of course the liberation did come to the channel islands but the islanders creative and resistant use of information and the community that they formed through that defiance i think provides a very good example of the effectiveness of rhetorical resistance. [applause] >> he cheryl thank you. craig shirley you are up. >> thank you arden. >> thank you arden thank you cheryl pretty. i love that presentation. it was fascinating. i love writing books for a lot of reasons. one of them is i don't get a chance to meet people and interview people and for this book i interviewed for instance john dingell former congressman dingell or soon-to-be former congressman dingell who was a 15-year-old page on the floor of the house of representatives on december 8, 1941. his father was a member of congress and would tell him about witnessing real history in the making. the day of infamy speech. i also interviewed a fellow by the name of j. dolly, 95 years old at west point class of 1939, was stationed at the army base in oahu and on december 7, 1941 was in his bunk ,-com,-com ma heard explosions, ran ou

it's the kind of business we hope to foster and i'm prude inform offer for the asian pacific islander heritage month. thank you >> (clapping) >> say a few words. >> anything t is good thank you (clapping.) >> thank you supervisor avalos like to acknowledge supervisor cowen. thank you very much mr. president, this is a wonderful time of the year we get to acknowledge all the rich culture dings and the culture of the asian pacific islander people of san francisco. i want to specifically call out and acknowledge a wonderful man by the name of john. (yelling). john (clapping) his been a usage to me we say we were friends and he works tireless also to bring peace to the southeast part of the city he makes sure there is funding for the organizations on s front line worked tirelessly with the police department and community members and it's outreach is so far beyond the community it's a privilege to honor you john you're an incredible man and family man, i'm excited and humbled but it's amazing to see you john has to leave us today he has a network of feeding people without food he going goe

of course, liberation did come to the channel islands. but the islanders' creative and resistant use of information and the community that they formed through that defiance, i think, provides a very good example of the effectiveness of rhetorical resistance. [applause] >> thank you. craig shirley, you're up. >> thank you, art. thank you, cheryl, that was -- i loved that presentation. that was fascinating. i love writing books for a lot of reasons, one of them is, you know, you get a chance to meet people and interview people, and, you know, for this book i interviewed, for instance, john dingell, former congressman dingell -- soon to be former congressman dingell, who was a 15-year-old page on the floor of the house of representatives on december 8, 1941. his father was a member of congress, he was a page and interviewed him about, you know, witnessing real history in the making, the day of infamy speech. also interviewed a fellow by the name of jay dolly, 95 years old. west point class of 1939, was stationed at the army base on oahu on d

. >> with their british channel islands everybody seems to be in a hurry. the hugo's through today you may hear rapid footsteps behind you from the islanders as they walked briskly past. i got their wrath of a woman's cane on my leg 85 years old and to urge me out of the way as i was lollygag and it curves gently toward don harper. almost seems that these people will run out of room and continue to walk right into the english channel. but it's one of the other little towns that dot the edge of the island you could walk through a forest where the high cliffs pass. i walked down the road that had a story book feel with a shady lanes of the british countryside in a field close by likely those cows grazing each one attached to a bond broke just like the dog and a backyard. but walked in on back to the sea and it stands against the sky. a german watchtower there is something jarring about the juxtaposition with the ancient towns and narrow streets but yet the channel islands were the only pieces of british land captured in the occupied for five long years by the

it's rapidly growing under asians and asian pacific islander. it's effecting about 10 percent of the population. now the thing when we say sugar the part of showering i'm talking about is frustrate to say it's the worse the reason why it's frustrate to say it's sweet you can make cardboard taste good 80 percent of our food supply has fruit to say. we're talking about most of those calories come in sugar drinks it's leading to fatty liver and excessive fat storage and less in resistance we call that metabolic onto our body buildings we have less fat stored our body is tricked into thinking we have less fatso our body eats more and moves less that's one of the primary reasons it's hard to lose weight. i'm going to give you won memory do add it's called sugar madness it's one page of a quick way to recall the key issues. the first sugar remembers the cause sugar specifically frustrate to say the addictive sugar and fat shortage i'll cover quickly and the treatment is changing our stress and exercise. so the important thing to remember it it metabol

point to a lot of the key problems in asian pacific islander communities. i mentioned shattering the minor myth of the asian-american i think we see that big soda targets asian-americans and asian pacific islander whether hosting significant populations that are asian and asian pacific islander. those are serious issues that the asian pacific islander health equity had focused on as we condition the discussion i wanted to say that the soda take into consideration on the november ballot there's a lot of misinformation from big soda was it taxes and not. i want to hold up a bottle to say that it's very important that we understand that sugar sweetened beverages are harmful but your sod a tax doesn't touch so i based drinks they're not taxed. the reason is even though some contain a little bit of sugar they also include healthy ingredients that have proton and iron that make a a milk substitute and another type of drink it's a begin sing drink they're not taxed like monster drinks owned by the 3 of the big soda companies. this is an important thing it's got 10

that are being proilgd by contaminates we stand behind you treasure island's people he can you're at risk we know you're sick and will not let this stand. thank you. thanks >> next speaker >> good evening. hi thanks for being here so late. you guys know who i am the catheter the 10 year resident of treasure island i'm listening to nonprofits being displaced i'm currently displaced to my home from the mold carr oil spoke about. i had an entire piece written but i'm absolutely not going to be reading this but be frank this entire experience people call me a whistle blower this is not something this should be grord in fact, i have asbestos those are children's and pets and people we've had a hearing here before thank you jane kim for attempting to get us a clinic that's similar to what we need it's an attempt there's moves made by jane kim and the city but they deny everything in black and white in the paperwork if the city's paperwork i can find in less than two years they swear they didn't know go this is ridiculous for intelligent people to say well, that's what they said in two year

treasure island mobility management agency i mendle here and it's a laboratory in many ways. it will channel us to meet the demand. >> >> created when we add the housing on treasure island and the mixed use development. our commitment to caltrans was to ensure the growth would not hinder the bridge performance and enhance the mobilityity of the bridge and treasure island and the inmain part of the city. in terms of partnerships we are working with countless agencies and caltrans and mtc, the transportation commission and other agencies and muni and transit as well. we hope this will result in a very robust and effective demonstration of things like pricing and parking management so that ultimately we will find a way of sustainable footprint on that island and lead to implementation role for this agency heretofore we hadn't played. we recognize this is a new role and as a governing board the transportation authority you will play a role as well so we're in the process to set that up so we have coordinated yet separate financial management and hard walled fire walled operations

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i grew up on long island. and my friends and i call it strong island. >> strong island iced tea.erything? >> the name of the brand and the logo, both are so important. >> i have a map of long island i found at a yard sale, that was these colors. this is from the '50s. that was my inspiration. this says summer to me. >> i like this. when i look at this, i see strong island. like it's another place that you invented. it looks like a nantucket thing. it makes it less like long island. >> there's not a drop of iced tea in it. just a lot of liquor, a lot of sugar and a lot of calories. our goal is to create a premixed low-cal version, with half the sugar, half the hangover and no artificial sweetener. >> let's look at the lemon vodka. >> what if lemon juice and lime juice and got rid of the simple syrup? >> let's shake this up with some lem lemonade. getting there. all this inventing. i need a nap. hi, everybody. i'm lara spencer. and as you just heard, i'm the creator of strong island iced tea. when i go out with the girls for a cocktail, i'm looking for something that tastes delicio

and i'm honored to recognition this family today for asian pacific islander heritage month. i want to start with the story of pastor wong who came to america in the 70s from taiwan after being abused by his father vermont he came to america he worked in america after coming out of the grace of yard shifty was waiting for a tow truck he noticed a young boy being physically brutal listed not wanting to get involved he drove away with are heavier heart he felt the presence of a divine presence and wondered how it would have felt to be bullied and next day roger and it's father made up up 50 sandwiches and the following week he brought his wife to the tenderloin and then san francisco impact was born it is now a volunteer nonprofit organization that concludes 5 departments today, we have 11 thousand 189 individuals every month through their come up kitchen program they run a thrift shop and offer affordable closing and have block parties. their church does doird outreach and run a k to 12 school program and run a health center it serves 2 hundred and 50 patience it goes on and o

rikers island is different.ou could run around the hallways, do whatever, basically. >> been here about two and a half months. i'm awaiting extradition to new jersey. i got paroled in new jersey. basically, that's it. i was on the run for four and a half years from new jersey and finally got caught. >> this is phillip santiago's fourth time at rikers. he was convicted for credit card fraud and has been on board for two and a half months awaiting extradition to new jersey. >> oh, i need to be outside. i ain't been outside the last month and a half. oh! hell, yeah. >> how's it feel? >> it feels the best, it feel good. it feels very good. a beautiful feeling to come outside, especially when you're incarcerated. all the air you get is to go to court and that's it. you get on the bus. besides that, you get to look out the window. and that's it. >> everybody, place your i.d. cards on your outermost garments. put them up on your chest, please, gentlemen. keep the noise down. we're going to take it inside. we're going t

and napoleon comes back to life on the italian island of elba. residents in history france -- fans mark 200 years since the emperor was exiled. an overnight shootout in a ukrainian city has reportedly left three people hurt here there has been heavy fighting in the outskirts of the city with at least one civilian reportedly killed by gunfire. it is the latest in a series of violence breaking out across the southeast. sunday, pro-russian militants stormed a ukrainian police station in the port city of odessa, freeing close to 70 fellow activists. they were arrested as dozens of people were killed in riots on friday. the storming of the police headquarters pounded hundreds of pro-ukrainians to come up in support of their country. >> a standoff in odessa supporters of the key of government took to the streets on sunday night. they protested against the release of pro-russians captured in the city. >> we have -- [no audio] the released prisoners say their fight is just beginning. >> it is a small victory for us, but the war continues. the war has unf

. >> near heart island in new york. a grave site for almost 1 million unclaimed and unidentified bodies buried over the past 200 years. coming up, we follow a mother who visits the grave site of her still born baby 18 years later. >> the world footballer of the year returns home as real madrid prepare nor their match in the champion's league >>> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. [ speaking foreign language ] >>> in thailand anti-coup protesters are calling for an end to military rule. army spokesmen told reporters the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra is being treated well in custody. >>> three rebel groups in northern mali agreed to a ceasefire with the government. it means the malian army must stop military operations and agree to a prisoner exchange with the rebels. >>> more on the aftermath of the army coup. the u.s. suspended aid in other countries, such as japan, indonesia and new zealand - criticise the coup. we speak to a columnist with the thai newsagenciy "the nation", and says

she is the only thing he misses about the island. think she's the only thing that really makes the idea of long-term life their bearable. >> roll tape. >> are you not stepping out with anyone else? >> i am not. >> i've never been kissed. >> of course you've never been kissed. >> when i was in america, i try to think about the things i missed about home. would i miss the scenery? the stone walls, and the sea. i wouldn't miss it. i wouldn't miss that. would i miss the people? >> is this speech going somewhere? >> i would miss my auntie. i wouldn't miss johnny with his bad news. or the guys that laughed at me at school. or the lasses that would cry if i spoke to them. if everybody on it during round, there isn't anybody i would really miss, other than you. >> you would miss the cows. >> the cal business was blown up out of proportion. i'm trying to build up to something. >> this has happened before. you want to do this. because? >> that is a filmed performance on a stage. it is, if i could put something into a room and ensure it vanishe

it was a really big moment on the island's history. but i think more than a love of film, it's an escape. it's a chance to get off the island and not only join this film industry but actually be taken back to america. and that, i think, ultimately-- billy i think views america as a lot of people at that time viewed america as a place of tolerance, and so i think he thinks i may not be treated in the same way. >> rose: he doesn't want to be called "cripple billy." >> he doesn't. >> rose: and he wants to define himself and this will be a fresh start to define himself. >> i think that's the thought. and it's-- yeah, that's one of the many tragedies in the plays is that his experience of america does not go as he wanted it to. >> rose: ben brantley, in reviewing this for the "new york times" said, "it's a story about how and why we tell stories." >> yeah. i mean, i think that's a really interesting part of the play is-- and it's really facilitated in some way by johnniy pateen. the number of storyies billy has heard about his parents and a

okay, after 300 years you have left these islands in pretty bad state. you left them with terrible developmental challenges, and we believe you have a responsibility to return to the caribbean and participate in the rebuilding of the caribbean. >> reporter: there is a huge wealth gap between the nations and their european counterparts. let's look at gross domestic product. in 2014, u.k. france and netherlands gdp is on average $40,000 per persons. but the average is 15,000 per person. >> you have least these countries in shambles in terms of development, healthcare, education. on one hand we take responsibility for our future. but on the other hand they have some responsibility to partner with us to rebuild these societies. >> reporter: outlined in a 10-point plan and include a formery, assistance for people who want to relocate back to africa, and a partial cancellation of debt. in response the u.k. foreign office said slavery was and is abhor rent. the united kingdom unreservedly condemns slavery an, but britais not in favor of are pa rations. instead

county, miami-dade and new york's rikers island. they represent a real cross section of life across the country. each one has its own unique set of challenges. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> got to be on point. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> can't let your guard down for nobody. >> this is not a place to be. >> this is as close to a living hell as i think i ever want to come. >> step back behind the red line. >> everyone, bend over. >> if you like this type of thing, this is the place to be. >> i want to kill myself. i can't take it. >>> for the uninitiated or in this case, the unincarcerated, there is sometimes confusion between prison and jail. prison is only for convicted felons. jails also how's convicts but only those awaiting transfer to prison or serving short-term sentences. usually less than a year. >> listen up for your name. >> stand on the foot prints for me, please. >> most jail detainees have pending court cases, have been denied or are unable to make bail. >> put your stomach on the wall, hands behind your b

>> trespass. >> we met mildred rodriguez at new york's rikers island jail. represents a rising tide of women that find themselves on the wrong side of jailhouse bars. >> listen, i'm 32, i don't see my life right now, i'm using drugs, i used crack, i'm not going to lie. this is what brings you back here. >> so let me ask you, what do you expect the city to do? >> to stop re-arresting me. >> the women are more emotional than men. a lot of them might be going through some seek logical trauma. they're separated from their families, their children. >> listen, every week i'm here. it's not that i come to rikers island every week. it's bad, it's terrible. py record is about this thick. it's all with misdemeanors. i have over 35 misdemeanors just so i want them to help me, boom! we're going to give you a year's program. that's it. but don't keep giving me those 30 days or these ten days, that's not helping me. >> this young lady back here is telling you all she need help. throwing her in and out of here, it's not going to help her. >> they have money for inmates eve

for asian pacific islander impacts and like other communities of color and as dr. pointed out the joslyn asian-american initiative and other i want to thank our health officer and paula jones our head of food systems and the doctor in the medical center. the human stories we've heard help us to shattered the midgets that 5i789s are not impacted by the targeting of mixed soda and the unhthd lifestyles and the offer consumption of sugary sweetened befrngz and the do or say have mentioned i'm sure you're all aware of we refuse to let ourselves be the canaries in the coal mine and not let big sodas impact our community and as was mentioned often it's silence or unseen the horrible impacts of the harmful foods within the asian-americans communities and within those presentations and public testimony has preponderance of the evidence helped us to understand the impacts on the asian-americans community. so mr. chair i'd ask if we could file this hearing >> thank you very much i want to thank supervisor mar so far his leadership on this important issue and thank all the me

the island is open to everyone. if it end up in the hands of a venetian, better. >> reporter: selling the island will cut public debt and give italy a new lease of life. this grouch of ven easterns -- group of vern easterns start to enter the auction. they hope to beat bidders and prevent the island from falling into private hands. >> the fact this it's abandoned by the state doesn't mean it's been abandoned by the community. the use of the lagoon of their own world, and we shouldn't be allowed to moor there - we do not like. >> by tuesday morning the locals raised more than $400,000. other potential buyers will have time until tuesday to enter their bid. should it end in private hands, the winner's game will be the ven irn's loss. >>> we are getting breaking news from saudi arabia. we have been hearing from the interior ministry that the saudis uncovered a large terrorist network involving 62 people - most of them are saudis. including a palestine, a yemeni and a pakistani. we heard they intercepted a bomb-making f

there were almost half a million people living in staten island. >> we had nothing. you know, we were grasping at straws. >>> one year after finding thomas mulcahy's dismembered body, new jersey police had another case that was eerily similar, this time in manchester township, new jersey. >> the body parts were bagged in a similar fashion. they were double bagged, double knotted. the most striking thing, at least to me, was the way the bodies were dismembered into the same seven parts. prints were taken and put into the system, and it turned out that this particular individual had a minor criminal record. he was identified as anthony morarro. >> morarro's record showed he was gay prostitute. like mulcahy's case, both morar ro o o's body parts and bags had been washed before they were dumped along the side of the road. >> we had no prints, na that could tie us to a suspect. >> also like mulcahy, morarro had marks on his wrists and ankles. >> there's something called a. >> the cuts performs on his body were described as being disarticulated in that you actually don't j

there was not a need to quarantine people on an island anymore. was used mostly for housing, for returning veterans and then juvenile delinquents. i would like to think that my photographs tell more. you get a sense of what happened before, but also how quickly things can disintegrate. i read this wonderful book that discusses what would happen to the world is able just left and nature took over. it mainly realize the work i was doing was not just a look into the past, but it was a look into the future. and these photographs show what would happen to new york city and the world around us if people just suddenly left and how quickly nature would just reclaim what was hers. it leads to the conundrum we face, living in a natural world which we try to alter, but it always reasserts itself in the end. payne there with the haunting story of new york's brother island. that brings today's program to a close. you can find much more and all of today's news on our website. and you can be in touch with me and the rest of the team on twitter. thanks for watchi

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the islands are claimed by china, the philippines, and others. the philippine officials say china's leaders may be attempting to turn the reef into a military foothold to increase their control of the area. and tensions are rising in other parts of the sea, as well, after china moved a large oil rig into an area claimed by vietnam. a state-owned chinese company parked the oil rig near a group of disputed islands two weeks ago. since then, vietnamese and chinese crews have been facing off in the sea. vietnamese maritime police say a chinese ship has rammed another vietnamese boat. now this picture taken on tuesday shows ships sailing alongside each other. the crew of a chinese vessel is seen spraying water. chinese government officials did not say their crews were using water cannons. but they said they have to take the necessary steps to ensure the safety of people on the rig. the chinese want to drill near the paracel islands. both countries lay claim to them. more than 80 chinese ships and more than 20 vietnamese vessels are reported to be in t

the islands are at the center of a long-running dispute.officially controlled by japan, china also lays claim to the uninhabited territor. the real issue is not the rocky terrain, but the oil, gas, and fish below the surface. speaking at a conference in singapore, the u.s. defense secretary was critical of beijing. >> china has called the south china sea ac of peace, friendship, and cooperation. that is what it should be. but in recent months, china has undertaken the stabilizing -- destabilizing unilateral actions staking its claim. >> the islands are not the only bone of contention. beijing has laid claim to parts of the south china sea shown by the red line. it has caused anger by putting up an oil rig in vietnam's waters. tokyo has indicated it will provide vietnam with patrol boats. the japanese prime minister is also calling for dialogue with china. we do not welcome dangerous maritime encounters between fighter planes and ships. what should be exchanged are words. exchange at a table, smiles, and have a discussion. >> demonstrators t

the channel islands ended up being part of hitler's fortress. he thought about an impregnable wall that would be set up around newly-occupied france. and as he's taking areas that -- there's so many concrete 'em placements and watch towers left there. there was some sense that perhaps he could use it for an invasion of england, but that was more likely, actually, to come from northern france. but part of it was the pride of taking part of england. it's right there for the taking. these were also very good growing spaces, one of the most wonderful things in their eyes for the germans who came over there, they referred to it as tomato island because they raised so many tomatoes. and it's a lovely area for growing crops. so, of course, this would help to feed germany during wartime. so it was that kind of mixed feeling that he felt could be an asset to him. and the second question was -- i'm sorry. >> the photograph. >> oh, the photographs, yes. those were the id photographs that were taken -- this is another thing that you see with the germans. as

to island.econd leg is an island hopping. then the third leg will take it to new zealand. and then it will spend some time in new zealand, and circumnavigate the whole of the island. from australia across the indian ocean. from madagascar to durbin. and then around the cape of good hope. and then shoot across the atlantic and start climbing up the eastern seaboard and visiting new york. come back again, and then both canoes will travel along the eastern seaboard down through the panama canal. through the panama canal to the ga longus islands. and it is there we're hoping the younger crews will be able to take command and full responsibility for the canoe and bring it home to hawaii. for us it's utilizing ancestral knowledge that is important to us. it is part of who we are. it's our understanding of our past. they -- my ancestors got here to this island without use of instruments and things. and we need to understand what they went through, and -- and how they got here, so we relearned that -- t

the island of poveglia is one island that they are thinking of selling. it's a 10 minute boat ride from st. mark's square, but miles away from the glamor of venice. once a dumping ground for plague victims, the island was used as a meant am institution until the '70s. since then it has been abandoned in a state of ruin, and and earnt a reputation as a haunted island. the only tourists are the occasional coast hunters. the state's real estate agency hopes the island's troubled past will not scare off investors. >> translation: the island has been abandoned for 35 years, we put it up for sale because we want it to be valuable and accessible to the public. if it end up in the hands of a vep eegs, the better. >> the state says selling the island will not only help it to raise funds to cut the public debt, but give it a new lease on life. not many ven easterns are buying the explanation. the group of vep easterns living across the lagoon starts the collection to enter the auctions. with the cbz of $120 each they hope to beat bidders and prevent poveglia fallin

. >> the senkaku islands are at the center of a long-running dispute. although officially controlled by japan, china also lays claim to the uninhabited territory. the real issue is not the terrain rising from the sea, but the oil, gas, and fish, deep below the surface. see -- speaking at a conference in singapore, the u.s. defense secretary had some tough words for beijing. >> china has called the south of peace,a sea friendship, and cooperation, and that is what it should be, but in recent months, china has undertaken destabilizing unilateral action's asserting its claims in the south china sea. >> the islands are not the only bone of contention. beijing has laid claim to parts of the south china sea, and caused anger by putting up an oil rig in vietnam's waters.

: the island has been abandoned for 35 years. we put it up for sale because we want someone to make it valuable and accessible to the public. the auction is open to everyone. if it ends up in the hands of a veneti venetian, all the better. >> reporter: the state says selling this island will not only help it raise funds to cut the public debt, it will give it a new lease on life. not many venetians are buying this explanation. this group who live across the lagoon started a collection to enter the auction. with a contribution of $120 each, they hope to beat other bidders and prevent it from falling into private hands. >> the fact it's been abandoned by the state doesn't mean it's abandoned by the community that lives around here, and that uses the lagoon as their own world. it's their own world. the idea we shouldn't be able to moor there any longer as happens in the neighboring islands we do not like. >> reporter: by tuesday morning these locals raised more than 400,000 doll. should it end up in private hands, locals say the win

/japan security treaty to respond to any armed attack on the island. the bill supports prime minister shinzo abe's policy of pro-active contribution to peace. and he says the u.s. endorses recent increases in japan's defense budget, and other actions that will enable japan to bear greater responsibility under the alliance. now the bill will be sent to the house, and the senate for approval. >>> many japanese companies are expecting the biggest profits in fiscal 2013 since the global financial crisis. japan's earnings season reached its peak on friday. about 18% of the companies listed on the tokyo stock exchange, or 438 of them, have announced their earnings for the year that ended in march. analysts at snbc nikko security expect the operating profits of all listed firms to total about $390 billion. that's up about 30% from the previous year. big winners are electronic appliance, auto, and steelmakers. as well as real estate firms. they benefited from the yen's decline, and a nationwide shopping spree ahead of the sales tax hike last month. but in the