we firmly believe that the alice griffith opportunity center, which is on the alice griffith public housing development, is critical to this type of support. alice griffith opportunity center currently serves as a community hub in the neighborhood where programs and services are delivered to the residents it also houses the hope sf service connection team. currently in the center there are quite a number of services offered. there is after school program. there is staff that links residents to employment training and job placement. there's child care. it also houses a computer lab and it runs a program called peacekeepers, which works with violence prevention in the neighborhood. in the future, we're hoping the center will be even more robust. we are hoping to offer tutoring, after school programming, and extending the services of workforce placement to transitional youth. there's a great new partnership that will be held in the alice griffith opportunity center. alice griffith residents has partnered with urban strategies and they will be running the garden program out of the alice griffit

this is a for the alice griffith rebuild. one of the discussions with moving forward, this has been the need to rebuild. we have this opportunity for the grant, and the application, this is for $30 million. the steps that we are asking for to take today are the implementing steps that will give control to the developer making the application. we're one of the six applicants. not only will we have money for the rebuild, and service money and this is much more comprehensive than bricks and mortar. and we embrace the opportunity to make this happen. in accordance with the community redevelopment law, we must approve of what is required. and there is the parking lot that is adjacent to this, we will be selling that parcel to salazar, solely for the purpose of the neighborhood application. if this application should not be successful, -- this item, we are requesting that this item be put on the table. what we have heard is that we have the opportunity of getting the project, to get the opportunity to those who would choose -- seni

daniel griffiths has more. >> the attack happened in broad daylight in this shopping center. shocked onlookers watched as the police carry out the gruesome task of removing the body. according to eyewitnesses, the man is reported to have walked into the shop, seized a knife, and decapitated the 62-year-old woman. this local counselor said there was no obvious motive for the attack. he says after the incident, the man went outside where he was wrestled to the ground and arrested. the suspect is thought to be a homeless bulgarian an investigation is now under way into a killing that stunned both residents and holiday makers on this popular tourist island. daniel griffiths, "bbc news." >> the british actress sienna miller has become the first celebrity to settle a claim for damages against the world of the news newspaper since it admitted phone hacking. she'll accept 100,000 pounds in compensation after the tabloid admitted liability and agreed to hand over all the information it had gathered on her, all by listening to her phone messages. our correspondent daniel berger was in

. >> and i am wendy griffith. will it impact the future. paul marshal of the hudson of religion freedom as well as our own expert john waage will join us in just a moment. first, white house reporter jennifer wishon brings us thr report on the president's speech. >> as a revolutionary wave continues to spraed across the middle east and africa, president obama says, released a bomb shell on israel and palastinian. requiring israel to give up land it gained during the 1967 war including east jerusalem. >> we believe the borders of israel and palastinian should have mutually agreed spots and secure for both states. the palastinian people must have the right to govern themselves and reach their full potential in a sovereign and contiguous state. >> president says his position is likely to angry israelis, especially those already disillusioned with his policy. >> no one wants to wear his face, no one likes him. he is only causing problems. >> as the arabs create new governments, president obama called for equal rights for weem and freedom of rig

welcome everyone to "christian world news" i am wendy griffith. george thomas is on vacation. prayer warriors are turning to god to heal their land. they gathered to take part in the 60th annual national day of prayer. nags's capitol was center stage. paul strand was there and has the story. >> people from all around the nation gathered on their knees for this event asking for god's mercy and blessing for america. >> some people talk a lot about prayer. we do the praying on the national day of prayer. this is the most important day in our national life. nothing compares to this day. >> long time day of prayer chairman shirley dobson called out that they are calling upon their countrymen since 1775. >> this has been our heritage, our tradition. >> get to your knees for a time of -- it is a mandate across the scriptures. >> every word of god cries out for his people to repent. >> not all americans believe it is proper for government to call for prayer. amanda says it violates separation of church and state. >> we do not believe government should be in the business of telling peo

. >> and i am wendy griffith. a u.s. congressman pushes to make religious freedom a greater priority at the state department. the sponsor says religious freedom says it must be a greater priority. jennifer wishon reports. >> for some reon people are not as interested in religious rights and freedom than they used to be. >> when frank wolf created it in 1988, it was a dominant issue. then ron ald reagan was a force to be reckoned with. wolf says concern for religious freedom has diminished. >> in iraq where more activities took place, iraq christians speak the same language as jesus. daniel is buried there, babylon, abraham is from iraq, esther is from iraq. now iraq christians gunned down. >> it would require religious training for all foreign officers, strengthen the countries for nations that deny religious freedom and elevate the religious freedom ambassador so they report directly to the secretary of state. [music playing]. new york city city pastor dr. suzan johnson cook has been tapped by president obama for the po

. >> and welcome to christian world news, george thomas and wednesday griffith are on vacation, obama -- that's because global persecution is on the rise. paul strain reports from washington. >> it's not getting better out there in many nations for those who wish to worship freely. >> it's become worse over the past several years. >> that's the word from the u.s. government group that -- their new annual report highlights countries like vietnam who face imprisonment and -- >> they took me to the station and tortured me, they used something to -- and one of my toes. the government says there's freedom of religion but there's lots of persecution among christians and others. >> the commissions of the -- shabaz bott, there was a bla*t mammy law. >> i believe in jesus christ who has given his life for us, i know the following of the cross, and i'm ready to die for a cause, i'm living for my community and suffering people, and i will die to defend their rights. >> the commissioners are asking the u.s. government to blacklist egypt to respond to what they call a sharp deterioration of religi

. >> i am a resident of alice griffith. i think that this process needs to move on. this would help us all. thank you. >> and other any other members of the public wishing to speak? this hearing has been held and closed. supervisor, you want to table item number 43? is this seconded? can we pass this motion to table without objection? and now, regarding item number 42, we will take a roll-call vote. >> on item number 42, elsbernd, aye. kim, aye. mar, eye. mirkarimi aye. weiner, aye. avalos, aye. chu, aye. chiu, aye. cohen, aye. there are 10 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted. we'll go to the second special order. >> items 44 and 45 constitute a special order, for the committee as a whole. a public hearing to continue the proposal of the redevelopment agency to enter into a ground -- a ground lease agreement, and to further lease the land located -- 6,603rd street. this is for a term of 70 years for the purpose of developing housing for formerly homeless individuals and families. >> the item before us right now, this would lead to the development of new, affordable ho

. >> thank you, congressman griffith. i will echo everything that admiral benjamin said with respect to not having encountered any brick walls and the great depth of our partnerships in western europe, albeit the most recent partnership in asia. we have put some additional ideas in front of the russians. i can think of one additional setting. this one concerns transportation, and others concern transportation as well, having to do with securing aviation, securing airports, but also bridges, tunnels, that's a multi-mode am removal. we gave them weekend to post -- >> i'm getting ready to yield to mr. bill rachus and. >> there is russian troops, as you know, on georgian voil. you might consider giving us an update on that and what the long-term prognosis is. because the people in georgia are very concerned about that in the future. with that i'll yield to mr. borakis. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate it. secretary kumens, thank you, of course, for your service. you noted that every week there are 2500 flights between

. >> thank you, congressman griffith.will echo everything that admiral benjamin said with respect to not having encountered any brick walls and the great depth of our partnerships in western europe, albeit the most recent partnership in asia. we have put some additional ideas in front of the russians. i can think of one additional setting. this one concerns transportation, and others concern transportation as well, having to do with securing aviation, securing airports, but also bridges, tunnels, that's a multi-mode am removal. we gave them weekend to post -- >> i'm getting ready to yield to mr. bill rachus and. >> there is russian troops, as you know, on georgian voil. you might consider giving us an update on that and what the long-term prognosis is. because the people in georgia are very concerned about that in the future. with that i'll yield to mr. borakis. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate it. secretary kumens, thank you, of course, for your service. you noted that every week there are 2500 flights between th

. >> thank you, congressman griffith. i will echo everything that admiral benjamin said with respect to not having encountered any brick walls and the great depth of our partnerships in western europe, albeit the most recent partnership in asia. we have put some additional ideas in front of the russians. i can think of one additional setting. this one concerns transportation, and others concern transportation as well, having to do with securing aviation, securing airports, but also bridges, tunnels, that's a multi-mode am removal. we gave them weekend to post -- >> i'm getting ready to yield to mr. bill rachus and. >> there is russian troops, as you know, on georgian voil. you might consider giving us an update on that and what the long-term prognosis is. because the people in georgia are very concerned about that in the future. with that i'll yield to mr. borakis. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate it. secretary kumens, thank you, of course, for your service. you noted that every week there are 2500 flights between

last friday to cars penned in a bus at the corner of griffith street in the bayview district. 10-20 youngn their late teens pried open the bus's doors and paid sprayed pepper spray. they got off the bus, blocked it began with their cars at the next intersection, used pepper spray again, tried to take the purses of three passengers. no injuries were reported. >> mark: parking could go up again rain and now it is $96 a year. it could go up to $100 a year. >> justine: this just in to the kron 4 newsroom, new video now that has just common. the army corps of engineers blew up a section of the mississippi river levee. this is the aftermath. 130,000 a. and 100 homes got soaked in order to prevent the rising mississippi from flooding a small town. it is home to 3000 people. you can see there is several feet of murky water, they are trying to assess what happened. cows are stranded with nowhere to go. an example of doing something big to help about a certain amount of people. we will be right back. i am a sneeze whisperer. i am an allergy analyst. bermuda grass. ragweed. willow. i am a dander dec

griffith: thank you, thank you. i just want to point out that the gentleman from illinois mentioned some of the nonsense, some of the attackses that the other side have been making on those of us who are trying to save medicare and responsibly deal with the budget. mr. griffin: the union leader newspaper took alook at some of the attacks and said, quote, the ending of medicare is a big, scary lie, end quote. and "politifact which is a website, it determines how much validity there is, it gave our colleagues on the other side, it gave their attacks the pants on fire rating as in liar, liar, pants on fire on their truth-o-meter. so there's a lot of misinformation out there. and i'd like to now yield to my colleague, mr. kelly. mr. kelly: thank you. i appreciate that, my friend from arkansas, and the rest of my colleagues here tonight. it's only been about four months since we all came here and we came for the right reason, we came for a cause and not a career and i want to tell you, the reason i'm here tonight is beca

. >> thank you, congressman griffith. i will echo everything that admiral benjamin said with respect to not having encountered any brick walls and the great depth of our partnerships in western europe, albeit the most recent partnership in asia. we have put some additional ideas in front of the russians. i can think of one additional setting. this one concerns transportation, and others concern transportation as well, having to do with securing aviation, securing airports, but also bridges, tunnels, that's a multi-mode am removal. we gave them weekend to post -- >> i'm getting ready to yield to mr. bill rachus and. >> there is russian troops, as you know, on georgian voil. you might consider giving us an update on that and what the long-term prognosis is. because the people in georgia are very concerned about that in the future. with that i'll yield to mr. borakis. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate it. secretary kumens, thank you, of course, for your service. you noted that every week there are 2500 flights between