and matt can come up the parks and alliance got $50,000 to the renovation this year is - the park alliances is 2rib thai thousand dollars to the department to fund a variety of the small projects that happen throughout the year and 5 thousand dollars for camp for the summer for sdbltd folks. i want to thank matt and their entire staff. matt if the president to say something please do >> nevertheless to say we're delighted with the financial impacts it will have and your especially delighted to see the parks and alliance to help open the international airport at the jet place structure can be installed there. we're delighted to make that contribution and making many more. >> thank you matt. this year was the 30th anniversary of the conservatism core and it's been an amazing partner of this department and for the city it was 0 started in 1983 by feinstein. it was to teach our children job ready in essence and helping them to understand the land. they've been a fantastic partner and in recognition of their 30th anniversary and all the amazing work we don't talk about we do with the san francis

our final speaker before we cut the ribbon is matt o'grady, the parks alliance. it is our nonprofit partner. they are with us every step of the way advocating for better open space, for more funding for open space, for better play grounds, for more parks, and we can't do it without them. so, i want to welcome matt. i also want to call out kelly knight who is a vice president of the parks alliance board who has joined us today. i don't know if there are any other park board members here. thank you for being here. matt come on up and say a few words. >> thank you, phil. (applause) >> bear with me a second. if you're sitting, stand up. everybody do a quick 360. turn around very quickly and just look at the view from this park. just walk around and look at this view. we live in the most beautiful city in the world. today this city becomes just a little bit more beautiful. thanks to the incredible hard work that has made this new renovation a reality. the parks alliance is the independent partner to the entire city for everything having to do with parks, recreation, a

silent alliance israeli and saudi intelligence have reportedly been having secret meetings after a breakthrough nuclear deal with iran left both countries frustrated. international news live from moscow this is our sea international with me. and a very warm welcome to the program. and touched upon this is racial in ukraine saying russia is open for dialogue hey insisted that if you crane wants partnership moscow is willing to talk and will offer economic integration on equal terms meanwhile the united states is considering sanctions against ukraine over the authorities response to ongoing demonstrations. all policy options including sanctions are on the table in our view but obviously that still is being evaluated. protesters in kiev are reinforcing barricades that have been dismantled by police thousands are still out on the streets with the one opposition leader having rejecting calls to hold talks with the country's president while demanding the government step down but there is more than one opinion being expressed in ukraine's rallies going to takes a look at the other side of the damn. th

silent alliance israeli and saudi intelligence are reportedly been having secret meetings after a breakthrough nuclear deal with iran left both countries highly frustrated. the world's top headlines live from moscow it's international with me from all of us here thanks for joining. us rejected calls to hold talks with the country's president demanding the leadership steps down the same time the united states is now considering sanctions against ukraine over the government's response to protests as in many cases we can consider a range of policy options which were certainly doing in this case given events on the ground and thousands are still out on the streets in kiev rebuilding barricades around the city's independence square after a police operation failed to disperse the crowds there is more than one opinion being expressed in ukraine. as a look at the other side of the deaf ears. it's new it's hip it's exciting it's a revolution and like moths to a flame the bright lights of rebellion are drawing in western politicians political has beans to even homegrown rock stars all keen to breathe th

is prepared to sacrifice the integrity of regional alliances for its own interests . yeah let's have a bit later but i believe the main reason for the change in america's alliances in the middle east is issue of the iranian nuclear program and that's a shift in the u.s. approach to iran from one of confrontation to one of containment this is the main reason even if it does come at the expense of america's strategic allies like saudi arabia and israel it is of the utmost importance to the u.s. and its interests in the middle east no doubt us foreign policy takes care of its own interests but our strategic alliances with israel under nonpermanent alliances like with saudi arabia with american interests are much more important to washington than alliances and let's not forget that saudi arabia and israel always need washington support militarily and on the intelligence level as well as in many other aspects they need the usa and they rely on it. whatever israel and saudi arabia has here controversial policies and siding with them well tarnish washington's reputation that

and silent alliance israeli and saudi intelligence have reportedly been having secret meetings after a breakthrough nuclear deal with iran left both countries highly frustrated. internationals coming to you live from a very snowy for me rory sushi and the entire news team thank you for joining us today protestors in ukraine's capital kiev reinforcing the barricades that have been dismantled by police demonstrators still showing no sign of going home and the united states is now considering sanctions against ukraine over the authorities response to the demonstrators. all policy options including sanctions are on the table in our view but obviously that still is being evaluated as thousands are still out on the streets of kiev with one opposition leader having rejected calls to hold talks with the country's president instead of demanding the government steps down but there is more than one opinion being expressed in ukraine's rallies are really going to go now taking a look at the other side of the us. it's new it's head it's exciting and it's a revolution and like moths to a flame the

is prepared to sacrifice the integrity of regional alliances for its own strategic interests. yes i'm a bit lazy about it but i believe the main reason for the change in america's alliances in the middle east is the issue of the nuclear program and that's a shift in the us approach to iran from one of confrontation to one of containment if this is the main reason even if it does come at the expense of america's strategic allies like saudi arabia and israel it is of utmost importance to us i'm just interested in the middle east date u.s. foreign policy takes care of its own interests but our strategic alliances with israel under nonpermanent alliances like with saudi arabia with the medical interests are much more important to washington than alliances and let's not forget that saudi arabia and israel always need washington support militarily i know the intelligence level as well as many other aspects they need the usa and they rely on it. when it former u.s. diplomat john graham says a israel and saudi arabia are especially if you are a washington. with. both countries israel

alliance with iran under the shaw. and we were ability to mediate if the islamic republic falls, which i hope and pray, then we will have a good relationship with the follow on government. presumably with a dplik regime. maybe we can go back to the days, '60s, '70s where the united states was able as the strongest military power in the region to be buffer between between saudi arabia and iran and try help maneuver the relationship between them. no, the nixon dock rein who said appointed the shaw as the sheriff in the region, i'm not talking about that. okay. they had a different kind of stardom. i think the united states could be in a position to do that. once we achieve a decent relationship with iran. that cannot happen, i think, as long as the islamic republic survives. >> if i can make a comment and direct it on iraq. i think we haven't talked as much about it. in my own view, if you read my papers through the years, it is quite clear. and of this -- we probably strongly disagree in the audience. i thought the iraq

alliances like with saudi arabia the american interests are much more important to washington than alliances let's not forget that saudi arabia and israel always need washington support militarily and on the intelligence level as well as many other aspects they need the u.s.c. and they rely on it. we get to worlds apart with looks on a boy here for now nelson mandela has been laid to rest of his ancestral home after ten days of international mourning for the iconic leader he's gone down in history as the man who find quest apartheid and bridge racial and ethnic divides with mandela's passing some africans fear the ghosts of the past may return as paula points. don't lean sought refuge in south africa from the congo because of one man nelson mandela causes the one more loud of the do side of the. camp but now he's gone and only means afraid she and other foreigners like her will be kicked out i think that there are tears well thought in the eyes because they don't one foot in the area complaining that it's put in there that taking their jobs millions of africans have fled their troubled count

include the yerba buena alliances in the property management plan.hank you very much. >> ross and deborah. >> hi, i'm deborah i'm the executive director for the center of the arts that i are want to objectively we commend commend the process and support the process the center for the arts is behind this project and we're president to stay active and we're interested in model one and two not model 3. we're working with the team at that continue the conversation so we're here and we're totally wanting to be part of the process in moving forward as we development our plan. i want to echo the comment about the artist. if we don't work hard to keep this the beautiful city it is we'll be in a totally different situation and artists are leaving in droves and our artists are struggling. (calling names) >> i think i said ross porter. i came here today but hearing everybody talking inspires me to tong and it makes the arts and yerba buena center and for the appeal in the strict it fantastic. what particle took me is the fillmore jazz center i grew up in the 50

and north of market and the police department and observes and we got requests and alliance for the presentation on the 6th was made. the b.i.d. called me and said they required no presentation >> great, thank you. >> i finally, figured out the sound drive. so as mentioned those were an existing exemplify the hotel and we're applying to the entertainment we can have live music at the hotel for wedding and private fire department's and on the weekend and so on. we did the necessary paperwork and i make sure it was correctly filed in and it was for october. those were there meeting rooms we're small. i will show you 3 meeting to give you an idea of what we're looking at. this is not changing the use but to have will music. the hotel went through a $7 million rams and we're trying to get more guest and have to control any noise or 10u7bd issues it would upset our aprons so that would be detrimental to our own business. i have some photos to show you real quick. this is the exterior from the building its from 18929 believe. ? one of our smaller building on the 16th floor this is from the exterior of

and silent alliance israeli and saudi intelligence are having secret meetings for a breakthrough nuclear deal with iran left both countries highly frustrated. by the world headlines live from moscow this is the international with me from the news team thanks for joining us protesters in ukraine's capital kiev reinforcing the barricades and showed no sign of going home for a police operation fail to disperse the crowds and the united states is now considering sanctions against ukraine over the earth already as a response to the demonstrations. all policy options including sanctions are on the table in our view but obviously that still is being evaluated thousands though are still out on the streets of key have with one opposition leader having rejected calls to hold talks with the country's president and is demanding the government step down but there is more than one opinion being expressed in ukraine's rallies parties are really going to go takes a look at the other side of the devils. it's new it's hip it's exciting and it's a revolution and like moths to a flame the bright lights of r

with israel under a nonpermanent alliances like with saudi arabia the american interests are much more important to washington than alliances let's not forget that saudi arabia and israel always need washington support militarily and on the intelligence level as well as many other aspects they need the usa and they rely on it. lawmakers in yemen have called for a stop to u.s. drone strikes the nation's parliament passed a motion banning unmanned aerial attacks however it's not a binding vote and it's just a recommendation to the government the initiative comes days after one attack reportedly hit a wedding motorcade and killed civilians while earlier we spoke to political activist medea benjamin and he told r.t. that drone strikes which are claimed to be winking out qaeda are actually pushing more people to join it. every time there's a drone strike that's the best recruiting tool for al qaeda and killing people in a wedding party i am sure that this will lead to not tens but probably a hundred people joining al qaeda and this guarantees the cycle of violence will go on in perpetual wa

with israel under nonpermanent alliances like with saudi arabia the american interests are much more important to washington than alliances let's not forget that saudi arabia and israel always need washington support militarily and on the intelligence level as well as many other aspects they need the u.s. see and they rely on it. but this week a court in bahrain sentenced twelve anti regime activists to fifteen years in jail they had torched a car warehouse in february but their supporters say the tough sentence underlines the gulf kingdom's continued pro-democracy clampdown with fear is that the country is spiraling into a dictatorship former bahraini parliament member. charged with inciting terror for criticizing the monarchy here and he says the authorities also politicians into not working with human rights groups the problem then is very very thick to understand we have absolute. family and we. were by the people of floor an inclusive political system that has the power to people rule of law was never meant. illegally low to the international community to stand on your own force

opposition parties and by the dhs said that the white cottage and the fifth elections the opposition alliance has also extended the shutdown which began on the weekend can that be. this has been in the group of violent events in the bnp and its allies began to shut down the sock today. what begun at the pinnacle of strike has not been extended one that the one color. opposition leader said on monday the bus and sustained bones of opposition activists set fire to vehicles in the nineteenth district the protest of the targeted the country's beautiful and it cost me. when financial markets on top of the city protest of this month and david lyons was dented in the team. the removal of toxic smoke free of traffic calming up to one hundred miles home. among the students told the reading from cover to the port city of tacoma. i wanted to be with diet and longer distance the views of strikes and shut down last month. the bnp and its allies instead of dividing them being built in the country. the pool to be the intended effect. bnp was the election was called to postpone the bonnet to get to go with t

alliances like with saudi arabia with american interests are much more important to washington than alliances and let's not forget that saudi arabia and israel always need washington support militarily and on the intelligence level as well as many other aspects they need the usa and they realize that. former u.s. diplomat john graham thinks frustration with america's foreign policy is a first for common ground for israel and saudi arabia both countries israel and saudi arabia are very annoyed right right now because of american policy toward iraq what's happened to annoy you right both of them is that first of all bob i actually called to talk on the telephone it was counterpart suffering an american president had done for decades and second meeting in geneva actually produced an agreement which groups like iran would make significant changes in its nuclear policy in exchange for a lessening of sanctions trade keep to the agreement then we would definitely be let's rethink sanctions and this is driving israel and saudi arabian nights. on screen and online as well and here's a look a

important to washington than alliances and let's not forget that saudi arabia and israel always need washington support militarily and on the intelligence level as well as in many other aspects they need the usa and they rely on it. israel and saudi arabia pursue controversial policies and siding with them will tarnish washington's reputation well that's according to professor of politics even zunes. israel is in violation of. the whole number of the international legal norms the ongoing occupation and colonization of the occupied territories there are periodic assaults on civilian population centers and neighboring lands there there you have our lieschen the un security council resolutions will court rulings that said or other anyway seen as a pariah state and to have the united states closely allied with israel many people are reacting izing actually does the united states more harm than good and similarly saudi arabia it is an incredibly repressive regime was as much as we complain now with some reason of course about the lack of human rights in. iran for example the human rights

i got a chance and i got to meet the manager of the alliance 6 he gave a great presentation and i know it would be great he did reach out on gary street down towards market where i live. so i would ask you to give him his entertainment permit >> thank you. next up kevin carol. >> good evening. i'm the executive director of the hotel council it's nice to be here again. the hotel is a member of our organization. you can see by the presentation that michael made he's someone that works with the community. michael has that hotel is assisting the committee and they've hosted other events recognizing our employees in the hotel industry. we recently finished an impact report and 70 percent of our employees live and work in the city. and the hotels support the economy there that as well. michael serves on the hotel and foundation board that raises money for hospitalized pistol and a sclarpdz michael is the president and he's about that a leader. as michael mentioned the hospitality industry is a industry that looked at gaps around us the hotels have careful because of the guest xrerps and you

the march 14th alliance wants to channel popular anger into support for a new government that doesn'tnclude hezbollah and it wants to pressure the group to give up its arms all though the assassination has polarized lebanon further, the turn out for the funeral was modest. a reflex of the challenges facing the march 14th camp to get supporters out on the str t street. whether protesters take to the streets or not, war weary lebanese are bracing for more trouble in the coming weeks. rula amin, downtown beirut, al jazeera. >> a car bomb has gone off at an army intelligence building wounding four people. the explosion happened in anshas, about 10 on kilometers north of cairo. it is the second attack on secure services in the nile delta in less than a week. a suicide attack on tuesday at a police compound in man sewera killed 16 people. there have been more protests at the university in kye ro, here is peter gresta from there. >> let's first talk about that car bomb explosion outside the military intelligence headquarters. we understand from the authorities that a vehicle packed with what

i believe the main reason for the change in america's alliances in the middle east is issue of the nuclear program and that's a shift in the u.s. approach to iran from one of confrontation to one of containment this is the main reason even if it does come at the expense of america's strategic allies like saudi arabia and israel it is of utmost importance to the u.s. and its interest in the middle east us foreign policy takes care of its own interests but our strategic alliances with israel under nonpermanent alliances with saudi arabia the american interests are much more important to washington than alliances let's not forget that saudi arabia and israel always need washington support militarily and on the intelligence level as well as many other aspects the need the u.s. see and they rely on it. meanwhile lawmakers in yemen have called for a stop to u.s. drone strikes the nation's parliament passed a motion banning unmanned aerial attacks however it's not a binding vote and is just a recommendation to the government initiative comes days after one attack reportedly hit a wedding motorcad

i want to bring in doug napper, an attorney who works for the alliance organization.o what cases are you working on this season? >> you know, bill, as you pointed out, the majority of americans celebrate christmas. so everybody should have the right to enjoy the season without the interference of a few ba humbug bullies. recently we've seen cases where schools have banned music from the schools based on information that has put out by these organizations that don't understand the constitutionality of christmas. there were two cases, one in wisconsin and new jersey, which you talked about on your show where they banned the christmas carol. and then the last one was in south carolina where it was a school band. there weren't even any words. it was just music, and they said, well, even though the students picked these songs, joy to the world and ocome all ye faithful, they banned them from the schools. alliance defending freedom sent a letter, told the truth about christmas, that christmas is constitutional, and they allowed these back in the schools. we had to correct t

alliance, no, i think it makes seasons. it's not alliance in that way. it's relationship, right?and it seems to be in lots of ways a problematic relationship insofar as elliot was describing it a lot of it does have to do with oil for security. and historically it's been a lot of times the saudi cans are screaming at the americans from the side do this, do that. and as elliot was saying before about bandar and bush, it's best to lead them, guide them, influence them. but at what point when the saudis are saying this, as elliot was describing, at what point are they right when they're talking about syria, when they're talking about iran? tsa either we need you as the superpower leading, or you're wrong on syria, you're wrong on iran. so how do we distinguish the noise from when they're correct? >> look, i mean, you could argue -- and they would certainly argue -- they're already right in this regard. and i would just respond this terms of, again, back to u.s. strategyingic interests and how, again, having a clear plan of how does this end and where does this go. if you wanted to g

founder of the junior newtown action alliance.nk you so much for being here. >> thank you so much for having me. >> why did you want to form a junior version, a student version of the group? >> about two months after what happened in our town, i was the youngest member of newtown action alliance and i saw over the -- a few weeks that my peers and neighbors, especially in the high school and in the middle school, also wanted to do something right after it happened, we got millions and millions of donations, whether monetary or whether you know, hundreds of thousands of teddy bears. but that didn't exempt people in newtown. we also had to do something. so i founded the junior branch not knowing that like you said, it was the first major gun prevention group with a student branch. it was just to give students a voice because i found that the best thing for me right after the tragedy was just to tell my story. right after about two or three months after, we had newtown action alliance hosted sort of a panel discussion to sort of discu

thank you, tim tompkins, president of time square alliance.re will be plenty of champagne flowing on news years eve. my next guest tells us all how to select the best bubbly. that is next. ♪ mamas confetti's noisemakers, and of course champagne. three hallmarks of a new year's eve celebration. company has been making bubbly for more than 200 years. the executive is price -- vice president of laurent-perrier. comes from a specific region and france come and you cannot call it champagne any other place. >> right. there are a number of rules that govern what goes into a bottle champagne. it has to have three the civic grapes and it. chardonnay and pinot noir of the major grapes. those are completely different grapes altogether messier not aally comparing -- it is not question of is a rose by any other name just as we, but it is very different. >> how do you get it be so bubbly? >> is a complex chemical process but it physically goes through a second fermentation. for champagne may actually trap those bubbles in the bottle. we trap those bubbles i

san francisco's homeless youth alliance was not able to renew the lease at its eighth street building. the alliance says the lease was terminated and the property owner would not accept an increase in monthly payments. about 100 to 150 teens received medical or psychiatric care there each day. the alliance's founder says services including a needle exchange program will now be run out of a van. that's the only way they can meet the need at this point. this was a very difficult christmas day for one family in particular. the family of a bay area girl declared brain dead tried to make this christmas as normal as possible for her. she suffered complications of a a tonsilectomy at oakland's children's hospital. the family is considering a judge's decision that will allow the hospital to remove her from life support. they have until 5:00 p.m. on monday to file an appeal. they set up a christmas tree for presents for her and her siblings. >>> new at 11:00, a chain reaction car crash sent several people to the hospital. it happened at about 5:30 this evening on point lobos avenue near mary w

san francisco's homeless youth alliance was not able to renew the lease at its eighth street building. the alliance says the lease was terminated and the property owner would not accept an increase in monthly payments. about 100 to 150 teens received medical or psychiatric care there each day. the alliance's founder says services including a needle exchange program will now be run out of a van. that's the only way they can meet the need at this point. this was a very difficult christmas day for one family in particular. the family of a bay area girl declared brain dead tried to make this christmas as normal as possible for her. she suffered complications of a a tonsilectomy at oakland's children's hospital. the family is considering a judge's decision that will allow the hospital to remove her from life support. they have until 5:00 p.m. on monday to file an appeal. they set up a christmas tree for presents for her and her siblings. >>> new at 11:00, a chain reaction car crash sent several people to the hospital. it happened at about 5:30 this evening on point lobos avenue near mary w

there is the march for alliance. the march 8th alliance that falls down along the sectarian and regional lines that i mention: there has got to be some way to bridge this gap before lebanon ascend into the sectarian killing that we've seen in iraq. >> there has been finger pointing where al hariri has been mentioned. saudi arabia has been mentioned. what are your thoughts? >> in things like this you never know whether the perpetrator is the obvious one. in this case the obvious one is hezbollah, or whether these things are done i in a provocatn by the side who was a victim of it to provoke outrage. there was bombing outside of the iranian embays is which would clearly point to sunni groups, but accusations was that the iranians and hezbollah staged this themselves to blame the opponents. one never knows understoo undere circumstances. >> what does this say about the security situation in lebanon and the power of beirut and whether it's political situation in bay lieutenant is allowing the attacks to happen? >> i thin

it is been an alliance of two very different societies. hidden. be if you are an american official, dealing with foreign minister, you don't have the sense that you're dealing with someone who cannot navigate your culture. very, these are two different societies when it comes to matters like religious freedom, treatment of women. that is a growing problem. it wasn't a big problem for many decades. we had a lot of allies that were different societies and that were in some cases dictatorships starting with joseph stalin. we went through a long. where the internal situation in a friendly country didn't matter to us. it matters more and more now as human rights values get globalized. overtime mores attention to those questions. we no longer say that is a different culture. i think that is going to be more important because what has been missing for over the decades has been the saudi end of that. as we heard from the royal family, we did hear from the people of saudi arabia. because of technology. now there are blog posts. the saudi people appear just

president when we look at israel we look at the britain this alliance this true axis of evil between these three countries the amount of devastation that has occurred in iraq and afghanistan in other parts of world yemen pakistan it's so

san francisco's homeless youth alliance was not able to renew the lease at its eighth street buildinghe alliance says the lease was terminated and the property owner would not accept an increase in monthly payments. about 100 to 150 teens received medical or psychiatric care there each day. the alliance's founder says services including a needle exchange program will now be run out of a van. that's the only way they can meet the need at this point. this was a very difficult christmas day for one family in particular. the family of a bay area girl declared brain dead tried to make this christmas as normal as possible for her. she suffered complications of a a tonsilectomy at oakland's children's hospital. the family is considering a judge's decision that will allow the hospital to remove her from life support. they have until 5:00 p.m. on monday to file an appeal. they set up a christmas tree for presents for her siblings siblings. >>> new at 11:00, a chain reaction car crash sent several people to the hospital. it happened at about 5:30 this evening on point lobos avenue near mary way

strategic alliances with israel and turn on a permanent alliances like this all the ingredient with american interests and much more important to washington and the lines forget the saudi arabian is filled with wisdom in washington support him that i lead. i'm an intelligent women as wills and many other aspects of the new year it seemed to be reliant on me and it was fun for us to come up that tunku on this as a style and sunday arabia are especially curious to watch it as a freshman with. both countries israel and saudi arabia are very annoyed front and right now because of american policy toward iran now what's happened to annoy it's right by them. is the first of all obama actually call and talk on the telephone to its counterpart something american president had done for decades. i suck at that meeting in geneva actually produced an agreement which looks like. or i make significant changes in its nuclear policy in exchange for the lessening of sanctions they keep to the agreement. then we will definitely be without lessening sanctions and is driving israel and saudi arabian nights. this

not only in terms of economics but in terms of our military alliances in asia pacific. so with the paddle of continuity in the region. i'm now all of me hopefully are able to read part because the stability and less than an immediate threat to your door within your. we can use some resources in some attention of course the asia pacific region. but certainly we are in temuka out of very deep vital national security interests in the future of the middle east and even parts of north african americans' attitudes themselves has really shifted and changed tom he was a recent poll that showed i think the sixty five percent of americans said they do not want any american military intervention in the mid east and west the us is directly threatened. that was not the kc thirty years ago when you're institute was set up this is true and i think to be on this but we have underestimated the united states is that the amount of more picky. art which is reflected in parts but all of our congress. a little bit of both parties. maybe the ship has been more obvious the republican party. so

it is been an alliance of two very different societies. that can be hidden. if you are an american official, dealing with foreign minister, you don't have the sense that you're dealing with someone who cannot navigate your culture. still, these are two very different societies when it comes to matters like religious freedom, treatment of women. that is a growing problem. it wasn't a big problem for many decades. we had a lot of allies that were different societies and that were in some cases dictatorships starting with joseph stalin. we went through a long. where the internal situation in a friendly country didn't matter to us. it matters more and more now as human rights values get globalized. as america pays overtime more attention to those questions. we no longer say that is a different culture. i think that is going to be more important because what has been missing for over the decades has been the saudi end of that. as we heard from the royal family, we did hear from the people of saudi arabia. partly because of technology. now there are blog posts. the

helping me is the alliance defending freedom organization based in scottsdale, arizona.hey have been successful in defending traditional rights in the courts. therefore i say to them, god bless you, each and every one, with apologies to dickens. let's go to arizona and bring in doug napper, an attorney who works for the alliance organization. what cases are you working on this season? >> the majority of americans celebrate christmas so everybody should have the right to enjoy the season without the inter feerns of a few bullies. we have seen basis where schools have banned music based on information put out by these organizations that don't understand the constitutionality of christmas. there were two cases, one in wisconsin and new jersey which you talked about where they banned the christmas carols and last one was in south carolina where it was a school ban, just music. they said, well, even though the students picked these songs, joy to the world and oh, come faithful, they banned them from the schools. alliance defending freedom sent a letter, told the truth about c

working here is great but i give back to the community through the indian alliance it keeps the communitybout helping people. it's in my blood to give back. it's a really good feeling to help somebody and you know you've made a difference if their life. everybody supports one another. you know, we and i can call anyone and ask them for help and they help. we're strong and here and we all get along really, you know, what we ail band together with the time is noted and we're here to support each other. my biggest sdraem dream is to have the community in the center and take it down to the coyote valley it's a large open spaces and i'd like to have a place where the community can come and have movies we want to have turnout and just a wide variety of things but my long-term goal is to build ann and establish a center for the american indian people. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and now if i can have vernon come up and say a few words. >> thank you very much liz. thank you earl and just have a few words i'm not a man of many words but as liz stated i want to thank the creator and thank my mother karen medicine clo

alliance will become the largest group in parliament now this is not kids and the union completely. yes was what you probably noticed is that in the in england they do you k. d. u.k.i.p. party you can independent party is now bigger than the tories exactly this european parliamentary election similar in france movie le pen is having strong we need to have cells. in holland which also represent d.n.a. he's also doing is two year olds and polls so by end of may we could have a situation potentially where the biggest or the second biggest fraction of the european parliament would lead the n.t. a vote which runs contrary to what the e.u. commission and most of the politicians once of course because they want more europe not less but it seems like the voters one is exactly the opposite to certainly one less europe not more people who have got the text five wake up to not stay hangover in twenty forty because i've had a great year. yeah they had a phenomenal year and it's what is interesting is that we're not actually saying the technology is expensive where we are saying is that these na

the homeless youth alliance here at haight-ashbury has shut down. the alliance has been providing everything from showers to meals to counseling to the area's homeless youth. >> mostly food, and some hygienic stuff. sometimes some blankets. >> reporter: today the alliance passed out free sleeping bags to help those with next to nothing stay warm on this christmas night. more than that, it's been a place of refuge, where sometimes angry, and confused people could go to be understood. >> i know when i was a teenage and was homeless, that was the hardest part, the way people treated me like trash. like my life didn't matter. >> reporter: some point to rising rents. >> i know the fabric of san francisco is changing quite a bit. but we need to have space in the city for everybody. >> they help to get drivers' licenses. >> i don't know yet, unfortunately, i'm new to san francisco and don't leave the haight a heck of a lot. >> just trying to figure it out. >> yeah, and i know a lot of my friends, they don't know how they're going to shower. >> reporter: as