members of the public and port staff. the first item is i would like to acknowledge that our new cfo is here. she has joined us. a big welcome to katie. katie has several decades of city experience and coming to us from the rec and park department where he has helped the recreation and park department. very skilled personnel manager. her team is upset with us. very happy to have her join the port and senior leadership team. welcome to you katie. next item is to acknowledge the bethlehem shipyard museum photo exhibit. our building from april 14th through may 4th. this is an exhibit on history of the 1906 great earthquake and fire. it's put on by the bethlehem shipyard museum in partnership with the san francisco museum. the exhibit will be located in our lobby at pier one. will be accessible to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. the exhibit exhibit of historic photograph and videos of the earthquake and fire and recovery efforts. the bethlehem shipyard museum is not for profit organization established by retired staff a

. >> good afternoon and members of the public and port staff i'm elaine the ports executive director i'd like to discuss executive director's report. chin, bert hill, diane serafini, catherine orland, paul wells, and jeffrey taliaferro. >> with cuts to domestic programs i'm note this budget a blueprint and the first step and negotiations for many months been the white house and capitol hill and see the detailed he wants budget in may we eagerly look at that and the final budget will begin october 1st, the beginning of the conversation i want to point out the various impacts to ports in general and specifically to san francisco port show the framework hold $500 million reduction in the tiger program has funded 0 transportation and other port projects last year the port received 6 hundred plus million dollar in the infrastructure so for dogs, and rail and roadways for this grant program we're planning to apply for a tiger grant for the mission bay ferry and watching to see how the program a impacted on the right side the fast lane is not impacted we had planned and will pursue a grant

built by the port and operated and maybe takenned by the -- maintained by the port today. en you have two new gates. gate f here and gate g. here's rendering of the lease area. this is a view looking south. if you were standing on this floor of the ferry building down at the southern end looking down on this area. this is what you would see. you'd see in the foreground gate e. the existing gate. then two new gates f and g. you can see in the background, the pier 14 break water. key provisions of the lease agreement. this is a 66 year lease. it includes about 300,000 square feet of water in some area and 21,000 square feet of floats and gang ways. under this agreement, we own, operate and maintain these facilities. in exchange for not only building but also operating maintaining and being responsible for all cost associated with maintaining these facilities, the port will not collect any rent or landing fees. however the port may charge a fee for vessels. continuing with the lease and focusing on gate e, the agreement calls for basically control of gate e to be transferred f

built by the port and operated and maybe takenned by the -- maintained by the port today. have two new gates. gate f here and gate g. here's rendering of the lease area. this is a view looking south. if you were standing on this floor of the ferry building down at the southern end looking down on this area. this is what you would see. you'd see in the foreground gate e. the existing gate. then two new gates f and g. you can see in the background, the pier 14 break water. key provisions of the lease agreement. this is a 66 year lease. it includes about 300,000 square feet of water in some area and 21,000 square feet of floats and gang ways. under this agreement, we own, operate and maintain these facilities. in exchange for not only building but also operating maintaining and being responsible for all cost associated with maintaining these facilities, the port will not collect any rent or landing fees. however the port may charge a fee for vessels. continuing with the lease and focusing on gate e, the agreement calls for basically control of gate e to be transferred from th

and the ferry building is here for the embarcadero and a national treasure the port also supports 10 different maritime industries alongside with the recreational attractions making san francisco one of the most viable working waterfronts in the world but did you think that our waterfront faces serious challenges if earthquake to damage the seawall and the embarcadero roadway rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating it's marts plan the plan working

rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating it's marts plan the plan working group to invite a wide variety of poichdz from the city and bayview and other advisory teams to share their expertise if intense and maritime operations the waterfront land use plan has guided the use and development of the lanes for the last 20 years major physical changes take place along the waterfront and now is the time to update the waterfront plan to continue improvements that will keep our waterfront vibrate, public and resilient the biggest challenges facing the waterfront are out the site an aging seawall along the embarcadero roadway and seawalls that will rise by 21 hundred to provide and productivity of tides seawall is built over weak soils and mud the next earthquake will cause it to settle several feet without the urgent repairs that will damage the promenade and other things we've been fortunate over the last hundred

and the ferry building is here for the embarcadero and a national treasure the port also supports 10 different maritime industries alongside with the recreational attractions making san francisco one of the most viable working waterfronts in the world but did you think that our waterfront faces serious challenges if earthquake to damage the seawall and the embarcadero roadway rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating

rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating it's marts plan the plan working group to invite a wide variety of poichdz from the city and bayview and other advisory teams to share their expertise if intense and maritime operations the waterfront land use plan has guided the use and development of the lanes for the last 20 years major physical changes take place along the waterfront and now is the time to update the waterfront plan to continue improvements that will keep our waterfront vibrate, public and resilient the biggest challenges facing the waterfront are out the site an aging seawall along the embarcadero roadway and seawalls that will rise by 21 hundred to provide and productivity of tides seawall is built over weak soils and mud the next earthquake will cause it to settle several feet without the urgent repairs that will damage the promenade and other things we've been fortunate over the last hundred

advertise for construction contract 2781 for crane cove park construction package two this meets the port strategic objectives of renewable and liveability and resiliency and as you may know the major project along the blue greenway and pursuing for over 10 years a few months back in segment of the 2016 we awarded contract number one, that was site demolition in preparation for crane cove park a dry by the site it's moving forward well, this request it is is the preliminary consultant the landscaping and crane recreation parks plaza and pathways and then we'll be coming back later this summer to request authorization to authors the page 3 the 19 street improvements again, the second package of a 3 package project what is illustrated is the site plan slipway ford in the middle of screen the park project is every thing about the bottom of screen i'm sorry westward of like that. >> way for you this includes an alternative bid for the 19th street parking lot that is the third package i've talked about the funding sources for in include the 2008 and 2012 parks bond and some fund from the econo

. >> good afternoon and members of the public and port staff i'm elaine the ports executive director i'd like to discuss executive director's report. chin, bert hill, diane serafini, catherine orland, paul wells, and jeffrey taliaferro. >> with cuts to domestic programs i'm note this budget a blueprint and the first step and negotiations for many months been the white house and capitol hill and see the detailed he wants budget in may we eagerly look at that and the final budget will begin october 1st, the beginning of the conversation i want to point out the various impacts to ports in general and specifically to san francisco port show the framework hold $500 million reduction in the tiger program has funded 0 transportation and other port projects last year the port received 6 hundred plus million dollar in the infrastructure so for dogs, and rail and roadways for this grant program we're planning to apply for a tiger grant for the mission bay ferry and watching to see how the program a impacted on the right side the fast lane is not impacted we had planned and will pursue a grant

and the director of planning at the port will talk about some of the work that the port is doing as ll as later on in the presentation and all the city departments that touched sea level rise are involved in the planning and represent on the coalition of folks collaboratively and working closely on this important problem again we published the sea level rise action plan about a year ago this map on the right hand shows a 1r50u7b9 zone the area that could be covered by sea level rise with hundred and 8 inches of sea level rise this is 66 inches of sea level rise plus storm seizures and king tides a reminder the cost of doing nothing that is when you get to one and 8 inches the total exposure to the city is up to $75 billion an important figure to know that if we do nothing that is the replacement costs of buildings that will be possibly damaged electrical, etc. it didn't include loss of prosperity or eco system or other things that happen when you experience a slow moving disaster but a general understanding what we're talking about this is the action plan implementation right now we

you can too get concert chu kick in the door trader joe's we know the issues that are important to the port san francisco leader pelosi we need here back there and dianne feinstein and senator harris got to get out there the transportation committee is bipartisan there is democrats and rentals on that port caucus and john a friend of mine and good democrats there are some republicans on there had are moderate building in the port and senators it understand the importance of port we have to get to out there especially the money for sea level rise and other issues important i hope that you will go to marry and start a plan for the grants we have to get the grant and need the fund and money and by all go means get the united states corps of engineers they paid for most of that when a problem in new orleans only we need the money so i'll ask you to go and make sure i know many commissioner vice president brandon will be working night and day make sure she's up at 6 in the morning (laughter). >> thank you item of the port commission to washington dc on april 26th-28, 2017 for the san francisco c

currently living in the portola she's a stanch advocate for greening and one of the founding members of the port tola urban greening committee which is a diverse stakeholder meeting that meets monthly to discuss ways that we can build upon green assets in the neighborhood and open spaces and has been a great connector between mc clairein park and other assets in the district 9 and its residents and as such she's really excited to be able to serve the city on a broader scale and is particularly committed to accessibility. she works as a --let specific term of her career is a director at the disability resource center at merit university so she's really well versed in how to bring disabled citizens of san francisco into these public spaces and so that's something she's really excited about, not only for physically disabled but also those that might not have the economic or other ability to use our public spaces as much as we would hope so i really hope that you guys approve her nomination. she's really excited to serve. >> thank you. >> thank you supervisors so on behalf of the supervisor ronin ms

the port of oakland is the export port and that is agricultural goods from california's central valley so there is this issue about the farmworkers who engaged in harvesting. about half of them are undocumented. what we are going to see as higher food prices. we have one similar experience in 1941 and 1942. those that are picking vegetables and fruits in california. they went on victory vacations which meant they went to pick strawberries and lettuce and so on. they cut by 28%. he wants to renegotiate nafta. they take advantage of us and trade mexico. am i imagining this and paranoid but it is happening and if they try to form a fortress would that be good for america or bad. these things were done so what would happen if they were integrated globally. its integrated into these will hit soon enough. there are perceptions for whatever actions they take as the result of us and perhaps china and others will integrate with the training partners. >> if you don't have agreements for trade all you have is a sort of unilateral force. it seems to me the problem is to have trade agreements but t

the manager here to present the federal cost-share been the united states corps of engineers and the port joined by cal eastbound senior project planner with the united states corps of engineers based out of the capping production in sausalito we've had a long relationship with the u78d and look forward to continuing that. >> so some background the continued authorities program the architectural on the seawall project started through the rivers and harbors act of 1952 and amended as of in conflict to the united states corps of engineers that requires at least 4 elected state senators the

throughout the port. the meeting is at 1:30 at the port of oakland offices on water street. >>> north bay news now. in sonoma, the public taking part in discussions of improving the airport. the county is considering plans to expand sonoma's airport over the course of the next 20 years or so. today's workshop is at 5:30 at windsor high school. >>> it's been a long time coming, more than 40 years after two young women were found brutally stabbed to death in san mateo county a suspect in the gypsy hill killings in pacifica is finally slated to stand trial. >>> happening right now, north carolina's discriminatory bathroom law is gone but california still not send thing state workers to the tar heel state. california's attorney general won't lift the ban because another north carolina law at the same time stops local cities and universities from passing their own anti-discrimination laws. also, airbnb's growth is slowing down. that's because many cities are tightening the rules for the web site that lets peop

or there are no grains working in the ports to on my dash to unload the supply.t and dangerous for aid workers and we are appealing to all sides to give the money, give us a ccess to all sides to give the money, give us access and then everybody else worked on the peace. that is what they need in yemen. thank you very much. a 95—year—old man who tried to kill his wife with a hammer has been given a suspended jail sentence. liverpool crown court heard that denver beddows attacked his 88—year—old wife, olive, after she had begged him to kill her because she didn‘t want to die in a care home. she‘s now recovering in hospital. dave guest has the story. denver beddows emerged from court looking bewildered. he‘d admitted trying to beat his beloved wife, olive, to death. but a judge had decided he could now go home. denver and olive beddows were totally devoted to one another. her mental health deteriorated, and he suffered depression. olive became convinced she‘d be forced into a hospital. she begged her husband to take her life. liverpool crown court was told that in

i represent all the ports on the southern tier of lake erie. i'm very familiar with the jones act and the number of ships that come into our ports that are not u.s. ships. i obviously support the rebuilding of our shipping industry, the domestic shipping industry. it will take a while to recover. i hope the president pivoted to do it. in terms of imports coming in for example, most of them come through the to coast -- two coasts, not the region that i represent. the great lakes is sometimes not even recognized by people who work in washington. interlakelot of trade, those are all domestic vessels. up to the mills in indiana, pennsylvania. we are very familiar with region.e trade in the i don't think it will happen that fast. i will tell you, one of the biggest problems we have is closed markets abroad. we allow, for instance, all of this chinese dumping. ofre are all kinds nontransparent there is that they put up. japan does the same thing. even europe, if you look at the trade. we need balanced trade. we needed to go both ways. the president i

we are looking toward the port of oakland. the visibility is somewhat limited due to the tact that we have areas of fog. so we're in the 50s and 60s right now. very cool day especially when you couple in the wind. sfo wind right now at 16, 12 in san francisco. 14 along the immediate seashore. 13 pleasanton. 15 san ramon. i think you are getting the gist of this. 17 new in knapp pa. these winds will continue to blow and become more consistent on shore push. west winds at 10-20. right now this is weak disturbance number one. plowing into the state of california. behind it here i have a secondary weak disturbance. i even have a third one that promises to keep our weather pattern unsettled z all the way through wednesday. here's the nice evening commute. may be hit and miss scattered very light shower. if we see any precipitation through tuesday which will have more peeks of sunshine today, or even on wednesday when north bay is the target, all of these rainfall amounts will be quite anemic. so again we have our live hi- def dopple

we're looking at the ports of entry, but look at the ports of entry. if there is better technology out there and i think there is to look into vehicles without unloading the vehicle, particularly tractor-trailers to get after it that way, but i will tell you working with the mexicans, they're good partners in law enforcement, my folks are proud to say, my homeland security investigation working with the mexicans led them to two huge labs that were destroyed by the mexican marines, working with them and identifying the poppy fields in the south -- the pacific southwest of their country in helping offering them perhaps help in how to eradicate those much as we've done for so many years in colombia with cocoa. the big issues on drugs coming into the united states is the ports of entry and a part of that as well is what goes south. we don't look as much as going south of our country. the mexicans don't look at that very well either. i'd like to extend the effort to look in vastly more vehicles going south because bulk money in unbelievable amounts travels s

>> it is and what is frustrating is to cross the border at a place other than the port of entry. that is the crime. when we see these individuals, what we are effectively doing in the catch and release program, we are driving these organizations in and in synthesizing them to allow these individuals to cross the border at places other than the ports of entry. every single one of these individuals could legally present themselves at the ports oportof entry but it's the smugs who are forcing them to cross in places other than the point of entry which then put extreme pressure on us, and it takes people out which then opens up holes and allows the smugglers to bring across even higher cost value such as heroin and potentially even people from middle eastern countries, so it is a huge problem. >> so you think in terms of the issues of drugs you think that they're coming across illegally and that is a major issue. >> i know they are and in fact if we think that more drugs are coming across the ports of entry we are absolutely wrong. all you have to do is pull agents out of the field an

and knowing that it will be coming to the port of supervisors in the near future. i would like to bring up karen who is really helped us with this project. it's nice to see you karen she is a director and she'll be making the presentation today. thank you. >> thank you supervisor. good afternoon. i the capital program director and today i'm here to provide you with a special update on the san francisco commission improvement program and the progress that they've been making taking place on or around the southeast plant. i'm gonna give you a preview of those items will be coming to the board. first, i would like to show you, we have a combined sewer system that services san francisco. we treat and collect storm water runoff as well. the city is divided into two natural drainage basins. the westside basin and the other one, usually see the one in red on the map. as for the broken down into eight watersheds. they flow by gravity we collected down in our sewers and tunnels and it ends up in the large transport storage boxes which are the stark rectangle. we had three t

the majority of drugs in our country are through ports of entry. that's something i'd like to talk about. one difficult hearing to have was victims of an unsecure border, victims of not enforcing our immigration laws so the truth is, tragedies have occurred as a result of our insecure borders, tragedies that could have been prevented. going down another list not on my opening statement. drug cartels and coyotes use minors to avoid prosecution. unaccompanied children have been trafficked in the sex straight. drug cartels are as if not more brutal, depraved than isis. arrow stats. good technology but as we found out in one of our shifts on the border, they're not good in wind. in certain areas they can only operate about 40% of the time. we had an interesting hearing -- this is something i'm interested in. no technology can beat the nose of a dog. in brooks county we found out that 435 deaths of people who have crossed this crowd illegally occurred just in the last five years. it's a very dangerous journey. we need to try to disincentivize people from

rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the portat a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating it's marts plan the plan working group to invite a wide variety of poichdz from the city and bayview and other advisory teams to share their expertise if intense and maritime operations the waterfront land use plan has guided the use and development of the lanes for the last 20 years major physical changes take place along the waterfront and now is the time to update the waterfront plan to continue improvements that will keep our waterfront vibrate, public and resilient the biggest challenges facing the waterfront are out the site an aging seawall along the embarcadero roadway and seawalls that will rise by 21 hundred to provide and productivity of tides seawall is built over weak soils and mud the next earthquake will cause it to settle several feet without the urgent repairs that will damage the promenade and other things we've been fortunate over the last hundred year

then it became a ghost town, dividing only the small port and railroad terminals and attracting a fewe again as a transfer point for troops and supplies for the alaska highway. facilities were improved and enlarged. the port was extended. ♪ now freighters coming up the inside passage from british columbia can be unloaded quickly and easily. ♪ they could be beached and unloaded at low tide. ♪ from skagway, supplies moved across the mountain on the yukon railway. this winding railway is one of the steepest in the world. it follows closely the famous trail of 1898, on which many a man lost his life. to make sure the railway would continue to operate during the emergency, the army installed a railroad operating battalion to run it. all winter long, despite cold and treacherous rocks slides, these men in uniform kept supplies and equipment rolling steadily into whitehorse. ♪ as an example of the railroad troops' devotion to duty, one was awarded a medal for risking his life saving a train from destruction. ♪ whitehorse on the yukon river, 40 years ago in the gold rush heyday, had a populat

>> so of the u.s. ports, the port of oakland is the export port, it exports more than it imports. and that's agricultural goods from central valley. so there is this issue about farm workers and of the farm workers engaged in harvesting, so you have to take out those using computers to drive tractors in the midwest, about half of them are undocumented or as i was corrected, many of them are documented, just not with the correct documented. and if government policy runs to mass deportations, what we're going to see is higher food prices and more food imports. so if we're concerned about globalization because foreign workers are going to be doing jobs that people in the u.s. were doing. yes, they're going to be picking food in their countries and shifting it to the u.s. costing other jobs like transportation and food processing here in the u.s. we had one similar experience in 1941/'42. mostly 1942 when about 40% of those picking vegetables and fruits in california were ethnic japanese and during the internment, that disappeared. well, in 1942 high school students went on victory vac

objected to a plan for the coalition to maintain the ports for people in the north. thank you. >> the government included a port, i think i made my point very clear, this was a point i made even in front of the security council a few days ago and in my discussion. we as a united nation are advocating that normally the operation should be undertaken because we see two major risks for any military operation. we see based on the o-- what we have seen is that the risk even militarily are going to be huge for the population. we have seen displacement of population going towards the areas and therefore we are worried about the huge impact on the civilian in terms of the population. two is what you just mentioned, is that the port today, between 70 to 80% of the imports are food. remember what i'm saying. it's not just humanitarian. it's not just commercial. it's flour, sugar, rice that even merchants, traders are importing which is essential, especially we are, only what, less than two months from ramadan. it's an essential period of time, so we are definitely without any

year there is a protest at the alameda county sheriff's office and long shoreman will shut down the port of oakland. going to be a day of action across the bay area. here is a list of some mayday rallies. san jose and oakland are expected to be the largest. and demonstrations taking place in mountainview and morgan hill and concord. find the list on our website at nbcbayarea.com. >>> now with the strikes just hours away, the city of sunnyvale is working on a c contingency plan to the public and they are concerned about shortages and stoppages. marianne favro is looking into this. what could people expect during the strike? >> reporter: well, the city said the strike will not impact police, fire crews and dispatchers, but it will definitely not be business as usual tomorrow. some 400 people are expected to walk off the job, union employees say after years of negotiations, they have hit a stalemate with the city. and they will start striking at midnight. today the mayor of sunnyvale described what people can expect. >> an impact would be in our planning department, people that are getting

the visibility is unlimited so we can see to the other side of the east bay, the bright lights of the port of oakland. look at the numbers, cool, 40s in livermore, santa rosa and foods, otherwise 50s around the bay. see that right there? all those clouds gathering to the west of northern california? i'm going to be talking about how that will impact your weekend. but today, let's just bank on some sunshine. temperatures above average from the mid-60s at the beaches. 60s and 70s around the bay. we're talking mid-70s across the peninsula and low 80s in the far inland locations. i'll pinpoint those places. but first, let's say good morning to jaclyn dunn. >> good morning. and happy friday. look at that backup already building over at the bay bridge toll plaza. they are doing their shift change right now. that's when some of those toll lanes become fastrak lanes -- the cash lanes, excuse me. in the green, past the metering lights into the city, but see a few slowdowns at the toll plaza. things look great on the eastshore freeway. and mass transit is a great option. no delays. >>> jaclyn, thank

we have partly cloudy conditions over the port of oakland right now. this is our live weather camera looking east where, boy, that's how much rain accumulated in the past 24 hours through most of the area. no rain in san jose. but the rain just never steamed let up in san francisco. here's another view this time around from sfo where temperatures have adjusted 40s now in the santa rosa area, 54 in livermore. 55 now in the oakland area. mid-50s in san jose. low 50s around the peninsula. the winds are picking up to 17 at sfo. 13 around the immediate seashore. good morning, san francisco, at 17. inland winds are under 10 for the most part. 11, however, at the delta. these winds will be variable later today and gusty at times especially late afternoon up to about 25 miles per hour. let's say good morning to our weather watcher. linda fairfield, david napa, paul brentwood, and george in san francisco, who says bring on the sunshine! temperatures cool in napa in the mid-40s. it is now 51 in san francisco in george' backyard. thanks to our weather watchers for

but look at the ports of entry. if there is better technology out there, and i think there is, to look into vehicles without -- without unloading the vehicle, particularly tractor trailers, to get after it that way. i will tell you, methamphetamine, working with the mexicans, they're good partners in law enforcement. my folks, i'm proud to say, my hsi, homeland security investigation, working with the mexicans, led them to -- i'll just put it that way -- to two huge methamphetamine labs that were destroyed by the -- by the mexican -- mexican marines, i think, in that case. working with them and identifying the poppy fields in the south, the pacific southwest of their country. in helping, offering them perhaps help in how to eradicate those, much as we have done in so many years in colombia with cocoa. the big issue right now with drugs coming into the united states is the ports of entry. and a part of that, as well, is what goes south. we don't look at much at going south out of our country. the mexicans don't look a

we want to demonstrate at the chase training center today how we're getting people tote without the port you'll not see your name i know a few yorgz years from now, when your first concert our first conference at the chase center and say to our friends and families this is i'm really proud of that that's how i feel and with the warriors they're obviously building a reputation all across the country and the world project manager at the end of year i'm going to china so it we can really build a sense of what this teamwork and our skill sets and what is the spirit of cities washington high school but begins with dedicated professionals running our citibuild, our training programs and community programs working with the city and warriors and working with financial organizations like j.p. morgan chase that helps to fund those and working with the contractor that see the way to the unions how we lift people up and communities up and for me that's what the warriors have done they list up people not just a great basketball team the way they do images this is so lift people up in the community th

but look at the ports of entry. if there is better technology out there and i think there is, to look into vehicles without -- without unloading the vehicle, particularly tractor trailers, to get after it that way. but i will tell you methamphetamine -- working with the mexicans, they're good partners in law enforcement -- my folks i'm proud to say, hsi, homeland security investigation, working with the mexicans, led them to i'll put it that way, to two huge methamphetamine labs that were destroyed by the mexican dsh mexicanen marines i think in that case, working with them and identifying the poppy fields in the south -- the pacific southwest of their country. and helping -- offering them perhaps help in how to eradicate those wsh as much as we've done for so many years in columbia with coca. that's what we're doing. the big issue on drugs coming in the united states is the points of entry. part of that as well is what goes south. we look much as going south of our country. the mexicans don't look at that very well

rejected the plan for the coalition to sort of to -- i mean, retained the ports. what's the plan for people in the north? thank you. >> okay. the -- i think i made my point very clear. this was a point i made even in front of the security council a few days ago and in my various discussion. we as united nations are add voluntary katding no military operation because we see major risk. we see based on the -- we are not military expert but what we have seen is that the risk even militarily are going to be huge for the population. we have seen displacement of population going toward the areas and therefore we are worried about huge impact on the civilian in terms of population. two is what you just mentioned is that the port constituted today between 70% to 80% of the import of food and remember what i'm saying. it is not just humanitarian. commercial. it is the flour. it is the sugar. it's the rice that even, you know, merchants. traders are importing and which is essential especially we are only what? less than two month now from ram dan and so it's an essential par

florida has been very good as well in innovating in the delivery port of miami tunnel. i won't go into the details but deliveryinnovative p3 contract. in terms of funding, as an economist, i have to come back to oregon, which has really gone to try to do the right thing. which is to go through three pilot projects of switching from a per gallon feet on gas or diesel fuel to a per mile fee, just like where paying for a kilowatt hour of electricity. for a minute a cell phone use we should be paying per kilometer of road that we use. states that are pushing forward in net innovative funding fashion i think states that we should be looking to. others like california and minnesota are starting to follow. robin: thank you for that overview. an interesting conversation in the all about an investment that was made many years ago about highway drainage in your region. it turned out to not make sense at the time, but has today made for amazing growth. when we look back and think about the eisenhower interstate and that investment, it created enormous productivity gains for america

has taken the spotlight in the final days before round one after those men were arrested in the southern port city of marseille, suspected of planning an imminent attack on french soil. >> security has been stepped up on the campaign trail. we will see some images of a rally held yesterday by the conservative candidate, francois fillon. you can see a helicopter, supporters getting patted down before they enter this venue. there is a helicopter. fillonties believe that might have been targeted by this foiled attack. his security had already been increased in recent days. he and other candidates have come out to say that this incident should not upset the campaign. let's take a listen. >> it doesn't change anything from my campaign. i think it shouldn't drive us to focus the debate on questions of security. >> i am going to continue to meet voters, to travel around. the ministry of the interior is taking care of our security. they are trying to exploit this campaign and we shouldn't fall into that trap. foiled, whichas should be reassuring. i don't want to take that incident which is serious en

it is estimated that more than one million africans were brought to the island through the port of matanzasme 100 kilometers from havana, as part of the transatlantic slave trade from the 16th century until slslavery was s abolished inin n 1886. [speaking spanish] narrator: communication was difficult, forcing many to create ways to send messages to their people. [speaking spanish] narrator: today people of african descent treasure the legacy of music and song brought to cuba by their ancestors, and the younger generation is keeping that flame alive. but that isn't the only contribution by people of african descent to the development and culture of cuba. in recognition of their african heritage, cuba participates in a global slave route project initiated by unesco in 1994. [speaking spanish] narrator: situated at the docks of matanzas, the enslaved would carve symbols on slabs of stone depicting their religious and cultural background. [speaking spanish] narrator: now a cultural heritage site, san severino castle documents the history of slavery through memorabilia and photos dating back to

the access to the port had been blocked. >> the containers cannot be unloaded. and much of the food inside has gone bad. meanwhile cargo ships have been divergent neighboring countries. >> we usually have two lines of container ships per week. that is a volume of about 400 to 600 containers per week. to 1000 containers have failed to reach guiana. ,> stores are closed and others shelves are getting lighter by the day. yet president and businesses are still determined to continue their strike, pushing to get a toter deal from paris improve security and the territories health and education systems. >> less than three weeks away from the first round of the french elections a new exhibition is charting the history of previous presidencies and how they were covered by the media. traveling 6000 kilometers across the country, stopping off in 31 towns. here is her report. trainm about to board a that has been converted into a museum about the french presidential elections. relives can discover and the moments of campaigns of the past that stand out the most. in 1988hose

the saudi rail ports have come from 10% evaluation to 1% devaluation. see the pipeline of non-oil revenue coming in. that is important to saudi arabia in particular. >> coming up next turkey voting , in a referendum to change the constitution. we talk about the implications for the turkish lira, equities, and bond space. this is bloomberg. ♪ yousef: welcome back to the best of "bloomberg markets: middle east." ahead of turkey's referendum to change the constitution to a presidential system, the president made a last push to win support. how would the vote affect markets in the region, and what would it mean for the oem space? we spoke to the chief investment officer for abu dhabi investment -- commercial bank. >> there is a general realization that the trump reflation trade is not going global. that will put downward pressure on emerging markets in general. having said so, if you look at turkey, take it apart from the global context, you will see a lot of adjustments have been made in turkey. if you look at fiscal deficits, current account deficits, grow