laughter) and they're my daughters but i want to welcome the entire delegation here to our great city hall and i know that it's very special certainly for our seoul san francisco sister city as we're open the verge of recognizing a great history milestone for our sister city relationship before i make any further remarks membrane e let me that's why that's why take this opportunity to talk about someone who was cerebral in our sisters relationship with the mayors and different cities and countries i want you to all join me for this very special moment in honoring and recognizing someone's birthday today ms. charlotte schultz (clapping.) it's been great getting older with this anywhere i can tell you i'm getting younger trying to keep up with him laura thank you, thank you (clapping) well you know choorlts served i think i'm her eight mayor she's done 40 years of service and literally known around the world in every place as literally our ambassador of the city whether culture e.r. academic business i've been lucas the mayor to have charlotte as our protocol officer. >> thank you, mayor par

. >>> starting with this -- a fixture outside of philadelphia city hall is reborn. the unveiling of dilworth park is on today and we're live with a preview. >>> a man shot in the head. a car set on fire. this morning, police are hoping evidence leads them to a killer. >>> and a live look this morning at a quiet beach avenue in cape may today is shaping up to be probably the nicest day this week. we're off to a cool start, except degrees. get out and enjoy it today before the humidity that we've seen earlier this week returns. good morning, everyone. this is "nbc10 news." i'm chris cato. let's get to bill henley. >> good morning, chris. you felt that dry air move in and yesterday cool, too. parts of the area 12 degrees cooler than yesterday. and skies are clearer in center city. we saw a few spots overnight but most of the area is clear and cool. 63 in wilmington, millville is down to 60 degrees. low 60s for pottstown, allentown, look at the pocono mountains with 53 degrees right now. we will see sunny skies and a cool one to start. 75 degrees by 9:00. by lunchtime,

dilworth park the on the west side of philadelphia's city hall is open to the public. "eyewitness news" anchor pat ciarrocchi is live at the park to show us around, pat. >> chris, it is really transformation on the west side of city hall, in fact, take a look, there has been concrete, now there is green. also over here you can see a entrance to the septa subway station beneath septa city hall. even at this hour in the early evening there are people here, experiencing dilworth park. >> this is your park dilworth park, congratulations. >> reporter: philadelphia's mayor michael nutter could in the hide his enthusiasm. >> with the ribbon cutting, and, contributed money and support, dilworth park opened to the public. >> i think something needed to be done here. there is no reason to come down here, you know but new there is a place people can gather. you've got some things to do. >> reporter: the festive mood for opening day, encouraging a playful experience for children in a street level fountain, controlled by computers. in the win the they are space will be an ice rink.

by 11:00, city hall ceremony will be taking place, 81 degrees. 2:00 p.m., 87. the high of 89 around 3:00 p.m. and 86 by 5:00 p.m. so fairly warm this afternoon. entomorrow, future trash 6 shows you how at times there will be clouds digging in. it will be more humid as the warm front gets past us. after the front gets through, there's a chance of pop-up thunderstorms. not a lot of on future tracker, but it's something to keep in mind as you roll through the afternoon and early evening tomorrow. 89 is the high today, not all that humid, but warm. tomorrow, more humid and 89 and chance of pop-up shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon or early evening. saturday, more humid, 89 degrees, saturday is the day a cold front comes through. in the afternoon and evening we're looking at a chance of showers and thunderstorms for a portion of the afternoon and early evening hours. good news on sunday, looks like we have all that rain off the coast and out of here, any morning clouds should give way to afternoon sun. humidity drops, temperatures drops, looks gorgeous for the

spirit and i'm sure he's smiling and looking at down what i love about the weddings that happen in city hall which is incredible to see so many happened in front of the harvey milk statute and i think it's says something about the city congratulations you have jason brooke and it can't be better than that. >> colleagues welcome to the board chamber and city hall i understand you'll be having a representation at the board of supervisors conferee room in 278 we're honored for your presence and thank you for your service to the country despite the military didn't have policies that reflected the policies of san francisco but given you're here it's wonderful to see you here if you change your mind consider moving to our city bus its more important to have ambassadors to our city with that, jason are you ready? >> this is in recognition of the love that's being shared and celebrated and i will always love i will always love you oh, you my darling you oh, i'll always love you. (clapping.) >> before you speak i actually forgot to introduce your spouse he continues to perform thought the local venue

that's the plaza that sits alongside city hall. today, though the city is ready to reveal the revamped building and you'll see a lot more green there. jesse gary is live there. jesse, this is a project more than two years in the making, right? >> reporter: that's right, chris. the original vision was to make it more than just a place to pass through. let's go ahead and look at the design video. the new design turns the four acre area a place for people to stay rather than pass. outdoor seating when the weather cooperates and when it's cold, a indicating rink. not everyone believes a $55 million grand vision is a good idea. considering it's a treasure all by itself. >> i don't think you need an ice skating rink or something like that to make it -- you know, make it something else really. it is -- i think people should enjoy the beauty for what it is right now. >> reporter: and right now, the view of city hall has greatly improved since the temporary fencing started to come down about an hour ago. coming up in the next 30 minutes, cou

ultimately though there will be green here at city hall. with scissors in hand mayor michael nutter cut the ribbon on dilworth park an outdoor public space on the west face of city hall. >> awesome. we see it beautiful, people are out here, enjoying themselves in this bought beautiful weather. >> reporter: project has been years and 50 million-dollar in the making. >> since the days of penn and new dilworth park is latest chapter in its great history. >> reporter: park covers more than 120,000 square feet. on such a hot hot day children were dash go through a fountain, programmed by computers, ultimately, this space will be an ice skating rink in season. >> i think it is a nation they have been working so hard and one has been able to see finished product until now. >> i mean obviously they are not finish yet but already it is nice to have this nice space a little bit of greenery, potentially one of the of the most architecturally beautiful buildings in the city. great thing they did here. >> reporter: beside upside septa opens up city hall

dillworth park on the west side of city hall is now open to the public.eyewitness news" anchor pat ciarrocchi shows us around. >> this is your park, dillworth park. congratulations. >> philadelphia mayor michael nutter couldn't hide his enthusiasm. >> all right. >> with a ribbon cutting complete with dignitaries who contributed money and support, dillworth park opened to the public. >> i think something needed to be done here just 'cause there's no reason really to come down here, you know. like now it's a place where people can gather. you got some things to do. >> ♪ >> a little culture set a festive mood for opening day encouraging a playful experience for children at a street level fountain controlled by computers. in the winter this space will become a eserine. the plaza has always been a crossroads. now with the cafe the park should encourage visitors to sit awhile. >> it's right outside of work and it doesn't look like work. it looks fun, inviting. >> dillworth park cost $55 million to build with the southwest corner still under construction. this i

. >>> it is an iconic fixture of philadelphia sky line, city hall's lit up clock tower. it is now getting a modern make over. our natasha brown gives you an exclusive behind the scenes look. >> reporter: seventeen floors above broad street inside city hall we have a rare exclusive look inside the clock to you their lights up the city sky line. scaffolding may cloud the view from here but the work to replace the clock's lighting will provide a much clearer perspective. >> each fixture has two lamps in it. we have gone through and cleaned every single fixture off which is why the clock in general has gotten brighter and then receipt tremendous fitted it with the led replacement. >> reporter: historic four clock faces are getting a modern day make over with more energy efficient lights. gone are 1930's lamps that needed to be replaced quite often. they will be replaced with led lights that are expect to last for years. >> you can imagine if there is one or two lamps that are out, way high up, you are still climbing up there, you are still spend ago this time to change those

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they wanted to tell the public that they support the rank and file officers in their battles with city hall. >> i love this city, i love the department. it's time for me to speak out. >> to watch it be taken away and destroyed, it's difficult for me personally. >> there are deep wounds here and it's hard to watch. that's our baby. that's our police department. >> you care about the job. you care about the place. >> reporter: these four former police chiefs have more than a century of experience behind them. what grade do they give the department now? >> when it comes to support from city hall, it's frankly an "f." >> reporter: and they blame it almost entirely on measure "b," the pension reform act which attempted to rein in growing costs. hundreds of cops have since quit. and the exodus continues. the chiefs agrees there needs to be fiscal reform. but at what cost. >> it's priorities, where you put the money, what you say is most important. public safety is most important. >> reporter: the officers, the chiefs say, have become the unwitting victims of measure b. >> they've been demonized i

and joins you live now from city hall with -- and joins us live from city hall with the message thatwill be taking to the mayor. >> reporter: this is an unprecedented move in the department's history. basically, it is a vote -- it's not a vote of no-confidence but it's a step possibly in the direction. the firefighters a lost faith in joanne hayes-white. they spell it out in a letter to ed lee. they express a crisis and confidence in leadership and direction of the san francisco fire department. we understand that letter will be delivered to city hall today. >> the people of san francisco pay the fire chief over $300,000 a year. i think we're entitled to expect at least a minimum level of service and safety. leadership is a privilege earned with promise and kept with success. today i'm not confident that our fire department's leadership has either. >> reporter: this comes on the heels of this supervisor's vote of no confidence. firefighters are frustrated by the department's poor ambulance response time. the chief's office issued a press release dead with hayes- white saying -- relea

at city hall i'm pleased to talk about governor's law under this law the drivers must maintain 3 photo when passing bicyclists if the motorist can't she or he must slow to a prudent speed and pass only when safe thank you to sandra and governor jerry brown and the treasure island management legal entity for the transportation authority that was a protected measure to firewall our prop k from the future operations of the new item ma we want to thank tom assemblyman for this initiative locally over the summer i was able to tour the yerba buena gardens island that is making progress together with our chief deputy i learned and experienced in a construction managers and contractors are keeping this on schedule and within budget under difficult conditions i want to recommend colleagues you take a tour of the construction site it is remarkable what is being done in anaconda fined spice which we and the entities including the navy is preceding as well as of the hard work we're seeing d b participation in the project and the cooperation is preceding with caltrain and the treasure island author

. >>> and a new look and a new name to an old tracks at city hall. we are looking live at dilworth park, it is the grand opening in just a few hours away, what a change. >> something good, we went by there yesterday, it looks fantastic. >> ice skating rink for winter. >> it will be really nice. winter, wow, sorry. >> i didn't mean to say that, lovely today. >> but a taste of fall. >> good morning, don't say winter just yet. nobody is ready to talk about winter just yet but it would be nice to get cooling in here. this is speaksed to be september. the first week of school for many kids but feels like the middle of summer still with temperatures near 90 degrees. got news today we are looking at lots of sunshine. here's a glimpse of storm scan three which shows a dome of high pressure overhead. that means cheer skies, keeping any storms suppressedded down around norfolk and further south. that means sunshine today and it will be another worm one. we will look at the seven day forecast and i will tell but cooling that does creep into the the forecast, in

we talked to critics here at city hall today and they said that this really does nothing to change a policy they feel is misguided and dangerous. drag queens are a tradition in san francisco but some say facebook is making them disappear. >> i have been edwina for 20 years and i have facebook telling me i do not exist. they are basically wiping you out of existence. >> reporter: she and others say about a week ago facebook began insisting everyone use legal names to access their accounts. supervisor david campos and members of the lgbt community arrived at facebook for a meeting this morning but came away disappointed. >> at a minimum if we are going to work together on this, we want an acknowledgment that this policy is misguided in that it is harming people. >> reporter: even though drag queens started this protest, they say they made it clear to facebook they aren't the only ones with safety and privacy concerns. >> we talked about abused women. we talked about bullied teens. we talked about transgender issues. we talked about people, a million different people who use facebook wi

do not be alarmed if you hear gunshots or see smoke coming from city hall or the s.w.a.t. command vehicle on santa clara street. this is the first time police will train inside city hall. >>> albuquerque man die -- died on the southwest night and the wife things because of his hairy chest. he suffered a massive heart attack and a physical therapist and a nurse were on board and started giving him cpr and his wife said there was a defibrillator but no one grabbed it weapon another passenger asked, they said his chest was too hairy. >> i don't expect the airlines or the flight attendants to be nurses or doctors. nowhere close. but...in that kind of a circumstance the first thing she they hud do is get that hooked up. >> they did shave the chest but by then it was too late. >>> two wildfires have emergencied and are threatening 250 homes in county. the fires near happy camp have combined into one big fire over the week and the flames have burned 98 square miles of forest land. the fire is only 15 percent contained and forced the of campgrounds. there is a algae warming on a n

preserving our building stock and keeping people safe when the big one hits must be a top priority at city hall today's legislation advances us towards it this goal it requires private schools in san francisco under go a seismic evaluation they've been retrofitted and this legislation is not a retrofit requirement but instead on evaluation requirement and will allow everyone to have a better understanding of the state of our private seismic safety and if any work needs to be done this will make our private sxlz for resilient and teachers and staff and children safer what was t was introduced we heard a number of concerns while the private schools have expressed the overall goal of making our schools safe they've raised aspects of the legislation. i'm sure you're aware of there is a bit of a scooper that all private schools are wealthy i didn't the numerous schools serve working class families there's concerns that some of the schools do not have access to deep pockets but some of the schools would be forced to closed as a result of seismic requirements my office began working with the mayor's o

a live look inside city hall. the president is at the podium. the bill is in response to an attack on a gay couple in center city. three suspects turned them services in. philip williams, kathryn knott and kevin harrigan are out on bail. monique braxton is live at city hall with more on the hate crime bill. what can you tell us? >> reporter: the sponsors have wrapped up a caucusing session trying to make sure they have support for the measure. they moved into council chambers. we just got our hands on the bill. it's a little crumpled because of the weather. it's co-sponsored by reynolds-brown as well as kenny. it not only adds sexual orientation to the law but provides additional penalties for those who commit the crime. today's move -- we show you video -- follows the arrest -- endangering a gay couple. all are out on bond and due back in court at the end of the month. the three were seen on videotape near the scene of the attack and identified by people who know them as well as the victims. one suffered extensive injuries. both were treated at

but first i really want to comment about our parks and our support for our parks not only in city hall, but with the voters of san francisco. you know, we fight that battle every year in city hall with our budget and we're going through it right now to make sure we prioritize our parks for our families, for our children, for our seniors, for everyone. and the voters of san francisco have done it year in and year out. and parks are for everyone. they're for young people and old people. they're for large people and small people. they're for dogs, they're for everyone that we care about here in san francisco. i see a number of seniors here today. i know one month old emma is here today. this is for everybody and my three children are playing somewhere. we lost them twice already today in the playground. but we are so lucky to have a great recreation park system here in s. let's make the commitment every neighborhood in san francisco has a lafayette park in their own neighborhood. (applause) >> and, so, for a few thank yous, i mentioned phil ginsberg. i want to thank all our other elected

we're live at dilworth park outside of city hall in center city. gary, "nbc10 news." >>> 5 before 7:00. teachers in the philadelphia school district are getting ready for the start of classes monday but they're worried about cuts that have affected supplies and personnel. nbc10's katy zachry with more on the concerns. >> reporter: teachers have been back in the classrooms students arrive on monday. classes aren't even filled yesterday however teachers tell me that the problems have begun. every school is going to have less security than it had last year. superintendent william hite talked about this when announced that schools would open on time this year with an $81 million deficit. to offset that, the district will not fill vacant police officer positions, reducing safety in all 214 schools. for teachers that means extra bodies to monitor kids in the hall and lunch during recess will not exist. many have been told by their principals to be prepared to fill in the gaps. later this more than, we're going to sit down with the district and talk about

i'm robert honda live at city hall. coming up a look at the list of city permit approvals and rejections. >>> good evening. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. tracking dangerous storms on doppler radar for tonight, also a newly issued flash flood watch along i-80. we'll tell you exactly where that is and how long these storms last in just a few minutes. >>> san jose is now in the process of deciding which pot clubs will be able to stay open for business after the city ordered all clubs to shut down in july. the city's decision on applicants so far shows a huge change in its vision for the medical marijuana landscape. robert honda joins us live at san jose city hall with more. >> reporter: janelle, if you remember, at one time there were more than 100 pot clubs in san jose, about 90 by the time the city set up its permit process. but very few are going to get approved. >> pretty tasty, just got it in today. >> reporter: officials said pot clubs were operating like the wild, wild west with no regard for city restrictions. the

we'll take you inside city hall's clock tower. plus this: >> the white house, launches a celebrity power campaign, against campus sexual assaults. i'm michael bert with more on how colleges across the nation are joining the effort. >>> then, california chrome is back in action where you can see his triumphant return this weekend. ♪ this is a woman hesitating on a life-changing decision. at university of phoenix, we know going back to school is a big decision. that's why we offer students new to college a risk-free period, so you can commit to your education with confidence. get started at phoenix.edu >> everybody out, right now. >> developing now, major security breach at the white house. cell phone video captured the moments after 42 year old omar gonzalez jumped the fence and renee cross the north lawn. we now know that gonzalez made it through the front door of the white house. president obama and his daughters just departed the south lawn on their way to camp david. the building was evacuated. the secret service says gonzalez

and when the people in my co-op walk by the city hall every day they think, well if those guys don't have to brown my grass, then why do i have to? and it is incredibly frustrating and so i just bring this to you because i hope that even though there are some places where it is not a huge amount of water savings, that you will consider taking drastic measures like letting the grass go brown because it sends a visual message to all of the residents and an important one that has been taken in sacramento and will be followed in san francisco. >> and just so that i am clear, did your... was there a letter in the file from you, a few days ago, did we get a letter from that same co-op. >> i did send an e-mail. >> i didn't get a response. so i wasn't sure if you guys got it. >> i think that we got a communication. >> i did get a response from rec and park and they said that they are using less water to irrigate the grass and i respond to that is that is great, but then put up a big sign or something that shows people that you are really making an effort because in the meantime, you see gree

. >> reporter: i can tell you this makeover is a booming success, it's a glorious day outside of city hall in center city. a festive atmosphere as the landmark get a new name and a new lease on life. with great fanfare, the former dillworth plaza on city hall's west side officially became dillworth park after two years and $50 million of remodeling it has new entrances and exits and a new park. there is skating come winter time including wifi. >> this is one of the most exciting projects that the city has seen in the last 50 years or so. >> indeed your honor, maintenance will be handled by the city districts. >> they will be here 24 hours a day with public safety and cleaning and landscaping, for folks that come to these parts five days a week -- >> i take public transportation and it's nice to see this done. >> a nice pace. looks great. >> i think this is absolutely beautiful. it is just bringing philadelphia together, all the brotherly love together? >> it's beautiful. >> the lady is right on, folks you need to come down and see it and savor it in person. live at city hall, vernon odom,

i know like for example, the city hall frontage, we utilize this space for children's activities and i have seen soccer there and stuff and i know that we just did the, and we just did the new turf and what would be toribly unfortunate is for somebody to make a decision to say okay, now we are going to let that die, even though we just rolled it out, not long ago, you know? and so i am interested in just, at least getting that data, those reports. >> thank you. >> commissioners anything else? >> thank you very much. >> so, this is still item number ten, we did call it out of order. >> i will entertain a motion. >> there is no motion, that is next week. >> so i will not entertain a motion. that is why we have vice president caen here. >> and is there... >> comment. >> is there any public comment on this item? >> i have one speaker card from friday opolisky, anybody else who is interested in commenting on this item, number ten if you would please hand donna a speaker card. >> hello friday. >> happy tuesday. >> yes, it is tuesday. >> thank you very much. for taking the time to listen to

. >> just a reminder no campaigning or electioning allowed inside of city hall. >> could we go ahead madam clerk and go ahead and vote? >> okay. >> public comment is closed. >> item number 6? >> yes. >> commissioner chiu? >> aye. >> cohen? >> aye. >> farrell? >> aye. >> tang? >> aye. >> commissioner weiner? >> aye. >> and it passes. >> the ayes. >> this item passes, and next up on the agenda is item 7, introduction of new items. >> item 7 is introduction of new items information item. and colleagues are there any questions, staff or issues that you want to introduce, and okay, anything none at this time, this item is closed and open it up for the public comment on item 7. >> item 8 is public comment. >> seeing those and no general public comment, close. and madam clerk, could you call 9. >> adjournment. >> thank you very much. this meeting is adjourned. >> good afternoon. welcome to the board of supervisors land use & economic development committee. i'm scott wiener the chairman of the committee to my right is supervisor jane kim the committee vice chair sea to my left is meaning our

again a meeting set to be here at city hall today. coming up in the next report, facebook is not the first to try this. another social media giant did try this, what happened with that effort coming up in about half an hour. live at san francisco city hall, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you, stephanie. >>> 5:07 on your wednesday morning, the opportunities have been few and far between to get rainfall, perhaps there's something there now, let's check in with rob mayeda. >> pretty excited tonight and tomorrow morning. that'll be the window of opportunity we think maybe to get showers moving into the bay area. not a lot, but it's a little something that'll help especially one of the drier months of the year which typically is the month of september. right now we have 60s out, not much wind, not much mt. way of cloud. -- in the way of clouds. that's change tomorrow afternoon. the clouds will spill in generally out of the, out of the west just in the afternoon and eventually it'll see the chances of seeing rain showers on

on the steps of city hall, supervisor david campos says he is asking the city to approve $800,000 tos treatment drug truvada. >> this is about protecting the lives of all people. >> reporter: it's a preexposure prophylaxis or prep that can reduce the risk of hiv infection by as much as 99%. this week supervisor scott wiener began using it this year. >> my hope is we'll be able to move the conversation forward, raise awareness and get people thinking about it. and remove the stigma around it. >> reporter: according to wiener, the stigma is the notion that people who use truvada will engage in unprotected sex with lots of partners. but if they're opposed to the mass distribution for a different region. >> you're supposed to take a drug every day for protection, and you don't take it perfectly, that compromises its effectiveness. >> reporter: he says wide scale distribution of truvada will increase the risk that many people will only take it occasionally. and then could become infected with a drug resistant form of the disease. >> and i think it's risky to hand it out to the masses with

live in center city outside of city hall, jesse gary, "nbc10 news." >> thank you, jesse. it cost $55 million to build nut park. that money came from city and state taxpayers. the center city district and even septa. and we should note that comcast the parent company of nbc10 is a sponsor of today's ribbon cutting event. >>> happening today, a preliminary hearing for curtis karney, a man accused of attacking a philadelphia park ranger in love park. you can see the incident was caught on tape in august. he's charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and other charges. >>> a philadelphia man is facing theft charges accused of stealing from homeowners he was paid to help. authorities say people paid vasquez but got nothing in return. >>> athletes will gather to remember 14-year-old aisling cooke who died yesterday morning who was injured in a car crash over the weekend. today the fellowship of christian athletes will pray for aisling at the school's flag pole. students honored her at the football stadium last night. cooke and other soccer players were on their way

will have serious impact on our school but we appreciate that living in earthquake country we and city hall need to prioritize disaster preparedness thank you for allowing our voices for heard and advocate for private schools a fair hopefully equal process comparable to our public schools to chief earthquake retrofits and safety standards thank you for recognizing also that the private school community is dedicated a strong contributor to san francisco's vibrator as a liveable city and for working with us to decrease the impacts of the ordinance for the sake of education that is safe and worthy ever audio students and families for all this we thank you >> thank you sister and supervisor cowen i wanted to take a moment to compliment you i've had a couple of women interim in my office it's been a maturing awarding experience culture vat the women to become leaders and look at it not only strong leaders but thought world. >> thank you sister and. >> next speaker >> good afternoon. i'm the principle at the characteristically school we've been around since 1962 i also have been part of the conve

. >> police are conducting a training session at city hall possibly involving smoke and fake gunshots starting at 8:00 this morning and will last until 4:00 p.m. with the first half of the training involving crisis negotiators and dispatchers responding to a you have length senator -- to a violent scenario. do not be alarmed if you see smoke or hear shots. this is the first time police are training inside the city hall of vallejo. >> there are new concerns of joan rivers who has been in a medically induced coma. the possible lawsuit her family is considering. >> the scandal that is rocking hollywood today. hackers release compromising photos of the big name celebreties. >> texas governor perry if hot water. again. with a disparaging tweet from his account that he says he >>> and a nude photo scandal in hollywood that have been leaked online including kate upton and jennifer lawns -- lawrence are taking action against the hackers. >> hollywood is up in arms after what could be a massive hacking attack. a user on a popular photo share ing site showed numerous "a" list celebrities if var

on their own and now we have the internet we can pull ourselves up by our boot straps and go to city hall and tweet about the results. but i talk to many journalist and blogers and one thing i talk to, for example, an established reporter in baltimore said that is a wonderful vision but i have been to city hall every day for years and there are not any blogers there. so we need to find a way to make it work and be sustainable for people. and the internet can't magically do it for us. >> host: how does it happen? >> guest: well, i think that, you know the problem is that many of the problems with the old business model, the sort of business model of legacy media haven't been altered at all with the development of these new communication panels. so that is one sort of obvious point that this wasn't being made very often in these conversations and that is yes, we have new tools, but the model of funding things hasn't changed at all. so going back to the term of people talking about the fact journalism is in a period of transformation because you don't need to go to the newspaper to get the c

. >> reporter: anytime you're building under a building, city hall that dates back to the 1870s in a city that predates the founding of the republic, well, you're going to run into problems and that's what's happened. take a look at the video. even the work to remove the temporary fencing is running behind by only about an hour. this is new video of this work. the organizers of this $55 million face-lift say in addition to the septa line and infrastructure that run underneath, there were pipes and conduit that were not on the architectural plans and of course, occupied protests all of that put the project behind schedule and overbudget by 10%. some people we talked to say that money could have been put to better use. >> they put all the money into this new modern facility, and they are having a problem with the school district. that's the problem i'm having. >> reporter: i talked to counsel president daryn block about that. and you'll hear what his comments are on that. coming up in the next 30 minutes some people say this building is already beautiful, it didn't need any beautificati