the city. we're here to learn more about the guardians of the city. it is all about what happened here at 5:00 04 on october 17, 1989. that was the loma prieta earthquake. 67 people lost their lives. there were countless others that were impacted and injured. i will echo our police chiefs and sheriffs. we are much better prepared today than we were in 1989. that does not mean our work is done. we can always improve our efforts. it is most important on days like today to continue to emphasize that message. as the public safety department, we will be there for you on any given day and at a difficult time. when there is a large disaster, that is when the community apart comes in. we're very well-coordinated with the department of emergency management. we exercise and train together frequently. that is so we can respond effectively in moving to the recovery phase as quickly as possible. preparedness is the key message. mayor lee has always been a champion for public safety and prepared this report. this -- preparednes.. there is no reason not to be prepare

of the challenges that we faced in the past and will face in the future. it is personalities, events, and amazing stories of humans overcoming incredible obstacles. that is why i enjoy the guardians of the city so much. i want to emphasize that today's remembrance of the 1989 earthquake, it is hard for me to believe it was 22 years ago. it seems like it was not that long ago to me. the city is much better prepared. we want to continue to work on those preparations so that we can face as best as possible any calamity that san francisco faces. thank you very much. [applause] >> another strong supporter. [applause] >> it is a real privilege to be here with mayor lee and my public safety partners. he is the longest serving sheriff in the state of california. he is only being modest when he says he was not here in 1906. [laughter] [applause] it is such an honor to be amongst all of this tradition. as he said, those without the knowledge of history destined to repeat it. this city is so proud of its history and so rich in its history. you can look around with a fire department has displayed. it will grow in time. it is a tribute to guardians of the city and the people around me that and gotten thi

. >>> one of the most iconic sights in the city of london are the red outfititted beefeaters, guardianse town of lon ton, and namesake for a british brand name nearly 200 years old. master distiller of beefeaterss gin since 1920. desmond, wonderful to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> you produduced 360,000 cases year. tell me about the beefeater process. >> it wass founded by a gentlemn named james barr, who was a pharmacist. he knew how alcohol and flavors worked together. reallyly, there are two things distinguish between one brand of gin and another. one is the recipe. the juniper berries, among the other things. the other is how you actually makeke thegin. he put togegether an extremely good recipe of what was available at that time, and he also gaive the gin a gat me, a london name, beefeater, after the london towers. >> juniper, you said a moment ago, isn't all gin. juniper berries are a must. >> that's what gives it the style and the variety. >> amazing. the formula dates back to the 1800s. so how do you create a consistent product and how do you switch your ingredients?

. >>> and the number of murders in the city are down and the mayor is hoping for a drop to 175 for next year. >>> kelly will introduce a plan to require guardians or police to notify about missing or dead children within two hours. and after that controversial murder trial, she was quitd. >>> a bonfire in a backyard sent four teens to the hospital. we have more on their conditions. good afternoon. >> one teen is still in the hospital with over half her body burned. the teens were hurt when someone burned gasoline on a burning grill and caused an explosion. it happen on shady spring avenue. they were burning branches and trying to enhance that fire. she was critical at the last check. >> the other two teens involved were wing being treated for less charges. >>> a banker convicted of fraud should be set free today. he was in prison 4 1/2 years after filing false tax returns and he put public money in his own troubled companies. >>> a reminder to the baltimore city services, there will be no mechanical street sweepings. the parking meters around the city will be in effect. >>> we are getting rallied to ring in the new year and the city of baltimor

he is being lauded throughout the city for all kinds of wonderful things he has worked on, but one of the key things we have partnered with him on as the guardianject for the storage program. we wanted to thank him for his work there and tell you a little bit about the program and introduce the sheriff. and i believe the head of the garden project is here. [applause] >> i will take the opportunity to talk sense i have the microphone. frankly, it is made who wants to thank the public utilities commission and ed and his predecessor for the relationships we have developed over the past decade or more -- it is in me -- it is me who wants to thank the public utilities commission. the garden project has been incredible. catherine started a project back in the very early 1980's and planted trees for the department of public works for a time, but as landscaping and horticulture and abatement of trash and refuse and firebreaks became a big issue with the public utilities commission, a partnership was created between the public utilities commission and the garden project under the sponsorship of the sheriff's department and the public utilities commissio

of the country's political agenda. finally, kyra, here in the uk "the guardian" has this headline. for russia, an era has ended. the protests in scores of citiesrday are being treated less violently by police and more respectfully by state-controlled tv than in the past. will putin continue the softer approach as the march poll approaches? so the elections are going to be next here. putin wants to be president. people are angry because of the corruption they say is in the government. putin says he can fix it. this is a different era in russia because they believe, much like in the arab world, that it's time for the people to take back the power. >> so what do you think can actually diffuse this? an investigation? why did the russian government even allow the demonstrations to take place? >> it may have caught them off guard. vladimir putin is not a man that's used to having to deal with public protests to this extent. it is a momentum that's been going on around the world with the arab spring, the occupy movement and the russians are taking things into their own hands and they are protesting. can he diffuse it? don't know. the jury is out. the

city law. i came to these very meetings week after week, writing for the guardian, the chronicle, and i saw so many fights in here. these are great people. in the interest of being neighborly, this block is one of the most protected the mid-block open spaces in the district. we have had many fights on the block about different developments that have all been stopped, except for one that got partially allowed. but those neighbors don't even talk to each other anymore. it is unfortunate. everybody expected thme to d.r. erin and mike. when i bought my house and my deck was on the back of it, they have the right to build what they can build. i felt lucky that they had a very tasteful design, they have verbeen very and communicative. it is unfortunate that the communication did not get to the jordan and john. they did not get the information until too late. a first of the communication was going very well and there was talk of the deck on the back rather than the side, maybe a little bit of a setback. but just the way that happened, we were trying to arrange a meeting and erin had shown some pencil drawings she had done on the back of the napkin. no. and i said

cities of another society working together. >> liberty surest guardian is her most recent book. i want to get you expand on this. nothing could be more american than to pursue global peace through the spread of american-style institutions. nothing could be more american men to expect what is support for this process are a mix of local populations, international allies and of course the united states government. >> guest: one of those things to do so quintessentially american is to believe people can come together to make the world a better place and can be done in a representative empowering way. americans believe this instinctively if it doesn't happen. i carried you in the book is something that comes from our experience at home. our society has and still is a nationbuilding project and we believe it's possible to do that elsewhere. they embrace the ideals for myself i must say. >> host: dr. suri, how they organize this book? >> i work an extra case studies for the first chapter they set the general argument. but it also comes from the unexperienced from the revolution so i began with madison and washington industries "liberty's surest guardian: american nation-building from the

he is being lauded throughout the city for all kinds of wonderful things he has worked on, but one of the key things we have partnered with him on as the guardian project for the storage program. we wanted to thank him for his work there and tell you a little bit about the program and introduce the sheriff. and i believe the head of the garden project is here. [applause] >> i will take the opportunity to talk sense i have the microphone. frankly, it is made who wants to thank the public utilities commission and ed and his predecessor for the relationships we have developed over the past decade or more -- it is in me -- it is me who wants to thank the public utilities commission