it was inches from that huge hippo's teeth.to snap a ten-foot crock detail in half. they say with seconds to spare one of his colleagues pulled him to safety. nothing was happening. the guy was not hurt. but -- >> lucky dude. >> they're saying they think the water is what might have woken him up. so in the future, there is a lesson here, should you sedate a hippo, put a muzzle on it. >> my mom told me the same thing. very good advice there. here in new york we all take the subways regularly. you hear voices in the subway about, please step away from the platform. the "new york times" did a feature on cowan hopkins, who's been the voice of subways and airports for the last 15 years. she's the voice we hear as wear traveling. not only does she do airports, she's on subway systems in chicago, washington, paris, hotels in beirut, lebanon, china, korea. she's never actually herself been on a subway since 1957. take a listen. >> local train 2. ladies and gentlemen, the next brooklyn-bound local train is now arriving. please step away

tucker will be on display at the san francisco zoo at the beginning of december in a brand new hippoironment where he will likely meet a new hippo lady. >> say you cross -- round a corner in the financial district and there's tucker. would you still think he is cute? >> our graphics say heading to frisco? we need to change that. >> yes, no. >> thanks for being with us, everybody. >> see you at 11. >> bye bye. ♪ [ female announcer ] there's only one you. that's why sutter health created thedoctorforyou.com, where you can find a doctor based on criteria important to you. and because it's sutter health, you can choose a doctor from some of the most respected medical groups and hospitals in northern california. find your doctor today at thedoctorforyou.com. sutter health. with you. for life. ♪ [ female announcer ] we know you've got a lot on your plate at thanksgiving. which is why safeway has everything you need to get it all done. right now get a safeway frozen turkey up to 16 lbs for just $6.77 each. that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. safeway.

as discussed of last meeting, there is an opportunity for the san francisco zoo to acquire a young hippo. a young female had an unplanned pregnancy. the male will be left out in the cold if he is not moved. he can be moved before the christmas holiday. on the attendance front, september attendance was over budget by 1520 visitors. october appears to be off to your good start as well with the mission revenue ahead by 23%. the total attendance for our fiscal year is below projections by 4.5%, and we will restrict expenditures by the same. i am pleased to report we not only closed the year with a balanced budget but had a slight surplus. >> thank you very much. any questions? >> any public comment? we are on item #7. >> i am here to present our long-awaited out reach. as you know, we currently do not have a policy around outreach, but i did present our approach to outreach and then took a similar presentation to the neighborhood parks council, san francisco parks trust and prozac to talk about what we are doing that works and solicit their input on what should be included. their input was i

i looked at the hippo compound. in defense of animal people, the animal welfare people. i look at the accommodations. they want to put that breeding hippopotamus theire to 8,000 pounds. it is a big animal. in the compound, it is fairly small. it is more suitable for a small towel. that is what i want to try bring. if you had the calf, it would lead the family with a male and a female. they are trying to say that they would not have to put it over to the pond. you get that smaller calf that fits more to the accommodations and then you improve the accommodations. it was a beautiful day when i was there. the wind was blowing. that might be the part of a windbreaker. they talked about the size of an eldorado cadillac. that is all i wanted to bring in. >> thank you. >> is there anybody else who would like to speak under general public comment. general public content -- comment is closed. are there any items on the consent calendar. public comment is closed. >> it has been moved and seconded. opposed? it is unanimous. >> we are now on item six, which is the golden gate park mo

to save shetland ponies sheep and goats inside a nearby and large animals such as the elephants on hippos were brought to safety none of the stuff or visitors were injured in the blaze which took about one hundred firefighters to tackle. now let's get the latest from the world of business with korea. hello and welcome to our business program here in r.t. thanks for joining me energy companies from russia and bulgaria signed a deal to build a bulgarian section of the south stream pipeline representatives of gas problem and bulgarian energy holding are to set up a joint venture by the end of the year it settles a long running will they won't they saga but kerry had wavered about taking part in the pipeline project which will supply russian gas to europe and to the black sea now russia's prime minister arrived in sofia to mark the event he said but garry will quadruple its earnings for gas transit under the deal russia is also building a nuclear power plant in bulgaria and is looking for european investors to help finance the project saturday signing was the final step before the actual cons