i was really excited about tokyo, because i thought it was a future city, a place with remarkable technology and engineers. i love japan. i love tokyo. i ultimately came back to new york with a sense of american entrepreneurialism. >> you started tumblr in 2006. tell me how it began. >> it was something i had been cooking for a couple of years. i was really noodling on it for a while. coming out of, frankly, selfish desires i had for something that did not exist at the time. >> what were you trying to create? >> it was 2005, 2006, and the creative capabilities of the web had vaulted forward. video on youtube was possible. video was one of the hardest things to do on the internet, and all of a sudden, youtube unlocked it. >> it was the beginning of facebook. the heyday of myspace. >> facebook making it really easy to share. twitter making it easy to publish. my frustration through all of this was as much as the technology was marching forward the actual services people were building were more and more restrictive. facebook was giving you a lot more publishing capability but always on the same

going to hijack it for transit and stuff like indeed choi and different cities what they call future cities. i have the video and i will put on youtube if you do not know about it. please answer and tells about that. thank you. host: do you know anything about this? guest: i do not know. i think there is a larger conversation happening in this country about the roles of cities. the role that infrastructure plays to make anything productive in a sustainable environment for these areas. we have a couple of hesitation conversations around sustainability and things that they are tried to push. by putting all this together and putting mayors in the driver seat, it really changes. as chris was saying, what they're looking for something very specific. they have the polls on what cities need and the emphasis on sustainability and economic health. it is a very different conversation than what is happening in washington. host: here's a 20 -- a tweet from one of our viewers. in terms of overall infrastructure, u.s. rice 25th. along with the declining education, new companies will not moved to the u.s.

reporting in atlantic city george spencer nbc 10 news. >>> the future of atlantic city will also include the stockton university. richard stockton college officially took that name tonight. it opened in 1971. the school now has more than 8500 students. this name change comes months before the school opens a campus the a the site of the showboat casino in a.c. it will be known as the stockton island campus. the school expects classes to start this fall after rein rations. officials tell us they're talking about using an existing building in cape may as well. >>> new at 11:00, for the first time we're seeing documents that could outline how pennsylvania's attorney general plans to defend herself against criminal charges. >> we're live in the digital operation's center. >> in these documents, a judge says the truth is crying to be heard in the investigation of attorney general kathleen kane. she's fighting the results, which recommended criminal charges against her. a judge argued in documents presented to the pennsylvania supreme court that he had authority to name a special prosecutor. ka

going to hijack it for transit and stuff for them in detroit and different cities, what they call future cities. and i've got the video. i'll put it on youtube if you don't know about it. and please answer, tell us about that. thank you. >> robert puentes? >> i can't say i know exactly what the caller's talking about. i do think there's a larger conversation happening in this country about the role of cities, happening globally, the role of cities and the role that infrastructure plays in maintaining a productive and sa intestinable kind of environment for these areas. we haven't really coupled the transportation conversation with this larger discussion around sustainability and things the c-40 cares about and the things they're trying to push. so by putting all this together by putting mayors particularly in the driver's seat on how -- on the future of these places, really changes the calculus. because as chris was saying, what they're looking for is something very very specific. they have their pulse on what the cities need. and their deposit on things like sustainability, on economic health,

he served as press secretary for can't mayor nutter and today he shared his vision for future of the city and says the city needs a fresh set of eyes. >> the city wants something other than what we've always gotten 'we need to do something other than what we've all always done. this is a beautiful day. >> he is fifth candidate to enter race for democratic nomination the field includes lynn abraham, nelson diaz, anthony williams and former city councilman jim kenny. >> history was made on the courts today in east falls. philadelphia university head basketball coach herb magee collected his 1,000th win. >> five, four, three two, one! [ cheers and applause ]. >> hugs for coach magee that hit 1,000 w's on the court and had his name there on campus. the 73-year-old coach has been court side for rams for 48 seasons. philly u also happens to be his alma mater getting this win at homemade today even more special. we'll hear more from the coach on amazing milestone coming up in sports. >> and quick thinking firefighters yumpied into action today to save life of golden doodle that had fallen throug

between february and april, we will have a real conversation about the future of the city.at is why voters absolutely have to get themselves to the polls. it is 4 degrees today, it might be 2 degrees tomorrow, but this is a life-and-death situation for the citizens of chicago. >> we want to thank you, rick perlstein, for being with us, chicago-based reporter whose recent piece is headlined, "how to sell off a city: welcome to rahm emanuel's chicago, the privatized metropolis of the future." we will be back in a minute. ♪ [music break] >> nina simone. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> this weekend people around the country marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of el-hajj malik el-shabazz, known as malcolm x, one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. here in new york, his former colleagues were joined by family members who remembered the father of at a memorial ceremony six in the former audubon ballroom where he was gunned down on february 21, 1965. he was just 39 year

accomplish through the process we have to be forwarded looking and look for the structures in the future as a city we need to help our nonprofit and the community based on organizations they survived a financial environment and fulfilling the commitment in august of last year this will sure a long term of survival all of organizations and maintain our community with that i want to ask if any of the colleagues want to speak. >> supervisor john avalos's. >> yes. i co-sponsored this supplemental as well so we can add my name from today i thank you for bringing this forward i've been involved in the budget process for i don't know since 1997 and the issue about the cost of.org as before us the board and the mayor's office every year will see people that have are city employees wage increases this and that to meet the rising cost of living in san francisco the bay area there are a lot of employees that work in the bay area now we're seeing our affordability crisis is beyond the control of any policy at the board of supervisors or city hall so we have our facing how we're going to deal with the gap that

. >>> meantime, local leaders are getting the public's opinion of the future of atlantic city.fficials held a first of three-planned forums last night on how to move the area forward. leaders say they want to rebrand atlantic county as a region with a strong technology-based economy and hospitality for tourism. >>> a new study finds there's a salary gap at rutgers university. according to the study, more than a dozen doctors and three athletic coaches make more than a million dollars a year. but half of the university's employees made less than $50,000 last year. the median salary for tenured faculty is around $120,000 and the rutgers president makes around $650,000 a year. >>> students at rutgers university in pottstown could have a more traditional college atmosphere atmosphere. they are looking to add dorms on campus and are building a student-only residential community. the developer is looking for land and working on a partnership deal. >>> a cold start and tracking some light snow showers. you can see a few snowflakes moving past the comcast center in center city. that's

reading 36 trenton, closer to 40 in philadelphia wilmington and low 40's in cape may and in atlantic city. futureicks up the story early tomorrow morning and it looks like we might have some clouds around. as we go through the day particularly in the afternoon there is going to be the possibility of a flurry or maybe even a brief snow shower but most of the models right now aren't really selling this as a whole lot of snow for us. in fact, if you take a look at four primary models for philadelphia, three of them now don't have anything at all and the other just a coating of snow. so, i wouldn't get real excited about this for philadelphia. if you're up in the lehigh valley, particularly tomorrow afternoon, the gfs model has about a half inch of snow. the rest closer to a coating. this doesn't look like a big deal but tomorrow afternoon and in the evening in particular there's the chance of a little bit of light snow. remember, just a little bit is enough to get you slipping and sliding. partly sunny skies today. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast perhaps a few more clouds later this aftern

city hall now and you know all worked very hard for you. so, thank you all very much for your support in the past. i'm going to need it in the future and thank you to the mayor into the city family for their support. thank you all. >> [applause] >> thank you so i think julie is to get some well-deserved congratulations and kisses from her friends family. and if there's other questions i can take them to decide. thank you very much for being your ticket by day in san francisco. thank you. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, to introduce mayor ed lee please welcome san francisco resident nicole banks (clapping.) good morning, everyone good morning. >> welcome to the bayview. >> this is where i grew up and where i work and will and where i'm raising my four children as a single mom including but not limited to it nicole banks and i'm proud of the san francisco mayor (clapping) it is such american people your honor to be here with the dignitaries and our mayor ed lee we're here at the san francisco with wholesale produce market a place to buy healthy food i remember coming here and shopping with my grandmother as a child the produce

city planning commission tonight. that crew is seeking feedback to change future development in the city including transportation, housing and other investments. >>> and this is all about celebrating philadelphia. later today we're going to learn more about the first ever "i love philly day." organizers are reminding everyone about what is good about philadelphia the city of brotherly love. and i love philly rally will be held on valentine's day as well. >>> and a major initiative in philadelphia will help people learn to read through cooking. >> such a cool program. today walmart is pitching in $25,000 to the free library of philadelphia's culinary literacy center. officials from the chain will present a check this afternoon. every week the library teaches students and adults how to read and write recipes, change ingredients and measurements and cook with different fruits and vegetables. >> so culinary literacy, as we have been given a really unique opportunity to define that so it doesn't exist as a term so we have been combining literacy with cooking. >> teaching on so many levels. the check presentation will happen t

city clerk: future agenda items. >> colleagues, any future items? commissioner crews? >>cynthia crews: i was going to ask something from the department to come and talk to us about cleanpowersf in addition to types of efficiencies that customers can do now through pg & e. >> great, that sounds really great to do. if director fried, if we perhaps can look into that for the next lafco meeting. i think it would be a good time to do that next month. if you can work vice-chair crews and the department, that would be great. >> i will try to get them for next meeting. >> thank you. we'll open this up for public comment. >> commissioner crews opened this up and it's really important. eric brooks, san francisco clean party, san francisco clean energy advocate. this behind the meter thing is really crucial. it's really important to point out that what cal had on the department of environment that funds that pg & e has forced to take out of the bill to allow the city to work with the funds. cleanpowersf gives us an at some point to greatly ramp up the amount of funds spend on ene

my favorite quote is from city futures -- hard to call it a bull market when we are down from 50%. >>ut of the woods just yet. >> that seems to be the call. the big question was whether the pullback would extend into the close. we have dropped close to 9%. i know you have stephen schork up next. often when they don't have the answers on fundamentals, they look to the technicals. that was between noon and 12:30 -- that is a technical story. where do we go from here? >> su keenan, thank you. stephen schork is editor of the schork report. he has been analyzing and writing about the energy markets for more than 25 years. welcome back to "bottom line." good to see you again. >> great to be here. thank you. >> is the seven-month collapse at an end? >> i simply don't see how anyone can say that we are at the bottom. we were at $100 a barrel prior to this summer. no one myself included, could tell you by this time that a months later we would be below $50 a barrel. no one saw this coming -- how they could declare a bottom to this market makes no sense. we have a situation where over the past

. >>> and next week we'll learn the future of another atlantic city business. the developer who bought the pier shops at caesar's will unveil his plan to redevelop the site. half the mall is vacant now with financial troubles worse by the latest casino closures. >>> and a $42 million redevelopment will happen at the divine lorraine hotel in may. the management company plans to convert it to apartments. >>> the skies are clear and we are getting ready for sunshine. it's a frigid start this morning. you can see the ice flowing past center city. that's a live view from the adventure aquarium this morning with clear skies. temperatures are still fall right now. we will see lots of sunshine but it's going to take some time for these numbers to start coming up. a very cold start. and anything that melted yesterday and didn't dry is frozen this morning. and that includes the shore where the temperatures right now are in the teens. they will warm into the low 30s. and the good news today is that there's very little wind. the wind is calm. but it returns overnight tonig

. >> i love imagining the new york city of the future where it will smell different because of the emissionsit will sound different. >> there are tiny little speakers that amplify a slight motor sound. but more by bizarre than that. if you lift the hood of the car, it has a fake motor. i'm from the c.i.a. and i'm used to bodies in trunks. my first thought is you could take that out and have more room for luggage. >> you got to interview a very remarkable young man. >> 17 years old, he invented a mind-controlled bionic arm. kind of amazing. i can't wait to tell you about it when we get back. >> an al jazeera america special report >> unfortunately, you can't "should have", all we can do is move forward >> a nation forced to take a closer look at race. >> ...check which ethnicity... i checked multiple boxes... this is who i am... >> what does it really mean to be the minority? >> black history comes up, everyones looking to hear what you have to say, because you're the spokesperson... >> how can we learn from the past? and create a better future? an al jazeera america special report race in am

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at 19th and linda, participants will have the opportunity to offer input to guide future playground renovations in the city. for more information see our website, sfrecpark.org. on the front table, each commissioner has a greened card, event hosted by the city park as license is coming to san francisco april 11 through the 14th. greater and greener happens every two to three years in big cities across america. it was last held in new york city in 2012 and welcomes approximately 1,000 urbanists urban park advocates, urban planners, landscape designers, from both the government, non-profit and private sector. for a series of really interesting workshops and eventuals and we're very proud to be the lead host agency for this event this year. and we're very excited about it and invite everyone to register for the conference. so pitchers and catchers reported this week, believe it or not and so it's time to talk baseball and here is a really exciting opportunity for our young female players. hosting spring trainouts for girls ages 11 to 13 this saturday, february 21st at crocker amazon park from 10:00 a.m. to no

. >>> the future of atlantic city's former revel casino hotel is up in the air this afternoon after a court ruling today. a bankruptcy court judge refused to extend the deadline for the casino to be sold to developer glenn straub. but the judge did not yet rule on a request by the casino's owners to approve their termination of the sale and their intention to keep the $10 million deposit. >>> happening right now, a live look into the texas courtroom where the man who allegedly shot the subject of a blockbuster movie "american smiper" is on trial. eddie ray routh is accused of killing chris kyl and his friend chad littlefield. today the jury heard opening statements. routh accused to killing the to men. his defense attorney said he suffers from mental illness. prosecutors say he was high and drunk at the time he shot kyl and littlefield. >> you have some save your complex? >> i just want to get the bad guy. >> thes on oscar nominated movie based on the chris kyl autobiography is the top grossing war movie of all time. >>> today nbc10's doug shimell spoke to a local man who served in th

. >>> happening today, a judge will hear arguments over the future of an atlantic city mall.egal battle over the pier shops at caesar's. this afternoon attorneys for a philadelphia developer and caesar's atlantic city will hold a teleconference with a judge. now, blatstein wants to redevelop the shop but caesar's says that it owns the pier where the mall sits. the company says blatstein's is trespassing and has no right to move forward with plans. >>> another casino has the go-ahead to offer online gambling. officials ruled resorts can move forward. the casino just finished a five-day testing period. you can now play online slots and table games and bet with real money. resorts is the sixth atlantic city casino to offer internet gambling. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> if you're counting on seeing snow this morning, well it looks like it's going to be happening. already tracking snow moving in from the south and east. the heaviest snowfall will be in delaware and south jersey. southern delaware could see three to six inches of snow

city hall now and you know all worked very hard for you. so, thank you all very much for your support in the past. i'm going to need it in the future and thank you to the mayor into the city family for their support. thank you all. >> [applause] >> thank you so i think julie is to get some well-deserved congratulations and kisses from her friends family. and if there's other questions i can take them to decide. thank you very much for being your ticket by day in san francisco. thank you. >>@p ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice they are sweet. >> in the aquatics center they are very committed to combining for people i

who has the strength, who has the leadership, who has the ideas to move this rate city forward so we can secure the future of this great city for our children. thank you and god bless you. >> to talk more about the chicago mayoral race, we are joined by salim muwakkil. he is senior editor of "in these times" and host of the "the salim muwakkil show" on wvon in chicago. welcome back to democracy now. the significance of rahm emanuel, who president obama came out to endorse them who raised well, four times the amount of money of all of the candidates against him combined, him not hitting the 50% marks of yes to go to a runoff? >> he was widely disliked in chicago, especially in the african-american -- in the african-american committed the some and the latino community as well, but primarily, he was seen as a candidate of privilege, a candidate who is dedicated to the development of downtown chicago on neglect ing the less privileged precincts of the city. and he was seen as someone who would continue that process of privatizing the public's fear, or the commons, privatizing the commons to the highest bidder

that is the bifurcated city of the future if we're not providing moderate income housing. and seawall lot 322 is a great opportunity to do this at this point, let's try it, let's see how it works, let's learn from this and build some more mod draft income housing is that alongside and mixed in with market rate housing and affordable housing. thank you very much. >> any other speakers during public comment? please come forward. seeing none public comment is closed. is the executive director -- could you explain just briefly for the public what seawall lot 322 is. >> seawall 322-1 is a lot that is across the embarcadero from the water side. it was once upon a time subsequently there was

. >> reporter: with a smart grid in place, the future of our cities may just be a little brighter. >>ism, the former new york mayor giuliani refusing to apologize for the comments that prauchlesident obama does not love america. what do the remarks mean for his republican colleagues? i'm joined by the political panel, political columnist for the washington post on the phone, and ron is the director of the national jourmg and cnn political analyst and joined by cnn commentator ben ferguson, and steven cullenson on the phone. you write in the washington post dana this is not just about, quote, your word, stupid remarks. listen to what was wisconsin governor walker's said first remaining silent on the same stage as giuliani when it went down. in is what he said when in washington yesterday on cnbc. >> the bottom line is i can only speak for myself, and myself and i think america's a great exceptional country, and people across the spectrum, republican and democrat alike believe that. >> okay. we know he was on cnbc, but our cnn robert caught up with him saying i, too, love america. we ca

really wealthy community i'm just asking how can we as youth combat the segregation in the city in the futureecause clearly having a black mayor has not helped? clearly having a democratic merrill cabinet has not helped. so what well, democratic party, yes. what can we do in the future to sort of combat the segregation that contributes to the racism in cleveland. >> first, we have to combat the segregation even amongst ourselves, you know? you have young people who what school do you go to? >> i go to hathaway brown. >> you go to hathaway brown. you have a young lady from hathaway brown who won't spend time with a young lady from laurel or a young person from east tech who may not be happy with a person from glenville. there is a segregation amongst even the, let me go deep real quick, if you don't mind. watch it now. even within the african-american community there is a segregation. so young ladies she is from hathaway brown. she must think she is this, that. i'm from east tech. i think like this. so there is, we helped create a program at laurel called, i believe it was called guiding star

city planning commission tonight. the group wants feedback to help shape future development in the city including transportation housingnd other investments. >>> an icy situation this morning developing across our area. we have been seeing some freezing rain move in overnight. the majors should be treated. anything that has been treated shouldn't be an issue but untreated surfaces walkways, railings, your car that's been sitting out overnight. we have seen rain moving in overnight with a layer of ice there in the pocano mountains. freezing rain continuing in the mountains. you'll get snow in the mountains as this tapers off tonight, but to start with there's the freezing rain that is now pushing off to the northeast. at least the first batch of it is. getting a break in allentown but not in perkasie in montgomery county. and the wet weather continues on and off in mercer county trenton getting a break right now, but there's a little bit more freezing rain on the way. the rain that falls onto the ground frozen is creating ice. so expect to do slipping and sliding in some areas. you can see another batch of wet weather m

caller: so my question is -- now that the -- now that it's over, what do you think of the future of solar city? >> it was a difficult conference call. the quarter wasn't that good but it was getting better. they kind of glossed over it, don't worry about, it's kind of a tesla thing. but there are people will be jumping over all solar city when oil goes up. i need to go to john. >> caller: booyah from north carolina. congratulations for ten years of helping us active investors. >> thank you. thank you. >> caller: thank you for taking a call from me for the fifth time. i must ask the right questions. >> that could be more than jim in florida. >> caller: since late september, the stock charge has not looked good, down to 81 started a recovery up to 86. then last week they announced their partnership with costco ends in 13 months. and down she went. once you hit -- hit the horn. more gasoline put on the fire today with the announcement that they have violated u.s. antitrust laws which they will an peel. so the question is, do i stay away from it? or let it settle for a few more days or start to op

we could learn about the future of revel today and atlantic city's new effort to attract visitors. >>> plus, vanilla ice taken to the slammer. the charges he's facing this morning and what he told reporters who were willing to stop collaborate and listen. >>> and a sky-high mystery. what scientists say caused a bright fireball above pennsylvania that could be seen three states away. >>> 4:13. and new from overnight, vanilla ice was released from jail on bond. robert van winkle is charged with burglary. police say he was renovating a home next to a house that was broken into and stole some of the items -- or rather some of the stolen items were found on his property. ice told reporters that the situation was, quote, blown out of proportion and he said it's sad that good news doesn't travel this fast. >>> a teacher accused of having sex with one of her students will head to court. sara o'neill faces formal arraignment on child corruption charges. she is 35. her alleged victim was 16 at the time. o'neill lost her job as an english teacher at church farm school. police say she had sex wit

we are in new york city. futures are up seven. dow futures are up 64.e had a fistfight over who won. >> i wanted to do missy elliott. mine comes from a bloomberg view contributor. the texas to isn't working as it should. the u.s. stacked -- tax structure doesn't motivate people to do it up with their money. the president is going to outline his budget. as you know, one of the things he was to figure out is how to get money to pay taxes on their foreign cash. we have a chart that shows the percentage of foreign cash. this comes from a bloomberg data. it is stunning. they are shoveling it back to shareholders. the problem is the tax code doesn't incentivize. >> they want to tax holiday. they want to repatriate at a lower rate. this is not going to work out. there were conciliatory remarks from this on owen at -- orrin hatch. he is usually the first one who says that will never happen. this time he said we will look at details. >> we actually got some corporate tax reform, how big of a stimulus would that be? >> he's already got it earmarked for infrastruc

city hall now and you know all worked very hard for you. so, thank you all very much for your support in the past. i'm going to need it in the future and thank you to the mayor into the city family for their support. thank you all. >> [applause] >> thank you so i think julie is to get some well-deserved congratulations and kisses from her friends family. and if there's other questions i can take them to decide. thank you very much for being your ticket by day in san francisco. thank you. >> good morn

. >>> well future of atlantic city's former revel casino is uncertain once again. deal to buy revel fell a court in federal bankruptcy court today. reporter david madden from our sister station kyw news radio had has more from camden. >> reporter: florida developer glenn straub wanted more time about a month to see how appeals filed by revel's power provider and operators of the hq nightclub played out. revel's attorney maintained he has zero confidence that straub will close on the deal in the short term. >> there was no additional time to close. they had to close by monday. they had every opportunity to do so. they didn't. >> reporter: all of the other parties sided with revel, bankruptcy judge gloria burns asked straub point blank if he would close in a day or two. he said no. the judge ruled against an extension. >> the case law is that unless these words are in the contract there is no urgency in closing. because you have got to take it to due diligence. by they are setting 30 days doesn't change what it is. >> reporter: what is next? >> we need to get a buyer

that are consequences of the economic growth for people in the city so some of the initiatives which you will be seeing at this meeting and future meetings relate to our community programs; funding. we will talk about that in a moment. we're working closely with the city wide housing initiatives. that includes expanding the stock of affordable housing and improving housing related services such as

city is now controlled by i.s.i.l. refugees are trying to flee and the future for them and their city is uncertain. everybody has now been put on notice that a major battle this spring is coming. as iraqi troops with u.s. help prepare to try and make a crucial advantages. jamie mcintire is in washington with the latest. jamie. >> well, david the pentagon's background briefing by senior officials of the u.s. central command the florida was billed as an update on the topic of i.s.i.l. in syria but when the topic turned, the person was a little more forthcoming than expected. >> mosul is the large eggs city in i.s.i.l. hands and the military campaign will begin in april or may and require up to 25,000 iraqi forces. given the reluctance to talk about any form of campaigns,. >> i'm wondering why detail this in advance? doesn't that just give your play book to the islamic state and make it easier for them to prepare to defend themselves against such an attack? >> josh, i think i saw many of the same news reports you may have seen on this. >> reporter: for months, the pentagon has been talking about the o

that are consequences of the economic growth for people in the city so some of the initiatives which you will be seeing at this meeting and future meetings relate to our community programs; funding. we will talk about that in a moment. we're working closely with the city wide housing initiatives. that includes expanding the stock of affordable housing and improving housing related services such as our respite program that are needed. it means making some investments in some of our population health programs that are really focused on populations that you've heard a lot about at this commission that are disproportionately impacted by health issues in the city including our african-american health initiative which is a focus, and also continuing our work on our getting to zero initiative to eliminate new hiv infections in san francisco. the third category of general direction that was communicated both in the mayor's budget instruction and again as a top priority for us is using this moment of relative financial stability, not just to coast but to really prepare for the future, and make some investments that are going to protect u

the city's policy mandates the course for the future as they work diligently to increase options and increase multialternatives, and deduce -- reduce the carbon footprint. it continues to improve the systems. during this sen -- centennial year we reflect on the transit system. driven not >> all right. is this cyc? make some noise. cyc. [speaking foreign language] is cyc here? yeah. community love right here. [speaking foreign language] hey good job, good job. smile, smile. it's not that heavy. you make cyc proud, the community. oh yes. all right. i don't know if they're going to fit on stage. you know i wish your captain were here. oh there he is. captain. one of my old favorites. commander is here too. [speaking foreign language] >> okay. i think the mayor should go first so sisters and brothers san franciscans the mayor ed lee. [speaking foreign language] >> what a presentation from our golden dragon and all of our wonderful young people. i want to have a special welcome to our valley christian and our students from beijing. yeah, they came all the way over here to celebrate this w

so the future of tourism in the city will grow. >> from a chamber of commerce perspective this a boomn't by advertisement like that. >> not even close. the advertisement the free marketing so to speak will be just enormous. >> 100%. so down the line, is this going to have kind of a spin off effect through the years? >> oh, no doubt. the impact of a convention look this when people come to the city and they see how wonderful philadelphia is, the product of the tourism free, they'll tell their family and friends. they'll come back. so yeah, you do see when you watch the olympics and big events like that, you see tourism grow just sixty three den shutsly. >> dr. elizabeth barber, thank you very much you so much for talking with us today. >> my pleasure. >> from temple university. >> thank you. >> and we move on. pennsylvania governor tom wolf you know he's happy about this as well. he has released a statement saying in part the birthplace of our democracy will host the democratic national convention in scent of 2016 which will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity

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rules is necessary for the program to address the current needs and future needs pavement to parks leads to the creation of spaces in the city where we need it the most he worked closely with my colleagues to do the ribbon cutting people came up and cried because they were happy to have the space and the effect it has on the neighbors it is amazing you know it's been a longs work in progress and people are so happy to have this space in their neighborhood to gather especially not as much green space that was nice to see them sits where it is safe and there's a lot of pedestrian accidented from cars so this give them a setting safe place to gather there are movie nights there so seeing the communities support for that project really parks lapd's supports those and especially persia triangle i'm happy to see the installation going in a couple of months and i'm not the project is great as well. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, members of the city planning commission i'm a san francisco membership distributor here to share and support for the pavement to parks in 2013 san francisco land use & economic development committee hemme

in allentown, 27 in reading, 34 in wilmington, a pair of 36 anticipated in atlantic city and cape may, new jersey. future tracker 6 showing you the cloud cover on saturday, looks like saturday will be cloudier and sunny breaks and dry. it will be milder. the change we have for you on sunday is that it looks like it's basically going to be dry now. 2:30 in the afternoon there's precipitation off to the north of us, mainly rain. the reason it's farther to the north, is that the frontal boundary we're looking at being over us, is going to slide to the north. that will get milder on sunday and keep the precipitation off to the north. we'll have drizzle and sleet pellets in the northern areas. as we go get into sunday night monday period that's where we're looking at a stronger wave of low pressure coming in from the west. this looks like it will be mainly rain from philadelphia south, because this warm front should be far enough north to affect that. as we go into the northern suburbs, a wintry mix of rain and sleet is possible. of course we're a long way away, the track could strengthen this is an improveme