i am so lucky to be the mayor of an international city.ut diversity, but we also celebrates in so many ways. it is marvelous to hear the names of all these council generals from all around the world. we also have some invaluable participants that represent the city relations. from osaka, singapore, shanghai, taipei, and seoul, korea. they're working with our offices and communities to promote education, trade, allow ourselves to educate ourselves continuously about the need to have a more advanced, smarter immigration policy for our country. and also one that we enjoy celebrating because we get a lot of talent from the other countries, which is why we want to be a gateway to the world. that is why we enjoy the celebration so much. with that, i like to invite former mayor willie brown and also the supervisors, please join us on the stage and be part of the witness and of the signing of the proclamation for this year imposed a celebration of the asian pacific heritage month. and supervisor cohen, come on up as well. [applause] >> with that,

we're an international city.we want to show what ideas are coming out of the far east, china, malaysia, the philippines, singapore as well as all over from europe. perhaps from africa and south america. we can learn from that just as we have done with concepts like sunday streets where people take back the streets and start having fun in our urban communities and bringing out the children to enjoy the environment. this is our future generations so we have to have the best ideas. how to keep our environment and our strong. i want to tell you that there are a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for keeping our city grain trade we have at least three different projects that we have been focused on for a number of years. i have had the privilege with working with mohammed and our city engineers to accomplish this. most importantly with our community leaders and volunteers throughout every part of our neighborhoods. i hope that you do you is your time and take advantage of our wonderful weather to go out and do as many do

they also know how important it is that we have to continue to be a strong city but also an international city and i am excited to be here, to be with you. to do this 102 times, this is fantastic. i am here to make one simple announcement. in light of the value of our tourism industry, and you know all of that, you are part of a very successful industry that has cost us some 71,000. we have an increase in visitors from 2010. you are also helping us to change of their unemployment. we invest here to make improvements. this simple announcement is that we're going to expand this center. i can announce that we are beginning something which is really really important to buttress that expansion, that is to begin a 25-year master plan for our whole center and all the things we wanted to in conjunction with their. that is how we support our tourism industry and our hospitality industry. with that, we have the beginnings of our master plan. you know the work that i did, part of our success is doing long-term planning. we have done that with our 10- year capital infrastructure plan so that once we have

i like london because it's an international city. >> you know, i was surprised when i looked at the actualeather. you know, london only gets 23 inches of rain a year. it is drier than seattle, it is drier than new york. when moisture comes in, it's that foggy mist. we're looking at the picture behind you and the pictures we're seeing on various other video sources and the weather looks great. i think people are going to be shocked at how nice the conditions are going to be. >> yeah, that is interesting. when i arrived yesterday the weather was very clear and warm. it's going to become more typical. the thing is, you're right. it isn't a lot of rain, more misty. the bigger issue is going to be the temperature. if the temperature is cooler that's going to be a disadvantage for some of the sprinters. it's going to help the distance runners. i think people think it's going to rain and rain and rain a lot. you're right, it's more misty than rain. >> why is cool weather bad for sprinters? we only have a minute left. why is that bad? >> well, sprinters like the warm weather because it keeps them

london was settled as a river port shortly after london invasion 40 a.d., it's been an important international cityuseum. with 8 million objects stretching from the stone age to solar powered lamps, the british museum like no other institution shows us where we've been, what we've created, and how steadily we've advanced. here where the studious and curious have browsed for free every since the doors opened in 1759 you can circumnavigate history on earth, 70,000 exhibits that touch every continent and millions of years of us. curator jill cook takes us way, way back to pallio lithoic. what have you got here? >> this object is the thing that kicks it all off for us. this is a chopping tool. >> how old is this? >> this is 2 million years old. it's the thing which kicks off our dependence on things. from this to the ipad, it's 2 million years of what people do. >> i'm glad we found it. the spell binding court is a gateway to the museum's multitude of wonders, island monolith, helmet of a dark age warrior, serpen tine and this, the most famous rock of all. more than any other object the stone define th

. >> reporter: according to city of san francisco recreation and park officials, three employees have been suspended following an internal investigation for stealing. kron4 learned of this investigation through a source within the city, and we launched our own inquiry at the same time. sources tell us that three employees used a third party to unload several hundred dollars of city property at a local scrap yard. according to this official statement from rec and parks "we received an unanimous tip august 2nd, 2012, immediately conducted a full personnel investigation which resulted in the placing of three employees on leave. we have a zero tolerance policy for abuse of city resources. " they worked at the recreation yard located here in golden gate park. sources say they used a third party to unload the stolen metal. when confronted about the missing metal, they quickly revealed what had been going on. the city has a problem with metal being stolen from city parks, but they confirmed this scrap metal, and they have no suspects in the park thefts. this is an ongoing kron4 investigation. and as soon as i have more informat

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

. >> it's the first to offer an international curriculum at the grade school level for children attending a city public school. >> are you excited about being in school? >> yes. >> not that excited. >> it's the creative minds international school in nor west. founded by parents, professionals and educators looking for the kind of choices that would cost thousands of tuition dollars in private schools. >> one size fits off education model. i don't believe works for every child. >> 15 students and two teachers to every classroom. >> we have an administrative level. this year, i'm the executive director and the principal at the same time. that's how we channel the funding into the classroom. >> right now, the school offers prek through second grade. this movement, arts, music, and languages. >> all kids are getting chinese and spanish. >> the big thing, he will be exposed to people speaking other languages and exposure there are other languages. >> there's a waiting list at the international charter school. they have 105 students. they had 550 applications for those slots. >> most of our budget is

city. the rebel forces. in an international affairs analyst says armed as lists may be the real force behind the text. we can see that there is uncertainty there is the thing that you're coming from forces that are part of the both recognizing these political process that they're taking this could be a step progress report there so. that there is still that there are going to cause trouble. of course there might be or there are at least two days let me see the fair bit it will reveal i think they killed it their second state of the red cross it because see for instance. the east. is used to european souldiers if a war a type of group would be this is something will fight this is. a great. western. grow up he also recruited by all that they say shows success sort of type of cop but these are the type of like what there are so these rebel fighters maybe truly with regard to leave you know i have followers. they don't like a western style system they certainly are going to challenge it so it could be that his followers it could be

communities and whereas at the cabot -- alpha kappa alpha sorority has an international conference held this week and has recognized this city as the golden gateway to external service using san francisco as a backdrop as they challenge their members to rise to new levels of leadership and service, be it resolved that the san francisco board of supervisors recognize aflac called the alpha -- alpha kappa alpha and commence their selection of san francisco as the setting to grow and grow these values and therefore be it further resolved that the san francisco board of supervisors declared july 24 through july 27 . this is co-sponsored by supervisor malia cohen. president chiu: supervisor has made a resolution. is there a second? do you have additional comments? supervisor cohen: i want to say thank you to supervisor avalos for bringing this forward and i would like to extend a greeting to the lovely ladies of aka, welcoming them to our great city. president to i would like to be added as a co-sponsor. is there any public comment? >> there is. i would like to remind you that i was visiting [unintelligible] and i noticed a lot o

the 8,000 square foot penthouse is located in the city spire at west 56th street and includes an internal wine closet for up to 1,000 bottles. >> cenk: all right so look, it is okay to be rich and the guy who did this actually built this thing, bought it for $4.5 million trying to sell it for $100 million. nothing wrong with being rich. the problem is the disparity that we have. among the six richest countries in the world our top .1% has the highest percentage of wealth of the country. so our rich are phenomenally richer than even the richest of the rich countries okay? now when it comes to tax rates we actually have among the lowest. in fact, of the six countries we have the lowest. even though china and germany have the second and third highest tax rates they have the highest gdp growth. so as you can see there they have tremendous growth. we don't. what

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city university says the u.s. is losing losing ground on an international level. the fact that the summit is now in iran and well as members of the non allied rules and states including countries like. egypt and so on certainly is very much against the first scenario the united states washington d.c. actually says understand that it is. tool excerpt pressure on didn't on. and since it has acted up to be worth about you certainly doesn't look good on the obama administration and there's certainly the fracs that brought strain of countries desiring more independence more influence than i've seen most foot will go to the man's understand that i see fully following the american nine they made mastic support. ten minutes past the hour moscow time seventeen afghan civilians have been beheaded by insurgents for taking part in a music event in a taliban controlled area this amid two days of violence which left a total of twenty nine dead in afghanistan earlier on sunday two american troops were fatally shot by an afghan colleague while in a separate attack ten local soldi

internal city departments. but if a business wants to approach ahead of time or an architect, that may be different. supervisor mar: thank you. let's go to the -- president chiu for his amendments and do that. we have posed -- closed public comments. president chiu: the legislation requires the city to get prior building applications for tenants that want to come into compliance with the ada laws. this is an amendment in 38.3. this would require landlords to bring common areas to make sure that they come into compliance with ada laws, or they are required to disclose to a tenant that the current property may not meet accessibility standards. we want to make sure that in places that tenants are informed that could be financially or legally a bet -- required to comply and require their baby in future releases the addressing of respective obligations of landlords and tenants to bring premises into compliance. another major portion which is an amendment that i have circulated at section 38.6 was suggested by the small business commission to develop notices and pamphlets in multiple languages that the sm

three members of the international peacekeeping force in afghanistan have been killed in an attack by two suicide bombers in the city ocapital ofe province near the border. one civilian was killed. the taliban has already claimed it carried out the attack. the judge in the trial of a russian punk group accused of hooliganism has announced he will star reading of the verdict next friday. members of the band performed a protest song in front of the altar of the orthodox cathedral criticizing applied rare putin. prosecutors are seeking a three- year jail term for each band member. this is "bbc world news." still ahead -- quick reflexes, sharp eyes, and a cool head under pressure. the qualities required of an olympic shooter. meeting one, peter wilson, just a few minutes. >> staying with the olympics, and on the track today is a young competitor from pakistan. the 20-year-old was awarded the wild card entry in the women's eight hundred meters. she admits a winning a medal is highly unlikely, but that does not stop her from enjoying the olympic experience. we caught up with her training before she left for the games. >>

an international presence to monitor the fighting. government troops dropped leaflets on areas held by rebels in the northern city of aleppo. members of the assad regime consider the battle to be the most important for the administration survival. the army has sent in reinforcements from damascus. opposition forces are reported to be preparing it attack the capitol to divert the government's focus away from aleppo. president assad made his first appearance in public in more than a month. he attended prayers at a mosque in damascus. he last appeared in public in early july when he gave a speech in parliament. state run television aired pictures of assad performing prayers marking the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan. the president sat in the front row with the prime minister and foreign minister. a satellite tv channel in the middle east says assad usually attends prayers at a smaller mosque in damascus. this time he visited a smaller mosque closer to the office. >>> assang urged the united states to end their against the oppression. he released documents fwo years ago. authorities want it question assange about sexua

an internal investigation was opened immediately. >> he says the incident doesn't change how he feels about lawyer. >> very night, quiet, calm city. but there are some bad apples. >>> coming up, tomorrow could be a landmark day for nasa. how it could help scientists discover if there was ever life on mars. >>> and a live look at london tonight where the fastest man in the >>> possible plea deal is in the works for the man accused of killing six, injurying several others. psychiatrists are expected to testify that jared lee loughner is mentally competent. if a judge accepts the plea, he will likely be sentenced to life in prison. >>> after a 350 million mile journey, nasa's mars rover expected to reach its final destination in just a matter of hours. scientists expect it to arrive on the red planet around 1:30 in the morning tomorrow. nasa says the landing with sun of the riskiest ever. if all goes well, curiosity will spend two years gathering data and it's going to help scientists figure out if there was life on mars. the projects comes with a $2.5 billion price tag. coming up next back here on earth, chuck tracking severe weathe

. >> for the second time in two days, a flight has made an emergency return to newark international airport in the new york city.a.a. saying united airline flight 409 left for seattle, but circled back after reports of possible smoke in the cabin and the cockpit and just last night, if you were watching, breaking news on fox report, when a united airline flight headed to berlin, germany, f.a.a. saying one of the engines on that plane overlapped. ap contrary to published reports, the aircraft did not blow a tire. nothing in both incidents. lightning strikes a boat. our top trip across america. >> minnesota, eight people were on board the sail boat in lake superior and lightning hit it, one of the passengers, a nine-year-old boy he was thrown to the hospital and died a short time later. the others are expected to be okay colorado, a driver getting the ride of his life and the whole thick on tape his car the at times reaching 100 miles per hour and the dude couldn't stop, but he managed to call 911 and the police directing him 20 miles to a runway truck ramp where he crashed, the driver is not hurt, just shaken up

an earthquake destroyed the capitol city. >> the next 24 hours will be critical for the population of haiti and the international red cross is concerned. >> reporter: concern is spreading throughout florida as well. the latest projection map shows the state feeling the storm's force as early as sunday. in cape coral, firemen wasted no time in securing a storm curtain around city hall. >> to protect the glass and any debris that comes up against it. >> reporter: and along florida's gulf coast. >> i'd rather be early than late. >> reporter: preparations for isaac are underway. just as the final touches are added to tampa's big party. >> we're ready for the storm if it were to come. we don't think it will. we really now are more focused on putting on a great event for the national convention. >> reporter: convention organizers say contingency plans if it strengthens the bay. >> the next couple of days we'll find out when it cops off the coast of cuba what happens. >> reporter: but those plans depend on what isaac may do. curt gregory, nbc news. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking the storm for us. what's the latest? >

an international settlement with western and japanese peasants. there are still many people living in these old neighborhood. around 40% of the city's designated historic buildings are in the districts. many residents also want to preserve the distinctive feel of their neighborhoods. so when they refurbish their homes, that leaves the jut sides untouched. >> now the children have left home. she is keen to continue living in the neighborhood. but she also wants to make some improvement. >> translator: i want my house to suit my modern lifestyle. but i don't want to change my appearance. >> this was built in the 1920s as housing for workers. and the house is designated as an historic building, as it still has original japanese features. but they have been removed, leaving it across the room. the kitchen is narrow and dark. and there are many drawbacks to living here. and preserving the best features of old houses. >> translator: i love the old historic pieces of the house. i want to retain its original structure. the exterior can be changed. so the work is done with the utmost care. the kitchen is wider and much brighter now. as for t

. >> approving the international terminal equipment maintenance and operating agreement between the san francisco terminal equipment company and the city not -- in an amount not to exceed $18 million. president chiu: can we take this same house, same call? this is approved. >>president chiu: same house, se call? this resolution is adopted. >> a resolution authorizing the department of the environment to retroactively accept and expend the active -- the act to support greenhouse sf. president chiu: same house, same call? this is adopted. >>president chiu: same house, se call? this resolution is adopted. >> authorizing to july 20 to one, 2012 to extend the sublease for the human services agency. president chiu: same house, same call? this resolution is adopted. >> approving a declaration of our emergency construction contract in an amount not to exceed $115,000 to address a rockslide near south fork. president chiu: same house, same call? this item is adopted. >> authorizing the director of public health and the office of contract a administrator -- administration purchaser to provide provider payment services for the health the san francisco program

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