authorizing a lease 55 year lease to the jennifer office building and power house and use of the geneva for the rail yard. >> thank you very much i believe we have our rec and park but also to supervisor avalos. >> great, thank you supervisor farrell one small moment in the at least decade long saga of the office building and carbarn a project that many community members have been working on over the past decade zake to vision a space for job training and a cafe and arts education and programming including that black box theoretical for people in the southern california that will be accessible to everyone the geneva office building is a historic site an mta building to rec and park about a decade ago and has a rich history labor history and the history of our transportation system as well its fitting we have the buildings preserved and programmed in a way that is going to be a highlight for the southern part of san francisco it currently lacks facilities of this caliber we are going to rehabilitate it and one big step is getting approvals rec and park has worked very well in the past co

there were some who opposed us in geneva as a priority though it is a paramount thought of the geneva declaration provision. but the so-called coalition continued to reject any point tackling terrorism. now the whole international community adopting our perspective, our view that fighting terrorism is a priority above all priorities and that nothing at all could be done as long as terrorism is brutally fighting against everything that comes in its way. and as long as those terrorists will return to the countries where its members originally came from. once again, we emphasize that we are -- we stand ready and even striving for a political solution in syria and in dialogue with all honorable national opposition members opposing terrorism in syria and among syrians themselves and on syrian territory. mr. president, the election that took place in full sight of the world puts everyone steadfastly before their responsibilities. the will of the syrians is above all those who tried to suppress it for more than three years. and it was inside syria and outside syria, for the whole universe to

and our automobile trips and so you can see on this slide, the geneva corridor, segments on the left is expected to increase, and all new, and additional trips to be two-thirds, automobile trips, which is a reflection of the current share for this area which is dominated by the automobile trips and so project is trying to mitigate that and two modes, either biking walking and public transit. >> so a couple of the issues that we have been working with, on the boulevard on the left and we have been looking at a couple of trade offs for the right-of-way and some of these include, reducing a vehicle lane and where you will have a infection, and you will have increase in the pedestrian walkway and better bicycle infrainstruct stewer these are trade off and we are working on this segment and some of the other sections of the corridor and especially in little hollywood and what we have been focusing on is the response to the community's concerns regarding parking lots and the frequency of the buses traveling through the neighborhood and you can see there that we have been working on what we

and the action includes congress, the military and geneva. this is the beginning. what the boy would remember most were the shoes. they were not his shoes and they didn't fit yet he was forced to wear them for nearly five hours as he crossed the desert in the middle of the night. at first glance they seem like ordinary leather shoes but they were different because the heels were at the front. shoes with backward heels and soles were the invention of the human smuggler who helps people like the boy and his parents to escape from iraq into kuwait. the idea was that of footprints were detected the path of the journey would appear to be reversed. although the boy longs to go home that night his astute understanding that if he did his backward footprints would define a trail leading to the great border and exposed the families play. he was 14 years old when he was forced to leave iraq in april 1985. his mother awakened him shortly after midnight to tell him he would soon be going on a desert adventure. for the third time in a year he felt the anxiety of sudden change co

to think that since 2006, groups needing in geneva to work on a process that would more closely monitor this industry, kind of exciting. i also take you to kansas, the command and general staff college at fort leavenworth where i spent some time interviewing people in the military because i wanted to get the military perspective gone this and that is where i learned one of the most interesting aspects of the debate over the use of these companies which is the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. i get into this, i will be here for the nick two hours. and i think right now, maybe somebody in the audience will ask that question but anyhow i thank you -- i take you to congress and several congressional hearings and people in congress who have been trying for greater accountability and take you to new mexico, to an interesting place where there are security contractors being trained. and i introduce you to people within the industry. in the military, people in the military, in congress, people in the industry who have been involved in it from the earliest stages including some o

on the geneva brt study i will highlight the workshops that are happening this week on thursday the 23rd at 6:00 we will be at brett heart elementary at 1035 gilman avenue and 25th, at the bay short center, and also cantonese, at the vision station valley. and i believe that commissioner cohen will also be joining for us that one and possibly at the other ones as well. and i encourage the neighbors from that part of town and along the brt route to come to see the designs that we are working on to benefit pedestrian safety bicycling and also, rapid transit. and the vision zero committee meeting made progress this past month and the staff are busy at work and i understand, developing a two-year, work plan to establish in five years, education, and enforcement and capitol projects and policy, and also, here you can thank the commissioners kim and yee for attending the symp osium, this is the first time that the advocates will gather to share the best practice and policy ideas and legislation and the like to help to move forward the vision zero and movement within the nation, actually >> so

this action includes congress, the military comment and geneva. this is the beginning.hat the boy would remember most were the shoes. they were not his shoes and they didn't fit but he was forced to wear them for five hours as he crossed the desert in the middle of the night. at first glance they seem like ordinary leather shoes that they read different because the heels were at the front. shoes with becker heels and soles were the invention of human smugglers who helps people like the boy and his parents to escape from iraq into kuwait. the idea was if footprints were detected, the path of the journey would appear to be reversed. although the boy wanted to go home that night what stopped him was his best to its understanding that if he did in his backward footprints would define a trail leading to the kuwait border and expose his family's flight. he left iraq in 95. his mother wakened him to tell him he would be going on at desert adventure. for the first time in a year, he thought the anxiety of a sudden change coursing through him like a force in jackson. first time

also a geneva right introduce you to fascinating individuals who have been working since 2006 on the switch initiative which is the international effort to monitor for now. the name of that chapter's called conquering chaos. but she thinks since 2006 there have been groups meeting in geneva to work on a process that will more closely monitor the industry is exciting. itt to kansas to the college at fort leavenworth were i spent some time interviewing people in the military because i want the military perspective and that is where i've learnt the most interesting aspect of the debate the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. if i get into that i am here for the next two hours but then i take you to congress and several congressional hearings and people have been trying for greater accountability and take you to mexico with security contractors being trained people in the military and congress that has been involved including some of the journalist but what i tried to do is pull together the strands of this story to show you the components of the abolition of the industry to

and you can see where these are, our lower mission, our mission geneva area and we have the four cars and six cars down, lower here in the visitation valley that is where i had my foot beats and when i was a young officer here and it was my home station back then and it is quite a return to me. and i, that is our car sectors that we currently have. and our foot beats and so we have four of them in the one car and the last, and the last number in each, 41, 42, 45, and 46, correspond with the car sectors that we have. and so we have one in the one car, two car, and five car and six car sector and so i am looking at these and some of my community members have reached out to ask me to expand some of them and as i get more officers and new recruits and we get more officers and i am planning on having those staffed a little bit more, and to expand them a little bit. and so that they get to know the community as much as possible, especially my merchant community along geneva and mission and we have a lot of clubs here that we will get into later and so the schools. and we have several school

real progress has been made in geneva. if everything goes to plan, the vaccine will be tested and rolled out faster than any vaccine in history, but it will still take many months. meanwhile, every day, the number of people infected with ebola rises. who has spent more time than any other trying to help ebola victims says the vaccine can not come soon enough. >> we are desperate. we need innovation to come into the picture. vaccines, treatments, diagnostic what we are dealing with today. >> the new vaccine could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, but promises of cash are already on the table and that's a first as well. the a struggle to defeat deadliest disease to affect the poorest people on the planet. for once, money is not an issue. guinea has been diagnosed with the virus. in washington today, a rate of good news. one of the nurses who contracted withisease in texas met president obama today. >> she was in the hospital. she contracted ebola while caring for a patient who later died. now she was all smiles outside t

the geneva report called this rising global debt a, quote unquote, poisonous combination.ld it trigger another financial crisis? >> clearly we have seen historically that debt is an accelerator, and also an exaggerator of the normal business cycle. in good sometimes more money is loaned, and that leads to higher highs. but when we start to get into trouble, that same debt creates an additional vulnerability. but since that's the repeated pattern of 150 years, as we're deep in a financial recession cycle, we're now at the height of the kind of circumstance with the kind of success debt load that has generally pressaged a relatively tough period where that debt comes back to haunt us. >> robin that same report says the decrease in household debt are offset in a credit binge in asia. why such a rise in credit in asia, and how are markets accelerating the debt growth. >> i think everybody's reaction in the wake of 2008, you have theaters of war. you have the united states and federal reserve, and congress, and the obama administration's first 100 days with the fins of 2008. yo

. >> appoint one member to the geneva-harney bus rapid transit community advisory committee. this is action. >> i actually have a nominee for us to consider, ken (inaudible) who is a member of the (inaudible) neighborhood and ken is involved in, actually for providing some services around the transportation for tourists in san francisco and he also has i great historical knowledge of the city and more importantly he is a person that uses all modes of transportation in the city. and often, using buses along geneva and the t line as well and he rides a bike as well and so he is able to look at the many, modes that will be discussed in the feasibility study and like forward to the participation and so i would like to nominate him for a vote today. >> and so put his name forward and we can go into public comment. he is not available to actually present. but i have actually met with him and he is very thoughtful, and will be one to work very well with the other members of the cac and so hopefully we can consider him today. >> we will go into public comment for this item? >> okay.

first -- >> get him, sarah. >> first geneva conventions, yes, world war ii. but all of these rules and laws actually existed in some pry mort yal form before that. so 1906 with the had convention -- there were a lot of things. going back further and further and further you get into religious doctrine which every single religion in the world that i know of has protection of civilians, mostly women, children, elderly, the disabled, that kind of thing. so it all comes from a place. and every single culture that i've studied has this and then they were sort of indoctrinated into the geneva conventions. yes, they did actually make a big difference in the how the u.s. military goes about its operations. >> their carry them with them. >> they carry the geneva conventions with them they're in their rules of engagement, cards that they put into their uniforms. lot of militaries do this. it goes to your last question, hearts and minds. the reason why militaries want to in many cases protect civilians or avoid causing civilian harm is because of needing to garner that l

. >> >> [speaker not understood] and a 55 year lease and access license to the friends of the geneva office building and power house for the rehabilitation and use of the building and power house for cameron beach rail yard. >> supervisor avalos. >> thank you very much. i just wanted to thank supervisor farrell for co-sponsoring this legislation and for his actual reaching out to folks on the geneva office building board. that will be that partnership that is starting will be very helpful as will this lease disposition and development agreement will be for enabling the fund-raiser to actually have documents to show that we're making progress on the permitting for the site. so, excited to have your support, colleagues. thank you. >> colleagues, can we do this same house same call? without objection this resolution is adopted [gavel] >> next item. >> item 17 is a resolution to approve the 2014 grant application for the united states department of housing and urban development continuum of care program in an amount not to exceed 27 million and fulfilling the board of supervisors' review

representatives of some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies are meeting in geneva today with the w.h.o. and aid agencies involved in tackling the current ebola outbreak. the european union is set to allocate a quarter of a million dollars for the development of ebola vaccines, drugs, and diagnostic tests. the outbreak is one of the main points on the agenda when eu leaders meet later. the bbc's europe correspondent ben wright is in brussels and he told me more about the eu's plans to help tackle ebola. >> eu leaders are focused on it. they're trying to get a fund together of up to about a million euros to tackle ebola, but separately, the european commission is working with many drugs companies to try and find a vaccine, fast track clinical testing, and it seems, according to reports this morning that they have agreed that they will have a joint fund between the commission and drugs companies of the tune of about a quarter of a million dollars to fund the sort of clinical testing, because the hunt really is on for a vaccine. there isn't one available. and until now, drugs com

in geneva, switzerland. dr. fukuda, people are watching all over the world, health care professionals are watching all over the world, tell them what they need to know to make sure that a blunder that occurred in dallas when this patient was checked out and allowed to go home and be in contact that we just heard governor rick perry of texas say that school-aged children are now being monitored because he was in contact with school-aged children -- tell health care professionals and others around the world, dr. fukuda, what they need to learn from what happened in dallas, texas. >> thanks, wolf. i think there are some basic lessons here. one of them is that everybody, all health care professionals especially need to be aware that in this world where people get on airplanes and can travel anywhere around the world that it's possible to see a case of ebola infection. it's not so surprising to see a case appear somewhere in a traveler. knowing that, there are basic things you want to do and as has been emphasized in

what does it say that israel sent this representative to geneva? >> it says that israel is very worried about war crimes allegations, ever since the gas war ended this summer and then it see this is as a rare public arena to try and defend itself. that's why we're getting this unprecedented representation by israel, in front of this committee, not only the top senior civil servant inside the justice ministry, also the deputy attorney general and member of the army. the idea is to defend israeli. >> the u.n. human rights council is looking into other things. israel questioned the legitimacy of these human rights officials in the past. is this a change in that perspective? >> this is a particular committee that israel believes is neutral or at least relatively neutral and listening to the committee, there was a lot of criticism by members of the committee, not only about actions in gaza, which israel defenders, of course, but about those african migrants inside israel, as well as home seizures for example in east jerusalem and occupied east em, wimp

first -- >> get him, sarah. >> first geneva conventions, yes, world war ii. but all of these rules and laws actually existed in some pry mort yal form before that. so 1906 with the had convention -- there were a lot of things. going back further and further and further you get into religious doctrine which every single religion in the world that i know of has protection of civilians, mostly women, children, elderly, the disabled, that kind of thing. so it all comes from a place. and every single culture that i've studied has this and then they were sort of indoctrinated into the geneva conventions. yes, they did actually make a big difference in the how the u.s. military goes about its operations. >> their carry them with them. >> they carry the geneva conventions with them they're in their rules of engagement, cards that they put into their uniforms. lot of militaries do this. it goes to your last question, hearts and minds. the reason why militaries want to in many cases protect civilians or avoid causing civilian harm is because of needing to garner that l

was pushing for the geneva conference. some of you may remember it was a renewal of a concept that was briefly used after the unkeepable of '73 which is kind of a -- later on madrid had the idea of an opening round of negotiations where all the arab partners would sit together. it wasn't easy to achieve anyhow but the main obstacle was how will the palestinians be represented. and there was a lot of -- we don't have the time but you should know that or remember that in the fall of early october of '77 there was a -- the u.s. began with some kind of a joint segment with the soviets which is supposed to be co-sponsors of the geneva conference. so this was something which we didn't like obviously because the soviets -- things change and but in those years we weren't exactly the friends of soviet union, not exactly our friend. and the -- here it got involved with the question of the palestinian because u.s. was pushing at the time to appear into the picture. president carter saying we have a not very well known representative

knick robertson, cnn, geneva, switzerland. >> the w.h.o. are ramping up support for 15 africanen countries, hoping to stop the spread of ebola on the continent. they chose the countries by those sharing borders already, nations already infected by the virus, and those who have high travel and trade routes with the infected area. the w.h.o. will conduct simulation exercises so teams on the ground know how to react to an infection. they'll make sure there's enough protection, equipment and training so health care workers can avoid getting infected themselves. a rapid response team will be ready to investigate, take samples, confirm ebola cases and trace contacts. and a phone number will be established in many of the countries so anyone who thinks they may have ebola does not have to leave the house, possibly infecting others while looking for help. >> u.s. officials con virm one of joe biden's sons was drummed out of the military. why hunter biden had to leave after serving less than a year in the navy reserve. >> welcome back. a final autops

once again. >> it's a mass forcible transfer which is a violation of international law of the fourth geneva. >> reporter: but israel says it's a matter of improving the lives of the bedouin, people who live off the electric grid with no running water. >> israel is legally okay lien o provide services to area c. >> reporter: and when it comes to the convention -- >> this is all within the west bank, a few kilometers this way or that way. >> reporter: so you would say this is not a violation. >> not at all. >> reporter: many bedouin flat out don't want to move. living off the land is a way of life. and they most certainly don't want to move if it's to here. this is one of the areas where the israeli government plans to relocate the bedouin. currently, it's a landfill covered in trash. israel insists the land will be made suitable for habitation, but that doesn't win over the leader in the bedouin community. he tells me our lifestyle as a bedouin community depends on livestock. we need open spaces for our kids to play and livestock to roam. for him and the other bedouin, time is running out. i

. >> narrator: leadership of the united states are going to resume their geneva talks in about ten days allowed the prime minister also to raise the concerns with israel about iran. and, lou, always meetings between leaders is not just the personality. it's a meeting of interests and in the casest united states, the interests are very much intertwined. almost identical despite some technical differences. the strategy and the overall world view is the same. but iran is different. and the fact that we're not sure whether the result of the talks in geneva will be the complete dismantling of the iranian very dangerous infrastructure is very telling. because extension is not enough. >> today white house josh earnest blasted israel for reports that israel is moving ahead with the construction of more than 2500 settlers in east jerusalem. at this point, is there any way for this white house and the netanyahu government to come to some understanding on settlements, on ways to bridge what differences do exist and focus on the fact that both nations are threatened by radical islamist terror, that