the federal government can do things to face the political relationships in this city. san francisco was a political city. do the research and see how to department was even created. so to relieve the pain of the parents, it would make sense if this commission would say, we welcome federal oversight and the department and the mayor because i have been coming up here on and off for 15 years and sad to say it's not because the community is not coming forth. the inspectors and investigation sometimes goes cold instantly. a little asian got killed, you have authorities knocking on every door. but a black male dies, there is nobody knocking on doors. we have documents, video tapes of two young men killed. c'mon, you all, we need federal government to come in. that's what we really need. >> thank you. next speaker? >> hello, i have my own incident where i have been suspected of doing something where i was riding a bicycle and with police. basically my experience with police they don't identify themselves and they readily put their hands-on you and they took a small pocketknif

no, jefferson said, just a political city. build some buildings. plant some trees. don't pave the streets. don't put in a water system. washington, d.c., is controlled as a colony by the congress of the united states. congress does nothing for the city of washington unless the president takes leadership. washington, adams, jefferson jackson was actually a supporter of doing something. the great hero is going to be ulysses s. grant. but in our own times, lady bird johnson, the kennedys, bringing an expanded smithsonian, all the landscaping to the city. only presidential leadership. jefferson provided leadership. the plan is in the trash. that is the way it is going to stay until ulysses s. grant. washington is unpaved, dirty. the canal become so polluted methane gas is bubbling out of it. immediately, the new englanders said we only agree to come here, we did not agree we could not leave. in 1804-1809, attempts were made in congress to leave, to go to philadelphia, baltimore, or new jersey. they all failed. but in 1814, the new englanders were handed a wonderful gift

better according to the media because it's the federal government stepping in since this is a political city and you have groups like the doa and you want to disrespect malia cohen and supervisor breed which we are not going to over step. you need federal government oversight otherwise this is nothing but a dog and pony show. this department needs oversight and you need federal oversight because a lot of people are very cozy when it comes to organizations that don't have the best interest of all of city of san francisco. >> thank you, mr. muhammad. next speaker? >> good evening. my name is vladimir -- i came from soviet union 40 years ago and lived for this time in san francisco. i have four proclamation one from mayor new some of san francisco and mayor lee from san francisco. one of them arrived at different times in san francisco. i carried four olympic torches for san francisco in the united states. i'm a holocaust survivor. now, i'm thinking that i'm back 6 years ago and here is hitler who put me on the street concentration camps in san francisco for -- i need help. six police came to m

the ideas according to the professor is cosmopolitanism. >> for the greeks, politics is something that took place in that city state and what happens in this period you start to get them based in other parts of the mediterranean people start to think about politics even in principle to extend beyond a particular city wall so this becomes the notion of the first use of the term i am a citizen of the cosmos as opposed to a citizen of athens and data developed into an ethical idea that maybe one can live according to a set of universal values and balls that are not bounded geographically and i think that is the origin of our ideas of the cosmopolitan ethics. >> to declare that you are a cosmopolitan. he banned it in a kind of in-your-face rejecting way. so he often had sex in public and he didn't abide by any of the conventions of clothing more money that ordinary people would follow. and according to him political boundaries were just another set but he rejected that later philosophers take up that idea and they make it something more seemly marriage doesn't have to do with rejecting these other boundaries that

one of the most famous cases was 2012 during the city wide shut down of mumbai of death of a politicale and someone questioned why the city had to shut down another woman liked it and both were questioned and arrested by police. now critics say cases like this are common and they say there are petitions with the supreme court saying the law is too vague with the supreme court agreed with and struck down. now, because this law was specifically with the internet indians do have a lot more freedom currently to post what they want online but they don't have to worry about the legal consequences there are still social and cultural consequences of posting online here. many groups use hire thugs and goons to intimidate people who post things they do not agreement and parliament will have to write a new law specifically for the internet one which many people hope will be far more fair and less draconian. >>> in a spectacular fall from grace the son of the former president has been found guilty of corruption and wad was running for president sentenced to six years in prison and nicholas reports

the people that benefit in the city of chicago are those that are connected to the unions or those who haven't inside political relationship. the only thing he said is that the middle class is abandoning the city because they don't have a connection to unions or government. >> also because we have a lot of stupid rules. food carts are outlawed, home-based businesses must have no more than one employee and you must get a permit to get a sign to hang on your business. dare put their for a reason. >> a good example is a woman that we just did a story on and at one point in time and play 20 people. but the city comes by and shut her down because they are protecting the established rick and mortar restaurants. john: rahm emanuel is known as a tough guy. he sent to dead fish to someone that he knew. he stabbed the table thing political enemy. and yet in chicago he did some things right. and as nobody can tackle the pensions? >> yes, that had to be done. and there was a fracture that needed to be done. and it's because of the depopulating city of chicago but he has not taken on this in the unions. and it's because th

you're a political consultant now, but before that you were a journalist covering city hall. >> great education. >> a small little paper called "the chicago tribune." that was an interesting decision when you said no more i'm going to work for the system. why? >> i loved being a reporter so much i didn't want to do it frankly, in a way. the newspaper business was changing even then. we had new management early '80s. they brought in a much more rigorous, green-eyed kind of management. the barrier between the digital side sdmut side were breaking down and they brought in new editors who were much more excited about an old story that the old editors were and i just felt like i wasn't going to be able to do the kind of work that i wanted to do and i didn't want to do it in a way that you know left me unsatisfied. and at the same time paul simon, who you'll remember was a congressman in illinois running for the senate before your time actually against a very embedded incumbent, he came and paul was kind of the orville red reddenbacher of politics bow tie. but a guy impeccably honest crusad

political goals. >> in the southern port city of aden president hadi who is backed by the u.n. is using loyal tribes to rebuild his power base. while in the capital shia houthi fighters allied with former president ali abdula salah. power vacuum blame each other for the violence. >> ali abdalla salah is obviously, holding the world at ransom and push the country down a very steep slide toward anarchy and a trip towards disaster. >> reporter: the death toll from friday's attack continues to grow. kim vanel, al jazeera. >> deadlocked talks on iran's nuclear program has been suspended until wednesday. the iranian delegation has returned home to attend funeral of hasan rouhani's mother. >> correct approach is to show understanding, agreement and respect towards the iranian nation. we have stabilized the nuclear rights of this nation. we've broken apart the organization of sanctions and this nation will be successful in achieving its lofty goals. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry will use the weekend to update his european counterparts on progress. our diplomatic editor james ba

political wolverine. he was the mayor of union city. he eats politics eats politics in his breakfast cereal.ven if found guilty we will have to drag them out of his office kicking and screaming. >> he is not intimidated when he spoke to a gaggle of reporters saying i'm not going anywhere. >> will continue to talk to you as the scandal continues to unfold and if it does change will be an opportunity for governor christie to appoint another united states annexes so we will see how the story plays out. thanks kellyanne, good to see you. >> here's what your search engine found today. want to know how cold it is intended that? tried negative 30 degrees cold enough to literally freeze your hair. they held the hair freezing contests. once you go into spring it only takes a minute for your hair to freeze solid out of the water. the hairstyles were crazy. who thought it was a good idea to deck out sombrero some ponchos for mexican inspired food was absurd. that's what the girls on the talk show did. >> everybody loves a good quesadilla. >> you would think this panel of woman would steer away from eth

one of the most infamous cases was in 2012 during the city wide shutdown in mumbai after the death of a well-known politicalthink one woman questioned why the city had to be shun down, one woman liked it and both were arrested by police. abuses like this they say were common and saying the law was far too vague far often being accused which today the court agreed with and struck down. >> does it mean now that indians can put anything they like online? >> reporter: well, they are a lot more free. this law did govern specifically the internet. and while indians may not have to worry about the legal consequences they still do have to be mindful of the social and cultural consequences. many groups here have used goons or hired thugs to threaten and intimidate people who say or post online things that they don't like or agree with. now, as for the legality. parliament will now have to draft a new law specifically for the internet, one that many here hope will be far more fair and a lot less draconian. >> faiz jamil live in delhi thank you. >>> we have a lot more to come here at al jazerra. including we visit one

. >> organizers say the goal of the summit toys create an agenda to pass along to the cities political candidates. the it will be held at dobbins high school on april 11th and 12th. >>> now he lost his leg but not his will to live. still to come on "eyewitness news", this new jersey teen beat cancer. and now he is being honored for how his fight turn into an incredible campaign to raise awareness. >>> believe it or not the these billboard could be soon coming to philadelphia, where they could be popping up and why some people are not happy bit, leslie. >>> i'm leslie van arsdal in pittsburgh. this is it. everyone gets one last practice before the big game tomorrow night. i'll have more >>> go ahead put your feet up or act like mick jagger. new research shows it goodies for you. tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 how these and other simple poses can change your body chemistry and your life. >>> a montgomery county officer is wounded when a gun goes off inside after eye police station. we will go right to "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones tracking breaking details from plymouth

having taken a strategic city out of the government's hands, the rebels are turning to local politics. >> thankfully we have the city and the job is to protect the institution and civilian pretty. >> here a poster of a man they are trying to unseat. >> the president is being ripped off the local government building. bashar al-assad insists the war is not about land but winning hearts and minds and says many support him or he wouldn't have held on to power this long. >> we cannot win hearts or minds, we cannot sustain four years in that position as a government and me as president, while the rest of the world creating powers are against me and my people are against me. >> after four violent years many find it difficult to know who to believe. especially when videos like this are posted online. an opposition organization accuses syrian soldiers of carrying out revenge i facts in idlib. these are said to be the victims. of the people that suffered i.s.i.s. bashar al-assad says it's all a lie. when it bleeds it bleeds. they look for something that bleeds. >> reporter: they are defiant as

brendan as the navigator and i thought it was because of the fantastic way he navigates politics of this great cityand state and country. the way he navigates his own timetable. as you mentioned supervisor, many christenings and many marriages and consultation in times of hardship and distress. one even i heard someone said father brendan called the navigator. i said is that because of the great spiritual work he does with his community? he said no. that is no bother to him at all. we call him the navigator he way he navigated the 17th hole at st. andrews [laughter ] >> father mcbride from my heart and on behalf of the irish government to thank the supervisors of this great city for making today a very special day father brendan mcbride day in san francisco. thank you. [ applause ] >> members of the bart my name is bart murphy and director at the pastoral center and on behalf of the board we're delighted to to be here today. so here he is with us. brendan as you have heard approach his work in an unjudgmental way both irish and non-irish in times of great joy and sadness. he is the one that is typi

. >> reporter: libya dawn's main political and military bases, the city of miz rarta, east of tripoli. they became the most powerful of the armed groups seizing weapons from forces loyal to the deposed leader and consolidated their power place, and as zeina khodr reports, their support is key to a deal on a national unity government. >> it has long been criticized for acting as an independent state. it has been accused of using military force for political gain and labelled as a stronghold. misrata denies all of that. there's no doubt that this city in central libya is not only powerful within its borders, the influence extends beyond. >> misrata is located to the east of tripoli. to a large extent the government relies on the libyan dawn military alliance to stay in power. and it is the military and political power of the alliance which seized the capital last year. >> misrata has thousands of fighters constituting one of the largest armed groups. it acquired massive quantities of weapons. since misrata, just like all of libya's armed forces didn't disarm nor did they unite with othe

during the city wide shut down of mumbai, after the death of a well known political figure. woman simply posted on facebook why the city has to shut down, another woman liked it and both were questioned and arrested by police. now critics say cases like this are common, and they filed several petitions saying the law was far too vague and far too draconian which the supreme court agreed with and struck down. now because this is specifically with the internet, they do have a lot more freedom to post what they want on line, however even though they don't have to worry about the legal consequences there are still social and cultural consequences of posting on line here. many groups use higher thugs and gones to intimidate people that post things they don't agree with. as for the legality, parliament will have to write a new law specifically for the internet, one in which many people hope will be far more fair. utah has become the only u.s. state to restory fire squadding as a method of execution. and european country which is make them are refusing to supply them. the next sched

one of the cases happened in 2012 during the city wide shut down of mumbai after the death of a well-known politicaland one woman posted on facebook questioning why the city had to shut down and another woman liked and and they were considered and released by police. cases like this are common and they have petition with the supreme court saying the law was far too vague and draconian and the supreme court agreed with and struck down. now because this law was specifically with the internet indians do have a lot more freedom currently to post what they want online and however since they don't have to worry about the legal consequences there are still social and cultural consequences of posting online here many groups use hire thugs and goons who post things they don't agree with. league -- legality they will write a new law for the internet that will be more fair and less draconian. in hong kong land is very scarce and very expensive and private developers eying the few open spaces to try to meet the growing demand and it's upsetting the environmentalists and rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: it's ho

city. new york times best seller which was called a hot political book of the summer containing juicy anecdotes, telltale core of corruption and dysfunction. the morning session was outstanding. and washington's 25 most powerful famous people. next is john nichols, progressive journalist and author, washington correspondent for the nation, associate director of the capital times, books, or offered by john nichols cardenas of impeachment and the life of an american journalism. he grew up in wisconsin, lives in madison and is the editor of the times. and the magazine. in the times the progressive period in politics. his latest book, dollarocarcy, how the media election complex is destroying america. the co-author of this book, includes the life and death of american journalism the media revolution that will begin the world again. the fourth analyst, lee fang, reporting fellow or has been reporting fellow at the nation institute and contributing writer at the nation. a former senior investigator at the republic report and former investigative blocker for think progress. the president of the federa

joining us is political reporter with kansas city star. nice to see you. thank you for joining us. >> great to be with you, rachel. >> is there anything more to add in terms of what we know about this investigation? do we know if the police are treating this as a related matter to tom schweich's suicide? >> they believe it may be related but won't say that officially on the record. i can tell you everyone else in missouri democrats, republicans, everyone you talk to believe the two suicides are directly linked. they think spence jackson was simply upset that john hancock had not stepped away from his chairmanship of the party and the consultants working with catherine hanaway who put together a radio ad critical of tom had not been punished by other members of the party. in fact that consultant continued to get work. the word we got today is spence jackson was very upset at both of those developments and aapparently, as you suggest took his life over the weekend. >> in terms of what is happening in missouri republican politics right now, obviously this is

the prime minister is leading all of the political groups in the old city. again, talking about unity in the face of a common threat. katty: james reynolds raised the issue of whether the government should have done more to protect the museum. what are people saying about that? reporter: it is interesting because this is next to the heavily guarded parliament which they regard as having been a target of attack. to be fair, in the past few years, the attacks have tended to be outside of the capital largely against security forces. as we have been hearing, along the borders with algeria and with libya. they did not dare to believe that something like this, the most famous museum of ancient history visited by most tourists would be a target. now, they know. now they will have to consolidate around here. the barb wire, the police vans, will be here for some time. katty: tunisia is seen as the hopeful country. what is the mood there aside from this mood of defiance. our people wary? reporter: tunisian's like to believe that they are different and they are differe

having taken a strategic city out of the government's hands the rebels are turning to local politics.or: thankfully we have the city. and now our job is to protect the public institutions and the civilian property. >> reporter: here a poster of the man they are trying to unseat. president bashar al-assad is being ripped off the local government building. assad, meanwhile, insist this is war is not about land, but about winning hearts and minds. he says many syrians support him. or he wouldn't have been able to hold onto power this long. >> we cannot win the heart and mind of the syrians while we are killing syrians, we cannot sustain four years in that position as a government and me as president while the rest of the world most the world the great powers the regional powers are against me and my people are against me. >> reporter: after four violent years, many in syria and abroad will find it difficult to know who to believe. especially when videos like this are posted on line. one opposition organization accuses syrian soldiers of carrying out revenge attacks in idlib. using chlori

their goal is to create an agenda to pass along to the city's political candidate. >> we have the voting bloc in the upcoming democratic election. therefore, we need to define the issues confronting us. >> the meeting will take place april 11th and 12th in north philadelphia. >>> what better place to celebrate our country's great history than right here in philadelphia. >> and hundreds of local students are proving they're history buffs at a big competition. visitors at national conversation center can see students work on display for the competition. the event recognizes national history day. the top three students will qualify for the state competition and the top two will also receive scholarship money. >>> march is typically a time of big changes in the weather. we've seen one the last 24 hours. the winter chill is back and it's going to stay with us overall for at least another week. we've got snowy conditions coming in on friday. many of us are going to see snow. just a matter of how much snow. and how much it sticks. more cold blasts coming after the snow, so this isn't just a tem

that assumption soon evaporated as later archaeologists began uncovering details of maya political systems. one city that has received extensive attention is copan located on the western edge of honduras. it was once believed the maya were led by astronomer-priests who divided their time between ritual and plotting the stars. the 16 figures around this altar were thought to represent astronomers from various cities in the maya realm. it was believed that they were here in copan to adjust errors in the maya calendar. but once scholars began translating maya writing they soon discovered the monument was erected by the 16th king of copan. it had nothing to do with the stars. archaeologist william fash. the point of this monument is to show that the 16th ruler derives his right to power from his descent from each and every one of these illustrious ancestors. in fact, what he's showing you here is that he's receiving the baton of office, the right to rule, from the very first ancestor from the founder of the copan dynasty. keach: archaeologists now believe that each city across the maya realm was ruled b

al sharpton, you know, de blasio as well has made al sharpton almost like a don within new york city politicsand these leaders are grossly irresponsible, and i hope at some point the voters of new york in the next mayoral election and the voters of the united states rebuke and utterly reject this -- as sheriff clark brilliantly said -- this divide and conquer strategy. we should remember our emblem as the united states, e pluribus i pneumonia. out -- unum. out of many one. these individuals -- de blasio, sharpton, holder, obama and their minions -- have divided this country terribly. >> niger ennis, sheriff david clark, thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you. lou: the secret service once again at the center of another scandal. it turns out the culture of misconduct at the secret service has not been cleaned up by any imagination. fox news correspondent kevin corke with our report. >> critics say it reflects a crumbling culture from within. >> the bottom line is the secret service has to be overhauled. what happened the other day shows we've got a ways to go. >> charged with protecting the white h

that i worked for had served briefly in the 80s and i think that a lot of reforming in the politics of the citybreaking down racial beer years in which rich daley who was considered a model and at the end there were fiscal issues and he overcommitted to do some of the things that he did and left some fiscal problems. but i'm proud of working for those guys. i'm happy to respond if you have a particular politician who you think was responsible and curious who that would be. >> guest: i think that it's the handiwork of many. >> host: you can watch this and others online to booktv.org. >> welcome to day number two of the live coverage of the tucson festival of books. several author panels are headed today. topics include the obamaobama administration, immigration im concussions and footballin politics and natural and man-made disasters. the full schedule is available on the website. now on your screen gallagher t theatre on the campus of thehe iversity university of arizona which hasof been the home of the tucsone festival of books for the past seven years. now the panel on the obamaobama administ

political career. this weekend the city tour partnered with cox communication to learn about the history and literary life of tulsa, oklahoma. >> gutherie wrote this land is your land but he is more than that. we are proud to have his work back in oklahoma where we was born and we thing it belongs. he championed for the migrant workers from oklahoma kansas and texas during the dust bowl area. who found themselves in california literally starving. he saw the difference between the haves and the have nots and became their spokesman through his music. he recorded very few songs of his own. we have a listening station with 46 songs that make the recording he did so significant and importance to us. ♪ this land is your land. this land is my land. from california to new york island. ♪ >> saturday at noon eastern on c-span booktv and on america's history tv on c-span3 on sunday. you are watching booktv in prime time. coming up next arizona senator john mccain recounts america's armed conflicts through the eyes of soldier. he talks about joseph plumb martin, mary rhoads who serves in the persian gulf and michael

political figure. one woman posted why did the city have to be shut down. another woman liked it, and both were arrested by police. cases like this are common, and they said that a law was far too vague or draconian which the supreme court agreed with and struck down. now with this law in the internet indians have more freedom currently to post what they want online. but even though they don't have to worry about the legal consequences there are still social and cultural consequences of posting online here. many groups use thugs and goosen to threaten people who say or post things they don't agree with. as for legality. parliament will have to write a new law specifically for the internet, one people hope will be far more fair and far less draconian. >> now this may look just like a bit of a scribble to you. it is both funny to some, and it is serious as well. and it has obtained a cultural status. we are off to bangladesh where a wise-cracking street urchin, you may see him behind me, has jumped off the page to become the voice of the people. >> all it tak

politics. >>> today in new york city the catholic community will say a final farewell to cardinal edward egan-year-old died last week from a heart attack. cardinal egan will be entombed under the main altar of the church where he served for almost a decade. >>> a top leader from the vatican is in philadelphia to plan the pope's september visit and he's on a tasty mission as well. he visited the potbelly sandwich shop at 17th and market. his task? to choose a special milkshake for the royal family. there were three options. the winners called #pope in philly. it will reflect pope francis' similarplistic nature. >> the taste was really unbelievable. the children have chosen the drink. >> if you are saying what does a milk shake have to do with the pope? here's the answer. from each sale of each milk shake, they will donate money to the world planning families. it will be available at three locations starting april 1st. >>> and the world meeting of families had been held the last weekend in september. pope francis will visit that week, september 25th just more than six months away. >>> 4:47 now.

raided a museum in wednesday. 17 foreign nationals were among the dead striking the political and economic heart of the city. the museum as you can see here with the red roof is just a few minutes from tunisia's parliament building. jackie roland reports now on the brazen attack on one of tunisia's most famous tourist spots. >>reporter: security forces call out for reinforcements. they surround the museum one of tunisia's most famous tourist destinations. there were hundreds of visitors inside when gunmen opened fire. some of them managed to get out running for their lives. authorities say the gunmen hunted people down spraying bullets. >> we were visiting the museum and suddenly we heard big noises. at first, we thought it was a statue falling but bit by bit we realized it was gunshots. we didn't know what to do. we hid on the top floor and after a while, we heard the gunshot hearsay stopped. we went down and there was a guy in a room and stayed there on the floor for hours and the police came and told us to run quickly. >>reporter: tunisia's parliament next to the museum was in session at the time of the

activities for the staff and commission you also included in here the timeline for political activities that is gong in the city at the same time sometimes i'll be seeing campaign financial reports that helps if you include that in june and september and november there's an election it is an important part of looking at our calendar secondly on the issue of travel and more disclosure i think that the civil grand jury y request wore more payments and not just attractively it's a way in which people will have an ability to respond to city hall interests by writing a check to someone that still wants to see funded in some cases offices. >> and then i think that on terms of the control committee the first step i don't see listed to define how do you know the committee is a controlled committee we don't have a good check list the same in the 2008 minutes you have the same consultant is it the same mailing list are you sharing door lists back and forth that's important for the political process to be known not just a short thing a lot of the other issues you're looking at like local research it is very constructive d

for the greeks politics was really something that took place in the city state bounded by the city walls and the city's laws. and what happens partly with this breakdown of greek city states and the rise of alexander the great empires in the period, you start to get empires based in egypt based in other -- macedonia and other parts of the larger met -- mediterranean people think.poll picks and many in prison it can expand beyond a particular city's walls or laws. and so this becomes the idea of what the first person who uses the term i am a citizen of the cosmos, as opposed to being a citizen of athens can a citizen of sparta and that develops into a kind of ethical ideal that maybe one can live according to a kind of set of universal values and laws that aren't bounded geographically. and i think that really is the origin of our idea of cosmo cosmo poll tip. >> that was da daring idea to declare you war cools mow poll continue. >> guest: absolutely. the first person who did it he mentioned in a kind of mentioned in a rejecting way. he was famous for rejecting not just the city's boundar

my duty that we could not go ahead until this matter was resolved. >> it's just the way politics is in this city>> i asked the mayor if he and other council members might reconsider their decision and he said there's always that possibility and not until after any investigations have concluded. in cape may, i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >>> next on nbc 10 news at 5:00 getting red for snow. >> what? winter is not going down without a fight. >> today is the last full day of winter, but snow is still headed our way. brittany? >> winter wants to hang on for the last few hours with the snow system i'm tracking and i'll let you know what that means as we head into your friday. >> also a month-long mystery continues at the jersey shore and a camera flushwashed on to the beach and full of vacation memories and police need your help on finding its rightful owner. ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those (minivan). we ar

the last thing that uta needs if we we will approval bill the line to the city is for political pressure to come against that line and protesters writing board members not wanting it. and we will talk about this later. get involved with transportation funding. i don't believe i should ask the same legislatures and the county council that our congressional area could find any kind of transportation mode of transit that i am not going to stand out in the front to parade. i asked them and i'm willing to support them. we'll talk about that later. >> you raised an interesting issue. for 50 years particularly high-growth urban areas. probably 20 years ago we started out from our regional transportation coalition made up of dollars in fort worth. and it had been a major tool large areas you have to reach leverage your regional dollars. for the delay in the corridors to try to get that. a joint city council meeting that is going to make a stronger. now we have weekly dialogues because it does not make sense for us to run a line that stops here and you have to get often jump on another >> in open

city address. instead of just political insiders. the mayor delivered the annual speech in the independence high school. among other things the mayor pledged to lower crime but adding hundreds of police officers in the next five years. he promised to keep negotiating for better compensation to keep officers on the force longer. months after the city cleaned out a massive homeless camp he is promising to include $3.5 million of the budget for encampment response and rapid rehousing programs. the mayor also announcing steps to help kids learn including opening city libraries six days a week instead of four, and connecting all students on the city's east side with free wi-fi this summer. >>> st. patrick's day on tuesday but today towns of people in san francisco are wearing green, get thing into the spirit of the holy with the parade. the parade aired right here on abc7 and was hosted by michael finney. it also was streamed online. here's the irish sights and sounds. >> reporter: a treasured tradition in san francisco that brings out th