i want to bring up our partner representing the san francisco parks alliance. >> thank you. the park's alliances deeply honored to have been able to give and assist the family of betty ann ong in raising the funds that have paid for all of the equipment that is inside the speed of only building. the ping-pong tables, the basketballs, tables, chairs. all of the equipment was paid for through the private philanthropy that we have been able to raise. your tax dollars at work -- how many times do we hear that, and it is a little bit on the cynical side? take a look at this building. your tax dollars, my tax dollars, phil's taxes, the mayor's taxes, our taxes paid for this building. we all should die in. every taxpayer in san francisco chipped in a little bit today for the beautiful new building -- we all should die in. what do you think and this use of our tax dollars -- we all chipped in appeared what you think about our tax dollars at work? [applause] we paid for this building through the 2008 parks bond. if you like this, just wait until what is coming in november. we have an

and our alliance is strong. that's the plan for victory. and when iraq if free, america will be more secure. >> senator kerry, 90 seconds. >> the president just talked about iraq as a center of the war on terror. iraq was not even close to the center of the war on terror before the president invaded it. the president made the judgment to divert forces from under general tommy franks from afghanistan before the congress even approved it to begin to prepare to go to war in iraq. and he rushed the war in iraq without a plan to win the peace. now, that is not the judgment that a president of the united states ought to make. you don't take america to war unless have the plan to win the peace. you don't send troops to war without the body armor that they need. i've met kids in ohio, parents in wisconsin places, iowa, where they're going out on the internet to get the state-of- the-art body gear to send to their kids. some of them got it for a birthday present. i think that's wrong. humvees -- 10,000 out of 12,000 humv

executive director of alliance district six. it is not every day we have three in district six on the agenda. all right. in regards to 137 geary, i want to recognize that lower polk neighbors is not for this license. i happen to be a paid member of lower polk neighbors. so, you know, i want to recognize there are other community groups besides the community leadership alliance and, you know, every group has their own opinion and does their own thing. but the applicant did come to alliance for better district six meeting, did talk to us. so we are going to remain neutral on this because we -- we also want to respect the concerns of theser community organizations when they have interests. they -- my understanding any problem that they currently is happening along lower polk is that there are many bars and there are tour buses and many concerns that the residents have about noise. noise abatement. we are not sure how these things impact. we will stay neutral on this. i have done several site reviews on the amsterdam. i do see peopl

as a result today, this alliance is stronger than ever. i would like to think minister camera -- kim for his commitment to this alliance and to our shared goal of a prosperous and forfor our people fo our nation's. thank you. >> this year's meeting was held amid incredible security be situation. this was all on the earlier thinking against the island. there were also held at a meaningful time since next year will mark the 60th anniversary since they korean war and the caribbean/united states alliance. we discuss cooperative measures for peace and stability of the peninsula as well as tests for the future development of the alliance. our discussions have produced outcomes. secretary the net and i shared our common view that the two countries should have a shared vision to assure the progress. as a celebrate the 60th anniversary, we agree to join me develop the vision that will allow our relationship to continue evolving into an alliance. we noted that this deters no. 3 in provocation in making positive operations to the peace of the peninsu

the alliance issued their playground report card last week and i'm happy to say that the last report card we had showed 30 playgrounds in the system that were sub par, this year, it's down to 16, and if we can get the bond passed in november, i think we'll have 0 sub par playgrounds in the future, but i want to congratulate the staff and the general manager on the management of the system to bring with limited resources 15 or 14 more parks in the line under those circumstances. i also want to congratulate the staff because the first phase of the america's cup, the smaller boats had their first event and i think it went off in a grand manner in no small due to the recreation park department's preparation down at the marina green, so congratulations to all on that, and i think that concludes my report. thank you very much. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing no public comment, it is closed. we are on item 3, the general manager's report. >> good morning, commissioners, some news and announcements in a summary of some upcoming events, this past saturday, we were joined b

the asian business alliance, asian law alliance, the asian pacific american leadership institute, chinese-americantural association, chinese american political association, citizens for better community, culture to culture, why in the chamber of commerce of northern care of -- kawai and chamber of commerce of northern california, northern california chinese athletic association, national association of american professionals, national federation of independent business, national federation of filipino americans, the filipino chamber of commerce, around of applause for all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. [applause] >> i am so glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressmen. he is representing the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives. in congress, he is a member of the powerful house appropriations and budget committee. share of the democratic caucuses, new media working group, house democratic senior went, and the original author of the equity and excellence commission now housed in the u.s. department of education. his distr

other than a nod mccoy had no response, though the moderator of the family alliance town hall called the comments excellent as some applauded. >> anybody who is referring to gay and lesbian couples as being worthy of death in this conversation about question 6 should be disavowed. >> reporter: fulton shakir is the political director of marylanders for maryland equality supporting same sex marriage on the ballot. >> somebody to say something like that about somebody trying to get a marriage license at city hall saying they're worthy of death is very inappropriate. >> reporter: inflamed passions have included this prince george's county police captain irene hukkins who hopes to marry her partner in maryland and sent an e-mail blast saying this type of defensive behavior will not fly in maryland. >> those who practice such things are deserving of death. >> reporter: meanwhile pastor robert anderson has not responded to requests for interviews to explain his worthy of death comments about same sex marriage. scott broom, 9 news now. >> late today derek mccoy issued a written statement tha

the alliance. here's what they will be discussing. >> 14 years ago -- 13 years ago, this was the world as it looked to the european commission. the launch of the the euro system. they were setting up an imperfect system that they are trying to fix right now. fast-forward to the same building today, where leaders will continue their debate on what they're willing to do to create a viable single currency. one step on the road is a banking union that would cover the euro zone. it would have a single supervisor, a common bank deposit scheme for all customers and a common rescue scheme. in the european commission, a top floor, the president believes the first of those can happen soon. >> what i still expect is possible is to have an agreement until the end of this year on an important element of the banking union, a single supervisory mechanism. i expect the next european council to agree on the main elements of the proposal. >> the debate that's taking place within these buildings will have a profound

/japan security alliance. without the support of the okinawan people, the alliance itself wouldn't exist as it does today. >> the u.s. military is in the process of re-aligning its forces in japan. what kind of impact could this case have on those plans? >> japan and the u.s. agree to relocate the futenma base in another part of okinawa, but the plan has been met with pierce local opposition and it's years behind schedule. the relocation agreement came about because of another case of sexual assault back in 1995. three u.s. servicemen raped a 12-year-old girl. the incident enraged okinawans. as many as 100,000 people gathered to protest against the u.s. military presence. this latest case of sexual assault, along with the deployment of the osprey aircraft could further inflame anti-u.s. military centiment in okinawa. and surther delay the futenma move. people watching to see how authorities from both countries deal with this incident. 1995 rape case brought japan/u.s. ties close to breaking point. if the japan

. >> okay, my name is michael nulty, i'm the executive director of alliance for better district 6, our organization has a protest against this license. first, we have -- well, it's clear when you see an applicant that have no letters of support, they didn't do any community outreach, two, we've never seen a community plan for the business, and three, we believe that there's a questionable business plan if you look at the way their packet reads, there's so many documents in there that you normally don't see in somebody looking for a pcn, so we aren't clear exactly what the business is going to do and we're actually just concerned about, it's a high concentration of crime neighborhood and we don't see a security plan. thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, my name is mike and this is my brother roger, thank you, commissioners for hearing to sell beer and wine in a vacant space in the building, we are also in the process of opening a coffee shop and other vacant space on the other side of the lobby. as you can see for our submission to the board, our family owns and operates a few smal

and it with you because the country cannot be part of the military alliance and a host of other countries military bases or troops who only say tory is biggest band will be participation and this is crucial it is your dissipation membership they have suspended we hope this is a temporary measure and then why did they take this step and i think they did because countries vastly different approaches to building a collective security system started six of the member states have been saying we should join our forces we should form a combined force in which we should set up negative for coordination so in the middle should work together in various areas but i won't go much into detail but the government is biggest in keep saying no we want to do everything within it by that reform it only knows we're not interested in collective activities. when we say we should coordinate our efforts in aiding afghanistan's post conflict like instructions to the biggest and says it will only work in a bilateral format with him guess ten human not only do they declined to engage in collective efforts but they

community groups and volunteers will form those alliances most of the time in concert with either dpwpublic utilities commission or our parks, recreation and parks department and we're open to those kinds of collaborations'. the committee challenge grant is an excellent model. without anybody's knowledge, i still call the director and say what is going on. dpw tried to keep out of their business. now our city [inaudible] i am reaching in to find out, what are those great things the neighbor rwanda to do and i would like to go out there and visit them. i signed off last year in 2011 the urban agriculture " ordinance. the ordinance for us was another reflection of city policy with the board of supervisors that we wanted to increase the opportunities for folks to grow crops. to grow agriculture, to be able to sell it if they so wish to to so we could have folks that already have that experience, but not necessarily at the corporate level. our urban agriculture is important to us. we have identified a number of abandoned lots all over the city and we would love to again excite volunteers

again, i am so grateful for the philanthropy from the san francisco parts alliance, and in particular, the betty ann ong foundation and the ong family for your generosity and making sure that when the kids walk in here in a few moments, there's all kinds of incredible stuff to do, and maybe even a ping pong table for me to duke it out with the mayor. [laughter] a big round up to the chinatown community development center for your leadership and guidance in making sure that this facility is exactly what it needs to be. let's get a big round of applause to ccdc. [cheers and applause] a big thank you to the chinese chamber of commerce. thank you, chinese chamber of commerce. [applause] a big thank you to the community for better parks and recreation in chinatown for your help and assistance with the facility. let's go, keep it up. [applause] last but certainly not least, and i know you saved your biggest, strongest round of applause for this special group of people, the hardest working staffers in city government, the recreation and park department. i want to start with our capital divis

and israel's strategic alliance would be throughout its bias read as the country's leaders continue to drive the already tense relationship to the brink of destruction. you saw russia and around the world this is all she with me your national policy thanks for joining us she relations france and brutal beatings that's how some of those on board a syria band playing describe the welcome they received in turkey have sixteen fighter jets were scrambled to ground the moscow damascus flight it was carrying over thirty passengers including small children more details now from. the plane has finally reached its destination and landed in damascus but before that just a few hours ago we managed to speak directly to those people on board pete. and a very frightened they were intimidated and even received here are some comments that we managed to receive when they were on board at the end on what they had to go through. the plane has been surrounded by people in the seas all the cargo aboard four people have been the two crew and two passengers they try to force them to sign documents we don't kn

doi want to ask the project sponsor if you can address the concerns that have been addressed for alliance for better district 6, you have selected the purchases of the license that were significant issue and negotiation with the neighborhood and if you could tell us that specific situation, i think that would help clarify the concerns raised. >> holly from [inaudible] on behalf of cvs, the reason that you see the licenses as surrendered is they're in escrow until we have a location to transfer to or have the approval of the pcn and then can cancel and eliminate those licenses to be sold to anyone else, cvs does not operate the location that the existing licenses are tied to, they cannot physically own those licenses until they're moved, and that's the likely pathway of the spencer and daniel's license, the jane d. liquor, we're looking for an opportunity to move it to another location, we would do the same process which is to surrender it for 90 days, they can't bring in a new license, we've been thoughtful in how we've been purchasing the licenses from prohibiting the neighborhood to pur

nato chief has admitted the alliance's withdrawal from afghanistan could come earlier than expected a statement comes on the heels of a spate of attacks that brought u.s. casualties to two thousand insider attacks on western soldiers are taking their toll on the troops' morale said the secretary general i also have affected nato afghan relations as the alliance prepares to have security responsibilities to local forces middle east academic adman riva from the american university in washington believes nato's brought afghan enemy on itself. well first of all there are there is the issue of the difficulty of trying to impose order and or a certain kind of order by foreign powers on afghanistan but the other part of it has to do also with the policies which have been pursued by nato in afghanistan these smaller cities have not really transformed they question on the ground they have not greatly improved the lives of the people and they have not contributed to building up. gun infrastructure as some had promised more importantly i think what we are seeing is that is spawns from afghan pop

and israel's strategic alliance with the us hangs by a thread as the country's leaders continue to drive the already tense relationship to the brink of destruction. hello and welcome to our team with me. humiliation threats and beatings that's how some of those on board the syria bound plane described the welcome they received in turkey sixteen fighter jets were scrambled to ground the moscow damascus flight it was carrying over thirty passengers including small children more details now from artie's medina courtship of. russia's foreign ministry demanded x.-plane nations to why turkey failed to inform that there were russian citizens on board of this plane salman team passengers were reported to be russians overall there were thirty seven passengers or people on board this plane and among them were small children moreover the russian embassy sound implements and a dog treat to the airport however they were denied access without giving any explanations meanwhile turkey and now. it does hope that this incident will in not anyhow impact its relations with russia and this comes a while to u

and they're right certainly this election is very important for georgia because the party or the alliance the party which wins the majority in parliament will then be able to appoint prime minister and according to the constitutional changes in georgia which are taking effect in next year when the when present secretary is to step down a prime minister will have just about the same powers as the president so the party which will gain the majority will basically have georgia just future in its hands hence the celebration of the supporters of the opposition because they already believe that their parts will be able to appoint the prime minister and the control georgia for the next five seven yes something like this was unimaginable in the member last year when one businessman ivanishvili launched his georgia dream party saying that his main rest are now succeeding and to change the system back then the support of the ruling party was over seventy percent and it was this it had no chance at all from beating in this election bad things changed dramatically after the footage of prison abuse an

. >> narrator: he took in millions in soviet military aid and formed an alliance with iran, which stillendures. >> the relationship with iran is very unusual. syria is a secular state ruled by a secular arab nationalist party, the ba'ath party. iran is an islamic republic. so they don't seem to be a marriage made in heaven. but it's a symbiotic relationship that's based on strategic necessity. >> it's not a particularly natural alliance, if you will. but for reasons of common enmity towards iraq, towards israel and other regions, they did form this alliance that has been the strongest, the most enduring in the region. >> narrator: but back in the early 1980s, while assad was building an alliance with the new shiite theocracy in iran, he was facing resistance from fundamentalist sunnis at home. >> there was a very aggressive islamic fundamentalist opposition to the syrian regime. there were attacks against the regime. it was essentially almost a civil war. (explosions) >> narrator: the assad regime's response was to attack the stronghold of syria's muslim brotherhood, the town of hama. >

will be joining in an alliance in the case that the ruling party does not get a complete majority inparliament then it will be who will be the decisive figure if he decides to join the alliance of the opposition parties which are already signed an agreement to join you in the coalition in the future parliament things would go would go in a very much unpredictable scenario in the ukraine the parliament voting itself according to the domestic and international observers have been more or less free of any major force if occasions they haven't been cases of any major irregularities recorded but certainly there have been some hilarious incidents at polling stations with one polling station in key of a man disguised as walked into cast his ballot on another polling station in the town of protests of the man decided to eat his ballots instead of costing them so far this has been known basically the only things common for elections which have been seen at the polling stations no irregularities have been recorded certainly we are waiting for the official results to come out from the central a

and these are all strategic alliance with the uighurs hundreds bias thread of the country's leaders continue to drive their already tense relationship to the brink of destruction. international news and comments live from moscow this is all c. with me thanks for joining us first if you need a child's rights and these things that's how some of those on board a sewer a bound plane described the welcome they received in turkey at sixteen fighter jets were scrambled to ground the moscow damascus flight it was carrying over thirty passengers including small children now let's get more details from our correspondent at medina caution about how that medina so has there been any reaction to this so far well we have just received official reaction coming from russia's foreign ministry which sad that. the turkish side failed to inform the russian embassy that the russians were actually among the passengers on the plane also the embassy learned that also the embassy learnt this news through the media sources russian embassy in ankara demanded access to the russian citizens own board and send diplomats

troops to keep their word in the news but they need an approval if they want to join a military alliance or under the new rules third countries military bases or troops in their territory doesn't sit well so. recently we had need to representatives on our show and i asked them whether georgia could join nato anytime soon and they said no we have no plans to accept georgia right now we want to see first how the election. does this mean that georgia will soon become a nato member and we should really ask nato of course but what do you think i just here would need to official say they say that the door for georgia to join nato is not closed and we should we think any mechanical expansion of this military alliance that was in violation of the understanding where you can we used to have about nato expansion in the one nine hundred eighty s. but you would be counterproductive. in the case of georgia with these speeds. and this is not just russia's position this is a point of view shared by all members states by it. so i think these developments with regard to georgia can only exit all the nega

led war answers its twelfth year with the alliance gradually drawing down its troop presence more thanthree thousand foreign troops most of them americans have been killed since the occupation began in the wake of nine eleven insurgent activity has risen sharply in the past two years with a growing wave of attacks leading to a sharp increase in nato casualties the alliance is due to pull out completely by the end of two thousand and fourteen leaving kabul to fand for itself at a national affairs commentator rick ross of says nato is leaving behind a mess. precious little has been accomplished money because of the sons of course by the the western military intervention an occupation in afghanistan. most or you know arguably the only accomplishment dubious as it is that opium production of skyrocketed under the watch of the u.s. and nato in afghanistan you know evidently the afghan people are not on the foreign boots on the ground and you know particularly after such a long period of time the so-called green on blue attacks are an indication that the rank and file of the afghan populatio

under israel's strategic alliance with the u.s. times by its read as the country's leaders continue to drive the returns for a ship to the brink of destruction. international news life for most this is all she was new. to welcome to the program humiliations for us and the brutal beatings that's how some of those on board a syria bound plane described the welcome they received in turkey f. sixteen fighter jets were scrambled to ground the moscow damascus flight it was carrying over thirty passengers including small children more details now from. the plane has finally reached its destination and a landed in damascus but before that just a few hours ago we managed to speak directly to those people on board. people sound as a very scared and a very frightened they were intimidated and even received threats here are some comments that we managed to receive when they were on board at the end airports on what they had to go through. the plane has been surrounded by people in masks they seize all the cargo on board four people have been b

the party which will have the majority in the parliament all the alliance of parties will then be able to appoint a prime minister who according to new amendments by the constitution will have the same powers as president next year when saakashvili is that is down basically saakashvili and his party which proposed these amendments in a way dug their own hole because nobody expected last year when businessmen eventually form the georgia dream party that anybody could post competition to the ruling party their rating was at the around seventy percent certainly dented move from the opposition unprecedented rise but a large credit on that comes from the scandal which happened in september one the footage of prisoner abuse and sexual torching georgian prisons was released causing massive outcry causing mass protests in the streets. the georgian cities nevertheless the opposition seems to be winning this election and right now the people are celebrating as they were celebrating last night given the boss the record of violent protests in georgia nobody can still rule out if this result change

my name is michael nulty, i'm the executive director for better alliance 6, we'd like to request a continuance on this item. we would like to acquire proof purchase of 1021 polk street off-sale liquor license as well as the 1541 polk street type 21 liquor license, we'd like to see that it's been transferred, then the community will be satisfied that cvs is acting in good faith, we're not clear on the relationship between the gar field beach cvsllc which is the liquor license owner that's been talked about and then we are also not clear about how a surrendered license purchase helps the polk street corridor when the license is no longer actively a nuisance in that area, so we have a lot of concern about this and then again as of today on the abc website, i want to reiterate that -- the overhead, at 1042 polk street, this is off the abc website, the license is still active with the previous owner and as well as the license at 1541 polk street, the license has been surrendered, so it's not been purchased by anybody, so this is as of today, because the inquiry was done on the 21st, that doesn't me

and there's really strategic alliance with the your hands as biased read the country's leaders continue to drive their already tense relationship to the brink of destruction. this is also you can use your line for more school hello and welcome to the program and we start with our breaking news this hour humiliations riots and brutal beatings that's how some of those on board a sewer bound plane described the welcome they received in turkey sixteen fighter jets were scrambled to ground the moscow damascus flight it was carrying over thirty passengers including small children more details now from aussies medina or live medina hello there so what exactly has happened at ankara airport. while the beam has finally left. so the ports in turkey and right now is a hiding to its final destination to damascus but before that just a few hours ago we managed to directly speak to those people on board the old sounded very frightened and very scads of people were panicking people were intimidated and even received the strad so here is some commons that we managed to receive when they were answer the

it will try to alliance against china and also americans and very very active.part of a long term strategy to contain china. take all of this happening and the world of business right now we're here thank you marina we're looking at the asian markets and in particular the chinese markets because in japan there is a public holiday that's where you're about to see that the nikkei is close but so when it comes to china right now it is dropping calls related forums are in fact losing ground that's after a mixed finish on wall street on friday that's the spice of beat us long form report so let me tell you more about that because the u.s. department of labor has from the statistics that show the unemployment rate in the country fell in september to its lowest rate since january two thousand and nine it went from eight point one percent in august to seven point eight percent but they also felt that the u.s. economy added a further one hundred fourteen thousand jobs last month which was above expectations and barack obama then said that he believes the nation is moving

led war in afghanistan started more than three thousand alliance troops have died in the conflict sincemost of them americans far more afghan civilians have also lost their lives their national affairs commentator rick rose off from the group stop nato thinks the alliances fostered discontent among the afghan people. precious little has been accomplished on the bodies of the sons of course by the the western military intervention an occupation in afghanistan. most of you know arguably the only accomplishment dubious as it is that opium production is skyrocketed under the watch of the u.s. and nato in afghanistan you know evidently the afghan people are not on developing foreign boots on the ground and no particularly after such a long period of time the so-called green on blue attacks are an indication that the rank and file of the population would like to see us in their nato allies the us in their nato allies vacate the country x. this quickly as possible and that none of this. debacle would have occurred in the first place of it not been for the harder in the reagan administrations f

and these are all strategic alliance with the u.s. hangs by a thread as the country's leaders continue to drive their already tense relationship to the brink of destruction. this is coming to line from all scotto breaking news story of first humiliation threats and brutal beatings that's how some of those on board a sewer bound plane described the welcome they received in turkey at sixteen fighter jets were scrambled to the ground the mosque of damascus flight it was carrying over thirty passengers including small children more details now from all season the culture of a latino good morning so what's happened. well the supreme council finally left at the anchor airport in turkey and is cutting to its final destination to damascus but before that just a few always ago while the plane was still on the turkish territory we managed to receive some common. coming directly from those people on board we managed to speak to the hostages and several passengers all of them sounded very frightened and very worried on the phone they were upon ma

it's an alliance with god. it's as if the world has to move from original chaos to cosmos or harmony, and everything you do is part of that alliance with god. you can't do it alone - there has to be the god side. but it won't happen unless we do it. so with every deed we do, every observance, lighting a candle, observing myths, visiting the sick - we call those mitzvoth, or good deeds - is part of fulfilling that covenant and building the kingdom. >> you see - hear that, rites of passage, identity and relationship, and also that quest for unity. now the buddhist or the hindu might meditate, but here in the jewish context, it's that relational thing - god, man, and women working together in harmony, to try to bring forth this kind of unity. and there's always something about every religion that just stands out. and whereas, the hindus might create beautiful temples, and let's say the roman catholics might create these magnificent cathedrals, where the jew creates is with words. it's with words - it comes from th

alliances with democrats in mayor from south jersey. now president obama. like i said for christie to win next year, he has to get a fair number of people voting for barack obama this year. >> let me raise this, though, joy. what struck me, as we deal with this presidential race, is that it was announced today that the president is coming to new jersey tomorrow to see some of the devastation and that governor christie was going to accompany him, which is appropriate. but when governor christie was asked about whether or not he was going to tour with governor romney, as some have suggested, by fox new, listen to what he said. >> is there any possibility that governor romney may go to new jersey to tour some of the damage with you? >> i have no idea, nor am i the least bit concerned or interested. i've got a job to do here in new jersey. that's much bigger than presidential politics. and i could care less about any of that stuff. i have a job to do. identify got 2.4 million people out of power. i've got devastation on the shore. i've got floods in it is north

/japan security alliance. without the support of the okinawan people the alliance itself wouldn't exist. >> now the u.s. military is in the process of realigning its forces in japan. what kind of impact could this case have an those plans? >> well, japan and the u.s. agreed to relocate the futenma base to another part of okinawa. but their plan has been met with fierce local opposition, and is years behind schedule. the relocation agreement came about because of another case of sexual assault back in 1995. three u.s. servicemen raped a 12-year-old girl. the incident enraged okinawans. as many as 100,000 people gathered to protest against the u.s. military presence. this latest case of sexual assault, along with the deployment of the osprey aircraft could further inflame u.s. military sentiment in okinawa. and further delay the move. people watching to see how authorities from both countries deal with this incident. in 1995 rape case brought japan/u.s. security ties close to a breaking point. if the japanese an