Been watching the celebrations across the world from new zealand to Sydney Australia to pyongyang, north korea and hong kong. Celebrations were held all across the globe and several more will take place before we ring in the new year on the west coast. Tens of thousands of people will kick off the new year in San Francisco with a Fireworks Show at midnight. In the past, Treasure Island has been a popular spot to see the show. You may have done that yourself but it will not be this year. Tremont Elissa Harrington tells us why. Reporter this is our view of the bay from Treasure Island. If you are trying to find a good point to watch the Fireworks Show tonight, Officials Say to avoid this area altogether. The Treasure Island authority is discouraging people from going to Treasure Island so we are asking folks not to go to Treasure Island to watch the Fireworks Show because there are not a lot of places to park or stand and watch and traffic getting in and out is a nightmare with one westb
Tv industry and funded by your local cable and satellite provider. Nearly one out of every two acres in the west is owned and controlled by the federal government. Up next on c span 3, a conversation on federal land policy in Western States. Then a hearing on Border Patrol agent pay, and defense undersecretary Michael Vickers discusses u. S. Intelligence challenges and National Security. Later a look at student loan debt. Defense secretary chuck hagel will be on capitol hill to testify about the transfer of five taliban guantanamo detans for the release of Army Sergeant bowe bergdahl. A reminder you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. In Western States, the federal government owns millions of acres of land. Coming up, a discussion on control of these lands in Western States. Well hear from congressman rob bishop of utah who chairs a sme on public lands. From the Heritage Foundation, this is an hour. Good morning and welcome to the Heritage Foundation and our lewis lairma
Me. Appreciate it. Captioning performed by vitac we have some more thank yous. I want to thank our planner, Ivan Goldberg who made all this happen, also the great allison jafy of the great d. C. Improv. Those of you who heard the reception band, thats is madam organs band. You may have noticed on your tables mip cards. Those cards get you free into adams morgan. I want to thank cnn, my capitol hill colleagues who dealt with me dealing with this dinner and who could not be better friends and colleagues. Im so honored to work with you. Its such a privilege. Thank you to my friends, megan, megan and kristen and to my husband jason, you make everything better. Now to all of you, i have probably the deepest thanks, it has been an incredible honor. I would never have imagined reporting at the capital much less standing here with some of the greatest reporters in the world and we will continue fighting for access at the u. S. Capitol because we sure could use it. Finally, thank you of course
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By the Heritage Foundation in washington d. C. Join me in welcoming William Perry pendley, author of sagebrush rebel. [applause] when it came to energy, Natural Resources and the environment reagan knew exactly what he wanted to do. Of course he had been governor of california and like the other ten western states california is a federal lands state. The government jones a third of the nation, most of that in the American West and california like colorado, half of it was owned by the federal government so Ronald Reagan as governor of california, not just when it was sovereign but also when it was a land owner in many cases of bad neighbor. So he had to have experience, he knew the agency, the park service, the fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service and the department of agriculture and the bureau reclamation, he had experience with those agencies firsthand and he brought that knowledge with him in the years ahead. Something phenomenal about reagan was he had a photographic me