thank you so much for celebrating alice griffith.i'm going to call up some amazing residents to speak. angelica and sammy, please welcome them, thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you all for being here today. my name is angelina moore. i'm 21 years old, and i'm a third generation resident of alice griffith. my grandmother moved here after my father was born in 1969. since then, my family has grown significant roots here. i have so many great experiences in this community that shaped a woman i am here today. just a year ago i was homeless, and devereux was the only place that felt like home, but thanks to their help and support, i was able to move into my own apartment. this has given me a sense of pride and independence that all young people should have. the bills don't stop, but i don't, either. the phoenix project provided me with the amazing tools to allow me to get into the program. i am striving to get a second job while finishing up school. [applause] >> as the days go by, i am extremely grateful for the support fro

so again, congratulations, alice griffith. we were here three years many of us for the ground breaking. here we are for the ribbon cutting. everyone, much happiness in your new homes. thank you for making this such a success. thank you all. [applause] >> wrap it up for leader pelosi. thank you so much, thank you so much. and it's true. we have that little election happening next week, and she said she had to be here. she had to be here. you can imagine her schedule. i want to next bring up the developer, richard barren of mccormick barren salazar. richard, brief remarks. >> mayor breed, speaker pelosi, thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here for all of you and the residents. i bring you greetings from tony salazar, my partner, who spent hours and hours working on the development and unfortunately had some health relates things with his -- related things with his family in kansas city, and he wasn't able to join today, but he sends his regards. there are so many organizations and individuals who have been part of this p

alice griffith have five bedrooms? >> not in the lottery.> chair mondejar: that's exciting. thanksgiving is coming up. there's no action here. this is more of discussion and sharing of great news. the next madam secretary, can we please call the next item. >> next order of business is item nine commissioner's questions and matters. >> chair mondejar: commissioners , do you have any questions? >> commissioner singh: next meeting on the 18th. >> before thanksgiving, no. it's the holiday week. we didn't think we'll get a quorum. >> commissioner singh: so prepare for the home day holida. >> and december? >> we had one item. and it didn't seem fair to have the commission meet. we're going to have a busy christmas week. any other questions? >> chair mondejar: iwould you like to submit a card? okay, can we do that? this is a commissioner's questions and matters. we can call for a public comment? okay, we will open the public comment for you sir. >> my name is mr. gregory williams. does this housing development, what we trying to do is adequately ca

for the past ten years, bill griffith has been curator at william faulkner's estate. >> bill griffithendarvis: yeah, that was his greatest book. >> bill griffith: yeah, faulkner thought this was his masterpiece. >> anthony: jack pendarvis is the author of "your body is changing," "the mysterious secret of valuable treasure," and "awesome," as well as staff writer for a game-changing animated series "adventure time" -- all works of which i am a huge fan. so he wrote right -- right on the wall. >> bill griffith: he just wrote on it. >> anthony: it's -- it's his man cave. >> bill griffith: yeah, it's his -- it's his version. he said that houses in mississippi who have a family business have one room dedicated to the family business and this family's business is writing. >> anthony: from as early as 1919 through the '60s, faulkner wrote extensively about the post-civil war south. he was the first author to do so at a time when most writers were writing about anything but. >> bill griffith: he always said that he wrote about a south torn between itself. torn between the old ways, the old t

and in the marriage went over the port of the day there's something griffiths maintains more strictly be for humanitarian purposes griffiths had announced on friday that he had gotten the go ahead to negotiations with the use of a role for the u. and to ensure that aid coming through the port is coming in and getting to where it is needed the most but the government arrived are almost too hard to say as those negotiations over the management of the port take place in their absence and they would not agree any role for the. other poor but also in the city which sort of shows the kind of what most fair. the special envoy might have during talks with the government that is exiled in riyadh. human rights organizations say the parliamentary election held in bahrain is not a free nor fair the two main opposition groups are taking part. this year to ban them some of and of aid reports. the lyrics in arabic say i'm from her from. state t.v. shows the gulf kingdom going to the polls and voters queuing up hundreds of kind of this many of them women are surely a positive sign it's a display of d

and in the marriage went over the port of the day there is something griffiths maintains more strictly be for humanitarian purposes griffiths had announced on friday that he had gotten the go ahead to negotiations with the use of a role for the u. and to ensure that aid coming through the port is coming in and getting to where it is needed the most but the government arrived are almost too hard to say to those negotiations about the management of the port taking place in their absence and they would not agree any role for the who thinks not only are the poor but also in the city which sort of shows the kind of what most fair. the special envoy might have during talks with the government that is exiled in riyadh another ten bodies have been found after flash flooding in iraq meaning at least seventeen people have been killed heavy rain forced thousands of people to flee the northern town of cards is returned to a massive homes and businesses swamped with mud. throughout the entire villages on top of the houses we couldn't come down from the top we carried down children and women into bo

and in the marriage went over the port of the day does something griffiths maintains more strictly be for humanitarian purposes griffiths had announced on friday that he had gotten the go ahead to negotiations with the over a role for the u. and to ensure the aid coming through the port is coming in and getting to where it is needed the most but the government a lot of good almost too hard to say schools negotiations over the management of the port take place in their absence and they would not agree on the role for the wealthiest not only other poor but also in the city which sort of shows the kind of what most for. the special envoy might have during talks with the government that is exiled in riyadh parliamentary elections are being held in bahrain which have been described as a fast by activists the two main opposition groups aren't taking part after m.p.'s measured earlier this year to abandon a crackdown on dissent the government assist the elections are democratic second election since anti-government demonstrations began in twenty eleven. jess's intern is here calling on gover

special envoy martin griffiths his efforts to launch peace talks collapsed last september now he's back in yemen trying to get a farm commitment from the warring parties to a cease fire and a new round of talks is an opportunity to try and build trust ahead of peace talks and sweet as we know we when you have peace talks you need to speak to the various people to open back channels up lines of communication to build up trust ahead of the almost talks to try and make sure that people will firstly attend but then they're also listen to what the other side has to say their ongoing fighting in the port city of her day the however risks upset to this partial and voice efforts to bring the warring parties to the table in december the sodium and arctic ocean announced earlier this week it was holding all hostilities around what they did they said later fighting broke out again a patchwork of yemeni fighters loyal to the international difficulties the couple meant leading the fighting on the ground despite loud claims of progress al-jazeera has us published but they have not been able to enter

martin griffiths said he will be travelling to yemen next week to finalise logistics.sure the talks take place. he also said there was a lot of progress made on other issues including the exchange of prisoners and also the critical issue of the hodeida port which is responsible for 80% of yemen's imports, until a deal is reached. what would be some of the potential problems that would have to be thrashed out between the two side? when you look at the humanitarian situation there are so many concerns there and the un officials are really keen for both parties to iron out that. for example the british ambassador to the un is putting forward a resolution on monday which would really endorse five of the key asks if you will bat their humanitarian chief of the un put forward. 0ne humanitarian chief of the un put forward. one of them is making sure that there is complete access to all of the ports, that they remain open, and the key one is hodeida. they wa nt and the key one is hodeida. they want a foreign exchange to pour into the economy, because the economy now is in cris

special envoy martin griffiths has managed to get some form commitment from both parties in the conflict in yemen to peace talks to be held. in sweden he visited. the management. of today the more than seventy percent of the country's imports including gold the un wants some sort of. rule in the management of the. intense pressure to hung over the management of the ports. to get. the agreement of the management of the poll to talk about how the u.n. can get. in the management of the port that seems to be. building within the international community for peace talks to be held it's the only way it's believed that country a ton to peace and also the humanitarian crisis in the country can be resolved these a lot of pressure on not only the fighters on the pro-government alliance but also the sodium that are supporting the government in yemen still ahead. joining forces in the congo opposition alliance is the term and to shake up the presidential election. it's a black friday at amazon why workers at the online retailers say they've had enough . hello again welcome back or here in vietnam we

offer to help manage the critical portal for data one griffiths said on friday that who the five had agreed to discuss a proposal of the un taking a supervisory role or date as the main entry point for aid for millions of yemenis on the brink of famine mohammed idol has more from tippity. before he left some special envoy griffith expressed his happiness with how things when during his trip in yemen he said he was contented with consultations he had hard with the movies and those views were also expressed by the leader of the supreme revolutionary council of the. who said that they were hopping with the steps the special envoy has taken so far and the hope he will succeed in talks. with the government of the president of the rebel months will hardly but one thing that is proving controversial is the issue of a role for the e.u. and in the marriage went over the port of the day does something griffiths maintains more strictly be for humanitarian purposes griffiths had announced on friday that he had gotten the go ahead to negotiations with the over a role for the u. and to ensure that

is expected to go there sometime on thursday or friday earlier this week martin griffiths met the rebel leaders in the capital sanaa. alright let's not talk to our correspondent mohammed a day he is in nearby djibouti monitoring events in yemen which is just across the red sea and mohammed what's your understanding then of what the situation is on the ground in who data right now as we understand griffiths prepares to go there. well martin the residents of. these no meaningful cease fire to talk about their still sporadic collages between perches with each side blaming of all for firing the fos short when they announced that they were going to stop more drawn ballistic missile attacks against the who the fighters walk up to call that they still reserve the right to defend their positions with which they have been forced to fighting in the past days they have also been talking about. the other side cutting out attacks on their defenses and positions in the different frontlines in the city the residents of the city say some fighting has been going on outskirts of the city to marty's the u

martin griffiths said he will be travelling to yemen next week to finalise logistics.the houthi delegation to sweden himself to make sure the talks take place. he also said there was a lot of progress made on other issues including the exchange of prisoners and also the critical issue of the hodeida port which is responsible for 80% of yemen's imports, until a deal is reached. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: oh boy! the world's most famous rodent turns 90 this weekend, and he's just as popular as ever. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election. she has asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of

un special envoy martin griffiths his efforts to launch peace talks collapsed last september now he's back in yemen trying to get a farm commitment from the warring parties to a cease fire and a new round of talks is an opportunity to try and build trust ahead of the peace talks and sweet as we know we when you have peace talks you need to speak to the various people to open back channels up lines of communication to build up trust ahead of almost talks to try and make sure that people will attend but then they also listen to what the other side has to say their ongoing fighting in the port city of what they the however risks upset to this partial and voice efforts to bring the warring parties to the table in december the sodium it out to coalition announced earlier this week it will hold all hostilities around what they did they said later fighting broke out again a part to work of yemeni fighters loyal to the international legitimacy couple meant leading the fighting on the ground despite loud claims of progress al jazeera has us published but they have not been able to enter the ci

the capital sanaa to meet with the leaders in the latest push for talks between warring sides mon griffith wants to stop an all out conflict in the port city of her data which is crucial for supply of aid into the country mohammed idle has been following that visit from nearby tippity. the u.n. special envoy is pursuing a commitment from both sides not only to talks but to a cease fire before and the talks come behold he had been in talks with hold over the phone before he arrived in sanaa and they have promised him there will stop missile attacks against the saudi arabia united arab emirates as well as their allies on the ground as well as drone attacks but then translate that into the guns going silent we've seen some of the most intense fighting in days happening in the data on one of the key suburbs just full kilometers away from the whitehall port where aid to millions of people is delivered through now. what the into mush will community fully understands is about that humanitarian crisis with the united nations and aid agencies say is the was in the world and even getting worse by th

has now met a with the hell with the rebel leader talk us through the significance of griffith's visit to yemen and ahead of the upcoming peace talks so i think it's two main aims the first to us what is happening on the ground to see for himself what has happened recently to get a handle on hope but things are the extent to which this rivalry between the various conflicts between them is playing out and how devastating the and the second number helps more importantly is an opportunity to try and build trust ahead of the peace talks and sweet as we know we when you have peace talks you need to speak to the various people to open backed chair.

offer to manage the running of a crucial port special envoy martin griffiths met senior truthy rebels who agreed to talks on the un's role in managing the port of her data the who he is control it and saudi amorality coalition forces have been battling to retake it for months griffiths is expected to meet members of yemen's exiled government in riyadh on monday and other ten bodies have been found after flash flooding in iraq meaning at least seventeen people have been killed heavy rains forced thousands of people to flee the northern town of cher catch they've returned to a massive clean up homes and businesses are swamped with mud the floods of piled pressure on iraq's new government to fix infrastructure and provinces hard hit by the war against i saw. earlier through the entire villages on top of the houses we can come down from the top we curate down children and women into boats and took them to the mountains only children and women crossed to the mountain all by boat. serbia is reimposing visa restrictions on iran after twelve thousand tourists travelling from tehran never retu

yemen says he's convinced her with the rebels to return peace talks in sweden next month martin griffiths has been visiting the port city of her data it's a crucial gateway for food and aid for millions of yemenis on the brink of famine saudi erotic coalition forces have been battling the who these for control of hard data for months griffith says the whole things have agreed to hold talks about the u.n. taking a supervisory role in the ports but it's important to be here because the danger is the center of gravity of this war and it's here that we can begin that road people often ask me why we need to race to peace you know better than me that every day that lost in the search for peace means a day the children of yemeni children lose their lives. muhammad has more from neighboring djibouti. un special envoy martin griffin has managed to get some form commitment from both parties in the conflict in yemen to peace talks to be held. in sweden he visited the paucity of the day that met the management. of the day the way of more than seventy per cent of the country's imports including aid go

on a visit to the area, mr griffiths pressed for the un to be given a leading role in running it.o malnutrition and disease. described by the un as the world's worst man—made humanitarian crisis, this conflict has left a nation on the verge of famine. half of children, 47%, approximately half of children are chronically malnourished. health facilities functioning are approximately only 50%, versus 90% in 2013. one fifth of the districts have no doctors any more. in recent weeks, fighting in yemen has focused on the rebel—held city hodeida as government forces try to seize the area from houthi rebels. but hodeida's harbour acts as a vital lifeline in this devastating war, and this recent offensive has threatened the arrival of food aid for millions of people in yemen already close to starvation. visiting the city on friday, the united nations envoy martin griffiths described hodeida as the centre of gravity in this conflict, and called for the un to take a leading role in running the port. it needs to be done quickly, by discussing it with all the parties. we believe that such a ro

special envoy martin griffiths maybe announcement after speaking to the iran backed rebels of course is a vital lifeline for yemenis many of whom a starving juta a four year civil war saudi led coalition forces have been battling to take the data for months but what are joe has more from djibouti. u.n. special envoy martin griffiths says he has managed to get some form commitment from both parties in the conflict in yemen to peace talks to be held december in sweden he visited the paucity of the day that met the management of the vital fault of the day the where more than seventy percent of the country's imports including aid go through the un want some sort of supervisory role in the management of the port on the whole things are under intense pressure to hung over the management of the ports to a third party a multi griffith's ac is managed to get the agreement of the management of the port to talks about how the u.n. can get some sort of a role in the management of the port there seems to be consensus building all around within the international community for peace talks to behold

special envoy martin griffith we understand that the u.n. has been given an observer role in the port of data what will this mean for aid operations today when we were in. with authorities on the ground what conditions would have to be met. to play a leading role in the port if the parties to the conflict if they ask to take a leave the un is ready to do so can you tell us about the situation as far as aid operations we understand that fighting has eased a little bit in who data what is the current state of aid operations and what were you hoping to achieve through this visit. they halted in operations and military operations came at absolutely the last minute the people of today to have been struggling since june because of the conflict the u.n. estimates that about thirty percent of the people who are still left in the city are barely holding on and that's why we have welcomed the pas now there have been outbreaks of biting and every one of those has taken a toll so for the last ten days the situation militarily has improved dramatically w

special envoy martin griffiths says he has managed to get some form commitment from both parties in the conflict in yemen to peace talks to be held december when he visited the paucity of. the management of vital hold of the day the way of more than seventy percent of the country's imports including aid go through the un wants some sort of supervisory role in the management of the port on the whole thing under intense pressure to hung over the management of the ports to a third party amounting griffith's aces managed to get the. agreement of the management of the port to talks about how the u.n. can get some sort of a role in the management of the port there seems to be consensus building all around within the international community for peace talks to be hauled it's the only way it's believed that yemen kundra ton to peace and also the humanitarian crisis in the country come be resolved these a lot of pressure on not only the fighters on the pro-government alliance but also the sodium supporting the government in yemen an explosion at a mosque in eastern afghanistan has killed at least

and in the marriage went over the port of the day does something griffiths maintains more strictly be for humanitarian purposes griffiths had announced on friday that he had gotten the go ahead to negotiations with the use of a role for the u. and to ensure that aid coming through the port is coming in and getting to where it is needed the most but the government arrived are almost hard to say to those negotiations over the management of the port take place in their absence and they would not agree any role for the. other poor but also in the city which sort of shows the kind of what most fair. the special envoy might have during talks with the government that is exiled in riyadh still to come when i was there at this news hour the british prime minister arrives in brussels for a final talks ahead of a crucial breaks it summit. we join a bosnian border patrol on the lookout for refugees risking their lives for a better future. not to clinch all of the dogs only one race seems inevitable in order to take action if you. get a welcome back to international weather forecast we do have som

you knew the griffiths from a young age, around eight or nine. things start to change? when i was around 12, 13, when my body started to change. what did you feel about what they were doing to you? they were grooming me. i know that now after i had my children. that's what they were doing. it's only then i realised what they were doing. in 2004, the police contacted you about indecent photographs that were taken by the griffiths, but no further action was taken. and the crown prosecution service said there didn't seem to be enough evidence to take the griffiths to court. what is your view on that now? well, they had the photographs, so they should have been done for that. so action should have been taken back then? yes. would you describe some elements of the way the police investigated this case as failing? yes, yes. in what way? well, they failed me because there were photos of me and i thoughtjustice could have come a lot sooner. i think i would have told them then, having the chance. but theyjust came and told me that they'd found these photo

says he's convinced who the rebels to attend political talks in sweden next month martin griffiths visited the port city of data it's a crucial gateway for food and aid for millions of yemenis on the brink of famine so the iraqi coalition forces have been battling the fees for control of her data for months griffith says the policies have agreed to hold discussions about the u.n. taking a supervisory role in the ports but it's important to be here because your day there is the center of gravity of this war and it's here that we can begin that road people often ask me why we need to race to peace you know better than me that every day that lost in the search for peace means a day the children of yemeni children lose their lives iraq's prime minister is urging help for victims of flash floods that these seven people have been killed in the northern province of salaheddine thousands are homeless some had to use boats to escape their submerged houses and farms britain's prime minister is preparing to head to brussels for what's being billed as a landmark summit to finalize bracks it's to reser

offer to manage the running of a crucial port special envoy martin griffiths met senior houthi rebels who agreed to talks on the un's role in managing a day the ports the whole things control in the south their morality coalition forces have been battling to retake it for months griffiths is expected to meet members of yemen's exile government in riyadh on monday. important steps towards peace were taken during this trip marginal growth and took all his questions all questions were put to the leader of the revolution there were clear answers to promote peace he was very pleased with his visit he told me he returned with a good impression and he is well aware of the suffering of the yemeni people and the urgent need to make efforts for peace. we look forward to rap and peace we hope that his toe in riyadh with positive results and we are in constant contact nigeria has been trying to grab a larger share of the traffic in west african waters but despite some improvements its ports are still considered some of the worst in the world because of delays corruption and a lack of infrastructu

martin griffiths said he will be travelling to yemen next week to finalise logistics.mself to make sure the talks take place. he also said there was a lot of progress made on other issues including the exchange of prisoners and also the critical issue of the hodeida port which is responsible for 80% of yemen's imports, until a deal is reached. earlier the cnn journalist who clashed with president trump at a news conference and subsequently had his media pass removed, got it back. a judge in washington dc ordered the white house to return the pass tojim acosta who said the decision was good news for freedom of speech and the independence of the media. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. they are hundreds of miles away, though. hundreds and hundreds of miles away. you know what, honestly, i think you should let me run the country, you run cnn... it started as a bad—tempered exchange between an angry president and a provocative cnn correspondent. that's enough, put down the mic. the temperature rising when the white house justified removing acosta's hard pass, say