whether or not we consider ourselves a local city, our regional city, an international city, it is jobat makes the city run well. for all of us here, i know you have great hope that the city will be able to have decent jobs here that can maintain, that they can spend a good amount of their careers in, and that is why i spend a lot of time with chief adviser kim and supervisor david chiu and the other supervisors talking about how we can sustain the midmarket. that is why we passed a week ago the midmarket payroll tax exemption. we wanted to welcome new companies into the city and understand what it was blocking their ability to stay and to grow. to hear a company -- not just from the cfo, from the president. when i visited twitter, i closed the door and they allowed me to speak to their engineers, to their workers, to the people doing the engineering work atwitter. as we closed the door, i laid out -- ok, kids. what do you really want out of the city? in very plain language, they said, "mayor lee, we like the culture of the city. we like the local restaurants. we like that we can work

. >> the problems of a big city, an international city presented to a community that has thought of itself size city. >> these days we take satellite tv transmissions for granted but at the time of the seattle worlds fair in 1962 they were simply unheard of, that is, until the launch of the tell star satellite built by bell labs carrying the first telephone transmissions and the first transatlantic telephone transmission. those included scenes of the absolutely world's fair. the launch of tell star in july of 1962 was big news. >> the tell star is settled off from cape canaveral atop the rocket in a joint industry government effort as the space administration team handles the launching for at&t and it's a $50 million phone call for the telephone company. starting with a sixth orbit and through the ninth the tell star is in the range of both the u.s. and european nations and pictures are received clearly in france but somewhat lesser success in britain on this first test. the signals are beamed from this 18-story dome that houses the supersensitive horn weighing nearly 400 tons. an antenna

and that we are also an international city. so that my hope is that when these offices are filled and the real energy of this innovation and spirit that is already reflected here, when these production companies find their gems to produce, that you get international attention. because these stories probably will have international themes to them and will resonate all over the world. congratulations, i will be a background supporter. we will be working with the commission to support it as much as we can, and you may see something in the budget. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. just a couple of notes before we get started. for those of you that don't know about the collective, in is a space that has four minimum making grooms at this point. we have six other offices still available. there is information on how big they are and how much they cost. but we welcome you to submit an application if you are interested. we would love to have more film makers in here. it is a great environment for collaboration, sharing ideas and just gett

the world was big, the sources of news were varied, and it was an international city and there were people from all over the world. and then there was this city that was steeped in its own history and culture. it was expansive. >> hinojosa: so when you think about what's happening in our country today in terms of african americans and latinos, how much of a dialogue do you thk weeed,omeone likyou, who is just so iconic in that? and it was... it was amazing for me to realize that you speak spanish, that you have this relationship. do you think about that? about the importance of, you know, yet again now another relationship that needs to be worked on-- african american and latino in our country? >> it does need to be worked on and i was privileged to have this conversation with one of my daughters who is a teacher in atlanta, georgia. and in her school there is a sizable hispanic population, and you know, in her growing up-- this was my stepdaughter-- in her growing up, you know, i was sharing all these influences with all of the children all the time. and we were having this conversation o

multinational steer to it whether it be the economy what are their feeling of its military or indeed an international city it's obviously they're trying very very hard to stop around getting a nuclear weapon but at the same time the way that they don't it is not good for their economy patrick really really briefly want to go couple of seconds that the flip side of this what's going to iran get around survive moving its customers in europe around hastert seifert very very hard to find new customers and those customers are going to be in places i wouldn't budget like india china other states that are more to the east rather than to the west thank you for your thoughts investment advisor pro trigger on the line there from poland tonight thank you but . now there's pretty much buzz and mystery of where the world's most famous whistle blower and his forthcoming show here on this very channel r.t. from moscow and it's finally happening we can reveal next tuesday when your son and his program premiers here that is laura swift caught up with him and got a sneak peek of what's waiting for you. the first episode of

central's -- economic centers in europe, and we want to stay that way, and we are an attractive city for international business, like the american and asian companies that like to have business in amsterdam. it is a real nice place to stay. experts like to live in amsterdam, and is accessible from all parts of the world. it is also very important case of cycling. what irony said, 2.2 million and happens, but the last line may be the most important, about 120 kilometers per day traffic jams. that is qu7?) a lot. this distance is not more than 25k. we have a real problem. that is not good for business. for us, it is active transport, really important as a solution for being accessible. ok, does it work? yes. this is the city. at the red lines, these are the congestion. this is the pattern of workers who go to work in the morning and in the afternoon. most of the workers come from outside of the city of amsterdam. they come mostly by car, but also a big part from public transport. what was the conclusion of all the businesses? if we go on like this, we have a real big problem in one, two years, maybe a l

lot about, that is promoting our international status, making sure that we have an art museum that appeals to the kids in the tenderloin, to the kids all over the city, to the families we have in the city, but also to be special to our international visitors. i think, n.j., your honor, creating -- i think, jay, creating this and branding is a great thing. last year, there was a financial challenges that occurred all over the world. worldwide economic challenges. if the old models of how you depended on certain bonds or going to be challenged, well, of course they became a challenge to our museum. we got together with the city, the board of supervisors, with the leadership of david chiu, eric mar, got together with the board of directors and, of course, a big thank-you to ben rosenfield who helped us all to figure out with the mayor's office, how we could put together a real state of financial support and strength to make sure the that the asian could move forward. they responded. not only with an agreement going forward, but with this idea of branding which came out of the number of ideas of how the nation can make sure it is appealing to an even br

we were in an international waterfront symposium, and our city certainly stood well in terms of all of the amazing waterfront developments around the world. it reminded me that obviously we are more than just a working port here. this project epitomizes what is going on in terms of waterfront development. i think it is going to be a project that will be watched not only here in san francisco, for all the benefits you heard the mayor and larry and president david chiu in supervisor kim talk about what it will do for us every locally, but it will be a major international program, certainly one of the biggest the port has done. from the standpoint of how it ties in with the rest of the waterfront, we're blessed that we have 7.5 miles to develop. and with all the different opportunities in terms of open space and the maritime activities. this sounds to me like the most ambitious project that has been done, but it ties in with the objectives of the master plan at the port. we're very excited to be engaged with such great partners as the giants, and we look forward not only in terms of this

an internal accident. one fleet told the washington city paper that the suspensions were the result of students keeping money that they got for their textbooks. they spoke to students around campus who were shocked about the suspensions. >> our athletic department needs all the strength they can get. the su suspension is going to be kind of hard on us. >> as a student, i'm confused. i don't know why they're suspending athletics. >> we haven't been told what type offing athletes have been suspended. they won't say how long the investigation will take or how many athletes have been suspended. the ncaa says it does not comment on current or potential investigations. >>> an effort to recall d.c. mayor vincent gray over the probe of his 2010 campaign has been dropped. they say it will ultimately kick gray out of office, they say because of that funding a recall effort is a poor use of supporters' effort. effort was also struggling to gain signatures of a former recall. they failed to canvass many of the city's primary voting sites on tuesday. >>> this morning police are investigating two hate crimes. a faculty me

state certainly recently the sense is that mean an international community i mean they support city opposition fighters do this whole to help with self-esteem conflict. his policy reporting right there when i mean time michel chossudovsky the director for the center for search and globalization says that are the syrian rebels fed with weapons from outside or simply not interested in keeping up the fight the free syrian army are the foot soldiers of the western military alliance and there is that either before military handlers we know that special forces on the ground french military officers were arrested in late february that the thing was hushed up with truth is that the western military alliance has been waging a cookbook war using the free syrian army for all of a year no. this free syrian army doesn't represent anybody in syria the opposition is not an opposition is a bunch of thoughts and terrorists and paid by the western military alliance and that the trial cities which are blamed on the government are committed by the free syrian army and ultimately the free syrian army as all appear

chicago's strength as the -- what i would call the inland port, we're the only inland city in america with an international economic footprint. what miami does, seattle does, san diego does, l.a. does, boston, houston, because they live on the coastal part of america and look out. chicago is the only inland city that looks out. it has the only transportation system and distribution system that allows it not only to look out but to look into america. its workforce is highly skilled, highly motivated. it still has the sector of as i said the flat-roof manufacturing. it did not lose in the advance manufacturing jobs at the pace the rest of the manufacturing sector lost. how to organize each of those aspects to then expand our market share to achieve what i think is an achievable goal, one that president obama has set for the country -- and there were a lot of skeptics when he did this three years ago. said there was no way america could export itself to growth. use that same objective, that same metric. five years, double, 100,000 jobs will come to the city of chicago. in each part of the brookings, mckinsey,

local song in the area, but the fact that it has become such an international song throughout the world -- everybody loves it, and they love this cityeminds me of one time when i was playing the fairmont hotel, gorbachev from russia with here and travel throughout the whole united states and in front of the company could tell, i was listening to him speak about san francisco. he said, "i traveled to every city in the united states, and i was disappointed with what i saw. there was not one city that i liked, but as far as i'm concerned, san francisco is so beautiful that i would like to design 15 cities in russia that look like san francisco." [laughter] and he was right. [applause] my wonderful wife, my family is here. i'm thrilled. thank you very much. i must say -- excuse me, i have to mention one thing. i have never seen anything in my life as beautiful as these young people. [applause] you stand so beautiful. [applause] -- you sang so beautiful. [applause] >> it is tony bennett day in san francisco. [applause] just fantastic. now, before we leave here today, just one more time, let's hear that special song one more time, now per

in syria rules are agreed to an international cease fire monitor mission but with violence carrying on regardless an article finds itself under fire in the city of there are . also reporting this hour russia will give nato extra help in the afghan war by allowing more supplies through its territory as the united sees its troops caught up in a wave of violence and scandal in the war zone. with more news stories in full detail for you in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime sports news with kate is next. hello welcome to the first line sports round up with me and here are the times. but not dry and i was going to square by garritan final series against auburn guard as they host a crunch time in the russian capital. chelsea insist there's still work to do after that one nil first leg big trip home to barcelona in the champions league semifinal. and play time concerns are raised about the state of the court ahead of russia's crucial cup semifinal against serbia. but first to ice hockey and the pressure is on the now moscow to pull but level in that case final series against visiting out on god not open for tomorrow the for what is r

. >>> well, years of working and living in baltimore will soon come to an end for dozens of city teachers. they are internationalcators. and their visas are about to run out. as gigi barnett explains in this school watch, school leaders are now looking to hire american teachers. >> reporter: seven years ago, city school leaders had a desperate need for highly qualified teachers. they launched an international search to find instruct oshes in countries like jamaica, and the philippines. now, many of those work visas are about to expire. and about 100 schoolteachers will have to go back home. >> this is not easy. it's very difficult. some of them have been here for as many as seven or eight years. and they've kind of made this their home. >> reporter: school leader say their hands are tied. after conducting an intensive survey, they found hundreds of american teachers qualified and ready to fill the spot that many international teachers currently have. under federal labor laws, a school district cannot hire an international teacher if they can find an american teacher to fill the spot. after a final tally, the dis

the city's low and extremely low-income residents. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am an intern at south of market at the community action at work. i would like to speak on behalf of one of our fellow family members that is also a member of the program. he lives with his father-in-law and a 1-bedroom apartment with two daughters and a wife. it is very difficult for them to find a low-income affordable housing because we cannot afford to rent an apartment. that is why the people of low- income need affordable housing. i would like to say there are a lot of immigrants here in san francisco. we love the city. there is a lot of transition happening, and the way it works here is different from where we came from. we tried to live the american dream and we hope that you can take care of us as much as we love this city. i have high expectations for the city and we hope and pray they live up to the expectations so that you can take care of us and we can keep on for the city, letting people know that it cares for the people. we will do whatever it takes to make sure that even moderate- i

an international ceasefire. but with. the crew finds itself under fire in the city of. russia will give nato extra help. allowing more supplies through its territory. to seize its troops caught up in a wave of. now india is fast becoming a political and economic force to be reckoned with so. foreign minister in the spotlight that is right now. hello again or welcome to the spotlight the interview show. and today my guest is someone a highly commissioner in terms of regional integration in the east india has long been one of the most important partners for the russian federation both countries are members of the brics group there are rumors that india may join the shanghai cooperation organization in the near future so how close are the two regional superpowers to creating a regional super alliance we will ask this question to the indian minister of external affairs. india is apparently one of the biggest players in eurasia along with russia and china all three part of a briggs group of leaving emerging economies but they don't consider you a regional alliance a candidate for this role is the shanghai co

the city's low and extremely low-income residents. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am an intern at south of market at the community action at work. i would like to speak on behalf of one of our fellow family members that is also a member of the program. he lives with his father-in-law and a 1-bedroom apartment with two daughters and a wife. it is very difficult for them to find a low-income affordable housing because we cannot afford to rent an apartment. that is why the people of low- income need affordable housing. i would like to say there are a lot of immigrants here in san francisco. we love the city. there is a lot of transition happening, and the way it works here is different from where we came from.

in syria rules are agreed upon for an international cease fire monitor mission but with the violence carrying on regardless crew finds itself under fire in the city of daraa. russia will give nato extra help in the afghan war by allowing more supplies through its territory the alliance sees its troops caught up in a way vote violence sounds scandal in the war zone. today has seen the inauguration of the recently elected south president leonid to bill off the head of the event we spoke to the new leader that's next right here. we're joined today by leigh i need to be is the newly elected president salva said here. mr to be thank you for finding time for our tea. overboard what will be your first start as president of the republic of south a city where. we will hold the inauguration of south a city as president and the republic's current government will be dismissed the new president will start forming a new government during a presidential campaign we came up with the name for this new government will be a government of the people's trust so this will be a first step because the new government will have a lot to do south to say he has basically be

if you look at the history when i was in mexico city we ran an operation called operation crossroads international where i was able to get 12 countries to collaborate on one 20 day operation where we interdicted 7,091 emigrants that were destined for the united states to enter our country. because of that cooperation none of them ever made it to our borders. i call it an extension of the security of our borders. when i left mexico city those operations were not continued. the will to cooperate is there. we might have differences but we need to make the effort. takes responsibility because they are the countries of illegal immigration and they bear responsibility to their own citizens and they have to work with us to stop the flow of illegal migration which the travel for those migrants is dangerous fall away from the time they leave their doors until they get to the united states. we have a tendency to believe the danger coming at the u.s. border and that is the farthest thing from the truth. >> host: portland of the little organ is the next caller. >> caller: i would like to thank the guest for h

in syria rules are agreed for an international cease fire mission but with violence carrying on regardless an artsy crew finds itself under fire in the city of daraa. russia will give nato extra help in the afghan war more supplies through its territory as the alliance sees its troops caught up in a wave of violence and scandal in the war zone. you're watching worldwide news on r.t. . live in moscow. is the latest victim of the e. used that crisis director of an italian museum is burning work from around the world in protest of the government's harsh austerity measures now with the permission of the artists he's promised to destroy three pieces a week until think ultimately listens that's course lives silly are standing by in brussels for more on this so what is the age of this protest in italy. well the museum director we started burning artwork he's calling this basically it's a symbolic protest against the way the economic crisis the european debt crisis is being handled until this point and he also says that over a thousand artworks are already doomed to be destroyed anyway because of the government's indifference to their situation s

charges and preparing for a hearing before the ethics commission that the city attorney does not have a right to do an internal investigation? >> not at all, sir. we think that if the commission promulgates rules and procedures that are fair to both sides, we would be happy to have them investigate to the cows come home, because, quite honestly, there is nothing to fear here. we just want to make sure that a lot is followed, and the authority that we have been given, they are doing this on behalf of the mayor, they say that they are authorized, the city attorney is authorized to investigate under provisions of the san francisco campaign and governmental conduct code. commissioner renne: other than seeking to interview the sheriff, are there other things that you allege they are doing that sort of violate fair play? >> whatever i tell you is going to be on information and belief. i have been hearing about serving subpoenas and try to compel witnesses to cooperate with them. whoever they are harassing, that person can come into court and raise their own objection. we just feel like we have got one hand tied behi

in syria rules are great for an international cease fire monitor mission but with bonnets carrying on regardless nazi crew finds itself under fire in the city of daraa. russia will give an extra helping the afghan war by allowing more supplies through its territory and see iran sees its troops caught up in a wave of abundance and scandal in the war zone. that's it for me in the news thinking about it we'll be back with more half an hour from now in the meantime we head to our washington studios capital account with mr is next. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm more in the spirit here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for april eighteenth two thousand and twelve european banks are under pressure to raise capital and the euro could collapse triggering panic in financial markets and another great depression and these are all the warnings coming out of the international monetary fund central banks have been waiting they appear to be moving away from the euro by buying more gold we'll talk about all of this and while we're on the topic of the i.m.f. as policymakers descend upon washington for the spring meeting it seems

city police, internal affair, and city and state attorney's office. >>> a controversial trial is about to get underway. two jewish neighborhood watchmen are accused of beating an african-american teen. how it's being compare to the trayvon martin case and why the defendants say that's not fair. >> reporter: a trial is expected to begin on wednesday in the case against brothers 24- year-old elie wahu and another person accused of beating a teenager in november 2010. it divided the community where it happened and questions immediately surfaced whether it was racially motivated. >> i think we represent every young person in the city who has experienced these type of atrocities taking place in our city every single day. >> reporter: the brothers are jewish. one was the member of a jewish neighborhood watch group. one of the brothers told the teen "you don't belong around here." >> this isn't anything more than a disputed fact between two people over a relatively minor misdemeanor charge. >> reporter: recently the case has been closely linked by national media outlets to trayvon martin's in florida. george zimmerman is charged with the 17-year-old's murder, accused

>>pam: a search warrant leads to an illegal bust in an east bay city, it happened last night near international boulevard in oakland. from this video was recorded at the scene. the oakland swat team was called in because of the potential of gun violence during officials spoke with haaziq madyun about the sophisticated set of. >> this was a well organized marijuana factory. >> a high-tech operation here in this warehouse on 89th avenue rated by oakland police. the assistance of the successful foldable suspects were taken into custody to both >> they recover approximately 2005 but marijuana plants and 50 lbs. of dried, processed marijuana. >> that in addition to these high-powered firearms the warehouse was to ratify a bar where fans with unlawful surveillance cameras. >> since january of 200011 we have approximately one doesn't burglaries fell, about a half-dozen robberies related to these grow operations. " they pose a significant safety hazard for >>pam: hayward police are releasing new details about this woman they say to a pregnant woman hostage as he tried to rob a bank. he is being held wi

charges and preparing for a hearing before the ethics commission that the city attorney does not have a right to do an internal investigation? >> not at all, sir. we think that if the commission promulgates rules and procedures that are fair to both sides, we would be happy to have them investigate to the cows come home, because, quit

charges and preparing for a hearing before the ethics commission that the city attorney does not have a right to do an internal investigation? >> not at all, sir. we think that if the commission pr

a bone is has done an adequate job in the city outside of questions of international law and targeting american citizens just in terms of like checking the boxes and scorekeeping he's in a pretty good job of preventing conflicts from spiraling out of control he dipped his toe into libya and managed to back out of that so that there is some amount of deftness here but what he has been able to do is then carry that through into something that looks like a bigger picture where americans can be confident that in say five or ten years we're not going to be facing some of these same underlying problems in a way that's going to come back and you know bite us in the hindquarters well i mean i'm no fan particularly of many elements of obama's foreign policy and i think they bring up an interesting point there in the sense that do we know years from now how the rest of the world is going to end up looking at us right based also partly on our foreign policy and how we conduct ourselves. around the world and so intervention has something to do with that and so this is a point that come up people a

syria the rules are agreed upon for an international cease fire mission but with violence carrying on regardless of what r.t. crew finds itself under fire in the city of daraa. russia will give nato extra help in the afghan war by allowing more supplies through its territory as the alliance sees its troops caught up in a wave of violence and scandal in the war zone. worldwide news live from moscow city center this is artsy with me rory stewart shea. is the latest victim of the e.u.'s debt crisis the director of an italian museum is burning works from all around the world this protest at the government's harsh austerity measures with the permission of the artists he's promised to destroy three pieces all week until the government listens to what he has to say with more on this from brussels is artie's tesser our city. well the museum director who started burning artwork is calling this the art war basically it's a symbolic protest against the way that the economic crisis the european debt crisis is being handled until this point and he also says that over a thousand artworks are already doomed to be destroyed anyway because of the government's indif

city tomorrow afternoon. >> several agents at an international summit have been relieved of their duties amid allegations ofisconduct. a source saying the misconduct involved prostitutes in the beach resort. a secret service spokesman wouldn't confirm or deny the allegations but says the president's security will not be affected. now back to our special. [ applause ] >> eric: welcome back. for months we have been feeling the strain on our wallets. what is president obama doing about it anyway? >> gasoline and oil, the life blood of american economy. we rely on it to harvest our food. there is an oil and gasoline footprint on everything we do. oil and gasoline matter to us a lot. since president obama took office, gasoline is up over $2 per gallon, that translates to nearly half a trillion dollars stripped from mainstream americans and deposited into bank accounts of middle eastern sheiks and people like mahmoud ahmadinejad and putin in russia. why would the obama administration ignore a massive and unprecedented increase in gasoline prices? there is only one answer. it's because they have no answer. listen

in syria rules are agreed for an international cease fire monitor mission but with violence occurring on regardless naughtie crew finds itself under fire in the city of daraa . russia will give an extra helping the afghan war more supplies through its territory as you know troops caught up in a wave of violence and scandal in the woods. and on some if we know thirty minutes from now the mean time the only show looks at the results of stop spying week which encouraged angry web users to fight for their rights on the web that from washington next here a nazi. can be alone a show where we get the real headlines with none of the mersey can live in washington d.c. now it's not really speaking robert farley about yet another p.r. disaster for the war in afghanistan new pictures have been printed by the l.a. times showing soldiers posing with the corpse of afghan insurgents then the e.p.a. has just released the first ever federal fracking rules but they let the industry off the hook to comply until twenty fifteen so we're even talking about the double game of pleasing activists and the big industry and then jane cougar host of the young turks join first

he worked to build berkeley into an international powerhouse and because of these efforts berkeley has been named the third most sustainable city in the united states in the peer review study by a major environmental organization. i would be remiss that i wouldn't mention that mayor bates was part of loma prieta. he and his wife worked hard to make the city of berkeley a national center of disaster resilience. mayor bates will discuss the importance of citizen awareness as loma prieta engaged with the city to address emergency preparedness headon. let's welcome mayor bates to the podium. [applause] >> thank you, paul. thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be at this beautiful building and i was reflecting back and i