grusheski: philadelphia was the first american city to develop a water system and to take on as a municipal responsibility water delivery to all of its citizens. when william penn laid out the city, he actually chose a spot of land that had a lot of groundwater. however, by 1730, 30,000 people lived within the first seven blocks of philadelphia, next to the delaware river. well, 30,000 people caused filth in the city and polluted their water sources. the groundwater was not potable. and in one year, 1/6 of the population died of yellow fever. now, they didn't know at the time that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes. but the health issue was major in that first movement to build a water system. narrator: so they set out to find the cleanest source of water. although the majority of philadelphia's water now comes from the delaware river, early engineers found that development along the waterfront was causing pollution. so their search led them to the nearby schuylkill river. philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. these technologies established engi

that's why this city is poised to become the first city in north american history with a demonstration project, a commercial project, to place, in essence, a large green power plant underneath the mouth of our golden gate bridge or the mouth of the bay below the golden gate bridge that could conceivably provide enough power for 12 1/2 percent of all the households in san francisco. 100 percent green, 100 percent renewable. they are doing smaller projects around the world from israel, just over in england, we've seen these demonstration projects. we've now got to make them more commercially viable and san francisco wants to take the lead. my great hope and expectation as a californian is to see those gas oil rigs off the coast of california completely replaced with wave energy systems which again exist around the world but aren't being taken advantage of here in the state of california as they could or should be. we have done a lot on solar. in fact, we're very proud to have taken the leadership on our solar initiative a number of years ago the public passed a $100 solar bond in san fra

she also served twice as the school board president and was the first latin american woman elected to the public office in the city and county of san francisco. >> she is the recipient of many awards, most mostly the medallion from the republic of venezuela. rosario, thank you so much for your years of service to our community. [applause] the next award started in november 1991 as a group of gay lay teenos organized to address the various needs of the community. the group met at a monthly basis at various homes until they found a regular meeting place. they established the name which is an acronym for the group which translates to association of united gays impacting latinos, latinas towered self-empowerment. it has a environment for gay and bisexual latinos. they have diverse in culture,ant spiritity. they promote health, well-being and community development that fosters positive self-identities, healthy relationships and leadership skills. it's a nonprofit organization and the largest gala teeno organization in the d--- gay latino organization in the san francisco area. let's hear it for the group. [applause] >>

that's chief maurice kemp, the department's first african-american in charge. >> like all other major cityts, it doesn't come without a struggle. i mean, we have to be conscious of the fact that we need to be diverse. >> reporter: mannix believes the current fdny test focuses too much on producing a racially diverse department and not enough on identifying the strongest candidates regardless of race. >> you're asking me to make my job more dangerous to satisfy a social engineering experiment. >> reporter: mannix doesn't officially speak for the city, but both the fire department and the mayor declined our requests for an interview. in a statement, the city said that it disagrees with the court's findings that these tests were discriminatory and intends to appeal. the city says next time it hires, the incoming class will be one-third minority, but no new firefighters have been hired in the last two years and no one knows when the city will hire again. >> i find it shocking that the fire department looks like it does today. and the city is fighting the decision and threatening appeal rather

that's chief maurice kemp, the department's first african- american in charge. >> like all of the major city departments, it doesn't come without a struggle. i mean we have to be conscious of the fact that we need to be diverse. >> reporter: mannix believes the current fdny test focuses too much on producing a racially diverse department and not enough on identifying the strongest candidates regardless of race. >> you're asking me to make my job more dangerous to satisfy a social engineering experiment. >> reporter: mannix doesn't officially speak for the city but both the fire department and the mayor declined our request for an interview. in a statement, the city said that it disagrees with the court's findings that these tests were discriminatory and intends to appeal. the city says next time it hires the incoming class will be one- third minority. but no new firefighters have been hired in the last two years. no one knows when the city will hire again. >> i find it shocking that the fire department looks like it does today. and the city is fighting the decision and threatening appeal rat

city and county of san francisco. in october 1587 the first recorded filipinos landed in what is now moro bay, california, on a spanish galyon. since that time, americansplayed a significant role in the civic, cultural and economic development of our city and whereas october is fip floe history month, recognizing that they have enriched our cull are -- country and in san francisco contributed literature, art, and dance and in world war ii countless americans of filipino ancestry accepted the call to serve in the u.s. military and fought courageously in defense of their home lap and providing support to the united states of america in the name of course freedom and democracy and whereas over two million americans identify their ancestry as flim noe american, making it the second largest asian-american community in the united states and whereas earlier this year california star leyland yi passed the bill sell -- acknowledging the importance of flill -- filipino americans in our history, now be it resolved that gavin newsome, mayor of san francisco, in recognition of the bonds between the philippines and america do hereby proclaim october, 2009 as filipin

he was the first asian-american mayor of a major u.s. cityserved in congress for 20 years. >>> a bit of silicon valley becoming history. demolition began friday on terminal c at mineta san jose international airport. the site will become a parking area for the new terminal b. it should be finished next spring. >>> panda alert. staff at a giant panda breeding base in china caring for a newborn cub rejected by its mother. the first time mother gave birth to twins early sunday morning but refused to feed one of them. the twins are sixth and seventh giant panda cubs to be born at the base this month. they sure are ugly when they're that small, aren't. >> no. >>> they call it static kill. >> coming up in the next half hour, the plan to plug up bp's oil well for good and a bay area driver slams into pedestrians, the cyclist and cars. how neighbors helped nab the suspect his relationship as well to a san francisco giants player. >>> and a court ruling is expected that could end weeks of trouble with the a.c. transit system. but then again, it could

tension between asian american community and african-american community, literally the first response had been expressed by people and came to cityhall was the dispatch of 32 police officers to walk beats and be part of community policing. the question i ask is what if we were able to see several of the offices there in advance? that would have been certainly a greater investment of preventive medicine in law enforcement to be able to channel, to vet and respond to concerns instead of reacting to concerns which seems to be mostly the way it is now. having the ability of being able to identify where these areas of note are, whether it's in the southeast sector, whether it's the polk corridor or the south of market or wherever it may be, the chief of police has complete discretion in the deployment. in legislation, this ballot ordinance gives the chief that discretion. but it will definitely rival a bit of a debate because they will say we don't have enough resources. they will say that personnel is deficient and we can't do this. and that gets to the core, i think, of the debate, a philosophy of how committed we are, i think, to c

city for the first time. of next max kaiser and stacy herbert look at how some american financier's are accused of driving the u.s. into was me that's coming up in the kaiser report right now here on our. don once again for the kaiser report i'm max kaiser and the wall street journal confirmed what we've been saying on this show for months that the flay ssion is the bogeyman yes credit collapse and money supply is throwing the world into a deflationary spiral and now the question is what's next but let's talk a little bit more about some zombies and some vampires and some walking dead people stacey herbert stacey herbert talk to us about what's going on out there well max you mentioned deflation and of course japan is the deflationary king they've had a lost decade which has gone on now for about twenty one years first headline is from there tokyo's oldest man had been dead for thirty years yes so.

the first finding was a request from the city attorney's office to come up with an assessment, how in compliance the city was with the americans with disabilities act. my understanding is because we are currently under litigation, that response will occur after the response has been made. the ada requires that we have a grievance procedure in place to address any potential this ability -- disability rights problems. we do have that grievance procedure. we did lose the dedicated position to take those complaints and work with department around the city. this of a grand jury's recommendation is to reinstate staff so there is greater support for that work half. we always appreciate more staffing, but we recognize in these tough times, the choice needs to be made on where the city is putting its resources. currently we have in turn to a are being trained by some permanent staff. we believe we are responding to complaints adequately and efficiently. it does take time away from other activities, and perhaps what the civil grand jury has been most eager to see -- it takes away from the belt region in the community in terms of what we

first time american troops are aiming to rid kandahar of insurgents and war lords. as a first step, army engineers are building a ring of 13 checkpoints to control every major road in and out of the city you can't just do it all with one checkpoint. that's why there's strategic places they are set up. >> reporter: each checkpoint is a huge and expensive project. this one cost more than a million dollars, and it takes time and money to get permission to use the land. >> you come in, you start building and then the land... the owners or the government comes in, causes a lot of headaches. >> reporter: the checkpoints are designed to keep traffic moving while making sure no guns, drugs, or insurgents get through. the searching is done by the afghan police but there's always an american soldier nearby keeping a very close eye. the afghan police are notorious for using checkpoints as toll booths where drivers are forced to pay a describe. captain john thomas and his men are here to make sure that doesn't happen. >> we got two lanes on each side. >> reporter: but they prefer to let the afghan police do most of the talking. >> they know everybody in this area, if you want something done, they

the japanese city of hiroshima is marking the 65th anniversary of the american atomic bombing, which killed around 140,000 people. for the first time, representatives of the u.s. are attending the ceremonies. the u.s. is charged -- is charging 14 people with terrorist offenses for providing money and support to the smaller-based extremist group al-shabab. standingpresident is for reelection on monday. as the for the vote, the government has been forced to issue a strongly worded statement denying any involvement in killing political opponents. the comments were in response to allegations made during a bbc investigation that his government had ordered the assassinations. our correspondent has the details. >> this man has ruled rwanda uncontested for more than a decade. he has built -- he has brought stability and rebuild a country torn by genocide. in the run up to this election, the government has been accused of crushing opposition, even ordering the assassination of rivals, and allegations the government fiercely denies. over the past few months, there has been a series of attacks on government critics at home and abroad. in

first learned of jason because of his staunch advocacy for chinatown's architectural heritage and his unwavering protection of chinese-american heritage, something that is very lacking, unfortunately, it in our city. as an architect, working on many products for the city, i was always painfully aware of the need to maintain good progress and good standing in a timely manner, approvals and a timely manner. as far as i know, there were very unforgiving deadlines that often even my clients called me and a rush and said it isn't that permit expiring? i would say, yes, you are right, i will jump on it and make sure we get our proper paperwork and applications into the process. the application of laws should not be -- should not differ from one person to another. it should be applied evenly to all people. in this case, jason bley informed me a year-and-a-half ago that he was concerned about the project early on because of the approval process, but because the project was not a hearing to its approvals. that it was forming work that was outside the scope of the approval, that it did not have a preservation architect, that short cuts were being made. i think that was his primary interest at the time. lat

american public's affection. but first iran's nuclear power plant to start up has received mixed worldwide reaction after being loaded with fuel in the city of boosh air on saturday while israel condemned the movie us said the facility poses no proliferation risk iran expert professor ali ansari believes the world wide criticism of the start up has received . criticism at the start of has received is unjustified those who look at this will realize what it is which is basically a lot will to react which is meant to fulfill some of the needs of iran and it just the requirements power requirements and i think overall in order in some ways to reassure him to defuse some of those iranian allegations that the international community or the west for that matter is against the element of iran's nuclear policy i think they should in broad terms welcome it we ought to remember of course that for instance the french have signed an agreement with the united arab emirates for the development and building of nuclear power plants then so it's not as if this is breaking the mold to speak there are other developments taking place in those reactors i think

it's a sound that was first popular before two thirds of americans were even born. so why on a summer saturday evening in new york cityd-out crowd of all ages turn out to hear music from the first era of rock'n'roll? music now known as doo wop. ♪. >> thank you. doo-wop was better than the beatles. >> i love it because the lyrics were simple, the song short and the message here. >> it's hip now. >> reporter: hip? well, some of these singers have gray in their hair and medicare cards in their pockets but the music they perform, some of them for more than half a century helped shape and reflect the generation of americans born during world war ii who came of age just after mid century, including this american. ♪ i only have eyes... > see that forehead? that's me waiting in line for a rock'n'roll show with the new york paramount in 1958. does it feel a little odd to be singing this music of young love to people who have grandchildren who are old enough to vote? i don't think any of us ever thought we'd be sitting here 50 years later. >> reporter: jay siegel is lead singer of the tokens. ♪ it worked. >> what a great job we

about 400 miles away, the first family will spend the weekend in panama city beach, florida, in an effort to convince americanourists that the coast is clear. but will the president get in the water. >> something. >> you know, i -- gotta say -- why don't we all worry about what happens -- >> panama city beach may be clear of oil but not the rest of the gulf. >> dig a hole in the beach, sandcastle, you'll get oil out. >> i went out with the professor to pensacola beach about 50 miles away from where the first family will be staying. we dug a foot or so into the sand and there we found 6 inches of oil just laying there. professor lang says just because the oil is not apparent on the surface of the sand doesn't mean that it's gone. matt gutman, abc news. >> back here in the bay area there's been a break in the investigation into the death of a german tourist in san francisco last weekend. a woman killed in the crossfire of a shoot-out as she walked with her husband in the city's theater district. as leslie brinkley explains, acting on a tip the investigation has taken police to fremont. >> i was fearful because

first and most important. for the next steps, go to knowhow2go.org. >> with my artists, eight of them are working in tehran, iran, the capital city, and one is an iranian american based in san francisco. the problem is really a collective exploration in the day and the life in tehran. it is the largest city in the middle east. for the gallery, one of the first pieces you see is one piece which is a laser-cut peace, it taken directly from the map of the city itself -- a laser-cut piece. it represents the geography of the city. it is positioned right next to another work by an artist who took a 77 taxicab runs and let the potholes and the city turns of tehran dictate how the city would be portrayed. >> [singing] >> one of the other pieces that to experience in the one-day exhibition is from another artist, a recording of state radio from tehran, and is played for four speakers. >> [speaking foreign language] . >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> the entire gallery is covered with white vinyl on white walls, really minimalist, and the kind of the merged -- of emerge as you walk through the room. >> [speak

and about 400 miles away, the first family will spend the weekend in panama city beach, florida, in an effort to convince americanrists that the coast is clear. but will the president get in the water? >> will you take a walk down? >> you know, i gotta -- why don't we all worry about what happens on saturday. i know -- >> panama city beach may be clear of oil but not the rest of the gulf. >> if you dig a hole in the beach, be a tad careful. >> a couple weeks ago i went out with the professor to pensacola beach about 50 miles from where the first family will be staying. we dug a foot or so into the sand and there we found 6 inches of oil just laying there. professor lang says just because the oil is not apparent on the surface of the sand doesn't mean that it's gone. >> back here in the bay area there's been a break in the investigation into the death of a german tourist in san francisco last weekend. a woman killed in the crossfire of a shotout as she walked with her husband in the city's feeter district. as leslie brinkley explains how acting on a tip, the investigation has taken police to fremont. >> i was fear

first and most important. for the next steps, go to knowhow2go.org. >> with my artists, eight of them are working in tehran, iran, the capital city, and one is an iranian american based in san francisco. the problem is really a collective exploration in the day and the life in tehran. it is the largest city in the middle east. for the gallery, one of the first pi y

times, you know-- "young american playwright has to go to germany to have his first work done, and not even in english"-- i think that instantly made the play producible in new york city, because six months later, it was done off-broadway in english on the same double bill and ran for four years. so i quit my job delivering telegrams for western union-- [laughter] and settled in to be a playwright. now, do you speak or write german? no. no. it's a very strange language. do you speak it? no. no. you know, the verbs are at the ends of the sentences, so you can go along, you know, for a page and a half, not knowing what anybody is talking about, and then, all of a sudden, bang, at the end, there's a verb. but you had this-- this added advantage of sitting there the first time you watched it and not being able to say-- or disadvantage-- not being able to say, "you're butchering my dialogue." you didn't have a clue, did you? well, i'd had somebody who speaks german read the translation to me, and it was good, and i knew what they were saying up there. but here's something else interesting: my first time in front of an audience-- or a play of mine in front of an audience--

first withdrawal deadline proposed but the. problems of all the soldiers remain critics appalling americans run its completion. place your bets are russian las vegas could be closer to a major city as far flung gambling's it is able to attract punters. must suicide threats religious in eastern india as they will kill themselves from don't receive government paid to ease their suffering to me and. back with more of their stories in thirty minutes time coming up they want to tease financial analyst max kaiser together with stacy.

in two hundred thirty american cities and they get seventy percent of the that's for marijuana so one of the this is simply not work this is a good point marijuana does account first sixty percent. i heard you're saying seventy percent of the drug cartels bread and butter it is the demand for marijuana that is fueling the drug cartels and the drug wars so why keep it illegal bishop allen if it is fueling the drug war is a drug that hasn't been proven to have any deadly side effects and that if we effect excuse me and that if we made legal we could tax and actually make money instead of spending the thirty billion that's been spent on the war on drugs. my first. try. i'm going to show you. just. how to. treat. should america have hardly any other truth. to the state of california so what are we trying to say sure. sure lystra. what we're saying. here cheri tries to shoot. parched down taste you want to make sense out of that please. go towards. pushers. i didn't try i did. i did. not want to start doing that shot trying to use it as a better way to look away from you from you let's talk about the idea of legalizing marijuana as a way to number one reduce the amount

the american atomic weapon dropped on hiroshima sixty five years ago playing the lives of one hundred forty thousand people for the first time ever washington sent an official ceremony in the city to sean thomas reports ground zero still isn't free from before. the hiroshima peace memorial ceremony was a significant and important event with thousands in attendance including foreign and international dignitaries from japan there was a presentation of a register of the names of the people who passed away when the bomb exploded but there were also speeches from dignitaries including the now took on who is the prime minister of japan john roos was in attendance the first time that an official representative of the united states was in attendance at the ceremony which has been going on since the year after the actual bomb exploded all except for one year in one nine hundred fifty when the occupation army disbanded the ceremony also very important is that ban ki moon who is the secretary general of the un the first time secretary general has participated in this ceremony as well he spoke about nuclear nonproliferation and said as long as that nuclear weapons exist we are under the th

city beach in florida. mike, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. the first family minus malia who is still away at camp came to florida's panhandle in part to show tourists and americans at large that it's safe to come back to the coast. but as the president's comments last night and the aftermath of those comments, he and his aides have been dealing with this controversial support for building that mosque near ground zero. even as the first couple and daughter sasha arrived this morning on the gulf coast for a weekend getaway, it is mr. obama's support last night for the construction of a mosque close to new york's ground zero that has proven controversial. >> i believe that muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower manhattan in accordance with local laws and ordinances. >> reporter: his remarks at a white house dinner honoring the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan came after white house aides said the president would not weigh in on the debate, calling it a local matter. conservatives, as well as some victims' fami

first time, an american ambassador attended. it's estimated 140,000 people died. three days later, the u.s. bombed nagasaki. japan >>> racked up a victory in court. a lift on the city'sicycle plan that will add 45 miles of bike lanes. some of the streets effected will be -- the coalition reports a 53% increase in cyclists in the city over the past 4 years. >>> straight ahead, concerns about noise when crews dig for the tunnel and the drilling hasn't even started. >>> will there with a warmup for the weekend? back with the complete bay area forecast. now that bp plugged the well, authorities are treating the site as a possible crime scene. they have opened a criminal investigation. the u.s. coast guard is seeking the cause of the oil rig blast that killed 11 people. bp and transocean have said they will raise some of the wreckage if it can be done without causing more damage to the oil well. >>> other developments today bp said it might drill again someday for oil in the same reservoir that the exploded rig was tapping. the spot is believed to old more than $4 billion worth of crude. it's likely not to sit well with gulf coast residents. also bp announced its chief op

first time, an american ambassador attended. it's estimated 140,000 people died. three days later, the u.s. bombed nagasaki. japan >>> racked up a victory in court. a lift on the city'scycle plan that will add 45 miles of bike lanes. some of the streets effected will be -- the coalition reports a 53% increase in cyclists in the city over the past 4 years. >>> straight ahead, concerns about noise when crews dig for the tunnel and the drilling hasn't even started. >>> will there with a warmup for the we now that bp plugged the well, authorities are treating the site as a possible crime scene. they have opened a criminal investigation. the u.s. coast guard is seeking the cause of the oil rig blast that killed 11 people. bp and transocean have said they will raise some of the wreckage if it can be done without causing more damage to the oil well. >>> other developments today bp said it might drill again someday for oil in the same reservoir that the exploded rig was tapping. the spot is believed to old more than $4 billion worth of crude. it's likely not to sit well with gulf coast residents. also bp announced its chief operating officer. he had been in charge of bp's re

first amendment, they are not entitled to impose that view on other people. >> oakland city councilwoman rebecca kaplan, who opposes prop 8, says same-sex marriage is not an attack on american families. >> the court has made clear, gay people are not the cause of the suffering of straight families that are having rising divorce rates, rising abuse rates, rising rates of people losing their homes. >> it could be more than a year before the case is actually heard by an appeals court. >>> elena kagan will be sworn in tomorrow as the next united states supreme court justice. today kagan will be at the white house for a celebration of yesterday's senate vote to confirm her. five republicans joined all but one democrat to support kagan. kagan will be the nation's 112th justice and the fourth woman to serve on the court. she will replace retired justice john paul stevens when the court begins its new term october 1. >>> today, they are waiting for cement to dry in the broken oil well in the gulf of mexico. the cement was pumped on top of heavy mud that sealed the well earlier this week. that process is called, static kill. the next step is the bottom kill. that's when crews will p

first here is dr. angelou. >> when land became water and water begin to think it was god, consuming lives here, leaving lives there, swallowing buildings, devouring cities, intoxicated with its power, mighty power and the american powerful it enables us and lifts us high above the problems which beset us. it can, in fact, evict fear. it can rest despair from its lodging. simply put, the idea is, yes, i can. i am an american and, yes, i can. i can overcome. the one time slave says i have proved and am proving that i can overcome slavery. the one-time slave owner says i have proved and i am proving that i can overcome slavery. the north then say i have proved and am still proving that i can overcome the civil war. the south can say i have proved and i am still proving that i can overcome the civil war. with crime rampant in our streets, the americans can say our masses have not turned into masses of criminals. even with blissful peace, americans can say we have not been lulled into a contented laziness. the song that was so needed 100 years ago when it was written, so needed 50 years ago when it was used in the civil rights movement is of great use to us these days while we are still reeling from the onslaught of

city? guest: it is a 27-hour trip. theres was criticism that the president and first lady were urging other americans yet planning their own family vacations to north carolina earlier this spring and maine, and spain, and this weekend to martha's vinyard. host: saturday following the president's remarks friday evening at the white house just two blocks from ground zero, a clarification of the remarks but the president saying that freedom of religion is fundamental to our constitution. there is an issue about what the president said friday night versus what he said yesterday. what the white house says is that the president cannot walk back any of his remarks. he meant to say he supports the right right of any religious group to build a place of worship and that the american people have to respect that right. he said he wouldn't comment specifically on whether this group in new york should building a mosesing on ground zero. >> we will talk more about it on "news makers." let's look at this photograph from inside the the new york daily news saying they did not meet the press for the gulf dip. does that fly with locals? g