i'm extremely proud to be heading up this very complicated city. [laughter] one that does not let me sleep very much, but certainly it -- i have said this in many cases, just literally these eight weeks i have fallen in love with this city even deeper because it is such a wonderful place to be. every community i visit, every corridor that we walk together, it fascinates me house on many other people who live and work here -- but even those who don't -- just love this city and they do what they can to make sure that it is running well. it is very natural that as i am thrust with the responsibility of being mayor, that i look for talent, and i think a lot of the talent is with the women of san francisco. [applause] it has been my pleasure, of course, to have been an employee of this wonderful government some 22 years now. but to take you back, i had the pleasure of serving another mayor some years ago, one who taught me a lot of things. one of the things that i recall back in the late 1990's, the early 2000 tossed it was when i was the director of pub

city streets. this is a prescription for complication. >> it became clear unless there was one catalyst organization that took it on as a challenge, it wouldn't happen and we did that and for people to advocate. and the project has a structural rating of 2 out of 100. >> you can see the rusting reinforcing in the concrete when you look at the edges now. the deck has steel reinforcing that's corroded and lost 2/3's of its strength. >> this was accelerated in 1989 when the earthquake hit and cal came in and strengthened but can't bring to standards. to fix this road will cost more than to replace. and for the last 18 years, we have been working on a design to replace the road way, but to do in a way that makes it appropriate to be in a national park and not army post. >> i would say it's one of the most ugly structure, and it's a barrier between the mar sh and presidio. and this is a place and i brought my dogs and grandchildren and had a picnic lunch and it was memorable to use them when we come here. what would it look like when the design and development is completed. and we are not sure we want an

city. this is a very complicated topic. we do not want to make it seem like it is an easy decision for an easy turn key thing we're looking at. throughout the process, we have tried to balance privatism with innovation, thinking about the next big idea in voting systems, and also want to keep incremental progress in front of us. we can always be looking for ways to improve our system. we studied by topic areas. i should mention i have some hard copies here if you do not have one in front of you or anyone else who is interested here today. the election records and post- election audit procedures. auditing. balloting systems and services. security, right choice voting, and acquisition strategies. basically the models for acquiring. our report contains about 50 individual recommendations. i do not think today's meeting is the place to go through all of them individually, but i want you to be aware that they span across those five topic areas. some of them are granular. some of them are pretty major. but we kept in mind we want

complicated by years of civil war. >> a visiting mogadishu, it is best to be prepared. city thating into a has forgotten the meaning of safety. in the front lines, we find the famine's latest fugitive. tens of thousands of come here seeking food and hoping for security. they are in bad shape. the familiar images are shocking. they're both fighting for life. all of the mothers have fled from territory controlled by the islamist group. the militants killed her son. they tied him up and then they shot him, he said because he was carrying a bag of food aid and they said it came from the infidels. the world is getting the supplies, soup kitchens in every district. it is not hear that the famine will be defeated. this is an almost impossibly difficult and dangerous place for foreigners to operate. you can see how much we need to operate. the real battle now is to find a way to move across the front lines and get the aid where it is needed most. >> here is one way. the food is handed over to trusted local charities that you have access throughout somalia. >> everyone knows and we'r

of a humanitarian one the situation here on the ground is very complicated and this is very close to humanitarian catastrophe because the city is now facing severe shortages of running water electricity castle and medicine people use public taps throughout the city to get some water we've seen many of them lining up with plastic cans try to do all the cross at tripoli and also they use electric generators to produce some electricity since the city's municipal services have been paralyzed series of full of garbage and people are trying to clean themselves trying to do something with that in the evening since and some are done live here usually stars in the evening in the evening they come out to the streets with brooms and trash bags but of course they say that their times are not enough to deal with this situation and many of them concerned that it will take a while for their life to get back to normal people here in tripoli also live in fear of anarchy there is no police in the city and here people are trying to deal with this situation in south of the order now here in the libyan capital is maintained by armed volunteers t

while the situation on the ground in the libyan capital is very complicated and it is very close to humanitarian catastrophe actually the city is currently facing severe shortages of running water electricity few and medicine even here a hotel where we are stayed in where most of the foreign journalists are staying we have serious problems we have bad right now there is no running water crowd hotel so people are trying to do with that they are using public taps to get some water we've been and we've seen many of them lining up with their plastic plastic cans and they use electric generators to produce some electricity and since the city's municipal services have been paralyzed that streets of the capital tripoli a full of garbage and people are also trying to cope with that themselves we've seen many of them taken out to the streets in the evening with brooms and trash bags and cleaning the streets themselves but of course they say the efforts are not enough to deal with that and many of them concerned that that will take a while for their life to get back to normal also people here believe in a fear of anarchy because there

path the situation on the ground in the libyan capital is very complicated and it is very close to humanitarian catastrophe actually the city is currently facing severe shortages of running water electricity few and madison people are trying to deal with that they are using public taps to get some water and since the city's municipal services have been paralyzed streets of the capital tripoli full of garbage and people are also trying to cope with that themselves also people here in tripoli live in fear of anarchy because there is no police in the city and people are trying to do that themselves the order it now is maintained by armed volunteers there are checkpoints throughout the. safe here in tripoli because we are receiving from time to time reports about sniper shooting that's why people are afraid to leave their houses and that's why tripoli now looks a little bit amp t. and in some districts even abandoned. or to his real financial there in tripoli for us meanwhile the pentagon says is monitoring libyan sites containing stockpiles of chemical weapons and is pledging to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands t

complicated question. i would like to get your thoughts on homelessness and what the city is doing about homelessness, what direction you think we should be headed in, a big issue in san francisco. >> homelessness is interesting. when you look at it as a sociological perspective, we have some of the people in the homeless community enjoying being on the street. others want help. i think when we also -- we need to do a better job of taking care of those mentally ill. when you are on the street and you listen to the homeless folks or you watch them interacting, you see they are a little disturbed. i think the city overall has done a good job in terms of housing and taking them off the street, providing services. mayor newsom started a private -- program connecting members of the homeless community to services, dental, vision, therapy, housing, mental health. these are things that you and i probably take for granted. we have access and resources we can leverage. this community doesn't. in the southeast part of the city, we don't have many homeless facilities. there is one that i know of, providence baptist ch

complicated by years of civil war. >> the visiting mogadishu, it is best to be prepared. we're heading into a city that has forgotten the meaning of safety. it is us against the rest. near the front lines, we find the famine's latest fugitives. tens of thousands have come here seeking food and hoping for security. they are in bad shape. the familiar image is a shocking as ever. they are fighting for life. their mothers have fled from territory controlled by the islamist group al-shahbab. she says the militants killed her son. they tied him up, then shot him, because he was carrying a bag of food aid and they said it came from the infidels. the world is getting more supplies into mogadishu now. soup kitchens are in every district. but it is not here somalia's famine must be defeated. this is an almost impossibly difficult, dangerous place for foreigners to operate. you've seen how much security it took to move around the center of mogadishu. the real battle is to find a way to move across nearby frontlines and get aid to where it is needed most. >> un food blocked by al-shahbab is handed over to lo

the relationship with other city departments or community groups because this really is our mission and our charge, in this is what we should be doing, but it is complicated. particularly in a situation. i do think it is part of the conversation around p.c.s. sets and how we either contract with other agencies or with stakeholder groups -- it is part of the conversation around puc assets. >> clearly, as we work with the trailheads, there is an organizational aspect but also a safety aspect, but inside the city, the charter gives the recreation and parks department authority, so if you really are talking about boating on the lake and fishing on the lake, where does that fit into their charge versus our charge? we will take a look at that. president vietor: particular one is land that we know, as opposed to other rec and park parcels. we look forward to hearing about that. good luck with that discussion. any question on the general managers' report? maybe we can take this one item, because we now have commissioner caen, and we know that you're interested in 525 golden gate, so we decided to put that aside to see if you have any questions on that item. commi

complicated by civil war. from mogadishu, andrew harding reports. >> this is in mogadishu. it is best to be prepared. we are heading into a city that has forgotten and meaning of safety. near the front lines, we find the famine's latest fugitives, tens of thousands who have come seeking food and helping -- hoping for security. they are in bad shape. the familiar images are as shocking as ever. twins are both fighting for life. their mothers have fled from territory controlled by the islamist group al-shahbab. she says the militants killed her son. they tied him up, then shot him, because he was carrying a bag of food aid and they said it came from the infidels. the world is getting more supplies into mogadishu now. soup kitchens are in every district. but it is not hear the famine must be defeated. this is an almost impossibly difficult, dangerous place for foreigners to operate. you can see much -- how much security we need to move around. the real battle is to find a way to move across the lines and get the aid to where it is needed most. here is one way. un food blocked by al-shabab is handed over to trusted local charities

city, and they are consistently able to do it. you could look up on the hill and see the intercontinental hotel, where the taliban recently launched a complicatedn security forces is that the helicopters that were flying overhead, and the new zealand special forces, all of them will be leaving. british and american troops will be leading some. the afghan security forces will be left facing the taliban on their own. >> thank you very much for joining us. in neighboring pakistan, a deadly attack left at least 40 people died and 85 wounded. the assault took place inside a mosque in the northwest region. a suicide bomber struck. the indian anti-corruption campaign has begun a two-week fast in the capital. thousands of supporters shower time with rose petals as he arrived. the 73-year-old activist was arrested earlier this week in an attempt to prevent the fast, prompting angry demonstrations across india. the financial markets are drawing a sigh of relief that friday is finally here. this week provided no reprieve to the volatility, which has shaken investors. there were further losses in europe. the united states, the dow jones closed down more th

that it does not take a five city tour to get folks hired who are looking for jobs, and to get employers to hire them if they have openings? >> that is a much more complicated issue, because the corporate community of this nation is holding back approximately $2.5 trillion. they're nervous about spending money. consumers are concerned about buying right now. there is so much uncertainty in the country economically, the frankly, i understand the reluctance on the part of the corporate community. but a recession is kind of like a wheelbarrow. it is going to sit still until it is pushed. the federal government has got to be the pusher. this whole day -- the day we just had about the debt ceiling and the -- debate we just had about the debt ceiling in the deficit was about the fundamental definition of the nation and its government. are we going to come to the conclusion that the government has no role to play except the military. if that is the case, america will not be america very long. the other side of the argument is that the government has the response ability to try to get the wheel barrow moving. once we can get it moving, i think things can happen. yo

city attorney has had to throw out 120 cases because of misconduct literally defines a dysfunctional police department where the officers and citizens are made vulnerable. but we, the citizens, our complicity in this if we do not demand reform. i made a difficult decision to foul a complaint about a police officer and this is the first time in my life that i have the miss. this was after a lieutenant who had defrauded myself and the city and county of san francisco in a contractual agreement the tinted to harass and intimidate me when i asked for him to meet his legal obligations. i had an additional reason to fear him, after he attacked a man outside the precinct. the enraged officer had removed a suspect from booking. and he had escorted the man from the building. he made him lie in the back of a police car, striking him in the face hands and torso, and told the other officers the man had the other officers the man had fallen down and ask for them to

complicating the investigation. bart riders avoid a commute nightmare. the change in strategy that made the latest protests so different. is san jose.. the new sin city?here police cuts are leading to a surge in prostitution. plus a small quake rattles the bay area. join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. ,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news" here's a look at today's weather. scattered thunderstorms are forming in the midwest ahead of a storm system from the northern rockies. more storms are likely for the carolinas, where a stalled front just off the coast will produce showers down into florida. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. in vermont, flooding from hurricane irene washed out roads, destroyed bridges, and stranded residents in a dozen towns. the governor says it's the worst flooding there in 100 years. >>> and the transportation system is struggling to recover from irene. nearly 14,000 airline flights were canceled. carriers say it may take days to get some stranded passengers to their destinations. >>> irene affected millions of americans, and many of them took pictures of what we've seen on tv coverage of the s

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city. iraq is a much more complicated, bigger, messier situation.re. >> you have already seen the oil price, the share price rising this morning. it is rising right now. again, it's a sign it's interesting and to work again. >> you have seen in the post soviet world, the new russia. today, 20 years later, not such a small country. big, big country. from a revolutionary standpoint, the response 20 years later to the people, for the people in terms of looking at the economy, recent numbers show they are not that happy about where things are. >> well, the question for, you know, a place that is far less stable than, you know, the soviet union -- >> depends on the place. if you are in astone ya and it's not that deep, that's one side of the picture. if you are living in the russian provinces, that's one. if you are living in wealthy moscow, it's another. the scale of the former soviet union is vast. the results of what came out of 1991 difr radically. >> we have a lot more to talk about in europe. president obama and european leaders get ready for life

complicated. if you also look at the statistics of the people that go to prison, most of them are african american. as you know, we have a health disparity in this city for our african-american population. again, we would need to make sure that no matter what ethnic group they came from, they received appropriate services. supervisor mirkarimi: what about the notion of setting public health -- first of all, we welcome the department of public health becoming a member of the reentry council. the larger question of the realignment body -- i think that is a long time coming, so that is a good thing, but it is the same population that is the predominant population in our jail system. that returns back to supervisor cohen's district and mine, to supervisor campos' district's predominantly. in the hopes of them returning hopefully rehabilitated and less likely to repeat their crimes, of us having public health programs in our district, actually the on site kind of intervention that might help folks that might be harder population to assist. >> that is certainly one of our goals. it certainly is the appropriate way to provide care. supervisor mirkarimi: tha

complications you saw there when we were in mogadishu. alhabaab has moved into mogadishu, spread out across the city, and made it difficult for humanitarian groups around the world to get the aid in. so many people have written to me online, on twitter, why in earth would they want to keep the food from the people? part of the reason is, they control so much of the south. not only have they gone to the refugee camps in kenya, but migrated into mogadishu, knowing full well the danger of mogadishu. >>etter than where they are. >> they think it's the only hope for food. al-shabaab is nervous about it, because if they move to the south al-shabaab loses its group. >> rose: it's people as a weapo. >> it's absolutely scandalous. we're talking about the children, butadults too. we're talking about 2.8 million people in the uth and the center, which are the al-shabaab areas, and none of us wanted to see these kinds of pictures, this kind of famine ever again in our world. we have to raise over a billion dollars to try to get help and support to people who are in absolutely desrate need. that what we're trying to do. >> rose: and will you be able t

. >> but it was a very complicated deal with it was a great fascination to a lot of people in the financial business. probably the first and the last time going out to park city utah fighting cfo was far more of b assessed then i was because he could not figure how it would work for february thing about it, the involvement, he knew of that esop and in his world of this deal worked, it would be anc historic consequence be he did not get how it would work so tell us about the intricacies. and were the rank and file workers shafted? [laughter] i will do that first. the people who were working at the tribune company when the deal closed worth $34 a share for the stock that they own. if you were sitting there and had stock as part of your compensation program you got $34 a share.waon nobody else would pay thatai so some did not come off so bad they bed to the way he structured was unique tors create the esop and throught a bunch of rich a maneuvers use that to buy the company as the employees were partners. and it did not have to pay taxes. to eliminate the 401(k) the return is in the stock india's looking at these expense savings and people did not understand thi

government citi group bank of america valero all of those are also among the top corporations but didn't pay a dime and why of course because of all those complex loopholes in our complicated tax laws that's right all these major companies are actually structured how their business is run based on how they can get away without paying a penny more than they have to now about of course the highly skilled lawyers who know all the complexities in the minute details and then today these companies who boast billions in profits are paying money to our federal government now we should note that there are other ways to avoid paying corporate federal taxes things like hosting overseas tax havens and in fact eighty three percent of the largest companies in america are called those overseas overseas tax agents yet another way to bend the laws and keep. dollars in their big old money vault so with more clear evidence their complicated tax law is helping our debt grow and grow the prostration obviously turns to washington the politicians who left any changes to our absurd tax code out of this new debt bill and if they couldn't or chose not to slip changes that are the biggest financial

activists in several cities report security forces firing on crowds that gathered for prayers marking the end of the ramadan fast. at least seven people were killed. >>> there's also a complicationt to push syrian strongman bashar al assad out of power, his chemical weapons. cnn correspondent chris lawrence is here to tell us more. chris, just how large is syria's stockpile of chemical weapons? >> reporter: gloria by most estimates syria has one of the largest stockpiles of chemical weapons in the world, if not the largest. whereas we were concerned about libya having maybe ten tons of mustard gas, most experts believe that syria could have upwards of thousands of tons of these chemical weapons, things such as bx and seran. these are such viral agents that even just a few drops can kill a man. seran for example was used in that 1995 attack on the tokyo subway. killed 13 people, made about 1,000 more people sick. so these are very, very vile agents. and there are a lot of them in syria. >> so chris, what's the major fear here? that president assad will use it on the protestors? or that protests are actually occurring near where the stockpiles are? >> reporter: that's it. some of