and the first city on the map is going to be detroit. first no city will survive unless citizens feel safe. i'm in charge. i'm ed schultz. instead of slashing public services, detroit is going to get thousands more police officers and firefighters. you know who will pay for it? the american taxpayers because we are going to reinvigorate the spirit in america this we can get it done. second thing, ruler schultz is going to do, detroit needs to make a major investment in education. every child needs an opportunity to advance. and the only way to do this is to have total commitment to education. don't shut down schools. open them back up. is it going to take money? yeah, it is. third, i have a republican idea here. this is kind of my bipartisan thing here. should detroit do this? should they give any company who relocates to the city a tax-exempt status for the next ten years? yes. the city knows how to make things. it is in the culture. manufacturing's in its dna. people of detroit will be able to reinvent manufacturing for the 21st centur

you leaders have the opportunity to help us do that and to keep this city, the first class city and our communities, but the first class communities within the city. >> thank you very much. next speaker, before you come up, i'm going to call your names from the speaker cards. >> good morning and thank you for your time. my name is yolanda kin ard. the contract that you have before you includes several community benefits. this company is planning to invest money, provide scholarships and training to our people. as one who has worked with young people for over 25 years, i believe these opportunities are needed to keep their hopes and motivation alive as they get ready for their futures. this is definitely something you should support. so we ask that you will approve this project. again, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is tonya tell son, i represent the local consultant of the firm for the digester project. i'm here to support this project which will provide the staff with stimulating work. we support this team to keep going and prov

san francisco became the first city in the nation to launch that.e walk to school day, which we have a picture here, that's every october. and we have peak-to-peak, which is a hike of 12 to 14 miles over ten peaks that is -- >> wow. >> yeah, it's a big walk, all in san francisco, but very civilized. you can have a cup of coffee any time, and we need volunteers to help with all those. here we have a sticker from walk to work day. >> this is great. if you want to sign up, it's as easy as -- >> going to walksf.org and becoming a member. >> elizabeth, thank you so much. i'm going to be signing up for that myself. >>> all right, and that is all the time we have for today. special thanks to all our guests. for more information about today's program, go to our website, abc7news.com. we're also on facebook and twitter. i'm cheryl jennings, have a great week. we'll see you next time. bye for now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com when i became the first female to win the biggest loser life focused on calorie counting, diet and exercise. and although all

the overall goal >> by the end of the year san francisco will be the first city and county in california and maybe in the country to have the department of justice information the data project that was worked out between the mayor's office and we're very happy to prevent the officers from having to go back to the stations at all unless to process arrests. and the academy 1.4 million and seismic upgrades the heart worked better in the summer and the air conditioning worked better in the winter so we'll get that swichdz >> well given san francisco climate that make sense. >> and lake merced and security fences in disrepair we've got leaks. and we're working with the controllers office to reduce fuel and maintenance costs. some of our vehicles are still in place and where it not for a vehicle inspection they wouldn't pass for the green laws. that's not okay so we're going to do what we can. one of the problems with going with a hybrid our vehicles have to be collision certified so we're working on that and trying to switch as many cars as they can and get more miles on the tank. and that co

china town development center to speak in support of the central pro-yekt and the very first meeting that i attended at city hall and the first time that i spoke at public comment. >> 13 years later it is such a pleasure to be here today. and to honor a tunnel boring machine and also to be here to honor an asian american woman. i think that it is incredibly satisfying to know that we are heading this way on this project and it feels like it is taking so long and it has taken so long. so many years of community advocacy, the thousands of meeting, and it is great to be here with some of my past colleagues and now with my current colleagues both from china town and our families collaborative and our residential association and those that i work with today from the (inaudible) to many of our south of market allies. this central subway is going to be an amazing expansion on both for the south of market and for china town, i used to ride almost every day and for those who have written, the thought for the buses know how heavily the lines are used by the youth, families and seniors. neflt over 90 percent of the re

richmond, california, is about to become the first city in the nation to attempt to use eminent domain to stop foreclosures. >>> sea level rise threatens 1400 u.s. cities. that study says at least 316 u.s. cities and towns will be mostly submerged unless pollution can be pulled from the sky. >>> topping our news this morning, new information about a powerful explosion at a florida propane plant. seven people were taken to the hospital. three of them in critical condition. the explosions began at around 11:00 p.m. at the blue rhino plant in tavares, about 40 miles northwest of orlando. >>> and it's being called the largest ever operation against child sex trafficking. more than 100 teens are safe after the fbi rescued them in a sting that spanned 76 u.s. cities. the youngest victim, just 13 years old. the fbi has taken 159 adults into custody for allegedly running that operation. >>> well, late night's jimmy fallon loves to poke fun at nbc's very own brian williams. last night, they made a mashup of the marky mark song "good vibrations." ♪ yo it's about that time ♪ to bring forth the rh

kid on the block here in the city, but i think that we take for granted the neighborhood that exists now and what it was like over 20 years ago and actually one of the first tenants that helped to transform the city wassan francisco mona and we are so glad that you took the chance to invest in the neighborhood and you helped with so many of our partners that are here today to transform it into what it is. >> it is particularly important for us to be here today to celebrate the moma for what it is and will continue to be in the future. i was dedicated to public education and i am warmed that sf mona has made an incredible announcement that it is going to be opening the museum to those that are 18 and under for free. having grown up in a different city that had so many cultural and arts institution, new york, i actually grew up going to museums as part of my life as a school child and how important that cultural experience was to my development and as we continue to cut arts in particular, in our public schools, this will be such an important part of their curriculum in their lives, so i am excited that we can welcome another tenant of the south of market h

first of all, the hatchery is one of my favorite places in the city. there is truly a bee hive of activity of the newest innovations that san francisco will be famous for. i also love the fact that just a couple of blocks from here is where our san francisco giants are moving on to the world series. but just in this room, all of you are giants and making sure that san francisco is the world champion when it comes to innovation. >>> 13 years ago, i like all of you started a company. i started in i-ti a technology company in the 1.0 world. it was a company that created technology to connect citizens better with government * . i ran it for almost nine years. and when i was elected to office four years ago, i was unfortunately more surprised than i wanted to be about how far behind san francisco government was. this was very 2008, 2009. with you i'm really proud of the leaps and bounds we have taken as a city * . i was proud in 2010 to help move forward legislation to really bring together city departments to work in a coordinated way with our committee on

>> well, it's not the first city to do this. the first city was ridgemont. the city officials decided we're going to take matters into our own hands. we're not getting any help from the federal government so we'll implement this whole strategy of imminent domain. i did a story from earlier this morning. let's take a look at that. >> it's usually bad for the homeowner to hear imminent domain. but n not in this case. they want immanent domain to save these homes from foreclosure. they have a thousand homes in the area facing foreclosure and they're not getting any help from the federal government. even though the housing market is better in other areas, not here. the city said they need to step in and help the residents. >> when you're at the local level and you see these people. you see the neighbors, the families who are suffering, the local economy can't really pick up instead of spending money in the local economy they're paying into a mortgage that is underwater. this is an option that might help us out, and in other cities as well. >> the mayor says the

san francisco one of the first cities in the united states to establish a public defenders office opened it's doors in

. >> detroit is just the first city of many dominos that will probably fall. there are several cities in the same situation that we're in. if it does it for us, everybody say why detroit and why not us? >> reporter: whatever the outcome of this bankruptcy proceeding, the ripple effect will be far and wide. unions pushing bank against the bankruptcy because they are afraid pensions might be cut. >> my husband and i have no source of income coming in because we're both retired police from the city of detroit. we would lose everything. >> reporter: no matter what happens, this case will ripple through the courts for months, if not years and could change the face of detroit for good or bad for a long, long time. for "nightly business report," i'm brian sullivan in detroit. >> and on the heels of that detroit bankruptcy today miami was accused of securities fraud from three bond offerings in 2009. they said they issued false and misleading statements and miami cannot play shell games with the finances. the city was reprimanded in 2003. >>> steven a.cohen is one of m

san francisco one of the first cities in the united states to establish a public defenders office opened it's doors in 1921. whereas gideon's promise lives on in the san francisco public defenders office which service 25,000 indigent people every year. whereas city of the san francisco joined with the public defenders and the legal aid lawyers to celebrate the right to counsel. therefore be it resolved the san francisco -- march 18th as gideon versus wayne right day as acknowledgment for the 50 years of the united states landmark decision as well as the work of the public defenders who continue to fulfill the rights. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i would like to thank the board of supervisors and the mayor's office as well. i would like to share with the public defenders. ken is here and as well as dave from the public defenders office. [ applause ] >> i'm sorry. ron from the santa clara's office. key note speaker. this came out yesterday on the anniversary. she's a contributing editor and writer at the washington magazine. her work has appeared in the nation, news day, new york t

dallas is a business-first city. and this reflects bac on the cowboys. the cowboys got dallas through integration and segregation. they're the model in dallas, texas of integration and races working together cooperatively. >> yeah. >> and there is -- they -- this franchise got dallas over the kennedy assassination. when they got good they got the rest of the country over the kennedy assassination. they sold dallas to the world. the theory of dallas created by david jacobs. he had never been to dallas. all he knew were two things, the dallas cowboys and the dallas cowboy cheerleaders. from that -- >> biggest franchise. >> in a globally popular, it all goes back to the cowboys. i'm here to give them respect. >> well ---3 c1 >> and grudging admiration from a guy from fort worth. then again, all the great sports writers that covered the cowboys, all the greats that began with came from fort worth too. >> i appreciate the hand for my idols. we have three minutes left. i have to move you to music. you wrote books about stevie ray vaughn and selena, and willie

san francisco one of the first cities in the united states to establish a public defenders office opened it's doors in 1921. whereas gideon's promise lives on in the san francisco public defenders office which service 25,000 indigent people every year. whereas city of the san francisco joined with the public defenders and the legal aid lawyers to celebrate the right to counsel. therefore be it resolved the san francisco -- march 18th as gideon versus wayne right day as acknowledgment for the 50 years of the united states landmark decision as well as the work of the public defenders who continue to fulfill the rights. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i would like to thank the

san francisco, we talk about it being a transit first city, but it does not mean a lot if transit is not very well thought out in places away from downtown. my district is where we need to create better options. all the way down to randall street, there is no accessible boarding areas for the church. there is a woman that lives in a wheelchair on santa rosa. she has to go across to glen park to get out transit. >> those new stations, those are the ones that we are going to have to depend on. >> along balboa park station, near geneva, i have been pushing hard to get ramps for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street. i want to insure the department of parking and traffic is painting lines on alemany street. beyond that, we need to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars go speeding through. sidewalks are not convenient for people. >> i am the supervisor for district 11, the debt -- the best district in san francisco. this year, we get to show how great district 11 really is. >> we are in our fifth year of major budget deficits. it is inevitable that we wil

san francisco one of the first cities in the united states to establish a public defenders office opened it's doors in 1921. whereas gideon's promise lives on in the san francisco public defenders office which service 25,000 indigent people every year. whereas city of the san francisco joined with the public defenders and the legal aid lawyers to celebrate the right to counsel. therefore be it resolved the san francisco --

it is the first city to experience a lot of the planning that went int a lot of cities. federal home loan bank board was a national program, but it was first in detroit where there really start to build the neighborhoods around these federal subsidies wch sprawled em out and also racially segregated them. >> the third highest income-tax of any mor city. yet there's no money. how can that be? >> i love to know where the money went, but better were the people went. when you pay the high income taxes, the only utility tax in the state, the highest car insurance, the highest honors insurance, the school's stink and you get no police, you know what happens to the money, they hit a mile road. the only people left the people broke paying the highest income taxes. 10 percent of the dollar is $0.10. john: both of you talk about this a mile road. the title of the movie. you were to the plan. what's the significance? >> well, it's been 8-lane highway, but it might as well be a border between tto countries. is the dividing line between detroit and the northern suburbs. things politic

it is the first city to experience a lot of the planning that went into a lot of cities. federal home loan bank board was a national program, but it was first in detroit where there really start to build the neighborhoods around these federal subsidies which sprawled them out and also racially segregated them. >> the third highest income-x of any major city. yet there's no money. how can that be? >> i love to know where the money went, but better were the people went. when you pay the high income taxes, the only utility tax in the state, the highest car insurance, the hhest honors insurance, the school's stink and you get no police, you know what happens to the money, they hit a mile road. the only people left the people broke paying the highest income taxes. 10 percent of the dollar is $0.10. john: both of you talk about this a mile road. the title of the movie. you were tohe plan. what's the significance? >> well, it's been 8-lane ghway, but it might as well be a border between tto countries. is the dividing line between detroit and the northern suburb things politically

and that's what new york city did. they firstt to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mile-long delaware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep below manhattan. the pressure built up by gravity fr

richmond is the first city in contra costa county to pass a plastic bag ban. >> mother jailed for abandoning her toddler says drugs made her do it. in an interview with abc7 news, she said she is addicted to crystal meth and has little hope of change. surveillance video showed the mother pushing a store into a bathroom gas station and came out alone. an hour later she was arrested in vallejo. she says she was high on meth and everything was a blur. >> i went there and...i forgot him there. it was not, like, i will leave my kid here. no. i was upset. i forgot him. >> she faces child endangerment charges and her son is in child protective custody. >> same-sex marriages continue today in california. the supreme court rejected another request to stop them. backers made an emergency request after the supreme court cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in california. the state supreme court has agreed to consider whether same-sex marriages should be legal state-wide or just alameda and los angeles counties where the two proposition 8 plaintiffs live. >> we have a translator who translat

now because of " significant privacy concerns. " if the funding is approved, oakland would be the first cityin the country that would have a domain awareness centered that's a combined city port project. >>anny: good morning. the timeout is 0441. watching watching wall street this morning. futures trading the positive this morning. investors are waiting for a series of major economic reports later this week. tomorrow the government will report its first estimate of u-s economic growth for the second quarter. and on friday it will publish its monthly jobs survey. here's a look at the closing numbers. the dow fell 36- points. the nasdaq fell 14 -points. the s-and-poor's 500 fell six -points. the answer investors want most is the one they're least likely to get from the federal reserve as it's meeting this week-- despite any hints the feds may drop. few investors expect the fed to telegraph its intentions on slowing its bond purchases, which have kept long-term borrowing rates low. the federal reserve might choose to clarify a separate issue-- when it may raise its key short-term rate. the fed

of the first cities to rise up against al-assad. it has seen some of the worst fighting in the two and a half year conflict in syria's opposition coalition is meeting in turkey to elect a new president. the acting leader is expected to get the job. other contenders include senior figures. the opposition has been criticized for failing to unite ahead of those peace talks in geneva. france has apologized to bolivia for refusing to allow the president's jet into its airspace. resident morality has arrived back in bolivia to a hero's welcome. several european countries expected u.s. whistleblower edward snowden was on board. south american leaders are planning an emergency meeting over the issue. this is an open provocation to the continent and on the presidency and its people. they have tried to intimidate us. i just want to say that you will never intimidate us. you are never going to scare us, because we are a people with unity and sovereignty. >> jacky rowland has more from paris. >> the diplomatic fallout over this incident involvi