. >> the hardest working women in the city, nicknamed moll chung and big alma after who san francisco figures, these tunnel machines are seeing the light f of day for the first time in months. >> i first want to start by welcoming our two heaviest new constituents into district 3 and into north beach, weighing 750 tons each, mom chung and big alma, welcome. >> reporter: for nearly a year the machines have been ferociously digging at a pace of 40 feet per day. when all done in 2019, the passengers will be able to get from caltrain to china town in 8 minutes on the t line. much faster than where it can take 20 plus minutes on muni. >> i enjoy getting to know china town residents on the bus, and is it was great, but would have been nice to hop on the subway and have more capacity. >> reporter: the project includes new subway stations near union square and china town. >> transportation is a serious expensive matter. we have to complete all of these transportation systems to make our city work. >> reporter: and there's a push to extend the central subway beyond china town, all the way to f

we have mom chung to our right and big alma to our right actually reversed mom chang is a 25 one ton dynamic machine seven hundred and 50 ton monz machines there are beneath your feet. she launched in july and arrived june 2nd of this month now big alma she's built a tunnel and was lavender in november of last year and arrived on wednesday. those machines have excavated through one hundred and 13 stones of soil and rock and built linear feet of tunnel from fourth and harrison all the way up to the portal box here today. we have this work has been done primarily because of the dedication and support from our contract barnard they've driven tunnel over half the pace we originally thought one of the riskiest elements was the bar under crossing on market street mom had a two active tunnels. barnard did the work on thaigz of last year they've worked twenty-four hour to make that happen the same thing on friday and saturday and sunday that's the dedication we need to have a successful project barnard has earned our admiration (clapping) and we also before we visit the tunnel we have a surp

. >> meet the hardest two working women in the city nicknamed mom chung and big alma. these two tunnel boring machines are seeing the light of day for the first time in months. >> and i first want to start by welcoming our two heaviest new constituents into north beach weighing 750-tons each. mom chung and big alm a, welcome. >> for nearly a year these machines have been ferociously digging at a pace of 40 feet per day. in 2019, muni says the passengers will be able to arrive in eight minutes. much faster than today where it can take 20 plus minutes on muni. >> i enjoyed getting to know a number of china town residents. would have been nice if we could have hopped on the subway and had a little more capacity. >> the project includes new subway stations near union square anorchia that town. >> transportation is a serious expensive matter. we have to complete all of these transportation systems to maker city work. >> and there's a push to extend central subway beyond china town all the way to fisherman's wharf which means big alma and mom chung aren't finished yet. so th

that and it's the first of major flight into the interior part of china had city is one of the huge chung do and you don't have to be china scholars ask ambassador ed for all the information by it's historic one of the most historic cities in china yes, we mentioned that they not only have the passion, prejudice district attorney sanctuary but they are famous their cuz begin and art world but for the business world that's why this flight is so important i predict that will going from 3 times a welcome to more that's the relationship between china in the area it about that growth. so this is going to be a wonderful flight i'm very sad that i can't be on this flight. (laughter) 83 very sad you must, you know, how many hours i'm i've spent but ultimately it come down to this i have to take care of the local that an duo district attorney the one that plays with the giants. i know tanya our director of our zoo will be on the flooikt flight either flight i know shields find the sanctuary a nice place i've been there with ore former mayor willie brown and back in the 90s to hold the baby that an

involved it's an amazing airline we expel khan do you to be a popular designation for leisure customers chung do is chinese second largest city with future 5 hundred companies that are doing business we're excited to welcome all those business customers as you know it's the nature habitat for the that an district attorney and especially the codeine and opera to you can do business and have a great time all all the time when you're in khan did you it has showing so much to offer so in addition to providing non-stop serves f services that will help with our partners ain't air china are the most world most expensive air china offers flights to 60 plus city's the same day connects with our non-stop khan do service on united we'll have a great privilege serving china thirty years and china is one of the most fast growing dynamic and fast growing united has twice as much capacity to china than other other flights. so mike's talked about the fact please indulge we're extremely proud the gateway at the sfo and it's made possible by the amazing people and businesses and all the places in san francisco

that and it's the first of major flight into the interior part of china had city is one of the huge chung do and you don't have to be china scholars ask ambassador ed for all the information by it's historic one of the most historic cities in china yes, we mentioned that they not only have the passion, prejudice district attorney sanctuary but they are famous their cuz begin and art world but for the business world that's why this flight is so important i predict that will going from 3 times a welcome to more

chung, welcome. you see what we see, and that is a pretty nice environment for stock investing? >> i do. the steady economy, slow but steady a a great environment, as bob mckenna just said -- there's one area of volatility, which is the bond market. the government bond market was very volatile, i this i it's been a gift handed to bond investors this year and they recovered some of the dramatic losses they had last year between 8% and 20%. i think it's time to get out of bonds and back into equities. >> i want to get to a couple of your picks, what is the average holding period for a stock in your typical portfolio? >> would you have run a variety of strategies, so it's different to say the average is that meaningful, but it varies anywhere from i would say the long end three years and the shorter end nine months. >> all right. so if i want a stock. if i want to look at an area that you see value in today for a nine-month for three-year time period, give me a couple examples of where you see value right now. >> i'm going to give you two of our best long-term value holdings. >> on

compliments to director huey and robert chung for the briefing they provided last week who visited san francisco for advice on how the city might want to proceed with its own safety retro fit program. they also said their visit was hugely valuable on all fronts, general, technical, financial and publicly wide. so well done there. warm thanks to dbi chief building inspector for his excellent customer service, for mr. john barber of mission housing. thank him very much for his assistance. mr. barber also mentioned he hasn't been to dbi since the 90s, that's a long time, and he knows significant and productive changes have been be met in dbi's business and how that is good for our business. congratulations to director huey who was interviewed by the cantonese radio talk show program about steps interested owners who want to take to legalize current legal units. this was a live call in radio show and director huey got plenty of questions about situations and provided helpful advice so thank you for taking that on the road. he had also been invited to do a channel 26 chinese tv interview wi

. >> the main targets here are maddox and chung. >> well -- chung was inexperienced and maddox was resignationactual heads. >> god, i love this kind of talk. gets me aroused. sorry. i meant roused. no, did i mean -- i meant aroused. aroused. [ laughter ] >> seth: please welcome, my good friend, dan bakkedahl. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: thank you so much for being here. >> whoa! this is actually happening! >> seth: it's really happening. we've known each other for 20 years. >> it hasn't been 20 years.. >> seth: i think it -- >> no, it's been, it's been 15. >> seth: maybe 15. >> it's probably been 15. >> seth: maybe that's closer, yeah. we were improvising in chicago at the same time. >> yeah. we would -- i sat -- i would come and watch preponderante, the group you were on. >> seth: yeah. >> and i would watch you guys religiously every week. and -- and i prayed for your guys' death so that i could take your place. [ laughter ] >> seth: right. >> that's what you do. >> seth: yeah, you pray for the death of those above you. >> yeah, so that you can move up. it's like cain. [ laughter ] >>

. >> the commissioners and chung are out. the second item on the agenda is approval of the minutes of the health commission on may 2014. >> accept the commission. >> moved. >> there's a motion and second. any correction to the minutes. >> if not, we're prepared for the vote. all in favor please -- yes, please. >> i had one comment to director garcia. on the topic in your report about the beanie hauf

dipson martinez, and spencer lee, torez, adriana, and mu and mo, and dan, and character, and evan chung and if i could just highlight one young fellow torez who is in my chemty class this year and i had the fortunate of teaching him through the summer school and through this project in this year i just seen him as a result of this project mature and to be able to become a leader among students, his students and his seniors to help them pass the course and to be able to walk the stage with their friends on the class of 2014. so thank you. >> thank you, again, how about a round after plause for our wonderful student officers. thank you. very quickly, i would also like to recognize, lincoln high school graduate sahsa who is given the peace making award, and she is a student in our peer resources program and our award willing resources program and so congratulations sasha for your accomplishment. and at this time, i would like to call forward our very own associate superintendent kevin truit who has a special presentation to make. good evening, superintendent and commissioners of the board

. >> prime minister chung hong-won offered to step down. the government was helply criticized for the way he dealt with the tragedy which left more than 300 people dead or missing. two possible replacements for the prime minister withdrew their nominations over the last month. in may, a former supreme court justice stepped aside after he was criticized for earning an excessively high income as a lawyer. on tuesday, park second choice declined the post due to criticism of past comments he had made. the former journalist told a church gathering three years ago that japan's colonial rule of the korean peninsula was god's will. >>> and japanese officials are re-examining the way they provide aid to other nations. ron madison has more from the business desk. >> yeah, that's right, shery. japan looking to review its guidelines for official development assistance or oda that will be for the first time in 11 years. experts on a government panel submitted to the foreign minister the report on reviewing the general framework for oda. the panel urges

. >> the commissioners and chung are out. the second item on the agenda is approval of the minutes of the health commission on may 2014. >> accept the commission. >> moved. >> there's a motion and second. any correction to the minutes. >> if not, we're prepared for the vote. all in favor please -- yes, please. >> i had one comment to director garcia. on the topic in your report about the beanie hauf generous donation and the us f hospital down there, i was wondering if we can hear some point in the future on whether there's coordinations between what goes on at that hospital and the infrastructure being put in and the types services that are delivered now at san francisco general hospital which we all saw in the new york time is the best hospital for this kind of care in the country and just to have them within blocks of each other might be an opportunity to do something, you know, rationale partnership on things we're both good at. >> absolutely. and i know that our ceo of the general would be in favor of that. we'll incorpo

my name is eddy chung. my mother is also a resident of university ladies home.he's lived there 3-1/2 years. she likes it very much. most of -- all of her daily tasks are taken care of by the staff who are wonderful, exemplary people, but low-income people which represents the exact population that jane kim lippe who endowed university ladies home sought to protect, [speaker not understood] the staff is wonderful. however, the board seems to have operated independently and surprising residents and staff alike with the announcement they were going to close and that it what for financial reasons. but by throwing up their hands and saying nothing more can be done, they are [speaker not understood] the lives of our seniors. this is 100 year old legacy which is an important part of san francisco's history, this is done in isolation without input from the constituency and i'm hoping that the board of supervisors will assist us in keeping this open because it would be inconceivable for the -- for this to happen. and i'm fighting for my mother's life because i know that

my name is chung [speaker not understood]. i'm a professional singer, proud to be in my 21st season with a multiple grammy award winning symphony chorus, [speaker not understood] and a free-lance singer. the [speaker not understood] of a struggling ar cyst is good for a narrative, but professionalses need to function and survive in their environment. in a city like san francisco, [speaker not understood] as to whether my colleague and i get to practice our art or not at all. with the ever increasing cost of living, many artists have been forced to either give up their calling or move to other parts of the country. this kind of loss immeasurably diminishes the creative community that makes san francisco the unique city that it is. when the economy struggled, donations suffered and our arts organizationses have taken deep cuts that have hurt the community. in addition to staff cutbacks, innumerable programs [speaker not understood]. the cultural organizations in san francisco provide tickets, class lessons and enrichment to lite

winston chung you with us in the studio to talk about why quality sleep is to critical to our health. he is medical director of inpatient psychiatry at california medical center and works at the guisal school of medicine. nice to have you here. >> thank you for having me, cheryl. >> you went to med school, you're a doctor u. probably didn't sleep at all. >> there were a lot of nights without much sleep, correct. >> but it's so important to have a good, quality sleep. sleep hygiene is the new phrase, i think. >> absolutely. very important. simply put, restful sleep is critical for our mental and physical functioning. you described some of the ways that poor sleep can impact us physically, but certainly our mind throughout the day is involved in a lot of activities, planning, organizing ourselves. when we drive behind the wheel, if we lose hours of sleep at night, that can impact our ability to function in that way, in an appropriate manner. >> it's important to just shut the brain down for a while? >> yeah. our brain is very busy during the day, and in a certain sense our brain goes in

quickly approaching and so i wanted to thank director huey for that and we also wanted to thank robert chung who hosted a dbi table on the housing expo this year, which was held on january, i am sorry, june 14th, from 11 to 3 at saint mary's cathedral, almost 1,000 people attended and many asking questions about again, the legalization of those un-law units and recommend the retrofit program and so those are important things that our staff has done. and we also, received a special thanks to dbi senior housing inspector allen davidson for his recent cooperation in having a reporter from the central city extra ride along with him, which is a tender loin newspaper ride along with him on some of his inspections of sro hotels. the important news article that has not come out yet. and we also are going to discuss more active financial manager of gale revels, and details on the budget before the board of supervisors which takes place tomorrow, regarding that dbi budget and so that is going to happen tomorrow. and one final reminder, dbi is going to host another free public workshop on monday, augus

meanwhile it was officially accused in denmark of promoting terrorist activities and this year the chung's license was finally revealed we spoke to their lawyer. we have a special independent committee on television they did mark which would issue the search if it cuts to the turks the turkish government had at three different occasions complained to this committee and each time they concluded that the coverage was just like to cover it you would fired at the big day the stews television stations so we thought that also the courts. would respect the freedom of expression the freedom of press the freedom of information but it did occur and we asked me to comment on the leaks about the deal to appoint rasmussen their press officer told us to talk to the danish judicial authorities insisting that the courts were fully independent of every journalist lawyer and former m.p. bjorn almqvist questions that claim there were some conflicts of political character between the bar and turkey joe di the states intervened because a light very broad stroke of the danish prime minister to become the six ze

they have been called big alma and mom chung. the project is the extension of the t third street line taking passengers underground through union square. officials say this was needed the buses on stockton street run nearly to capacity. >> for the next generation, for all growth coming to san francisco, particularly east side, where the t third line runs. >> the project has taken a toll on businesses the dust turned customers away. >> very much. up 50%. yes. you ask anyone. you know? this is 11:00. it's packed. >> t line will open in 2019. final phase is being studied and would reach fisherman's wharf. >> the cost of this project is $1.6 million. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> and thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00. >> the news at 5:00 begins right now. >> three seconds of hell, basically. >> a student talks about a fire that nearly killed him. >> a smoky grass fire erupts. what is at risk in the hours it took to fight the fire. >> congrats for making team usa. >> get them in brazil. >> wando is chris wandolowski. we're

they've been called big alma and mom chung the project is the extension of the tee 3 ready street linethat will take passengers underground through union square, chinatown and north beach. officials say it was needed. buses run nearly to capacity. >> these have to be working together so that people can live here, work here. and get to their jobs correctly i look forward to completing this project. >> stations should be up and running by 2019. this is video of a cutter head breaking through dirt and rock, reaching what will be the end of the underground line in north beach. >> these have excavated through dirt, soil, rock. >> that would be 543,000 barrels of oil. it's taken a toll on businesses near union square. mocha is a popular restaurant in stockton. new noise, and dust turned customers away. >> there are a lot of tourists going on another side now. nobody on this side, as you can see. >> it's affecting everybody's business. it's putting people out of business. >> the cost of this extension is $1.6 billion. the final phase is being studied it would reach fisherman's wharf. >> polic

they've been called big alma and mom chung the project is the extension of the tee 3 ready street line will take passengers underground through union square, chinatown and north beach. officials say it was needed. buses run nearly to capacity. >> these have to be working together so that people can live here, work here. and get to their jobs correctly i look forward to completing this project. >> stations should be up and running by 2019. this is video of a cutter head breaking through dirt and rock, reaching what will be the end of the underground line in north beach. >> these have excavated through dirt, soil, rock. >> that would be 543,000 barrels of oil. it's taken a toll on businesses near union square. mocha is a popular restaurant in stockton. new noise, and dust turned customers away. >> there are a lot of tourists going on another side now. nobody on this side, as you can see. >> it's affecting everybody's business. it's putting people out of business. >> the cost of this extension is $1.6 billion. the final phase is being studied it would reach fisherman's wharf. >> police ar

. >> when we return a special performance from our musical guest, wang chung >>> it'sy a bird. it's a plane. it is an entrepreneur. business lady tina ross eisenberg says all people can answer this question immediately. you bench? no, actually it is tbru a super hero -- if you were a super hero what would your super power be? >> "red eye" debate, live from the" red eye" debate center. >> welcome to starling city. i'm tv's andy levy. i am sick, leave me alone. eisenberg started businesses and when she is not dhoog -- she asks other entrepreneurs what is your super power? most have quick answers like curiosity and doggedness. theres would be news. yeah. knowing your super power is important because -- who cares. let's talk to our guests. when i first saw the story i thought they were asking these people what would you pick? what would your super power be 1234* speed, flight? >> that is a better question. these are not super powers. >> it is a what is your strength. >> it is stupid. let's talk about what would your super power be some. >> comedy. >> but if you can have a super her

they have been affectionately called big al and mom chung.ject is the extension of the t.third street line that eventually take passengers underground through union square china town and north beach. city officials say the underground extension was needed. the bus on stockton street run nearly to capacity. >> all the things have to be working together so that people can live here work here and get to the jobs correctly so i look forward to working with everybody complete this project. >> station should be up and running by 2019. this is video of a cutter head slowly breaking through a wall of dirt and rock reaching what will be the end of the underground line in north beach. >> these machines excavated through 113 cubic yards of dir dirt, soil, rock. >> that would be the equivalent of more than 5 43,000 barrels of oil. but the project has taken a toll on many businesses especially those near union square. mocha a popular restaurant on maiden lane off stockton. but the noise and dust turned customers away. >> there's a lot of tourist. they go

and chow chung is an adjunct professor at the university of california at berkeley.s the founder and editor-in- chief of china digital times, a bilingual china news website. louisa lim, let me start with you. you used the word amnesia. you have a telling story in your book about taking an image, that famous photo we saw of the man standing in front of the tank, and showing it to a bunch of university students, most of them who didn't know what it was. >> that's right, i took that picture and i took it around four beijing universities, those that have been most instrumental in the protests in 1989, and i showed it to 100 students, and i was really surprised at the level of ignorance. most of them looked at it with completely blank faces, no flicker of recognition whatsoever. people asked questions like is it kosovo, south korea? one said, looks like tiananmen square but it can't be. out of 100 students, only 15 recognized the image. that shows the chinese government enforcing amnesia on so many young people. >> brown: how important is the memory for dissidents in chin

pert is g is going tole the us if the claims are true and accurate and joining us is our friend luke chung, and you may remember him, but he told aus at the time that the whole obamacare website being unveiled you could have built a better website for about $1 million and i will never forget that quote. >> thank you for having me back. >> okay. let me put up here on the screen for the people at home, because this is a diagram showing the various locations of a, of documents of a server pointing to right here, the blackberry computer, and et cetera and this is going to go to my question for you, luke, for example, everybody is-foe used can on the hard drive crash and i have multiple e-mail accounts, and in the multiple e-mail accounts i can get all of the e-mails on the iphone and the ipad and two work computers a and home computer and my wife's computer, and any computer that i am using and why are they focussed so much on the hard drive and why do you believe they are not recoverable? >> well, it really comes down to what the policies were on preserving old data. so, yeah, maybe they lost

chung could answer this or not. ut i'm looking at platform amendment 5 e. it says if a quorum is lost or a motion to adjourn is carried before the conclusion of the conversation of the amendments filed all planks not previously considered shall be accepted as reported by the committee and included in the final report, which is published on the party website. just by way of clarification does that mean if we have not debated a particular plank and it has not even come before us as delegates, but the committee has recommended it in reviewing them before coming to the delegates, it would be part of the committee? or part of the final planks and platforms? >> and you would like a response on the chairperson or from the committee chair? >> it seems that could mean that if we adjourn prior to addressing these planchingse -- >> i'm going to ask the chair to the rules committee to return to the microphone. >> thank you. >> thank you. the intent of this rule e under the section on platform is that should we lose a quorum, maybe even before the platform discussion, t