i just want to talk a little bit about also let me say back to donald lu and the chinese chamber of commerce donald who is all about community to take the commerce chamber of commerce is all about community and we have to work together to make things work in this city and we have done just that. public safety partners our mayor, our policy chief of public safety we're all working together and that is why we are getting the results that we are getting. i want to talk a little bit about in detail some of what near laurie said about crime. that is no small thing. we had the lowest crime that we've had since 2017. we've gone almost two months under mayor luis administration and we had one homicide and that was before he actually was sworn in with 20 minutes after midnight. we've had one homicide for the entire year. we know that we have work to do. we know that we have challenges in a city that we believe that we will be able to tackle and keep that momentum going forward. but it starts with our officers and the commitment to police that this police department will make a difference. it will all

upon donald lu heading the chinese chamber of commerce. welcome. i'm going speak in chinese.urie, member of the board of supervisor. elected officials. acting council and council general and all member of the council for the dignitary. welcome to the start of the year of the snake. the [inaudible] in china town was a success. thouz afternooneds of logos coming together to celebrate the traditions. the events sought largest turn out since the panning demmic making a significant revival for china town. the communities resilience in preserving culture and traditions embracing the vibrancy of lunar new year. the momentum for this year celebration begin with mayor lurie celebration in china town, which set the tone for an exciting start. to the festivities the mayor recognition of china town's cultural and economic significance energizes the community. and carry in the lunar now year celebration. looking ahead, china town is preparing for the record bricking crowd. the chinese lunar new year street fair and parade. one of this year's most significant event for local merchances mor

upon donald lu heading the chinese chamber of commerce. welcome. i'm going speak in chinese.board of supervisor. elected officials. acting council and council general and all member of the council for the dignitary. welcome to the start of the year of the snake. the [inaudible] in china town was a success. thouz afternooneds of logos coming together to celebrate the traditions. the events sought largest turn out since the panning demmic making a significant revival for china town. the communities resilience in preserving culture and traditions embracing the vibrancy of lunar new year. the momentum for this year celebration begin with mayor lurie celebration in china town, which set the tone for an exciting start. to the festivities the mayor recognition of china town's cultural and economic significance energizes the community. and carry in the lunar now year celebration. looking ahead, china town is preparing for the record bricking crowd. the chinese lunar new year street fair and parade. one of this year's most significant event for local merchances more than just a celebr

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donald lu! >> thank you. i don't know where to start but happy chinese new year.as president of the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce to welcome you to this joyous celebration of the year of the snake. we garth as community to honor traditions, celebrate our culture and celebrate the opportunity of the year ahead. chinese new year is a time of unity, reflection and renewal when families come together for dinner where envelopes are exchanged a symbol of good fortune and street come alive with energy of lion and dragon dances, firework in china town last night rumbling with fireworks and also festive cheers the year of the snake represent wisdom. transformation and resilience inspire you to navigate change. over come challenges pursue success with intelligence and determination. just as the snake shed skin for growth encourage to you embrace new beginnings and move forward. in san francisco home to the world most vibrant historic china towns we take pride in our cultural heritage. our chinese new year festival and and raid launches outside of asia u night pe

donald lu! >> thank you. i don't know where to start but happy chinese new year.eat honor as president of the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce to welcome you to this joyous celebration of the year of the snake. we garth as community to honor traditions celebrate our culture and celebrate the opportunity of the year ahead. chinese new year is a time of unity, reflection and renewal when families come together for dinner where envelopes are exchanged a symbol of good fortune and street come alive with energy of lion and dragon dances firework in china town last night rumbling with fireworks and also festive cheers the year of the snake represent wisdom. transformation and resilience inspire you to navigate change. over come challenges pursue success with intelligence and determination. just as the snake shed skin for growth encourage to you embrace new beginnings and move forward. in san francisco home to the world most vibrant historic china towns we take pride in our cultural heritage. our chinese new year festival and and raid launches outside of asia u

kristie lu stout, cnn hong kong. >> now, with donald trump's tariff war now apparently focused on china, other countries are watching closely to see how far this for tat will go. cnn's richard quest sat down for an exclusive interview with french president emmanuel macron and asked him how concerned he and other european allies are about all this. >> look. >> i think it's not the. >> top priority in the current environment, given all. >> the challenges we have. we have to fix ukraine. we have the situation in middle east. we have this competition between us and china, and we have all this innovation from a.i. to clean tech as well, to deliver. honestly, i don't think it should be the top priority. nevertheless, what is the concern of president trump? and you know that we have a very good relation and we speak very regularly. he says, i'm not happy with the situation with europe because i have a trade deficit. when you look at the situation, my first question to the u.s. is the european union your first problem? no, i don't think so. your first problem is china. so you should focus on th

kristie lu stout, cnn, hong kong. >> now, with donald trump's tariff war now apparently focused on china, other countries are watching closely to see how far this for tat will go. >> cnn's richard quest sat down for an exclusive interview with french president emmanuel macron, and asked him how concerned he and other european allies are about all of this. >> i already did so, and i will did it again, and i think we should be ready to. obviously be in the room and react. but i think more than that, the european union has to be ready to deliver what we want and what we need for ourselves. >> can i suggest to you that the european union is not fit for purpose when it comes to dealing with something like president trump, who is threatening tariffs and basically saying my way or the highway? >> i think it could be the opposite. when you have direct contact and you are clear. i think the european union should not be the one to wait for the initiative of the others and just react. what we have to do is to act for ourselves and to tell our people this is our project, this is what we want. this i

. >> based on recent experience with donald trump, it's very much a bottom line issue. a transactional one. often kristie lu stout in hong kong. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> all right. we're just past 27 minutes. past the hour. here is your morning roundup. wow. a suspected gas explosion at a department store in taiwan killed at least five people, injured 20 others. it happened in a food court, construction zone on the 12th floor of that building. a united jet goes off the runway in snowy weather at saint louis airport. the plane slid onto the grass, as you can see there after landing. thankfully, no one was hurt. emergency crews met the plane, got everyone off safely. evacuation warnings are in place for parts of fire ravaged los angeles county. the scorched earth creating a high risk now for flooding and mudslides. right now, southern california is bracing for its most significant rainfall in more than a year. straight ahead on cnn this morning, secretary. pete hegseth is in brussels right now meeting with nato leaders, just one day after president trump said talks will begin soon with russia's pre

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