keep an eye out for francois' emblem, the salamander. francois grew up in the amboise chateau in the early 1500s, heir to the throne. magnificent jousts, festivals, and masquerades filled his days until the young prince went off to battle for an ancestral claim in italy. pierre brantome, chronicler of the times, described the prince as "young and gallant, "affable, full of grace and majesty, so much that everyone began to love him." francois returned from italy passionate about the ideas and art of the italian renaissance, and he brought with him the renaissance giant leonardo davinci. davinci lived his last few years in francois' manor house in amboise, le clos luce. here he designed flying machines and worked on francois' plans for new castles. today, davinci's house is a museum with models of his designs. during his reign, francois moved from chateau to chateau. some 18,000 courtiers followed him on horseback. he brought all his gold and silver, his tapestries and furniture with him. francois liked to hunt, so he built a little huntin

here along terry francois boulevard and adjoining streets. i will show you an image of those. so it is the area curb to curb, including sidewalks, roadways, st. my. -- roadway, streetway. the third of the items is the acceptance of storm water pump station 6, which is in he cost - whic s egnerl vcnit of th area i just talked about. i will show you an image of the pump station and infrastructure. that is one image of the pump station. last time i was here, you approve acceptance of park p18, a little green area here. you are not accepting the infrastructure associated with the building -- now accepting the infrastructure associated with the building, the storm water pump, and the building below it. chairperson maxwell: that is part of the storm water conservation, that little green part? >> i am not sure whether that is part of the system. >> it is. >> thank you for the clarification. that was dawn miller, one of our consultants. the building was reviewed by the arts commission and will be maintained by the redevelopment agency, but operated by the public utilities commission.

company president francois-henry bennahmias is certain this will be a banner year-- with sales up at least 15%. >> we know pretty much now what's going to sell, because people pre-order some of the items. they don't come in the store on the 22nd of december and say, "oh, i'm going to buy a watch." no, they come to us in november and say "i've seen that $46,000 watch. can you put one aside for me? i'm going to put a deposit down and pick it up in december." >> reporter: don't expect to see many sales signs in the windows of luxury stores this holiday season. many learned last year that deep discounting can backfire-- by making the goods seem less exclusive. customers at top tier stores tend to be less price sensitive than the overall population, and they spend disproportionately. according to retail consulting firm bain and company, households earning more than $100,000 are only about 20% nationwide, but they drive almost 40% of total retail sales. retail strategist john long of kurt salmon also says the wealthy tend to be more optimistic: >> even though they themselves may not be sig

president nicolas sarkozy has told his cabinet but kept in place as prime minister that's despite francois. resignation on saturday through most other cabinet members of lost their jobs but little aspart say the move will give the president much greater support to implement his controversial measures. now with thousands of people living rough on the streets of moscow the chief concern for them remains how to make it through each night but thanks to one only doctor help is at hand however as john thomas reports she battles with a chronic lack of funding to bring treatment to the city's poorest people. as winter approaches in moscow hundreds of homeless people stand in line waiting for just a small bit of food. well people come here to eat you see this food here and eat some of it and take the rest of my kids i've got kids you know. sygate a covey of is just one of thousands of homeless in moscow simply trying to get by but i live under a railway platform that are like forty of us there there are two openings so twenty people fit in one of them and twenty feet in the other i've been living t

nicolas sarkozy has reshuffled his cabinet but kept in place his prime minister that's just five francois offering his resignation on saturday most other cabinet members have lost their jobs political experts say the move will give the president much greater support allowing him to implement his controversial hysteria measures. governments around the world are slashing their spending in order to stay afloat in these trick economic times and social benefits are often service for the chop the future of the welfare state is up for debate in today's cross-talk next hour here in our. study to me properly. the problem is that the government doesn't believe that we can afford it well peter can you afford it. i don't see why i don't it's a great decision about how you spread in public but in the welfare state is not another pay t.v. program which we can switch on and off it's part of a social contract it's part of our constitution the welfare state we're helpings making some people better off or a clear proof proving their welfare but we've got the same time around on welfare state for those peop

this is off terry francois. it's very near tat park. go back to the desk. >>> 12 bay area teenagers are back home safe after being stranded in snow in mendocino county, the group of students from will lits and leightonville high school ran into trouble. they were stranded in the mendocino forest on sunday. one of the vehicles broke down. another got stuck in tree to four feet of snow. four of the teenagers were actually able to walk two miles to get help. others stayed behind in the vehicles until rescuers on snowmobiles came the next morning. >>> oakland police are searching for two men would actually assaulted and robbed three three roommates. this happened early saturday. then police say the pap, who when a gun, forced the women to take him to the apartment. a $30,000 reward is being o ffered to for information l eading to arrests. >>> an immigrant from el salvador could face life in prison now that he's been convicted of the killing of chun draw levy. a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. prosecutors say he attacked her in

. >> reporter: francois mackenzie isn't in mesa just to play soccer. his life depends on it.haitian national amputee soccer team who lost a limb in the haiti earthquake. listen as the team sponsor translates his story. >> i was working in a t-shirt factory. i was supposed to get off work at 5:00. the earthquake happened at 4:53. >> reporter: a cement post fell on his left leg trapping him. >> i stayed there throughout the night. the next day some friends came and they began to call my name. >> reporter: they couldn't get him out. >> they went and found a knife and saw and they began to do what they could for remove my leg so i could get out of that building. i thank gods because there were some christian people and they had compassion upon me. >> reporter: in the end, he saved his own life. >> they were trying to cut and at the end, i had to cut my leg myself. it was amazing that i didn't pass out. i was still conscious while all this was taking place. >> reporter: after his amputation, he almost gave up. >> after i had my amputation, i thought my life was finished. >> then h

francois had an opportunity to go to harvard on a leadership program.ac stepped up and footed a lot of it. it's been an incredible, amazing experience. >> our viewers should know you are a father to five chirp, two of whom are adopted. >> yesterday was national adopon day. the 11th. and my wife anga and i adopted our two youngest children on national adoption day seven years ago. i can't even remember how long it was but it was several years ago. i think it was about nine years ago. and that was a very exciting day, a day which a lot of families experienced yesterday over 300 communities across america, puerto rico and guam and here in the dirict of columbia had their adoptions finalized. several thousand children and over the approximate 11 years of national adoption day almost 30,000 children have had their adoptions finalized on that day. >> amazing. we have to take a break now. i'd like to put up the web address and phone number if you'd like to learn more about becoming an adoptive parent or find out more. [ female announcer ] letting go of your ci

you were a great friend of francois mitterrand. >> yes. >> rose: what was the most important thing you accomplished there? >> when i was ambassador of france? >> rose: yes. >> well, things were not going that well between the french and ourselves in that period, especially the beginning of the iraq war and everything else. but... so there was a certain amount of tension. i think the... i think that i was able to fulfill the logic of being an ambassador who are is... who does things and who helps relationings between... >> rose: and you were an ambassador who who spoke french. >> which is helpful. >> rose: and your wife learned to speak french while you were there and i heard her at the embassy one night and she gave an award. >> yes. but it's hard to imagine when one comes from abroad what it can do to your psyche to look in the mirror and say "i'm an american." "i'm not only the ambassador but i'm the american ambassador." i remember going down to speak in marseilles when we were giving a medal to the memory of a young man nameder haveian frye. >> rose: what a great... yes, they made

residents, like kathleen francois, told us they will never leave. >> translator: this is all i have.they're staying here as long as they can. but they don't really have many options. >> reporter: the military has brought trucks to camps like this, to try to get the 1.3 million people living in these tent cities to get out. but as the rain and the flooding continue to swallow roads across this country, escape from this storm will become ever-more difficult, robin. >> matt, you take care, too, there. >>> and our dr. richard besser has just been to haiti, you were covering the medical conditions there. we heard matt talking about cholera. and the affect this could have. >> this couldn't be worse for their efforts to control cholera. when you think about how cholera's spread, it's spread primarily through contaminated water. with the flooding, you have more of a chance for sewage to contaminate the water system. the efforts for clean water may be totally wiped out. in addition to that, the key to saving lives with cholera is rapid medical treatment. and this situation with the floods and