the national environment management authority says that says the bad the market has been flooded with substandard non woven poly proponent bags they can only be used once and people have often thrown them away improperly the environment authorities felt forced to act the national environmental management authority has banned the importation and manufacture of these non woven bags and are now looking for alternatives that don't pose a threat to the environment. many kenyans support the latest bad news in my three new bags i just like other plastic bags they pollute the environment for. some environmentalists feel that the government should not just pass regulations but also improve waste management from where i sit i think that perhaps you could do a little better in terms of planning and what we need to think about these long term management of this kind of material and how they are going to be disposed of. in the event that they're not useful anymore. to the economy. kenya still lags behind in waste management with recycling eva done by private companies or informally by people who w

the rwandan environment management authority, rema, says 80% of all households in the country use wooding fuel. claudine nyirambabazi gets off to an early start on her long walk to where she collects wood. by the time she gets home, she'll be tired and her back will ache. she can no longer carry so much wood now that she has had a baby. so instead, claudine frequently buys wood. cooking g on a traditional three-stone fireplace wastes a lot of wood. it takes hours for the mother-of-four to prepare a meal, as most of the heat disappears into the room and the unhealthy, acrid smoke pollutes the air. claudine nyirambabazi: my eyes are not good at all. sometimes i can't see anything anymore because of all the smoke in my eyes. i have to cook for my children. i have no choice. i can't let my family starve just because of my eyes. but i am really worried about them. reporter: about 18 months ago, her neighbor, claudine nyirabureteri, got a new stove. she only had to pay part of the cost. but even that is unaffordable for most people here. with the new stove, cooking takes only half as long. a

the rwandan environment management authority says eighty percent of all households in the country use wood for cooking fuel. gets off to an early start on her walk to where she collects wood by the time she gets home she'll be tired and her back will take. she can no longer carry so much wood now that she's had a baby so instead claudine frequently that. cooking on a traditional three stone fireplace wastes a lot of warrant it takes hours for the mother of four to prepare a meal as most of the heat disappears into the room and the acrid smoke pollutes the air. my eyes and not good at all sometimes i can't see anything anymore because of all the smoke in my eyes. i have to cook for my children so i have no choice you know i can't let my family starve just because. i am really worried about them and. about eighteen months ago her neighbor plough de niro border terry got a new stove she only had to pay part of the cost but even that is an affordable for most people here. with the new stove cooking takes only half as long and there is less smoke pollution. but when. my new stove my health

the national disaster management authority said heavy rains have destroyed hundreds of homes and floodwaters. seven provinces have been affected, with faryab, bagdhis and herat worst hit. an anti—stall system has been blamed for the fatal crash of a boeing 737 max aircraft in ethiopia this month. sources involved in the investigation say the black box shows the nose of the plane was pushed down by the system, before it crashed outside addis ababa, killing all 157 people on board. facebook chief mark zuckerberg says regulators and governments should play a more active role in controlling internet content. in a washington post article he's written that the responsibility for monitoring harmful content is too great for firms alone. it comes two weeks after a gunman used facebook to livestream his terror attack on mosques in christchurch, new zealand. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau is under new pressure after his formerjustice minister released documents and an audio recording relating to a major corruption scandal. jody wilson—raybould says government officials tried to persuade her to s

the national disaster management authority said heavy rains have destroyed hundreds of homes and floodwaters, with faryab, badghis and herat worst hit. the floods have worsened the plight of tens of thousands of people in the region who had to move last year because of severe drought. a bbc investigation has discovered rogue traders are selling tens of thousands of pounds worth of receipts and invoices in a black market trade to cheat uk taxes. the dealers — who advertise online — sell authentic documents to enable others to fraudulently claim back vat and reduce the amount of income tax they pay. colin campbell has the story. he wants to sell me £10,000 worth of construction material receipts for £800, and boasts they can be used as a way to work around paying income tax. an illicit black—market trade, i contacted dealers posing as a self—employed builder, seeking to use the receipts to evade tax and fraudulently claim back vat. with a ring binderfull of construction material receipts, this polish builder wanted £2,500 for £30,000 worth of receipts. pay cash? another rogue trader, this time

chairwoman: item 20. >> clerk: approval the selection of american water resources and authorization the general manager to execute agreement number pro0086 authorization a.w.r. to market a voluntary water service and water sewer lateral insurance program to sfpuc residential customers in san francisco and exchange for payment of 3.61% per month to the sfpuc for each enrolled customer with a duration of four years and anticipated revenue to the sfpuc of one million or more. >> good afternoon, commissioners. so yes, this item is one we've been working on for well over a year now. we're pleased to bring this to the commission finally. it's an important next step on activities we have related to our over all lateral program for the wastewater enterprise. just for context, there are about 110,000 individual residential sewer service laterals that are in service in the city today. like many communities around the state, we're becoming more and more aware of what a critical role the sewer latter als play in the reliability of our system for a host of reasons. so the lateral insurance program is one important

the national disaster management authority said heavy rains have destroyed hundreds of homes and floodwaterss housing displaced families. seven provinces have been affected, with faryab, badghis and herat worst hit. the floods have worsened the plight of tens of thousands of people in the region who had to move last year because of severe drought. afghan officials say the country's vice president, abdul rashid dostum, has escaped unhurt from an attack that killed one of his bodyguards. they said the attackers ambushed mr dostum's convoy in northern afghanistan. several others were wounded in an hour—long battle. the taliban said it carried out the assault. the latest assassination attempt comes eight months after mr dostum avoided injury in a suicide bombing at kabul airport. mr dostum, a powerful ethnic uzbek leader, is a controversial figure who is accused of torturing and abusing a political rival. prime minister theresa may is understood to be considering asking mps to vote for a fourth time on the withdrawal agreement she negotiated to leave the european union. on friday, her deal was d

the national disaster management authority said heavy rains have destroyed hundreds of homes and floodwaters. seven provinces have been affected. with herat one of the worst hit. the floods have worsened the plight of tens of thousands of people in the region who had to move last year because of severe drought. translation: my house and farmland have been destroyed by floods. seen the destruction, it just have been destroyed by floods. seen the destruction, itjust makes you wa nt to the destruction, itjust makes you want to cry. the destruction caused by the floods is huge. in one area, i saw more than 200 houses totally destroyed and people's belongings trapped by the flooding. the former texas lawmaker beto o'rourke has officially kicked off his presidential bid in his hometown of el paso. the democrat chose an outdoor rally near the border with mexico, saying it symbolised one of the themes of his campaign — to unite americans from all walks of life. from el paso, here's danjohnson. this is home turf for beto o'rourke. this is where he grew up and texas is where he narrowly missed out on

authority. there are no african american males in any upper management positions. in february, i filed a complaint with the san francisco housing authority board, the commissioners, along the same lines. but also relating to their financial practices as a result. and as it relates to the rent increases, and then in march, i filed a complaint with hud inspector general's office with the financial aspect as it relates to rent increases and their hiring practices, etc. in august 2018, the housing authority placed me on ad ministrative leave for trumped up charges that have yet to be proven with any truth to it. i'm on paid administrative leave for eight months. the relationship that i'm here today -- i could retire tomorrow -- the reason that i'm here today is because the san francisco housing authority has suffered tremendously. i have been there 13 years and it's never, ever been managed correctly. and the result of that is now these folks are about to lose their jobs. the services they provide to the low-income, less fortunate individuals in san francisco, are going

will not need to act on them because you gave the general manager authority to act on them in a december action, but as they wait for the information to come forward, we are preparing to make this changes. i am happy to answer any questions you may have. thank you. >> thank you, very much. it all sounds very promising. i just wanted to clarify so i understand. so the current regular c.c.a. customer, not the super green, with the current generation are paying 1.5 to two-point 5%% less than apg and the customer? >> that is correct. >> and they're getting 50% renewable versus -- >> they're getting 40% renewable >> they just revise there's. i can't quote you exactly what it was. it is between 33 and 38 if memory serves. >> they just publicist the change in a filing at the securities and exchange commission. >> and then the super green, how does that compare price lies? >> we are seeing a savings for our customers. a little more than 2% relative to the 100% renewable project and of course, it is 100% renewable. >> right, right. and then -- >> c no, it would be around 2% higher. we have been c

authorize the general manager to execute a memorandum of understanding with the treasure island development authority setting forth the terms and conditions for the sfpuc to continue to provide utility services for naval station treasure island, with a retroactive start date of october 1, 2018, and ending on june 30, 2020. >> any discussion? all those in favor. motion carries. next item, please. >> clerk: item 14. 14. authorize the general manager to negotiate and execute a cost share agreement with contra costa water district, zone 7 water agency, alameda county water district, bay area water supply & conservation agency, the city of brentwood, east bay municipal utility district (ebmud), grassland water district, san luis & delta-mendota water authority, and santa clara valley water district, for funding costs of planning for the potential expansion of the los vaqueros reservoir. with this authorization, the sfpuc increases its maximum contribution to the cost share agreement from the $300,000 approved on march 12, 2019 to $354,129, with no change to the duration of the agreement. >> move

authorities managed to closely monitor the elephant's moves and were finally able to lead him to safety. >> looks like he is looking for a parking space. >> i got this. >> yeah. >>> they say with great power comes great responsibility. a man took that praise to death-defying levels in paris. a video shows him scaling a skyscraper without a harness. the building is 600 feet tall. it's all to raise money to renovate the notre dame-cathedral. not everything was smooth sailing there. he was arrested shortly after completing his climb. >>> kari hall is here. a star is born in san francisco. >> yeah, this is after an oscar-worthy win. laguardia a lady gaga and bradley cooper's song, you probably heard that, "shallow." ♪ i'm off the deep end i'll never meet the ground ♪ ♪ crash through the surface where they can't hurt us ♪ ♪ we're far from the shallow now ♪ >> they have the key at the bottom, too, right there. so, look, that's a ukulele class. took on "shallow" for the hit movie "a star is born." that video going viral. right now more than 350 views. >> wow. >> were you one of those viewers?

welcome back to worlds apart with a cock i d's as a bestselling author and management consultant. says just before the break we were talking about the crisis of american democracy and i remember that a few years back people like to talk about the invisible hand of the market that's all who had us to the global financial crisis back in two thousand and eight do you think that maybe this idea that democracy has self correcting property also needs to be reconsidered because generally speaking when american politicians talk about. they presume that because you have a diversity of opinions. differences you know that the system may be slow but ultimately it will produce the best result now it seems to be totally paralyzed by partisanship i think the idea of the hidden and. the market corrects itself is already discredited nobody believes in it anymore because the market thinks it time to correct itself by the time. varying on the one front he is failing on another kind of people are more imperfect than others so that's also true i'm i'm worried because is this drawing in my judgment the

then hear from general manager southern nevada water authority located in las vegas. then moved to the upper basin colorados commissioner to the upper colorado river basin commission and then from the state of new mexico we will hear from john dan antonio from new mexico this is a big panel. then the director of the utah division of water resources and finally i will invite my colleague from wyoming to introduce the witness from wyoming who was the final witness. >> think you mister chairman and to all of you for being here. it is my honor to introduce our state engineer to welcome him here. he has done more for wyoming and wyoming water issues that just about anybody else living today we are sad he will be retiring as of monday. but i am honored to have this opportunity to thank him for everything he has done for the state and the continued advice and counsel he will be giving us after he retires. and also for his important work on this plan i'm pleased to see the bipartisan support wyoming may not have as large of a contingency is arizona but we are certainly qualit

one more medicaid dollar, we deserve accountability and transparency with the state management of the healthcare authority. oklahoma is the only state in the nation where the governor does not have the authority to provide oversight of this agency. we stick out like a sore thumb and this must change. health care is also preventable, promoting wellness through education, personal responsibility and raising awareness. today i am announcing my partnership with the oklahoma city memorial marathon to hold a governor's relay challenge and i invite all of you to join me. i also invite the speaker and senate to form a relay team and we will have a competition. and the winner of this relay team will join me for lunch in the governor's mansion. i'm talking about the real winner, the person that wins whole thing. we need more tax payers and not more taxes. we will reimagine our economy by diversifying our market place and strengthening our workforce and encouraging oklahoma to start new businesses. our rules must be clear. our regulations must make sense and our tax code must remain competitive with our neighbors. i

city manager "...right now we have authorization for thirty days to operate this alternative, we neede this camp because it is a really unsafe situation so that is our objective..."rob fladeboe/santa cruz "....neighbors say their objective is to fight this. they have begun a petition drive and are hinting bat legal action. in santa cruz rob fladeboekron4news (robin) it's official... the raiders will play in oakland for at least one more season. the oakland city council voted to approve the lease for 2019 with an option for 20-20. the alameda county board of supervisors had voted earlier in the week in favor of the lease. and it was approved by the coliseum authority last week. the raiders will pay 7-point-5 million dollars in rent for the coliseum and the practice facility in alameda in 2019. that rent would go up to 10-point-5 million in 20-20... if the raiders have to stay in oakland for yet another final season... that would only be if their vegas stadium is not ready yet. (robin) we now know how much money former 49ers colin kaepernick and eric reid settled with when it came to co

. >> i am the property owner, manager of the property. you are not authorized to be here. >> reporter: the manager did not want the talk about the gates. he said we should come back in a couple of weeks when this will be a much more positive story. meantime the tenants are having a meeting tonight to discuss their options. in kbas poll, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> word definitely got out about this event. linds up earld late. the volunteers making it happen. and the folks forever grateful. >>> caught on a door bell camera. a man tries to set fire to a porch. what happened after this video was taken. >>> and the giants take another step toward their future as one of major league baseball's crown jewels changes things up. >>> the weather is going to be changing up. so soak up the sun while you can. i am abc7 news meteorologist sappedy patel. i will tell but the changes coming. >>> free tickets to one of the season's hottest fashion shows. and a couple of free tickets to get you there. sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready

a best selling author and management consultant says it's a great pleasure talking to a diverse and thank you very much for your time. now as i was watching the coverage of the reports what struck me is that some people on the american left seem to be. just as traumatized by trying not being fallen to be an american every agent as they were traumatized by him being elected did it come as a shocker to you that he after all he's not a puppet. i don't think that people really believe that he was that us. look at the cover each. listen politics is doing. the dirty business so they throw dirt at him but. russian spy president of the united states it is so far fetched that they don't think that they're real population because. i think that the miller. report. is a very good sign of the strength of the american system because in spite of all the pressures for him to make. the routine as much as possible he gave a real honest report i thought it was also a very interesting window into the american psyche. because i mean to as russians the idea that we could somehow not just influence but put in a

welcome back to worlds apart from the cock eyed peas as at best selling author and management consultant dr jesus just before the break we were talking about the crisis of american democracy and i remember that a few years back people like to talk about the in the visible hand of the market. all who had us to the global financial crisis back in two thousand and eight do you think that maybe the sadia that democracy has self correcting property also needs to be reconsidered because generally speaking when american politicians talk about democracy they presumed that because you have a diversity of opinions. differences you know they the system may be slow but ultimately it will produce the best result now it seems to be totally paralyzed by partisanship i think the idea of the hidden and. the market correct itself is going to be discredited nobody believes in that anymore because the market the time to correct it so by the time to change is so big there is another change it is an absolute change i think that the hidden hand today is very clear but then this is called government the governm

california earthquake authority she'll talk about brace and bolt good to see you. >> earthquake brace and bolt the first incentive program of california mitigation program as jointly managed by the earthquake authority and the california gvrnz of department of emergency services. >> and what is the mission. >> brace and bolt is $3,000 up to a homeowner that retrofits the equivalent in a single-family. >> we're down owe epic center the public demonstrates we've built a mock house so i don't in the take a look at it and and show you what we're talking about we're in a model house in the epic center to demonstrate a variety of things jen i will i want to focus on the portion of the house and tell us how brace and bolts help to keep the home safe. >> this is a particular foundation and that mockup shows the first floor right here and, of course, this one is the concrete foundation and this short wall that is in between those two you're first floor and the concrete foundation is called a cripple it is a short wall this is a particular vunltd in 0r8d homes they're designed before metamorphic coddling codes and will slide off the foundation. >> if you come to my home look at the

number two is that you had a decentralized business model that granted too much authority to your community bank senior management teams and deferred too much authority to those individuals apparently. so i guess that's part of the culture that needed to be changed. so i would like for you to describe what you have done differently, how you have changed the culture. have you looked at other banks' business models and changed it according to them or have you reinvented the wheel and have your own unique business model at this time? >> congressman, what i have done since i became ceo is that we moved all of the enterprise control functions. so for example, a finance team, the risk team, the human resources team, the compliance team and so on, that used to be part of our business lines, we moved them out of the business units. so what i get today, what we get today is leadership -- what our board sees is a about the e betd balance in terms of when there's an issue that occurs, we have a review from one of the enterprise risk and control functions to be able to provide the right check and balance and to be able to pr

a best selling author and management consultant says it's a great pleasure talking to universe and thank you very much for your time. now as i was watching the coverage of the reports what struck me is that some people on the american left seem to be just as traumatized by trying not being fallen to be in america and every agent as they were traumatized by him being elected did it come as a shocker to you that he after all he's not a puppet. i don't think that people really believed that it was that a simple. look at the cover each. listen politics is doing. the dirty business so they throw dirt at him but. russian spy president of the united states it is so far fetched that they don't think that they're real population and that i think that the military. report. is a very good sign of the strength of the american system because in spite of all the pressures for him to make. from the routine as much as possible he gave a real honest report i thought it was also a very interesting window into the american psyche. because i mean to as russians the idea that we could somehow not just influe

city manager "...right now we have authorization for thirty days to operate this alternative, we need to close this camp because it is a really unsafe situation so that is our objective..." today we are delivering a clear message to the professors and power structures professors and message to the delivering a clear today we are objective..."is our situation so that here's more. hazard.here's more. today we are delivering a clear message to the professors and power structures trying to suppress dissent.(grant) president trump, making good on a threat from two years ago ... today signing an executive order that allows the government to with-hold federal funds from colleges and universities... which restrict conservatives and right=wing activists from expressing their views. the president first floated the idea just two weeks after taking office ... in the wake of the u=c= berkeley riots provoked by right=wing activist milo yiannopoulos. i've been watching things for too long. i've been watching things that were unwatchable, but were going to do something about it.the president said his

city manager "...right now we have authorization for thirty days to operate this alternative, we need to close this camp because it is a really unsafe situation so that is our objective..."rob fladeboe/santa cruz "....neighbors say their objective is to fight this. they have begun a petition drive and are hinting bat legal action. in santa cruz rob fladeboekron4news (ken) coming up at six. a frightening encounter in a woman's own bedroom in the dead of night. what happened next...(catherine) governor newsom is proposing a water fee up to 10-dollars a month for californians. what the money would be used for.. (ken) mounting problems for facebook.. what the company is now admitting it did with millions of passwords. the problems continue to mount for facebook. the social media giant is admitting that it failed to properly mask the passwords of hundreds of millions of its users.(catherine) facebook says the passwords were stored in an internal database -- that its workers were able to access. roughly 600 million users may have had passwords stored in plain text. but facebook says there's

two is that you have a decentralized business model and grant you much authority and it's on a meteor community bank senior management teams -- and grant too much authority to your community bank and senior management teams. i guess that is part of the culture that needed to be changed. i would like for you to describe what you have done differently, how you changed the culture. have you look at other banks' bu siness models? mr. sloan: what i have done since i became ceo's that we moved all of the enterprise control functions, for example, the finance team, the risk team, the human resources team, the compliance team. that used to be part of our business lines. we moved them out of the business units. so, what i get today, what we -- what our board sees is a better check in balance. when an issue occurs in a business line, we also have a review from one of the enterprise risk and control functions to be able to provide the right check and balance and to be able to provide information in a much different way. that is a fundamental change in our company. when i look across the industry, many other firms in the financi

>> clerk: items 25 and 26 called together are two labor management agreements for the department of human resources, two resolutions to authorize for item 25 a workers' compensation alternative dispute resolution labor management agreement with the san francisco firefighters association local 798 with an initial term of three years to commence following approval by the board and continuing year-to-year thereafter in one-year terms, and for item 26, to authorize a workers' compensation alternative dispute resolution with the san francisco police officers association with an initial term of three years and continuing year to year thereafter in one-year terms. >> president yee: okay, colleagues, can we take these items same house, same call? without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call item no. 27. >> clerk: item 27 is a resolution to respond to the partial federal government shutdown to affirm san francisco's solidarity with federal workers and urging the mayor and the city departments to assist those impacted by the shutdown. >> president yee: supervisor haney? >> supervisor haney: yeah,

respond to the crisis there including up to five hundred million dollars in transfer authority to support programs managed by the state department and usaid venezuela has proven to be an important asset for trump for sure but after all it's not the only one tells in golf courses are going to manage themselves so venezuela has to share trump attention it's only natural if the little things escape his gaze like the fact that some of the investment was literally said of blair or take. to send hundreds of millions of dollars worth of aid to the border who. the. they read that as people starve than take the oh yes good even from a political standpoint even from a dictator steadily trucks with aid on fire but perhaps just an honest mistake by an employee right as former duro he did lead aid in except not from the us but from russia and that is one of the obvious differences between trump's companies and sovereign states the latter can do business with whoever they please but in donald trump certain rights all the same competitors must not take over rushes to get out . you also see all options are out all just s

authorities managed to open the car and pull out the young victim. between 18 and 20 years old. police continue to look for the alleged armed men. >> the victim says he was kidnapped, carjacked around 7:30 wednesday night. kayla was walking her dog around 7:00 a.m. thursday morning before school when she inadvertently becomes this hero, helping a guy in the back of a trunk. can you imagine? >> i love that her dog was named milk shake. we should mention that because milkshake was part of this. >>> we are hearing from a school bus driver who became a hero as she saved the life of a choking child. >> the frightening moments happened outside st. louis. 8-year-old allen couldn't breathe because something was stuck in his throat. the driver raced back to help. allen's older brother, who was next to him, was terrified. >> and, like, trying to make noise. i asked him, are you choking? then he just gave me a nod. i yelled for the bus driver to come over and help him. >> i don't see myself as a hero. i just reacted and think about my children, my grandchildren

authorities. the government says we are looking into the management company. they went to the offices and seized their paperwork. so an investigation is ongoing. >> authorities are looking into this. >>> it's always fun to say this. i'm about to show you and everybody at home something you have never seen before. slack lining, but this one is special. because check this out -- >> what is that? >> oh! >> come on. >> yes. >> no. >> this is samuel valari, this is a unique setup. >> i feel like di did this as a kid with a washer, a couple strings. is there somebody on either end? >> no, this is all this dude. he has each one of these slack lines in his hand, his feet, he starts rotating. it's cool when he holds himself upside down. that's a phenomenal amount of strength. any guess why they call it the da vinci line? >> no. >> he's like the famous -- >> yeah. yeah. >> i feel like i'll see this in some cirque du soleil show some day. >> i would predict that as well. it's spectacular. i love also the location they picked. it's iconic as it's shot. 1,000 feet down to t