that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike.if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle programs. this picture is a picture of a bicycle shelter at the company where my wife works. it is quite luxurious. that it is a lawyer's firm, 500 lawyers work there, and most of them, by bicycle. -- and most of them come by bicycle. many companies give their employees their bicycle with their name on that. it is a form of advertisement. many companies, the company where i work for, the chamber of commerce, they have bicycle and scooter sharing for the people to come by public transport. they can take a bicycle or a sco

. >> with the chairman of the society of amsterdam, they are also supporting this approach. they realize if they just press on the car accessibility only, in the end there will be no excess ability at all. they support strongly that only the people who need to come by car, they should be able to come, and the rest should make other choices. >> i think we are more or less at the stage where we are facing the same discussion. our experience is that a platform of business is much more open to try to find solutions which are not car- related, except for here and there. also, for the population, it is hard. they have in mind, if you are better off to have a car, and have the car in front of your door. it is still a long way to go for us. the mobility plans that local authorities are now obliged to develop, and the hearings that are organized because of that, are almost always concerning parking places. we have now a program where we are having one less car parking space. in the streets, you see, there is one car less because now bicycles can ride their bikes, but the comments are

>> two weeks ago, a new york, it was 400 years ago that new amsterdam was found at -- was founded. they convinced the general director of the new york port authority to put into action a bike accessibility plan, a bike plan for the more than 200,000 employees of the new york port authority. so they convinced these men that it would be a benefit to invest in bike accessibility. the thing is, i don't know, maybe you could put out an opportunity to meet them. we are mainly preaching for people who like our message, but i hardly meet people -- the opposition. i don't know, maybe there are some people who are against too much like accessibility in the room here, but up until now, we have not met them. >> back in my town, i meet them very often. one of the most, one of the best arguments concerns air quality and the problem of noise. also, the numbers of young families not wanting to have their kids growing up in town and moving out. they're really looking at what arguments can you put forward to say we cannot continue the way that things are going. >> think in copenhagen, the status of

so the bike is the grease in the amsterdam economy. you have to build less highways, you have to build less parking garage. you put the bike -- use very little space. where you have to build parking garage, they're very expensive. there are recent surveys that companies pay up to 30,000 euros, that's $50,000 per year per person to have them traffic by car to work, where as a bike costs only 250 euros so there are large benefits at stake. also, there is lots of surveys that show that people who live in towns where there is more cycling, people like to live there better than in towns where there is less cycling. there are an overwhelming lot of advantages on cycling and i'm going to put some -- and then this is what oakland should do as few of them -- recommendations that are put together oakland also could be used for san francisco. one thing is, if you want to have these advantages, for instance, if you're scared about all the money that goes to building highways

in amsterdam, you have to wait two and half years before it because you -- you have to wait two and a half years for the parking permit. >> people except they can just not have a car. in amsterdam, the other modes of transport are so well-organized, it is just like in the hague, a car is more of a new sense that a create a car is more of a nuisance and liability. it is expensive. the other modes of transport are much more convenient. >> ok, mike, you have a question? use the microphone, please. >> separated bike paths in the united states are controversial, and they're slowly catching on. how important is it to have those facilities in place? is it maybe a quarter of importance, 50% of the attraction for people to take their bikes? i'm wondering how important it is. >> i think that you need a cycling infrastructure, both from a statistical point of view and the feeling that people have when they use it. otherwise, we do not think we would have more people cycling if we did not put in more cycling facilities. i think the cycling infrastructure is absolutely necessary. if you want to do

but he had a very big success and performance with port of amsterdam. >> ♪ in the port of amsterdam,t was the first time that he had been invited to guest host the tonight show. and that was a big shot for him. we'd be onstage in front of 30,000, 35,000 people. i mean, i couldn't believe it, and he realized right then and there, and we all realized that we had a huge tiger by the tail, and john was on his way to becoming a huge, huge star. john would always start off country boy with, "all right, everybody, clap your hands." >> clap your hands for me now, everybody. ♪ well, life on the farm ♪ is kind of laid-back. ♪ ain't much ♪ an old country boy ♪ like me can't hack. ♪ early to rise, ♪ early in the sack, ♪ thank god i'm a country boy. ♪ well, a simple kind of life ♪ never did me no harm, ♪ a-raising me a family ♪ and working on the farm. ♪ days are all filled ♪ with an easy country charm. ♪ thank god i'm a country boy. ♪ well, i got me a fine wife. ♪ i got me old fiddle. ♪ when the sun's coming up, ♪ i got cakes on the griddle. ♪ life ain't nothing ♪ but a funny, funny riddle. ♪ th

, and he and i got on a plane-- and i had never been on a plane-- and went to amsterdam, and the record execs took us out and bought us drugs, and it was like-- it was the most amazing thing that ever happened to me. i was thrilled that i was in the record business, and i was, you know, important, getting flown around, and i think that's when i was the most successful, 'cause that was an amazing transformation, just being able to travel and be part of a culture and actually be part of it growing within an industry. in some ways, your breakthrough came when you began to work with your brother and a friend, and run dmc came about. run dmc was-- i mean, run was waiting for an opportunity forever, and he and his buddy d.m.c. made these songs, and they were so honest. rap was going on a little bit of a tangent. there was some success in the rock clubs. that's where the only crossover existed. no mainstream. and so they were starting to assimilate to the rock stars, or they wanted to get out of the ghetto so bad that they were willing to trade some of their souls, you know, and their attitude

new york, boston, london, paris, amsterdam, all have fewer fatalities per capita than we do. two years ago, we spent $3.5 million per pedestrian fatality on traffic fatalities. what i would like to ask staff to do is conduct a study that has two purposes. first, to identify city agencies and departments working on pedestrian safety issues. two, let us know what teams are tasked with try to solve pedestrian issues, what are the working on, what are the outcomes, and what are the time lines for those projects? secondly, assistance in identifying funding sources. for current projects as well as future projects. what our potential revenue sources that will help fund this work? i look forward to working with the staff on this. commissioner campos: if i may, what level of involvement, if any, do you expect from the municipal transportation agency? commissioner chiu: i hope as much to get these answers done. commissioner campos: thank you. commissioner avalos? commissioner avalos: thank you. i would like to call for a hearing on the extension of the 14 mission bus to daly city bart.

. >>> and on this day in 1953, the dutch incorporated new amsterdam.a decade later, the country renamed the town new york city. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. al roker is live from chicago with his storm forecast and tips for dealing with the ice and know. >>> and find out the latest details on halle berry's bitter custody battle. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

the different system, not just in new york, but in paris and amsterdam, will be in use. traders will have to adapt to the changes. >> must be given guarantees that the frankfurt stock exchange will be retained in its present form. >> resistance to the deal has been growing on the other side of the land as well. some nyse euronext shareholders have filed suit, claiming the country was undervalued. they are calling the deal a takeover and insist on compensation if it goes through. >> a topeuroan court h said states can prohibit paid tv networks from having exclusive rights to world cup and european championship soccer games, so that fans can watch for free. the european general court called the entire tournament "events of major importance for society's." the ruling is a blow to soccer's governing bodies, which in the tournament as huge sources of income. fifa and uefa argued that not all tournament matches were of importance, but theourt disagreed. it said you in figures showed huge numbers of viewers who do not normally follow soccer. >> here in germany, defense minister

i mean, like amsterdam is plat as a pancake we would say. brussels does have some, well, ups and downs. an important issue politically is that we have -- we are, in fact, giving big gross national product to the country, 20%, although we're only 10% of the population, but yet most workforce is coming from abroad, from flounders, from outs. so they are coming in at 9:00 in the morning and the workers are again leaving to the north or the south of the country in the evening and we have ourselves a population with also considerable amount of people who live in poverty. there is about 20% of unemployment. we do have for 20 years now our own regional parliament and government and i'm very proud of that because i really think that we have been able as politicians to put brussels solution on the brussels scale thanks to that legislative power we have. you see we have been quite ambitious. we voted already in 1997 a resolution in the parliament saying 10% of all mechanical transport should all be by bike. we also held a summit on road safety and, th

society, and--which i found refreshing, because here, here's a country where-- for instance, in amsterdam, you walk around the red light district, which is all tourists mostly, you know--i mean, there's men there looking for women, but it's also 50% to 60% tourists as well. and you look in the porn stores, in the windows, you see the hardest stuff you could imagine in the windows. i'm talking about bestiality, everything. and i mean, you don't have to go inside to see the hardest stuff they have. and obviously, they feel comfortable their children are not turning into killers and rapists and perverts, you know. so i--i find that very refreshing, that a society like that can exist, that is not afraid of sexuality. and so, you know, when i-- when i worked there, i was there five months at the request of the groninger museum, which was doing a huge retrospective of my work. and the museum actually sponsored the sex pictures. they--they gave me a large amount of money to do the work. in return, i gave them some prints for their collection. but it was very refreshing to be able to deal with pe

some women had done it in amsterdam, france, a young woman here had done it as an mfa thesis, as a one-womanw. and they would come to me, and literally they would always say the same thing-- "you know, sapphire, that section with the mother?" and i would say, "yeah, that section with the mother." "we left that out." so... >> hinojosa: they just really didn't want to... >> they just... they didn't touch it. it would not be in their text, and it would not be in the performance. >> hinojosa: it is so not talked about, that women can be perpetrators. >> so i was totally prepared for mo'nique to leave it out, or for lee daniels not to have that in the movie. and for mo'nique... i didn't know mo'nique was going to go there. but i had an inkling. i met her on the set. she hugged me, and she said... i forget her exact words, but she said something like, "i'm going to do this, and if i ever get off track, mommy, i want you to let me know." and it just went into my heart. i said, "this woman is serious," you know what i mean? but because i was unsophisticated, and i didn't know what the dailies were,

>> amsterdam '96. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what's going on? >> you like jager, right? in the bed with sebastian, assume the position. and then, if you do it for 20 seconds, you're all good. you can win this. for the game, my man. [ cheers and applause ] there you go. you good? you down? >> i'm down. >> jimmy: all right, go for it, buddy. here we go. get in position. 20 seconds on the clock. lights down. let's go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> happy friday! >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. ten seconds. >> what are you doing for the game? got any plans for the game? >> jimmy: here we go. he did it! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you're a good man. you're a good man. you completed the dude spoon, which means you won ten points, which means you are the winner! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ that was beautiful thing to watch. thank you, sebastian. you'll be winning $100, everybody. you earned it. here you go, pal. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: giant check. guys, come on over. come on over. i'm sorry you didn't win, but just for being good sports you will also each be g

the different system, not just in new york, but in paris and amsterdam, will be in use. traders will have to adapt to the changes. >> must be given guarantees that the frankfurt stock exchange will be retained in its present form. >> resistance to the deal has been growing on the other side of the land as well. some nyse euronext shareholders have filed suit, claiming the country was undervalued. they are calling the deal a takeover and insist on compensation if it goes through. >> a top european court has said states can prohibit paid tv networks from having exclusive rights to world cup and european championship soccer games, so that fans can watch for free. the european general court called the entire tournament "events of major importance for society's." the ruling is a blow to soccer's governing bodies, which in the tournament as huge sources of income. fifa and uefa argued that not all tournament matches were of importance, but the court disagreed. it said you in figures showed huge numbers of viewers who do not normally follow soccer. >> here in germany, defense m

host: next phone call comes from amsterdam, new york. joe, a democrat.ler: i have been hearing a lot about shared sacrifice. i have a couple of examples of how the top 2% are not sharing in the sacrifice. another example for c-span, in particular. i noticed last week you followed the week youcpac convention -- you covered the cpac convention, you have this right wing guy on today. i wonder when we are court to get some advocates for progressive politics on your show? host: have we covered caylee coast in the past? guest: occasionally -- caller: occasionally. host: occasionally? caller: the percentage of right wing people on your show is substantially higher. guest: certainly, we are prepared to look at any kind of spending reduction, across the board, including military spending, that would be shared a sacrifice. i urge you to look at the report we repeat -- completed. $600 billion of spending reductions from corporate welfare to the deepwater drilling program to the advanced combat fighting vehicle, which is terribly over budget, just an awful system to

when we think about threat from abroad, et cetera, they're not all going to come on a plane from amsterdam. and of course, as the terrorists think to cripple our nation, and they think about doing it economically, just to use the blue water again as an example, at that as it comes into the u.s., that is a genesis for i-69, i-94, two of the most major trade routes that we have. and as my colleague talked about, what we consider to be reverse inspection. that's another thing 've been trying to advocate for. could have reverse inspection, so that we are inspecting things before they start coming across our major infrastructure as well. and so i raise some of these questions. i'm not sure who i'm directing them all to. >> i think they're mine. mike's going like this. >> thanks, secretary. >> i'll be brief, mr. chairman. first of all, again, on the gao report, i encourage the committee, the term operational control is a very narrow form art. and it does not reflect the infrastructure and technology and all the other things that happen at the border. so it should not be used as a substitute for

host: next phone call comes from amsterdam, new york. joe, a democrat. caller: i have been hearing a lot about shared sacrifice. i have a couple of examples of how the top 2% are not sharing in the sacrifice. another example for c-span, in particular. i noticed last week you followed the week youcpac convention -- you covered the cpac convention, you have this right wing guy on today. i wonder when we are court to get some advocates for progressive politics on your show? host: have we covered caylee coast in the past? guest: occasionally -- caller: occasionally. host: occasionally? caller: the percentage of right wing people on your show is substantially higher. guest: certainly, we are prepared to look at any kind of spending reduction, across the board, including military spending, that would be shared a sacrifice. i urge you to look at the report we repeat -- completed. $600 billion of spending reductions from corporate welfare to the deepwater drilling program to the advanced combat fighting vehicle, which is terribly over budget, just an awful syste

when we think about threats from abroad, et cetera, they're not all going to come on a plane from amsterdam. and of course, as the terrorists think to cripple our nation, and they think about doing it economically, just to use the blue water again as an example, at that as it comes into the u.s., that is a genesis for i-69, i-94, two of the most major trade routes that we have. and as my colleague talked about, what we consider to be reverse inspection. that's another thing we've been trying to advocate for. could we have reverse inspection, so that we are inspecting things before they start coming across our major infrastructure as well. and so i raise some of these questions. i'm not sure who i'm directing them all to. >> i think they're mine. mike's going like this. >> thanks, secretary. >> i'll be brief, mr. chairman. first of all, again, on the gao report, i encourage the committee, the term operational control is a very narrow form of art. and it does not reflect the infrastructure and technology and all the other things that happen at the border. so it should not be used as a substit

when we think about threats from abroad, et cetera, they're not all going to come on a plane from amsterdam. and of course, as the terrorists think to cripple our nation, and they think about doing it economically, just to use the blue water again as an example, at that as it comes into the u.s., that is a genesis for i-69, i-94, two of the most major trade routes that we have. and as my colleague talked about, what we consider to be reverse inspection. that's another thing we've been trying to advocate for. could we have reverse inspection, so that we are inspecting things before they start coming across our major infrastructure as well. and so i raise some of these questions. i'm not sure who i'm directing them all to. >> i think they're mine. mike's going like this. >> thanks, secretary. >> i'll be brief, mr. chairman. first of all, again, on the gao report, i encourage the committee, the term operational control is a very narrow form of art. and it does not reflect the infrastructure and technology and all the other things that happen at the border. so it should not be used as a substit

from amsterdam. >> i'm american now. >> good for you. >> you've really done great work on "dancing withour life. >> with kelly, she lost how much weight? >> 35 pounds in three months. and i made her eat. a lot of people think that by not eating you lose weight. it's the opposite. you've got to eat. you need energy and carbs and protein. >> you've got something people can do at home. >> yes. >> la blast. >> yes. i wanted to develop a dance fitness program for people at home that watch the show but can't dance. >> show us! >> we have one minute, baby. >> go! >> we do salsa. one and two, one and two. you can drop it. the left foot. left foot on the spot. three and four. you got to keep that rhythm. now we're going to get the waistline. twist, twist, twist. >> 45 seconds. >> left foot forward. >> i like the music! >> right toe, left. good. on the spot. and we twist again. twist, twist, twist. now we're talking! forward, one, two! now we go to level five!

there's a regular run that goes from nato, that's belgium to bagrum and then back to amsterdam. they're taking tents, cargo, gasoline, food, and other supplies. that would be 19.6 hours. that means they can't do it. to do it they would have to have crew rest time and that would have to take place in bagrum. you can't leave a commercial airline in bagrum. it cannot be done. you have to figure out some way to get the cargo in and out of bagrum. there's her to run that goes from germany to kandahar to hong kong. that's 17.5 hours. you can't do that because you can't leave your aircraft in a war zone. to kara zstan, that can't be done. i think the one most critical twice a week one carrier currently operates and takes lifesaving blood runs twice a week from mcgwire air force base to ramstein and then to qatar. from qatar they have to go into -- into afganistan and back and that roundtrip is -- extends beyond the 15 hours that would be allowed with the scheduled airline. so under a su subpart s they cao it. we're talking about twice a week, regular runs taking blood into areas in afg