. -- korean-americans, and others. we celebrated the whole month to welcome everybody. it is supposed to be a year of good luck, a year of prosperity and good health so on behalf of mayor edwin lee, i want to welcome you here this evening. [speaking chinese] so we have the celebration in san francisco welcome the community to celebrate the chinese new year for many years now but this year we are particularly excited and very happy because this is an historic year where we are hosted by our first chinese- american mayor. [applause] this is another historic occasion. [speaking chinese] at this time, without further ado, i want to bring up our mayor, mayor edwin lee. [applause] >> thank you, claudine. good evening, everybody. happy new year. i am very honored to join supervisor chu, a supervisor carmen chu, eric mar, and jane kim, and supervisor campos, supervisor mirkarimi, malia cohen is here as well. it is a wonderful occasion to celebrate our chinese new year at city hall. i want to welcome all of you here. i have been thinking about my first month on this job. as you

from north korean parts being assembled by chinese or south korean manufacturers. i was also told that the new executive order which prohibits the importation into the united states and includes services in technology from north korea is basically intended to these other concerns to rest. could you state the position, please? >> let's be clear in. the goods produced in the industrial complex do not receive any benefits under this agreement. that is -- this agreement does not say anything about -- moreover, what the agreement does talk about is something called processing zones. i will be the reduced version. is a long provision of the document. there is a commission created and after a year, it can look at including outward processing zones. it is a recommendation that has to be adopted by the government. of both countries. ultimately, it has to be approved by congress. at the end of the day, it is not included. it was not intended to be included. any additional aisle toward processing zones would have to be approved by congress in addition to being recommended. th

here korean. another day of the arctic expedition is coming to an end. early in the morning drivers gather together to discuss an important matter they need to decide whether the dog teams will strive on towards the arctic circle we won't make it on time we have to generate a signal from this point before monday so we have to look and see if it's possible to even take the dogs this way. we should go here then by the lake to get there on time. with seventy kilometers still ahead of them the expedition decided to use snowmobiles to cover the remaining distance the dogs to save the trouble of crossing the harsh terrain. the arctic circle can be crossed a different points around the globe the aim of the expedition is sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and fifty nine seconds north of the equator there is only one way to reach this geographical point any deviation from it will instantly change the figures. levels of when to receive the masses that we have been registered with. us tonight excuse me what does it mean it means we have done it and we are here

[speaking korean] in the new year, may have much good luck and fortune. new year's was a time for my family to get together and build community but also to reflect on the previous year, what challenges lie ahead of us. today at the board of supervisors, we recognized black history month. for me, that is always a reflection of the work of people that have come before us so that we can be where we are today. as asian americans, we think and appreciate the work of african- americans in advancing our civil-rights as asian-americans in this country. as we look toward the new year, i think we can say that the asian-american community has come far in san francisco since we first started immigrating here in the 1950's, and there were many challenges for our community, beginning with the first exclusion act, immigration and for men and women that came for san francisco, to labor issues, and also segregation that we faced. and that was then brought forward as a court case to look at what it means to be equal but separate in our public schools. there is much work we

the north koreans won't say what the crime was that was committed, but a south korean news agency reports the korean-american is being detained in the north for allegedly preaching christianity. >>> still more trouble this morning at japan's crippled nuclear power plant. engineers are trying to figure out how to remove the spent fuel at one reactor, where radiation is surging, and temperatures are rising. officials say radiation levels in the sea near the plant doubled last week to 23 times the legal level. >>> in berlin today, foreign ministers from 28 nato countries are discussing what to do next in libya. secretary of state hillary clinton is attending. now a key issue, efforts to enforce the no-fly zone. the british and french are calling for a stepped-up air campaign, and more nato members to participate. >>> in libya, today, nato launched new air strikes against gadhafi's forces. video shows a libyan tank being destroyed outside misrata. meanwhile the pentagon confirmed that u.s. jets have continued to take part in that nato-led air campaign. over the last ten days u.s. jets have fl

but we can say it it's in these small meant that kind of popular and i think it's going to be korean who are going to watch the world championships here on t.v. and sure a lot of people going to watch it right on the stadium and it's a nice stadium it's a really really cool to be there you have been there is pretty new so you mentioned russia as one of the favorites can you mention other countries who are favorites of this show. are you talking about the result or you know what i'm not going to guard the results when i'm thinking about this championships because the russian national team now is kind of young and we're not really can say where are the best from the world how we can say a couple years ago when with the champions on the olympic games in figures to pull in. and now it's completely different situation now we have a new generation and these guys they're going to fight for all kind of place in these championships and we have no leader who are going to be champion for sure oid going to be a leader in singles. on coffee and people people kill people yeah it was a best it's a

the koreans are talking to others.ith the argentines. we compete with lots of others. theatre of korea fda has been approved by both governments and will go into effect in a couple of months, putting u.s. manufactures, particularly in the industrial side, at a significant disadvantage trying to sell products into south korea and while that is not why we negotiated the u.s. korea fte in the first place it does have something to do with ears and see we are bringing and trying to get congress to pass it as rapidly as possible. we are moving heaven and earth to try to get our congress to deal with that. colombia and panama so that they are ready to go. we are prepared to talk to the congress anytime, anyplace and anywhere. right now just yesterday the white house decided that panama has met all of the obligations we have laid out for them in terms of changing their labor laws in ways we had identified in passing some tax treaty, obligations we discuss with them. we think that they are ready to go and the u.s. administratio

but the north korean message did not go that far.here was word from syria today that army units fought each other this week in the city of daraa. the army was sent there on monday, to carry out a crackdown on protesters. witnesses in the city reported some troops refused to shoot at the crowds and then, came under fire themselves, from other troops. residents said at least 43 people have been killed in daraa this week. a military court in bahrain has sentenced four shi-ite protesters to death. they were convicted of killing two policemen last month. the four defendants were the first brought to trial since bahrain's sunni rulers declared martial law in the persian gulf kingdom. israeli leaders have firmly rejected a deal between palestinian factions to form a unity government for gaza and the west bank. israeli president shimon peres said today his country would not accept any government that includes hamas, which now controls gaza. but hamas said again it would not accept the jewish state as a permanent fixture in the middle east. l

but there are a lot of aspects, the north korean socialist philosophy, that have parallels in western thought among liberals and conservatives and particularly the idea of oligarchy, being anti-trade, the country that produces the things you need. >> host: white you define that? >> guest: i will talk to you, the idea is radical economic independence, producing your own goods and not engaging in trade. that is big in north korea obviously but it is also big among people who say we are going to get america off of its addiction to foreign oil or that we are going to you now not have the trade a trade deficit with china anymore and that sort of thing and the thinking is almost always distractive because the truth is you are not the most effective producer of all the stuff your people need to consume. so if you want to take all that the turkey has a social principle and extended across the whole country what you get a something a lot like north korea. that combined with central planning which of course causes the economy to be radically dysfunctional and not produce anywhere near what it c

but there are a lot of aspects i can't really quite say that the north korean socialist philosophy that have parallels in western thought and the liberals and conservatives and particularly the oligarchy being antitrade, anticountry that produces the things you need this autraky. >> host: why don't you define that? >> guest: i will talk to you as the idea of radical economic independence producing and consuming your own goods. that's big in north korea obviously but it's also big among people who say we are going to get america up of this addiction to foreign oil or we are going to, you know, not have a trade deficit with china anymore, and that sort of thing. and the thinking is almost always destructive because the truth is you're not the most effective producer of all of the stuff that people need to consume. so if you want to take it as a social principal to north korea with the planning which of course causes the economy to be radically dysfunctional and not produce anywhere near where it could or should and you end up with a society of people that are the same koreans north of the

most of the rooms reflect the everyday life of koreans and finns their joys and sorrows they also sang songs about their native land. drivers let their dogs have a rest each time they cover ten to fifteen kilometers but huskies are too boisterous to stand still for long quite often they kick up a fuss urging their driver to get a move on. sled dogs are bred by the indigenous of north eastern siberia and the eskimos of alaska the worst husky is a distortion of their skin which is the word americans used to describe eskimos but huskies are just an relations of the wolf from time immemorial they have lived side by side with humans in the north. distinguishing features of the husky speed exceptional insurance the ability to cover long distances without much effort and their devotion to humans their desire to always be on the move is in their blood. we have a good voice came going. the expedition makes its first long stopover in here is solidly house the drilling and several al houses are in the midst of a forest. nicholai to hala the hermit lives here alone without the perks of modern life

average room and raise taxes to pay for the korean war. how are we -- harry truman raise taxes to pay for the korean war. how are we paying for these wars? >> in world war ii, a up half of gdp. this is under 3% of gdp. >> so we don't have to pay for it? >> this is a man who was going toxic over the prospect of the deficit. you are absolutely right, these are the most unpatriotic wars ever waged. fought without a draft, without tax increases. we got tax cuts. the war has been put on the national debt by the afghanistan and iraq wars, put on the national debt from the founding of this country in the 1776 to 1900 a.d., two world wars, the louisiana purchase, the civil war, the great depression. >> even if i conceded the wars are unpatriotic they are not the drivers of the dead. it is not me speaking, it is the president's own commission. it is demagoguery to say they are the drivers of the debt. >> do we agree on that? >> yes. >> at least three of us do. plan,rles' plan, ryan's is a grand idea, but it is not goinin anywhere now and it has o d

have a lot of shows every year and they have a lot of fantastic skid row's stuff and the japanese korean chinese. lots of good hitters in europe u.s. and canada is using it it's i mean the whole world now growing figure skating that's why i know we can say that it's going to be one country who go on a winner all the time like it was. the wealthy years ago or twenty years ago and now it's even more interesting for the aurion because each competition different people. so. chapter. let's take a look now at the history of figure skating in russia here's this report from spotlights the leader. he's the man who brought russia its first ever olympic gold more than a hundred years ago. the price for a special eagles the spot was about inventing complicated patterns and join them on ice with the skaters boids it was only part of the olympics once at the nineteen zero eight summit games in london but that was enough planning to become a legend their version of legal skating to the next few turbulent decades not by revolutions civil war stalin's repressions and then the with the nazis biggest gain

a cargo ship is carrying a crew of fourteen south koreans and six indonesians seoul has set a warship to the scene to help locate the vessel or piracy is that of all time high in the area despite all the rational patrol efforts. but i will suffer something a little bit different as we join our close of t.v. for a new journey through russia's most exciting locations and the hotspot this time around is a mile to this region in eastern siberia. it lies some six thousand kilometers away from moscow add warders china and mongolia this location became the bedrock for one of the if not the most ambitious projects of the soviet union construction of the so-called bob a real will by gad over seventeen years ago linking people from different parts of the country artist a suburban style to some of those people who dropped everything and headed east. young an optimistic they came from different soviet republics unified in the same belief that if they built me mine spirity would come newness it was meant to protect the country's border with china to support the transcend the real route into transp

cargo ships carrying a crew of fourteen south koreans and six indonesians solar center was shipped to the scene to help locate the vessel piracy is not an all time high in the area despite a multinational patrol efforts. we turn our attention to eastern siberia next where our closer team has been seeking out new treasures and experiences for you to enjoy across russia. and there we go on the map the region lies some six thousand kilometers away from moscow it borders china mongolia and the this location became the bedrock full one of the if not the most ambitious projects in the soviet union of the time construction on the so-called bad railway line began over seventy years ago linking people from different parts of the country at least a suburban store to some of the people who brought their everything and headed east . young and optimistic they came from different soviet republics they unified in the same belief that if they built a more mainline regional prosperity would come known as the bam it was meant to protect the country's border with china to support the trans iberian real

but noted for ransom has yet to be made now the second best so a south korean cargo ship is carrying a crew of fourteen south koreans and six indonesia its soul has sent a warship to the scene to help locate the vessel or piracy is that all time high in the area that's despite multinational patrol efforts. but now it's time for something a little bit different as we join our close up team for a new journey through russia's most exciting locations well the hot spot this side route is the mountainous region in eastern siberia. it lies some six thousand kilometers away from moscow when borders mongolia or this location became the bedrock for one of the if not the most ambitious project of the soviet union construction of the so-called guard railway ride guide over seventy years ago linking people from different parts of the country r.t. stacy givens talked with some of those people who drop everything and headed east. young and optimistic they came from different soviet republics are unified in the same belief that if they built more mainline regional prosperity would come known as the

this is a big part of north korean thinking. this will kind of biological metaphor which is not really quite a matter for the something there is a metaphor for the way society works and they're trying to make it literally work that way. it results, of course, just terrific. i can't think of any place in those world that looks as bad as that. >> host: and then, to contrast that you talk about sweden which is and has been for generations held up as the positive model for socialism. according to your analysis if you take is read and you move him from sweden where he is productive, working, on unemployment, but you move him from sweden to mess of the he will do just as well as he will considerably better. he will end up making more than the american median national income. and in sweden over time after almost more than 60 years of essentially the socialist system sweden is starting to show signs of sclerosis. can you talk about -- >> host: when one talks about socialism. these conversations. what about cubans. book, that is a police

a south korean -- a north korean ship shelled a south korean island. iran is supporting insurgents in their own nuclear bali. that has not worked out well. he is following an unusual beliefs. he said that we all have common interests. there's probably a context where that has logic. i do not think he understands that not all leaders of the world have common interests. some people want to oppress other people and exploit it and kill other people. we are not like them. we do not have common interests with them. we have interests with people who seek and love freedom. [applause] one of the most distressing products of this wondering foreign policy -- wandering foreign policy was with russia. russia has been our number one geopolitical adversary for some time. they are not an enemy, but they tend to line up on the other side and try to pull people with them. they have had as an objective the removal of our missile defense system from your. if he had been an experienced negotiator, he would recognize that even if you want to give the person across the table

the koreans were there in theuae. some countries have remained fairly silent, preferring to wait and see what happens. >> jeff, you had a question. >> there is a safe assumption in science that the unknown is greater than the known. the crystal river reactor in florida, we talked a v about thatia e-mailed. it had a crack in it when they cut a hole and had to replace the steam generator and they may determination that was due to cut again more cracks have appeared. what does this tell us? what will happen to that plant which is now $500 million down? what does this tell us about safety and what we know about what will happen? crystal river, in florida, on the south coast, on the gulf coast of florida in the southern part of florida. why do the russians want to build flooding reactors? what is the advantage of that? prognosis have any for crystal river but it is a symptom. the studies review incidents that occurred over the past year that could lead to a severe accident. these are accident precursors. for the last eight

the program intends to take care of the bronze sculpture located in very park, a monument to the korean community of san francisco. it has been in the park for over 20 years, has become a bit of a magnet for vandalism. we are also looking at several sculptures from henry more, one in front of the symphony building. we are also looking at yen and yang, a much loved peace -- piece. but the team has been damaged over time, so we need to treat -- patina has been damaged over time, so we need to treat it. >> roof and was given a lifetime award for her contributions to and influence over the bay area artist community. >> the lifetime achievement award -- it is embarrassing to me but i have to learn to accept it. this is the way it is. also, everybody here is good things happening about them after they are dead. i have the opportunity to see this happen while i am still lives. i look at this award as an opportunity for me to find a place for my craft and keep the art program going. >> the director of the program address the crowd and ask for each member to consider donating funds to help save

. >>> a south korean yacht club has been accepted as a challenger for the america's cup in 2013. team korea says they will be known as the white tiger challenge. it's the first time the country has entered the famous competition. the team leader hopes participation draws new people to the sport of sailing. >>> we are now learning more about president obama's schedule for his visit set for the -- set to the bay area here. he will be in palo alto on april 20th. the rest of his visit will focus on fund-raising. that includes a dinner for $ 35,800 per person. a lower-dollar event will be at masonic auditorium in san francisco. >>> coming up on the news at 5:00, the disaster in japan forced some carmakers to should down production of new vehicles. that and the rise in cost of gasoline has caused a new phenomenon. americans are clamoring for used high-fuel efficiency cars. find out the unusual tactic bay area car deal remembers using to meet that demand. >>> that and more on the ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day.

they say samsung's galaxy line and apple wants to stop the south korean company from infringes go on variety of its patents. they say it's the result of the own research and development. >> 5,000 officers will be assigned to the big royal wedding just ten days away. there is extraordinary security all along the route. officers are inspecting and sealing sewer drains and bomb-sniffing dogs are finishing up training and police command center will have access to thousands of closed-circuit cameras looking for anything out of place. >> come the royal wedding with the huge crowd. >> the wedding will draw a collection of royal politicians and queen elizabeth and roughly 54 heads of state. it will be a serious challenge. they will offer a live stream on youtube. shows how far we've come and will include the ceremony and the newlyweds appearance. >> many of us weren't invited. >> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> we have good news at sfo. we take a look still pretty cloudy but flight arrival delays are over. you can see some of the clouds opening for sunshine this afternoon. nast

they say samsung's galaxy line and apple wants to stop the south korean company from infringes go on variety of its patents. they say it's the result of the own research and development. >> 5,000 officers will be assigned to the big royal wedding just ten days away. there is extraordinary security all along the route. officers are inspecting and sealing sewer drains and bomb-sniffing dogs are finishing up training and police command center will have access to thousands of closed-circuit cameras looking for anything out of place. >> come the royal wedding with the huge crowd. >> the wedding will draw a collection of royal politicians and queen elizabeth and roughly 54 heads of state. it will be a serious challenge. they will offer a live stream on youtube. shows how far we've come and will include the ceremony and the newlyweds appearance. >> many of us weren't invited. >> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> we have good news at sfo. we take a look still pretty cloudy but flight arrival delays are over. you can see some of the clouds opening for sunshine this afternoon. nast

presidenjimm carteras arrived in p'yongyang, a visit aimed easing tensions on t korean ninsula. we crossed to the southkore capita seo. give uan ideof whajimmy rters hoping to achieve in north rea. >> there a three things he is ick to want to talk about if he does meet with kijong il. the first ito try to break th impasse in t tal over north orea's nuclear pgram the second is to addss reports of serious fd shortages. thereslso an american citizen who has beenetained sinceast novemr, apparently working as a missionary. its possible heill try to sere hiselea. >> toeconfirmation whether not he will meet the leader hielf, or in fact his n? >> as of the te when jimmy carter a his colleagues ft beijing,e d not know r sure he would bebleo meet kim jong il. th is coming at a particularly tense time. it is obvious te north koan leadership has emed very anxio t engage the rest o the wod tory to get help with food a, forexample, and restart talks. the fact that a former u.s. prident is going to make this visit getarou one of those problems. north koreha always sa it wants to tk dirtly to t

two head of koreans chang and troy. >>> and jays played small ball today in toronto.no this is not giant's third baseman sandoval. >>> the a's tie it. cocoa crisp strikes out but the ball bouncing past toronto elsibia. and that allows a tie. after cocoa steals both second and third base. cocoa scores the game winning run. they had the 2-4 over all record. weather in minnesota pretty decent for the weekend. we'll have more sports tonight at 10:00. >> okay, thanks fred. >> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36, with a stroke of a pen. one city today received 200 acres of land. the plan promises homes, a shopping mall and thousands of jobs. so why are some residents a little skeptical? the answer in 30 minutes on tv 36. that is our report for now. i'm frank somerville. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. for frank and mark and everyone here, thank you for watching. have a great night. >> good night. ♪ atst fwa.ean ougog t bk. wi cseuidesi yr arho, u stnaa cte,hise a de. ougog t bk. wi cke sp rwd yr arho,

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. >>> thousands of north koreans celebrated the birthday of their country's founder in grand style. kim sung ill would have been 99 today. his birth remains one of the country's most important holidays. they put on a giant magic show, fill of illusionists, dancing bears and slapstick comedy. he was a big fan of magic and ordered the creation of the country's circus in 1952, in the middle of the korean war. should have just done a rerun and rerun that. >> or "southpark." >> thanks for joining us. see you at 11:00. >>> everyday politicians rant against california's taxes. we fall further behind the competition and stall the engine that made california great. i'm shaw shaw. . suzanne shaw. no one wants to pay more into a broken system, but the system still has to be fixed. our old rules on taxes and fees don't capture the new economy. businesses are hiring, yet state coffers are shrinking. california spends 28% less per person than five years ago. sales taxes missed the boat, xeming services, software down loads and event tickets. nbc bay area believes any serious effort to solve our c

formeru.s.resident jimmy carter has writtenriefbout hitrip nor kea ding a visit to ruce tensions on the korean peninsula mr. carter is traving with three other tireworld aders amembs of troup called thelder our correspondent is inouth koa anjoins us now from seoul. what ds the president he to say i that brief inteet messagehat he posted? >> he wrote that he hrd te and time again during his te in north korea that the cntry waread to he tks with t u.s wit south korea, witho preconditionon a subject. tha sounds reposited, t it is actually not a new pitio it so sidesteps the fact that is not north kor putting condionsn tas at the moment, butouth korea. southorea has saithey are not comingo the table, no having talks, without some ki of concrete gesture from the north rst prove that it is up foralk. iuppo one of the main issues will be anwill always be the nuclear proam at th north has. is there a indication at all that they're prepad ev to ta abo that? >> as i said come inhe message, jmy cartesaidhat asar a he has hea, the rth reans will talk about an subject with th u.s. and south korea. all part