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

here in the city of san francisco that these challenges wrb certainly ones we are confronted by every day but amazing things are happening here. we have just now selected our first chinese-americanf san francisco. [applause] on the board of supervisors, 11 of us, eight of us, eight members of the board of supervisors are people of color. this is true representation. but what has laid the foundation of the great muscle that has made san francisco well known in its reputation as being forward thinking also obligates us to answering the other questions some of the chals that i remarked on especially as it concerns the african-american population in after. i'm not so sure that the numbers really have dropped to 3.%. that's a quick drop from 6.2 two years ago. but whatever the case is, that decline in population is a healthy reminder that even the most forward-thinking cities have incredible work to do. thank you, everybody, and happy black history month. >> thank you, supervisors cohen and mirkarimi. just want to announce also that thanks to the efforts of lamont bishop and others, we do have for the kinseys proclamations or certificates of recognition for shirley and bernard kinsey

kind of support from the board who made the historic vote to vote in the first chinese american mayor in the history of this cityat as part of this tradition. so i want to read a couple of things out to you here. it's worth reading. whereas 33 years ago a group of local musicians, artists and residents eager to bring the spirit of latin america and caribbean culture to san francisco, created carnaval. and ever since this celebration has been one of our city's most spectacular traditions. and whereas the san francisco carnaval is produced by the san francisco cultural arts tradition, a nonprofit that strives to make multiculturalism a -- tangible reality by uniting people in celebration with music, dance, artistry and food and these endeavors continue to be a significant contribution to the vitality of our communities. whereas the theme of this year's san francisco carnaval, live your fantasy, i think that's what i'm doing, celebrates the magic of life in the san francisco bay area and our city's legacy of acceptance, tolerance and equality for all people. and whereas california's largest annual multicultural cel

city as mayor from 1983-1987. he was the first african american mayor of charlotte. iner receiving his master's city planning from massachusetts institute of technology in 1971, he co-founded this. his legacy has been felt throughout the city for his civic leadership. he is helping the box and leading the efforts of putting on the democratic national convention. everyone welcome mayor harvey gantt. >> thank you for being here today. they told me the republicans have a few dozen people. this looks like a few thousand people here today. that is absolutely fantastic. it is great to see so many of you. yet to celebrate our 60 in the 2012 democratic national convention. most of you who know me know that i am very proud of charlottes and what it has accomplished over the years. i have been proud of this great city. let me tell you something. this is the next step to leading to more prosperous future. we are ready. we are ready to seize the opportunity and to market the queen city to the entire world. -if there is one thing that charlottes and the south does very well it is

actually planned to demolish an american city so this one says every day the obama administration gets scarier and scarier first they take over the financial institutions then private industries like. now big brother is coming to bulldoze your home. what i think is not a valid criticism is that we have to rebuild every neighborhood and we have to somehow recreate the flint of the past it's not going to happen it's not going to happen no matter what we do in shouldn't happen and so i reject their criticism that somehow by acknowledging that we should be smaller that that sounds like defeat. in the u.s. we've had this. you know antiquated notion of our manifest destiny that will simply go west and get bigger in this has allowed us i think to make the mistakes of forgetting what's left behind. the notion that bigger is better is a fallacy a false promise it's not true it comes from the american west we're expansion it's primarily it's this american obsession with growth and expansion. in the u.s. most american cities have barely one hundred years of history and the difficulty is that in many cases flint detroit bo

when an american army led by richard montgomery and benedict arnold, who was still on our site at that point, attacked the british and try to capture the city of quÉbec. and failed. it was the firstreat defeat that the americans had suffered in this war. and then use of that defeat reached philadelphia. four or five days after paine's "common sense" was published. and from the moment that the news of this military setback hit congress, many in congress began to think openly and speak openly about independence. why? because they realized that victory in this war was possible only with foreign assistance. and foreign assistance was possible only if america declared independence. france might aid america. spain might aid america, and others might as well, but if the objective was to be reconciled with great britain, there was nothing for these foreign powers. but if america became independent, britain would be weekend. they might gain american trade. they might be willing to come to the assistance of a america. and so, starting early in 1776, you can almost feel a groundswell for independence building. committees of safety called for independence. colonial assemblies passed resoluti

you, as a child, made history by becoming the first black or negro or african-american back in 1960 to integrate the schools in the city of new orleans, louisiana, and maybe for the whole country for what i know. what was it like for you as a 6-year-old child to take on this responsibility? >> well, i was just going to school that day, you know? it was a new school for me. i was attending an all-black school before that event. william friends elementary which is the name of the school that i integrated was closer to my house, but it was an all-white school. so the only thing that i was ever told about that day by my parents, ruby, you're going to go to a new school today and you better behave. that was really the extent of it. i think what people forget is that it was very hard for my parents to try and explain what i was about to venture into. >> belva: didn't you feel when you had to be escorted by marshals to get to school that something was a little different about -- >> i definitely felt like something was different. the fact that everyone in my family seemed very excited about this first day of school. because i'

americans. that is why when i came into office, i said one of the first things i want to do is introduce the said francisco city hall times, and we have done so since then. i notice that it is growing and growing in importance. next week is the death and assassination of dr. martin luther king. the principles that the practice, the compassion, the vision, the perseverance, are all those same kind of values and principles that i know are being practiced within the iranian american community today as well. whether you want to see a green iran or whether you want to help participate in the civic process in california or in your own city, this is what is very heartwarming, by us coming together on a night like this. i very much appreciate all the dedication that has been applied in making these nowruz events as special as they are. i also would like to say that we would like to have -- we like to have fun. it is really the best part of introducing what nowruz means. that is why over the last six years, we have had art shows in my office. we would have exhibits down here, supported by the mayor, and introduce it to

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city and a's four game win streak. and for first time since 2003, four american men reached a round of 16 at u.s. open.that includes marty fish with his hands full today with z.is now surpassed andy roddick as top-ranked american. and able to take the fourth, then an early break in the fifth. gave him the edge. he was eliminated in five. and top seed novack jokeavich. check out this epic first set tie breaker point. look at this, gets a great run together net. he gets a back up, gets the overhead. just an insane point. goits out. and he won the point. jokeavich would win the tie breaker cruising for next two sets for a straight set victory. there is serena williams in a round of 16. moving into her first major quarter final since missing nearly a year due to health problems. and in golf, fed yechl cup playoffs continue. 100 players cut to 70. what a fib finish ted. 18th hole. there is a miss and check out reaction to the wife of simpson. she can't believe it. and there is a now the number one fed-ex cup. >> what a day in sports. >> yes. >> the pain of golf. >> what is this edition of abc 7 news. >> tha

he was one of the first americans to enter hiroshima after the city was devastated by the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare. those experiences and his deeply held religious views had a profound influence on his belief about the use of military power. he was a lifelong foe of excessive arms buildups. he told the christian science monitor in 1982 -- quote -- "there comes a time in a nation's life when additional money spent for rockets and bombs far from strengthening national security will actually weaken national security. when there are people who are hungry and not fed, people who are cold and not clothed." mark hatfield once castigated democrats in the 1980's for not speaking up strongly enough about what he considered excessive military spending during the ronald reagan administration. he was the only senator to have voted against the vietnam war and the persian gulf war. politics wasn't his first calling. he was a college professor, then college president. in 1956 elected to the oregon state legislature where he was instrumental in passing measures banning be racial discrimin

city hall, i was watching the world series on monday. voted right down here. now receiving this awesome acknowledgement. i first must thank the french house association for native americans -- the friendship house for native americans. [applause] and for the laughter that you guys give me. i would like to thank the youth and their families. thank you a lot. as the youth workeres, this is the hot -- workers, this is

city. he was appointed to succeed mayor new some when he became lieutenant governor. of course, we're so proud to have our first asian american mayor, but he is so much more than that. so i am going to not go through his long and productive resume in public service, because i really do want to give him his time. i know use very focused on issues such as central subway, pension reform, and so many things that he counts among his priorities. he is a candidate for mayor. we wish him well in that race and continuing to do the good work for this great city. please welcome san francisco mayor, ed lee. [applause] ♪ >> good morning. how is everybody? all right, all right. well, you know, we're going to need your help. first, i want to thank all of you for being here this morning. it is my pleasure to join this group and to report to you everything that we're doing. as you can tell, i am kind of excited about this city. it is worth everything that we can possibly do to continue its success. and i want to thank all of you, because every one of you are engaging yourself in this wonderful effort to create jobs and make sure we have a sta

first. last year the group united against nuclear iran with these posters all over new york city perpetuating the idea of iran american policy needs enemies we need bad guys we need this these threats because these threats justify an expansion of military spending they justify you know the voices of the military and hawkish congressman was even more the rest of the economy is sinking the military industrial complex grows and grows and grows in other words war is good business but it may also be good business to take a closer look at the way the narrative unfolds this time around to ask when you hear the drums of war being beaten yet again if it is in fact a matter of preparedness and proconsul or if it is simply propaganda. in washington christine for sound r.t. . to get to the bottom of exactly what christine was talking about our team will actually sit down with iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad to hear from him and to speak for iran what you don't always hear in the u.s. mainstream media are key correspondent marina will speak with him tonight i will air tomorrow you will not want to miss it so pay attention to

city end 4 game win streak. well for the first time since 2003 4 american men reached 16 at the u.s. open.fish had handful today with assange. top rank american at no. 8. july out to a lead. assange able to take the fourth then early break in the fifth. right there. gives him the edge. fish limit natured 5 set. in the fifth. top seed if tested by 22-year-old. epic first set take breaker. check out the point. russian. throws autopsy lob tough in itself. no have been retaliate with a lob. gets it again. butt that back. almost gets that to good in. about won the point but tie breaker 16-14. cruise next 2 sets for a straight set win. face fellow sorbian in the quarter final. 28 seed for the women serena needed 74 minutes round 16. 3 time u.s. open champion moves into the first major quarter final since missing nearly a year day to health problems. top seed caroline came back from a set and break to advance to the quarter final against if this player. nice get here. that one is out. lasted over 3 hours. 26 unforced error. trailed 4-1 in the second but battle become to win it and rolls moving on

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--

i filed the first government lawsuit in american history for marriage equality and won a landmark ruling for lgbt civil- rights. i secured the ouster of a corrupt supervisor and punished city contractors who defrauded city taxpayers. i fought pg&e toow

i filed the first government lawsuit in american history for marriage equality and won a landmark ruling for lgbt civil- rights. i secured the ouster of a corrupt supervisor and punished city contractors who defrauded city taxpayers. i fought pg&e to lower rates to improve the live in -- reliability, and to protect public safety from dangerous gas transmission lines, and i negotiated the shutdown of the petraeus power plant, the filthiest in california -- the potrero power plant. i am proud to have been called the best city attorney in the nation. that is the leadership i will deliver as your mayor. it the view that it's as city attorney, police commission president, clinton administration appointee and business owner, my record of effective, independent leadership is unmatched. i have a plan to create jobs, fix muni, protect planners, after schools, protect the homeless, and fix our neighborhoods, but it will take strong leadership with the vision to see our full potential and a proven track record to accomplishment. i have never been afraid to stand up to powerful interests to protect regular san franciscans. i will be the mayor san francisco needs with no strings attach

throughout the city for members who have gone through the program and to bone up on and practice their skills. thank you. >> thank you, chief. yes? >> harold of the american red cross. this is her first meeting so i want to introduce meredith who is replacing aaron, who has gone to the dark side. he's now a fundraiser with the organization. >> hello. >> happy to have you on the team. >> is representative bart here? >> yes. >> ok, so i wanted to welcome mark lewis, member of the disaster council. if you'd like to introduce yourself. >> good afternoon. i'm the deputy chief of r.p.d. >> we're thrilled to have you. thank you for coming. thank you. other comments from disaster council mexico? any announcements? -- council members? any announcements? ok, how about public comments? supervisor farrell has joined us. actually quite a while ago. we were not able to introduce him at the beginning of the meeting. anything you would like to say, supervisor? supervisor farrell: i'm fine, thanks. have a good weekend. >> if there's no public comment and no further comment, this meeting is adjourned. thank you all so much for coming. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >

americans to remember the many lives taken from us, people who will never be forgotten. here's lester holt. >> reporter: for the first time since the attack, the september 11th sun rose over new york city with a permanent memorial mirroring the tears that flowed on this anniversary. >> my dad, michael babbit. >> reporter: first lady lawyer bush went as wives, husbands, parents and children, some too young to remember their moms or dads told us who they lost. >> and my father, who i never met because i was in my mom's belly. >> reporter: others told us what they lost. >> i wish my dad had been there to teach me how to drive. ask a girl out on a date, and see me graduate from high school. >> reporter: the president and mrs. obama began their visit to all three attack sites greeting the family of victims in new york. >> god is our refuge and strength. >> reporter: later the president read a biblical passage. former president bush quoted another war-time president, abraham lincoln n offering his own consolation. >> i pray that our heavenly father may assuage the anger of your bereavement and leave you only the cherish the memory of your loved and lost. ♪ >> reporter: singer james taylor pe

and first of its kind to interview intelligence chiefs in 56 major american cities, they say homegrownerrorism and attacks directed by foreign groups overseas using american citizens are perceived as a real threat by u.s. law enforcement. the homeland security secretary describes this new generation of digital jihadist who is radicalized without ever leaving the u.s.. >> increasingly savvy use of the internet, mainstream and social media and information technology by these groups as adds an additional layer of complexity to an already complex threat picture. >> reporter: after 9/11 the u.s. intelligence community believed there really needed to be this person-to-person contact, kind of the mentoring thing for someone to cross the threshold to violence but after fort hood in 2009 and this e-mail relationship between the accused shooter, major nidal hasan and the american cleric in yemen who is the public face of this new generation of recruits, al qaeda 2.0 the thinking has changed and it may be possibles for individuals to cross threshold to violence in virtual way. hear is the assessm