who presents the names of members of the election board to the house of people's representatives for submitted the names to the parliament. now, if we were to appoint new election board members, it would be the prime minister, which would put the names to the parliament. and what were — where were you at that particular time? i was the president of the transitional government. you were the president? yes. so you still put forward the names? yes, idid. well, i think perhaps that's the point i'm trying to get to. afterwards, the reaction we got, not just from ethiopians inside the country, but from ethiopians all around the world, whojust said, "thank you. "thank you for putting the questions to our prime minister that, had we been in the room, with you, we would have wanted to put." conversely, i think that the leaders who submit themselves to the hardtalk interrogation are sometimes, in a way, almost respected for doing that. it's those who just refuse... who want to take you on. yeah, they want to take you on, and they want to submit themselves to 24 minutes of sustained questioning

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last night a newly elected school board voted five to four to stop the building of a new $58 million new middle school. the school district has already spent over $10 million on the project. as you can see there construction has already started. and it had been approved by the prior board despite some widespread opposition from residents who said that they were worried that their school taxes would go up. >> turning no you to now to accuweather. karen rogers says it's your last chance to go outside until the spring. >> ever. [laughter] >> we have colder air coming so it really is the last day in awhile that you'll be having temperatures in the 60's. let's take a look right now at storm tracker6 live double scan. we're watching a little bit of drizzle kind of being enhanced a little bit. we see that rain that's out to the west in state college but we go in a little closer right now in south jersey in millville in cape may you're wet but also in coatesville,

virginia law says in the event of a tie, the election board will determine the winner by lot. the board of elections process involves, get this, printing out both candidates' names, cutting them into equal-sized sheets of paper, putting them into a container. the first name drawn would be declared the winner. loser could then petition for another recount. a victory for the democrat and split control of the house of delegates, a win for the republican would mean the gop maintains the majority. quite a process. >>> breaking overnight, more than a dozen people hurt when a car plowed into pedestrians outside melbourne's iconic flinders street railway station. two adults and a young child with a head injury have been taken to the hospital in serious condition. police have the driver and another person under arrest. they say the action was deliberate but aren't specifically calling it terrorism. we'll have more information as it becomes available. >> just a few days before christmas. you have to imagine around the world, high alert for those events. >>> shots fired at the dmz. south

virginia law says in the event of a tie, the election board will determine the winner by lot. the board of elections process involves printing the candidates' names on to equal-size sheets of paper, then putting them into a container. the first name drawn would be declared the winner. the loser could then petition for another recount. a victory for the democrat would split the house of delegates control. a win for the republican would mean gop remains in the majority. what an intriguing process. >> it really is. >> i want to see that live. >> you know, it's democracy. this is how democracy works. >> draw it out of a hat. >>> all right, shots fired at the dmz. south korea opens fire after soldiers from the north pursue a defector. we're live in seoul. why do people put why does your tummy go "grumbily, grumbily, grumbily"? no more questions for you! ouph, that milk in your cereal was messing with you, wasn't it? try lactaid, it's real milk without that annoying lactose. good, right? -mmm, yeah. lactaid. the milk that doesn't mess with you. before i hadburning,oting, pins-and-ne

she was elected to the board of supervisors in november 2012 and elected president of the board in 2015. she is san francisco's first female african-american mayor. it's been widely speculated she would run for mayor when ed lee's second term ended in two years. >>> 400 square miles have now been burned by the southern california wildfires, about the size of los angeles. this morning strong wind is pushing flames across four southern california counties and the biggest is the thomas fire in ventura and santa barbara county. it has burned 360 square miles. the firefighters are making progress against it. it's now 20% contained. double what it was this time yesterday. the very dry conditions and high wind could blow the fire past them again. >>> the other fires are more than 80% contained and one, the rye fire, burning your magic mountain, could be fully contained today. more than 90,000 people have been evacuated. the red cross said for many, the shock is starting to wear off and they need to deal with the difficult reality of what happened. >> we are entering the recovery phase. we are

liberia's elections board has officially certified former football star george weah is the winner. e will replace ellen johnson-sirleaf, africa's first elected female head of state. andrter: the parties carnivals have continued in the last 24 hours since the announcement of the result of the electoral commission. this is the headquarters of george weah's political party, and as you can see, people with have thronged to the place almost unendingly, all-night vigil, dancing, beginning of a new era in the country. so far things are going very well with vice president having having admitted defeat in the election. george weah has held meetings with diplomats from among them the former united nations envoy here, former nigerian president. ben: a court ruling in south africa could lead to president jacob zuma facing impeachment proceedings over the use of public funds to upgrade his home. the country's constitutional court has said that parliament failed in its duty to hold the president to account, and must now look again at whether he should be removed from office. reporter: the judge w

it is up to the board of supervisors to appoint a new mayor to serve until we can have a special election. to be clear the board does not have a to appoint had -- have to appoint a member of the board of supervisors to be mayor. it can be anyone that meets the qualifications of office. the regular election was going to be held november of 2019. that will probably be moved up to june of 2018. london breed as acting mayor, the question is who becomes the president of the board? that is also up to the board of supervisors. now, london breed had more than a year left on her term and now the board of supervisors has to pick one of their own member, someone on the board, to serve as president for the remaining year. the board of supervisors will appoint someone soon to serve as mayor and next year we will have a special election to fill that seat and the board will also pick a new president. so the board of supervisors, which is normally scheduled to meet today, although that will probably be called off, we certainly have a lot to think about moving forward. >> they do. how often has this happe

liberia's elections board has officially certified former international football star george weah asen to mr weah‘s party headquarters. the street parties and carnivals have continued in the last 2a hours since the announcement of the results by the electoral commission. this is the headquarters of george weah‘s political party and as you can see, there is an all—night vigil here, celebrating what they call the beginning of a new era for the country. so far, things have been going very well with the presidential supporters having admitted defeat in the elections. effo rts admitted defeat in the elections. efforts are going on with george wea h efforts are going on with george weah having held meetings with the diplomats, among them the un envoy here. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: paradise lost — bali's beaches are smothered by a rising tide of rubbish. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we will use money we picked up in belgium today, and then we will be in france and ag

there's a letter from our newly elected board president mark mchale in your packet. 5 didn't want to just stand here and read it, because i'm sure you can read it by yourselves. i was going to outline the outreach we did, but shannon beat me to that. the community has been very enthusiastic about this project. i've never seen people so excited. everyone is coming up to ask me how can they do more? how can they see more of the pictures? it's been a great project for us and we're really excited with the work that elaine did, the product, and just want to urge you to adopt it. thank you. >> great. thank you. >> mark riser. i'm here briefly to commend on behalf of the fund committee to commend the latest of the statements we've funded. it's an area which is contiguous to the heights statement adopted in the summer and there are others in the pipeline. insufficient condition to make these things happen are our grants. we need a commission and they need a consultant and staff needs to be available and all of these things come together and we're very grateful for that. thank you for the opp

board members. >> so you finally got elected to the board? >> i got elected to the board at my second attempt.t that stage, they started their move to attempt to get me removed from the board. >> you showed me some pamphlets, actually, flyers that were sent out literally asking -- we don't know who they came from except it said "interested neighbors" -- to have you removed. >> over that week, every single home in the community had flyers posted on their door with their propaganda. >> i mean, how did you react to that? >> dumbfounded, really. i mean, that -- that a community and the association and people who think they're supporting them would go to such efforts to harass and hassle someone who... i just had the best interest of the value of the community at heart. >> he was called a stalker, a terrorist, an illegal alien and a threat to the community. how did you find out about these, by the way? did they happen to send one to you? >> well, these were the ones that were sent to me and put in my post box. so i wondered how many thousands they'd sent out. >> they spent a lot of money on you, mi

liberia's elections board has officially certified former international football star george weah asbeen to mr weah‘s party headquarters. the street parties and carnivals have continued in the last 2a hours since the announcement of the results by the electoral commission. this is the headquarters of george weah‘s political party and as you can see, people have thronged to this place almost unendingly. they spent an all—night vigil here, dancing, celebrating what they call the beginning of a new era for this country. so far, things seem to be going very well with the vice president joseph boakai, whom george weah defeated, having admitted defeat in the elections. diplomatic efforts are going on, with george weah having held meetings with some visiting diplomats, among them the united nations envoy here, former nigerian president 0lusegun 0basanjo. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: turning turtles' fortunes — the mexican mission hoping to safeguard one endangered species. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of

to the board of supervisors in november 2012 and was elected president of theoard in 2015. >> she made a brief announcement outside san francisco general hospital early this morning. >> christien kafton has been out there for a while and you heard the statement from london breed. what do you know?

she was elected to the board of supervisors in 2012 representing district 5 and that includes the areas of fill more, western edition, haids valley, ashbury, japan town, alamo square, coal valley and inner sunset. breed was elected president of the board in 2015. >> we will keep tracking that news. we want to let you know about what's happening today. 3,000 oakland city workers are expected to be back on the job after suspending their strike. a mediator has come in to break the stalemate between the unions and the city. that means city services will resume, facilities that were shut down because of the walkout will reopen. >> i think the mediator has helped the parties in terms of reframing the issues and becoming more mentally flexible. at the same time i think the last week with no services for the city is what helped change the city tone. >> we did reach some additional agreements regarding working conditions, the nature of the mediation is still confidential. >> it's not clear how long it will take the city to clear up the backlog that was created by the strike. mediation is suppose

liberia's elections board has officially certified former international football star george weah astreet party to parties have continued in the last 2a hours since the announcement of the results of. this is the headquarters of george weah‘s political party and as you can seek people have surrounded this place unendingly. they have spent the night here dancing, celebrating in what they call the beginning of a new errorfor this in what they call the beginning of a new error for this country. things have been going very well, with the vast majority of the opposition ‘s support is having admitted defeat. celebrations have gone on, with george weah undergoing meetings with the current president. a court ruling in south africa could lead to presidentjacob zuma facing impeachment proceedings over the use of public funds to upgrade his home. the country's constitutional court has said that parliament failed in its duty to hold the president to account and must now look again at whether he should be removed from office. lebo diseko explains the court proceedings. thejudge was very, the judg

she was first elected to the board of supervisors in 2012. and re-elected in 2016. and the board of supervisors elected her as its president twice since 2015. kron 4's dan kerman has more. soti am currently the acting mayor and will assume that responsibilitysan francisco native london breed becomes san francisco's first african american woman to take charge of the citysot amos brown/ naacp sf president 10-20she's proven she can break the glass ceiling, that she can hold her own with men and this is what we need more ofnaacp san francisco president and 3rd baptist church pastor amos brown says breed is a member of his church and learned leadership skills through the naacp youth council. like ed lee, breed grew up in public housing, but says that did not serve as a roadblock to her success sotshe aspired for the stars, the heights she did not settle with mediocritybreed got her bacherlors degree from uc davis and her masters from the university of san francisco and brown thinks she has the qualities of a great leadersotshe has always had the capacity to relate to her

david, how do you think school board members should be appointed, elected, what have you? well, ultimately, i think school board members should be elected. if you really want to have local control and local accountability, that's the best way to do that. but, you know, this stage where the mayor essentially has all of the appointment power, but you're giving the city council the ability to kind of vet their appointments i think puts city council members in a precarious situation, where they're tying themselves to the success or failure of this new reform commission or this new school board without really having the ability to pick and choose who should be on that school board. >> i think the whole focus on governance is silly. >> right. >> i mean, you know, the src, the elected school board -- what is seven, nine people gonna -- what's the difference? the fact of the matter is that we're looking at a billion-dollar cumulative deficit over the next five years by transitioning from the state-controlled src to the municipally controlled school board. we've also transferred al

virginia elections board, the state board will meet tomorrow to draw a name, literally pull a name out of a hot. between republican david yancy and democrat shelly simonds. we'll have updates here on nbc news4. >>> everyone is talking about meghan markle at the annual church service. she showed off and kate, queen elizabeth acknowledged her by welcoming new members of the ral 60th anniversary. >>> so the big day as come and gone, and no doubt you have a gift you don't need, gifts wind up in a drawer or garage to be for every forgotten. chris has more on your christmas clutter. >> reporter: as joyful as opening christmas presents can be, there is also the reality some of it is going to end up like the other staff. cluttering your already cluttered household. >> i stress out. i mean, you look around your house and you see all this stuff, and you are like what am i going to do with it. >> i'm not handling it very well right now. i think i'm add to go the clutter. >> reporter: adding to the clutter, especially around christmas, has become a real concern. >> we are really drowning in stuff.

she was first elected to the board of superbisors in - 12, and repr >> solon don breed becomes the acting mayor of san francisco immediately. she was a native of san francisco, elected to the board of supervisors in 2012 and represents the fillmore district. in 2015 she worked to cut ambulance response times by 26%. she now becomes the first african-american woman mayor of san francisco and second female in history after dianne feinstein in the 1970s. we will have a news conference and try to bring that to you live, coming up. >> our special extended coverage will continue, straight ahead. for more on ed lee's run as mayor of san francisco, here's anne makovec. >> reporter: welcome back. we are here announcing the sudden death of mayor ed lee outside the zuckberg hospital. london breed now the appointed mayor. ed lee was appointed in january of 2011 after gavin newsom resigned to become the lieutenant governor. he won the election that year and re-elected again in 2015. he has examine outspoken about immigration and the sanctuary city movement. he was on the human rights commission, as we

she was first elected to the board of supervisors in 2012, and re-elected in 2016. (grant) and the board of supervisors has elected her as its president twice since 2015. kron 4's dan kerman is live for us tonight at san francisco city hall with more on san francisco's new mayor. san francisco's new acting mayor london breed is a san francisco native who was raised by her grandmother in public housing something that's always been and continues to be a top priority. sot london breed/acting s.f. mayor 13-23when i first became a member of the board of supervisors he asked my top three priorities and i said public housing public housing public housing, and as someone who grew up there and spent most of my life there, as did mayor lee, we bonded over that. but san francisco's new acting mayor has other priorities as wellsot amos brown/ naacp sf president 35-45she has a passion for social justice, education, community building, bringing people togethernaacp san francisco president and 3rd baptist church pastor amos brown says breed is a member of his church and learned lea

is urging russians to boycott next year's presidential vote this comes as the country's election commission board not only from running against vladimir putin of all these presidential bid was unanimously rejected by a vote of twelve to zero the commission said his conviction in a fraud case a conviction that was widely seen as retribution for is anti corruption campaigning makes him eligible he's been considering excuse me he's been considered. the most serious challenger to putin's bid for a fourth term in office. just moments after the election commission's decision to reject his presidential bid vuln a release to message criticizing the decision take a listen when we announce a boycott of the election and. the way they want to carry out the vote is not a real election it will feature only putin and the candidates he has personally selected the ones who don't pose any threat to him they haven't campaigned and they will not campaign is better to move them all it's taken out of moscow where he wus and when sure one has been following the story for us emily quite a setback here form of all me he'

russia's election board, the anti-putin critic calling on supporters to boycott the election. putin is expected to win in march. >>> a suicide bomber killed six in kabul early monday. isis is claiming responsibility for the attack. that claim has not been verified by nbc news. and now back to "as it happened." >>> bob mueller has issued first indictments in the russia probe, with one former trump campaign adviser pleading guilty to lying about russia. trump's lawyers saying mueller interviewing white house staff members and president won't try to influence any charges mueller files. >> he would be sad for them as a friend and former colleague if process results in punishment or indictments, but to the extent that that happens, that's beyond his control. and obviously, he is not trying to influence that in any way. >> joining me former assistant fbi director, appointed by mule tore the criminal division and ned price from the cia back with me. ron, in an investigation like this, which is clearly rolling and the indictments do not signal the end, how does what happened today hel

senate candidate roy moore is still, still not conceding to his opponent, even after the state election board officially declared democrat doug jones to be the winner of the special election. moore, who is set to be sworn in as alabama's next senator next year, filed a last-minute -- jones is set to be sworn in, moore filed a last-minute legal complaint arguing voter fraud causing him to lose the race. the alabama secretary of state dismissed the claims. moore has until tomorrow afternoon to ask for a recount on his own dime. >>> and it turns out this year, a ton of people have been talking about bitcoin. it was one of the most searched words on google in 2017. and this cyber currency has real world implications. just last week, a 27-year-old woman was accused of laundering more than 85,000 dollars to help isis using bitcoin and other crypto currencies. how does this help isis help fund their plans? start off with the quick definition, explain what it is in two sentences. >> it is software maintained by thousands of the so-called bitcoin miners all over the world on thousands of different com

there's a story this week that state election boards are going to have to wait up to nine months almoston to have dhs scanner systems but their most exhaustive security screening. and of think the administration is taking seriously preventing it from happening in the future because it gets clouded with this issue of collusion that they see as unfair and we should also be doing more. i think 2018 at 2020, they need to focus on that. >> our elections are part of our critical infrastructure and they should be defended. we should also keep it in context. the russians spent $54 on facebook ads in wisconsin. that's neglecting wisconsin even worse than hillary clinton did. so donald trump one this election because he tapped into real emotions and that's a lesson that should be learned from this and we can overflow the russia angle. >> dana: i will write that down as best quote of 2017 right here on "fox news sunday." time for a quick break. when we return, 2017 was a year of natural disasters from deadly fires in the west to hurricanes. we will check in on those recovery efforts with the panel

republican alabama secretary of state jon merrill was undeterred at 2:10 eastern this afternoon the election boardertified doug jones as the official winner of the election. i am looking forward to going to work for the people of alabama in the new year. i will be an independent voice and work to find common ground with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and fight to make our country a better place of all. jones is to be sworn in by vice president mike pence next week. despite all of that, roy moore still refuses to concede. in a statement he says i have stood for the truth about god and the constitution. i have no regrets. to god be the glory. for more i'm joined by kyle whitmeyer. and the former republican congressman from florida, dave jolly. kyle on the ground in alabama, let me start with you. there wasn't much -- there didn't seem to be anything of these claims of election fraud. election officials, republicans dismissed them out of hand. the election is over as far as they're concerned. i'm curious about the politics in alabama. he was able to win an election. he's refusing to concede

she was first elected to the board of supervisors in 2012, and re- elected in 2016. nd the board of supervisors has elected her as its president twice since 2015. kron 4's dan kerman is at san francisco city hall with more on san francisco's new mayor. soti am currently the acting mayor and will assume that responsibilitysan francisco native london breed becomes san francisco's first african american woman to take charge of the citysot amos brown/ naacp sf president 10-20she's proven she can break the glass ceiling, that she can hold her own with men and this is what we need more ofnaacp san francisco president and 3rd baptist church pastor amos brown says breed is a member of his church and learned leadership skills through the naacp youth council. like ed lee, breed grew up in public housing, but says that did not serve as a roadblock to her success sotshe aspired for the stars, the heights she did not settle with mediocritybreed got her bacherlors degree from uc davis and her masters from the university of san francisco and brown thinks she has the qualities of a g

she was elected to the board of supervisors in 2012 representing district 5. , western addition, hayes valley, lower haight, haight-ashbury, north of panhandle, cole valley and inner sunset aware i can't say. precede was elected president of the board in 2015. as you heard jessica mention a few minutes ago the last san francisco mayor to die in office was george moscone, he along with supervisor harvey milk were assassinated at city hall. that was november of 1978. of course the killer former supervisor dan white. dianne feinstein who was president of the board of supervisors at that time made the announcement about the two men's deaths and she would take over as san francisco mayor. moscone was killed days before his 49th birthday and moscone center is our convention center downtown, it is named in his honor. >> carla, can you hear me? >> yes, i can. >> carla, what a shock this morning. >> this is a story i think just no one expected. the mayor surrounded by his friends and family last night. and now, you know, san francisco enters a new era. i think at this p

declared the winner of the november 26 election late sunday night by the government controlled election board. the opposition party and the dictatorship, as well as the organization of american dates, have called for new elections amidst reports of widespread fraud and vote rigging. a senior state official says the uss no credible evidence to dispute'hernandezs bigotry. across honduras, protests continue against what many are calling the electoral coup. there are reports the military has assassinated and being protesters, including attacking protesters in the hospital, shooting tear gas into people's homes, including where there are children and pregnant women and launching about a crackdown against afro indigenous protesters. in colombia, the united nations says more than 100 human rights activists and community leaders have been murdered this year. the united nations says most of the activists killed were afro-colombian and indigenous, and that the most dangerous regions are places where the farc has withdrawn from power, following a peace deal reached last year. community groups say land d

but i'll just put it out there, that 100 years ago this board of supervisors was a district elected board and it was because -- >> this is not general public comment. >> i'm talking about cannabis right now. the members of the board deferred to the district member and the decision making. if you're going that way, that has to sail. every member has to decide independently. >> thank you for the comments. next speaker. >> hi, good evening. i'm reading a letter from the executive director of sunset youth services. couldn't make it. i'm writing to offer support of barbary coast dispensary, we have known the owners of the establishment and seen their other site. they are both family men and san franciscans working to create a safe place for people to purchase marijuana. they have met with me previously. we found it classy and professional. it is a misrepresentation of their business and their character to imply they'll sell weed to minors or degrade the community. being fathers themselves they're committed to building communities for our youth to grow up in. we are deeply invested in the city

to the board of supervisors back in november of 2012. and was electedf the board in 2015. she is san francisco's first female african-american mayor. it had been widely speculated that she would run for mayor when ed lee's second term ended in just a couple years. at this hour of the morning, we are getting new information about mayor lee's sudden death. >> christien kafton is live at san francisco general hospital. christien, the first piece of official business by the acting mayor was notifying the city about hair lee's death. >> reporter: yeah. i'm sure a very sad piece of first business for acting mayor london breed. word came down at 2:30 this morning that mayor ed lee had died here at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital overnight. the city confirmed overnight that the mayor died at 1:11 this morning, sending out word via e-mail at 2:30 that the mayor had died and the president of the board of supervisors london breed is now the city's acting mayor. she read a statement, clearly shaken by the unexpected death of mayor lee. >> mayor edwin m. l

breaking news just in on plan to break the tie election in virginia. state board of election deciding late today tomorrow's scheduled random drawing in the newport news delegate race according to a spokesman for the house republicans outcome of the race will determine which controls the house of delegates. the disputed vote counted after republicans argue it should be included and the democrats want it thrown out to give her the win. larry: we are getting information on murder of a couple inside the home. jonathan: family member says the gunman is a know owe nazi teenager who was dating the couple teenage daughter. we are following the story closely. this sounds like the victims had been trying to keep the young man away from the daughter. >> yeah, certainly a difficult case. friends and relatives stopping by to express condolences. the 17-year-old boyfriend reposted neo nazi material on special media. >> the sign says hate has no home here. after a terrible shooting that took the lives of flickr flicked a his wife. >> the reason i'm speaking out is the nazi evil

the chairman of the virginia board of elections says the board will pick a winner by random, likely by pulling a name out of a hat. >>> olympic gymnast mikala maloney said she was sexually abused for years. now she is searing. >> reporter: in a lawsuit she accu usa jigymnastics of abuse . she wrote sex abuse started when i was 13 years old and didn't end until i left the sport. john manly represents more than 100 girls and one woman including maloney alleging sexual abuse by larry nassar. >> of course, it's a coverup. if it's not a coverup, why do you keep it quiet. >> they were willing to sacrifice being and voice to do that and that's just part of the pourhouse women's gymnastics team known as the fierce five. just last month aly raisman told of her abuse. >> what did they do to manipulate these girls so much that they're so afraid to speak up. >> usa gymnasticses put out a statement saying both sides had agreed to the confidentiality deal and they were initiated by their attorney, not usa gymnastics. >>> coming up on the "morning news," cutting jail time. we'll tell you whose prison

a newly elected school board recently voted to terminate contracts for school. a possible tax mike. the construction also would have cost the district millions. >>> the republican tax reform bill could be on president trump's desk. because of a glitch regarding rules, the house has to vote again tomorrow. opponents condemn as a give away to corporations and the weather, republicans insist the bill will benefit everyone. they say they will save money but by 2027 more than harmful will pay more than they do now. >>> federal investigators are looking into whether an engineer was distracted. they say the emergency brake was activated automatically and not by the engineer. crews worked into the evening removing train cars. witness it's ran to help victims described harrowing scene >> everybody was inside was either killed or pinned inside >> in addition to the engineer and the locomotive cab there was also a conductor learning the route. all of the the crew had to be hospitaled. three were killed and dozens injured on the maiden voyage of this newly opened train line >>> at least 12 dead

she was first elected to the board of supervisors in 2012, and re-elected in 2016. and the board of supervisors elected her as its president twice.. since 2015. kron 4's dan kerman reports from city hall ... with more on san francisco's new mayor. soti am currently the acting mayor and will assume that responsibilitysan francisco native london breed becomes san francisco's first african american woman to take charge of the citysot amos brown/ naacp sf president 10-20she's proven she can break the glass ceiling, that she can hold her own with men and this is what we need more ofnaacp san francisco president and 3rd baptist church pastor amos brown says breed is a member of his church and learned leadership skills through the naacp youth council. like ed lee, breed grew up in public housing, but says that did not serve as a roadblock to her success sotshe aspired for the stars, the heights she did not settle with mediocritybreed got her bacherlors degree from uc davis and her masters from the university of san francisco and brown thinks she has the qualities of a great

next week their names will be printed onto pieces of paper, put into a bowl, and an election board member will be pulling out that name and that person will then be declared the winner. but it may not end there. the loser has the ability to request a so, we want to know what you think of this. do you think it's a fair method to find the winner? taking a look at our nbc washington survey, most of you, 51% say that's crazy. >> new recount or new bowl. >>> by now you probably heard the news that today is the last day at news4 for our dean of washington politics. the one and only tom sherwood. he has covered this city and our region for decades, folks, and he knows politics inside and out. on a reporters notebook tom addressed a question many have wondered, would he ever run. >> for 20 something years, 30ers yahoo! people said, sherwood, why don't you run. you know the city, you know all that. you're well known. tv has given you a lot of exposure. i have thought about campaigns. i said i would not run against any incumbent because that would be against my ethic a journalist. i'm not sure i wa

non-profit organization that was founded in 1971 and we a member based organization and a member elected board and our members are very key to who we are and we have over 10,000 current members today. and our overall mission is to promote the bicycle for everyday transportation within san francisco. to that end we have a lot of different programs and as advocacy director i lead a lot of our campaign work so i'm going to just have some slides showing the kind of work that we do and i'll have photos but i'll describe what is in the photos as well. so more than anything we are known as the number one resource for street safety education. i say street safety and not only bike education because we really try to do very encompassing education for all road users and not just bicyclists. so this photo is actually a photo -- oh, that doesn't come out great -- a photo of a class that we held with chinese newcomer service center in chinatown at sacramento and stockton and they do a lot of direct service and referral service for new chinese immigrants. many of whom would bike from the country -- or the ci