out in the open in many people were in the parks and i know that there were weddings in the house of culture in the end we were informed that it was very serious and that we were to go home and pack up for evacuation. may the first was one of the biggest communist holidays in the soviet union the labor day previous house of culture still has a collection of posters with soviet leader they were meant to be carried at a traditional demonstration and the stage over here was meant to become a venue for a holiday concert. they say it's not so course but look what i found as improbable as a fireman suit. it could be that it belonged to one of those firefighters who fought the blaze at the nuclear power plant. and then you have to salute no question of why did it most of them died just the water and their gear was so radioactive. thrown through then it was destroyed almost immediately afterwards. first of all you know there used to be an amateur theatre here maybe it's there's got to push it a little be honest i feel we're stuck with jason and he got any ideas where we could go next. well there use

were out in the open many people were in the parks and i know that there were weddings in the house of culture in the end and we were informed that it was very serious and that we were to go home and pack up for evacuation. may the first was one of the biggest communist holidays in the soviet union the labor day people's house of culture still has a collection of posters with soviet leader they were meant to be carried at a traditional demonstration and the stage over here was meant to become a venue for a holiday concert. alexy alexei if not awkward to look at i found a simpler form it's a fireman suit. the shirt could be that it belonged to one of those firefighters who fought the blaze at the nuclear power plant then you hear them salute when i know there's much they're spending most of them died oh i just have all their gear was radioactive to throw that it was destroyed almost immediately afterwards. question do you know that used to be an amateur theater here maybe it's there's got to purchase a little be honest i feel we're stuck with basically got any ideas where we could go next. well

house offers a full spectrum of recreational arts, entertainment programming. it is truly a gem in the bayview community. just a few pictures of the opera house itself. given its culturalnificance, investment in the opera house and the plaza are strategically important to the revitalization of town center. the agency is committing $400,000 to the arts commission for seismic upgrades and accessibility modifications that will help ensure that the doors of the opera house remain open. the agency is also committing $785,000 to m.t.a. as a required match for federal funds secured by the department of -- from the department of transportation for the renovation of the plaza. as lyla mentioned, code sections 33445 as well as 33679 in this particular case of the opera house require that the agency make particular findings and obtain board approval before releasing a tax increment to other city departments. requested actions conform with the provisions of california redevelopment law by meeting the three tests that lyla mentioned. the opera house, with its redesign plaza, is key to eliminating blights and activating the town center. secondly, the improvements to the opera house

. >> they also say in a statement that many houses in that region occupied by effectees have high boundary walls as part of a culture of privacy, so high walls in that region -- obviously you got the right house, i'm not questioning that, but is this your cultural understanding of the region? >> i think this was a unique property within the region, but he clearly successfully hid from sight, at least our sight, for a very long time. and he is not the only high value target who did that by hiding in highly populated areas. obviously, there was some speculation for many years that he and other high value al qaeda targets were hiding in caves or in the mountainous region, small villages, or living a nomadic existence. what we seem to have discovered over the course of these years of investigating and finding these high value targets is that there's a preference or has been in these cases a preference for highly populated areas, which understandably can sometimes be an easier place to hide. >> and lastly, the previous administration did release photographs of high value targe targets, hussein, an example. what would hol

of many fascinating things. i found myself at el centro, the literary and musical gatherings. their house on calle mercades became a cultural cross roads with the traffic of foreigners created a new inspired geography. they travel everywhere. my grandmother, merced, nina played the piano and read poems, while edward read the poems besides playing the fiddle and violin, behaved like an avant garde composer, moving around furniture. according to the journalist were a dynamic duo that rescued the famous hotel sevilla from dereliction in 1919. they also constructed the biltmore neighborhood where many irish american families have homes. when i said irish americans, i go back to the americas, irish-spanish americans and french-irish, et cetera, and my own family live there. other famous irish american personalities at the time were, for example, in the news world the e. f. obrian, the editor of the times of cuba and in the cuban roman catholic church, father moynihan, no relationship to my grandmother, loved for his kindness and great sense of humor. born in the 20's in havana were of irish descent. they were fran emilio. he was

and work we're seeing now is that it is a redeveloping of a culture of resistance you go back to last december and outside the white house or hundred thirty two veterans and their allies were arrested approach protests in the war last march one hundred sixty were recent protests in. where you see bradley manning i support him astray she's in a mass rallies and now it's in wisconsin michigan and ohio and indiana and i see i see events around the country on almost every issue that's going on and it's our current our u.s. you can see a couple of examples of protests about the bankers not paying or paying taxes this year and some of these protests are large and some are small and i think one reason they're small is because as a lot of confusion about president obama there are a lot of people who hope that president obama would actually be a change agent instead he's been a status quo agent you know keeping corporate power stronger keep the wall street stronger and really holding back where people need would have been the says is that people are and people are confused where there are a lot of peace activists or democrats and

of culturally sensitive health care to the community. this is easily accessible, with the medical needs of the house -- of the chinese population in reducing the problems for the seniors. a better hospital that if the generations to come and ask you to support the chinese hospital project. thank you. [applause] [speaking foreign language] >> that evening, commissioners. i am the president of the resident improvement organization. this is established by residents of the public housing in chinatown. we have 443rd households -- 443 households with immigrants and seniors. [speaking foreign language] >> we're here to support the development of the new chinese hospital in chinatown. this is one of the best neighborhoods in the city. the chinese hospital is the only hospital in chinatown with an emergency room -- with the capacity and the cultural capabilities. we to encourage the seniors to seek out medical care intensively, and the chinese hospitals serve this very well in our community. [speaking foreign language] >> furthermore, chinese hospital provides other services besides medical care, helping the low income seniors apply for procedures

house of rain, is available for sale in back too. thank you so much and thank you, craig childs. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >> good evening i am the director of the culture association and devoted to the program and here we have master of arts. (applause). (speaking spanish) (speaking spanish). >> what he is saying that thanks to the bant. bante he got funding for of the peru vaifian culture and got approved. >> (speaking spanish). >> okay. >> good. (speaking spanish). >> so we have a variety of instruments -- that we're going to be showing you. >> (speaking spanish). >> the name of the instrument is called tale boheha. >> (speaking spanish). >> it was a time in peru when the africans were prohibited from playing or making instruments. >> (speaking spanish). >> so they were forced to make their own instruments. >> (speaking spanish). >> so they use the surroundings and big jars and they used to have water or other type was drinks. >> (speaking spanish). >> covered with leather skin. >> (speaking spanish). >> and they make the drums. >>. >> (speaking spanish). (drums). (applause). >> (speaking spanish). >> this instrument is called dungo. >> spr (speaking

even though this type of cultural tourism appears low-impact, it still poses many questions. visitors to the long houseery different from the cultural centre, but is it any more authentic, and can it withstand the growing number of visitors? can the local people cope with this new intrusion, and is there a danger of cultural voyeurism? [man] do you get the impression, anthony, this is the real thing in a sense-- pretty much the real thing? i think it's pretty much the real thing as it currently exists. i'm not sure this is the way it was 100 years ago, but this is the culture for ibans and the long house as it currently exists. as far as this generation is concerned, yes. i've lived out in the asian micronesian region for about 10 years. i've seen what tourism can do to local cultures. if there is not an effort made by the people themselves to preserve their culture and their language, it will tend to diminish as people move to the cities, people stop speaking the language within their home and their family. then that bit of their culture is lost. it can be permanently lost. so tourism can assist in he

i am to his right but in the white house they are generally culture of debate.they are very smart people there. many of them come from havard and half of them from yale. we will all be up there watching the game, and so i think there is generally an honest culture. and failures, i thought when we did health care we had to central tasks. the first was to cover 39 million uninsured people and the second was to get our costs and inflation under control. we did one but i don't think we did the second. so that would be one thing i would disagree with. i think we try too much -- mickey try to much in the first few years and polarize the country more than it needed to be. i wish he would call some of the members of the opposing parties. paul ryan from wisconsin, very smart chairman of the house budget committee. i know them both and they would really get along and have wonderful conversations about the future budget which can lay the groundwork for compromises but obama is never called brian and asked them to the white house. he is never had a conversation with him and

economy and not on letting you know it's really how we're treating it's kind of nice going on to bring some culture to the white house and the first lady actually you're right the first lady was the one hosting it not the president he is busy plenty of other stuff michelle obama is also fighting obesity and i think a little poetry slam probably good probably good stuff for the white house i just want to say this poetry reading wouldn't gotten any press for weren't for though so i think in the end it. that a good thing i don't know i'm sure that you know commons albums must be flying off the shelves right now i'm sure the sales picked up and now everybody knows about the poetry slam but it's just really funny to me and we talked about this the other week to the have a bunch of people that are all about it to the over so rapper that they've never even heard of they probably can't name any rappers just because somebody told them that he's a bad guy. and we have sarah palin what can she say droppers to life. let's this is just ridiculous k. there are now androgynous models and something we have to deal with in this world

of increasing the debt limit. the house is listening. republicans have made it clear there will be no increase in the national debt limit unless accompanied with significant spending reforms that clue -- that truly change this culture of spending in washington. everything should be on the table. everything. except tax increases. we cannot tax the same people we expect to create jobs. that is a recipe for keeping people out of work. the rules and regulations coming out of washington have employers sitting on their hands of the worst possible time. the republican budget in said the job-crushing tax hikes, and it also preserves critical problems like medicare. the greatest threat is doing nothing. if we do nothing, medicare will run out of money. without action, seniors benefits will be caught. under chairman brian's plan, seniors 55 or older, they would not be affected in any way. that is an important point. for those of us under 55, we have to take steps to make sure that medicare will still be around when we retire. it is time for washington to get serious about the challenges that face our country. this includes putting our fiscal house in order and addressing the soaring gas prices. the biggest threat to our econ

hotel in touch a room the photo for a guru goes how it international house flood the change every green little hotel in talk of. culture is that so much i'm going to give each musician the power to find the five from the mark left.

. >> in both cases, it is a matter of culture and values. if we want a big house and once a showcase and we like some of the jazzy features, we go for that or maybe we are thinking of the safety of the kids and whether we are putting our kids to bed in the flood plain at night. that is not so good but we can change the culture. i was encouraged on this by my staff. we talk about stem education and neurosciences for public schools. they are a great way into each household and developing this culture and set of values than a thank-you to all of you. >> we have had a number of examples where the young people have made the proper decision for their family and ended up saving lives. education is certainly important. >> thank you so much. thank you for holding this hearing. i am proud that you have joined with me and senator cantwell to sponsor the national hazards risk reduction act of 2011 that will reauthorize for five years important programs that deal with national earthquake hazard reduction sandstorm and wind impact reduction. i will put the rest of my statement

they also say in a statement that many houses in that region occupied by defectees of operations in the region have high boundary walls as part of a culture so, high walls in that region obviously you got the right house, i'm not questioning that, but is this your cultural understanding of the region that high walls are -- >> i think that this is a unique property within the region, but he clearly successfully hid from sight at least our sight for a very long time. and he is not the only high-value target who did that by hiding in highly populated areas. obviously, there was some speculation for many years that he and other high value al qaeda operatives were hiding in caves or villages or living nomadic existences, and what we have seemed to discover over the years of investigating and finding these high valued targets is that there has been a preference for highly populated areas which understandably can sometimes be an easier place to hide. >> and lastly, the previous administration did release photographs of high value targets and using hussein as an example and it went off relatively without a hitch, why would you not release a photo

and museums are preparing to welcome thousands of guests as moscow's cultural centers open up for free as part of a night of the museum project that is house arts and. well martin must go out with martin andrews is coming up in just a few minutes here in our right after a week's half of our top stories. repairing a broken nation. highway construction and humanitarian aid. bugs a shady official spoke at the spoils of war it's the people who pay the price. profiteering here is no longer just down to drug trafficking. afghanistan on the job. a cluster mission. and inside the container you have made it all bombs and you can have anywhere from dozens up to hundreds of there's a huge market right now for battle area clearance because there are a lot of countries in the world that are contaminated by unexploded ordinance. and so you've got these companies and n.g.o.s and it's basically shrunk out that have an expertise to get rid of these weapons what they do is they go to. these places they will hire locals train the locals how to do the clearance they'll let the locals basically take ownership because you know they have a vested interest in cle

good housing, good schools, good events, good cultural institutions that are reflective of all of ouriverse cultures. all of those things that made our city wonderful, including being part of an international city, a city that understands all of the diverse cultures that we represent. i know many of you came and struggled to be here because you know the city is a wonderful, wonderful city to raise our families in, to raise your kids in. your kids are like my kids. we're very proud of this city, because it is so great at all the cultural institutions, so wonderful in its support for its education. we want the city to continue being successful, so-so as the board of supervisors works together to maintain wonderful jobs, jobs like the twitter company will over or zenga, all the other wonderful companies locating here, or traditional jobs like wells fargo, all the established companies have been here for many years doing wonderful things with us, when they have job openings, that we allow those jobs to make sure that san francisco residents get them first. that's why i've been such a powe

is the robot of the five people to cultural in europe why go to the because our government to secure an american secure is not the home electricity water. the man of the house for or a young man is comfortable if you need to car he gets a car it was travel he can do so. they're going to look what i found sleeping here. get rich quick have you don't want to walk or do you want to drink. and i am going to commence it when are we going to get there. of a center and now we can have a government that can attend care of people. against three i don't think it will be any time soon. but i hope for. that is the job. given flu. work. before. you. come. back so. this is. this is. this is. the second. class so my routine is most of the. time to have a big toe was. question is that so much i can tell by the way the model is the taliban bad guys with the killing of osama bin laden u.s. president barack obama has an historic opportunity on afghanistan will he use it and what is the downside. of. the. in the czech republic and he's available insists he's going to a hotel and science central hotel premier of the nissan most regal full stop by to much of him a taste in bosni

young people to work in the countryside they need to pair and get housing but far from jumping ship and mr sia is one of russian agree cultures bright new hopes she chose to work here rather than being in nearby volgograd and she's not the only one. half of the ex-pats want to hear are younger than thirty it's promising that young people come here to whack their work is very interesting and you can grow as a professional in many different fields talking of fields this isn't a traditional picture of russian farming these three huge and high tech tractors a plant in some of the farms vast thirty thousand hectares of wheat the workers on the mold a man they say they wouldn't trust younger staff with such expensive equipment but soon enough they're going to need them. farming out there has wide horizons it has a lot of land potentially producing a lot of food what it needs now is the incentives and in fears the asms about young farmers want what's out here tom watson our to talk about region. in just a few minutes i must be around even cheesy to all the death of contemporary art in the russian capital i thought that this is somet

house in the rush. and we'll be bringing you more on the cultural life of the capital as our moscow out team visits some weird and wonderful displays in the cities of modern art dollars that's just in a few minutes but before that i'll be back with a quick recap of our main stories right here on alt.

housing. but far from jumping ship and let's just see it as one of russian other cultures bright new hopes she chose to work here one of them being led by volgograd and she's not the only one. half of the experts working here younger than thirty and promising young people come here to work the work is very interesting and you can grow as a professional in many different fields. in the fields this isn't a traditional picture of russian farming. terms of box thirty thousand hectares of. the workers on the mound of they say they wouldn't trust younger staff with such expensive approach. but soon enough they're going to leap. frogging out here has wide horizons has a lot of land potentially producing a lot of food what it needs now is the incentives and enthusiasm to make young farmers want what's out here tom watson our to all the great region. on these stories or check out our web site at r.t. dot com here's a quick look at what's lined up few there right now a comet doomsday an alien spaceship the skies as a comet is fast approaching earth apparently has to do with that quickly spread panic acr

put people to work, help people find housing, address their needs around immigration and domestic violence, and this is because of our ability to provide culturally competent and neighborhood-based services. we know this is a difficult time and have had to readjust our programs and focus on the core strategies that are most in need in our community. while we have in the past increase resources around a point of support services, we are refocusing our program to address that difficult need in these difficult economic times. because of the funding decrease from the federal level, we're doing what we can to support increased funding from that level and doing advocacy work to make sure that these resources are available to all cities but particularly our communities in san francisco, and we hope the community will continue to invest, specifically in culturally competent and neighborhood-based services, because of the ability of these organizations to provide direct services that access the communities that need it the most. so thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you very much. are there any other speakers who wish to comment on these items? th

lack of understanding by the american media about the culture of some of the countries that we occupy now back to the original premise of luke's shockingly ignorant tweet the military and the white house have since walked back to reports that osama's wife was used as shields which isn't really a shock this military has a very rich history of fudging on some of the details anyone remember the pat tillman or just the lynch stories tillman was a pro football player who walked away from an n.f.l. career to join the army he served several tours in combat as an army ranger and was killed in the mountains of afghanistan in april of two thousand and four and first the army reported he was killed by enemy fire turns out that was a lie he died from friendly fire in fact the army knew that he died from friendly fire but it was all covered up in a major p.r. stunt then there's also the jessica lynch story she was captured by iraqi forces in march of two thousand and three and later freed by special ops forces about a week later and lynch was the first successful rescue of an american p.o.w. since world war two and the first ever of a woman so the pentagon propaganda machine loved this story so mu

house speaker john boehner's commencement address at catholic university followed by first lady michelle obama at the university of northern iowa. after that, a discussion of americanism in today's culture. next house speaker john boehner delivers the commencement address to the graduating class of catholic university in washington d.c. he also received an honorary doctorate in law did agree. -- doctorate in law degree. his remarks are about 15 minutes. >> as recommended by the president and authorized by the board of trustees. congratulations, mr. speaker. [applause] [cheering] >> presidents garvey, thank you for that warm welcome. i don't know about you but i began monday by counting my blessings. my wife, my two daughters my 11 brothers and sisters and the great country that we live in, and the privilege to have all given me in allowing me to address catholic university's class of 2011. this university has stood over the years and stands today at the center of catholic intellectual life in america. now i am all loyal alumnus of a xavier university, another great catholic university. being here today with your new president, cardinal wuerl and all the distinguished faculty and trustee

. >> it was said in a statement that many houses in that region occupied by the operations in the fatah region have high boundary walls as part of a culture of privacy. so high walls in that region, obviously, you got the right house. i'm not questioning that. but is this your cultural understanding of the region that high walls are -- >> i think it's a unique property within the region. but he clearly successfully held in sight, at least our sight, for a very long time. and he is not the only high value target who did that by hiding in highly populated areas. obviously, there were some speculation for many years that he and other high value al-qaeda targets were hiding in caves or in the mountainous region, small villages or being -- or living a nomadic existence and, in fact, what we seem to have discovered over the course of these years of investigating and finding these high valued targets is that there's a preference for highly populated areas which understandably can sometimes be an easier place to hide. >> and lastly, the previous administration did release photographs of high value targets. what would hold it back -- it seemed to

of the lyrics? >> i think this was an event for the white house to celebrate. it was a cultural celebration. verse representation of cultural artists. that's all it was. to make more out of it, it doesn't make any sense. >> meanwhile, the presidential race is getting into high gear right now. we saw former speaker of the house, newt gingrich, formally announcing on twitter. and last night, sarah palin weighed in on the killing of osama bin laden. she says that it won't make president obama a stronger candidate in 2012. we've seen president obama talk about this on the stump. is sarah palin right? what impact do you think this is going to have on the race? >> well, i think it was an important accomplishment for america. and certainly not a time to be injecting politics into our national security discussion. incredibly important that we cut off the head of the snake. president obama made a strong decision to go after osama bin laden. continued to make sure that that was our number one national security priority. and wiped the scourge that was osama bin laden off the face of the earth. this is a

most famous russian crafts along with some of the different cultures traditions and if we groups that make up more than russia. three we just saw your housing holding this patchwork on stage why did you yeah and you have it here with us now so so why did you choose to . take three hour some college for for prayer in presenting the olympic. what is it supposed to symbolize don't we aim to organize the most innovative for a wimpy games which will celebrate the spirit of new modern russia a sustainable positive change world which will inspire the world control but we shouldn't forget about our roots and unique combination of the different kind of. russian tradition of handicrafts this unbeatable strategy to demonstrate the beauty is. the difference so for all kind of russia. this will be very desirable on the high demand so when they are an artifact and i'm really proud of laced. recent. wonderful yeah yeah you can use it as a blanket blanket you can use it as a towel you can use it as a as a thing for picnics and you already have it you already had it on your books and everything yes yes is here so bramble different place for you. so. this is

housing issues. they have a real need for comprehensive and culturally competent services, and mental health and substance use. as a result, lgbtqq youth are particularly vulnerable because of the budget cuts likely to happen, both because of a lack of culturally competent services and the lack of access for lgbt youtb at many other agencies across the city. lyric alone is looking at cuts of 50% this year, and that is a 72% overall reduction in our city's funding from 2008 through 2009. i want to encourage you to meet with the community partnership to express our fears about the current rounds of budget cuts and for us to share with you what the agency and community partnership are doing. [applause] >> thank you. i'm going to call three more names. [reading names] . next up as oscar's mom, isn't it? come on out. >> [speaking spanish] >> good evening, mayor and department heads and general public. i live in the mission. my son attends a lot of programs. he takes classes for guitar. her son goes to st. peter's, and it is because of generous scholarship programs. he is going to naturalization classes, and he goes to do his homework at different organizations in the mission. wi

of think we have achieved that yapping it is getting better. number three affordable housing number four you have to have a job and a number five a great recreational and cultural opportunities so people of the city. trinity was saved to three times. anybody remember adrianna hall? i need $1 million. for what? he said the board foundation gave me $1 million and i was not supposed to spend it. cab borrow the money? i said no. because we will not go to a nice place but he was always in trouble financially and as a matter of fact, one of the things if you enjoy trinity one of the reasons is because of the old fleet center which is now bankamerica, an interesting story there. 22 big the big nortek corporation and seven warrants due big old -- bill the big building. when we did the biltmore hotel we made a deal release the way and $5,000 a year and then i called the head of ledbetter and said you really be using the land? you have the hotel. know we will lot expand. really? i think i know somebody who would like it. >> i would meet with them but they never showed up so finally i said how can you never showed up? we have a moral obligation to sell it to the law firm.

housed in a spectacular building described by the world renowned architect. it is the san francisco destination for provocative expositions and programs that explore culture, history, art, and ideas. the director of cultural affairs told us more about the mission and to give us a tour of the latest exposition. ♪ >> today we find ourselves of the contemporary jewish museum. with me is the director of the museum. >> i am so happy you are here today. >> we're getting close to a milestone for the museum. it is your third anniversary coming up. >> it is. you were here to help cut the ribbon. it has been an extraordinary journey ever since. we welcome hundreds of thousands of people into the building. we welcome school groups, interests -- tourists. >> the addition of the museum to the cultural pantheons of san francisco has been phenomenon. you have fabulous exhibits. there is one i want to talk about, "seeing gertrude stein." >> gertrude stein is a local woman. she was raised in oakland. she was an extraordinary individual who helped create -- many people call for the mother of modernism. years ago, i was introduced to someone doing research on her. i thought it would be an extraordinary exposition t

house of literature -- poetry, fiction, theater. and since dylan, you almost inarguably have song. >> he's one of the artists who have culture and poprds can be more important than the music? >> important as the music. >> like a rolling stone is often quoted as his greatest work. that kind of howl, if you will, of rock 'n' roll. >> that song did more than kick open the minds of more people. >> let you be in my dream i can be in your dreams. i said that. >> when you look at that, especially in the mid 60s, there's no explaining that kind of phenomenon, that kind of creative explosion. >> don't think twice, all right. >> well you can't do something forever. i did it once. i can do other things now. but i -- i can't do that. that's not the same guy that was there in 1962, '63, for example, seeing him now he's a different person. >> "chronicles" has been a great thing for him. because it pushed him to a new medium, you know, being able to write as a writer. >> he seems to have caught a fire in some ways. he's turned back to his art and his drawings. he comes up -- martin scorsese in a movie about his early career, "no direction home". >

housing crew keep each other company. when there is a need for even more culture there is outreach to the other stations as well. actually the sort of station station to be and go than it is a place to get crazy to get. mad about being lonely being. planned because here we have lots of different national international activities with all of our trainees and friends career and friends all of them trying to keep one big family and many people working together to make their home at the bottom of the planet seem more comfortable in antarctica sean thomas archie. shawn and on with this expedition to antarctica continues tomorrow to join us but i thought after a short break it's kareena with a business. zero to talk all the international film festival in the event of all russia from may twenty third to twenty ninth featuring two hundred films from forty eight countries thirty five russian premiers and fifteen tries winners from the fairly in china and venice film festival appearances by ray fines hundred pawel don't get dozens of forums discussions of workshops the circle of his or national film festival find cinema for a demanding audien

go to africa and houses they go into afghan communities and search and do night raids and have various different you know activities that are not considered sensitive to the culture of afghanistan to the people of afghanistan so it's because of those kind of perceptions people are slowly started to look at the international community in different contexts but at the same time we're also have to realize that because of the international community afghanistan is in a much better condition afghanistan has an infrastructure afghanistan has a parliament has had two presidential elections but at the same time i think there's much more that could be done in this regard. many people and you of course read it here that it say that the have their government is. an efficient and corrupt is it true and there what in your opinion should be done to make it more efficient and less correct look it's understandable for people to criticize the afghan government because of corruption but you worked what is specifically important for people to realize is that they're different levels of corruption there's corruption in the afghan government but at the same time there's a very serious c

house, bay to breakers, people get out of control. we try to regulate it, but people climb the fire escape. >> i live here in the city. it's a celebration of san francisco history and culture. >> how much have you had to drink? >> two beers. >> reporter: organize ares say all the changes they put in place made at it success. police have released preliminary arrest records. 25 people in custody. most of them for public drunkenness. abc-7 news. >> alan: that storm that passed through northern california left hail in parts of the bay area, and snow in the sierra. an abc viewer sent in this picture of hail in napa. the you report powder by youtube. you can see the small white ice pellets. and our luz -- our producer sent in this picture of a week funnel. >> leigh: it has been a wild spring, especially towards the sacramento valley area. you can see the lying lightning. most activity is winding down. and one to the north of nap pavment towards the east bay, you can get a sense. altamont, a brief shower, the other one heads towards the byron highway. looking clear from san jose toward gilroy. how much rain from the system? these are preliminary totals. we have more for you tonig