taiwan it's already in the works and it's all being powered by electronic currency. cities around the world are growing at an unprecedented pace in asia almost half a 1000000000 people are expected to move from the countryside to the cities over the next few decades migration on a monumental scale and one that involves monumental challenges. don't make sheena has come up with an idea to meet some of the challenges he's the co-founder of the successful cryptocurrency iota she never wants to use iota of technology to let machines in urban areas communicate with each other and turn megacities into smart cities. so the city of the future is obviously fully automatic where we have to censor actuators that are actually interacting with each other because the biggest problem that we have today is we have all of these different data side of us where data is not being exchanged and through that we don't really have a smart environment and a city of the future stephanus smart network right where these different actors and machines and also human start exchanging data which are and th

is the best city. >> it is paralyzed. i am interested in the incubator's each of your cities represent and the show intel your cities are about to go through and whether you need this town or not, whether the resources you have, the models you have among each other, did the federal government at some point become irrelevant to the direction of the course you are setting, or do the resources provided in washington still important to you? >> the resources are still important, because clearly every dollar appear is our money. it comes from you, either directly on your income tax or indirectly on other taxes, so for us to be here to lobby, for councilmembers to lobby, to how it gets sent back to us, you know, we would love to come in lobby, but it comes with last strength, because everyone of you would agree, mayors are where the rubber hits the road. >> we already rubber. >> are the rubber, " yes, you cannot get your nails done, you cannot walk across the street without someone saying, "mayor, you need to fix the lights on my street, " so you

in store for. morning news to have for the future. e.w. dot com for 2 mega-cities to the multimedia insight could counter enter the comfort zone with sarah kelly. i put the tough questions to those in power challenging the key players face to face it's real and hard hitting debate that goes beyond the jargon and helps us better understand what's really going. olding the powerful to account getting to the truth. that's the conflict zone. for example sara kelly don't. get. this is d.w. news of live from berlin surprise and disbelief in turkey as a court acquits 9 anti-government activists in a landmark case one of them could soon face new charges in connection with the coup attempt in 2016 also coming up to solve he's a hero of free speech to others a threat to u.s. national security week in leaks founder julian assange prepares to face the british court that could extradite him to the united states where he could possibly spend years in.

that city and now officials are looking at restricting people's movements in the city of foam they've urged the over $1000000.00 residents of that city to exercise caution be careful with their movements and they've also closed schools and universities there to try and restrict people's travels around the city to try and contain the virus we've also heard from the health ministry that this virus has been reported in the capital as well as a number of other cities we are waiting for official numbers we're expecting a official announcement from the health ministry in the coming hours from now they rein in officials have said they've received 4 kits from the world health organization to try and come back and control the spread of this disease of course iran is population of about 83000000 people and they're worried that many people are not exercising the appropriate measures to try and limit the spread of this disease for now they've said anybody that has symptoms should go to clinics or hospitals to try and be tested for the corona virus for the time being they

landfills pile up higher and higher traffic jams get longer and longer there's an economic pulse in the city where the majority of global growth comes from megacities mighty and monstrous that's our topic today on made thanks for joining us so with all these people go shoe box sized studio in hong kong sleeper van in san francisco if you view an apartment here in berlin expect hundreds of other applicants to show up as well so where does the city planner turn when affordable space grows tight that idea was already being tackled 100 years ago by german architect named walter gropius the founder of the bauhaus and the figures in the movement with him wanted to build apartments that were beautiful functional and affordable more than design and form the house was a show a social revolution that has had an enduring impact. want urbanizing look like in the future. good spaces and good light. supply is tight and prices are soaring i foresee colorful cities but dense and high rise. urban design needs to be reinvented. systematically question every time. designing affordable apartments is a new ventu

we have what we know is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. this is an incredible city.o be diverse, i want it to be safe, and i know you all want that, too. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and i want this to be the decade when san franciscans from the multigenerational native to the newly arrived immigrant that he, she, or they can arrive with their children and call this city home for generations to come. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: we can be a vibrant and welcoming city, a city of affordable and diverse homes, a city where we come together and put aside our differences to meet the challenges that we know we all face with clarity and conviction. a city where we can care for one another, where our streets are safe, and no one is left out in the cold. san francisco can be the city that a share cropper's daughter dreamed it to be. san francisco can and will be a city for all of us. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: ladies and gentlemen, this person said to me, it is a blessing to be a blessing. and today, the person that's providing a blessing

, not only in our city but in the region. and the second is to identifying the individuals that use those guns so that we can hold them to account for their crimes. last year our crimes gun investigation center led to the seizure of 96 firearms, not 96 in total but 96 from this investigation center. some of which you see on the table to my right. these include unregistered machine guns, short billed rifles and silencers, and their efforts helped to bring about 90 federal and state arrests and indictments and generated over 300 leads to multiple firearm incidents. this has been a game changer in terms of building strong cases to get people who are willing to use firearms against another human being off of our streets which in turn makes our city safer. now this is a key component of our strategic plan and our strategic initiatives which emphasize the collaboration with other city agencies and community members. in october we also hosted our first gun violence summit which is led by our director of crime strategies director tif

feeding people in the world's growing cities is a big challenge. what if the spirit of sharing is even bigger. now there's another problem with growing more and more food in the countryside traditional farmers are choosing to move toward cities in search for a better life money and a secure future in northern cannot to countless agricultural towns have a severe water problem and farming is becoming untenable we met with one man who has gone between the need to own money in the city and his desire to be a farmer. at 7 am every morning and genea sets out on the do hour trip into bangalore. he just so this way onto a local train to get to the city where he earns a 2nd income. anjan is heading in for a full day of work at a garment factory. navigating the infamous bangalore traffic on the day of feels like he's living a double life and that his heart is elsewhere. in the know. and when i'm in a city i count off every minute until the time i can go home while i'm there i suddenly think about the cow dung or which crops need watering i may be in the city

i was born in the city, raised in the city and i was highly educated in the city. i was fortunate enough to be one of the first people not only in my family to go to college, but as well as in my whole neighborhood. it wasn't a lot of people trying to pursue higher education. we were confined in a certain type of mindset within our neighborhood to think that graduating college wasn't something that was possible. so you might -- imagine how i felt when being one of the first people to drop of college went to college. i had no hope. i do not have the happiness i felt right now seeing the niners going to the super bowl and knowing i am a a, -- college graduate. i was in a basement with some creative people cooking up one of the biggest independent films in the world right now, but also , i was at a place where i didn't know where i wanted to go fortunately, enough in my pursuit of a degree and graduating from st. mary's college in california, city college provided a crucial psychological class that st. mary's wanted $10,000 for. i couldn't afford that. i am saying all

richmond police believe a man suspected in an armed robbery in their city may have also been involved in a robbery. >>in oakland on the very same day these are the surveillance. that you're looking at here the of the man that they're trying identify the photo on the right was taken around 5 o'clock monday that's when richmond police say the suspect pulled a gun on the victim and demanded money and property and then on the left just hours earlier a man cleaning his car and opens diamond district was also robbed at gunpoint. >>turning now to our other big story of the night tracking the corona virus tonight, a palo alto woman and her daughter back home finally after being quarantined for 2 weeks after their visit to wuhan china where was fear they may have been exposed to the deadly virus luckily, neither esther to nor her daughter has the virus esther shared. >>what she described as her terrifying experience with kron four's rob fladeboe. >>so happy just to be able to see them at my own bad that was esther tobacco this morning outside her home in palo alto this was esther and her daugh

there are so many things in this city and in this country that are done to us. so many things in this city and country that are done for us but not by us. so when we talk about having a real voice and shaping legislation, when we talk about having a real voice and understanding how to put policies forth for people that are going to benefit us, we need to make sure that it is us in the room leading the way. [applause] and as we look at the current face and status of black people here in this country, we must never forget the struggles of the people who have come before us. you heard mayor breed say that she is only here because the people who laid a path before her. the same goes for me, the same goes for our black department heads, the same goes for our black executive directors, the same goes for our black commissioners, the same goes for all black leadership here in san francisco. [applause] so even though the population is small, we are at a pivotal point where we are beginning to recognize the importance of making sure that black folks are made whole in this

cities finally coming to an end. or brian environment is occupied with cars and nobody has the freedom to live in the city in a more metro very and the future of the city is the future of morbidity in a new way. the global design studio graphed is developing visions of our future urban will deliver. 'd its founders last cook a bag and thomas villa my are specialists in urban planning and sustainable architecture they expect future generations to have far more choice in how they move around their cities. that child all of us. will probably walk quite. some distance because the neighborhoods will be without too much traffic jump on a car maybe that leads then to a connection that probably will take their child into the air and landed right on what employers. flying taxis could be a spectacular urban upgrade but probably not for the masses the biggest changes will affect cars especially our own private ones of which there are more than $1000000000.00 worldwide ready. there will be in the old boundary anymore between public transportation and individual traffic of the separation of both cities that we see today. but what cou

cities or do kind of centers of inequality. you see whole generations that don't get a foothold in the city it is actually kind of really absurd that they don't live in the much more pleasant much more relaxing much more healthy environment in which more affordable and vibrancy of contraception so now you're talking to me as a thinker as a. theory which you also are but at the same tight same time you're a man who thinks informs right so when we think your buildings it's like far as this thing from the landscape of a countryside and you ringback may be in fear simple words explain how it would look informs the future of the countryside architecture life or space was. i think i think. part of a generation generational 68 that you know already in the sixty's and early in the kind of seventy's. never been a hippie but of course hippies were perfectly able to imagine what it would be like to live in the countryside. they were confined having series how you could live in communes of course new soviets the have been can be incredible communes compiling and living in the countryside operating in the countryside i think. it will not be

in europe. from the top there is a great view over the city of 3 rivers. e always wanted to visit possible because of its special location and of course when i'm here i'll do a hike in the bavarian forest a popular destination not too far from possible. possible is not only been shaped by its 3 rivers the city's former rulers also left their mark with their mcniff acim churches and castles their story is told in the 1st over hours museum it's closed during the winter and reopens in mid march but they let me inside for a look. this is where in 1217 vishal paul rick the 2nd was given the title of prince bishop by the emperor of the bishops of possible became the spiritual and secular rulers over the city for generations the 1st oboes was home to the prince bishops. in the museum you can find out how passages old town was built in the 17th century most of their houses. don't so it tell you architects were called to rebuild the city in baroque style and that's how they designed possible. possibles publicity brochures described it as the very in venice and it's

in. different cities from underneath the in finland so i think that if you look carefully. the story about disappearing identity is actually a fake story when i take a short break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to jenny as architect. the future. i would hope to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or some want to be that's. actually going to be prose that's what the before 3 in the morning can't be good that. i'm interested always in the waters of our. first sitting. this 10 year period of 0 money velocity where money has gone directly into the pockets of the few oligarchs in countries of doors of america and around the world into these silos like these 12500000000 dollars properties when they when the infrastructure for that starts to crack and illiquidity starts to seep out you get inflation for real for stuff like food and we're seeing this happen now where people are noticing that the cost of every day living is starting to spike higher. our back with rahm call has rahm your term bigness i

the official target was the rally yards in the free to district in the western part of the city. over the next 30 minutes to be 17 strops more than $700.00 tons of bombs including in sentries but they did not hit the main target. like. there were 3 major bombing attacks in less than 24 hours finding him the people of dresden had no experience with anything like it so they had no idea how to deal with the situation. as scripts. there's a limit to how much psychological stress people can handle. and i think that by the afternoon of february the 14th most of the people of dresden were beyond the limit . and traditionally bushwick bill. now the main task for the civil defense authorities was to dispose of the dead. prisoners of war and force laborers were brought in to carry out this gruesome task . the corpses were brought out of the rubble and laid out in rows in the streets to be registered 12 year old anita yon who had managed to pull herself out of the rubble now had to identify the bodies of her parents. and while my parents were lying there as though they were asleep they weren

, and i am so proud to work for a leader in this amazing city who's not only spear headed the work of so many of us and supported so much of lgbt quality here in san francisco but also is continuing that effort forward, our mayor, mayor london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: first of all, thank you, claire. thank you to the freedom ban of frisk. thank you to s.f. pride and supervisor mandelman and so many elected leaders and department heads here in san francisco to celebrate the beginning of pride in san francisco, 50 years of what i think has been an amazing accomplishment, so thank you to the board members, to the president, caroline. thank you to our new executive director. like, so many great things are happening in this city and so many great things are happening with pride. and i know -- i get really excited, because even though it's february and we are not expected to have a number of activities, especially the parade, until june, it's going to be so exciting that we have to announce it now. we have to get everybody excited about what's to come because there is

city very quickly. and you can see that in the structures. i think the importance is to give the sense that this area, the panhandle planes and amarillo as a city -- the and amarillo as a city is interesting because it , is a big, urban center for a large, rural area. we were interested in how the development of cities and their landscape in the west occurred. cell -- so the idea of kansas city being another city not as appreciated as it should be for its role in the united states development of urbanity. we were tying those two together , and i think people can understand beyond this area it , is a local history, that is also a regional history and a national history. so it works on a number of levels. >> our cities to her staff recently traveled to amarillo to learn more about its rich history. to learn more, go to c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. night, the justice department attorney general and a former fbi general counsel james baker, on encryption, technology and privacy.

, not only in our city but in the region.the second is to identifying the individuals that use those guns so that we can hold them to account for their crimes. last year our crimes gun investigation center led to the seizure of 96 firearms, not 96 in total but 96 from this investigation center. some of which you see on the table to my right. these include unregistered machine guns, short billed rifles and silencers, and their efforts helped to bring about 90 federal and state arrests and indictments and generated over 300 leads to multiple firearm incidents. this has been a game changer in terms of building strong cases to get people who are willing to use firearms against another human being off of our streets which in turn makes our city safer. now this is a key component of our strategic plan and our strategic initiatives which emphasize the collaboration with other city agencies and community members. in october we also hosted our first gun violence summit which is led by our director of crime strategies director tiffany

we begin this hour in china where new restrictions have been imposed on a 2nd major city in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus the eastern city of when joe a home to 9000000 people is 800 kilometers from han where the virus was 1st discovered a man in the philippines has also died from the virus now the 1st confirmed death outside of china with a vaccine still months away efforts are focused on detection and containment and in one hand it's self the focus is on treating those who have contracted the illness scott hyla has more now from beijing. one of the purpose built coronavirus hospitals and one hand will open its doors on monday another is due to go online in the coming days together chinese officials say more than 2000 patients with the virus will be able to get care at the new facilities but with urgent calls for more supplies and warnings of understaffed and overworked medical teams at the existing one hospitals these new facilities will probably take some time before they can run at full capacity this is the announcement health officials around the world have b

south korea says it's entered an emergency phase in the fight against the coronavirus southeastern city of daegu has been declared a special care zone after the country's 1st death and an increase in pay since. a vigil has been held in the german city for now after a suspected far right attacked left 9 people dead germany's president called on citizens to unite to defeat racism and violence. donald trump says his long time ally roger stone has a very good chance of exoneration after he was sentenced to 3 years on 4 months and present stern was convicted of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into possible russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections from 100 reports from washington. smiling in confident roger stone looks almost triumphant as he walks out of a federal courthouse despite taunts of lock him up from the crowd was perhaps for good reason he sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison but as president donald trump hints he might not serve any of it because roger has a very good chance of exoneration in my opinion that's a reference

news live from berlin police in the german city of high now say that a man suspected of killing 8 people has been found dead at his home the victims were shot outside 2 was in the city near frankfurt we'll go live to our correspondent in tire now also coming up. turkey is edging toward direct conflict with syrian government forces turkish president rajapaksa murder one says a military operation is just a matter of time the syrian troops continue their assault against rebel forces in the province hundreds of thousands of syrians have already fled from an strikes and shelling. i'm told me a lot of people welcome to the program we start with breaking news here in germany police say the suspected gunman in shootings in the city of homs has been found dead at his home at least 8 people were killed and 5 others wondered outside 2 bars in the city near frankfurt a dark vehicle was spotted leaving the scene of the 1st attack and police launched a large scale operation to find the gunman authorities say they found another body at the suspects home but there are no indications of other perpetrator

goodenough experiment fires in a german city were burned different for you than those in a japanese city where many of the buildings were made of warden paper and guns are not r.c. borders. are facts recovered interest in the decades after the attack and stored in the saxony state archaeological archives. of thousands of objects that bears silent witness to the devastation of the attack. there are glass bottles warped by the extreme heat coins books i glasses and their instructions. even toy tanks and other military toys evidence of the nazi regime's effort to promote the popularity of the german military among children. christoper adam was often given items like these for christmas. the weird choice. we either start from 0 to push or as a conduit for example we had toy artillery pieces that used contact fuses. you would load the cannon fire and a stream of flame came out before all of us were in the us or the shell hit a target or it made a loud noise if you will assure her i also have toys soldiers and of course alone hitler figurine with attachable head i had a lot of fun shooting hit

in houston, texas. one of the super tuesday states. the former new york city mayor spoke about efforts to prevent a coronavirus epidemic in the u.s. and also president trump's impeachment. he ended the event with a short meet and greet with supporters. >> good morning houston. you can do better than that. good morning, houston. i think it's going to be a great day for mike bloomberg. let me -- i have the pleasure of introducing mike, i certainly want to acknowledge again our commissioner, adrian garcia, who is doing an outstanding job. give it up again to commissioner garcia. look, i want to thank you for allowing me to be your mayor, number one. let me thank you. and let me say to you, what's important for mayors, getting things done. because what's important to you is what happens at your home, on your street, in your community, in your city. and mike bloomberg was mayor of noverbingt for 12 years. -- of new york city for 12 years. for 12 years. then what we know as mayors, you can talk a good game but at the end of the day, what people want, people want res

and we know similar reports and voices from cities in the city and occupied france going and they pose an ingenue for the having an eye and we know them from the dead what cities of europe that would destroyed by the germans. warsaw and draw today in london governed coventry live up to liverpool from belgrade to leningrad and funerals and many others as well would be kind of going to hear these voices from ghana kind of the basque city that called german phytoplankton is a common diligent place to the ground already in 1037 life on. bass too often. who would later or do the attack on the field on the damages cannot be noted briefly in his diary the following danica stuck on from a city of 5000 inhabitants literally flattened but often spots enough and you could still see the holes bombed into the streets just great. you. mention fine it was this is cynicism so contemptuous of human life that will lead to the disaster working hard to form always historical photos bear witness to the scale of the devastation and all of us damage that they

pretty surprising that stone is helping nature to flourish in cities . here the importance of open green spaces is becoming increasingly clear parks provide benefits that 30 called gardens can't but both help improve air quality. tiny openings in the undersides of leaves allow plants to absorb nitrogen oxide and carbon dioxide from their surroundings. and to release oxygen. in this way plants act as both filters and africa providing a valuable service in cities where the air is often loaded with vehicle emissions soot and other micro particles. green walls can even make industrial zones into healthier and more pleasant places. this firm makes a stone elements for vertical garden irrigation systems. this free standing wall helps filter toxins from the air. just cut off by shops i know because of the large fine dust that collects on surfaces like these people if you look at the surface of the leaves you can see it all of the green surfaces also provide a habitat for insects and birds and microorganisms that have no other natural habitat in and industrial. k

hotels, and shifting occupancy in the city and in the region. again, that must be studied. it does not qualify for any new cross-examination. the hearinconstruction.it is alf the california coastal act -- [buzzer] >> thank you very much. >> chairwoman: any other public comment on this item? seeing none, the public comment is closed. just to address the noticing issues, could the city attorney or the clerk please go over what the notice for this ordinance was? >> it is my understanding there was no special noticing. >> riley: for this item. it was posted on line, 72 hours prior to meeting, posted at the library and on our website and outside our office. >> chairwoman: and maybe to the sponsor, when was this introduced? >> i can look it up on legistar, but let me say the following thing: this is properly noticed. seqea has been properly noticed. the parties areably are ably notified. administrative code amendments do not go to the planning question, so that is respectfully a spurius argument. >> chairwoman: i'm looking at the city attorney, who is nodding her head in agreemen

i'm sitting on a 14 in iraq's southern city of nasiriya when demonstrators have refused to give in thisby the growing pressure from of the already join us here on al-jazeera to learn why this city has played a key role in uprisings past and present. welcome back to weather conditions across northeastern parts of asia we're going to see a development taking place across northern parts of china which will push into north korea and eastern parts of china during the course of the next 24 hours you see some snow there across northern areas already is still pretty cold across northern parts of japan temperatures not much above freezing to freezing but if you come south worse weather conditions are looking pretty good for tokyo should be a dry day highs of 14 degrees there you can see some snowfall there into northern parts of china and also into north korea and that is going to develop as it moves further towards the east through the sea of japan so some showers into western parts of japan but further north eastern parts of china they're seeing so far east of russia seeing some outbreaks of s

in my driveway i had an auto accident. to vehicles. i retired he worked for the city. i'm paying $1600 a month just for coverage this is what happens in the city of detroit and most cities in the state of michigan if you live in the city were predominately were people of color live you really really need to know the people that look like me they are not able to vote in detroit they have been for decades now and i own five properties the 525 a month for a two-bedroom you cannot find any affordable housing in the city now. because they can no longer afford to stay in detroit and it has affected all of us because the traces to the emergency manager. [applause] >> focusing on population was 700,000 people that live here that are very high cost for other parts of the country and the idea for you live in america that is problematic that americans should care about. >> so she just segue into my question. so have you touched upon the people in your book because those going without a mortgage even though i have a great credit score. i know people, one of my friends her father wa

that over 17000 been infected a huge hospital built in record time to treat patients is opening in the city of on where the outbreak began experts are still trying to understand the buyers but a patient in thailand has provided hope that a cocktail of drugs could be used to treat severe cases of the infection. this patient's health 2 can unexpected 10 for the better the 70 year old chinese woman came down with the corona virus which is already claimed hundreds of lives but the virus vanished from her body after doctors in thailand administered an unusual q. . you know this is the standard treatment that we've used with patients it's a mixture of drugs and a few drugs which china used to queue many patients the mixture of both treatment sherry's boston proven 48 hours after applying the treatment and the result times negative. further tests will determine whether this cocktail will put an end to the coronavirus epidemic china is struggling to contain the disease the army has flown almost 800 medical staff and 60 tons of supplies to woo han the city at the epicenter of the outbreak. after rec

not present his name call it clearly and look a state it will be taking in munich hagen's book and past all 3 cities with a lot of history and rich in tradition. and we won't be missing out some of the very includes the na is that. the. best stop in the capital of the dariya. because the games is to at the sissies monkey and shops or alley ladies. i'm in munich and i want to get up there are. plenty of feature as the bell tower of the city's oldest parish church is called is known for its spectacular view but. 360 that's. that's kind of exhausting. it's worth the effort though. up here the whole city is spread out before you. think that's the perfect view down there you can see that square that's the town hall and right behind it the phone queue here. now that i've gotten an overview of the city i could start on my tour it is said that travelling is the best education so i should learn a lot here in munich this city has lots of art history and culture that spans the range of several centuries i have decided to go to an art museum 1st the idea. of a good 700 paintings by european artists from the 14t

our city was in tatters. our economy wasn't session, there were still smoke coming out of the void for the two towers were. but it brought people together . people from around this country including from texas, came and helped us pretty for people from around the world him as well. we created nearly 500,000 jobs and hundred 35000 units of affordable housing after that. we reduced street homelessness by 28 percent. we launch new programs to fight poverty and we rebuilt our city stronger than ever. and what i've learned there is how to put things together and deal with crises like the virus, like hurricane sandy that we had on the east coast, like a lot of these things. you have to prepare and have people in place and delegate to them and let them do it. that is what i do well. i still team te a.m. and i say note i in team. and month donald trump only has the letter i in team and that's why it doesn't work. in the past two decades we have taken on the toughest fight and one. i am taken on donald trump and one m

to foreman inspectors who exposed significant flaws in its report on alleged chemical attack in a syrian city of do we look at the credibility of b o b t w claims. british couple accused of arranging the murder of their adopted son in india free but now the u.k. high courts blocked their extradition citing human rights concerns. we compare the us democratic party primary in the size of our state of iowa washington's response to november's electoral confusion in socialist bolivia. thanks so much for joining us this is r.t. international where we start this hour with breaking news a soldier in thailand has gone on a shooting rampage is in a city northeast of bangkok local media is reporting that at least 12 people have died and that have been many injuries the suspect apparently hijacked a military humvee from his local unit and randomly opened fire in the city center seemingly targeting a shopping mall we'll bring you updates on that story as they come in. the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. has lashed out at the links provided by 2 whistleblowers who revealed serious def

with them the protests were sparked by a particularly gruesome killing in mexico city last week and the leaking of photos of the victim's body by police. 16 children have died in a fire at an orphanage in haiti the home outside the capital port au pass was run by a u.s. based nonprofit group authorities say the blaze may have been started by candles used during one of haiti's frequent blackouts. shock and sorrow outside the building that was home to more than 60 children half of the victims were babies or toddlers. i would count as a teacher i'm here to help the children i'm like a father to them ah didn't know what happened there was nothing i could do when i arrived i assume of the 15 corpses. rescue workers said they could have saved more lives but lacked bottled oxygen and the ambulances needed to transport all of the injured children to a hospital. couldn't get to the top floor quick. take some children who were conscious to hospital unfortunately some of them couldn't get the treatment they needed or silly also. the home was run by a u.s. based nonprofit religious group that lo

, of the values, of the talent that is here in the city. ating and motivating and inspiring and i cannot imagine working anywhere else but in san >> hi, i'm lawrence corn field. welcome to building san francisco. we have a special series, stay safe. we're looking at earthquake issues. and today we're going to be talking with a residential building owner about what residential building owners and tenants can and should do before earthquakes and after earthquakes. ♪ ♪ >> we're here at this wonderful spur exhibit on mission street in san francisco and i have with me today my good friend george. thanks for joining me, george. and george has for a long time owned residential property here in san francisco. and we want to talk about apartment buildings and what the owner's responsibilities might be and what they expect their tenants to do. and let's start by talking a little bit about what owners can do before an earthquake and then maybe after an earthquake. >> well, the first thing, lawrence, would be to get together with your tenants and see if

in single digits but of course in the city situation remains critical and we still have. many numbers of dead every day from the krona virus in the last 24 hours we've had more than $110.00 deaths already and katrina what do you know about what appears to be an emerging cluster of infection in the city of duggan in south korea. that's right so we now have had a 1st confirmed death in south korea we're still getting information that as far as we know it's an elderly patient in one of the hospitals who may have caught the core in a virus just by transmission inside the hospital we're still waiting on confirmation of that but in south korea the situation is becoming more serious we've had about 70 cases in the last 48 hours and as you mentioned it does seem to be centered around the city of daegu now daigo has about 2 and a half 1000000 people in terms of its population and what we've heard so far is that the main the cluster of cases that seems to be revolving around a particular church in daegu and many of these cases come from a reported super spreader who attends this chu

but we know that there's affordable crisis in the city. i know that there's a lot of renters in the west side, and which is hard to see it in the rent board when you look at units being taken out. that's why i would like to defer a lot in terms of community people, especially on the west side, in terms of, like, how many communities are being taken out. if there is a disproportionate review on the west side being taken out, i would definitely defer to somebody living there. because we cannot afford to take a unit out, especially if it's rent control, and there is no affordable buildings being built, whether it's a renter or home ownership. so that's something i would like to see more of, as well. >> thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. i really appreciate you for being willing to take on this role. we know that it's a huge commission to be a planning commission. it's not a paid position, it's a volunteer position. and anyone who's willing to put in the countless hours per week is really -- is dedicating themselves to the city in a