a long time, been a long time been a lonely, long long time since we've seen the budget time it's been long time, a lonely time since we had a movie here and i ain't lying recused me while i kiss the sky been a long time, been a long time been a long, long time since we had the movie sure would be filed -- would be fine dig my words. sure glad to be heard it is good to be foreign have some of chris daly's wine and i ain't lying recuse me recuse me while i kiss the sky good luck to you been a long time been a long, long, lonely city time since we've had a budget time recuse me while i kiss the sky ♪ president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i do not know how to follow that up. i was not expecting to speak today. i thought the resolution for kusf would have happened in the first hour and a half, but since it wasn't, i took this moment to again address the board of supervisors. a lot has been said regarding kusf, all of which would agree on. i support supervisors mar and mirkarimi with their decision to go forth with this. i know this decision is going to be voted on just after public c

it has been really bad. we can build it and enjoy it. >> when it began 18 years ago would you believe it would be so quick? >> every day has been surprising. people have been so steadfast and sell uninventive. the numbers grew and yet they humor all remained. this creativity was released. you saw signs of it every day. >> if this was a movie and someone handed you this script last year would you have said it is not possible? i don't think anyone would have handed me the script which is the amazing thing. i am an activist that came of age in the post 9/11 world and have tried to break down those stereotypes. what the egyptian people have done is broken knee simple- minded conclusions people have drawn from the events of 9/11. i am proud to be here. it has been an extraordinary two weeks. i think something has been given to the world. democracy now means something completely different. >> you are british but also each section. tomorrow, what will be your next concerned? >> i will probably try to wresr, but i a

people have been brought out, but as you say, it has been more than two days. one thing is for certain, this is a country of great resilience. no one has given up yet on the people that are missing. >> people have been told to leave if they could. >> many homes don't have a electricity. it continues to rattle the homes under our feet. the official advice to people is if they don't need to be there, go somewhere else. >> the oldest of the u.s. space shuttle discovery is going on a very final mission. it is on its way to the international space station carrying supplies and a sophisticated robot. it is the first of three shuttles to be retired. >> we have main engine start. booster ignition, and the final left off of discovery, a tribute to the dedication, hard work, and pride of the american space shuttle team. >> this is the grand finale. it went off without a hitch. the launch for one of the world's most accomplished space craft. after almost 150 million miles, a total of a year spent in orbit, this is the final mission for discovery, and it is a sentimental o

no official action has been taken to date in terms of a policy change but there have been indications of willingness to have a policy change. one of the key ones is this is an issue that direct access entities of for-profit firm that's sell energy directly to large industrial customers predominantly have been clamoring to get revisited for years and the commission hasn't even had a workshop. we've been very interested in doing much about that through various procedural mechanisms, we've been requesting along with our allies, that the commission relook at that and start developing more of a record and see if the rules for setting the -- the mathematic method for calculating what the exit fee should be, if that should be revisited. and the commission has been interested in that enough so it's held workshops with all parties, utilities, ourselves and our allies and there's been discussion about the way that the exit fee has been calculated, what goes into that, is it appropriate and is it unbiased unfairly in favor of utilities, and from participating in those myself along with our regul

it's been confirmed that told us the truth so. hundreds referendum voted to split from the north ninety nine percent who are in favor of the breakaway. peaceful tension remains high in parts of the oil rich region before the announcement of the results the country is close to its except the upcoming. saddam is expected to become official pendant in july. goats sheep and rabbits making their contribution to that's their most scope these animals are helping pharmaceutical companies produce drugs to treat diabetes and cancer it's a groundbreaking science that is known as transgenic farming resulting surf earth discovered. just how de rabbit more importantly why would you want. the genetic and modified rivets produce a very valuable drug in the milk which is used in treating cancer. here's a scientific research center on the outskirts of musk a these animals are aging scientists cutting edge research welcome to the pioneering new world of farming pharmaceuticals. this is where the alamo heads these ones or the rabbits but if we gaze t

has been hit by a bomb but. luckily i had was able to get her to a doctor who could repair her leg but others have not been so lucky in october last year fifty six people were killed by militants when they attacked the our lady of salvation church in baghdad in the following weeks dozens more were killed in attacks across the country many fear that eventually christians will be driven out of iraq completely of the eight hundred thousand christians in the country before two thousand and three almost half of fled in the past month alone four thousand have moved to the comparative safety of the northern kurdish region here they can worship and live in peace but in leaving their homes they've lost absolutely everything many like miriam's father and are forced to make a living cleaning toilets in bars and restaurants these are mostly i served first seven years in the military under saddam hussein i'm an iraqi christian and i don't have a square switch of land in my name why what's my crime many in the church feel tha

macau many actual turnovers of the port has been conducted in the time that this has been reviewed? this looks like it just goes to the department of sits around for two or three or four years before anyone does anything with it and then it just goes back and forth. is it worth the effort if it will take four years? you will all be gone and it in your grades by half of the time that any of these general orders could change. -- you will all be gone and in your graves. this is not even enable the citizens to look at these general orders. we have no idea what it says and if there are things that have been in there for 8 years which are critical. >> if you look at the web site today, an officer was taken into custody. that is embarrassing but this is transparency. that is transparency. i'm sure the chief can explain the details. i don't know. transparency, about which this board terminated in 2009. i think people try to believe that everything is being hidden. it is not hidden. to our website, line one, officer taken into custody. >> any further comment? the information that is in the p

he has now been released with his crew. he sends this report. >> this is the other side of cairo, the large villas and expensive apartment blocks. this is where egypt ruling elite live. i have come here to meet one of president mubarak's close advisors. anyone who thinks mr. mubarak is about to step aside should listen to what he says. >> he is a commander, military commander, military commander, i mean if they abandon their post, they are shot dead in battle. this is a battle. >> a battle in which after a week of silence, egypt's ruling elite suddenly appears to have found its voice. out on the street, i'm immediately confronted by a group of locals with an angry message for the outside world. >> you, america -- >> britain. >> u.s., u.k. are giving a lot of weight to such people that are not educated. if you give these people the lead, then egypt is lost. this is your end, this is a real question. is this your end to lose egypt? >> within minutes of leaving that interview, our car is pulled over by the police. these are th

people have been really good. you can see people just directing traffic and trying to make people go the other way. everyone seems to know things are ok. >> and there is no text communication? >> no, i can i get ahold of anybody. >> i have never been in an earthquake. we could not get out. the doors collapsed. we had to smash the window out and then som box van and we slid down and jumped onto the box man. >> it is surreal. it is like a dream. do you know what i mean? it is surreal. i am so saddened to hear about that. it is such an amazing place. the church on the corner here gone as well. and this building tipped over there. >> buildings that have survived the previous earthquakes and the big one in september are trashed. >> what buildings have you seen? >> i think a big one is probably the cathedral. that is completely gone. the other thing is there is a lot of injuries out there. people being bandaged on this side of the road. the other thing we had was aftershocks. people just having to deal with it. >> how a

been a bit different each time. it's been said that he worked out of the consulate in lahore, it's been said he worked at the embassy inist bad. he's been described as a security expert, as a technical advisor, as someone who vetted visas. clearly he was a person who was carrying weapons. i still... i think it still remains to be clarified exactly what his job was. >> brown: carrying weapons, carrying a camera, carrying some sort of telescope. so the mystery continues as to what happened exactly on january 27. >> yes. well, of course, he has stated i believe in court as well as to the authorities the he shot himself n self-defense, that there were men following him who somehow confronted him. it's clear they were armed because i believe that on at least one of their bodies a weapon was found and ammunition as well. but i have heard or seen nothing to indicate that there was actually any sort of armed confrontation or that he was shot or that anyone with him or in his vehicle was shot so it's still, again, unclear ex

see you later. >> dana has been great, she has been a sport about the project. it was cool for her to see it and actually like it. as an artist, it means a lot to us. we are going to make it look really clean today. then it should be done. we have had this mural of for about six years and it has not been tagged. it really works as a deterrent. a lot of us graffiti artists have been waiting for an opportunity like this, to express ourselves on walls. and there are so many walls around the city that could be beautified. i am so thankful that this opportunity has come about. >> my word encourage anyone who is thinking about it to really jump on the bandwagon. it is looking beautiful. when i came here this morning, i was notified that taggers were there last night, but fortunately, they did not touch our building. >> to check out the mural in person, stop by 65 polk road. in addition to being a street smarts artist, he has been teaching students about the value for public space and creating public art for the communities through a program called where art lives. for

brought in four hours we have been here.ps us understand how much work has been done within the rec and park department and the department of the environment as well. i wanted to thank our general manager never won for being here. especially the new department of the environment head. thank you so much for the great presentations, and i guess, mr. yee as well. i've been using the recycling center for over 20 years. like many people, i see the human element that has been mentioned in the commons, and i think wayne wiley, one of the 10 employees, his comments about how the recycling center does not just recycle materials, but it is about recycling people, and the 10 green jobs that have been developed over the years and $1.5 million that has brought back to the city in supporting our economy is something that is really important, of couple of richmond district residents that in buyer -- acknowledged and the emergence of recycling center movements in the city are really neighborhood-based, and this is a shining example, a natio

l phone connections to libya have been cut. we do know that at least 60 people are reported dead in tripoli, and muslim clerics are calling their followers to join the protesters. we begin our coverage with this report. >> a convoy of vehicles left tripoli traveling at high speed. eyewitnesses said members of gaddafi's close families -- close family were sitting in the suv's. unconfirmed reports say the libyan military has bombed crowds. the government controls the media, so there is no way of verifying the claims. even libyas muslim leaders now say it is the duty of the people to rebel. to them, the government's regime is guilty of crimes against humanity. in tripoli, more than just car tires have gone up in flames. witnesses said government buildings are burned out. the uprising has reached the heart of gaddafi's power base. as justice minister resigned in protest at the use of excessive force. amid the ireasg uest, gaddafi's son appeared on state television. he admitted mistakes had been made and promised reforms, but he war

has never been substantial we have always been below thirty thousand. possible entries every year. clearly the overthrow of the governments poses a whole different set of issues and what europe will be able to do it depends on the ability of actually cordy meeting among some of the governments that are most affected i mean imagine if in two months time coral gadhafi is not overthrown i mean business cannot proceed as usual after this so something will have to be done but. coming up in a few minutes who says there are only has to be one. the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter olympics we'll have a free mascots chosen by russians in a country wide all stay with us to meet up with the characters plus also. so the pony up the cash but after a while on the hope of the back seat all the risk is take the wheel job. this americans are baffled by obama's new space program which they feel hands to brings to russians in the race to find. the founder of the wiki leaks website julian assange is to appeal a london court decision to extradite him to sweden on sex

has that been established? >> calls have been made. that was reported. >> i do not consider that legal pressure. that counts as political pressure. >> this question is regarding the employment -- the implications of the future of journalism. it started as a unique collaboration between two large publications. bill mentioned that even had these documents not gone to these organizations, there are a lot of people out there who was penalized them and raise questions about them -- who would have analyzed them and raise questions about them. what do you think of there being -- what is going to have to happen in the way that we handle news? news staff is shrinking the around the world. board will be an additional tier of analysis? -- will there be an additional tier of analysis? should we expect more of this type of collaboration? >> that is talking about this layer of collaboration. it was not enormously mutual. do you see doing things differently in the future? or a blend of the two? >> we have moved out of the way, otherwise, we would do

we know there has been outreach. what we don't know is the level, the extent if at all that the sides are really talking back and forth. what the governor has said and what the unions and democrats have said is that their positions on these collective bargaining rights, these union bargaining rights that have been part of the wisconsin landscape now political landscape for decades, both sides say they won't give on their positions on that. but of course, you know, often in these types of stand-offs, that's what both sides say until a deal is struck. we stay tuned to that. >> woodruff: is there a sense of who has more leverage right now, jason? >> our story in this morning's paper looked at&t the leverage that both sides have. you know the republicans have this ability in the senate. they can't vote on a financial bill or a budget bill because they need 20 members present to do that. they've only got 19 so they need a democrat there. but for other pieces of legislation, garden variety legislation, they could vote on t

reports of of firing the army has been firing warning shots the mobile clinics that have been set up there have doctors who are reporting that they are treating people with gunshot wounds earlier in the day they were molotov cocktails that were thrown into the crowd the prime minister did address the nation and he apologized for the violence he said he had ordered a probe but when you speak to people here they do not believe that the egyptian government has the mechanisms all the desire to carry out an independent investigation the attorney general has also ordered that all former ministers remain in the country he has also ordered that their bank accounts be frozen in a forty five minute address the vice president spoke on egypt and state television among the things he said he blamed for and as he blamed businesses he blamed opposition groups for this violence he spoke of conspiracy groups that were undermining the egyptian regime he also said that there needed to be some time for dialogue with opposition groups but we are hearing that the muslim brotherhood has rejected that dialog

as been hit hard by flooding and over 4000 troops have been sent over to clean up.gar cane crops and i got seat causing major damage with dozens of homes having their power cutoff. but that those boats. wow, they're pulled onto shore. officials are now reported one death. two people missing. >> 9 people have died in floods in the philippines this week. the military is on a trading mission in the southern philippines, lending out rubber boots to help the villagers escape the flood waters that have been debated that island and joke. heavy waves of damage still houses. they have been seeking a + it shelter in mosques. >> that county sba has increased an award for that conviction of damian fall the not of who injured it box. but the reward is $5,000 for it mol findingindado and distant figure puppies. heat faces several charges in relation to that. we will see what happens as the reward is out whether or not they can charge him with those offenses. six of the one man. oberth back in a couple of minutes. this is a lot from the roof in san francisco appeared before the su

praying for the people who died today has been called the day of matches the message that they've been pushing out is that this is a people's revolution this is a democratic revolution for the first time we've noticed a real desire for people to get back to work in some kind of normality the banks were open earlier for free for three hours there have been some businesses you've opened their doors the figures being bandied about is that this crisis has cost this country three hundred ten million dollars a day totaling three point one billion dollars so there is a very real desire from most people in the country that while they sympathize and empathize with the protesters for some kind of normality to return to the streets of egypt just yesterday the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton speaking in munich said that the washington the american administration would support a government that is headed by almost sort of man he is the vice president that is currently meeting with these opposition groups now some of them is widely regarded here as mubarak's right hand man and people prefer

muammar back has long been an ally. -- mubarak has long been an ally.rew lot of has more. >> for 30 years the u.s. presidents have come and gone but it's always been the same egyptian president coming to visit. is barak obama the last u.s. leader to host hosni mubarak. maybe that's what the white house thinks but is not saying so yet, but instead is talking about an orderly transition. >> the way egypt looks and operates must change. that's why we believe we should increase the amount of freedom that is had by the egyptian people. but that's not for us to determine what the parameters and what the limits of those are. >> the white house can point to past history. president obama called for orderly change when he visited egypt two years ago. but now there's a lot more at stake. egypt has huge strategic importance to the u.s. it controls the suez canal, vital for u.s. navy ships heading to the persian gulf and for world trade. it's the largest arab country and for the americans, it's been a place of stability for 30 years. it was the first to sign a peace

seven or 10 of them have been. the one thing that i do not think it's a fair analogy is that i think when deadly force is going to be used, i don't think an officer is going to use his taser. that is the scenario we saw here. that is not a scenario i have ever heard of. the officer shoots. if a knife is involved, i understand the rights of officers. i appreciate that. in a shoot/don't shoot situation, the taser will not be the second or third option. i'm not disputing that. the taser is and often is a non- deadly force situation. the question is, what are the limitations on that? what i have seen, certainly in the death cases i have been in, and people of made references to those -- the person was mentally impaired, alcohol was being used, the person was not cooperative, the charges have been two minutes or more -- all of us have the knowledge that you can abuse the taser in ways that can result in death or injuries. a person was trying to climb a house, he was tased, fell down, broke his neck. someone went down th

what has everyone been doing? how have they been protecting themselves? >> we were quite sure where it was going to hit. we came here because we thought it would be the least affected area. but it turned out that it was worse. we evacuated some from the beach front. it turned suddenly to high tide, which would have been catastrophic. but it it did not occur. everyone i had been in touch with his bouquet. we cannot -- been in touch with is ok. we cannot believe it. >> you have an idea of the damage to buildings and into a structure in the area? >> the area that i am in, i spoke with a couple of people and the council, there are quite a few power lines down. we do not know of any structures that really got torn apart this morning. we really expected a lot of people in the town to be flattened. but they were not. i do not know how, to be quite honest. what we heard going and roaring away last month, the wind was incredible. >> please describe to me how it sounded to hear that wind and how you felt while it was going on. >> it is very hard to describe the typ

that has not been looked at since it was said in 2006. we noted there was a systematic bias, and that makes the exit fee higher than we believe is appropriate. in protesting that pro-forma filing, we got the commission interested and looked at it, and we have been attending workshops. there was one this week on tuesday, another next week. we have also found common cause with direct access providers who were also there because these exit fees affect them as well. but this is really trying to address is the issue where exit fees have the perverse incentive, that an accident cca customer has to pay this fee which will help to subsidize renewable portfolios of the utility. we are doing what we can to be more green. why should our customers have to pay an additional fee to pg&e? we are getting some traction at the cpuc. on top of that, at the cpuc, we are looking at making the bond and not more fair. looking at the guarantee, performance bond, that is required in ab 117 that a cca must put out, to cover any entry fees that the local iou my exp

his family have been waiting and wondering. >> perhaps he has been killed. he has been injured. not conscious. he has been detained. >> he is a graphic designer with the cairo opera. an artist, not much interested in politics something important was happening and his sister suggesting that he should go. >> should i do this? he was not really caring about that. i have a guilty feeling that maybe i encouraged him to join this. >> he came here to the mosque on the edge of the square on friday, january 28. he came with a friend. the square was packed with demonstrators and it was the day they were attacked by pro- mubarak supporters. his friend left him for a couple of minutes. we came back, he was gone. -- when he came back, he was gone. they were chaotic days. plainclothes officers hitting back. hundreds were arrested. human rights activist or trying to keep track. most of those detained were released last week. at least 100 remain in military camps. around 50 are still unaccounted for. >> i think -- how many people are in the camps in egypt. >> with the army in charge, there are

there have been a couple of concerns that have been brought to my office about previous investigations some particular concerns. i am open to -- >> [inaudible] let me say that i have not met mr. kelly. i have had nothing but support about reach -- of outreach. whatever the allegations might be, i am not aware of them. their questions about bringing them up in public, but i would send it forward. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: no. >> two ayes, one no. supervisor kim: this item will move forward to the full board. >> appointing six members to the shelter monitoring committee. there are six seats and 14 applicants. supervisor kim: can you clarify if anybody has withdrawn their name from the west? -- list? >> scott would like to withdraw his application. there are three already on the homeless coordinating board and would like to remove their names. i am sorry if i mispronounce it. [reads names] supervisor kim: thank you. to clarify, we have 10 candidates for six seats. correct? >> correct. supervisor kim: can we hear from the applicants? are all of the

parliament has been dissolved a referendum will be held we don't know presumably before elections in six months time is egypt its government its military government and its protesters can they do that in six months because the reason i ask this question is that for all of my life it least we've been told that arab people can't rule themselves they need a dictator they need a strong man so we have a country that has an awesome task ahead of it how do you think it's going to play out. you know it's of course is not going to be easy peter but considering the fact that the egyptian people have thrown such overthrown an entrenched and rooted roots of the corrupt and oppressive regime in the matter eighteen days i think they are more than capable of holding fair and democratic and transparent elections in the matter of six months i think it's very much possible that the challenge here is whether. the list over of the regime in egypt and i am sure that there are still many of them out there trying to manage this crisis and preserve whatever they can preserve from their old status and outsid

that people have been coming to the streets because they've been paid paid to go out to the streets and show their support to mubarak what is significant about these demonstrations is that until now this has been a leader in this protest there has been a lot of talk about the fact that the various opposition groups have come together but not under one banner now mohamed el baradei is the name that has been put forward the former head of the international atomic energy agency and he has said that his he is prepared to head an interim government but on. people here on the streets what they think of him assuming they even know who he is most people here do not like him now he's come on board and he has criticized today's demonstrations he says that president mubarak is using scare tactics against the people whether he says that whether he doesn't say that what is true is that there is to say and among the opposition groups we're hearing that some groups are saying yes let's need to the president now we hear other groups like al baradei himself in the muslim brotherhood saying no they'r

in real terms it has never been substantial and we have always been below thirty thousand. possible entries every year. clearly the overthrow of the governments poses a whole different set of issues and what europe will be able to do it depends on the ability of actually cordy meeting among some of the governments that are most affected the instruments. to the international community in the short term are very limited i mean imagine if so in two months time coral gadhafi is not overthrown i mean business cannot proceed as usual after this so something will have to be done and clearly one obvious thing to do or one immediate thing that could be done is a visa ban on the regime if the violence continues at this at this rate. hold at least avoid cause and prevent a corner gadhafi from traveling europe and put up his tail in several european capitals as he has done over the past few years anything beyond its infancy still missing those assets is going to be more complicated clearly targeted sanctions is the kind of symbolic as well as concrete i'm sure that the international co

in south asian leaders all have been all of been silent so i think it's a bit misleading to lay this on the doorstep of the american here but i mean i don't want to see the reasoning or the removal of this is again. he was a client of the united states and that's probably the difference here. and. now unfriendly that's how russia's foreign ministry has described arlen's expulsion of a russian diplomat dublin claims the stolen identities of six irish citizens were used by russian agents uncovered last year in the us are. reports from moscow. the russian foreign ministry has called iowa's decision to deport its diplomats an unfriendly move which will have serious consequences these are the only common suit for after accused the russian intelligence service of stealing real existing irish identities you know to forge passports to cover up its secret operations in the united states irish authorities say that this is a result of an investigation which started right after last summer a spy scandal between moscow and washington a group of people arrested in the united states and found guilt

reports of thirst and vandalism and several have been arrested we've been talking to the locals and some of them are even afraid to come out on the streets when it's dark it takes around three days to seal from tunisia to lampedusa and these are some of the actual boats used by the refugees to get here and you can see they're not really that big so it's really hard to believe that sometimes up to three hundred people can cram on each one and actually not all of them even make it to the island some get lost out there in the open sea and some sink dozens of refugees have already died this is the center where many of the refugees are being harassed you can see it's like a separate itself they're being given out food and water and clothes and the necessary medical assistance as well all on the state money the problem is it was initially designed to house just around eight hundred fifty people while it had to receive in reality much more than that and another problem is it's really hard to identify all these people an official say that some of them could be criminals or even terrorists w

john, you've been covering these for so many years.enable, this standoff, this political stalemate? what do you think will happen? >> he's not moving. he's got the pride and stubbornness of an old man. he wants to go out in his terms. i still think it's a fantastic achievement to have got him to agree not to stand up for the election. i think that's the prime achievement of what we've seen. >> anthony, you've been covering this region for so long. is it a fantastic achievement by the people? have they won a victory already? >> i think they have won a victory to some extent and the difficulty facing the opposition is can they translate these demands of the street into real political capital and have someone that represents them pushing for an agenda far more sweeping than the resignation of mubarak. >> you have been in the square as we all have this week. what do you think is the message from the end of the week from the people we've been talking to? >> certainly you can read victory on all the faces, young and old. when you hear about

egypt's always been a leader. but an arab world where egypt-- which is a bedrock of stability, maybe it was too stable, maybe it was too slow-- but it was a bedrock that everybody could count on whether you are a gulfy who... someone from the persian gulf who wanted to spend your summers in cairo, you're a business person, you needed someone to mediate between israelis and palestinians. you know, egypt was kind of that bedrock. i don't think anyone here can quite imagine what it would be like to have a middle east where egypt is not that bedrock but is kind of spinning out of control. i think that's very frightening to people and i really hope that doesn't happen but i think the fear of that is now... i sense here in jordan really starting to creep into people's consciousness. >> rose: it spins out of control. >> yeah. i mean, you just see these scenes from cairo. i mean, again, i only know what i'm reading. i'm in jordan, i'm not there. but i see my colleagues being beaten up, you see egyptians being killed, take

attendance figure would have been much higher nevertheless interest in the match has been high such as the large ex-pat russian population in the u.a.e. is the only or no will but enough that i don't know exactly will influence the choice of the city but if the game was played in don't buy we would have had more russian spectators to support our national side. nevertheless a couple of thousand russian fans still managed to make the game the majority travelling from all around the emirates. i don't know how many russian fans have come to the game to support all footballers maybe couple thousand there are much more iranian fans here but that's just the i feel at home now there are so many russians here russian flags everywhere we are all in high spirits and hope that our players will not let us down or. iran will russia's opponents and the reigning football federation have actually paid their russian counterparts a sum reaching into hundreds of thousands of dollars to play this game venue chosen to host the matches b u e two to warm climates of both countries having large export populati

the discussion of demolition has not been specifically addressed. more importantly, the demolition of 1,500 west units is risky. we need to conserve and not demolish the west central units in san francisco. >> we hope the city will continue to engage the community for active concern. also protect the lives of the 10ants. >> thank you. >> ted rolison, sarah karlinski, william wiletti. i'm going to just keep calling names. peer luigi, gail strang, james guilinitis. >> good oong, commissioners. it's nice to see you all this evening. it has been another lengthy hearing on this project, but i want to commend all of you from working hard to practice a good delibtive democracy, which i know is not always easy to do when there are strong opinions on both sides. my name is sara carlinsky. we would like to offer our support for this project. we believe this project represents one of the few places for density on the west side of san francisco. we spend a lot of time over the past decade discussing increased density on the east side. many of you have been part

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has been lifted. three car bomb blast in the rocky city have killed at least six people and wounded more than 75. we have the reports from iraq. [siren] >> two bombs had already gone off. police and emergency vehicles were racing to assessed, and then -- amazingly, the cameramen staggered to his feet to keep filming. three bombs in total, six dead, and more than 30 wounded. this is what they experience summer in iraq every day. often, it is worse. the immense oil fields make it a vital region for iraq. it is also fiercely disputed. u.s. troops still hoped to keep the balance, but they will be gone by the end of this year. nowhere else will the challenge for iraq's forces be greater. today, they were the target. security in these conditions is very hard to build. >> the homeland security secretary in the u.s. has declared that in some ways, the threat of a terrorist attack is at its most heightened state since 9/11. to that paul pulte -- did not napolitano -- janet napolitano >> an american man has ple

it has been in certain periods when. when when european relations or to or to be more central to sweden in certain ways and although this is a far cry from the suite in the one nine hundred seventy s. and early eighty's when all of palm a was prime minister and when the most important relations were often with developing nations with south africa with the south african freedom movement with india with the nonaligned movement so that. once a very progressive sweden has become something of a voluntary. apprentice state some would say vessel state of the usa and why do you think that sweden took those kind of policy moves i think a lot of it is admiration for the united states among the foreign policy elite in sweden many of whom whose members have studied at top universities in the us and spent time there and have. a good network of personal friendships in the us. that and then now with the conservative government since two thousand and six those ties have have become even stronger the motto of one of the young people's di

and unstable than they should have been.rking through the night. we are joined by our australian friends earlyç this morning. we have more teams coming from australia. we are very appreciative of the support we have had from the united kingdom. i have a call from william haig last night. accept your offer. we are very pleased we have experts from your country on their way here. they will be here-time to help during that narrow window at the front end of a tragedy where you have the best chance of saving people. the death toll is estimatedç at 75. the bad news is that number will almost certainly grow. >> we have been seeing pictures from christchurch, natalee devastating over the last 24 hours. -- utterlyç devastating. our rescue teams reaching people? do you have an idea of how many people are still trapped? >> we have been trying to put a number on the number of buildings that require that level of search and the number of people who could be in those buildings. itúiz complicated by the fact that the greatest destructio

for the last four years have been showing you stuff that's been illegally dumped in the bay view.le have been targeting the area and the bindles anything behind. now, the city is fighting back. >> were trying to stop illegal dumping in the area. >>stanley: to agencies of been going door to door handing of flowers and talking to business owners about the illegal dumping. the campaign is called to believe that on the sidewalk. in order to educate people about illegal dumping. >> it's quite a significant amount of trash out here on a regular basis. >>stanley: this is mark, he has been in the business in the bay view has seen firsthand people dumping stuff including his neighbors. >> some of the local businesses take it upon themselves to utilize other people's trash cans or come out in the back where it said in. >>stanley: a local caterer has said muni prom with the dumping. >> of take our stuff of that out and put their stuff in. >>stanley: all the way to live in the bay view, seeing the amount of stuff dumped in the streets that is made. it it should never be this way. if you want

now with much of libya in the hands of antigovernment protesters reports suggest the thousands have been killed as kind of gadhafi attempts to cling to power is battling to shore up control of the capital tripoli and western areas of demonstrators consolidating gains in the eastern part of the country it's all amid speculation that one of gadhafi is only son has now joined the opposition international momentum is building for action to punish the libyan leader for the violent response to people's calls to change the e.u. is considering sanctions such as travel restrictions and the freezing of the his assets the u.k. and france are pushing for an arms embargo and a war crimes investigation libya's food supply chain is at risk the collapse is according to the united nations libya following revenue. scenary path of middle eastern countries such as a former ambassador to the country says that a western style democracy just won't work in the arab world. the only question now is whether the arab countries are ready for democracy one must bear in mind it's not the west it's the east where clini

i do not believe this has been amended. nobody has informed me this has been amended. you are required in between that time to exhume the continuing force. i have yet to see that, too. >> next speaker, please. >> followed by christopher. >> good afternoon. >> how does this thing work? >> this is a minor issue, but maybe it is not a minor issue. i believe the city has been committed to getting illegal limos operating at helping taxicabs. you are looking at this side of the hall. ever since it opened, you will notice that there are no taxis there. some of them are not black. they are picking somebody up. basically, they are just town cars and they totally blocked the street. i picked up three times on the other side of the street. people had to walk across the street to get to me. three or four months ago, somebody moved to around the corner of hayes and van ness. there is an entrance there. 90% of the people come out of this entrance. 10%, out of the other one. anybody that wants to go to will call as to what they bought from the cab stand. if they are a senior citizen,

a terrible terrible humanitarian situation that is that has been. that has been intentionally produced by israel so and i think that having a democratically elected government in egypt would be less willing to tolerate that and more willing to speak up i don't think the egyptian people have any interest in going to war israel netanyahu has been going around sort of painting this picture that suddenly you know if the strongman isn't isn't there to hold these people back that all these violent crazy arabs are going to come and suddenly attack egypt and this is certainly the picture that israel has been painting about arabs for for the past six decades producing this image of of us as being simply irrational violent inherently crazy people i suppose and that's what he has been going around to embassies around and to television saying but if i if i may just finish please and i know as you know. going here. this is. making a star and rightly this isn't my place big susan. going to get over it in. five minutes john right the libel that's been directed aga

there was a blowing web site wiki leaks has been nominated for a nobel peace prize the controversial news comes as its founder julian assange finds himself in yet another scandal this time though for the new york times the paper made a fortune off the back of the u.s. diplomatic cables leaked to it by a songe but it's all to use found out its gratitude only goes so far. it was a love story in the making i don't blame the new york times for running the story i know mattick are strongly in with classified u.s. documents and american newspaper with the power to print that in june of last year i got a fairly mysterious phone call from the editor in chief of the guardian newspaper in london asking if we were interested in partaking in a vast trove of secret u.s. documents the new york times and julian a songe developed a relationship all other u.s. mainstream media outlets envied boycie leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks the new york times first introduced readers to the popular whistleblower website in june publishing classified u.s. war logs posted on wiki leak

island in the mediterranean around eighteen miles away from the coast of north africa it's always been the main route for refugees but since the recent revolution in tunisia it's become swamped by thousands desperate for a better life in europe who are willing to risk all. that we got into a storm and. i survived six of us don't. these are some of the boats which were used by the refugees to get here and now they have these signs on them from the of the already saying their use is prohibited by italian a lot they've been only here for a couple of weeks so it's pretty clear their initial condition is far from seaworthy nevertheless sometimes up to two hundred people can cram on each one. and tunisia used to have an agreement under which most tunisian refugees were intercepted before even reaching the island but now that the government has been overthrown the floodgates have opened we're not ready for this according to one produces mir is becoming increasingly hard to keep the situation under control with scuffles between migrants and police. there have already been cases of robbery and

left by people who've been killed or captured. investigative journalist paul wash maher there meanwhile officials say an entire terrorist cell has been neutralized in central russia special forces stormed into the suspects house taking that advice surprised without firing a shot four people were found with think renia or powerful homemade bomb or and a convoy of how crowded public places officials say the man to direct orders from himself. we've got plenty more ahead for you this hour including questioning switzerland's neutrality with more guns per capita than any other european country many swiss are wondering if it's time to finally lay down their weapons that's on in just a couple of them. the defense team of wiki leaks founder julian assange say he'll face a secret trial if sent to sweden to face sexual assault allegations he's now in a london court where the evidence on whether he should be handed over to stockholm is being heard as launch says the accusations are part of a conspiracy to punish him for running his whistle bl