and we tried to promote a gay business association so we can organize and talk about what we want whatave a chain of if you travel in vietnam, stay here in the hotel, i want to go to another place, and there you have a gay friendly hotel, you can stay there. so it's a little bit more organized. >> anne said he wants to expand his business network in vietnam and eventually build a chain of gay friendly businesses in southeast asia. ♪ ♪ >> the l & g beer club used to cater mostly to gay men. but the new owner nguyen purchased it a year ago and re-opened it as a place specifically for lesbians and bisexuals. establishments such as this targeting gay women are rare in ho chi minh city. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it's been two months since linh and foon had their wedding ceremony on an airplane. their life as a newly married couple has just begun. [ speaking foreign language ] >> meanwhile, papa cafe bustles with its usual throng of lunch time diners. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> a lot. i think at the moment most of the guests are from australia. >> a

she said her business associates pleaded with her, leave this thing alone. she received death threats but something that i love about elizabeth is her courage. even sold her jewelry to fund the operation? >> yes. she would sell jewelry. she would -- there was transfers of money. sometimes it is like a paper bag and there is monday. >> today kathy who lives with her precious dogs continues liz's fight. >> was she scared she would ever get caught? >> she thought she might but she wasn't afraid. she'd go to jail for it. no. elizabeth and fear, not in the same sentence. fearless. >> fearlessness, courage, and compassion for people in need. that's what this is really about. ricki lake took the words and made them her mission statement as she and four social media stars went to a school to film "treatment for all." the first documentary launched on facebook. >> yeah, i do the ugly cry many time. these children have nothing. they are orphans by aids. all of their parents died from this disease. they have nothing really but the clothes on their back and they have th

the head of japan's largest business association has asked the government to accept more foreign workershe says there's a real shortage in the construction and nursing care industries. japan allows indonesians, filipinos and vietnamese to study in the country to qualify as caregivers. he requested legal revisions for broader acceptance of people from overseas. >>> a panel of experts put together a proposal to shave growing health care expenses in japan over the next five years. they're suggesting higher out of pocket payments for expensive medical procedures as well as a ceiling on co-payments for elderly peop. cial security accounts for the largest share of government spending. >>> and a quick look at our global economic calendar for the week. on tuesday, japan's cabinet office will release revised gdp data from the july to september period. the preliminary figures showed the economy shrank for the second quarter in a row. on wednesday, the key indicator for japan's corporate capital investment in october is out. in september, core machinery orders rose for the first time in four months

and businesses associated with the military have influence in almost every part of myanmar's economy. >>> myanmar's military has released 53 children and youth from service. human rights groups have long accused the military of abuses such as using child soldiers and forcibly recruiting conscripts. the groups have estimated there are thousands of underage soldiers in myanmar. in 2012, one year after reformist president thein sein took power, the military signed a joint action plan with the united nations and began removing soldiers under age 18 from its ranks. the u.n. issued a statement saying it hopes adeqmeasures ar the recruitment of children no longer exists. the world body also called on armed ethnic rebel groups to stop recruiting child soldiers. the u.n. secretary-general has listed seven armed groups, including those of the kaching and wa ethnic minorities, calling them persistent perpetrators in recruiting and using children. >>> award-winning japanese manga artist has died. he was known for retelling traditional ghost stories and depictions of the horrors of war. mizuki beg

((denise valdez)) today sheriff joe lombardo was the guest speaker at the lambda business association's annual meeting. and 8 news now anchor paul joncich was there. ((paul joncich)) think about out it. you don't have to go too far back in history, to when police would raid the city's gay bars and intimidate gay business owners. the relationship between the police, and members of the gay community has been tenuous. but those days are long gone. case in point, there was joe lombardo today joking with members of the l-g-b-t chamber of commerce. lombardo says police agencies all over the country are changing the way they serve the public. and when it comes to the relationship between police and the gay community, lombardo says metro woke up and saw the need to change sooner than many other cities. but the significance of the day was not lost on sheriff lombardo who's just completing his first year as sheriff. , ((joe lombardo/clark county sheriff: " i have all the respect in the world for the previous sheriffs and i don't know the circumstances of if they were invited, but that's niether h

. >> the judges are community leaders as well as mayfair business association members who have donated the prices to this contest. just pulling the whole community together for a fun family atmosphere. >> we wish i was merry christmas and a happy new year. >> it sure sounds like their singing the right tunes for some of these judges seeing these lights brought back memories of their old favorites g there were like 10 houses. >> jackson street used to be a big one. >> who will be the big one to beat from across the street? may it ab fair fight of the lights. that's right. it's going to be a fare fight because this community has really come together to just celebrate. i was talking to one of the homeowners and, you know, for some it's just a tough time. so doing these lights is a way to unify the community and the mayor fair civic association has done an mazing job in doing that. and there's actually a google map that you can use where they put 140 houses on the google map so you can actually tour mayfair with your family and make it a nice night out. the winner will be chosen before chr

. >> the judges are community leaders as well as mayfair business association members who have donatedhe prices to this contest. just pulling the whole community together for a fun family atmosphere. >> we wish i was merry christmas and a happy new year. >> it sure sounds like their singing the right tunes for some of these judges seeing these lights brought back memories of their old favorites g there were like 10 houses. >> jackson street used to be a big one. >> who will be the big one to beat from across the street? may it ab fair fight of the lights. that's right. it's going to be a fare fight because this community has really come together to just celebrate. i was talking to one of the homeowners and, you know, for some it's just a tough time. so doing these lights is a way to unify the community and the mayor fair civic association has done an mazing job in doing that. and there's actually a google map that you can use where they put 140 houses on the google map so you can actually tour mayfair with your family and make it a nice night out. the winner will be chosen before chris

kennedy: that would and powerful press conference, if he were flanked by muslim business associates who said yes, built a wall on that southern border. second of all, yeah, sure. donald trump says hillary clinton doesn't have the strength or stamina to be president. is this a preview of things to come if he wins the nomination? i think on some level it could be true donald trump is a shill for hillary clinton. he's the trojan horse that she employed to save the day, and say things so crazy there is no way he will be elected in the general election. >> it's certainly helpful to the democrats to have spent the last week talking about whether donald trump want a ridiculous ban of muslims that would not work. but i think in this context, he does have a point in the sense we already can sight' very difficult for hillary clinton to just stand up on a stage for two hours pretending to be human. if that's hard for her, manage the difficulties of the presidency. i have always thought she has been a little bit off since that fall she took a couple years ago. kennedy: maybe donald trump's stamina

she said her business associates pleaded with her, leave this thing alone. she received death threats. friends hung up on her when she asked for help. but something that i love about elizabeth is her courage. >> is it true that she actually sold her jewelry to fund this operation? >> yes. she would. she would selljewelry. she two -- there was transfers of money. sometimes like a paper bag and e would be money. >> today, kathy, who wheeled her two precious dogs through continues liz's fight. >> was she scared she would getr caught? she was afrid she might but she wasn't afraid. she would go to jail for it. elizabeth and fear not in the same sentence. >> fearlessness. courage. and compassion for people in need. that's what this is really about. ricki lake took those words and made them her mission statement as she and social media stars went to a school in miami tofil do have many times. these children have nothing. orphaned by aide. all of their parents have died from this disease. they have nothing but the clothes op their back and nothing to be educate ped.

for others the small business association will help them try to recoup some of their losses. >> in five years we build this business, and suddenly we don't know what happened, and we are not even at fault. >> reporter: so in terms of the investigation they are still trying to find out why those bricks fell down. initially they are thinking that the brick ties came loose from the building, but at this point no violations have been filed. eyewitness news. >> darla, thank you. suspect a copycat set three recent fairs in forest hills. shredded paper was set on fire outside a station house late wednesday night. the damage was to a police cruiser and two dumpsters that were also set on fire. police say a man caught on surveillance video does not match images of the suspect in seven recent arson fires targeting homes under construction or renovation. >> we believe he is a person who lives nearby. we have several witnesses who we showed the tape to of the fire, and they think they know him from the area. right now we don't believe the two are matched. >> police are investigating the homeowner.

if he was trying to induce other business associates to do business with him he could have chosen other have named other high-profile players but very specific with the mlb and nfl players he mentioned. the nfl as you said will investigate. they could, commissioner could use article ivof the 2011 cba to look into it, integrity. game to preserve the public perception and public confidence in the game. so the facts were on this, of course, peyton manning is denying it as are the other players. whether it is true or not, there will be an investigation. david: i was always told you get at least two sources. just one source, particularly one as this he is liar, we know he is liar at least one of the cases. seems pretty shaky to me. dominic, appreciate you being here. melissa. melissa: belgium just warning a major terrorist attack planned for new years eve in this country while one million are expected to descend on times square in new york in just two days? new york police commissioner says the city will be the safest place in the world. we'll tell you more about the new security measures. a

equally damaging, claims by lincoln's business associate that the president's widow was a blackmailing person besmirching her husband's memory. by trying to pawn her jewelry and wardrobe. the press dubbed it the old close scandal. political enemy suggested that she did not deserve sympathy or financial support. when lincoln died, there was no widow pension. her husband's estate was tied up with lawyers for over two years. she was in a state of severe dislocation following her husband's death. once her older son married in 1868, she took her son to europe for his education. homesick, the two returned to roberts home in chicago. shortly thereafter, he fell in. his death hit his mother and brother very hard. a few years later, mary lincoln endured and in bettering alienation from her only remaining son robert. in 1875, he committed his mother against her will to an asylum. ostensibly for her safety, but it was an act which caused incalculable damage to her esteem. this often created permanent stain on historical reputation. not only the headlines in the 1870's, the more than 100 years lat

business. the associated press just did a report on the remaining co-ops. all of them are losing m@ney. the main one is now having major losses. the average loss for each of the remaining co-ops is about $20 million for 2015. they are in prprty tough shape. sharyl: in just a few phrases, does this mean obamacare is in trouble or does it just limp along? robert: obamacare is limping along. it is going to have to be fixed. the plans still have deductibles that are too high. the coress cut the revenue for they did not fix anything. it is all part of limping along. sharyl: thanks for the update. robert laszewski. still ahead on "full measure," we chase taxpayer waste around the world. this time in londodo where construction of this fancy new we will tell you the cost sharyl: in this week's "follow the money," a congressional hearing into tens of millions of tax dollars unaccounted for in building a new u.s. embassy in lond. this is what the billion-dollar u.s. embassy will look like when it's finished in 2017. the inspector general l found the state department can'account for $42 million do

you can't get to talk to neighbors and business associates in syria. let's hit the pause button on syria and the part of iraq that is affected by this as well. >> but the administration, including the president, basically intimates that that's heartless and that it's hypocritical to not let people in. >> it's not heartless at all. the united states is the most generous country in the world when it comes to refugees, both admitting them from other countries to our country and in terms of taking care of them in places close to their home. i have visited refugee settlements outside of syria in jordan, and they are well taken care of there. and the country that provides by far the most financial assist anticipate of any country in the world is the united states. americans should be proud of with a we do to help people who are in difficult situations elsewhere in the world, but we should not jeopardize our own security in blindly saying that these are simply women and children. there are plenty of men who apply for refugee status as well. but it is the will

the business associate of the son-in-law forward an email. the son-in-law forwards it to secretary of state clinton and she forward it to the state department for folks to follow up on. average everyday citizens don't get that kinds of access for the treatment he received. abby: congressman greyson claims the offshore funds have been closed. but the congressman claims they are still open. >> our initial complaint was he was acting as a if i dishar -- s no longer if long -- no longer. abby: and congressman ginta in trouble? >> he's a real challenge. we called for him to resign. he lied to the american people and his constituents. he said he had taken a personal loan to his campaign and it turns out it was a loan from his parents which was prohibited. he got find and reprimanded and he has been ordered too repay that money. but he alleged it was his money and it turns out it was not. abby: thank you for being with us, we appreciate it. eric: quite a sighting off the coast of florida. what happened with the great white shark. abby: the new star

associate, joanna soto. shoppers say whether stores were busy...all came down to the deals. "the good deals...getting good bargains," said larissa waggoner. "we're just looking out for christmas deals, seeing anything we can grab for clearance prices," said kelsey momsen. there's those bogos, buy one get one half off, coupons and gift cards shoppers are excited to spend. "they save. they save a lot of money so i think that's one of the main reasons they come out here," said rue 21 lots of returns, exchanges...an d some shoppers said they're even looking for stocking stuffers for next year. in sioux city...tommie clark...ktiv news 4. >> if you got a gift card that you don't want.. there are ways to exchange it for one you'd prefer. many target stores are now offering an exchange program that enables you to turn in a third party gift card for a target gift card with a lesser value. the exchange takes place at the mobile phone you can also use websites like cardpool and cardcash. and that coinstar kiosk in the grocery store? you can scan a gift card there and coinstar will make

the associate dean of the school of business at mit. >>> a marathon bombing survivor passed away unexpectedly. 37-year-old kevin white died from what his family said was an illness. he was at the finish line wins the bombs went off. he was hit with shrapnel and suffered ear damage. >>> a new leader in france is under investigation for tweet under investigation for tweeting gruesome images of people killed by issi. she removed the photos of james foley at the request of his family. she said to french news service she did not know it was foley. a journalist accused her of

the somber business association. no negative comments were received and again ms. rogers even our letter to ms. stern have to community meeting noted her support outside it she was about the activation of the ground with pdr space and having the office space in the building. i think with that said, i'm happy to answer any questions they may have. project sponsor is here as well. we urge you to please approve this. if i might, mr. sanchez's attention, i would ask the waiver of open space be granted good there's no room elsewhere than the roof and it's not possible that the open space on the roof. will happily pay the required fee. so, thank you entity of any questions will available. >> thank you. open to public comment. i one card. alice rogers. >> good evening commission. john-could we do support the project this proposal. as you know, in the conversion the pdr space or legalization of office space that comes before you, over the last year, we emerged that the district retention replacement. that was in the current and elsewhere in south market 25%. i think the st

member of the asian american contractors association as well as the california asian-american business associationfter my name is matthew was born and raised in the western addition of native) is owned a london business in the heart of the bayview. i spent a majority of my youth working there. now it's business owner and general contractors fight as an [inaudible] and located in the bayview. we also work with many local san francisco agencies and local residents for the past 30. presently working with the bayview opera house. please approve the new stadium for san francisco residents sports fans an opportunity within the bayview district. two point part of this new endeavor and with this new business avenue for entrepreneurs the warriors, >> next speaker, please. >> i'm here to support the warrior stadium. the project will provide jobs for our neighborhood. our community we are committed to hiring local guys that live in the bayview. the guys that live there that are born and raised. we are committed. what part of 261 the operators. we are committed to the training program. this project will benef

we'll have more details from the associated press on the top business stories of the year. first janet yellen announcing an increase by a quarter percent to the interest rates last week. here's what she had to say. >> earlier today the central open market committee decided to raise the mark rate for the federal funds rate by one quarter percentage point bringing it to one quarter to one-half percent. this action marks the end of an extraordinary seven year period during which the federal funds rate withheld near zero to support the recovery of the economy from the worse financial crisis in rescission since the great depression. it also recognizes the considerable progress that has been made towards restoring jobs, raising incomes and easing the economic hardship of millions of americans. it reflects the committee's confident that the economy will continue to strengthen. host: janet yellen announcing the first the what could be a series of interest rate increases. joining us on the phone is nelson. he is in new york city on this wednesday morning. thanks so much for being wi

they are trying to spin off internet business, basically everything associated with the yahoo brand name that will get to a new company and yahoo will be a holding company for the state in the alibaba which is worth about 30 billion, erika and nicole. >>> holiday parties a at work, and we have some information for us. >> yes. >> reporter: more employers say they plan to give parties, gifts, bonuses compared to last year. but hold the awkward conversation. many people pass in favor of a bonus or time off. it is time to exchange gifts, some of the most unusual exchanges at work, according to a new survey, a roll of duct tape, a heart shaped box of canned that i was held over from valentines day, a bowling ball, and a squirrel toilet seat decal. i wonder, what these people were thinking. >> where does one acquire a squirrel toilet seat decal. >> i don't know. >> regift. >> regift sound like to me. >> jill, thanks very much. >> hold the holiday party, give me sometime off. >>> coming up we will get another check of weather and traffic. we will be rig >>> let's check with katie for our foreca

small business associations did as well. especially large employers, they're saying, this is the law of the land. they are treating this thing as, let's get in line. it is the smaller organizations getting choked. >> a lot of the smaller organizations, you do not have to follow a lot of the rules here in terms of providing coverage and things like that. i am not sure the polls are that favorable on obamacare. they do not generally vote. the erotic situation is bills are the people who, the least at the polls. as a result, you do not see the large constituency that you might. i'm just looking at hospital stocks and furiously .yping away at volatility shows you a spread between hospital stocks and health-care stocks. this is the health care index and it has done fairly well especially over the last few months. hospital stocks have taken off their they are massively outperforming the health index here. >> we see in october that is what we're talking about. everybody freaked out and all the sun, hospital stocks became much more

>> is the national cooperative business association. >> 1-800 -- [laughter] >> you can get from that were my question is going but like something like 80% of the food in africa is being produced by smallholder farmers and over 50% of them are women. the idea of how to really link smallholder farms into the national global economy is a big thing we focus on. we find that cooperatives and farmers associations are hugely important vehicle not only to do that but also aggregating, training and functional leaders a and those things as well. what i want to ask you is what kind of investment are you putting into cooperatives and farmers associations as a way to really bring smallholder farmers into the economy? and are you willing to do even more of it every to strengthen local economies? and increased productivity in food production. >> the first thing i did when i started figuring out how big and how complicated the problem was with agriculture in the world was i tried to figure out, i learned that all farmers are not the same. at all farmers and situations are not the same. so how do you

in the past, an association of court avenue business owners has paid off-duty police officers to work the corner of court avenue and third street. the mayor of chicago is asking for the city's police chief to step down. the public trust and leadership of the department has been shaken and eroded. this morning, i formally ask for his resignation. this comes in the wake of angry protests over the handling of a fatal police shooting of a black teenager. police superintendent garry mccarthy has come under fire after the recent release of a video showing the shooting and killing last year. mcdonald was shot 16 times... mccarthy has admitted he was aware of the video's delay and has defended the officer's actions. protesters have been calling for the chief's dismissal for days. officer jason van dyke is charged with first degree murder in the case. university of iowa president bruce harreld is condemning a racial remark found written in a campus bathroom. according to a university email sent out last night, someone reported the message carved on a bathroom door inside of the spence laborato

at that integration there i know we hit into some difficulties in terms of satisfying the business associatione other party so we did moved in 2013 it is pursuant we visit that here especially with the ap cd up and running we look at again to deriving to that actionable. >> with that point marina. >> yeah. >> the business group on health and investment you say it maybe is that a signal we can expect to hear from you how you'll be doing this and what. >> my first step to go back to our city attorney contact to revisit what we had pementdz and see if there are opportunities to move that going forward calirnia is certainly one of the states that has been ragging with the statewide database and should it be closer it will continue to expand and certainly with our long-term strategies being able to interact you are data you'll start with a conversation it looks like we can pursue i'll bring back for details. >> you have a graphic at the october 1st meeting i think that would be useful to insert to the record of that hearing the cc investment this document you're not supposed to flash anything the p

business. taxi worker association called the incident unacceptable. said it showed how frustrated drivers are with this new service. switching gears now. special puppies could be a medical marvel. take a look at the puppies at born through in vetro fertilization. these puppy now open to prevent hereditary disease in certain breed and could lead to disease prevention in humans. >> in vetro fertilization can't help prevent disease. but what it does it gives us a way to gebelrate embryo then use new technologies to hopefully go in and fix certain genes that cause those diseases. >>> scientist say the latest discovery could potentially have a positive impact on endangered breeds of dogs. >> amazing how far we come. really positive for some. we just appreciated for the acute factor. just looking at that video. so this was a night that one high school basketball player will never forget. he tosses one full court. >> the baystate getting some it's holiday time, it's time for wegmans. there'll be entre and trimmings, and shrimp cocktail too. and cookies for y

so, essentially, the homeowners association has a business decision to make here. >> correct. remediate the home, uh, we're gonna end up spending probably the bulk of the homeowner's equity in the entire neighborhood. >> they could decide to lease the property at the market value to try to recover the cost. >> we've looked at that. but the expenses to do that, uh, still far -- far outweigh, you know, what we think the anticipated benefit would be. >> they gotta pay taxes. they gotta pay insurance. and guess what, guys, the bank, at any time -- they could wake up from their zombie and decide to foreclose on the property. >> we'd fix up the house, make it beautiful, uh, get a tenant in there. and that would not, basically, stop the bank to come in and go, "hey, we want our house now." >> you could exercise your lien rights as an hoa to foreclose on a property. >> right. >> so let's say that, uh, that a homeowner owes $10,000. i could come in as an investor and look at this property and say, "wait a second, i could buy this home at a foreclosure sale by the hoa for 10,000 and get

the woman and her associated businesses own at least 10 rent controlled buildings in san francisco.e city attorney dennis herrera says her conduct as landlord is the worst he has ever seen. an injunction hearing is december 23. >>> a bay area estate for a eye- popping price. tonight a look at a $88 million property now on the market. we'll have that story as well as other top stories on nightbeat; come join us at 10:00 on our sister station, kbcw 44/cable 12. >>> it must be the holiday season because the embarcadero center is lit up. guess what? three weeks until christmas! my gosh! we're talking about rainfall not only for one day but for three days. find out which three coming up. >>> hey, what's it like trapped in a ballroom with 300 lawyers? i don't know. but i'm going to find out. a nice bar association event in a jiffy. ,,,,,, come on in pop pop. happy birthday. i just had a heart attack... and now i have a choice. for her. for them. and him. a choice to take brilinta. a prescription for people who've been hospitalized for a heart attack. i take brilinta with a baby aspirin ..

business. i have been associated with yahoo! from the days of the ipo. are we a media company? are we a tech company? are we a media company with a tech arm or a tech company with a media arm? they could not make up their minds. is definitely a media company. this is why verizon potential he wants to buy them. they have the pipes to deliver content. mark, you said you guys are buyers. would you buy more yahoo! or more alibaba? mark: we took a position of a few months back and it has been a nice return for us, which was the swap where we went long on yahoo! and shorted alibaba against it. then we felt the opportunities alibaba, soong for we swapped that short. i think we are at a decision point. we probably would be neville spurs here and start to increase here and -- nibblers start to increase the stake. any time you can lie an asset for less than its intrinsic value, that's a good thing. if you could have the ultimate, which is run this company like a model, use the core acid as a war chest to build the content and the thing the guys were just -- use the core asset as a war ch