along with the california port authority, capa and san diego are advocating for a 250 million allocation to ports. on wednesday, march 31st, the biden administration released its $2 trillion infrastructure plan. this plan calls on congress to invest $17 billion towards improvement to inland waterways, coastal ports, land ports of registry and forries. additional details are expected to be released in coming weeks and we are already drafting internally to the port of capital projects shifting gears, i'd like to highlight two welcome additions. first, baseball is back. last week, the giants home opener at oracle park, we are happy to see the return of baseball and fans to the waterfront. many at oracle park saw increased foot traffic and sales. secondly, i'm delighted to report that red bay coffee will be opening in the ferry building next week. red bay will be in the center of the building right near book passage. this is a black-owned open based specialty coffee purr vaer. red bay cough fee is at the forefront of the fourth wave of coffee with ensuring production is not only high quality

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some of the shipping executives i've spoken to said it's very unusual for a canal authority or a port authorityn't leave. you can sign a guarantee saying you will pay if it goes to international arbitration, but to hold the vessel, 16 days it's been held there so it's an international question as well. >> we will watch to see what happens next. john defterios, always a pleasure to chat with you. >>> and thank you for your company, i'm rosemary chump, "early start" is up next, you're watching cnn. have yourselves a wonderful day. lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so you can enjoy it even if you're sensitive to dairy. so anyone who says lactaid isn't real milk is also saying mabel here isn't a real cow. and she really hates that. ♪ >>> will the now former officer who shot and killed daunte wright face criminal charges? we expect to find out today. >>> america's longest war will finally end. u.s. troops will leave afghanistan in the coming months. what it all means for the future of both countries. >>> and an emergency cdc meeting today about the johnson & johnson vaccine. did h

the 2017 new york port authority bombing. with billions of riders using surface transportation annually and limited security screening, it should come as no surprise that surface transportation has been a continuous -- has been and continues to be a terror target. as such we must ensure that first responders and transit agencies have the tools needed to secure our transit system. the transit security grant program flexibility act seeks to address challenges soshed with fluctuating periods of performance by codifying the period of performance and 36 months for the majority of eligible projects and ex-teanding -- extending it to 55 months for vital, large-scale capital security projects. this ensures major projects can be successfully completed in the allotted time. additionally, while transit security grant program awards can be used to provide personnel with essential security training, resip yens of awards are not currently permitted to use the grant program funds to pay for backfillings per spell attending such training. th

staff continues to engage in dialogue with the american association of port authorities.association of port authority and the american sea port cruise committees towards safe resumption of cruise. in conclusion, staff recommends that you approve metro's request for an extension to the terminal management agreement. that concludes my presentation and i'm happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> president brandon: thank you for your presentation. now i like to open up to public comment. we'll open the phone lines to take public comment on item 10a. >> clerk: at this time, we will open the queue for anyone on the phone who would like to make public comment on item 10a. please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. others will wait on mute until their line is open. comments will be limit to three minutes per person. the queue is now open. please dial star 3 if you wish to make public comment. >> president brandon: do we have anyone on the line? >> clerk: there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment on this item. >> preside

their entire portfolio and budget as to what they would want to do, and of course, contingent on port authority around that, and yeah, so that's something i think they would be open to considering. >> yeah, and thank you. i know you're not in a position to answer that, because you know you're at the command center, and that's part of that, but i just wanted to call the question because, you know, i would hope we do everything we can to ensure that we do everything we can to ensure that those people don't return to the streets and remain in public housing. >> thank you. commissioner burton? >> yeah. i'm pleased to hear what we're trying to do on the homeless issue. i have always felt that the department of homelessness wasn't worth two cents, and i'm glad that the port are doing some things to take care of our fellow human beings, so i just want to congratulate you on that. >> thank you. vice president adams? >> president brandon, i'm supportive of the issue, and i like commissioner burton's comment. thank you. >> thank you so much for the report. i'm glad that we're getting pay for the site. i'

mentioned is the environmental impact statement so our goal working with new jersey transit and the port authority is to as well as the fra and the army corps of engineers, our goal is to complete the process by may 28. as you note there are a lot of things that can be happening in parallel with that process in getting that environmental impact study completed. those things are underway in order to be re-rated there has to be a transition towards that gateway development position being completed terms of all the administrative shifts as well as identifying funding sources so there's a lot of moving parts here but we feel good about being on track with the nepa dimensions and we will keep you updated with all these other players at the project elements take shape. >> i know my time has expired but i want to say that between your predicted budget and the dump program, the help we've been seeing and praying for is finally here and i'mcertainly glad you are a part of that . thank you, i you back mister chairman. >> thank you, mister rutherford. >> thank you mister chairman. mister secretary, thank you

next stop is tunisia, where last june, 300 containers of household waste were seized by the authorities at the porttainers were imported illegally under the guise of industrial recycling. environmental activists are outraged and have sought to have the containers returned. let's take a look. reporter: rubbish bags and roses in front of the italian eassy, dending the region take back 7800 tons of city waste, which was exported to tunisia and has been stuck at the port for almost a year. [chanting] reporter: this journalist is one of those who blew the whistle on the affair. [shouting] >> [speaking native language] reporter: the scandal is outraging environmental activists. tunisia already struggles with waste management and high levels of pollution. this organization tries to raise awareness about the importance of waste sorting. >> [speaking french] reporter: for him, the italian waste scandalous too much. >> [speaking french] -- scandal is too much. >> [speaking french] reporter: cases related to the scandal are working their way thugh tunisia's court system. nothing has worked yet. >> [speaking n

so our goal, working with new jersey transit and port authority, is to -- as well as the fra and fta coming to the table with the army corps of engineers and all the different players involved -- our goal is to complete the nipah process by may 28th. as you note, there are a lot of things that can be happening in parallel with that nipah process and getting that environmental impact study completed. and those things are also under way in order to be re-rated there has to be a transition toward that gateway development commission being completed in terms of all the administrative shifts, as well as identifying funding sources. so there's a lot of moving parts here. we feel good about being on track with the nipah dimension and we'll continue to keep you updated with all of the different players as the other project elements take shape. >> thank you very much. i know my time is expired. i am yielding back but i want to say that between your projected budget and the help we've been seeking in needing and just praying for is finally here. and i am certainly glad that you're a part of tha

was a much larger number of tenants, and the board did allow the director of the port to have that administrative authority. the port is distinguishable because while they have a large number of tenants, all of their tenants have similar businesses -- restaurant, retail, entertainment -- whereas in the real estate department, we have more specific tenants, but a much smaller pool. since we're not talking about hundreds and hundreds of potential tenant amendments, i thought that the smaller number might lead itself to a very discreet amendment to the ordinance presented to the board, and i thank you for allowing me to respond. >> chair haney: thank you. are these substantive amendments? do we have city attorney russi with us? >> good morning, supervisors. deputy city attorney brad russi. these are not substantive amendments. >> chair haney: okay. i'd like to move the amendments. can we have a roll call vote, madam clerk. >> clerk: yes. on the motion to amendment the ordinance -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are three ayes. >> chair haney: great. thank you. now i want to make a motion to send this to the -- f

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port city of pemba. the mozambican authorities say thousands are still hiding in the forests surrounding palma, in desperateys more than 20,000 people have taken refuge on a peninsula near palma, where a giant gas site is based. the plant is reported to have come under militant attack on friday, hours after the french energy company total evacuated its staff. vumani mkhize reports from pemba, where many victims sought refuge. this man has just got off the rescue ferry in pemba harbour. his tears are for his dead father. his brother is still missing. all morning, they arrived, a steady procession of over 1,000 survivors grateful to be alive but in shock from the horrors of palma. witnesses spoke of decapitations, bodies on the streets and fleeing through dense forests from gun—wielding insurgents. now, as you can see, there are still scores of people anxiously waiting for any news on their loved ones. here today, i've witnessed ambulances coming in and out, carrying the injured. i've also witnessed emotional family reunions. and there was also a harrowing moment where a woman spoke of the horror of losing he

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dozens of people peacefully marched to the san ysidro port of entry, while u.s. authoritiesresponded by shutting down the border for hours and unleashing police in riot gear. hundreds of asylum seekers have been stuck in tijuana, living in a makeshift camp since february. this is an asylum seeker from honduras addressing president biden. >> we want them to answer us, to listen to us for five minutes, have compassion. there are children here. and joe biden was also a child. let them see that we suffer. he has not suffered, but we have. we were not born rich. we were born in poverty. we are poor, hard-working, and honest. we want them to listen to us and open the door for us. amy: in texas, a 42-year-old author and activist is injuring her 21st day on hunger strike today, demanding the biden administration stop the dredging of the matagorda ship channel and the construction of a new crude oil export terminal proposed by oil company max midstream. wilson says she fears this could unearth mercury contamination, devastating fisheries and local communities. this weekend over a doz

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port city of pemba. the mozambican authorities say thousands are still hiding in the forests surrounding palma, in desperateis brother is still missing. all morning, they arrived, a steady procession of over 1,000 survivors grateful to be alive but in shock from the horrors of palma. witnesses spoke of decapitations, bodies on the streets and fleeing through dense forests from gun—wielding insurgents. now, as you can see, there are still scores of people anxiously waiting for any news on their loved ones. here today, i've witnessed ambulances coming in and out, carrying the injured. i've also witnessed emotional family reunions. and there was also a harrowing moment where a woman spoke of the horror of losing her two sons during the attack. translation: my son, my son, he was working at the hotel. - it hurts a lot. every day we saw mothers crying. three, four of their children. they don't know where they are. it's too painful, it's too painful. translation: there were a lot l of lost children, hungry mothers. even us, we were also hungry. there was no food, no water. we even drunk river water. according to

port to see which of their loved ones were among them. armed people storms killing hundreds of people. the suez canal authorityays that the country expects more than a billion dollars in compensation after a cargo vessel blocked at the canal for more than a week. losses and loss transit fees, but he did not specify who would be paying. a leader of a palestinian israeli party has called for more better coexistence between arabs and jews. prime minister netanyahu -- his party has emerged as a kingmaker following israel's latest inconclusive election and at -- it won 4 seats. thank you for watching, back for now. -- in an hour. ♪ >> italy has expelled the two russian officials after accusations of espionage. the latest in a string of recent spying allegations of moscow. so how will nations deal with this crisis? this is "inside story." ♪ >> hello, welcome to the program. the italian government has expelled the two russian officials and it follows police allegations that an italian naval officer was caught selling classified documents to a russian envoy. the accusations are the latest in a number of recent charges

anticipated about eight miles south of port fourchon >> 80, 90 miles per hour were the winds, seven to nine-foot seas and extremely limited visibility >> reporter: authorities won't confirm if weather caused a 129-foot vessel to capsize tuesday. but they did reveal recovering one body from the gulf today. after a combination of u.s. cutters and good samaritans miraculously saved 6 of 19 crew members, but not among that group -- >> oh, god please let him be one of the ones. >> reporter: dara morales's 37-year-old son chas, a father of three. >> i'm scared and i'm devastated and i'm broken >> reporter: her latest text to her son so far unread. >> kids going bananas. they need their daddy to come home i want him to come home i need him to come home >> reporter: the u.s. coast guard says it's possible some of these crew members could be in an air pocket underneath the water in the ship. as for dara morales she says the last text message she sent her son, "i love you" at 2:00 a.m lester >> all right some tough hours ahead. thank you, sam >>> his name became synonymous with unimaginable fraud and financial ruin bernie madoff, a wall street money manager who becam

port of beirut. and the trafficjam that captured the world's attention is now officially over. the suez canal authorityf a giant container vessel have now passed through the waterway. the suez canal authority says its investigation into the incident should be completed early next week. the governor of the us state of georgia, brian kemp, has said he will not back down after an all star baseball game was moved out of atlanta in protest over georgia's new voting restrictions. the 2021 all star game was moved from the atlanta braves�* home stadium after the state strengthened identification requirements for absentee ballots, shortened early voting periods for runoffs, and made it a crime to offer food and water to voters waiting in line. the governor had this to say about the all star decision. i want to be clear. i will not be backing down from this fight. and neither are the people who are here with me today. we will not be intimidated and we will also not be silenced. major league baseball, coca—cola and delta may be scared of stacey abrams and joe biden and the left, but i am not, and we are not. the

port ana's complaints? >> the 2010 national humanities medal to philip roth, for his contributions to american letters. mr. roth is the author a 2010 national arts and humanities medal to the prolific author, philip roth, a preeminent figure in 20th century literature. hailed a as one of america's greatest authors. roth was best known for the controversial and explicit novel, portnoy's complaints. he became only the third living writer to have his books enshrined in the library of america. he captured two national book awards, two national book's critical circle awards, three penn faulkner awards, a pulitzer prize, and the man booker international surprise. the associated press once described roth as a fierce satirist and uncompromising realist, confronting readers in a bold, direct style that scorned false sentiments or hopes or heavenly reward. a 2006 survey by "the new york times" book 1981 found in astonishing six of roth's novels among the top 22. joining us now is acclaimed author blake bailey, who is out now with a new biography of phillip roth. >> so, blake, thank you so much for being on. >> thank you. >> this is a

authorities called "a problematic map" on its website. the move angered vietnamese consumers who said the changes infringe on the country's maritime 70 -- sovereignty. tiktok parent by don has reported the told an indian porthe government is raising its bank account. it was done illegally. authorities ordered citibank to freeze the bank account amid a probe into its financial dealings. putting to the economic times, the company has been restructuring its global team and transferred its head. the personal data of more than half a billion facebook users reemerged online for free on saturday, a reminder of the company's struggles to protect users' personal data. facebook issued a statement saying the date it was previously reported from an issue from 2015. it includes phone numbers, names, locations, and birthdays. rishaad: let's have a look at the story breaking, lg electronics, a one-time pioneer of mobile phones and smartphones, i should say, a lossmaking enterprise. what they've done is to essentially close down the business, end production and sales of mobile phone products, down to intensified competition and continued losses. that's a look at lg electronics, investors cheering on that news to a gain of

authority to issue travel bans and prohibits this committee based on religion. members will consider legislation requiring customs and border protection to provide legal counsel to certain individuals detained at u.s. borders and ports of entry. on c-span2, the senate is back to consider the nomination of the associate attorney general. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, the senate commerce committee considers the nominations of former senator bill nelson to be nasa administrator, and lena con to be administrator for the federal commission. on c-span.org, a hearing with u.s. capitol police inspector general michael bolton, is testifying on the event surrounding the attack on the u.s. capitol on january 6th. >> book tv on c-span2 has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwards," washington post staff writer looks up the effects of gun violence on children in america. he is interviewed by sonali were jean. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, john boehner talks about his book "on the house, a washington memoir," which recounts his career in the washington -- house of representatives. sunday, investigative journalist amanda ripley on her book "high conflict, where we get trapped, and how we get

it's only recently porting there from paris now to some other developments in the pandemic india will fast track emergency approvals of covert 1000 vaccines that have been authorized by western countries and japan the country is ramping up its vaccine rollout efforts as it battle soaring infection rates and the director general of the world health organization says confusion and complacency means that the pandemic is a long way from over but proven public health measures could bring it under control with in months. in other news or world leaders are in condemning russia's most recent military activity in and around ukraine the g 7 group of advanced nations says it is deeply concerned by what it calls russian provocations ukraine accuses moscow of sending troops thousands of troops to its eastern border and the crimean peninsula kiev and moscow have traded blame over the worsening situation in the donbass region ukrainian troops fought corruption separatist says 2040 clashes in the region have become more frequent and there are fears that the unresolved conflict between the 2 sides could flare up again. a russian military camp set up suddenly close to russia's bord

container ships stacking up at the port of los angeles and long beach that's actually a decrease from early february when some 40 were anchored off the coast authorities say under more normal circumstances container ships rarely incur at all and according to the marine exchange of southern california some of these vessels here now are on day 12. in this area of southern california there are tens of thousands of containers that are holding millions of dollars worth of supplies everything from electronics to medical equipment but this traffic jam has been in the making since the latter part of last year after supplies were wiped out from the pandemic there's been a surge in trying to meet demand in the summer of 2020 things began to pick up as international trading partners were frictions related to the crown a virus but this change of pace shocked the system more ships began to arrive when the capacity was already limited to paint the picture of the backlog happening in february alone the ports of los angeles and long beach saw 177 container ships which carried some 800000 containers that adds up to 31. per cent more ships compared to february of last

container ships stacking up at the port of los angeles and long beach that's actually a decrease from early february when some 40 were anchored off the coast authorities say under more normal circumstances container ships rarely incur at all and according to the marine exchange of southern california some of these vessels here now are on day 12 of waiting in this area of southern california there are tens of thousands of containers that are holding millions of dollars worth of supplies everything from electronics to medical equipment but this traffic jam has been in the making since the latter part of last year after supplies were wiped out from the pet demick there's been a surge in trying to meet demand in the summer of 2020 things began to pick up as international trading partners were struction related to the printer virus but this change of pace shocked the system more ships began to arrive when the capacity was already limited to paint the picture of the backlog happening in february alone the ports of los angeles and long beach saw 177 container ships which carried some 800000 containers that adds up to 31 percent more ships compared to februar

the port of oakland, quiet now before things get busy there at 9:00 a.m. >>> update on the suez canal. authorities have impounded the massive cargo ship. this amid a distribute over financial damages inflicted when the ship blocked hundreds of vessels from sailing through the canal for almost a week. the vessel was successfully refloated two weeks ago. >>> shipping delays here in the west coast have left the bay area in a boba crisis. shipping containers from asia are piling up at west coast ports delaying the arrival of the balls. shipping containers are also stuck in the water. >>> the time is now 5:55. blunt warning from the mayor. stay away from hippie hill. >> see what you did there. ? the next half hour on kp ib 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area how city leaders keeping the park off limits for 420 and the other way to celebrate. >>> and when it comes to getting a vaccine there are more people eligible in santa clara but some people are always finding ways to save money. i learned to cut hair. fortunately, xfinity makes saving easy. and way less awkward... because when you have xfinity interne

ethnic and hard as authorities a blaming armed group called the liberation army for the assault a ship carrying 1200 people who fled violence in northern mozambique has arrived at the port town of pemba family members were waiting outside the port to see which of their loved ones were among them group stormed the northern city of palmer a week ago killing hundreds of people mozambique's military is fighting to retake it. that 'd i don't know about my son i don't know where he is nothing i haven't been able to eat for a week. and. i'm so tired 7 days in the bush is i'm so tired we crossed paths several times with the bandits this iteration is really bad many are dead representatives of egypt sudan and ethiopia are meeting us and e.u. officials in khartoum they're discussing ethiopia's contentious mega down on the river nile in an exclusive interview. with the sudanese minister of education what we are proposing downside is to strengthen the african union persis by fear is that all of the of their worth that is the united states of america the european union and the african union itself to mediate that and facilitate that and then to force the united nations so it become

authorities blamed an armed group called the liberation army. on a ship carrying 1200 people who fled violence in northern mozambique as arrived at the port town of pemba family members were waiting outside the port to see which their loved ones were among them armed groups storm the northern city of palm a week ago killing hundreds of people so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after talked about a 0 station that's watching. vaccines a promising path out of the pandemic but implementing the greatest inoculation in history is testing the global community around the world already a clear gap is emerged between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations from the geopolitics to the pure economics the misinformation and the latest developments what's going on here is very different 1st start the vaccine comes in the form of the nasal spray special coverage of the corona virus pandemic on a. world war wounded more than we were. at 7000 kilometers the nile is africa's longest river its waters on through 11 countries and for the 218000000 people living along its banks the night is vital but then

many constitutional questions of the court decides concern who has the authority to take up a particular action the statee government port federal government is itke congress, or the president? they don't concern so much those cases. whether governments can take that action at all. and when the court answers only the who question, it doesn't foreclose the desire of government action it channels it. it sends it to the right channel. whether it wins there or not is a different matter. i should also note at one time the court explicitly applied a legal option called political question doctrine and that doctrineec interprets constitutn as producting court from intervening in matters that were overtly political in nature such as the drawing of the boundary of the district in which state legislator and members of congress would bera elected. the court, however, later held that districts within a single state must have equal population. in doing so, it eroded force of the political question doctrine, but still the court has avoided entering too far into what once was called the political ticket. by deciding that few exceptions

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port of entry, they get admitted. and it makes sense that congress, in section 1184, wrote a provision granting the service authority to set some of the restrictions and requirements for that admission process and then imposing some of congress's own. justice kagan: it does seem, though, mr. huston, that these phrases like admission as a non-immigrant, they arise repeatedly in the immigration statutes, so that, you know, congress seems to be assuming that non-immigrants are, in fact, admitted and that the status/admission distinction that you continually press on us is really not a distinction with respect to non-immigrants. mr. huston: your honor, i think it is certainly true that the overwhelming majority of people who have non-immigrant status get it by coming here lawfully. and the fact that there are references throughout the ina and in the regulations and in the policy manual and things like that to people admitted as non-immigrants just reflects that reality. most people come here lawfully, and that's how they get non-immigrant status. but it remains true that both as a matter of statutory text, and keep in mind