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[applause] mayors and ladies and gentlemen, it is, of course, my distinct honor and pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce our good friend, my good friend, Vice President joe biden. Throughout his career as a public servant, the Vice President biden has championed issues that are critical to the prosperity and growth of americas cities and he has engaged directly with the u. S. Conference of mayors on a regular basis. During our annual meeting this past june in orlando, Vice President bid...

Certainly provide me support and provide me the motivation to get up and come to work every single day. This is an opportunity to thank and praise the people that call me stop, that email me, find me on facebook, send me a twitter and pick, found me on next door. I tell you, this is your day. Put your hands together. Hang in there, were almost done. But this is the day that we get to celebrate applause im calling it the neners. You know whats interesting . Ive been around city hall long enough t...

User that mayor lee appoints. Ill be putting together a report the past year, what we did forward looking and what well be working on in 2013. And if anyone has anything that they would like to see us give input that would be helpful for the commission, id loch to know that either now or any kind of correspondence. Love to know that thank you. Thank you for your service. Were on to the consent calendar. Excuse me. Yes. Im sorry. Mr. Jones, i had a thought for you. May i have your number . My pho...

Applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewabl...

And we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. Lets take a look at that. Here at the spur urban center on Mission Street in San Francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. I have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both Structural Engineers and we want to talk about things that you might do before an earthquake to your home to make it more likely that your home wi...

Up the competition, and we like competition in this area. We also passed a business tax exclusion for clean tech firms in our city. Weve taken advantage of our position as being in the center for business and innovation to become a hub for International Clean tech firm. Our historic strength and our city has been in finance, and, so, solar firm are moving here to San Francisco to be close to their Financial Partners and to major utilities and Government Agencies such as pacific gas and electric,...

About it lie. Despicable. You cant say enough about anybody who presents information like this especially when dealing with kids and to think about the lies that she created. Reporter so now it is going to be up to the District Attorney here in Santa Clara County to decide whether or not to charge this woman. Penalties could be up to 6 months in jail if they do. Right now live in san jose, anne makovec, cbs 5. Thank you. Former cyclist Lance Armstrong is now confirming the suspicions of many tha...

We are bold, and were not afraid to be bold. Thats why we are moving to 100 Renewable Energy in our city. We want to reduce our carbon. We want to green our buildings. And we want to become a mecca for clean transportation. This year we are proud to be the number one spot on the clean edge u. S. Metro clean tech index for all cities in the continental united states. Our city has launched effective and powerful solar programs, and weve set an ambitious Clean Energy Goal of having 100 citywide ele...

Europe, and also in the u. S. On the other hand, you see also a kind of slowdown in some traditional high growth emerging markets like brazil and marginally so in africa. We speak to the ceo of rival carlsberg in just half an hours time. That is a first on cnbc. And a bailout bat unttle in german politics. Wolfgang schaeuble breaks the party line saying greece could get another aid deal. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a brandnew edition of worldwide exchange. The stoxx europe 600 is down aro...

Very active, quiet, kind of a greyhaired mentoring culture that helped people do what they do. I do not see that anywhere else. People give up their time, give of themselves. It is just a spectacular way to foster innovation. I want to talk about innovation in the bay area for a moment. This is for all of you, but i will start with you, mayor lee. How would you describe the state of innovation in the bay area right now . Are you concerned instagram comes to mind about a bubble . We have been try...