and second, i was excited to hear about the new work in china town and i wanted to suggest possibly that the next or a future meeting of the commission that we have in the field, and broaden the input that we are going to get at the time of her review, and i think that starting that practice >> thank you for all of those. >> any other questions for the director? >> thank you for that report and i appreciate getting it in advance of the meeting because i am a slow reader and there is so much to die ject, and that was especially interested to notice in the staff changes, tina is leaving the environment now to pursue a career with the investigative conducting group and that sounds fabulous. it blows my mind, especially when i hear the stories of environment now, staff who come to us never having a job, in the case of tina she has two young children and in a prison and in a halfway house, she was told that she either needed to volunteer or get a job, she wanted to get a job. less than two years with us, she was hired, and she will be making upwards of 50,000 a year and i hope that she does n

square, construction site today, and china town is mostly off street and the road remains open, where the union street requires the road to be closed for a extensive period of time. >> and i just thank you for the thoroughness of the study, and i will have to look at the cost benefit and it seems like it is providing benefits but what strikes me is that a half billion to 1.4 billion price tag and although there is sources of funding that you have identified, but i have questions about how it impacts the other priorities for the city as well. but thank you. >> and that is one of the next steps is looking at this in the context of san francisco's other priority and it we will be happy to keep the board informed of all of the developments. >> so i see no questions for the colleagues and open it up for public comment, we have one card, and anyone else from the public come forward to speak. >> good morning, commissioners my name is bruce agget and i am a member of the central subway group, and sf next stop.org and the board member and transportation met in the neighborhood association. on

i have in my personal contacts over 1,000 people who are marked as china town and that's china town in the context of preservation and those are my friends and associates and people who have supported me all along throughout this. recently made this official into my own non profit. there's a board of people that constitute that as well who are various people from the community and within various- >> that answered my question. thank you. >> thank you. . >> mr. lee, you have three minutes of rebuttal. >> commissioners, i have personally made the point to contact the appellant and said if there's anything we can do to get it on a larger scale, he mentioned the good point, where's the funding coming from? i staid you can get the funding i'll work with you for the overall picture, not just piecemeal. his idea was to refurbish the entire facade of the building and again of course again, i spoke to him tonight. we worked again on it we take care of the entire fa facade in the near future. in this project we must move forward because the funding is fairly limited and the space is fairly limite

would like to suggest that we can go, to the representative, to talk about the green project, in china town to present. and i am not sure if it will be at the policy committee or the full committee meeting. >> i was thinking that the full commission would be great and so the then, is, is that when we have our meeting in china town, and would that make the most sense, i don't know, but i don't know when that will be. >> right. >> any more suggestions for the future items? >> any public comment on the future agendas? >> there being none, next item. >> public comments, members of the public may address the commission on the matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and not on today's agenda. >> i don't see any. >> next item. >> adjournment, 7:47. >> >> recreation and parks commission -- would the secretary please call the roll. >> commissioner buell. >> here. >> commissioner low. >> here. >> commissioner bonilla. >> here. >> commissioner harrison. >> here. >> commissioner wei. >> here. >> just a few remark focus you have any electronic sounding devices that are on please turn them

especially in china town. and so there are so many, like, if you cannot have, like take five steps without having to dodge a smoke or a cloud of smoke. so i really support this campaign and this, and i hope that this passed and thank you. >> thank you for this six years of work too. >> next speaker? >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is joshua. and six years ago, i was once a member of the tobacco use reduction force, and today, six years later, i still currently live in the mission, and i still see the impact of tobacco in my neighborhood and not a lot has changed. the tobacco density is everywhere. you don't even have to you will not, and you can just walk down the street for yourself and see the influence of tobacco density in the neighborhood and the mission and the bay view and the tender loin and then you could just walk and you could take a bus ride down into like the pacific heights or the marina and see how it is lower, and one of the facts that when we have done our research, that really stuck w

. >> reporter: tonight in china town we found something truly ancient and rare. not the musician but his roughed up and gently used sidewalk pan next to a pay phone in china town. times are changing for the city's area code, 415. >> it's a pretty iconic number. >> reporter: 415 has been san francisco's sole area code since the area codes began back in 198 #. 1 9 8 -- 1987. in fact, it was once one of only three area codes in california and it stretched through san francisco. soon it will be joined by 628. >> i knew 418 was splitting up but i didn't know 415 was. >> reporter: the california public utilities commission is running ads to let san francisco residents to know they will dial calls differently. you will need a new area code. >> what if i have a 415 area code and i'm dialing a 415. >> you will still need to dial one, plus the area code, plus the number. >> as long as there's no charges, i think it's fine. >> reporter: but he's concerned the change will not come without problems. >> for the older folks like my father there's going to be a lot of confusion

the charges stem from the incident last week at a bank in china town, arguing with the teller when he was not allowed to make that withdrawl. on leaving the bank, it says that he threatened the teller and then tossed that trash can. and the issues of our award. >> reporter: they were considered a strong candidate for the council. >> that's one of the main issues right now is safety. that they have been victims of homicide as i have been doing for the last 15 years, but they are picking up. >> the young people want jobs and opportunities. >> reporter: what right now on the council? >> they need a strong leader. someone that will be fighting with the people. >> reporter: especially in april despite their problem with the law. he still needs to be considered one of the favorites, only because of their name and their nearly two dozen candidates in this race. reporting live from washington, wusa9. >> and he is still along probation for the conviction as he has more than one misdemeanor conviction and the felony conviction. >>> bloodshed on a commuter bus in tel aviv. next, find out what ha

. >>> well, a landmark in san francisco's china town closed the door, tonight after 50 years in the business. the empress of china is up for sale. it is once the place hollywood stars would eat and drink. it was the premier spot for wedding banquets. the 60 plays will lose their job. tommy toys and four seas also recently closed. >>> so we have what? another 42 minutes left in the new year. >> yes we do. >> as we speak, there are people all along the embarcadero. >> uh-huh. >> freezing their little you know whats off. wishing they had a little bit of that lousy bourbon. >> it could not have hurt. because we are going to get pretty chilly tonight if you are watching the fireworks on the embarcadero or as i suggest, the comfort of your home is a pretty good place, too. as we look live at a shot of the bay bridge? is that the bay bridge in the foreground? that is gorgeous with the embarcadero there in the background. a crystal clear shot from chopper 5. that is nice. well, i think it befits the last weather cast of the year. on the other side of town from sutro tower, 49 degrees. san francisco,

non-profit community health center serving the san francisco bay area, established in the san francisco china town north beach area, 1968 and providing comprehensive quality and affordable and compassionate healthcare services for four years, we operate ten clinics throughout the bay area including seven clinicks in san francisco. the majority of the patients are low income with limited professioncy and face the challenges accessing the healthcare and up until late of 2013, the majority of the patients were also unininsured and participated in the program for uninsured adults, it served over 61,000 patients each year and of these, 49,000 live in the city and county of san francisco. and this represents nearly six percent of all san francisco residents. and since 1997, we have partnered to provide primary care and hospital service to patients covered by the san francisco health plan, over the last 17 years and especially with the recent changes as part of the affordable care act, they are now jointly responsible for the care of over 30,000 medical managed care patients in san francisco. and includi

>> hewe went down to china town. >> going back to some of your famous interviews, another important oneas with john kerry, now secretary of state. back then, he was a young >> yeah. >> on the show with another vietnam vet. >> that's right. >> and the nixon white house wasn't happy with you. >> the nixon white house, imagined i could use this word about a president, a presidency, sneakily, prepped the guy, young guy who was a right-winger to oppose kerry, left winger, called t.v. booking. as they saw it. kerry was effecti. so was the other fellow but the white house wasn't thrilled. they thought i didn't let him -- i am just sorry nixon is not with us. let me take that back instantly. what i mean is, i'm sorry he didn't live long enough to see my dick cavett's watergate which was on pbs and you can find it online, and you must see it. dick cavett's water graduate. you can find the whole show. somebody found that i had tons of watergate stuff on my show. i had mitchell. i had g gordon liddy. and you can see him ask if i am a jew, ask somebody. and if you want to just a sample, youtube has

barry turned himself in to face charges for threatening a bank teller in china town as well as destroying a surveillance camera. this morning on facebook, barry wrote "i apologize to my ward eight community and my supporters for the incident that took place last week. i know that i have a great responsibility as a leader in ward eight. i am committed to rise up and carry the torch in my father's legacy." barry is expected to have an arraignment hearing later on this afternoon. >> the investigation continuesis noon into that massive mansion fire in annapolis. six people who are believed to be inside the home when the fire started are still unaccounted for. as jeanette reyes reports, crews are just starting to sort through the rubble. >> it's hard to imagine a 16,000 square foot mansion reduced to this. more disturbing is the likely possibility that the remains of six family members are among the ruins. >> it leaves a big hole. not just in the scenery but knowing that somebody belongs up the street. >> tech executive don pyle his wife and their six grandchildren are feared dead after a mass

rate, about 5 percent, there are subborn pockets of unemployment in certain neighborhoods like china town which is three times that amount at about 15 plus percent of unemployment. you have heard from city staff earlier around some of the positions available for the entry jobs. and these entry jobs require no more than a high school ged agree or two years of experience. cpmc is the second largest employer in san francisco. and within the hospital, truly requires a multitude of staff, performing many different types of jobs and similar to the hospitality industry. and in given the robust current workforce system in san francisco, san franciscans are well positioned to show these various jobs. the da lies out a process, which defines whether cpmc has made good faith efforts to reach the hiring target. the first step is that cpmc is to follow a special first source hiring process and that requires cpmc to notify oewd of every job opening and give candidates a two-week, hiring window. and to insure that oewd, also known as the city workforce system has an opportunity to refer those candidates

. >> the great wall of china town. pay tribute to one of d.c.'s finest here. d.c. is rising and we'll show you why next, john wall, politician mission. i tell you firefighter, >>> now now wusa9 game on sports with dave owens brought to you by xfinity. >> tonight gw had a buff out like a whiteout or blackout. i thought they wanted me to bring out the gun show, but turns out buff is actually a color did. you know that? >> i did not know that. >> check it out. it's like tan. want you to watch gw's uta watanabi. the gym can't hold them. that's what they say. the other end, richmond's alonzo nelson. he says i see your slam and raise you a flush. heading to double overtime joe mcdonald, had a three, eieio. gw survived 73-70. maryland taking on rutgers and brenda getting after her ballclub, three-pointer here by lexie brown. good golly, miss molly, you sure like the ball, stroking the three, lexie had it going on for the lady terps and then lauren mencie, her specialty right to the hoop. maryland holding on to win this one as

basically i live on treasure island is really a lot of tobacco outlets but when i go to soma or china town or to the mission, the education from, and i also have to see all of these tobacco let's and it makes me want to try it and not just me and my peers want to try it. and there is also like kind of messed up because after the shows and you see from the map that it is targets people of colored youth and also, lgbtq and also the people who have the teen line and also you can see if you see it in the map that you can see that. and it is targeting it by having it right there so it really makes a problem and not just for me, but for everybody and also i have asthma and it is also part of my family and we have to live in that. and so it really makes us really unhealthy. thank you, and i hope that you support our policy. >> could you say what high school you are from and what grade. >> i am from cono and i am in the ninth grade. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, my name is fred tamko. and i would like to introduce and... and community leader. well, also i am indepe

the areas such as the exelceir in china town has a high number of tobacco permits now the areas like the western addition, have a high number of african americans and also has a high number of tobacco permits. this last map is hispanic populations in san francisco and in an area like the mission, right here, also has a high number of latinos and a high number of tobacco permits. areas with low status are purchase denied with the tobacco outlet and also the areas with high density, have a higher prevalence of smoking and finally, the tobacco permits are disproportionately established between the districts. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman, i would like to ask if we could open this up for public comment. >> okay. >> the first public commenter is karin licaboli the co-chair of the tobacco free coalition and i am going to call a number of other names to come forward, dr. lisa henrickson from stanford, and dr. mcdanaled from ucsf and the senior director of programs from the youth leadership institute and (inaudible) from the leadership institute and noel knowels and (inaudible) it does not h

the candlelight vigil was held in china town for officer liu. hundreds of mourners paid their respects at a wake for liu. several officers saluted the mayor as he arrived at the funeral home. the gesture was quite opposite of the one last week when a group of officers turned their backs on debras yoe during the funeral foray ramos. some accused the mayor of encouraging protests. the officers were asked to remain rev rent during today's funeral services. >>> a possible tornado hit saturday in mississippi. it triggered flooding and damaged homes. this home looks to be completely wiped out the lightning strikes are also being blamed for two house fires. crews are working to clear the roads right now. no injuries have been reported. let's look at the weather in the u.s. now with our meteorologist, ivan cabrera. it's not just mississippi that could see some well dangerous weather this weekend. >> yes. no question about it. this storm, we've been talking about, it stretches all the way into new england. here's the radar as the storms were rolling thro

about 4:in china town there is going to be a public memorial service vigil. members of the community and public can come and pay respects. tomorrow is the funeral. and at the funeral we do expect again tens of thousands of police officers from across the country to come and pay their respects. we saw that something similar last weekend with his partner raffle ramos's funeral. jet blue has already said they are flying in for free more than 1100 officers from different jurisdictions from across the country to attend the funeral. with e also expect to see the fbi director director to attend. the police commissioner william bratton and also the mayor of new york bill de blasio. now bill de blasio and the nypd there have been tensions that have been growing over some of the comments he's made about officers in new york. there has been ongoing tensions rising since his comments after the decision not to indict the police officer involved in the apparent choke hold death of eric garner. last weekend at ramos's funeral several officers actually turned their backs on

lanterns are easily available in china town. this store sells them for just $3. those at the memorial on this cold night aren't too worried about a fire starting. >> i think the significant of the cultural aspect outweigh nas potential concern. >> reporter: sources in san francisco police admit that busting anyone for launching sky lanterns is rarely, if at all done. in san francisco. >> dozens of california dmv offices made the unusual move of opening on a saturday today. the agency is trying to accommodate an influx of undocumented immigrants applying for a driver's license under a new state law. the scene was calmer than yesterday, when thousands of people waited in line for hours. the dmv says the law will keep everyone safe by making sure all drivers are licensed to be behind the wheel and they have insurance. >> i'm so happy because i got -- i can drive now. it's safe. i can do a lot of things. i can take my kids to school with no problem. i can have my everything. i'm so happy. >> the dmv says more than 17,000 applied for a driver's license yesterday, whic

groups around china town, once inside the theater we're going to purchase tickets to chris rock's movieand walk over and (bleep) shut down. >> egypt is in africa, we are tired of them erasing us, this is white supremacist propaganda and we're shutting it down. >> no more lies, no more lies! >> we are not going back to business as usual. no justice no peace. no justice no peace. >> you have to leave, you can't come in here and just -- >> we felt like we really made a difference. we could do everything. if only one person in that theater understood what we were coming from, we did our job. they stopped that movie, life was not going on as usual, it wasn't business as usual but a theater at night. you're going to have to replay that movie, you're going to have to refund some money to people. i saw my top rank standing down there cheering as we came down. it just gave me a different rush of energy. all right, now let's keep it moving. let's really shut it down. everybody fall out. i just started yelling fall out, fall out and we did a massive die-in right there. >> the drawx drama comes fro

bank in china town.says barry tried to withdraw $20,000 from an account that was already $2,000 overdrawn. and when the teller refused, the defendant became upset, began to curse, and stated words to the effect of "i'm going to have someone meet you when you get off. better yet i'm going around the corner and coming back." christopher is the son of the late marion barry who died in november. the son is among the more than 20 candidates trying to win the father's vacant council seat. >> i have the most experience as far as being the d.c. resident as far as being a ward eight resident, life long. >> today, the 34-year-old barry said nothing as he left d.c. superior court. today's arrest was christopher barry's fifth time being incarcerated for a misdemeanor in the past eight months. he's on probation from a previous arrest and a judge told him today to report to his probation officer within 48 hours. barry's release requires him to stay away from the p.n.c. bank and to come back here to court on february 1

. >> we have to distinguish between ethnic enclaves, little italy, china town, and no go zones on theer. which has to do with the rule of law stopping at the borders of certain neighborhoods. those are very different. i think when it comes to new migrant populations, it's quite natural they choose to congregate together. they are by shops that remind them of their country of origin and prayer spaces. it's just whether there's an opportunity to get out if they want to and make sure that's not a solid line but rather a dotted line to leave if they want to but also identify with their community if that's what they choose. i think a lot of french muslims don't feel that they can do so comfortably. say they're muslim and french and proud to be so. >> critical days in the days ahead and weeks and months ahead. appreciate you being with us. more on the story, cnn.com. just ahead, she is right now the most wanted woman in france tonight. a companion of one of the terrorists killed today, a suspect in the french policewoman thursday morning. the search for this woman has put her on the spotlig

. >> in china town we found something truly ancient and rare, not the musician but his roughed up and scantly used sidewalk companion. the only pay phone in chinatown. times have changed for this technology and now times are changing for the city's area code, 415. >> it is pretty iconic number. >> area codes be gain in 1947. it was once of three california area codes and stretched all the way from bakersfield to sacramento. soon 415 will be joined by 628. >> i heard 408 is splitting up. >>> have you heard of the new dialing procedure for the 415 and 628 area code? >> no. >> the california public utility is running ads. >> what if i have this number? >> you will still need to dial this plus the area code and the phone number. >> san francisco native cy lee gets it. >> no extra digit. >> there is no tow charges and i think it is fine. >> but concern that the change will not come without problems. >> for the older folks like my father it will be a lot of the confusion for them. >> now for people with those 415 area codes their numbers won't change however new customers will get the new 6

china. >> vice president joe biden was in town at the same time. there's a little bit of tension between the united states and china. joe biden is over there to try to smooth it out economically and politically. >> in fact, biden attends the first game the hoyas play which goes on without incident. but he isn't there the next night, when they take on china's rockets. a team with players from the people's liberation army. >> their team has a little bit more of an edge because of a military affiliation and from the beginning of that game, a lot of fouls, a really physical type of game. >> although dubbed the friendly china/u.s. basketball match. this game is anything but friendly. >> the officials did not do a good job controlling the situation. foul after foul after foul being called on georgetown. by halftime georgetown was called for 30 fouls and something bad could happen in the second half. >> hoya's coach john thomas iii says tensions were running high on both teams. >> it was an emotional game, tense game and that happens in athletics. those te

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china. the government claims it is a terrorist organization. chinese media reported police shot and killed two ethnic uighurs on sunday on a town with a border with vietnam. they were apparently trying to leave china illegally. world uighur congress an international organization of exiled uighur groups says that the chinese authorities are suppressing the uighur people. they claim that china is using the war against terror as a cover to repress uighurs. >>> the muslim world rose up in a rage over the weekend to speak out against the satirical publication "charlie hebdo." many are congressry the french weekly again depingted the prophet mohammed something considered sacrilegious in islam. it's further fuelling debate that had been going on long before the fatal shootings at the newspaper. nhk world's craig dale reports. [ chanting ] >> reporter: people protested across the muslim world, all with a similar message, don't insult islam, don't insult the prophet mohammed. they burned down churches in niger. and burned the french flag in jerusalem. they gathered in pakistan as well to denounce the french satirical newspaper "charlie hebdo" for putting

china and south korea. they are confident that trade will continue to grow. >> translator: this town will benefit most from the foundation of the economic community. the growth will continue. >> reporter: myanmar's government is trying to encourage business development. it has boosted the capacity of its customs office to handle the growing number of freight and document applications. thailand's deputy minister inspected the facility. both countries agreed to keep working together to further boost trade. >> i think the impact of aec is not only for trade for thailand but for our neighboring countries. not only for myanmar. we can travel to india. you can see that we are expecting more investment to this border land. >> reporter: setting up an economic community by the end of this year will not be an easy task. but many people are becoming excited about the bright prospect for business. >> that wraps up our bulletin. >>> police in hong kong have detained some organizers behind the protest and their move could spark further action. they arrested a student protest leader. he pledged to continue to demand a fr

china. >> now it's not something that you expect to see in the fran quill israeli coastal town, but this ist motorists were met with on sunday, an emu on the run. it was caught on cameras zigzagging in the pouring rain. it had escaped from a private farm and now it's been returned to its owners. >> new dawn in beijing, the ancient capital of the world's fastest growing country, home to the 2008 olympics. it's the vibrant centre, the super power, where the old wrestles with the new. communism clashes with capitalism and a new global

scientists are stumped what causes the particles to spread. >> a place in china transforce into a magical ice palace. every winter, the town is built of ice analytes. >> even with bone-chilling below zero temperatures, millions come to the festival. we take you straight to china's frozen city. >> five days of working in sub zero temperatures, this is the reward a work of art from a single block of ice. the competition part of the ice festival has attracted teams from all over the world. this spanish team is putting the finishing touches to its piece patterns inspired by nature. >> the most interesting is it's clear ice and working on one side or another you create a four dimension side. >> the competition is not the plain draw here, nor is it this ice rink for tricycle rides. people come for this when day transforms into night and the buildings are lit up like a magical winter wonderland. know on lights in every color light the blocks of snow and ice from inside and out. >> each year, the festival keeps getting bigger, attracting more sculptors. they expect a 10% increase from the 1.1 million who visited last year. >> ther

and it's kind of called the ice city in china because they have this ice festival which starts today. large scale mazes, giant slides. little townsou see all lit up. even little locomotives, trains 'and all of it is completely carved out of ice from natural ice and snow up in the northeastern part of china. >> queen elsa made that? >> elsa and anna together. >> and finally with the eggs. there's a guy from colorado going over to china to compete and he's trying to set a world record in egg balancing. who knew there was a record in this? he has to do 12 of these within 75 seconds. stand all these eggs up. i was in the meeting this morning and said the average person can't do it. >> yep -- >> reena says this is possible. >> i googled it. a little salt in the bottom and then you just let it go. >> 45 seconds. go right ahead. take your time. the guy over there has to do a dozen of these in 75 seconds. that's the record. >> you had 60 seconds to get one. take your time. >> i just have to concentrate. >> is there some trick? >> we've got a dozen. >> okay. we've got ten actually. >> you have to get a lot of roughage in the bottom. >> it

you say the world, you are talking about china, you are talking -- >> japan, europe, south america, asia. i was in croatia last summer. on a friday night in the town they were dancing salsa, which was amazing. we have dj's remixing and producing the music today for a younger audience in the clubs. >> you don't have to worry about being lost in translation? >> we don't have to worry about being lost in translation. what we want to make sure is are we making them dance? >> for that, i would say yes. you can't hear that without feeling a little movement. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> up next, a look at the news for the week ahead. making plans to get financially fit in the new year can pay off. turn those resolutions into reality for the next 12 months and beyond. >>> for more on our show and guests go to our website and you can follow us on twitter. here are the stories coming up that may impact your money this week. on monday, december auto sales. tuesday, factory order figures come out for the month of november. on wednesday, the international trade report for november is out. on wednesday, the

china guess who is coming for dinner. >> who? >> the president, coming to town presidential visit tonight on tap. now, this is going to impact traffic during the evening rush hour, 6:00, watch for the motorcade to make its way from the airport into old city. when that happens pretty much shutdown of i-95 in both directions, the on, the off-ramps, so time your trip in and out of the city. even if you're not going to be going into the city, travel up and down that i-95 corridor is going to be impacted later on this evening. the schuylkill expressway right now looking good. no problems at all in and out every downtown philadelphia. we're looking good on 95 in delaware county, all the bridges look fine, and mass transit running with no delays. chris, lauren, back to you. >> bob breaking news overnight. one person dead after a crash and shooting in philadelphia's olney section. >> he had educated out to jennifer joyce good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris, lauren. police are calling this very unusual case. they were called out here to the scene for the report after car into a house t wasn't f

nigeria where they kidnapped those young girls and taking over towns in the whole of northern nigeria. yesterday there were people in china where the muslim population is biggest security problem china has and biggest problem we have in u.k. france germany the same returning fighters from syria. we'll have to get into a different rhythm in this and understand this is going to last beyond this president, this prime minister this is going to last for a significant period of time. >> when you say that you're talking about a battle against islamic extremists that want to wage war against civilization itself. >> absolutely. and it's very interesting that they immediately criticized saudi arabia because they want to turn it back within the arab world and say you guys are lining up with the western and infidel against islam. what we've got to do is understand this is a battle of moderation versus extremism. >> it also makes us -- it puts us in a position where we have to make tough choices, doesn't it and ask who wants to knock down buildings in london and washington and new york and who doesn't. assad does not. isis does. assad

you say the world, you are talking about china, you are talking -- >> japan, europe, south america, asia. i was in croatia last summer. on a friday night in the town they were dancing salsa, which was amazing. we have dj's remixing and producing the music today for a younger audience in the clubs. >> you don't have to worry about being lost in translation? >> we don't have to worry about being lost in translation. what we want to make sure is are we making them dance? >> for that, i would say yes. you can't hear that without feeling a little movement. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> up next, a look at the news for the week ahead. making plans to get financially fit in the new year can pay off. turn those resolutions into reality for the next 12 months and beyond. webuyanycar.com has helped thousands of people let go of all the hassle that comes with selling or trading in. we make selling your car, truck or suv, fast, safe and fair with three simple steps: one -- get your free online valuation. two -- drive to your local car-buying center. three -- walk out with a check in as little as thirty minut

town, and bw parkway, all looking good. i'm back in ten minutes. >>> good looks can get you far in china.some people are getting for free just for being beautiful sfloop and light snow coming down in woodbridge. prince william's cou county has canceled classes. we'l a report from richard jordan live. >>> and give yourself enough time to get to >>> i'm watching an area of low pressure passing south and east but close enough to give us some snow. south and east of us this area in pink is a mixture of sleet and freezing rain. st. mary's county parts of the thorn neck and southeastern virginia. much farther south and east, that is all rain. farther north, it's snow. very light though falling around the metro area. this area in gray in montgomery and prince george's county and the district. brighter colors coming down just a little bit harder there. radar will be keeping you informed all morning long as the situation is changing minute by minute. you can see it continues to move up from the southwest heading northeast into the metro area fp chuck is out on the roads this morning. where are you

red indicated burned out images and damaged buildings. 50% of one town appears government red tape. >>> and the "south chinays beijing is suffer its worst fog. residents are advised to use masks and avoid outdoor activities. the good news is strong winds and a cold front are expected to clear the air friday. >>> two climbers in yosemite national park achieved a lifelong dream and made history. tommy caldwell and kevin op they used ropes to quickly desend to the bottom where hot food and showers awaited. >> extraordinaryaire achievement. >> it really is. >> to do it without any tools, just their hands. >> which many said was impossible. 3,000 feet. >> straight up. >> straight up a sheer wall. >> twice the height of the empire state building. >> and tommy was missing a left index finger after he accidentally cut it off. >> i'm so excited to talk with them. >> in the next half hour they'll join us to talk about how they made the historic climb and why they chose to scale the wall in the first place. that's ahead. >>> now to this story. an afghan man who saved the life of an american. he faces death threats for

he bought crackers and a few other snacks and went walking out of town and saw some other traders who were moving north toward china to do more trading. he fell in with them and that was his route out of china. c-span: let's go back to how you put all this together. how many hours did you talk to shin to get this book? >> guest: i'm not sure how many hours but i think we had seven sessions of interviews and four of those sessions were weeklong sessions where we would start in the morning until late afternoon. c-span: how did you document it? >> guest: document the interviews? c-span: did you record them on audio all my? >> guest: on audio only and i also took notes on the computer simultaneously. there's a question of verifying his story and it's a very important one to deal with i think. c-span: you say and here he lied to me about his role in his betraying his mother. he simply said they were executed and he saw been the reason he didn't was because when he got to south korea he thought it be told that story the south korean government might arrest him and certainly other people would think of him as not human an

china. luxembourg is rapidly growing as a channel for chinese financing and investments flowing into the european union. the ceo of the luxembourg stock exchange, robert scharfe, explains. >> when you're working across town, you see much more chinese visitors, tourists. the selection of shops is the reflection of the appetite of these at the international visitors. i think you see above all, the physical presence of the chinese banks active in luxembourg, which the number is increasing on a regular basis. >> china is not alone in brokering in luxembourg. brokers are well aware of the entire world appreciates luxembourg's know-how. the fact that the country will end its banking secrecy as of january 1, 2015 is unlikely to change that. the chinese, for a start, are not too bothered about banking secrecy and tax breaks. financial consultant amanda young says they are mainly interested in luxembourg's role as a gateway to europe and for the chinese currency. is on track to become the third-largest international currency behind the u.s. dollar and the euro. >> 2013, chinese overseas direct investment section were increased to 90 million dollars, more than 70% increase and because of the chinese companies they