fox news brian hanis has a look at the discussion. >> franklin is out of power. we don't have power. we are not expecting power for a while. >> reporter: texas seeing the beginning of the dangers and severe storms fleming parts of the southeast this weekend. those storms creating the potential for life-threatening winds, strong tornadoes and large tales. large hail. >> -- >> >> reporter: the severe storms continued to move across the southern u.s. after a powerful tornado ripped through southeastern texas. the city of franklin one of the hardest hit areas with cars overturned, trees uprooted and rooms taken off houses. emergency officials urging people without power to be patient . >> we expected to be out of power for the next 48 to 72 hours. just expect it. >> reporter: some living in alto, texas are feeling the impact of the tornado. >> the house started shaking and you can feel it in the hous it sounded like a freight train coming over to the house. >> reporter: there were also reports of damage in robinson county. the weather service in fort worth tweeted, "

government will have a mandate that has ended and given his record, we are much better off without afg hani am free to have an opinion, his views are electoral. it's a campaigning view and i think it's against the constitution. what's going to happen next in afghanistan? the peace process, if we can call it that, is now in limbo once again. you're talking about this grand loya jirga, a peace jirga which you say is going to happen in the next few days but what can it possibly achieve if the conflict in your country is as deep as ever? for peace to come we need development in three layers. internationally, which there, regional co—ordination and cooperation we are building but the most important one is the national consensus. the loya jirga is the best and the most afghanised mechanism to build that national consensus about peace. it is supposed to provide a framework for talks with the taliban. it is also supposed to identify mechanisms of reaching a sustainable peace in the country. but mr daudzai, nobody seems to buy it inside afghanistan. i'm thinking about the chief executive of your own

some of the older people are getting older, like, hani agasensa, but she still walks all the way fromyou know, city hall, all the way down to the end of the parade, you know, in those kimonos. it's--i think it's very important for the people who really started the cherry blossom festival in the late '60s and the early '70s to keep the parade going 'cause it really represents our community. robert: that's right. we dedicated a show to san francisco taiko dojo. it was great, 50th anniversary, but to be a part of this cherry blossom festival and parade really adds a lot. let's go ahead and take a look and listen to some of this and then we'll talk a little bit more. ♪ ♪ robert: who is that young guy that's beating the taiko drum there? ryuma: that's my father, grandmaster seiichi tanaka. robert: he was amazing at the performance as well. ryuma: actually, this solo that he did, i was the only one that knew that he was gonna do a solo. he's been practicing, like, in secret, did the dojo quite early so no one actually had seen him standing, actually doing the solos. i'm the only one that ac

destabilization of an environment or a country like likes or like it would such few muslims living there right hani scandia thank you very much indeed for telling his life from london to pleasure. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including a show of unity by british and irish leaders at the funeral of the journalist who was shot last week in london derry. arriving in bloody bus stop north korea's leader gives a rare interview to foreign media ahead of the summit the flat image putin and is a big darby night in manchester peter will look ahead to united's clash with city. of the united kingdom is set to approve a deal with huawei which allows the chinese telecoms giant to supply equipment for britain's youth five g. network adversary has more on that now from a european broadcast center barbara. yes that's right and the u.k. is doing this despite warnings from the u.s. of a potential security risk of spying who are way which is a private company has denied that it's controlled by the chinese government. well lawrence lee has more now on that story. holloway has grand ambitio

so before she comes up i'll ask supervisor matt hany to introduce the honoree. >> it's my great honor to recognize charlie caparas as the 9-1-1 dispatcher of the year. he's not here. before i begin to introduce charlie i'd like to take the opportunity to recognize the amazing hard work of all of our 9-1-1 dispatchers. 9-1-1 dispatchers have an incredibly difficult and stressful job as you can imagine. in their call-taking role a dispatcher will average 12 to 15 calls per hour. imagine trying to maintain your calm and composure while assisting somebody who may be assisting a tragic or dangerous situation and after that, they have to reset and do it again. as dispatchers are 9-1-1 professionals have the important responsibility of sending life-saving resources to those who need it and ensuring the safety of police, sheriffs and deputies and firefighters and those they dispatch. he is eye hus -- a husband and father and enjoys spending time with his family. his favorite activity is taking his 2 and 5-year-old on hikes. the reason i'm presenting the award is charlie was on watch as a radi

i respectfully request all of you to join supervisor hany to urge the mayor to come to our community meeting tomorrow. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. many of you know about the taxi industry and what it's going through. this is the sheet that the person who purchased me medal anfor $250,000 and the daily gross income and daily expenses which are if you deduct all the expenses from $200 it remains $13 after eight or nine hours a shift. we are quartering you guys before to please buy back the medallions and nothing is working for the taxi industry. everyone feels the taxi industry is unwanted. our humble request is to look at the fact sheet and if somebody has any doubt i can challenge him. i will prove each and every single expense that is over here. sfmta is not working for us. that's why we keep coming back and forth. we got a lollipop about six months ago. we went back to the sfmta and what they basically did is they divided four on one side, another on one side. no concrete efforts to increase the income of the taxi driver and as you have mentioned, we are mentioni

hanie gosk >> reporter: university of south carolina student samantha josephson got into a car she thoughthe ordered from uber. it wasn't. the driver allegedly killed her. in the wake of that tragedy, the iversity and uber announcing a new partnership. focused on safety. >> every time someone uses a ride share service they should op before entering the vehicle skand a the driver plainly, what is my name. >> reporter: and on uber app, a new alert system. here is how the safety features work. you open up the app's normally would and right away there is a reminder, a banner at the bottom that saiderheck your ride ev time. that means three things. license plate, the car details, and the picture of your driver. >> two por safety reminders before the car arrives. >> hi, who are you here to pick up? >> uber forestephanie. >> there are stories about fake uber drivers. should uber have been more pro-active sooner. well, stephanie, you'll never hear me say that we have done enough on safety. it is my commitment, it the commitment of the entire company. >> reporter: the new safety measures come as rber

district six supervisor matt hany is now proposing a requirement that every city district have its ownomeless navigation center and requiring that the centers be built within the next 30 months. the proposal comes as the city is already facing a huge battle over a proposed center on the embarcadero. >>> get ready. here they come. sooner thalater, driverless delivery trucks. the dmv releasing regulations today that would let companies test or deploy these autonomous vehicles. companies can test these cars and trucks weighing under 10,000 pounds to. make this technology available, commercial companies will need a public use permit from the dmv. currently, about 60 companies have testing permits. are you ready for it? >> it will happen before you know it. >> delivery, autonomous trucks. >> you know what i am ready for though is the weekend. it is sunny, going to be gorgeous. >> convertibles, sunroof. >> yes. >> i saw someone in the parking lot today, bmw convertible. >> top down. >> top down. loving life. >> there is more of that coming up. without a lot of wind which is a nice change. >>

i'm julia hani.s was in the neighborhood and talks with witnesses. >> reporter: the family of the victim showed us with a bloody attack happened. in his own backyard is on a 30- year-old daly city man was bitten by a rottweiler. police say around 7:00 to receive 9-1-1 call's from neighbors informing them a man was being attacked by a dog. >> i thought they were playing or what is going on and i looked and saw the dog on the side and there was blood down his arm so i ran into call 9-1- 1 . >> he was screaming around 7 am and we tried to help him but our fence was too high so we threw him a knife because he asked for a knife. >> reporter: neighbors told the victim's father his son was attacked in the yard although they are unsure what he was doing prior to the ng through a hole in the onhy the dog attacked but neighbors who witnessed the mauling say it was scary and bloody as the victim was bitten in his upper and lower torso. >> from what i