i've been here several times. it's not cute to be here. i don't want to be here.ce to be at. >> it's what i do. >> but things happen. being at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> all the time, i been here about 20 times. every time i get, i get bailed out. i don't play that. my money is long. i always get bailed out, you know what i'm saying? >> inmates spend an average of 45 days at rikers. some can be sentenced up to one year. each inmate costs new york city about $47,000 a year to house and feed. many are awaiting the outcome of their cases or transfer to a state prison. >> arthur damian, step up. bring all your property with you. take your hat off. >> the routine is much the same as it was five years earlier when we visited rikers. men habitually in trouble with the law, cycling in and out. we met damian arthur in 1999 on his fifth visit to rikers. >> you get used to it after a while. once they get back in, you know your surroundings. you feel more comfortable after a while. >> what will now happen is that we will go through our strip search procedure. >> yo

i mean, it's rolling here, then here, then here, then here. so my little velocity vector would simply be like this. i'm trying to draw that, so all these are the same, why? we got the same speed along. it goes at uniform velocity. it takes a little push to get it going. but once i get it going, i let go. it kind of rolls over on its own, and it rolls steady, steady, steady, steady, okay? and so these little vectors would just show me that it's rolling at constant velocity. let's suppose, instead, i take it and i drop it. [descending whistle] oh, what's it gonna be now? here is it up here, see, then i drop it and it goes to here, and to here, and to here, and maybe down in here. now up here, no velocity. but over here, a little bit. and over here, a little bit more. and you know the velocity is increasing, because it's accelerating. and we've talked about acceleration. and when the acceleration is due to gravity, we just call it g, remember that? and we know that g for the planet earth is-- check your neighbor. what's the numerical value of g f

is here, glora buna is here and commissioner levatin is here and commissioner allan lowe is here andtin is here and give a shout out to mark who could not be here. and i saw supervisor mark ferrell and his entire family in the house and give him a shout out for him. i want to give... let's give a big special thanks to scott weiner for all. he was out campaigning for the bond every night. thank you scott. [ applause ] >> i saw tom ewy the director of the department of building inspection who is here and i want to thank him and i want to thank the san francisco parks alliance who is here and the trust for public lands and most of all, i want to thank all of you, all of you for helping make this happen. [ applause ] >> oh, yeah. it is his last official tree lighting as a supervisor. where is he? come on up. yeah, we have already forgotten up here, you have got to come up. a big... our loudest, loudest round of applause for supervisor sean elsbern and his son michael who is here. look at this guy who just showed up in the left-hand part of the stage, our former mayor willie brown who is

she's been out here before. when we saw the ground being all kind of prepared for these verticals to go up, but she also knew that it's all about these positive lives that we're going to have. i want to thank hud. i mean, hud can be harsh, but they can also be a great partner when you get them on your side. and our d.c. office as well as our san francisco office, the hud officials are to be praised for supporting this vision. because hope sf came out of the hope 6 projects. and this was naturally led -- they started these projects as early as areas in portland and seattle and chicago. and we looked -- we sent our staffs out there and we felt that promise was may rebut what i did back here. this is a great vision and something that i will be glad to not only engage in and support enthusiastically. we have dcyf, maria sue is here and she's got all of the great training programs. along with our director of work force housing. i saw rhonda simmons and her team. we've got a lot of different agencies engaged in here s

i mean, it's rolling here, then here, then here, then here. so my little velocity vector would simply be like this. i'm trying to draw that, so all these are the same, why? we got the same speed along. it goes at uniform velocity. it takes a little push to get it going. but once i get it going, i let go. it kind of rolls over on its own, and it rolls steady, steady, steady, steady, okay? and so these little vectors would just show me that it's rolling at constant velocity. let's suppose, instead, i take it and i drop it. [descending whistle] oh, what's it gonna be now? here is it up here, see, then i drop it and it goes to here, and to here, and to here, and maybe down in here. now up here, no velocity. but over here, a little bit. and over here, a little bit more. and you know the velocity is increasing, because it's accelerating. and we've talked about acceleration. and when the acceleration is due to gravity, we just call it g, remember that? and we know that g for the planet earth is-- check your neighbor. what's the numerical value of g f

thank you all so much for joining us here tonight. it is an honor to be here. my name is daniel homsby and i am the program manager for the neighborhood department networks. an honor to see you here. many of the same faces for the fifth year for the men awards. let's give you an a plays for coming back. (applause) >> and celebrating one of the most important things we have in san francisco, which is our neighborhoods. without further ado, i'd like to start the program off by introducing my colleague, christina palone, the new director for the mayor's office for neighborhoods. christina palone. (applause) >> good evening, everyone. i'm happy to be a part of such a great ebit that celebrates the contributions made by residents and organizations throughout the city to make san francisco one of the greatest places to live. the mayor's office of neighborhood services also known as mons focuses on neighborhood outreach and engagement. it is an honor to be here with community leaders who are dedicated to the same principles and are positively changing our communities.

here. areas next to some of the tree lined areas where you are able to have lines take in the ceremonies. the podium is where the president will be taking the oath of office. that particular podium, they have a word for that. they all that the blue falcon. the podium you see white often at news conferences. that is the official presidential podium. the reason they call it the blue falcon is because everything in the white house the president himself and even the dog has a code name. that is the blue falcon. it is the official presidential podium. in just about let's say three hours from now president obama and the chief justice of the united states will be saying the oath and president obama will unofficially of course because he started yesterday take his oath of office for his second term. send it back up the street to you. >> all right, tom, thank you very much. >> want to get -- check in now with wisdom martin. >> nope, we're going to talk about the luncheon. >> may i borrow your script

represent our residents who are here. we need to make sure we're creating not just a vibrant marketplace and a vibrant community, but we want to make sure that pedestrian safety first and foremost. we want to remind folks that our pedestrian accident rates are still much higher than they need to be. so we'll make sure as we move forward with the program that everyone is safe, the merchants are displaying their wares that leave room for all the different transit vehicles to get through. thank you so much for being here. happy new year. >> thank you, supervisor chiu. you heard from the mayor and supervisor chiu, one of the major concerns is pedestrian safety and our partner agency, the san francisco police department has assured us again they will be here and working with everyone to make sure that everything is safe. let me ask captain tom come to the mic to say a few words. >> thank you, mohammed. i wanted to wish everybody a very safe, happy and prosperous new year. as the new year comes we look for ward to the stockton

everybody here in our community.nk you very much. (applause). >>> and i just want to echo jeff's words and say thank you for having us here today and thank you all for joining us and we look forward to many more arab heritage month celebrations and as well as our bigger community center and you know, through all of the different work that we do in different arab organization, different community organizationings it's about strengthening our community and contributing to the amazing cultural land scam of our city and we are very thankful to here today. >> and thank you shad deand the committee for putting on such a great show and where joaquin. thank you very much also for all of your dedication and work. okay thanks a lot:. >> so please everyone, join us for the reception, for the following if he is activities we have a fashion show, as well as some food and accommodations and so please follow us into the hall. thank you.

we got here around 3:30. we pulled up a little bit before 3:30 and we already started seeing folks pulling in and lining up for that first train that rolled through the station at 4:00 a.m. and you can hear the train just pulling out. so folks are heading to the inauguration. this was a recommendation that folks in the outskirts here come to the end of the line stations, park their vehicles, and then metro in. and everyone has been saying this is your best bet to get anywhere close to the inauguration ceremonies a little later this morning. we spoke to a woman from michigan, teresa doyle. she came with a contingent of about 30 people who loaded up in vans early this morning, came down to new carrollton to head out very early in the morning to beat those massive crowds. let's listen to what she had to say. >> we came to the last inauguration. we're just expecting a great celebration. we're excited that we get to do this two times. >> reporter: not as cold and not as crowded. >> thank god. thank god. thank god

thanks for being here. after our remarks, we would love for you to look around this beautiful facility. john martin is truly a partner. he acknowledged his priority regarding excellent equipment, training, and infrastructure. but he sort of downplayed that. he has been, like our mayor, a huge champion of public safety. it is an honor to stand with both of you today, evidenced by this facility, which will add to an already top of the line fire department facility at the airport. what you see here will enhance our ability to respond to water- related emergencies that much quicker. it is cutting edge, just like everything provided by the airport. the san francisco fire department operates three stations here. we are solely responsible for emergency incidents in and around the airport. many of the members of the san francisco fire department assigned to the airport are here today. i thank you for your dedication and professionalism. there are a lot of people think. we are very proud to be standing here today an

is shirley here yet? is shirley cavara here yet? good to see you shirley. calling to the stage at this time amanda bloom. [applause] >> it's a great honor for me to introduce shirley. for any of you that know shirley. whatever shirley wants she gets so she said i had to introduce her and here i am. sheerly is amazing woman and was at alcatraz and taught children and supported me as a single mother, took care of my child there and i think she's one of the amazing woman in the community and this is a long over due award for her and congratulations shirley. [applause] so now we're going to -- now we're going to have a video. >> my name is shirley cavara and work for oakland school district and early education and people come from san joaquin valley and my family is located in the area. the best thing about working here is meeting all the families, and connecting with the kids, and when it finally clicks to them "oh that's what that means". even if it's small steps with some kids it's a great feeling that you have made an accomplishment in their lives that they

here is what's happening. a flair or firework lit off by band members may have set off a fire that killed 230 people in brazil. the state department made it official, high clouds's final day as secretary of state. lundberg survey says average price for a gallon of gas is $3.34. now back to to catch a predator. >>> hi. >> this is 39-year-old oahn lee, who works in a printing shop. >> how are you? >> he politely leaves his shoes at the door. once inside, he clearly likes our interior design. >> wow, did you decorate this? >> no. >> oh, this is cool. >> yeah. >> looks like restaurant. >> lee, who's from orlando, used the screen name orloofun to chat with a decoy who told him she was 13. despite the language barrier, he makes it clear what's on his mind. >> i would touching you all over your body. would you let me? >> he sends her a picture of his genitals and later, referring to sex, he writes -- >> you can ride me. i just wear the condom. >> and now that he's in the undercover house, the decoy wants to know if h

russia is far from a perfect place i've lived here for a long time we've all lived here a long time some of you were from here ok but i think it's a much more mixed story and complicated story and that every country has problems and problems are to be solved but it sounds like i mean if you read the economist the mean or you read newsweek this country is going to collapse this year did you know that victoria and her did a lot although every year a list that is going to collapse that's ok soon we're going to witness that does integrate and never i think so that's what sells a lot and that's what people like to eat but of course you know we have to work harder yes to project a different image there are many better things that you can say about it from french i read a great in brand in their countries that cannot be not the same can be said about spain or you know u.k. or even china i think that we are making some steps in this direction of modest steps that we have to advertise our culture not all the dostoyevsky and tolstoy but contemporary culture which is going to why but we can ad

we're blessed to have leader nancy pelosi here. who has been a huge leader. [ applause ] mayor lee, and it seems like we might have a quorum with the board of supervisors. i'm sure there is no work getting done over there today because we have been blessed with so many. supervisor kim, supervisor yeee, supervisor cohen and supervisor dufty and those are just too name a few. for mercy, these opportunitis are just few and far between. we were talking earlier, barry and i about how many people st. anthony's sees on a regular basis. these 89 affordable housing units and one manager's unit is an unbelievable accomplishment. and the sad thing it's just a drop in the bucket compared to the need we have. i think all of you know that, which is why you are here today. we're blessed to have the leader here today and i wish all your colleagues in congress could be as supportive as you have been over the years so people would understand the need. unfortunately with the situation that we have nationally, the funding for programs like this are re

already some fans here this morning.will joinore mayor the team's cheerleaders and and thousands of fans. fansve with us the first to show up. who was 14 years old the last time they won the super bowl. you remember much of that game? >> i do. ,> you are here at 5:00 a.m. excited are you? .> ecstatic >> what brings you out this early? we are just ready to do this day right. with the whole ray lewis thing, the retirement and he is really, by this. the city is really backing him. .> yup >> man of little words. >> all the logos here in town play like a raven. hopefully the ravens will play champions on sunday. like you said, after they get on -- myane, i photographer , a 49ers fan, we'll get on the plane as well. we are going to new orleans. it should be quite a week. back to you. try and behave on that plane. headingday, johnny is new orleans to cover the super bowl. reports,his live starting tomorrow, right here. on the hill today, the senate is to vote on a $51 billion package to help victims of .uperstorm sandy lawmaker

here's to open space and here's to recreation and here's to vistas and congrats, everybody. thank you. (applause) >> thank you very much, phil. now, keep an eye out behind me. the vessel has been out of range. before you get too much of their competitive advantage. also i notice the fire boat is going to be coming in to help us celebrate shortly. but next i would like to introduce to you our former port commissioner president of the department of city planning's commission, president of the wachs museum here in fisherman's wharf, a fourth generation san franciscan, somebody who grew up here in fisherman's wharf, please welcome rodney fong. [cheering and applauding] >> thank you. thank you, monique. you know what, how many fisherman's wharf people are here? raise your hands. so, everyone is very excited here. but i think for all of us, we have to be extremely excited because we -- i can't think of a better word. we actually have a new front yard here at fisherman's wharf, a place to gather to have music, a place to celebrate things. for millions of people who come to the whar

he is requesting asylum here in san francisco. he hasn't gotten s he is not here illegal. he's a harvard graduate as well. next year january 31 and i just been coming to city hall to try to get support for him as well, and that's pretty much all i have to sai. i would like him to speak for himself. >> i want to thank the commission for its work. this is my second time appearing at city hall. the first time i had the opportunity again to witness a session like this, and i want to thank everybody. i want to thank supervisor olague. i have read much about the commission work from the examiner, the san francisco examiner. like jamal and my case manager. i see supervisor mar and supervisor campos and i have been reading about san francisco and all about its developments on the san francisco examiner which as you know is a free newspaper, and i have been seeing all the work you are doing in my district where i live, bay district and bringing things there and cleaning up the navy yard and affordable housing and like jamal said i am trying to get asylum. i moved into this country

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here you go, gus. you never know who you're going to bump into when you're up here. >> that's right. we were just going for a friendly carriage ride and did you see who we ran into, frank? >> well, we heard from him a little bit earlier. i guess george lucas right? >> george lucas. >> we talked to him for a fuse few minutes and i asked him about super bowl xlvii. >> of course i'm rooting for the 9ers but in the end i'd rather watch it on television. >> it's the least amount of hassle. i'm sure they will win so i don't know what the upon the is really. i think they should just cancel it and have a big party. >> you think they should just call it now? >> yeah, just call it now and have a big party in new orleans and get on with it. >> hey, i would be all for watching at his house, as well. i bet you that is a pretty nice place. right now we're on bourbon street in the historic french quarter. you can see behind me the the infamous bourbon street. if you hear the noise, these are all the trash trucks comi

thank you for being here. and now we are going to go back to our regular program because we have several people who have wishes who have spoken words they want to give to you that kind of express their take on the tree of hope. first of all, mention once before but now hear to speak to you alahandro mahe and teaches at the san francisco university and short story edit tore and award winner and here he is. >> thank you. >> you look fabulous. you remind me of my first girlfriend. only she was not as tall. but, i want to thank the mayor lee, and the mayor's office, and jeff, and world rainbow fund and all of you for the invitation to be here tonight. we are so privileged to be able to gather together in community and joy and celebration and hope while so much of the world is plunged in darkness and chaos and war and intolerance. i am honored to read a poem for you tonight. >> the last time that i tried this, i pulled out a parking ticket. i got lucky this time. in spanish, hope, is aransa. and the plural is suran

in here like i have.t only works if you want it to work. >> there's a lot of things about me. i love my family, hate for my enemies. it all keeps me going. cage can't hold me forever. cage can't hold me forever. >> everybody deserves a second chance at life. i feel like -- i know -- i don't feel like, i know for a fact i haven't reached my full potential yet, you know. i haven't been shown my loved ones the full potential of judd, that's me. in case y'all didn't know, that's my name, judd. >> jeffrey flanders is facing a life sentence for the murder of a transgender prostitute in miami. but his road at santa rosa could be tougher than many others, due primarily to his size. at 4'6", he must always be ready to defend himself against inmates who believe they can take advantage of him. >> even if i knock this dude down, you know, i'm going to always have a problem with him. so if a dude bring a problem to me, i'm not going to assist in hand-to-hand combat. i'm going to try to hurt somebody, physically hurt t

and now here's beyonce. and here she is, beyonce. guess who's here? beyonce, y'all.his, you guys. a marijuana club in colorado is closing after just one day in business because it lost its lease. you could tell it's a weed club because they mean they literally lost their lease. like, dude, i don't know. it was under my beanbag chair next to the rainbow candle shaped as a peace sign and then -- >> i think i smoked it. >> jimmy: wait, what did i lose? i don't know if you guys saw this, but yesterday, while guest hosting the fourth hour of "the today show." meredith vieira said the "s" word on live tv. [ audience oohs ] kathie lee and hoda were, like, whoa, you kiss your wine glass with that mouth? [ laughter ] that is -- >> how dare you. >> jimmy: and finally, it's rumored that the wife of north korean leader kim jong-un had a baby in late december. apparently, everyone in north korea is really excited. you know, because they have to be. [ laughter ] we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: oh! [ cheers and

here. and one thing on one with the soviet union i was in afghanistan you know and all of the infrastructure in kabul is soviet because the americans have built nothing there tents and castles ok let's go back to western media. how intentional it is that on their part to be betrayed russian such a negative way because i won't i won't name names but i know some foreign journalists and i will privately on facebook and say why did you write that well my editor changed it ok because you know you got to spice it up a little bit here is there a disconnect there also there is someone on the on the i don't know it's probably the rules of the of the company i don't know in the west that the need to be portrayed this where we have certain angles and russia will always be on the bad side so don't try to make it look good otherwise you're just predator yourself i give a very good example and i will name a name here if if i'm allowed to that was during the may sixth riots in moscow when fox knew it was

> we see dogs here. the search for the suspect, maybe suspects, is on. let me ask you this because of your perch. are you near a window? what are you seeing? >> yeah, i'm looking out my window and i see s.w.a.t. cars, police cars, fire trucks. it is the whole street is blocked off. >> tell me about the phoenix business center. what kind of businesses are inside? >> well, there is mortgage companies, she actually works for a mortgage company. so i'm not too sure what other businesses are in there. >> okay. from what we can tell, this entire building is on lockdown as we see some of the units, police, law enforcement, fire, ems crews on the scene. we're making calls to find out exactly how many people are injured. the extent of those injuries, of course, as this is a fluid situation in these sorts of scenarios. carol aguilera, stay close in touch with us, please. we would love to make sure your daughter-in-law is a-okay once they're hopefully able to get everyone out of the building. thank you so much for

look at this huge train they've got here. the anticipation is building. the giants are almost here. everyone is ready for their arrival. the comcast crew is ready, and they've got two large sports cameras to capture all of the action. the commentators are here. they're excited. they want to comment. we're excited. the fans are excited. should be about 15 minutes or so till we see the giants. hey, guys. [cheering and applauding] look at this amazing display. this looks incredible. and right in front of me is the press riser. and here's from all over the world. there are two press risers and they were built especially for this event. and as you can see, there are so many cameras here. they're from all over the world to shoot all of the action of today's event. civic center is full of giants fans. just look at this crowd. it's unbelievable. [cheering and applauding] >> in addition to all the cameras up on the risers, there's plenty of radio coverage, too. right behind me is knbr and the sports commentators are here talking about all the excitement, the world series and the giants' big

and then back here, here's another piece that's... held in place. and when i bring this corner up on tt board, just li that, see how the corner mates and is nice and tight? and the other thing i like to do is use a rubber mallet and my body to hold this corner in place right there. get everything all lined up. it's not a matter of force to clamp that corner, 'cause i'm letting that angle do its work. if it's cut correctly, all i do right now is bring it flush right in here. and then i'll use a brad nailer to tack the corner together -- just like that. this an 18-gauge brad nailer. and once that draws that corner tight, then i don't have any marring. because it's so small, i just fill that. and that's how i do all four corners. i'll rotate this around, get another one. and it's just that simple. sand it clean. you want to keep that sanding block flat, just like that. size the joint. add the glue. and then just repeat this process for all four corners. [ brad nailer firing ] if you look very closely, all the corners e nice and tight. i have a little b

if you'll look here, start over here, this is market street here, and this is 10th street here.so market street, as you know, cannot change. yep. it's paving. then as we go down 10th, we will be using standard specification of paving which is downtown specification of black with a mica in it. also, what is really exciting about this project will be integrating qr codes into this project so that, as you enter, you can put -- if you have a smart phone, you can put your smart phone here, you can put your smart phone here, you can put your smart phone here. what will come up with that is explaining what these maps are, to the understanding of the history of san francisco. they're also graphically very nice. so that's the floor plain. so this map here is white gran it. and that granit is from the raymond quarry. i don't know if you know who it is. they are the people where all our curbs were generated from the raymond quarry. so everything that you see in san francisco, that was a stone curb, is from raymond. and that is a beautiful granite. we will be using that granite in reference

thank you for being here. sisters, i was going to say the sisters of petulince. thank you for being here as well. [ applause ] and of course, you will hear and you have heard them earlier, our san francisco boys chorus, thank you, boys chorus for being here to celebrate. and then, tonight, many of you will be treated to goodies and some refreshments all donated through the world fund and their volunteers and all of the small businesses of san francisco. thank you for your wonderful donations during these holidays. said earlier, the tree of hope is our symbol of tolerance and acceptance. and i know what is on my mind, hopefully by the end of this week is that we will see more than this symbol. we will see the wishes, that this tree represents for all of us. and that will make this world, with our own decisions, with our own hands, more acceptance, more tolerance, as we wait with great anxiousness on our u.s. supreme court to exhibit their tolerance in our united states for the same-sex marriage that we all dese

this is why i live here. >> the culture out here is amazing. it's san francisco. >> this is a legacy of the old warren hel ment and receive necessary funding for ten years after his death. >> there is a legacy that started

here in d.c. 53. we're going to 70 but there's a threat of some strong thunderstorms late today and tonight. let's check in with monika samtani. if you do the beltway in prince george's county, you need to pay attention. >>> you do. we're talking the east side of the beltway in prince george's county where there was a serious early morning accident. it happened before 3:00 on the inner loop of the beltway. that's southbound 95 after route 50 where only one lane is getting by in each direction. let me show you first what it looks like live there. three vehicles involved, including a fire truck, a tractor-trailer, and a jeep. if you are planning to head to the beltway, look at the work they have to do. to of those vehicles were overturned. again, this is a live picture here on the inner loop south of route 50 in the landover area. let's go to our mdot shot so you can see what's getting by. this is going to be this way for a while. one lane in each direction of the beltway. that means serious delays as w