a jazz-infused drama set in post-war san francisco japan town in 1948 which chronicles the return of japanese americans into the internment -- from the internment camp. sharing this evening is chloe veltman. chloe was born in london and received a master's degree with distinction in conjunction with harvard university and the moscow art theater school. she has worked as a staff reporter for the daily telegraph and is a freelance writer, her articles appearing on both sides of the atlantic. she is the chief theater critic for the san francisco weekly, theater commentator for klaw. chloe worked for several years in u.s. and uk theater companies and is the recipient of the allen wright award for arts journalism, the sundance institute arts fellowship and the nea fellowship of journalism. in 2006, she received a best columnist nomination at the annual san francisco media excellence awards and her first book on acting was published by farber and farber in the uk and farber, inc., in the united states. let's welcome phillip and chloe >> hi there, phillip. >> hi, chloe >> so, this play, it'

. >> so, it's a karaoke and cocktail lounge in the japan town mall. this permit application would allow them to have karaoke performances, this is a venue that has one stage so this is not a venue with multiple room karaoke and the granting of this permit would allow them to come into compliance, please don't hold it against them that they operated before without a permit once it came to their attention that they needed one, they came right in and have been cooperative throughout the application process, they've done extensive outreach to their neighboring businesses and even to the residents across the street which is not super necessary since it's in a mall and their entrance faces the interior of the space, there have been no communication tos the commission of opposition and sfpd northern station recommends approval of the application as well. . inger good evening, i'm not masae matsumoto, masae is my wife and she has asked me to speak on her behalf this evening. i hope that's okay. >> that's great. >> if there are any questions, thank you for hea

i was in seattle and i loved it and up to the japan town and chinatown areas and i had a great time and i do that all the time. i think it's a great opportunity to have the arena here and it's going to be a landmark and like sidney has at the opera house and i recall people said it was going to be a waste of money and now it's the first thing you think of sidney and i look forward to this arkts reina being built. >> okay. >> hello. >> can i be his translator? >> yes. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i hope that we can lower the price of the arena tickets so we serve the community of low income. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i was also hoping -- i was also hoping games could be arranged on weekends than weekdays and more people can go on saturdays and sundays and thank you. >> thank you. >> and after that charlie liker. >> good afternoon. i am a member of chinese [inaudible] and i am speaking in support of the project. i believe it is good to have more open space around the water so people can exercise like thai chi and also for seniors to rest in the place and this is very good and

this includes the fillmore, western addition, cathedral hill, japan town, lower pacific heights, lower hate, nopa and coal valley and the neighbors. i am running to serve a full term on the board of supervisors, representing district five because i have long worked to make local government work better for the needs of the neighborhood residents. all that you have to do is look at how i have spent my entire professional life. i have the most robust record of achievements in shaping local public policy of any candidate running for district five supervisor. my father was born in mexico and worked as a mechanic fixing the farm equipment in the central valley. some of my childhood memory ss watching laborers work for little or no compensation at a young age based on what i witnessed i developed a understanding of economic injustice. growing up in the 60s my life experience has shaped my activism and my desire to promote meaningful change for my community. in 1982 i moved to the bay area and began taking classes at san francisco state university. eventually i finished at the california insti

at the playground at grant elementary school that's at north tenth street near japan town. search continues now for young isaac nash. seven years old. missing without his inhaler and he has asthma. >> well now to new information about a security scare at oakland international airport. transportation security administration thought an artist water carrying material to make a bomb and tonight that man is talking about what happened. vick lee has the story. >>reporter: this is what it looks like. jeffrey's lawyer says it's a piece of art that his client designed. >> jeff has created dozens of them. given them to friend. business associates. nieces. nephew. >>reporter: if art is truly in the eye of the beholder the tsa and the sheriffs bomb squad thought it was something more sinister. timing did he advice for a bomb. >> watch had on it toggle switch. a series of fuses. series of wires protruding from it. circuit board. >>reporter: something else made authorities suspicious. his boots which inspectors discovered were stuffed with layers of insole. >> shoes are ugg talk about po

get the axe when general elections are held in mid-december, dimming hopes for the ruined towns of northeastern japan and the hundreds of thousands of uvacueees who remain in limbo. >> brennan: coming up, a school for music in a land where it was forbidden. visit to afghanistan's only music school. in a country where the taliban once banned all music, today a teacher from colorado tries to help. here's john bentley. >> reporter: only 18 years old, milad is one of the most talented students here at the afghanistan national institute of music. >> go slow. >> reporter: his teacher is allegra boggess, a classically trained musician from denver. >> he's interested in developing himself as a pianist first, but he doesn't want to live abroad. he wants to come back and teach. >> reporter: when the taliban were in power, these instrumentz were destroyed and the school was torn apart. the taliban banned music threatening to maim or imprison anyone caught playing or teaching it. dr. ahmad sarmast, the school's founder and a musician, fled the country for several years. >> the people of afghanistan depriving the

because people don't go to town meetings to see their neighbors in japan. dakota town meetings because they're interested in stake in want to govern themselves and make a decision. once you take that away and slowly but surely the attendance seemed to wane because it's just another kid together. the politicians that advertise their will hold a town hall meeting. which is what their will to, hold a meeting of their supporters that they hope will tump , until the what to do. but that doesn't even come close. there just calling it a town meeting because they want to imply it's going to be a conversation. it's all going to be very nice like they did back in doing good so that's one case. and as the most egregious model. and the other is just a general reference to public hearings, a governmental public hearings. why do we insist on calling these meetings which are not town meetings, why do we insist on doing that? the national consciousness is linked to that tradition, and it's a dream we all have. we have in vermont. common ordinary citizens collectively can de

town. matsushima was said to be among the most beautiful places in japan, a famous vacation spot.e ring to a japanese as big sur or cape cod does to an american. "matsushima" means "pine tree island." the trees are about all that's left. what was the personality of the town? what was this place like? >> oh, everyone is very friendly. >> david chumreonlert is a native of texas who's been teaching english in matsushima schools for a couple of years. we met over a canal where tourists came to fish. that's a bridge we're on. the canal is full of houses and cars. this is where the kids from the school came from? >> yeah, they would come from here and around this area. >> nobiru elementary school is around the corner. david chumreonlert was among the teachers and students who were wrapping up the day when the building began to roll on the greatest quake japan has ever seen. >> the teacher was like, "let's go check the classrooms to make sure everyone is okay and start getting everyone to the gym." >> this is the earthquake-reinforced gym, which stands across the playground from the thre

paris they voted with their palates piggott an obama burger against a romney omelette and the town in japanr is from women have been giving thai newborns, the latest michelle obama, brian obama. >> we are now extremely excited. we are happy. >> reporter: in a village of kogelo his step-grandmother sarah said he's worked hard. people on the rest of this planet celebrating their vote for ones they couldn't cast. world markets also responded positively this morning, and only hours after winning his next term, obama got his first order of foreign business courtesy of british prime minister david cameron saying he wants obama's help to do more to protect the people of syria, put more pressure on the assad regime and assist the rebels. savannah. >> just one in a long to-do list for the president. thanks, michelle. >>> coming up next, big issue in the election, jobs. how to find them no matter what your age. but first this is "today" on nbc. >>> we're back now at 8:44. this morning on "today's money," jobs and the economy. two defining issues with voters during the past campaign. election may be o

communist party's new secretary general he took over from lucian town who saw through a decade long transformation which led to her overtaking japan as the world's second largest economy new leaders have to tackle the challenges of action the growing divide between rich and poor and environmental pollution among others and the main goal remains that keeping the economy booming there predicts it will overtake its american rival in just four years however professor joseph chang from hong kong super universe truck believes the main risks is that china's exports of an economy is vulnerable to dips in demand china has certainly be due been doing very well you know terms of konami. but at the moment is economic growth model we reached this stage of the ministry in returns is certainly faces sylvia it's rather just the consensus of the konami reforms is a strong stand of agreement on what needs to be done but at the same time it is severe recession from vested interest for example to state beat a big state owned enterprises still won a lot of infrastructural you know cement projects a steel one a lot of credit from the state on panties a

town of seoul. they have been sister cities for 17 years. he met with the suao mayor and representatives of the fishing cooperative. >> translator: there are various disputes over the senkaku islands between japan and taiwan. i believe our two communities can resolve the issues one by one. >> he said he hopes to resolve the dispute. fishing boats from suao entered japanese waters off the islands in september. they're protesting japan's decision to national lies the islands. official from japan and taiwan began talks on fishing in the area 16 years ago. the talks have been suspended for more than three and a half years. people in northern japan are dealing with stormy weather, strong gusts are causing disruptions there. maya shoji explains. >> northern japan and the western flank of japan are dealing with rough weather. they're being hammer the with strong gusts and lots of precipitation over much of the country and down towards kumamoto we found gusts of 80 kilometers per hour that has been reported in the past 24 hours. here in around tokyo region the prefecture has actually has a report of record-breaking amount, 100 millimeters, in the past 24 hours. for the month of november it is a record

town in northern california has hit a snag in a major upgrade to its harbor. crescent city was badly damaged by the march, 2011, tsunami triggered by that major earthquake in japan. while crews were in the process of shoring up the docks with reinforced steel pilings, the drill bit broke. now they have to pound them in by hand just to get them through the winter. crescent center is about 15 miles south of the oregon border and geologists say it makes it a prime target for tsunamis. >>> plans for a vegas party train from california are a step closer to becoming a reality. a nevada company has signed a conditional agreement with union pacific railroad. the las vegas railway express will start in san bernardino county and then end in sin city. the trip would take about five hours. the company plans to include an ultra lounge, tvs for sports, private cars for patbachelor parties and food an drink. tickets would be about $99 each way. the hope is to get the train running by the end of next year. >> it sounds a lot better than it looks, that cargo train. >> yeah, it looks pretty fancy. >>> 4:51. coming up a couple of bay area college football teams have a chance at a

japan, south korea and australia. what's the region's view of beijing and how is washington's renewed focus on asia being received? here with answers is our very own man in asia wendell minnick in town for his annual visit to washington from taipei. welcome wendell. >> thank you. >> so how is china and specifically its military modernization viewed in the region including china's fielding of a new aircraft carrier? >> well, each country has a different perspective oncoming's military modernization. the philippine is the most concerned about it obviously. they have a very weak navy. both of them have claims to the south china sea and these disputes are flaring up of course. china's military modernization efforts include an aircraft carrier and they appear to be building more as we speak. so they're laying claim to south china sea and other parts of the east china sea as well. primarily for oil and fishing rights. china's a growing population, it's a hungry nation, they're flush with cash. and they spend it on big ships. and they want to enforce their territorial claims. >> part of it is bullying by china. to get its neighbors to yield. but there's a sense that china won't ever really

japan has been playing an important role in monitoring the cease-fire, but the peace is still fragile. an outside help remains a key factor for putting the autonomy deal into effect. >> this is cotabato, a town in central mindanao. this area was devastated four years ago. more than 10,000 people have yet to return to their homes. she is one of them. she's a muslim who fled from her village three kilometers away. now she earns her living selling palm leaves used to make roofs. she earned about $1 a day, a quarter of what she made in her village. with six children, she is barely able to make ends meet. but her hopes rest on the peace agreement, and there is still key issues dividing the two sides. security is one of them. the army has little control in this area. armed rebels have patrolled here for many years. the rebels are demanding that the autonomous region have its own police force, but the manila administration says the m.i.l.f. must first disarm its fighters. another challenge is overcoming the religious divide. mistrust between the muslim majority and christian minority runs deep. christians have defended themselves by building barriers and shelters. outside help will be crucial to ov

town. they have already had to absorbent earthquake in japan, the economic that winds coming om europe, the arab spring. all of whichave been very alnging for the covery. these are things that we could not corol. our economy did not need washgton to come along to make things worse. that was in our hands. it is pretty likely it is a round -- around where we could have needed. voters may have chosen divided government but they did not vote for dysfunctional government. they want us to solve problems and get this economy growing and adding jobs. while deficit reduction is part of that agenda, it is not the whole agenda. growing the economy is not just about cutting spending, that is not how we are going to get past this recession. we will have to do more than that. that is why when congress gets back from recess, i will urge them to immediately take some steps. it will make a difference. it will create a climate where businesses can hire and folks will have money. people out of work can find their jobs. urge them towe need to begin by exteg tax cuts for middle-class families. if you have more

. >>> a small town is trying to build a tsunami resistant port. a 2011 magnitude nine earthquake in japanboat in crescent city. 47 others were damaged and 2/3 of the harbor docks were destroyed. >>> a stretch of the san francisco's o ocean beach is closed because of a sewage spill and could stay closed through the weekend. barricades are set up at the intersection near the great highway. heavy rain tuesday night overwhelmed a portion of the sewer main which caused an overflow onto beach. some people are ignoring the warning signs. >> mother nature has a way overcleaning itself up good. >> the public utilities commission wants three consecutive days of good water quality test results before the beach is officially reopened to the public. >>> almost 50 female inmates in a pennsylvania prison have become sick from carbon monoxide poisoning. officials say it may have come from the heating ask air- conditioning system. the prison board is investigating. >>> meantime an investigation is under way into the death of a 47-year-old inmate at the santa cruz county jail. he is the third inmate to die

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town in northern california has hit a snag in a major upgrade to its harbor. crescent city was badly damaged by the march 2011 tsunami triggered by a major earthquake in japan.e in the process of shoring up the docks with reinforced steel pilings, the drill bit broke so now they have to pound them in my hand just to get them through the winter. crescent city is about 15 miles south of the oregon border and geologists say its location makes it a prime target for tsunamis. >>> if you're looking for a job, the highway patrol is hiring. the chp will take officer applications for three days coming up in january. the individual screening process takes up to 18 months and weeds out about 97% of applicants. candidates mt be high school grads and u.s. citizens between the age of 20 and 35 with no felony convictions. applications are only accepted online between january 3rd and january 5th. for more information, you can log on to chpcareers.com. >>> 6:35. much more coming up on "today in the bay." still ahead, a massive pileup turns deadly after 140 cars collide in texas. twisted trucks, a mangled mess as crews search for survivors. >>> also a roller coaster becomes a

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