationale from the hospitals for the setting of these prices, how hospital prices are affecting our governmental accounting standards board unfunded healthcare liability
Ets that live 202 5853880 you can also email us. Veterans only this morning. Your experience with the ba system. The congressional reporter for the military times joined us on the phone now to talk ulk about the situation. Why are their calls for the secretary to step down . Caller there has been a lot of controversy lately stemming from the allegations against administrators at the phoenix veterans hospital. There are allegations and reports that they were keeping two lists. actualt had veterans waitt times actual times. Cnn did a larger board large report that 40 veterans died waiting for care. Bunch from the American Legion have called for his resignation. Host why is that . Caller the legion said it is not this situation. There is a list of things that they are frustrated with from how he has lived at the department. Information,lic and to punish folks who have made mistakes. We have heard a handful of scandals over the last 69 months. There were some deaths in pittsburgh and probl
His first alert forecast. Yeah, bill, were off to a warm one, right . We certainly are. Good morning, chris. It is getting a little cloudy, so thats helping keeping our temperatures a bit warmer this morning. 50s and 60s right now, and it is dry. Clouds are moving in. We will get some breaks of sunshine before rain arrives. Right now, look at the numbers around the area. 65 at philadelphia international, northeast philadelphia, mt. Holly, Atlantic City, millville all at 65 degrees, and dover is 67. And even the cool spots are not all that chilly this morning for this time of year. 50 right now in allentown. Forecast is calling for a dry morning. 59 degrees to start with. Clouds will be building during the day. By lunchtime well be up to 66 degrees. Then our attention will turn to the radar for this afternoon. Showers right now are off to the north and west. The hourbyhour forecast for the future weather to show you when showers may move into our area in less than ten minutes. First ale
The murder of 49 year old dallas long two week ago. Longs body was dumped at 82nd and lions in eastwick. He took everything that he had, his keys, his id, you know, the detectives said they left him with 72 cents. Reporter joe zeta long says her son had been in trouble before but was trying to turn things around when jordan allegedly took his life. He has two twin daughters, and he was trying to turn his life around. Reporter Police Sources say jordan is now being look at by police and the fbi in connection with a crime spree that includes as many as five murders, a kidnapping and as many as six Bank Robberies where the robber wore this 1,500dollar hollywood style mask to rob banks in new britain, Chestnut Hill and other locations. Hes going to be look at for not only the incidents hes already being charged with but also any other incidents that could possibly be related to him. I just hope he gets what he deserves because it didnt make any sense to take him for nothing. Reporter dion