with an budget, and this is proceeding with all of its complications as a major, important hospital-first city. i want to think the whole team that has been working together. i want to thank our dpw construction management team and the inspectors, because they're doing a great job. the reason why this is on time and we look forward to the possibility -- and i always have to say without being too overly exact on updates, but sometime this summer, perhaps towards the end of july, we are looking at the top behalf of this structure -- topping it off of this structure. that is a milestone. the largest bond capital program we have experienced. but one that was a smartly, thoroughly assessed with our capital improvement program and the city, one that i know carmen was proud of in her supportq this and the approach that we have had in how we have approached and how we have build this thus far. and with the kind of modeling that has been experienced and with web corp. and having the design meld with the construction and construction management and getting early input from hospital management is the mod

my wife, she is a -- first time i came to the city i stayed at the [unintelligible] hotel. she works at pes general hospital where she is a physician, a psychiatrist with the city. thanks to her, i have medical insurance because i had to leave my job when i got sick. i stayed at that hotel when i first came here. i can think of no better services than to provide services. i walked around the area, i know the area. i go up and down, i live on geary. i think it would be great.

i want all of the union trades in this city to get jobs in these proposed new hospitals. i would first like to see cpmc deal honestly with the current labor dispute between the union and the guys out on the street, looking for a contract. i do not want cpmc to give us all snow jobs so union workers get the short shift and the benefit of short-term jobs to give up long-term careers. cpmc needs to resolve their current labor issues and move forward, allowing all union trade to provide good middle- class livelihood to keep standards as though economically and socially strong. i encourage the planning commission lee's holding your decision in advanced until the resolution that's achieved between cpmc and stationary engineers local 39 san francisco. thank you very much. commissioner borden: thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. my name is edgar. i was born and raised in sentences go and i have worked at california pacific medical center for the past 33 years. i am also a member of the stationary engineers local 39. i wish i could stand here before you and tell you that i support the rebui

my wife, she is a -- first time i came to the city i stayed at the [unintelligible] hotel. she works at pes general hospital where she is a physician, a psychiatrist with the city. thanks to her, i have medical insurance because i had to leave my job when i got sick. i stayed at that hotel when i first came here. i can think of no better services than to provide services. i walked around the area, i know the area. i go up and down, i live on geary. i think it would be great. i know the impact that great jobs can provide. i know that cpmc provide excellent care. >> good afternoon, a thank you for allowing me to speak. i volunteer on the front desk at cpmc. i am a member of the leadership council. i see firsthand how cpmc welcomes visitors and patients from all the districts of san francisco. all of hom racine the same -- all of whom receive the same dedication from our doctors and staff. at the time, a st. luke's was in dire financial straits. i said, of course, he would do it. i encouraged him to go toe to toe with whoever it took to keep st. luke's open. there is no doubt that st. luke's would be just a me

hospital with my siblings. i am a first generation in this country. i ran into city build a long time ago in 2000. they gave me a shot at a pre- apprenticeship program which i completed. i also completed a five-year apprenticeship program with the united brotherhood of carpenters and i believe this project should go on. as a san francisco native there is a lot of my brothers and sisters out of work right now and they are doing really bad. we need some infrastructure back in this old city of ours and every dollar of infrastructure that is put in, the make a dollar back within the first year or two. i plead to you to please move this forward. i am also a student and i am still involved with city build and the program and a carpenter. education is getting cut. there's no jobs. we're doing really bad. i appreciate it. i am also a dialysis patient of eight years with a disability. health care is more -- is important to me. that is what keeps me alive. i continue to work and educate myself. with that i will hand and thank you for your time. -- and and thank you for your time. = -- end and thank you for

hospital. >> wow. >> well, it is probably a first for any city. an official sidewalk lane for texting. this was installed across the street from city hall. it's actually an april fools day joke, but authorities say it is meant to send a serious message about the dangers of texting while walking. a lot of folks unfortunately, didn't quite get it. went right over their head because they weren't looking. they were too busy texting. >> a distracted walking lane? distracted walking lane. >> this is a new concept? a distracted walking lane for people on blackberries and iphones? >> no comprehension. >> the lines will be in place for a week and she sees near misses every day because folks just aren't paying any attention. >> still to come, polls in maryland and d.c. are now just a couple hours away from closing. we'll break down the biggest races. but first, an organization aimed at helping adults with autism land a job. we go inside job pass to see how it works after the break. >> and don't forget, we are always on at wusa9.com. stick around, we'll be right back. i should be arrested for cri

hospital for evaluation. a far this week in baltimore city and three more homicides are added to the books. the first happened on north calhoun street. the victim died at shock trauma, a 37-year-old man. the second took place sunday evening on still more street. the 33-year-old male victim was pronounced dead at johns hopkins hospital. the fourth took place just before 11:00 sunday night. the unidentified victim was found shot inside a vehicle. he also died at johns hopkins hospital. there are no suspects or motives in any of the cases. >> the maryland attorney general's office said back in october a jury found three corrections officers negligent for failing to prevent the murder of philip parker jr.. he was reportedly strangled by another inmate during the bus ride. the state claims the officers are immune from liability because their public officials. testimony for the city police sergeant was heard in court today during the trial of twin brothers and travers and jermaine johnson. >> they are accused of setting a pitbull on fire back in may of 2009. lowell melser has the latest. >> the case has en

first few pages had this very image of cortez. the original is hanging in a hospital in mexico city. a general, william forth, for whom ft. worth is named, who sent polk a copy of the cortes painting to the white house to commemorate the march to mix cocity. it was hanging in the white house and sarah polk had it in his parlor all 42 years of her widowhood and called to mind the expansion in the southwest. i have been talking about all of that land that was added. i should also mention the timing. the treaty ending the war, the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo was signed in 1848. salt in mexican's wounds and a big advantage to the united states. polk's final state of the union address, i confirmed rumors about gold in california. there had been a lot of rumors hitting the east coast. he mentioned that they are true and that nuggets of gold had been sent to the u.s. state department. he gave validity to these rumors. he died in 1849, the year the california gold rush was in full swing. polk would have been sort of irked at his successor, zachary taylor. tension between the two. taylor was a leading military commander along with

hospital. police released the video they are looking for the shooter and the first two victims. >>> a scare over the skies of new york city. a delta air lines passenger recorded video of a bird strike in one of the jet's engines. the kind of incident that caused the "miracle on the hudson" this time the pilot safely returned to kennedy airport. >>> finally, in california, a goose is wandering around with an arrow impaled through the mid-section. folks have been trying to catch the bird to help it out but the goose moves around too quickly, fish and game officials say they are now going to get involved >>> finally, do not try this at home. a group of base jumpers left from a high-rise in waikiki recently and recorded their jump on camera. believe it or not, it is not against the law to base jump in hawaii. however, police warrant it is incredibly dangerous. >>> now for the look at national and regional weather, bill karins. i hope we didn't give anyone any ideas. >> no. >> hopefully not. >> who knew it was legal? that could be an interesting show -- the helmet cam. >> wandering around in different places. so not interestin

this agreement will protect the city from unexpected rate increases for the employees to use these hospitals. the agreement has two main components. first, they agreed to cap their rate increases with the insurance companies that contract with them in years 133 and no more than the medical inflation rate plus 1.5% in year four through 10. as you see in this light, it has been about 4%. this portion of the agreement was already in place at the last hearing we had with you and has not changed. i will do a couple of explanatory points. this agreement does not mean, and i want to emphasize this, that the city is required to agree to wage increases at those levels. it just means that they may impose under this contract. the city retains all of the same ability to negotiate, as noted to negotiate below the cap. the best way to think of this provision is it adds another tool to the city arsenal, when we would not have had without the development agreement. i also want to point out that the negotiated cap to us is an appropriate level. we started talking to them using inflation as the cap, which is clearly the common- sense approach to this. th

first round of the french presidential election to socialist candidate. over twenty people are still being treated in hospitals in the ukrainian city of the. after a series of bombs exploded there on friday. to bring us up to date for the moment i'll be back with more in half an hour from now in the meantime the violence of the arab spring has led to widespread displacement in the greater middle east next we look at the conflicting attitude towards migrants and how it effects europe. almost. the. media. to speak italian language. but. migrants from asia and africa took a liking to this place just outside term and a railway station a long time ago. they hang around it all day long a local journalist coming here in the evening a great deal of attention she wants information about the refugees for her blog. there are hundreds of people here yes we have received residence permits but the shelters where we used to spend the night have been closed down we now live in the open we sleep on the street. we have no jobs we have nothing to eat we can't find a place to sleep. on. this . there's a reason behind this blog is interest in refugees these pe

immigration after losing the first round of the french presidential election to socialist kind of good for. over twenty people are still being treated in hospitals in the ukrainian city of the nipple patrols after a series of bombs exploded there on friday leaving thirty injured. plus not guilty british lie detector experts say the u.k.'s main suspect a russian m.p. was not involved in the murder of a former security officer alexander litvinenko in london six years ago. well that's it for me the news team for the moment he's next in the news continues in the meantime we have a special report that delves deep into the emotional trauma troops after their experience on the battlefield that's next. i am going on that at this moment on duty. to be a soldier was a very important thing in a young man's life and to be not just a soldier but to be a damn good soldier and to be in combat. in the fanout komi. i managed to go that's where you belong. and that's the southerner in me in time of war that's where you belong. being me. i had left mississippi. probably due on my chill new year because of the anger i had to go it out i needed to get out of mississippi are probably woul

died at the hospital and finally, more than seven hours after the first killing, we have the fourth examine hopefully last, 31-year-old william allen was shot in the chest. joining me is city councilman jack henderson. good morning. can you tell us the latest there in terms of what the shootings were taking place? these were all in a predominantly black neighborhood, correct? >> correct. >> the shooter is a white male from what we understand. is this being looked at as a late crime? >> well, the tul sa branch of the naacp is what they're calling it. i am simply because it was african-american community and white shooter and only people that had been shot thus far is afro americans, so as a past president of the naacp for several years, i wouldn't know nothing else to call it other than that. >> from what we understand this suspect would ask somebody for directions and then open fire. is that what those who survived this are saying. >> one of the incidents, for sure, statement was made that this person drove up to them and in a white truck and asked them for information, and directions and they proceeded to tell him they didn't really know and maybe down the street a little

first latino councilmember in years. neither the county nor city had a strong relationship with the spanish-community organization and after the hospital and the foundation was damaged, our county health department headquarters was about 14 miles away and we quickly knew that we were on our own. and our clinic staff right after the earthquake continued to provide medical services right across the street at a plaza right in the park. and a fire captain coming by saw what we were doing and provided me with a radio. thank you, chief. that i used to -- i did a little bit of radio work when i was a ranger and i heard what they were asking for so i took this radio from the police -- from the fire department and listened all night to hear that they were asking for things so i thought wow. this would be great. so i asked for a generator and a large stadium light and extension cords. this allowed us to provide services for the next 24 hours. for the next seven days since we knew the hospital was in and out of service. well, the next day after i had been calling for things, because i started asking for fuel for the generator and water the city o

hospital. police released the video because they are looking for the shooter and the first two victims. >>> a scare in the skies over new york city, a delta airlines passenger recorded video of a bird strike into one of the jet'sagens. the kind of incident that caused the so-called miracle on the hudson, but thankfully in this case the pilot was able to return to kennedy airport. finally in california, this is tough to watch. a goose is andering around with an arrow imimpaled through its midsection. folks have been trying to catch the bird to help it out but the goose moves around too quickly, fish and game officials say they are now going to get involved but he looks like he's unharmed. i guess that's good but it's kind of tough to look at. now a look at your national weather. we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning to you, bill. >> i think that one would require an eye for an eye. maybe an arrow through the middle of the person who shot it. >> through his arm. >> let him walk around for awhile. or her. who knows. we are watching showers and storms rolling through the midsection of the country. if you had weekend

first round of the french presidential ballot. with immigration and the euro among. more than twenty people are still being treated in hospitals in the ukrainian city of the patrol a series of bombs exploded there on friday leaving thirty injured. plus guilty british lie detector experts say the u.k.'s main suspect a russian m.p. wasn't involved in the murder of the former security officer alexander litvinenko in london six years ago. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. as the violence in syria continues unabated neighboring lebanon has seized a shipment of smuggled weapons destined for syrian rebels the cash apparently came from libya which is backing the opponents of president assad this comes as the rebels step up their assault on government forces saturday's for the first insurgent attack from the sea a day after a suicide bombing killed at least nine people in the capital russia says the opposition is seeking to scuttle the un brokered cease fire the world body steps up its observer mission to syria franklin lamb director of the n.g.o.s americans concerned for middle east peace th

first round of the french presidential ballots to france with immigration. among the main rally. over twenty people are still being treated in hospitals in the ukrainian city of. series of bombs exploded there on friday injuring at least. plus guilty british lie detector experts say the u.k.'s main suspect a russian m p was not involved in the murder of former security officer alexander litvinenko in london six years ago the polonium caused tension between the kremlin and downing street. straight into the world of sports do you follow if things are heating up with the top and bottom of england's premier league chelsea and spurs in action today both getting to the champions league places for next season while their opponents are fighting relegation so plenty to fight for are the latest just after this. they're welcome to the sport and these are the headlines big ambitions newly crowned russian champions any set their sights on europe are claiming another premier league title. plus third time lucky to rap of a losing streak against a top seed as a rank in the final in stood. on the price of victory chicago beat philadelphia in the n.b.a. playoffs but lose k.

and two of the city's hospitals have fundamentalist christian leanings so basically this would leave the state with one licensed physician able to poor perform abortions on the july first deadline brian decided to take to the airwaves to defend this bill on the american family associations radio show it was here that this really took a weird trip down the rabbit hole the first he managed to portray this legislation as a triumph for women's health even though he has made it no secret that he intends to rid his state of abortions. personhood initiative are clearly shit i want or should be. yes something he might very well do here with this bill but then things got even crazier when he started talking about democrats and the left take a listen here. you would think. to talk about women would rush to support this but even if you believe in abortion doctor so you have to lay it all to try to kill this bill that is then i should have never signed the truth is there there there would be issued little. children to kill children. that's right we all just want to kill babies that is the one mission in life this guy is serious now did a lot of digging to expose the absurdity of b

city. more importantly, the larger piece is the loan assistance program. it addresses a very important role that we need in san for cisco related to the hospital. these are, in some cases, first responders in the event of an earthquake or other tragedy. much like i am concerned that a good portion of our police department or fire department does not live in san francisco, this is a way we can help ensure at least one sector of first responders are in the city, not depend on bridges, ferries, tunnels. that aspect alone is a huge idea. i hope there are other opportunities within the agencies i mentioned to try to absorber that as well. commissioner sugaya: i apologize, commissioner antonini, for jumping in there. anyway, i still go back to my -- it is going to be a comment. that is all. my other argument that the city should have negotiated for the 73 million in the first place. then we could have decided how to divide it up, whether it would have been 29 still for the assistance program and the rest for building housing or whatever it is. i still do not understand why we are dropping below that number. also, it bothers me, as commissioner moore has said, that it is specificall

the first round of the french presidential ballot with immigration and if you're among the main rally calls. over twenty people remain in hospital after a series of blasts rocked the ukrainian city of newburgh troughs on friday leaving twenty nine injured. and keeping the world where i am free online anger ready to boil over as a new cyber security bill could lead the u.s. government obtain people's private information from the internet companies. and am in the russian capital watching r t r marina joshua into the program lebanon has seized a large cache of weapons and ammunition aboard a ship was in its waters a cargo was said to be destined for the syria's opposition fighters rebels refused to lay down their arms as supporters accuse them of resorting to outright terrorism damascus was rocked by series of blasts this week the latest blow to the un back peace plan it taks of mostly targeted government forces and supporters this is syrian opposition continues calls for foreign military intervention as a convoy when our reports from damascus the public have little have a tide for outside interference. almost everyone in syria these days is in opposition to something ready to lash

the first round of the french presidential ballot with immigration and the euro among the main a rally calls. over twenty people remain in hospital after a series of blasts rocked the ukrainian city of tampa trops come friday leaving twenty nine injured. keeping the world web free online anger ready to boil over as a new cybersecurity bill could let the u.s. government obtain people's private information from internet companies. eleven am in the russian capital you are watching r t and the sunday morning we take a look at the top stories of the week now lebanon has seized a large cache of weapons and ammunition aboard a ship within its waters the cargo was said to be to destined for the serious opposition fighters rebels refused to lay down their arms as austin supporters accuse them of resorting to outright terrorism damascus was rocked by a series of blasts this week the latest blow to the un backed peace plan the attacks have mostly targeted government forces and supporters as exxon a boy discovered some rebel forces have little desire for neutrality. a lifetime of work burned overnight. these facilities is one of a growing number of businesses in syria destroyed by those clai

the first round of the french presidential ballot with immigration and the euro among the main rally calls. there were twenty people remain in hospital after a series of blasts rocked the ukrainian city of the upper troughs friday leaving twenty nine injured. and keeping the world web free online anger ready to boil over as a new cyber security bill could lead the u.s. government obtain people's private information from internet companies. it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program and today we take a look at the top stories of the week now lebanon has seized a large cache of weapons and ammunition aboard a ship with its waters a cargo was said to be destined for the serious opposition fighters rebels refuse to lay down their arms as supporters accuse him of resorting to outright terrorism damascus was wronged by a series of blasts this week the latest blow to the u.n. vast peace plan the attacks of mostly targeted government forces and supporters this as syrian opposition continues calls for foreign military intervention but it looks on a boycott of reports from damascus the public have little appetite for outside interference. alm

first round of the french presidential election. it's the national front for votes that are now up for grabs in the may the sixth runoff. people are still being treated in hospitals in the ukrainian city of the patrol. series of bombs exploded there on friday leaving thirty injured. as a country prepares to host the. british lie detector experts say the u.k.'s main suspect a russian m.p. wasn't involved in the murder of the former security officer. in london six years ago people. tension between the kremlin and st. well that's it for me and the news team for the moment we'll be back with more in about half an hour in the meantime it is the latest edition of technology update stay with us for that here. hello and welcome to technology update as more and more people flock to big cities and gas guzzling cars clog the motorways the rush is on to limit the impact of our modern day lifestyles scientists engineers and clean energy and the world over have looked to make a difference with eco friendly solutions and here russia is certainly no exception no sure foreign automakers have grabbed the initiative with alternative fuel cars like those that run on hydrogen and even more traditional ide

first round of the french presidential election. it's the national right votes that are now up for grabs during the may the sixth. over twenty people are still being treated in hospitals in the ukrainian city of the nipple patrol after a series of bombs exploded there on friday leaving thirty injured the suspected terror attacks also fear abroad as the country prepares to host the euro twenty twelve football tournament. plus not guilty british lie detector experts say the u.k.'s main suspect a russian m.p. wasn't involved in the murder of the former security officer alexander litvinenko in london six years ago the murder caused huge tension between the kremlin and downing street. i'll be back with another summary of those stories in about fifteen minutes from now the meantime israel is ratcheting up its war rhetoric against iran despite no definite proof that to ron is actually building a nuclear weapon when next we ask a former u.s. army colonel how far both israel and america could go when it comes to dealing with iran. we're sitting down with douglas macgregor every tired army colonel who fought in the gulf war and was referred to by some officials as the best fighter the us army has go

hospital. he was initially revived, but died wednesday, five days later. an autopsy is being conducted. >> a push to get increased funding for after-school programs in baltimore city passes its first hurdle. the city's education and youth committee unanimously approved a resolution thursday that would double funding to after-school and summer programs. the resolution was introduced by local youth organizations worried about funding cuts during upcoming budget debates. >> tried different charge to use the power if it's not in the budget, up against the budget, and made sure that this is in there, because this is making positive change. >> some of the city's youth played on the front lawn of city hall thursday to let the mayor know they would have nowhere to go if funding gets cut. middle school students will head back to school today. crews have repaired a 16-inch water main break that forced officials to cancel classes thursday. a school and a number of homes were without water since wednesday morning when the pipe originally broke. water service has been restored to the school and nearby homes. >> the state comptroller is calling for all state school systems to begin classes afte

hospitalized, five remaining in critical condition. the cardinals honoring him with a moment of silence at yesterday's game. >>> a bittersweet celebration today in new york city for the firstime since 9/11, the tower at the world trade center site will be the tallest structure in manhattan. steel columns will be put in place today that will make one world trade center a little more than 1,250 feet high, just enough to peek over the empire state building. the tower will reach more than 1700 feet becoming the tallest building in the u.s. >>> and plans to build a replica of the "titanic" called "titanic ii." he made the announcement just weeks after the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. "titanic ii" will be built in china. the maiden trip just like the original ship will be from england to new york. it'll be built with the same dimensions as the original "titanic" though powered by diesel, meaning the smokestacks will be more decorative than functional. >> he does know the last one didn't make it, right? just checking. >>> if you're feeling royal, go ahead and pop that champagne the duke and duchess of cambridge celebrating their first anniversary. congratulati

restauranteur and ceo of the hospitality group opened his first restaurant in union square cafe in 1985 and has been on a roll ever since the empire he created in new york city from gramercy tavern to the blue smoke. he's expanded over seas to the popular burger joint in miami, washington and d dubai. a recent profile says he's created a new restaurant as if they were his first and only the singularity of a place always as important as the food. his looseness and precision quality is more reminiscent of an athlete or an artist. i'm pleased to have danny meyer at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you charlie. >> rose: does that ring true with you does what they say resonate with you in terms of your mind set about restaurants. >> i think what you're talking about is the notion that peach one of the restaurants is like a child. it's absolutely true. my wife and i have four kids at home. i can't make kids but i do know how of to make a restaurant. you love each one like you have a kid. >> rose: you didn't rush in and go right and do another one. you took it at a certain pace. what is that about. >> the first time i owned a second restaurant was t