i am richard chavez. i work for central city collaborative and myself several hours a week and after seeing these photos and the people that come to see as with their problems, i am lucky. i stay at the london in and it is the same period in has everything like john was saying. this place has everything for seniors and it is really good. elevator works all the time. they have case managers. tomorrow it will have the thanksgiving dinner for everyone which is great. i wish everybody could come by and see how it is run. it is run really good. the manager is really great. the case managers do with everybody single-a-3 they do not have no pets or anything like that. their friends or anything like that. there is no danger, it is clean, it is everything. it is in the tenderloin and i am damned if they do not take care of it. it is the london and -- inn. like i was saying it is a place you could get the ideas from. they even have a nurse. it is great. elevators and people and is subsidized housing, 55 and over. t

richard galpin, bbc news. >> president hugo chavez of venezuela has ordered thousands of national guard troops on to the street to tackle widespread violent crimes. the president placed these troops under new command to be known as the people's guard. it was sworn in on thursday, and the aim is to operate in the capital caracas, along with two neighboring states. it's the rising levels of murder, kidnaps, robbery, which have made venezuela one of the most dangerous countries in latin america. crime certainly expected to be a major issue, if not the issue in next year's presidential election. >> this is "bbc world news." i'm david eades. these are the headlines -- burma's pro-democracy leader is to stand for election, the first test of her popularity in 20 years. the president of world football says he is sorry for causing offense with his comments on racism in football. we're going to stay with that story, because david davis is the former executive director of the english football association and joins me now. david, thanks for coming in. i just wanted your response to what sepp blatte

richard nixon almost exceeded that number back in the 1970's. >> but you know -- you know, miss chavez, this doesn't sound like a republican point of view because are you actually saying that we should just disregard the illegal immigration problem we have in our country? >> absolutely not, no. absolutely not. we absolutely must have a secure border but we also have to acknowledge that we're spending twice as much as we used to on border enforcement and it's working. there are million fewer illegal aliens in the country today than there were in 2007. let's take some credit. >> maybe they should take a bow tonight. we'll see. especially those who governor our border states but a lot of republicans say if you want the hispanic vote, go get the republican superstar over in florida, senator marco rubio and your reaction? >> well, i'm a huge fan of marco rubio's but i will tell you, hispanics, like most americans, don't vote on the basis of ethnicity or race. they vote on issues and so i don't think that's going to actually be the winning ticket. >> so probably not to be the vice president