ang lee has been speaking to our culture correspondent, stephen smith.ew film, a platoon of us soldiers are flown back from the battlefields of iraq and paraded as heroes at a football game. but they are not prepared for all the attention or the deafening pyrotechnics. all these explosions catapult them back to being in combat, in theatre, don't they? indeed. i got that from talking to the soldiers, the veterans who work in the battle. the thing they talk most about is the sound, and they are very sensitive to noises. it makes them very nervous. it makes them suffer. the other things, the celebration is a bother to them. when people thank them, so often when people come and thank the soldiers for their service, that's the line they hate the most. is that right? when people thank them, because they feel they don't have to do it. so to them it's humiliation. it is a bother. also what motivated me to make the movie is really the sympathy to the soldiers who are being misunderstood. that is such a poignant human story. that's what really moves me, more than

and ang lee's new movie. gunfire. us soldiers dealing with their experiences in iraq.me to america. i'm having taiwanese passport. i'm not american yet! it's not my president! it's my kids' president! 0k. it's nerve—wracking, very uncomfortable. hello. well, we voted them in 21 months ago, and today, mps did the country's bidding, taking an historic step towards taking britain out of the european union, against, for most, their own judgement on the matter. we have been watching. 500 mp5. out 500 mps. out of 500 mp5. out of 650. it 500 mps. out of 650. it was quite an emotional time. i spoke to the main minister. they said this is

we know that an incident occurred which led to her separation and would you like to say something, ang leelina deep breath and said i don't want to say much about that, except to say it was a very difficult time and that we are a family and we will always be a family. all six of angie and brad's kids joined her in cambodia for the release of the movie she directed "first they killed my fath father." >>> your kids are probably enjoying the day off from school for presidents state of maryland. state delegate pamela bidele wants to give school districts the opportunity to hold class. she says the state's new requirement to start classes after labor day prompted this move. the bill would also make easter monday an optional holiday. >>> a post goes viral and causes some big headaches for uber. >>> without with the old, in with the new. why it might be time to part ways with your d credit card.ol >>> round one was deadly. now comes round two. at 4:30, the efforts to save millions of homes from more destruction before it's too late. >>> turning old credit cards into new cards. why you might want

name of case, ang versus mu lynneium partners bora lee him versus transbay joint powers. pamela burterly versus sean jeffries. nothing to report. item 19, conference with legal council anticipated litigation significant exposure tolit igation per sunt to paragraph 2 of subdivision d of section 549 nive 6.9 for potentialications there is nothing to report. >> that concludes our business for today. adjourn the meeting. [meeting adjourned] >> if you frequently travel before i van ness i might be surprised van ness will goodwill go the first transit corridor to have brt as more frequently known the goal to get conveniently van ness and geary boulevard one of the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of buil

name of case, ang versus mu lynneium partners bora lee him versus transbay joint powers.amela burterly versus sean jeffries. nothing to report. item 19, conference with legal council anticipated litigation significant exposure tolit igation per sunt to paragraph 2 of subdivision d of section 549 nive 6.9 for potentialications there is nothing to report. >> that concludes our business for today. adjourn the meeting. [meeting adjourned] >> the regular meeting for wednesday, february, 15th, 2017, i would like to remind the members of the p you believe that we do not tolerate any disruption and please silence your mobile devices and when speaking before the commission, state your name for the record. i would like to take the roll at this time. first on the agenda, it is general public mm

name of case, ang versus mu lynneium partners bora lee him versus transbay joint powers. pamela burterly versus sean jeffries. nothing to report. item 19, conference with legal council anticipated litigation significant exposure tolit igation per sunt to paragraph 2 of subdivision d of section 549 nive 6.9 for potentialications there is nothing to report. >> that concludes our business for today. adjourn the meeting. [meeting adjourned] >> very happy to be joined by mayor ed lee my chief assistant jesse smith and ron flynn and droopings molly and christine and matthew and others all these advertising have been work on the action i filed a federal lawsuit invention plummeting u president donald trump for depriving san francisco and another cities of billions of because of our sanctuary status the president's executive order is not only unconstitutional you think american that's why we must stand up and oppose it grand of our democracy is president trump spoke of in his address not a step i take lightly but is necessary to defend the country for the respect for the constitu

name of case, ang versus mu lynneium partners bora lee him versus transbay joint powers. pamela burterly versus sean jeffries. nothing to report. item 19, conference with legal council anticipated litigation significant exposure tolit igation per sunt to paragraph 2 of subdivision d of section 549 nive 6.9 for potentialications there is nothing to report. >> that concludes our business for today. adjourn the meeting. [meeting adjourned] >> the regular meeting for wednesday, february, 15th, 2017, i would like to remind the members of the p you believe that we do not tolerate any disruption and please silence your mobile devices and when speaking before the commission, state your name for the record. i would like to take the roll at this time. first on the agenda, it is general public comment, within the subject matter description, with respect to agenda items it will be afforded when it is reached, each member may address the commission for up to three minutes,vy no speaker cards. >> does any member like to speak on a non-agenda items. seeing and hearing none we will close

name of case, ang versus mu lynneium partners bora lee him versus transbay joint powers. pamela burterly versus sean jeffries. nothing to report. item 19, conference with legal council anticipated litigation significant exposure tolit igation per sunt to paragraph 2 of subdivision d of section 549 nive 6.9 for potentialications there is nothing to report. >> that concludes our business for today. adjourn the meeting. [meeting adjourned] >> we love our parks, but we love... >> and the community who is really the core of it all, came together and said what we need is a place for our teenager to play, not just play grounds for the kids and soccer fields but we need a skate park that will keep the kids home in the neighborhood so they can play where they live. >> the children in the neighborhood and it will be a major boone. and we have generations, the youth generations that will be able to use this park in different places. >> the best park in san francisco right here. >> creating place where people can be active and lead, active, healthy life styles that are going to just