today to announce this pivotal election year, the washington times is committed to becoming the official newspaper12. [applause] the washington times have long shared a profound concern to move this country in the right direction. we're very proud to once again sponsor the cpac straw poll. many would say that we have heard the very finest speeches ever yesterday from three presidential hopefuls. i am sure you are as excited as i am to learn the results of the 2012 poll. we have one more speaker coming up. she is a remarkable, a courageous, and significant reshaped the has american mind said. i think i know -- i think you know who i mean. thank you for your time and on behalf of all of us at the washington times, thank you for your tremendous work to improve our country. may god bless you all and god bless america. [applause] >> thank you very much, tom. ladies and gentlemen, the gentlemen who has been doing our straw polls for 20 years, he still looks pretty young to me, right? he has been here 20 years in a row during this for us at his own expense. for that we thank you, tony. for the first time

. >> and designating the examiner to be the official newspaper of the city and county of san francisco. item #5, resolution designating the san francisco bayview and small business exchange to be outreach newspaper for the city. the western addition to be the neighborhood outreach newspaper ad provide outreach to advertising in fiscal year 2012 and 2013. >> i believe we have jennifer brown here? >> the first resolution as for the official advertising contract. the estimated annual value of the contract is $50,000. this contract is for fiscal year 2012-2013 and would expire on june 20, 2013. per the requirements, we have to conduct a solicitation, i evaluate and score the bidders for the contract award. this year, we received bids from "the examiner" and the " chronicle." the highest scoring better was "examiner." thank you. the "chronicle" does not meet the requirements because it is printed outside the city limits. the board has the discretion to award the contract to serve the city needs for public noticing. historically, this has been awarded -- [audio difficulties] -- [audio diffic

the communists parties official newspaper has called on all chinese to stay calm. the rumors have no scientific basis. the beijing times reported a strong cold snap will grip the country over the weekend but it has nothing to do with the world ending. >>> they are facing their toughest test this century. the state run newspaper publiced a commentary. it notes the rift with japan over the senkaku islands result from the japanese pursuit of political gain. it says there's no dispute over who owns them. china's military and private sector work together to break japan's control over the ie l islands. thnewsgenc stresses that china's resolve to protect its sovereignty and maritime interest is unwaving. >>> people in macao have reflected on a turning point in their history. they marked the return of the territory from portugal to china. officials from the chinese government and the political te military attended a ceremony in macao the increasing number of visitors have helped fuel the rapid growth of the casino industry.t. increasing number of visitors have helped fuel

. >> 57 is a resolution designating the examiner and the san francisco chronicle to be the official newspaper for all official advertising for fiscal year 2012-2013. this was recommended as amended with a new title to include the san francisco chronicle. 58 is a resolution designating the following newspapers to publish the outreach advertising in various neighborhoods. the san francisco bay view and small business exchange,sing tao daily, bay area reporter, the central city extra, marina times, potrero view, and the western addition. president chiu: same house, "? without objection. these resolutions are adopted. supervisor olague: i would like to vote on the mou. president chiu: she is made a motion to rescind the votes on the various mou's when she was not here. seconded by supervisor campos. can we take the motion to rescind? you do not need to recall those items. >> they have already been called. president chiu: let's take another roll call vote on those items. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor cam

the communist party's official newspaper commented on the election in an editorial. it said, bilateral relations will either move forward or get worse. people in beijing voiced strong opinions about shinzo abe. they say he should pay careful attention to china. >> translator: i want to see improved relations, but it all depends on mr. abe. he shouldn't deal with bilateral relations based on personal beliefs. he should look at things from a broader point of view. >> translator: the current situation is unhelpful to the people of both china and japan. i want mr. abe to lay out specific measures for improving relations. >> reporter: china's officials recently went through their own change of leadership. last month the head of the communist party. he's been making moves to boost support for the new leaders. officials have been pressing china's claims to islands in the east china sea. japan controlled the san cuckoo island. shortly before the election in japan an aircraft from china's maritime authority entered japan's air space over the islands. tensions remain high. one

the official newspaper commented on the election in the editorial. it said bilateral relations will either move forward or get worse. people in beijing voiced strong opinions about shinzo abe. they say he should pay careful attention to china. >> translator: i want to see improved relations, but it all depends on mr. abe. he shouldn't deal with bilateral relations based on personal beliefs. he should look at things from a broader point of view. >> translator: the current situation is unhelpful to the people of both china and japan. i want mr. abe to lay out specific measures for improving relations. >> china's officials recently went through their own change of leadership. last month xin became head of the communist party. he's making moves to boost support for the new leaders. officials have been pressing china's claims to island in the east china sea. japan controls the senkaku islands. shortly before the election in japan an aarg from the maritime authority enters japanese air space over the islands. tensions remain high. one analyst is am bif len

. >>> north korea's official newspaper is urging south koreans to replace their president. former leaders of the two countries signed a statement 12 years ago aimed at improving relations. the workers party newspaper published an editorial marking the anniversary. the editorial says the re-election of south korean president lee myung-bak in december would lead to the end of inter-korean ties and all-out war. officials in pyongyang would like to see a more conciliatory government. they want to revive food aid and economic cooperation. >>> myanmar is trying to show the world it's taking steps to to bring violence under control. patchari raksawong is in bangkok with more. >> the world has been closely watching myanmar since the transition began early last year. recent clashes present buddhists and muslims has clouded the path. thousands still need shelter and food and medicine. the violence killed 29 people as of thursday and displaced more than 30,000 according to reuters quoting a government official. many houses were burnt down leaving people with nowhere to live and needin

susan math use who used to work just three floors below at the archdiocese's official newspaper, says she was shocked to learn what was contained in those archives. >> it says that there's a culture of secrecy, and as a catholic, i'm very uncomfortable with that. you know, it's-- this isn't the middle ages. this shouldn't be. this is not it's church is everyone. the church is, you know, consists of the lay people, consists of the clergy, consists of the hierarchy. we are all supposed to be of one. >> reporter: lynn was responsible for recommending priest assignmentments and investigating child sex abuse accusations. lynn saws he was powerless to act without the approval of his boss, the late cardinal anthony bevilacqua. the prosecutor asked, "how many times in your 12 years did you pick up the phone and call the police? how many times?" "none," lynn replied. at one point, prosecutors grilled lynn about whether he should have done more to warn parents about a priest who wrote a graphic letter purportedly fant sizing about a seventh grade boy. "i did the best i could," lynn said. "i nev

so i'm dying to know i just went over some headlines over the last year where people officials newspapers commentators have said there is a week to save the euro there is ten days to save the euro there is three months and to be fair we're still in the middle of george soros is three months prediction so i can't dockum there yet because who knows how it's going to turn out but the question to you gerald is is cut through the noise is the euro doomed to implode or is this salvageable or will we just keep see europe muddling along the way it has been. well it's a bigger issue than that it's not the euro and when you mention monti say what he said today or yesterday let's remember who this is this is three card monte so that's about as good as his word it's not the euro it's the whole banking system and the banking system is collapsing worldwide and so the euro was just a part of it will the euros stay together if it's if the there is there is no telling what they may pull out but let's understand the g twenty just was going to have this grand meeting just got back from mexico and all these

a government official told the newspaper official that people would get a bonus for treating there old car for a new one. >> a similar program was launched in 2009. its spurred a wave of auto purchases. by contrast, china's luxury car market is at a standstill keeping to the u.s. market, where in san francisco, they are marking the 75th anniversary of its most famous landmark, the golden gate bridge. id opened back in may 1937. >> the locals are celebrating the symbol in concrete and metal of one of the country's biggest infrastructure projects. >> it is still called one of the modern wonders of the world. the golden gate bridge was built, and the grace of the structure captured the imagination. >> 75 years ago, the golden gate bridge said yes, you can do great things in america. >> may 28, 1937, opening day. >> many doubted the steel colossus could be built at all. but the ambitious design was completed under budget after four years of construction. one of the thousands who crossed the bridge on foot on opening day -- >> every time i see it, i have the memory of walking it on that day

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announce this pivotal election year, that "the washington times" is committed to becoming the official newspaper12. "the washington times" an american conservative union long shared a profound concern to move this country in the right direction. that's why we are proud to once again sponsor the "washington times" cpac straw poll and a new national poll in the most important presidential election in modern history. many would say we heard the very finest speeches ever yesterday from three presidential hopefuls. i'm sure you're as excited as i am to learn the results of the 2012 times/cpac poll. of course, we have one more speaker coming up. she is a remarkable, courageous and significant force. he's a remarkable, courageous and significant force who has reshaped the american mindset. i think you know who i mean. i will finish now by saying thank you for your time, and on behalf of all of us at "the washington times," thank you for your tremendous work to improve our country. may god bless you all and god bless america. [ applause ] >> we thought he was going to reveal the thoughts of the straw po

. >> official kazakh newspapers hailed the result, while the government of the president called the elections democratic. but independent observers beg to differ. monitors said the poll this regard a basic democratic principles and excluded many political groupings. several videos have appeared on the internet which claim to show electoral fraud, including the mass stepping up ballot boxes. but the government has denied any wrongdoing or manipulation and said the official results would stand. those give the party more than 80% of the vote. the people's communist party and the business friendly party will also hold seats in parliament, but neither are critical of the government. >> that means that parliament remains de facto in the hands of the government party. the other two parties are no real opposition. they are only needed as extras. >> the opposition social democrats have refused to recognize the results. they have called on their supporters to protest. demonstrations could begin as soon as tuesday. >> in nigeria, labor unions say they are spending nationwide strikes over rising fuel pri

back here are just a few of the headlines over the last ten months since last fall that officials and newspapers have been saying we have forty eight hours or we have ten days are we have three weeks and yet europe has not exploded yet so let's talk about some of these latest developments and what they mean in the context of this crisis so cyprus has asked for a bailout spain has officially put in its request for a big bailout which we already knew about so are either of these game changing measures or are super important they're just you know yeah it's part of this whole floods thing and continue along i mean at the end of the day where you want to where you don't want to get to is what the bank runs that becomes systemic they go in they leapfrog across different places and we haven't seen a real bank run probably since lehman brothers since northern rock excedrin so forth so that's really the that's sort of the endgame that's the thing the disaster that we would see the question is what kind of policy actions would lead. that kind of disaster and it would have to be something that you know wer

last week the communist parties official people's daily newspaper published a commentary on the south china sea dispute. the article denounced what it called the internationalization of the issue and interference by outside powers. that's seen as a warning aimed at the united states. as some experts don't expect china will make concessions, they say the super power is asserting itself to counter america's increased focus on asia. >> translator: we used to be able to solve a conflict soon after it happened. but in recent years, it doesn't get solved right away. this has to do with america's back to asia policies. if the american back to asia attitude also accompanies actions, china's countermeasures will become larger. >> china is pursuing its maritime interests as a show of power with the united states also putting more emphasis on asia, it seems unlikely china will be prepared to back down. nhk world, beijing. >> reporter: that was china's stance, how will asean respond. as we heard there, china seems hard lined. what's the position of asean countries? >> the philippines and vietnam

the official rodong sinmun newspaper said last week kim will be appointed to the top post of generalecretary. the supreme people's assembly will be convened on friday. kim jong-un is likely to assume as chairman of the national defense commission at that time. he previously assumed the role of supreme commander of the armed forces late last year. this week's appointments mean that kim will occupy the top positions in the ruling party, the state, and the military. >>> human rights activists in syria say attacks by government forces are continuing despite a u.n. brokered deadline for withdrawal set for tuesday. the government of president bashar al assad told the u.n. it would start withdrawing troops from urban areas and stop the use of heavy weapons by april 10th. activists in the central city of homs told nhk that tanks are still present there and elsewhere. >> the activist said government forces are attacking residential areas where anti-government rebels are not believed to be present. syrian foreign minister walid al moualem who is visiting russia told reporters that the governme

port officials tell the newspaper they hope to have a plan in place for the finals. >>> good afternoon to you. we are cloudier throughout this afternoon. we're cooler in many areas. we didn't get that rain we were hoping for. now that the system has passed through, we'll continue with clouds. that chance of rain is be gone for the next day or so. so clouds continuing to stream through over the area. we'll be right about where we should be when it comes to our numbers, well above average over the weekend, felt like spring. that rain will stay north of us we saw a few scattered showers over the bay area. most of it was virga. this zonal flow will last through about wednesday. it does look like with this patter in place for the next couple of days, we will see another weak system pass through early wednesday morning. that may bring us maybe a few scattered showers. we have partly cloudy skies in store. by tomorrow morning we wake up to a few light clouds, by the afternoon we're dealing with an increase in clouds. wednesday morning the possibility of maybe a few light showers, could be ove

learned first on sunday when i opened up my e-mail and saw that there was a list published in the official newspaper. that's when i first found out about it. megyn: was that news to you? what, what is your understanding of the charges against you? >> well, it was news to me, and it was quite a surprise because it's a real escalation in the egyptian government's confrontation with the united states, frankly. um, what we understand our office is being charged with is opening an office illegally and receiving foreign funds without prior permission with a motive of creating instability and chaos in the country. none of this is true. megyn: you've got colleagues who are over there in egypt right now unable to come home. we're talking about american colleagues who cannot get out of the country of egypt. >> yes. all of freedom house's staff is egyptian. they're not going to leave their country. and they want to stay there and face these charges. um, we have sister organizations like the international republican institute and the national democratic institute, they do have americans and third country nation

. >> you're talking about official things. our newspapers and our television and our movies go back and look at those things now, you will see stuff that will curl your hair, there was plenty of stuff about how soviets wanted to invade us and ruin us. >> there was justification for this. look at eastern europe, central europe, the russian army stationed all around. >> the russian army was stationed there, that is where the russian army is. we're not talking 1945 when the russian army took over there. we're talking about 1959. there was a huge change. americans did not recognize that huge change. all i'm saying here is let's not put -- let's not claim that we are virtuous and place all the blame for this abysmal ignorance on both sides on the russians. there was plenty of ignorance on both sides and plenty of imagery of the other side as evil. >> let me just say, there is one thing you brought up about the debate. number one, i'm totally convinced being there from the beginning to the end it was totally spontaneous. always. all you're saying

and this went so far that the official nazi newspaper said, started the rhetorical question do you thinkier ought to be spared and taken to a p.o.w. camp so the implication was these people were -- and the german soldiers read these articles. they heard news like that on the radio and when they attacked in the second wave in early june of 1940, they began to read everything in a battle situation according to not to propaganda so whenever they found one of their comrades with severe cutting wounds for example, they immediately thought oh this person must have been a prisoner of a black unit and they must have cut that person to pieces. and then, they said we are going to avenge these outrageous and very often officer ordered that soldiers be separated from the north africans who were usually put together with the white soldiers in the black soldiers were led away, very often to execution at the edge of a forester at the end of the field, usually without witnesses because in those regions of france, what happened, many of the civilians had left, they had fled before the german army arrived

authorities are looking for a man seen though lit newspaper out of oenthusiastic. official says this might be the worst wildfire season in history. >> firefighters are on the scene until later today to make sure this fire doesn't ring ring-re-ignite. it broke out in rug terrain near los gatos, on bear creek road. >>> in the east bay, five adults and a child were forced out of their home after a fire broke out in oakland. sky 7hd shows smoke billowing from a duplex on 37th avenue. the fire ripped through both units but no one was hurt. >> leigh: with been concerned all day long about the dry lightning strikes. we have quite a bit of subtropical moisture from south to north and you can see the light income strikes just developing in the last few hours near the lake tahoe area. here we are, the bay area. we had sprinkles earlier in the day. those have since started to move on out. we still have some mist and drizzle and we'll keep that in the forecast overnight. at the midnight hour you'll notice overnight the low clouds and fog will fill inch there's a little mist and drizzle

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. >>> the "washington post" made it official, the newspaper is endorsing president obama in the presidential race. and they also endorsed obama in 2008. former secretary of state colin powell said he is still a republican, but he plans to vote for barack obama a second time. powell told cbs this morning he respects mitt romney, but thinks he has been vague on many issues. the retired general and former diplomat also noted that president obama got the u.s. out of iraq, and in powell's words, didn't get us into any new wars. >>> president obama is wrapping up a campaign swing in the battleground state of virginia. speaking to a large crowd of supporters in richmond, he asked them to help him win a second term. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey asked voters who they think will win the commonwealth. >> i'm sorry, are you fired up? are you ready to go? >> reporter: the nonstop fly around the six battleground states was already taking a toll on president barack obama's voice as he made a stop in richmond's bird park. >> you may notice my voice sounds a little hoarse. we are right in the m